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AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

Security Agreement

AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT | Document Parties: A H BELO CORPORATION | AH BELO MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC | AL DIA, INC | BELO COMPANY | BELO ENTERPRISES, INC | BELO INTERACTIVE, INC | BELO INVESTMENTS II, INC | BELO TECHNOLOGY ASSETS, INC | DALLAS MORNING NEWS, INC | DENTON PUBLISHING COMPANY | DFW PRINTING COMPANY, INC | DMI ACQUISITION SUB, INC | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA | NEWS-TEXAN, INC | PRESS-ENTERPRISE COMPANY | PROVIDENCE HOLDINGS, INC | PROVIDENCE JOURNAL COMPANY | RHODE ISLAND MONTHLY COMMUNICATIONS, INC | TDMN NEW PRODUCTS, INC | TRUE NORTH REAL ESTATE LLC | WASHINGTON STREET GARAGE CORPORATION You are currently viewing:
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A H BELO CORPORATION | AH BELO MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC | AL DIA, INC | BELO COMPANY | BELO ENTERPRISES, INC | BELO INTERACTIVE, INC | BELO INVESTMENTS II, INC | BELO TECHNOLOGY ASSETS, INC | DALLAS MORNING NEWS, INC | DENTON PUBLISHING COMPANY | DFW PRINTING COMPANY, INC | DMI ACQUISITION SUB, INC | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA | NEWS-TEXAN, INC | PRESS-ENTERPRISE COMPANY | PROVIDENCE HOLDINGS, INC | PROVIDENCE JOURNAL COMPANY | RHODE ISLAND MONTHLY COMMUNICATIONS, INC | TDMN NEW PRODUCTS, INC | TRUE NORTH REAL ESTATE LLC | WASHINGTON STREET GARAGE CORPORATION

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Title: AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Date: 2/2/2009

AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT, Parties: a h belo corporation , ah belo management services  inc , al dia  inc , belo company , belo enterprises  inc , belo interactive  inc , belo investments ii  inc , belo technology assets  inc , dallas morning news  inc , denton publishing company , dfw printing company  inc , dmi acquisition sub  inc , jpmorgan chase bank  na , news-texan  inc , press-enterprise company , providence holdings  inc , providence journal company , rhode island monthly communications  inc , tdmn new products  inc , true north real estate llc , washington street garage corporation
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Exhibit 10.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

     THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (as it may be amended or modified from time to time, the “ Security Agreement ”) is entered into as of January 30, 2009 by and between A. H. BELO CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“ Belo ”), THE DALLAS MORNING NEWS, INC., a Delaware corporation (“ Dallas ”), DENTON PUBLISHING COMPANY, a Texas corporation (“ Denton ”), DFW PRINTING COMPANY, INC., a Delaware corporation (“ DFW ”), DMI ACQUISITION SUB, INC., a Delaware corporation (“ DMI ”), PRESS-ENTERPRISE COMPANY, a California corporation (“ Press ”), THE PROVIDENCE JOURNAL COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (“ Providence ”) and certain of their Subsidiaries who are listed on the signature pages hereto (each a “ Grantor ”, and collectively, the “ Grantors ”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., in its capacity as administrative agent (the “ Administrative Agent ”) for the lenders party to the Credit Agreement referred to below.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

     Belo, Dallas, Denton, DFW, DMI, Press and Providence entered into that certain Security Agreement dated as of October 23, 2008 (the “ Original Security Agreement ”) with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent for the lenders party to that certain Credit Agreement dated as of February 4, 2008 (as amended by that certain First Amendment and Waiver dated as of October 23, 2008, the “ Original Credit Agreement ”).

     The Grantors, the Administrative Agent, the Loan Parties and the Lenders are entering into an Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of January 30, 2009 (as it may be amended or modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), which Credit Agreement amends and restates the Original Credit Agreement. The Grantors also desire, among other things, to amend and restate the Original Security Agreement in its entirety by entering into this Security Agreement.

     ACCORDINGLY, the Grantors and the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Lenders, hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS

     1.1. Terms Defined in Credit Agreement . All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Credit Agreement.

     1.2. Terms Defined in UCC . Terms defined in the UCC which are not otherwise defined in this Security Agreement are used herein as defined in the UCC.

     1.3. Definitions of Certain Terms Used Herein . As used in this Security Agreement, in addition to the terms defined in the Preliminary Statement, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

     “ Accounts ” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

     “ Article ” means a numbered article of this Security Agreement, unless another document is specifically referenced.

     “ Chattel Paper ” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

     “ Collateral ” shall have the meaning set forth in Article II.

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     “ Collateral Access Agreement ” means any landlord waiver or other agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, between the Administrative Agent and any third party (including any bailee, consignee, customs broker, or other similar Person) in possession of any Collateral or any landlord of any Loan Party for any real property where any Collateral is located, as such landlord waiver or other agreement may be amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time.

     “ Collateral Deposit Account ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(a).

     “ Collateral Report ” means any certificate (including any Borrowing Base Certificate), report or other document delivered by any Grantor to the Administrative Agent or any Lender with respect to the Collateral pursuant to any Loan Document.

     “ Collection Account ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(b).

     “ Commercial Tort Claims ” means the existing commercial tort claims of the Grantor listed in Exhibit I.

     “ Control ” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 8 or, if applicable, in Section 9-104, 9-105, 9-106 or 9-107 of Article 9 of the UCC.

     “ Copyrights ” means, with respect to any Person, all of such Person’s right, title, and interest in and to the following: (a) all copyrights, rights and interests in copyrights, works protectable by copyright, copyright registrations, and copyright applications; (b) all renewals of any of the foregoing; (c) all income, royalties, damages, and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable under any of the foregoing, including, without limitation, damages or payments for past or future infringements for any of the foregoing; (d) the right to sue for past, present, and future infringements of any of the foregoing; and (e) all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing throughout the world.

     “ Default ” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.

     “ Deposit Account Control Agreement ” means an agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, among any Loan Party, a banking institution holding such Loan Party’s funds, and the Administrative Agent with respect to collection and control of all deposits and balances held in a deposit account maintained by any Loan Party with such banking institution.

     “ Deposit Accounts ” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

     “ Documents ” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

     “ Equipment ” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

     “ Event of Default ” means an event described in Section 5.1.

     “ Exhibit ” refers to a specific exhibit to this Security Agreement, unless another document is specifically referenced.

     “ General Intangibles ” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

     “ Goods ” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

     “ Instruments ” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

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     “ Inventory ” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

     “ Investment Property ” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

     “ Letter-of-Credit Rights ” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

     “ Licenses ” means, with respect to any Person, all of such Person’s right, title, and interest in and to (a) any and all licensing agreements or similar arrangements in and to its Patents, Copyrights, or Trademarks, (b) all income, royalties, damages, claims, and payments now or hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto, including, without limitation, damages and payments for past and future breaches thereof, and (c) all rights to sue for past, present, and future breaches thereof.

     “ Lock Boxes ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(a).

     “ Lock Box Agreements ” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(a).

     “ Patents ” means, with respect to any Person, all of such Person’s right, title, and interest in and to: (a) any and all patents and patent applications; (b) all inventions and improvements described and claimed therein; (c) all reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions, and continuations-in-part thereof; (d) all income, royalties, damages, claims, and payments now or hereafter due or payable under and with respect thereto, including, without limitation, damages and payments for past and future infringements thereof; (e) all rights to sue for past, present, and future infringements thereof; and (f) all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing throughout the world.

     “ Pledged Collateral ” means all Instruments, Securities and other Investment Property of the Grantors, whether or not physically delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Security Agreement.

     “ Receivables ” means the Accounts, Chattel Paper, Documents, Investment Property, Instruments and any other rights or claims to receive money which are General Intangibles or which are otherwise included as Collateral.

     “ Required Secured Parties ” means (a) prior to an acceleration of the Obligations under the Credit Agreement, the Required Lenders, (b) after an acceleration of the Obligations under the Credit Agreement but prior to the date upon which the Credit Agreement has terminated by its terms and all of the obligations thereunder have been paid in full, Lenders holding in the aggregate at least a majority of the total of the Aggregate Credit Exposure, and (c) after the Credit Agreement has terminated by its terms and all of the Obligations thereunder have been paid in full (whether or not the Obligations under the Credit Agreement were ever accelerated), Lenders holding in the aggregate at least a majority of the aggregate net early termination payments and all other amounts then due and unpaid from any Grantor to the Lenders under a Swap Agreement, as determined by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.

     “ Section ” means a numbered section of this Security Agreement, unless another document is specifically referenced.

     “ Security ” has the meaning set forth in Article 8 of the UCC.

     “ Stock Rights ” means all dividends, instruments or other distributions and any other right or property which the Grantors shall receive or shall become entitled to receive for any reason whatsoever with respect to, in substitution for or in exchange for any Equity Interest constituting Collateral, any right to receive an Equity Interest and any right to receive earnings, in which the Grantors now have or hereafter acquire any right, issued by an issuer of such Equity Interest.

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     “ Supporting Obligations ” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.

     “ Trademarks ” means, with respect to any Person, all of such Person’s right, title, and interest in and to the following: (a) all trademarks (including service marks), trade names, trade dress, and trade styles and the registrations and applications for registration thereof and the goodwill of the business symbolized by the foregoing; (b) all licenses of the foregoing, whether as licensee or licensor; (c) all renewals of the foregoing; (d) all income, royalties, damages, and payments now or hereafter due or payable with respect thereto, including, without limitation, damages, claims, and payments for past and future infringements thereof; (e) all rights to sue for past, present, and future infringements of the foregoing, including the right to settle suits involving claims and demands for royalties owing; and (f) all rights corresponding to any of the foregoing throughout the world.

     “ UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time, of the State of Texas or of any other state the laws of which are required as a result thereof to be applied in connection with the attachment, perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, Administrative Agent’s or any Lender’s Lien on any Collateral.

     The foregoing definitions shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of the defined terms.

ARTICLE II.
GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST

     Each Grantor hereby pledges, assigns and grants to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of the Lenders, a security interest in all of its right, title and interest in, to and under all personal property and other assets, whether now owned by or owing to, or hereafter acquired by or arising in favor of such Grantor (including under any trade name or derivations thereof), and whether owned or consigned by or to, or leased from or to, such Grantor, and regardless of where located (all of which will be collectively referred to as the “ Collateral ”), including:

 

(i)

 

all Accounts;

 

 

(ii)

 

all Chattel Paper;

 

 

(iii)

 

all Copyrights, Patents and Trademarks;

 

 

(iv)

 

all Documents;

 

 

(v)

 

all Equipment;

 

 

(vi)

 

all General Intangibles;

 

 

(vii)

 

all Goods;

 

 

(viii)

 

all Instruments;

 

 

(ix)

 

all Inventory;

 

 

(x)

 

all Investment Property including or in addition, the following:

          (i) all the capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests and other ownership interests issued by, and all other ownership interest in all Subsidiaries (other than Foreign

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Subsidiaries) now existing and hereafter created or acquired and owned by such Grantor;

          (ii) all the capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests and other ownership interests issued by, and all other ownership interest in all Foreign Subsidiaries of such Grantor, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, provided that no more than and not less than sixty–six and two-thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the capital stock or other ownership interest in each such Foreign Subsidiary which is entitled to vote is pledged hereunder

(provided that the security interest in Investment Property under this clause (x) shall not attach to the interest of (A) Belo Enterprises, Inc. in iArchives, Inc., (B) Belo Enterprises, Inc. in Mochila, Inc. or (C) True North Real Estate LLC in Sawbuck Realty, Inc., in each case listed in Schedule 6.04, respectively, if and to the extent that (1) any term of the agreement evidencing such Investment Property prohibits, restricts, or requires the consent of a Person other than a Borrower or a Subsidiary to, such security interest or provides that the grant of any such security interest would give rise to a default under such agreement and (2) any such term described in clause (1) preceding is (y) effective under applicable Requirements of Law other than the UCC and (z) is not deemed ineffective under the UCC);

 

(xi)

 

all cash or cash equivalents;

 

 

(xii)

 

all letters of credit, Letter-of-Credit Rights and Supporting Obligations;

 

 

(xiii)

 

all Deposit Accounts with any bank or other financial institution;

 

 

(xiv)

 

all Commercial Tort Claims; and

 

 

(xv)

 

and all accessions to, substitutions for and replacements, proceeds (including Stock Rights), insurance proceeds and products of the foregoing, together with all books and records, customer lists, credit files, computer files, programs, printouts and other computer materials and records related thereto and any General Intangibles at any time evidencing or relating to any of the foregoing;

to secure the prompt and complete payment and performance of the Secured Obligations.

ARTICLE III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

     Each Grantor represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders that:

     3.1. Title, Perfection and Priority . Such Grantor has good and valid rights in or the power to transfer the Collateral and title to the Collateral with respect to which it has purported to grant a security interest hereunder, free and clear of all Liens except for Liens permitted under Section 4.1(e), and has full power and authority to grant to the Administrative Agent the security interest in such Collateral pursuant

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hereto. When financing statements in proper form and identifying the Collateral have been filed in the appropriate offices against such Grantor in the locations listed on Exhibit G , the Administrative Agent will have a fully perfected first priority security interest in that Collateral of the Grantor in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, subject only to Liens permitted under Section 4.1(e).

     3.2. Type and Jurisdiction of Organization, Organizational and Identification Numbers . The type of entity of such Grantor, its state of organization, the organizational number issued to it by its state of organization and its federal employer identification number are set forth on Exhibit A .

     3.3. Principal Location . Such Grantor’s mailing address and the location of its place of business (if it has only one) or its chief executive office (if it has more than one place of business), are disclosed in Exhibit A ; such Grantor has no other places of business except those set forth in Exhibit A .

     3.4. Collateral Locations . All of such Grantor’s locations where Collateral is located are listed on Exhibit A . All of said locations are owned by such Grantor except for locations (i) which are leased by the Grantor as lessee and designated in Part VII(b) of Exhibit A and (ii) at which Inventory is held in a public warehouse or is otherwise held by a bailee or on consignment as designated in Part VII(c) of Exhibit A.

     3.5. Deposit Accounts . All of such Grantor’s Deposit Accounts are listed on Exhibit B .

     3.6. Exact Names . Such Grantor’s name in which it has executed this Security Agreement is the exact name as it appears in such Grantor’s organizational documents, as amended, as filed with such Grantor’s jurisdiction of organization. Such Grantor has not, during the past five years, been known by or used any other corporate or fictitious name, or been a party to any merger or consolidation, or been a party to any acquisition.

     3.7. Letter-of-Credit Rights and Chattel Paper . Exhibit C lists all Letter-of-Credit Rights and Chattel Paper of such Grantor. All action by such Grantor necessary or desirable to protect and perfect the Administrative Agent’s Lien on each item listed on Exhibit C (including the delivery of all originals and the placement of a legend on all Chattel Paper as required hereunder) has been duly taken. The Administrative Agent will have a fully perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral listed on Exhibit C , subject only to Liens permitted under Section 4.1(e).

     3.8. Accounts and Chattel Paper .

          (a) The names of the obligors, amounts owing, due dates and other information with respect to its Accounts and Chattel Paper are and will be correctly stated in all material respects in all records of such Grantor relating thereto and in all invoices and Collateral Reports with respect thereto furnished to the Administrative Agent by such Grantor from time to time. As of the time when each Account or each item of Chattel Paper arises, such Grantor shall be deemed to have represented and warranted that such Account or Chattel Paper, as the case may be, and all records relating thereto, are genuine and in all respects what they purport to be.

          (b) With respect to its Accounts, except as specifically disclosed on the most recent Collateral Report, (i) all Accounts are Eligible Accounts; (ii) all Accounts represent bona fide sales of Inventory or rendering of services to Account Debtors in the ordinary course of such Grantor’s business and are not evidenced by a judgment, Instrument or Chattel Paper; (iii) there are no setoffs, claims or disputes existing or asserted with respect thereto and such Grantor has not made any agreement with any Account Debtor for any extension of time for the payment thereof, any compromise or settlement for less than the full amount thereof, any release of any Account Debtor from liability therefor, or any deduction therefrom except a discount or allowance allowed by such Grantor in the ordinary course of its business

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for prompt payment and disclosed to the Administrative Agent; (iv) to such Grantor’s knowledge, there are no facts, events or occurrences which in any way impair the validity or enforceability thereof or could reasonably be expected to reduce the amount payable thereunder as shown on such Grantor’s books and records and any invoices, statements and Collateral Reports with respect thereto; (v) such Grantor has not received any written notice of proceedings or actions which are threatened or pending against any Account Debtor which might result in any adverse change in such Account Debtor’s financial condition; and (vi) such Grantor has no knowledge that any Account Debtor is unable generally to pay its debts as they become due.

          (c) In addition, with respect to all of its Accounts, (i) the amounts shown on all invoices, statements and Collateral Reports with respect thereto are actually and absolutely owing to such Grantor as indicated thereon and are not in any way contingent; (ii) no payments have been or shall be made thereon except payments immediately delivered to a Lock Box or a Collateral Deposit Account as required pursuant to Section 7.1 ; and (iii) to such Grantor’s knowledge, all Account Debtors have the capacity to contract.

     3.9. Inventory . With respect to any of its Inventory scheduled or listed on the most recent Collateral Report, (a) such Inventory (other than Inventory in transit) is located at one of such Grantor’s locations set forth on Exhibit A , (b) no Inventory (other than Inventory in transit) is now, or shall at any time or times hereafter be stored at any other location except as permitted by Section 4.1(g), (c) such Grantor has good, indefeasible and merchantable title to such Inventory and such Inventory is not subject to any Lien or security interest or document whatsoever except for Liens permitted under Section 4.1(e), (d) except as specifically disclosed in the most recent Collateral Report, such Inventory is Eligible Inventory of good and merchantable quality, free from any defects, (e) such Inventory is not subject to any licensing, patent, royalty, trademark, trade name or copyright agreements with any third parties which would require any consent of any third party upon sale or disposition of that Inventory or the payment of any monies to any third party upon such sale or other disposition, (f) such Inventory has been produced in accordance with the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, as amended, and all rules, regulations and orders thereunder and (g) the completion of manufacture, sale or other disposition of such Inventory by the Administrative Agent during the existence of an Event of Default shall not require the consent of any Person and shall not constitute a breach or default under any contract or agreement to which such Grantor is a party or to which Inventory is subject.

     3.10. Intellectual Property . Such Grantor does not have any interest in, or title to, any Patent or Trademark except as set forth in Exhibit D . This Security Agreement is effective to create a valid and continuing Lien and, upon filing of appropriate financing statements in the offices listed on Exhibit G and this Security Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, fully perfected first priority security interests in favor of the Administrative Agent on such Grantor’s Patents and Trademarks, such perfected security interests are enforceable as such as against any and all creditors of and purchasers from such Grantor; and all action necessary or desirable to protect and perfect the Administrative Agent’s Lien on such Grantor’s Patents or Trademarks shall have been duly taken.

     3.11. Filing Requirements . None of its Equipment is covered by any certificate of title, except for the vehicles described in Part I of Exhibit E . None of the Collateral owned by it is of a type for which security interests or liens may be perfected by filing under any federal statute except for (a) the vehicles described in Part II of Exhibit E and (b) Patents and Trademarks held by such Grantor and described in Exhibit D .

     3.12. No Financing Statements, Security Agreements . No financing statement or security agreement describing all or any portion of the Collateral which has not lapsed or been terminated naming such Grantor as debtor has been filed or is of record in any jurisdiction except (a) for financing statements

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or security agreements naming the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders as the secured party and (b) as permitted by Section 4.1(e).

     3.13. Pledged Collateral .

          (a) Exhibit F sets forth a complete and accurate list of all Pledged Collateral owned by such Grantor. Such Grantor is the direct, sole beneficial owner and sole holder of record of the Pledged Collateral listed on Exhibit F as being owned by it, free and clear of any Liens, except for the security interest granted to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Lenders hereunder. Such Grantor further represents and warrants that (i) all Pledged Collateral owned by it constituting an Equity Interest has been (to the extent such concepts are relevant with respect to such Pledged Collateral) duly authorized, validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, (ii) with respect to any certificates delivered to the Administrative Agent representing an Equity Interest, either such certificates are Securities as defined in Article 8 of the UCC as a result of actions by the issuer or otherwise, or, if such certificates are not Securities, such Grantor has so informed the Administrative Agent so that the Administrative Agent may take steps to perfect its security interest therein as a General Intangible, (iii) all such Pledged Collateral held by a securities intermediary is covered by a control agreement among such Grantor, the securities intermediary and the Administrative Agent pursuant to which the Administrative Agent has Control and (iv) all Pledged Collateral which represents Indebtedness owed to such Grantor has been duly authorized, authenticated or issued and delivered by the issuer of such Indebtedness, is the legal, valid and binding obligation of such issuer and, to such Grantor’s knowledge, such issuer is not in default thereunder.

          (b) In addition, (i) none of the Pledged Collateral owned by it has been issued or transferred in violation of the securities registration, securities disclosure or similar laws of any jurisdiction to which such issuance or transfer may be subject, (ii) there are existing no options, warrants, calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to such Pledged Collateral or which obligate the issuer of any Equity Interest included in the Pledged Collateral to issue additional Equity Interests, and (iii) no consent, approval, authorization, or other action by, and no giving of notice, filing with, any governmental authority or any other Person is required for the pledge by such Grantor of such Pledged Collateral pursuant to this Security Agreement or for the execution, delivery and performance of this Security Agreement by such Grantor, or for the exercise by the Administrative Agent of the voting or other rights provided for in this Security Agreement or for the remedies in respect of the Pledged Collateral pursuant to this Security Agreement, except as may be required in connection with such disposition by laws affecting the offering and sale of securities generally.

          (c) Except as set forth in Exhibit F , such Grantor owns 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests which constitute Pledged Collateral owned by it and none of the Pledged Collateral which represents Indebtedness owed to such Grantor is subordinated in right of payment to other Indebtedness or subject to the terms of an indenture.

ARTICLE IV.
COVENANTS

     From the date of this Security Agreement, and thereafter until this Security Agreement is terminated, each Grantor agrees that:

     4.1. General .

          (a) Collateral Records . Such Grantor will maintain complete and accurate books and records with respect to the Collateral owned by it, and furnish to the Administrative Agent, with sufficient

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copies for each of the Lenders, such reports relating to such Collateral as the Administrative Agent shall from time to time request.

          (b) Authorization to File Financing Statements; Ratification . Such Grantor hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to file, and if requested will deliver to the Administrative Agent, all financing statements and other documents and take such other actions as may from time to time be requested by the Administrative Agent in order to maintain a first perfected security interest in and, if applicable, Control of, the Collateral owned by such Grantor. Any financing statement filed by the Administrative Agent may be filed in any filing office in any UCC jurisdiction and may (i) indicate such Grantor’s Collateral (1) as all assets of the Grantor or words of similar effect, regardless of whether any particular asset comprised in the Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9 of the UCC or such jurisdiction, or (2) by any other description which reasonably approximates the description contained in this Security Agreement, and (ii) contain any other information required by part 5 of Article 9 of the UCC for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement or amendment, including (A) whether such Grantor is an organization, the type of organization and any organization identification number issued to such Grantor, and (B) in the case of a financing statement filed as a fixture filing or indicating such Grantor’s Collateral as as-extracted collateral or timber to be cut, a sufficient description of real property to which the Collateral relates. Such Grantor also agrees to furnish any such information to the Administrative Agent promptly upon request. Such Grantor also ratifies its authorization for the Administrative Agent to have filed in any UCC jurisdiction any initial financing statements or amendments thereto if filed prior to the date hereof.

          (c) Further Assurances . Such Grantor will, if so requested by the Administrative Agent, furnish to the Administrative Agent, as often as the Administrative Agent requests, statements and schedules further identifying and describing the Collateral owned by it and such other reports and information in connection with its Collateral as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request, all in such reasonable detail as the Administrative Agent may specify. Such Grantor also agrees to take any and all actions necessary to defend title to the Collateral against all persons and to defend the security interest of the Administrative Agent in its Collateral and the priority thereof against any Lien not expressly permitted hereunder.

          (d) Disposition of Collateral . Such Grantor will not sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the Collateral owned by it except for dispositions specifically permitted pursuant to Section 6.05 of the Credit Agreement.

          (e) Liens . Such Grantor will not create, incur, or suffer to exist any Lien on the Collateral owned by it except (i) the security interest created by this Security Agreement, and (ii) other Permitted Encumbrances.

          (f) Other Financing Statements . Such Grantor will not authorize the filing of any financing statement naming it as debtor covering all or any portion of the Collateral owned by it, except as permitted by Section 4.1(e) . Such Grantor acknowledges that it is not authorized to file any financing statement or amendment or termination statement with respect to any financing statement without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, subject to such Grantor’s rights under Section 9-509(d)(2) of the UCC.

          (g) Locations . Such Grantor will not (i) maintain any Collateral owned by it at any location other than those locations listed on Exhibit A , (ii) otherwise change, or add to, such locations without the Administrative Agent’s prior written consent as required by the Credit Agreement (and if the Administrative Agent gives such consent, such Grantor will concurrently therewith obtain a Collateral Access Agreement for each such location to the extent such Grantor wants to include Accounts for which books and records are at such location or Inventory at such location in the Borrowing Base), or

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(iii) change its principal place of business or chief executive office from the location identified on Exhibit A , other than as permitted by the Credit Agreement.

          (h) Compliance with Terms . Such Grantor will perform and comply with all obligations in respect of the Collateral owned by it and all material agreements to which it is a party or by which it is bound relating to such Collateral.

     4.2. Receivables .

          (a) Certain Agreements on Receivables . Such Grantor will not make or agree to make any discount, credit, rebate or other reduction in the original amount owing on a Receivable or accept in satisfaction of a Receivable less than the original amount thereof, except that, so long as no Event of Default exists, such Grantor may reduce the amount of Accounts arising from the sale of Inventory in accordance with its present policies and in the ordinary course of business.

          (b) Collection of Receivables . Except as otherwise provided in this Security Agreement, such Grantor will collect and enforce, at such Grantor’s sole expense, all amounts due or hereafter due to such Grantor under the Receivables owned by it.

          (c) Delivery of Invoices . Such Grantor will deliver to the Administrative Agent immediately upon its request duplicate invoices with respect to each Account owned by it bearing such language of assignment as the Administrative Agent shall specify.

          (d) Disclosure of Counterclaims on Receivables . If (i) any discount, credit or agreement to make a rebate or to otherwise reduce the amount owing on any Receivable owned by such Grantor exists or (ii) if, to the knowledge of such Grantor, any dispute, setoff, claim, counterclaim or defense exists or has been asserted or threatened with respect to any such Receivable, such Grantor will promptly disclose such fact to the Administrative Agent in writing. Such Grantor shall send the Administrative Agent a copy of each credit memorandum in excess of $100,000 as soon as issued, and such Grantor shall promptly report each credit memo and each of the facts required to be disclosed to the Administrative Agent in accordance with this Section 4.2(d) on the Borrowing Base Certificates submitted by it.

          (e) Electronic Chattel Paper . Such Grantor shall take all steps necessary to grant the Administrative Agent Control of all electronic chattel paper in accordance with the UCC and all “transferable records” as defined in each of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act and the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.

     4.3. Inventory and Equipment .

          (a) Maintenance of Goods . Such Grantor will do all things necessary to maintain, preserve, protect and keep its Inventory and the Equipment in good repair and working and saleable condition, except for damaged or defective goods arising in the ordinary course of such Grantor’s business and except for ordinary wear and tear in respect of the Equipment.

          (b) Returned Inventory . If an Account Debtor returns any Inventory to such Grantor when no Event of Default exists, then such Grantor shall promptly determine the reason for such return and, to the extent such Account Debtor is entitled to a refund, shall issue a credit memorandum to the Account Debtor in the appropriate amount. Such Grantor shall immediately report to the Administrative Agent any return involving an amount in excess of $25,000. Each such report shall indicate the reasons for the returns and the locations and condition of the returned Inventory. In the event any Account Debtor returns Inventory to such Grantor when an Event of Default exists, such Grantor, upon the request of the

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Administrative Agent, shall: (i) hold the returned Inventory in trust for the Administrative Agent; (ii) segregate all returned Inventory from all of its other property; (iii) dispose of the returned Inventory solely according to the Administrative Agent’s written instructions; and (iv) not issue any credits or allowances with respect thereto without the Administrative Agent’s prior written consent. All returned Inventory shall be subject to the Administrative Agent’s Liens thereon. Whenever any Inventory is returned, the related Account shall be deemed ineligible to the extent of the amount owing by the Account Debtor with respect to such returned Inventory and such returned Inventory shall not be Eligible Inventory if not in good repair and working and saleable condition.

          (c) Inventory Count . Such Grantor will conduct a physical count of its Inventory at least once per Fiscal Year, and after and during the continuation of an Event of Default, at such other times as the Administrative Agent requests. Such Grantor, at its own expense, shall deliver to the Administrative Agent the results of each physical verification, which such Grantor has made, or has caused any other Person to make on its behalf, of all or any portion of its Inventory.

          (d) Equipment . Such Grantor shall promptly inform the Administrative Agent of any additions to or deletions from its Equipment which individually exceed $250,000. Such Grantor shall not permit any Equipment to become a fixture with respect to real property or to become an accession with respect to other personal property with respect to which real or personal property the Administrative Agent does not have a Lien. Such Grantor will not, without the Administrative Agent’s prior written consent, alter or remove any identifying symbol or number on any of such Grantor’s Equipment constituting Collateral.

          (e) Titled Vehicles . Such Grantor will give the Administrative Agent notice of its acquisition of any vehicle covered by a certificate of title and deliver to the Administrative Agent, upon request, the original of any vehicle title certificate and provide and/or file all other documents or instruments necessary to have the Lien of the Administrative Agent noted on any such certificate or with the appropriate state office.

     4.4. Delivery of Instruments, Securities, Chattel Paper and Documents . Such Grantor will (a) deliver to the Administrative Agent immediately upon execution of this Security Agreement the originals of all Chattel Paper, Securities and Instruments constituting Collateral owned by it (if any then exist), (b) hold in trust for the Administrative Agent upon receipt and immediately thereafter deliver to the Administrative Agent any such Chattel Paper, Securities and Instruments constituting Collateral, (c) upon the Administrative Agent’s request, deliver to the Administrative Agent (and thereafter hold in trust for the Administrative Agent upon receipt and immediately deliver to the Administrative Agent) any Document evidencing or constituting Collateral and (d) upon the Administrative Agent’s request, deliver to the Administrative Agent a duly executed amendment to this Security Agreement, in the form of Exhibit H hereto (the “ Amendment ”), pursuant to which such Grantor will pledge such additional Collateral. Such Grantor hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to attach each Amendment to this Security Agreement and agrees that all additional Collateral owned by it set forth in such Amendments shall be considered to be part of the Collateral.

     4.5. Uncertificated Pledged Collateral . Such Grantor will permit the Administrative Agent from time to time to cause the appropriate issuers (and, if held with a securities intermediary, such securities intermediary) of uncertificated securities or other types of Pledged Collateral owned by it not represented by certificates to mark their books and records with the numbers and face amounts of all such uncertificated securities or other types of Pledged Collateral not represented by certificates and all rollovers and replacements therefor to reflect the Lien of the Administrative Agent granted pursuant to this Security Agreement. With respect to any Pledged Collateral owned by it, such Grantor will take any actions necessary to cause (a) the issuers of uncertificated securities which are Pledged Collateral and

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