Exhibit 10.32
EXECUTION COPY
AMENDED AND RESTATED INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT
among
CELLU TISSUE HOLDINGS, INC.
and certain of its Subsidiaries,
CELLU PAPER HOLDINGS, INC.,
THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY,
N.A.,
as Note Collateral Agent,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as U.S. Administrative Agent,
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., TORONTO
BRANCH,
as Canadian Administrative Agent,
and
THE CIT GROUP/BUSINESS CREDIT, INC.,
as Agent to the Prior Bank Lenders
Dated as of June 1, 2006
AMENDED AND RESTATED 1NTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT, dated as of June 12, 2006, among:
(1)
CELLU TISSUE HOLDINGS, INC. (the “ Company
”), CELLU PAPER HOLDINGS, INC. (the “
Parent ”) and certain of the subsidiaries of the
Company specified on the signature pages hereof or each other
subsidiary that becomes a party hereto;
(2)
THE BANK OF NEW YORK TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as collateral agent (in
such capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such
capacity, the “ Note Collateral Agent ”), under
the Amended and Restated Security Agreement, dated as of June12,
2006 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “ Note Security Agreement ”), among
the Company, certain of its subsidiaries parties thereto and the
Note Collateral Agent for the benefit of the secured parties named
therein;
(3)
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as U.S. administrative agent (in such
capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such
capacity, the “Bank Agent”) under the Pledge and
Security Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2006 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “
Bank US Security Agreement ”), among the Company, the
Parent, the other Bank Guarantors (as defined herein) and the Bank
Agent for the benefit of the secured parties named
therein;
(4)
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., TORONTO BRANCH, as Canadian
administrative agent (in such capacity, together with its
successors and assigns in such capacity, the “ Bank
Canadian Agent ”; and together with the Bank Agent,
collectively, the `Bank Administrative Agent”) under the
General Security Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2006 (as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“ Bank Canadian Security Agreement ”; and
together with the Bank US Security Agreement, collectively, the
“ Bank Security Agreements ”), between the
Canadian Borrower (as defined herein) and the Bank Canadian Agent
for the benefit of the secured parties named therein;
and
(5)
THE CIT GROUP/BUSINESS CREDIT INC. (the “ Prior
Agent ”), as agent to the lenders (the “ Prior
Bank Lenders ”) under the Financing Agreement, dated as
of March 12, 2004 (the “ Prior Bank Financing
Agreement ”).
W I T N
E S S E
T H :
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Indenture,
dated as of March 12, 2004 (as amended by the First
Supplemental Indenture dated as of June 2, 2006 and as may be
further amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “ Note Indenture ”) among the Company,
its subsidiaries parties thereto and The Bank of New York Trust
Company, NA., as successor trustee to The Bank of New York, the
Company has issued to the holders (the “ Holders
”) its 93/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2010 (the “
Notes ”), and may issue from time to time additional
notes, upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth
therein and herein;
WHEREAS, in connection with the
purchase by the Holders of the Notes and the obligation of the
Prior Bank Lenders to make their respective extensions of credit
under the Prior
Bank Financing Agreement, the Company entered
into an Intercreditor Agreement, dated March 9, 2004, among
the Company, certain of its subsidiaries, the Parent, The Bank of
New York, as note collateral agent, and The CIT Group/Business
Credit, Inc., as bank agent and as Bank Canadian agent (the
“ Original Intercreditor Agreement ”) for the
purpose of setting forth the relative priority of the liens created
by the Note Security Agreement and the security agreement entered
into in connection with the Prior Bank Financing
Agreement;
WHEREAS, for the purpose of
refinancing and replacing the Prior Bank Financing Agreement as
permitted under the Note Indenture, the Company is entering into a
Credit Agreement, dated as of June 12, 2006 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “
Bank Financing Agreement ”), among the Company, the
Parent, Interlake Acquisition Corporation Limited (as “
Canadian Borrower ”; and together with the Company and
any other Person that becomes a borrower under the Bank Financing
Agreement, collectively, the “ Borrowers ”), the
other loan party guarantors party thereto (together with the
Company, the Parent and any other Person that becomes a guarantor
of the Bank Financing Agreement, collectively, the “ Bank
Guarantors ”), each other financial institution from time
to time party thereto as a lender (the “ Bank Lenders
”), the Bank Agent, as U.S. administrative agent and the Bank
Canadian Agent, as Canadian administrative agent, in which the Bank
Lenders have severally agreed to make extensions of credit and
other financial accommodations from time to time to the Borrowers
upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein and
herein;
WHEREAS, the Note Collateral Agent,
Bank Administrative Agent, the Borrowers and the Bank Guarantors
desire to enter into this Agreement to amend and restate the
Original Intercreditor Agreement for the purpose of removing the
Prior Agent as a party, adding the Bank Agent and the Bank Canadian
Agent as parties and setting forth the relative priority of the
liens created by the Note Security Agreement and the Bank Security
Agreements and the respective rights of the Note Collateral Agent
and the Bank Administrative Agent in respect of the exercise of the
rights and remedies in respect of the Collateral (as defined
herein) and the application of the proceeds thereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, in order to induce
the Bank Lenders to enter into the Bank Financing Agreement and for
other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency
of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree
to amend and restate the Prior Intercreditor Agreement in its
entirety as follows:
SECTION 1.
DEFINED TERMS
1.1
Definitions . (a) Unless otherwise defined
herein, the following terms are used herein as defined in the New
York UCC: Accessions, Account Debtor, Accounts, Certificated
Security, Chattel Paper, Commercial Tort Claims, Documents,
Electronic Chattel Paper, Equipment, Farm Products, Financial
Assets, Fixtures, General Intangibles, Goods, Instruments,
Inventory, Letter-of-Credit Rights, Securities Accounts and
Supporting Obligations.
(b)
The following terms have the following meanings:
“ Additional Amounts
”: as defined in the Note Indenture.
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“ Additional Interest
”: any additional interest payable on the Notes pursuant to
Section 2(d) of the Registration Rights, dated as of
March 12, 2004, among the Company, the Note Guarantors and
J.P. Morgan Securities Inc., on behalf of itself and the other
initial purchasers.
“ Agreement ”:
this Amended and Restated Intercreditor Agreement, as the same may
be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“ Asset Disposition
”: as defined in the Note Indenture.
“ Asset Swap ”:
as defined in the Note Indenture.
“ Bank Borrower
Obligations ”: the collective reference to the unpaid
principal of and interest on the loans under the Bank Financing
Agreement, all amounts owing pursuant to Sections 2.15, 2.16 or
2.18 of the Bank Financing Agreement (collectively, the “
Increased Costs ”) and all other obligations and
liabilities of the Borrowers (including, without limitation,
interest accruing at the then applicable rate provided in the Bank
Financing Agreement after the maturity of the Bank Financing
Agreement loans and interest accruing at the then applicable rate
provided in the Bank Financing Agreement after the filing of any
petition in bankruptcy, or the commencement of any insolvency,
reorganization or like proceeding, relating to the Parent, the
Borrowers or the other Bank Guarantors, whether or not a claim for
post-filing or post-petition interest is allowed in such
proceeding) to the Bank Administrative Agent or to any Bank Secured
Party, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or
to become due, or now existing or hereafter incurred, which may
arise under, out of, or in connection with, this Agreement, the
Bank Financing Agreement, any other Bank Document or any other
document made, delivered or given in connection with any of the
foregoing and any renewal, replacement, or refinancing thereof, in
each case whether on account of principal, premium, if any, the
Increased Costs, interest, reimbursement obligations, fees,
indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise (including, without
limitation, all fees and disbursements of counsel to the Bank
Administrative Agent or to any Bank Secured Party that are required
to be paid by any of Parent, the Borrowers or the other Bank
Guarantors pursuant to the terms of any of the foregoing
agreements).
“ Bank Collateral
Account ”: shall have the same meaning as the term
“Collateral Account” under the Bank Security
Agreements.
“ Bank Documents
”: the collective reference to the Bank Financing Agreement,
the Bank Security Agreements, each Bank Guarantee and any other
documents entered in connection therewith.
“ Bank First Priority
Lien ”: the reference to “First Priority
Interest” and “First Priority Security Interest”
as defined in and granted or purported to be granted pursuant to
the Bank US Security Agreement and Bank Canadian Security
Agreement, respectively.
“ Bank Guarantee
”: a guarantee to be executed and delivered by each Bank
Guarantor pursuant to the Bank Financing Agreement.
“ Bank Guarantor
Obligations ”: with respect to each Bank Guarantor, the
collective reference to all obligations and liabilities of such
Bank Guarantor which may arise
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under or in connection with any Bank Guarantee
or any other document related thereto to which such Bank Guarantor
is a party, in each case whether on account of guarantee
obligations, reimbursement obligations, fees, indemnities, costs,
expenses or otherwise in respect of Bank Obligations (including,
without limitation, all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel
to the Bank Administrative Agent or to any other Bank Secured Party
that are required to be paid by such Bank Guarantor pursuant to the
terms of this Agreement, the Bank Financing Agreement or any other
document related hereto to which such Bank Guarantor is a .
party).
“ Bank Obligations
”: the collective reference to the Bank Borrower Obligations
and the Bank Guarantor Obligations.
“ Bank Priority
Collateral ”: with respect to each Grantor, all such
Grantor’s now existing or hereinafter arising
(i) Inventory, (ii) Receivables, (iii) any and all
Instruments, Documents, Chattel Paper (including Electronic Chattel
Paper) and other contracts, in each case evidencing or substituted
for any Receivable, (iv) guarantees, Supporting Obligations,
Letter-of-Credit Rights, security and other credit enhancements for
the Receivables, (v) documents of title for any Inventory,
(vi) claims and causes of action in any way relating to any of
the Receivables or Inventory, (vii) Deposit Accounts,
including lockbox and securities accounts, into which any proceeds
of Receivables or Inventory are deposited (including all cash, Cash
Equivalents, Financial Assets and other funds on deposit therein or
credited 2 thereto) but only with respect to and including such
Proceeds of Bank Priority Collateral, (viii) rights to any
Goods represented by any of the foregoing, including rights to
returned, reclaimed or repossessed Goods, (ix) reserves and
credit balances arising in connection with or pursuant thereto,
(x) unpaid seller’s or lessor’s rights (including
rescission, replevin, reclamation, repossession and
stoppage in transit) relating to the foregoing or arising
therefrom; (xi) insurance policies or rights relating to any of the
foregoing, (xii) General Intangibles pertaining to any and all of
the foregoing (including all rights to payment, including those
arising in connection With bank and non-bank credit cards), (xiii)
;Promissory notes, deposits or property of Account Debtors securing
the obligations of any such Account Debtors to the Bank Secured
Parties or any one of them and (xiv) all books and records (and any
electronic media and software related thereto) pertaining to any of
the foregoing, and all substitutions, replacements, Accessions,
products or Proceeds (including, without limitation, insurance
proceeds, cash and Cash Equivalents) of any of the foregoing;
provided , however , that any Collateral, regardless
of type, received in connection with an Asset Disposition or Asset
Swap of Bank Priority Collateral or otherwise in exchange for Bank
Priority Collateral pursuant to the terms of the Note Indenture
shall be treated as Bank Priority Collateral under this Agreement;
the Note Security Agreement and the Bank Security Agreements;
provided , further , that any Collateral of the type
that constitutes Bank Priority Collateral, if received in
connection with an Asset Disposition or Asset Swap of Note Priority
Collateral or otherwise in exchange for Note Priority Collateral
pursuant to the terms of the Note Indenture, shall be treated as
Note Priority Collateral under this Agreement, the Note Security
Agreement and the Bank Security Agreements.
“ Bank Second Priority
Lien ”: the reference to “Second Priority
Interest” and “Second Priority Security Interest”
as defined in and granted or purported to be granted pursuant to
the Bank US Security Agreement and Bank Canadian Security
Agreement, respectively.
“ Bank Secured Parties
”: the secured parties under the Bank Security
Agreements.
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“ Borrowing Base
”: as of the date of determination, an amount equal to the
sum, without duplication of (105% of the net book value of the
Company’s and its Restricted Subsidiaries’ (as defined
in the Note Indenture) accounts receivable at such date and
(2) 65% of the net book value of the Company’s and its
Restricted Subsidiaries’ inventories at such date. Net
book value shall be determined in accordance with GAAP and shall be
that reflected on the most recent available balance sheet (it being
understood that the accounts receivable and inventories of an
acquired business may be included if such acquisition has been
completed on or prior to the date of determination).
“ Deposit Account
”: as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code (or
equivalent foreign law, as applicable) of any applicable
jurisdiction and, in any event, including, without limitation; any
demand, time, savings, passbook or like account maintained with a
depositary institution.
“ Governmental
Authority ”: any nation or government, any state or other
political subdivision thereof, any agency, authority,
instrumentality; regulatory body, court, central bank or other
entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, taxing,
regulatory, supervisory or administrative functions or of
pertaining to government, any securities exchange and any
self-regulatory organization (including the National Association of
Insurance Commissioners).
“ Grantor ”: any
of the Company, the Parent, Cellu Tissue Corporation —
Natural Dam, Cello Tissue Corporation — Neenah, Cellu Tissue
LLC, Coastal Paper Company, Interlake Acquisition Corporation
Limited, Menominee Acquisition Corporation, Van Paper Company, Van
Timber Company, any other subsidiary of the Company that becomes a
Bank Guarantor or a Note Guarantor.
“ Insolvency Proceeding
”: the occurrence of any of the following: (i) any
Grantor shall commence any case, proceeding or other action
(A) under any existing or future law of any jurisdiction,
domestic or foreign, relating to bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or relief of debtors, seeking to have an order for
relief entered with respect to it, or seeking to adjudicate it a
bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement,
adjustment, winding-up, liquidation, dissolution, composition or
other relief with respect to it or its debts, or (B) seeking
appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian, conservator or other
similar official for it or for all or any substantial part of its
assets, or any Grantor shall make a general assignment for the
benefit of its creditors; or (ii) there shall be commenced
against any Grantor any case, proceeding or other action of a
nature referred to in clause (i) above that (A) results
in the entry of an order for relief or any such adjudication or
appointment or (B) remains undismissed, undischarged or
unbonded for a period of 60 days; or (iii) there shall be
commenced against any Grantor any case, proceeding or other action
seeking issuance of a warrant of attachment, execution, distraint
or similar process against all or any substantial part of its
assets that results in the entry of an order for any such relief
that shall not have been vacated, discharged, or stayed or bonded
pending appeal within 60 days from the entry thereof; or
(iv) any Grantor shall take any action indicating its consent
to, approval of, or acquiescence in, any of the acts set forth in
clause (i), (ii), or (iii) above; or (v) any Grantor
shall generally not, or shall be unable to, or shall admit in
writing its inability to, pay its debts as they become
due.
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“ Liens ”: any
mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of
any kind (including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement or lease in the nature thereof).
“ Mortgages ”:
each of the mortgages and deeds of trust now or hereafter made by
any Grantor in favor of, or for the benefit of, the Note Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the Note Secured Parties or the Bank
Administrative Agent for the benefit of the Bank Secured
Parties.
“ New York UCC ”:
the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the
State of New York; provided that, with respect to any Grantor not
organized or formed under the laws of the United States of America,
any State of the United States or the District of Columbia,
“New York UCC” shall mean the equivalent foreign law to
the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the
applicable jurisdiction.
“ Note Collateral
Account ”: shall have the same meaning as the term
“Collateral Accounts” under the Note Security
Agreement.
“ Note Company
Obligations ”: the collective reference to the unpaid
principal of, premium, if any, Additional Amounts and interest
(including Additional Interest) on the Notes and all other
obligations and liabilities of the Company to the Note Collateral
Agent or any Note Secured Party, whether direct or indirect,
absolute or contingent, due or to become due, or now existing or
hereafter incurred, which may arise under, out of, or in connection
with, this Agreement, the Note Indenture, the Note Security
Agreement, any other Note Documents or any other document made,
delivered or given in connection with any of the foregoing, in each
case whether on account of principal, premium, if any, Additional
Amounts, interest (including Additional Interest), reimbursement
obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses or otherwise
(including, without limitation, all fees and disbursements of
counsel to the Note Collateral Agent or to the Note Secured Parties
that are required to be paid by any of the Company or the Note
Guarantors pursuant to the terms of any of the foregoing
agreements).
“ Note Documents
”: the collective reference to the Note Indenture, the Note
Security Agreement, each Note Guarantee and any other documents
entered in connection therewith.
“ Note First Priority
Lien ”: the reference to “First Priority
Interest” as defined in and granted or purported to be
granted pursuant to the Note Security Agreement.
“ Note Guarantee
”: a guarantee to be executed and delivered by a Note
Guarantor pursuant to the Note Indenture.
“ Note Guarantors
” the collective reference to each Grantor other than the
Company.
“ Note Guarantor
Obligations ”: with respect to an, Note Guarantor, the
collective reference to all obligations and liabilities of such
Note Guarantor which may arise under or in connection with any Note
Guarantee or any other document related thereto to which such Note
Guarantor is a party; in each case whether on account of guarantee
obligations, reimbursement,
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obligations, fees, indemnities, costs, expenses
or otherwise in respect of Note Obligations (including, without
limitation, all fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the
Note Collateral Agent that are required to be paid by such Note
Guarantor pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Note
Indenture or any other document related hereto to which such Note
Guarantor is a party).
“ Note Obligations
”: the collective reference to the Note Company Obligations
and the Note Guarantor Obligations.
“ Note Priority
Collateral ”: with respect to each Grantor, any and all
property secured by the Mortgages and the following property now
owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor or in which such
Grantor has now or at any time in the future may acquire any right,
title or interest: all Chattel Paper, Deposit Accounts, the Deposit
Accounts (except to the extent that such Deposit Accounts or funds
or other amounts credited thereto constitute Bank Priority
Collateral), Documents (other than title documents with respect to
Vehicles), Equipment, General Intangibles, Instruments,
Intellectual Property, Investment Property, Letter-Of-Credit
Rights, Commercial Tort Claims and all other property not described
above, all books and records pertaining to the foregoing and, to
the extent not otherwise included in the foregoing, all Proceeds,
all Supporting Obligations and all products of any and all of the
foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees given by any
Person with respect to any of the foregoing; but, excluding,
however, all Bank Priority Collateral and the Number 1 Paper
Machine at the Menominee, Michigan location and all equipment
directly related thereto; provided , however , that
any Collateral, regardless of type, received in connection with an
Asset Disposition or Asset Swap of Note Priority Collateral or
otherwise in exchange for Note Priority Collateral, or any
additional issuance of Notes, pursuant to the terms of the Note
Indenture shall be treated as Note Priority Collateral under this
Agreement, the Note Security Agreement and the Bank Security
Agreements; provided , further , that any Collateral
of the type that constitutes Note Priority Collateral, if received
in connection with an Asset Disposition or Asset Swap of Bank
Priority Collateral or otherwise in exchange for Bank Priority
Collateral pursuant to the terms of the Note Indenture, shall be
treated as Bank Priority. Collateral under this Agreement,
the Note Security Agreement and the Bank Security
Agreements.
“ Note Second Priority
Lien ”: the reference to “Second Priority
Interest” as defined in and granted or purported to, be
granted pursuant to the Note Security Agreement.
“ Note Secured Parties
”: the secured parties under the Note Security
Agreement.
“ Obligations ”:
any or all of the Bank Borrower Obligations, the Bank Guarantor
Obligations, the Note Company Obligations and the Note Guarantor
Obligations.
“ Person ”: any
individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association,
joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited
liability company, government or any agency or political
subdivision hereof or any other entity.
“ Proceeds ”: all
“proceeds” as such term is defined in
Section 9-102(a)(64) of the New York UCC and, in any event,
shall include, without limitation, all dividends or
other
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income from the Investment Property, collections
thereon or distributions or payments with respect
thereto.
“ Receivables ”:
all accounts (as defined in the New York UCC) and any and all other
receivables and any other right to payment for goods sold or leased
or for services rendered, including, without limitation, all
accounts created by, or arising from, all of each of the
Grantor’s sales, leases, rentals of goods or renditions of
services to their customers, in each case (i) including, but
not limited to, those accounts arising under any of the
Grantors’ trade names or styles, or through any of the
Grantors’ divisions, and (ii) whether or not
(x) such right is evidenced by an Instrument or Chattel Paper,
(y) such right has been earned by performance (including,
without limitation, any account) or (z) specifically listed on
schedules furnished to the Bank Administrative Agent.
“ Requirement of Law
”: as to any Person, the certificate of incorporation and
by-laws or other organizational or governing documents of such
Person, and any law, treaty, rule or regulation or
determination of an arbitrator or a court or other Governmental
Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person
or any of its property or to which such Person or any of its
property is subject.
“ Secured Debt
Documents ”: the collective reference to the Note
Documents and the Bank Documents.
1.2
Other Definitional Provisions . (a) The
words “hereof,” “herein”,
“hereto” and “hereunder” and words of
similar import when used in this Agreement shall refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement, and Section and Schedule references are to this
Agreement unless otherwise specified.
(b)
The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally
applicable to both the singular and plural forms of such
terms.
(c)
Where the context requires, terms relating to the Collateral or any
part thereof, when used in relation to a Grantor, shall refer to
such Grantor’s Collateral or the relevant part
thereof.
(d)
Subject to Sections 2.2(j) and 2.3(j), the phrases
“satisfied in full” or “payment in full”
(or phrases of similar import) when used in this Agreement with
respect to any of the Note Obligations, or the Bank Obligations (or
the Liens securing such obligations), as the case may be, shall
mean satisfaction or payment in full of such applicable obligations
other than contingent indemnification obligations which are not
then due and payable (or reasonably expected to become due and
payable in the then foreseeable future).
SECTION 2.
RANKING OF SECURITY INTERESTS; REMEDIES
2.1
Ranking . Notwithstanding (i) anything to the
contrary contained in any other document, filing or agreement
related to the creation, attachment, perfection or existence of the
security interests granted in the Note Security Agreement or the
Bank Security Agreements, (ii) the time, place, order or
method of attachment or perfection of Such security interests;
(iii) the time or order of filing or recording of financing
statements or other documents filed or
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recorded to perfect such security interests and
(iv) the rules for determining priority ender any law
governing the relative priorities of secured creditors,
(a) the security interests created or purported to be created
by the Note Security Agreement with respect to the Bank Priority
Collateral are subordinated, and junior in priority to. the
security interests created or purported to be created by the Bank
Security Agreements with respect to the Bank Priority Collateral
and (b) the security interests created or purported to be
created by the Bank Security Agreements with respect to the Note
Priority Collateral are subordinated and junior in priority to the
security interests created or purported to be created by the Note
Security Agreement with respect to the Note Priority
Collateral.
2.2
Remedies with respect to Note Priority Collateral .
(a) The Bank Administrative Agent acknowledges and agrees
that, until all of the Note Obligations have been paid in full, the
exercise of rights and remedies in respect of the Note Priority
Collateral by the Bank Administrative Agent shall be limited to the
extent set forth in, and shall be governed by, this
Agreement.
(b)
Until the Note Obligations shall have been satisfied in full, other
than to the extent expressly provided in this Agreement, no Bank
Secured Party shall exercise any rights or remedies in respect of
the Note Priority Collateral, whether under a Secured Debt
Document, applicable law or otherwise, including, without
limitation, any action to institute any judicial or nonjudicial or
similar action or proceeding in respect of its Lien or to seek
relief from the automatic stay pursuant to Section 362 of the
Bankruptcy Code in respect of its Lien; provided ,
however , that nothing contained herein shall be construed
as preventing the Bank Administrative Agent or any Bank Secured
Party from taking any action which is reasonably desirable or
necessary to perfect and protect the Bank Second Priority Lien,
which action is not adverse to the Note Secured Parties or the Note
First Priority Lien, including; without limitation, the filing of
financing statements tinder the Uniform Commercial Code in any
applicable jurisdiction, the execution and delivery of account
control agreements or similar agreements entered into for the
purpose of obtaining “control” (within the meaning of
the applicable Uniform Commercial Code) of any applicable Note
Priority Collateral (to the extent that it is possible for both the
Note Collateral Agent and the Bank Administrative Agent to have
joint “control” of such item of Note Priority
Collateral) and the filing of a claim or statement of interest in
an Insolvency Proceeding in respect of the Bank Second Priority
Lien or any Obligations secured thereby. Until the Note
Obligations shall have been satisfied in full, the Note Collateral
Agent shall have the exclusive right to exercise rights and
remedies in respect of the Note Priority Collateral and, to enforce
the provisions of and exercise remedies under this Agreement and
the Note Documents and under applicable law (or refrain from
enforcing any such rights and exercising any such remedies), all in
such order and in such mariner as it may determine in its
discretion. For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto
acknowledge and agree that, notwithstanding the occurrence and
continuation of an event of default as defined under the Bank
Financing Agreement, the Note Collateral Agent shall not have any
obligation or duty to exercise remedies against the Note Priority
Collateral.
(c)
Each Bank Secured Party hereby consents to and authorizes the sale
of all or any part of the Note Priority Collateral by the Note
Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of the Note Security
Agreement and the other Note Documents and agrees that
when