AMENDED AND RESTATED COLLATERAL AGENCY
AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
This
AMENDED AND RESTATED COLLATERAL AGENCY AND INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of
August 26, 2003, is entered into among the 2000 Senior Noteholder
listed on the signature pages hereof (together with assignees of
such 2000 Senior Noteholder, the “ 2000 Senior
Noteholders ”), the 2003 Senior Noteholder listed on the
signature pages hereof (together with assignees of such 2003 Senior
Noteholder and any Prudential Affiliate that may become a party
hereto and assignees thereof, the “ 2003 Senior
Noteholders ”), the Senior Lenders listed on the
signature pages hereof (together with any assignees of such Senior
Lenders, the “Senior Lenders ”) and Bank of
America, N.A., as Agent for the Senior Lenders (in such capacity,
together with any successor in such capacity, the “
Agent ”), any Additional Creditors that may become
parties to this Agreement (either directly or through their agent),
and U.S. Bank National Association, as successor to State Street
Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A., in its capacity as
collateral agent for the 2000 Senior Noteholders, the 2003 Senior
Noteholders, the Senior Lenders, the Agent and the Additional
Creditors (the “ Collateral Agent ”).
R E C I T A L S
A.
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”), has issued to the 2000 Senior Noteholder
its 3.03% Senior Notes due October 12, 2010 in the aggregate
principal amount of JP¥9,706,500,000 (the “ 2000
Senior Noteholder Notes ”) pursuant to that certain Note
Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 12, 2000 (as the same may
be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “ 2000 Note Purchase
Agreement ”), between the Company and the 2000 Senior
Noteholder.
B.
The Company and/or one or more Issuer Subsidiaries (as defined in
the 2003 Private Shelf Agreement described below) may from time to
time issue and sell to the 2003 Senior Noteholder and/or one or
more Prudential Affiliates (as defined in the 2003 Private Shelf
Agreement) its senior promissory notes in the aggregate principal
amount of up to US$125,000,000 or the equivalent amount in certain
other currencies (the “ 2003 Senior Noteholder Notes
”) pursuant to that certain Private Shelf Agreement, dated as
of August 26, 2003 (as the same may be amended, supplemented,
amended and restated or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“ 2003 Private Shelf Agreement ”), between the
Company and each Issuer Subsidiary which may become party thereto,
on the one hand, and the 2003 Senior Noteholder and each Prudential
Affiliate which may become party thereto, on the other
hand.
C.
The Company, the Senior Lenders and the Agent have entered into a
Credit Agreement dated as of May 10, 2001 (as amended,
supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time
to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”), pursuant to
which the Senior Lenders may from time to time make loans and other
financial accommodations to the Company.
D.
Each of the Material Domestic Subsidiaries of the Company (together
with any future Material Domestic Subsidiaries entering into a
guaranty agreement with respect to the Obligations (as defined
below), the “ Subsidiary Guarantors ”) has
entered into a guaranty agreement pursuant to which the Subsidiary
Guarantors guarantee to the Senior Lenders the payment and
performance of all of the Company’s obligations under the
Loan Documents (as defined in the Credit Agreement) (as such
guaranty agreement may be modified, amended, renewed or replaced,
including any increase in the amount guaranteed thereunder, the
“ Bank Obligation Guaranty ”).
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E.
The Subsidiary Guarantors have entered into a guaranty agreement
pursuant to which the Subsidiary Guarantors have guaranteed to the
2000 Senior Noteholders the payment of the 2000 Noteholder
Obligations and the payment and performance of all of the
Company’s obligations under the 2000 Note Purchase Agreement
and the 2000 Senior Noteholders Notes (as such guaranty agreement
may be modified, amended, renewed or replaced, including any
increase in the amount guaranteed thereunder, the “ 2000
Note Obligation Guaranty ”).
F.
Pursuant to the 2003 Private Shelf Agreement, (i) the Company will,
with respect to any 2003 Senior Noteholders Notes issued by any
Issuer Subsidiary, guarantee to the 2003 Senior Noteholders the
payment of the 2003 Noteholder Obligations and the payment and
performance of each such Issuer Subsidiary’s obligations
under the 2003 Private Shelf Agreement and the 2003 Senior
Noteholders Notes and (ii) the Subsidiary Guarantors will enter
into a guaranty agreement pursuant to which the Subsidiary
Guarantors will guarantee to the 2003 Senior Noteholders the
payment of the 2003 Noteholder Obligations and the payment and
performance of all of the Company’s and each Issuer
Subsidiary’s obligations under the 2003 Private Shelf
Agreement and the 2003 Senior Noteholders Notes (such guaranty
agreements of the Company and the Subsidiary Guarantors as they may
be modified, amended, renewed or replaced, including any increase
in the amount guaranteed thereunder, collectively, the “
2003 Note Obligation Guaranty ”).
G.
The Company may enter into additional note purchase agreements
and/or credit agreements with investors and/or lenders which become
parties to this Agreement, may enter into one or more interest rate
swaps or collars, foreign currency exchange agreements, equity swap
agreements, commodity price protection agreements or interest rate,
currency exchange, equity price or commodity price hedging
arrangements (any such agreement or arrangement, a “
Hedging Agreement ”) with persons or entities which
become parties to this Agreement and may incur obligations (“
Cash Management Obligations ”) in respect of
overdrafts or related liabilities or in connection with treasury,
depositary or cash management services, including in connection
with automated clearing house transfers of funds, to persons or
entities which become parties to this Agreement (any such investor,
lender or other party, together with the lenders and other parties
referred to in the next sentence, the “ Additional
Creditors ”; and the obligations of the Company under any
such agreement or arrangement or in respect of any such overdrafts
or related liabilities or any such services, the
“Additional Company Obligations ”), and such
Additional Company Obligations may be guaranteed by one or more of
the Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to one or more guaranties (the
“ Additional Subsidiary Guaranties ”). In
addition, one or more Subsidiary Guarantors may become direct
obligors (in respect of loans, reimbursement obligations relating
to Letters of Credit, Hedging Agreements and/or Cash Management
Obligations) to persons or entities which become parties to this
Agreement and therefore are Additional Creditors, and the
obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantors to such lenders or other
parties (the “ Direct Subsidiary Obligations ”
and, together with the Additional Company Obligations, the “
Additional Obligations ”) may be guaranteed by the
Company and the other Subsidiary Guarantors.
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H.
Certain foreign subsidiaries of the Company may enter into one or
more guaranty agreements pursuant to which such foreign subsidiary
guarantors will guarantee to the Benefitted Parties (as defined
below) the payment and performance of all of the Company’s
and each Issuer Subsidiary’s obligations, as the case may be,
under the Senior Loan Documents (as defined below) (as each such
guaranty agreement may be modified, amended, renewed or replaced,
including any increase in the amount guaranteed thereunder, a
“Foreign Subsidiary Guaranty ”).
I.
The Bank Obligation Guaranty, the 2000 Note Obligation Guaranty,
the 2003 Note Obligation Guaranty, any Additional Subsidiary
Guaranty, any Direct Subsidiary Obligation and any Foreign
Subsidiary Guaranty are each hereinafter referred to as a
“Subsidiary Guaranty .” The Loan Documents, the
2000 Note Purchase Agreement, the 2003 Private Shelf Agreement,
each Subsidiary Guaranty and any additional credit agreement, note
purchase agreement, Hedging Agreement or agreement relating to Cash
Management Obligations entered into in favor of any Additional
Creditor are hereinafter referred to, collectively, as the “
Senior Loan Documents”.
J.
The Company has secured all present and future obligations to the
2000 Senior Noteholders under the 2000 Senior Noteholder Notes and
the 2000 Note Purchase Agreement (all such obligations, including,
without limitation, principal, interest, Make-Whole Amounts, fees
and indemnities, being referred to herein as the “ 2000
Senior Noteholder Obligations ”), all present and future
obligations to the 2003 Senior Noteholders under the 2003 Senior
Noteholder Notes and the 2003 Private Shelf Agreement (all such
obligations, including, without limitation, principal, interest,
Make-Whole Amounts, fees and indemnities, being referred to herein
as the “ 2003 Senior Noteholder Obligations ”)
and all present and future obligations to the Senior Lenders,
including, without limitation, principal, interest, letter of
credit obligations (including Contingent L/C Obligations),
break-funding amounts, fees and indemnities (the “ Senior
Lender Obligations ”) and may secure all Additional
Obligations, pursuant to the terms of that certain Pledge Agreement
dated as of October 12, 2000 between the Company and the Collateral
Agent (the “ Pledge Agreement ”) and any similar
documents executed after the date hereof, as the same may be
amended, supplemented or modified from time to time (the “
Security Documents ”). The 2000 Senior Noteholder
Obligations, the 2003 Senior Noteholder Obligations, the Senior
Lender Obligations and the Additional Obligations are collectively
referred to as the “ Obligations .” The 2000
Senior Noteholders, the 2003 Senior Noteholders, the Senior Lenders
and the Additional Creditors are sometimes collectively referred to
as the “ Benefitted Parties ” and individually
referred to as a “ Benefitted Party .” The
Pledge Agreement grants to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable
benefit of the Benefitted Parties, a valid, perfected and
enforceable first priority lien on and a security interest in 65%
of the equity securities of certain foreign subsidiaries of the
Company (hereinafter all of such collateral, together with all
rights to payment under any Subsidiary Guaranty, shall be referred
to collectively as the “ Collateral
”).
K.
The 2000 Senior Noteholders, the 2003 Senior Noteholders, the
Senior Lenders and the Additional Creditors wish to set forth their
understandings and agreements regarding their respective rights and
priorities with respect to amounts recovered through the exercise
of any right of set off, payments received after a Triggering Event
(as defined in Section 2(a), below) and proceeds of the
Collateral.
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L.
The Collateral Agent and the Benefitted Parties are parties to a
Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement dated as of October
12, 2000, as amended by that certain First Amendment dated as of
May 10, 2001 (as amended to date, the “ Existing
Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement ”), and
intend for this Agreement to replace and supercede the Existing
Collateral Agency and Intercreditor Agreement.
M.
Capitalized terms used herein without being defined shall have the
meanings set forth in the 2000 Note Purchase Agreement.
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:
1.
Sharing .
(a)
The liens of the Collateral Agent relating to the Collateral shall
be held by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Benefitted
Parties, and any proceeds realized in respect thereof shall be
shared by the Benefitted Parties and distributed in accordance with
the rights and priorities set forth in this Agreement. Any
Collateral Proceeds, Triggering Event Balances, Triggering Event
Payments or Setoff Proceeds (as such terms are defined in Section
2(b)) shall be shared by the Benefitted Parties and distributed in
accordance with the rights and priorities set forth in this
Agreement. As used herein, the term “Triggering Event
” means (a) the occurrence and continuation of a Bankruptcy
Proceeding (as defined below) with respect to the Company, any
Issuer Subsidiary, any Subsidiary Guarantor or any Material Foreign
Subsidiary, (b) the Collateral Agent’s receipt of a written
notice that the unpaid principal amount of any of the Obligations
has not been paid at the stated maturity thereof or has been
declared to be then due and payable by the holder or holders
thereof prior to the due date as a result of an event of default or
(c) any exercise of any right of setoff or banker’s lien by
any Benefitted Party. As used herein, the term “
Bankruptcy Proceeding ” means, with respect to any
Person, a general assignment of such Person for the benefit of its
creditors, or the institution by or against such Person of any
proceeding seeking relief as debtor, or seeking to adjudicate such
Person as bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization,
arrangement, adjustment or composition of such Person or its debts,
under any law relating to bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
relief of debtors, or seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee,
custodian or other similar official for such Person or for any
substantial part of its property.
(b)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, any
Collateral Proceeds, Triggering Event Balances, Triggering Event
Payments or Setoff Proceeds which are to be remitted to any
Benefitted Party on account of Obligations which are Contingent L/C
Obligations (as defined
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below) shall be remitted to the
Collateral Agent to be held in a separate cash collateral account
(the “ L/C Account ”) by the Collateral Agent
and distributed by the Collateral Agent only in accordance with
this Section 1(b). In the event, and upon the condition that, any
Contingent L/C Obligation becomes an absolute obligation of the
Company upon the honoring of a draw under any Letter of Credit (as
defined below), upon receipt of written direction from the
applicable Benefitted Party, the Collateral Agent shall withdraw
from the L/C Account and shall pay over to such Benefitted Party
(or issuing bank on behalf of such Benefitted Party) that honored
such draw an amount equal to the Withdrawal Amount (as defined
below) with respect to the amount of such draw together with
interest on such Withdrawal Amount at the rate earned while on
deposit in the L/C Account. In the event that the Collateral Agent
receives written notice that any Contingent L/C Obligation lapses
on account of the expiration or other termination of the applicable
Letter of Credit, an amount equal to the Withdrawal Amount with
respect to such lapsed Contingent L/C Obligation, together with
interest on account of such amount at the rate earned while on
deposit in the L/C Account, shall be released from the L/C Account
and shall be distributed by the Collateral Agent to the Benefitted
Parties in accordance with clause “ third ” of
Section 2(c). As used herein “ Withdrawal Amount
” means the product of (a) the quotient of (i) the amount of
a Contingent L/C Obligation which has then become an absolute
obligation on account of a draw or the amount of a Contingent L/C
Obligation which has lapsed on account of the expiration or
termination of the applicable Letter of Credit, as the case may be,
over (ii) the total amount of all Contingent L/C Obligations, and
(b) the total amount then deposited in the L/C Account.
As
used herein, the term “ Contingent L/C Obligations
” means any and all contingent obligations of the Company to
reimburse the issuers of Letters of Credit for drawings under such
Letters of Credit.
As
used herein, the term “ Letter of Credit ” means
a letter of credit issued by a Benefitted Party, or an issuing bank
on behalf of a Benefitted Party, for the account of the Company or
any of the Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to the Loan Documents or
any additional credit agreements with lenders which become party to
this Agreement.
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2.
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Cash Collateral Account;
Application of Proceeds
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(a)
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The Collateral Agent has
established an interest-bearing demand deposit cash collateral
account subject to the lien and security interest created by the
Security Documents (the “ Cash Collateral Account
”) in the name of the Collateral Agent into which the
proceeds, payments and amounts described in subsections (b)(i),
(b)(ii), (b)(iii) and (b)(iv) below shall be deposited and from
which only the Collateral Agent may effect withdrawals. Such
amounts shall be held by the Collateral Agent in the Cash
Collateral Account and shall be distributed from time to time by
the Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 2(c)
below.
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(b)
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The following proceeds, payments
and amounts shall be deposited and held by the Collateral Agent in
the Cash Collateral Account and shall be distributed from time to
time by the Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 2(c)
below:
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(i)
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any proceeds of any collection,
recovery, receipt, appropriation, realization or sale of any or all
of the Collateral or the enforcement of the Security Documents (the
“ Collateral Proceeds ”) received by the
Collateral Agent or any Benefitted Party;
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(ii)
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any amounts held in the Cash
Collateral Account at the time a Triggering Event occurs (the
“ Triggering Event Balances ”);
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(iii)
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any payments received or
otherwise realized by any Benefitted Party in respect of any
Obligations on or after the date on which a Triggering Event has
occurred (the “ Triggering Event Payments ”);
and
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(iv)
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any amounts received or recovered
by any Benefitted Party through any exercise of any right of setoff
or banker’s lien at any time on or after the occurrence of a
Triggering Event (whether by law, contract or otherwise, but
excluding any amount deposited into an account of the Company or
any Subsidiary maintained with a Benefitted Party that is applied
solely to pay overdrafts in, or fees and charges related to the
maintenance of, such account or any related account) (the “
Setoff Proceeds ”).
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Each
Benefitted Party agrees to deliver any Collateral Proceeds, any
Triggering Event Balances, any Triggering Event Payments and any
Setoff Proceeds to the Collateral Agent within two (2) Business
Days after receipt (other than pursuant to subsection (c) below) of
such Collateral Proceeds, Triggering Event Balances, Triggering
Event Payments or Setoff Proceeds. (c) The Collateral Agent shall
distribute the proceeds described in subsections (b)(i), (b)(ii),
(b)(iii) and (b)(iv) above which are held in the Cash Collateral
Account to the Collateral Agent and the Benefitted Parties in
accordance with the following priorities:
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first , to the reasonable costs and expenses of the
Collateral Agent incurred in connection with the maintenance of the
Cash Collateral Account and any collection, recovery, receipt,
appropriation, legal proceeding (whether by or against any such
party), realization or sale of any or all of the Collateral or the
enforcement of the Security Documents;
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second , after payment in full of all amounts set forth in
item first , to the Benefitted Parties in payment of any and
all amounts owed to the Benefitted Parties for reimbursement of
amounts paid by them to the Collateral Agent in accordance with
Section 4(g) pro rata in proportion to such amounts
owed to such Benefitted Parties;
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third , after payment in full of all amounts set forth in
item second , to the payment and permanent reduction of the
principal amount of the outstanding Obligations and the Contingent
L/C Obligations, pro rata , based on the proportion
that the principal amount of such outstanding Obligations and
Contingent L/C Obligations held by each Benefitted Party at such
time bears to the sum of the principal amount of all such
Obligations and Contingent L/C Obligations;
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fourth , after payment in full of all amounts set forth in
item third , to the payment and permanent reduction of the
amount of the outstanding Obligations representing interest, pro
rata, based on the proportion that such outstanding Obligations
representing interest held by each Benefitted Party at such time
bears to the sum of all such Obligations representing
interest;
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fifth , after payment in full of all amounts set forth in
item fourth , to the payment and permanent reduction of all
other outstanding Obligations not representing principal,
Contingent L/C Obligations or interest, pro rata, based on the
proportion that such outstanding Obligations not representing
principal, Contingent L/C Obligations or interest held by each
Benefitted Party at such time bears to the sum of all such
Obligations not representing principal, Contingent L/C Obligations
or interest; and
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sixth , after payment in full of all amounts set forth in
item fifth , to or at the direction of the Company or as a
court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.
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The
Collateral Agent shall make such distributions promptly after the
deposit of any Collateral Proceeds, Triggering Event Balances,
Triggering Event Payments or Setoff Proceeds into the Cash
Collateral Account. A Benefitted Party’s pro rata share of
the Obligations on any distribution date shall be determined by
assuming that all Obligations are denominated in U.S. Dollars based
upon the quoted spot rate at which the Collateral Agent’s
principal office offers to exchange any applicable currency for
U.S. Dollars at 11:00 A.M. (local time at such principal office) on
the Business Day preceding such distribution date (the “
Applicable Exchange Rate ”). For any distribution, the
Collateral Agent shall exchange the relevant portion of such
distribution into the applicable currency and make each such
distribution in the applicable currency.
3.
Payment of Obligations; Distributions Recovered .
(a)
The Company, each Issuer Subsidiary and each Subsidiary Guarantor
agree that any amounts received by a Benefitted Party and delivered
by such Benefitted Party to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement will not be deemed to be a payment in
respect of any Obligations owing to such Benefitted Party until
such Benefitted Party receives its pro rata share of such amount
from the Collateral Agent and then only to the extent of the actual
payment and receipt of such pro rata share; provided that no
Subsidiary Guarantor shall be obligated to pay any amount in
respect of the Obligations (including, in the case of an Issuer
Subsidiary, in respect of its Direct Subsidiary Obligations) in
excess of the maximum amount of the Obligations that may be paid by
such Subsidiary Guarantor without rendering any Subsidiary Guaranty
issued by such Subsidiary Guarantor (or, in the case of an Issuer
Subsidiary, any of its Direct Subsidiary Obligations) void,
voidable or illegal under any applicable law (including, without
limitation, any fraudulent conveyance or fraudulent
transfer).
(b)
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 (the “ Distributor ”) which
distributed those proceeds to another party or parties under this
Agreement, each party (a “Distributee ”) to whom
any of those proceeds were ultimately distr