Exhibit 10.13
EXECUTION VERSION
FIRST LIEN SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS FIRST LIEN SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of December 18, 2013, among Garden Acquisition Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), Garden Merger Sub, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“MergerSub”), The Brickman Group Ltd. LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), each of the Subsidiaries listed on the signature pages hereto or that becomes a party hereto pursuant toSection 8.14 (each such entity being a “Subsidiary Grantor” and, collectively, the “Subsidiary Grantors”; the Subsidiary Grantors, Holdings, MergerSub and the Company are referred to collectively as the “Grantors”), and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as collateral agent (in such capacity, the “Collateral Agent”) for the benefit of the Secured Parties.
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS, the Company is a party to the First Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Credit Agreement”), among Holdings, MergerSub, the Company, the Lenders from time to time party thereto, and Morgan Stanley Senior Funding, Inc., as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, a Letter of Credit Issuer, and the Swingline Lender;
WHEREAS, (a) pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Lenders have severally agreed to make Loans to the Borrower, the Swingline Lender has agreed to make Swingline Loans to the Borrower and the Letter of Credit Issuers have agreed to issue Letters of Credit for the account of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein and (b) one or more Cash Management Banks or Hedge Banks may from time to time enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements or Secured Hedge Agreements with Holdings and/or its Subsidiaries;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the First Lien Guarantee dated as of the date hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guarantee”), each Grantor party thereto has agreed to unconditionally and irrevocably guarantee, as primary obligor and not merely as surety, to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties the prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Obligations;
WHEREAS, each Grantor is the Borrower or a Guarantor;
WHEREAS, the proceeds of the Loans, the issuance of the Letters of Credit and the provision of Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements will be used in part to enable the Borrower to make valuable transfers to the Grantors in connection with the operation of their respective businesses; and
WHEREAS, each Grantor acknowledges that it will derive substantial direct and indirect benefit from the making of the Loans and the Swingline Loans and the issuance of the Letters of Credit; and the provision of such Cash Management Agreements and Secured Hedge Agreements;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and to induce the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the Lenders to enter into the Credit Agreement and to induce the Lenders to make their respective Loans, the Swingline Lender to make Swingline Loans and to induce the Letter of Credit Issuer to issue Letters of Credit for the account of Holdings, the Borrower and the Restricted Subsidiaries under the Credit Agreement and to induce one or more Lenders or Affiliates of Lenders to enter into Secured Cash Management Agreements or Secured Hedge Agreements with Holdings and/or its Subsidiaries, the Grantors hereby agree with the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, as follows:
1.Defined Terms.
(a) Unless otherwise defined herein, terms defined in the Credit Agreement and used herein shall have the meanings given to them in the Credit Agreement.