Exhibit 10.4
EXECUTION VERSION
SECOND LIEN COLLATERAL AGENCY
AGREEMENT
This SECOND LIEN COLLATERAL AGENCY
AGREEMENT (this
Agreement ) dated as of October 9, 2008 is entered into by
and among The Bank of New York Mellon, as collateral agent (
Collateral Agent ), and the undersigned Purchasers (together
with their successors and assigns and any subsequent holder of
Notes under the Purchase Agreement referred to below, the
Holders ).
R E C I T A L S
A. The
Holders are the purchasers and holders of Notes under the Second
Lien Subordinated Note Purchase Agreement dated as of the date
hereof (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the Purchase Agreement ) by and among NextWave Wireless LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (the Company ), NextWave Wireless Inc., a Delaware
corporation ( Parent ), the other Guarantors from time to
time party thereto (the Subsidiary Guarantors and, together with Parent, the
Guarantors
), the Purchasers named therein and
the Collateral Agent.
B. The
Subsidiary Guarantors and the Collateral Agent, in its capacity as
collateral agent and representative for the Holders, have entered
into that certain Second Lien Guaranty dated as of the date hereof
(as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the Subsidiary Guaranty ) pursuant to which the Subsidiary Guarantors
have guaranteed the payment and performance of the Notes and the
obligations of the Company under the Purchase Agreement and other
Note Documents (the Obligations ), and Parent and the Collateral Agent, in its
capacity as collateral agent and representative for the Holders,
have entered into that certain Second Lien Parent Guaranty dated as
of the date hereof (as the same may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
Parent Guaranty
) pursuant to which Parent has
guaranteed the Obligations.
C. The
Company, the Guarantors and the Collateral Agent, in its capacity
as collateral agent and representative for the Holders, have
entered into that certain Second Lien Pledge and Security Agreement
dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
Security Agreement
), pursuant to which the Company and
Guarantors have granted and assigned to the Collateral Agent all of
the Companys and the Guarantors right, title and interest in and to
the Collateral.
D. Pursuant
to the terms and conditions of the Collateral Documents, the
Company and the Guarantors have provided collateral security for
all of the Obligations.
E. Pursuant
to the terms and conditions of the Collateral Documents, among
other things, the Company and the Guarantors have granted to the
Collateral Agent for the benefit of Holders, a security interest
in, and a lien on the Collateral.
F. The
Company, the Guarantors, the First Lien Collateral Agent, the
Collateral Agent and the Third Lien Collateral Agent have entered
into that certain Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the date
hereof (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the
Intercreditor Agreement
).
G. The
Collateral Agent and the Holders wish to enter into this Agreement
to, among other things, set forth their understandings and
agreements regarding the Holders and the Collateral Agents
respective rights, obligations and priorities with respect to the
Collateral and all proceeds thereof.
NOW, THEREFORE , for good
and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which
are hereby acknowledged and the mutual covenants and promises set
forth herein, each of the parties to this Agreement agrees as
follows:
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SECTION I.
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DEFINITIONS;
INTERPRETATION .
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1.01
Definitions
. Initially capitalized terms used in this
Agreement without definition in Exhibit
A or otherwise defined herein are defined in the
Purchase Agreement.
1.02
Headings
. Headings in this Agreement are for convenience
of reference only and are not part of the substance hereof or
thereof.
1.03
Plural Terms
. All terms defined in this Agreement in the
singular form shall have comparable meanings when used in the
plural form and vice versa.
1.04
Time .
All references in this Agreement to a time of
day means New York City time, unless otherwise
indicated.
1.05
Construction
. This Agreement is the result of negotiations
among, and has been reviewed by, the Holders, the Collateral Agent
and their respective counsel. Accordingly, this Agreement shall be
deemed to be the product of all parties hereto and no ambiguity
shall be construed in favor of or against any Holder or the
Collateral Agent.
1.06
Conflicts
. In the event of a conflict between the terms of
this Agreement and the terms of any of the other Note Documents
with respect to the matters related to the Collateral contained
herein, as among the Collateral Agent and the Holders the terms of
this Agreement shall control.
1.07
Other Interpretive
Provisions . References in
this Agreement to Recitals, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules are to
recitals, sections, exhibits and schedules herein and hereto unless
otherwise indicated. References in this Agreement to any document,
instrument or agreement shall (a) include all exhibits, schedules
and other attachments thereto, (b) include all documents,
instruments or agreements issued or executed in replacement
thereof, and (c) mean such document, instrument or agreement, or
replacement or predecessor thereto, as amended, modified and
supplemented from time to time and in effect at any given time. The
words hereof, herein and hereunder and words of similar import when
used in this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as
a
whole and not to any particular provision of
this Agreement. The words include and including and words of
similar import when used in this Agreement shall not be construed
to be limiting or exclusive.
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SECTION II.
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COLLATERAL AND REMEDIES
.
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2.01
Priority of Liens
. The Collateral Agent and the Holders hereby
agree that the security interests and liens granted to the
Collateral Agent under the Collateral Documents and any claims of
the Collateral Agent and/or Holders under guaranties executed by
Guarantors shall be treated, as among the Holders, as having equal
priority and shall, except to the extent otherwise provided in
Section 3.02, at all times be shared by the Holders as provided
herein regardless of any claim or defense (including any claims
under the fraudulent transfer, preference or similar avoidance
provisions of applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other applicable
Governmental Rules affecting the rights of creditors generally) to
which the Collateral Agent or any Holders may be entitled or
subject.
2.02
Custody of Collateral
. From and after the occurrence and during the continuation of an
Event of Default, if any Holder acquires custody, control or
possession of any Collateral other than any proceeds thereof
distributed to such Holder pursuant to the terms of any Note
Document, then such Holder shall promptly cause such Collateral to
be delivered to, or put in the custody, possession or control of,
the Collateral Agent for disposition or distribution in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement and the Intercreditor
Agreement. From and after the occurrence and during the
continuation of an Event of Default and until such time as the
provisions of the immediately preceding sentence have been complied
with, such Holder shall be deemed to hold such Collateral in trust
for the parties entitled thereto under this
Agreement.
2.03
Additional Collateral or
Guaranties . None of the
Holders shall accept a security interest in, or a Lien on, any
collateral for the Obligations other than such Holders beneficial
interest in the security interest in, and Lien on, the Collateral
granted to the Collateral Agent under the Collateral
Documents; provided , however , that
nothing contained in the foregoing shall be construed as
prohibiting the opening and maintenance of deposit accounts for the
account of the Company or Guarantors in the ordinary course of
business. No Holder shall accept any guaranty of its Obligations
from any Person unless such Person has previously or simultaneously
guaranteed the Obligations held by each of the other
Holders.
2.04
Enforcement of Remedies
. Upon the occurrence and during the continuation
of any Event of Default, the Collateral Agent shall, subject to the
other provisions of this Agreement, take such action with respect
to such Event of Default as shall be directed by the Required
Holders (a Direction
Notice ); provided , however , that, in
the absence of a Direction Notice, the Collateral Agent may (but
shall not be obligated to) take such action, or refrain from taking
such action, with respect to such Event of Default as it shall deem
advisable in the best interests of the Holders (other than the
exercise of foreclosure remedies). Upon receipt by the Collateral
Agent of a Direction Notice, the Collateral Agent shall seek to
enforce the Collateral Documents and to realize upon
the
Collateral in accordance with such Direction
Notice; provided , however , that the
Collateral Agent shall not follow any Direction Notice if the
Collateral Agent reasonably determines on the basis of an opinion
of counsel that such Direction Notice is in conflict with any
provisions of any applicable Governmental Rule, this Agreement or
any of the relevant Collateral Documents, and the Collateral Agent
shall not, under any circumstances, be liable to any Holder, the
Company or any other Person for following a Direction
Notice.
2.05
Remedies of the Holders
. Unless otherwise consented to in writing by the
Required Holders, no Holder, individually or together with any
other Holder, shall have the right to, nor shall it, exercise or
enforce any of the rights, powers or remedies which the Collateral
Agent is authorized to exercise or enforce under this Agreement or
any of the Collateral Documents.
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2.06
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Holder Information
.
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(a) Collateral
Agent shall provide to any Holder, when and if requested by such
Holder, a copy of the Register delivered to Collateral Agent by the
Company in accordance with Section 1.7(a) of the Purchase
Agreement.
(b) If
the Collateral Agent proceeds to foreclose upon, collect, sell or
otherwise dispose of or take any other action with respect to any
or all of the Collateral or to enforce any provisions of the
Collateral Documents or takes any other action pursuant to this
Agreement or any provision of the Collateral Documents or requests
directions from the Holders as provided herein, upon the request of
the Collateral Agent, each of the Holders (or any agent of or
representative for such Holder) shall promptly deliver a written
notice to the Collateral Agent and each of the other Holders
setting forth (a) the aggregate amount of principal, interest,
fees, and other Obligations owing to such Holder under the
applicable Note Documents as of the date specified by the
Collateral Agent in such request and (b) such other information as
the Collateral Agent may reasonably request.
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SECTION III.
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DISTRIBUTION OF PROCEEDS
.
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3.01
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Collateral Proceeds
Account .
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(a) Upon
receipt of a Direction Notice, the Collateral Agent shall establish
a collateral proceeds account subject to the Lien created by the
Collateral Documents in the name of the Collateral Agent into which
the Proceeds (as defined below) shall be deposited and from which
only the Collateral Agent may effect withdrawals (the
Collateral Proceeds Account
). Such amounts shall be held by the Collateral
Agent in the Collateral Proceeds Account and shall be distributed
from time to time by the Collateral Agent in accordance with
Section 3.02.
(b) Following
the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default,
the following proceeds, payments and amounts (collectively,
the Proceeds
)
shall be deposited and held by the Collateral Agent in the
Collateral Proceeds Account and shall be distributed from time to
time by the Collateral Agent to the Holders in accordance with
Section 3.02:
(i) any
proceeds of any collection, recovery, receipt, appropriation,
realization or sale of any or all of the Collateral through the
enforcement of the Collateral Documents received by the Collateral
Agent or any Holder; and
(ii) any
amounts held in the Collateral Proceeds Account at the time an
Event of Default occurs.
Each Holder agrees to deliver any Proceeds to
the Collateral Agent within three (3) Business Days after receipt
of such Proceeds, or if later (in the case of clause (ii)), within
three (3) Business Days of being advised of the occurrence of an
Event of Default. Until such time as the provisions of the
immediately preceding sentence have been complied with, such Holder
shall be deemed to hold such Proceeds in trust for the parties
entitled thereto under this Agreement.
3.02
Distribution of Proceeds
. The Collateral Agent, at the request of the
Holders, shall distribute the Proceeds which are held in the
Collateral Proceeds Account in accordance with Section 12 of
the Security Agreement, it being understood, however, that the
Collateral Agent may deduct from any distribution the amount of all
Collateral Agents reimbursable fees and expenses that have not been
paid by the Company or the Holders pursuant to Section 4.03 or
otherwise. The Collateral Agent shall make such distributions as
promptly as reasonably practicable after the deposit of any
Proceeds into the Collateral Proceeds Account and in any event
within five (5) Business Days of receipt thereof.
3.03
Distributions Recovered
. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Agreement, in each case in which any proceeds (or
the value thereof) or payments are recovered as a preferential or
otherwise voidable payment (whether by a trustee in bankruptcy or
otherwise) from the party which distributed those proceeds to
another party or parties under this Agreement (the
Distributor ), each
party to whom any of those proceeds were ultimately distributed
(a Distributee
)
shall, upon the Distributors notice of the recovery to the
Distributee, return to the Distributor an amount equal to the
Distributees ratable share of the amount recovered, together with a
ratable share of interest thereon to the extent the Distributor is
required to pay interest thereon computed on the amount to be
returned from the date of the recovery. For purposes of this
Agreement, proceeds means any
payment (whether made voluntarily or involuntary) from any source,
including any offset of any deposit or other indebtedness, any
security (including any guaranty or any collateral) or
otherwise.
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SECTION IV.
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THE
COLLATERAL AGENT AND RELATIONS AMONG SECURED
CREDITORS .
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4.01
Appointment, Powers and
Immunities . Each Holder
has appointed and authorized the Collateral Agent to act as its
agent hereunder and under the Note Documents with such powers as
are expressly delegated to the Collateral Agent by the terms of the
Note Documents, together with such other powers as are reasonably
incidental thereto. The Collateral Agent shall not have any duties
or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in the Note
Documents. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, the Collateral Agent shall not be required to take any
action which is contrary to any Note Document or any applicable
Governmental Rule. The Collateral Agent may employ agents and
attorneys-in-fact
and shall not be responsible to the Holders or
any Holder for the negligence or misconduct of any such agents or
attorneys-in-fact selected by it with reasonable
care.
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4.02
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Reliance by the Collateral
Agent .
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Notwithstanding anything in any Note Document to
the contrary, the Collateral Agents duties under all such Note
Documents are administrative only and it shall not be required
under any circumstances to exercise discretion in the performance
of its duties under any Note Document, but shall be required to act
or to refrain from acting upon instructions of the Required Holders
and shall in all cases be fully protected by the Holders in acting,
or in refraining from acting, hereunder or under any Note Document
in accordance with the instructions of the Required Holders, and
such instructions of the Required Holders and any action taken or
failure to act pursuant thereto shall be binding on all of the
Holders. As to any other matters not expressly provided for by any
Note Document, the Collateral Agent shall n