EXECUTION VERSION
SECOND FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT;
THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CREDIT AND
GUARANTY AGREEMENT AND FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE PLEDGE AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT
This SECOND
FORBEARANCE AGREEMENT; THIRD AMENDMENT TO THE SECOND AMENDED AND
RESTATED CREDIT AND GUARANTY AGREEMENT AND FIRST AMENDMENT TO THE
PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement
”) is entered into as of December 10, 2008, by and among
Simmons Bedding Company (the “ Company ”),
THL-SC Bedding Company and certain subsidiaries of the Company
party to the Credit Agreement (as hereafter defined) as Guarantors
(together with the Company, the “ Credit Parties
”), the financial institutions party hereto as Lenders under
the Credit Agreement (collectively, the “ Lenders
”) and Deutsche Bank AG, New York Branch, individually as a
Lender (“ DBNY ”) and as administrative agent
for the Lenders (in such capacity, “ Agent ”).
Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have
the respective meanings ascribed to such terms in the Credit
Agreement.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the
Company, the other Credit Parties and Lenders are parties to that
certain Second Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement,
dated as of May 25, 2006 (as has been or may be further amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“ Credit Agreement ”), pursuant to which, among
other things, the lenders party thereto have agreed, subject to the
terms and conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement, to make
certain loans and other financial accommodations to the
Company.
WHEREAS, the
Company, the other Credit Parties and Lenders are parties to that
certain First Forbearance Agreement and Second Amendment to the
Second Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement, dated as
of November 12, 2008 (the “ Forbearance Agreement
”), pursuant to which the Forbearance Period thereunder shall
terminate on December 10, 2008.
WHEREAS, as of
the date hereof, one or more of the Defaults or Events of Default
listed on Exhibit A hereto have occurred and are continuing, or may
occur during the Second Forbearance Period (as hereinafter defined)
(the Defaults and Events of Default described in Exhibit A hereto
being herein collectively called the “ Specified
Defaults ”).
WHEREAS, upon
the Company’s request, Lenders have agreed, subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein, to forbear from exercising
their default-related rights, remedies, powers and privileges
against the Company and the other Credit Parties with respect to
the Specified Defaults only and to amend certain provisions of the
Credit Agreement.
WHEREAS, upon
the Company’s request, Lenders have agreed, subject to the
terms and conditions set forth herein, to amend certain provisions
of the Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of December 19, 2003
by and between each of the Grantors party thereto and the Agent in
its capacity as Collateral Agent (as supplemented and in effect on
the date hereof, the “ Pledge and Security Agreement
”).
NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the foregoing, the terms, covenants and
conditions contained herein and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION
1.
Confirmation by the Company of Obligations and Specified
Defaults .
(a) The Company and
each other Credit Party acknowledge and agree that as of December
9, 2008, the respective aggregate principal balances of the Loans
as of such date and aggregate face amount of Letters of Credit were
as follows (such amounts, in the aggregate, the “ Existing
Principal and Letters of Credit ”):
Tranche D Term
Loans: $465,000,000.00
Revolving
Loans: $64,532,384.22
Letters of
Credit: $10,427,327.00
The Company and
each Credit Party acknowledge and agree that as of December 9,
2008, the aggregate amount of accrued and unpaid interest on the
Tranche D Term Loans and Revolving Loans is $3,931,276.71 (the
“ Existing Interest ”), and the accrued and
unpaid commitment fees payable pursuant to Section 2.10(a) of the
Credit Agreement is $65.87 (the “ Existing Commitment
Fees ”) and the accrued and unpaid letter of credit fees
payable pursuant to Section 2.10(b) of the Credit Agreement is
$42,540.82 (the “ Existing LC Fees ” and
together with the Existing Principal and Letters of Credit, the
Existing Interest, and the Existing Commitment Fees, the “
Outstanding Indebtedness ”). The foregoing amounts do
not include other fees, expenses and other amounts which are
chargeable or otherwise reimbursable under the Credit Agreement and
the other Credit Documents. None of the Company and the
other Credit Parties have any rights of offset, defenses, claims or
counterclaims with respect to any of the Obligations and each of
the Credit Parties are jointly and severally obligated with respect
thereto, in accordance with the terms of the Credit
Documents.
(b) The Company and
each other Credit Party acknowledge and agree that each of the
Specified Defaults constitute a Default or an Event of Default that
has occurred and is continuing as of the Second Forbearance
Effective Date or that may occur and continue during the Second
Forbearance Period, as the case may be. Prior to the
effectiveness of this Agreement, the existence of certain of the
Specified Defaults (i) relieved Lenders and Agent from any
obligation to extend any Loan or provide other financial
accommodations under the Credit Agreement or other Credit
Documents, and (ii) permitted Lenders and Agent to, among other
things, (A) suspend or terminate any commitment to provide Loans or
make other extensions of credit under any or all of the Credit
Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (B) accelerate all or any
portion of the Obligations, (C) commence any legal or other action
to collect any or all of the Obligations from the Company, any
other Credit Party and/or any Collateral, (D) foreclose or
otherwise realize on any or all of the Collateral, and/or
appropriate, set-off and apply to the payment of any or all of the
Obligations, any or all of the Collateral, and/or (E) take any
other enforcement action or otherwise exercise any or all rights,
remedies, powers and privileges provided for by any or all of the
Credit Agreement, the other Credit Documents, applicable law and/or
equity.
SECTION
2. Forbearance; Forbearance Default Rights and
Remedies .
(a) Effective as
of the Second Forbearance Effective Date (as hereinafter defined),
each Lender and Agent agree that until the expiration or
termination of the Second Forbearance Period, it will forbear from
exercising its default-related rights and remedies under the Credit
Documents against the Company or any other Credit Party solely with
respect to the Specified Defaults. As used herein, the
term “ Second Forbearance Period ” shall mean
the period beginning on the Second Forbearance Effective Date and
ending on the earliest to occur of (i) any Forbearance Default (as
hereinafter defined), (ii) the Agent’s receipt from the
Company of a Payment Notice (as hereinafter defined) or the making
of any payment (including interest) on any Subordinated
Indebtedness by the Credit Parties, any of their Subsidiaries or
the Sponsor, (iii) the first day upon which the trustee or any of
the holders of the Indebtedness under the Senior Subordinated Note
Indenture exercise any of their remedies thereunder or under
applicable law, including, without limitation, any acceleration of
any such Subordinated Indebtedness (it being understood and agreed
that the mere receipt of an acceleration notice by the Company
pursuant to Section 6.02 of the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture
shall not, in and of itself, terminate the Second Forbearance
Period until the acceleration referenced in such notice becomes
effective in accordance with the proviso in Section 6.02 of the
Senior Subordinated Note Indenture), (iv) if either Simmons Company
or Simmons Holdco, Inc. (collectively, the " Parents ") or
the Credit Parties receive notice with respect to the failure to
file quarterly financial reports with the SEC on Form 10-Q for the
quarter ending September 27, 2008, from the requisite holders of,
or the trustee or agent therefor, the 10% Senior Discount Notes due
2014 issued by Simmons Company or the $300.0 million senior
unsecured loans issued by Simmons Holdco, Inc., and the Parents do
not file, or do not cause the filing of, such reports with the SEC
on Form 10-Q within 60 days of receipt of such notice, such 60th
day or (v) 11:59 p.m. (New York City time) on March 31, 2009 (the
earliest to occur of clauses (i) through (v) being the “
Second Forbearance Termination Date ”). As used
herein, the term “ Forbearance Default ” shall
mean (A) the occurrence of any Event of Default other than the
Specified Defaults, or (B) any representation, warranty or
certification made or deemed made by the Company or any other
Credit Party in connection with this Agreement (other than the
Permitted Exceptions (as defined below)) shall be false in any
material respect on the date as of which made or deemed
made.
(b) From and after the
Second Forbearance Termination Date, including as a result of any
Event of Default (other than the Specified Defaults), the agreement
of each Lender and Agent hereunder to forbear as set forth in
Section 2(a) shall immediately terminate without the requirement of
any demand, presentment, protest, or notice of any kind, all of
which are hereby waived by the Company and each other Credit Party.
The Company and each other Credit Party hereby agree that from and
after the Second Forbearance Termination Date, Lenders and Agent
may at any time, or from time to time, exercise any and all of
their rights, remedies, powers and privileges under any or all of
the Credit Agreement, any other Credit Document, applicable law
and/or equity, all of which rights, remedies, powers and privileges
are fully reserved by each Lender and Agent.
(c) Except as set
forth herein, none of the Lenders or Agent shall have any
obligation to extend the Second Forbearance Period, or enter into
any other waiver, forbearance or amendment, and the Lenders’
and Agent’s agreement to permit any such extension, or enter
into any other waiver, forbearance or amendment shall be subject to
the sole discretion of the Lenders. Any agreement by any
Lender and Agent to extend the Second Forbearance Period, if any,
or enter into any other waiver, forbearance or amendment, must be
set forth in writing and signed by a duly authorized signatory of
the relevant Lenders and Agent. The Company and the
other Credit Parties each acknowledge that Lenders and Agent have
not made any assurances concerning any possibility of an extension
of the Second Forbearance Period or the entering into of any
waiver, forbearance or amendment.
(d) The Company and
the other Credit Parties each acknowledge and agree that no
additional Loans or other financial accommodation shall be made by
the Lenders to the Company during the Second Forbearance Period,
other than (i) the issuance, renewal, extension or replacement of a
Letter of Credit and (ii) Revolving Loans made (w) in connection
with, and equal to, the decrease in the amount of Letter of Credit
Usage, (x) pursuant to Section 2.3(d) of the Credit Agreement, (y)
to backstop any Letter of Credit which is otherwise permitted by
the Credit Agreement or (z) to provide cash collateral to a
beneficiary in lieu of issuing a Letter of Credit; provided that
the Revolving Credit Exposure is not increased or decreased after
giving effect to any Revolving Loan or other extension of credit as
defined above. In connection with any Loans or financial
accommodations incurred or extended pursuant to the Credit
Agreement during the Second Forbearance Period as permitted above,
the conditions specified in Section 3.2 of the Credit Agreement
shall be required to be satisfied; provided that solely for such
purposes during the Second Forbearance Period (x) any
representations and warranties (i) pursuant to Section 4.9 and
Section 4.21 of the Credit Agreement shall not be required to be
made and (ii) pursuant to Section 4.15 of the Credit Agreement
shall be deemed modified so that the representation may exclude the
effects of defaults under operating leases of the Company and its
Subsidiaries and under the Senior Subordinated Note Indenture
solely as a result of the existence of one or more Specified
Defaults and (y) no Specified Default shall be deemed to constitute
a Default or Event of Default (the items included in (x) and (y),
the “ Permitted Exceptions ”).
SECTION
3. Amendments to Credit Agreement
.
Effective as of
the Second Forbearance Effective Date (as hereinafter defined), the
following provisions of the Credit Agreement shall be amended as
set forth below (which amendments are in addition to those
contained in the Forbearance Agreement, which shall remain in full
force and effect except as expressly modified
herein). For the avoidance of doubt, the Credit
Agreement shall remain amended as set forth in this section after
the Second Forbearance Termination Date, and these amendments shall
not operate as a waiver of any Default or Event of
Default.
(a) Amendments to
Section 1.1 .
(i) The definition of
“ Adjusted Eurodollar Rate ” in Section 1.1 is
amended by adding the following new sentence at the end
thereof:
“Notwithstanding any of the foregoing, on
and after the earlier to occur of (x) the Second Forbearance
Termination Date and (y) March 31, 2009, the Adjusted Eurodollar
Rate shall not at any time be less than 3.25% per
annum.”
(ii) The definition of
“ Applicable Margin ” in Section 1.1 is hereby
amended by deleting the last paragraph thereof (as added pursuant
to Section 3(a)(i) of the Forbearance Agreement) and inserting in
lieu thereof the following new paragraph:
“Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) during
the period from and after the Forbearance Effective Date and to and
including (but not on) the Second Forbearance Effective Date, the
Applicable Margin shall be increased by 2.0% per annum above the
rate otherwise applicable and (y) during all periods on and after
the Second Forbearance Effective Date, the “ Applicable
Margin” shall mean (i) for all Loans which are Base Rate
Loans, 5.285% per annum and (ii) for all Loans which are Eurodollar
Rate Loans, 6.285% per annum.”
(iii) The definition of
“ Base Rate ” in Section 1.1 is deleted in its
entirety and replaced by the following:
““
Base Rate ” means, at any time, the
greater of (a) the Prime Rate, and (b) the rate equal to the sum of
(i) 0.50% plus (ii) the Federal Funds Effective Rate; provided,
that on and after the earlier to occur of (x) the Second
Forbearance Termination Date and (y) March 31, 2009, the Base Rate
shall not at any time be less than 4.25% per
annum.”
(iv) The definition of
“ CFO Certification ” is amended by adding the
following phrase at the end thereof:
“, and
with respect to the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and
its Subsidiaries for each fiscal month and Fiscal Quarter ending on
or after September 27, 2008, such balance sheet shall not
reclassify long-term debt as short-term debt solely as a result of
the existence of the Specified Defaults (as defined in the Second
Forbearance Agreement).”
(v) The definition of
“ Collateral Documents ” is amended by inserting
“, each Control Agreement” immediately after the words
“the Mortgages”.
(vi) The definition of
“ Credit Document ” is amended by inserting
“, the Forbearance Agreement and the Second Forbearance
Agreement” immediately after the words “the Collateral
Documents”:
(vii) The definition of
“ Interest Payment Date ” is amended by (x)
deleting the phrase “three months” in each of the two
places it appears therein and by inserting in lieu thereof the
phrase “one month”, (y) adding to the end of clause (i)
thereof, the following “ provided that, from and after
the Second Forbearance Effective Date, it shall mean the last
Business Day of each calendar month, commencing on the first such
date to occur on or after the Second Forbearance Effective
Date.”
(viii) The definition of
“ Responsible Officer ” is deleted in its
entirety and replaced with the following:
““
Responsible Officer ” means as to any Person, any of
the president, chief executive officer (to the extent an individual
has been appointed to such position by the Board of Directors or
other applicable governing body of such Person), chief financial
officer, the treasurer or the assistant treasurer, principal
financial officer, principal accounting officer or the general
counsel, of such Person.”
(ix) The definition of
“ Restructuring Amendment ” is amended by
inserting the following new sentence immediately at the end of the
existing definition thereof:
“In no
event shall the Second Forbearance Agreement be deemed to
constitute a Restructuring Amendment.”
(x) the following new
definitions are hereby added in the appropriate alphabetical
order:
““
Control Agreements ” means a tri-party deposit account
control agreement by and among the applicable Credit Party, the
Collateral Agent and the respective depository institution, each in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent
and in any event providing the Collateral Agent
“control” of such deposit account within the meaning of
Article 9 of the UCC.
“
Second Forbearance Agreement ” means the Second
Forbearance Agreement; Third Amendment to the Second Amended and
Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement and First Amendment to
Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of December 9, 2008 by and
among the Company, the other Credit Parties, the Lender parties
thereto and Agent.
“
Second Forbearance Effective Date ” has the meaning
assigned to that term in the Second Forbearance
Agreement.
“
Second Forbearance Period ” has the meaning assigned
to that term in the Second Forbearance Agreement.
“
Second Forbearance Termination Date ” has the meaning
assigned to that term in the Second Forbearance
Agreement.”
(b) Section 1.2 shall
be amended by inserting the following sentence at the end
thereof:
“Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary or the requirements of GAAP, with respect to the
consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries for
each fiscal month and Fiscal Quarter ending on or after September
27, 2008, the Company shall not reclassify any long-term debt as
short-term debt solely as a result of the existence of the
Specified Defaults (as defined in the Second Forbearance
Agreement).”.
(c) Section 2.9 shall
be amended by (x) the deleting the phrase “2% per annum in
excess of” in each of the three places it appears therein and
(y) deleting the word “increased” appearing in the last
sentence thereof.
(d) Section 2.10 shall
be amended by:
(i) Section 2.10(a)
shall be amended by inserting “ provided that, from
and after the Second Forbearance Effective Date, such fees shall be
payable on the last Business Day of each calendar month in
arrears” at the end thereof .
(ii) Section 2.10(b)
shall be amended by inserting “ provided that, from
and after the Second Forbearance Effective Date, such fees shall be
payable on the last Business Day of each calendar month in
arrears” at the end of the first sentence therein.
(iii) Section 2.10(c)
shall be amended by inserting “ provided that, from
and after the Second Forbearance Effective Date, such fees shall be
payable on the last Business Day of each calendar month in
arrears” at the end thereof .
(e) Each of Sections
2.12, 2.13 and 2.14 shall be amended by adding the following new
clause (designated clause “(d)” in the case of Sections
2.12 and 2.14 and designated clause “(g)” in the case
of Section 2.13) as follows:
“[(d)/(g)] it is understood and agreed
that, for all periods from and after the Second Forbearance
Effective Date, the provisions of Sections 2.12, 2.13 and 2.14
shall be subject to the express requirements of Section 5(f) of the
Second Forbearance Agreement and, in the event of any conflict or
inconsistency, the provisions of said Section 5(f) of the Second
Forbearance Agreement shall control.”
(f) Section 5.1(c)(ii)
shall be amended by inserting the following at the end
thereof:
“
provided that, the certified public accountants’
report relating to the Company’s audited consolidated
financial statements for the Fiscal Year ending 2008, may be
qualified solely as a result of the existence of the Specified
Defaults and the defaults or events of default arising under the
Senior Subordinated Note Indenture which are set forth on Exhibit A
to the Second Forbearance Agreement;”.
(g) Section 6.1 shall
be amended by inserting the following new paragraph at the end
thereof:
“Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Credit
Parties may incur Indebtedness to Subsidiaries of Holdings which
are not Credit Parties in excess of the amounts otherwise permitted
in this Section 6.1 solely to permit compliance with Section
4.5(b)(iv) of the Pledge and Security Agreement; provided
that, such Indebtedness shall be in compliance with the second
proviso set forth in Section 6.1(e).”
(h) Section 6.3 shall
be amended by inserting the following new paragraph at the end
thereof:
“Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Credit
Parties may make Investments in Subsidiaries of Holdings which are
not Credit Parties in excess of the amounts otherwise permitted in
this Section 6.3 solely to permit compliance with Section
4.5(b)(iv) of the Pledge and Security Agreement.”
(i) Section 8.1 shall
be amended by:
(i) in Section 8.1(c)
inserting “(x)” immediately after the phrase
“perform or comply with” appearing therein and
inserting the following new text at the end of the existing text
thereof and before the semicolon at the end thereof:
“or (y)
any term or condition contained in Section 4.5 of the Pledge and
Security Agreement; provided that, with respect to the
execution and delivery of Control Agreements as required by
subclause (b)(i) thereof, such default shall not have been remedied
or waived within three Business Days after the original date of
required compliance therewith”.
(ii) Replacing every
instance of the phrase “Company or any of its Material
Subsidiaries (or any group of Company’s Subsidiaries that,
taken as a whole, would constitute a Material Subsidiary” in
Sections 8.1(f) and (g) with the phrase “Company or any of
its Subsidiaries”.
(iii) Adding the word
“or” at the end of Section 8.1(l).
(iv) Adding the
following as subsections (m) and (n) which shall precede the final
two paragraphs of Section 8.1:
“(
m ) the failure of the Senior Subordinated Notes or any
other Subordinated Indebtedness to be subordinated as provided by
any subordination provision related to such Subordinated
Indebtedness or any Credit Party shall contest in writing the
validity or enforceability of such provisions; or
( n )
the failure by the Company or any Guarantor to comply with any term
or condition contained in the Second Forbearance Agreement;
provided that, (x) with respect to any default in the
performance of or compliance with any term contained in paragraphs
(c), (d), (e), (g), (h), (i) and (n) of Section 5 of the Second
Forbearance Agreement, such default shall not have been remedied or
waived within three Business Days after the original date of
required compliance therewith and (y) with respect to any default
in the performance of or compliance with covenants in the Second
Forbearance Agreement not subject to a date, the respective default
shall not have been remedied or waived within three Business Days
after the earlier of (A) a Responsible Officer of any Credit Party
becoming aware of such default or (B) receipt by the Company of
notice from the Agent of such default.”
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Amendments to Pledge and Security
Agreement
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Effective as of
the Second Forbearance Effective Date, the following provisions of
the Pledge and Security Agreement shall be amended as set forth
below.
(a) Amendments to
Section 1.1 .
(i) The definition of
“ Deposit Accounts ” shall be amended by adding,
immediately at the end of the existing text thereof, the phrase
“or listed on Schedule 4.5”.
(ii) The following new
definitions are hereby added in the appropriate alphabetical
order:
“
Bank ” shall have the meaning provided in Section
9-102 of the UCC.
“Control” shall mean, in the case of each Deposit Account,
“control” as such term is defined in Section 9-104 of
the UCC.
“Trust
Funds ” shall mean
any Cash and Cash Equivalents constituting (i) payroll, payroll
taxes, and other employee wage and benefit payments to or for the
benefit of Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’
employees and accrued and unpaid employee compensation (including
salaries, wages, benefits and expense reimbursements) and (ii) all
taxes required to be collected or withheld (including, without
limitation, federal and state withholding taxes (including the
employer’s share thereof), taxes owing to any governmental
authority, sales, use and excise taxes, customs duties, import
duties and independent customs brokers’ charges), other taxes
for which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries may become liable
and any other fiduciary funds, in each case, solely to the extent
that (x) the failure to remit such Trust Funds to the Person
entitled thereto would result under applicable law in potential
personal criminal or civil liability to any director, officer or
employee of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, (y) in the case
of amounts described in the preceding clause (i), the amounts
constituting Trust Funds in a given Deposit
Account shall represent (without duplication) accrued
and unpaid employee compensation through the date upon which the
respective Grantor received the notice from the Collateral Agent of
its exercise of remedies with respect to such Deposit Account as
required by Section 7.4(b) (or, if sooner, the date of any Default
or Event of Default with respect to such Grantor pursuant to
Section 8.1(f) or (g) of the Credit Agreement), additional employee
compensation for a period not to extend beyond the third Business
Day following its receipt of such notice (or the earlier occurrence
of such Default) and checks or direct deposit amounts already paid
(prior to the receipt of notice or Default or Event of Default
described above) in respect of prior pay periods which have not yet
cleared, and (z) in each case, any amounts to constitute Trust
Funds shall only constitute same if, and to the extent that, the
Collateral Agent has received an officer’s certificate from
the chief financial officer of the Company, which certifies the
aggregate amount to be withheld or which shall constitute Trust
Funds, and the respective Deposit Accounts pursuant to which such
Trust Funds are requested to be made available, in each case
received by the Collateral Agent within ten (10) Business Days
after the date upon which the respective Grantor received the
notice from the Collateral Agent of its exercise of remedies with
respect to such Deposit Account as required by Section 7.4(b) or,
if sooner, the date of any Default or Event of Default with respect
to such Grantor pursuant to Section 8.1(f) or (g) of the Credit
Agreement.
(b) Section 2.1 shall
be amended by inserting the following at the end of paragraph (k)
before for the semi-colon:
“and all
Deposit Accounts maintained by such Grantor with any person and all
Monies, securities, Instruments and other investments deposited or
required to be deposited in any of the foregoing”.
(c) Section 4.5 shall
be amended by deleting the existing said provision thereof in its
entirety and by inserting in lieu thereof the following new Section
4.5:
(a)
Representations and Warranties . As of the Second
Forbearance Effective Date, no Grantor maintains any Deposit
Accounts other than the accounts listed in Schedule 4.5 hereto. The
two accounts listed on Part II of Schedule 4.5 (the “
Existing Escrow Accounts ”) are existing accounts
previously established to escrow certain funds, and no other
amounts have been deposited therein (other than interest accruing
in such accounts). The maximum amount on deposit in each such
Existing Escrow Account on the Second Forbearance Effective Date is
correctly set forth in Part II of Schedule 4.5. Each Grantor is the
sole account holder of each such Deposit Account and such Grantor
has not consented to, and is not otherwise aware, of any person
(other than the Collateral Agent pursuant hereto) having sole
dominion and control (within the meaning of common law) or
“control” (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the
UCC) over, or any other interest in, any such Deposit Account and
any Money or other property deposited therein.
(i) With
respect to each Deposit Account of any Grantor in existence on the
Second Forbearance Effective Date (other than the Existing Escrow
Accounts), the respective Grantor shall deliver to the Collateral
Agent, within the time required by the immediately succeeding
sentence, (x) a Control Agreement duly executed by such Grantor and
the applicable Bank with respect to each such Deposit Account, at
which time the Collateral Agent will have a first priority security
interest (subject to such Bank’s rights as provided in the
respective Control Agreement) in each such Deposit Account, which
security interest is perfected by Control or (y) evidence
reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent that each such
Deposit Account that is not subject to a Control Agreement has been
closed. All Control Agreements required by the
immediately preceding sentence shall be required to be fully
executed and delivered to the Collateral Agent no later than ten
Business Days after the Second Forbearance Effective Date;
provided that, such date may be extended by an additional
five Business Days at the reasonable request of the Company;
and
(ii) No
Grantor shall, at any time after the Second Forbearance Effective
Date, establish, open or acquire any Deposit Account unless, prior
thereto, the respective Bank and Grantor shall have duly executed
and delivered to the Collateral Agent a Control Agreement, in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Agent, with respect to
such Deposit Account or the Collateral Agent otherwise has Control
over such Deposit Account pursuant to documentation in form and
substance satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
(iii) From
and after the time for compliance with clause (i) above has passed
(and after giving effect to the extension of time set forth in the
proviso to such clause (i) to the extent actually extended), each
Granto