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Exhibit 4.4
AMENDED AND RESTATED INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
THIS
AMENDED AND RESTATED INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, dated as of November 9, 2006
(this “Agreement”), is among GE COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION
FINANCE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“CDF”), BRUNSWICK
ACCEPTANCE COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“BAC”),
POLARIS ACCEPTANCE, an Illinois general partnership (“PA”),
GENERAL ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“GECC”,
and together with CDF, BAC and PA, the “Sellers”), GE DEALER
FLOORPLAN MASTER NOTE TRUST (the “Trust”), and GENERAL
ELECTRIC CAPITAL CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (the “Servicer”).
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS,
the parties hereto executed an Intercreditor Agreement dated as of May 5,
2005 (the “Existing Intercreditor Agreement”), and now wish
to amend and restate the Existing Intercreditor Agreement;
WHEREAS,
pursuant to each Security Agreement, the Dealer party thereto has granted to
the applicable Seller a security interest in the property covered by such
Security Agreement, to secure the payment and performance of any and all Seller
Debt of such Dealer;
WHEREAS,
pursuant to a receivables sale agreement, dated as of August 12, 2004 (the
“Receivables Sale Agreement”), among the Sellers, as
sellers, and CDF Funding, Inc., as the buyer (the “Buyer”),
the Sellers have transferred all of their right, title and interest in and to
the Transferred Assets to the Buyer;
WHEREAS,
pursuant to a receivables purchase and contribution agreement, dated as of
August 12, 2004 (the “Receivables Purchase and Contribution
Agreement”), between the Buyer and the Trust, the Buyer has
transferred all of its right, title and interest in and to the Transferred
Assets to the Trust;
WHEREAS,
in order to perfect their respective liens and security interests in and upon
all or certain of the Dealers’ assets, the Sellers have each filed
financing statements under the UCC as adopted in each applicable jurisdiction
and have taken such other actions as such parties deemed necessary or desirable
to perfect the respective liens and security interests granted to them by the
Dealers; and
WHEREAS,
the Sellers and the Trust desire to agree to the relative priority of their
respective security interests in, and liens against, the assets and certain
other rights, priorities and interests of the Dealers as among themselves;
NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants herein
contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree to amend
and restate the Existing Intercreditor Agreement as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION
1.1 Certain Terms. (a) The following terms (whether or not
underscored) when used in this Agreement, including its preamble and recitals,
shall have the following meanings (such definitions to be equally applicable to
the singular and plural forms thereof):
“Agreement”
is defined in the preamble.
“Bankruptcy
Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code.
“Buyer”
is defined in the second recital.
“CDF”
is defined in the preamble.
“Common
Collateral” means, collectively, the Seller Collateral and the Trust
Collateral.
“Enforcement”
means the taking by the Trust (or the Servicer on its behalf) or the Sellers of
any action to repossess any of the Common Collateral or to commence judicial or
nonjudicial enforcement of any of its rights and remedies with respect to the Common
Collateral.
“Lienholder”
means each of (i) the Trust and (ii) the Sellers.
“Liquidation
Proceeds” means the net Proceeds received or receivable in respect of
any Common Collateral.
“paid
in full” means with respect to the Seller Debt and the Trust Debt,
that the Trust or the Sellers, as the case may be, shall have certified to such
other Lienholder that such obligations have terminated, and that there remain
no outstanding obligations or commitments of any kind whatsoever (other than
provisions set forth in any such document which by their terms survive the
termination of such document) of any Lienholder with respect thereto.
“Proceeds”
means all proceeds of, and all other profits, rentals or receipts, in whatever
form, arising from the collection, sale, lease, exchange, assignment, licensing
or other disposition of, or realization upon, collateral, including all claims
of any Dealer against third parties for loss of, damage to or destruction of,
or for proceeds payable under, or unearned premiums with respect to, policies
of insurance in respect of, any collateral, and any condemnation or requisition
payments with respect to any collateral, in each case whether now existing or
hereafter arising.
“Receivables
Purchase and Contribution Agreement” is defined in the third
recital.
“Receivables
Sale Agreement” is defined in the second recital.
“Security
Agreements” means all security agreements or any other instruments,
documents or agreements evidencing or creating any security interest or title
in favor of a Seller in all or any portion of any property or assets of a
Dealer.
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“Seller”
is defined in the second recital.
“Seller
Collateral” means all property (other than Trust Collateral) securing
Seller Debt.
“Seller
Debt” means and includes all loans, advances, debts, liabilities,
obligations, covenants and duties of any kind or nature, present or future,
owing to the Sellers (and not sold to the Buyer in accordance with the
Receivables Sale Agreement) by the Dealers under the Security Agreements,
whether or not evidenced by any note or other instrument, whether or not for
the payment of money, whether arising by reason of an extension of credit, loan,
indemnification or in any other manner, whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising. The term
includes all interest, charges, expenses, fees, reasonable attorneys’
fees and any other sums chargeable to the Dealers under any of the Security
Agreements.
“Trust”
is defined in the preamble.
“Trust
Collateral” means, on any date of determination, all property that
constitutes Collateral Security securing the Trust Debt.
“Trust
Debt” means and includes all loans, advances, debts, liabilities,
obligations, covenants and duties of any kind or nature, present or future,
owing to the Trust by the Dealers (after giving effect to the assignments under
the Receivables Sale Agreement and the Receivables Purchase and Contribution
Agreement), whether or not evidenced by any note or other instrument, whether
or not for the payment of money, whether arising by reason of an extension of
credit, loan, indemnification or in any other manner, whether direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or
hereafter arising. The term includes all interest, charges, expenses, fees,
reasonable attorneys’ fees and any other sums chargeable to the Dealers
under any of the Security Agreements.
(b) For
purposes of this Agreement, accounting terms not otherwise defined herein, and
accounting terms partly defined herein to the extent not defined, shall have
the respective meanings given to them under generally accepted accounting
principles; (i) terms defined in Article 9 of the UCC and not otherwise
defined herein are used as defined in that Article; (ii) references to any
amount as on deposit or outstanding on any particular date means such amount at
the close of business on such day; (iii) the term “including”
means “including without limitation”; (iv) references to any law or
regulation refer to that law or regulation as amended from time to time and
include any successor law or regulation; (v) references to any agreement refer
to that agreement as from time to time amended, restated or supplemented or as
the terms of such agreement are waived or modified in accordance with its
terms; and (vi) references to any Person include that Person’s
successors and assigns.
SECTION
1.2 Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein or the context
otherwise requires, capitalized terms used in this Agreement, including its
preamble and recitals, have the meanings provided in Receivables Sale
Agreement.
SECTION
1.3 UCC Definitions. Unless otherwise defined herein or in the
Receivables Sale Agreement or the context otherwise requires, terms for which
meanings are provided in the UCC are used in this Agreement, including its
preamble and recitals, with such meanings.
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ARTICLE II
LIENS
SECTION
2.1 Priorities. Notwithstanding the date or manner of, or order of
perfection of a Seller’s and the Trust’s security interests in and
liens on the Common Collateral, and notwithstanding any provisions of the UCC,
any applicable law or decision, or whether a Seller, the Servicer or the Trust
has possession of all or any part of the Common Collateral, the following as
among the Sellers and the Trust shall be the relative priority of the security
interests and liens of the Sellers and the Trust in the Common Collateral:
(a) With
respect to the Trust Collateral and the Liquidation Proceeds therefrom, the
Trust’s security interests in and liens on the Trust Collateral and the
Liquidation Proceeds therefrom shall be senior and prior in operation and
effect to the Sellers’ security interests in and liens thereon in all
respects and the Sellers’ security interests in and liens on such Trust
Collateral and the Liquidation Proceeds therefrom shall be subordinate, junior
and inferior, and shall be postponed in priority, operation and effect to the
Trust’s security interests in and liens on such Trust Collateral and
Liquidation Proceeds therefrom.
(b) With
respect to the Seller Collateral and the Liquidation Proceeds therefrom, the
Sellers’ security interests in and liens on such Seller Collateral and
the Liquidation Proceeds therefrom shall be senior and prior in operation and
effect to the Trust’s security interests in and liens thereon in all
respects and the Trust’s security interests in and liens on such Seller
Collateral and Liquidation Proceeds therefrom shall be subordinate, junior and
inferior, and shall be postponed in priority, operation and effect to the
Sellers’ security interests in and liens on such Seller Collateral and
the Liquidation Proceeds therefrom.
(c) The
Trust hereby agrees, upon the request of a Seller, at any time, to release from
the lien and security interest created pursuant to the Security Agreements all or
any portion of the Seller Collateral and Liquidation Proceeds therefrom, and
hereby waives any and all of its rights that may arise in any such Seller
Collateral so released and Liquidation Proceeds therefrom under the provisions
of the Security Agreements and hereby expressly agrees that in the future it
shall have no rights in or to any such Seller Collateral so released or the
Liquidation Proceeds therefrom.
(d) Each
Seller hereby agrees, upon the request of the Trust, at any time, to release from
the lien and security interest created pursuant to the Security Agreements all
or any portion of the Trust Collateral and Liquidation Proceeds therefrom, and
hereby waives any and all of its rights that may arise in any such Trust
Collateral so released and Liquidation Proceeds therefrom under the provisions
of the Security Agreements and hereby expressly agrees that in the future it
shall have no rights in or to any such Trust Collateral so released or the
Liquidation Proceeds therefrom.
SECTION
2.2 Continuing Seniority of Security Interests. The priority of security
interests set forth in Section 2.1 shall apply and control
irrespective of (i) any statement to the contrary elsewhere herein, in any
agreement evidencing the security interests and liens of the Sellers in the
Common Collateral, or in any agreement or other document executed and delivered
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by any party hereto or any
affiliate thereof, (ii) the time, order, or method of attachment or
perfection of security interests, (iii) the time or order of recording of
mortgages or deeds of trust or filings of financing statements or any other
recordings of filings, or (iv) the giving of, or the failure to give, notice of
the acquisition or expected acquisition of purchase money or other security
interests.
ARTICLE III
ENFORCEMENT
SECTION
3.1 Exclusive Right to Commence Enforcement. (a) For as long as
there exists any outstanding Trust Debt in respect of any Dealer, the Trust (or
the Servicer on its behalf) shall have the exclusive right to commence
Enforcement against all or any portion of the Trust Collateral in respect of
such Dealer. For so long as there exists any outstanding Trust Debt in respect
of any Dealer, the Trust (or the Servicer on its behalf) shall have the
exclusive right to sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or any part of
the Trust Collateral in respect of such Dealer in any manner deemed appropriate
by the Trust (or the Servicer on its behalf) without regard to the security
interests and liens of the Sellers and without the Sellers’ consent. The
Sellers and the Trust each acknowledge and agree that with respect to any
Enforcement commenced by the Trust in compliance with the provisions hereof,
(i) the Sellers shall not have any right to direct or participate in any
aspect of such Enforcement, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.1(a),
or as the Trust (or the Servicer on its behalf) otherwise elects, (ii) the
time, place and manner of any such Enforcement and the price at which any of
the Trust Collateral which is the subject of such Enforcement is liquidated, as
well as all other details of such Enforcement, shall be determined solely in
the discretion of the Trust (or the Servicer on its behalf) and (iii) the
Sellers shall not have any claim or action against the Trust (or the Servicer
on its behalf) with respect to any such Enforcement or with respect to the
amount of Liquidation Proceeds realized as a result of any such Enforcement.
Each Seller agrees that it shall not contest or support any other Person in
contesting in any proceeding (including in any bankruptcy, moratorium,
reorganization or other insolvency proceeding) the legality, validity, binding
effect, priority, enforceability or effectiveness of the Trust’s security
interest and lien on any of the Trust Collateral or prevent any action taken by
the Trust (or the Servicer on its behalf) to foreclose on the Trust Collateral
or enforce the security interests and liens of the Trust in the Trust
Collateral.
(b) For
as long as there exists any outstanding Seller Debt in respect of any Dealer,
the applicable Seller shall have the exclusive right to commence Enforcement
against all or any portion of the Seller Collateral in respect of such Dealer.
For as long as there exists any outstanding Seller Debt in respect of any
Dealer, the applicable Seller shall have the exclusive right to sell, transfer
or otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Seller Collateral in respect of
such Dealer in any manner deemed appropriate by it without regard to the
security interests and liens of the Trust and without the Trust’s
consent. The Sellers and the Trust acknowledge and agree that with respect to
any Enforcement commenced by a Seller in compliance with the provisions hereof,
(i) the Trust shall not have any right to direct or participate in any
aspect of such Enforcement, except as otherwise specifically provided in this Section 3.1(b),
or as such Seller otherwise elects, (ii) the time, place and manner of any
such Enforcement and the price at which any of the Seller Collateral which is
the subject of such Enforcement is liquidated, as well
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as all other details of such
Enforcement, shall be determined solely in the discretion of such Seller and
(iii) the Trust shall not have any claim or action against any other Lienholder
with respect to any such Enforcement or with respect to the amount of
Liquidation Proceeds realized as a result of any such Enforcement. The Trust
agrees that it shall not contest or support any other Person in contesting in
any proceeding (including in any bankruptcy, moratorium, reorganization or
other insolvency proceeding) the legality, validity, binding effect, priority, enforceability
or effectiveness of a Seller’s security interest and lien on any of the
Seller Collateral or prevent any action taken by a Seller to foreclose on the
Seller Collateral or enforce the security interests and liens of such Seller in
the Seller Collateral.
SECTION
3.2 Allocation of Liquidation Proceeds. (a) Liquidation Proceeds
derived from a disposition of the Trust Collateral in respect of each Dealer
shall be paid to the Trust for application to the Trust Debt in respect of such
Dealer until such Trust Debt is paid in full in cash; thereafter, any such
remaining Liquidation Proceeds shall be remitted in accordance with the Related
Documents and applicable law.
(b) Liquidation
Proceeds derived from a disposition of the Seller Collateral in respect of each
Dealer shall be paid to the applicable Seller for application to the Seller
Debt in respect of such Dealer until such Seller Debt is paid in full in cash;
thereafter, any such remaining Liquidation Proceeds shall be remitted in accordance
with applicable law.
(c) Whenever
it cannot be determined if the Common Collateral relating to a Dealer is Seller
Collateral or Trust Collateral, the Liquidation Proceeds from such Common
Collateral shall be applied in the following order:
(i) first,
such Liquidation Proceeds shall be allocated among such Dealer’s SAUs pro
rata according to the amount of SAUs by Manufacturer, and then such Liquidation
Proceeds shall be applied to make payments on Receivables in respect of such
Dealer’s SAUs in chronological order beginning with the oldest of such
SAUs;
(ii) second,
to pay any interest or fees accrued and owing on Receivables relating to such
Dealer, with such interest or fees to be distributed among such Receivables in
the chronological order by oldest billing statement beginning with the oldest
of such billing statements; and
(iii) third,
to pay any principal and any other amounts owing on Receivables relating to
such Dealer, with such principal and other amounts to be distributed among such
Receivables in the chronological order in which they were originated beginning
with the oldest of such Receivables.
SECTION
3.3 The Sellers’ Remedies as a Result of Security Agreement Covenants.
Each Seller agrees that it will not pursue against the Trust Collateral any of
the remedies provided for by the terms of the Security Agreements that arise as
a result of a default or event of default under such Security Agreements in a
manner that is inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement.
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ARTICLE IV
CERTAIN RESTRICTIONS AND AGREEMENTS
SECTION
4.1 Marshalling; Foreclosure on Common Collateral; etc. (a) The
Sellers acknowledge that the Trust Debt may be secured by collateral other than
the Common Collateral, and agree that the Trust shall have no obligation to
marshall the assets of any Dealer or any other Person in which it has a lien or
security interest before enforcing its rights in the Trust Collateral, and the Sellers
shall have no rights to share or participate in any proceeds of such other
collateral except as provided for in this Agreement. The Sellers agree and
acknowledge that, subject to Section 3.1(a), the Trust may commence
and effect Enforcement against collateral for the Trust Debt notwithstanding
the fact that any Dealer would be prohibited from disposing of such collateral
by any provision of the Security Agreements.
(b) The
Trust acknowledges that the Seller Debt may be secured by collateral other than
the Common Collateral, and agrees that a Seller shall have no obligation to
marshall the assets of any Dealer or any other Person in which it has a lien or
security interest before enforcing its rights in the Seller Collateral, and the
Trust shall have no rights to share or participate in any proceeds of such
other collateral except as provided for in this Agreement. The Trust agrees and
acknowledges that, subject to Section 3.1(b), the Sellers may
commence and effect Enforcement against collateral for the Seller Debt
notwithstanding the fact that any Dealer would be prohibited from disposing of
such collateral by any provision of the Security Agreements.
(c) (i) Each
Seller agrees that if it acquires custody, control or possession of any Trust
Collateral or Liquidation Proceeds therefrom, other than pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement, then it shall promptly turn over such Trust Collateral
and/or remit such Liquidation Proceeds to the Trust; provided, that if
any third party asserts a right to such Trust Collateral or such Liquidation
Proceeds, the Sellers shall not be obligated to turn over such Trust Collateral
or remit such proceeds in any manner contrary to a court order. Until such time
as the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence have been complied
with, the Sellers shall be deemed to hold such Trust Collateral and proceeds in
trust for the parties entitled thereto hereunder.
(ii) The
Trust agrees that if it acquires custody, control or possession of any Seller
Collateral or Liquidation Proceeds therefrom, other than pursuant to the terms
of this Agreement, then it shall promptly turn over such Seller Collateral
and/or remit such Liquidation Proceeds to the applicable Seller; provided,
that if any third party asserts a right to such Seller Collateral or such
Liquidation Proceeds, the Trust shall not be obligated to turn over such Seller
Collateral or remit such proceeds in any manner contrary to a court order.
Until such time as the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence have
been complied with, the Trust shall be deemed to hold such Seller Collateral
and proceeds in trust for the parties entitled thereto hereunder.
(d) The
Lienholders agree that the provisions of this Agreement with respect to allocations
and distributions of Liquidation Proceeds to the Lienholders shall prevail
notwithstanding any event or circumstances, including in the event that,
through the operation of any bankruptcy, reorganization, insolvency or other
laws or otherwise, the Trust’s security
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interest or lien in the Trust
Collateral or a Seller’s security interest or lien in the Seller
Collateral is avoided in whole or in part or is enforced with respect to some,
but not all of the Trust Debt or Seller Debt, as applicable, then outstanding.
SECTION
4.2 UCC Notices. In the event that a Seller or the Trust shall be
required by the UCC or any other applicable law to give notice to the other of
an intended disposition of any portion of the Seller Collateral or the Trust
Collateral, as the case may be, such notice shall be given in accordance with Section 5.1
below and ten (10) days’ notice shall be deemed to be commercially
reasonable. The execution of this Agreement by the Sellers and the Trust shall
be deemed to be each party’s notice to the other parties hereto of a
claim of an interest in the Trust Collateral and the Seller Collateral for the
purposes of Section 9-620 of the UCC.
SECTION
4.3 Event of Insolvency Proceedings. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in this Agreement but in furtherance hereof, upon the commencement of
a case under the Bankruptcy Code by or against any Dealer:
(a) this
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and enforceable pursuant to its
terms in accordance with Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, and all
references herein to such Dealer shall be deemed to apply to such entity as
debtor in possession and to any trustee in bankruptcy for the estate of such
entity;
(b) each
Lienholder shall retain its right to vote its claims and act in any such case
under the Bankruptcy Code (including the right to vote to accept or reject any
plan of reorganization or liquidation), and hereby agrees not to take any action
or vote in any way so as to contest (i) the validity or enforceability of
this Agreement, (ii) the validity, priority or enforceability of the
liens, mortgages, assignments and security interests granted in respect of the
Common Collateral, and (iii) the relative rights and duties of the
Lienholders granted and/or established herein or in any of the Security
Agreements with respect to such liens, mortgages, assignments, and security
interests;
(c) so long as any Trust Debt has not been paid in full in cash, without the express written consent of the Trust, the Sellers shall not (A) with respect to any rights under the Security Agreem






