PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

EX-10.4 5 dex104.htm PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT Pledge and Security Agreement

Exhibit 10.4

PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT

THIS PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “Security Agreement”) is entered into as of December 17, 2004 by and among INERGY, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Borrower”) and the other Subsidiaries of the Borrower listed on the signature pages hereto (together with the Borrower, the “Initial Grantors,” and together with any additional Domestic Subsidiaries, whether now existing or hereafter formed which become parties to this Security Agreement by executing a Supplement hereto in substantially the form of Annex I, the “Grantors”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a national banking association, in its capacity as administrative agent (the “Administrative Agent”) for the lenders party to the Credit Agreements referred to below (collectively, the “Lenders”).

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

The Borrower is party to (i) a 5-Year Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “5-Year Credit Agreement”), by and among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent, and certain financial institutions from time to time party thereto (collectively, the “5-Year Lenders”) and (ii) a 364-Day Credit Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “364-Day Credit Agreement” and, together with the 5-Year Credit Agreement, the “Credit Agreements”) by and among the Borrower, the Administrative Agent and certain financial institutions from time to time party thereto (together with the 5-Year Lenders, the “Lenders”). The Grantors are entering into this Security Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to enter into and extend credit to the Borrower under the Credit Agreements.

ACCORDINGLY, the Grantors and the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Holders of Secured Obligations, hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

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

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

“Collateral” means all Accounts, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claims, Documents, Equipment, Fixtures, Goods, General Intangibles, Instruments, Inventory, Investment Property, Pledged Deposits, Supporting Obligations and Other Collateral, wherever located, in which any Grantor now has or hereafter acquires any right or interest, and the proceeds (including Stock Rights), insurance proceeds and products thereof, together with all books and records, customer lists, credit files, computer files, programs, printouts and other computer materials and records related thereto.

“Commercial Tort Claims” means those certain currently existing commercial tort claims of any Grantor, including each commercial tort claim specifically described in Exhibit “F”.

“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 New York UCC.

“Default” means an event described in Section 5.1 hereof.

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

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

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

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

“Fixtures” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the New York UCC.

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

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

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

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

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

“New York UCC” means the New York Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time.

“Other Collateral” means any property of the Grantors, not included within the defined terms Accounts, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claims, Documents, Equipment, Fixtures, General Intangibles, Instruments, Inventory, Investment Property and Pledged Deposits, including, without limitation, all cash on hand, letter-of-credit rights, letters of credit, Stock Rights and Deposit Accounts or other deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) with any bank or other financial institution, it being intended that the Collateral include all personal property of the Grantors and motor vehicles to the extent required by Section 5.13 and Article VIII of the Credit Agreement.

“Pledged Deposits” means all time deposits of money (other than Deposit Accounts and Instruments), whether or not evidenced by certificates, which a Grantor may from time to time designate as pledged to the Administrative Agent or to any Holder of Secured Obligations as security for any Obligations, and all rights to receive interest on said deposits.

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

“Required Lenders” means, at any time, the Lenders having Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments representing more than 50% of the sum of the total Revolving Credit Exposures and unused Commitments under the Credit Agreements.

“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 New York UCC.

“Stock Rights” means any Securities, dividends or other distributions and any other right or property which any Grantor shall receive or shall become entitled to receive for any reason whatsoever with respect to, in substitution for or in exchange for any Securities or other ownership interests in a corporation, partnership, joint venture or limited liability company constituting Collateral and any Securities, any right to receive Securities and any right to receive earnings, in which any Grantor now has or hereafter acquires any right, issued by an issuer of such Securities.

“Supporting Obligation” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the New York UCC.

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 of the Grantors hereby pledges, assigns and grants to the Administrative Agent, on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of the Holders of Secured Obligations and (to the extent specifically provided herein) their Affiliates, a security interest in all of such Grantor’s right, title

and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in and to the Collateral to secure the prompt and complete payment and performance of the Obligations.

ARTICLE III

REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

Each of the Initial Grantors represents and warrants to the Administrative Agent and the Holders of Secured Obligations, and each Grantor that becomes a party to this Security Agreement pursuant to the execution of a Security Agreement Supplement in substantially the form of Annex I represents and warrants (after giving effect to supplements to each of the Exhibits hereto with respect to such subsequent Grantor as attached to such Security Agreement Supplement), that:

3.1. Title, Authorization, Validity and Enforceability. Such Grantor has good and valid rights in or the power to transfer the Collateral owned by it 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 4.1.6 hereof, and has full corporate, limited liability company or partnership, as applicable, power and authority to grant to the Administrative Agent the security interest in such Collateral pursuant hereto. The execution and delivery by such Grantor of this Security Agreement has been duly authorized by proper corporate, limited liability company or partnership, as applicable, proceedings, and this Security Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Grantor and creates a security interest which is enforceable against such Grantor in all Collateral it now owns or hereafter acquires, except as enforceability may be limited by (i) bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyances, reorganization or similar laws relating to or affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally, (ii) general equitable principles (whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law), and (iii) requirements of reasonableness, good faith and fair dealing. When financing statements have been filed in the appropriate offices against such Grantor in the locations listed on Exhibit “E”, the Administrative Agent will have a fully perfected first priority security interest in the Collateral owned by such Grantor in which a security interest may be perfected by such filings, subject only to Liens permitted under Section 4.1.6 hereof.

3.2. Conflicting Laws and Contracts. Neither the execution and delivery by such Grantor of this Security Agreement, the creation and perfection of the security interest in the Collateral granted hereunder, nor compliance with the terms and provisions hereof will violate (i) any law, rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree or award binding on such Grantor, or (ii) such Grantor’s Organic Documents, or (iii) the provisions of any material indenture, instrument or agreement to which such Grantor is a party or is subject, or by which it, or its property may be bound or affected, or conflict with or constitute a default thereunder, except where such violation, conflict or default could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or result in or require the creation or imposition of any Lien in, of or on the property of such Grantor pursuant to the terms of any such material indenture, instrument or agreement (other than any Lien of the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Holders of Secured Obligations).

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), is disclosed in Exhibit “A”; such Grantor has no other places of business except those set forth in Exhibit “A”.

3.4. Property Locations. Except for tanks and inventory located on customers’ property and motor vehicles, the Inventory, Equipment and Fixtures of each Grantor are located solely at the locations of such Grantor described in Exhibit “A”. All of said locations are owned by such Grantor except for locations (i) which are leased by such Grantor as lessee and designated in Part 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 by such Grantor as designated in Part C of Exhibit “A”, with respect to which Inventory such Grantor has delivered bailment agreements, warehouse receipts, financing statements or other documents satisfactory to the Administrative Agent to protect the Administrative Agent’s and the Holders of Secured Obligations’ security interest in such Inventory.

3.5. No Other Names. Except as described in Exhibit “H”, such Grantor has not conducted business under any name except the name in which it has executed this Security Agreement, which is the exact name as it appears in such Grantor’s Organic Documents, as amended, as filed with such Grantor’s jurisdiction of organization as of the Closing Date.

3.6. No Default. No Default or Event of Default exists.

3.7. Accounts and Chattel Paper. The names of the obligors, amounts owing, due dates and other information with respect to the Accounts and Chattel Paper owned by such Grantor are and will be correctly stated in all records of such Grantor relating thereto and in all invoices and 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.

3.8. Filing Requirements. None of the Equipment owned by such Grantor is covered by any certificate of title, except for the vehicles described in Part A of Exhibit “B”. None of the Collateral owned by such Grantor is of a type for which security interests or liens may be perfected by filing under any federal statute except for (i) the vehicles described in Part B of Exhibit “B” and (ii) patents, trademarks and copyrights held by such Grantor and described in Part C of Exhibit “B”. The street address of the property on which any Fixtures owned by such Grantor are located is set forth in Exhibit “C” together with the name and address of the record owner of each such property.

3.9. No Financing Statements. No financing statement describing all or any portion of the Collateral which has not lapsed or been terminated naming such Grantor as debtor has been filed in any jurisdiction except financing statements (i) naming the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Holders of Secured Obligations as the secured party and (ii) in respect of Liens permitted by Section 6.02 of any Credit Agreement; provided, that nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute an agreement to subordinate any of the Liens of the Administrative Agent

under the Credit Documents to any Liens otherwise permitted under Section 6.02 of any Credit Agreement.

3.10. Federal Employer Identification Number; State Organization Number; Jurisdiction of Organization. Such Grantor’s federal employer identification number is, and if such Grantor is a registered organization, such Grantor’s State of organization, type of organization and State of organization identification number is, as follows:


GRANTOR	Federal Employer Identification Number	Type of Organization	State of Organization or Incorporation	State Organization Number
INERGY, L.P.	43-1918951	Limited Partnership	Delaware	3365578

L&L TRANSPORTATION, LLC	43-1905384	Limited Liability Company	Delaware	3293748

INERGY TRANSPORTATION, LLC	43-1905383	Limited Liability Company	Delaware	3293746

INERGY SALES & SERVICE, INC.	43-1931522	Corporation	Delaware	3363846

INERGY PROPANE, LLC	56-1995482	Limited Liability Company	Delaware	2678540

INERGY FINANCE CORP.	20-1647744	Corporation	Delaware	3857399

INERGY ACQUISITION COMPANY, LLC	20-1647837	Limited Liability Company	Delaware	3857400

INERGY GAS, LLC		Limited Liability Company	Delaware

STELLAR PROPANE SERVICE, LLC	86-1123848	Limited Liability Company	Delaware	3881149

3.11. Pledged Securities and Other Investment Property. Exhibit “D” sets forth a complete and accurate list of the Instruments, Securities and other Investment Property delivered to the Administrative Agent. Each Grantor is the direct and beneficial owner of each Instrument, Security and other type of Investment Property listed on Exhibit “D” 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 Holders of Secured Obligations hereunder or as permitted by Section 6.02 of any Credit Agreement. Each Grantor further represents and warrants that (i) all such Instruments, Securities or other types of Investment Property which are shares of stock in a corporation or ownership interests in a partnership or limited liability company have been (to the extent such concepts are relevant with respect to such Instrument, Security or other type of Investment Property) duly and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and constitute the percentage of the issued and outstanding shares of stock (or other equity interests) of the respective issuers thereof indicated on Exhibit “D” hereto and (ii) with respect to any certificates delivered to the Administrative Agent representing an ownership interest in a partnership or limited liability company, either such certificates are Securities as defined in Article 8 of the New York UCC of the applicable jurisdiction 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.

ARTICLE IV

COVENANTS

From the date of this Security Agreement and thereafter until this Security Agreement is terminated, each of the Initial Grantors agrees, and from and after the effective date of any Security Agreement Supplement applicable to any Grantor (and after giving effect to supplements to each of the Exhibits hereto with respect to such subsequent Grantor as attached to such Security Agreement Supplement) and thereafter until this Security Agreement is terminated each such subsequent Grantor agrees:

4.1. General.

4.1.1 Inspection. Each Grantor will permit the Administrative Agent or any Holder of Secured Obligations, by its representatives and agents (i) to inspect the Collateral, (ii) to examine and make copies of the records of such Grantor relating to the Collateral and (iii) to discuss the Collateral and the related records of such Grantor with, and to be advised as to the same by, such Grantor’s officers and employees (and, in the case of any Receivable, with any person or entity which is or may be obligated thereon), at all such reasonable times and intervals as the Administrative Agent or such Holder of Secured Obligations may determine, and all at such Grantor’s expense.

4.1.2 Taxes. Such Grantor will pay when due all taxes, assessments and governmental charges and levies upon the Collateral owned by such Grantor, except (i) those which are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and with

respect to which adequate reserves have been set aside in accordance with GAAP and with respect to which no Lien exists, and (ii) those which by reason of the amount involved or the remedies available to the taxing authority could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.1.3 Records and Reports; Notification of Default. Each Grantor shall keep and maintain complete, accurate and proper books and records with respect to the Collateral owned by such Grantor, and furnish to the Administrative Agent, with sufficient copies for each of the Holders of Secured Obligations, such reports relating to the Collateral as the Administrative Agent shall from time to time reasonably request. Each Grantor will give prompt notice in writing to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders of the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default and of any other development, financial or otherwise, which might materially and adversely affect the Collateral.

4.1.4 Financing Statements and Other Actions; Defense of Title. Each Grantor hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to file, all financing statements describing the Collateral owned by such Grantor and take such other actions as may from time to time reasonably 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, subject to Liens permitted under Section 6.02 of any Credit Agreement, provided that nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute an agreement to subordinate any of the Liens of the Administrative Agent under the Credit Documents to any Liens otherwise permitted under Section 6.02 of any Credit Agreement. Such financing statements may describe the Collateral in the same manner as described herein or may contain an indication or description of collateral that describes such property in any other manner as the Administrative Agent may determine, in its sole discretion, is necessary, advisable or prudent to ensure that the perfection of the security interest in the Collateral granted to the Administrative Agent herein, including, without limitation, describing such property as “all assets” or “all personal property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired.” Each Grantor will take any and all actions necessary to defend title to the Collateral owned by such Grantor against all persons and to defend the security interest of the Administrative Agent in such Collateral and the priority thereof against any Lien not expressly permitted hereunder.

4.1.5 Disposition of Collateral. No Grantor will sell, lease or otherwise dispose of the Collateral owned by such Grantor except (i) dispositions specifically permitted pursuant to Section 6.03 of any Credit Agreement and (ii) until such time as such Grantor receives a notice from the Administrative Agent pursuant to Article VII, proceeds of Inventory and Accounts collected in the ordinary course of business.

4.1.6 Liens. No Grantor will create, incur, or suffer to exist any Lien on the Collateral owned by such Grantor except Liens permitted pursuant to Section 6.02 of any Credit Agreement, provided, that nothing herein shall be deemed to constitute an agreement to subordinate any of the Liens of the Administrative Agent under the Credit Documents to any Liens otherwise permitted under Section 6.02 of any Credit Agreement.

4.1.7 Change in Corporate Existence, Type or Jurisdiction of Organization, Location, Name. Each Grantor will:

(i)

preserve its existence and entity structure as in effect on the Closing Date;

(ii)

not change its jurisdiction of organization;

(iii)

not maintain its place of business (if it has only one) or its chief executive office (if it has more than one place of business) at a location other than a location specified on Exhibit “A;” and

(iv)

not (i) have any Inventory, Equipment or Fixtures or proceeds or products thereof (other than Inventory and proceeds thereof disposed of as permitted by Section 4.1.5, motor vehicles, and tanks and inventory located on customers’ property) at a location other than a location specified in Exhibit “A” as amended from time to time, (ii) change its name or taxpayer identification number or (iii) change its mailing address,

unless, in each such case, such Grantor shall have given the Administrative Agent not less than 30 days’ prior written notice of such event or occurrence and the Administrative Agent shall have either (x) determined that such event or occurrence will not adversely affect the validity, perfection or priority of the Administrative Agent’s security interest in the Collateral, or (y) taken such steps (with the cooperation of such Grantor to the extent necessary or advisable) as are necessary or advisable to properly maintain the validity, perfection and priority of the Administrative Agent’s security interest in the Collateral owned by such Grantor.

4.1.8 Other Financing Statements. No Grantor will suffer to exist or authorize the filing of any financing statement naming it as debtor covering all or any portion of the Collateral owned by such Grantor, except any financing statement authorized under Section 4.1.4 hereof and Liens permitted under Section 6.02 of the Credit Agreements.

4.2. Receivables.

4.2.1 Certain Agreements on Receivables. During the occurrence and continuation of a Default, no Grantor will 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. Prior to the occurrence and continuation of a Default, such Grantor may reduce the amount of Accounts arising from the sale of Inventory or the rendering of services in accordance with its present policies and in the ordinary course of business and as otherwise permitted under the Credit Agreements.

4.2.2 Collection of Receivables. Except as otherwise provided in this Security Agreement, each 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 such Grantor.

4.2.3 Delivery of Invoices. Each Grantor will deliver to the Administrative Agent immediately upon its request, if a Default has occurred and is continuing, duplicate invoices with respect to each Account owned by such Grantor bearing such language of assignment as the Administrative Agent shall specify.

4.2.4 Disclosure of Counterclaims on Receivables. If (i) any material discount, credit or agreement to make a rebate or to otherwise reduce the amount owing on a Receivable owned by such Grantor exists or (ii) if, to the knowledge of such Grantor, any material dispute, setoff, claim, counterclaim or defense exists or has been asserted or threatened with respect to a Receivable, such Grantor will disclose such fact to the Administrative Agent in writing in connection with the inspection by the Administrative Agent of any record of such Grantor relating to such Receivable and in connection with any invoice or report furnished by such Grantor to the Administrative Agent relating to such Receivable.

4.3. Inventory and Equipment.

4.3.1 Maintenance of Goods. Each Grantor will do all things necessary to maintain, preserve, protect and keep the Inventory and the Equipment owned by such Grantor in good repair, working order and saleable condition (ordinary wear and tear excepted) and make all necessary and proper repairs, renewals and replacements so that its business carried on in connection therewith may be properly conducted at all times, except where the failure to do so, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

4.3.2 Titled Vehicles. Each Grantor will give the Administrative Agent notice of its acquisition of any vehicle covered by a certificate of title and, if required under the terms of the Credit Agreements, deliver to the Administrative Agent, upon request, the original of any vehicle title certificate and do all things necessary to have the Lien of the Administrative Agent noted on any such certificate.

4.4. Instruments, Securities, Chattel Paper, Documents and Pledged Deposits. Each Grantor will (i) at the request of the Administrative Agent, deliver to the Administrative Agent immediately upon execution of this Security Agreement the originals of all Chattel Paper, Securities and Instruments constituting Collateral (if any then exist), other than Chattel Paper, Securities and Instruments having a book value which do not exceed $1,000,000 in the aggregate (except that the Securities evidencing ownership of each Subsidiary (other than an Excluded Subsidiary) will be delivered to the Administrative Agent regardless of value), (ii) hold in trust for the Administrative Agent upon receipt and immediately thereafter deliver (except as provided in subsection 4.4(i) above) to the Administrative Agent any Chattel Paper, Securities and Instruments constituting Collateral, (iii) upon the designation of any Pledged Deposits (as set forth in the definition thereof), deliver to the Administrative Agent such Pledged Deposits which are evidenced by certificates included in the Collateral endorsed in blank, marked with such legends and assigned as the Administrative Agent shall specify, and (iv) upon the Administrative Agent’s request, after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default, 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.

4.5. Uncertificated Securities and Certain Other Investment Property. Each 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 Investment Property not represented by certificates which are Collateral owned by such Grantor to mark their books and records with the numbers and face amounts of all such uncertificated securities or other types of Investment Property not represented by certificates and all rollovers and replacements therefor to reflect the Lien of the Administrative Agent granted pursuant to this Security Agreement. Each Grantor will use all commercially reasonable efforts, with respect to Investment Property constituting Collateral owned by such Grantor held with a financial intermediary, to cause such financial intermediary to enter into a control agreement with the Administrative Agent in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.

4.6. Stock and Other Ownership Interests.

4.6.1 Changes in Capital Structure of Issuers. Except as permitted in the Credit Agreements, no Grantor will (i) to the extent such Grantor owns a controlling interest therein, permit or suffer any issuer of privately held corporate securities or other ownership interests in a corporation, partnership, joint venture or limited liability company constituting Collateral owned by such Grantor to dissolve, liquidate, retire any of its capital stock or other Instruments or Securities evidencing ownership, reduce its capital or merge or consolidate with any other entity, or (ii) vote any of the Instruments, Securities or other Investment Property in favor of any of the foregoing except to the extent permitted under Section 6.03 of any Credit Agreement.

4.6.2 Issuance of Additional Securities. To the extent such Grantor owns a Controlling interest therein, no Grantor will permit or suffer the issuer of privately held corporate securities or other ownership interests in a corporation, partnership, joint venture or limited liability company constituting Collateral to issue any such securities or other ownership interests, any right to receive the same or any right to receive earnings, except to such Grantor.

4.6.3 Registration of Pledged Securities and other Investment Property. Each Grantor will permit any registerable Collateral owned by such Grantor to be registered in the name of the Administrative Agent or its nominee at any time at the option of the Required Lenders following the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default and without any further consent of such Grantor.

4.6.4 Exercise of Rights in Pledged Securities and other Investment Property. Each Grantor will permit the Administrative Agent or its nominee at any time after a Default has occurred and is continuing, without notice, to exercise or refrain from exercising any and all voting and other consensual rights pertaining to the Collateral owned by such Grantor or any part thereof, and to receive all dividends and interest in respect of such Collateral.

4.7. Deposit Accounts. Each Grantor will (i) upon the Administrative Agent’s request, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each bank or other financial institution in which it maintains (a) a Deposit Account to enter into a control agreement with the Administrative Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative Agent in order to give the Administrative Agent Control of the Deposit Account or (b) other deposits (general or special, time or demand, provisional or final) to be notified of the security interest granted to the Administrative Agent hereunder and use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each such bank or other financial institution to acknowledge such notification in writing and (ii) upon the Administrative Agent’s request after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default, deliver to each such bank or other financial institution a letter, in form and substance acceptable to the Administrative Agent, transferring ownership of the Deposit Account to the Administrative Agent or transferring dominion and control over each such other deposit to the Administrative Agent until such time as no Default exists. In the case of deposits maintained with Lenders, the terms of such letter shall be subject to the provisions of the Credit Agreements regarding setoffs.

4.8. Letter-of-Credit Rights. Each Grantor will, upon the Administrative Agent’s request, use commercially reasonable efforts to cause each issuer of a letter of credit, to consent to the assignment of proceeds of the letter of credit in order to give the Administrative Agent Control of the letter-of-credit rights to such letter of credit.

4.9. Federal, State or Municipal Claims. Each Grantor will notify the Administrative Agent of any Collateral owned by such Grantor which constitutes a claim against the United States government or any state or local government or any instrumentality or agency thereof, the assignment of which claim is restricted by federal, state or municipal law at any time when the aggregate book value of such Collateral is greater than $500,000.

4.10. Intellectual Property. If, after the date hereof, any Grantor obtains rights to, or applies for or seeks registration of, any new patentable invention, trademark or copyright in addition to the patents, trademarks and copyrights described in Part C of Exhibit “B”, which are all of such Grantor’s patents, trademarks and copyrights as of the Closing Date, then such Grantor shall give the Administrative Agent notice thereof, as part of each compliance certificate provided to the Administrative Agent pursuant to any Credit Agreement. Each Grantor agrees promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent any supplement to this Security Agreement or any other document reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to evidence such security interest in a form appropriate for recording in the applicable federal office. Each Grantor also hereby authorizes the Administrative Agent to modify this Security Agreement unilaterally (i) by amending Part C of Exhibit “B” to include any future patents, trademarks and/or copyrights of which the Administrative Agent receives notification from such Grantor pursuant hereto and (ii) by recording, in addition to and not in substitution for this Security Agreement, a duplicate original of this Security Agreement containing in Part C of Exhibit “B” a description of such future patents, trademarks and/or copyrights.

4.11. Commercial Tort Claims. If, after the date hereof, any Grantor identifies the existence of a commercial tort claim belonging to such Grantor that has arisen in the course of such Grantor’s business in addition to the commercial tort claims described in Exhibit “F”,

which are all of such Grantor’s commercial tort claims as of the Closing Date, then such Grantor shall give the Administrative Agent prompt notice thereof, but in any event not less frequently than quarterly. Each Grantor agrees promptly upon request by the Administrative Agent to execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent any supplement to this Security Agreement or any other document reasonably requested by the Administrative Agent to evidence the grant of a security interest therein in favor of the Administrative Agent.

ARTICLE V

DEFAULT

5.1. The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall constitute a Default:

5.1.1 Any material portion of the Collateral shall be transferred or otherwise disposed of, either voluntarily or involuntarily, in any manner not permitted by Section 4.1.5 or 8.7 hereof or shall be lost, stolen, damaged or destroyed and such loss, theft, damage or destruction is not fully insured (subject to reasonable deductibles or self-insurance to the extent permitted by the Credit Agreement).

5.1.2 The occurrence of any “Event of Default” under, and as defined in, any Credit Agreement.

5.2. Acceleration and Remedies. Upon the acceleration of the Obligations under any Credit Agreement pursuant to Article VII thereof, the Obligations under such Credit Agreement and, to the extent provided for under the Hedging Agreements evidencing the same, the Obligations under the Hedging Agreements, shall immediately become due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived, and the Administrative Agent may, with the concurrence or at the direction of the Required Lenders, exercise any or all of the following rights and remedies:

5.2.1 Those rights and remedies provided in this Security Agreement, any Credit Agreement, or any other Credit Document, provided that this Section 5.2.1 shall not be understood to limit any rights or remedies available to the Administrative Agent and the Holders of Secured Obligations prior to a Default.

5.2.2 Those rights and remedies available to a secured party under the New York UCC (whether or not the New York UCC applies to the affected Collateral) or under any other applicable law (including, without limitation, any law governing the exercise of a bank’s right of setoff or bankers’ lien) when a debtor is in default under a security agreement.

5.2.3 Without notice except as specifically provided in Section 8.1 hereof or elsewhere herein, sell, lease, assign, grant an option or options to purchase or otherwise dispose of the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, and upon such other terms as the Administrative Agent may deem commercially reasonable.

The Administrative Agent, on behalf of the secured parties, may comply with any applicable state or federal law requirements in connection with a disposition of the Collateral, and such compliance will not be considered to adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral.

If, after each Credit Agreement has terminated by its terms and all of the Obligations have been paid in full, there remain outstanding obligations under the Hedging Agreements, the Required Lenders may exercise the remedies provided in this Section 5.2 upon the occurrence of any event which would allow or require the termination or acceleration of any obligations under the Hedging Agreements pursuant to the terms of any Hedging Agreement.

5.3. Grantors’ Obligations Upon Default. Upon the request of the Administrative Agent if a Default has occurred and is continuing, each Grantor will:

5.3.1 Assembly of Collateral. Assemble and make available to the Administrative Agent the Collateral and all records relating thereto at any place or places specified by the Administrative Agent.

5.3.2 Secured Party Access. Permit the Administrative Agent, by the Administrative Agent’s representatives and agents, to enter any premises where all or any part of the Collateral, or the books and records relating thereto, or both, are located, to take possession of all or any part of the Collateral and to remove all or any part of the Collateral.

5.4. License. The Administrative Agent is hereby granted a license or other right to use, following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default, without charge, each Grantor’s labels, patents, copyrights, rights of use of any name, trade secrets, trade names, trademarks, service marks, customer lists and advertising matter, or any property of a similar nature, as it pertains to the Collateral, in completing production of, advertising for sale, and selling any Collateral, and, following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default, such Grantor’s rights under all licenses and all franchise agreements shall inure to the Administrative Agent’s benefit. In addition, each Grantor hereby irrevocably agrees that the Administrative Agent may, following the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default, sell any of such Grantor’s Inventory directly to any person, including without limitation persons who have previously purchased such Grantor’s Inventory from such Grantor and in connection with any such sale or other enforcement of the Administrative Agent’s rights under this Security Agreement, may sell Inventory which bears any trademark owned by or licensed to such Grantor and any Inventory that is covered by any copyright owned by or licensed to such Grantor and the Administrative Agent may finish any work in process and affix any trademark owned by or licensed to such Grantor and sell such Inventory as provided herein.

ARTICLE VI

WAIVERS, AMENDMENTS AND REMEDIES

No delay or omission of the Administrative Agent or any Holder of Secured Obligations to exercise any right or remedy granted under this Security Agreement shall impair such right or

remedy or be construed to be a waiver of any Default or an acquiescence therein, and any single or partial exercise of any such right or remedy shall not preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy. No waiver, amendment or other variation of the terms, conditions or provisions of this Security Agreement whatsoever shall be valid unless in writing signed by the Administrative Agent with the concurrence or at the direction of the (a) Required Lenders and (b) each Grantor, and then only to the extent in such writing specifically set forth, provided that the addition of any Domestic Subsidiary as a Grantor hereunder by execution of a Security Agreement Supplement in the form of Annex I (with such modifications as shall be acceptable to the Administrative Agent) shall not require receipt of any consent from or execution of any documentation by any other Grantor party hereto. All rights and remedies contained in this Security Agreement or by law afforded shall be cumulative and all shall be available to the Administrative Agent and the Holders of Secured Obligations until the Obligations have been paid in full.

ARTICLE VII

PROCEEDS; COLLECTION OF RECEIVABLES

7.1. Lockboxes. Upon request of the Administrative Agent after the occurrence and during the continuance of a Default, each Grantor shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent irrevocable lockbox agreements in the form provided by or otherwise acceptable to the Administrative Agent, which agreements shall be accompanied by an acknowledgment by the bank where the lockbox is located of the Lien of the Administrative Agent granted hereunder and of irrevocable instructions to wire all amounts collected therein to a special collateral account at the Administrative Agent.

7.2. Collection of Receivables. The Administrative Agent may at any time after the occurrence and during the continuation of a Default, by giving each Grantor written notice, elect to require that the Receivables be paid directly to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Holders of Secured Obligations. In such event, each Grantor shall, and shall permit the Administrative Agent to, promptly notify the account debtors or obligors under the Receivables owned by such Grantor of the Administrative Agent’s interest therein and direct such account debtors or obligors to make payment of all amounts then or thereafter due under such Receivables directly to the Administrative Agent. Upon receipt of any such notice from the Administrative Agent, each Grantor shall thereafter hold in trust for the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Holders of Secured Obligations, all amounts and proceeds received by it with respect to the Receivables and Other Collateral and immediately and at all times thereafter deliver to the Administrative Agent all such amounts and proceeds in the same form as so received, whether by cash, check, draft or otherwise, with any necessary endorsements. The Administrative Agent shall hold and apply funds so received as provided by the terms of Sections 7.3 and 7.4 hereof.

7.3. Special Collateral Account. The Administrative Agent may at any time after the occurrence and during the continuation of a Default require all cash proceeds of the Collateral to be deposited in a special non-interest bearing cash collateral account with the Administrative Agent and held there as security for the Obligations. No Grantor shall have any control whatsoever over said cash collateral account. The Administrative Agent may (and shall, at the

direction of the Required Lenders), from time to time, apply the collected balances in said cash collateral account to the payment of the Obligations whether or not the Obligations shall then be due.

7.4. Application of Proceeds. The proceeds of the Collateral shall be applied by the Administrative Agent to payment of the Obligations in the following order unless a court of competent jurisdiction shall otherwise direct:

(a) FIRST, to payment of all costs and expenses of the Administrative Agent incurred in connection with the collection and enforcement of the Obligations or of the security interest granted to the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Security Agreement;

(b) SECOND, to payment of that portion of the Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid interest and fees, pro rata among the Lenders and their Affiliates in accordance with the amount of such accrued and unpaid interest and fees owing to each of them;

(c) THIRD, to payment of the principal of the Obligations and the net early termination payments and any other obligations under any Hedging Agreements then due and unpaid from the Borrower to any of the Lenders or their Affiliates, pro rata among the Lenders and their Affiliates in accordance with the amount of such principal and such net early termination payments and other obligations under any Hedging Agreements then due and unpaid owing to each of them;

(d) FOURTH, to payment of any Obligations (other than those listed above) pro rata among those parties to whom such Obligations are due in accordance with the amounts owing to each of them; and

(e) FIFTH, the balance, if any, after all of the Obligations have been satisfied, shall be distributed by the Administrative Agent to the applicable Grantor or at its direction.

ARTICLE VIII

GENERAL PROVISIONS

8.1. Notice of Disposition of Collateral; Condition of Collateral. Each Grantor hereby waives notice of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private sale or other disposition of all or any part of the Collateral may be made. To the extent such notice may not be waived under applicable law, any notice made shall be deemed reasonable if sent to the Borrower, addressed as set forth in Article IX, at least ten days prior to (i) the date of any such public sale or (ii) the time after which any such private sale or other disposition may be made. Administrative Agent shall have no obligation to clean-up or otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale.

8.2. Compromises and Collection of Collateral. Each Grantor and the Administrative Agent recognize that setoffs, counterclaims, defenses and other claims may be asserted by

obligors with respect to certain of the Receivables, that certain of the Receivables may be or become uncollectible in whole or in part and that the expense and probability of success in litigating a disputed Receivable may exceed the amount that reasonably may be expected to be recovered with respect to a Receivable. In view of the foregoing, each Grantor agrees that the Administrative Agent may at any time and from time to time, if a Default has occurred and is continuing, compromise with the obligor on any Receivable, accept in full payment of any Receivable such amount as the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion shall determine or abandon any Receivable, and any such action by the Administrative Agent shall be commercially reasonable so long as the Administrative Agent acts in good faith based on information known to it at the time it takes any such action.

8.3. Secured Party Performance of Grantor’s Obligations. If a Default has occurred and is continuing, without having any obligation to do so, the Administrative Agent may perform or pay any obligation which any Grantor has agreed to perform or pay in this Security Agreement and such Grantor shall reimburse the Administrative Agent for any reasonable amounts paid by the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 8.3. Each Grantor’s obligation to reimburse the Administrative Agent pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be a Obligation payable on demand.

8.4. Authorization for Secured Party to Take Certain Action. Each Grantor irrevocably authorizes the Administrative Agent at any time and from time to time in the sole discretion of the Administrative Agent and appoints the Administrative Agent as its attorney in fact (i) to file financing statements necessary or desirable in the Administrative Agent’s sole discretion to perfect and to maintain the perfection and priority of the Administrative Agent’s security interest in the Collateral, (ii) after the occurrence and during the continuation of a Default to indorse and collect any cash proceeds of the Collateral, (iii) to file a carbon, photographic or other reproduction of this Security Agreement or any financing statement with respect to the Collateral as a financing statement and to file any other financing statement or amendment of a financing statement (which does not add new collateral or add a debtor) in such offices as the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion deems necessary or desirable to perfect and to maintain the perfection and priority of the Administrative Agent’s security interest in the Collateral, (iv) to contact and enter into one or more agreements with the issuers of uncertificated securities which are Collateral owned by such Grantor and which are Securities or with financial intermediaries holding other Investment Property as may be necessary or advisable to give the Administrative Agent Control over such Securities or other Investment Property, (v) after the occurrence and during the continuation of a Default subject to the terms of Section 4.2 hereof, to enforce payment of the Instruments, Accounts and Receivables in the name of the Administrative Agent or such Grantor, (vi) to apply the proceeds of any Collateral received by the Administrative Agent to the Obligations as provided in Article VII and (vii) after the occurrence and during the continuation of a Default to discharge past due taxes, assessments, charges, fees or Liens on the Collateral (except for such Liens as are specifically permitted hereunder or under any other Credit Document), and each Grantor agrees to reimburse the Administrative Agent on demand for any reasonable payment made or any reasonable expense incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection therewith, provided that this authorization shall not relieve any Grantor of any of its obligations under this Security Agreement or under any Credit Agreement.

8.5. Specific Performance of Certain Covenants. Each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that a breach of any of the covenants contained in Sections 4.1.5, 4.1.6, 4.4, 5.3, or 8.7 or in Article VII hereof will cause irreparable injury to the Administrative Agent and the Holders of Secured Obligations, that the Administrative Agent and Holders of Secured Obligations have no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breaches and therefore agrees, without limiting the right of the Administrative Agent or the Holders of Secured Obligations to seek and obtain specific performance of other obligations of the Grantors contained in this Security Agreement, that the covenants of the Grantors contained in the Sections referred to in this Section 8.5 shall be specifically enforceable against the Grantors.

8.6. Use and Possession of Certain Premises. If a Default has occurred and is continuing, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled to occupy and use any premises owned or leased by the Grantors where any of the Collateral or any records relating to the Collateral are located until the Obligations are paid or the Collateral is removed therefrom, whichever first occurs, without any obligation to pay any Grantor for such use and occupancy.

8.7. Dispositions Not Authorized. No Grantor is authorized to sell or otherwise dispose of the Collateral except as set forth in Section 4.1.5 hereof and notwithstanding any course of dealing between any Grantor and the Administrative Agent or other conduct of the Administrative Agent, no authorization to sell or otherwise dispose of the Collateral (except as set forth in Section 4.1.5 hereof) shall be binding upon the Administrative Agent or the Holders of Secured Obligations unless such authorization is in writing signed by the Administrative Agent with the consent or at the direction of the Required Lenders.

8.8. Benefit of Agreement. The terms and provisions of this Security Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Grantors, the Administrative Agent and the Holders of Secured Obligations and their respective successors and assigns (including all persons who become bound as a debtor to this Security Agreement), except that the Grantors shall not have the right to assign their rights or delegate their obligations under this Security Agreement or any interest herein, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent.

8.9. Survival of Representations. All representations and warranties of the Grantors contained in this Security Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Security Agreement.

8.10. Taxes and Expenses. The Grantors shall reimburse the Administrative Agent for any and all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses and internal charges (including reasonable attorneys’, auditors’ and accountants’ fees and reasonable time charges of attorneys, paralegals, auditors and accountants who may be employees of the Administrative Agent) paid or incurred by the Administrative Agent in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery, administration, collection and enforcement of this Security Agreement and in the audit, analysis, administration, collection, preservation or sale of the Collateral (including the expenses and charges associated with any periodic or special audit of the Collateral). Any and all costs and expenses incurred by the Grantors in the performance of actions required pursuant to the terms hereof shall be borne solely by the Grantors.

8.11. Headings. The title of and section headings in this Security Agreement are for convenience of reference only, and shall not govern the interpretation of any of the terms and provisions of this Security Agreement.

8.12. Termination. This Security Agreement shall continue in effect (notwithstanding the fact that from time to time there may be no Obligations outstanding) until (i) each Credit Agreement has terminated pursuant to its express terms and (ii) all of the Obligations have been paid in full in cash (other than contingent indemnity obligations and obligations under Hedging Agreements) and no commitments of the Administrative Agent or the Holders of Secured Obligations which would give rise to any Obligations are outstanding.

8.13. Entire Agreement. This Security Agreement embodies the entire agreement and understanding between the Grantors and the Administrative Agent relating to the Collateral and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the Grantors and the Administrative Agent relating to the Collateral.

8.14. CHOICE OF LAW. THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK BUT GIVING EFFECT TO FEDERAL LAWS APPLICABLE TO NATIONAL BANKS.

8.15. Indemnity. Each Grantor hereby agrees, jointly with the other Grantors and severally, to indemnify the Administrative Agent and the Holders of Secured Obligations, and their respective successors, assigns, agents and employees, from and against any and all liabilities, damages, penalties, suits, costs, and expenses of any kind and nature (including, without limitation, all expenses of litigation or preparation therefor whether or not the Administrative Agent or any Holder of Secured Obligations is a party thereto) imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Administrative Agent or the Holders of Secured Obligations, or their respective successors, assigns, agents and employees, in any way relating to or arising out of this Security Agreement, or the manufacture, purchase, acceptance, rejection, ownership, delivery, lease, possession, use, operation, condition, sale, return or other disposition of any Collateral (including, without limitation, latent and other defects, whether or not discoverable by the Administrative Agent or the Holders of Secured Obligations or any Grantor, and any claim for patent, trademark or copyright infringement); provided that such indemnity shall not be available to the extent that such loss, claim, damage, liability or related expense is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction by a final and nonappealable order to have resulted from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the indemnitee.

8.16. Subordination of Intercompany Indebtedness. Each Grantor agrees that any and all claims of such Grantor against any other Grantor (each an “Obligor”) with respect to any “Intercompany Indebtedness” (as hereinafter defined), any endorser, obligor or any other guarantor of all or any part of the Obligations, or against any of its properties shall be subordinate and subject in right of payment to the prior payment, in full and in cash, of all Obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations and obligations under Hedging Agreements), provided that, and not in contravention of the foregoing, so long as no Default has occurred and is continuing, such Grantor may make loans to and receive payments in the ordinary course of business with respect to such Intercompany Indebtedness from each such

Obligor to the extent not prohibited by the terms of this Security Agreement and the other Credit Documents. Notwithstanding any right of any Grantor to ask, demand, sue for, take or receive any payment from any Obligor, all rights, liens and security interests of such Grantor, whether now or hereafter arising and howsoever existing, in any assets of any other Obligor shall be and are subordinated to the rights of the Holders of Secured Obligations and the Administrative Agent in those assets. No Grantor shall have any right to possession of any such asset or to foreclose upon any such asset, whether by judicial action or otherwise, unless and until all of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations and obligations under Hedging Agreements) shall have been fully paid and satisfied (in cash) and all Commitments and Letters of Credit issued under each Credit Agreement have terminated or expired. If all or any part of the assets of any Obligor, or the proceeds thereof, are subject to any distribution, division or application to the creditors of such Obligor, whether partial or complete, voluntary or involuntary, and whether by reason of liquidation, bankruptcy, arrangement, receivership, assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other action or proceeding, or if the business of any such Obligor is dissolved or if substantially all of the assets of any such Obligor are sold, then, and in any such event (such events being herein referred to as an “Insolvency Event”), any payment or distribution of any kind or character, either in cash, securities or other property, which shall be payable or deliverable upon or with respect to any indebtedness of any Obligor to any Grantor (“Intercompany Indebtedness”) shall be paid or delivered directly to the Administrative Agent for application on any of the Obligations, due or to become due, until such Obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations and obligations under Hedging Agreements) shall have first been fully paid and satisfied (in cash). Should any payment, distribution, security or instrument or proceeds thereof be received by the applicable Grantor upon or with respect to the Intercompany Indebtedness after any Insolvency Event and prior to the satisfaction of all of the Obligations (other than contingent indemnity obligations and obligations under Hedging Agreements) and the termination or expiration of all Commitments of the Lenders and Letters of Credit issued pursuant to the Credit Agreements, such Grantor shall receive and hold the same in trust, as trustee, for the benefit of the Holders of Secured Obligations and shall forthwith deliver the same to the Administrative Agent, for the benefit of the Holders of Secured Obligations, in precisely the form received (except for the endorsement or assignment of the Grantor where necessary), for application to any of the Obligations, due or not due, and, until so delivered, the same shall be held in trust by the Grantor as the property of the Holders of Secured Obligations. If any such Grantor fails to make any such endorsement or assignment to the Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agent or any of its officers or employees is irrevocably authorized to make the same. Each Grantor agrees that until the Obligations (other than the contingent indemnity obligations and obligations under Hedging Agreements) have been paid in full (in cash) and satisfied and all Commitments and Letters of Credit issued under the Credit Agreements have terminated or expired, no Grantor will assign or transfer to any Person (other than the Administrative Agent or the Borrower or another Grantor) any claim any such Grantor has or may have against any Obligor.

8.17. Release of Certain Liens on Motor Vehicles. In the event that a Grantor desires to retire or sell any motor vehicle that is part of the Collateral, the Borrower shall submit to the Administrative Agent a Request for Vehicle Lien Release in the form of Exhibit “G” hereto, and, upon the approval of such request by the Administrative Agent (which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), the Administrative Agent shall release its priority Lien on such motor vehicle.

ARTICLE IX

NOTICES

9.1. Sending Notices. Any notice required or permitted to be given under this Security Agreement shall be sent (and deemed received) in the manner and to the addresses set forth in Section 9.01 of each Credit Agreement. Any notice delivered to the Borrower shall be deemed to have been delivered to all of the Grantors.

9.2. Change in Address for Notices. Each of the Grantors, the Administrative Agent and the Lenders may change the address for service of notice upon it by a notice in writing to the other parties.

ARTICLE X

THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT

JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. has been appointed Administrative Agent for the Holders of Secured Obligations hereunder pursuant to Article VIII of each Credit Agreement. It is expressly understood and agreed by the parties to this Security Agreement that any authority conferred upon the Administrative Agent hereunder is subject to the terms of the delegation of authority made by the Holders of Secured Obligations to the Administrative Agent pursuant to the Credit Agreements, and that the Administrative Agent has agreed to act (and any successor Administrative Agent shall act) as such hereunder only on the express conditions contained in such Article VIII. Any successor Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to Article VIII of any Credit Agreement shall be entitled to all the rights, interests and benefits of the Administrative Agent hereunder.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the Grantors and the Administrative Agent have executed this Security Agreement as of the date first above written.


INERGY, L.P., as a Grantor		L & L TRANSPORTATION, LLC, as a Grantor

By: INERGY GP, LLC,		By:	/s/ R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.
its managing general partner		Name:	R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.
		Title:	Senior Vice President and CFO

By:	/s/ R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.
Name:	R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.
Title:	Senior Vice President and CFO

INERGY TRANSPORTATION, LLC, as a Grantor		INERGY SALES & SERVICE, INC., as a Grantor

By:	/s/ R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.	By:	/s/ R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.
Name:	R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.	Name:	R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.
Title:	Senior Vice President and CFO	Title:	Senior Vice President and CFO

INERGY PROPANE, LLC, as a Grantor		INERGY FINANCE CORP., as a Grantor

By:	/s/ R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.	By:	/s/ R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.
Name:	R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.	Name:	R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.
Title:	Senior Vice President and CEO	Title:	Senior Vice President and CFO

INERGY GAS, LLC, as a Grantor		STELLAR PROPANE SERVICE, LLC, as a Grantor

By:	/s/ R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.	By:	/s/ R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.
Name:	R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.	Name:	R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.
Title:	Senior Vice President and CFO	Title:	Senior Vice President and CFO

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent		INERGY ACQUISITION COMPANY, LLC, as a Grantor

By:	/s/ Jane Bek Keil	By:	/s/ R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.
Name:	Jane Bek Keil	Name:	R. Brooks Sherman, Jr.
Title:	Director	Title:	Senior Vice President and CFO

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