SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of August 28, 2007 among SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC, as Borrower, SMART TECHNOLOGIES (HOLDINGS) INC., as Holdings, DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CANADA BRANCH, as Administrative Agent and, Collateral Agent, and THE OTHER LENDERS...

Exhibit 10.14

SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT

Dated as of August 28, 2007

among

SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC,

as Borrower,

SMART TECHNOLOGIES (HOLDINGS) INC.,

as Holdings,

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CANADA BRANCH,

as Administrative Agent and, Collateral Agent,

and

THE OTHER LENDERS PARTY HERETO

DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.

as Joint Lead Arranger,

LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC

as Joint Lead Arranger and Co-Syndication Agent

and

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,

as Co-Syndication Agent

TABLE OF CONTENTS


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ARTICLE I Definitions and Accounting Terms		2

Section 1.01	Defined Terms	2
Section 1.02	Other Interpretive Provisions	45
Section 1.03	Accounting Terms	46
Section 1.04	Rounding	46
Section 1.05	References to Agreements, Laws, Etc.	46
Section 1.06	Times of Day	46
Section 1.07	Timing of Payment or Performance	46
Section 1.08	Currency Equivalents Generally	46

ARTICLE II The Commitments and Borrowings		47

Section 2.01	The Loans	47
Section 2.02	Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans	47
Section 2.03	[Reserved]	48
Section 2.04	[Reserved]	49
Section 2.05	[Reserved]	49
Section 2.06	Prepayments and Offers to Prepay	49
Section 2.07	Termination or Reduction of Commitments	53
Section 2.08	Repayment of Loans	53
Section 2.09	Interest	53
Section 2.10	Prepayment and Other Fees	54
Section 2.11	Computation of Interest and Fees	54
Section 2.12	Evidence of Indebtedness	54
Section 2.13	Payments Generally	55
Section 2.14	Sharing of Payments	57
Section 2.15	Incremental Borrowings	57

ARTICLE III Taxes, Increased Costs Protection and Illegality		60

Section 3.01	Taxes	60
Section 3.02	Illegality	61
Section 3.03	Inability to Determine Rates	62
Section 3.04	Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurocurrency Rate Loans	62
Section 3.05	Funding Losses	63
Section 3.06	Matters Applicable to All Requests for Compensation	64
Section 3.07	Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances	65
Section 3.08	Survival	66

ARTICLE IV Conditions Precedent to Closing Date		66

Section 4.01	Conditions of Closing Date	66

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ARTICLE V Representations and Warranties		69

Section 5.01	Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws	69
Section 5.02	Authorization; No Contravention	69
Section 5.03	Governmental Authorization; Other Consents	69
Section 5.04	Binding Effect	69
Section 5.05	Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect	70
Section 5.06	Litigation	70
Section 5.07	Ownership of Property; Liens	70
Section 5.08	Environmental Compliance	71
Section 5.09	Taxes	72
Section 5.10	Compliance with ERISA	72
Section 5.11	Subsidiaries; Equity Interests	72
Section 5.12	Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act	72
Section 5.13	Disclosure	72
Section 5.14	Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc.	73
Section 5.15	Solvency	73
Section 5.16	Pension Plans	73

ARTICLE VI Affirmative Covenants		74

Section 6.01	Financial Statements	74
Section 6.02	Certificates; Other Information	75
Section 6.03	Notices	76
Section 6.04	[Reserved]	76
Section 6.05	Maintenance of Existence	76
Section 6.06	Maintenance of Properties	77
Section 6.07	Maintenance of Insurance	77
Section 6.08	Compliance with Laws	77
Section 6.09	Books and Records	77
Section 6.10	Inspection Rights	77
Section 6.11	Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security	78
Section 6.12	Use of Proceeds	79
Section 6.13	Further Assurances and Post-Closing Conditions	79
Section 6.14	Designation of Subsidiaries	80
Section 6.15	Post-Closing Matters	81
Section 6.16	Payment of Taxes	81
Section 6.17	End of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters	81

ARTICLE VII Negative Covenants		82

Section 7.01	Liens	82
Section 7.02	Investments	85
Section 7.03	Indebtedness	88
Section 7.04	Fundamental Changes	91
Section 7.05	Dispositions	93

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Section 7.06	Restricted Payments	94
Section 7.07	Change in Nature of Business	97
Section 7.08	Transactions with Affiliates	97
Section 7.09	Prepayment, Etc. of Indebtedness	99

ARTICLE VIII Events of Default and Remedies		99

Section 8.01	Events of Default	99
Section 8.02	Remedies Upon Event of Default	102
Section 8.03	Exclusion of Immaterial Subsidiaries	102
Section 8.04	Application of Funds	102

ARTICLE IX Administrative Agent and Other Agents		103

Section 9.01	Appointment and Authorization of Agents	103
Section 9.02	Delegation of Duties	104
Section 9.03	Liability of Agents	104
Section 9.04	Reliance by Agents	104
Section 9.05	Notice of Default	105
Section 9.06	Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Agents	105
Section 9.07	Indemnification of Agents	105
Section 9.08	Agents in their Individual Capacities	106
Section 9.09	Successor Agents	106
Section 9.10	Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim	107
Section 9.11	Collateral and Guaranty Matters	108
Section 9.12	Other Agents; Arrangers and Managers	108
Section 9.13	Appointment of Supplemental Administrative Agents	109

ARTICLE X Miscellaneous		109

Section 10.01	Amendments, Etc.	109
Section 10.02	Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies	111
Section 10.03	No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies	112
Section 10.04	Attorney Costs and Expenses	112
Section 10.05	Indemnification by the Borrower	113
Section 10.06	Payments Set Aside	114
Section 10.07	Successors and Assigns	114
Section 10.08	Confidentiality	118
Section 10.09	Setoff	118
Section 10.10	Counterparts	119
Section 10.11	Integration	119
Section 10.12	Survival of Representations and Warranties	119
Section 10.13	Severability	119
Section 10.14	GOVERNING LAW	119
Section 10.15	WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY	120
Section 10.16	Binding Effect	120

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Section 10.17	Judgment Currency	120
Section 10.18	Lender Action	121
Section 10.19	USA PATRIOT Act	121
Section 10.20	Intercreditor Agreement	121

SCHEDULES


1	–	Guarantors
1.01A	–	Certain Security Interests and Guarantees
1.01B	–	Unrestricted Subsidiaries
1.01C	–	Excluded Subsidiaries
2.01(a)	–	Commitment
5.06	–	Litigation
5.11	–	Subsidiaries and Other Equity Investments
6.15	–	Mortgaged Properties
7.01(c)	–	Existing Liens
7.03(c)	–	Existing Indebtedness
7.04(f)	–	Subsidiaries to be Dissolved
7.05(k)	–	Dispositions
7.08	–	Transactions with Affiliates
10.02	–	Administrative Agent’s Office, Certain Addresses for Notices

EXHIBITS

Form of


A	–	Committed Loan Notice
B	–	[Reserved]
C	–	Note
D	–	Compliance Certificate
E	–	Assignment and Assumption
F-1	–	U.S. Guaranty
F-2	–	Canadian Guaranty
G-1	–	U.S. Security Agreement
G-2	–	Canadian Pledge and Security Agreement
H-1	–	Opinion Matters – New York Counsel to Loan Parties
H-2	–	Opinion Matters – Canadian Counsel to Loan Parties
H-3	–	Opinion Matters – Canadian Counsel to Loan Parties
I	–	U.S. Intellectual Property Security Agreement
J	–	Intercreditor Agreement
K	–	Officer’s Certificate

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SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT

This SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is entered into as of August 28, 2007, among SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC, an unlimited liability corporation amalgamated under the laws of the Province of Alberta, Canada (the “Borrower”), SMART TECHNOLOGIES (HOLDINGS) INC., a corporation incorporated under the laws of the Province of Alberta, Canada (“Holdings”), DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CANADA BRANCH, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, and each lender from time to time party hereto (collectively, the “Lenders” and individually, a “Lender”).

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

The Sponsor (as this and other capitalized terms used in these preliminary statements are defined in Section 1.01 below), intends to make an equity investment in the Borrower and its Subsidiaries. To effect the foregoing, it is intended that (i) the Sponsor will make an equity contribution to one or more direct or indirect holding company parents of Holdings, a special purpose investment vehicle formed by the Sponsor, in the form of a combination of equity and subordinated shareholder loans the proceeds of which will be contributed to Holdings, (ii) the existing shareholders of the Borrower will, directly or indirectly, contribute their existing shares in the Borrower to Holdings, after giving effect to which the Borrower will be a direct, wholly-owned Subsidiary of Holdings, and (iii) the Borrower will then be amalgamated with a newly-formed direct wholly-owned Subsidiary of Holdings pursuant to the Purchase Agreement (with the Borrower as the surviving entity of such amalgamation) (collectively, the “Acquisition”).

The Borrower has requested that simultaneously with the consummation of the Acquisition, the Lenders extend credit to the Borrower in the form of Loans in an initial aggregate principal amount equal to $100,000,000.

The proceeds Loans, together with the proceeds of (i) the First Lien Loans and other extensions of credit under the First Lien Credit Agreement (ii) the Holding Loans and (iii) the Equity Contribution, will be used to finance the Acquisition and the Transaction Expenses and to refinance certain existing indebtedness of the Borrower.

The Lenders have indicated their willingness to lend on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth herein.

In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions and Accounting Terms

Section 1.01 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

“Accounting Principles” means the accounting principles utilized in the preparation and presentation of the management statements, the Unaudited Financial Statements and the Pro Forma Financial Statements.

“Acquired EBITDA” means, with respect to any Acquired Entity or Business or any Converted Restricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable, all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary, as applicable.

“Acquired Entity or Business” has the meaning specified in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA”.

“Acquisition” has the meaning specified in the preliminary statements to this Agreement.

“Additional Incremental Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a).

“Additional Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a).

“Administrative Agent” means, subject to Section 9.14, DB Canada, in its capacity as administrative agent under the Loan Documents, or any successor administrative agent appointed in accordance with Section 9.09.

“Administrative Agent’s Office” means, the Administrative Agent’s address and, as appropriate, account as set forth on Schedule 10.02, or such other address or account as the Administrative Agent may from time to time notify the Borrower and the Lenders.

“Administrative Questionnaire” means an Administrative Questionnaire in a form supplied by the Administrative Agent.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to any Person, another Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the Person specified. “Control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.

“Agent-Related Persons” means the Agents, together with their respective Affiliates, and the officers, directors, employees, agents and attorneys-in-fact of such Persons and Affiliates.

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“Agents” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Co-Syndication Agents and the Supplemental Administrative Agents (if any).

“Aggregate Commitments” means the Commitments of all the Lenders.

“Agreement” means this Second Lien Credit Agreement.

“Agreement Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 10.17.

“Applicable Lending Office” means for any Lender, such Lender’s office, branch or affiliate designated for Eurocurrency Rate Loans or Base Rate Loans, as applicable, as notified to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower or as otherwise specified in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender became a party hereto, any of which offices may, subject to Sections 3.01(e) and 3.02, be changed by such Lender upon 10 days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower; provided, that, for the purpose of the definition of “Excluded Taxes” and Section 3.01, any such change shall be deemed an assignment made pursuant to an Assignment and Assumption.

“Applicable Rate” means a percentage per annum equal to (i) for Eurocurrency Loans, 7.00%, and (ii) for Base Rate Loans 6.00%.

“Approved Fund” means, with respect to any Lender, any Fund that is administered, advised or managed by (a) such Lender, (b) an Affiliate of such Lender or (c) an entity or an Affiliate of an entity that administers, advises or manages such Lender.

“Asset Percentage” has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(b)(ii).

“Assignees” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(b).

“Assignment and Assumption” means an Assignment and Assumption substantially in the form of Exhibit E.

“Attorney Costs” means and includes all reasonable fees, expenses and disbursements of any law firm or other external legal counsel.

“Attributable Indebtedness” means, on any date, in respect of any Capitalized Lease of any Person, the capitalized amount thereof that would appear on a balance sheet of such Person prepared as of such date in accordance with GAAP.

“Audited Financial Statements” means the audited balance sheets of the Business for each of the fiscal years ended March 31, 2006, September 30, 2005 and September 30, 2004, and the related audited statements of income and cash flows of the Business for the fiscal years ended March 31, 2006, September 30, 2005 and September 30, 2004, respectively.

“Available Amount” means, at any time (the “Reference Date”), an amount (but which shall not at any time be less than zero) equal to the sum of (a) the greater of (i) (y) at all times when the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is greater than 4.00:1.00, 50% of Cumulative Excess Cash Flow that is Not Otherwise Applied, and (z) at all other times, 100% of Cumulative Excess Cash Flow that is Not Otherwise Applied, and (ii) the Available Amount Percentage of Consolidated Net Income for the Available Amount Reference Period (or in the case such Consolidated Net Income for

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such period is a deficit, minus 100% of such deficit); plus (b) to the extent not utilized in connection with other transactions permitted pursuant to Section 7.09, the aggregate amount of Retained Declined Proceeds retained by the Borrower during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Reference Date; plus (c) the aggregate amount of net cash proceeds of Scheduled Dispositions received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Reference Date; plus (d) the amount of any capital contributions or Net Cash Proceeds from Permitted Equity Issuances (or issuance of debt securities that have been converted into or exchanged for Qualified Equity Interests) (other than the Equity Contribution or any other capital contributions or equity or debt issuances to the extent utilized in connection with other transactions permitted pursuant to any of Sections 7.02, 7.06, 7.09, or pursuant to the exercise of a Cure Right (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement)) received by the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof and contributed by such parent to the Borrower) during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Reference Date; plus (e) to the extent not (i) already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) already reflected as a return of capital or deemed reduction in the amount of such Investment pursuant to clause (h) below, the aggregate amount of all cash dividends and other cash distributions received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any Minority Investments or Unrestricted Subsidiaries during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Reference Date; plus (f) to the extent not (i) already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (ii) already reflected as a return of capital or deemed reduction in the amount of such Investment pursuant to clause (h) below, the aggregate amount of all cash repayments of principal received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary from any Minority Investments or Unrestricted Subsidiaries during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Reference Date in respect of loans or advances made by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to such Minority Investments or Unrestricted Subsidiaries; plus (g) to the extent not (i) already included in the calculation of Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, (ii) already reflected as a return of capital or deemed reduction in the amount of such Investment pursuant to clause (h) below, or (iii) used to prepay First Lien Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.06(b)(ii) of the First Lien Credit Agreement or Loans in accordance with Section 2.06(b)(ii), the aggregate amount of all Net Cash Proceeds received by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the sale, transfer or other disposition of its ownership interest in any Minority Investment or Unrestricted Subsidiary during the period from and including the Business Day immediately following the Closing Date through and including the Reference Date; minus (h) the aggregate amount of any Investments made pursuant to Section 7.02(o)(ii) (net of any return of capital in respect of such Investment or deemed reduction in the amount of such Investment including, without limitation, upon the re-designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or the Disposition of any such Investment), any Restricted Payment made pursuant to Section 7.06(n)(iii) or any payment made pursuant to Section 7.09(a)(C) during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on or prior to the Reference Date (and, for purposes of this clause (h), without taking account of the intended usage of the Available Amount on such Reference Date).

“Available Amount Percentage” means (i) at any time that the condition set forth in clause (ii) is not satisfied, 50% and (ii) at any time that the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio as of the most recent Test Period (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) is less than 4.00:1.00, 75%.

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“Available Amount Reference Period” means, with respect to any Reference Date, the period commencing at the beginning of the fiscal quarter in which the Closing Date occurs and ending on the last day of the most recent fiscal quarter or fiscal year, as applicable, for which financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), and the related Compliance Certificate required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a), have been received by the Administrative Agent.

“Base Rate” means for any day a fluctuating rate per annum equal to the higher of (a) the Federal Funds Rate plus 1/2 of 1% and (b) the Canadian Base Rate. Any change in the Base Rate due to a change in the Canadian Base Rate or the Federal Funds Rate shall be effective on the effective date of such change in the Canadian Base Rate or the Federal Funds Rate, respectively.

“Base Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Base Rate.

“BIA” means the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

“Borrower” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement, subject to Section 2.15(b).

“Borrowing” means a borrowing consisting of Loans of the same Type and, in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, having the same Interest Period made by each of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.01.

“Business” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the Purchase Agreement.

“Business Day” means any day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are authorized to close under the Laws of, or are in fact closed in, the province or state where the Administrative Agent’s Office is located, Toronto or New York City; provided that if such day relates to any interest rate settings as to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, any fundings, disbursements, settlements and payments in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or any other dealings in Dollars to be carried out pursuant to this Agreement in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, Business Day also means any such day on which dealings in deposits in Dollars are conducted by and between banks in the London interbank eurodollar market.

“Calgary Bridge Financing” means the Indebtedness to be incurred by Calgary SPV to construct the Borrower’s headquarters on the Calgary Property pursuant to a 21 month construction term facility in the principal amount of C$52,000,000 secured on a first charge basis, as supplemented by a backstop cost overrun and completion facility secured on a second charge basis.

“Calgary Permanent Financing” means any Indebtedness to be incurred by the Calgary SPV the proceeds of which are used to refinance the Calgary Bridge Financing including by way of a Sale Leaseback.

“Calgary Property” means the premises legally described as lots 4 and ▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ and municipally described as lots 3536 and ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇.▇.

“Calgary SPV” means SMART Bricks and Mortar Inc.

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“Canadian Base Rate” means the corporate base rate of interest publicly announced by the Administrative Agent from time to time as being a reference rate then in effect for determining interest rates for loans made by it in Canada in Dollars to commercial borrowers.

“Canadian Benefit Plans” shall mean all material employee benefit plans, programs, policies, practices or other arrangements of any nature or kind whatsoever that are not Canadian Pension Plans and are maintained or contributed to by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, or under which any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary has any liability or contingent liability, in relation to employees or former employees that it may have in Canada.

“Canadian Dollar” and “C$” each mean the lawful currency of Canada.

“Canadian Guaranty” means the guaranty made by Holdings and certain other Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-2.

“Canadian Pension Plans” shall mean each plan which is a “registered pension plan” as defined in the Tax Act or which are required to be registered under federal or provincial pension benefits standards legislation established, maintained or contributed to by any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, or under which any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary has any liability or contingent liability, in relation to any employees or former employees that it may have in Canada.

“Canadian Loan Party” means a Loan Party incorporated, amalgamated, continued, formed or organized under the Laws of Canada or any province of Canada.

“Canadian Security Agreement” means the Pledge and Security Agreement executed by certain Loan Parties substantially in the form of Exhibit G-2.

“Capital Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of, without duplication, (a) all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be included as additions during such period to property, plant or equipment reflected in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, (b) all Capitalized Software Expenditures for such period, (c) the value of all assets under Capitalized Leases incurred by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than as a result of purchase accounting) and (d) less any capital grants received from a Governmental Authority that are reflected as a reduction of fixed assets in conformity with GAAP; provided that the term “Capital Expenditures” shall not include, without duplication, (i) expenditures made in connection with the replacement, substitution, restoration or repair of assets to the extent financed with (x) insurance proceeds paid on account of the loss of or damage to the assets being replaced, restored or repaired or (y) awards of compensation arising from the taking by eminent domain or condemnation of the assets being replaced, (ii) the purchase price of equipment that is purchased simultaneously with the trade-in of existing equipment to the extent that the gross amount of such purchase price is reduced by the credit granted by the seller of such equipment for the equipment being traded in at such time, (iii) the purchase of plant, property or equipment to the extent financed with the proceeds of Dispositions that are not required to be applied to prepay First Lien Term Loans or to prepay Loans pursuant to Section 2.06(b), (iv) expenditures that constitute any part of Consolidated Lease Expense, (v) expenditures that are accounted for as capital expenditures by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and that actually are paid for by a Person other than the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and for which none of

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the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary has provided or is required to provide or incur, directly or indirectly, any consideration or obligation to such Person or any other Person (whether before, during or after such period), (vi) the book value of any asset owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary prior to or during such period to the extent that such book value is included as a capital expenditure during such period as a result of such Person reusing or beginning to reuse such asset during such period without a corresponding expenditure actually having been made in such period; provided that (x) any expenditure necessary in order to permit such asset to be reused shall be included as a Capital Expenditure during the period in which such expenditure actually is made and (y) such book value shall have been included in Capital Expenditures when such asset was originally acquired, (vii) expenditures that constitute Permitted Acquisitions, (viii) any capitalized interest expense reflected as additions to property, plant or equipment in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or (ix) any non-cash compensation or other non-cash costs reflected as additions to property, plant or equipment in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

“Capitalized Lease Obligation” means, at the time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in respect of a Capitalized Lease that would at such time be required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) prepared in accordance with GAAP.

“Capitalized Leases” means all leases that are required to be, in accordance with GAAP, recorded as capitalized leases; provided that for all purposes hereunder the amount of obligations under any Capitalized Lease shall be the amount thereof accounted for as a liability in accordance with GAAP.

“Capitalized Software Expenditures” means, for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures (whether paid in cash or accrued as liabilities) by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of licensed or purchased software or internally developed software and software enhancements that, in conformity with GAAP, are or are required to be reflected as capitalized costs on the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

“Cash Equivalents” means any of the following types of Investments, to the extent owned by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary:

(1) Dollars or Canadian Dollars;

(2) (a) Sterling, Euros or any national currency of any participating member state of the EMU or (b) in the case of any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary, such local currencies held by it from time to time in the ordinary course of business;

(3) securities issued or directly and fully and unconditionally guaranteed or insured by the United States or Canadian governments or the government of any province of Canada or any agency or instrumentality of any of the foregoing the securities of which are unconditionally guaranteed as a full faith and credit obligation of such government with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

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(4) certificates of deposit, time deposits and eurodollar time deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year and overnight bank deposits, in each case with any domestic or foreign commercial bank having capital and surplus of not less than $500,000,000 in the case of U.S. banks and $100,000,000 (or the Dollar equivalent as of the date of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks;

(5) repurchase obligations for underlying securities of the types described in clauses (3), (4) and (8) of this definition entered into with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (4) above;

(6) commercial paper rated at least P-1 by ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ or at least A-1 by S&P, or the equivalent thereof from Dominion Bond Rating Service Inc. and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation thereof and Indebtedness or preferred stock issued by Persons with a rating of “A” or higher from S&P or “A2” or higher from ▇▇▇▇▇’▇, or the equivalent thereof from Dominion Bond Rating Service Inc., with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

(7) marketable short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ or S&P, respectively (or, if at any time neither ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Borrower), or the equivalent thereof from Dominion Bond Rating Service Inc. and in each case maturing within 24 months after the date of creation or acquisition thereof;

(8) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any state, commonwealth or territory of the United States, any province of Canada or any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof having an Investment Grade Rating from ▇▇▇▇▇’▇, S&P or Dominion Bond Rating Service Inc. with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

(9) readily marketable direct obligations issued by any foreign government or any political subdivision or public instrumentality thereof, in each case having an Investment Grade Rating from ▇▇▇▇▇’▇, S&P or Dominion Bond Rating Service Inc. with maturities of 24 months or less from the date of acquisition;

(10) Investments with average maturities of 12 months or less from the date of acquisition in money market funds rated within the top three ratings category by S&P, ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ or Dominion Bond Rating Service Inc.; and

(11) investment funds investing 90% of their assets in securities of the types described in clauses (1) through (10) above.

In the case of Investments by any Foreign Subsidiary that is a Restricted Subsidiary or Investments made in a country outside the United States of America or Canada, Cash Equivalents shall also include (i) investments of the type and maturity described in clauses (1) through (8) and clauses (10) and (11) above of foreign obligors, which Investments or obligors (or the parents of such obligors) have ratings described in such clauses or equivalent ratings from comparable foreign rating agencies and (ii) other short-term investments utilized by Foreign Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries in accordance with normal investment practices for cash management in investments analogous to the foregoing investments in clauses (1) through (11) above and in this paragraph.

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, Cash Equivalents shall include amounts denominated in currencies other than those set forth in clauses (1) and (2) above, provided that such amounts are converted into any currency listed in clauses (1) and (2) as promptly as practicable and in any event within ten (10) Business Days following the receipt of such amounts. At any time at which the value, calculated in accordance with GAAP, of all investments of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries that were deemed, when made, to be Cash Equivalents in accordance with clauses (1) through (11) above exceeds the Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, “Cash Equivalents” shall also mean any investment (a “Qualifying Investment”) that satisfies the following two conditions: (a) the Qualifying Investment is of a type described in clauses (1) through (10) and the immediately preceding paragraph of this definition, but has an effective maturity (whether by reason of final maturity, a put option or, in the case of an asset-backed security, an average life) of five years and one month or less from the date of such Qualifying Investment (notwithstanding any provision contained in such clauses (1) through (10) or the immediately preceding paragraph requiring a shorter maturity); and (b) the weighted average effective maturity of such Qualifying Investment and all other investments that were made as Qualifying Investments in accordance with this paragraph, does not exceed two years from the date of such Qualifying Investment.

“Cash Management Obligations” means obligations owed by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to any “Lender” (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) or any Affiliate of such a “Lender” in respect of any overdraft and related liabilities arising from treasury, depository or cash management services or any automated clearing house transfers of funds.

“Casualty Event” means any event that gives rise to the receipt by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary of any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of any equipment, fixed assets or real property (including any improvements thereon) to replace or repair such equipment, fixed assets or real property.

“CCAA” means the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

“Change in Law” means (a) the adoption of any law, treaty, order, policy, rule or regulation after the date of this Agreement, (b) any change in any law, treaty, order, policy, rule or regulation or in the interpretation or application thereof by any Governmental Authority after the date of this Agreement or (c) compliance by the Lender with any guideline, request or directive issued or made after the date hereof by any central bank or other governmental or quasi-governmental authority (whether or not having the force of law).

“Change of Control” means the earliest to occur of

(a) the Permitted Holders ceasing to have the power, directly or indirectly, to vote or direct the voting of securities having a majority of the ordinary voting power for the election of directors of Holdings; provided that the occurrence of the foregoing event shall not be deemed a Change of Control if,

(i) any time prior to the consummation of a Qualifying IPO, and for any reason whatsoever, (A) the Permitted Holders otherwise have the right, directly or indirectly, to designate (and do so designate) a majority of the board of directors of Holdings at such time or (B) the Permitted Holders own a majority of the outstanding voting Equity Interests of Holdings at such time, or

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(ii) at any time upon or after the consummation of a Qualifying IPO, and for any reason whatsoever, (A) no “person” or “group” (as such terms are used in Sections 13(d) and 14(d) of the Exchange Act), excluding the Permitted Holders, shall become the “beneficial owner” (as defined in Rules 13(d)-3 and 13(d)-5 under such Act), directly or indirectly, of more than the greater of (x) thirty-five percent (35%) of the then outstanding voting stock of Holdings, and (y) the percentage of the then outstanding voting stock of Holdings owned, directly or indirectly, beneficially by the Permitted Holders, and (B) during each period of twelve (12) consecutive months, the board of directors of Holdings shall consist of a majority of the Continuing Directors; or

(b) at any time prior to a Qualifying IPO of the Borrower, the Borrower ceasing to be a direct wholly-owned Subsidiary of (i) Holdings or (ii) if any Intermediate Holding Company is formed, the Intermediate Holding Company that is a direct parent of the Borrower.

“Closing Date” means the date all the conditions precedent in Section 4.01 are satisfied or waived in accordance with Section 10.01.

“Closing Date Material Adverse Effect” means any event, circumstance, effect, occurrence or state of affairs or any combination thereof which is, or is reasonably likely to be, materially adverse to the business, operations, assets, liabilities, properties, financial condition or results of the Business, but excluding any such event, circumstance, effect, occurrence or state of affairs or any combination thereof arising as a result of changes of conditions affecting the Business generally, including changes in product prices or Taxes (as defined in the Purchase Agreement); arising as a result of general economic, financial, currency exchange, securities or “SMART” product market conditions in Canada or elsewhere; or that were specifically consented to or approved by the Sponsor in writing prior to the date of the Purchase Agreement pursuant thereto and disclosed in writing to the Administrative Agent.

“Code” means the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time, and Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Collateral” means all the “Collateral” as defined in any Collateral Document and shall include the Mortgaged Properties.

“Collateral Agent” means DB Canada, in its capacity as collateral agent under any of the Loan Documents, or any successor collateral agent appointed in accordance with Section 9.09.

“Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” means, at any time, the requirement that:

(a) the Collateral Agent shall have received each Collateral Document required to be delivered on the Closing Date pursuant to Section 4.01(a)(iv) or pursuant to Section 6.11 or Section 6.13 at such time, duly executed by each Loan Party party thereto;

(b) all Obligations shall have been unconditionally guaranteed (the “Guarantees”) by Holdings (in the absence of any Intermediate Holding Company), any Intermediate Holding Company and each Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) that is a wholly-owned Material Domestic Subsidiary or a wholly-owned Material U.S. Subsidiary, including those that are listed on Schedule 1 hereto (each, a “Guarantor”);

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(c) the Obligations and the Guarantees shall have been secured by a second-priority security interest in (i) all the Equity Interests of the Borrower (including without limitation any Incremental Borrower) and (ii) all Equity Interests (other than Equity Interests of Unrestricted Subsidiaries, Excluded Subsidiaries and any Equity Interest of any Restricted Subsidiary pledged to secure Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(h)) held by the Borrower or any Guarantor in any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Material Domestic Subsidiary or a Material U.S. Subsidiary;

(d) except to the extent otherwise provided hereunder or under any Collateral Document, the Obligations and the Guarantees shall have been secured by a perfected second-priority security interest (other than in the case of mortgages, to the extent such security interest may be perfected by delivering certificated securities, filing PPSA or other personal property financing statements or making any necessary filings with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office or Canadian Intellectual Property Office) in, and mortgages on, substantially all tangible and intangible assets of Holdings, the Borrower and each other Guarantor (including accounts receivable (other than any Securitization Assets), inventory, equipment, investment property, intellectual property, other general intangibles, owned (but not leased) real property and proceeds of the foregoing), in each case, with the priority required by the Collateral Documents; provided that security interests in real property shall be limited to the Mortgaged Properties;

(e) none of the Collateral shall be subject to any Liens other than Liens permitted by Section 7.01; and

(f) the Collateral Agent shall have received (i) counterparts of a Mortgage with respect to each Material Real Property required to be delivered pursuant to Sections 4.01(a)(iv) (if applicable), 6.11 and 6.13 (excluding the Calgary Property, the “Mortgaged Properties”) duly executed and delivered by the record owner of such property, (ii) a title insurance policy for such property or the equivalent or other form (if applicable) available in each applicable jurisdiction (the “Mortgage Policies”) insuring the Lien of each such Mortgage as a valid Lien on the property described therein, free of any other Liens except as expressly permitted by Section 7.01, together with such endorsements, coinsurance and reinsurance as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, and (iii) such existing surveys, existing abstracts, existing appraisals, legal opinions and other documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request with respect to any such Mortgaged Property.

The foregoing definition shall not require the creation or perfection of pledges of or security interests in, or the obtaining of title insurance or surveys with respect to, particular assets if and for so long as the Administrative Agent and the Borrower agree the cost of creating or perfecting such pledges or security interests in such assets or obtaining title insurance or surveys in respect of such assets shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom.

The Administrative Agent may grant extensions of time for the perfection of security interests in or the obtaining of title insurance and surveys with respect to particular assets (including extensions beyond the Closing Date for the perfection of security interests in the assets of the Loan

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Parties on such date) where it reasonably determines, in consultation with the Borrower, that perfection cannot be accomplished without undue effort or expense by the time or times at which it would otherwise be required by this Agreement or the Collateral Documents.

Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this definition or anything in this Agreement or any other Loan Document to the contrary, (a) with respect to leases of real property entered into by any Loan Party, such Loan Party shall not be required to take any action with respect to creation or perfection of security interests with respect to such leases, (b) Liens required to be granted from time to time pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall be subject to exceptions and limitations set forth in the Collateral Documents and, to the extent appropriate in the applicable jurisdiction, as agreed between the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, (c) the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall not apply to any of the following assets: (i) any fee-owned real property that is not a Material Real Property and any leasehold interests in real property (other than the Calgary Property after transfer thereof by the Borrower to the Calgary SPV and the sublease thereof by the Calgary SPV to the Borrower, to the extent such Mortgage is permitted by applicable Laws), (ii) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title, letter of credit rights and commercial tort claims, (iii) assets a pledge thereof or a security interest therein is prohibited by law or by agreements containing anti-assignment clauses not overridden by PPSA or other applicable law and (iv) assets (including deposit and securities accounts) specifically requiring perfection through control agreements.

“Collateral Documents” means, collectively, the Security Agreement, the U.S. Intellectual Property Security Agreement, the Mortgages, each of the mortgages, collateral assignments, Security Agreement Supplements, security agreements, pledge agreements or other similar agreements delivered to the Collateral Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Sections 4.01(a)(iv), 6.11 or 6.13, the Guaranty and each of the other agreements, instruments or documents that creates or purports to create a Lien or Guarantee in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

“Commitment” means, as to each Lender, its obligation to make a Loan to the Borrower pursuant to Section 2.01 in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed the amount set forth opposite such Lender’s name on Schedule 2.01 under the caption “Commitment” or in the Assignment and Assumption pursuant to which such Lender becomes a party hereto, as applicable, as such amount may be adjusted from time to time in accordance with this Agreement. The initial aggregate amount of the Commitments is $100,000,000.

“Commitment Letter” means the Commitment Letters dated June 27, 2007 or as of such date among Holdings, DB Canada, DB Canada, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Lloyds TSB Bank plc and RBC, as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.

“Committed Loan Notice” means a notice of (a) a Borrowing, (b) a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or (c) a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, pursuant to Section 2.02(a), which, if in writing, shall be substantially in the form of Exhibit A.

“Compensation Period” has the meaning specified in Section 2.13(c)(ii).

“Compliance Certificate” means a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit D.

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“Consolidated Capital Expenditures” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of all expenditures of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period determined on a consolidated basis that, in accordance with GAAP, are or should be included in “purchase of property and equipment” or similar items reflected in the consolidated statement of cash flows of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries.

“Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense” means with respect to any Person for any period, the total amount of depreciation and amortization expense, including the amortization of deferred financing fees or costs and Capitalized Software Expenditures of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period on a consolidated basis and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Consolidated EBITDA” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period:

(a) increased (without duplication) by the following, in each case to the extent deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period:

(i) provision for taxes based on income or profits or capital, including, without limitation, federal, provincial, state, franchise and similar taxes and foreign withholding taxes of such Person paid or accrued during such period; plus

(ii) Consolidated Interest Expense of such Person for such period (including (x) net losses or any obligations under any Swap Contracts or other derivative instruments entered into for the purpose of hedging interest rate risk, (y) bank fees and (z) costs of surety bonds in connection with financing activities, plus amounts excluded from Consolidated Interest Expense as set forth in sub clauses (t) to (z) of clause (a) of the definition thereof); plus

(iii) Consolidated Depreciation and Amortization Expense of such Person for such period; plus

(iv) any expenses or charges (other than depreciation or amortization expense) related to any equity offering, Investment, acquisition, disposition, or recapitalization permitted hereunder or the incurrence of Indebtedness permitted to be incurred hereunder (including a refinancing thereof) (whether or not successful), including (A) such fees, expenses or charges related to the offering of the Loans, the First Lien Loans, the Holding Loans and any credit facilities and (B) any amendment or other modification of the Loans, the First Lien Loans, the Holding Loans and any credit facilities; plus

(v) the amount of any restructuring charges, integration costs or other business optimization expenses, costs associated with establishing new facilities or reserves, including any one-time costs incurred in connection with acquisitions after the Closing Date, and costs related to the closure and/or consolidation of facilities; plus

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(vi) any other non-cash charges (collectively, the “Non-Cash Charges”) including any write-offs or write-downs reducing Consolidated Net Income for such period (provided that if any such non-cash charges represent an accrual or reserve for potential cash items in any future period, the cash payment in respect thereof in such future period shall be subtracted from Consolidated EBITDA to such extent, and excluding amortization of a prepaid cash item that was paid in a prior period); plus

(vii) the amount of any minority interest expense consisting of Subsidiary income attributable to minority equity interests of third parties in any non-wholly-owned Subsidiary; plus

(viii) the amount of management, monitoring, consulting and advisory fees (including termination fees) and related indemnities and expenses paid or accrued in such period to the Sponsor to the extent permitted under Section 7.08; plus

(ix) the amount of “run-rate” cost savings projected by the Borrower in good faith to result from actions either taken or expected to be taken prior to or during such period (which cost savings shall be subject only to certification by management of the Borrower and shall be calculated on a pro forma basis as though such cost savings had been realized on the first day of such period), net of the amount of actual benefits realized or expected to be realized prior to or during such period from such actions; provided, that (A) such cost savings are reasonably identifiable. and (B) no cost savings shall be added pursuant to this clause (ix) to the extent duplicative of any expenses or charges relating to such cost savings that are included in clause (v) above with respect to such period (it being understood and agreed that “run-rate” means the full recurring benefit that is associated with any action taken or expected to be taken, provided that such benefit is expected to be realized within 12 months of taking such action); plus

(x) any costs or expense incurred by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to any management equity plan or stock option plan or any other management or employee benefit plan or agreement or any stock subscription or shareholder agreement, to the extent that such cost or expenses are funded with cash proceeds contributed to the capital of the Borrower or Net Cash Proceeds of an issuance of Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests) of the Borrower; plus

(xi) any net loss from disposed or discontinued operations; plus

(xii) cash receipts (or any netting arrangements resulting in reduced cash expenditures) not representing Consolidated EBITDA or Consolidated Net Income in any period to the extent non-cash gains relating to such income were deducted in the calculation of Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to paragraph (b) below for any previous period and not added back; plus

(xiii) interest income or investment earnings on retiree medical and intellectual property, royalty or license receivables; plus

(xiv) the amount of loss on sale of receivables, Securitization Assets and related assets to any Securitization Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing;

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(b) decreased (without duplication) by the following, in each case to the extent included in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period:

(i) non-cash gains increasing Consolidated Net Income of such Person for such period, excluding any non-cash gains to the extent they represent the reversal of an accrual or reserve for a potential cash item that reduced Consolidated EBITDA in any prior period and excluding any non-cash gains with respect to cash actually received in a prior period so long as such cash did not increase Consolidated EBITDA in such prior period; plus

(ii) any net income from disposed or discontinued operations;

(c) increased or decreased without duplication, as applicable, by any adjustments resulting from the application of FASB Interpretation No. 45 (Guarantees) or any comparable regulation; and

(d) decreased (to the extent not already deducted in determining Consolidated EBITDA) by any Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 7.06(g)(ii).

There shall be included in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period, without duplication, (A) the Acquired EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset acquired by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (but not the Acquired EBITDA of any related Person, property, business or assets to the extent not so acquired), to the extent not subsequently sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business or asset acquired and not subsequently so disposed of, an “Acquired Entity or Business”) and the Acquired EBITDA of any Unrestricted Subsidiary that is converted into a Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each a “Converted Restricted Subsidiary”), based on the actual Acquired EBITDA of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition) and (B) for the purposes of compliance with the Senior Secured Incurrence Test, an adjustment in respect of each Acquired Entity or Business equal to the amount of the Pro Forma Adjustment with respect to such Acquired Entity or Business for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such acquisition) as specified in a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer and delivered to the Lenders and the Administrative Agent. For purposes of determining the Total Leverage Ratio and the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio there shall be excluded in determining Consolidated EBITDA for any period the Disposed EBITDA of any Person, property, business or asset (other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary) sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, closed or classified as discontinued operations by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary during such period (each such Person, property, business or asset so sold or disposed of, a “Sold Entity or Business”) and the Disposed EBITDA of any Restricted Subsidiary that is converted into an Unrestricted Subsidiary during such period (each a “Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary”), based on the actual Disposed EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for such period (including the portion thereof occurring prior to such sale, transfer or disposition.

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“Consolidated Interest Expense” means, with respect to any Person for any period, without duplication, the sum of:

(a) consolidated interest expense of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, to the extent such expense was deducted (and not added back) in computing Consolidated Net Income (including (i) amortization of original issue discount resulting from the issuance of Indebtedness at less than par, (ii) all commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit or bankers acceptances, (iii) non-cash interest payments (but excluding any non-cash interest expense attributable to the movement in the ▇▇▇▇ to market valuation of obligations under any Swap Contracts or other derivative instruments pursuant to GAAP), (iv) the interest component of Capitalized Lease Obligations, and (v) net payments, if any, made (less net payments, if any, received) pursuant to interest rate obligations under any Swap Contracts with respect to Indebtedness, and excluding (s) any interest expense in respect of the Shareholder Loans, (t) any expense resulting from the discounting of any Indebtedness in connection with the application of purchase accounting in connection with the Transaction or any acquisition, (u) penalties and interest relating to taxes, (v) any additional interest owing pursuant to any registration rights agreement with respect to securities, (w) amortization of deferred financing fees, debt issuance costs, commissions, fees and expenses, (x) any expensing of bridge, commitment and other financing fees, (y) commissions, discounts, yield and other fees and charges (including any interest expense) related to any Qualified Securitization Financing, and (z) any accretion of accrued interest on discounted liabilities; plus

(b) consolidated capitalized interest of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, whether paid or accrued; less

For purposes of this definition, interest on a Capitalized Lease Obligation shall be deemed to accrue at an interest rate reasonably determined by such Person to be the rate of interest implicit in such Capitalized Lease Obligation in accordance with GAAP. For purposes of determining Consolidated Interest Expense for any period ending prior to the first anniversary of the Closing Date, Consolidated Interest Expense (i) for the Test Period ending at the end of the first complete fiscal quarter after the Closing Date shall be Consolidated Interest Expense for the period between the Closing Date and the end of the first complete fiscal quarter after the Closing Date, multiplied by 4, (ii) for the Test Period ending at the end of the second complete fiscal quarter after the Closing Date shall be Consolidated Interest Expense for the period between the Closing Date and the end of the second complete fiscal quarter after the Closing Date, multiplied by 2, and (iii) for the Test Period ending at the end of the third complete fiscal quarter after the Closing Date shall be Consolidated Interest Expense for the period between the Closing Date and the end of the third complete fiscal quarter after the Closing Date, multiplied by 4/3.

“Consolidated Lease Expense” means, for any period, all rental expenses (excluding real estate taxes, insurance costs and common area maintenance charges and net of sublease income) of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period under operating leases for real or personal property (including in connection with Permitted Sale Leasebacks) other than (a) obligations under vehicle leases entered into in the ordinary course of business, (b) all such rental expenses associated with assets acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition to the extent such rental expenses relate to operating leases in effect at the time of (and immediately prior to) such acquisition and related to periods prior to such acquisition and (c) all obligations under Capitalized Leases, all as determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.

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“Consolidated Net Income” means, with respect to any Person for any period, the aggregate of the Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, on a consolidated basis, and otherwise determined in accordance with GAAP; provided, however, that, without duplication,

(a) any after-tax effect of extraordinary, non-recurring or unusual gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) or expenses (including relating to the Transaction Expenses or any multi-year strategic initiatives), severance, relocation costs and curtailments or modifications to pension and post-retirement employee benefit plans shall be excluded,

(b) the Net Income for such period shall not include the cumulative effect of a change in accounting principles and changes as a result of the adoption or modification of accounting policies during such period,

(d) any after-tax effect of gains or losses (less all fees and expenses relating thereto) attributable to asset dispositions or abandonments or the sale or other disposition of any Equity Interests of any Person other than in the ordinary course of business shall be excluded,

(e) the Net Income for such period of any Person that is not a Subsidiary, or is an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or that is accounted for by the equity method of accounting, shall be excluded to the extent such Person or Unrestricted Subsidiary is prohibited by contract (including its Organization Documents) from making dividends or distributions to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower shall be increased by the amount of dividends or distributions or other payments that are actually paid to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period,

(f) solely for the purpose of calculating the Available Amount, the Net Income for such period of any Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Guarantor) shall be excluded to the extent that the declaration or payment of dividends or similar distributions by such Restricted Subsidiary of its Net Income is not at the date of determination permitted without any prior governmental approval (which has not been obtained) or, directly or indirectly, by the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order, statute, rule, or governmental regulation applicable to that Restricted Subsidiary, unless such restriction with respect to the payment of dividends or similar distributions has been legally waived; provided that Consolidated Net Income of the Borrower will be increased by the amount of dividends or other distributions or other payments actually paid in cash (or to the extent converted into cash) to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary thereof in respect of such period, to the extent not already included therein,

(g) effects of adjustments (including the effects of such adjustments pushed down to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries) in the inventory, property and equipment, software, goodwill, other intangible assets, in-process research and development, deferred revenue and debt line items in such Person’s consolidated financial statements pursuant to GAAP resulting from the application of purchase accounting in relation to the Transaction or any consummated acquisition or the amortization or write-off of any amounts thereof, net of taxes, shall be excluded,

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(h) any after-tax effect of income (loss) from the early extinguishment of (i) Indebtedness, (ii) obligations under any Swaps Contracts or (iii) other derivative instruments shall be excluded,

(i) any impairment charge or asset write-off or write-down, including impairment charges or asset write-offs or write-downs related to intangible assets, long-lived assets, investments in debt and equity securities or as a result of a change in law or regulation, in each case, pursuant to GAAP, and the amortization of intangibles arising pursuant to GAAP shall be excluded,

(j) any non-cash compensation charge or expense, including any such charge arising from the grants of stock appreciation or similar rights, stock options, restricted stock or other rights shall be excluded,

(k) any fees and expenses incurred during such period, or any amortization thereof for such period, in connection with any acquisition, Investment, Disposition, issuance or repayment of Indebtedness, issuance of Equity Interests, refinancing transaction or amendment or modification of any debt instrument (in each case, including any such transaction consummated prior to the Closing Date and any such transaction undertaken but not completed) and any charges or non-recurring merger costs incurred during such period as a result of any such transaction shall be excluded,

(l) accruals and reserves that are established within twelve months after the Closing Date that are so required to be established as a result of the Transaction in accordance with GAAP shall be excluded,

(m) the deferral of income (and recognition of previously deferred income) in accordance with GAAP shall be ignored (which, for the avoidance of doubt, means that all revenues shall be recognized in the period in which goods are dispatched), and

(n) the following items shall be excluded:

(i) any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period from obligations under any Swap Contracts in accordance with GAAP;

(ii) any net unrealized gain or loss (after any offset) resulting in such period from currency translation gains or losses including those (x) related to currency remeasurements of Indebtedness and (y) resulting from hedge agreements for currency exchange risk

In addition, to the extent not already included in the Consolidated Net Income of such Person and its Restricted Subsidiaries, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in the foregoing, Consolidated Net Income shall include (i) any expenses and charges that are reimbursed by indemnification or other reimbursement provisions in connection with any investment or any sale, conveyance, transfer or other disposition of assets permitted hereunder and (ii) to the extent covered by insurance and actually reimbursed, or, so long as the Borrower has made a determination that there exists reasonable evidence that such amount will in fact be reimbursed by the insurer and only to the extent that such amount is (A) not denied by the applicable carrier in writing within 180 days and (B) in fact reimbursed within 365 days of the date of such evidence (with a deduction for any amount so added back to the extent not so reimbursed within such 365 days), expenses with respect to liability or casualty events or business interruption.

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“Consolidated Senior Secured Debt” means, as of any date of determination, (a) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of purchase accounting in connection with the Transaction or any Permitted Acquisition), consisting of (i) Loans hereunder, (ii) the First Lien Obligations, and (iii) any other Indebtedness for borrowed money or debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments that are secured by a Lien, minus (b) (i) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents (in each case, free and clear of all Liens, other than nonconsensual Liens permitted by Section 7.01 and Liens permitted by Section 7.01(t) and clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 7.01(u)) included in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date, and (ii) Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(f); provided that Consolidated Senior Secured Debt shall not include (i) all “Letters of Credit,” (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) except to the extent of “Unreimbursed Amounts” (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) thereunder, (ii) obligations under Swap Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes or (iii) Indebtedness in respect of any Qualified Securitization Financing.

“Consolidated Total Debt” means, as of any date of determination, (a) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries outstanding on such date, determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP (but excluding the effects of any discounting of Indebtedness resulting from the application of purchase accounting in connection with the Transaction or any Permitted Acquisition), consisting of Indebtedness for borrowed money, obligations in respect of Capitalized Leases and debt obligations evidenced by promissory notes or similar instruments, minus (b) the aggregate amount of cash and Cash Equivalents (in each case, free and clear of all Liens, other than nonconsensual Liens permitted by Section 7.01 and Liens permitted by Section 7.01(t) and clauses (i) and (ii) of Section 7.01(u)) included in the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries as of such date; provided that Consolidated Total Debt shall not include (i) all “Letters of Credit,” (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) except to the extent of “Unreimbursed Amounts” (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) thereunder, (ii) obligations under Swap Contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes, (iii) Indebtedness in respect of any Qualified Securitization Financing or (iv) the aggregate principal amount (including any accretion thereof) of Indebtedness of the Borrower under the Shareholder Loans.

“Consolidated Working Capital” means, at any date, the excess of (a) the sum of (i) all amounts (other than cash and Cash Equivalents) that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current assets” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date and (ii) long-term accounts receivable over (b) the sum of (i) all amounts that would, in conformity with GAAP, be set forth opposite the caption “total current liabilities” (or any like caption) on a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on such date and (ii) long-term deferred revenue, but excluding, without duplication, (a) the current portion of any Funded Debt, (b) all Indebtedness consisting of “Revolving Credit Loans,” “Swing Line Loans” and “L/C Obligations” (each as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) to the extent otherwise included therein, (c) the current portion of interest, (d) the current portion of current and deferred income taxes, (e) the current portion of any Capitalized Lease Obligations and (f) deferred revenue arising from cash receipts that are earmarked for specific projects.

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“Continuing Directors” means the directors of Holdings or the Borrower, as the case may be, on the Closing Date, as elected or appointed after giving effect to the Acquisition and the other transactions contemplated hereby, and each other director, if, in each case, such other director’s nomination for election to the board of directors of Holdings or the Borrower, as the case may be (or the direct or indirect parent of the Borrower after a Qualifying IPO of such direct or indirect parent) is recommended by a majority of the then Continuing Directors or such other director receives the vote of the Permitted Holders in his or her election by the stockholders of Holdings or the Borrower, as the case may be (or the direct or indirect parent of the Borrower after a Qualifying IPO of such direct or indirect parent).

“Contract Consideration” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Excess Cash Flow”.

“Contractual Obligation” means, as to any Person, any provision of any security issued by such Person or of any agreement, instrument or other undertaking to which such Person is a party or by which it or any of its property is bound.

“Control” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Affiliate”.

“Converted Restricted Subsidiary” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.

“Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Consolidated EBITDA”.

“Cumulative Excess Cash Flow” means the sum of Excess Cash Flow (but not less than zero for any period) for each fiscal year completed subsequent to the Closing Date (it being understood that no Excess Cash Flow generated during any period shall be deemed to be Cumulative Excess Cash Flow until the financial statements for such period are delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a), the related Compliance Certificate is delivered pursuant to Section 6.02(a) and the Borrower has complied with Section 2.06(b)(i) of the First Lien Credit Agreement with respect to Excess Cash Flow for such period (with any prepayment pursuant to such Section 2.06(b)(i) for such period deducted from Excess Cash Flow for this purpose)).

“DB Canada” means Deutsche Bank AG, Canada Branch, in its individual capacity, and any successor corporation thereto by merger, consolidation or otherwise.

“Debtor Relief Laws” means the Bankruptcy Code of the United States, the BIA, the CCAA, the WURA and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief Laws of Canada, the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect and affecting the rights of creditors generally.

“Declined Proceeds” has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(b)(vii).

“Default” means any event or condition that constitutes an Event of Default or that, with the giving of any notice, the passage of time, or both, would be an Event of Default.

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“Default Rate” means an interest rate equal to (a) the Base Rate plus (b) the Applicable Rate applicable to Base Rate Loans plus (c) 2.0% per annum; provided that with respect to a Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the Default Rate shall be an interest rate equal to the interest rate (including any Applicable Rate) otherwise applicable to such Loan plus 2.0% per annum, in each case, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws.

“Disposed EBITDA” means, with respect to any Sold Entity or Business or any Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary for any period, the amount for such period of Consolidated EBITDA of such Sold Entity or Business or such Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary, all as determined on a consolidated basis for such Sold Entity or Business or such Converted Unrestricted Subsidiary.

“Disposition” or “Dispose” means the sale, transfer, license, lease or other disposition (including any Sale Leaseback and any sale of Equity Interests) of any property by any Person, including any sale, assignment, transfer or other disposal, with or without recourse, of any notes or accounts receivable or any rights and claims associated therewith; provided that “Disposition” and “Dispose” shall not be deemed to include any issuance by Holdings of any of its Equity Interests to another Person.

“Disqualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interest which, by its terms (or by the terms of any security or other Equity Interests into which it is convertible or for which it is exchangeable), or upon the happening of any event or condition (a) matures or is mandatorily redeemable (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or otherwise (except as a result of a change of control or asset sale so long as any rights of the holders thereof upon the occurrence of a change of control or asset sale event shall be subject to the prior repayment in full of the Loans and all other Obligations that are accrued and payable and the termination of the Commitments), (b) is redeemable at the option of the holder thereof (other than solely for Qualified Equity Interests), in whole or in part, (c) provides for the scheduled payments of dividends in cash, or (d) is or becomes convertible into or exchangeable for Indebtedness or any other Equity Interests that would constitute Disqualified Equity Interests, in each case, prior to the date that is ninety-one (91) days after the Maturity Date.

“Dollar” and “$” mean lawful money of the United States.

“Domestic Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is incorporated or formed under the Laws of Canada or any province thereof.

“Eligible Assignee” means any Assignee permitted by and consented to in accordance with Section 10.07(b).

“EMU” means the economic and monetary union as contemplated in the Treaty on European Union.

“Environmental Laws” means any and all Laws relating to pollution, the protection of the environment, natural resources or to the release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment, or, to the extent relating to exposure to Hazardous Materials, human health.

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“Environmental Liability” means any liability, contingent or otherwise (including any liability for damages, costs of environmental remediation, fines, penalties or indemnities) of any Loan Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries directly or indirectly resulting from or based upon (a) violation of any Environmental Law, (b) the generation, use, handling, transportation, storage, treatment or disposal of any Hazardous Materials, (c) exposure to any Hazardous Materials, (d) the release or threatened release of any Hazardous Materials into the environment or (e) any contract, agreement or other consensual arrangement pursuant to which liability is assumed or imposed with respect to any of the foregoing.

“Equity Contribution” means the contribution by the Permitted Holders to Holdings, directly or indirectly, of an aggregate amount of cash of not less than 35.0% of the aggregate pro forma capitalization of Holdings on the Closing Date in the form of a combination of cash equity and/or Shareholder Loans.

“Equity Interests” means, with respect to any Person, all of the shares, interests, rights, participations or other equivalents (however designated) of capital stock of (or other ownership or profit interests or units in) such Person and all of the warrants, options or other rights for the purchase, acquisition or exchange from such Person of any of the foregoing (including through convertible securities).

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended from time to time.

“ERISA Affiliate” means any trade or business (whether or not incorporated) that is under common control with any Loan Party and is treated as a single employer within the meaning of Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA.

“Eurocurrency Rate” means, for any Interest Period with respect to any Eurocurrency Rate Loan:

(a) the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate that appears on the page of the LIBOR I screen (or any successor thereto) that displays an average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in Dollars (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, or

(b) if the rate referenced in the preceding subsection (a) does not appear on such page or service or such page or service shall cease to be available, the rate per annum equal to the rate determined by the Administrative Agent to be the offered rate on such other page or other service that displays an average British Bankers Association Interest Settlement Rate for deposits in Dollars (for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period) with a term equivalent to such Interest Period, determined as of approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period, or

(c) if the rates referenced in the preceding subsections (a) and (b) are not available, the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent as the rate of interest (rounded upward to the next 1/100^th of 1%) at which deposits in Dollars for delivery on the first day of such Interest Period in same day funds in the approximate amount of the Eurocurrency Rate Loan being made, continued or converted by the Administrative Agent and with a term equivalent to such Interest Period would be offered by the Administrative Agent’s London Branch to major banks in the offshore Dollar market at their request at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) two (2) Business Days prior to the first day of such Interest Period.

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“Eurocurrency Rate Loan” means a Loan that bears interest at a rate based on the Eurocurrency Rate.

“Event of Default” has the meaning specified in Section 8.01.

“Excess Cash Flow” means, for any period, an amount equal to the excess of:

(a) the sum, without duplication, of:

(i) Consolidated Net Income for such period,

(ii) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash charges (including depreciation and amortization) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,

(iii) decreases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than any such decreases arising from acquisitions by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting), and

(iv) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash loss on Dispositions by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the extent deducted in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income; over

(b) the sum, without duplication, of:

(i) an amount equal to the amount of all non-cash credits included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income and cash charges included in clauses (a) through (f) of the definition of Consolidated Net Income,

(ii) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in prior fiscal years, the amount of Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property made in cash during such period, to the extent that such Capital Expenditures or acquisitions were financed with internally generated cash flow of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries,

(iii) the aggregate amount of all principal payments of Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (including (A) the principal component of payments in respect of Capitalized Leases and (B) the amount of repayments of First Lien Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.08(a) of the First Lien Credit Agreement and any mandatory prepayment of First Lien Term Loans pursuant to Section 2.06(b)(ii) of the First Lien Credit Agreement to the extent required due to a Disposition that resulted in an increase to such Consolidated Net Income and not in excess of the amount of such increase but excluding (X) all other prepayments of First Lien Term Loans, (Y) all prepayments under the “Revolving Credit Facility” (as defined in the

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First Lien Credit Agreement) and (Z) all prepayments in respect of any other revolving credit facility, except, in the case of clause (Z), to the extent there is an equivalent permanent reduction in commitments thereunder) made during such period, except to the extent financed with the proceeds of incurrence or issuance of other Indebtedness of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries,

(iv) an amount equal to the aggregate net non-cash gain on Dispositions by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period (other than Dispositions in the ordinary course of business) to the extent included in arriving at such Consolidated Net Income,

(v) increases in Consolidated Working Capital for such period (other than any such increases arising from acquisitions by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries completed during such period or the application of purchase accounting),

(vi) cash payments by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period in respect of long-term liabilities of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries other than Indebtedness (including such Indebtedness specified in clause (b)(iii) above),

(vii) without duplication of amounts deducted pursuant to clause (xi) below in prior fiscal years, the amount of Investments and acquisitions made during such period to the extent that such Investments and acquisitions were financed with internally generated cash flow of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries,

(viii) the amount of Restricted Payments paid during such period pursuant to Section 7.06(n) to the extent such Restricted Payments were financed with internally generated cash flow of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries,

(ix) the aggregate amount of expenditures actually made by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in cash during such period (including expenditures for the payment of financing fees) to the extent that such expenditures are not expensed during such period,

(x) the aggregate amount of any premium, make-whole or penalty payments actually paid in cash by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries during such period that are required to be made in connection with any prepayment of Indebtedness,

(xi) without duplication of amounts deducted from Excess Cash Flow in prior periods, the aggregate consideration required to be paid in cash by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to binding contracts (the “Contract Consideration”) entered into prior to or during such period relating to Permitted Acquisitions, Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property to be consummated or made during the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower following the end of such period; provided that to the extent the aggregate amount of internally generated cash flow actually utilized to finance such Permitted Acquisitions, Capital Expenditures or acquisitions of intellectual property during such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters is less than the Contract Consideration, the amount of such shortfall shall be added to the calculation of Excess Cash Flow at the end of such period of four consecutive fiscal quarters, and

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(xii) the amount of cash taxes paid or tax reserves set aside or payable (without duplication) in such period to the extent they exceed the amount of tax expense deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period.

“Excess Prepayment Amount” has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(b).

“Exchange Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

“Excluded Subsidiary” means (a) any Securitization Subsidiary, (b) each Subsidiary listed on Schedule 1.01C hereto, (c) the Calgary SPV, (d) any Subsidiary that is prohibited by applicable Law from guaranteeing the Obligations, (e) any Restricted Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition financed with secured Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(h) and each Restricted Subsidiary that is a Subsidiary thereof that guarantees such Indebtedness; provided that each such Restricted Subsidiary shall cease to be an Excluded Subsidiary under this clause (e) if such secured Indebtedness is repaid or becomes unsecured or if such Restricted Subsidiary ceases to guarantee such secured Indebtedness, as applicable and (f) any other Subsidiary with respect to which, in the reasonable judgment of the Administrative Agent (confirmed in writing by notice to the Borrower), the cost or other consequences (including any adverse tax consequences) of providing a Guarantee shall be excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom.

“Excluded Taxes” means, (a) with respect to each Agent and each Lender, taxes (including any additions to tax, penalties and interest) imposed on its net income or net profits (including any franchise taxes imposed in lieu of net income) by the jurisdiction (or any political subdivision thereof) under the Laws of which such Agent or such Lender, as the case may be, is resident or deemed to be resident, is organized, maintains an Applicable Lending Office, or carries on business or is deemed to carry on business to which such payment relates and (b) any withholding tax that is imposed by a jurisdiction in which the Borrower or any Guarantor is located, organized or resident for tax purposes on amounts payable to a Lender under the law in effect at the time such Lender becomes a party to this Agreement (or, in the case of a Participant, on the date such Participant became a Participant hereunder); provided that this clause (b) shall not apply to the extent that (x) the indemnity payments or additional amounts any Lender (or Participant) would be entitled to receive (without regard to this clause (b)) do not exceed the indemnity payment or additional amounts that the person making the assignment, participation or transfer to such Lender (or Participant) would have been entitled to receive in the absence of such assignment, participation or transfer or (y) any Tax is imposed on a Lender in connection with an interest or participation in any Loan or other obligations that such Lender was required to acquire pursuant to Section 2.14 or that such Lender acquired pursuant to Section 3.07(d) (it being understood and agreed, for the avoidance of doubt, that any withholding tax imposed on a Lender as a result of a Change in Law occurring after the time such Lender became a party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office) shall not be an Excluded Tax).

“Existing Credit Agreement” means that certain letter agreement, dated April 11, 2006, among Royal Bank of Canada, SMART Technologies Inc. and SMART Technologies Corporation.

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“Federal Funds Rate” means, for any day, the rate per annum equal to the weighted average of the rates on overnight federal funds transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by federal funds brokers on such day, as published by the Federal Reserve Bank on the Business Day next succeeding such day; provided that (a) if such day is not a Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be such rate on such transactions on the next preceding Business Day as so published on the next succeeding Business Day, and (b) if no such rate is so published on such next succeeding Business Day, the Federal Funds Rate for such day shall be the average rate (rounded upward, if necessary, to a whole multiple of 1/100 of 1%) of the quotations for the day of such transactions received by the Administrative Agent from three federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by it.

“First Lien Collateral Agent” means the “Collateral Agent” under and as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

“First Lien Credit Agreement” means the First Lien Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended, amended and restated from time to time or refinanced) among the Borrower, Holdings, DB Canada, as administrative agent and collateral agent, RBC as RC Agent and Swing Line Lender and each lender from time to time party thereto.

“First Lien Loan Documents” means the “Loan Documents” under and as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

“First Lien Loans” means the “Loans” under and as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

“First Lien Obligations” means the “Obligations” under and as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

“First Lien Term Loans” means the “Term Loans” under and as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

“Foreign Casualty Event” has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(b).

“Foreign Disposition” has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(b).

“Foreign Plan” means any employee benefit plan, program, policy, arrangement or agreement maintained or contributed to by, or entered into with, any Loan Party or any Subsidiary under which any Loan Party or any Subsidiary has any liability or contingent liabilities with respect to employees employed outside of Canada and, for greater certainty, shall not include in its meaning any arrangements that are Canadian Benefit Plans or Canadian Pension Plans.

“Foreign Subsidiary” means any direct or indirect Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower which is not a Domestic Subsidiary.

“Foreign Subsidiary Total Assets” means the total assets of the Foreign Subsidiaries, as determined in accordance with GAAP in good faith by a Responsible Officer, without intercompany eliminations.

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“FRB” means the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United States.

“Fund” means any Person (other than a natural person) that is engaged in making, purchasing, holding or otherwise investing in commercial loans and similar extensions of credit in the ordinary course.

“Funded Debt” means all Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for borrowed money that matures more than one year from the date of its creation or matures within one year from such date that is renewable or extendable, at the option of such Person, to a date more than one year from such date or arises under a revolving credit or similar agreement that obligates the lender or lenders to extend credit during a period of more than one year from such date, including Indebtedness in respect of the Loans.

“GAAP” means generally accepted accounting principles in Canada, as in effect from time to time; provided, however, that if the Borrower notifies the Administrative Agent that the Borrower requests an amendment to any provision hereof to eliminate the effect of any change occurring after the Closing Date in GAAP or in the application thereof on the operation of such provision (or if the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower that the Required Lenders request an amendment to any provision hereof for such purpose), regardless of whether any such notice is given before or after such change in GAAP or in the application thereof, then such provision shall be interpreted on the basis of GAAP as in effect and applied immediately before such change shall have become effective until such notice shall have been withdrawn or such provision amended in accordance herewith.

“Governmental Authority” means any nation or government, any state, provincial, territorial or other political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, administrative tribunal, central bank or other entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to government.

“Granting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(h).

“Guarantee” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement”.

“Guarantee Obligations” means, as to any Person, without duplication, (a) any obligation, contingent or otherwise, of such Person guaranteeing or having the economic effect of guaranteeing any Indebtedness or other monetary obligation payable or performable by another Person (the “primary obligor”) in any manner, whether directly or indirectly, and including any obligation of such Person, direct or indirect, (i) to purchase or pay (or advance or supply funds for the purchase or payment of) such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, (ii) to purchase or lease property, securities or services for the purpose of assuring the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or performance of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, (iii) to maintain working capital, equity capital or any other financial statement condition or liquidity or level of income or cash flow of the primary obligor so as to enable the primary obligor to pay such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation, or (iv) entered into for the purpose of assuring in any other manner the obligee in respect of such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation of the payment or performance thereof or to protect such obligee against loss in respect thereof (in whole or in part), or (b) any Lien on any assets of such Person securing any Indebtedness

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or other monetary obligation of any other Person, whether or not such Indebtedness or other monetary obligation is assumed by such Person (or any right, contingent or otherwise, of any holder of such Indebtedness to obtain any such Lien); provided that the term “Guarantee Obligation” shall not include endorsements for collection or deposit, in either case in the ordinary course of business, or customary and reasonable indemnity obligations in effect on the Closing Date or entered into in connection with any acquisition or disposition of assets permitted under this Agreement (other than such obligations with respect to Indebtedness). The amount of any Guarantee Obligation shall be deemed to be an amount equal to the stated or determinable amount of the related primary obligation, or portion thereof, in respect of which such Guarantee Obligation is made or, if not stated or determinable, the maximum reasonably anticipated liability in respect thereof as determined by the guaranteeing Person in good faith.

“Guarantors” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement”.

“Guaranty” means, collectively, (a) the U.S. Guaranty and the Canadian Guaranty and (b) each other guaranty and guaranty supplement delivered pursuant to Section 6.11.

“Hazardous Materials” means all explosive or radioactive substances or wastes and all hazardous or toxic substances, wastes or pollutants, including petroleum or petroleum distillates, asbestos or asbestos-containing materials, polychlorinated biphenyls, radon gas, infectious or medical wastes and all other substances or wastes of any nature regulated pursuant to any applicable Environmental Law.

“Hedge Bank” means any Person that is a Lender, an Arranger or an Affiliate of the foregoing at the time it enters into a Secured Hedge Agreement, in its capacity as party thereto.

“Holdings” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement, subject to Section 2.15(b).

“Holdings Credit Agreement” means the Holdings Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended or amended and restated from time to time) among Holdings, DB Canada as administrative agent, and each lender from time to time party thereto.

“Holdings Loans” means the “Loans” under and as defined in the Holdings Credit Agreement.

“Incremental Amendment” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a).

“Incremental Availability” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a).

“Incremental Borrower” means (i) the Borrower, or (ii) a Person organized in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Luxembourg or any other jurisdiction reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent which owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the capital stock of Holdings and the Borrower.

“Incremental Currency” means any of Dollars, Canadian Dollars or Sterling.

“Incremental Facility Closing Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a).

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“Incremental First Lien Term Loans” shall mean the “Incremental Term Loans” under and as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

“Incremental Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 2.15(a).

“Indebtedness” means, as to any Person at a particular time, without duplication, all of the following, whether or not included as indebtedness or liabilities in accordance with GAAP:

(a) all obligations of such Person for borrowed money and all obligations of such Person evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes, loan agreements or other similar instruments;

(b) the maximum amount (after giving effect to any prior drawings or reductions which may have been reimbursed) of all letters of credit (including standby and commercial), banker’s acceptances, bank guaranties, surety bonds, performance bonds and similar instruments issued or created by or for the account of such Person;

(d) all obligations of such Person to pay the deferred purchase price of property or services (other than (i) trade accounts payable in the ordinary course of business and (ii) any earn-out obligation until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP and if not paid after becoming due and payable);

(e) indebtedness (excluding prepaid interest thereon) secured by a Lien on property owned or being purchased by such Person (including indebtedness arising under conditional sales or other title retention agreements and mortgage, industrial revenue bond, industrial development bond and similar financings), whether or not such indebtedness shall have been assumed by such Person or is limited in recourse;

(f) all Attributable Indebtedness;

(g) all obligations of such Person in respect of Disqualified Equity Interests; and

(h) all Guarantee Obligations of such Person in respect of any of the foregoing.

For all purposes hereof, the Indebtedness of any Person shall (A) include the Indebtedness of any partnership or joint venture (other than a joint venture that is itself a corporation or limited liability company) in which such Person is a general partner or a joint venturer, except to the extent such Person’s liability for such Indebtedness is otherwise limited and only to the extent such Indebtedness would be included in the calculation of Consolidated Total Debt and (B) in the case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, exclude all intercompany Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary of business consistent with past practice. The amount of any net obligation under any Swap Contract on any date shall be deemed to be the Swap Termination Value thereof as of such date. The amount of Indebtedness of any Person for purposes of clause (e) shall be deemed to be equal to the lesser of (i) the aggregate unpaid amount of such Indebtedness and (ii) the fair market value of the property encumbered thereby as determined by such Person in good faith.

“Indemnified Liabilities” has the meaning specified in Section 10.05.

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“Indemnitees” has the meaning specified in Section 10.05.

“Information” has the meaning specified in Section 10.08.

“Intellectual Property Security Agreement” means, collectively, (a) the U.S. Intellectual Property Security Agreement and the Canadian Intellectual Property Security Agreement and (b) each other Intellectual Property Security Agreement Supplement executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.11.

“Intellectual Property Security Agreement Supplement” has the meaning specified in the U.S. Intellectual Property Security Agreement or Canadian Intellectual Property Security Agreement, as applicable.

“Intercreditor Agreement” means the Intercreditor Agreement to be executed and delivered by the Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral Agent and the Borrower, substantially in the form of Exhibit J.

“Interest Payment Date” means, (a) as to any Loan other than a Base Rate Loan or, the last day of each Interest Period applicable to such Loan and the Maturity Date; provided that if any Interest Period for a Eurocurrency Rate Loan exceeds three months, the respective dates that fall every three months after the beginning of such Interest Period shall also be Interest Payment Dates; and (b) as to any Base Rate Loan), the last Business Day of each March, June, September and December and the Maturity Date.

“Interest Period” means, as to each Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the period commencing on the date such Eurocurrency Rate Loan is disbursed or converted to or continued as a Eurocurrency Rate Loan and ending on the date one, two, three or six months thereafter, or to the extent available to each Lender of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, nine or twelve months thereafter or any earlier date as selected by the Borrower in its Committed Loan Notice; provided that:

(a) any Interest Period that would otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day unless such Business Day falls in another calendar month, in which case such Interest Period shall end on the next preceding Business Day;

(b) any Interest Period that begins on the last Business Day of a calendar month (or on a day for which there is no numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period) shall end on the last Business Day of the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period; and

“Intermediate Holding Company” means any wholly-owned Subsidiary of Holdings that, directly or indirectly, owns 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrower.

“Investment” means, as to any Person, any direct or indirect acquisition or investment by such Person, whether by means of (a) the purchase or other acquisition of Equity Interests or debt or other securities of another Person, (b) a loan, advance or capital contribution to, Guarantee Obligation with respect to or assumption of Indebtedness of, or purchase or other acquisition of any

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other debt or equity participation or interest in, another Person, including any partnership or joint venture interest in such other Person (excluding, in the case of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, intercompany loans, advances, or Indebtedness having a term not exceeding 364 days (inclusive of any roll-over or extensions of terms) and made in the ordinary course of business consistent with past practice) or (c) the purchase or other acquisition (in one transaction or a series of transactions) of all or substantially all of the property and assets or business of another Person or assets constituting a business unit, line of business or division of such Person. For purposes of covenant compliance, the amount of any Investment shall be the amount actually invested, without adjustment for subsequent increases or decreases in the value of such Investment.

“Investment Grade Rating” means a rating equal to or higher than Baa3 (or the equivalent) by Moody’s and BBB- (or the equivalent) by S&P, or an equivalent rating by Dominion Bond Rating Service Inc. or any other nationally recognized statistical rating agency selected by the Borrower.

“Investors” means Apax School 1 S.à.▇.▇., Apax School 2 S.à.▇.▇., and Apax School 3, S.à.▇.▇., each an affiliate of the Sponsor organized and existing under the laws of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg.

“IP Rights” has the meaning specified in Section 5.14.

“Joint Lead Arranger” means each of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and Lloyds TSB Bank PLC, each in their capacity as a Joint Lead Arranger under this Agreement.

“Judgment Currency” has the meaning specified in Section 10.17.

“Laws” means, collectively, all international, foreign, federal, state, provincial and local statutes, treaties, rules, guidelines, regulations, ordinances, codes and administrative or judicial precedents or authorities, including the interpretation or administration thereof by any Governmental Authority charged with the enforcement, interpretation or administration thereof, and all applicable administrative orders, directed duties, requests, licenses, authorizations and permits of, and agreements with, any Governmental Authority.

“Lender” has the meaning specified in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement and, includes its respective successors and assigns as permitted hereunder, each of which is referred to herein as a “Lender”.

“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, deemed trust, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any Capitalized Lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).

“Loan” means a loan made pursuant to Section 2.01 and any Incremental Loans and any Additional Incremental Loans.

“Loan Documents” means, collectively, (i) this Agreement, (ii) the Notes, (iii) the Collateral Documents and (iv) the Intercreditor Agreement.

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“Loan Parties” means, collectively, (i) the Borrower, (ii) Holdings and (iii) each other Guarantor.

“Management Stockholders” means the members of management of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent thereof or any of its Subsidiaries, including the Borrower, who are investors in Holdings or any direct or indirect parent thereof.

“Master Agreement” has the meaning specified in the definition of “Swap Contract”.

“Material Adverse Effect” means (a) a material adverse effect on the business, operations, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent) or financial condition of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, (b) a material adverse effect on the ability of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) to perform their respective payment obligations under any Loan Document to which any of the Loan Parties is a party or (c) a material adverse effect on the rights and remedies of the Lenders or the Agents under any Loan Document.

“Material Domestic Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, each of the Borrower’s Domestic Subsidiaries (a) whose total assets at the last day of the most recent Test Period were equal to or greater than 5% of the Total Assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (b) whose gross revenues for such Test Period were equal to or greater than 5% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP; provided that “Material Domestic Subsidiary” shall also include any of the Borrower’s Subsidiaries selected by the Borrower which is required to ensure that all Material Domestic Subsidiaries have in the aggregate (i) total assets at the last day of the most recent Test Period that were equal to or greater than 90% of the total assets of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries that are Domestic Subsidiaries at such date and (ii) gross revenues for such Test Period that were equal to or greater than 90% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries that are Domestic Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Material Foreign Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, each of the Borrower’s Foreign Subsidiaries (a) whose total assets at the last day of the most recent Test Period were equal to or greater than 5% of the Total Assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (b) whose gross revenues for such Test Period were equal to or greater than 5% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.

“Material Real Property” means any real property owned by any Loan Party with a book value in excess of $5,000,000.

“Material Subsidiary” means any Material Domestic Subsidiary, Material U.S. Subsidiary or any Material Foreign Subsidiary.

“Material U.S. Subsidiary” means, at any date of determination, each of the Borrower’s U.S. Subsidiaries (a) whose total assets at the last day of the most recent Test Period were equal to or greater than 5% of the Total Assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries at such date or (b) whose gross revenues for such Test Period were equal to or greater than 5% of the consolidated gross revenues of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such period, in each case determined in accordance with GAAP.

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“Maturity Date” means the eighth anniversary of the Closing Date; provided that if such day is not a Business Day, the Maturity Date shall be the Business Day immediately preceding such day.

“Minority Investment” means any person (other than a Subsidiary) in which the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owns capital stock.

“Moody’s” means ▇▇▇▇▇’▇ Investors Service, Inc. and any successor thereto.

“Mortgage” means collectively, the deeds of trust, trust deeds, deeds of hypothec and mortgages creating and evidencing a Lien on a Mortgaged Property made by the Loan Parties in favor or for the benefit of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, and any other mortgages executed and delivered pursuant to Sections 4.01(a)(iv) (if applicable), 6.11 and 6.13.

“Mortgage Policies” has the meaning specified in paragraph (f) of the definition of Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.

“Mortgaged Properties” has the meaning specified in paragraph (f) of the definition of Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.

“Net Cash Proceeds” means:

(a) with respect to the Disposition of any asset by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any Casualty Event, the excess, if any, of (i) the sum of cash and Cash Equivalents received in connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event (including any cash or Cash Equivalents received by way of deferred payment pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note receivable or otherwise, but only as and when so received and, with respect to any Casualty Event, any insurance proceeds or condemnation awards in respect of such Casualty Event actually received by or paid to or for the account of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary) over (ii) the sum of (A) the principal amount, premium or penalty, if any, interest and other amounts on any Indebtedness that is secured by the asset subject to such Disposition or Casualty Event and that is required to be repaid (and is timely repaid) in connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event (other than Indebtedness under the Loan Documents), (B) the out-of-pocket fees and expenses (including attorneys’ fees, investment banking fees, survey costs, title insurance premiums, and related search and recording charges, transfer taxes, deed or mortgage recording taxes, other customary expenses and brokerage, consultant and other customary fees) actually incurred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such Disposition or Casualty Event, (C) taxes paid or reasonably estimated to be actually payable in connection therewith, and (D) any reserve for adjustment in respect of (x) the sale price of such asset or assets established in accordance with GAAP and (y) any liabilities associated with such asset or assets and retained by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary after such sale or other disposition thereof, including pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities and liabilities related to environmental matters or with respect to any indemnification obligations associated with such transaction, and it being understood that “Net Cash Proceeds” shall include (i) any cash or Cash Equivalents received upon the Disposition of any non-cash consideration by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in any such Disposition and (ii) upon the reversal (without the satisfaction of any applicable liabilities in cash in a corresponding amount) of any reserve

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described in clause (D) above or if such liabilities have not been satisfied in cash and such reserve is not reversed within three hundred and sixty-five (365) days after such Disposition or Casualty Event, the amount of such reserve; provided that (x) no net cash proceeds calculated in accordance with the foregoing realized in a single transaction or series of related transactions shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds unless such net cash proceeds shall exceed $2,500,000 and (y) no such net cash proceeds shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds under this clause (a) in any fiscal year until the aggregate amount of all such net cash proceeds in such fiscal year shall exceed $10,000,000 (and thereafter only net cash proceeds in excess of such amount shall constitute Net Cash Proceeds under this clause (a)); and

(b) with respect to the incurrence or issuance of any Indebtedness by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, the excess, if any, of (x) the sum of the cash received in connection with such incurrence or issuance over (y) the investment banking fees, underwriting discounts, commissions, costs and other out-of-pocket expenses and other customary expenses, incurred by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with such incurrence or issuance and (ii) with respect to any Permitted Equity Issuance by any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower, the amount of cash from such Permitted Equity Issuance contributed to the capital of the Borrower.

“Net Income” means, with respect to any Person, the net income (loss) of such Person, determined in accordance with GAAP and before any reduction in respect of preferred stock dividends.

“Non-Cash Charges” has the meaning specified in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA”.

“Non-Consenting Lender” has the meaning specified in Section 3.07(d).

“Non-Loan Party” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower that is not a Loan Party.

“Note” means a promissory note of the Borrower payable to any Lender or its registered assigns, in substantially the form of Exhibit B hereto, evidencing the aggregate Indebtedness of the Borrower to such Lender resulting from the Loans made by such Lender.

“Not Otherwise Applied” means, with reference to any amount of Net Cash Proceeds of any transaction or event or of Excess Cash Flow or of the Available Amount that is proposed to be applied to a particular use or transaction, that such amount (a) was not required to be applied to prepay the “Term Loans” (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) pursuant to Section 2.06(b) of the First Lien Credit Agreement or the Loans pursuant to Section 2.06(b) hereof, and (b) has not previously been (and is not simultaneously being) applied to anything other than that such particular use or transaction.

“Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party or other Subsidiary arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the commencement by or against any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such proceeding. Without limiting

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the generality of the foregoing, the Obligations of the Loan Parties under the Loan Documents (and of any of their Subsidiaries to the extent they have obligations under the Loan Documents) include (a) the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest, charges, expenses, fees, Attorney Costs, indemnities and other amounts payable by any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary under any Loan Document and (b) the obligation of any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary to reimburse any amount in respect of any of the foregoing that any Lender, in its sole discretion, may elect to pay or advance on behalf of such Loan Party or such Subsidiary.

“Offer Response Date” has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(b)(ii)(C).

“Offer to Prepay” has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(b)(ii)(C).

“Ontario Securities Act” means the Securities Act (Ontario), as amended, and any successor statute thereto and the rules and regulations of the Ontario Securities Commission and the Canadian Securities Administrators promulgated thereunder.

“Organization Documents” means (a) with respect to any corporation, the certificate or articles of incorporation or amalgamation and the bylaws (or equivalent or comparable constitutive documents with respect to any unlimited liability company or non-Canadian jurisdiction); (b) with respect to any limited liability company, the certificate or articles of formation or organization and operating agreement; and (c) with respect to any partnership, joint venture, trust or other form of business entity, the partnership, joint venture or other applicable agreement of formation or organization and any agreement, declaration, instrument, filing or notice with respect thereto filed in connection with its formation or organization with the applicable Governmental Authority in the jurisdiction of its formation or organization and, if applicable, any certificate or articles of formation or organization of such entity.

“Other Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(b).

“Outstanding Amount” means with respect to the Loans on any date, the outstanding principal amount thereof after giving effect to any borrowings and prepayments or repayments of Loans occurring on such date.

“Participant” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(e).

“Participant Register” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(e).

“Permitted Acquisition” has the meaning specified in Section 7.02(j).

“Permitted Equity Issuance” means any sale or issuance of any Qualified Equity Interests of Holdings or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings (and, after a Qualifying IPO, of any Intermediate Holding Company), in each case to the extent permitted hereunder.

“Permitted Holders” means any of (i) the Sponsor, (ii) the Management Stockholders, (iii) Intel Corporation or any of its affiliates and (iv) IFF Holdings, Inc. or any of its affiliates.

“Permitted Refinancing” means, with respect to any Person, any modification (other than a release of such Person), refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension of any Indebtedness of such Person; provided that (a) the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) thereof does not exceed the principal amount (or accreted value, if applicable) of the Indebtedness so modified,

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refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended except by an amount equal to unpaid accrued interest and premium thereon plus other reasonable amounts paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension and by an amount equal to any existing commitments unutilized thereunder, and, in the case of the First Lien Loan Documents, as otherwise permitted under the Intercreditor Agreement and as otherwise permitted under Section 7.03, (b) other than with respect to a Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(f), such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension has a final maturity date equal to or later than the final maturity date of, and has a Weighted Average Life to Maturity equal to or greater than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of, the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, (c) other than with respect to a Permitted Refinancing in respect of Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(f), at the time thereof, no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, and (d) if such Indebtedness being so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(c), (i) to the extent such Indebtedness being so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the documentation governing the Indebtedness being so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended, (ii) the terms and conditions (including, if applicable, as to collateral but excluding as to subordination, interest rate and redemption premium) of any such modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended Indebtedness, taken as a whole, are not materially less favorable to the Loan Parties or the Lenders than the terms and conditions of the Indebtedness being modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended; provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the Administrative Agent at least five Business Days prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such Indebtedness or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy the foregoing requirement unless the Administrative Agent notifies the Borrower within such five Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a reasonable description of the basis upon which it disagrees) and (iii) such modification, refinancing, refunding, renewal or extension is incurred by the Person who is the obligor of the Indebtedness being so modified, refinanced, refunded, renewed or extended.

“Permitted Sale Leaseback” means any Sale Leaseback consummated by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries after the Closing Date, provided that any such Sale Leaseback not between (a) a Loan Party and another Loan Party or (b) a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party to another Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party is, in each case, consummated for fair value as determined at the time of consummation in good faith by (i) the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary and (ii) in the case of any Sale Leaseback (or series of related Sales Leasebacks) the aggregate proceeds of which exceed $5,000,000, the board of directors of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary (which such determination may take into account any retained interest or other Investment of the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary in connection with, and any other material economic terms of, such Sale Leaseback).

“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, Governmental Authority or other entity.

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“Plan” means any “employee benefit plan” (as such term is defined in Section 3(3) of ERISA), other than a Foreign Plan or Canadian Benefit Plan, established by any Loan Party or, with respect to any such plan that is subject to Section 412 of the Code or Title IV of ERISA, any ERISA Affiliate.

“Post-Acquisition Period” means, with respect to any Permitted Acquisition or the conversion of any Unrestricted Subsidiary into a Restricted Subsidiary, the period beginning on the date such Permitted Acquisition or conversion is consummated and ending on the last day of the sixth full consecutive fiscal quarter immediately following the date on which such Permitted Acquisition or conversion is consummated.

“PPSA” means the Personal Property Security Act, R.S.A. 2000, c.p.7, as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute, or any similar or equivalent legislation as in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.

“Pro Forma Adjustment” means, for any Test Period that includes all or any part of a fiscal quarter included in any Post-Acquisition Period, with respect to the Acquired EBITDA of the applicable Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary or the Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower, the pro forma increase or decrease in such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, projected by the Borrower in good faith as a result of (a) actions taken during such Post-Acquisition Period for the purposes of realizing reasonably identifiable and factually supportable cost savings or (b) any additional costs incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, in each case in connection with the combination of the operations of such Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary with the operations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that, (i) at the election of the Borrower, such Pro Forma Adjustment shall not be required to be determined for any Acquired Entity or Business or Converted Restricted Subsidiary to the extent the aggregate consideration paid in connection with such acquisition was less than $5,000,000, and (ii) so long as such actions are taken during such Post-Acquisition Period or such costs are incurred during such Post-Acquisition Period, as applicable, for purposes of projecting such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, it may be assumed that such cost savings will be realizable during the entirety of such Test Period, or such additional costs, as applicable, will be incurred during the entirety of such Test Period; provided further that any such pro forma increase or decrease to such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, shall be without duplication for cost savings or additional costs already included in such Acquired EBITDA or such Consolidated EBITDA, as the case may be, for such Test Period.

“Pro Forma Balance Sheet” has the meaning specified in Section 5.05(a)(ii).

“Pro Forma Basis” and “Pro Forma Effect” mean, with respect to compliance with any test hereunder for an applicable period of measurement, that (A) to the extent applicable, the Pro Forma Adjustment shall have been made and (B) all Specified Transactions and the following transactions in connection therewith shall be deemed to have occurred as of the first day of the applicable period of measurement (as of the last date in the case of a balance sheet item) in such test: (a) income statement items (whether positive or negative) attributable to the property or Person subject to such Specified Transaction, (i) in the case of a Disposition of all or substantially all Equity Interests in any Subsidiary of the Borrower or any division, product line, or facility used for operations of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be excluded, and (ii) in the case of a Permitted Acquisition or Investment described in the definition of “Specified Transaction”, shall be included, (b) any retirement of Indebtedness, and (c) any Indebtedness incurred or assumed by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection therewith and if such Indebtedness has a

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floating or formula rate, shall have an implied rate of interest for the applicable period for purposes of this definition determined by utilizing the rate which is or would be in effect with respect to such Indebtedness as at the relevant date of determination; provided that, without limiting the application of the Pro Forma Adjustment pursuant to (A) above, the foregoing pro forma adjustments may be applied to any such test solely to the extent that such adjustments are consistent with the definition of Consolidated EBITDA and give effect to events (including operating expense reductions) that are (as determined by the Borrower in good faith) (i) (x) directly attributable to such transaction, (y) expected to have a continuing impact on the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries and (z) factually supportable or (ii) otherwise consistent with the definition of Pro Forma Adjustment.

“Pro Forma Financial Statements” has the meaning specified in Section 5.05(a)(ii).

“Pro Rata Share” means, with respect to each Lender at any time a fraction (expressed as a percentage, carried out to the ninth decimal place), the numerator of which is the amount of the Commitment of such Lender at such time and the denominator of which is the amount of the Aggregate Commitments at such time; provided that if such Commitment has been terminated, then the Pro Rata Share of each Lender shall be determined based on the Pro Rata Share of such Lender immediately prior to such termination and after giving effect to any subsequent assignments made pursuant to the terms hereof.

“Purchase Agreement” means the Master Transaction Agreement dated as of June 28, 2007, by and among the Seller, the Investors, 1329169 Alberta Ltd., Holdings and the Borrower.

“Qualified Equity Interests” means any Equity Interests that are not Disqualified Equity Interests.

“Qualified Securitization Financing” means any Securitization Financing of a Securitization Subsidiary that meets the following conditions: (a) the board of directors of the Borrower shall have determined in good faith that such Qualified Securitization Financing (including financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the aggregate economically and commercially fair and reasonable to the Borrower and the Securitization Subsidiary, (b) all sales and/or contributions of Securitization Assets and related assets to the Securitization Subsidiary are made at fair market value (as determined in good faith by the Borrower), and (c) the financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions thereof shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by the Borrower) and may include Standard Securitization Undertakings. The grant of a security interest in any Securitization Assets of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Securitization Subsidiary) to secure Indebtedness under this Agreement prior to engaging in any Securitization Financing shall not be deemed a Qualified Securitization Financing.

“Qualifying IPO” means the issuance by Holdings, any Intermediate Holding Company, any direct or indirect parent of Holdings or the Borrower of its common Equity Interests in an underwritten primary public offering (other than a public offering pursuant to a registration statement on Form S-8) pursuant to an effective registration statement filed with the SEC in accordance with the Securities Act (whether alone or in connection with a secondary public offering) or in a firm commitment underwritten offering (or series of related offerings of securities to the public pursuant to a final prospectus) made pursuant to the Ontario Securities Act.

“RBC” means Royal Bank of Canada in its individual capacity, and any successor corporation thereto by merger, consolidation or otherwise.

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“Refinanced Term Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01.

“Register” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(d).

“Rejection Notice” has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(b)(vii).

“Replacement Term Loans” has the meaning specified in Section 10.01.

“Required Lenders” means, as of any date of determination, Lenders having more than 50% of the sum of the (a) Total Outstandings and (b) aggregate unused Commitments.

“Responsible Officer” means the chief executive officer, president, vice president, chief financial officer, treasurer or assistant treasurer or other similar officer of a Loan Party and, as to any document delivered on the Closing Date, any secretary or assistant secretary of a Loan Party. Any document delivered hereunder that is signed by a Responsible Officer of a Loan Party shall be conclusively presumed to have been authorized by all necessary corporate, partnership and/or other action on the part of such Loan Party and such Responsible Officer shall be conclusively presumed to have acted on behalf of such Loan Party.

“Restricted Payment” means any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interest in the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, defeasance, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interest, or on account of any return of capital to the holders of Equity Interests of the Borrower.

“Restricted Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary of the Borrower other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

“Retained Declined Proceeds” has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(b)(vii).

“S&P” means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of The ▇▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ Companies, Inc., and any successor thereto.

“Sale Leaseback” means any transaction or series of related transactions pursuant to which the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (a) sells, transfers or otherwise disposes of any property, real or personal, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and (b) as part of such transaction, thereafter rents or leases such property or other property that it intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold, transferred or disposed.

“Scheduled Disposition” has the meaning specified in Section 7.05(k).

“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission, or any Governmental Authority succeeding to any of its principal functions.

“Secured Parties” means, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Lenders, the Supplemental Administrative Agent and each co-agent or sub-agent appointed by the Administrative Agent from time to time pursuant to Section 9.01(c).

“Securities Act” means the Securities Act of 1933.

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“Securitization Assets” means the accounts receivable, royalty or other revenue streams and other rights to payment related thereto subject to a Qualified Securitization Financing and the proceeds thereof.

“Securitization Fees” means distributions or payments made directly or by means of discounts with respect to any participation interest issued or sold in connection with, and other fees paid to a Person that is not a Securitization Subsidiary in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing.

“Securitization Financing” means any transaction or series of transactions that may be entered into by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to (a) a Securitization Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries) or (b) any other Person (in the case of a transfer by a Securitization Subsidiary), or may grant a security interest in, any Securitization Assets of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto, including all collateral securing such Securitization Assets, all contracts and all guarantees or other obligations in respect of such Securitization Assets, proceeds of such Securitization Assets and other assets that are customarily transferred or in respect of which security interests are customarily granted in connection with asset securitization transactions involving Securitization Assets.

“Securitization Repurchase Obligation” means any obligation of a seller of Securitization Assets in a Qualified Securitization Financing to repurchase Securitization Assets arising as a result of a breach of a representation, warranty or covenant or otherwise, including as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to any asserted defense, dispute, off set or counterclaim of any kind as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by or any other event relating to the seller.

“Securitization Subsidiary” means a wholly-owned Subsidiary of the Borrower (or another Person formed for the purposes of engaging in a Qualified Securitization Financing in which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower makes an Investment and to which the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower transfers Securitization Assets and related assets) that engages in no activities other than in connection with the financing of Securitization Assets of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries, all proceeds thereof and all rights (contingent and other), collateral and other assets relating thereto, and any business or activities incidental or related to such business, and which is designated by the board of directors of the Borrower or such other Person (as provided below) as a Securitization Subsidiary and (a) no portion of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or otherwise) of which (i) is guaranteed by the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary (excluding guarantees of obligations (other than the principal of, and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings), (ii) is recourse to or obligates the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, in any way other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings or (iii) subjects any property or asset of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, directly or indirectly, contingently or otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, (b) with which none of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another Securitization Subsidiary, has any material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other than on terms which the Borrower reasonably believes to be no less favorable to the Borrower or such Subsidiary than those that might be obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of the Borrower and (c) to which none of the Borrower or any other Subsidiary of the Borrower, other than another

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Securitization Subsidiary, has any obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of operating results. Any such designation by the board of directors of the Borrower or such other Person shall be evidenced to the Administrative Agent by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a certified copy of the resolution of the board of directors of the Borrower or such other Person giving effect to such designation and a certificate executed by a Responsible Officer certifying that such designation complied with the foregoing conditions.

“Security Agreement” means, collectively, (a) the U.S. Security Agreement and the Canadian Security Agreement and (b) each other Security Agreement Supplement executed and delivered pursuant to Section 6.11.

“Security Agreement Supplement” has the meaning specified in the U.S. Security Agreement or the Canadian Security Agreement, as the case may be.

“Securityholders Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Securityholders Agreement dated as of August 28, 2007 among Holdings, the Borrower, Investor (as defined therein), Founder (as defined therein), Intel (as defined therein), School 3 ULC and School S.à.▇.▇.

“Seller” means, collectively, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, 560224 Alberta Limited, 1332489 Alberta Ltd., Intel Corporation, Fairy Financial Corp., Grant Billing, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Ruggins, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ and ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇.

“Senior Secured Incurrence Test” means, with respect to the most recent Test Period, the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) shall be no greater than 6.25 to 1.00.

“Senior Secured Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Senior Secured Debt as of the last day of such Test Period to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries for such Test Period.

“Shareholder Loans” means collectively, the loans and other obligations evidenced by the Shareholder Loan Documents.

“Shareholder Loan Documents” means collectively (i) one or more Subordinated Promissory Notes dated as of the Closing Date issued by Holdings in favor of, directly or indirectly, one or more of the Permitted Holders evidencing loans in the principal amount of C$253,971,862.30, (ii) one or more Subordinated Promissory Notes dated as of the Closing Date issued by the Borrower in favor of Holdings evidencing loans in the respective principal amounts of C$253,971,862.30 and US$60,000,000, and (iii) in the case of sub clauses (i) and (ii) above, any other documents amending, restating, modifying, supplementing, extending or refinancing the loans referred to therein.

“Sold Entity or Business” has the meaning specified in the definition of the term “Consolidated EBITDA”.

“Solvent” and “Solvency” mean, (a) with respect to any Person other than any Canadian Loan Party on any date of determination, that on such date (i) the fair value of the property (for the avoidance of doubt, calculated to include goodwill and other intangibles) of such Person is greater than the total amount of liabilities, including contingent liabilities, of such Person, (ii) the present fair salable value of the assets of such Person is not less than the amount that will be required

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to pay the probable liability of such Person on its debts as they become absolute and matured, (iii) such Person does not intend to, and does not believe that it will, incur debts or liabilities beyond such Person’s ability to pay such debts and liabilities as they mature and (iv) such Person is not engaged in business or a transaction, and is not about to engage in business or a transaction, for which such Person’s property would constitute an unreasonably small capital; the amount of contingent liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to become an actual or matured liability; and (b) with respect to any Canadian Loan Party on any date of determination that (i) the property of such Canadian Loan Party, if disposed of at a fairly conducted sale under legal process, and not on a distressed or liquidation sale basis, would be sufficient to enable payment of all its obligations, due and accruing due; and (ii) such Canadian Loan Party is able to meet its obligations as they generally become due.

“SPC” has the meaning specified in Section 10.07(h).

“Specified Transaction” means any Investment, Disposition, incurrence or repayment of Indebtedness, Restricted Payment, Subsidiary designation, Incremental Loan or Additional Incremental Loan that by the terms of this Agreement requires such test to be calculated on a “Pro Forma Basis” or after giving “Pro Forma Effect”.

“Sponsor” means Apax Partners, Worldwide L.L.P. and its Affiliates and funds or partnerships managed by it or any of its Affiliates, but not including, however, any of their portfolio companies.

“Sponsor Management Agreement” means the management agreement between certain of the management companies associated with the Sponsor or its advisors and the Borrower.

“Sponsor Termination Fees” means the one time payment under the Sponsor Management Agreement of a termination fee to one or more of the Sponsor and its Affiliates in the event of either a Change of Control or the completion of a Qualifying IPO.

“Standard Securitization Undertakings” means representations, warranties, covenants and indemnities entered into by the Borrower or any Subsidiary of the Borrower which the Borrower has determined in good faith to be customary, necessary or advisable in a Qualified Securitization Financing.

“Sterling” means the lawful currency of the United Kingdom.

“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Borrower.

“Subsidiary Guarantor” means, collectively, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower that are Guarantors.

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“Successor Borrower” has the meaning specified in Section 7.04(d).

“Supplemental Administrative Agent” has the meaning specified in Section 9.13(a) and “Supplemental Administrative Agents” shall have the corresponding meaning.

“Swap Contract” means (a) any and all rate swap transactions, basis swaps, credit derivative transactions, forward rate transactions, commodity swaps, commodity options, forward commodity contracts, equity or equity index swaps or options, bond or bond price or bond index swaps or options or forward bond or forward bond price or forward bond index transactions, interest rate options, forward foreign exchange transactions, cap transactions, floor transactions, collar transactions, currency swap transactions, cross-currency rate swap transactions, currency options, spot contracts, or any other similar transactions or any combination of any of the foregoing (including any options to enter into any of the foregoing), whether or not any such transaction is governed by or subject to any master agreement, and (b) any and all transactions of any kind, and the related confirmations, which are subject to the terms and conditions of, or governed by, any form of master agreement published by the International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Inc., any International Foreign Exchange Master Agreement, or any other master agreement (any such master agreement, together with any related schedules, a “Master Agreement”), including any such obligations or liabilities under any Master Agreement.

“Swap Termination Value” means, in respect of any one or more Swap Contracts, after taking into account the effect of any legally enforceable netting agreement relating to such Swap Contracts, (a) for any date on or after the date such Swap Contracts have been closed out and termination value(s) determined in accordance therewith, such termination value(s), and (b) for any date prior to the date referenced in clause (a), the amount(s) determined as the ▇▇▇▇-to-market value(s) for such Swap Contracts, as determined by the “Hedge Bank” (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) in accordance with the terms thereof and in accordance with customary methods for calculating ▇▇▇▇-to-market values under similar arrangements by such Hedge Bank.

“Tax Act” means the Income Tax Act (Canada), as amended from time to time, and regulations promulgated thereunder.

“Tax Benefit” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(d).

“Taxes” has the meaning specified in Section 3.01(a).

“Test Period” in effect at any time shall mean the most recent period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended on or prior to such time (taken as one accounting period) in respect of which financial statements for each quarter or fiscal year in such period have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b); provided that, prior to the first date that financial statements have been or are required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), the Test Period in effect shall be the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended June 30, 2007. A Test Period may be designated by reference to the last day thereof (i.e., the “June 30, 2007 Test Period” refers to the period of four consecutive fiscal quarters of the Borrower ended June 30, 2007), and a Test Period shall be deemed to end on the last day thereof.

“Threshold Amount” means $11,000,000

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“Total Assets” means the total assets of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, as shown on the most recent balance sheet of the Borrower delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) or, for the period prior to the time any such statements are so delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b), the pro forma financial statements of the Borrower giving effect to the Transaction.

“Total Leverage Ratio” means, with respect to any Test Period, the ratio of (a) Consolidated Total Debt as of the last day of such Test Period to (b) Consolidated EBITDA of the Borrower for such Test Period.

“Total Outstandings” means the aggregate Outstanding Amount of all Loans.

“Transaction” means, collectively, (a) the Equity Contribution, (b) the Acquisition, (c) the funding of the Loans on the Closing Date, (d) the funding of the First Lien Loans on the Closing Date, (e) the funding of the Holdings Loans on the Closing Date, (f) the consummation of any other transactions in connection with the foregoing, and (g) the payment of the fees and expenses incurred in connection with any of the foregoing.

“Transaction Expenses” means any fees or expenses incurred or paid by Holdings, the Borrower, or any Restricted Subsidiary in connection with the Transaction, this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby.

“Type” means, with respect to a Loan, its character as a Base Rate Loan, or a Eurocurrency Rate Loan.

“Unaudited Financial Statements” means the unaudited combined balance sheets and related statements of income and cash flows of the Borrower, for each fiscal quarter ended at least sixty (60) days before the Closing Date, previously delivered to the Administrative Agent.

“Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may from time to time be in effect in the State of New York or the Uniform Commercial Code (or similar code or statute) of another jurisdiction, to the extent it may be required to apply to any item of Collateral.

“United States” and “U.S.” mean the United States of America.

“Unrestricted Subsidiary” means (i) each Subsidiary of the Borrower listed on Schedule 1.01B, (ii) each Securitization Subsidiary, (iii) the Calgary SPV and (iv) any Subsidiary of the Borrower designated by the board of directors of the Borrower as an Unrestricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.14 subsequent to the date hereof and any Subsidiary of an Unrestricted Subsidiary.

“U.S. Guaranty” means the guaranty made by certain Guarantors in favor of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit F-1.

“U.S. Intellectual Property Security Agreement” means the Intellectual Property Security Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit I.

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“USA PATRIOT Act” means The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Title III of Pub. L. No. 107-56 (signed into law October 26, 2001)), as amended or modified from time to time.

“U.S. Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement executed by certain Loan Parties substantially in the form of Exhibit G-1.

“U.S. Subsidiary” means any Subsidiary that is organized under the Laws of the United States, any state thereof or the District of Columbia.

“Weighted Average Life to Maturity” means, when applied to any Indebtedness at any date, the number of years obtained by dividing: (i) the sum of the products obtained by multiplying (a) the amount of each then remaining installment, sinking fund, serial maturity or other required payments of principal, including payment at final maturity, in respect thereof, by (b) the number of years (calculated to the nearest one-twelfth) that will elapse between such date and the making of such payment by (ii) the then outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness.

“wholly-owned” means, with respect to a Subsidiary of a Person, a Subsidiary of such Person all of the outstanding Equity Interests of which (other than (x) director’s qualifying shares and (y) shares issued to foreign nationals to the extent required by applicable Law) are owned by such Person and/or by one or more wholly-owned Subsidiaries of such Person.

“Withholding Tax Period” has the meaning specified in Section 2.06(b).

“WURA” means the Winding Up and Restructuring Act, (Canada) as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.

Section 1.02 Other Interpretive Provisions. With reference to this Agreement and each other Loan Document, unless otherwise specified herein or in such other Loan Document:

(a) The meanings of defined terms are equally applicable to the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

(b) (i) The words “herein”, “hereto”, “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar import when used in any Loan Document shall refer to such Loan Document as a whole and not to any particular provision thereof.

(ii) Article, Section, Exhibit and Schedule references are to the Loan Document in which such reference appears.

(iii) The term “including” is by way of example and not limitation.

(iv) The term “documents” includes any and all instruments, documents, agreements, certificates, notices, reports, financial statements and other writings, however evidenced, whether in physical or electronic form.

(c) In the computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later specified date, the word “from” means “from and including”; the words “to” and “until” each mean “to but excluding”; and the word “through” means “to and including”.

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(d) Section headings herein and in the other Loan Documents are included for convenience of reference only and shall not affect the interpretation of this Agreement or any other Loan Document.

Section 1.03 Accounting Terms.

(a) All accounting terms not specifically or completely defined herein shall be construed in conformity with, and all financial data (including financial ratios and other financial calculations) required to be submitted pursuant to this Agreement shall be prepared in conformity with, GAAP, applied in a manner consistent with that used in preparing the Audited Financial Statements, except as otherwise specifically prescribed herein.

(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, for purposes of determining compliance with any test contained in this Agreement with respect to any period during which any Specified Transaction occurs, the Total Leverage Ratio and the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio shall be calculated with respect to such period and such Specified Transaction on a Pro Forma Basis.

(c) Where reference is made to “the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis” or similar language, such consolidation shall not include any Subsidiaries of the Borrower other than Restricted Subsidiaries.

Section 1.04 Rounding. Any financial ratios required to be satisfied in order for a specific action to be permitted under this Agreement shall be calculated by dividing the appropriate component by the other component, carrying the result to one place more than the number of places by which such ratio is expressed herein and rounding the result up or down to the nearest number (with a rounding-up if there is no nearest number).

Section 1.05 References to Agreements, Laws, Etc. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, (a) references to Organization Documents, agreements (including the Loan Documents) and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to include all subsequent amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications thereto, but only to the extent that such amendments, restatements, extensions, supplements and other modifications are permitted by any Loan Document; and (b) references to any Law shall include all statutory and regulatory provisions consolidating, amending, replacing, supplementing or interpreting such Law.

Section 1.06 Times of Day. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to times of day shall be references to Eastern time (daylight or standard, as applicable).

Section 1.07 Timing of Payment or Performance. When the payment of any obligation or the performance of any covenant, duty or obligation is stated to be due or performance required on a day which is not a Business Day, the date of such payment (other than as described in the definition of Interest Period) or performance shall extend to the immediately succeeding Business Day.

Section 1.08 Currency Equivalents Generally.

(a) Any amount specified in this Agreement (other than in Article II, Article IX and Article X or as set forth in paragraph (b) of this Section) or any of the other Loan Documents to be in Dollars shall also include the equivalent of such amount in any currency other than Dollars,

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such equivalent amount to be determined at the rate of exchange quoted by the Reuters World Currency Page for the applicable currency at 11:00 a.m. (London time) on such day (or, in the event such rate does not appear on any Reuters World Currency Page, by reference to such other publicly available service for displaying exchange rates as may be agreed upon by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, or, in the absence of such agreement, such rate shall instead be the arithmetic average of the spot rates of exchange of the Administrative Agent in the market where its foreign currency exchange operations in respect of such currency are then being conducted, at or about 10:00 a.m. (New York City time) on such date for the purchase of Dollars for delivery two (2) Business Days later). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for purposes of determining compliance with Sections 7.01, 7.02 and 7.03 with respect to any amount of Indebtedness or Investment in a currency other than Dollars, no Default shall be deemed to have occurred solely as a result of changes in rates of exchange occurring after the time such Indebtedness or Investment is incurred; provided that, for the avoidance of doubt, the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.08 shall otherwise apply to such Sections, including with respect to determining whether any Indebtedness or Investment may be incurred at any time under such Sections.

(b) For purposes of determining compliance under Sections 7.02, 7.05 and 7.06, any amount in a currency other than Dollars will be converted to Dollars in a manner consistent with that used in calculating net income in the Borrower’s annual financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a); provided, however, that the foregoing shall not be deemed to apply to the determination of any amount of Indebtedness.

ARTICLE II

The Commitments and Borrowings

Section 2.01 The Loans.

Subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Lender severally agrees to make to the Borrower a single loan denominated in Dollars in a principal amount equal to such Lender’s Commitment on the Closing Date. Amounts borrowed under this Section 2.01 and repaid or prepaid may not be reborrowed. Loans may be Base Rate Loans or Eurocurrency Rate Loans, as further provided herein.

Section 2.02 Borrowings, Conversions and Continuations of Loans.

(a) Each Borrowing, each conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, and each continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be made upon the Borrower’s irrevocable notice to the Administrative Agent, which may be given by telephone. Each such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon (New York, New York time) (i) three (3) Business Days prior to the requested date of any Borrowing or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or any conversion of Base Rate Loans to Eurocurrency Rate Loans, and (ii) one (1) Business Day before the requested date of any Borrowing of Base Rate Loans or any conversion of Eurocurrency Rate Loans to Base Rate Loans. Each telephonic notice by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 2.02(a) must be confirmed promptly by delivery to the Administrative Agent of a written Committed Loan Notice, appropriately completed and signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower. Each Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $2,500,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof. Except as provided in Sections 2.04(c) and 2.05(c), each Borrowing of or conversion to Base Rate Loans shall

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be in a principal amount of 1,000,000 in the applicable currency or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Each Committed Loan Notice (whether telephonic or written) shall specify (i) whether the Borrower is requesting a Borrowing, a conversion of Loans from one Type to the other, or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans, (ii) the requested date of the Borrowing, conversion or continuation, as the case may be (which shall be a Business Day), (iii) the principal amount of Loans to be borrowed, converted or continued, (iv) the Type of Loans to be borrowed or to which existing Loans are to be converted, and (v) if applicable, the duration of the Interest Period with respect thereto. If the Borrower fails to specify a Type of Loan in a Committed Loan Notice or fails to give a timely notice requesting a conversion or continuation, then the applicable Loans shall be made as, or converted to, Base Rate Loans. Any such automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans shall be effective as of the last day of the Interest Period then in effect with respect to the applicable Eurocurrency Rate Loans. If the Borrower requests a Borrowing of, conversion to, or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans in any such Committed Loan Notice, but fails to specify an Interest Period, it will be deemed to have specified an Interest Period of one (1) month. For the avoidance of doubt, the Borrower and Lenders acknowledge and agree that any conversion or continuation of an existing Loan shall be deemed to be a continuation of that Loan with a converted interest rate methodology and not a new Loan.

(b) Following receipt of a Committed Loan Notice, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each Lender of the amount of its Pro Rata Share of the Loans, and if no timely notice of a conversion or continuation is provided by the Borrower, the Administrative Agent shall notify each Lender of the details of any automatic conversion to Base Rate Loans or continuation described in Section 2.02(a). In the case of each Borrowing, each Lender shall make (or cause its Applicable Lending Office to make) the amount of its Loan available to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office not later than 1:00 p.m. on the Business Day specified in the applicable Committed Loan Notice. Upon satisfaction of the conditions set forth in Section 4.01, the Administrative Agent shall make all funds so received available to the Borrower in like funds as received by the Administrative Agent either by (i) crediting the account of the Borrower on the books of the Administrative Agent with the amount of such funds or (ii) wire transfer of such funds, in each case in accordance with instructions provided to (and reasonably acceptable to) the Administrative Agent by the Borrower.

(c) Except as otherwise provided herein, a Eurocurrency Rate Loan may be continued or converted only on the last day of an Interest Period for such Eurocurrency Rate Loan unless the Borrower pays the amount due, if any, under Section 3.05 in connection therewith. During the existence of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders may require that no Loans may be converted to or continued as Eurocurrency Rate Loans.

(d) The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Lenders of the interest rate applicable to any Interest Period for Eurocurrency Rate Loans upon determination of such interest rate. The determination of the Eurocurrency Rate by the Administrative Agent shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.

(e) After giving effect to all Borrowings, all conversions of Loans from one Type to the other, and all continuations of Loans as the same Type, there shall not be more than five (5) Interest Periods in effect.

Section 2.03 [Reserved].

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Section 2.04 [Reserved].

Section 2.05 [Reserved].

Section 2.06 Prepayments and Offers to Prepay.

(a) Optional Prepayments.

(i) The Borrower may, upon notice to the Administrative Agent, at any time or from time to time voluntarily prepay Loans in whole or in part without premium or penalty (except to the extent provided in Section 2.10(a)); provided that (1) such notice must be received by the Administrative Agent not later than 12:00 noon (New York, New York time) (A) two (2) Business Days prior to any date of prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans and (B) on the date of prepayment of Base Rate Loans; (2) any prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $2,500,000 or a whole multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof; and (3) any prepayment of Base Rate Loans shall be in a principal amount of $1,000,000 or a whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof or, in each case, if less, the entire principal amount thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date and amount of such prepayment and the and Type(s) of Loans to be prepaid. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of its receipt of each such notice, and of the amount of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of such prepayment. If such notice is given by the Borrower, the Borrower shall make such prepayment and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due and payable on the date specified therein. Any prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with any additional amounts required pursuant to Section 3.05. Each prepayment of the Loans pursuant to this Section 2.06(a) shall be applied as directed by the Borrower and shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares.

(ii) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Borrower may rescind any notice of prepayment under Section 2.06(a)(i) if such prepayment would have resulted from a refinancing of all of the Loans, which refinancing shall not be consummated or shall otherwise be delayed.

(b) Mandatory Prepayments and Offers to Prepay.

(i) [Reserved].

(ii) (A) Subject to Sections 2.06(b)(ii)(B) and 2.06(d), if (x) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary Disposes of any property or assets (other than any Disposition of any property or assets permitted by Section 7.05(a), (b), (c), (d) (to the extent constituting a Disposition to a Loan Party), (e), (g), (h), (m), (o) or (q)) or (y) any Casualty Event occurs, which in the aggregate results in the realization or receipt by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary of Net Cash Proceeds, the Borrower shall make an Offer to Prepay, in accordance with Section 2.06(b)(ii)(C), an aggregate principal amount of Loans equal to 100% (such percentage, the “Asset Percentage”) of all such Net Cash Proceeds realized or received; provided that no such Offer to Prepay shall be required pursuant to this Section 2.06(b)(ii)(A) with respect to such portion of such Net Cash Proceeds that the Borrower shall have, on or prior to such date, given written notice to the Administrative Agent of its intent to reinvest in accordance with Section 2.06(b)(ii)(B) (which notice may only be provided if no Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing).

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(B) With respect to any Net Cash Proceeds realized or received with respect to any Disposition (other than any Disposition specifically excluded from the application of Section 2.06(b)(ii)(A)) or any Casualty Event, at the option of the Borrower, the Borrower may reinvest all or any portion of such Net Cash Proceeds in assets useful for its business within (x) fifteen (15) months following receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds or (y) if the Borrower enters into a legally binding commitment to reinvest such Net Cash Proceeds within fifteen (15) months following receipt thereof, within the later of (1) fifteen (15) months following receipt thereof or (2) one hundred and eighty (180) days of the date of such legally binding commitment; provided that (i) so long as an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Borrower shall not be permitted to make any such reinvestments (other than pursuant to a legally binding commitment that the Borrower entered into at a time when no Event of Default is continuing) and (ii) if any Net Cash Proceeds are not so reinvested by the deadline specified in clause (x) or (y) above, as applicable, or if any such Net Cash Proceeds are no longer intended to be or cannot be so reinvested at any time after delivery of a notice of reinvestment election, an amount equal to the Asset Percentage of any such Net Cash Proceeds shall be applied subject to Section 2.06(d), in accordance with Section 2.06(b)(ii)(C), to the prepayment of the Loans as set forth in this Section 2.06.

(C) On each occasion that the Borrower must make an Offer to Prepay the Loans pursuant to this Section 2.06(b)(ii), the Borrower shall, within five Business Days after the date of realization or receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds (or, in the case of prepayments required pursuant to Section 2.06(b)(ii)(B), within five (5) Business Days of the deadline specified in clause (x) or (y) thereof, as applicable, or of the date the Borrower reasonably determines that such Net Cash Proceeds are no longer intended to be or cannot be so reinvested, as the case may be), make an offer to prepay, in accordance with Section 2.06(b)(vi) below, the principal amount of Loans in an amount equal to the Asset Percentage of such Net Cash Proceeds realized or received (the “Offer to Prepay”). The Administrative Agent shall give each Lender a copy of the Offer to Prepay on the next Business Day following receipt of same. Each Lender shall have the right to accept or decline the Offer to Prepay by providing written notice to the Administrative Agent prior to the thirtieth day following receipt of same (the “Offer Response Date”). The failure of a Lender to notify the Administrative Agent of its acceptance prior to the Offer Response Date shall be deemed to be a rejection of the Offer to Prepay. The Administrative Agent shall promptly, and in any event within three Business Days of the Offer Response Date, notify the Borrower of which Lenders have accepted the Offer to Prepay prior to the Offer Response Date, and such Lenders shall be entitled to the prepayment within three (3) Business Days of the Borrower’s receipt of such notice from the Administrative Agent.

(iii) Subject to Section 2.06(d), the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary incurs or issues any Indebtedness not expressly permitted to be incurred or issued pursuant to Section 7.03, the Borrower shall cause to be prepaid an aggregate principal amount of Loans equal to 100% of all Net Cash Proceeds received therefrom on or prior to the date which is five (5) Business Days after the receipt of such Net Cash Proceeds.

(iv) Subject to Section 2.06(d), within five (5) Business Days following the consummation of any Calgary Permanent Financing or any sale (including Sale Leaseback) of the Calgary Property, the Borrower shall cause to be repaid an aggregate principal amount of Loans equal to $10,000,000.

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(v) [Reserved].

(vi) (X) Each prepayment of Loans pursuant to this Section 2.06(b) shall be applied as directed by the Borrower; and (Y) each such prepayment shall be paid to the Lenders in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares subject to clause (vii) of this Section 2.06(b).

(vii) The Borrower shall notify the Administrative Agent in writing of any mandatory prepayment of Loans required to be made pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) at least three (3) Business Days prior to the date of such prepayment. Each such notice shall specify the date of such prepayment and provide a reasonably detailed calculation of the amount of such prepayment. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify each Lender of the contents of the Borrower’s prepayment notice and of such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the prepayment. Each Lender may reject all or a portion of its Pro Rata Share of any mandatory prepayment (such declined amounts, the “Declined Proceeds”) of Loans required to be made pursuant to clauses (iii) and (iv) of this Section 2.06(b) by providing written notice (each, a “Rejection Notice”) to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower no later than 5:00 p.m. (New York City time) one (1) Business Day after the date of such Lender’s receipt of notice from the Administrative Agent regarding such prepayment. Each Rejection Notice from a given Lender shall specify the principal amount of the mandatory prepayment of Loans to be rejected by such Lender. If a Lender fails to deliver a Rejection Notice to the Administrative Agent within the time frame specified above or such Rejection Notice fails to specify the principal amount of the Loans to be rejected, any such failure will be deemed an acceptance of the total amount of such mandatory repayment of Loans. Any Declined Proceeds shall be retained by the Borrower (“Retained Declined Proceeds”).

(viii) Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 2.06(b) and subject to Section 2.06(d), (i) to the extent that any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds of any Disposition by a Foreign Subsidiary giving rise to an Offer to Prepay pursuant to Section 2.06(b)(ii) (a “Foreign Disposition”) or the Net Cash Proceeds of any Casualty Event from a Foreign Subsidiary (a “Foreign Casualty Event”), are prohibited or delayed by applicable local law from being repatriated to Canada, the Borrower shall not be required to make an Offer to Prepay at the time provided in Section 2.06(b)(ii). Instead, such amounts may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary so long, but only so long, as the applicable local law will not permit repatriation to Canada (the Borrower hereby agreeing to cause the applicable Foreign Subsidiary to promptly take all actions reasonably required by the applicable local law to permit such repatriation), and once such repatriation of any of such affected Net Cash Proceeds is permitted under the applicable local law, such repatriation will be promptly effected and such repatriated Net Cash Proceeds will be promptly (and in any event not later than three Business Days after such repatriation) applied (net of additional taxes payable or reserved against as a result thereof) to the repayment of the Loans pursuant to this Section 2.06(b) to the extent provided herein and (ii) to the extent that the Borrower has determined in good faith that repatriation of any of or all the Net Cash Proceeds of any Foreign Disposition or any Foreign Casualty Event would have a material adverse tax cost consequence (taking into account any foreign tax credit or benefit received in connection with such repatriation) with respect to such Net Cash Proceeds, the Net Cash Proceeds so affected may be retained by the applicable Foreign Subsidiary, provided that, in the case of this clause (ii), on or before the date on which any Net Cash Proceeds so retained would otherwise have been required to be applied to reinvestments or prepayments pursuant to this

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Section 2.06(b), (x) the Borrower applies an amount equal to such Net Cash Proceeds to such reinvestments or prepayments as if such Net Cash Proceeds had been received by the Borrower rather than such Foreign Subsidiary, less the amount of additional taxes that would have been payable or reserved against if such Net Cash Proceeds had been repatriated (or, if less, the Net Cash Proceeds that would be calculated if received by such Foreign Subsidiary) or (y) such Net Cash Proceeds are applied to the repayment of Indebtedness of a Foreign Subsidiary.

(ix) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, during the period commencing on the Closing Date and ending on the date that is five years and one day after the Closing Date (the “Withholding Tax Period”), mandatory prepayments otherwise required to be applied to outstanding Loans pursuant to Section 2.06(b)(iii), Section 2.06(b)(iv) and Section 2.06(b)(viii) shall not be required to be applied to any of such loans if, after giving effect to such application, the aggregate principal amount of Loans so repaid exceeds 25% of the aggregate principal amount of the Loans made on the Closing Date (the “Excess Prepayment Amount”); provided that on the Business Day immediately following the end of the Withholding Tax Period, the Borrower shall prepay a principal amount of the Loans that is equal to the Excess Prepayment Amount. The mandatory prepayments with respect to any Incremental Loans or any Additional Incremental Loans shall also be subject to the limitations set forth in this paragraph, provided that, for purposes of calculating the amount of mandatory prepayments for purposes of complying with such limitations, each Incremental Loan or Additional Incremental Loan shall be treated as a separate loan (and shall not be aggregated with the Loans or any other loans), and the Withholding Tax Period will commence upon the borrowing of such Incremental Loans. The above-described mandatory prepayments shall be applied to the Loans as directed by the Borrower.

(c) Interest, Funding Losses, Etc. All prepayments under this Section 2.06 shall be accompanied by all accrued interest thereon, together with, in the case of any such prepayment of a Eurocurrency Rate Loan on a date other than the last day of an Interest Period therefor, any amounts owing in respect of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan pursuant to Section 3.05.

(d) Prepayments Subject to First Lien Credit Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in Section 2.06(b), the amount of any prepayment required under Section 2.06(b)(ii), (iii) and (iv) shall be reduced by the aggregate principal amount of the Loans (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) prepaid under such corresponding Sections 2.06(b)(ii), (iii) and (iv), respectively, of the First Lien Credit Agreement.

Notwithstanding any of the other provisions of this Section 2.06, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, if any prepayment of Eurocurrency Rate Loans is required to be made under this Section 2.06, prior to the last day of the Interest Period therefor, in lieu of making any payment pursuant to this Section 2.06 in respect of any such Eurocurrency Rate Loan prior to the last day of the Interest Period therefor, the Borrower may, in its sole discretion, deposit with the Administrative Agent the amount of any such prepayment otherwise required to be made hereunder until the last day of such Interest Period, at which time the Administrative Agent shall be authorized (without any further action by or notice to or from the Borrower or any other Loan Party) to apply such amount to the prepayment of such Loans in accordance with this Section 2.06. Such deposit shall constitute cash collateral for the Eurocurrency Rate Loans to be so prepaid, provided that the Borrower may at any time direct that such deposit be applied to make the applicable payment required pursuant to this Section 2.06.

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Section 2.07 Termination or Reduction of Commitments.

(a) **************** Optional. The Borrower may, upon written notice to the Administrative Agent, terminate the unused Commitments, or from time to time permanently reduce the unused Commitments; provided that (i) any such notice shall be received by the Administrative Agent three (3) Business Days prior to the date of termination or reduction and (ii) any such partial reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $1,000,000 or any whole multiple of $100,000 in excess thereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower may rescind or postpone any notice of termination of the Commitments if such termination would have resulted from a refinancing of all of the Loans, which refinancing shall not be consummated or otherwise shall be delayed.

(b) Mandatory. The Commitment of each Lender shall be automatically and permanently reduced to $0 upon the making of such Lender’s Loan pursuant to Section 2.01.

(c) Application of Commitment Reductions; Payment of Fees. The Administrative Agent will promptly notify the Lenders of any termination or reduction of the unused Commitments under this Section 2.07. Upon any reduction of unused Commitments, the Commitment of each Lender shall be reduced by such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the amount by which such Commitments are reduced (other than the termination of the Commitment of any Lender as provided in Section 3.07).

Section 2.08 Repayment of Loans.

(a) The Borrower shall repay to the Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Lenders on the Maturity Date, the aggregate principal amount of all Loans outstanding on such date.

(b) For the avoidance of doubt, all Loans shall be repaid, whether pursuant to this Section 2.08 or otherwise, in the currency in which they were made.

Section 2.09 Interest.

(a) Subject to the provisions of Section 2.09(b), (i) each Eurocurrency Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof for each Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to the Eurocurrency Rate for such Interest Period plus the Applicable Rate and (ii) each Base Rate Loan shall bear interest on the outstanding principal amount thereof from the applicable borrowing date at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate plus the Applicable Rate.

(b) The Borrower shall pay interest on past due amounts hereunder at a fluctuating interest rate per annum at all times equal to the Default Rate to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Laws. Accrued and unpaid interest on past due amounts (including interest on past due interest) shall be due and payable upon demand.

(c) Interest on each Loan shall be due and payable in arrears on each Interest Payment Date applicable thereto and at such other times as may be specified herein. Interest hereunder shall be due and payable in accordance with the terms hereof before and after judgment, and before and after the commencement of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law.

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(d) Interest on each Loan shall be payable in the currency in which each Loan was made.

Section 2.10 Prepayment and Other Fees.

(a) Prepayment Premium. Each voluntary prepayment of the Loans pursuant to Section 2.06(a) and each mandatory prepayment of the Loans pursuant to Section 2.06(b)(iii) (which for the avoidance of doubt shall be deemed to include any refinancing of the Loans contemporaneous with a transaction that would constitute a Change of Control if the Loans were not so refinanced) shall be subject to the payment of a prepayment premium in an amount equal to (a) in the case of a prepayment or repayment made on or before the first anniversary of the Closing Date, 3.0% of the aggregate principal amount of the Loans that are so prepaid or repaid, (b) in the case of a prepayment or repayment made after the first anniversary of the Closing Date and on or before the second anniversary of the Closing Date, 2.0% of the aggregate principal amount of the Loans that are so prepaid or repaid, (c) in the case of a prepayment or repayment made after the second anniversary of the Closing Date and on or before the third anniversary of the Closing Date, 1.0% and (d) in the case of any prepayment or repayment made after the third anniversary of the Closing Date, zero.

(b) Other Fees. The Borrower shall pay to the Agents such fees as shall have been separately agreed upon in writing in the amounts and at the times so specified. Such fees shall be fully earned when paid and shall not be refundable for any reason whatsoever (except as expressly agreed between the Borrower and the applicable Agent.)

Section 2.11 Computation of Interest and Fees. All computations of interest for Base Rate Loans when the Base Rate is determined by the Prime Rate shall be made on the basis of a year of three hundred and sixty-five (365) days or three hundred and sixty-six (366) days, as the case may be, and actual days elapsed. All other computations of fees and interest shall be made on the basis of a three hundred and sixty (360) day year and actual days elapsed. Interest shall accrue on each Loan for the day on which such Loan is made, and shall not accrue on such Loan, or any portion thereof, for the day on which such Loan or such portion is paid; provided that any such Loan that is repaid on the same day on which it is made shall, subject to Section 2.13(a), bear interest for one (1) day. Each determination by the Administrative Agent of an interest rate or fee hereunder shall be conclusive and binding for all purposes, absent manifest error.

For purposes of the Interest Act (Canada), whenever any interest or fee under this Agreement is calculated using a rate based on a number of days less than a full year, such rate determined pursuant to such calculation, when expressed as an annual rate, is equivalent to (x) the applicable rate based on a year of 360, 365 or 366 days, as the case may be, (y) multiplied by the actual number of days in the calendar year in which the period for which such interest or fee is payable (or compounded) ends, and (z) divided by the number of days based on which such rate is calculated. The principle of deemed reinvestment of interest does not apply to any interest calculation under this Agreement. The rates of interest stipulated in this Agreement are intended to be nominal rates and not effective rates or yields.

Section 2.12 Evidence of Indebtedness.

(a) The Borrowings made by each Lender shall be evidenced by one or more accounts or records maintained by such Lender and evidenced by one or more entries in the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent, acting solely for purposes of Treasury Regulation

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Section 5f.103-1(c), as agent for the Borrower, in each case in the ordinary course of business. The accounts or records maintained by the Administrative Agent and each Lender shall be prima facie evidence absent manifest error of the amount of the Loans made by the Lenders to the Borrower and the interest and payments thereon. Any failure to so record or any error in doing so shall not, however, limit or otherwise affect the obligation of the Borrower hereunder to pay any amount owing with respect to the Obligations. In the event of any conflict between the accounts and records maintained by any Lender and the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent in respect of such matters, the accounts and records of the Administrative Agent shall control in the absence of manifest error. Upon the request of any Lender made through the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall execute and deliver to such Lender (through the Administrative Agent) a Note payable to such Lender, which shall evidence such Lender’s Loans in addition to such accounts or records. Each Lender may attach schedules to its Note and endorse thereon the date, Type (if applicable), amount and maturity of its Loans and payments with respect thereto.

(b) [Reserved].

(c) Entries made in good faith by the Administrative Agent in the Register pursuant to Section 2.12(a), and by each Lender in its account or accounts pursuant to Section 2.12(a), shall be prima facie evidence of the amount of principal and interest due and payable or to become due and payable from the Borrower to, in the case of the Register, each Lender and, in the case of such account or accounts, such Lender, under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, absent manifest error; provided that the failure of the Administrative Agent or such Lender to make an entry, or any finding that an entry is incorrect, in the Register or such account or accounts shall not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

Section 2.13 Payments Generally.

(a) All payments to be made by the Borrower shall be made without condition or deduction for any counterclaim, defense, recoupment or setoff. Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all payments by the Borrower hereunder shall be made to the Administrative Agent, for the account of the respective Lenders to which such payment is owed, at the Administrative Agent’s Office in Dollars in immediately available funds not later than 3:00 p.m. (New York City time) on the date specified herein. The Administrative Agent will promptly distribute to each Lender its Pro Rata Share (or other applicable share as provided herein) of such payment in like funds as received by wire transfer to such Lender’s Applicable Lending Office. All payments received by the Administrative Agent after 3:00 p.m. shall be deemed received on the next succeeding Business Day and any applicable interest or fee shall continue to accrue.

(b) If any payment to be made by the Borrower shall come due on a day other than a Business Day, payment shall be made on the next following Business Day, and such extension of time shall be reflected in computing interest or fees, as the case may be; provided that, if such extension would cause payment of interest on or principal of Eurocurrency Rate Loans to be made in the next succeeding calendar month, such payment shall be made on the immediately preceding Business Day.

(c) Unless the Borrower or any Lender has notified the Administrative Agent, prior to the date any payment is required to be made by it to the Administrative Agent hereunder, that the Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, will not make such payment, the Administrative

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Agent may assume that the Borrower or such Lender, as the case may be, has timely made such payment and may (but shall not be so required to), in reliance thereon, make available a corresponding amount to the Person entitled thereto. If and to the extent that such payment was not in fact made to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds, then:

(i) if the Borrower failed to make such payment, each Lender shall forthwith on demand repay to the Administrative Agent the portion of such assumed payment that was made available to such Lender in immediately available funds, together with interest thereon in respect of each day from and including the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to such Lender to the date such amount is repaid to the Administrative Agent in immediately available funds at the Federal Funds Rate; and

(ii) if any Lender failed to make such payment, such Lender shall forthwith on demand pay to the Administrative Agent the amount thereof in immediately available funds, together with interest thereon for the period from the date such amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the Borrower to the date such amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent (the “Compensation Period”) at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate. When such Lender makes payment to the Administrative Agent (together with all accrued interest thereon), then such payment amount (excluding the amount of any interest which may have accrued and been paid in respect of such late payment) shall constitute such Lender’s Loan included in the applicable Borrowing. If such Lender does not pay such amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agent’s demand therefor, the Administrative Agent may make a demand therefor upon the Borrower, and the Borrower shall pay such amount to the Administrative Agent, together with interest thereon for the Compensation Period at a rate per annum equal to the rate of interest applicable to the applicable Borrowing. Nothing herein shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to fulfill its Commitment or to prejudice any rights which the Administrative Agent or the Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any default by such Lender hereunder.

A notice of the Administrative Agent to any Lender or the Borrower with respect to any amount owing under this Section 2.13(c) shall be conclusive, absent manifest error.

(d) If any Lender makes available to the Administrative Agent funds for any Loan to be made by such Lender as provided in the foregoing provisions of this Article II, and such funds are not made available to the Borrower by the Administrative Agent because the conditions to the applicable Borrowing set forth in Article IV are not satisfied or waived in accordance with the terms hereof, the Administrative Agent shall return such funds (in like funds as received from such Lender) to such Lender, without interest.

(e) The obligations of the Lenders hereunder to make Loans are several and not joint. The failure of any Lender to make any Loan on any date required hereunder shall not relieve any other Lender of its corresponding obligation to do so on such date, and no Lender shall be responsible for the failure of any other Lender to so make its Loan.

(f) Nothing herein shall be deemed to obligate any Lender to obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner or to constitute a representation by any Lender that it has obtained or will obtain the funds for any Loan in any particular place or manner.

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(g) Whenever any payment received by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents is insufficient to pay in full all amounts due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under or in respect of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents on any date, such payment shall be distributed by the Administrative Agent and applied by the Administrative Agent and the Lenders in the order of priority set forth in Section 8.04. If the Administrative Agent receives funds for application to the Obligations of the Loan Parties under or in respect of the Loan Documents under circumstances for which the Loan Documents do not specify the manner in which such funds are to be applied, the Administrative Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, elect to distribute such funds to each of the Lenders in accordance with such Lender’s Pro Rata Share of the Outstanding Amount of all Loans outstanding at such time, in repayment or prepayment of such of the outstanding Loans or other Obligations then owing to such Lender.

Section 2.14 Sharing of Payments. If, other than as expressly provided elsewhere herein, any Lender shall obtain on account of the Loans made by it, any payment (whether voluntary, involuntary, through the exercise of any right of setoff, or otherwise) in excess of its ratable share (or other share contemplated hereunder) thereof, such Lender shall immediately (a) notify the Administrative Agent of such fact, and (b) purchase from the other Lenders such participations in the Loans made by them, as shall be necessary to cause such purchasing Lender to share the excess payment in respect of such Loans, pro rata with each of them; provided that if all or any portion of such excess payment is thereafter recovered from the purchasing Lender under any of the circumstances described in Section 10.06 (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by the purchasing Lender in its discretion), such purchase shall to that extent be rescinded and each other Lender shall repay to the purchasing Lender the purchase price paid therefor, together with an amount equal to such paying Lender’s ratable share (according to the proportion of (i) the amount of such paying Lender’s required repayment to (ii) the total amount so recovered from the purchasing Lender) of any interest or other amount paid or payable by the purchasing Lender in respect of the total amount so recovered, without further interest thereon. The Borrower agrees that any Lender so purchasing a participation from another Lender may, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, exercise all its rights of payment (including the right of setoff, but subject to Section 10.09) with respect to such participation as fully as if such Lender were the direct creditor of the Borrower in the amount of such participation. The Administrative Agent will keep records (which shall be conclusive and binding in the absence of manifest error) of participations purchased under this Section 2.14 and will in each case notify the Lenders following any such purchases or repayments. Each Lender that purchases a participation pursuant to this Section 2.14 shall from and after such purchase have the right to give all notices, requests, demands, directions and other communications under this Agreement with respect to the portion of the Obligations purchased to the same extent as though the purchasing Lender were the original owner of the Obligations purchased.

Section 2.15 Incremental Borrowings.

(a) The Borrower may at any time or from time to time after the Closing Date, by notice to the Administrative Agent (whereupon the Administrative Agent shall promptly deliver a copy to each of the Lenders), request one or more additional tranches of term loans (the “Incremental Loans”) be made available to an Incremental Borrower, provided that both at the time of any such request and upon the effectiveness of any Incremental Amendment referred to below, no Default or Event of Default shall exist and at the time that any such Incremental Loan is made (and after giving effect thereto) no Default or Event of Default shall exist. Each tranche of Incremental Loans shall be in an aggregate principal amount that is not less than $5,000,000 (provided that such amount may be

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less than $5,000,000 if such amount represents all remaining availability under the limit set forth in the next sentence). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the aggregate principal amount of the Incremental Loans (together with the aggregate amount of any Incremental First Lien Term Loans) shall not exceed the sum of $75,000,000 and the aggregate amount of all voluntary prepayments of Loans hereunder and of First Lien Term Loans under the First Lien Credit Agreement (such sum, the “Incremental Availability”); provided, that any Incremental Borrower may incur additional Incremental Loans hereunder (the “Additional Incremental Loans”), so long as, on a Pro Forma Basis after giving effect to the incurrence of such Additional Incremental Loan, either (i) the Senior Secured Incurrence Test would be satisfied or (ii) the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio would be no greater than the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio in effect immediately prior to such incurrence (it being understood that, subject to the satisfaction of such test, Additional Incremental Loans may be effected by the Borrower and/or Incremental Borrower whether or not there is any unused Incremental Availability). The Incremental Loans (a) shall rank pari passu in right of payment and of security with the Loans, (b) shall not mature earlier than the Maturity Date and (c) shall be treated substantially the same as the Loans (in each case, including with respect to mandatory and voluntary prepayments), provided that (i) the terms and conditions applicable to Incremental Loans and Additional Incremental Loans may be materially different from those of the Loans to the extent such differences are reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent, (ii) the interest rates applicable to the Incremental Loans and Additional Incremental Loans shall be determined by the Borrower and the lenders thereof and (iii) Incremental Loans and Additional Incremental Loans may be made available in any Incremental Currency; provided, further, that, as of the date of the incurrence of the Incremental Loans or Additional Incremental Loans, as the case may be, the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of the Incremental Loans or Additional Incremental Loans, as applicable, shall not be shorter than that of the Loans. Each notice from the Borrower and/or Other Incremental Borrower pursuant to this Section shall set forth the requested amount and proposed terms of the relevant Incremental Loans or Additional Incremental Loans, as applicable. Incremental Loans and Additional Incremental Loans may be made by any existing Lender (and each existing Lender will have the right, but not an obligation, to make a portion of any Incremental Loan or Additional Incremental Loan on terms permitted in this Section 2.15 and otherwise on terms reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) or by any other bank or other financial institution (any such other bank or other financial institution being called an “Additional Lender”). Commitments in respect of Incremental Loans and Additional Incremental Loans shall become Commitments under this Agreement pursuant to an amendment (an “Incremental Amendment”) to this Agreement and, as appropriate, the other Loan Documents, executed by Holdings, the Borrower, the Incremental Borrower, each Lender agreeing to provide such Commitment, if any, each Additional Lender, if any, and the Administrative Agent. The Incremental Amendment may, without the consent of any other Lenders, effect such amendments to this Agreement and the other Loan Documents as may be necessary or appropriate, in the reasonable opinion of the Administrative Agent and the Borrower, to effect the provisions of this Section (including, without limitation, such amendments to take into account the accession of an Incremental Borrower to this Agreement and an Incremental Currency other than Dollars) including, without limitation, the amendments described in Section 2.15(b). If any Incremental Loans or Additional Incremental Loans are incurred by an Other Incremental Borrower other than the Borrower, the Borrower shall guaranty such Loans pursuant to a guaranty consistent with the form of Guaranty provided on the Closing Date. The effectiveness of (and, the borrowing under) any Incremental Amendment shall be subject to the satisfaction on the date thereof (each, an “Incremental Facility Closing Date”) of each of the conditions set forth in Sections 4.01(h) and (i) (it being understood that all references to “the date of such Borrowing” or similar language in such Sections 4.01(h) and (i) shall be deemed to refer to the effective date of such Incremental Amendment) and such other conditions as the parties thereto shall agree. The Borrower

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and/or Incremental Borrower will use the proceeds of the Incremental Loans and Additional Incremental Loans for any purpose not prohibited by this Agreement. No Lender shall be obligated to provide any Incremental Loans or Additional Incremental Loans unless it so agrees.

(b) If an Incremental Borrower is a direct or indirect holding company of the Borrower, the Incremental Amendment shall provide, among other things, that:

(i) all incurrence tests and other provisions calculated prior to such Incremental Amendment by reference to the financial performance or circumstance of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries (including without limitation Capital Expenditure, Capitalized Software Expenditures, Consolidated EBITDA, Consolidated Lease Expense, Consolidated Senior Secured Debt, Consolidated Total Debt, Consolidated Working Capital, Cumulative Excess Cash Flow and Excess Cash Flow) shall be, immediately following such Incremental Amendment, calculated by reference to the financial performance or circumstance of such Incremental Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries provided that it is understood and agreed that (A) the applicable maximum or minimum financial ratios or amounts shall not be amended and (B) such incurrence tests and other calculations shall be determined without giving effect to the Holdings Loans or any other Indebtedness of Holdings not guaranteed by any other Loan Party;

(ii) solely in connection with consummation of an acquisition previously identified to the Administrative Agent and the financing thereof, (A) for purposes of Sections 2.15(a)(ii), 7.02(j)(ii), 7.03(u)(ii) and 7.03(v)(ii), the incurrence tests set forth therein shall be calculated as if the Holding Loans were Loans of the Borrower at such time, (B) the ratio set forth in the definition of Senior Secured Incurrence Test shall be deemed to be 7.25:1.00 and (C) the ratio set forth in Section 7.03(u)(ii) shall be deemed to be 7.25:1.00;

(iii) save as provided in this Section 2.15(b) or as the context otherwise requires (A) references to the Borrower in this Agreement immediately prior to such Incremental Amendment shall include, from and after the effectiveness of such Incremental Amendment, such Incremental Borrower, and (B) if such Incremental Borrower is a holding company of Holdings, references to Holdings in this Agreement immediately prior to such Incremental Amendment shall mean, from and after the effectiveness of such Incremental Amendment, such Incremental Borrower or the holding company of such Incremental Borrower;

(iv) Holdings, the Borrower, such Incremental Borrower (and any other Intermediate Holding Company) and the other Loan Parties shall enter into such Loan Documents and take such action to ensure, among other things, that the requirements set forth in the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” are and continue to be satisfied immediately following such Incremental Amendment, including without limitation (A) guaranteeing the Obligations and (B) securing the Obligations and Guarantees by a second-priority security interest in the Equity Interests of the Borrower, such Incremental Borrower (and establishing a holding company of such Incremental Borrower if required for this purpose) and each Intermediate Holding Company;

(v) except as set forth in clause (b)(i) above, all representations and warranties, covenants and Events of Default contained in this Agreement applicable to the Borrower (immediately prior to such Incremental Amendment) and its Subsidiaries or Restricted Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis shall be modified to apply to such Incremental Borrower and its Subsidiaries and Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, on a consolidated basis unless otherwise mutually determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower; and

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(vi) references in this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to Holdings, the Borrower and an Intermediate Holding Company shall be modified to be references to such Incremental Borrower to the extent appropriate as mutually determined by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower.

ARTICLE III

Taxes, Increased Costs Protection and Illegality

Section 3.01 Taxes.

(a) Except as provided in this Section 3.01, any and all payments by the Borrower or any Guarantor to or for the account of any Agent or any Lender under any Loan Document shall be made free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or future taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges, and all liabilities (including additions to tax, penalties and interest) with respect thereto, excluding the Excluded Taxes (all such non-excluded taxes, duties, levies, imposts, deductions, assessments, fees, withholdings or similar charges, and liabilities being hereinafter referred to as “Taxes”). If the Borrower or any Guarantor shall be required by any Laws to deduct any Taxes from or in respect of any sum payable under any Loan Document to any Agent or any Lender, (i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that after making all required deductions (including deductions applicable to additional sums payable under this Section 3.01), each of such Agent and such Lender receives an amount equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Borrower or Guarantor shall make such deductions, (iii) the Borrower or Guarantor shall pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or other authority in accordance with applicable Laws, and (iv) within thirty (30) days after the date of such payment (or, if receipts or evidence are not available within thirty (30) days, as soon as possible thereafter), the Borrower shall furnish to such Agent or Lender (as the case may be) the original or a facsimile copy of a receipt evidencing payment thereof to the extent such a receipt is issued therefor, or other written proof of payment thereof that is reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent. If the Borrower fails to pay any Taxes when due to the appropriate taxing authority or fails to remit to any Agent or any Lender the required receipts or other required documentary evidence, the Borrower shall indemnify such Agent and such Lender for any Taxes that may become payable by such Agent or such Lender arising out of such failure.

(b) In addition, the Borrower agrees to pay any and all present or future stamp, court or documentary taxes and any other excise, property, intangible or mortgage recording taxes or charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made under any Loan Document or from the execution, delivery, performance, enforcement or registration of, or otherwise with respect to, any Loan Document excluding, in each case, such amounts that result from an Assignment and Assumption, grant of a Participation, transfer or assignment to or designation of a new Applicable Lending Office or other office for receiving payments under any Loan Document, except to the extent that any such change is requested in writing by the Borrower (all such non-excluded taxes described in this Section 3.01(b) being hereinafter referred to as “Other Taxes”).

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(c) The Borrower agrees to indemnify each Agent and each Lender for (i) the full amount of Taxes and Other Taxes (including any Taxes or Other Taxes imposed or asserted by any jurisdiction on amounts payable and paid under this Section 3.01) payable by such Agent and such Lender and (ii) any reasonable expenses arising therefrom or with respect thereto, in each case whether or not such Taxes or Other Taxes were correctly or legally imposed or asserted by the relevant Governmental Authority. Such Agent or Lender, as the case may be, will, at the Borrower’s request, (A) provide the Borrower with a written statement thereof setting forth in reasonable detail the basis and calculation of such amounts or (B) have the amount of such Taxes or Other Taxes verified by an independent account. Payment under this Section 3.01(c) shall be made within ten (10) days after the date such Lender or such Agent makes a demand therefor.

(d) If any Lender or Agent determines, in its reasonable discretion, that it has received a refund in respect of any Taxes or Other Taxes as to which indemnification or additional amounts have been paid to it by the Borrower pursuant to this Section 3.01, it shall promptly remit such refund (but only to the extent of indemnity payments made, or additional amounts paid, by the Borrower under this Section 3.01 with respect to the Taxes or Other Taxes giving rise to such refund plus any interest included in such refund by the relevant taxing authority attributable thereto) to the Borrower, net of all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses of the Lender or Agent, as the case may be and without interest (other than any interest paid by the relevant taxing authority with respect to such refund); provided that the Borrower, upon the request of the Lender or Agent, as the case may be, agrees promptly to return such refund to such party in the event such party is required to repay such refund to the relevant taxing authority. Such Lender or Agent, as the case may be, shall, at the Borrower’s request, provide the Borrower with a copy of any notice of assessment or other evidence of the requirement to repay such refund received from the relevant taxing authority (provided that such Lender or Agent may delete any information therein that such Lender or Agent deems confidential). Nothing herein contained shall interfere with the right of a Lender or Agent to arrange its tax affairs in whatever manner it thinks fit nor oblige any Lender or Agent to claim any tax refund or to make available its tax returns or disclose any information relating to its tax affairs or any computations in respect thereof or require any Lender or Agent to do anything that would prejudice its ability to benefit from any other refunds, credits, reliefs, remissions or repayments to which it may be entitled.

(e) Each Lender agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 3.01(a) or (c) with respect to such Lender it will, if requested by the Borrower, use commercially reasonable efforts (subject to legal and regulatory restrictions) to designate another Applicable Lending Office for any Loan affected by such event; provided that such efforts are made on terms that, in the judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its Applicable Lending Office(s) to suffer no material economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage, and provided further that nothing in this Section 3.01(d) shall affect or postpone any of the Obligations of the Borrower or the rights of such Lender pursuant to Section 3.01(a) or (c).

Section 3.02 Illegality.

If any Lender determines that any Law has made it unlawful, or that any Governmental Authority that is a court, statutory board or commission has asserted that it is unlawful, for any Lender or its Applicable Lending Office to make, maintain or fund Eurocurrency

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Rate Loan, to determine or charge interest rates based upon the Eurocurrency Rate as contemplated by this Agreement, then, on notice thereof by such Lender to the Borrower through the Administrative Agent, (A) any obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurocurrency Rate Loans or to convert Base Rate Loans to Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be suspended until such Lender notifies the Administrative Agent and the Borrower that the circumstances giving rise to such determination no longer exist, (B) upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower shall upon demand from such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), prepay in the case of Eurocurrency Rate Loans that have become unlawful or, if applicable, convert all Eurocurrency Rate Loans of such Lender to Base Rate Loans, either on the last day of the Interest Period therefor, if such Lender may lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Rate Loans to such day, or promptly, if such Lender may not lawfully continue to maintain such Eurocurrency Rate Loans, (C) upon any such prepayment or conversion, the Borrower shall also pay accrued interest on the amount so prepaid or converted and all amounts due, if any, in connection with such prepayment or conversion under Section 3.05. Each Lender agrees to designate a different Applicable Lending Office if such designation will avoid the need for any such notice and will not, in the good faith judgment of such Lender, otherwise be materially disadvantageous to such Lender.

Section 3.03 Inability to Determine Rates. If the Required Lenders determine that for any reason adequate and reasonable means do not exist for determining the Eurocurrency Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or that the Eurocurrency Rate for any requested Interest Period with respect to a proposed Eurocurrency Rate Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lenders of funding such Loan, or that Dollar deposits are not being offered to banks in the London interbank eurodollar market for the applicable amount and the Interest Period of such Eurocurrency Rate Loan, the Administrative Agent will promptly so notify the Borrower and each Lender. Thereafter, the obligation of the Lenders to make or maintain Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be suspended until the Administrative Agent (upon the instruction of the Required Lenders) revokes such notice. Upon receipt of such notice, the Borrower may revoke any pending request for a Borrowing of, conversion to or continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans or, failing that, will be deemed to have converted such request into a request for a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans in the amount specified therein.

Section 3.04 Increased Cost and Reduced Return; Capital Adequacy; Reserves on Eurocurrency Rate Loans.

(a) If any Lender determines that as a result of the introduction of or any Change in Law or a change in the interpretation of any Law, in each case after the date hereof, or such Lender’s compliance therewith, there shall be any increase in the cost to such Lender of agreeing to make or making, funding or maintaining any Eurocurrency Rate Loan, or a reduction in the amount received or receivable by such Lender in connection with any of the foregoing (excluding for purposes of this Section 3.04(a) any such increased costs or reduction in amount resulting from (i) Taxes or Other Taxes covered by Section 3.01, (ii) the imposition of, or any change in the rate of, any taxes imposed on or measured by net income (including branch profits) and franchise (and similar) taxes imposed in lieu of net income taxes payable by such Lender, or (iii) reserve requirements contemplated by Section 3.04(c)), then from time to time within fifteen (15) days after demand by such Lender setting forth in reasonable detail such increased costs (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent given in accordance with Section 3.06), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such increased cost or reduction.

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(b) If any Lender determines that the introduction of any Law regarding capital adequacy or any change therein or in the interpretation thereof, in each case after the date hereof, or compliance by such Lender (or its Applicable Lending Office) therewith, has the effect of reducing the rate of return on the capital of such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender as a consequence of such Lender’s obligations hereunder (taking into consideration its policies with respect to capital adequacy and such Lender’s desired return on capital), then from time to time upon demand of such Lender setting forth in reasonable detail the charge and the calculation of such reduced rate of return (with a copy of such demand to the Administrative Agent given in accordance with Section 3.06), the Borrower shall pay to such Lender such additional amounts as will compensate such Lender for such reduction within fifteen (15) days after receipt of such demand.

(c) The Borrower shall pay to each Lender, (i) as long as such Lender shall be required to maintain reserves with respect to liabilities or assets consisting of or including Eurocurrency funds or deposits, additional interest on the unpaid principal amount of each Eurocurrency Rate Loan equal to the actual costs of such reserves allocated to such Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error), and (ii) as long as such Lender shall be required to comply with any reserve ratio requirement or analogous requirement of any other central banking or financial regulatory authority imposed in respect of the maintenance of the Commitments or the funding of the Eurocurrency Rate Loans, such additional costs (expressed as a percentage per annum and rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest five decimal places) equal to the actual costs allocated to such Commitment or Loan by such Lender (as determined by such Lender in good faith, which determination shall be conclusive absent manifest error) which in each case shall be due and payable on each date on which interest is payable on such Loan, provided the Borrower shall have received at least fifteen (15) days’ prior notice (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) of such additional interest or cost from such Lender. If a Lender fails to give notice fifteen (15) days prior to the relevant Interest Payment Date, such additional interest or cost shall be due and payable fifteen (15) days from receipt of such notice.

(d) Subject to Section 3.06(b), failure or delay on the part of any Lender to demand compensation pursuant to this Section 3.04 shall not constitute a waiver of such Lender’s right to demand such compensation.

(e) If any Lender requests compensation under this Section 3.04, then such Lender will, if requested by the Borrower, use commercially reasonable efforts to designate another Applicable Lending Office for any Loan affected by such event; provided that such efforts are made on terms that, in the reasonable judgment of such Lender, cause such Lender and its Applicable Lending Office(s) to suffer no material economic, legal or regulatory disadvantage; and provided further that nothing in this Section 3.04(e) shall affect or postpone any of the Obligations of the Borrower or the rights of such Lender pursuant to Section 3.04(a), (b), (c) or (d).

Section 3.05 Funding Losses. Upon demand of any Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) from time to time, the Borrower shall promptly compensate such Lender for and hold such Lender harmless from any loss, cost or expense incurred by it as a result of:

(a) any continuation, conversion, payment or prepayment of any Eurocurrency Rate Loan on a day other than the last day of the Interest Period for such Loan; or

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(b) any failure by the Borrower (for a reason other than the failure of such Lender to make a Loan) to prepay, borrow, continue or convert any Eurocurrency Loan on the date or in the amount notified by the Borrower;

including any loss or expense arising from the liquidation or reemployment of funds obtained by it to maintain such Loan or from fees payable to terminate the deposits from which such funds were obtained.

For purposes of calculating amounts payable by the Borrower to the Lenders under this Section 3.05, each Lender shall be deemed to have funded each Eurocurrency Rate Loan made by it at the Eurocurrency Rate for such Loan by a matching deposit or other borrowing in the London interbank eurodollar market for a comparable amount and for a comparable period, whether or not such Eurocurrency Rate Loan was in fact so funded.

Section 3.06 Matters Applicable to All Requests for Compensation.

(a) Any Agent or any Lender claiming compensation under this Article III shall deliver a certificate to the Borrower setting forth the additional amount or amounts to be paid to it hereunder which shall be conclusive in the absence of manifest error. In determining such amount, such Agent or such Lender may use any reasonable averaging and attribution methods.

(b) With respect to any Lender’s claim for compensation under Sections 3.01, 3.02, 3.03 or 3.04, the Borrower shall not be required to compensate such Lender for any amount incurred more than one hundred and eighty (180) days prior to the date that such Lender notifies the Borrower of the event that gives rise to such claim; provided that, if the circumstance giving rise to such claim is retroactive, then such 180-day period referred to above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect thereof. If any Lender requests compensation by the Borrower under Section 3.04, the Borrower may, by notice to such Lender (with a copy to the Administrative Agent), suspend the obligation of such Lender to make or continue Eurocurrency Rate Loans from one Interest Period to another, or to convert Base Rate Loans into Eurocurrency Rate Loans, until the event or condition giving rise to such request ceases to be in effect (in which case the provisions of Section 3.06(c) shall be applicable); provided that such suspension shall not affect the right of such Lender to receive the compensation so requested.

(c) If the obligation of any Lender to make or continue any Eurocurrency Rate Loan from one Interest Period to another, or to convert Base Rate Loans into Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be suspended pursuant to Section 3.06(b) hereof, such Lender’s Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be automatically converted into Base Rate Loans on the last day(s) of the then current Interest Period(s) for such Eurocurrency Rate Loans (or, in the case of an immediate conversion required by Section 3.02, on such earlier date as required by Law) and, unless and until such Lender gives notice as provided below that the circumstances specified in Section 3.01, 3.02, 3.03 or 3.04 hereof that gave rise to such conversion no longer exist:

(i) to the extent that such Lender’s Eurocurrency Rate Loans have been so converted, all payments and prepayments of principal that would otherwise be applied to such Lender’s Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be applied instead to its Base Rate Loans; and

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(ii) all Loans that would otherwise be made or continued from one Interest Period to another by such Lender as Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall be made or continued instead as Base Rate Loans, and all Base Rate Loans of such Lender that would otherwise be converted into Eurocurrency Rate Loans shall remain as Base Rate Loans.

(d) If any Lender gives notice to the Borrower (with a copy to the Administrative Agent) that the circumstances specified in Section 3.01, 3.02, 3.03 or 3.04 hereof that gave rise to the conversion of such Lender’s Eurocurrency Rate Loans pursuant to this Section 3.06 no longer exist (which such Lender agrees to do promptly upon such circumstances ceasing to exist) at a time when Eurocurrency Rate Loans made by other Lenders are outstanding, such Lender’s Base Rate Loans shall be automatically converted to Eurocurrency Rate Loans, on the first day(s) of the next succeeding Interest Period(s) for such outstanding Eurocurrency Rate Loans, to the extent necessary so that, after giving effect thereto, all Loans held by the Lenders holding Eurocurrency Rate Loans and by such Lender are held pro rata (as to principal amounts, interest rate basis, and Interest Periods) in accordance with their respective Commitments.

Section 3.07 Replacement of Lenders under Certain Circumstances.

(a) If at any time (i) any Lender requests reimbursement for amounts owing pursuant to Section 3.01 or 3.04 as a result of any condition described in such Sections or any Lender ceases to make Eurocurrency Rate Loans as a result of any condition described in Section 3.02 or Section 3.04, or (ii) any Lender becomes a Non-Consenting Lender, then the Borrower may, on ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Administrative Agent and such Lender, replace such Lender by requiring such Lender to (and such Lender shall be obligated to) assign pursuant to Section 10.07(b) (with the assignment fee to be paid by the Borrower in such instance) all of its rights and obligations under this Agreement to one or more Eligible Assignees; provided that neither the Administrative Agent nor any Lender shall have any obligation to the Borrower to find a replacement Lender or other such Person; and provided further that (A) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a claim for compensation under Section 3.04 or payments required to be made pursuant to Section 3.01, such assignment will result in a reduction in such compensation or payments and (B) in the case of any such assignment resulting from a Lender becoming a Non-Consenting Lender, the applicable Eligible Assignees shall have agreed to the applicable departure, waiver or amendment of the Loan Documents.

(b) Any Lender being replaced pursuant to Section 3.07(a) above shall (i) execute and deliver an Assignment and Assumption with respect to such Lender’s Commitment and outstanding Loans and (ii) deliver Notes, if any, evidencing such Loans to the Borrower or Administrative Agent. Pursuant to such Assignment and Assumption, (A) the assignee Lender shall acquire all or a portion, as the case may be, of the assigning Lender’s Commitment and outstanding Loans, (B) all obligations of the Borrower owing to the assigning Lender relating to the Loans so assigned shall be paid in full by the assignee Lender to such assigning Lender concurrently with such assignment and assumption and (C) upon such payment and, if so requested by the assignee Lender, the assignor Lender shall deliver to the assignee Lender the appropriate Note or Notes executed by the Borrower, the assignee Lender shall become a Lender hereunder and the assigning Lender shall cease to constitute a Lender hereunder with respect to such assigned Loans and Commitments, except with respect to indemnification provisions under this Agreement, which shall survive as to such assigning Lender.

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(d) In the event that (i) the Borrower or the Administrative Agent has requested that the Lenders consent to a departure or waiver of any provisions of the Loan Documents or agree to any amendment thereto, (ii) the consent, waiver or amendment in question requires the agreement of all affected Lenders in accordance with the terms of Section 10.01 and (iii) the Required Lenders have agreed to such consent, waiver or amendment, then any Lender who does not agree to such consent, waiver or amendment shall be deemed a “Non-Consenting Lender”.

Section 3.08 Survival. All of the Borrower’s obligations under this Article III shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations hereunder.

ARTICLE IV

Conditions Precedent to Closing Date

Section 4.01 Conditions of Closing Date. The obligation of each Lender to make its Loans hereunder on the Closing Date is subject to satisfaction of the following conditions precedent except as otherwise agreed between the Borrower and the Administrative Agent:

(a) The Administrative Agent’s receipt of the following, each of which shall be originals or facsimiles (followed promptly by originals) unless otherwise specified, each properly executed by a Responsible Officer of the signing Loan Party, each in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and its legal counsel:

(i) executed counterparts of this Agreement and the Guaranty;

(ii) a Note executed by the Borrower in favor of each Lender that has requested a Note at least five (5) Business Days in advance of the Closing Date;

(iii) executed counterparts of the Intercreditor Agreement;

(iv) each Collateral Document set forth on Schedule 1.01A required to be executed on the Closing Date (other than the U.S. Intellectual Property Security Agreement) as indicated on such schedule, duly executed by each Loan Party thereto, together with (except as provided in such Collateral Documents):

(A) certificates, if any, representing the pledged equity referred to therein accompanied by undated stock powers executed in blank and instruments evidencing the pledged debt referred to therein endorsed in blank;

(B) to the extent required under the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, opinions of local counsel for the Loan Parties in the provinces in which the Mortgaged Properties are located, with respect to the enforceability and perfection of the Mortgages and any related fixture filings in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent; and

(C) evidence that all other actions, recordings and filings that the Administrative Agent or Collateral Agent may deem reasonably necessary to satisfy the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement shall have been taken, completed or otherwise provided for in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent;

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(v) such certificates (including a certificate substantially in the form of Exhibit K) of resolutions or other action, incumbency certificates and/or other certificates of Responsible Officers of each Loan Party as the Administrative Agent may reasonably require evidencing the identity, authority and capacity of each Responsible Officer thereof authorized to act as a Responsible Officer in connection with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which such Loan Party is a party or is to be a party on the Closing Date;

(vi) an opinion from ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, New York, counsel to the Loan Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit H-1;

(vii) an opinion from each of Fasken ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ DuMoulin LLP and Burnet, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ & ▇▇▇▇▇▇ LLP, each Canadian counsel to the Loan Parties, substantially in the form of Exhibit H-2 and Exhibit H-3, respectively;

(viii) a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying that since March 31, 2007 there has been no Closing Date Material Adverse Effect;

(ix) a certificate attesting to the Solvency of the Loan Parties (taken as a whole) on the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transaction, from the Chief Financial Officer of the Borrower;

(x) evidence that all insurance required to be maintained pursuant to the Loan Documents has been obtained and is in effect and that the Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent has been named as loss payee and additional insured under each insurance policy with respect to such insurance as to which the Administrative Agent shall have requested to be so named;

(xi) a Committed Loan Notice, relating to the Borrowing to be made on the Closing Date;

(xii) copies of a recent Lien, judgment, patent and trademark search in each jurisdiction reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent with respect to the Loan Parties; and

(xiii) good standing certificates or certificates of status, as applicable and bring-down telegrams or facsimiles, for each Loan Party.

(b) All fees and expenses required to be paid hereunder and invoiced prior to the Closing Date shall have been paid in full in cash or will be paid on the Closing Date out of the initial Borrowing.

(c) Prior to or simultaneously with the Borrowing on the Closing Date, (i) the Equity Contribution shall have been consummated and (ii) the Acquisition shall be consummated in accordance with the terms of the Purchase Agreement (without giving effect to any amendments or waivers thereto that are materially adverse to the Lenders without the reasonable consent of the Administrative Agent (which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed)).

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(d) To the extent Equity Interests other than common Equity Interests were issued in connection with the Equity Contribution, such issuance shall be on terms and conditions, and pursuant to documentation, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to the extent material to the interests of the Lenders.

(e) The Shareholder Loans shall be on terms and conditions, and pursuant to documentation, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to the extent material to the interests of the Lenders.

(f) The Administrative Agent shall have received (i) the Audited Financial Statements and the audit report for such financial statements, (ii) the Pro Forma Financial Statements.

(g) All Indebtedness of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries under the Existing Credit Agreement shall have been repaid in full, together with all fees and other amounts owing thereon, all commitments under the Existing Credit Agreement shall have been terminated and (except with respect to the Existing Letters of Credit (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) as provided in Section 2.04(a) thereof) all letters of credit issued pursuant to the Existing Credit Agreements shall have been terminated or incorporated into the First Lien Credit Agreement, all as set forth in the respective payoff letters from each of the respective agents for the Existing Credit Agreement.

(h) The representations and warranties of the Borrower and each other Loan Party contained in Article V or any other Loan Document (except the representations contained in Sections 5.03, 5.05, 5.06, 5.07, 5.08, 5.09, 5.10, 5.11, 5.13, 5.14, 5.15 and 5.16 and in any other Loan Document; it being understood and agreed that such non-excluded representations are the only representations being made by the Borrower on the Closing Date) shall be true and correct in all material respects on and as of the Closing Date; provided that, to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, they shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date; provided further that any representation and warranty that is qualified as to “materiality”, “Material Adverse Effect” or similar language shall be true and correct (after giving effect to any qualification therein) in all respects on such respective dates.

(i) No Default shall exist, or would result from such proposed Borrowing or from the application of the proceeds therefrom.

Each Committed Loan Notice (other than a Committed Loan Notice requesting only a conversion of Loans to the other Type or a continuation of Eurocurrency Rate Loans) submitted by the Borrower shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty that the conditions specified in Sections 4.01(h) and (i) have been satisfied on and as of the date of the applicable Borrowing.

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ARTICLE V

Representations and Warranties

The Borrower represents and warrants to the Agents and the Lenders that:

Section 5.01 Existence, Qualification and Power; Compliance with Laws. Each Loan Party and each other Restricted Subsidiary (a) is a Person duly incorporated, amalgamated, organized or formed, and validly existing and in good standing under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its incorporation, amalgamation or organization, (b) has all requisite power and authority to (i) own or lease its assets and carry on its business and (ii) execute, deliver and perform its obligations under the Loan Documents to which it is a party, (c) is duly qualified and in good standing under the Laws of each jurisdiction where its ownership, lease or operation of properties or the conduct of its business requires such qualification, (d) is in compliance with all Laws, orders, writs, injunctions and orders and (e) has all requisite governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals to operate its business as currently conducted; except in each case referred to in clause (c), (d) or (e), to the extent that failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.02 Authorization; No Contravention. The execution, delivery and performance by each Loan Party of each Loan Document to which such Person is a party, and the consummation of the Transaction, are within such Loan Party’s corporate or other powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other organizational action, and do not and will not (a) contravene the terms of any of such Person’s Organization Documents, (b) conflict with or result in any breach or contravention of, or the creation of any Lien under (other than as permitted by Section 7.01), or require any payment to be made under (i) any Contractual Obligation to which such Person is a party or affecting such Person or the properties of such Person or any of its Subsidiaries or (ii) any material order, injunction, writ or decree of any Governmental Authority or any arbitral award to which such Person or its property is subject; or (c) violate any material Law; except with respect to any conflict, breach or contravention or payment (but not creation of Liens) referred to in clause (b)(i), to the extent that such conflict, breach, contravention or payment could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.03 Governmental Authorization; Other Consents. No approval, consent, exemption, authorization, or other action by, or notice to, or filing with, any Governmental Authority or any other Person is necessary or required in connection with (a) the execution, delivery or performance by, or enforcement against, any Loan Party of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or for the consummation of the Transaction, (b) the grant by any Loan Party of the Liens granted by it pursuant to the Collateral Documents, (c) the perfection or maintenance of the Liens created under the Collateral Documents (including the priority thereof) or (d) the exercise by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of its rights under the Loan Documents or the remedies in respect of the Collateral pursuant to the Collateral Documents, except for (i) filings necessary to perfect the Liens on the Collateral granted by the Loan Parties in favor of the Secured Parties, (ii) the approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations, actions, notices and filings which have been duly obtained, taken, given or made and are in full force and effect and (iii) those approvals, consents, exemptions, authorizations or other actions, notices or filings, the failure of which to obtain or make could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.04 Binding Effect. This Agreement and each other Loan Document has been duly executed and delivered by each Loan Party that is party thereto. This Agreement and each other Loan Document constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Loan Party, enforceable against each Loan Party that is party thereto in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws and by general principles of equity.

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Section 5.05 Financial Statements; No Material Adverse Effect.

(a) (i) The Audited Financial Statements and Unaudited Financial Statements fairly present in all material respects the financial condition of the Business as of the dates thereof and their results of operations for the period covered thereby in accordance with GAAP consistently applied throughout the periods covered thereby, except as otherwise disclosed to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date.

(ii) The unaudited pro forma consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at June 30, 2007 (including the notes thereto) (the “Pro Forma Balance Sheet”) and the unaudited pro forma consolidated statement of operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries for the 12 month period ending on June 30, 2007 (together with the Pro Forma Balance Sheet, the “Pro Forma Financial Statements”), copies of which have heretofore been furnished to the Administrative Agent, have been prepared giving effect (as if such events had occurred on such date or at the beginning of such periods, as the case may be) to the Transaction and each material acquisition by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries consummated after March 31, 2007 and prior to the Closing Date. The Pro Forma Financial Statements have been prepared in good faith, based on assumptions believed by the Borrower to be reasonable as of the date of delivery thereof, and present fairly in all material respects on a pro forma basis the estimated financial position of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at June 30, 2007 and their estimated results of operations for the periods covered thereby, assuming that the events specified in the preceding sentence had actually occurred at such date or at the beginning of the periods covered thereby.

(b) Since the Closing Date, there has been no event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(c) The forecasts of consolidated balance sheets, income statements and cash flow statements of the Business for each fiscal year ending after the Closing Date until the seventh anniversary of the Closing Date, copies of which have been furnished to the Administrative Agent prior to the Closing Date in a form reasonably satisfactory to it, have been prepared in good faith on the basis of the assumptions stated therein, which assumptions were believed to be reasonable at the time of preparation of such forecasts, it being understood that actual results may vary from such forecasts and that such variations may be material.

Section 5.06 Litigation. Except as set forth on Schedule 5.06, there are no actions, suits, proceedings, claims or disputes pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened in writing or contemplated, at law, in equity, in arbitration or before any Governmental Authority, by or against the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or against any of their properties or revenues that either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.07 Ownership of Property; Liens. Each Loan Party and each of its Subsidiaries has good and defensible title in fee simple to, or valid leasehold interests in, or easements or other limited property interests in, all real property necessary in the ordinary conduct of its business, free and clear of all Liens except for minor defects in title that do not materially interfere with its ability to conduct its business or to utilize such assets for their intended purposes and Liens permitted by Section 7.01 and except where the failure to have such title or other interest could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.

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Section 5.08 Environmental Compliance.

(a) There are no pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened claims, actions, suits, or proceedings by or against the Borrower or any Subsidiary alleging potential liability or responsibility for violation of, or otherwise relating to, any applicable Environmental Law that could, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

(b) Except as could not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, (i) there are no and never have been any underground or aboveground storage tanks or any surface impoundments, septic tanks, pits, sumps or lagoons in which Hazardous Materials are being or have been treated, stored or disposed on any property currently owned, leased or operated by any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary or, to its knowledge, on any property formerly owned or operated by any Loan Party or any other Restricted Subsidiary; (ii) there is no asbestos or asbestos-containing material on any property currently owned or operated by any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary; and (iii) Hazardous Materials have not been released, discharged or disposed of by any of the Loan Parties or any other Subsidiary at any location in a manner which would give rise to liability under applicable Environmental Laws.

(c) The properties currently or formerly owned, leased or operated by the Borrower and its Subsidiaries do not contain any Hazardous Materials in amounts or concentrations which (i) constitute a violation of, (ii) require remedial action under, or (iii) could give rise to liability under, applicable Environmental Laws, which violations, remedial actions and liabilities, individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(d) Neither the Borrower nor any of its Subsidiaries is undertaking, or has completed, either individually or together with other potentially responsible parties, any investigation or assessment or remedial or response action relating to any actual or threatened release, discharge or disposal of Hazardous Materials at any site or location, either voluntarily or pursuant to the order of any Governmental Authority or the requirements of any applicable Environmental Law except for such investigation or assessment or remedial or response action that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

(e) All Hazardous Materials transported from any property currently or formerly owned or operated by any Loan Party or any other Subsidiary for off-site disposal have been disposed of in a manner not reasonably expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect.

(f) Except as would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, none of the Loan Parties nor any other Subsidiary has contractually assumed any liability or obligation under or relating to any applicable Environmental Law.

(g) Except as would not reasonably be expected to result, individually or in the aggregate, in a Material Adverse Effect, the Loan Parties and each other Subsidiary and their respective businesses, operations and properties are and have been in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws.

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Section 5.09 Taxes. Except as could not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary have timely filed all federal, provincial, state, municipal, foreign and other tax returns and reports required to be filed, and have timely paid all federal, provincial, state, municipal, foreign and other taxes, assessments, fees and other governmental charges levied or imposed upon them or their properties, income or assets otherwise due and payable, except those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and for which adequate reserves have been provided in accordance with GAAP.

Section 5.10 Compliance with ERISA. Except as would not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, each Plan is in compliance with the applicable provisions of ERISA, the Code and other Federal or state Laws.

Section 5.11 Subsidiaries; Equity Interests. As of the Closing Date, neither the Borrower nor any other Loan Party has any Subsidiaries other than those specifically disclosed in Schedule 5.11, and all of the outstanding Equity Interests in the Borrower and the Material Subsidiaries have been validly issued, are fully paid and nonassessable and all Equity Interests owned by Holdings or any other Loan Party are owned free and clear of all Liens except (i) those created under the Collateral Documents and the First Lien Loan Documents and (ii) any nonconsensual Lien that is permitted under Section 7.01. As of the Closing Date, Schedule 5.11 sets forth the name and jurisdiction of organization of each Subsidiary, (b) sets forth the ownership interest of Holdings, the Borrower and any of their Subsidiaries in each of their Subsidiaries, including the percentage of such ownership and (c) identifies each Person the Equity Interests of which are required to be pledged on the Closing Date pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.

Section 5.12 Margin Regulations; Investment Company Act. (a) No Loan Party is engaged nor will it engage, principally or as one of its important activities, in the business of purchasing or carrying margin stock (within the meaning of Regulation U issued by the FRB), or extending credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying margin stock, and no proceeds of any Borrowings will be used for any purpose that violates Regulation U.

(b) None of the Borrower, any Person Controlling the Borrower or any Subsidiary is or is required to be registered as an “investment company” under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

Section 5.13 Disclosure. No report, financial statement, certificate or other written information furnished by or on behalf of any Loan Party to any Agent or any Lender in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the negotiation of this Agreement or delivered hereunder or any other Loan Document (as modified or supplemented by other information so furnished) when taken as a whole contains any material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they were made, not materially misleading; provided that, with respect to projected financial information and pro forma financial information, the Borrower represents only that such information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time of preparation; it being understood that such projections may vary from actual results and that such variances may be material.

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Section 5.14 Intellectual Property; Licenses, Etc. Each of the Loan Parties and the other Restricted Subsidiaries own, license or possess the right to use, all of the trademarks, service marks, trade names, domain names, copyrights, patents, patent rights, technology, software, know-how database rights, design rights and other intellectual property rights (collectively, “IP Rights”) that are reasonably necessary for the operation of their respective businesses as currently conducted, and, to the knowledge of the Borrower, without violation of the rights of any Person, except to the extent such violations, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. To the knowledge of the Borrower, no such IP Rights infringe upon any rights held by any Person except for such infringements, individually or in the aggregate, which could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No claim or litigation regarding any such IP Rights, is pending or, to the knowledge of the Borrower, threatened against any Loan Party or Subsidiary, which, either individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 5.15 Solvency. On the Closing Date after giving effect to the Transaction the Loan Parties, on a consolidated basis, are Solvent.

Section 5.16 Pension Plans.

(a) The Canadian Pension Plans are duly registered under the Tax Act (if required to be so registered) and any other applicable Laws which require registration, have been administered in accordance with their terms, the Tax Act and such other applicable Laws and no event has occurred which could reasonably be expected to cause the loss of such registered status or result in a full or partial termination of a Canadian Pension Plan, except, in each case, to the extent that any failure to do so, or any such occurrence, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All material obligations of each of the Loan Parties and any Restricted Subsidiary (including fiduciary, funding, investment and administration obligations) required to be performed in connection with the Canadian Pension Plans and the funding agreements therefor have been performed on a timely basis, except to the extent that any failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There are no outstanding disputes concerning the assets of the Canadian Pension Plans or Canadian Benefit Plans that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. All contributions or premiums required to be made or paid by each of the Loan Parties and any Restricted Subsidiary to the Canadian Pension Plans or Canadian Benefit Plans have been made on a timely basis in accordance with the terms of such plans and all applicable Laws, except to the extent that any failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. There have been no improper withdrawals or applications of the assets of the Canadian Pension Plans that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. As of the Closing Date, no Canadian Pension Plan provides for pension benefit accruals on a defined benefit basis.

(b) Except where noncompliance would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect, (i) each Foreign Plan has been maintained in compliance with its terms and with the requirements of any and all applicable laws, statutes, rules, regulations and orders, and (ii) no Loan Party nor any other Restricted Subsidiary have incurred any obligations in connection with the termination of or withdrawal from any Foreign Plan. Except as would not reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect, the present value of the accrued benefit liabilities (whether or not vested) under each Foreign Plan which is funded, determined as of the end of the most recently ended fiscal year of a Loan Party or other Restricted Subsidiary (based on the actuarial assumptions used for purposes of the applicable jurisdiction’s financial reporting requirements), did not exceed the current value of the assets of such Foreign Plan, and for each Foreign Plan which is not funded, the obligations of such Foreign Plan are properly accrued.

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ARTICLE VI

Affirmative Covenants

So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder or any Loan or other Obligation hereunder which is accrued and payable shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, the Borrower shall, and shall (except in the case of the covenants set forth in Sections 6.01, 6.02 and 6.03) cause each Restricted Subsidiary to:

Section 6.01 Financial Statements. Deliver to the Administrative Agent for prompt further distribution to each Lender:

(a) as soon as available, but in any event within one hundred and twenty (120) days after the end of the first fiscal year ending after the Closing Date and within ninety (90) days after the end of each subsequent fiscal year of the Borrower, a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal year, and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of KPMG LLP or any other independent registered public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards;

(b) as soon as available, but in any event within forty-five (45) days (or, solely in the case of the first three full fiscal quarters ending after the Closing Date, within sixty (60) days) after the end of each of the first three (3) fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the Borrower (commencing with the first full fiscal quarter ended after the Closing Date), a consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the end of such fiscal quarter, and the related (i) consolidated statements of income or operations for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the fiscal year then ended and (ii) consolidated statements of cash flows for the portion of the fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and certified by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower as fairly presenting in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes; and

(c) simultaneously with the delivery of each set of consolidated financial statements referred to in Sections 6.01(a) and (b) above (i) the related consolidating financial statements reflecting the adjustments necessary to eliminate the accounts of Unrestricted Subsidiaries (if any) from such consolidated financial statements, and (ii) the same consolidated financial statements prepared in accordance with the Accounting Principles, together with a reconciliation statement of GAAP against the Accounting Principles.

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Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligations in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 6.01 may be satisfied with respect to financial information of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries by furnishing (A) the applicable financial statements of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower that holds all of the Equity Interests of the Borrower or (B) the Borrower’s (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), as applicable, Form 10-K or 10-Q, as applicable, filed with the SEC or any comparable continuous disclosures made under the Ontario Securities Act; provided that, with respect to each of clauses (A) and (B), (i) to the extent such information relates to a parent of the Borrower, such information is accompanied by consolidating information that explains in reasonable detail the differences between the information relating to the Borrower (or such parent), on the one hand, and the information relating to the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on a standalone basis, on the other hand and (ii) to the extent such information is in lieu of information required to be provided under Section 6.01(a), such materials are accompanied by a report and opinion of KPMG LLP or any other independent registered public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing, which report and opinion shall be prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.

Section 6.02 Certificates; Other Information. Deliver to the Administrative Agent for prompt further distribution to each Lender:

(a) no later than five (5) days after the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Section 6.01(a) and (b), a duly completed Compliance Certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower;

(b) promptly after the same are publicly available, copies of all annual, regular, periodic and special reports and registration statements which the Borrower files with the SEC or with any Governmental Authority that may be substituted therefor (other than amendments to any registration statement (to the extent such registration statement, in the form it became effective, is delivered), exhibits to any registration statement and, if applicable, any registration statement on Form S-8) and in any case not otherwise required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant hereto;

(c) promptly after the furnishing thereof, copies of any material requests or material notices received by any Loan Party (other than in the ordinary course of business) or material statements or material reports furnished to any holder of debt securities of any Loan Party or of any of its Subsidiaries having an aggregate outstanding principal amount greater than the Threshold Amount or pursuant to the terms of the First Lien Loan Documents, in each case, so long as the aggregate outstanding principal amount thereunder is greater than the Threshold Amount and not otherwise required to be furnished to the Lenders pursuant to any other clause of this Section 6.02;

(d) together with the delivery of the financial statements pursuant to Section 6.01(a) and each Compliance Certificate pursuant to Section 6.02(a), (i) a report setting forth the information required by Sections 3.03(c) of the Security Agreement and Section 4.2 of the Canadian Security Agreement or confirming that there has been no change in such information since the Closing Date or the date of the last Compliance Certificate), (ii) a description of each event, condition or circumstance during the last fiscal quarter covered by such Compliance Certificate requiring a mandatory prepayment or an Offer to Prepay under Section 2.06(b), (iii) a list of Subsidiaries that identifies each Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary as of the date of delivery of such Compliance Certificate or a confirmation that there is no change in such information since the later of the Closing Date or the date of the last such list and (iv) such other information required by the Compliance Certificate;

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(e) No later than ninety (90) days following the first day of each fiscal year of the Borrower (commencing with the fiscal year of the Borrower beginning on April 1, 2008), a budget for such fiscal year in form customarily prepared by the Borrower; and

(f) promptly, such additional information regarding the business, legal, financial or corporate affairs of any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary, or compliance with the terms of the Loan Documents, as the Administrative Agent or any Lender through the Administrative Agent may from time to time reasonably request.

Documents required to be delivered pursuant to Section 6.01(a) or (b) or Section 6.02(c) may be delivered electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the date (i) on which the Borrower posts such documents, or provides a link thereto on the Borrower’s website on the Internet at the website address listed on Schedule 10.02; or (ii) on which such documents are posted on the Borrower’s behalf on IntraLinks/IntraAgency or another relevant website, if any, to which each Lender and the Administrative Agent have access (whether a commercial, third-party website or whether sponsored by the Administrative Agent); provided that: (i) upon written request by the Administrative Agent, the Borrower shall deliver paper copies of such documents to the Administrative Agent for further distribution to each Lender until a written request to cease delivering paper copies is given by the Administrative Agent and (ii) the Borrower shall notify (which may be by facsimile or electronic mail) the Administrative Agent of the posting of any such documents and provide to the Administrative Agent by electronic mail electronic versions (i.e., soft copies) of such documents. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Borrower shall deliver originally executed Compliance Certificates to the Administrative Agent (in addition to the electronic copies pursuant to the foregoing). Each Lender shall be solely responsible for timely accessing posted documents or requesting delivery of paper copies of such documents from the Administrative Agent and maintaining its copies of such documents.

Section 6.03 Notices. Promptly after a Responsible Officer obtains actual knowledge thereof, notify the Administrative Agent:

(a) of the occurrence of any Default, which notice shall specify the nature thereof, the period of existence thereof and what action the Borrower proposes to take with respect thereto; and

(b) any litigation or governmental proceeding (including without limitation pursuant to any applicable Environmental Laws) pending against the Borrower or any of the Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to be determined adversely and, if so determined, to result in a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 6.04 [Reserved].

Section 6.05 Maintenance of Existence. (a) Preserve, renew and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence under the Laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and (b) take all reasonable action to maintain all rights, privileges (including its good standing), permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business, except in the case of clause (a) and (b), (i) to the extent that failure to do so could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect or (ii) pursuant to a transaction permitted by Section 7.04 or 7.05.

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Section 6.06 Maintenance of Properties. Except if the failure to do so could not, individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, (a) maintain, preserve and protect all of its material properties and equipment necessary in the operation of its business in good working order, repair and condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted and casualty or condemnation excepted, and (b) make all necessary renewals, replacements, modifications, improvements, upgrades, extensions and additions thereof or thereto in accordance with prudent industry practice.

Section 6.07 Maintenance of Insurance. Maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies, insurance with respect to its properties and business against loss or damage of the kinds customarily insured against by Persons engaged in the same or similar business, of such types and in such amounts (after giving effect to any self-insurance reasonable and customary for similarly situated Persons engaged in the same or similar businesses as the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries) as are customarily carried under similar circumstances by such other Persons.

Section 6.08 Compliance with Laws. Comply in all respects with the requirements of all Laws and all orders, writs, injunctions, decrees and judgments applicable to it or to its business or property (including without limitation Environmental Laws and ERISA), except if the failure to comply therewith could not, individually or in the aggregate reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

Section 6.09 Books and Records. Maintain proper books of record and account, in which entries that are full, true and correct in all material respects and are in conformity with GAAP consistently applied shall be made of all material financial transactions and matters involving the assets and business of the Borrower or such Subsidiary, as the case may be.

Section 6.10 Inspection Rights. Permit representatives and independent contractors of the Administrative Agent and each Lender to visit and inspect any of its properties and to discuss its affairs, finances and accounts with its directors, officers, and independent public accountants, all at the reasonable expense of the Borrower and at such reasonable times during normal business hours and as often as may be reasonably desired, upon reasonable advance notice to the Borrower; provided that, excluding any such visits and inspections during the continuation of an Event of Default, only the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders may exercise rights of the Administrative Agent and the Lenders under this Section 6.10 and the Administrative Agent shall not exercise such rights more often than two (2) times during any calendar year absent the existence of an Event of Default and only one (1) such time shall be at the Borrower’s expense; provided further that when an Event of Default exists, the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or any of their respective representatives or independent contractors) may do any of the foregoing at the expense of the Borrower at any time during normal business hours and upon reasonable advance notice. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall give the Borrower the opportunity to participate in any discussions with the Borrower’s independent public accountants. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 6.10, none of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary will be required to disclose or permit the inspection or discussion of, any document, information or other matter (i) that constitutes non-financial trade secrets or non-financial proprietary information, (ii) in respect of which disclosure to the Administrative Agent or any Lender (or their respective representatives or contractors) is prohibited by Law or any binding agreement or (iii) that is subject to attorney-client or similar privilege or constitutes attorney work product.

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Section 6.11 Covenant to Guarantee Obligations and Give Security. At the Borrower’s expense, take all action necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to ensure that the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement continues to be satisfied, including:

(a) upon the formation or acquisition of any new direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary (in each case, other than an Unrestricted Subsidiary or an Excluded Subsidiary) by any Loan Party, the designation in accordance with Section 6.14 of any existing direct or indirect wholly-owned Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or any wholly-owned Subsidiary becoming a Material Subsidiary:

(i) within forty-five (45) days after such formation, acquisition, designation or occurrence or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its reasonable discretion:

(A) cause each such Domestic Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor under the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to furnish to the Administrative Agent a description of the Material Real Properties owned by such Restricted Subsidiary in detail reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;

(B) cause each such Domestic Subsidiary or U.S. Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to duly execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (as appropriate) Mortgages, Security Agreement Supplements and other security agreements and documents (including without limitation the Intercreditor Agreement and, with respect to Mortgages, the documents listed in Section 6.13(b)), as reasonably requested by and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent (consistent with the Mortgages, Security Agreement and other Collateral Documents in effect on the Closing Date), in each case granting Liens required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement;

(C) cause each such Restricted Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to deliver any and all certificates representing Equity Interests (to the extent certificated) that are required to be pledged pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, accompanied by undated stock powers or other appropriate instruments of transfer executed in blank (or any other documents customary under local law) and instruments evidencing the intercompany Indebtedness held by such Restricted Subsidiary and required to be pledged pursuant to the Collateral Documents, indorsed in blank to the Collateral Agent; and

(D) take and cause such Restricted Subsidiary and each direct or indirect parent of such Restricted Subsidiary that is required to become a Guarantor pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement to take whatever action (including, in the case of Domestic Subsidiaries and U.S. Subsidiaries, the recording of Mortgages, the filing of PPSA financing statements and delivery of stock and membership interest certificates) may be necessary in the reasonable opinion of the

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Collateral Agent to vest in the Collateral Agent (or in any representative of the Collateral Agent designated by it) valid Liens required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, enforceable against all third parties in accordance with their terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law); and

(ii) as promptly as practicable after the request therefor by the Collateral Agent, deliver to the Collateral Agent with respect to each Material Real Property, any existing title reports, surveys or environmental assessment reports.

(b) (i) the Borrower shall provide the security interests and Guarantees set forth on Schedule 1.01A on or prior to the dates corresponding to such security interests and Guarantees set forth on Schedule 1.01A; and

(ii) after the Closing Date, promptly after the acquisition of any Material Real Property (other than leasehold interests) by any Loan Party, if such Material Real Property shall not already be subject to a perfected Lien pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement, the Borrower shall give notice thereof to the Administrative Agent and promptly thereafter shall cause such real property to be subjected to a Lien to the extent required by the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement and will take, or cause the relevant Loan Party to take, such actions as shall be necessary or reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to grant and perfect or record such Lien, including, as applicable, the actions referred to in Section 6.13(b) and shall, within thirty (30) days (or forty-five (45) days with respect to any such acquisition by a Foreign Subsidiary) after the request therefor by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (or such longer period as the Administrative Agent may agree in its sole discretion), deliver to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent a signed copy of an opinion of local counsel for such Loan Party in the jurisdiction of such Material Real Property, addressed to the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.

Section 6.12 Use of Proceeds. Use the proceeds of the Loans, whether directly or indirectly, in a manner consistent with the uses set forth in the preliminary statements to this Agreement.

Section 6.13 Further Assurances and Post-Closing Conditions.

(a) Promptly upon reasonable request by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent (i) correct any material defect or error that may be discovered in the execution, acknowledgment, filing or recordation of any Collateral Document or other document or instrument relating to any Collateral, and (ii) do, execute, acknowledge, deliver, record, re-record, file, re-file, register and re-register any and all such further acts, deeds, certificates, assurances and other instruments as the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent may reasonably request from time to time in order to carry out more effectively the purposes of the Collateral Documents.

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(b) In the case of any Material Real Property (other than leasehold interests), provide the Collateral Agent with Mortgages and otherwise satisfy the applicable Collateral and Guarantee Requirements with respect to such owned real property within thirty (30) days (or such longer period as the Collateral Agent may agree in its sole discretion) of the acquisition of such real property in each case together with:

(i) evidence that counterparts of the Mortgages have been duly executed, acknowledged and delivered and are in form suitable for filing or recording in all filing or recording offices that the Collateral Agent may deem reasonably necessary or desirable in order to create a valid and subsisting perfected Lien on the property and/or rights described therein in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties and that all filing and recording taxes and fees have been paid or otherwise provided for in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent;

(ii) Mortgage Policies in form and substance, with endorsements and in amounts, reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent (not to exceed the value of the real properties covered thereby), issued, coinsured and reinsured by title insurers reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, insuring the Mortgages (other than Mortgages in Alberta) to be valid subsisting Liens on the property described therein, free and clear of all defects and encumbrances, subject to Liens permitted by Section 7.01, and providing for such other affirmative insurance (including endorsements for future advances under the Loan Documents) and such coinsurance and direct access reinsurance as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request;

(iii) opinions of local counsel for the Loan Parties in states or provinces in which the real properties are located, with respect to the enforceability and perfection of the Mortgages and any related fixture filings in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent; and

(iv) such other evidence that all other actions that the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may reasonably deem necessary or desirable in order to create valid and subsisting Liens on the property described in the Mortgages has been taken.

Section 6.14 Designation of Subsidiaries. (a) Subject to Section 6.14(b) below, the board of directors of the Borrower may at any time designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary. The designation of any Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall constitute an Investment by the Borrower therein at the date of designation in an amount equal to the net book value of the Borrower’s investment therein. The designation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary shall constitute the incurrence at the time of designation of any Indebtedness or Liens of such Subsidiary existing at such time.

(b) The Borrower may not (x) designate any Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary, or (y) designate an Unrestricted Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary, in each case unless:

(i) no Default or Event of Default exists or would result therefrom; and

(ii) the Senior Secured Incurrence Test (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) would be satisfied immediately after giving effect to such designation; and

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(iii) in the case of clause (x) only, (A) the Subsidiary to be so designated does not (directly, or indirectly through its Subsidiaries) own any Equity Interests or Indebtedness of, or own or hold any Lien on any property of, the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, and (A) neither the Borrower nor any Restricted Subsidiary shall at any time be directly or indirectly liable for any Indebtedness that provides that the holder thereof may (with the passage of time or notice or both) declare a default thereon or cause the payment thereof to be accelerated or payable prior to its stated maturity upon the occurrence of a default with respect to any Indebtedness, Lien or other obligation of any Unrestricted Subsidiary (including any right to take enforcement action against such Unrestricted Subsidiary).

Section 6.15 Post-Closing Matters. To the extent such items have not been delivered as of the Closing Date, within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date, unless waived or extended by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion, the applicable Loan Party shall deliver to the Collateral Agent, with respect to the Mortgaged Properties listed on Schedule 6.15, (and save as provided therein) the following:

(i) duly executed and acknowledged Mortgages, financing statements and other instruments meeting the requirements of Section 4.01(a)(iv);

(ii) a title policy meeting the requirements of Section 4.01(a)(x);

(iii) evidence of payment of all applicable title insurance premiums, mortgage recording taxes, fees, charges, costs and expenses required for the recording of each Mortgage and issuance of the title policies as required by Section 4.01(a)(iv)(C); and

(iv) favorable written opinions of local counsel in the provinces in which each such Mortgaged Property is located and any related fixture filings as required by Section 4.01(a)(iv)(B).

Section 6.16 Payment of Taxes. The Borrower will pay and discharge, and will cause each of the Restricted Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, all taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income or profits, or upon any properties belonging to it, in each case on a timely basis, and all lawful claims which, if unpaid, might become a lien or charge upon any properties of the Borrower or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted under this Agreement; provided that neither the Borrower nor any of the Restricted Subsidiaries shall be required to pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim which is being contested in good faith and by proper proceedings if it has maintained adequate reserves with respect thereto in accordance with GAAP.

Section 6.17 End of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters. The Borrower will cause (i) its fiscal year to end on March 31 of each calendar year and (ii) its fiscal quarters to end on March 31, June 30, September 30 and December 31 of each calendar year, in each case unless otherwise approved by the Administrative Agent.

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ARTICLE VII

Negative Covenants

So long as any Lender shall have any Commitment hereunder or any Loan or other Obligation hereunder which is accrued and payable shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied, the Borrower shall not, nor shall it permit any of its Restricted Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly:

Section 7.01 Liens. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon any of its property, assets or revenues, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, other than the following:

(a) Liens pursuant to any Loan Document;

(b) Liens pursuant to the First Lien Loan Documents; provided that such Liens are subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement;

(c) Liens existing on the date hereof; provided that any Lien securing Indebtedness in excess of (x) $550,000 individually or (y) $1,650,000 in the aggregate (when taken together with all other Liens securing obligations outstanding in reliance on this clause (c) that are not listed on Schedule 7.01(c)) shall only be permitted to the extent such Lien is listed on Schedule 7.01(c);

(d) Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges which are not overdue for a period of more than thirty (30) days or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person to the extent required in accordance with GAAP;

(e) statutory or common law Liens of landlords, carriers, warehousemen, mechanics, materialmen, repairmen, construction contractors or other like Liens arising in the ordinary course of business which secure amounts not overdue for a period of more than thirty (30) days or if more than thirty (30) days overdue, are unfiled (or if filed have been discharged or stayed) and no other action has been taken to enforce such Lien or which are being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted, if adequate reserves with respect thereto are maintained on the books of the applicable Person to the extent required in accordance with GAAP;

(f) (i) pledges or deposits in the ordinary course of business in connection with workers’ compensation, unemployment insurance and other social security legislation and (ii) pledges and deposits in the ordinary course of business securing liability for reimbursement or indemnification obligations of (including obligations in respect of letters of credit or bank guarantees for the benefit of) insurance carriers providing property, casualty or liability insurance to the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary;

(g) deposits to secure the performance of bids, trade contracts, governmental contracts and leases (other than Indebtedness for borrowed money), statutory obligations, surety, stay, customs and appeal bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like nature (including those to secure health, safety and environmental obligations) incurred in the ordinary course of business;

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(h) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, encroachments, protrusions and other similar encumbrances and minor title defects affecting real property which, in the aggregate, do not in any case materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary and any exception on the title polices issued in connection with the Mortgaged Property;

(i) Liens securing judgments for the payment of money not constituting an Event of Default under Section 8.01(h);

(j) Liens securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(f); provided that (i) such Liens attach concurrently with or within two hundred and seventy (270) days after the acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement (as applicable) of the property subject to such Liens, (ii) such Liens do not at any time encumber any property other than the property financed by such Indebtedness, replacements thereof and additions and accessions to such property and the proceeds and the products thereof and customary security deposits, and (iii) with respect to Capitalized Leases, such Liens do not at any time extend to or cover any assets (except for additions and accessions to such assets, replacements and products thereof and customary security deposits) other than the assets subject to such Capitalized Leases; provided that individual financings of equipment provided by one lender may be cross-collateralized to other financings of equipment provided by such lender;

(k) leases, licenses, subleases or sublicenses granted to others in the ordinary course of business which do not (i) interfere in any material respect with the business of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary, taken as a whole, or (ii) secure any Indebtedness;

(l) Liens in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs duties in connection with the importation of goods in the ordinary course of business;

(m) Liens (i) of a collection bank (including those arising under Section 4-210 of the Uniform Commercial Code) on the items in the course of collection, (ii) attaching to commodity trading accounts or other commodities brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary course of business and (iii) in favor of a banking or other financial institution arising as a matter of law encumbering deposits or other funds maintained with a financial institution (including the right of set off) and which are within the general parameters customary in the banking industry;

(n) Liens (i) on cash advances in favor of the seller of any property to be acquired in an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 7.02(j) or (o) to be applied against the purchase price for such Investment and (ii) consisting of an agreement to Dispose of any property in a Disposition permitted under Section 7.05, in each case, solely to the extent such Investment or Disposition, as the case may be, would have been permitted on the date of the creation of such Lien;

(o) Liens on property of any Non-Loan Party Subsidiary securing Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(t) or (v);

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(p) Liens in favor of the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(e);

(q) Liens existing on property at the time of its acquisition or existing on the property of any Person at the time such Person becomes a Restricted Subsidiary (other than by designation as a Restricted Subsidiary pursuant to Section 6.14), in each case after the date hereof; provided that (i) such Lien was not created in contemplation of such acquisition or such Person becoming a Restricted Subsidiary, (ii) such Lien does not extend to or cover any other assets or property (other than the proceeds or products thereof and other than after-acquired property subjected to a Lien securing Indebtedness and other obligations incurred prior to such time and which Indebtedness and other obligations are permitted hereunder that require, pursuant to their terms at such time, a pledge of after-acquired property, it being understood that such requirement shall not be permitted to apply to any property to which such requirement would not have applied but for such acquisition), and (iii) the Indebtedness secured thereby is permitted under Section 7.03(f) or (h);

(r) any interest or title of a lessor or sublessor under leases or subleases entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(s) Liens arising out of conditional sale, title retention, consignment or similar arrangements for sale of goods entered into by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;

(t) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements under Section 7.02 and reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts maintained in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

(u) Liens that are contractual rights of set-off (i) relating to the establishment of depository relations with banks or other financial institutions not given in connection with the incurrence of Indebtedness, (ii) relating to pooled deposit or sweep accounts of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to permit satisfaction of overdraft or similar obligations incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries or (iii) relating to purchase orders and other agreements entered into with customers of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the ordinary course of business;

(v) Liens solely on any ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ money deposits made by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with any letter of intent or purchase agreement permitted hereunder;

(w) ground leases in respect of real property on which facilities owned or leased by the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries are located;

(x) Liens arising from precautionary Uniform Commercial Code or PPSA financing statement filings;

(y) Liens on insurance policies and the proceeds thereof securing the financing of the premiums with respect thereto;

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(z) any zoning or similar law or right reserved to or vested in any Governmental Authority to control or regulate the use of any real property that does not materially interfere with the ordinary conduct of the business of the Borrower or any Material Subsidiary;

(aa) Liens on specific items of inventory or other goods and the proceeds thereof securing such Person’s obligations in respect of documentary letters of credit or banker’s acceptances issued or created for the account of such Person to facilitate the purchase, shipment or storage of such inventory or goods;

(bb) Liens securing letters of credit in a currency other than Dollars or Canadian Dollars permitted under Section 7.03(p) in an aggregate amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $16,500,000;

(cc) Liens on the Securitization Assets arising in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing;

(dd) Liens on assets of Restricted Subsidiaries that are not Loan Parties securing Indebtedness permitted pursuant to Section 7.03(n), (p) or (t);

(ee) Liens on the Collateral (but not any other assets) securing Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03(v); provided, that, to the extent such Liens are contemplated to be junior to the Liens securing the Obligations, such Liens shall be subject to an intercreditor agreement on customary terms;

(ff) the modification, replacement, renewal or extension of any Lien permitted by clauses (c), (j) and (q) of this Section 7.01; provided that (i) the Lien does not extend to any additional property other than (A) after-acquired property that is affixed or incorporated into the property covered by such Lien or financed by Indebtedness permitted under Section 7.03, and (B) proceeds and products thereof; and (ii) the renewal, extension or refinancing of the obligations secured or benefited by such Liens is permitted by Section 7.03; and

(gg) other Liens securing Indebtedness or other obligations in an aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding not to exceed $16,500,000.

Section 7.02 Investments. Make any Investments, except:

(a) Investments by the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary in assets that were Cash Equivalents when such Investment was made;

(b) loans or advances to officers, directors and employees of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), any Intermediate Holding Company, the Borrower or its Restricted Subsidiaries (i) for reasonable and customary business-related travel, entertainment, relocation and analogous ordinary business purposes, (ii) in connection with such Person’s purchase of Equity Interests of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof or after a Qualifying IPO, any Intermediate Holding Company or the Borrower) (provided that the amount of such loans and advances shall be contributed to the Borrower in cash as common equity) and (iii) for purposes not described in the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii), in an aggregate principal amount outstanding not to exceed $5,500,000;

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(c) asset purchases (including purchases of inventory, supplies and materials) and the licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with other Persons, in each case in the ordinary course of business;

(d) Investments (i) by any Loan Party in any other Loan Party, (ii) by any Non-Loan Party in any other Non-Loan Party that is a Restricted Subsidiary, (iii) by any Non-Loan Party in any Loan Party, (iv) by any Loan Party in any Non-Loan Party that is a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that all such Investments pursuant to this clause (iv) shall be in the form of intercompany loans and evidenced by notes that have been pledged (individually or pursuant to a global note) to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Lenders (provided that in order to comply with the laws and regulations of a jurisdiction where such Non-Loan Party is located or organized, Investments in an aggregate amount not to exceed $38,500,000 at any one time outstanding may be structured as an equity contribution or otherwise in a form other than an intercompany loan);

(e) Investments consisting of extensions of credit in the nature of accounts receivable or notes receivable arising from the grant of trade credit in the ordinary course of business, and Investments received in satisfaction or partial satisfaction thereof from financially troubled account debtors and other credits to suppliers in the ordinary course of business;

(f) Investments consisting of Liens, Indebtedness, fundamental changes, Dispositions and Restricted Payments permitted under Sections 7.01, 7.03, 7.04, 7.05 and 7.06, respectively;

(g) Investments consisting of any modification, replacement, renewal, reinvestment or extension of any Investment existing on the date hereof; provided that the amount of any Investment permitted pursuant to this Section 7.02(g) is not increased from the amount of such Investment on the Closing Date except pursuant to the terms of such Investment as of the Closing Date or as otherwise permitted by this Section 7.02;

(h) Investments in Swap Contracts permitted under Section 7.03;

(i) promissory notes and other noncash consideration received in connection with Dispositions permitted by Section 7.05;

(j) the purchase or other acquisition of property and assets or businesses of any Person or of assets constituting a business unit, a line of business or division of such Person, or Equity Interests in a Person that, upon the consummation thereof, will be a Restricted Subsidiary of the Borrower (including as a result of a merger or consolidation); provided that, with respect to each purchase or other acquisition made pursuant to this Section 7.02(j) (each, a “Permitted Acquisition”) (i) immediately before and immediately after giving Pro Forma Effect to any such purchase or other acquisition, no Default shall have occurred and be continuing; and (ii) after giving Pro Forma Effect to any such purchase or other acquisition, (A) the Senior Secured Incurrence Test would be satisfied, (B) the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) in effect immediately after such purchase or other acquisition shall be no greater than the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio in effect immediately prior to such purchase or other acquisition or (C) the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) in effect immediately after such purchase or other acquisition does not exceed the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio as of the Closing Date;

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(k) the Transaction;

(l) Investments in the ordinary course of business consisting of endorsements for collection or deposit and customary trade arrangements with customers consistent with past practices;

(m) Investments (including debt obligations and Equity Interests) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and customers or in settlement of delinquent obligations of, or other disputes with, customers and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business or upon the foreclosure with respect to any secured Investment or other transfer of title with respect to any secured Investment;

(n) loans and advances to the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) in lieu of, and not in excess of the amount of (after giving effect to any other such loans or advances or Restricted Payments in respect thereof), Restricted Payments to the extent permitted to be made to the Borrower (or such direct or indirect parent) in accordance with Section 7.06(f) or (g);

(o) so long as immediately after giving effect to any such Investment no Default has occurred and is continuing, other Investments that do not exceed $40,000,000 in the aggregate, net of any return representing return of capital in respect of any such investment and valued at the time of the making thereof; provided that such amount shall be increased by (i) the Net Cash Proceeds of Permitted Equity Issuances that are Not Otherwise Applied and (ii) the Available Amount that is Not Otherwise Applied; provided, further, that the aggregate amount of such $40,000,000 that may be used for the designation of a Restricted Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary shall not exceed $20,000,000, plus any return representing the return of capital in respect of any such Unrestricted Subsidiary and valued at the time of the making of any such designation;

(p) advances of payroll payments to employees in the ordinary course of business;

(q) Investments to the extent that payment for such Investments is made solely with Qualified Equity Interests of Holdings (or of the Borrower or any Intermediate Holding Company or any direct or indirect parent of Holdings after a Qualifying IPO of the Borrower, such Intermediate Holding Company or such direct or indirect parent of Holdings, as the case may be);

(r) Investments held by a Restricted Subsidiary acquired after the Closing Date or of a corporation merged into the Borrower or merged or consolidated with a Restricted Subsidiary in accordance with Section 7.04 after the Closing Date to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection with such acquisition, merger or consolidation and were in existence on the date of such acquisition, merger or consolidation;

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(s) Guarantee Obligations of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of leases (other than Capitalized Leases) or of other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness, in each case entered into in the ordinary course of business;

(t) (i) Investments in a Securitization Subsidiary or any Investment by a Securitization Subsidiary in any other Person; provided, however, that any such Investment in a Securitization Subsidiary is in the form of a contribution of additional Securitization Assets or of equity in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing, and (ii) distributions or payments of Securitization Fees and purchases of Securitization Assets pursuant to a Securitization Repurchase Obligation in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing;

(u) Investments constituting the non-cash portion of consideration received in a Disposition permitted by Section 7.05;

(v) the transfer of the Calgary Property by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary to the Calgary SPV; and

(w) Investments of cash by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary into the Calgary SPV, so long as the aggregate amount of such Investments (including for this purpose Investments of cash by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary in the Calgary Property prior to the time the Calgary Property is transferred to the Calgary SPV) do not exceed $20,000,000.

Section 7.03 Indebtedness. Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness, except:

(a) Indebtedness of the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries under the Loan Documents;

(b) Indebtedness of the Borrower and any of its Subsidiaries under the First Lien Loan Documents and any Permitted Refinancing thereof, so long as the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Indebtedness shall not exceed the amount permitted pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement;

(c) (i) Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof and listed on Schedule 7.03(c) and any Permitted Refinancing thereof and (ii) intercompany Indebtedness outstanding on the date hereof;

(d) Guarantee Obligations of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary otherwise permitted hereunder (except that a Restricted Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may not, by virtue of this Section 7.03(d), guarantee Indebtedness that such Restricted Subsidiary could not otherwise incur under this Section 7.03); provided that, if the Indebtedness being guaranteed is subordinated to the Obligations, such Guarantee Obligation shall be subordinated to the Guarantee of the Obligations on terms at least as favorable to the Lenders as those contained in the subordination of such Indebtedness;

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(e) Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary owing to the Borrower or any other Restricted Subsidiary to the extent constituting an Investment permitted by Section 7.02; provided that all such Indebtedness of any Loan Party owed to any Person that is not a Loan Party shall be subject to the subordination terms set forth in Section 5.03(b) of the Security Agreement;

(f) (i) Attributable Indebtedness and other Indebtedness (including Capitalized Leases) financing the acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement of fixed or capital assets; provided that such Indebtedness is incurred concurrently with or within two hundred and seventy (270) days after the applicable acquisition, construction, repair, replacement or improvement, (ii) Attributable Indebtedness arising out of Permitted Sale Leasebacks and (iii) any Permitted Refinancing of any Indebtedness set forth in the immediately preceding clauses (i) and (ii); and provided, further, that the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness (including without limitation Attributable Indebtedness) under this Section 7.03(f) does not exceed $55,000,000;

(g) Indebtedness in respect of Swap Contracts designed to hedge against interest rates, foreign exchange rates or commodities pricing risks incurred in the ordinary course of business and not for speculative purposes;

(h) Indebtedness assumed in connection with any Permitted Acquisition, provided that (x) such Indebtedness (i) was not incurred in contemplation of such Permitted Acquisition, (ii) is secured only by the assets acquired in the applicable Permitted Acquisition (including any acquired Equity Interests), (iii) the only obligors with respect to any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (h) shall be those Persons who were obligors of such Indebtedness prior to such Permitted Acquisition, and (y) both immediately prior and after giving effect thereto no Default shall exist or result therefrom;

(i) Indebtedness representing deferred compensation to employees of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower) and its Restricted Subsidiaries incurred in the ordinary course of business;

(j) Indebtedness to current or former officers, directors, managers, consultants and employees, their respective estates, spouses or former spouses to finance the purchase or redemption of Equity Interests of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) permitted by Section 7.06;

(k) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in a Permitted Acquisition, any other Investment expressly permitted hereunder or any Disposition, in each case to the extent constituting indemnification obligations or obligations in respect of purchase price (including earn-outs) or other similar adjustments;

(l) Indebtedness consisting of obligations of the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries under deferred compensation or other similar arrangements incurred by such Person in connection with the Transaction and Permitted Acquisitions or any other Investment expressly permitted hereunder;

(m) Cash Management Obligations and other Indebtedness in respect of netting services, automatic clearinghouse arrangements, overdraft protections and similar arrangements in each case in connection with deposit accounts incurred in the ordinary course;

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(n) Indebtedness in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $55,500,000 at any time outstanding; provided that the aggregate principal amount of such Indebtedness incurred by Non-Loan Parties Subsidiaries pursuant to this clause (n), when aggregated with the principal amount of Indebtedness incurred pursuant to clause (t) below and then outstanding, does not exceed the greater of $27,500,000 and 11% of Foreign Subsidiary Total Assets at any time;

(o) Indebtedness consisting of (a) the financing of insurance premiums or (b) take-or-pay obligations contained in supply arrangements, in each case, in the ordinary course of business;

(p) Indebtedness incurred by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees, banker’s acceptances, warehouse receipts or similar instruments issued or created in the ordinary course of business, including in respect of workers compensation claims, health, disability or other employee benefits or property, casualty or liability insurance or self-insurance or other Indebtedness with respect to reimbursement-type obligations regarding workers compensation claims;

(q) obligations in respect of performance, bid, appeal and surety bonds and performance and completion guarantees and similar obligations provided by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries or obligations in respect of letters of credit, bank guarantees or similar instruments related thereto, in each case in the ordinary course of business or consistent with past practice;

(r) Indebtedness incurred by a Securitization Subsidiary in connection with a Qualified Securitization Financing that is not recourse (except for Standard Securitization Undertakings) to the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(s) Indebtedness supported by a Letter of Credit in a principal amount not to exceed the face amount of such Letter of Credit;

(t) Indebtedness incurred by a Non-Loan Party which, when aggregated with the principal amount of all other Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (t) and Section 7.03(n) by Non-Loan Parties and then outstanding, does not exceed the greater of $27,500,000 and 11% of Foreign Subsidiary Total Assets;

(u) unsecured Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that (i) both immediately prior and after giving Pro Forma Effect to such incurrence, no Default or Event of Default shall exist or result therefrom, and (ii) either (A) the Total Leverage Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) would not be greater than 6.25:1.00 or (B) the Total Leverage Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) would be no greater than the Total Leverage Ratio in effect immediately prior to such incurrence;

(v) other secured Indebtedness of the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary; provided that, (i) both immediately prior to and after giving effect thereto, no Default shall exist or result therefrom and (ii) after giving Pro Forma Effect to the incurrence of such

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Indebtedness either (A) the Senior Secured Incurrence Test (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) would have been satisfied, or (B) the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio (calculated on a Pro Forma Basis) would be no greater than the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio in effect immediately prior to such incurrence;

(w) Indebtedness of Holdings and the Borrower under the Shareholder Loan Documents; and

(x) all premiums (if any), interest (including post-petition interest), fees, expenses, charges and additional or contingent interest on obligations described in clauses (a) through (w) above.

For purposes of determining compliance with any Dollar-denominated restriction on the incurrence of Indebtedness, the Dollar-equivalent principal amount of Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency shall be calculated based on the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date such Indebtedness was incurred, in the case of term debt, or first committed, in the case of revolving credit debt; provided that if such Indebtedness is incurred to extend, replace, refund, refinance, renew or defease other Indebtedness denominated in a foreign currency, and such extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance would cause the applicable Dollar-denominated restriction to be exceeded if calculated at the relevant currency exchange rate in effect on the date of such extension, replacement, refunding, refinancing, renewal or defeasance, such Dollar-denominated restriction shall be deemed not to have been exceeded so long as the principal amount of such refinancing Indebtedness does not exceed the principal amount of such Indebtedness being extended, replaced, refunded, refinanced, renewed or defeased.

For purposes of determining compliance with this Section 7.03, in the event that an item of Indebtedness meets the criteria of more than one of the categories of Indebtedness described in clauses (a) through (x) above, the Borrower shall, in its sole discretion, classify and reclassify or later divide, classify or reclassify such item of Indebtedness (or any portion thereof) and will only be required to include the amount and type of such Indebtedness in one or more of the above clauses; provided that all Indebtedness outstanding under the Loan Documents will be deemed to have been incurred in reliance only on the exception in clause (a) of this Section 7.03.

The accrual of interest, the accretion of accreted value and the payment of interest in the form of additional Indebtedness shall not be deemed to be an incurrence of Indebtedness for purposes of this Section 7.03.

Section 7.04 Fundamental Changes. Merge, amalgamate, dissolve, liquidate, consolidate with or into another Person, or Dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to or in favor of any Person, except that:

(a) any Restricted Subsidiary may merge or amalgamate with (i) the Borrower (including a merger or amalgamation, the purpose of which is to reorganize the Borrower in a new jurisdiction); provided that (x) the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving Person, and (y) such merger or amalgamation does not result in the Borrower ceasing to be incorporated under the Laws of Canada or any province thereof or (ii) any one or more other Restricted Subsidiaries; provided that when any Restricted Subsidiary that is a Loan Party is merging or amalgamating with another Restricted Subsidiary, a Loan Party shall be the continuing or surviving Person;

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(b) (i) any Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party may merge, amalgamate or consolidate with or into any other Subsidiary that is not a Loan Party, (ii) (A) any Subsidiary may liquidate or dissolve, (B) any Subsidiary may change its legal form, in each case, if the Borrower determines in good faith that such action is in the best interests of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries and is not materially disadvantageous to the Lenders and (iii) the Borrower may change its legal form if it determines in good faith that such action is in the best interests of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries, and the Administrative Agent reasonably determines it is not disadvantageous to the Lenders;

(c) any Restricted Subsidiary may Dispose of all or substantially all of its assets (upon voluntary liquidation or otherwise) to another Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor in such a transaction is a Loan Party, then (i) the transferee must be a Loan Party or (ii) to the extent constituting an Investment, such Investment must be a permitted Investment in or Indebtedness of a Restricted Subsidiary which is not a Loan Party in accordance with Sections 7.02 and 7.03, respectively;

(d) so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom, the Borrower may merge or amalgamate with any other Person; provided that (i) the Borrower shall be the continuing or surviving corporation or (ii) if the Person formed by or surviving any such merger or amalgamation is not the Borrower (any such Person, the “Successor Borrower”), (A) the Successor Borrower shall be an entity organized or existing under the laws of Canada or any province or territory thereof, (B) the Successor Borrower shall expressly assume all the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents to which the Borrower is a party pursuant to a supplement hereto or thereto in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (C) each Guarantor, unless it is the other party to such merger or amalgamation, shall have by a supplement to the Guaranty confirmed that its Guarantee shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, (D) each Loan Party, unless it is the other party to such merger or amalgamation, shall have by a supplement to the Security Agreement confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, (E) each mortgagor of a Mortgaged Property, unless it is the other party to such merger or amalgamation, shall have by an amendment to or restatement of the applicable Mortgage (or other instrument reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) confirmed that its obligations thereunder shall apply to the Successor Borrower’s obligations under this Agreement, and (F) the Borrower shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent an officer’s certificate and an opinion of counsel, each stating that such merger or amalgamation and such supplement to this Agreement or any other Loan Document comply with this Agreement; together with such other documents described in paragraph (d) of the definition of “Collateral and Guarantee Requirement” with respect to the Successor Borrower that the Administrative Agent may reasonably request provided further that if the foregoing are satisfied, the Successor Borrower will succeed to, and be substituted for, the Borrower under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents;

(e) so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom, any Restricted Subsidiary may merge or amalgamate with any other Person in order to effect an Investment permitted pursuant to Section 7.02; provided that the continuing or surviving Person shall be a Restricted Subsidiary, which together with each of its Restricted Subsidiaries, shall have complied with the requirements of Section 6.11;

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(f) so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom and no material assets have been transferred to such Subsidiaries from the Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof from the Closing Date to the date of such dissolution or liquidation, the Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 7.04(f) may be dissolved or liquidated;

(g) the Acquisition may be consummated; and

(h) so long as no Default exists or would result therefrom, a merger, amalgamation, dissolution, liquidation, consolidation or Disposition, the purpose of which is to effect a Disposition permitted pursuant to Section 7.05, may be effected.

Section 7.05 Dispositions. Make any Disposition or enter into any agreement to make any Disposition, except:

(a) Dispositions of obsolete, worn out or surplus property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in the ordinary course of business and Dispositions of property no longer used or useful in the conduct of the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(b) Dispositions of inventory and immaterial assets in the ordinary course of business (including allowing any registrations or any applications for registration of any immaterial IP Rights to lapse or go abandoned in the ordinary course of business);

(c) Dispositions of property to the extent that (i) such property is exchanged for credit against the purchase price of similar replacement property that is promptly purchased or (ii) the proceeds of such Disposition are promptly applied to the purchase price of such replacement property (which replacement property is actually promptly purchased);

(d) Dispositions of property to the Borrower or a Restricted Subsidiary; provided that if the transferor of such property is a Loan Party (i) the transferee thereof must be a Loan Party or (ii) to the extent such transaction constitutes an Investment, such transaction is permitted under Section 7.02;

(e) Dispositions permitted by Sections 7.02, 7.04 and 7.06 and Liens permitted by Section 7.01;

(f) Permitted Sale Leasebacks;

(g) Dispositions in the ordinary course of business of Cash Equivalents;

(h) leases, subleases, licenses or sublicenses, in each case in the ordinary course of business and which do not materially interfere with the business of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries, taken as a whole;

(i) transfers of property subject to Casualty Events upon receipt of the Net Cash Proceeds of such Casualty Event;

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(j) Dispositions of property not otherwise permitted under this Section 7.05; provided that the Borrower or its applicable Restricted Subsidiaries, as the case may be, has complied with Section 2.06(b)(ii) with respect thereto;

(k) Dispositions listed on Schedule 7.05(k) (“Scheduled Dispositions”);

(l) Dispositions of Investments in joint ventures to the extent required by, or made pursuant to customary buy/sell arrangements between, the joint venture parties set forth in joint venture arrangements and similar binding arrangements;

(m) Dispositions of accounts receivable in the ordinary course of business in connection with the collection or compromise thereof;

(n) any issuance or sale of Equity Interests in, or Indebtedness or other securities of, an Unrestricted Subsidiary;

(o) the unwinding of any Swap Contract pursuant to its terms;

(p) any Disposition of Securitization Assets to a Securitization Subsidiary; and

(q) the transfer of the Calgary Property by the Borrower to the Calgary SPV.

To the extent any Collateral is Disposed of as expressly permitted by this Section 7.05 to any Person other than the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary, such Collateral shall be sold free and clear of the Liens created by the Loan Documents (so long as such Collateral is also sold free and clear of the Liens created by the First Lien Loan Documents), and, if requested by the Administrative Agent, upon the certification by the Borrower that such Disposition is permitted by this Agreement, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as applicable, shall be authorized to take and shall take any actions deemed appropriate in order to effect the foregoing.

Section 7.06 Restricted Payments. Declare or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, except:

(a) each Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments to the Borrower and to other Restricted Subsidiaries (and, in the case of a Restricted Payment by a non-wholly-owned Restricted Subsidiary, to the Borrower and any other Restricted Subsidiary and to each other owner of Equity Interests of such Restricted Subsidiary based on their relative ownership interests of the relevant class of Equity Interests);

(b) (i) the Borrower may (or may make Restricted Payments to permit any direct or indirect parent thereof to) redeem in whole or in part any of its Equity Interests for another class of its (or such parent’s) Equity Interests or rights to acquire its Equity Interests or with proceeds from substantially concurrent equity contributions or issuances of new Equity Interests, provided that any terms and provisions material to the interests of the Lenders, when taken as a whole, contained in such other class of Equity Interests are at least as advantageous to the Lenders as those contained in the Equity Interests redeemed thereby and (ii) the Borrower and each Restricted Subsidiary may declare and make dividend payments or other distributions payable solely in the Equity Interests (other than Disqualified Equity Interests not otherwise permitted by Section 7.03) of such Person;

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(d) to the extent constituting Restricted Payments, the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may enter into and consummate transactions expressly permitted by any provision of Section 7.02, 7.04 or 7.08 (other than Section 7.08(f));

(e) repurchases of Equity Interests in the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) or any Restricted Subsidiary deemed to occur upon exercise of stock options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent a portion of the exercise price of such options or warrants;

(f) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may pay (or make Restricted Payments to allow any direct or indirect parent thereof to pay) for the repurchase, retirement or other acquisition or retirement for value of Equity Interests of it or any direct or indirect parent thereof held by any future, present or former employee, director, officer or consultant (or any Affiliates, spouses, former spouses, other immediate family members, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) of the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower) or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to any employee, management or director equity plan, employee, management or director stock option plan or any other employee, management or director benefit plan or any agreement (including any stock subscription or shareholder agreement) with any employee, director, officer or consultant of Holdings (or any direct or indirect parent thereof), any Intermediate Holding Company, the Borrower or any Subsidiary; provided that cancellation of Indebtedness owing to the Borrower (or any direct or indirect parent thereof) or any of its Subsidiaries from members of management of the Borrower, any of the Borrower’s direct or indirect parent companies or any of the Borrower’s Restricted Subsidiaries in connection with a repurchase of Equity Interests of any of the Borrower’s direct or indirect parent companies will not be deemed to constitute a Restricted Payment for purposes of this covenant or any other provision of this Agreement.

(g) the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments to any direct or indirect holder of an Equity Interest in the Borrower:

(i) the proceeds of which will be used to pay the tax liability to each relevant jurisdiction attributable to the income of the Borrower or its Subsidiaries determined as if the Borrower and its Subsidiaries filed separately;

(ii) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay such equity holder’s operating costs and expenses incurred in the ordinary course of business, other corporate overhead costs and expenses and fees (including administrative, legal, accounting and similar expenses provided by third parties as well as trustee, directors and general partner fees) which are reasonable and customary and incurred in the ordinary course of business and attributable to the ownership or operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries (including any reasonable and customary indemnification claims made by directors or officers of any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower attributable to the direct or indirect ownership or operations of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries) and fees and expenses otherwise due and payable by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary and permitted to be paid by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary under this Agreement;

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(iii) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay franchise and excise taxes and other fees, taxes and expenses required to maintain its (or any of its direct or indirect parents’) corporate existence;

(iv) to finance any Investment permitted to be made pursuant to Section 7.02; provided that (A) such Restricted Payment shall be made substantially concurrently with the closing of such Investment and (B) the Borrower or such parent shall, immediately following the closing thereof, cause (1) all property acquired (whether assets or Equity Interests) to be held by or contributed to a Restricted Subsidiary or (2) the merger (to the extent permitted in Section 7.04) of the Person formed or acquired into it or a Restricted Subsidiary in order to consummate such Permitted Acquisition, in each case, in accordance with the requirements of Section 6.11;

(v) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay customary costs, fees and expenses (other than to Affiliates) related to any unsuccessful equity or debt offering permitted by this Agreement;

(vi) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay customary salary, bonus and other benefits payable to officers and employees of any direct or indirect parent company of the Borrower to the extent such salaries, bonuses and other benefits are attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries; and

(vii) the proceeds of which shall be used to pay (A) withholding taxes imposed in connection with the Shareholder Loans or (B) Canadian tax liability attributable to net interest income earned on the Shareholder Loans net of interest expense on loans made pursuant to the Holdings Credit Agreement which is deductible pursuant to paragraph 20(1)(c) of the Canadian Income Tax Act.

(h) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may (a) pay cash in lieu of fractional Equity Interests in connection with any dividend, split or combination thereof or any Permitted Acquisition and (b) honor any conversion request by a holder of convertible Indebtedness and make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares in connection with any such conversion and may make payments on convertible Indebtedness in accordance with its terms;

(i) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may pay any dividend or distribution within 60 days after the date of declaration thereof, if at the date of declaration such payment would have complied with the provisions of this Agreement;

(j) the declaration and payment of dividends on the Borrower’s common stock following the first public offering of the Borrower’s common stock or the common stock (or equivalent thereof) of any direct or indirect holders of Equity Interests in the Borrower after the Closing Date, of up to 6.5% per annum of the Net Cash Proceeds received by or contributed to the Borrower in or from any such public offering to the extent such Net Cash Proceeds are Not Otherwise Applied;

(k) the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary may make Restricted Payments in an amount equal to withholding or similar Taxes payable or expected to be payable by any future, present or former employee, director, manager or consultant (or any Affiliates,

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spouses, former spouses, other immediate family members, successors, executors, administrators, heirs, legatees or distributees of any of the foregoing) and any repurchases of Equity Interests in consideration of such payments including deemed repurchases in connection with the exercise of stock options;

(l) [Reserved];

(m) [Reserved];

(n) the Borrower may make additional Restricted Payments in an aggregate amount, together with the aggregate amount of (1) prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other payments in respect of the Shareholder Loans and Holdings Loans made pursuant to Section 7.09(a) and (2) loans and advances to any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower made pursuant to Section 7.02(n) in lieu of Restricted Payments permitted by this clause (n), not to exceed the sum of (i) (A) $15,000,000 at all times when the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is greater than 4.00:1.00, or (B) $25,000,000 when the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 4.00:1.00, in each case determined on a Pro Forma Basis for the Restricted Payment, (ii) the aggregate amount of the Net Cash Proceeds of Permitted Equity Issuances that are Not Otherwise Applied and (iii) the Available Amount that is Not Otherwise Applied; and

(o) (i) after the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date, the Borrower may pay dividends to Holdings in an amount equal to regularly scheduled interest on the Holdings Loans accruing after such fourth anniversary, so long as (x) Holdings uses the proceeds of such dividends to pay such interest and (y) no Event of Default exists at the time of such dividends or (ii) at any time, the Borrower may pay dividends to Holdings to finance interest payments on the Shareholder Loans if such payments are funded from additional shareholder loans from Holdings to the Borrower.

Section 7.07 Change in Nature of Business. Engage in any material line of business substantially different from those lines of business conducted by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries on the date hereof or any business reasonably related or ancillary thereto.

Section 7.08 Transactions with Affiliates. Enter into any transaction of any kind with any Affiliate of the Borrower, whether or not in the ordinary course of business, other than

(a) transactions between or among the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary or any entity that becomes a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of such transaction;

(b) transactions on terms substantially as favorable to the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary as would be obtainable by the Borrower or such Restricted Subsidiary at the time in a comparable arm’s-length transaction with a Person other than an Affiliate;

(d) the issuance of Equity Interests to any officer, director, employee or consultant of the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower in connection with the Transaction;

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(e) the payment of management and monitoring fees to the Sponsor in an aggregate amount in any fiscal year not to exceed the amount permitted to be paid pursuant to the Sponsor Management Agreement as in effect on the date hereof and any Sponsor Termination Fees not to exceed the amount set forth in the Sponsor Management Agreement as in effect on the date hereof and related indemnities and reasonable expenses;

(f) equity issuances, repurchases, redemptions, retirements or other acquisitions or retirements of Equity Interests by the Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary permitted under Section 7.06;

(g) loans and other transactions by and among the Borrower and/or one or more Subsidiaries to the extent permitted under this Article VII;

(h) employment and severance arrangements between the Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries and their respective officers and employees in the ordinary course of business and transactions pursuant to stock option plans and employee benefit plans and arrangements;

(i) payments by the Borrower (and any direct or indirect parent thereof) and its Restricted Subsidiaries pursuant to the tax sharing agreements among the Borrower (and any such direct or indirect parent thereof) and its Restricted Subsidiaries on customary terms to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(j) the payment of customary fees and reasonable out of pocket costs to, and indemnities provided on behalf of, directors, officers, employees and consultants of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries or any direct or indirect parent of the Borrower in the ordinary course of business to the extent attributable to the ownership or operation of the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries;

(k) transactions pursuant to permitted agreements in existence on the Closing Date and set forth on Schedule 7.08 or any amendment thereto to the extent such an amendment is not adverse to the Lenders in any material respect;

(l) dividends permitted under Section 7.06;

(m) customary payments by the Borrower and any Restricted Subsidiaries to the Sponsor made for any financial advisory, financing, underwriting or placement services or in respect of other investment banking activities (including in connection with acquisitions or divestitures), which payments are approved by the majority of the members of the board of directors or a majority of the disinterested members of the board of directors of the Borrower in good faith;

(n) any Disposition of Securitization Assets or related assets in connection with any Qualified Securitization Financing and any repurchase of Securitization Assets pursuant to a Securitization Repurchase Obligation; and

(o) the transfer of the Calgary Property to the Calgary SPV and Investments by the Borrower and its Restricted Subsidiaries in the Calgary SPV, in each case to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder.

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Section 7.09 Prepayment, Etc. of Indebtedness. (a) Prepay, redeem, purchase or defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof in any manner the Holdings Loans, prepay, redeem, purchase defease or otherwise satisfy in any manner (whether in cash or otherwise) the Shareholder Loans, or make any payment of cash interest on the Shareholder Loans, except (i) prepayments, redemptions, purchases, defeasances and other payments in respect of the Holdings Loans or Shareholder Loans in an aggregate amount, together with the aggregate amount of Restricted Payments made pursuant to Section 7.06(n), not to exceed the sum of (A) (I) $15,000,000 at all times when the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is greater than 4.00:1.00, or (II) $25,000,000 when the Senior Secured Leverage Ratio is less than or equal to 4.00:1.00, in each case determined on a Pro Forma Basis for the Restricted Payment, (B) the amount of the Net Cash Proceeds of Permitted Equity Issuances that are Not Otherwise Applied, and (C) the Available Amount that is Not Otherwise Applied and (ii) in the case of the Shareholder Loans only, (A) after the fourth anniversary of the Closing Date, the Borrower may make payments on the Shareholder Loans incurred by it in an amount equal to regularly scheduled interest on the Holdings Loans accruing after such fourth anniversary, so long as (x) Holdings uses the proceeds of such payments to pay such interest on the Holdings Loans and (y) no Event of Default exists at the time of such payment or (B) at any time, the Borrower may make interest payments to Holdings on the Shareholder Loans if such payments are funded by additional shareholder loans from Holdings to the Borrower.

(b) Amend, modify or change in any manner materially adverse to the interests of the Lenders any term or condition of the Holdings Credit Agreement, the Shareholder Loan Documents or Section 4.7 of the Securityholders Agreement without the consent of the Administrative Agent.

ARTICLE VIII

Events of Default and Remedies

Section 8.01 Events of Default. Any of the following events referred to in any of clauses (a) through (m) inclusive of this Section 8.01 shall constitute an “Event of Default”:

(a) Non-Payment. Any Loan Party fails to pay (i) when and as required to be paid herein, any amount of principal of any Loan or (ii) within seven (7) Business Days after the same becomes due, any interest on any Loan or any other amount payable hereunder or with respect to any other Loan Document; or

(b) Specific Covenants. The Borrower fails to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement contained in any of Sections 6.03(a) or 6.05(a) (solely with respect to the Borrower) 6.12, 6.15 or Article VII; or

(c) Other Defaults. Any Loan Party fails to perform or observe any other covenant or agreement (not specified in Section 8.01(a) or (b) above) contained in any Loan Document on its part to be performed or observed and such failure continues for forty-five (45) days after receipt by the Borrower of written notice thereof by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or

(d) Representations and Warranties. Any representation, warranty, certification or statement of fact made or deemed made by or on behalf of any Loan Party herein, in any other Loan Document, or in any document required to be delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or deemed made; or

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(e) Cross-Default; Cross Acceleration. Any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary (A) fails to make any payment beyond the applicable grace period with respect thereto, if any (whether by scheduled maturity, required prepayment, acceleration, demand, or otherwise) in respect of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness hereunder, Indebtedness in respect of the Calgary Bridge Financing or the Calgary Permanent Financing and Indebtedness under the First Lien Loan Documents) having an aggregate principal amount of not less than the Threshold Amount, (B) fails to observe or perform any other agreement or condition relating to any such Indebtedness, or any other event occurs (other than, with respect to Indebtedness consisting of Swap Contracts, termination events or equivalent events pursuant to the terms of such Swap Contracts), the effect of which default or other event is to cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders or beneficiary or beneficiaries) to cause, with the giving of notice if required, all such Indebtedness to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise), or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem all such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity; provided that this clause (e)(B) shall not apply to secured Indebtedness that becomes due as a result of the voluntary sale or transfer of the property or assets securing such Indebtedness, if such sale or transfer is permitted hereunder and under the documents providing for such Indebtedness; provided further that such failure is unremedied and is not waived by the holders of such Indebtedness or (C) fails to observe or perform any agreement or condition (including without limitation any payment obligation) relating to any Indebtedness under the First Lien Loan Documents, or any other event occurs (other than (i) with respect to Indebtedness consisting of Swap Contracts, termination events or equivalent events pursuant to the terms of such Swap Contracts and (ii) any event requiring prepayment of First Lien Loans pursuant to Section 2.06(b) of the First Lien Credit Agreement), in each case the effect of which default or other event is to cause, with the giving of notice if required, all such Indebtedness to become due or to be repurchased, prepaid, defeased or redeemed (automatically or otherwise) and/or to be secured by cash collateral, or an offer to repurchase, prepay, defease or redeem all such Indebtedness to be made, prior to its stated maturity; or

(f) Insolvency Proceedings, Etc. Any Loan Party or any of the Restricted Subsidiaries institutes or consents to the institution of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, or makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; or applies for or consents to the appointment of any receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator, administrator, administrative receiver or similar officer for it or for all or any material part of its property; or any receiver, interim receiver, receiver and manager, trustee, custodian, conservator, liquidator, rehabilitator, administrator, administrative receiver or similar officer is appointed without the application or consent of such Person and the appointment continues undischarged or unstayed for seventy-five (75) calendar days; or any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law relating to any such Person or to all or any material part of its property is instituted without the consent of such Person and continues undismissed or unstayed for seventy-five (75) calendar days; or an order for relief is entered in any such proceeding; or

(g) Inability to Pay Debts; Attachment. (i) Any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary becomes unable or admits in writing its inability or fails generally to pay its debts in excess of the Threshold Amount as they become due, or (ii) any writ or warrant of attachment or execution or similar process is issued or levied against all or any material part of the property of the Loan Parties, taken as a whole, and is not released, vacated or fully bonded within seventy-five (75) days after its issue or levy; or

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(h) Judgments. There is entered against any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary a final judgment or order for the payment of money in an aggregate amount exceeding the Threshold Amount (to the extent not covered by independent third-party insurance) and such judgment or order shall not have been satisfied, vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending an appeal for a period of seventy-five (75) consecutive days; or

(i) Pension Plans. Any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary shall have failed to make any required contribution when due in accordance with applicable laws or regulations with respect to a Canadian Pension Plan, Canadian Benefit Plan and/or Foreign Plan, or any other event shall have occurred, giving rise to a lien (statutory or otherwise) against, or deemed trust in respect of, any of the assets of any Loan Party or any Restricted Subsidiary in respect of a Canadian Pension Plan Canadian Benefit Plan and/or Foreign Plan, where such failure or lien could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect; or

(j) Invalidity of Collateral Documents. Any material provision of any Collateral Document, at any time after its execution and delivery and for any reason other than as expressly permitted hereunder or thereunder (including as a result of a transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or 7.05) or as a result of acts or omissions by the Administrative Agent or any Lender or the satisfaction in full of all the Obligations, ceases to be in full force and effect; or any Loan Party contests in writing the validity or enforceability of any material provision of any Collateral Document; or any Loan Party denies in writing that it has any or further liability or obligation under any Collateral Document (other than as a result of repayment in full of the Obligations and termination of the Aggregate Commitments), or purports in writing to revoke or rescind any Collateral Document; or

(k) Change of Control. There occurs any Change of Control; or

(l) Liens. (i) Any Collateral Document after delivery thereof pursuant to Section 4.01 or 6.11 shall for any reason (other than pursuant to the terms hereof or thereof including as a result of a transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or 7.05) cease to create a valid and perfected lien, with the priority required by the Collateral Documents (or other security purported to be created on the applicable Collateral) on and security interest in any material portion of the Collateral purported to be covered thereby, subject to Liens permitted under Section 7.01, except to the extent that any such loss of perfection or priority results from the failure of the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to maintain possession of certificates actually delivered to it representing securities pledged under the Collateral Documents or to file Uniform Commercial Code or PPSA continuation statements and except as to Collateral consisting of real property to the extent that such losses are covered by a lender’s title insurance policy and such insurer has not denied or failed to acknowledge coverage, or (ii) any of the Equity Interests of the Borrower ceasing to be pledged pursuant to the Security Agreement free of Liens other than Liens created by the Security Agreement or any nonconsensual Liens arising solely by operation of Law and, in the case of any of the foregoing provisions of (i) or (ii) above, such event or circumstance continues for forty-five (45) days after receipt by the Borrower of written notice thereof by the Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or

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(m) Offer to Prepay. the Borrower shall fail to make an Offer to Prepay required pursuant to Section 2.06(b)(ii).

Section 8.02 Remedies Upon Event of Default. If any Event of Default occurs and is continuing, the Administrative Agent may and, at the request of the Required Lenders, shall take any or all of the following actions:

(a) declare the commitment of each Lender to make Loans to be terminated, whereupon such commitments and obligation shall be terminated;

(b) declare the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans, all interest accrued and unpaid thereon, and all other amounts owing or payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document to be immediately due and payable, without presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by the Borrower;

(c) exercise on behalf of itself and the Lenders all rights and remedies available to it and the Lenders under the Loan Documents or applicable Law; provided that upon the occurrence of an Event of Default under Section 8.01(f) with respect to the Borrower, the unpaid principal amount of all outstanding Loans and all interest and other amounts as aforesaid shall automatically become due and payable, without further act of the Administrative Agent or any Lender.

Section 8.03 Exclusion of Immaterial Subsidiaries. Solely for the purpose of determining whether a Default has occurred under clause (f) or (g) of Section 8.01, any reference in any such clause to any Restricted Subsidiary or Loan Party shall be deemed not to include any Restricted Subsidiary affected by any event or circumstances referred to in any such clause that is not a Material Subsidiary (it being agreed that all Restricted Subsidiaries affected by any event or circumstance referred to in any such clause shall be considered together, as a single consolidated Restricted Subsidiary, for purposes of determining whether the condition specified above is satisfied).

Section 8.04 Application of Funds. After the exercise of remedies provided for in Section 8.02 (or after the Loans have automatically become immediately due and payable as set forth in the proviso to Section 8.02), including in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding, any amounts received on account of the Obligations shall be applied by the Administrative Agent in the following order (subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement):

First, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (other than principal and interest, but including Attorney Costs payable under Section 10.04 and amounts payable under Article III) payable to each Agent in its capacity as such;

Second, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal and interest) payable to the Lenders (including Attorney Costs payable under Section 10.04 and amounts payable under Article III), ratably among them in proportion to the amounts described in this clause Second payable to them;

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Third, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest (including, but not limited to, post-petition interest), ratably among the Lenders in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;

Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting unpaid principal, of the Loans, ratably among the Secured Parties in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;

Fifth, to the payment of all other Obligations of the Loan Parties that are due and payable to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties on such date, ratably based upon the respective aggregate amounts of all such Obligations owing to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties on such date; and

Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrower or as otherwise required by Law.

ARTICLE IX

Administrative Agent and Other Agents

Section 9.01 Appointment and Authorization of Agents.

(a) Each Lender hereby irrevocably appoints, designates and authorizes the Administrative Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this Agreement and each other Loan Document and to exercise such powers and perform such duties as are expressly delegated to it by the terms of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained elsewhere herein or in any other Loan Document, the Administrative Agent shall have no duties or responsibilities, except those expressly set forth herein, nor shall the Administrative Agent have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender or participant, and no implied covenants, functions, responsibilities, duties, obligations or liabilities shall be read into this Agreement or any other Loan Document or otherwise exist against the Administrative Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing sentence, the use of the term “agent” herein and in the other Loan Documents with reference to any Agent is not intended to connote any fiduciary or other implied (or express) obligations arising under agency doctrine of any applicable Law. Instead, such term is used merely as a matter of market custom, and is intended to create or reflect only an administrative relationship between independent contracting parties.

(b) The Administrative Agent shall also act as the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents, and each of the Lenders (in its capacity as a Lender) hereby irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent to act as the agent of (and to hold any security interest, charge or other Lien created by the Collateral Documents for and on behalf of or on trust for) such Lender for purposes of acquiring, holding and enforcing any and all Liens on Collateral granted by any of the Loan Parties to secure any of the Obligations, together with such powers and discretion as are reasonably incidental thereto. In this connection, the Administrative Agent, as “collateral agent” (and any co-agents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact appointed by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 9.02 for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents, or for exercising any rights and remedies thereunder at the direction of the Administrative Agent), shall be entitled to the benefits of all provisions of this Article IX (including Section 9.07, as though such coagents, sub-agents and attorneys-in-fact were the “collateral agent” under the Loan Documents) as if set forth in full herein with respect thereto.

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Section 9.02 Delegation of Duties. The Administrative Agent may execute any of its duties under this Agreement or any other Loan Document (including for purposes of holding or enforcing any Lien on the Collateral (or any portion thereof) granted under the Collateral Documents or of exercising any rights and remedies thereunder) by or through Affiliates, agents, employees or attorneys-in-fact, such sub-agents as shall be deemed necessary by the Administrative Agent, and shall be entitled to advice of counsel, both internal and external, and other consultants or experts concerning all matters pertaining to such duties. The Administrative Agent shall not be responsible for the negligence or misconduct of any agent or sub-agent or attorney-in-fact that it selects in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct.

Section 9.03 Liability of Agents. No Agent-Related Person shall (a) be liable to any Lender for any action taken or omitted to be taken by any of them under or in connection with this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the transactions contemplated hereby (except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction, in connection with its duties expressly set forth herein), or (b) be responsible in any manner to any Lender or participant for any recital, statement, representation or warranty made by any Loan Party or any officer thereof, contained herein or in any other Loan Document, or in any certificate, report, statement or other document referred to or provided for in, or received by the Administrative Agent under or in connection with, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the validity, effectiveness, genuineness, enforceability or sufficiency of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or the perfection or priority of any Lien or security interest created or purported to be created under the Collateral Documents, or for any failure of any Loan Party or any other party to any Loan Document to perform its obligations hereunder or thereunder. No Agent-Related Person shall be under any obligation to any Lender or participant to ascertain or to inquire as to the observance or performance of any of the agreements contained in, or conditions of, this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or to inspect the properties, books or records of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof.

Section 9.04 Reliance by Agents.

(a) Each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected in relying, upon any writing, communication, signature, resolution, representation, notice, consent, certificate, affidavit, letter, telegram, facsimile, telex or telephone message, electronic mail message, statement or other document or conversation believed by it to be genuine and correct and to have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons, and upon advice and statements of legal counsel (including counsel to any Loan Party), independent accountants and other experts selected by such Agent. Each Agent shall be fully justified in failing or refusing to take any action under any Loan Document unless it shall first receive such advice or concurrence of the Required Lenders as it deems appropriate and, if it so requests, it shall first be indemnified to its satisfaction by the Lenders against any and all liability and expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or continuing to take any such action. Each Agent shall in all cases be fully protected in acting, or in refraining from acting, under this Agreement or any other Loan Document in accordance with a request or consent of the Required Lenders (or such greater number of Lenders as may be expressly required hereby in any instance) and such request and any action taken or failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding upon all the Lenders.

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(b) For purposes of determining compliance with the conditions specified in Section 4.01, each Lender that has signed this Agreement shall be deemed to have consented to, approved or accepted or to be satisfied with, each document or other matter required thereunder to be consented to or approved by or acceptable or satisfactory to a Lender unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice from such Lender prior to the proposed Closing Date specifying its objection thereto.

Section 9.05 Notice of Default. The Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have knowledge or notice of the occurrence of any Default, except with respect to defaults in the payment of principal, interest and fees required to be paid to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lenders, unless the Administrative Agent shall have received written notice from a Lender or the Borrower referring to this Agreement, describing such Default and stating that such notice is a “notice of default”. The Administrative Agent will notify the Lenders of its receipt of any such notice. The Administrative Agent shall take such action with respect to any Event of Default as may be directed by the Required Lenders in accordance with Article VIII; provided that unless and until the Administrative Agent has received any such direction, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking such action, with respect to such Event of Default as it shall deem advisable or in the best interest of the Lenders.

Section 9.06 Credit Decision; Disclosure of Information by Agents. Each Lender acknowledges that no Agent-Related Person has made any representation or warranty to it, and that no act by any Agent hereafter taken, including any consent to and acceptance of any assignment or review of the affairs of any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof, shall be deemed to constitute any representation or warranty by any Agent-Related Person to any Lender as to any matter, including whether Agent-Related Persons have disclosed material information in their possession. Each Lender represents to each Agent that it has, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it has deemed appropriate, made its own appraisal of and investigation into the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Loan Parties and their respective Subsidiaries, and all applicable bank or other regulatory Laws relating to the transactions contemplated hereby, and made its own decision to enter into this Agreement and to extend credit to the Borrower and the other Loan Parties hereunder. Each Lender also represents that it will, independently and without reliance upon any Agent-Related Person and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit analysis, appraisals and decisions in taking or not taking action under this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and to make such investigations as it deems necessary to inform itself as to the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition and creditworthiness of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties. Except for notices, reports and other documents expressly required to be furnished to the Lenders by any Agent herein, such Agent shall not have any duty or responsibility to provide any Lender with any credit or other information concerning the business, prospects, operations, property, financial and other condition or creditworthiness of any of the Loan Parties or any of their respective Affiliates which may come into the possession of any Agent-Related Person.

Section 9.07 Indemnification of Agents. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Lenders shall indemnify upon demand each Agent-Related Person (to the extent not reimbursed by or on behalf of any Loan Party and without limiting the obligation of any Loan Party to do so), pro rata, and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person from and against any and all Indemnified Liabilities incurred by it; provided that no Lender shall be liable for the payment to any Agent-Related Person of any portion of such Indemnified Liabilities

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resulting from such Agent-Related Person’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct, as determined by the final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction; provided that no action taken in accordance with the directions of the Required Lenders (or such other number or percentage of the Lenders as shall be required by the Loan Documents) shall be deemed to constitute gross negligence or willful misconduct for purposes of this Section 9.07. In the case of any investigation, litigation or proceeding giving rise to any Indemnified Liabilities, this Section 9.07 applies whether any such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Lender or any other Person. Without limitation of the foregoing, each Lender shall reimburse the Administrative Agent upon demand for its ratable share of any costs or out-of-pocket expenses (including Attorney Costs) incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, modification, amendment or enforcement (whether through negotiations, legal proceedings or otherwise) of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities under, this Agreement, any other Loan Document, or any document contemplated by or referred to herein, to the extent that the Administrative Agent is not reimbursed for such expenses by or on behalf of the Borrower, provided that such reimbursement by the Lenders shall not affect the Borrower’s continuing reimbursement obligations with respect thereto, if any. The undertaking in this Section 9.07 shall survive termination of the Aggregate Commitments, the payment of all other Obligations and the resignation of the Administrative Agent.

Section 9.08 Agents in their Individual Capacities. DB Canada and its Affiliates may make loans to, issue letters of credit for the account of, accept deposits from, acquire Equity Interests in and generally engage in any kind of banking, trust, financial advisory, underwriting or other business with each of the Loan Parties and their respective Affiliates as though DB Canada were not the Administrative Agent hereunder and without notice to or consent of the Lenders. The Lenders acknowledge that, pursuant to such activities, DB Canada or its Affiliates may receive information regarding any Loan Party or any Affiliate of a Loan Party (including information that may be subject to confidentiality obligations in favor of such Loan Party or such Affiliate) and acknowledge that the Administrative Agent shall be under no obligation to provide such information to them. With respect to its Loans, DB Canada shall have the same rights and powers under this Agreement as any other Lender and may exercise such rights and powers as though it were not the Administrative Agent, and the terms “Lender” and “Lenders” include DB Canada in its individual capacity.

Section 9.09 Successor Agents. The Administrative Agent may resign as the Administrative Agent upon thirty (30) days’ notice to the Lenders and the Borrower. If the Administrative Agent resigns under this Agreement, the Required Lenders shall appoint from among the Lenders a successor agent for the Lenders, which appointment of a successor agent shall require the consent of the Borrower at all times other than during the existence of an Event of Default under Section 8.01(f) or (g) (which consent of the Borrower shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor agent is appointed prior to the effective date of the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent may appoint, after consulting with the Lenders and the Borrower, a successor agent from among the Lenders. Upon the acceptance of its appointment as successor agent hereunder, the Person acting as such successor agent shall succeed to all the rights, powers and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent and the term “Administrative Agent”, shall mean such successor administrative agent and/or supplemental administrative agent, as the case may be, and the retiring Administrative Agent’s appointment, powers and duties as the Administrative Agent shall be terminated. After the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation hereunder as the Administrative Agent, the provisions of this Article IX and Sections 10.04 and 10.05 shall inure to its benefit as to any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it while it was the Administrative Agent under this

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Agreement. If no successor agent has accepted appointment as the Administrative Agent by the date which is thirty (30) days following the retiring Administrative Agent’s notice of resignation, the retiring Administrative Agent’s resignation shall nevertheless thereupon become effective and the Lenders shall perform all of the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a successor agent as provided for above. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as the Administrative Agent hereunder by a successor and upon the execution and filing or recording of such financing statements, or amendments thereto, and such amendments or supplements to the Mortgages, and such other instruments or notices, as may be necessary or desirable, or as the Required Lenders may reasonably request, in order to (a) continue the perfection of the Liens granted or purported to be granted by the Collateral Documents or (b) otherwise ensure that the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement is satisfied, the Administrative Agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the rights, powers, discretion, privileges, and duties of the retiring Administrative Agent, and the retiring Administrative Agent shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under the Loan Documents.

Section 9.10 Administrative Agent May File Proofs of Claim. In case of the pendency of any receivership, insolvency, liquidation, bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, composition or other judicial proceeding relative to any Loan Party, the Administrative Agent (irrespective of whether the principal of any Loan shall then be due and payable as herein expressed or by declaration or otherwise and irrespective of whether the Administrative Agent shall have made any demand on the Borrower) shall be entitled and empowered, by intervention in such proceeding or otherwise:

(a) to file and prove a claim for the whole amount of the principal and interest owing and unpaid in respect of the Loans, and all other Obligations that are owing and unpaid and to file such other documents as may be necessary or advisable in order to have the claims of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent (including any claim for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Lenders and the Administrative Agent and their respective agents and counsel and all other amounts due the Lenders and the Administrative Agent under Section 10.04) allowed in such judicial proceeding; and

(b) to collect and receive any monies or other property payable or deliverable on any such claims and to distribute the same;

and any custodian, receiver, assignee, trustee, liquidator, sequestrator or other similar official in any such judicial proceeding is hereby authorized by each Lender to make such payments to the Administrative Agent and, in the event that the Administrative Agent shall consent to the making of such payments directly to the Lenders, to pay to the Administrative Agent any amount due for the reasonable compensation, expenses, disbursements and advances of the Agents and their respective agents and counsel, and any other amounts due to the Administrative Agent under Sections 2.10 and 10.04.

Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to authorize the Administrative Agent to authorize or consent to or accept or adopt on behalf of any Lender any plan of reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or composition affecting the Obligations or the rights of any Lender or to authorize the Administrative Agent to vote in respect of the claim of any Lender in any such proceeding.

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Section 9.11 Collateral and Guaranty Matters. The Lenders irrevocably agree:

(a) that any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document shall be automatically released (i) upon termination of the Aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations not yet accrued and payable), the expiration or termination of any other obligation (including a guarantee that is contingent in nature), (ii) at the time the property subject to such Lien is transferred or to be transferred as part of or in connection with any transfer permitted hereunder or under any other Loan Document to any Person other than the Borrower or any of its Domestic Subsidiaries that are Restricted Subsidiaries, (iii) subject to Section 10.01, if the release of such Lien is approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the Required Lenders, or (iv) if the property subject to such Lien is owned by a Guarantor, upon release of such Guarantor from its obligations under its Guaranty pursuant to clause (c) or (d) below;

(b) to release or subordinate any Lien on any property granted to or held by the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent under any Loan Document to the holder of any Lien on such property that is permitted by Section 7.01(j);

(c) that any Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations under the Guaranty if such Person ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary as a result of a transaction or designation permitted hereunder; and

(d) if any Subsidiary Guarantor shall cease to be a Material Subsidiary (as certified in writing by a Responsible Officer), (i) such Subsidiary shall be automatically released from its obligations under any Guaranty and (ii) any Liens granted by such Subsidiary or Liens on the Equity Interests of such Subsidiary shall be automatically released,

provided, in each case, the corresponding release is also provided for in the Second Lien Loan Documents.

Upon request by the Administrative Agent at any time, the Required Lenders will confirm in writing the Administrative Agent’s authority to release or subordinate its interest in particular types or items of property, or to release any Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to this Section 9.11. In each case as specified in this Section 9.11, the Administrative Agent will promptly (and each Lender irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent to), at the Borrower’s expense, execute and deliver to the applicable Loan Party such documents as such Loan Party may reasonably request to evidence the release or subordination of such item of Collateral from the assignment and security interest granted under the Collateral Documents, or to evidence the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty, in each case in accordance with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Section 9.11.

Section 9.12 Other Agents; Arrangers and Managers. None of the Lenders or other Persons identified on the facing page or signature pages of this Agreement as a “syndication agent”, or “arranger” shall have any right, power, obligation, liability, responsibility or duty under this Agreement other than those applicable to all Lenders as such. Without limiting the foregoing, none of the Lenders or other Persons so identified shall have or be deemed to have any fiduciary relationship with any Lender. Each Lender acknowledges that it has not relied, and will not rely, on any of the Lenders or other Persons so identified in deciding to enter into this Agreement or in taking or not taking action hereunder.

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Section 9.13 Appointment of Supplemental Administrative Agents.

(a) It is the purpose of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents that there shall be no violation of any Law of any jurisdiction denying or restricting the right of banking corporations or associations to transact business as agent or trustee in such jurisdiction. It is recognized that in case of litigation under this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents, and in particular in case of the enforcement of any of the Loan Documents, or in case the Administrative Agent deems that by reason of any present or future Law of any jurisdiction it may not exercise any of the rights, powers or remedies granted herein or in any of the other Loan Documents or take any other action which may be desirable or necessary in connection therewith, the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to appoint an additional individual or institution selected by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion as a separate trustee, co-trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, administrative sub-agent or administrative co-agent (any such additional individual or institution being referred to herein individually as a “Supplemental Administrative Agent” and collectively as “Supplemental Administrative Agents”).

(b) In the event that the Administrative Agent appoints a Supplemental Administrative Agent with respect to any Collateral, (i) each and every right, power, privilege or duty expressed or intended by this Agreement or any of the other Loan Documents to be exercised by or vested in or conveyed to the Administrative Agent with respect to such Collateral shall be exercisable by and vest in such Supplemental Administrative Agent to the extent, and only to the extent, necessary to enable such Supplemental Administrative Agent to exercise such rights, powers and privileges with respect to such Collateral and to perform such duties with respect to such Collateral, and every covenant and obligation contained in the Loan Documents and necessary to the exercise or performance thereof by such Supplemental Administrative Agent shall run to and be enforceable by either the Administrative Agent or such Supplemental Administrative Agent, and (ii) the provisions of this Article IX and of Sections 10.04 and 10.05 that refer to the Administrative Agent shall inure to the benefit of such Supplemental Administrative Agent and all references therein to the Administrative Agent shall be deemed to be references to the Administrative Agent and/or such Supplemental Administrative Agent, as the context may require.

(c) Should any instrument in writing from any Loan Party be required by any Supplemental Administrative Agent so appointed by the Administrative Agent for more fully and certainly vesting in and confirming to him or it such rights, powers, privileges and duties, the Borrower shall, or shall cause such Loan Party to, execute, acknowledge and deliver any and all such instruments promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent. In case any Supplemental Administrative Agent, or a successor thereto, shall die, become incapable of acting, resign or be removed, all the rights, powers, privileges and duties of such Supplemental Administrative Agent, to the extent permitted by Law, shall vest in and be exercised by the Administrative Agent until the appointment of a new Supplemental Administrative Agent.

ARTICLE X

Miscellaneous

Section 10.01 Amendments, Etc. Except as otherwise set forth in this Agreement, no amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, and no consent to any departure by the Borrower or any other Loan Party therefrom, shall be effective unless in writing signed by the Required Lenders and the Borrower or the applicable Loan Party, as the case may be, and each such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given; provided that no such amendment, waiver or consent shall:

(a) extend or increase the Commitment of any Lender without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby (it being understood that a waiver of any condition precedent set forth in Section 4.02 or the waiver of any Default, mandatory prepayment shall not constitute an extension or increase of any Commitment of any Lender);

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(b) postpone any date scheduled for, or reduce the amount of, any payment of principal or interest under Section 2.08 or 2.09 without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby, it being understood that the waiver of (or amendment to the terms of) any mandatory prepayment of the Loans shall not constitute a postponement of any date scheduled for the payment of principal or interest;

(c) reduce the principal of, or the rate of interest specified herein on, any Loan, or (subject to clause (iii) of the second proviso to this Section 10.01) any fees or other amounts payable hereunder or under any other Loan Document without the written consent of each Lender directly affected thereby; provided that only the consent of the Required Lenders shall be necessary to amend the definition of “Default Rate” or to waive any obligation of the Borrower to pay interest at the Default Rate;

(d) change any provision of this Section 10.01, the definition of “Required Lenders” or “Pro Rata Share” or Section 2.06(b)(vi)(Y), 2.07(c), 8.04 or 2.14 without the written consent of each Lender affected thereby;

(e) other than in a transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or Section 7.05, release all or substantially all of the Collateral in any transaction or series of related transactions, without the written consent of each Lender; or

(f) other than in a transaction permitted under Section 7.04 or Section 7.05, release all or substantially all of the Guarantees, without the written consent of each Lender;

and provided further that (i) no amendment, waiver or consent shall, unless in writing and signed by the Administrative Agent in addition to the Lenders required above, affect the rights or duties of, or any fees or other amounts payable to, the Administrative Agent under this Agreement or any other Loan Document; and (ii) Section 10.07(h) may not be amended, waived or otherwise modified without the consent of each Granting Lender all or any part of whose Loans are being funded by an SPC at the time of such amendment, waiver or other modification. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, no Defaulting Lender shall have any right to approve or disapprove any amendment, waiver or consent hereunder, except that the Commitment of such Lender may not be increased or extended without the consent of such Lender (it being understood that any Commitments or Loans held or deemed held by any Defaulting Lender shall be excluded for a vote of the Lenders hereunder requiring any consent of the Lenders).

Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (a) to add one or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents with the Loans, the Incremental Loans and Additional Incremental Loans, if any, and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (b) to include appropriately the Lenders holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders.

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In addition, notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be amended with the written consent of the Administrative Agent, the Borrower and the Lenders providing the relevant Replacement Term Loans (as defined below) to permit the refinancing of all outstanding Loans (“Refinanced Term Loans”) with a replacement term loan denominated in Dollars (“Replacement Term Loans”) hereunder; provided that (a) the aggregate principal amount of such Replacement Term Loans shall not exceed the aggregate principal amount of such Refinanced Term Loans, (b) the Applicable Rate with respect to such Replacement Term Loans (or similar interest rate spread applicable to such Replacement Term Loans) shall not be higher than the Applicable Rate for such Refinanced Term Loans (or similar interest rate spread applicable to such Refinanced Term Loans) immediately prior to such refinancing, (c) the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Replacement Term Loans shall not be shorter than the Weighted Average Life to Maturity of such Refinanced Term Loans at the time of such refinancing (except to the extent of nominal amortization for periods where amortization has been eliminated as a result of prepayment of the Refinanced Term Loans) and (d) all other terms applicable to such Replacement Term Loans shall be substantially identical to, or less favorable to the Lenders providing such Replacement Term Loans than those applicable to such Refinanced Term Loans, except to the extent necessary to provide for covenants and other terms applicable to any period after the latest final maturity of the Loans in effect immediately prior to such refinancing.

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 10.01, the Intercreditor Agreement, any guarantees, collateral security documents and related documents executed by Subsidiaries in connection with this Agreement may be in a form reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent and may be, together with this Agreement, amended, supplemented and waived with the consent of the Administrative Agent at the request of the Borrower without the need to obtain the consent of any other Lender if such amendment, supplement or waiver is delivered in order (i) to comply with local Law or advice of local counsel, (ii) to cure ambiguities, omissions, mistakes or defects or (iii) to cause such Intercreditor Agreement, guarantee, collateral security document or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Loan Documents.

Section 10.02 Notices and Other Communications; Facsimile Copies.

(a) General. Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and other communications provided for hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall be in writing (including by facsimile transmission). All such written notices shall be mailed, faxed or delivered to the applicable address, facsimile number or electronic mail address, and all notices and other communications expressly permitted hereunder to be given by telephone shall be made to the applicable telephone number, as follows:

(i) if to the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified for such Person on Schedule 10.02 or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a notice to the other parties; and

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(ii) if to any other Lender, to the address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number specified in its Administrative Questionnaire or to such other address, facsimile number, electronic mail address or telephone number as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the Borrower and the Administrative Agent.

All such notices and other communications shall be deemed to be given or made upon the earlier to occur of (i) actual receipt by the relevant party hereto and (ii) (A) if delivered by hand or by courier, when signed for by or on behalf of the relevant party hereto; (B) if delivered by mail, four (4) Business Days after deposit in the mails, postage prepaid; (C) if delivered by facsimile, when sent and receipt has been confirmed by telephone; and (D) if delivered by electronic mail (which form of delivery is subject to the provisions of Section 10.02(b)), when delivered; provided that notices and other communications to the Administrative Agent, pursuant to Article II shall not be effective until actually received by such Person during the person’s normal business hours. In no event shall a voice mail message be effective as a notice, communication or confirmation hereunder.

(b) Effectiveness of Facsimile Documents and Signatures. Loan Documents may be transmitted and/or signed by facsimile or other electronic communication. The effectiveness of any such documents and signatures shall, subject to applicable Law, have the same force and effect as manually signed originals and shall be binding on all Loan Parties, the Agents and the Lenders.

(c) Reliance by Agents and Lenders. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders shall be entitled to rely and act upon any notices (including telephonic Committed Loan Notices) purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower even if (i) such notices were not made in a manner specified herein, were incomplete or were not preceded or followed by any other form of notice specified herein, or (ii) the terms thereof, as understood by the recipient, varied from any confirmation thereof. The Borrower shall indemnify each Agent-Related Person and each Lender from all losses, costs, expenses and liabilities resulting from the reliance by such Person on each notice purportedly given by or on behalf of the Borrower in the absence of gross negligence or willful misconduct. All telephonic notices to the Administrative Agent may be recorded by the Administrative Agent, and each of the parties hereto hereby consents to such recording.

(d) Notice to other Loan Parties. The Borrower agrees that notices to be given to any other Loan Party under this Agreement or any other Loan Document may be given to the Borrower in accordance with the provisions of this Section 10.02 with the same effect as if given to such other Loan Party in accordance with the terms hereunder or thereunder.

Section 10.03 No Waiver; Cumulative Remedies. No failure by any Lender or the Administrative Agent to exercise, and no delay by any such Person in exercising, any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, remedy, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, remedy, power or privilege. The rights, remedies, powers and privileges herein provided, and provided under each other Loan Document, are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights, remedies, powers and privileges provided by Law.

Section 10.04 Attorney Costs and Expenses. The Borrower agrees (a) if the Closing Date occurs, to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent, the Co-Syndication Agents and the Arranger for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the preparation, syndication, execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and any amendment, waiver, consent or other modification of the provisions hereof and thereof (whether or not the transactions contemplated thereby are consummated),

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including all Attorney Costs of White & Case LLP, Osler, ▇▇▇▇▇▇ & Harcourt LLP and one local and foreign counsel in each relevant jurisdiction, and (b) to pay or reimburse the Administrative Agent, the Co-Syndication Agents, the Arranger and each Lender for all reasonable and documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of any rights or remedies under this Agreement or the other Loan Documents (including all such costs and expenses incurred during any legal proceeding, including any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law, and including all Attorney Costs of counsel to the Administrative Agent). The foregoing costs and expenses shall include all reasonable search, filing, recording and title insurance charges and fees related thereto, and other reasonable and documented out-of-pocket expenses incurred by any Agent. The agreements in this Section 10.04 shall survive the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and repayment of all other Obligations. All amounts due under this Section 10.04 shall be paid within ten (10) Business Days of receipt by the Borrower of an invoice relating thereto setting forth such expenses in reasonable detail. If any Loan Party fails to pay when due any costs, expenses or other amounts payable by it hereunder or under any Loan Document, such amount may be paid on behalf of such Loan Party by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion.

Section 10.05 Indemnification by the Borrower. Whether or not the transactions contemplated hereby are consummated, the Borrower shall indemnify and hold harmless each Agent-Related Person, each Lender and their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, counsel, agents, trustees, investment advisors and attorneys-in-fact (collectively the “Indemnitees”) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements (including Attorney Costs) of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against any such Indemnitee in any way relating to or arising out of or in connection with (a) the execution, delivery, enforcement, performance or administration of any Loan Document or any other agreement, letter or instrument delivered in connection with the transactions contemplated thereby or the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby, (b) any Commitment or Loan or the use or proposed use of the proceeds therefrom, or (c) any actual or alleged presence or release of Hazardous Materials on, at, under or from any property currently or formerly owned or operated by the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party, or any Environmental Liability related in any way to the Borrower, any Subsidiary or any other Loan Party, or (d) any actual or prospective claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing, whether based on contract, tort or any other theory (including any investigation of, preparation for, or defense of any pending or threatened claim, investigation, litigation or proceeding) (all the foregoing, collectively, the “Indemnified Liabilities”), in all cases, whether or not caused by or arising, in whole or in part, out of the negligence of the Indemnitee; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, demands, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements resulted from (x) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or of any affiliate, director, officer, employee, counsel, agent or attorney-in-fact of such Indemnitee or (y) a material breach of the Loan Documents by such Indemnitee or of any affiliate, director, officer, employee, counsel, agent or attorney-in-fact of such Indemnitee. No Indemnitee shall be liable for any damages arising from the use by others of any information or other materials obtained through IntraLinks or other similar information transmission systems in connection with this Agreement, nor shall any Indemnitee or any Loan Party have any liability for any special, punitive, indirect or consequential damages relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or arising out of its activities in connection herewith or therewith (whether before or after the Closing Date). In the case of an investigation, litigation or other proceeding to which the indemnity in this Section 10.05 applies, such indemnity shall be effective whether or not such investigation, litigation or proceeding is brought by any Loan Party, its directors, stockholders

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or creditors or an Indemnitee or any other Person, whether or not any Indemnitee is otherwise a party thereto and whether or not any of the transactions contemplated hereunder or under any of the other Loan Documents is consummated. All amounts due under this Section 10.05 shall be paid within ten (10) Business Days after demand therefor; provided, however, that such Indemnitee shall promptly refund such amount to the extent that there is a final judicial or arbitral determination that such Indemnitee was not entitled to indemnification or contribution rights with respect to such payment pursuant to the express terms of this Section 10.05. The agreements in this Section 10.05 shall survive the resignation of the Administrative Agent, the replacement of any Lender, the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and the repayment, satisfaction or discharge of all the other Obligations.

Section 10.06 Payments Set Aside. To the extent that any payment by or on behalf of the Borrower is made to any Agent or any Lender, or any Agent or any Lender exercises its right of setoff, and such payment or the proceeds of such setoff or any part thereof is subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required (including pursuant to any settlement entered into by such Agent or such Lender in its discretion) to be repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party, in connection with any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Law or otherwise, then (a) to the extent of such recovery, the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be revived and continued in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made or such setoff had not occurred, and (b) each Lender severally agrees to pay to the Administrative Agent upon demand its applicable share of any amount so recovered from or repaid by any Agent, plus interest thereon from the date of such demand to the date such payment is made at a rate per annum equal to the Federal Funds Rate.

Section 10.07 Successors and Assigns.

(a) The provisions of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, except that, except as otherwise provided herein (including without limitation as permitted under Section 7.04), neither Holdings nor the Borrower may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder without the prior written consent of each Lender and no Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or obligations hereunder except (i) to an Eligible Assignee, (ii) by way of participation in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.07(e), (iii) by way of pledge or assignment of a security interest subject to the restrictions of Section 10.07(g) or (iv) to an SPC in accordance with the provisions of Section 10.07(h) (and any other attempted assignment or transfer by any party hereto shall be null and void). Nothing in this Agreement, expressed or implied, shall be construed to confer upon any Person (other than the parties hereto, their respective successors and assigns permitted hereby, Participants to the extent provided in Section 10.07(e) and, to the extent expressly contemplated hereby, the Indemnitees) any legal or equitable right, remedy or claim under or by reason of this Agreement.

(b) (i) Subject to the conditions set forth in paragraph (b)(ii) below, any Lender may assign to one or more assignees (“Assignees”) all or a portion of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and the Loans at the time owing to it) with the prior written consent (such consent not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed) of:

(A) the Borrower, provided that, no consent of the Borrower shall be required for an assignment to any other Lender, any Affiliate of a Lender or any Approved Fund) or, if an Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) or, with respect to the Borrower only, Section 8.01(f) or (g), has occurred and is continuing, any Assignee; provided, however, that during the 30 day period following the Closing Date, the Borrower shall be deemed to have consented to an assignment to any Lender if such Lender was previously identified in the initial allocations of the Loans provided by the Arranger to the Borrower and reviewed and approved by the Borrower in writing on or prior to the Closing Date; and

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(B) the Administrative Agent; provided that no consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Loan to another Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund.

(ii) Assignments shall be subject to the following additional conditions:

(A) except in the case of an assignment to a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund or an assignment of the entire remaining amount of the assigning Lender’s Commitment or Loans, the amount of the Commitment or Loans of the assigning Lender subject to each such assignment (determined as of the date the Assignment and Assumption with respect to such assignment is delivered to the Administrative Agent) shall not be less than $1,000,000 unless the Borrower and the Administrative Agent otherwise consents, provided that (1) no such consent of the Borrower shall be required if an Event of Default under Section 8.01(a) or, with respect to the Borrower only, Section 8.01(f) or (g), has occurred and is continuing and (2) such amounts shall be aggregated in respect of each Lender and its Affiliates or Approved Funds, if any;

(B) the parties to each assignment shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent an Assignment and Assumption; and

(C) the Assignee, if it shall not be a Lender, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent an Administrative Questionnaire and any documentation required by Section 3.01(e).

(c) Subject to acceptance and recording thereof by the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 10.07(d) and receipt by the Administrative Agent from the parties to each assignment of a processing and recordation fee of $3,500, from and after the effective date specified in each Assignment and Assumption, the Eligible Assignee thereunder shall be a party to this Agreement and, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, have the rights and obligations of a Lender under this Agreement, and the assigning Lender thereunder shall, to the extent of the interest assigned by such Assignment and Assumption, be released from its obligations under this Agreement (and, in the case of an Assignment and Assumption covering all of the assigning Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement, such Lender shall cease to be a party hereto but shall continue to be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01, 3.04, 3.05, 10.04 and 10.05 with respect to facts and circumstances occurring prior to the effective date of such assignment). Upon request, and the surrender by the assigning Lender of its Note, the Borrower (at its expense) shall execute and deliver a Note to the assignee Lender. Any assignment or transfer by a Lender of rights or obligations under this Agreement that does not comply with this clause (c) shall be treated for purposes of this Agreement as a sale by such Lender of a participation in such rights and obligations in accordance with Section 10.07(e). For greater certainty, any assignment by a Lender pursuant to this Section 10.07 shall not in any way constitute or be deemed to constitute a novation, discharge, recession, extinguishment or substitution of the existing Indebtedness and any Indebtedness so assigned shall continue to be the same obligation and not a new obligations.

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(d) The Administrative Agent, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, shall maintain at the Administrative Agent’s Office a copy of each Assignment and Assumption delivered to it and a register for the recordation of the names and addresses of the Lenders, and the Commitments of, and principal amounts (and related interest amounts) of the Loans, and amounts due under Section 2.04, owing to, each Lender pursuant to the terms hereof from time to time (the “Register”). The entries in the Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and the Borrower, the Agents and the Lenders shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Register pursuant to the terms hereof as a Lender hereunder for all purposes of this Agreement, notwithstanding notice to the contrary. The Register shall be available for inspection by the Borrower, any Agent and any Lender, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice.

(e) Any Lender may at any time, without the consent of, or notice to, the Borrower or the Administrative Agent, sell participations to any Person (other than a natural person) (each, a “Participant”) in all or a portion of such Lender’s rights and/or obligations under this Agreement (including all or a portion of its Commitment and/or the Loans owing to it); provided that (i) such Lender’s obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged, (ii) such Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for the performance of such obligations and (iii) the Borrower, the Agents and the other Lenders shall continue to deal solely and directly with such Lender in connection with such Lender’s rights and obligations under this Agreement. Any agreement or instrument pursuant to which a Lender sells such a participation shall provide that such Lender shall retain the sole right to enforce this Agreement and the other Loan Documents and to approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents; provided that such agreement or instrument may provide that such Lender will not, without the consent of the Participant, agree to any amendment, waiver or other modification described in Section 10.01(a), (b), (c), (e) or (f) that directly affects such Participant. Subject to Section 10.07(f), the Borrower agrees that each Participant shall be entitled to the benefits of Sections 3.01 (subject to the requirements of Section 3.01(e)), 3.04 and 3.05 (through the applicable Lender) to the same extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section 10.07(b). To the extent permitted by applicable Law, each Participant also shall be entitled to the benefits of Section 10.09 as though it were a Lender; provided that such Participant agrees to be subject to Section 2.14 as though it were a Lender. Each Lender that sells a participation shall, acting solely for this purpose as an agent of the Borrower, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address of each participant and the principal amounts of each participant’s interest in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the “Participant Register”). The entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive, absent manifest error, and such Lender shall treat each Person whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such Loan or other obligation hereunder as the owner thereof for all purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. Any such Participant Register shall be available for inspection by the Administrative Agent and the Borrower at any reasonable time and from time to time upon reasonable prior notice. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 10.07(e), each Lender shall have the right to sell one or more participations in all or any part of its Loans, Commitments or other Obligations to one or more lenders or other Persons that provide financing to such Lender in the form of sales and repurchases of participations without having to satisfy the foregoing requirements.

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(f) A Participant shall not be entitled to receive any greater payment under Section 3.01, 3.04 or 3.05 than the applicable Lender would have been entitled to receive with respect to the participation sold to such Participant, unless the sale of the participation to such Participant is made with the Borrower’s prior written consent.

(g) Any Lender may at any time pledge or assign a security interest in all or any portion of its rights under this Agreement (including under its Note, if any) to secure obligations of such Lender, including any pledge or assignment to secure obligations to a Federal Reserve Bank; provided that no such pledge or assignment shall release such Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or substitute any such pledgee or assignee for such Lender as a party hereto.

(h) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any Lender (a “Granting Lender”) may grant to a special purpose funding vehicle identified as such in writing from time to time by the Granting Lender to the Administrative Agent and the Borrower (an “SPC”) the option to provide all or any part of any Loan that such Granting Lender would otherwise be obligated to make pursuant to this Agreement; provided that (i) nothing herein shall constitute a commitment by any SPC to fund any Loan, and (ii) if an SPC elects not to exercise such option or otherwise fails to make all or any part of such Loan, the Granting Lender shall be obligated to make such Loan pursuant to the terms hereof. Each party hereto hereby agrees that (i) neither the grant to any SPC nor the exercise by any SPC of such option shall increase the costs or expenses or otherwise increase or change the obligations of the Borrower under this Agreement (including its obligations under Section 3.01, 3.04 or 3.05), (ii) no SPC shall be liable for any indemnity or similar payment obligation under this Agreement for which a Lender would be liable and such liability shall remain with the Granting Lender, and (iii) the Granting Lender shall for all purposes, including the approval of any amendment, waiver or other modification of any provision of any Loan Document, remain the lender of record hereunder. The making of a Loan by an SPC hereunder shall utilize the Commitment of the Granting Lender to the same extent, and as if, such Loan were made by such Granting Lender. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any SPC may (i) with notice to, but without prior consent of the Borrower and the Administrative Agent, assign all or any portion of its right to receive payment with respect to any Loan to the Granting Lender and (ii) disclose on a confidential basis any non-public information relating to its funding of Loans to any rating agency, commercial paper dealer or provider of any surety or Guarantee Obligation or credit or liquidity enhancement to such SPC.

(i) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, (1) any Lender may in accordance with applicable Law create a security interest in all or any portion of the Loans owing to it and the Note, if any, held by it and (2) any Lender that is a Fund may create a security interest in all or any portion of the Loans owing to it and the Note, if any, held by it to the trustee for holders of obligations owed, or securities issued, by such Fund as security for such obligations or securities; provided that unless and until such trustee actually becomes a Lender in compliance with the other provisions of this Section 10.07, (i) no such pledge shall release the pledging Lender from any of its obligations under the Loan Documents and (ii) such trustee shall not be entitled to exercise any of the rights of a Lender under the Loan Documents even though such trustee may have acquired ownership rights with respect to the pledged interest through foreclosure or otherwise.

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Section 10.08 Confidentiality. Each of the Agents and the Lenders agrees to maintain the confidentiality of the Information and to not use or disclose such information, except that Information may be disclosed (a) to its Affiliates and its and its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees, trustees, investment advisors and agents, including accountants, legal counsel and other advisors (it being understood that the Persons to whom such disclosure is made will be informed of the confidential nature of such Information and instructed to keep such Information confidential); (b) to the extent requested by any Governmental Authority; (c) to the extent required by applicable Laws or regulations or by any subpoena or similar legal process; (d) to any other party to this Agreement; (e) subject to an agreement containing provisions substantially the same as those of this Section 10.08 (or as may otherwise be reasonably acceptable to the Borrower), to any pledgee referred to in Section 10.07(g) or 10.07(i), counterparty to a Swap Contract, Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, or any prospective Eligible Assignee of or Participant in, any of its rights or obligations under this Agreement; (f) with the written consent of the Borrower; (g) to the extent such Information becomes publicly available other than as a result of a breach of this Section 10.08; (h) to any Governmental Authority or examiner (including the National Association of Insurance Commissioners or any other similar organization) regulating any Lender; (i) to any rating agency when required by it (it being understood that, prior to any such disclosure, such rating agency shall undertake to preserve the confidentiality of any Information relating to the Loan Parties received by it from such Lender); or (j) in connection with the exercise of any remedies hereunder or under any other Loan Document or any action or proceeding relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document or the enforcement of rights hereunder or thereunder. In addition, the Agents and the Lenders may disclose the existence of this Agreement and information about this Agreement to market data collectors, similar service providers to the lending industry, and service providers to the Agents and the Lenders in connection with the administration and management of this Agreement, the other Loan Documents, the Commitments and the Loans. For the purposes of this Section 10.08, “Information” means all information received from any Loan Party or its Affiliates or its Affiliates’ directors, officers, employees, trustees, investment advisors or agents, relating to Holdings, the Borrower or any of their subsidiaries or their business, other than any such information that is publicly available to any Agent or any Lender prior to disclosure by any Loan Party other than as a result of a breach of this Section 10.08; provided that, in the case of information received from a Loan Party after the date hereof, such information is clearly identified at the time of delivery as confidential or (ii) is delivered pursuant to Section 6.01, 6.02 or 6.03 hereof.

Section 10.09 Setoff. In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by Law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender and its Affiliates is authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to the Borrower or any other Loan Party, any such notice being waived by the Borrower (on its own behalf and on behalf of each Loan Party and its Subsidiaries) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held by, and other Indebtedness at any time owing by, such Lender and its Affiliates, to or for the credit or the account of the respective Loan Parties and their Subsidiaries against any and all Obligations owing to such Lender and its Affiliates hereunder or under any other Loan Document, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not such Agent or such Lender or Affiliate shall have made demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured or denominated in a currency different from that of the applicable deposit or Indebtedness. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, no Lender or its Affiliates shall have a right to set off and apply any deposits held or other Indebtedness owning by such Lender or its Affiliates, to or for the credit or the account of any Subsidiary of a Loan Party which is not a “United States person” within the meaning of Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code unless such Subsidiary is not a direct or indirect subsidiary of the Borrower. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after

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any such set off and application made by such Lender; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. The rights of the Administrative Agent and, each Lender under this Section 10.09 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that the Administrative Agent and, such Lender may have.

Section 10.10 Counterparts. This Agreement and each other Loan Document may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery by telecopier of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement and each other Loan Document shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Agreement and such other Loan Document. The Agents may also require that any such documents and signatures delivered by telecopier be confirmed by a manually signed original thereof; provided that the failure to request or deliver the same shall not limit the effectiveness of any document or signature delivered by telecopier.

Section 10.11 Integration. This Agreement, together with the other Loan Documents, comprises the complete and integrated agreement of the parties on the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes all prior agreements, written or oral, on such subject matter. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and those of any other Loan Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall control; provided that the inclusion of supplemental rights or remedies in favor of the Agents or the Lenders in any other Loan Document shall not be deemed a conflict with this Agreement. Each Loan Document was drafted with the joint participation of the respective parties thereto and shall be construed neither against nor in favor of any party, but rather in accordance with the fair meaning thereof.

Section 10.12 Survival of Representations and Warranties. All representations and warranties made hereunder and in any other Loan Document or other document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto or in connection herewith or therewith shall survive the execution and delivery hereof and thereof. Such representations and warranties have been or will be relied upon by each Agent and each Lender, regardless of any investigation made by any Agent or any Lender or on their behalf and notwithstanding that any Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default at the time of any Borrowing, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as any Loan or any other Obligation hereunder shall remain unpaid or unsatisfied.

Section 10.13 Severability. If any provision of this Agreement or the other Loan Documents is held to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable, the legality, validity and enforceability of the remaining provisions of this Agreement and the other Loan Documents shall not be affected or impaired thereby. The invalidity of a provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.

Section 10.14 GOVERNING LAW.

(a) THIS AGREEMENT AND EACH OTHER LOAN DOCUMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED THEREIN).

(b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE

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WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, MAY BE BROUGHT IN ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, THE BORROWER, HOLDINGS, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. THE BORROWER, HOLDINGS, EACH AGENT AND EACH LENDER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO.

Section 10.15 WAIVER OF RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER ANY LOAN DOCUMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO ANY LOAN DOCUMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION 10.15 WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

Section 10.16 Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by the Borrower and Holdings and the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by each Lender, that each such Lender has executed it and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Borrower, each Agent and each Lender and their respective successors and assigns, except that the Borrower shall not have the right to assign its rights hereunder or any interest herein without the prior written consent of the Lenders except as permitted by Section 7.04.

Section 10.17 Judgment Currency. If, for the purposes of obtaining judgment in any court, it is necessary to convert a sum due hereunder or any other Loan Document in one currency into another currency, the rate of exchange used shall be that at which in accordance with normal banking procedures the Administrative Agent could purchase the first currency with such other currency on the Business Day preceding that on which final judgment is given. The obligation of the Borrower in respect of any such sum due from it to the Administrative Agent or the Lenders hereunder or under the other Loan Documents shall, notwithstanding any judgment in a currency (the “Judgment Currency”) other than that in which such sum is denominated in accordance with the applicable provisions of this Agreement (the “Agreement Currency”), be discharged only to the extent that on the Business Day following receipt by the Administrative Agent of any sum adjudged to be so due in the Judgment Currency, the Administrative Agent may in accordance with normal banking procedures purchase the Agreement Currency with the Judgment Currency. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is less than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent from the Borrower in the Agreement Currency, the Borrower agrees, as a separate obligation and notwithstanding any such judgment, to indemnify the Administrative Agent or the Person to whom such obligation was owing against such loss. If the amount of the Agreement Currency so purchased is greater than the sum originally due to the Administrative Agent in such currency, the Administrative Agent agrees to return the amount of any excess to the Borrower (or to any other Person who may be entitled thereto under applicable Law).

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Section 10.18 Lender Action. Each Lender agrees that it shall not take or institute any actions or proceedings, judicial or otherwise, for any right or remedy against any Loan Party or any other obligor under any of the Loan Documents (including the exercise of any right of setoff, rights on account of any banker’s lien or similar claim or other rights of self-help), or institute any actions or proceedings, or otherwise commence any remedial procedures, with respect to any Collateral or any other property of any such Loan Party, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent. The provision of this Section 10.18 are for the sole benefit of the Lenders and shall not afford any right to, or constitute a defense available to, any Loan Party.

Section 10.19 USA PATRIOT Act. Each Lender hereby notifies the Borrower that pursuant to the requirements of the USA PATRIOT Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Borrower, which information includes the name and address of the Borrower and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Borrower in accordance with the USA PATRIOT Act.

Section 10.20 Intercreditor Agreement. Each Lender hereby authorizes and directs the Administrative Agent to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement on its behalf, consents to the subordination of the Liens provided for therein and hereby approves and agrees to be bound by the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed as of the date first above written.


SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC
as Borrower

By:	/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
	Name:	▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
	Title:	Chief Executive Officer

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SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC
as Borrower

By:	/s/ D. A. Martin
	Name:	▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
	Title:	Executive Chairman

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DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CANADA BRANCH,
as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent, and as a Lender

By:	/s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
	Name:	▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
	Title:	Vice President

By:	/s/ Rupert Gaws
	Name:	Rupert Gaws
	Title:

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ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
as Co-Syndication Agent

By:	/s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
	Name:	▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
	Title:	Authorized Signatory

ROYAL BANK OF CANADA,
as a Lender

By:	/s/ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
	Name:	▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
	Title:	Authorized Signatory

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LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC,
as Co-Syndication Agent and as a Lender,

By:	/s/ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
	Name:	▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
	Title:	MD, Acquisition Finance

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Schedule 1

Guarantors

1.	SMART Technologies (Holdings) Inc.

2.	SMART Technologies Corporation

Schedule 1.01A

Certain Security Interests and Guarantees

A.	Collateral Documents to be executed on the Closing Date:

U.S. Second Lien Security Agreement, among the Borrower, SMART Technologies Corporation and Deutsche Bank AG, Canada Branch, as Collateral Agent;

U.S. Second Lien Guaranty, between SMART Technologies Corporation and Deutsche Bank AG, Canada Branch, as Administrative Agent;

Second Lien Pledge and Security Agreement, among the Borrower, SMART Technologies (Holdings) Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG, Canada Branch, as Collateral Agent; and

Second Lien Guarantee, between SMART Technologies (Holdings) Inc. and Deutsche Bank AG, Canada Branch, as Collateral Agent.

Schedule 1.01B

Unrestricted Subsidiaries

N/A

Schedule 1.01C

Excluded Subsidiaries

N/A

Schedule 2.01

Commitment


Lender	Commitment
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CANADA BRANCH	$	50,000,000
LLOYDS TSB BANK PLC	$	30,000,000
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA	$	20,000,000
Total	$	100,000,000

Schedule 5.06

Litigations

Current Litigations:

1.	Case Name:

Polyvision Corporation v. SMART Technologies Inc. and SMART Technologies Corporation (Case No. 1:03-cv-476) consolidated with SMART Technologies Inc. v. Polyvision Corporation and Paragram Sales Company, Inc. (Case No. 1:04-cv-713)

Jurisdiction:

United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan

2.	Case Name:

M.D.K.M. Management Ltd. v. SMART Technologies Inc. (Case No. 07-CV-37589)

Jurisdiction

Ontario Superior Court of Justice

Pending/Threatened:

HCL Comnet and SMART Technologies Inc.

HCL Comnet is contesting SMART’s use of SMART Board ▇▇▇▇ in India. Asserting confusion with its trademark “SMART Manage”. India-based counsel retained to defend. We wrote letter in late 2006 asserting disagreement with HCL’s position. India-base counsel has not heard reply from HCL.

Schedule 5.11

Subsidiaries and Other Equity Investments

Subsidiary name, jurisdiction of formation and as to each such Subsidiary, the percentage of each class of stock owned by any Loan Party:


Subsidiary Name	Jurisdiction of Formation	Percentage of each class of Capital Stock owned by any Loan Party
SMART Technologies China Inc.	Alberta	100% by the Borrower
SMART Bricks and Mortar Inc.	Alberta	100% by the Borrower
SMART Technologies Corporation*	Delaware	100% by the Borrower
SMART Technologies (Japan) Inc.	Japan	100% by the Borrower
SMART Technologies GmbH	Germany	100% by the Borrower

*	The Equity Interest of SMART Technologies Corporation are required to be pledged on the Closing Date pursuant to the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement.

Schedule 6.15

Mortgaged properties

N/A

Schedule 7.01(c)

Existing Liens

N/A

Schedule 7.03(c)

Existing Indebtedness

N/A

Schedule 7.04(f)

Subsidiaries to be Dissolved

N/A

Schedule 7.05(k)

Dispositions

The Borrower intends to transfer and assign to the Calgary SPV all of its interest, rights and obligations in and to the Calgary Property, as well as all of its interest, rights and obligations in and to a construction management contract with CANA Management Ltd. dated September 25, 2006; a contract for architectural services with GEC Architecture dated May 31, 2006; and a project manager consulting agreement with ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ dated November 1, 2006 and any other agreements which relate to the development of the Calgary Property.

Schedule 7.08

Transactions with Affiliates

Schedule 10.02

Administrative Agent’s Office, Certain Addresses for Notice

If to the Administrative Agent:

▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇

Deutsche Bank AG, Canada Branch

▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇

Commerce Court West, Box 263

Toronto, Ontario, Canada ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇

Phone: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇

Fax: (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇

If to the Borrower:

SMART Technologies ULC

▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇

▇▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇

▇▇▇ ▇▇▇

Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇

Borrower’s website: not applicable.

EXHIBIT A

COMMITTED LOAN NOTICE

To: Deutsche Bank AG, Canada Branch, as Administrative Agent

Attention:

Deutsche Bank AG, Canada Branch

▇▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇

Commerce Court West, Box 263

Toronto, Ontario, Canada ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇

Fax:	▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇

[Date]

Ladies and Gentlemen:

The Borrower hereby requests (select one):

A Borrowing of new Loans

A conversion of Loans

A continuation of Loans

to be made on the terms set forth below:


(A)		Date of Borrowing, conversion or continuation (which is a Business Day)

(B)		Principal amount

(C)		Type of Loan¹

(D)		Interest Period²

¹	Specify Eurocurrency Rate Loan or Base Rate Loan.

²	Applicable for Eurocurrency Rate Loans only.

The above request has been made to the Administrative Agent by telephone at (▇▇▇) ▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇ (▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇).

[The Borrower hereby represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that, on the date of this Committed Loan Notice and on the date of the related Borrowing, the conditions to lending specified in paragraphs (h) and (i) of Section 4.01 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement have been satisfied.]³


SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC

By:
		Name:
		Title:

³	Insert bracketed language if the Borrower is requesting a Borrowing of new Loans.

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EXHIBIT B

[Reserved]

EXHIBIT C


LENDER:		[ ]
PRINCIPAL AMOUNT $[ ]

FORM OF

NOTE

New York, New York

[Date]

FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC, a corporation amalgamated under the laws of Alberta (the “Borrower”), hereby promises to pay to the Lender set forth above (the “Lender”) or its registered assigns, in lawful money of the United States of America in immediately available funds at the Administrative Agent’s Office (such term, and each other capitalized term used but not defined herein, having the meaning assigned to it in the second lien credit agreement dated as of August 28, 2007 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Second Lien Credit Agreement”), among the Borrower, SMART Technologies (Holdings) Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Canada Branch, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and the other parties party thereto), (i) on the dates set forth in the Second Lien Credit Agreement, the principal amounts set forth in the Second Lien Credit Agreement with respect to Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Second Lien Credit Agreement and (ii) on each Interest Payment Date, interest at the rate or rates per annum as provided in the Second Lien Credit Agreement on the unpaid principal amount of all Loans made by the Lender to the Borrower pursuant to the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

The Borrower promises to pay interest, on demand, on any overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by law, overdue interest from their due dates at the rate or rates provided in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

The Borrower hereby waives diligence, presentment, demand, protest and notice of any kind whatsoever. The nonexercise by the holder hereof of any of its rights hereunder in any particular instance shall not constitute a waiver thereof in that or any subsequent instance.

All borrowings evidenced by this note and all payments and prepayments of the principal thereof and interest thereon and the respective dates thereof shall be endorsed by the holder hereof on the schedule attached hereto and made a part hereof or on a continuation thereof which shall be attached hereto and made a part hereof, or otherwise recorded by such holder in its internal records; provided, however, that the failure of the holder hereof to make such a notation or any error in such notation shall not affect the obligations of the Borrower under this note.

This note is one of the Notes referred to in the Second Lien Credit Agreement that, among other things, contains provisions for the acceleration of the maturity hereof upon the happening of certain events, for optional and mandatory prepayment of the principal hereof prior to the maturity hereof and for the amendment or waiver of certain provisions of the Second Lien Credit Agreement, all upon the terms and conditions therein specified.

THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.


SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC

By:
		Name:
		Title:

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LOANS AND PAYMENTS


Date		Amount of Loan ($)		Maturity Date		Payments of Principal Interest ($)		Principal Balance of Note ($)		Name of Person Making the Notation

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EXHIBIT D

FORM OF

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

Reference is made to the second lien credit agreement dated as of August 28, 2007 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Second Lien Credit Agreement”), among SMART Technologies ULC, as borrower (the “Borrower”), SMART Technologies (Holdings) Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Canada Branch, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and the other parties party thereto (capitalized terms used herein have the meanings attributed thereto in the Second Lien Credit Agreement unless otherwise defined herein). In addition, “Computation Period” shall mean the most recently ended Test Period covered by the financial statements accompanying this Compliance Certificate and the “Computation Date” shall mean the last date of the Computation Period. Pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement, the undersigned, in his/her capacity as a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, certifies as follows:

1. [Attached hereto as Exhibit [A] is the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the fiscal year ended [ ], and the related consolidated statements of income or operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for such fiscal year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and prepared in accordance with GAAP, audited and accompanied by a report and opinion of KPMG LLP or any other independent registered public accounting firm of nationally recognized standing, which report and opinion has been prepared in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards.] [Attached hereto as Exhibit [A] is the consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries as at the fiscal quarter ended [ ], and the related (i) consolidated statements of income or operations for such fiscal quarter and for the portion of the fiscal year then ended and (ii) consolidated statements of cash flows for the portion of the fiscal year then ended, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the corresponding fiscal quarter of the previous fiscal year and the corresponding portion of the previous fiscal year, all in reasonable detail and each of which fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows of the Borrower and its Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, subject only to normal year-end adjustments and the absence of footnotes.]

2. [Attached hereto as Exhibit [B] are (i) a report setting forth the information required by Section 3.03(c) of the Security Agreement and Section 4.2 of the Canadian Security Agreement or confirmation that there has been no change in such information since the Closing Date or the date of the last such report, (ii) certifications and, if required, descriptions of each event, condition or circumstance during the fiscal quarter ending [ ] requiring a mandatory prepayment or an Offer to Prepay under Section 2.06(b) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement and (iii) a list of Subsidiaries that identifies each Subsidiary as a Restricted Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary as of the date hereof or confirmation that there is no change in such information since the later of the Closing Date or the date of the last such list.]

3. To my knowledge, except as otherwise disclosed to the Administrative Agent in writing pursuant to the Second Lien Credit Agreement, at no time during the period between [ ] and [ ] (the “Certificate Period”) did a Default or an Event of Default exist.¹

[If unable to provide the foregoing certification, fully describe the reasons therefor and circumstances thereof and any action taken or proposed to be taken with respect thereto (including the delivery of a “Notice of Intent to Cure” concurrently with delivery of this Compliance Certificate) on Annex A attached hereto.]

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EXHIBIT A to

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEET

EXHIBIT B TO

COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

PARAGRAPH 2(ii) OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE

2. [Section 2.06(b)(ii): During the Test Period ended on the Computation Date, neither the Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has received any Net Cash Proceeds or suffered any Casualty Event which would require an Offer to Prepay pursuant to Section 2.06(b)(ii) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement (after giving effect to any permitted reinvestment period).]¹

3. [Section 2.06(b)(iii): During the Certificate Period, neither the Borrower nor any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has received any Net Cash Proceeds from any issuance or incurrence by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 7.03) which would require a mandatory repayment pursuant to Section 2.06(b)(iii) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement.]²

If the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has received any Net Cash Proceeds from any from any Asset Sale, the certificate should describe same and state the date of each receipt thereof and the amount of Net Cash Proceeds received on each such date, together with sufficient information as to mandatory’ repayments and/or reinvestments thereof to determine compliance with Section 2.06(b)(ii) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement, together with a statement that the Borrower is in compliance with the requirements of said Section 2.06(b)(ii).

If the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries has received any Net Cash Proceeds from any issuance or incurrence by the Borrower or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries of Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to Section 7.03 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement), the certificate should describe same and state the date of each receipt thereof and the amount of Net Cash Proceeds received on each such date, together with sufficient information as to mandatory repayments thereof to determine compliance with Section 2.06(b)(iii) of the of the Second Lien Credit Agreement, together with a statement that the Borrower is in compliance with the requirements of said Section 2.06(b)(iii).

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, in his/her capacity as a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, has executed this certificate for and on behalf of the Borrower and has caused this certificate to be delivered this day of , .


SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC

By:
		Name:
		Title:

EXHIBIT E

FORM OF

ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

This Assignment and Assumption (this “Assignment and Assumption”) is dated as of the Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between the Assignor (as defined below) and the Assignee (as defined below). Capitalized terms used in this Assignment and Assumption and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the second lien credit agreement dated as of August 28, 2007 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Second Lien Credit Agreement”), among SMART Technologies ULC, as borrower (the “Borrower”), SMART Technologies (Holdings) Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, Canada Branch, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, the Lenders from time to time party thereto and the other parties party thereto, receipt of a copy of which is hereby acknowledged by the Assignee. The Standard Terms and Conditions set forth in Annex 1 attached hereto are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this Assignment and Assumption as if set forth herein in full.

For an agreed consideration, the Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to the Assignee, and the Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from the Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the Second Lien Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated below, (i) all of the Assignor’s rights and obligations in its capacity as a Lender under the Second Lien Credit Agreement and any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto to the extent related to the amount and percentage interest identified below of all of such outstanding rights and obligations of the Assignor under the facility identified below and (ii) to the extent permitted to be assigned under applicable law, all claims, suits, causes of action and any other right of the Assignor (in its capacity as a Lender) against any Person, whether known or unknown, arising under or in connection with the Second Lien Credit Agreement, any other documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto or the loan transactions governed thereby or in any way based on or related to any of the foregoing, including, but not limited to, contract claims, tort claims, malpractice claims, statutory claims and all other claims at law or in equity related to the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clause (i) above (the rights and obligations sold and assigned pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above being referred to herein collectively as the “Assigned Interest”). Such sale and assignment is without recourse to the Assignor and, except as expressly provided in this Assignment and Assumption, without representation or warranty by the Assignor.

Assignor (the “Assignor”):

Assignee (the “Assignee”):

[Assignee is a Lender.]

[Assignee is an Affiliate of: [Name of Lender], a Lender]

[Assignee is an Approved Fund of: [Name of Lender], a Lender]

Borrower: SMART Technologies ULC

Administrative Agent: Deutsche Bank AG, Canada Branch

Assigned Interest:


Facility	Aggregate Amount of Commitment/Loans of all Lenders	Amount of Commitment Loans Assigned	Percentage Assigned of Commitment/Loans¹
Loans	$	$		%

Effective Date: [ ]

[Remainder of Page Intentionally Blank]

¹	Set forth, to at least 8 decimals, as a percentage of the Commitment/Loans of all Lenders thereunder.

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The terms set forth in this Assignment and Assumption are hereby agreed to:


[NAME OF ASSIGNOR], as Assignor

By:
		Name:
		Title:

[NAME OF ASSIGNEE], as Assignee

By:
		Name:
		Title:

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[Consented to and]² Accepted:


DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CANADA BRANCH,
as Administrative Agent,

By:
		Name:
		Title:

By:
		Name:
		Title:

²	No consent of the Administrative Agent shall be required for an assignment of all or any portion of a Loan to another Lender, an Affiliate of a Lender or an Approved Fund.

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SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC,
as Borrower,

By:
		Name:
		Title:

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ANNEX 1

TO EXHIBIT E

STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS

FOR ASSIGNMENT AND ASSUMPTION

1. Representations and Warranties.

1.1 Assignor. The Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i) it is the legal and beneficial owner of the Assigned Interest, (ii) the Assigned Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with the Second Lien Credit Agreement, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value of the Second Lien Credit Agreement, (iii) the financial condition of any Loan Party, or any of their Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person obligated in respect of the Second Lien Credit Agreement or (iv) the performance or observance by any Loan Party, or any of their Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their obligations under the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

1.2. Assignee. The Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i) it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and Assumption and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the Second Lien Credit Agreement, (ii) it satisfies the requirements, if any, specified in the Credit Agreement that are required to be satisfied by it in order to acquire the Assigned Interest and become a Lender, (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it shall be bound by the provisions of the Second Lien Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent of the Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has received a copy of the Second Lien Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial statements delivered pursuant to Section 6.01 thereof, and such other documents and information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into this Assignment and Assumption and to purchase the Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such analysis and decision independently and without reliance on any Agent or any other Lender, and (v) attached to this Assignment and Assumption is any documentation required to be delivered by it pursuant to Section 3.01(g) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by the Assignee; and (b) agrees that (i) it will, independently and without reliance on the Assignor, any Agent or any other Lender, and based on such documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking action under the Second Lien Credit Agreement, and (ii) it will perform in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Second Lien Credit Agreement are required to be performed by it as a Lender.

2. Payments. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall make all payments in respect of the Assigned Interest (including payments of principal, interest, fees and other amounts) to the Assignor for amounts which have accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to the Assignee for amounts which have accrued from and after the Effective Date.

3. General Provisions. This Assignment and Assumption shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment and Assumption may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment and Assumption by facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Assignment and Assumption. This Assignment and Assumption shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.

EXHIBIT F-1

U.S. SECOND LIEN GUARANTY

dated as of

August 28, 2007

among

SMART TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION,

as Guarantor

CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES

IDENTIFIED HEREIN,

and

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CANADA BRANCH,

as Administrative Agent

TABLE OF CONTENTS


		Page
Article I DEFINITIONS		1

SECTION 1.01	Credit Agreement	1
SECTION 1.02	Other Defined Terms	1

Article II GUARANTY		2

SECTION 2.01	Guaranty	2
SECTION 2.02	Guaranty of Payment	2
SECTION 2.03	No Limitations	2
SECTION 2.04	Reinstatement	3
SECTION 2.05	Agreement To Pay; Subrogation	3
SECTION 2.06	Information	4

Article III SUBROGATION AND SUBORDINATION		4

SECTION 3.01	Contribution and Subrogation	4
SECTION 3.02	Subordination	4

Article IV MISCELLANEOUS		4

SECTION 4.01	Notices	4
SECTION 4.02	Waivers; Amendment	5
SECTION 4.03	Administrative Agent’s Fees and Expenses, Indemnification	5
SECTION 4.04	Successors and Assigns	6
SECTION 4.05	Survival of Agreement	6
SECTION 4.06	Counterparts; Effectiveness; Several Agreement	6
SECTION 4.07	Severability	6
SECTION 4.08	Right of Set-Off	7
SECTION 4.09	Governing Law; Jurisdiction	7
SECTION 4.10	WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL	7
SECTION 4.11	Headings	8
SECTION 4.12	Security Interest Absolute	8
SECTION 4.13	Termination or Release	8
SECTION 4.14	Additional Guarantors	8

U.S. SECOND LIEN GUARANTY

U.S. SECOND LIEN GUARANTY dated as of August 28, 2007, among SMART TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION (“Smart”), certain Subsidiaries of the Borrower (defined below) from time to time party hereto and DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CANADA BRANCH, as Administrative Agent.

Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of August 28, 2007 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Second Lien Credit Agreement”), among SMART Technologies ULC, as borrower (the “Borrower”), SMART Technologies (Holdings) Inc. (“Holdings”), Deutsche Bank AG, Canada Branch, as administrative agent (in such capacity. the “Administrative Agent”), and collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), each Lender from time to time party thereto and the other parties thereto. The Lenders have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Second Lien Credit Agreement. The obligations of the Lenders to extend such credit are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery of this Agreement. Each Guarantor is an affiliate of the Borrower, will derive substantial benefits from the extension of credit to the Borrower pursuant to the Second Lien Credit Agreement and is willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to extend such credit.

Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

SECTION 1.01 Credit Agreement. (a) Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

(b) The rules of construction specified in Article 1 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement also apply to this Agreement.

SECTION 1.02 Other Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

“Agreement” means this Guaranty.

“Claiming Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.02.

“Contributing Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.02.

“Guaranty Parties” means, collectively, Smart and each Guarantor (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement).

“Guaranty Supplement” means an instrument in the form of Exhibit 1 hereto.

“Second Lien Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.

“U.S. Guarantor” means Smart and each Restricted Subsidiary (other than any Excluded Subsidiary) that is a wholly-owned Material U.S. Subsidiary that becomes a party to this Agreement after the Closing Date.

ARTICLE II

GUARANTY

SECTION 2.01 Guaranty. Each Guarantor absolutely, irrevocably and unconditionally guarantees, jointly with the other Guarantors and severally, as a primary obligor and not merely as a surety, the due and punctual payment and performance of the Obligations. Each of the Guarantors further agrees that the Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without notice to or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound upon its guarantee notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Obligation. Each of the Guarantors waives presentment to, demand of payment from and protest to the Borrower or any other Guaranty Party of any of the Obligations, and also waives notice of acceptance of its guarantee and notice of protest for nonpayment.

SECTION 2.02 Guaranty of Payment. Each of the Guarantors further agrees that its guarantee hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment when due and not of collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to any security held for the payment of the Obligations, or to any balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party in favor of the Borrower or any other Person.

SECTION 2.03 No Limitations. (a) Except for termination of a Guarantor’s obligations hereunder as expressly provided in Section 4.13, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject to any defense or set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Obligations, or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise affected by (i) the failure of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party to assert any claim or demand or to enforce any right or remedy under the provisions of any Loan Document or otherwise; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any release from any of the terms or provisions of, any Loan Document or any other agreement, including with respect to any other Guarantor under this Agreement; (iii) the release of any security held by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party for the Obligations; (iv) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the performance of the Obligations; or (v) any other act or omission that may or might in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of any Guarantor or otherwise operate as a discharge of any Guarantor as a matter of law or equity (other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Obligations). Each Guarantor expressly authorizes the Secured Parties to take and hold security for the payment and performance of the Obligations, to exchange, waive or release any or all such security (with or without consideration), to enforce or apply such security and direct the order and manner of any sale thereof in their sole discretion or to release or substitute any one or more other guarantors or obligors upon or in respect of the Obligations, all without affecting the obligations of any Guarantor hereunder.

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(b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of the Borrower or any other Guaranty Party or the unenforceability of the Obligations, or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause of the liability of the Borrower or any other Guaranty Party, other than the indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Obligations. The Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties may in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Documents, at their election, foreclose on any security held by one or more of them by one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales, accept an assignment of any such security in lieu of foreclosure, compromise or adjust any part of the Obligations, make any other accommodation with the Borrower or any other Guaranty Party or exercise any other right or remedy available to them against the Borrower or any other Guaranty Party, without affecting or impairing in any way the liability of any Guarantor hereunder except to the extent the Obligations have been fully and indefeasibly paid in full in cash. To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, each Guarantor waives any defense arising out of any such election even though such election operates, pursuant to applicable law, to impair or to extinguish any right of reimbursement or subrogation or other right or remedy of such Guarantor against the Borrower or any other Guaranty Party, as the case may be, or any security.

(c) Each Guarantor, and by its acceptance of this Agreement, the Administrative Agent and each other Secured Party, hereby confirms that it is the intention of all such Persons that this Agreement and the Obligations of each Guarantor hereunder not constitute a fraudulent transfer or conveyance for purposes of Bankruptcy Law, the Uniform Fraudulent Conveyance Act, the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act or any similar foreign, federal or state law to the extent applicable to this Guaranty and the Obligations of each Guarantor hereunder. To effectuate the foregoing intention, the Administrative Agent, the other Secured Parties and the Guarantors hereby irrevocably agree that the Obligations of each Guarantor under this Guaranty at any time shall be limited to the maximum amount as will result in the Obligations of such Guarantor under this Guaranty not constituting a fraudulent transfer or conveyance.

(d) Each Guarantor acknowledges that it will receive indirect benefits from the financing arrangements contemplated by the Loan Documents and that the waivers set forth in this Agreement are knowingly made in contemplation of such benefits.

SECTION 2.04 Reinstatement. Each of the Guarantors agrees that its guarantee hereunder shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment, or any part thereof, of any Obligation, is rescinded or must otherwise be restored by the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party upon the bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization of the Borrower, any other Guaranty Party or otherwise.

SECTION 2.05 Agreement To Pay; Subrogation. In furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right that the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party has at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, upon the failure of the Borrower or any other Guaranty Party to pay any Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, each Guarantor hereby promises to and will forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Administrative Agent for distribution to the Secured Parties in cash the amount of such unpaid Obligation. Upon payment by any Guarantor of any sums to the Administrative Agent as provided above, all rights of such Guarantor against the Borrower or any other Guaranty Party arising as a result thereof by way of right of subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or otherwise shall in all respects be subject to Article III.

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SECTION 2.06 Information. Each Guarantor assumes all responsibility for being and keeping itself informed of the Borrower’s and each other Guaranty Party’s financial condition and assets, and of all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Obligations, and the nature, scope and extent of the risks that such Guarantor assumes and incurs hereunder, and agrees that none of the Administrative Agent or the other Secured Parties will have any duty to advise such Guarantor of information known to it or any of them regarding such circumstances or risks.

ARTICLE III

SUBROGATION AND SUBORDINATION

SECTION 3.01 Contribution and Subrogation. Each Guarantor (a “Contributing Party”) agrees (subject to Section 3.02) that, in the event a payment shall be made by any other Guarantor hereunder in respect of any Obligation (the “Claiming Party”), the Contributing Party shall indemnify the Claiming Party in an amount equal to the amount of such payment, in each case multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the net worth of the Contributing Party on the date hereof and the denominator shall be the aggregate net worth of all the Contributing Parties together with the net worth of the Claiming Party on the date hereof (or, in the case of any Guarantor becoming a party hereto pursuant to Section 4.14, the date of the Guaranty Supplement hereto executed and delivered by such Guarantor). Any Contributing Party making any payment to a Claiming Party pursuant to this Section 3.01 shall be subrogated to the rights of such Claiming Party to the extent of such payment.

SECTION 3.02 Subordination. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, all rights of the Guarantors under Sections 3.01 and 3.02 and all other rights of indemnity, contribution or subrogation under applicable law or otherwise shall be fully subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Obligations. No failure on the part of the Borrower or any Guarantor to make the payments required by Sections 3.01 and 3.02 (or any other payments required under applicable law or otherwise) shall in any respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor with respect to its obligations hereunder, and each Guarantor shall remain liable for the full amount of the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder.

(b) Each Guarantor hereby agrees that upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and after notice from the Collateral Agent, all Indebtedness owed by it to any Subsidiary shall be fully subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Obligations.

ARTICLE IV

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 4.01 Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in Section 10.02 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to any Guarantor shall be given to it in care of the Borrower as provided in Section 10.02 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

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SECTION 4.02 Waivers; Amendment. (a) No failure or delay by the Administrative Agent, any other Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Administrative Agent, any other Agent and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Guaranty Party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 4.02, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Administrative Agent, any other Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time. No notice or demand on any Guaranty Party in any case shall entitle any Guaranty Party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Administrative Agent and the Guaranty Party or Guaranty Parties with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent required in accordance with Section 10.01 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

SECTION 4.03 Administrative Agent’s Fees and Expenses, Indemnification. (a) The parties hereto agree that the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to reimbursement of its expenses incurred hereunder from each Guarantor as provided in Section 10.04 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement as if such Section were set out in full herein and reference to “the Borrower” therein were references to “each Guarantor.”

(b) Without limitation of its indemnification obligations under the other Loan Documents, each Guarantor agrees to indemnify the Administrative Agent and the other Indemnitees (as defined in Section 10.05 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing agreements or instruments contemplated hereby, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses resulted from (x) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or of any affiliate, director, officer, employee, counsel, agent or attorney-in-fact of such Indemnitee or (y) a material breach of any Loan Document by such Indemnitee or of any affiliate, director, officer, employee, counsel, agent or attorney-in-fact of such Indemnitee.

(c) Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional Obligations guaranteed hereby and secured by the other Collateral Documents. The provisions of this Section 4.03 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent or any other Secured Party. All amounts due under this Section 4.03 shall be payable within ten days of written demand therefor.

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SECTION 4.04 Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of any Guarantor or the Administrative Agent that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.

SECTION 4.05 Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Guaranty Parties in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Lenders and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any Lender or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Administrative Agent, any other Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended under the Second Lien Credit Agreement, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under any Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated.

SECTION 4.06 Counterparts; Effectiveness; Several Agreement. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission or other electronic communication shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective as to any Guarantor when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such Guarantor shall have been delivered to the Administrative Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have been executed on behalf of the Administrative Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon such Guarantor and the Administrative Agent and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of such Guarantor, the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns, except that no Guarantor shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the Second Lien Credit Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each Guarantor and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released with respect to any Guarantor without the approval of any other Guarantor and without affecting the obligations of any other Guarantor hereunder.

SECTION 4.07 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

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SECTION 4.08 Right of Set-Off. In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by Law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender and its Affiliates is authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to any Guarantor, any such notice being waived by each Guarantor to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held by, and other Indebtedness at any time owing by, such Lender and its Affiliates to or for the credit or the account of the respective Guarantor against any and all obligations owing to such Lender and its Affiliates hereunder, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not such Lender or Affiliate shall have made demand under this Agreement and although such obligations may be contingent or unmatured or denominated in a currency different from that of the applicable deposit or Indebtedness. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the relevant Guarantor and the Administrative Agent after any such set off and application made by such Lender; provided, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. The rights of each Lender under this Section 4.08 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that the Administrative Agent and such Lender may have.

SECTION 4.09 Governing Law; Jurisdiction. (a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED THEREIN).

(b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, MAY BE BROUGHT IN ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH GUARANTOR AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. EACH GUARANTOR AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO.

SECTION 4.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION 4.10 WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

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SECTION 4.11 Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

SECTION 4.12 Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the Administrative Agent hereunder and all obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Second Lien Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, any agreement with respect to any of the Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing, (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Second Lien Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, any other agreement or instrument, (c) any release or amendment or waiver of or consent under or departure from any guarantee guaranteeing all or any of the Obligations or (d) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Guarantor in respect of the Obligations or this Agreement.

SECTION 4.13 Termination or Release. (a) This Agreement shall terminate with respect to all Obligations upon the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than (x) obligation under Secured Hedge Agreements not yet due and payable, (y) Cash Management Obligations not yet due and payable and (z) contingent indemnification obligations not yet accrued and payable).

(b) A Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations hereunder upon such Guarantor ceasing to be a Material Subsidiary (as certified in writing by a Responsible Officer).

(c) A Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations hereunder upon the consummation of any transaction or designation permitted under the Second Lien Credit Agreement as a result of which such Guarantor ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary.

(d) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 4.13, the Administrative Agent shall execute and deliver to any Guarantor, at such Guarantor’s expense, all documents that such Guarantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 4.13 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Administrative Agent.

SECTION 4.14 Additional Guarantors. Any Person required to become party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.11 of the Credit Agreement may do so by executing and delivering a Guaranty Supplement and such Person shall become a Guarantor hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Guarantor herein. The execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any other Guaranty Party hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Guaranty Party hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Guaranty Party as a party to this Agreement.

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WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.


SMART TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION,
as Guarantor

By:
		Name:
		Title:

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CANADA BRANCH

By:
		Name:
		Title:

By:
		Name:
		Title:

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EXHIBIT I

TO THE U.S. SECOND LIEN GUARANTY

FORM OF

U.S. SECOND LIEN GUARANTY SUPPLEMENT

SUPPLEMENT NO. [ ] (this “Guaranty Supplement”), dated as of [ ], to the U.S. Second Lien Guaranty dated as of August 28, 2007 among SMART TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, certain subsidiaries of the Borrower (as defined below) from time to time party hereto and DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CANADA BRANCH, as Administrative Agent.

A. Reference is made to (i) the Second Lien Credit Agreement dated as of August 28, 2007 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Smart Technologies ULC, as borrower (the “Borrower”), Holdings, Deutsche Bank AG, Canada Branch, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), each Lender from time to time party thereto and each other party thereto and (ii) the Guaranty referred to therein (such Guaranty, as in effect on the date hereof and as it may hereafter be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, together with this Guaranty Supplement, being the “Guaranty”). The capitalized terms defined in the Guaranty or in the Second Lien Credit Agreement and not otherwise defined herein are used herein as therein defined.

B. The Guarantors have entered into the Guaranty in order to induce the Lenders to make Loans under the Second Lien Credit Agreement. Section 4.14 of the Guaranty provides that U.S. Intermediate Holding Companies and additional Restricted Subsidiaries may become Guarantors (as defined in the U.S. Second Lien Guaranty) under the Guaranty by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Guaranty Supplement. The undersigned (the “New Guarantor”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Second Lien Credit Agreement to become a Guarantor under the Guaranty in order to induce the Lenders to make Loans from time to time under the terms of the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

Accordingly, the Administrative Agent and the New Guarantor agree as follows:

SECTION 1. Obligations Under the Guaranty. In accordance with Section 4.14 of the Guaranty, the New Guarantor by its signature below becomes a Guarantor under the Guaranty with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Guarantor and the New Guarantor hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Guaranty applicable to it as a Guarantor thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Guarantor thereunder are true and correct on and as of the date hereof. Each reference to a “Guarantor” in the Guaranty shall be deemed to include the New Guarantor and each reference in any other Loan Document to a “Guarantor”, [“Subsidiary Guarantor”] or a “Loan Party” shall also be deemed to include the New Guarantor. The Guaranty is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

SECTION 2. Representations and Warranties. The New Guarantor represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the other Secured Parties that this Guaranty Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms.

SECTION 3. Delivery by Telecopier. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this Guaranty Supplement by telecopier shall be effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart of this Guaranty Supplement.

SECTION 4. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Waiver of Jury Trial, Etc. (a) THIS GUARANTY SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED THEREIN).

(b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING UNDER THIS GUARANTY SUPPLEMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO THIS GUARANTY SUPPLEMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, MAY BE BROUGHT IN ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS GUARANTY SUPPLEMENT, EACH GUARANTOR AND THE. ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. EACH GUARANTOR AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF THIS GUARANTY SUPPLEMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO.

(c) EACH PARTY TO THIS GUARANTY SUPPLEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER THIS GUARANTY SUPPLEMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO THIS GUARANTY SUPPLEMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS GUARANTY SUPPLEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION 4(C) WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

SECTION 5. Affirmation. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Guaranty shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 6. Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Guaranty Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Guaranty shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

SECTION 7. Notice. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 4.01 of the Guaranty.

SECTION 8. Reimbursement. The New Guarantor agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Guaranty Supplement, including the reasonable and documented fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Administrative Agent.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Guarantor and the Administrative Agent have duly executed this Guaranty Supplement as of the day and year first above written.


[NAME OF ADDITIONAL GUARANTOR]

By:
		Name:
		Title:

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CANADA BRANCH,
as Administrative Agent

By:
		Name:
		Title:

By:
		Name:
		Title:

EXHIBIT F-2

DATE: AUGUST 28, 2007

SECOND LIEN GUARANTEE

TO:	DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CANADA BRANCH, in its capacity as collateral agent for the SECURED PARTIES (the “Collateral Agent”)

Capitalized terms used but not defined in this second lien guarantee (as amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise modified, this “Guarantee”) shall have the meanings assigned thereto in the second lien credit agreement dated as of August 28, 2007 among, inter alia, Smart Technologies ULC (the “Borrower”), Smart Technologies (Holdings) Inc., the Collateral Agent, Deutsche Bank AG, Canada Branch, as Administrative Agent, and the other Lenders party thereto, as amended, restated, extended, supplemented, replaced, continued, renewed or otherwise modified from time to time (the “Credit Agreement”). “Guaranteed Parties” means, with respect to each Guarantor, each other Loan Party. Any of the terms defined herein may be used in the singular or the plural, unless the context otherwise requires. In consideration of the Lenders making certain financial accommodations available to the Borrower and at the request of the Borrower that the undersigned and any other Person that becomes a party hereto (each, together with its successors and assigns, a “Guarantor”, and collectively, the “Guarantors”) provide this Guarantee, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged, each Guarantor agrees as follows:

1.	Guarantee

Each Guarantor unconditionally and irrevocably guarantees to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns, jointly with the other Guarantors and severally, each as to 100%, the due and punctual payment and performance of the Obligations other than such Guarantor’s own Obligations.

2.	Continuing Obligation

(a)

As between the Collateral Agent and the Loan Parties, each Guarantor is and shall continue to be liable under this Guarantee notwithstanding:

(i)

any transaction which may take place between the Collateral Agent, the other Secured Parties and any Guaranteed Party and whether or not such Guarantor has been given notice of such transaction and whether or not such Guarantor has consented thereto; and

(ii)

any act (other than a release or termination pursuant to Section 24), omission, neglect or default of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party which might otherwise operate as a discharge, either partial or absolute, of any Guaranteed Party, and, whether or not such Guarantor has been given notice of such act, omission, neglect or default and whether or not such Guarantor has consented thereto.

(b)

Without restricting the generality of the foregoing, as between the Collateral Agent, the other Secured Parties, the Borrower and the other Loan Parties, each Guarantor is and shall continue to be liable under this Guarantee, notwithstanding:

(i)

the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party failing to or abstaining from perfecting any security which may be offered by any Guaranteed Party;

(ii)

the release, discharge, renewal, modification, variation or amendment, in whole or in part, of the terms of any of the Obligations or any security (including without restriction any increase or decrease in any Commitment, applicable interest rates, Applicable Rate or fees, or any extension or reduction in the Maturity Date);

(iii)

the granting of any time or other indulgences to the Borrower or anyone else now or hereafter liable to the Secured Parties in respect of the Obligations;

(iv)

the taking of collateral security or additional guarantees by the Collateral Agent or the other Secured Parties;

(v)

the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party failing to or abstaining from realizing upon any security which may be available;

(vi)

the acceptance, by the Collateral Agent or the other Secured Parties, of any composition or arrangement involving any security which is available, or the variation or termination of any contract or agreement between any Guaranteed Party and the Collateral Agent or the other Secured Parties;

(vii)

the release, howsoever obtained or caused, of any Guaranteed Party from any or all of the Obligations;

(viii)

the bankruptcy, insolvency, winding-up or other judicial proceedings relating to the dissolution of any Guaranteed Party;

(ix)

any compromise, reduction or disallowance of any of the Obligations by virtue of the application of any bankruptcy, insolvency or similar such laws, and laws affecting creditors’ rights generally or general principles of equity;

(x)

the existence of any claims, set-off or other rights that such Guarantor may have against the Borrower, any Secured Party or any other Person, whether or not related to the transactions contemplated by the Credit Agreement or any Loan Document;

(xi)

any invalidity, illegality, irregularity or unenforceability for any reason of the Credit Agreement or any Loan Document or in any part thereof as regards any Guaranteed Party, or any provision of applicable law or regulation purporting to prohibit the payment by the Borrower of the principal of or interest on any Loan or other Credit Extension or any other amount payable by any Guaranteed Party under the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document;

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(xii)

any other act or omission to act or delay of any kind by the Borrower, any Secured Party or any other Person or any other circumstance whatsoever that might, but for the provisions of this paragraph, constitute a legal or equitable discharge or defense of the Obligations;

(xiii)

any contest by the Borrower or any other Person as to the amount of the Obligations;

(xiv)

the recovery of any judgment against any Guaranteed Party or any action to enforce the same;

(xv)

the transfer of any Guaranteed Party’s obligations under this Guarantee or any other Loan Document to any Secured Party or to anyone else, or the assumption of any security with or without the release of any Guaranteed Party and with or without consent of the Collateral Agent, the other Secured Parties, the Borrower or any other Loan Party; or

(xvi)

the termination, for any cause or reason whatsoever, of any right of the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties held against any Guaranteed Party pursuant to the obligations represented by the Credit Agreement or any of the Loan Documents.

The Collateral Agent, in its absolute discretion and without diminishing the liability of the Borrower or any Guarantor hereunder, or incurring any responsibility or liability to the Borrower or any Guarantor, may do, commit or cause all acts, omission and results which are contemplated by the foregoing subparagraphs (i) through (xvi).

(c)

Any account settled or stated by or between the Secured Parties and any Loan Party, or admitted by or on behalf of any Loan Party, may be adduced by the Collateral Agent or the other Secured Parties and, shall in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive evidence as against such Guarantor that the balance or amount appearing therein is the sum of money due by Loan Parties to the Secured Parties.

(d)

Any rights of subrogation acquired by a Guarantor by reason of payment under this Guarantee shall not be exercised until all of the Obligations have been paid or repaid in full. In the event of a Guarantor paying to the Collateral Agent (or otherwise making provision for repayment in accordance with the Credit Agreement) all of the Obligations, then such Guarantor shall be entitled, on demand made by it in writing to the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties, to the assignment of so much of the security, if any, which remains in the Collateral Agent’s or any Secured Party’s possession at the time of receipt of the said payment.

(e)

The Collateral Agent shall not be bound to exhaust its legal remedies against the Borrower, any other parties, or any additional or collateral security which it may hold, prior to becoming entitled to payment hereunder.

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(f)

The obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall be direct and unconditional and independent of the obligations of any other Guarantor, and a separate action or actions may be brought and maintained against a Guarantor without the necessity of joining or previously proceeding against or exhausting any other remedy against the Borrower or any other Guarantor, or any security then held.

(g)

If an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, then each Guarantor shall forthwith on demand of the Collateral Agent pay to the Collateral Agent for the account of the Secured Parties all Obligations owing or payable at that time. In the event of a Guarantor’s failure to so pay, the outstanding sum may be recovered by the Collateral Agent against such Guarantor as a just debt due and improperly withheld and it is the express intention and agreement of the Guarantors and the Secured Parties that such Guarantor shall fully and totally indemnify the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties for all costs, expenses, charges and monies of any nature whatsoever, including, without restriction, all legal costs as between a solicitor and his own client either directly or indirectly, arising out of or associated with the enforcement of this Guarantee and the collection of all monies owing hereunder by such Guarantor to the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties.

(h)

It is expressly acknowledged and agreed by each Guarantor that should the Collateral Agent obtain a judgment or judgments from a court of competent jurisdiction pursuant to a default by a Guarantor with respect to any of the covenants contained in this Guarantee, then interest shall accrue, be calculated, and be payable to the Secured Parties by such Guarantor upon that judgment or judgments at the rate of interest per annum and at the times as are stipulated in the Credit Agreement. Such interest shall commence on the date that judgment is granted and shall continue to be payable until the judgment monies, including accrued interest, have been paid to the Secured Parties.

(i)

In its absolute discretion, the Collateral Agent may obtain an additional guarantee or guarantees of the Obligations. The taking of any additional guarantee shall not reduce the liability of a Guarantor, which liability shall be joint and several with any other guarantor, to the extent that the guarantee is the same for each guarantor.

(j)

A Guarantor’s liability shall not be diminished or affected, where any person expected or believed by such Guarantor to be or to become an additional guarantor, is not an additional guarantor and does not for any reason whatsoever become an additional guarantor. Further, a Guarantor’s liability shall not be diminished or affected by any transaction whatsoever which may take place between the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party and any other Guarantor, including but not restricted to any act (other than a release or termination pursuant to Section 24), omission, neglect or default of the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party which may vary or terminate in whole or in part the liability of any other Guarantor.

(k)

No change in the name, objects, share capital, business, director’s powers, organization or management of any Loan Party shall in any way affect the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder, either with respect to transactions occurring before or after any such change, it being understood that this Guarantee is to extend to the person or persons or corporation or trust or other business entity for the time being and from time to time carrying on the business now carried on by each Loan Party notwithstanding any change or changes in the name or capitalization of any Loan Party and notwithstanding any reorganization of any Loan Party or its amalgamation with any other or others or the sale or disposal of its business in whole or in part to another or others.

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3.	Representation - Authority and Enforceability

Each Guarantor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties that it has obtained all corporate and other authorizations, consents and approvals necessary for the granting and performance of this Guarantee and that this Guarantee is enforceable against each Guarantor in accordance with its terms. The Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties shall not be concerned to inquire into the Borrower’s power or the powers of any of its directors or other agents, acting or purporting to act on its behalf, and all moneys, advances, renewals and credits actually borrowed or obtained from the Secured Parties by the Borrower shall be deemed to form part of the Obligations notwithstanding any lack or limitation of status or power, incapacity of the Borrower or of its directors, or that the Borrower may not be a legal entity capable of being sued, or any irregularity, defect or informality in the borrowing or obtaining of such moneys, advances, renewals or credits, whether known to the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties or not.

4.	Postponement of Claims and Subrogation

(a)

All debts and claims against any Loan Party now or subsequently held by the Guarantors and all of each of the Guarantor’s rights of subrogation (all such debts, claims and rights, the “Claims”) shall be for the Secured Parties’ security and, as between each Guarantor, the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, the Claims are postponed to the repayment and performance of the Obligations. Until the occurrence of an Event of Default that is continuing, each of the Guarantors may receive payment in respect of the Claims except as prohibited under the Credit Agreement.

(b)

As security for and for the purpose of giving effect to the postponement of the Claims, each Guarantor assigns, transfers and sets over to the Collateral Agent all of the Claims and irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent to be such Guarantor’s attorney upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, in the name of and on behalf of such Guarantor to collect, and enforce or prove any such Claims, and for that purpose to execute and do in the name and on behalf of such Guarantor, all deeds, documents, transfers, assignments, assurances and things, and to commence and prosecute, at the Collateral Agent’s election and, in the Collateral Agent’s sole discretion, any or all proceedings which may appear to the Collateral Agent to be necessary or desirable.

(c)

In the event of the bankruptcy, winding up or distribution of assets of any Loan Party, the Collateral Agent’s rights shall not be affected or impaired by its omission to prove its claim in full or otherwise and it may prove such claim as it sees fit and may refrain from proving any claim in its sole discretion; and it may but shall not be obliged to prove in respect of the Claims assigned as a debt owing to it by the Guarantors and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to receive all amounts payable in respect of the Claims, such amounts to be applied on such part or parts of the monies payable from time to time on account of the Obligations as the Collateral Agent shall in its absolute discretion see fit until all of the Obligations shall have

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been paid in full and thereafter the Guarantors shall be entitled to the balance, if any, of such amounts; all of which the Collateral Agent may do without in any way affecting, relieving, limiting or lessening any Guarantor’s liability to the Secured Parties under this Guarantee.

(d)

The Collateral Agent shall have no duty, obligation or liability as a result of the assignment of the Claims to the Collateral Agent to protect or preserve the Claims, or to ensure that the Claims do not become prescribed by statute or otherwise invalidated or rendered unenforceable.

5.	Subordination

Notwithstanding any provision of this Guarantee to the contrary, all rights of the Guarantors under Section 4 and all other rights of indemnity, contribution or subrogation under applicable law or otherwise shall be fully subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Obligations. No failure on the part of the Borrower or any Guarantor to make the payments required in Section 4 (or any other payments required under applicable law or otherwise) shall in any respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Guarantor with respect to its obligations hereunder, and each Guarantor shall remain liable for the full amount of the obligations of such Guarantor hereunder.

6.	Amendments

Each Guarantor authorizes the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties, at any time and from time to time, without notice to the Guarantors and without affecting, relieving, limiting or lessening the Guarantors’ liability under this Guarantee, to alter the terms of all or any part of the Obligations and any security and guarantees including, without limitation, modification of principal amount, times for payment or interest rates.

7.	Waivers

Each Guarantor waives each of the following, to the fullest extent permitted by law:

(a)

all statutes of limitations as a defence to any action brought by the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties against such Guarantor;

(b)

any defence based upon:

(i)

the unenforceability or invalidity of all or any part of the Obligations, or any security or other guarantee for the Obligations or any failure of the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to take proper care or act in a commercially reasonable manner in respect of any security for the Obligations or any collateral subject to such security, including in respect of any disposition of the Collateral;

(ii)

any act or omission of the Borrower or any other person, including the Collateral Agent (other than a release or termination pursuant to Section 24) and the Secured Parties, that directly or indirectly results in the discharge or release of the Borrower or any other person or any of the Obligations or any security for the Obligations; or

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(iii)

the Collateral Agent’s or any Secured Party’s present or future method of dealing with the Borrower, any additional guarantor or any security (or any collateral subject to the security) or other guarantee for the Obligations;

(c)

any right (whether now or hereafter existing) to require the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties, as a condition to the enforcement of this Guarantee:

(i)

to accelerate the Obligations or proceed and exhaust any recourse against the Borrower or any other person;

(ii)

to realize on any security that it holds;

(iii)

to ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ the assets of any Loan Party; or

(iv)

to pursue any other remedy that a Guarantor may not be able to pursue itself and that might limit or reduce such Guarantor’s burden;

(d)

presentment, demand, protest and notice of any kind including, without limitation, notices of default and notice of acceptance of this Guarantee;

(e)

all suretyship defences and rights of every nature otherwise available under Alberta law and the laws of any other jurisdiction; and

(f)

all other rights and defences (legal or equitable) the assertion or exercise of which would in any way diminish the liability of such Guarantor under this Guarantee.

8.	Collateral Agent’s Right to Act

The Collateral Agent has the right to deal with the Loan Parties, the documents creating or evidencing the Obligations and the security (or any collateral subject to the security) now or subsequently held by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party (including without limitation, all modifications, extensions, replacements, amendments, renewals, restatements, and supplements to such documents or security) as the Collateral Agent may see fit, including without limitation, to:

(a)

grant time, renewals, extensions, indulgences, releases and discharges to the Guaranteed Parties;

(b)

take new or additional security (including without limitation, other guarantees) from the Guaranteed Parties;

(c)

discharge or partially discharge any or all existing security;

(d)

elect not to take security from any Guaranteed Party or not to perfect security;

(e)

cease or refrain from, or continuing to, giving credit or making loans or advances to the Borrower;

(f)

accept partial payment or performance from any Guaranteed Party or otherwise waive compliance by any Guaranteed Party with the terms of any of the documents or security;

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(g)

assign any such document or security to any person or persons in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement;

(h)

deal or dispose in any manner (whether commercially reasonably or not) with any security (or any collateral subject to the security) or other guarantee for the Obligations; or

(i)

apply all dividends, compositions and moneys at any time received from the Borrower or others or from the security upon such part of the Obligations;

in each case, without notice to the Guarantors or any additional guarantor and without in any way affecting, relieving, limiting or lessening the Guarantors or additional guarantor’s liability under this Guarantee.

9.	Collateral Agent’s Fees and Expenses, Indemnification

(a)

The parties hereto agree that the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to reimbursement of its expenses incurred hereunder as provided in Section 10.04 of the Credit Agreement as if such section were set out in full herein and references to “the Borrower” therein were references to “each Guarantor”.

(b)

Without limitation of its indemnification obligations under the other Loan Documents, each Guarantor agrees to indemnify the Collateral Agent and the other Indemnitees (as defined in Section 10.05 of the Credit Agreement) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, the execution, delivery or performance of this Guarantee or any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing agreements or instruments contemplated hereby, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses resulted from (x) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or of any affiliate, director, officer, employee, counsel, agent or attorney-in-fact of such Indemnitee or (y) a material breach of any Loan Document by such Indemnitee or of any affiliate, director, officer, employee, counsel, agent or attorney-in-fact of such Indemnitee;

(c)

Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional Obligations guaranteed hereby and secured by the other Collateral Documents. The provisions of this Section 9 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this Guarantee or any other Loan Document, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Guarantee or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party. All amounts due under this Section 9 shall be payable within ten days of written demand therefor.

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10.

Security Interest Absolute

All rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder and all obligations of each Guarantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, any agreement with respect to any of the Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing, (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, any other agreement or instrument, (c) any release or amendment or waiver of or consent under or departure from any guarantee guaranteeing all or any of the Obligations or (d) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Guarantor in respect of the Obligations or this Guarantee.

11.

Waiver

No term, condition or provision of this Guarantee or any right under this Guarantee or in respect of this Guarantee, shall be, or shall be deemed to have been, waived by the Collateral Agent, except by express written waiver signed by the Collateral Agent and such other Persons as required pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, all such waivers to extend only to the particular circumstances (if any) specified in such waiver.

12.

Secured Parties’ Action or Inaction

Except as provided at law, no action or omission on the part of any Secured Party in exercising or failing to exercise its rights under this Guarantee or in connection with or arising from all or part of the Obligations shall make any Secured Party liable to the Guarantors for any loss occasioned to the Guarantors. No loss of or in respect of any securities received by the Collateral Agent from the Borrower or others, whether occasioned by the Collateral Agent’s fault or otherwise, shall in any way affect, relieve, limit or lessen the Guarantors’ liability under this Guarantee. The Guarantors agree that the Secured Parties have no obligation to provide or disclose information to the Guarantors with respect to any dealings they have with or in respect of the Borrower at any time or from time to time.

13.

Rights of Secured Parties

The rights and remedies provided in this Guarantee are cumulative and may be exercised singly or concurrently, and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by applicable law.

14.

Acknowledgements

Each Guarantor acknowledges that it is providing this Guarantee at the request of the Borrower and that it has satisfied itself and is not relying upon the Secured Parties in respect of all or any information with respect to the transaction under or related to the Credit Agreement or this Guarantee. Each Guarantor acknowledges that it has been provided with and has reviewed a copy of the Credit Agreement.

15.

Demand

The Collateral Agent may make demand in writing to the Guarantors at any time and from time to time, each such written demand to be accepted by the Guarantors as complete and satisfactory evidence of non-payment or non-performance of the Obligations. The Guarantors shall pay to the Collateral Agent such amount or amounts payable under this Guarantee immediately upon such written demand.

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16.

Set-Off

Each Guarantor agrees that, to the extent permitted by applicable law, any and all deposits, general or special, term or demand, provisional or final, matured or unmatured, and any other indebtedness at any time owing by the Secured Parties to any Guarantor or for the credit or account of the any Guarantor, may be set-off and applied by the Secured Parties at any time and from time to time, without notice (such notice being expressly waived by such Guarantor), against and on account of the Obligations even if any of them are contingent or unmatured.

17.

Notice

Any notice, consent, approval, or demand, required or permitted to be given in connection with this Guarantee (in this Section referred to as a “Notice”) shall be in writing and shall be sufficiently given if delivered pursuant to the Credit Agreement.

18.

No Representations

Each Guarantor acknowledges that this Guarantee has been delivered free of any conditions and that there are no representations which have been made to any Guarantor affecting such Guarantor’s liability under this Guarantee except as may be specifically embodied in this Guarantee and agrees that this Guarantee is in addition to and not in substitution for any other guarantee(s) held or which may subsequently be held by or for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties.

19.

Further Assurances

Each Guarantor shall with reasonable diligence do all such things and provide all such assurances as may be reasonably required to give the Secured Parties the full benefit and effect of, or intended by, this Guarantee and shall provide such further documents or instruments required by the Collateral Agent as may be reasonably necessary or desirable to effect the purpose of this Guarantee and carry out its provisions.

20.

Severability

If, in any jurisdiction, any provision of this Guarantee or its application to any Guarantor is restricted, prohibited or unenforceable, such provision shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective only to the extent of such restriction, prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions of this Guarantee and without affecting the validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.

21.

Governing Law

This Guarantee is made under and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Alberta and the federal laws of Canada applicable in the Province of Alberta. Each Guarantor irrevocably submits to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of competent jurisdiction in the Province of Alberta in respect of any action or proceeding relating in any way to this Guarantee.

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22.

Assignment and Enurement

The Secured Parties shall be entitled to assign all of their respective rights under this Guarantee in accordance with the Credit Agreement. This Guarantee shall enure to the benefit of each Secured Parties’ successors (including any successor by reason of amalgamation) and assigns, and shall be binding upon each Guarantor and its successors (including any successor by reason of amalgamation), and permitted assigns.

23.

Addition of New Guarantors

(a)

Additional Persons may from time to time after the date of this Guarantee become Guarantors under this Guarantee by executing and delivering to the Collateral Agent a supplemental agreement (together with all schedules thereto, a “Joinder”) to this Guarantee, in substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. Effective from and after the date of the execution and delivery by any Person to the Collateral Agent of a Joinder, such Person shall be, and shall be deemed for all purposes to be, a Guarantor under this Guarantee with the same force and effect, and subject to the same agreements, representations, indemnities, liabilities and obligations as if such Person had been an original signatory to this Guarantee as a Guarantor.

(b)

The execution and delivery of a Joinder by any additional Person shall not require the consent of any other Guarantor and all of the liabilities and obligations of any Guarantor under this Guarantee shall remain in full force and effect and shall not be affected or diminished by the addition or release of any other Guarantor hereunder.

24.

Termination or Release

(a)

This Guarantee shall terminate with respect to all Obligations upon the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than (x) obligations under Secured Hedge Agreements not yet due and payable, (y) Cash Management Obligations not yet due and payable and (z) contingent indemnification obligations not yet accrued and payable).

(b)

A Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations hereunder upon such Guarantor ceasing to be a Material Subsidiary (as certified in writing by a Responsible Officer).

(c)

A Subsidiary Guarantor shall be automatically released from its obligations hereunder upon the consummation of any transaction or designation permitted under the Credit Agreement as a result of which such Subsidiary Guarantor ceases to be a Restricted Subsidiary.

(d)

In connection with any termination or release pursuant to paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of this Section 24, the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to any Guarantor, at such Guarantor’s expense, all documents that such Guarantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 24 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent.

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25.

Execution and Delivery

This Guarantee may be executed in counterparts and may be executed and delivered by facsimile or by pdf formatted email attachment and all such counterparts and facsimiles shall together constitute one and the same agreement.

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IN WITNESS OF WHICH each Guarantor has duly executed this Guarantee.


SMART TECHNOLOGIES (HOLDINGS) INC., as a Guarantor

By:
		Title:

INDEMNITY

In addition to the guarantee specified in Section 1 of the Guarantee, each Guarantor agrees to indemnify and save the Secured Parties harmless from and against all costs, losses, expenses and damages it may suffer as a result or consequence of, any inability by the Secured Parties to recover the ultimate balance due or remaining unpaid to the Secured Parties in respect of the Obligations, including without limitation, legal fees incurred by or on behalf of the Secured Parties resulting from any action instituted on the basis of the Guarantee.


SMART TECHNOLOGIES (HOLDINGS) INC., as a Guarantor

By:
		Title:


DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CANADA BRANCH, as Collateral Agent

By:

By:
		Title:

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EXHIBIT A

FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT

THIS JOINDER is made as of ______________ 20__ in favour of DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CANADA BRANCH, in its capacity as collateral agent on behalf of the Secured Parties (together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”)

RECITALS:

A. Reference is made to (i) the second lien credit agreement dated as of August 28, 2007 among, inter alia, Smart Technologies ULC (the “Borrower”), Smart Technologies (Holdings) Inc., the Collateral Agent, Deutsche Bank AG, Canada Branch, as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto, as the same may be amended, restated, extended, supplemented, replaced, continued, renewed or otherwise modified from time to time (the “Credit Agreement”) and (ii) the second lien guarantee (as amended, restated, extended, supplemented, replaced, continued, renewed or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guarantee”) dated as of August 28, 2007 granted by the applicable Guarantors in favour of the Collateral Agent.

B. Section 23 of the Guarantee provides that additional Persons may from time to time after the date of the Guarantee become Guarantors under the Guarantee by executing and delivering to the Collateral Agent a supplemental agreement to the Guarantee in the form of this Joinder.

C. As a condition to the Secured Parties continuing to make certain financial accommodations available to the Borrower under the Credit Agreement, the undersigned (the, “New Guarantor”) has agreed to execute and deliver this Joinder to the Collateral Agent.

THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

1.	Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Joinder have the meanings given to such terms in the Guarantee.

2.	The New Guarantor has received a copy of, and has reviewed, the Guarantee and is executing and delivering this Joinder to the Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 23 of the Guarantee.

Effective from and after the date this Joinder is executed and delivered to the Collateral Agent by the New Guarantor, the New Guarantor shall be, and shall be deemed for all purposes to be, a Guarantor under the Guarantee with the same force and effect, and subject to the same agreements, representations, indemnities, liabilities and obligations as if the New Guarantor had been, as of the date of this Joinder, an original signatory to the Guarantee as a Guarantor.

The New Guarantor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent that (a) this Joinder has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the New Guarantor and constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of the New Guarantor enforceable against the New Guarantor in accordance with its terms except in any case as such enforceability may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws and general principles of equity and (b) each of the representations and warranties made or deemed to have been made by it under the Guarantee as a Guarantor are true and correct on the date of this Joinder.

No statement, representation, agreement or promise by any officer, employee or agent of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party, unless expressly set forth in this Joinder, forms any part of this Joinder or has induced the New Guarantor to enter into this Joinder and the Guarantee or in any way affects any of the agreements, obligations or liabilities of the New Guarantor under this Joinder and the Guarantee.

6.	This Joinder may be executed by the parties in counterparts and may be executed and delivered by facsimile or other electronic means and all such counterparts, facsimiles or other electronic means shall together constitute one and the same agreement.

This Joinder is a contract made under and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Alberta and the federal laws of Canada applicable in the Province of Ontario without prejudice to or limitation of any other rights or remedies available under the laws of any jurisdiction where property or assets of the New Guarantor may be found.

This Joinder may be assigned by the Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement. The New Guarantor may not assign this Joinder or any of its rights or obligations under this Joinder. All of the Collateral Agent’s rights under this Joinder shall enure to the benefit of its successors and permitted assigns (under the Credit Agreement) and all of the New Guarantor’s obligations under this Joinder shall bind the New Guarantor and its successors and assigns.

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IN WITNESS OF WHICH the New Guarantor has duly executed this Joinder.


[NEW GUARANTOR]

By:
		Name:
		Title:

By:
		Name:
		Title:

ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED:


DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CANADA BRANCH, as Collateral Agent

By:
		Name:
		Title:

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EXHIBIT G-1

U.S. SECOND LIEN SECURITY AGREEMENT

dated as of

August 28, 2007

among

SMART TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION

and

SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC,

collectively, the Initial Grantor.

and

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CANADA BRANCH,

as Collateral Agent

TABLE OF CONTENTS


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ARTICLE I Definitions		1

SECTION 1.01	Credit Agreement	1
SECTION 1.02	Other Defined Terms	1

ARTICLE II Pledge of Securities		3

SECTION 2.01	Pledge	3
SECTION 2.02	Delivery of the Pledged Collateral	4
SECTION 2.03	Representations, Warranties and Covenants	4
SECTION 2.04	Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Interests	5
SECTION 2.05	Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations	5
SECTION 2.06	Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest	6
SECTION 2.07	Uncertificated Securities	7

ARTICLE III Security Interests in Personal Property		8

SECTION 3.01	Security Interest	8
SECTION 3.02	Representations and Warranties	9
SECTION 3.03	Covenants	10
SECTION 3.04	Other Actions	12
SECTION 3.05	Intercreditor Agreement	12

ARTICLE IV Remedies		12

SECTION 4.01	Remedies upon Default	12
SECTION 4.02	Application of Proceeds	14

ARTICLE V Subrogation and Subordination		15

SECTION 5.01	Contribution and Subrogation	15
SECTION 5.02	Subordination	15

ARTICLE VI Miscellaneous		15

SECTION 6.01	Notices	15
SECTION 6.02	Waivers; Amendment	16
SECTION 6.03	Collateral Agent’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification	16
SECTION 6.04	Successors and Assigns	17
SECTION 6.05	Survival of Agreement	17
SECTION 6.06	Counterparts; Effectiveness; Several Agreement	17
SECTION 6.07	Severability	17
SECTION 6.08	Right of Set-Off	18
SECTION 6.09	Governing Law; Jurisdiction	18
SECTION 6.10	WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL	18
SECTION 6.11	Headings	19
SECTION 6.12	Security Interest Absolute	19

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SECTION 6.13	Termination or Release	19
SECTION 6.14	Additional Grantors	20
SECTION 6.15	Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact	20
SECTION 6.16	General Authority of the Collateral Agent	21


Schedules

SCHEDULE 1		Pledged Equity; Pledged Debt

Exhibits

EXHIBIT I		Form of U.S. Second Lien Security Agreement Supplement
EXHIBIT II		Form of Perfection Information

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U.S. SECOND LIEN SECURITY AGREEMENT

U.S. SECOND LIEN SECURITY AGREEMENT dated as of August 28, 2007, among SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC, an unlimited liability corporation amalgamated under the laws of the Province of Alberta, SMART TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (collectively, the “Initial Grantor”), certain subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party hereto and DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CANADA BRANCH, as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties.

Reference is made to the second lien credit agreement dated as of August 28, 2007 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Second Lien Credit Agreement”), among SMART Technologies ULC, as borrower (the “Borrower”), SMART Technologies (Holdings) Inc. (“Holdings”), Deutsche Bank AG, Canada Branch, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), and collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), each Lender from time to time party thereto and the other parties party thereto. The Lenders have agreed to extend credit to the Borrower subject to the terms and conditions set forth in the Second Lien Credit Agreement. The obligations of the Lenders to extend such credit are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery of this Agreement. Holdings and each other Grantor are affiliates of the Borrower, will derive substantial benefits from the extension of credit to the Borrower pursuant to the Second Lien Credit Agreement and are willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to extend such credit. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

SECTION 1.01 Credit Agreement. (a) Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified in the Second Lien Credit Agreement. All terms defined in the New York UCC (as defined herein) and not defined in this Agreement have the meanings specified therein; the term “instrument” shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC.

(b) The rules of construction specified in Article I of the Second Lien Credit Agreement also apply to this Agreement.

SECTION 1.02 Other Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

“Account Debtor” means any Person who is or who may become obligated to any Grantor under, with respect to or on account of an Account.

“Accounts” has the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC.

“Agreement” means this U.S. Second Lien Security Agreement.

“Article 9 Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01(a).

“Claiming Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.02.

“Collateral” means the Article 9 Collateral and the Pledged Collateral.

“Contributing Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 5.02.

“General Intangibles” has the meaning specified in Article 9 of the New York UCC and includes corporate or other business records, indemnification claims, contract rights (including rights under leases, whether entered into as lessor or lessee, Swap Contracts and other agreements), goodwill, registrations, franchises, tax refund claims and any letter of credit, guarantee, claim, security interest or other security held by or granted to any Grantor, as the case may be, to secure payment by an Account Debtor of any of the Accounts; provided that General Intangibles shall not include, except solely for the purposes of Section 3.01(b), any intellectual property and related assets subject to the Intellectual Property Security Agreement (or any intellectual property and related assets otherwise specifically excluded from the definition of “Collateral” (as defined therein)).

“Grantor” means, collectively, the Initial Grantor and any Person that executes and delivers a Security Agreement Supplement pursuant to Section 6.14.

“Initial Grantor” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this Agreement.

“Intercreditor Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

“New York UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.

“Perfection Information” means the schedules and attachments substantially in the form of Exhibit II, completed and supplemented as contemplated thereby, and duly executed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower.

“Pledged Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.

“Pledged Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.

“Pledged Equity” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 2.01.

“Pledged Securities” means any promissory notes, stock certificates or other securities now or hereafter included in the Pledged Collateral, including all certificates, instruments or other documents representing or evidencing any Pledged Collateral.

“Security Agreement Supplement” means an instrument in the form of Exhibit I hereto.

“Security Interest” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01(a).

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ARTICLE II

Pledge of Securities

SECTION 2.01 Pledge. As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Obligations, including the Guaranty, each Grantor hereby assigns and pledges to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest in, all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under (i) all Equity Interests held by it in each of its Restricted Subsidiaries listed on Schedule I and any other Equity Interests in any Restricted Subsidiary obtained in the future by such Grantor and the certificates representing all such Equity Interests (collectively, the “Pledged Equity”); provided that the Pledged Equity shall not include (A) Equity Interests of any Unrestricted Subsidiary, (B) Equity Interests of any Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition financed with Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(g) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement if such Equity Interests are pledged as security for such Indebtedness or if and for so long as the terms of such Indebtedness prohibit the creation of any other lien on such Equity Interests, (C) Equity Interests of any Excluded Subsidiary, (D) Equity Interests of any Subsidiary with respect to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower have determined in their reasonable judgment that the costs of providing a pledge of such Equity Interests or perfection thereof is excessive in view of the benefits to be obtained by the Lenders therefrom and (E) any assets the pledge of which is prohibited by law or by agreements containing anti-assignment clauses not overridden by the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law; (ii) (A) the debt securities owned by it and listed opposite the name of such Grantor on Schedule I, (B) any debt securities obtained in the future by such Grantor and (C) the promissory notes and any other instruments evidencing such debt securities (the debt securities referred to in clauses (A), (B) and (C) of this clause (ii) are collectively referred to as the “Pledged Debt”); (iv) all other property that may be delivered to and held by the Collateral Agent or the First Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, pursuant to the terms of this Section 2.01; (v) subject to Section 2.06, all payments of principal or interest, dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, in exchange for or upon the conversion of, and all other Proceeds received in respect of, the securities referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) above; (iii) subject to Section 2.06, all rights and privileges of such Grantor with respect to the securities and other property referred to in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above; and (iv) all Proceeds of any of the foregoing (the items referred to in clauses (i) through (iv) above being collectively referred to as the “Pledged Collateral”); provided, that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of Security Interest in, and the Pledged Collateral shall not include, any property of the Borrower, other than its right, title and interest in, to and under the Equity Interests in SMART Technologies Corporation from time to time and all Proceeds thereof.

TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Pledged Collateral, together with all right, title, interest, powers, privileges and preferences pertaining or incidental thereto, unto the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, forever, subject, however, to the terms, covenants and conditions hereinafter set forth.

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SECTION 2.02 Delivery of the Pledged Collateral.

(a) Each Grantor agrees promptly (and in no event later than any time period set forth on Schedule I hereto) to deliver or cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent or the First Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, any and all Pledged Securities (other than any Uncertificated Securities, but only for so long as such securities remain uncertificated) to the extent such Pledged Securities, in the case of promissory notes or other instruments evidencing Indebtedness, are required to be delivered pursuant to paragraph (b) of this Section 2.02.

(b) Each Grantor will cause (i) any Indebtedness for borrowed money (other than intercompany loans referred to in clause (ii) below) having an aggregate principal amount in excess of $1,000,000 owed to such Grantor by any Person and (ii) any intercompany loans made by such Grantor to a Non-Loan Party to be evidenced by a duly executed promissory note (or pursuant to a global note) that is pledged and delivered to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, pursuant to the terms hereof.

(c) Upon delivery to the Collateral Agent, (i) any Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by stock powers duly executed in blank or other instruments of transfer reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and by such other instruments and documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and (ii) all other property comprising part of the Pledged Collateral shall be accompanied by proper instruments of assignment duly executed by the applicable Grantor and such other instruments or documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request. Each delivery of Pledged Securities shall be accompanied by a schedule describing the securities, which schedule shall be attached hereto as Schedule I and made a part hereof; provided that failure to attach any such schedule hereto shall not affect the validity of such pledge of such Pledged Securities. Each schedule so delivered shall supplement any prior schedules so delivered.

SECTION 2.03 Representations, Warranties and Covenants. Each Grantor represents, warrants and covenants to and with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, that:

(a) Schedule I correctly sets forth the percentage of the issued and outstanding units of each class of the Equity Interests of the issuer thereof represented by the Pledged Equity and includes all Equity Interests, debt securities and promissory notes required to be pledged hereunder in order to satisfy the Collateral and Guarantee Requirement;

(b) the Pledged Equity and Pledged Debt (solely with respect to Pledged Debt issued by a Person other than a Subsidiary of the Grantors, to the best of the Grantors’ knowledge) have been duly and validly authorized and issued by the issuers thereof and (i) in the case of Pledged Equity, are fully paid and nonassessable and (ii) in the case of Pledged Debt (solely with respect to Pledged Debt issued by a Person other than a Subsidiary of the Grantors, to the best of the Grantors’ knowledge), are legal, valid and binding obligations of the issuers thereof;

(c) except for the security interests granted hereunder, each of the Grantors (i) is and, subject to any transfers made in compliance with the Second Lien Credit Agreement, will continue to be the direct owner, beneficially and of record, of the Pledged Securities indicated on Schedule I as owned by such Grantors, (ii) holds the same free and clear of all Liens, other than (A) Liens created by the Collateral Documents, (B) Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement and (C) Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 of the First Lien Credit Agreement, (iii) will make no assignment, pledge, hypothecation or transfer of, or create or permit to exist any security interest in or other Lien on, the Pledged Collateral, other than (A) Liens created by the Collateral Documents, (B) Liens expressly

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permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement and (C) Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 of the First Lien Credit Agreement and (iv) will use commercially reasonable efforts to defend its title or interest thereto or therein against any and all Liens (other than the Liens permitted pursuant to this Section 2.03(c)), however arising, of all Persons whomsoever;

(d) except for restrictions and limitations imposed by the Loan Documents, or securities laws generally and except as described in the Perfection Information, the Pledged Collateral is and will continue to be freely transferable and assignable, and none of the Pledged Collateral is or will be subject to any option, right of first refusal, shareholders agreement, charter or by-law provisions or contractual restriction of any nature that might prohibit, impair, delay or otherwise affect in any manner material and adverse to the Secured Parties the pledge of such Pledged Collateral hereunder, the sale or disposition thereof pursuant hereto or the exercise by the Collateral Agent of rights and remedies hereunder;

(e) each of the Grantors has the power and authority to pledge the Pledged Collateral pledged by it hereunder in the manner hereby done or contemplated;

(f) no consent or approval of any Governmental Authority, any securities exchange or any other Person was or is necessary to the validity of the pledge effected hereby (other than such as have been obtained and are in full force and effect);

(g) by virtue of the execution and delivery by the Grantors of this Agreement, when any Pledged Securities are delivered to the Collateral Agent in accordance with this Agreement, the Collateral Agent will obtain a legal, valid and perfected lien upon and security interest in such Pledged Securities as security for the payment and performance of the Obligations; and

(h) the pledge effected hereby is effective to vest in the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, the rights of the Collateral Agent in the Pledged Collateral as set forth herein.

SECTION 2.04 Certification of Limited Liability Company and Limited Partnership Interests. Each certificate representing an interest in any limited liability company or limited partnership controlled by any Grantor and pledged under Section 2.01 shall be delivered to the Collateral Agent.

SECTION 2.05 Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations. If an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall give the Borrower notice of its intent to exercise such rights, (a) the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Parties, shall have the right (in its sole and absolute discretion) to hold the Pledged Securities in its own name as pledgee, the name of its nominee (as pledgee or as sub-agent) or the name of the applicable Grantor, endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the Collateral Agent, and each Grantor will promptly give to the Collateral Agent copies of any notices or other communications received by it with respect to Pledged Securities registered in the name of such Grantor and (b) the Collateral Agent shall have the right to exchange the certificates representing Pledged Securities for certificates of smaller or larger denominations for any purpose consistent with this Agreement.

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SECTION 2.06 Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest.

(a) Unless and until an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and the Collateral Agent shall have notified the Borrower that the rights of the Grantors under this Section 2.06 are being suspended:

(i) Each Grantor shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and/or other consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of Pledged Securities or any part thereof for any purpose consistent with the terms of this Agreement, the Second Lien Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents; provided that such rights and powers shall not be exercised in any manner that could materially and adversely affect the rights inuring to a holder of any Pledged Securities or the rights and remedies of any of the Collateral Agent or the other Secured Parties under this Agreement, the Second Lien Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or the ability of the Secured Parties to exercise the same.

(ii) The Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to each Grantor, or cause to be executed and delivered to each Grantor, all such proxies, powers of attorney and other instruments as each Grantor may reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such Grantor to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to subparagraph (i) above.

(iii) Each Grantor shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all dividends, interest, principal and other distributions paid on or distributed in respect of the Pledged Securities to the extent and only to the extent that such dividends, interest, principal and other distributions are permitted by, and otherwise paid or distributed in accordance with, the terms and conditions of the Second Lien Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents and applicable Laws; provided that any noncash dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that would constitute Pledged Equity or Pledged Debt, whether resulting from a subdivision, combination or reclassification of the outstanding Equity Interests of the issuer of any Pledged Securities or received in exchange for Pledged Securities or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof, or as a result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of assets to which such issuer may be a party or otherwise, shall be and become part of the Pledged Collateral, and, if received by any Grantor, shall not be commingled by such Grantor with any of its other funds or property but shall be held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent).

(b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, after the Collateral Agent shall have notified the Borrower of the suspension of the rights of the Grantors under paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06, then all rights of any Grantor to dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Grantor is authorized to receive pursuant to paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06 shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive and retain such dividends, interest, principal or other distributions. All dividends, interest, principal or other distributions received by any Grantor contrary to the provisions of this Section 2.06 shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, shall be segregated from other property or funds of such Grantor and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent upon demand in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent).

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Any and all money and other property paid over to or received by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph (b) shall be retained by the Collateral Agent in an account to be established by the Collateral Agent upon receipt of such money or other property and shall be applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived, the Collateral Agent shall promptly repay to each Grantor (without interest) all dividends, interest, principal or other distributions that such Grantor would otherwise be permitted to retain pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06 and that remain in such account.

(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, after the Collateral Agent shall have notified the Borrower of the suspension of the rights of the Grantors under paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.06, then all rights of any Grantor to exercise the voting and consensual rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.06, and the obligations of the Collateral Agent under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 2.06, shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent, which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise such voting and consensual rights and powers; provided that, unless otherwise directed by the Required Lenders, the Collateral Agent shall have the right from time to time following and during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit the Grantors to exercise such rights. After all Events of Default have been cured or waived, each Grantor shall have the exclusive right to exercise the voting and/or consensual rights and powers that such Grantor would otherwise be entitled to exercise pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(i) of this Section 2.06 and the Collateral Agent shall have all the obligations it would otherwise have under paragraph (a)(ii) of this Section 2.06.

(d) Any notice given by the Collateral Agent to the Grantors suspending the rights of the Grantors under paragraph (a) of this Section 2.06 (i) shall be given in writing, (ii) may be given with respect to one or more of the Grantors at the same or different times and (iii) may suspend the rights of the Grantors under paragraph (a)(i) or paragraph (a)(iii) of this Section 2.06 in part without suspending all such rights (as specified by the Collateral Agent in its sole and absolute discretion) and without waiving or otherwise affecting the Collateral Agent’s rights to give additional notices from time to time suspending other rights so long as an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.

SECTION 2.07 Uncertificated Securities. With respect to an Uncertificated Security (other than an Uncertificated Security credited on the books of a Clearing Corporation of Securities Intermediary) held by any Grantor, such Grantor shall execute and cause the issuer of such Uncertificated Security to duly authorize, execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent or the First Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, within 60 days after the date of this Agreement (as such date may be extended by the Collateral Agent or the First Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, in their sole discretion, as the case may be) such Uncertificated Security or, if later, within 60 days of acquiring such Uncertificated Security, an agreement satisfactory in form and substance to the Collateral Agent or the First Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to which such issuer agrees to comply with any and all instructions originated by the Collateral Agent or the First Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, without further consent by such Grantor and not to comply with instructions regarding such Uncertificated Security (and any partnership interests and limited liability company interests issued by such issuer) originated by any other Person other than a court of competent jurisdiction.

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ARTICLE III

Security Interests in Personal Property

SECTION 3.01 Security Interest.

(a) As security for the payment or performance, as the case may be, in full of the Obligations, including the Guaranty, each Grantor (other than the Borrower) hereby assigns and pledges to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a security interest (the “Security Interest”) in all right, title or interest in or to any and all of the following assets and properties now owned or at any time hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire any right, title or interest (collectively, the “Article 9 Collateral”):

(i) all Accounts;

(ii) all Chattel Paper;

(iii) all Documents;

(iv) all Equipment;

(v) all General Intangibles;

(vi) all Goods

(vii) all Instruments;

(viii) all Inventory;

(ix) all Investment Property;

(x) all books and records pertaining to the Article 9 Collateral; and

(xi) to the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds and products of any and all of the foregoing and all supporting obligations, collateral security and guarantees given by any Person with respect to any of the foregoing;

provided that notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement, this Agreement shall not constitute a grant of a security interest in (A) motor vehicles and other assets subject to certificates of title, letter of credit rights and commercial tort claims, (B) any Equity Interests in any Unrestricted Subsidiary or any Equity Interests of any Restricted Subsidiary acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition financed with Indebtedness incurred pursuant to Section 7.03(g) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement if such Equity Interests are pledged as security for such Indebtedness or if and for so long as the terms of such Indebtedness prohibit the creation of any other lien on such Equity Interests, (C) Equity Interests of any Person to the extent that such Person is an Unrestricted Subsidiary or an Excluded Subsidiary, (D) any asset with respect to which the Administrative Agent and the Borrower have agreed that the costs of obtaining such a security interest or perfection thereof are excessive in relation to the value to the Lenders of the security to be afforded thereby,

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(E) security interests prohibited by law or by agreements containing anti-assignment clauses not overridden by the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law, (F) any assets (including deposit and securities accounts) specifically requiring perfection through control agreements, (G) any property of the Borrower, other than its right, title and interest in, to and under its Equity Interests in SMART Technologies Corporation and all Proceeds thereof or (H) any General Intangible, Investment Property or other rights of a Grantor arising under any contract, lease, instrument, license or other document or any assets subject thereto if (but only to the extent that) the grant of a security interest therein would (x) constitute a violation of a valid and enforceable restriction in respect of such General Intangible, Investment Property or other such rights in favor of a third party or under any law, regulation, permit, order or decree of any Governmental Authority, unless and until all required consents shall have been obtained (for the avoidance of doubt, the restrictions described herein shall not include negative pledges or similar undertakings in favor of a lender or other financial counterparty) or (y) expressly give any other party in respect of any such contract, lease, instrument, license or other document, the right to terminate its obligations thereunder, provided, however, that the limitation set forth in clause (G) above shall not affect, limit, restrict or impair the grant by a Grantor of a security interest pursuant to this Agreement in any such Collateral to the extent that an otherwise applicable prohibition or restriction on such grant is rendered ineffective by any applicable law, including the Uniform Commercial Code. Each Grantor shall, if requested to do so by the Administrative Agent, use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain any such required consent that is reasonably obtainable with respect to Collateral which the Administrative Agent reasonably determines to be material.

(b) Each Grantor hereby irrevocably authorizes the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties at any time and from time to time to file in any relevant jurisdiction any initial financing statements (including fixture filings) with respect to the Article 9 Collateral or any part thereof and amendments thereto that (i) indicate the Collateral as all assets of such Grantor or words of similar effect or being of an equal or lesser scope or with greater detail, and (ii) contain the information required by Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code or the analogous legislation of each applicable jurisdiction for the filing of any financing statement or amendment, including (A) whether such Grantor is an organization, the type of organization and any organizational identification number issued to such Grantor and (B) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing, a sufficient description of the real property to which such Article 9 Collateral relates. Each Grantor agrees to provide such information to the Collateral Agent promptly upon request.

(c) The Security Interest is granted as security only and shall not subject the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to, or in any way alter or modify, any obligation or liability of any Grantor with respect to or arising out of the Article 9 Collateral.

SECTION 3.02 Representations and Warranties. Each Grantor jointly and severally represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that:

(a) Each Grantor has good and valid rights in and title to the Article 9 Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a Security Interest hereunder and has full power and authority to grant to the Collateral Agent the Security Interest in such Article 9 Collateral pursuant hereto and to execute, deliver and perform its obligations in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, without the consent or approval of any other Person other than any consent or approval that has been obtained.

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(b) The Perfection Information has been duly prepared, completed and executed and the information set forth therein, including the exact legal name of each Grantor, is correct and complete in all material respects as of the Closing Date. The UCC financing statements (including fixture filings, as applicable) or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations prepared by the Collateral Agent based upon the information provided to the Collateral Agent in the Perfection Information for filing in each governmental, municipal or other office specified in Schedule 5 to the Perfection Information (or specified by notice from such Grantor to the Collateral Agent after the Closing Date in the case of filings, recordings or registrations required by Section 6.11 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement), are all the filings, recordings and registrations that are necessary to establish a legal, valid and perfected security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Secured Parties) in respect of all Article 9 Collateral in which the Security Interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registration in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions, and no further or subsequent filing, refiling, recording, rerecording, registration or reregistration is necessary in any such jurisdiction, except as provided under applicable law with respect to the filing of continuation statements.

(c) The Security Interest constitutes (i) a legal and valid security interest in all the Article 9 Collateral securing the payment and performance of the Obligations, including the Guaranty and (ii) subject to the filings described in Section 3.02(b), a perfected security interest in all Article 9 Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, recording or registering a financing statement or analogous document in the United States (or any political subdivision thereof) and its territories and possessions pursuant to the Uniform Commercial Code in the relevant jurisdiction. The Security Interest is and shall be prior to any other Lien on any of the Article 9 Collateral, other than (i) any nonconsensual Lien that is expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement and has priority as a matter of law, (ii) Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement and (iii) Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 of the First Lien Credit Agreement.

(d) The Article 9 Collateral is owned by the Grantors free and clear of any Lien, except for (A) Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement and (B) Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 of the First Lien Credit Agreement. None of the Grantors has filed or consented to the filing of (i) any financing statement or analogous document under the New York UCC or any other applicable laws covering any Article 9 Collateral or (ii) any assignment in which any Grantor assigns any Article 9 Collateral or any security agreement or similar instrument covering any Article 9 Collateral with any foreign governmental, municipal or other office, which financing statement or analogous document, assignment, security agreement or similar instrument is still in effect, except, in each case, for Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement and Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 of the First Lien Credit Agreement.

SECTION 3.03 Covenants.

(a) Each Grantor agrees promptly to notify the Collateral Agent in writing of any change (i) in legal name of any Grantor, (ii) in the identity or type of organization or corporate structure of any Grantor, or (iii) in the jurisdiction of organization of any Grantor.

(b) Each Grantor shall, at its own expense, take any and all commercially reasonable actions necessary to defend title to the Article 9 Collateral against all Persons and to defend the Security Interest of the Collateral Agent in the Article 9 Collateral and the priority thereof against any Lien not expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement and Liens expressly permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 of the First Lien Credit Agreement.

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(c) (i) Each quarter, at the time of delivery of quarterly financial statements with respect to the preceding fiscal year pursuant to Section 6.01 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement, the Company shall deliver to the Collateral Agent the information required pursuant to Sections 1(a), 1(c), 1(e), 1(f) and 2(b) of the Perfection Information and (ii) annually, the Company shall deliver to the Collateral Agent the information required pursuant to Section 9 of the Perfection Information, or confirm that there has been no change in such information since the date of such certificate or the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to this Section 3.03(c).

(d) The Company agrees, on its own behalf and on behalf of each other Grantor, at its own expense, to execute, acknowledge, deliver and cause to be duly filed all such further instruments and documents and take all such actions as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably request to better assure, preserve, protect and perfect the Security Interest and the rights and remedies created hereby, including the payment of any fees and taxes required in connection with the execution and delivery of this Agreement, the granting of the Security Interest and the filing of any financing statements (including fixture filings) or other documents in connection herewith or therewith. If any amount payable under or in connection with any of the Article 9 Collateral that is in excess of $1,000,000 shall be or become evidenced by any promissory note or other instrument, such note or instrument shall be promptly pledged and delivered to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, duly endorsed in a manner reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.

(e) At its option, the Collateral Agent may discharge past due taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances at any time levied or placed on the Article 9 Collateral and not permitted pursuant to Section 7.01 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement or Section 7.01 of the First Lien Credit Agreement, and may pay for the maintenance and preservation of the Article 9 Collateral to the extent any Grantor fails to do so as required by the Second Lien Credit Agreement or this Agreement and within a reasonable period of time after the Collateral Agent has requested that it do so, and each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent within ten days after demand for any payment made or any reasonable expense incurred by the Collateral Agent pursuant to the foregoing authorization. Nothing in this paragraph shall be interpreted as excusing any Grantor from the performance of, or imposing any obligation on the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to cure or perform, any covenants or other promises of any Grantor with respect to taxes, assessments, charges, fees, Liens, security interests or other encumbrances and maintenance as set forth herein or in the other Loan Documents.

(f) If at any time any Grantor shall take a security interest in any property of an Account Debtor or any other Person, the value of which is in excess of $1,000,000, to secure payment and performance of an Account, such Grantor shall promptly assign such security interest to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties. Such assignment need not be filed of public record unless necessary to continue the perfected status of the security interest against creditors of and transferees from the Account Debtor or other Person granting the security interest.

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(g) Each Grantor (rather than the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party) shall remain liable (as between itself and any relevant counterparty) to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it under each contract, agreement or instrument relating to the Article 9 Collateral, all in accordance with the terms and conditions thereof, and each Grantor jointly and severally agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties from and against any and all liability for such performance.

SECTION 3.04 Other Actions. In order to further insure the attachment, perfection and priority (in the case of priority, subject to Liens granted to the First Lien Collateral Agent) of, and the ability of the Collateral Agent to enforce, the Security Interest, each Grantor agrees, in each case at such Grantor’s own expense, to take the following actions with respect to the following Article 9 Collateral:

(a) Instruments. If any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any Instruments constituting Collateral and evidencing an amount in excess of $1,000,000, such Grantor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Collateral Agent or the First Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Collateral Agent or First Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable may from time to time reasonably request.

(b) Investment Property. Except to the extent otherwise provided in Article II, if any Grantor shall at any time hold or acquire any certificated securities, such Grantor shall forthwith endorse, assign and deliver the same to the Collateral Agent or the First Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, accompanied by such instruments of transfer or assignment duly executed in blank as the Collateral Agent or the First Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, may from time to time reasonably request. If any securities now or hereafter acquired by any Grantor are uncertificated and are issued to such Grantor or its nominee directly by the issuer thereof, upon the Collateral Agent’s request (or the request of the First Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable) and following the occurrence of an Event of Default such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent or the First Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, thereof and, at the Collateral Agent’s reasonable request, pursuant to an agreement in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent or the First Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, either (i) cause the issuer to agree to comply with instructions from the Collateral Agent or the First Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, as to such securities, without further consent of any Grantor or such nominee, or (ii) arrange for the Collateral Agent or the First Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable, to become the registered owner of the securities.

SECTION 3.05 Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent hereunder are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.

ARTICLE IV

Remedies

SECTION 4.01 Remedies upon Default. Subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, it is agreed that the Collateral Agent shall have the right to exercise any and all rights afforded to a secured party with

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respect to the Obligations under the Uniform Commercial Code or other applicable law and also may (i) require each Grantor to, and each Grantor agrees that it will at its expense and upon request of the Collateral Agent forthwith, assemble all or part of the Collateral as directed by the Collateral Agent and make it available to the Collateral Agent at a place and time to be designated by the Collateral Agent that is reasonably convenient to both parties; (ii) occupy any premises owned or, to the extent lawful and permitted, leased by any of the Grantors where the Collateral or any part thereof is assembled or located for a reasonable period in order to effectuate its rights and remedies hereunder or under law, without obligation to such Grantor in respect of such occupation; provided that the Collateral Agent shall provide the applicable Grantor with notice thereof prior to or promptly after such occupancy; (iii) exercise any and all rights and remedies of any of the Grantors under or in connection with the Collateral, or otherwise in respect of the Collateral; provided that the Collateral Agent shall provide the applicable Grantor with notice thereof prior to or promptly after such exercise; and (iv) subject to the mandatory requirements of applicable law and the notice requirements described below, sell or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Collateral securing the Obligations at a public or private sale or at any broker’s board or on any securities exchange, for cash, upon credit or for future delivery as the Collateral Agent shall deem appropriate. The Collateral Agent shall be authorized at any such sale of securities (if it deems it advisable to do so) to restrict the prospective bidders or purchasers to Persons who will represent and agree that they are purchasing the Collateral for their own account for investment and not with a view to the distribution or sale thereof, and upon consummation of any such sale the Collateral Agent shall have the right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the Collateral so sold. Each such purchaser at any sale of Collateral shall hold the property sold absolutely, free from any claim or right on the part of any Grantor, and each Grantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by law) all rights of redemption, stay and appraisal which such Grantor now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted.

The Collateral Agent shall give the applicable Grantors ten days’ written notice (which each Grantor agrees is reasonable notice within the meaning of Section 9-611 of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions) of the Collateral Agent’s intention to make any sale of Collateral. Such notice, in the case of a public sale, shall state the time and place for such sale and, in the case of a sale at a broker’s board or on a securities exchange, shall state the board or exchange at which such sale is to be made and the day on which the Collateral, or portion thereof, will first be offered for sale at such board or exchange. Any such public sale shall be held at such time or times within ordinary business hours and at such place or places as the Collateral Agent may fix and state in the notice (if any) of such sale. At any such sale, the Collateral, or portion thereof, to be sold may be sold in one lot as an entirety or in separate parcels, as the Collateral Agent may (in its sole and absolute discretion) determine. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to make any sale of any Collateral if it shall determine not to do so, regardless of the fact that notice of sale of such Collateral shall have been given. The Collateral Agent may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed for sale, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which the same was so adjourned. In case any sale of all or any part of the Collateral is made on credit or for future delivery, the Collateral so sold may be retained by the Collateral Agent until the sale price is paid by the purchaser or purchasers thereof, but the Collateral Agent shall not incur any liability in case any such purchaser or purchasers shall fail to take up and pay for the Collateral so sold and, in case of any such failure, such Collateral may be sold again upon like notice. At any public (or, to the extent permitted by law, private) sale made pursuant to this Agreement, any Secured Party may bid for or purchase, free (to the extent permitted by law) from any right of redemption, stay, valuation or appraisal on the part of any Grantor (all said rights being also hereby

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waived and released to the extent permitted by law), the Collateral or any part thereof offered for sale and may make payment on account thereof by using any claim then due and payable to such Secured Party from any Grantor as a credit against the purchase price, and such Secured Party may, upon compliance with the terms of sale, hold, retain and dispose of such property without further accountability to any Grantor therefor. For purposes hereof, a written agreement to purchase the Collateral or any portion thereof shall be treated as a sale thereof; the Collateral Agent shall be free to carry out such sale pursuant to such agreement and no Grantor shall be entitled to the return of the Collateral or any portion thereof subject thereto, notwithstanding the fact that after the Collateral Agent shall have entered into such an agreement all Events of Default shall have been remedied and the Obligations paid in full. As an alternative to exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon it, the Collateral Agent may proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to foreclose this Agreement and to sell the Collateral or any portion thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree of a court or courts having competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding by a court appointed receiver. Any sale pursuant to the provisions of this Section 4.01 shall be deemed to conform to the commercially reasonable standards as provided in Section 9-610(b) of the New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions.

Each Grantor irrevocably makes, constitutes and appoints the Collateral Agent (and all officers, employees or agents designated by the Collateral Agent) as such Grantor’s true and lawful agent (and attorney-in-fact) during the continuance of an Event of Default and after notice to the Borrower of its intent to exercise such rights, for the purpose of (i) making, settling and adjusting claims in respect of Article 9 Collateral under policies of insurance, endorsing the name of such Grantor on any check, draft, instrument or other item of payment for the proceeds of such policies of insurance, (ii) making all determinations and decisions with respect thereto and (iii) obtaining or maintaining the policies of insurance required by Section 6.07 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement or paying any premium in whole or in part relating thereto. All sums disbursed by the Collateral Agent in connection with this paragraph, including reasonable attorneys’ fees, court costs, expenses and other charges relating thereto, shall be payable, within ten days of demand, by the Grantors to the Collateral Agent and shall be additional Obligations secured hereby.

SECTION 4.02 Application of Proceeds.

(a) The Collateral Agent shall apply the proceeds of any collection or sale of Collateral, including any Collateral consisting of cash, in accordance with Section 8.04 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

(b) The Collateral Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this Agreement. Upon any sale of Collateral by the Collateral Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the purchase money therefor by the Collateral Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over to the Collateral Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.

(c) In making the determinations and allocations required by this Section 4.02, the Collateral Agent may conclusively rely upon information supplied by the Administrative Agent as to the amounts of unpaid principal and interest and other amounts outstanding with respect to the Obligations, and the Collateral Agent shall have no liability to any of the Secured Parties for actions

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taken in reliance on such information, provided that nothing in this sentence shall prevent any Grantor from contesting any amounts claimed by any Secured Party in any information so supplied. All distributions made by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section 4.02 shall be (subject to any decree of any court of competent jurisdiction) final (absent manifest error), and the Collateral Agent shall have no duty to inquire as to the application by the Administrative Agent of any amounts distributed to it.

ARTICLE V

Subrogation and Subordination

SECTION 5.01 Contribution and Subrogation. Each Grantor (a “Contributing Party”) agrees (subject to Section 5.02) that, in the event assets of any other Grantor (the “Claiming Party”) shall be sold pursuant to any Collateral Document to satisfy any Obligation owed to any Secured Party, the Contributing Party shall indemnify the Claiming Party in an amount equal to the greater of the book value or the fair market value of such assets, in each case multiplied by a fraction of which the numerator shall be the net worth of the Contributing Party on the date hereof and the denominator shall be the aggregate net worth of all the Contributing Parties together with the net worth of the Claiming Party on the date hereof (or, in the case of any Grantor becoming a party hereto pursuant to Section 6.14, the date of the Security Agreement Supplement executed and delivered by such Grantor). Any Contributing Party making any payment to a Claiming Party pursuant to this Section 5.01 shall be subrogated to the rights of such Claiming Party to the extent of such payment.

SECTION 5.02 Subordination.

(a) Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, all rights of the Grantors under Section 5.01 and all other rights of indemnity, contribution or subrogation under applicable law or otherwise shall be fully subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Obligations. No failure on the part of any Grantor to make the payments required by Section 5.01 (or any other payments required under applicable law or otherwise) shall in any respect limit the obligations and liabilities of any Grantor with respect to its obligations hereunder, and each Grantor shall remain liable for the full amount of the obligations of such Grantor hereunder.

(b) Each Grantor hereby agrees that upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and after notice from the Collateral Agent all Indebtedness owed by it to any Subsidiary shall be fully subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the Obligations.

ARTICLE VI

Miscellaneous

SECTION 6.01 Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall (except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as provided in Section 10.02 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to any Grantor shall be given to it in care of the Borrower as provided in Section 10.02 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

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SECTION 6.02 Waivers; Amendment.

(a) No failure or delay by the Collateral Agent, any other Agent or any Lender in exercising any right or power hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent, any other Agent and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any Grantor therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 6.02, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the making of a Loan shall not be construed as a waiver of any Default, regardless of whether the Collateral Agent, any other Agent, any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of such Default at the time. No notice or demand on any Grantor in any case shall entitle any Grantor to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by the Collateral Agent and the Grantor or Grantors with respect to which such waiver, amendment or modification is to apply, subject to any consent required in accordance with Section 10.01 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

SECTION 6.03 Collateral Agent’s Fees and Expenses; Indemnification.

(a) The parties hereto agree that the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to reimbursement of its expenses incurred hereunder as provided in Section 10.04 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement as if such section were set out in full herein and references to “the Borrower” therein were references to each Guarantor.

(b) Without limitation of its indemnification obligations under the other Loan Documents, the Borrower agrees to indemnify the Collateral Agent and the other Indemnitees (as defined in Section 10.05 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement) against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and related expenses, including the reasonable and documented fees, charges and disbursements of any counsel for any Indemnitee, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the foregoing agreements or instruments contemplated hereby, or to the Collateral, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party thereto; provided that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or related expenses resulted from (x) the gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct of such Indemnitee or of any affiliate, director, officer, employee, counsel, agent or attorney-in-fact of such Indemnitee or (y) a material breach of this Agreement by such Indemnitee or of any affiliate, director, officer, employee, counsel, agent or attorney-in-fact of such Indemnitee.

(c) Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be additional Obligations secured hereby and by the other Collateral Documents. The provisions of this Section 6.03 shall remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of this

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Agreement or any other Loan Document, the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Obligations, the invalidity or unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party. All amounts due under this Section 6.03 shall be payable within ten days of written demand therefor.

SECTION 6.04 Successors and Assigns. Whenever in this Agreement any of the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the permitted successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and agreements by or on behalf of any Grantor or the Collateral Agent that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and inure to the benefit of their respective successors and assigns.

SECTION 6.05 Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by the Grantors in the Loan Documents and in the certificates or other instruments prepared or delivered in connection with or pursuant to this Agreement or any other Loan Document shall be considered to have been relied upon by the Lenders and shall survive the execution and delivery of the Loan Documents and the making of any Loans, regardless of any investigation made by any Lender or on its behalf and notwithstanding that the Collateral Agent, any other Agent or any Lender may have had notice or knowledge of any Default or incorrect representation or warranty at the time any credit is extended under the Second Lien Credit Agreement, and shall continue in full force and effect as long as the principal of or any accrued interest on any Loan or any fee or any other amount payable under any Loan Document is outstanding and unpaid and so long as the Commitments have not expired or terminated.

SECTION 6.06 Counterparts; Effectiveness; Several Agreement. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission or other electronic communication shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement. This Agreement shall become effective as to any Grantor when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of such Grantor shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent and a counterpart hereof shall have been executed on behalf of the Collateral Agent, and thereafter shall be binding upon such Grantor and the Collateral Agent and their respective permitted successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of such Grantor, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns, except that no Grantor shall have the right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest herein or in the Collateral (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void) except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the Second Lien Credit Agreement. This Agreement shall be construed as a separate agreement with respect to each Grantor and may be amended, modified, supplemented, waived or released with respect to any Grantor without the approval of any other Grantor and without affecting the obligations of any other Grantor hereunder.

SECTION 6.07 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties shall endeavor in good faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

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SECTION 6.08 Right of Set-Off. In addition to any rights and remedies of the Lenders provided by Law, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, each Lender and its Affiliates is authorized at any time and from time to time, without prior notice to the Borrower or any other Grantor, any such notice being waived by the Borrower (on its own behalf and on behalf of each Grantor and its Subsidiaries) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable Law, to set off and apply any and all deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) at any time held by, and other Indebtedness at any time owing by, such Lender and its Affiliates to or for the credit or the account of the respective Grantors and their Subsidiaries against any and all Obligations owing to such Lender and its Affiliates hereunder or under any other Loan Document, now or hereafter existing, irrespective of whether or not such Agent or such Lender or Affiliate shall have made demand under this Agreement or any other Loan Document and although such Obligations may be contingent or unmatured or denominated in a currency different from that of the applicable deposit or Indebtedness. Each Lender agrees promptly to notify the Borrower and the Administrative Agent after any such set off and application made by such Lender; provided, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such setoff and application. The rights of each Lender under this Section 6.08 are in addition to other rights and remedies (including other rights of setoff) that the Collateral Agent, such Lender may have.

SECTION 6.09 Governing Law; Jurisdiction.

(a) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED THEREIN).

(b) ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, MAY BE BROUGHT IN ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇ ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ SITTING IN NEW YORK CITY OR OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF SUCH STATE, AND BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT, EACH GRANTOR AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT CONSENTS, FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY, TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THOSE COURTS. EACH GRANTOR AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION, INCLUDING ANY OBJECTION TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OR BASED ON THE GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS, WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE TO THE BRINGING OF ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING IN SUCH JURISDICTION IN RESPECT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR OTHER DOCUMENT RELATED THERETO.

SECTION 6.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY EXPRESSLY WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY OF ANY CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION ARISING UNDER THIS AGREEMENT OR IN ANY WAY CONNECTED WITH OR RELATED OR INCIDENTAL TO THE DEALINGS OF THE PARTIES HERETO OR ANY OF THEM WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED THERETO, IN EACH CASE WHETHER NOW EXISTING OR HEREAFTER ARISING, AND WHETHER FOUNDED IN CONTRACT OR TORT OR OTHERWISE; AND EACH PARTY HEREBY AGREES AND CONSENTS THAT ANY SUCH CLAIM, DEMAND, ACTION OR CAUSE OF ACTION SHALL BE DECIDED BY COURT

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TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY, AND THAT ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT MAY FILE AN ORIGINAL COUNTERPART OR A COPY OF THIS SECTION WITH ANY COURT AS WRITTEN EVIDENCE OF THE CONSENT OF THE SIGNATORIES HERETO TO THE WAIVER OF THEIR RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY.

SECTION 6.11 Headings. Article and Section headings and the Table of Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.

SECTION 6.12 Security Interest Absolute. All rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder, the Security Interest, the grant of a security interest in the Pledged Collateral and all obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (a) any lack of validity or enforceability of the Second Lien Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document, any agreement with respect to any of the Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating to any of the foregoing, (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from the Second Lien Credit Agreement, any other Loan Document or any other agreement or instrument, (c) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Lien on other collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or consent under or departure from any guarantee, securing or guaranteeing all or any of the Obligations or (d) any other circumstance that might otherwise constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Grantor in respect of the Obligations or this Agreement.

SECTION 6.13 Termination or Release.

(a) This Agreement, the Security Interest and all other security interests granted hereby shall terminate with respect to all Obligations upon the termination of the Aggregate Commitments and payment in full of all Obligations (other than (x) obligations under Secured Hedge Agreements not yet due and payable, (y) Cash Management Obligations not yet due and payable and (z) contingent indemnification obligations not yet accrued and payable), the expiration or termination of all Letters of Credit.

(b) Upon (i) any sale or other transfer by any Grantor of any Collateral that is permitted under the Second Lien Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document to any Person other than any other Loan Party or (ii) the effectiveness of any written consent to the release of the security interest granted hereby in any Collateral pursuant to Section 10.01 and Section 9.11(a)(iii) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement, or (iii) with respect to any Collateral owned by a Guarantor, upon the release of such Guarantor from its obligations under the Guaranty pursuant to Section 4.13 of the Guaranty, the security interest in such Collateral shall be automatically released.

(c) Upon the granting of a security interest in any Collateral to another Person by a Grantor pursuant to Section 7.01(i) of the Second Lien Credit Agreement or Section 7.01(i) of the First Lien Credit Agreement, the security interest granted to or held by the Collateral Agent in such Collateral shall be released or subordinated to such security interest granted to such Person.

(d) Each Grantor shall automatically be released from its obligations hereunder and the Security Interest in the Collateral of such Grantor shall be automatically released if such Grantor ceases to be a Material Subsidiary pursuant to the terms of the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

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(e) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to paragraph (a), (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 6.13, the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to any Grantor, at such Grantor’s expense, all documents that such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 6.13 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral Agent.

SECTION 6.14 Additional Grantors. Any Person required to become party to this Agreement pursuant to Section 6.11 of the Second Lien Credit Agreement may do so by executing and delivering a Security Agreement Supplement and such Person shall become a Grantor hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Grantor herein. The execution and delivery of any such instrument shall not require the consent of any other Grantor hereunder. The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Grantor as a party to this Agreement.

SECTION 6.15 Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact. Each Grantor hereby appoints the Collateral Agent the attorney-in-fact of such Grantor for the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this Agreement and taking any action and executing any instrument that the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the purposes hereof at any time after and during the continuance of an Event of Default, which appointment is irrevocable (until termination of the Second Lien Credit Agreement) and coupled with an interest. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall have the right, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and notice by the Collateral Agent to the Borrower of its intent to exercise such rights, with full power of substitution either in the Collateral Agent’s name or in the name of such Grantor (a) to receive, endorse, assign and/or deliver any and all notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other evidences of payment relating to the Collateral or any part thereof; (b) to demand, collect, receive payment of, give receipt for and give discharges and releases of all or any of the Collateral; (c) to sign the name of any Grantor on any invoice or ▇▇▇▇ of lading relating to any of the Collateral; (d) to send verifications of Accounts Receivable to any Account Debtor; (e) to commence and prosecute any and all suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent jurisdiction to collect or otherwise realize on all or any of the Collateral or to enforce any rights in respect of any Collateral; (f) to settle, compromise, compound, adjust or defend any actions, suits or proceedings relating to all or any of the Collateral; (g) to notify, or to require any Grantor to notify, Account Debtors to make payment directly to the Collateral Agent; and (h) to use, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with all or any of the Collateral, and to do all other acts and things necessary to carry out the purposes of this Agreement, as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner of the Collateral for all purposes; provided that nothing herein contained shall be construed as requiring or obligating the Collateral Agent to make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by the Collateral Agent, or to present or file any claim or notice, or to take any action with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof or the moneys due or to become due in respect thereof or any property covered thereby. The Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts actually received as a result of the exercise of the powers granted to them herein, and neither they nor their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful misconduct or that of any of their Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, counsel, agents or attorneys-in-fact.

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SECTION 6.16 General Authority of the Collateral Agent. By acceptance of the benefits of this Agreement and any other Collateral Documents, each Secured Party (whether or not a signatory hereto) shall be deemed irrevocably (a) to consent to the appointment of the Collateral Agent as its agent hereunder and under such other Collateral Documents, (b) to confirm that the Collateral Agent shall have the authority to act as the exclusive agent of such Secured Party for the enforcement of any provisions of this Agreement and such other Collateral Documents against any Grantor, the exercise of remedies hereunder or thereunder and the giving or withholding of any consent or approval hereunder or thereunder relating to any Collateral or any Grantor’s obligations with respect thereto, (c) to agree that it shall not take any action to enforce any provisions of this Agreement or any other Collateral Document against any Grantor, to exercise any remedy hereunder or thereunder or to give any consents or approvals hereunder or thereunder except as expressly provided in this Agreement or any other Collateral Document and (d) to agree to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and any other Collateral Documents.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of the day and year first above written.


SMART TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, as Initial Grantor

By:
		Title:


SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC, as Initial Grantor

By:
		Title:


DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CANADA BRANCH, as Collateral Agent

By:
		Title:

By:
		Title:

SCHEDULE I

TO THE U.S. SECOND LIEN SECURITY

AGREEMENT

Pledged Equity

Grantor

Issuer

Class of Equity
Interest

Par Value

Certificate
No(s)

Number
of Shares

Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of the
Same Class of
Equity Interest

Pledged Debt


Grantor		Debt Issuer		Description of Debt		Debt Certificate No(s).		Final Scheduled Maturity		Outstanding Principal ▇▇▇▇▇▇

▇-▇

EXHIBIT I

TO THE U.S. SECOND LIEN SECURITY AGREEMENT

FORM OF U.S. SECOND LIEN SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT

SUPPLEMENT NO. [__] (this “Supplement”), dated as of [ ], to the U.S. Second Lien Security Agreement dated as of August 28, 2007 among SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC, an unlimited liability corporation amalgamated under the Province of Alberta, SMART TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, the Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto and DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CANADA BRANCH, as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties.

A. Reference is made to the second lien credit agreement dated as of August 28, 2007 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Second Lien Credit Agreement”), among SMART Technologies ULC., as borrower (the “Borrower”), SMART Technologies (Holdings) Inc. (“Holdings”), Deutsche Bank AG, Canada Branch, as administrative agent (in such capacity, the “Administrative Agent”), as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”), each Lender from time to time party thereto and each other party thereto.

B. Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Second Lien Credit Agreement and the Security Agreement referred to therein.

C. The Grantors have entered into the Security Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make Loans under the Second Lien Security Agreement. Section 6.14 of the Second Lien Security Agreement provides that certain Persons may become Grantors under the Second Lien Security Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned Person (the “New Grantor”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Second Lien Credit Agreement to become a Grantor under the Second Lien Security Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to make Loans from time to time under the terms of the Second Lien Credit Agreement.

Accordingly, the Collateral Agent and the New Grantor agree as follows:

SECTION 1. In accordance with Section 6.14 of the Security Agreement, the New Grantor by its signature below becomes a Grantor under the Security Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor and the New Grantor hereby (a) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Security Agreement applicable to it as a Grantor thereunder and (b) represents and warrants that the representations and warranties made by it as a Grantor thereunder are true and correct on and as of the date hereof. In furtherance of the foregoing, the New Grantor , as security for the payment and performance in full of the Obligations does hereby create and grant to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, their successors and assigns, a security interest in and lien on all of the New Grantor’s right, title and interest in and to the Collateral (as defined in the Security Agreement) of the New Grantor. Each reference to a “Grantor” in the Security Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Grantor. The Security Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

SECTION 2. The New Grantor represents and warrants to the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Debtor Relief Laws and by general principles of equity.

SECTION 3. This Supplement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Supplement shall become effective when the Collateral Agent shall have received a counterpart of this Supplement that bears the signature of the New Grantor, and the Collateral Agent has executed a counterpart hereof. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile transmission or other electronic communication shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Supplement.

SECTION 4. The New Grantor hereby represents and warrants that (a) set forth on Schedule I attached hereto is a true and correct schedule of the Pledged Collateral and (b) set forth under its signature hereto is the true and correct legal name of the New Grantor, its jurisdiction of formation and the location of its chief executive office.

SECTION 5. Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

SECTION 6. THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

SECTION 7. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the Security Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

SECTION 8. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 6.01 of the Security Agreement.

SECTION 9. The New Grantor agrees to reimburse the Collateral Agent for its reasonable out-of-pocket expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Collateral Agent.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Grantor and the Collateral Agent have duly executed this Supplement to the Security Agreement as of the day and year first above written.


[NAME OF NEW GRANTOR]

By:
		Name: Title:


Jurisdiction of Formation: Address Of Chief Executive Office:

DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CANADA BRANCH, as Collateral Agent

By:
		Name: Title:

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Pledged Equity

Grantor

Issuer

Class of Equity
Interest

Par Value

Certificate
No(s)

Number
of Shares

Percentage of
Outstanding
Shares of the
Same Class of
Equity Interest

Pledged Debt


Grantor		Debt Issuer		Description of Debt		Debt Certificate No(s).		Final Scheduled Maturity		Outstanding Principal Amount

EXHIBIT II

PERFECTION INFORMATION

SECOND LIEN CREDIT AGREEMENT Dated as of August 28, 2007 among SMART TECHNOLOGIES ULC, as Borrower, SMART TECHNOLOGIES (HOLDINGS) INC., as Holdings, DEUTSCHE BANK AG, CANADA BRANCH, as Administrative Agent and, Collateral Agent, and THE OTHER LENDERS...

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