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ArcelorMittal Finance LLC, et al. – ‘S-4’ on 4/15/08 – EX-4.15

On:  Tuesday, 4/15/08, at 5:26pm ET   ·   Accession #:  950137-8-5416   ·   File #s:  333-150264, -01, -02, -03, -04, -05, -06, -07, -08, -09, -10, -11, -12, -13, -14, -15, -16, -17, -18, -19, -20, -21, -22, -23, -24, -25, -26, -27, -28

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  As Of                Filer                Filing    For·On·As Docs:Size              Issuer               Agent

 4/15/08  ArcelorMittal Finance LLC         S-4                   72:3.9M                                   Bowne Boc/FA
          ISG Georgetown Inc.
          Tow Path Valley Business Park Development Co
          ISG Weirton Inc.
          ISG Hibbing Inc.
          ISG Columbus Coatings LLC
          ISG Real Estate Inc.
          ISG Plate LLC
          ISG Indiana Harbor Inc.
          ISG Hennepin Inc.
          ISG Cleveland Inc.
          ISG Aquisition Inc.
          ArcelorMittal USA Partnership
          ArcelorMittal Financial Services LLC
          ISG Warren Inc.
          ISG Steelton LLC
          ISG Lackawanna LLC
          ISG Burns Harbor LLC
          Incoal Co
          ISG Venture Inc.
          Ispat Inland Mining Co
          Hibbing Taconite Holding Inc.
          Burnham Trucking Co
          ISG Riverdale Inc.
          ISG Sparrows Point LLC
          3222193 Nova Scotia Co
          ISG Railways Inc.
          Ispat Inland Service Corp.
          Mittal Steel USA Inc.

Registration of Securities Issued in a Business-Combination Transaction   —   Form S-4
Filing Table of Contents

Document/Exhibit                   Description                      Pages   Size 

 1: S-4         Registration Statement                              HTML   1.06M 
 5: EX-3.10     By-Laws of Arcelormittal Usa Incoal Inc.            HTML     67K 
 6: EX-3.11     Certificate of Incorporation of Arcelormittal       HTML     44K 
                          Minorca Mine Inc.                                      
 7: EX-3.12     By-Laws of Arcelormittal Minorca Mine Inc.          HTML     56K 
 8: EX-3.13     Certificate of Incorporation of Arcelormittal       HTML     44K 
                          Service Inc.                                           
 9: EX-3.14     By-Laws of Arcelormittal Service Inc.               HTML     57K 
10: EX-3.15     Certificate of Incorporation of Arcelormittal       HTML     40K 
                          Cleveland Inc.                                         
11: EX-3.16     By-Laws of Arcelormittal Cleveland Inc.             HTML     62K 
12: EX-3.17     Certificate of Incorporation of Arcelormittal       HTML     41K 
                          Weirton Inc.                                           
13: EX-3.18     By-Laws of Arcelormittal Weirton Inc.               HTML     66K 
14: EX-3.19     Certificate of Incorporation of Arcelormittal       HTML     37K 
                          Hennepin Inc.                                          
 2: EX-3.2      Certificate of Formation                            HTML     31K 
15: EX-3.20     By-Laws of Arcelormittal Hennepin Inc.              HTML     63K 
16: EX-3.21     Certificate of Formation of Arcelormittal Indiana   HTML     33K 
                          Harbor LLC                                             
17: EX-3.22     Limited Liability Company Agreement                 HTML     52K 
18: EX-3.23     Certificate of Incorporation of Arcelormittal       HTML     40K 
                          Warren Inc.                                            
19: EX-3.24     By-Laws of Arcelormittal Warren Inc.                HTML     62K 
20: EX-3.25     Certificate of Incorporation of Arcelormittal       HTML     41K 
                          Riverdale Inc.                                         
21: EX-3.26     By-Laws of Arcelormittal Riverdale Inc.             HTML     66K 
22: EX-3.27     Certificate of Incorporation of Mittal Steel Usa -  HTML     35K 
                          Venture Inc.                                           
23: EX-3.28     By-Laws of Mittal Steel Usa - Venture Inc.          HTML     66K 
24: EX-3.29     Certificate of Formation of Arcelormittal Plate     HTML     34K 
                          LLC                                                    
 3: EX-3.3      Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement       HTML     54K 
25: EX-3.30     Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement       HTML     87K 
26: EX-3.31     Certificate of Formation of Isg Sparrows Point LLC  HTML     31K 
27: EX-3.32     Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement       HTML     86K 
28: EX-3.33     Certificate of Formation of Arcelormittal Steelton  HTML     34K 
                          LLC                                                    
29: EX-3.34     Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement       HTML     85K 
30: EX-3.35     Certificate of Formation of Arcelormittal           HTML     34K 
                          Lackawanna LLC                                         
31: EX-3.36     Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement       HTML     81K 
32: EX-3.37     Certificate of Formation of Arcelormittal Burns     HTML     34K 
                          Harbor LLC                                             
33: EX-3.38     Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement       HTML     81K 
34: EX-3.39     Certificate of Formation of Arcelormittal Columbus  HTML     34K 
                          LLC                                                    
35: EX-3.40     Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement       HTML     87K 
36: EX-3.41     Certificate of Incorporation of Arcelormittal       HTML     36K 
                          Georgetown Inc.                                        
37: EX-3.42     By-Laws of Arcelormittal Georgetown Inc.            HTML     66K 
38: EX-3.43     Certificate of Incorporation of Mittal Steel Usa -  HTML     35K 
                          Railways Inc.                                          
39: EX-3.44     By-Laws of Mittal Steel Usa - Railways Inc.         HTML     66K 
40: EX-3.45     Certificate of Incorporation of Arceloemittal       HTML     35K 
                          Hibbing Inc.                                           
41: EX-3.46     By-Laws of Arcelormittal Hibbing Inc.               HTML     66K 
42: EX-3.47     Articles of Incorporation of Hibbing Taconite       HTML     45K 
                          Holding Inc.                                           
43: EX-3.48     By-Laws of Hibbing Taconite Holding Inc.            HTML     66K 
44: EX-3.49     Certificate of Incorporation of Isg Acquisition     HTML     33K 
                          Inc.                                                   
45: EX-3.50     By-Laws of Isg Acquisition Inc.                     HTML     66K 
46: EX-3.51     Certificate of Incorporation of Arcelormittal Real  HTML     35K 
                          Estate Inc.                                            
47: EX-3.52     By-Laws of Arcelormittal Real Estate Inc.           HTML     66K 
48: EX-3.53     Certificate of Incorporation of Arcelormittal Tow   HTML     37K 
                          Path Valley Business Park Development                  
                          Company                                                
49: EX-3.54     By-Laws of Arcelormittal Tow Path Valley Business   HTML     62K 
                          Park Development Company                               
50: EX-3.55     Certificate of Formation of Arcelormittal Finance   HTML     29K 
                          LLC                                                    
51: EX-3.56     Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement       HTML     53K 
52: EX-3.57     Memorandum of Association and Articles of           HTML    157K 
                          Association                                            
53: EX-3.58     Statement of Partnership Existence of               HTML     30K 
                          Arcelormittal Usa Partnership                          
54: EX-3.59     Agreement of Partnership of Arcelormittal Usa       HTML     53K 
                          Partnership                                            
 4: EX-3.9      Certificate of Incorporation of Arcelormittal Usa   HTML     73K 
                          Incoal Inc.                                            
59: EX-4.10     Fifth Supplemental Indenture                        HTML     79K 
60: EX-4.11     Sixth Supplemental Indenture                        HTML     80K 
61: EX-4.12     Seventh Supplemental Indenture                      HTML     64K 
62: EX-4.13     Eighth Supplemental Indenture                       HTML     64K 
63: EX-4.15     Security Agreement                                  HTML    158K 
55: EX-4.3      Form of Fortieth Supplemental Indenture             HTML     88K 
56: EX-4.4      Form of Guarantee                                   HTML    167K 
57: EX-4.6      Supplemental Indenture                              HTML     51K 
58: EX-4.7      Second Supplemental Indenture                       HTML     42K 
64: EX-5.1      Opinion of Mayer Brown LLP                          HTML     39K 
65: EX-5.2      Opinion of Stewart McKelvey                         HTML     39K 
66: EX-5.3      Opinion of Bonn Schmitt Steichen                    HTML     35K 
67: EX-12       Calculation of Ratio of Earnings to Fixed Charges   HTML     36K 
68: EX-23.4     Consent of Deloitte S.A.                            HTML     28K 
69: EX-23.5     Consent of Deloitte Accountants B.V.                HTML     28K 
70: EX-23.6     Consent of Kpmg Audit S.A.R.L.                      HTML     30K 
71: EX-25.1     Form T-1 Statement of Eligibility                   HTML     78K 
72: EX-99.1     Form of Consent Letter                              HTML    116K 


EX-4.15   —   Security Agreement


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EXHIBIT -4.15
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THE LIEN AND SECURITY INTEREST GRANTED TO THE TRUSTEE PURSUANT TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE EXERCISE OF ANY RIGHT OR REMEDY BY THE TRUSTEE HEREUNDER ARE SUBJECT TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AND LIEN SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF MARCH 25, 2004 (AS AMENDED, SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME) AMONG LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS TRUSTEE FOR CERTAIN SECURED PARTIES, ISPAT INLAND FINANCE, LLC, ISPAT INLAND INC., ANY CREDIT PARTIES PARTY THERETO, AND GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, AS AGENT FOR CERTAIN LENDERS.
SECURITY AGREEMENT
     SECURITY AGREEMENT, dated as of March 25, 2004 (this “Security Agreement”), between ISPAT INLAND INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company” and, together with each other Person becoming party to this Security Agreement by executing a joinder agreement in the form of Exhibit B hereto, each a “Grantor” and collectively the “Grantors”), and LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION as Trustee (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) for the Secured Parties (as defined below).
W I T N E S S E T H:
     WHEREAS, reference is made to the Indenture dated as the date hereof (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Indenture”), among Ispat Inland ULC (the “Issuer”), Ispat International N.V., the Company, the guarantors from time to time party thereto, and the Trustee.
     WHEREAS, pursuant to the Indenture, the Issuer has issued its Senior Secured Floating Rate Notes due 2010 in the aggregate principal amount of $150,000,000 (the “Floating Rate Notes”) and 9 3/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2014 in the aggregate principal amount of $650,000,000 (the “Fixed Rate Notes” and together with the Floating Rate Notes and any Additional Notes (as defined in the Indenture) following the date hereof, the “Notes”). Each Grantor has agreed to guarantee, among other things, all the obligations of the Issuer under the Indenture. The obligations of the initial purchasers of the Notes being issued on the date hereof to purchase such Notes are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery by the Grantors of this Security Agreement in the form hereof to secure each Grantor’s Note Guarantee of (a) the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) on the Notes, when and as due, whether at maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or otherwise, and (ii) all other monetary obligations, including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Issuer to the Secured Parties under the Indenture and the Notes and other documents executed in connection with the Indenture (collectively, the “Indenture Documents”), and (b) the due and punctual performance of all covenants, agreements, obligations and liabilities of the other Parties under or pursuant to the Indenture and the other Indenture Documents (all the monetary and other obligations referred to in the preceding clauses (a) and (b) being referred to collectively as the “Obligations”). “Secured Parties” as used herein shall mean the holders from time to time of the Notes, the Trustee, and the successors and assigns of each of the foregoing.

 



 

     WHEREAS, in order to induce Trustee to enter into the Indenture Documents and to induce the initial purchaser of the Notes being issued on the date hereof to purchase such Notes, each Grantor has agreed to grant a continuing Lien on the Collateral (as hereinafter defined) to secure the Obligations;
     WHEREAS, the Grantors have previously granted the lenders under the GECC Credit Agreement (as defined in the Indenture) (together with any successor facility secured a Permitted Inventory Collateral Lien, the “Working Capital Credit Agreement”) a security interest in the Collateral;
     NOW, THEREFORE, the Grantors and the Trustee, on behalf of itself and each Secured Party (and each of their respective successors or assigns), hereby agree as follows:
1. DEFINED TERMS.
     (a) All other terms contained in this Security Agreement, unless the context indicates otherwise, have the meanings provided for by the Code to the extent the same are used or defined therein.
     (b) “Uniform Commercial Code jurisdiction” means any jurisdiction that has adopted all or substantially all of Article 9 as contained in the 2000 Official Text of the Uniform Commercial Code, as recommended by the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws and the American Law Institute, together with any subsequent amendments or modifications to the Official Text.
     (c) The following shall have (unless otherwise provided elsewhere in this Agreement) the following respective meanings (such meanings being equally applicable to both the singular and plural form of the terms defined):
     “Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may, from time to time, be enacted and in effect in the State of New York; provided, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, Trustee’s Lien on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions thereof relating to such attachment, perfection, priority or remedies and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions.
     “Excluded Subsidiary” means Ispat Inland Mining Company, a Delaware corporation.
     “Lien” has the meaning given such term in the Indenture.
     “Note Default” shall mean a Default, as such term is defined in the Indenture.
     “Note Event of Default” shall mean an Event of Default, as such term is defined in the Indenture.
     “Note Termination Date” means the first date following the date of this Security Agreement (i) when all the Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, (ii) the Indenture has been discharged pursuant to Section 9.01 of the Indenture or (iii) a legal defeasance has occurred pursuant to Section 9.02 of the Indenture or a covenant defeasance has occurred pursuant to Section 9.03 of the Indenture.
     “Permitted Inventory Collateral Liens” has the meaning given such term in the Indenture.
     “Permitted Liens” has the meaning given such term in the Indenture.

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     “Receivables and Related Assets” has the meaning given such term in the Indenture.
     “Receivables Securitization Facility” means the Receivables Securitization Facility (as defined in the Working Capital Credit Agreement) and any other receivables securitization facility of any Securitization Subsidiary (as defined in the Indenture).
     “Subsidiary” has the meaning given such term in the Inventory.
     “Working Capital Agent” means, (i) with respect to the Working Capital Credit Facility in effect on the date hereof, General Electric Capital Corporation, as agent for the lenders thereunder and (ii) with respect to any other Working Capital Credit Facility, the agent for the lenders under such Working Capital Credit Facility.
     “Working Capital Loan Documents” shall mean Loan Documents, as such term is defined in the Working Capital Credit Agreement.
     “Working Capital Security Agreement” shall mean the “Security Agreement”, as such term is defined in the Working Capital Credit Agreement.
     2. GRANT OF LIEN. To secure the prompt and complete payment, performance and observance of all of the Obligations, each Grantor hereby grants to Trustee, for itself and the benefit of each of the other Secured Parties, a security interest in all of such Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the following 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 names, styles 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 being hereinafter collectively referred to as the “Collateral”):
     (i) all Inventory;
     (ii) all Documents, books and records relating to the Inventory;
     (iii) all tort claims, insurance claims and other claims, causes of action or rights to payments relating to the Inventory; and
     (iv) all products of any of the foregoing and all substitutions, replacements, accessions, products and Proceeds (including insurance proceeds) of any of the foregoing;
provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral shall not extend to any Receivables and Related Assets other than any right to payment in respect of Inventory which is not an Account.
     3. TRUSTEE’S AND SECURED PARTIES’ RIGHTS; LIMITATIONS ON TRUSTEE’S AND SECURED PARTIES’ OBLIGATIONS. It is expressly agreed by each Grantor that, anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, each Grantor shall remain liable under each of its contracts and each of its licenses, in each case to the extent relating to the Collateral, to observe and perform all the conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by it thereunder. Neither Trustee nor any other Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any such contract or license by reason of or arising out of this Security Agreement or the granting herein of a Lien on the Collateral or the receipt by Trustee or any other Secured Party of any payment relating to any such contract or license pursuant hereto. Neither Trustee nor any other Secured Party shall be required or obligated in any manner to perform or fulfill any of the obligations of any Grantor under or pursuant to any such contract or license, or to make any payment, or to make any inquiry as to the nature or the sufficiency of any payment

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received by it or the sufficiency of any performance by any party under any such contract or license, or to present or file any claims, or to take any action to collect or enforce any performance or the payment of any amounts which may have been assigned to it or to which it may be entitled at any time or times.
4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. Each Grantor represents and warrants that:
     (a) Such Grantor has rights in and the power to transfer each item of the Collateral upon which it purports to grant a Lien hereunder free and clear of any and all Liens other than Permitted Inventory Collateral Liens.
     (b) No effective security agreement, financing statement, equivalent security or Lien instrument or continuation statement covering all or any part of the Collateral is on file or of record in any public office, except such as may have been filed (i) by such Grantor in favor of Trustee pursuant to this Security Agreement or the other Indenture Documents or (ii) as otherwise permitted by clause (a).
     (c) This Security Agreement is effective to create a valid and continuing Lien on and, upon the timely filing of the appropriate financing statements in the filing offices listed on Schedule III hereto (or, with respect to any Grantor that becomes a party hereto through the execution of a joinder agreement, on such joinder agreement), a perfected Lien in favor of Trustee, for itself and the benefit of the other Secured Parties, in the jurisdictions of such filings and to the extent of such filings, on the Collateral with respect to which a Lien may be perfected by filing pursuant to the Code; provided, that the Lien of the Trustee on any Collateral that is not located in the United States or the Province of Ontario, Canada need not be perfected by the filing of a financing statement or otherwise. All such perfected Liens are prior to all other Liens, except Permitted Inventory Collateral Liens, and (except as enforceability may be limited by: (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally or (ii) general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding in equity or at law)) is enforceable as such as against any and all creditors of and purchasers from each Grantor (other than purchasers and lessees thereof). As of the date of this Security Agreement, all action by each Grantor necessary to protect and perfect such Lien on each item of the Collateral in which perfection may be effected by filing of a financing statement has been duly taken except to the extent otherwise permitted pursuant to the terms hereof or of the other Working Capital Loan Documents. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the parties hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that the perfection of Trustee’s security interest in the Collateral shall be subject to the steps required to perfect the Working Capital Agent’s first priority perfection therein.
     (d) Each Grantor’s name as it appears in official filings in the state of its in- corporation or other organization, the type of entity of such Grantor (including corporation, general or limited partnership or limited liability company), organizational identification number issued by such Grantor’s state of incorporation or organization (or a statement that no such number has been issued), such Grantor’s state of organization or incorporation, the location of such Grantor’s chief executive office, principal place of business, offices, all warehouses and premises where Collateral is located, and the locations of its material books and records concerning the Collateral are set forth on Schedule I hereto. Each Grantor has only one state of incorporation or organization. Upon written request from the Trustee, Schedule I shall be updated from time to time to reflect changes in locations of all warehouses and premises where Collateral is located.

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     5. COVENANTS. Each Grantor covenants and agrees with Trustee, for the benefit of Trustee and the other Secured Parties, that from and after the date of this Security Agreement and until the Note Maturity Date:
     (a) Further Assurances: Pledge of Instruments: Chattel Paper.
     (i) At any time and from time to time, upon the written request of Trustee and at the sole expense of such Grantor, such Grantor shall promptly and duly execute and deliver any and all such further documentation and take such further actions as Trustee may deem desirable to obtain the full benefits of this Security Agreement and of the rights and powers herein granted, including (A) using its best efforts to secure all consents and approvals necessary to enforce the security interests granted by it hereunder; and (B) if requested by Trustee, filing any financing or continuation statements under the Code with respect to the Liens granted hereunder as to those jurisdictions that are not Uniform Commercial Code jurisdictions.
     (ii) Subject to the rights of the Working Capital Agent under the Working Capital Security Agreement, such Grantor shall deliver to Trustee all Collateral consisting of negotiable Documents, Chattel Paper and Instruments (in each case, accompanied by, allonges or other instruments of transfer executed in blank) promptly after such Grantor receives the same.
     (iii) Subject to the rights of the Working Capital Agent under the Working Capital Security Agreement, such Grantor shall take all steps necessary to grant the Trustee control of all electronic chattel paper constituting Collateral owned by it in accordance with the Code and all “transferable records” (as defined in each of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act and the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act) constituting Collateral owned by it.
     (iv) Such Grantor hereby agrees to file, and agrees that the Trustee may file, if instructed by the holders of Notes in accordance with the Indenture, any initial financing statements and amendments thereto that (A) indicate the Collateral (regardless of whether any particular assets comprised in the Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9 of the Code of such jurisdiction) as being of an equal or lesser scope or with greater detail, and (B) contain any other information required by part 5 of Article 9 of the Code for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement or amendment, including whether such Grantor is an organization, the type of organization and any organization identification number issued to such Grantor. Such Grantor agrees to furnish evidence of such filings to the Trustee promptly upon request.
     (v) Such Grantor shall promptly, and in any event within ten (10) Business Days after the same is acquired by it, notify Trustee of any Commercial Tort Claim acquired by it if such Commercial Tort Claim (i) constitutes Collateral and (ii) is in excess of $1,000,000. Unless otherwise consented by Trustee, such Grantor shall enter into a supplement to this Security Agreement, granting to Trustee a Lien in such commercial tort claim.
     (b) Maintenance of Records. Such Grantor shall keep and maintain, at its own cost and expense, complete records of the Collateral, including a record of any and all payments received and any and all credits granted with respect to the Collateral and all other dealings with the Collateral. Each Grantor shall mark its books and records pertaining to the Collateral to evidence this Security Agreement and the Liens granted hereby. If any Grantor retains possession of any Collateral consisting of Chattel Paper or Instruments with Trustee’s consent, such Chattel Paper and Instruments shall be marked by such Grantor with the following legend: “This writing and the obligations evidenced or secured hereby are subject to the security interest

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of LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee, for the benefit of Trustee and certain other Secured Parties”; provided that prior to the Termination Date, the word “This” in such legend shall be deleted and replaced with the following: “Subject to the prior security interest of the Working Capital Agent, this”.
     (c) Covenant. Other than in connection with transfers of Inventory and Related Assets to a Securitization Subsidiary, the Company will not take any action or series of actions for the primary purpose of causing a substantial portion of the Inventory used in the businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries to be owned by a Subsidiary of the Company that has not granted a Lien in its Inventory to the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties, subject to Permitted Inventory Collateral Liens (it being agreed, that no violation of this covenant shall be deemed to have occurred as a result of the Excluded Subsidiary’s ownership of Inventory in the ordinary course of its business).
     (d) Compliance with Terms, etc. Except where the failure to do so is not deemed material, individually or in the aggregate, each Grantor will perform and comply with all its obligations in respect of the Collateral and all other agreements to which it is a party or by which it is bound relating to the Collateral.
     (e) Limitation on Liens on Collateral. Such Grantor will not create, permit or suffer to exist, and Grantors will defend the Collateral against, and take such other action as is necessary to remove, any Lien on the Collateral except Permitted Inventory Collateral Liens, and will defend the right, title and interest of Trustee and the other Secured Parties in and to any of such Grantors’ rights under the Collateral against the claims and demands of all persons whomsoever.
     (f) Limitations on Disposition. Such Grantors will not sell, license, lease, transfer or otherwise dispose of any of its Collateral, or attempt or contract to do so except as permitted by the Indenture.
     (g) Further Identification of Collateral; Collateral Reports. (i) Such Grantor will, if so requested by Trustee, furnish to Trustee, as often as Trustee requests, after reasonable advance notice, statements and schedules further identifying and describing its Collateral and such other reports in connection with its Collateral as Trustee may reasonably request, all in such detail as Trustee may reasonably specify.
     (ii) Such Grantor will, upon the occurrence and continuation of an Event of Default under the Working Capital Credit Agreement or a Note Event of Default under the Indenture, promptly furnish Trustee such reports (including Collateral Reports) in connection with the Collateral as Trustee may reasonably request.
     (h) Notices. Such Grantor will advise Trustee promptly, in reasonable detail, of any Lien or claim made or asserted against any of the Collateral, to the extent such Lien is not permitted pursuant to clause (e).
     (i) No Reincorporation. No Grantor shall reincorporate or reorganize itself under the laws of any jurisdiction other than the jurisdiction in which it is incorporated or organized as of the date hereof unless such Grantor has taken such steps as may be required to preserve the validity and priority of the Trustee’s Lien on the Collateral.
     (j) Termination; Amendments Not Authorized. Such Grantor acknowledges that it is not authorized to file any amendment or termination statement with respect to any financing

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statement with respect to its Collateral filed for the benefit of the Trustee without the prior written consent of Trustee and agrees that it will not do so without the prior written consent of Trustee, subject to such Grantor’s rights under Section 9-509(d)(2) of the Code and subject to the requirements of the TIA (as defined in the Indenture).
     (k) Authorized Terminations. On the Note Termination Date, Trustee shall take the actions required by Section 15(b) hereof.
     6. TRUSTEE’S APPOINTMENT AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT. Concurrently with the execution of this Security Agreement (or, with respect to any Grantor that becomes a party hereto through the execution of a joinder agreement, on the date of such joinder agreement) each Grantor shall execute and deliver to Trustee a power of attorney (the “Power of Attorney”) substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A. The power of attorney granted pursuant to the Power of Attorney is a power coupled with an interest and shall be irrevocable until the Note Termination Date. The powers conferred on Trustee, for the benefit of Trustee and the other Secured Parties, under the Power of Attorney are solely to protect Trustee’s interests (for the benefit of Trustee and the other Secured Parties) in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon Trustee or any other Secured Party to exercise any such powers. Trustee agrees that it shall not exercise any power or authority granted under the Power of Attorney unless a Note Event of Default has occurred and is continuing and the Termination Date has occurred, and (b) Trustee shall account for any moneys received by Trustee in respect of any foreclosure on or disposition of Collateral pursuant to the Power of Attorney; provided that none of Trustee or any other Secured Party shall have any duty as to any Collateral, and Trustee and the other Secured Parties shall be accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers. NONE OF TRUSTEE, THE OTHER SECURED PARTIES OR THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES SHALL BE RESPONSIBLE TO GRANTORS FOR ANY ACT OR FAILURE TO ACT UNDER ANY POWER OF ATTORNEY OR OTHERWISE, EXCEPT IN RESPECT OF DAMAGES ATTRIBUTABLE SOLELY TO THEIR GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT AS FINALLY DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION, NOR FOR ANY PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
     7. REMEDIES; RIGHTS UPON DEFAULT.
     (a) Subject to the rights of the Working Capital Agent under the Working Capital Loan Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement referred to in Section 25, in addition to all other rights and remedies granted to it under this Security Agreement, the Indenture, the other Indenture Documents and under any other instrument or agreement securing, evidencing or relating to any of the Obligations, if any Note Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, Trustee may exercise all rights and remedies of a secured party under the Code. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Grantor expressly agrees that in any such event Trustee, without demand of performance or other demand, advertisement or notice of any kind (except the notice specified below of time and place of public or private sale) to or upon such Grantor or any other Person (all and each of which demands, advertisements and notices are hereby expressly waived to the maximum extent permitted by the Code and other applicable law), may forthwith enter upon the premises of each Grantor where any Collateral is located through self-help, without judicial process, without first obtaining a final judgment or giving any Grantor or any other Person notice and opportunity for a hearing on Trustee’s claim or action and may collect, receive, assemble, process, appropriate and realize upon the Collateral, or any part thereof, and may forthwith sell, lease, license, assign, give an option or options to purchase, or sell or otherwise dispose of and deliver said Collateral (or contract to do so), or any part thereof, in one or more parcels at a public or private sale or sales, at any exchange at such prices as it may

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deem acceptable, for cash or on credit or for future delivery without assumption of any credit risk. Trustee or any other Secured Party shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase for the benefit of Trustee and the other Secured Parties, the whole or any part of said Collateral so sold, free of any right or equity of redemption, which equity of redemption Grantors hereby release to the extent not prohibited by the Code. Such sales may be adjourned and continued from time to time with or without notice. Trustee shall have the right to conduct such sales on any Grantor’s premises or elsewhere and shall have the right to use Grantors’ premises without charge for such time or times as Trustee deems necessary or advisable.
     If any Note Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, each Grantor further agrees, at Trustee’s request, to assemble its Collateral and make it available to Trustee at a place or places designated by Trustee which are reasonably convenient to Trustee and Grantors, whether at Grantors’ premises or elsewhere. Until Trustee is able to effect a sale, lease, or other disposition of Collateral, Trustee shall have the right to hold or use Collateral, or any part thereof; to the extent that it deems appropriate for the purpose of preserving Collateral or its value or for any other purpose deemed appropriate by Trustee. During the continuance of a Note Event of Default, each Grantor shall permit the Trustee or any of its agents or designees to access and use such Grantor’s property, plant and equipment to process Inventory, and each Grantor shall use its best efforts to cause each party (other than labor unions unless such unions have any rights under their security documents to interfere with such access) with security interests in such property, plant or equipment (other than the continuous caster currently pledged to the PBGC) to provide its consent for such access. Trustee may, if it so elects, seek the appointment of a receiver or keeper to take possession of Collateral and to enforce any of Trustee’s remedies (for the benefit of Trustee and the other Secured Parties), with respect to such appointment without prior notice or hearing as to such appointment. Trustee shall apply the net proceeds of any such collection, recovery, receipt, appropriation, realization or sale to the Obligations as provided in the Indenture and the Intercreditor Agreement, described in Section 25, and only after so paying over such net proceeds, and after the payment by Trustee of any other amount required by any provision of law, need Trustee account for the surplus, if any, to Grantors. To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, each Grantor waives all claims, damages, and demands against Trustee or any other Secured Party arising out of the repossession, retention or sale of the Collateral except such as arise solely out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of Trustee or such other Secured Party (or their respective employees, agents or representatives) as finally determined by a court of competent jurisdiction. Each Grantor agrees that ten (10) days’ prior notice by Trustee of the time and place of any public sale or of the time after which a private sale may take place is reasonable notification of such matters. Each Grantor shall remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay all Obligations, including any reasonable attorneys’ fees and other reasonable expenses incurred by Trustee or any other Secured Party to collect such deficiency.
     (b) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, each Grantor hereby waives presentment, demand, protest or any notice (to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law) of any kind in connection with this Security Agreement or any Collateral.
     (c) To the extent that applicable law imposes duties on the Trustee to exercise remedies in a commercially reasonable manner, each Grantor acknowledges and agrees that it is not commercially unreasonable for the Trustee (i) to fail to incur expenses reasonably deemed significant by the Trustee to prepare Collateral for disposition or otherwise to complete raw material or work in process into finished goods or other finished products for disposition, (ii) to fail to obtain third party consents for access to Collateral to be disposed of, or to obtain or, if not required by other law, to fail to obtain governmental or third party consents for the collection or disposition of Collateral to be collected or disposed of, (iii) to fail to exercise collection remedies

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against Account Debtors or other persons obligated on Collateral or to remove Liens on or any adverse claims against Collateral, (iv) to exercise collection remedies against Account Debtors and other persons obligated on Collateral directly or through the use of collection agencies and other collection specialists, (v) to advertise dispositions of Collateral through publications or media of general circulation, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature, (vi) to contact other persons, whether or not in the same business as each Grantor, for expressions of interest in acquiring all or any portion of such Collateral, (vii) to hire one or more professional auctioneers to assist in the disposition of Collateral, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature, (viii) to dispose of Collateral by utilizing internet sites that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that have the reasonable capacity of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets, (ix) to dispose of assets in wholesale rather than retail markets, (x) to disclaim disposition warranties, such as title, possession or quiet enjoyment, (xi) to purchase reasonable amounts of insurance or credit enhancements to insure the Trustee against risks of loss, collection or disposition of Collateral or to provide to the Trustee a guaranteed return from the collection or disposition of Collateral, or (xii) to the extent reasonably deemed appropriate by the Trustee, to obtain the services of other brokers, investment bankers, consultants and other professionals to assist the Trustee in the collection or disposition of any of the Collateral. Each Grantor acknowledges that the purpose of this Section 7(c) is to provide non-exhaustive indications of what actions or omissions by the Trustee would not be commercially unreasonable in the Trustee’s exercise of remedies against the Collateral and that other actions or omissions by the Trustee shall not be deemed commercially unreasonable solely on account of not being indicated in this Section 7(c). Without limitation upon the foregoing, nothing contained in this Section 7(c) shall be construed to grant any rights to Grantors or to impose any duties on Trustee that would not have been granted or imposed by this Security Agreement or by applicable law in the absence of this Section 7(c).
     (d) Neither the Trustee nor the other Secured Parties shall be required to make any demand upon, or pursue or exhaust any of their rights or remedies against, any Grantor, any other obligor, guarantor, pledgor or any other person with respect to the payment of the Obligations or to pursue or exhaust any of their rights or remedies with respect to any Collateral therefor or any direct or indirect guarantee thereof. Neither the Trustee nor the other Secured Parties shall be required to marshal the Collateral or any guarantee of the Obligations or to resort to the Collateral or any such guarantee in any particular order, and all of its and their rights hereunder or under any other Indenture Document shall be cumulative. To the extent it may lawfully do so, each Grantor absolutely and irrevocably waives and relinquishes the benefit and advantage of, and covenants not to assert against the Trustee or any other Secured Party, any valuation, stay, appraisement, extension, redemption or similar laws and any and all rights or defenses it may have as a surety now or hereafter existing which, but for this provision, might be applicable to the sale of any Collateral made under the judgment, order or decree of any court, or privately under the power of sale conferred by this Security Agreement, or otherwise.
     8. GRANT OF LICENSE TO USE INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY. For the purpose of enabling Trustee to exercise rights and remedies under Section 7 hereof (including, without limiting the terms of Section 7 hereof, in order to take possession of, hold, preserve, process, assemble, prepare for sale, market for sale, sell or otherwise dispose of Collateral) at such time as Trustee shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Grantor hereby grants to Trustee, for the benefit of Trustee and the other Secured Parties, an irrevocable, nonexclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to such Grantor) to use, license or sublicense any patents, trademarks, copyrights and licenses now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, and wherever the same may be located, and including in such license access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof.

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Notwithstanding the above, no sublicense shall be given in any licenses owned by any Grantor to the extent that such sublicense is prohibited by the underlying license.
     9. LIMITATION ON TRUSTEE’S AND SECURED PARTIES’ DUTY IN RESPECT OF COLLATERAL. Trustee and each other Secured Party shall use reasonable care with respect to the Collateral in its possession or under its control. Neither Trustee nor any other Secured Party shall have any other duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or nominee of Trustee or such other Secured Party, or any income thereon or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto.
     10. REINSTATEMENT. This Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against any Grantor for liquidation or reorganization, should such Grantor become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of any creditor or creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part of such Grantor’s assets, and shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment and performance of the Obligations, or any part thereof is, pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or returned by any obligee of the Obligations, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent conveyance,” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the event that any payment on the Obligations, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.
     11. NOTICES. Except as otherwise provided herein, whenever it is provided herein that any notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication shall or may be given to or served upon any of the parties by any other party, or whenever any of the parties desires to give and serve upon any other party any communication with respect to this Security Agreement, each such notice, demand, request, consent, approval, declaration or other communication shall be in writing and shall be given in the manner, and deemed received, as provided for in the Indenture.
     12. SEVERABILITY. Whenever possible, each provision of this Security Agreement shall be interpreted in a manner as to be effective and valid under applicable law, but if any provision of this Security Agreement shall be prohibited by or invalid under applicable law, such provision shall be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or invalidity without invalidating the remainder of such provision or the remaining provisions of this Indenture. This Security Agreement is to be read, construed and applied together with the Indenture and the other Indenture Documents which, taken together, set forth the complete understanding and agreement of Trustee, the other Secured Parties and Grantors with respect to the matters referred to herein and therein.
     13. NO WAIVER; CUMULATIVE REMEDIES. Neither Trustee nor any other Secured Party shall by any act, delay, omission or otherwise be deemed to have waived any of its rights or remedies hereunder, and no waiver shall be valid unless in writing signed by Trustee and then only to the extent therein set forth. A waiver by Trustee of any right or remedy hereunder on any one occasion shall not be construed as a bar to any right or remedy which Trustee would otherwise have had on any future occasion. No failure to exercise nor any delay in exercising on the part of Trustee or any other Secured Party, any right, power or privilege hereunder, shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege hereunder preclude any other or future exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies hereunder provided are cumulative and may be exercised singly or concurrently, and are not exclusive of any rights and remedies provided by law. None of the terms or provisions of this Security Agreement may be waived, altered, modified or amended except by an instrument in writing, duly executed by Trustee and each Grantor.

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     14. LIMITATION BY LAW. All rights, remedies and powers provided in this Security Agreement may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof does not violate any applicable provision of law, and all the provisions of this Security Agreement are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of law that may be controlling and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they shall not render this Security Agreement invalid, unenforceable, in whole or in part, or not entitled to be recorded, registered or filed under the provisions of any applicable law.
     15. TERMINATION OF THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT.
     (a) This Security Agreement and the security interests granted hereby shall terminate on the Note Termination Date.
     (b) In connection with any termination or release pursuant to paragraph (a), the Trustee shall execute and deliver to any Grantor, at such Grantor’s expense, all documents that such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence such termination or release. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to this Section 15 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Trustee other than as to the termination of the Liens being released.
     16. SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Security Agreement and all obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall be binding upon the successors and assigns of such Grantor (including any debtor-in-possession on behalf of such Grantor) and shall, together with the rights and remedies of Trustee, for the benefit of Trustee and the other Secured Parties, hereunder, inure to the benefit of Trustee and the other Secured Parties, all future holders of any instrument evidencing any of the Obligations and their respective successors and assigns permitted under the Indenture. No sales of participation, other sales, assignments, transfers or other dispositions of any agreement governing or instrument evidencing the Obligations or any portion thereof or interest therein shall in any manner impair the Lien granted to Trustee, for the benefit of Trustee and the other Secured Parties, hereunder. Grantors may not assign, sell, hypothecate or otherwise transfer any interest in or obligation under this Security Agreement except to the extent permitted under the Indenture.
     17. COUNTERPARTS. This Security Agreement may be authenticated in any number of separate counterparts, each of which shall collectively and separately constitute one agreement. This Security Agreement may be authenticated by manual signature, facsimile or, if approved in writing by Agent, electronic means, all of which shall be equally valid.
     18. GOVERNING LAW. THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
     19. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. BECAUSE DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH COMPLEX FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ARE MOST QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY RESOLVED BY AN EXPERIENCED AND EXPERT PERSON AND THE PARTIES WISH APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL LAWS TO APPLY (RATHER THAN ARBITRATION RULES), THE PARTIES DESIRE THAT DISPUTES ARISING HEREUNDER OR RELATING HERETO BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING SUCH APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE, TO ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OF ARBITRATION, THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, SUIT OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE, AMONG TRUSTEE, SECURED PARTIES, AND GRANTORS ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT

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OR ANY OF THE OTHER INDENTURE DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS RELATED HERETO OR THERETO.
     20. SECTION TITLES. The Section titles contained in this Security Agreement are and shall be without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of the agreement between the parties hereto.
     21. NO STRICT CONSTRUCTION. The parties hereto have participated jointly in the negotiation and drafting of this Security Agreement. In the event an ambiguity or question of intent or interpretation arises, this Security Agreement shall be construed as if drafted jointly by the parties hereto and no presumption or burden of proof shall arise favoring or disfavoring any party by virtue of the authorship of any provisions of this Security Agreement.
     22. ADVICE OF COUNSEL. Each of the parties represents to each other party hereto that it has discussed this Security Agreement and, specifically, the provisions of Section 18 and Section 19, with its counsel.
     23. BENEFIT OF SECURED PARTIES. All Liens granted or contemplated hereby shall be for the benefit of Trustee, individually, and the other Secured Parties, and all proceeds or payments realized from Collateral in accordance herewith shall be applied to the Obligations in the order specified in the Pledge Agreement.
     24. ADDITIONAL GRANTORS. The Company may, at its option, cause any of its Subsidiaries to join this Security Agreement as a Grantor. Additionally, in the event that the Subsidiaries of the Company that are organized under the laws of the United States of America, any State thereof or the District of Columbia, other than the Excluded Subsidiary and any Securitization Subsidiary (the “Domestic Subsidiaries”), collectively own at any time more than 10% of the book value of the Inventory of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis, the Company will cause each Domestic Subsidiary that owns any material Inventory to become a party to this Security Agreement as a Grantor and to grant a security interest in all of the Collateral owned by it to the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties. Upon execution and delivery after the date hereof of a supplement in the form of Exhibit B hereto, such Person shall become a Grantor hereunder with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Grantor herein. The execution and delivery of any instrument adding an additional Grantor as a party to this Security Agreement shall not require the consent of any Grantor hereunder, of the Company, of Trustee or of any other Secured Party. The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Grantor as a party hereto.
     25. INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the provisions hereof are subject to the Intercreditor and Lien Subordination Agreement, dated of even date herewith, among Trustee, the Working Capital Agent, Ispat Inc., Ispat Inland Finance, LLC and certain Subsidiaries of the Company.
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     IN WITNESS WHEREOF. each of the parties hereto has caused thus Security Agreement to be executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first set forth above.
         
  ISPAT INLAND INC.
 
 
  By:   /s/ Michael G. Rippey    
    Name:   Michael G. Rippey   
    Title:   Executive Vice President Commercial and Chief Financial Officer   
 
         
  LASALLE BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
as Trustee

 
 
  By:   /s/ Wayne M. Evans    
    Name:   Wayne M. Evans   
    Title:   First Vice President   
 

 



 

EXHIBIT A
POWER OF ATTORNEY
     This Power of Attorney is executed and delivered by [       ], a corporation (“Grantor”) to LaSalle Bank National Association (hereinafter referred to as “Attorney”), as Trustee for the benefit of Trustee and Secured Parties, under an Indenture dated as of March 25, 2004 and a Security Agreement dated as of March 25, 2004, and other related documents (the “Indenture Documents”). No person to whom this Power of Attorney is presented, as authority for Attorney to take any action or actions contemplated hereby, shall be required to inquire into or seek confirmation from Grantor as to the authority of Attorney to take any action described below, or as to the existence of or fulfillment of any condition to this Power of Attorney, which is intended to grant to Attorney unconditionally the authority to take and perform the actions contemplated herein, and Grantor irrevocably waives any right to commence any suit or action, in law or equity, against any person or entity which acts in reliance upon or acknowledges the authority granted under this Power of Attorney. The power of attorney granted hereby is coupled with an interest, and may not be revoked or canceled by Grantor without Attorney’s written consent.
     Grantor hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints Attorney (and all officers, employees or agents designated by Attorney), with full power of substitution, as Grantor’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of Grantor and in the name of Grantor or in its own name, from time to time in Attorney’s discretion, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute and deliver any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of the Indenture Documents and, without limiting the generality of the foregoing, Grantor hereby grants to Attorney the power and right, on behalf of Grantor, without notice to or assent by Grantor, and at any time, to do the following: (a) change the mailing address of Grantor, open a post office box on behalf of Grantor, open mail for Grantor. and ask, demand, collect, give acquittances and receipts for, take possession of, endorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading, storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against debtors, assignments, verifications, and notices in connection with any property of Grantor; (b) effect any repairs to any asset of Grantor, or continue or obtain any insurance and pay all or any part of the premiums therefor and costs thereof, and make, settle and adjust all claims under such policies of insurance, and make all determinations and decisions with respect to such policies; (c) pay or discharge any taxes, liens, security interests, or other encumbrances levied or placed on or threatened against Grantor or its property; (d) defend any suit. action or proceeding brought against Grantor if Grantor does not defend such suit, action or proceeding or if Attorney believes that Grantor is not pursuing such defense in a manner that will maximize the recovery to Attorney. and settle, compromise or adjust any suit, action, or proceeding described above and, in connection therewith, give such discharges or releases as Attorney may deem appropriate; (e) file or prosecute any claim, litigation, suit or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction or before any arbitrator, or take any other action otherwise deemed appropriate by Attorney for the purpose of collecting any and all such moneys due to Grantor whenever payable and to enforce any other right in respect of Grantor’s property; (f) cause the certified public accountants then engaged by Grantor to prepare and deliver to Attorney at any time and from time to time, promptly upon Attorney’s request, the following reports: (1) a reconciliation of all accounts, (2) an aging of all accounts, (3) trial balances, (4) test verifications of such accounts as Attorney may request, and (5) the results of each physical verification of inventory; (g) communicate in its own name with any party to any Contract with regard to the assignment of the right, title and interest of Grantor in and under the Contracts and other matters relating thereto; (h) to file such financing statements with respect to the Security Agreement, with or without Grantor’s signature, or to file a photocopy of the Security Agreement in substitution for a financing statement, as the Trustee may deem appropriate and to execute in Grantor’s name such financing statements and amendments thereto and continuation statements which may require Grantor’s

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signature; and (i) execute, in connection with any sale provided for in any Indenture Document, any endorsements, assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer with respect to the Collateral and to otherwise direct such sale or resale, all as though Attorney were the absolute owner of the property of Grantor for all purposes, and to do, at Attorney’s option and Grantor’s expense, at any time or from time to time, all acts and other things that Attorney reasonably deems necessary to perfect, preserve, or realize upon Grantor’s property or assets and Attorney’s Liens thereon, all as fully and effectively as Grantor might do. Grantor hereby ratifies, to the extent permitted by law, all that said Attorney shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Power of Attorney is executed by Grantor, and Grantor has caused its seal to be affixed pursuant to the authority of its board of directors this [     ] day of [     ], 20___.
         
  [GRANTOR]
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 

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NOTARY PUBLIC CERTIFICATE
     On this [     ] day of [       ], 20___[officer’s name], who is personally known to me, appeared before me in his/her capacity as the [title] of           (“Grantor”) and executed on behalf of Grantor the Power of Attorney in favor of LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee, to which this Certificate is attached.
         
 
 
 
Notary Public
   

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EXHIBIT B
JOINDER AGREEMENT
     This Joinder Agreement dated as of                     , 20___ is delivered pursuant to that certain Security Agreement dated as of March 25, 2004 by and between Ispat Inland Inc., a Delaware corporation, each other Grantor party thereto and LaSalle Bank National Association, as Trustee for certain lenders (as amended, supplemented or modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”). The undersigned hereby: (a) agrees that on and after the date hereof it shall be a “Grantor” under the Security Agreement and be obligated to perform all of the obligations of a Grantor thereunder, (b) hereby makes the representations and warranties therein as of the date first set forth above; provided that: (i) the applicable filing offices for purposes of Section 4(c) of the Security Agreement shall be [      ], (ii) attached hereto is a schedule of all Instruments owned by the undersigned necessary for purposes of Section 4(d) of the Security Agreement and (iii) attached hereto is a schedule of all information required for Section 4(e) of the Security Agreement, (iv) attached hereto is a Power of Attorney required by Section 7 of the Security Agreement, (v) pursuant to Section 4(d) of the Security Agreement, attached hereto is a Schedule II to the Security Agreement for the undersigned, and (vi) pursuant to Section 4(e) of the Security Agreement, attached hereto is a Schedule I to the Security Agreement for the undersigned.
         
  [GRANTOR]
 
 
  By:      
    Name:      
    Title:      
 

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SCHEDULE I
to
SECURITY AGREEMENT
SCHEDULE OF OFFICES, LOCATIONS OF COLLATERAL
AND RECORDS CONCERNING THE COLLATERAL
I.   Grantor’s official name:
 
              Isplat Inland Inc.
 
II.   Type of entity (e.g., corporation, partnership, business trust, limited partnership, limited liability company):
 
              Corporation
 
III.   Organizational identification number issued by Grantor’s state of incorporation or organization or a statement that no such number has been issued:
 
    0060028
 
IV.   State or Incorporation or Organization:
 
              Delaware
 
V.   Chief Executive Office and principal place of business:
          3210 Watling Street
          East Chicago, IN 46312
VI.   Corporate Offices:
           3210 Watling Street
          East Chicago, IN 46312
VII.   Warehouses:
           In addition to Inventory and Spares that are kept at 3210 Watling Street, East Chicago, IN 46312, the following types of Inventory are kept at the following warehouses and processors:

 



 

     A. Bar Products
EXTERNAL PROCESSING & STORAGE — BAR PRODUCTS
FACILITY LOCATIONS & PRODUCT TYPES
         
FACILITY NAME   PLANT ADDRESS   PRODUCT TYPE
Bar Processing Corp.
  4527 Columbia
Hammond, IN 46327
  HMS, CMS
 
       
Bar Processing Corp.
  1601-33 Wentworth Ave.
Chicago Heights, IL 60411
  CMS
 
       
Bar Processing Corp.
  13390 Cloverdale
Oak Park, MI 48237
  CMS
 
       
Bar Processing Corp.
  22534 Groesbeck Hwy
Warren, MI 48089
  CMS
 
       
BCS Cuyahoga, LLC
  31000 Solon Rd.
Solon, OH 44139
  CMS
 
       
BCS Metal Prep, LLC
  P.O. Box 37188
5800 Sterling Ave.
Maple Heights, OH 44137
  CMS
 
       
Contours LTD.
  510 Collins Blvd.
P.O. Box 608
Orrville, OH 44667
  CMS
 
       
Corey Steel
  P.O. Box 5137
2800 S. 61st Court
Cicero, IL 60650
  HMS, CMS
 
       
Denne Industries
  650 Sugar Lane
Elyria, OH 44035
  CMS
 
       
EMDE Warehousing & Processing
  86 North Bridge St.
Door 14
Gary, IN 46404
  HMS
 
       
Federal Marine Terminals
  415 Salmon Dr.
Portage, IN 46368
  HMS
 
       
General Stevedores, Inc.
  6125 Industrial Way
P.O. Box 9128
Houston, TX 77011
  CMS
 
       
Good’s Rail & Trk Transfer
  7076 N. Main St.
Camden, OH 45311
  HMS
 
       
Michigan Wire
  138 Water St.
Lowell, MI 49331
  HMS, CMS
 
       
Miller Truck & Storage
  1111 South Elm Street
Jackson, MI 49201
  CMS
 
       
MP Steel
  100 North Fairbanks Ave.
Holland, MI 49423
  HMS, CMS

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FACILITY NAME   PLANT ADDRESS   PRODUCT TYPE
Progressive Processing
  P.O. Box 1049
856 Garden St.
Elyria, OH 44036
  CMS
 
       
Super Steel
  6227 Rinke
Warren, MI 48091
  HMS, CMS
 
       
Saint Louis Cold Drawn
  1060 Pershall Rd
St. Louis, MO 63137
  CMS
 
       
Universal Metals Service
  16655 S. Canal
South Holland, IL 60473
  HMS, CMS
 
       
CMS-Cold Melt
HMS-Hot Melt
       

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     B. Flat Products
EXTERNAL PROCESSING & STORAGE — FLAT PRODUCTS
FACILITY LOCATIONS & PRODUCT TYPES
                         
Acero Prime, Ramos Arizpe Plant
  Ave. Gamma #527, Parque Industrial Santa Maria       Ramos Arizpe
Coahuila
  MX     25900  
Acero Prime
  Eje 128 No. 209, Zona Industrial del Potosi       San Luis Potosi   MX     78090  
All Metals Service & Warehouse Inc.
  100 All Metals Drive       Cartersville   GA     30120  
All Metals Service & Warehousing
  115 Coastline Road       Spartanburg   SC     29301  
Arlington Metals
  11355 Franklin Avenue       Franklin Park   IL     60131  
Arlington Metals
  13100 Arlington Drive       Sawyer   MI     49125  
Arvin — Roll Coater Inc.
  1950 E. Main Street   P.O. Box 787   Greenfield   IN     46140  
Arvin — Roll Coater Inc.
  2nd & Hupp Road   P. O. Box 326   Kingsbury   IN     46345  
Auto Blankers
  1301 Alabama       Flint   Ml     48505  
Chemcoaters L.L.C.
  700 Chase Street       Gary   IN     46404  
Chicago Steel
  700 Chase Street   Suite 100   Gary   IN     46404  
Chicago Steel & Tin Plate
  700 Chase Street   Suite 100   Gary   IN     46404  
Delaco Steel Corporation
  811 Tireman       Dearborn   Ml     48126  
Eagle Steel Products
  5150 Loop Road       Jeffersonville   KY     47130  
Edwards Distribution Group LLC
  1725 Miller Road       Dearborn   MI     48126  
Electric Coating Technologies LLC
  4407 Railroad Avenue       East Chicago   IN     46312  
EMDE — East
  201 Mississippi Street       Gary   IN     46402  
Flat Rock Metal Processing L.L.C.
  6720 Waterway Drive       Portage   IN     46368  
Flat Rock Metal, Inc.
  26601 W. Huron River Drive   P.O. Box 1090   Flat Rock   MI     48134  
Flat Rock Metals
Processing-Perrysburg, OH
  7401 Ponderosa Road       Perrysburg   OH     43551  
GEN Warehousing & Transportation, Inc.
  1745 165th Street       Hammond   IN     46320  
GEN Warehousing & Transportation, Inc.
  2515 S. Holt Road       Indianapolis   IN     46241  
GEN Warehousing & Transportation, Inc.
  725 George Nelson Road       Portage   IN     46368  
GEN Warehousing & Transportation, Inc.
  8190 Roll & Hold Parkway       Macedonia   OH     44056  
GMS — Warehouse Services
      P.O. Box 8213   Fort Smith   AR     72902  
Grand Rapids Dist. Center
  945 Freeman Street       Grand Rapids   MI     49503  
Great Lakes Processing
  345 Salmon Drive       Portage   IN     46368  
Heidtman Steel Products
  4400 County Road 59       Butler   IN     46721  
Integrated Terminal
  1951 Hamburg Turnpike   P.O. Box 24   Lackawanna   NY     14218  
Integrated Terminal, Woodhaven
  25325 Hall Road       Woodhaven   MI     48183  
Jefferson Blanking Inc.
  234 South Holland Drive   P.O. Box 384   Pendergrass   GA     30567  
Kasle Metal Processing, LLC
  5146 Maritime Road   Clark Maritime
Center
  Jeffersonville   IN     47130  

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Lafayette Steel
  3600 North Military       Detroit   MI     48210  
Laredo Moving & Storage
      P.O. Box 1706   Laredo   TX     78044  
Lilley Warehousing, Inc.
      P.O. Box 249   Granite City   IL     62040  
Liverpool Coil Processing Division
  880 Steel Drive       Valley City   OH     44280  
Marubeni Steel Processing
      P.O. Box 469   Portland   TN     37148  
Marubeni Steel Processing
  27 Excellence Drive       Vonore   TN     37885  
Medina Blanking
  P.O. Box 360513       Cleveland   OH     44136  
Metal Koting
  1430 Martin Grove Road       Rexdale, Ontario   CAN     M9W 4Y1  
Michigan Metal Transporters
C/O IDS
  8055 Highland Pointe Parkway       Macedonia   OH     44056  
Michigan Metal Transporters
C/O Wayne Industries
  36253 Michigan Avenue       Wayne   Ml     48184  
Millennium Steel Service
  R.R. #1, 222C, County Road 350 South       Princeton   IN     47670  
Miller Truck & Storage
  420 Ingham Street       Jackson   MI     49201  
Mi-Tech
  212 South Rutherford Boulevard       Murfreesboro   TN     37130  
MISA Metal Blanking
  1597 Sterilite Drive       Birmingham   AL     35125  
Mitsui Auto Steel Canada Inc.
  16 Cherry Blossom Road       Cambridge, Ontario   CAN     N3H 4R7  
MSC Walbridge Coatings Inc.
  30610 East Broadway       Walbridge   OH     43465  
National Processing, Inc.
  4506 W. Cline Avenue   P.O. Box 29   East Chicago   IN     46312  
National Processing, Inc.
  4506 W. Cline Avenue   P.O. Box 29   East Chicago   IN     46312  
Noble C/O SET Enterprises
  28217 Van Dyke       Warren   MI     48093  
Noble Metal Processing, Inc.
  6301 Midland Industrial Drive       Shelbyville   KY     40065  
Ohio-Kentucky Steel Corporation
  2001 Commerce Center Drive       Franklin   OH     45005  
Pacific Toll Processing
  24724 S. Wilmington Avenue       Carson   CA     90745  
Pre Finish Metals
  2400 Yankee Road       Middletown   OH     45044  
Precision Strip
  36000 Alabama HWY 21   P.O. Box 6196   Talladega   AL     35160  
Precision Strip
  3518 W. 73rd Street       Anderson   IN     46013  
Precision Strip
  190 Bales Road       Kenton   OH     43326  
Precision Strip
  86 South Ohio Street   P.O. Box 104   Minster   OH     45865  
Precision Strip
  315 Park Avenue       Tipp City   OH     45371  
Pro Coil
  5260 Haggerty Road South       Canton   MI     48188  
Quality Coil Processing
  25225 Hall Road       Woodhaven   MI     48183  
Roll & Hold
  1745 165th Street       Hammond   IN     46320  
Roll & Hold
  725 George Nelson Road       Portage   IN     46368  
RSDC of Michigan, L.L.C.
  1776 Holloway Drive   P.O. Box 606   Holt   MI     48842  
Ryerson Coil Processing
  720 East 111th Street       Chicago   IL     60628  
Ryerson Coil Processing
  720 East 111th Street       Chicago   IL     60628  
SET Enterprises — New Boston
  36211 S. Huron Road       New Boston   Ml     48164  
Shiloh Corporation
  402 Ninth Street   P.O. Box 2037   Mansfield   OH     44905  
Steel Coil Services, Division of FLP
  5151 N. Skiatook Road       Catoosa   OK     74015  
Sweeney Steel Service
  P.O. Box 851       Buffalo   NY     14240  
T W B Company
  1600 Nadeau Road       Monroe   MI     48162  

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Taylor Coil Processing
  2260 Industrial Trace       Lordstown   OH     44481  
Taylor Steel Inc.
      P.O. Box 3366
-Station LCD4
  Hamilton, Ontario   CAN     L8H 7L4  
Thyssen Steel Group Processing
Center
  One Thyssen Park       Detroit   MI     48210  
Toyota Tsusho America, Inc., Georgetown Service Center
  1125 Blossom Way   P.O. Box 729   Georgetown   KY     40324  
Trenton Steel Storage
  1717 Fort Street       Trenton   MI     48183  
Wayne Industries, Inc.
  36253 Michigan Avenue       Wayne   MI     48184  
Wayne Steel Distribution Center
  21901 Cottage Grove Avenue       Sauk Village   IL     60411  
Western Intermodal
  4632 Sheila Street       Commerce   CA     90040  
Worthington Steel
  100 Worthington Drive       Porter   IN     46304  
Worthington Steel
  8911 Kelso Drive       Baltimore   MD     21221  
Worthington Steel
  11700 Worthington Drive       Taylor   Ml     48180  

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     C. Raw Materials
             
Commodity   Location   Company   Address
Iron Ore Pellets
Slabs/Billets
  Escanaba, MI
New Orleans, LA
  Canadian National
Coastal Cargo Company
  1600 Sheridan Road 1555 Poydras Street Suite 1600
 
           
Reserve Terminal
Slabs/Billets
  Chicago, IL   Reserve Marine Terminal   11401 S. Green Bay Ave. Chicago, IL
Billets
  Portage, IN   Federal Marine Terminals   415 Salmon Drive
  VIII.   Other Premises at which Collateral is Stored or Located:
 
      See VII above.
 
  IX.   Locations of Records Concerning Collateral:
 
       3210 Watling Street
East Chicago, IN 46312
 
      Inland Steel Flat Products Company
(a division of Ispat Inland Inc.)
 3210 Watling Street
East Chicago, IN 46312
 
      Ispat Inland Inc.
Detroit Sales Office
100 Galleria Officenter
Suite 424
Southfield, MI 48034
 
      Inland Steel Bar Company
(a division of Ispat Inland Inc.)
 3300 Dickey Road
East Chicago, IN 46312
 
      Inland Steel Mining Company
(Minorca Mine)
 5950 Old Highway 53
Virginia, MN 55792
 
      Inland Steel Mining Company
 3210 Watling Street
East Chicago, IN 46312
 
       30 West Monroe
Chicago, Illinois 60603

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SCHEDULE II
to
SECURITY AGREEMENT
INSTRUMENTS
                 
    Issue Date            
Obligor Initial   Principal Amount   Maturity   Interest Date   Rate
Ispat Inland Administrative
Service Company
  Variable   November 1, 1987   Not applicable   Not applicable
 
               
 
               

 



 

SCHEDULE III
to
SECURITY AGREEMENT
FINANCING STATEMENTS
     
Ispat Inland Inc.
  Delaware Secretary of State
 
  Province of Ontario

 


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