AMENDED AND RESTATED
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
AMENDED AND RESTATED INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT, dated as of September 30, 2008, among WELLS FARGO
FOOTHILL, LLC (“ Foothill ”), as Intercreditor
Agent, THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON TRUST COMPANY, N.A. (
f/k/a The Bank of New York Trust Company, N.A.), as Trustee,
SECURUS TECHNOLOGIES INC., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”) and the Subsidiaries of the Company
listed on Schedule I hereto.
A. The Company and the
Company’s Subsidiaries (such term and each other capitalized
term used herein having the meanings set forth in Section 1 below)
previously entered into a Credit Agreement dated as of
September 9, 2004 (as further amended, restated, refinanced,
replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“ Prior Credit Agreement ”) with, among
others, ING Capital LLC, as administrative agent for the lenders
and certain lenders named therein;
B. The Company and certain of the
Company’s Subsidiaries have entered into a Credit Agreement
dated as of September 30, 2008 (as further amended, restated,
refinanced, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time, the “ Credit Agreement ”) with,
among others, the lenders party thereto and Foothill, as
administrative agent for the Lender Group and the Hedge Agreement
Providers, which Credit Agreement will replace and refinance in its
entirety the Prior Credit Agreement and the Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ Obligations in respect thereof;
C. The Company and certain of the
Company’s Subsidiaries have entered into a Security Agreement
dated as of September 30, 2008 (as further amended, restated,
supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“ Security Agreement ”) with, among
others, Foothill, as administrative agent for the
lenders;
D. The Obligations of the Company
and certain of the Company’s Subsidiaries under the Credit
Agreement are secured on a first-priority basis by all personal
property and certain real property assets of the Company and
certain of the Company’s Subsidiaries;
E. The Company and certain of the
Company’s Subsidiaries and the Trustee have entered into an
Indenture dated as of September 9, 2004 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “
Indenture ”), pursuant to which the Notes shall
be governed;
F. The obligations of the Company
and the Subsidiary Guarantors under the Indenture and the Notes are
secured on a second-priority basis by certain personal property and
certain real property assets of the Company and certain of the
Company’s Subsidiaries;
G. In connection with the Prior
Credit Agreement and the Indenture, the Company, certain of the
Company’s Subsidiaries, the Trustee and ING Capital LLC
entered into an Intercreditor Agreement dated as of September 9,
2004 (the “ Prior Intercreditor Agreement
”) to set forth, among other things, certain rights and
priorities with respect to the collateral securing the Obligations
in respect of the Prior Credit Agreement and the
Indenture;
H. The Company, certain of the
Company’s Subsidiaries, the Trustee and the Intercreditor
Agent are entering into this Agreement to amend and restate in its
entirety the Prior
Intercreditor Agreement and, in
connection therewith, to set forth, among other things, certain
rights and priorities with respect to the “Senior Lender
Collateral” and the “Noteholder Collateral” (each
as defined below);
Accordingly, in consideration of the
foregoing, the mutual covenants and obligations herein set forth
and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and
receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto,
intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
1.1
Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the
following terms have the meanings specified below:
“ Agreement
” shall mean this Agreement, as amended, renewed, extended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance
with the terms hereof.
“ Bankruptcy Law
” shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code and any
similar Federal, state or foreign law for the relief of
debtors.
“ Business Day
” shall mean any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day
that is a legal holiday under the laws of the State of New York or
the State of Georgia or on which banking institutions in the State
of New York or the State of Georgia are required or authorized by
law or other governmental action to close.
“ Common
Collateral ” shall mean all of the assets of any
Grantor, whether real, personal or mixed, constituting both Senior
Lender Collateral and Noteholder Collateral.
“ Company
” shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
“ Comparable Noteholder
Collateral Document ” shall mean, in relation to any
Common Collateral subject to any Lien created under any Senior
Collateral Document, that Noteholder Collateral Document that
creates a Lien on the same Common Collateral, granted by the same
Grantor.
“ Credit
Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
“ Deposit
Account ” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Uniform Commercial Code.
“ Deposit Account
Collateral ” shall mean that part of the Common
Collateral comprised of or contained in (i) Deposit Accounts
relating to proceeds of Common Collateral or (ii) Securities
Accounts.
“ DIP Financing
” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
“ Discharge of Senior
Lender Claims ” shall mean, except to the extent
otherwise provided in Section 5.6, payment in full in cash
(except for contingent indemnities and cost and
reimbursement obligations to the extent no claim
has been made) of (a) all Obligations in respect of all
outstanding First-Lien Indebtedness and, with respect to letters of
credit or letter of credit guaranties outstanding thereunder,
delivery of cash collateral or backstop letters of credit in
respect thereof in compliance with the Senior Credit Agreement, in
each case after or concurrently with the termination of all
commitments to extend credit thereunder and (b) any other
Senior Lender Claims that are due and payable or otherwise accrued
and owing at or prior to the time such principal and interest are
paid.
“ First-Lien Indebtedness
” shall mean (a) all Indebtedness incurred by the
Company and its Subsidiaries pursuant to the Senior Lender
Documents, that is secured by a Permitted Lien (as defined in the
Indenture on the date hereof and incurred or deemed incurred
pursuant to clause (7) of the definition thereof),
(b) all other Obligations (not constituting Indebtedness) of
the Company and its Subsidiaries under the Senior Lender Documents
and (c) all other Obligations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries in respect of Hedging Obligations entered into with
Foothill, any of the Senior Lenders or any of their affiliates that
are secured under any of the Senior Lender
Documents.
“ Future First-Lien
Indebtedness ” shall mean any First-Lien Indebtedness
other than First-Lien Indebtedness referred to in clauses (a)
and (b) of the definition of First-Lien Indebtedness incurred
pursuant to the Credit Agreement and the Senior Lender Documents
entered into in connection therewith.
“ Grantors ” shall
mean the Company and each of the Subsidiaries that has executed and
delivered a Noteholder Collateral Document or a Senior Collateral
Document.
“ Hedging Obligations
” shall mean, with respect to any Person, all obligations and
liabilities, whether now owing or hereafter arising, of such Person
in respect of (a) interest rate or commodity swap agreements,
interest rate or commodity cap agreements, and interest rate or
commodity collar agreements and (b) other agreements or
arrangements designed to protect such Person against fluctuations
in interest rates or commodity prices.
“ Indebtedness ” shall
mean and include all obligations that constitute
“Indebtedness” or “Debt” within the meaning
of the Indenture or the Senior Credit Agreement.
“ Indenture ” shall
have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“ Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding ” shall mean (a) any voluntary or
involuntary case or proceeding under any Bankruptcy Law with
respect to any Grantor, (b) any other voluntary or involuntary
insolvency, reorganization or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any
receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or
proceeding with respect to any Grantor or with respect to any of
its assets, (c) any liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or
winding up of any Grantor whether voluntary or involuntary and
whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy or (d) any
assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of
assets and liabilities of any Grantor.
“ Intercreditor Agent
” shall mean Foothill, in its capacity as Administrative
Agent for the Senior Lenders under the Credit Agreement and the
other Senior Lender Documents, together with its successors (or if
there is more than one Senior Credit Agreement or
a
subsequent Senior Credit Agreement, such agent
or trustee as is designated “Intercreditor Agent” by
Senior Lenders holding a majority of the Senior Lender Claims then
outstanding) and permitted successors and assigns under the Senior
Credit Agreement exercising substantially the same rights and
powers.
“ Lien ” shall mean,
with respect to any asset, any mortgage, deed of trust, lien,
pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in,
on or of such asset.
“ Noteholder Claims ”
shall mean all Obligations in respect of the Notes or arising under
the Noteholder Documents or any of them, including all fees and
expenses of the Trustee thereunder.
“ Noteholder Collateral
” shall mean all of the assets of any Grantor, whether real,
personal or mixed, with respect to which a Lien is granted as
security for any Noteholder Claim.
“ Noteholder Collateral
Documents ” shall mean the Noteholder Pledge
Agreement, the Noteholder Security Agreement and any other document
or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted by any Grantor to
secure any Noteholder Claims or under which rights or remedies with
respect to any such Lien are governed.
“ Noteholder Documents
” shall mean (a) the Indenture, the Notes, the
Noteholder Collateral Documents and (b) any other related
document or instrument executed and delivered pursuant to any
Noteholder Document described in clause (a) above evidencing
or governing any Obligations thereunder.
“ Noteholder Pledge
Agreement ” shall mean the Pledge Agreement dated as
of September 9, 2004, among the Company, certain other
domestic Grantors and the Trustee.
“ Noteholder Security
Agreement ” shall mean the Security Agreement dated
as of September 9, 2004, among the Company, certain other
domestic Grantors and the Trustee.
“ Noteholders ” shall
mean the Persons holding Noteholder Claims.
“ Notes ” shall mean
(a) the initial $194,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of
11% second-priority senior secured notes due 2011 to be issued by
the Company pursuant to the Indenture, (b) the exchange notes
issued in exchange therefor as contemplated by the Registration
Rights Agreement dated as of September 9, 2004, among the
Company, certain of the Company’s Subsidiaries and the
initial purchasers party thereto, and (c) any additional notes
issued under the Indenture by the Company, to the extent permitted
by the Indenture and the Credit Agreement.
“ Obligations ” shall
mean, with respect to any Indebtedness, any and all obligations,
whether now owing or hereafter arising, with respect to the payment
of (a) any principal of or interest (including interest
accrued on or accruing after the commencement of any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not a claim for post-filing
interest is allowed in such proceeding) or premium on any
Indebtedness, including any reimbursement obligation in respect of
any letter of credit or letter of credit guaranty, (b) any
fees, indemnification obligations, expense reimbursement
obligations or other liabilities payable under
the
documentation governing such Indebtedness,
(c) any obligation to post cash collateral in respect of
letters of credit or letter of credit guaranties and any other
obligations and (d) with respect to any Indebtedness
constituting Senior Lender Claims, any Hedging Obligations owing to
any of the Senior Lenders holding such Senior Lender Claims or any
affiliates thereof.
“ Officers’
Certificate ” shall mean a certificate signed by any
two of the Chairman of the Board, the President, any Vice
President, the Treasurer and the Secretary of the
Company.
“ Person ” shall mean
any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust,
joint venture, association, company, partnership, entity or other
party, including any government and any political subdivision,
agency or instrumentality thereof.
“ Pledged Collateral ”
shall mean the Common Collateral in the possession of the
Intercreditor Agent (or its agents or bailees), to the extent that
possession thereof is necessary or effective to perfect a Lien
thereon under the Uniform Commercial Code.
“ Prior Credit Agreement
” shall have the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
“ Prior Intercreditor
Agreement ” shall have the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
“ Recovery ” shall
have the meaning set forth in Section 6.4.
“ Required Lenders ”
shall mean, with respect to any Senior Credit Agreement, those
Senior Lenders the approval of which is required to approve an
amendment or modification of, termination or waiver of any
provision of or consent to any departure from such Senior Credit
Agreement (or would be required to effect such consent under this
Agreement if such consent were treated as an amendment of the
Senior Credit Agreement).
“ Second-Priority Lien
” shall mean any Lien or any assets of the Company or any
other Grantor securing any Noteholder Claims.
“ Securities Account ”
shall have the meaning set forth in the Uniform Commercial
Code.
“ Security Agreement ”
shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“ Senior Collateral
Documents ” shall mean the Security Agreement and any
other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is
now or hereafter granted securing any Senior Lender Claims or under
which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are at any time
governed.
“ Senior Credit Agreement
” shall mean the Credit Agreement and any other agreement
governing any Future First-Lien Indebtedness.
“ Senior Lender Claims
” shall mean (a) all First-Lien Indebtedness outstanding,
including any Future First-Lien Indebtedness, and (b) all other
Obligations (not constituting Indebtedness under any such
First-Lien Indebtedness) with respect to First-Lien Indebtedness,
including, without limitation, all “Obligations” (as
defined in the Senior Credit Agreement) and
all Senior Lender Hedging Obligations. Senior
Lender Claims shall include all interest and expenses accrued or
accruing (or that would, absent the commencement of an Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceeding, accrue) after the commencement of an
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in accordance with and at the
rate specified in the relevant Senior Lender Document whether or
not the claim for such interest or expenses is allowed as a claim
in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
“ Senior Lender Collateral
” shall mean all of the assets of any Grantor, whether real,
personal or mixed, with respect to which a Lien is granted as
security for any Senior Lender Claim.
“ Senior Lender Documents
” shall mean the Senior Credit Agreement, the Senior
Collateral Documents and each of the other agreements, documents
and instruments (including each agreement, document or instrument
providing for or evidencing a Senior Lender Hedging Obligation)
providing for, evidencing or securing any Obligation under the
Credit Agreement or any Future First-Lien Indebtedness and any
other related document or instrument executed or delivered pursuant
to any Senior Lender Document at any time or otherwise evidencing
or securing any Indebtedness arising under any Senior Lender
Document.
“ Senior Lender Hedging
Obligations ” shall mean any Hedging Obligations
secured under the Senior Collateral Documents.
“ Senior Lenders ”
shall mean the Persons holding Senior Lender Claims, including the
Intercreditor Agent.
“ Subsidiary ” shall
mean any “Subsidiary” of the Company as defined in the
Indenture.
“ Trustee ” shall mean
The Bank of New York Mellon Trust Company, N.A., in its capacity as
trustee under the Indenture and collateral agent under the
Noteholder Collateral Documents, and its permitted
successors.
“ Uniform Commercial Code
” or “ UCC ” shall mean the Uniform
Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New
York.
1.2
Terms Generally . The definitions of terms
herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the
terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall
include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The
words “include,” “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation.” The word
“will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and
effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires
otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement,
instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring
to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to
time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with
this Agreement, (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be
construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns,
(c) the words “herein,” “hereof” and
“hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be
construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any
particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Sections
shall be construed to refer to Sections of this Agreement and (e)
the words “asset” and
“property” shall be construed to
have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all
tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash,
securities, accounts and contract rights.
2.1
Subordination . Notwithstanding the date, time, manner or order
of filing or recordation of any document or instrument or grant,
attachment or perfection of any Liens granted to the Trustee or the
Noteholders on the Common Collateral or of any Liens granted to the
Intercreditor Agent or the Senior Lenders on the Common Collateral
or on the Senior Lender Collateral and notwithstanding any
provision of the UCC, or any applicable law or the Noteholder
Documents or the Senior Lender Documents or any other circumstance
whatsoever, the Trustee, on behalf of itself and each Noteholder,
hereby agrees that: (a) any Lien on the Common Collateral securing
any Senior Lender Claims now or hereafter held by or on behalf of
the Intercreditor Agent or any Senior Lenders or any agent or
trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether by grant,
statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall have
priority over and be senior in all respects and prior to any Lien
on the Common Collateral securing any Noteholder Claims and (b) any
Lien on the Common Collateral securing any Noteholder Claims now or
hereafter held by or on behalf of the Trustee or any Noteholders or
any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether
by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise,
shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the
Common Collateral securing any Senior Lender Claims. All Liens on
the Common Collateral securing any Senior Lender Claims shall be
and remain senior in all respects and prior to all Liens on the
Common Collateral securing any Noteholder Claims for all purposes,
whether or not such Liens securing any Senior Lender Claims are
subordinated to any Lien securing any other obligation of the
Company, any other Grantor or any other Person.
2.2
Prohibition on Contesting Liens . Each of the
Trustee, for itself and on behalf of each Noteholder, and the
Intercreditor Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Senior
Lender, agrees that it shall not (and hereby waives any right to)
contest or support any other Person in contesting, in any
proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding),
the validity, perfection, priority, validity or enforceability of
(a) a Lien securing any Senior Lender Claims held (or
purported to be held) by or on behalf of the Intercreditor Agent or
any of the Senior Lenders or any agent or trustee therefor in any
Senior Lender Collateral or (b) a Lien securing any Noteholder
Claims held (or purported to be held) by or on behalf of any
Noteholder in the Common Collateral, as the case may be;
provided , however , that nothing in this Agreement
shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of the
Intercreditor Agent or any Senior Lender to enforce this Agreement
(including the priority of the Liens securing the Senior Lender
Claims as provided in Section 2.1) or any of the Senior Lender
Documents.
2.3
No New Liens . So long as
the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has not occurred, the parties
hereto agree that, after the date hereof, if the Trustee shall hold
any Lien on any assets of the Company or any other Grantor securing
any Noteholder Claims that are not also subject to the
first-priority Lien in respect of the Senior Lender Claims under
the Senior Lender Documents, the Trustee, upon demand by the
Intercreditor Agent or the Company, will assign or release such
Lien to the Intercreditor Agent as security for the Senior Lender
Claims (in the case of an assignment, the Trustee may retain a
junior lien on such assets subject to the terms
hereof).
2.4
Perfection of Liens . Neither the Intercreditor
Agent, the Trustee nor the Senior Lenders shall be responsible for
perfecting and maintaining the perfection of Liens with respect to
the Common Collateral for the benefit of the Trustee and the
Noteholders. The provisions of this Intercreditor Agreement are
intended solely to govern the respective Lien priorities as between
the Senior Lenders and the Noteholders and shall not impose on the
Intercreditor Agent, the Trustee, the Noteholders or the Senior
Lenders or any agent or trustee therefor any obligations in respect
of the disposition of proceeds of any Common Collateral which would
conflict with prior perfected claims therein in favor of any other
Person or any order or decree of any court or governmental
authority or any applicable law.
2.5
Senior Debt Designation . The Trustee, on behalf of
itself and each Noteholder, hereby acknowledges and agrees that:
(a) the Obligations under the Senior Credit Agreement constitute
“First-Priority Lien Obligations” (as such term is
defined in the Indenture) and (b) the Senior Credit Agreement
constitutes the “Credit Agreement” (as such term is
defined in the Indenture). In addition, and for the avoidance of
doubt, the Trustee hereby acknowledges that execution and delivery
of this Agreement shall serve as the Company’s notice to the
Trustee of its designation of all Obligations under or in respect
of the Senior Lender Documents as First-Lien Indebtedness pursuant
to and as contemplated by Section 5.6 of the Prior Intercreditor
Agreement.
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3.1
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Exercise of Remedies
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(a) So
long as the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has not occurred,
whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been
commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor,
(i) neither the Trustee nor any Noteholder will
(x) exercise or seek to exercise any rights or remedies
(including setoff) with respect to any Common Collateral in respect
of any Noteholder Claims, institute any action or proceeding with
respect to such rights or remedies (including any action of
foreclosure), (y) contest, protest or object to any
foreclosure proceeding or action brought with respect to the Common
Collateral by the Intercreditor Agent or any Senior Lender in
respect of the Senior Lender Claims, the exercise of any right by
the Intercreditor Agent or any Senior Lender (or any agent or
sub-agent on their behalf) in respect of the Senior Lender Claims
under any lockbox agreement, control agreement, landlord waiver or
bailee’s letter or similar agreement or arrangement, or other
Comparable Noteholder Collateral Document, to which the Trustee or
any Noteholder either is a party or may have rights as a third
party beneficiary, or any other exercise by any such party, of any
rights and remedies relating to the Common Collateral under the
Senior Lender Documents or otherwise in respect of Senior Lender
Claims, or (z) object to the forbearance by the Senior Lenders
from bringing or pursuing any foreclosure proceeding or action or
any other exercise of any rights or remedies relating to the Common
Collateral in respect of Senior Lender Claims and (ii) except
as otherwise provided herein, the Intercreditor Agent and the
Senior Lenders shall have the exclusive right to enforce rights,
exercise remedies (including setoff and the right to credit bid
their debt) and make determinations regarding the release,
disposition or restrictions with respect to the Common Collateral
without any consultation with or the consent of the Trustee or any
Noteholder; provided , however , that (A) in any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding commenced by or against the
Company or any other Grantor, the Trustee may file a claim
or
statement of interest with respect to the
Noteholder Claims and (B) the Trustee may take any action (not
adverse to the prior Liens on the Common Collateral securing the
Senior Lender Claims, or the rights of the Intercreditor Agent or
the Senior Lenders to exercise remedies in respect thereof) in
order to create, prove, perfect, preserve or protect (but not
enforce) its rights in, and perfection and priority of its Lien on,
the Common Collateral subject to the limitations set forth in
Section 6.3. In exercising rights and remedies with respect to
the Senior Lender Collateral, the Intercreditor Agent and the
Senior Lenders may enforce the provisions of the Senior Lender
Documents and exercise remedies thereunder, all in such order and
in such manner as they may determine in the exercise of their sole
discretion. Such exercise and enforcement shall include the rights
of an agent appointed by them to sell or otherwise dispose of
Common Collateral upon foreclosure, to incur expenses in connection
with such sale or disposition, and to exercise all the rights and
remedies of a secured lender under the Uniform Commercial Code of
any applicable jurisdiction and of a secured creditor under
Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.
(b) So
long as the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has not occurred, the
Trustee, on behalf of itself and each Noteholder, agrees that it
will not take or receive any Common Collateral or any proceeds of
Common Collateral in connection with the exercise of any right or
remedy (including setoff) with respect to any Common Collateral in
respect of Noteholder Claims. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, unless and until the Discharge of Senior Lender
Claims has occurred, except as expressly provided in the proviso in
clause (ii) of Section 3.1(a), the sole right of the Trustee
and the Noteholders with respect to the Common Collateral is to
hold a Lien on the Common Collateral in respect of Noteholder
Claims pursuant to the Noteholder Documents for the period and to
the extent granted therein and to receive a share of the proceeds
thereof, if any, after the Discharge of the Senior Lender Claims
has occurred.
(c) Subject
to the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(a), (i) the
Trustee, for itself and on behalf of each Noteholder, agrees that
neither the Trustee nor any Noteholder will take any action that
would hinder any exercise of remedies undertaken by the
Intercreditor Agent or the Senior Lenders with respect to the
Common Collateral under the Senior Loan Documents, including any
sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Common
Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise, and (ii) the
Trustee, for itself and on behalf of each Noteholder, hereby waives
any and all rights it or any Noteholder may have as a junior lien
creditor or otherwise to object to the manner in which the
Intercreditor Agent or the Senior Lenders seek to enforce or
collect the Senior Lender Claims or the Liens granted in any of the
Senior Lender Collateral, regardless of whether any action or
failure to act by or on behalf of the Intercreditor Agent or Senior
Lenders is adverse to the interests of the
Noteholders.
(d) The
Trustee hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement
or restriction contained in any Noteholder Document shall be deemed
to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the Intercreditor
Agent or the Senior Lenders with respect to the Senior Lender
Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the Senior Lender
Documents.
3.2
Cooperation . Subject to the proviso in clause (ii)
of Section 3.1(a) , the
Trustee, on behalf of itself and each Noteholder, agrees that,
unless and until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has
occurred, it will not commence, or join with any Person (other than
the
Senior Lenders and the Intercreditor Agent upon
the request thereof) in commencing, any enforcement, collection,
execution, levy or foreclosure action or proceeding with respect to
any Lien held by it in the Common Collateral under any of the
Noteholder Documents or otherwise in respect of the Noteholder
Claims.
4.1
Application of Proceeds . After an
event of default under any First-Lien Indebtedness has occurred
with respect to which the Intercreditor Agent has provided written
notice to the Trustee, and until such event of default is cured or
waived, so long as the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has not
occurred, the Common Collateral or proceeds thereof received in
connection with the sale or other disposition of, or collection on,
such Common Collateral upon the exercise of remedies, shall be
applied by the Intercreditor Agent to the Senior Lender Claims in
such order as specified in the relevant Senior Lender Documents
until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred. Upon the
Discharge of the Senior Lender Claims, the Intercreditor Agent
shall deliver promptly to the Trustee any Common Collateral or
proceeds thereof held by it in the same form as received, with any
necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may
otherwise direct to be applied by the Trustee to the Noteholder
Claims in such order as specified in the relevant Noteholder
Documents.
4.2
Payments Over . Any Common
Collateral or proceeds thereof received by the Trustee or any
Noteholder in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy
(including setoff) relating to the Common Collateral in
contravention of this Agreement shall be segregated and held in
trust for the benefit of and forthwith paid over to the
Intercreditor Agent for the benefit of the Senior Lenders in the
same form as received, with any necessary endorsements or as a
court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The
Intercreditor Agent is hereby authorized to make any such
endorsements as agent for the Trustee or any such Noteholder. This
authorization is coupled with an inte