Exhibit
10.1
EXECUTION VERSION
REFERENCE IS MADE TO THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT DATED AS OF OCTOBER 9, 2008 (AS AMENDED,
RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO TIME, THE
"INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT"), AMONG THE COMPANY (AS DEFINED BELOW),
GUARANTOR (AS DEFINED BELOW), THE SUBSIDIARIES OF THE COMPANY PARTY
THERETO, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, AS FIRST LIEN COLLATERAL
AGENT (AS DEFINED THEREIN), GUARANTIED PARTY (AS DEFINED BELOW), AS
SECOND LIEN COLLATERAL AGENT (AS DEFINED THEREIN), AND THE BANK OF
NEW YORK MELLON, AS THIRD LIEN COLLATERAL AGENT (AS DEFINED
THEREIN). EACH BENEFICIARY HEREUNDER (A) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT HAS
RECEIVED A COPY OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, (B) CONSENTS TO THE
PAYMENT AND LIEN SUBORDINATION PROVIDED FOR IN THE INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT, (C) AGREES THAT IT WILL BE BOUND BY AND WILL TAKE NO
ACTIONS CONTRARY TO THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
AND (D) AUTHORIZES AND INSTRUCTS THE GUARANTIED PARTY TO ENTER INTO
THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AS COLLATERAL AGENT AND ON BEHALF OF
SUCH NOTE HOLDER. THE FOREGOING PROVISIONS ARE INTENDED AS AN
INDUCEMENT TO THE NOTE HOLDERS UNDER THE FIRST LIEN PURCHASE
AGREEMENT TO EXTEND CREDIT TO THE COMPANY AND SUCH NOTE HOLDERS ARE
INTENDED THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES OF SUCH PROVISIONS. IN THE EVENT
OF ANY CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS GUARANTY, THE PROVISIONS OF THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL.
SECOND LIEN PARENT
GUARANTY
This SECOND LIEN PARENT GUARANTY
(this Guaranty ) is entered into as of October 9, 2008 by
NextWave Wireless Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
Guarantor
), in favor of and for the benefit
of The Bank of New York Mellon, as Collateral Agent for and as
representative of (in such capacity, together with its successors
and assigns herein called Guarantied Party ) the holders of the Notes (as defined in the
Purchase Agreement referred to below) (sometimes referred to
as Holders
or Beneficiaries ) issued pursuant to that certain Second Lien
Subordinated Note Purchase Agreement dated as the date hereof (as
it may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the Purchase
Agreement ; capitalized
terms defined therein and not otherwise defined herein being used
herein as therein defined) by and among NextWave Wireless LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company ( Company ), Guarantor,
the Subsidiaries of Company from time to time party thereto, the
Purchasers named therein and the Guarantied Party, as Collateral
Agent.
WHEREAS, Guarantor owns all of the
issued and outstanding Capital Stock of Company;
WHEREAS, the Purchase Agreement
requires that Companys obligations under the Note Documents be
guarantied by Guarantor; and
WHEREAS, Guarantor is willing
irrevocably and unconditionally to guaranty such obligations of
Company.
NOW, THEREFORE, based upon the
foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, Guarantor hereby
agrees as follows:
1.
Guaranty . Guarantor unconditionally guaranties, as
primary obligor and not merely as surety, the due and punctual
payment in full of all Guarantied Obligations (as hereinafter
defined) when the same shall become due, whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts
that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay
under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code). The term
Guarantied Obligations
is used herein in its most
comprehensive sense and includes any and all obligations of Company
in respect of notes, advances, borrowings, loans, debts, interest,
fees, costs, expenses (including, without limitation, legal fees),
indemnities and liabilities of whatsoever nature, now or hereafter
made, incurred or created, whether absolute or contingent,
liquidated or unliquidated, whether due or not due, and however
arising under or in connection with the Purchase Agreement, the
Notes and the other Note Documents.
Guarantor acknowledges that the
Guarantied Obligations have been and are being incurred for, and
will inure to, its benefit.
Any interest on any portion of the
Guarantied Obligations that accrues after the commencement of any
proceeding, voluntary or involuntary, involving the bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership, reorganization, liquidation or
arrangement of Company (or, if interest on any portion of the
Guarantied Obligations ceases to accrue by operation of law by
reason of the commencement of said proceeding, such interest as
would have accrued on such portion of the Guarantied Obligations if
said proceeding had not been commenced) shall be included in the
Guarantied Obligations because it is the intention of Guarantor and
Guarantied Party that the Guarantied Obligations should be
determined without regard to any rule of law or order that may
relieve Company of any portion of such Guarantied
Obligations.
In the event that all or any portion
of the Guarantied Obligations is paid by Company, the obligations
of Guarantor hereunder shall continue and remain in full force and
effect or be reinstated, as the case may be, in the event that all
or any part of such payment(s) is rescinded or recovered directly
or indirectly from Guarantied Party or any other Beneficiary as a
preference, fraudulent transfer or otherwise, and any such payments
that are so rescinded or recovered shall constitute Guarantied
Obligations.
Subject to the other provisions of
this Section 1, upon the failure of Company to pay any of the
Guarantied Obligations when and as the same shall become due,
Guarantor will upon demand pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to
Guarantied Party for the ratable benefit of Beneficiaries, an
amount equal to the aggregate of the unpaid Guarantied
Obligations.
2.
Guaranty Absolute; Continuing Guaranty . The
obligations of Guarantor hereunder are irrevocable, absolute,
independent and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance which constitutes a legal or equitable discharge of a
guarantor or surety other than payment in full of the Guarantied
Obligations. In furtherance of the foregoing and without
limiting the generality thereof,
Guarantor agrees that: (a) this Guaranty is a guaranty of
payment when due and not of collectibility; (b) Guarantied
Party may enforce this Guaranty upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of an Event of Default under the Purchase Agreement;
(c) the obligations of Guarantor hereunder are independent of
the obligations of Company under the Note Documents and the
obligations of any other guarantor of obligations of Company and a
separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against
Guarantor whether or not any action is brought against Company or
any of such other guarantors and whether or not Company is joined
in any such action or action; and (d) a payment of a portion, but
not all, of the Guarantied Obligations by one or more guarantors
shall in no way limit, affect, modify or abridge the liability of
such or any other guarantor for any portion of the Guarantied
Obligations that has not been paid. This Guaranty is a continuing
guaranty and shall be binding upon Guarantor and its successors and
assigns, and Guarantor irrevocably waives any right (including,
without limitation, any such right arising under New York Civil
Code Section 2815) to revoke this Guaranty as to future
transactions giving rise to any Guarantied Obligations.
3.
Actions by Beneficiaries . Any Beneficiary may from
time to time, without notice or demand and without affecting the
validity or enforceability of this Guaranty or giving rise to any
limitation, impairment or discharge of Guarantors liability
hereunder, (a) renew, extend, accelerate or otherwise change
the time, place, manner or terms of payment of the Guarantied
Obligations, (b) settle, compromise, release or discharge, or
accept or refuse any offer of performance with respect to, or
substitutions for, the Guarantied Obligations or any agreement
relating thereto and/or subordinate the payment of the same to the
payment of any other obligations, (c) request and accept other
guaranties of the Guarantied Obligations and take and hold security
for the payment of this Guaranty or the Guarantied Obligations,
(d) release, exchange, compromise, subordinate or modify, with
or without consideration, any security for payment of the
Guarantied Obligations, any other guaranties of the Guarantied
Obligations, or any other obligation of any Person with respect to
the Guarantied Obligations, (e) enforce and apply any security
now or hereafter held by or for the benefit of any Beneficiary in
respect of this Guaranty or the Guarantied Obligations and direct
the order or manner of sale thereof, or exercise any other right or
remedy that Guarantied Party or the other Beneficiaries, or any of
them, may have against any such security, consistent with the
Purchase Agreement and the Note Documents, including and any
applicable security agreement, including foreclosure on any such
security pursuant to one or more judicial or nonjudicial sales,
whether or not every aspect of any such sale is commercially
reasonable, and (f) exercise any other rights available to
Guarantied Party or the other Beneficiaries, or any of them, under
the Note Documents.
4.
No Discharge . This Guaranty and the obligations of
Guarantor hereunder shall be valid and enforceable and shall not be
subject to any limitation, impairment or discharge for any reason
(other than payment in full of the Guarantied Obligations),
including without limitation the occurrence of any of the
following, whether or not Guarantor shall have had notice or
knowledge of any of them: (a) any failure to assert or
enforce, or any agreement not to assert or enforce, or the stay or
enjoining, by order of court, by operation of law or otherwise, of
the exercise or enforcement of, any claim or demand or any right,
power or remedy with respect to the Guarantied Obligations or any
agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any other guaranty
of or security for the payment of the Guarantied Obligations,
(b) any waiver or modification of, or any consent to departure
from, any of the terms or provisions of the Purchase Agreement, the
Notes, any of the other Note Documents or any agreement or
instrument
executed pursuant thereto, or of any
other guaranty or security for the Guarantied Obligations,
(c) any agreement relating to the Guarantied Obligations at
any time being found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any
respect, (d) the application of payments received from any
source to the payment of indebtedness other than the Guarantied
Obligations, even though Guarantied Party or the other
Beneficiaries, or any of them, might have elected to apply such
payment to any part or all of the Guarantied Obligations,
(e) any failure to perfect or continue perfection of a
security interest in any collateral which secures any of the
Guarantied Obligations, (f) any defenses, set-offs or
counterclaims which Company may assert against Guarantied Party or
any Beneficiary in respect of the Guarantied Obligations, including
but not limited to failure of consideration, breach of warranty,
payment, statute of frauds, statute of limitations, accord and
satisfaction and usury, and (g) any other act or thing or
omission, or delay to do any other act or thing, which may or might
in any manner or to any extent vary the risk of Guarantor as an
obligor in respect of the Guarantied Obligations.
5.
Waivers . Guarantor waives, for the benefit of
Beneficiaries: (a) any right to require Guarantied Party or
the other Beneficiaries, as a condition of payment or performance
by Guarantor, to (i) proceed against Company, any other
guarantor of the Guarantied Obligations or any other Person,
(ii) proceed against or exhaust any security held from
Company, any other guarantor of the Guarantied Obligations or any
other Person, (iii) proceed against or have resort to any
balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of any
Beneficiary in favor of Company or any other Person, or
(iv) pursue any other remedy in the power of any Beneficiary;
(b) any defense arising by reason of the incapacity, lack of
authority or any disability or other defense of Company including,
without limitation, any defense based on or arising out of the lack
of validity or the unenforceability of any agreement or instrument
relating to the Guarantied Obligations or by reason of the
cessation of the liability of Company from any cause other than
payment in full of the Guarantied Obligations; (c) any defense
based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the
obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in
other respects more burdensome than that of the principal;
(d) any defense based upon Guarantied Partys or any other
Beneficiarys errors or omissions in the administration of the
Guarantied Obligations, except behavior that amounts to bad faith;
(e) (i) any principles or provisions of law, statutory or
otherwise, that are or might be in conflict with the terms of this
Guaranty and any legal or equitable discharge of Guarantors
obligations hereunder, (ii) the benefit of any statute of
limitations affecting Guarantors liability hereunder or the
enforcement hereof, (iii) any rights to set-offs, recoupments
and counterclaims, and (iv) promptness, diligence and any
requirement that any Beneficiary protect, secure, perfect or insure
any Lien or any property subject thereto; (f) notices,
demands, presentments, protests, notices of protest, notices of
dishonor and notices of any action or inaction, including
acceptance of this Guaranty, notices of default under the Purchase
Agreement, or any agreement or instrument related thereto, notices
of any renewal, extension or modification of the Guarantied
Obligations or any agreement related thereto, notices of any
extension of credit to Company and notices of any of the matters
referred to in Sections 3 and 4 and any right to consent to any
thereof; and (g) to the fullest extent permitted by law, any
defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by law
which limit the liability of or exonerate guarantors or sureties,
or which may conflict with the terms of this Guaranty.
6.
Guarantors Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, Etc.;
Subordination of Other Obligations . Until the Guarantied
Obligations shall have been paid in full, Guarantor shall withhold
exercise of (a) any claim, right or remedy, direct or
indirect, that Guarantor now
has or may hereafter have against
Company or any of its assets in connection with this Guaranty or
the performance by Guarantor of its obligations hereunder, in each
case whether such claim, right or remedy arises in equity, under
contract, by statute, under common law or otherwise and including
without limitation (i) any right of subrogation, reimbursement
or indemnification that Guarantor now has or may hereafter have
against Company, (ii) any right to enforce, or to participate
in, any claim, right or remedy that any Beneficiary now has or may
hereafter have against Company, and (iii) any benefit of, and
any right to participate in, any collateral or security now or
hereafter held by any Beneficiary and (b) any right of
contribution Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against any
other guarantor of any of the Guarantied Obligations. Guarantor
further agrees that, to the extent the agreement to withhold the
exercise of its rights of subrogation, reimbursement,
indemnification and contribution as set forth herein is found by a
court of competent jurisdiction to be void or voidable for any
reason, any rights of subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification
Guarantor may have against Company or against any collateral or
security, and any rights of contribution Guarantor shall have
against any other guarantor, shall be junior and subordinate to any
rights Guarantied Party or the other Beneficiaries may have against
Company, and to all right, title and interest Guarantied Party or
the other Beneficiaries may have in any such collateral or
security, and to any right Guarantied Party or the other
Beneficiaries may have against such other guarantor.
Any indebtedness of Company now or
hereafter held by Guarantor is subordinated in right of payment to
the Guarantied Obligations, and any such indebtedness of Company to
Guarantor collected or received by Guarantor after an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, and any amount paid to
Guarantor on account of any subrogation, reimbursement,
indemnification or contribution rights referred to in the preceding
paragraph when all Guarantied Obligations have not been paid in
full, shall be held in trust for Guarantied Party on behalf of
Beneficiaries and shall forthwith be paid over to Guarantied Party
for the benefit of Beneficiaries to be credited and applied against
the Guarantied Obligations.
7.
Expenses . Guarantor agrees to pay, or cause to be
paid, on demand, and to save Guarantied Party and the other
Beneficiaries harmless against liability for, (i) any and all
costs and expenses (including fees, costs of settlement, and
disbursements of counsel and allocated costs of internal counsel)
incurred or expended by Guarantied Party or any other Beneficiary
in connection with the enforcement of or preservation of any rights
under this Guaranty and (ii) any and all costs and expenses
(including those arising from rights of indemnification) required
to be paid by Guarantor under the provisions of any other Note
Document.
8.
Financial Condition of Company . No Beneficiary shall
have any obligation, and Guarantor waives any duty on the part of
any Beneficiary, to disclose or discuss with Guarantor its
assessment, or Guarantors assessment, of the financial condition of
Company or any matter or fact relating to the business, operations
or condition of Company. Guarantor has adequate means to obtain
information from Company on a continuing basis concerning the
financial condition of Company and its ability to perform its
obligations under the Note Documents, and Guarantor assumes the
responsibility for being and keeping informed of the financial
condition of Company and of all circumstances bearing upon the risk
of nonpayment