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EXHIBIT 10.6
Dated 6 August
2004
MAGYAR TELECOM
B.V.
Issuer
INVITEL
ZRT.
Company
MAGYAR TELECOM B.V. and
CERTAIN
OF ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Original
Obligors
MATEL HOLDINGS N.V. and
CERTAIN
OF ITS
SUBSIDIARIES
Original Subordinated
Shareholder Creditors
BNP PARIBAS
Co-ordinator
BNP PARIBAS
CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
INTERNATIONAL
Arrangers
MERRILL LYNCH
INTERNATIONAL BANK LIMITED
New Hedge
Counterparty
BNP PARIBAS
Senior
Agent
BNP PARIBAS, Hungary
Branch
HUF Agent
BNP PARIBAS TRUST
CORPORATION UK LIMITED
Security
Trustee
THE BANK OF NEW
YORK
HY Note
Trustee
BNY CORPORATE TRUSTEE
SERVICES LIMITED
FRN Note
Trustee
INTERCREDITOR
DEED
(as amended and restated
pursuant to a
supplemental deed dated
27 April 2007)
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Definitions and Interpretation |
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Ranking |
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Undertakings/Prohibited Payments |
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Amendments |
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Hedging
Transactions |
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Representations and Warranties |
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Permitted
Payments |
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Turnover |
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HY Note
and FRN Trustee Provisions |
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Subordination on Insolvency |
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HY
Guarantee and HY Security Documents |
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FRN
Guarantee and FRN Security Documents |
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Priority
of Security |
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Enforcement Action |
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Enforcement of Security |
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Loss
Sharing |
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Consents
and Limits |
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Information |
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Subrogation |
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Protection of Subordination |
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Preservation of Debt/Marshalling |
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Power of
Attorney |
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Expenses |
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Changes
to the Parties |
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Status of
Obligors |
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Notices |
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Waivers,
Remedies Cumulative |
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The
Security Trustee |
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Counterparts |
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Partial
Invalidity |
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Governing
Law |
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Jurisdiction |
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Schedule 1 The Parties
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Schedule 2 Form of Deed of
Accession
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Schedule 3 Security Trustee
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Schedule 4 Funding Loans
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THIS DEED (this “
Deed ”) is dated 6 August 2004 (as amended and
restated pursuant to a supplemental deed dated 27 April 2007)
and made between:
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MAGYAR TELECOM B.V. as the Issuer ; |
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INVITEL ZRT. as the Company ; |
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MATEL HOLDINGS N.V. as the Ultimate Parent ; |
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THE COMPANIES listed in Part I of Schedule 1
(The Parties) as the Original Obligors (the “
Original Obligors ”); |
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THE COMPANIES listed in Part II of Schedule 1
(The Parties) as the Original Subordinated Shareholder
Creditors (the “ Original Subordinated Shareholder
Creditors ”); |
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BNP PARIBAS as Co-ordinator; |
| (7) |
BNP PARIBAS and CREDIT SUISSE FIRST BOSTON
INTERNATIONAL (whether acting individually or together) as the
Arrangers; |
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BNP PARIBAS as the Senior Agent; |
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BNP PARIBAS, Hungary Branch as the HUF
Agent; |
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BNP PARIBAS TRUST CORPORATION UK LIMITED as the Security
Trustee; |
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THE BANK OF NEW YORK as the HY Note Trustee; |
| (12) |
BNY CORPORATE TRUSTEE SERVICES LIMITED as FRN Note
Trustee; |
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THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Part III of
Schedule 1 (The Parties ) as the Original Senior
Lenders; |
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THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Part IV of
Schedule 1 (The Parties ) as the Original Hedge
Counterparties; |
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THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS listed in Part V of
Schedule 1 (The Parties ) as the New Hedge
Counterparties. |
NOW THIS DEED WITNESSES as
follows:
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Definitions and Interpretation |
In this Deed:
“ Additional
Debt ” in relation to any obligation or liability
means:
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(a) |
any refinancing (including subsequent refinancings), novation,
deferral or extension of that obligation or liability or any part
thereof; |
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(b) |
any further advance made under any agreement supplemental to
any relevant Finance Document plus all related interest, fees,
costs and other expenses; |
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(c) |
any claim for damages or restitution in the event of rescission
of any such obligation or liability or otherwise in connection with
any relevant Finance Document; |
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(d) |
any claim against any Obligor flowing from any recovery by an
Obligor or any other person of a payment or discharge in respect of
those liabilities on the grounds of preference or otherwise;
and |
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(e) |
any amounts (such as post-insolvency interest) which would
otherwise be included in any such obligation or liability but for
any discharge, non-provability, unenforceability or
non-allowability of the same in any insolvency or other
proceedings. |
“ Additional
Obligor ” means any Subsidiary of the Issuer that accedes
to this Deed in accordance with clause 24.3 (Additional
Obligors).
“ Amend ”
means amend, novate, vary, waive, supplement or the giving of any
waiver or consent (and “ Amendment ” and “
Amended ” shall be construed accordingly).
“ Block Notice
” has the meaning given to it in clause 7.4 (
Suspension of Permitted HY Subordinated Debt Payments and FRN
Subordinated Debt Payments and Permitted HY Funding Loan Debt and
FRN Funding Loan Debt Payments until the Senior Discharge Date
).
“ Creditor
” means the Senior Creditors, the HY Creditors, the FRN
Creditors and the Subordinated Shareholder Creditors.
“ Debt ”
means any or all (as the context requires) of the Senior Debt, the
Hedging Liabilities, the HY Issuer Debt, the HY Subordinated Debt,
the HY Funding Loan Debt, the FRN Issuer Debt, the FRN Subordinated
Debt, the FRN Funding Loan Debt and the Subordinated Shareholder
Debt.
“ Deed of
Accession ” means a deed by which a person becomes a
party to this Deed, substantially in the form of Schedule 2 (
Form of Deed of Accession ) with such amendments as the
Security Trustee may approve or reasonably require.
“ Default
” means an Event of Default or a Default (each as defined in
the Senior Facilities Agreement) or an event of default or
potential event of default under the HY Indenture, the FRN Bridge
Facility Agreement or the FRN Indenture, as the context
requires.
“ Enforcement
Action ” means:
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(a) |
in relation to any Debt, any action whatsoever to: |
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(i) |
demand payment, declare prematurely due and payable or
otherwise seek to accelerate payment of or place on demand all or
any part of such Debt; or |
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(ii) |
recover all or any part of such Debt (including, without
limitation, by attachment, set-off, execution, combination of
accounts or otherwise save, in the case solely of set-off, to the
extent such set-off occurs automatically by operation of law and
not as a result of any action or election and any amount so set-off
is subject to clause 8 ( Turnover )); or |
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(iii) |
exercise any right to crystallise, or require the Security
Trustee to crystallise, any floating charge created pursuant to the
Security Documents; or |
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(iv) |
exercise or enforce or require the Security Trustee to exercise
or enforce any rights under or pursuant to the provisions of any
guarantee granted by a member of the Group in relation to all or
any part of such Debt or any Encumbrance in relation to such Debt
(including under the Security Documents) whether by sale,
possession, appointment of a receiver or otherwise; or |
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(v) |
petition for (or take any other steps or action which may lead
to) an Insolvency Event in relation to any member of the Group;
or |
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(vi) |
sue or bring or support any legal, arbitral or regulatory
proceedings, or otherwise exercise any remedy for the recovery of
such Debt against any member of the Group, |
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(vii) |
provided that the taking of any action (not falling within
(a)(i) to (v) above) necessary to preserve the validity and
existence of claims, including the registration of such claims
before any court or governmental authority, shall not constitute
Enforcement Action; and |
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(b) |
in relation to the Hedging Liabilities: |
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(i) |
any action whatsoever to declare an Early Termination Event
under any Hedge Agreement or demand payment of any amount which
would become payable following an Early Termination Date;
or |
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(ii) |
the occurrence of an Early Termination Date as a result of
Automatic Early Termination for which a member of the Group is the
Defaulting Party, |
and for this purpose “
Early Termination Date ”, “ Automatic Early
Termination ” and “ Defaulting Party ”
shall have the meanings given to them in the ISDA 1992 or (as the
case may be) 2002 Master Agreement published by the International
Swaps and Derivatives Association.
“ Euroweb Security
Deposit Deed ” means the security deposit deed entered
into on 23 May 2006 by Invitel over its shareholding interest
in Euroweb Hungary.
“ Finance
Document ” means each of the Senior Finance Documents,
the Hedge Agreements, the HY Finance Documents, the FRN Finance
Documents and the Subordinated Shareholder Documents.
“ Financial
Support ” means any financial support including, without
limitation, the taking of any participation, the giving of any
guarantee, indemnity or other assurance against loss, or the making
of any deposit or payment.
“ FRN Bridge
Refinancing Date ” means the date on which the FRN Bridge
Facility is refinanced in full out of the proceeds of the FRN
Offering.
“ FRN Creditor
” means, until the FRN Bridge Refinancing Date, each of the
FRN Bridge Lenders and thereafter each of the FRN Noteholders and,
at all times, the FRN Trustee, the Security Trustee as security
trustee of the FRN Creditors pursuant to the terms hereof and, in
each case, any successor thereto and any assigns, transferees or
substitutes thereof or therefore and including any person to whom
FRN Debt may be payable or owing (whether or not matured) from time
to time.
“ FRN Debt
” means the FRN Issuer Debt and the FRN Subordinated
Debt.
“ FRN Debt Permitted
Refinancing ” means any refinancing of the FRN Notes (the
“ Refinanced FRN Notes ”) (other than any
refinancing of the FRN Notes with the proceeds from the issuance of
Senior Debt) provided that:
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(a) |
the issuer of the Refinanced FRN Notes shall be the
Issuer; |
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(b) |
the only members of the Group that guarantee the Refinanced FRN
Notes shall have guaranteed the Senior Debt, the Hedging
Liabilities and the HY Debt; |
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(c) |
to the extent that the Refinanced FRN Notes are to be
guaranteed or secured, the guarantees shall be given by the same
guarantors of the FRN Notes (the “ Existing FRN Notes
”) and the security shall be the same as the FRN Security
Documents; |
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(d) |
the maturity date of the Refinanced FRN Notes shall be no
earlier than one year after the final maturity date of the Senior
Debt and there shall be no scheduled amortisation of the Refinanced
FRN Notes prior to such date; |
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(e) |
the scheduled interest payments on the Refinanced Notes are no
more than either, if calculated on the basis of a floating rate,
EURIBOR plus a margin not exceeding 6 per cent. per annum or,
if calculated on the basis of a fixed rate, 10.5 per cent. per
annum; |
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(f) |
the aggregate amount of any underwriting, arrangement,
commitment or other like fee or remuneration in respect of the
Refinanced FRN Notes shall not be substantially higher than the
market rate for such payments at the time of the issue of such
Refinanced FRN Notes; |
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(g) |
the terms of the Refinanced FRN Notes relating to repayment,
prepayment, representations and warranties, covenants and events of
default shall, when taken as a whole, in no event be materially
more favourable to the holders of the Refinanced FRN Notes than the
equivalent provisions of the Existing FRN Notes; |
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(h) |
if the Refinanced FRN Notes have the benefit of guarantees and
security from any member of the Group, the guarantees and security
therefore shall be subordinated on the terms of this
Deed; |
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(i) |
the gross proceeds arising from the issue of the Refinanced FRN
Notes do not exceed the aggregate of the principal amount, accrued
and unpaid interest and fees outstanding under the Existing FRN
Notes and any costs (including fees and expenses) incurred in
connection with the issue of the Refinanced FRN Notes;
and |
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(j) |
to the extent of an amount equal to the outstanding principal
amount of the FRN Funding Loan Debt, the gross proceeds of the
Refinanced FRN Notes shall be on lent to the Company and used to
refinance in full the FRN Funding Loan Debt, |
provided, however, that any
of the paragraphs (a) through (j) of this definition may
be waived with the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders
and provided further, that if such written consent is obtained from
the Majority Lenders, then the consent of all other Parties to this
Deed to such waiver(s) shall be deemed to have been
given.
“ FRN Default
” means an event of default as defined in the FRN Bridge
Facility Agreement or (as the case may be) FRN
Indenture.
“ FRN Discharge
Date ” means the date on which all FRN Debt has been
defeased in accordance with the terms of the FRN Finance Documents
or fully discharged in accordance with the FRN Finance Documents.
For the avoidance of doubt, the date of the refinancing of the FRN
Bridge Facility with the proceeds of an FRN Offering shall not be
deemed to be the FRN Discharge Date.
“ FRN Finance
Documents ” means, together, (i) the FRN Bridge
Facility Agreement (until the FRN Bridge Refinancing Date),
(ii) the FRN Notes and the FRN Indenture (from the FRN Bridge
Refinancing Date), and (iii) (at all times) the FRN Security
Documents, the FRN Funding Loan Agreement, this Deed and all other
documents evidencing the terms of the FRN Debt and any other
agreement or document that may be entered into or executed pursuant
thereto or in connection therewith.
“ FRN Funding
Loan ” means the intragroup loan which satisfies the
criteria in Part II of Schedule 4 ( Funding Loans
).
“ FRN Funding Loan
Agreement ” means the intercompany loan agreement
documenting the FRN Funding Loan between the Issuer and the HTCC
Operating Companies (as assumed by the Company in accordance with
the Steps Paper) including, until the FRN Bridge Refinance Date,
the FRN Guarantees.
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“ FRN Funding Loan
Debt ” means all present and future liabilities (actual
or contingent) due, owing or incurred by the Borrower Group or an
HTCC Operating Company to the Issuer under or in connection with
the FRN Funding Loan Agreement, whether or not matured and whether
or not liquidated.
“ FRN Guarantee
” means each senior subordinated guarantee, in respect of the
FRN Issuer Debt, to be executed by each FRN Guarantor in favour of
and for the benefit of the FRN Creditors.
“ FRN Guarantor
” means the Company, V-holding Zrt., Euroweb Hungary, Euroweb
Romania and each member of the Group that from time to time
guarantees the FRN Issuer Debt in accordance with the terms of the
Senior Facilities Agreement, the FRN Bridge Facility Agreement, the
FRN Indenture and this Deed and provided further that such party
has acceded to this Deed pursuant to clause 24 ( Changes to
the Parties ).
“ FRN Indenture
” means a note indenture and/or other instrument pursuant to
which the FRN Notes are issued including, with effect from the FRN
Bridge Refinancing Date, the FRN Gurantees.
“ FRN Issuer
Debt ” means all present and future liabilities (actual
or contingent) due, owing or incurred by the Issuer to the FRN
Creditors or any of them under or in connection with the FRN
Finance Documents or otherwise, whether or not matured and whether
or not liquidated, including (i) any FRN Debt Permitted
Refinancing and (ii) any Additional Debt (other than any
refinancing Additional Debt referred to in paragraph (a) of
such definition) in relation thereto.
“ FRN Lender
Debt ” means any FRN Debt arising under the FRN Bridge
Facility Agreement.
“ FRN
Noteholders ” means the holders from time to time of the
FRN Notes.
“ FRN Notes
” means the floating rate notes issued or to be issued by the
Issuer pursuant to the FRN Indenture as permitted pursuant to the
definition of FRN Offering in the Senior Facilities
Agreement.
“ FRN Security
Documents ” means the FRN Bridge Security Documents and
the FRN Security Documents (each as defined in the Senior
Facilities Agreement) including, for the avoidance of doubt, the
Second Ranking Pledge of FRN Funding Loan.
“ FRN Trustee
” means, as applicable, the FRN Bridge Trustee in its
capacity as agent for the FRN Bridge Lenders under the FRN Bridge
Facility Agreement (until the FRN Bridge Refinancing Date) and the
FRN Note Trustee in its capacity as trustee for the FRN
Noteholders, or its successors from time to time or any other agent
for the FRN Bridge Lenders or trustee for the FRN Noteholders (as
applicable), in each case having become party to this Deed pursuant
to clause 24 ( Changes to the Parties ).
“ FRN Trustee
Amount ” means an amount not exceeding Euro
100,000 per annum with respect to all compensation for
services provided by the FRN Trustee which is payable to the FRN
Trustee pursuant to the FRN Bridge Facility Agreement (or as the
case may be) the FRN Indenture and all out-of-pocket costs and
expenses properly incurred by the FRN Trustee, including, without
limitation, (i) compensation for the costs and expenses of the
collection by the FRN Trustee of any amount payable to the FRN
Trustee for the benefit of the FRN Creditors and (ii) costs
and expenses of the FRN Trustee’s agents and counsel and, for
the avoidance of doubt, “ FRN Trustee Amounts ”
shall not include any amount of principal or interest payable in
respect of the FRN Bridge Facility or the FRN Notes.
“ FRN Subordinated
Debt ” means all present and future obligations and
liabilities (whether actual or contingent and whether owed jointly
or severally or in any other capacity whatsoever) due, owing or
incurred by any FRN Guarantor to any FRN Creditors pursuant to any
FRN Guarantees together with any related Additional Debt owed to
any FRN Creditors pursuant to any FRN Guarantee provided that
Additional Debt incurred pursuant to paragraph (a) of
such
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definition shall only be
permitted to the extent such Additional Debt is incurred in
relation to a FRN Debt Permitted Refinancing.
“ Hedge
Agreement ” means any agreement, document or instrument
to be based on the 1992 or (as the case may be) 2002 ISDA Master
Agreement (Multicurrency Cross-Border) or other ISDA standard
documentation documenting an interest rate or currency swap or
other hedging arrangement referred to in the definition of Hedge
Counterparty and, prior to any such arrangement being duly
documented, the terms of such arrangement as orally
agreed.
“ Hedge
Counterparty ” means any New Hedge Counterparty, any
Senior Finance Party or any FRN Bridge Lender (whether or not the
FRN Bridge Facility is ever drawn) who enters into an interest rate
or currency swap or other hedging arrangement with the Company or
any HTCC Operating Company in relation to all or any part of the
Senior Debt, the HY Debt or the FRN Debt and which is named in part
(iv) or part (v) of Schedule 1 (The Original
Parties) or accedes to this Deed as a New Hedge Counterparty
pursuant to a Deed of Accession.
“ Hedging
Liabilities ” means all present and future liabilities
(actual or contingent) due, owing or incurred by the Company or any
HTCC Operating Company to the Hedge Counterparties or any of them
under or in connection with the Hedge Agreements, whether or not
matured and whether or not liquidated together with “
Additional Debt ” in relation thereto.
“ HTCC Opco Security
Deposit Deeds ” means the security deposit deeds and/or
business quota pledges entered into on or about the date of the
Intercreditor Deed Supplemental Deed by the Issuer over its
shareholding interest in each of the HTCC Operating
Companies.
“ Hungarian Security
Deposit Deeds Parallel Debt ” has the meaning given
thereto in clause 28.6 ( Hungarian Security Deposit Deeds
Parallel Debt ).
“ Hungarian Security
Deposit Deeds ” means the Euroweb Security Deposit Deed,
the Invitel Security Deposit Deeds, the HTCC Opco Security Deposit
Deeds, the V-holding Security Deposit Deed and such other security
deposit deeds over shareholding interest in any member of the Group
incorporated in Hungary entered into from time to time in
accordance with the Senior Finance Documents, the HY Finance
Documents, the FRN Finance Documents and this Deed.
“ HY Creditor
” means each of the HY Noteholders, the HY Note Trustee, the
Security Trustee as security trustee of the HY Creditors pursuant
to the terms hereof and, in each case, any successor thereto and
any assigns, transferees or substitutes thereof or therefore and
including any person to whom HY Debt may be payable or owing
(whether or not matured) from time to time.
“ HY Debt
” means the HY Issuer Debt and the HY Subordinated
Debt.
“ HY Debt Permitted
Refinancing ” means any refinancing of the HY Notes (the
“ Refinanced HY Notes ”) (other than, if no HY
Notes are outstanding, any refinancing of the HY Notes with the
proceeds from the incurrence of Senior Debt) provided
that:
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(a) |
the issuer of the Refinanced HY Notes shall be the
Issuer; |
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(b) |
the only members of the Group that guarantee the Refinanced HY
Notes shall have guaranteed the Senior Debt, the Hedging
Liabilities and the FRN Debt; |
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(c) |
to the extent that the Refinanced HY Notes are to be guaranteed
or secured, the guarantees shall be given by the same guarantors of
the HY Notes (the “ Existing HY Notes ”) and the
security shall be the same as the HY Security
Documents; |
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(d) |
the maturity date of the Refinanced HY Notes shall be no
earlier than one year after the final maturity date of the Senior
Debt and there shall be no scheduled amortisation of the Refinanced
HY Notes prior to such date; |
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(e) |
the cash pay element of any interest (excluding default
interest) on the Refinanced HY Notes shall not exceed
10.75 per cent. per annum on the gross proceeds referred to in
paragraph (i) below; |
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(f) |
the aggregate amount of any underwriting, arrangement,
commitment or other like fee or remuneration in respect of the
Refinanced HY Notes shall not be substantially higher than the
market rate for such payments at the time of the issue of such
Refinanced HY Notes; |
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(g) |
the terms of the Refinanced HY Notes relating to repayment,
prepayment, representations and warranties, covenants and events of
default shall, when taken as a whole, in no event be materially
more favourable to the holders of the Refinanced HY Notes than the
equivalent provisions of the Existing HY Notes; |
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(h) |
if the Refinanced HY Notes have the benefit of guarantees and
security from any member of the Group, the guarantees and security
therefore shall be subordinated on the terms of this
Deed; |
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(i) |
the gross proceeds arising from the issue of the Refinanced HY
Notes do not exceed the aggregate of the principal amount, accrued
and unpaid interest and fees outstanding under the Existing HY
Notes and any costs (including fees and expenses) incurred in
connection with the issue of the Refinanced HY Notes;
and |
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(j) |
the gross proceeds of the Refinanced HY Notes shall be on lent
to the Company and used to refinance in full the Funding Loan
Debt, |
provided, however, that any
of the paragraphs (a) through (j) of this definition may
be waived with the prior written consent of the Majority Lenders
and provided further, that if such written consent is obtained from
the Majority Lenders, then the consent of all other Parties to this
Deed to such waiver(s) shall be deemed to have been
given.
“ HY Default
” means an event of default as defined in the HY
Indenture.
“ HY Discharge
Date ” means the date on which all HY Debt has been
defeased in accordance with the terms of the HY Finance Documents
or fully discharged in accordance with the HY Finance
Documents.
“ HY Finance
Documents ” means, together, the HY Notes, the HY
Indenture (including the HY Guarantees), the HY Security Documents,
the HY Funding Loan Agreement, this Deed and all other documents
evidencing the terms of the HY Notes and any other agreement or
document that may be entered into or executed pursuant thereto or
in connection therewith.
“ HY Funding
Loan ” means the intragroup loan which satisfies the
criteria in Part I of Schedule 4 ( Funding Loans
).
“ HY Funding Loan
Agreement ” means the intercompany loan agreement
documenting the HY Funding Loan between the Issuer and the
Company.
“ HY Funding Loan
Debt ” means all present and future liabilities (actual
or contingent) due, owing or incurred by the Company to the Issuer
under or in connection with the HY Funding Loan Agreement, whether
or not matured and whether or not liquidated.
“ HY Guarantee
” means each senior subordinated guarantee, in respect of the
HY Issuer Debt, to be executed by each HY Guarantor in favour of
and for the benefit of the HY Noteholders.
“ HY Guarantor
” means the Company, V-holding Zrt., Euroweb Hungary, Euroweb
Romania and each member of the Group that from time to time
guarantees the HY Issuer Debt in accordance with the terms of the
Senior Facilities Agreement, the HY Indenture and this Deed and
provided further that such party has acceded to this Deed pursuant
to clause 24 ( Changes to the Parties ).
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“ HY Indenture
” means a note indenture and/or other instrument pursuant to
which the HY Notes are issued.
“ HY Issuer Debt
” means all present and future liabilities (actual or
contingent) due, owing or incurred by the Issuer to the HY
Creditors or any of them under or in connection with the HY Finance
Documents or otherwise, whether or not matured and whether or not
liquidated, including (i) any HY Debt Permitted Refinancing
and (ii) any Additional Debt (other than any refinancing
Additional Debt referred to in paragraph (a) of such
definition) in relation thereto.
“ HY Noteholders
” means the holders from time to time of the HY
Notes.
“ HY Notes
” means the high yield notes issued or to be issued by the
Issuer pursuant to the HY Indenture as permitted pursuant to the
definition of HY Offering in the Senior Facilities
Agreement.
“ HY Note
Trustee ” means The Bank of New York of One Canada
Square, London E14 5AL in its capacity as the trustee for the HY
Noteholders or its successors from time to time or any other
trustee for the HY Noteholders, in each case having become party to
this Deed pursuant to clause 24 ( Changes to the
Parties ).
“ HY Note Trustee
Amount ” means an amount not exceeding Euro
100,000 per annum with respect to all compensation for
services provided by the HY Note Trustee which is payable to the HY
Note Trustee pursuant to the HY Indenture and all out-of-pocket
costs and expenses properly incurred by the HY Note Trustee,
including, without limitation, (i) compensation for the costs
and expenses of the collection by the HY Note Trustee of any amount
payable to the HY Note Trustee for the benefit of the HY
Noteholders and (ii) costs and expenses of the HY Note
Trustee’s agents and counsel and, for the avoidance of doubt,
“ HY Note Trustee Amounts ” shall not include
any amount of principal or interest payable in respect of the HY
Notes.
“ HY Security
Documents ” means the HY Security Documents (as defined
in the Senior Facilities Agreement) including, for the avoidance of
doubt, the Second Ranking Pledge of HY Funding Loan.
“ HY Subordinated
Debt ” means all present and future obligations and
liabilities (whether actual or contingent and whether owed jointly
or severally or in any other capacity whatsoever) due, owing or
incurred by any HY Guarantor to any HY Creditors pursuant to any HY
Guarantees together with any related Additional Debt owed to any HY
Creditors pursuant to any HY Guarantee provided that Additional
Debt incurred pursuant to paragraph (a) of such definition
shall only be permitted to the extent such Additional Debt is
incurred in relation to a HY Debt Permitted Refinancing.
“ Insolvency
Event ” has the meaning given to it in clause 10 (
Subordination on Insolvency ).
“ Insolvent
Obligor ” has the meaning given to it in clause 10 (
Subordination on Insolvency ).
“ Intercreditor Deed
Supplemental Deed ” means the supplemental deed amending
and restating this Deed and entered into between, amongst others,
the Issuer, the Company, the Ultimate Parent, the Senior Agent, the
HUF Agent, the Security Trustee, the HY Note Trustee, the FRN
Bridge Trustee and the FRN Note Trustee and the HTCC Operating
Companies.
“ Invitel Security
Deposit Deeds ” means the security deposit deeds entered
into on or about the date of this Deed by the Issuer and the
Company over their shareholding interest in the Company.
“ Issuer ”
means Magyar Telecom B.V. of Teleportboulevard 140, 1043 EJ,
Amsterdam, The Netherlands as issuer of the HY Notes.
“ Junior
Obligations ” means all payment obligations of any
Obligor under the HY Finance Documents and the FRN Finance
Documents (other than the obligations under the Junior Parallel
Debt).
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“ Junior Parallel
Debt ” has the meaning given thereto in
clause 28.5.6.
“ Obligors
” means the Original Obligors and any Additional
Obligors.
“ Party ”
means a party to this Deed.
“ Public Debt
” means any bonds, debentures, notes or other indebtedness of
a type that could be issued or traded in any market where capital
funds (whether debt or equity) are traded, including private
placement sources of debt and equity as well as organised markets
and exchanges, whether such indebtedness is issued in a public
offering or in a private placement to institutional investors or
otherwise.
“ Qualified Sale
” means a sale or disposition of (as the case may be) the HY
Funding Loan or the FRN Funding Loan or all or substantially all of
the equity interests in the relevant Obligor where (i) such
sale is for consideration all or substantially all of which is in
the form of cash or cash equivalents, (ii) concurrently with
the completion of such sale or disposal, (A) in the case of a
sale or disposal of equity interests in an Obligor, the claims and
security interests of the Senior Finance Parties and the claims of
any other provider of pari passu or subordinated Public Debt
against such Obligor and its subsidiaries are irrevocably and
unconditionally released (and not assumed by the relevant purchaser
or any affiliate thereof), or, as the case may be, (B) in the
case of a sale or disposal of the HY Funding Loan or (as the case
may be) the FRN Funding Loan, the security interests of the Senior
Finance Parties over the HY Funding Loan or (as the case may be)
the FRN Funding Loan are irrevocably and unconditionally released
(and not assumed by the relevant purchaser or any affiliate
thereof), (iii) the sale is either made pursuant to a public
auction (in which the HY Noteholders or (as the case may be) the
FRN Creditors have the right to participate) or is otherwise made
for fair market value, taking account the circumstances giving rise
to the sale, as certified by an independent internationally
recognised investment bank selected by the Security Trustee and
(iv) the sale is made in compliance with all applicable laws
(including, without limitation, in the case of equity interest in
the Issuer or any other Obligor incorporated in the Netherlands, in
accordance with book 3, heading 9 of the Dutch Civil Code ( boek
3, title 9, Burgerlijk Wetboek )).
“ Receiver
” means any administrative receiver, receiver and/or manager
or any other receiver, whether appointed pursuant to any Security
Document, pursuant to any statute, by court or otherwise, of all or
any of the Secured Assets.
“ Second Ranking
Pledge of FRN Funding Loan ” means the second ranking
pledge or assignment of receivables to be entered into by the
Issuer in favour of the Security Trustee (for and on behalf of the
HY Creditors and the FRN Creditors) in the agreed form.
“ Second Ranking
Pledge of HY Funding Loan ” means the second ranking
pledge or assignment of receivables to be entered into by the
Issuer in favour of the Security Trustee (for and on behalf of the
HY Creditors) in the agreed form.
“ Secured Assets
” mean the assets, undertaking, goodwill, property or rights
which are the subject of the security created pursuant to any of
the Security Documents.
“ Secured
Creditors ” means the Senior Creditors, the HY Creditors
and the FRN Creditors.
“ Security
Documents ” means the Senior Security Documents, the HY
Security Documents and the FRN Security Documents.
“ Security
Trustee ” means BNP Paribas Trust Corporation UK Limited
of 55 Moorgate, London EC2R 6PA acting in its capacity as security
trustee in relation to the Security Documents or such other person
as may from time to time act in that capacity including, from and
after the Senior Discharge Date, such other person as the HY Note
Trustee and/or the FRN Trustee shall nominate for that
purpose.
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“ Senior Agent
” means the Facility Agent acting in its capacity as agent
for the Senior Finance Parties and, in connection with this Deed,
the Hedge Counterparties or such other person as may from time to
time act in that capacity.
“ Senior
Creditor ” means the Senior Finance Parties and the Hedge
Counterparties.
“ Senior Debt
” means all present and future liabilities (actual or
contingent) due, owing or incurred by any Obligor to any of the
Senior Finance Parties under or in connection with the Senior
Finance Documents or otherwise, whether or not matured and whether
or not liquidated, together with any Additional Debt in relation
thereto.
“ Senior Default
” means an Event of Default as defined in the Senior
Facilities Agreement.
“ Senior Discharge
Date ” means the date on which the Senior Debt and the
Hedging Liabilities have been irrevocably paid and discharged and
all Commitments of the Senior Finance Parties and the Hedge
Counterparties to the Obligors have been terminated or cancelled in
accordance with the Senior Finance Documents or (as the case may
be) the Hedge Agreements.
“ Senior Facilities
Agreement ” means the Euro 165,000,000 senior
multicurrency term and revolving facilities agreement as amended
and restated pursuant to the Supplemental Agreement made between
amongst others the Company, the Obligors, the Arrangers named
therein, the Security Trustee and the Lenders (as novated, varied,
supplemented, refinanced or amended from time to time).
“ Senior Finance
Documents ” means the Finance Documents as defined in the
Senior Facilities Agreement.
“ Senior Finance
Parties ” means the Finance Parties as defined in the
Senior Facilities Agreement.
“ Senior
Obligations ” means all payment obligations of any
Obligor under the Senior Finance Documents and the Hedge Agreements
to one or more Senior Creditors (other than the obligations under
the Senior Parallel Debt).
“ Senior Parallel
Debt ” has the meaning given thereto in
clause 28.5.1.
“ Senior Secured
Documents ” means the Senior Finance Documents and the
Hedge Agreements;
“ Senior Security
Documents ” means the Security Documents as defined in
the Senior Facilities Agreement.
“ Share Purchase
Agreement ” means the share purchase agreement dated
23 December 2002 made between the Ultimate Parent and VTI as
amended on 14 January 2003 and 13 May 2003.
“ Standstill
Period ” has the meaning given to it in clause 14.1
( Restrictions on HY Creditor and FRN Creditor Enforcement
Action ).
“ Subordinated
Shareholder Creditor ” means the Original Subordinated
Shareholder Creditors and any member of the Ultimate Parent Group
that accedes to this Deed in accordance with clause 24.8 (
Subordinated Shareholder Creditors ).
“ Subordinated
Shareholder Debt ” means (i) all present and future
liabilities (actual or contingent) due, owing or incurred by the
Obligors (in the capacity of subordinated debtors) or any of them
to the Subordinated Shareholder Creditors including, without
limitation, under or in respect of any loan, loan stock, loan
capital, preference shares or in any other respect (including,
without limitation, the HY Funding Loan Debt and the FRN Funding
Loan Debt) and (ii) all present and future liabilities (actual
or contingent) due, owing or incurred by the Obligors (in the
capacity of subordinated debtor) or any of them to the Subordinated
Shareholder
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Creditors and/or any other
person who may hold shares in the Obligors, in each case, in
relation to the share capital of the Obligors.
“ Subordinated
Shareholder Document ” means any agreements or
instruments under which the Subordinated Shareholder Debt arises or
is regulated (including, without limitation, the Funding Loan
Agreement and the FRN Funding Loan Agreement).
“ Transaction
Documents ” means the Ultimate Parent/Parent Loan
Agreements and the Share Purchase Agreement.
“ Trust Property
” means, collectively, (i) the security, powers, rights,
titles, benefits and interests (both present and future)
constituted by, and conferred on the Security Trustee under, the
Security Documents, (ii) all assets paid or transferred to or
vested in the Security Trustee or its agent or received or
recovered by the Security Trustee or its agent in connection with
any of the Security Documents whether from any Security Provider or
Obligor or any other person and (iii) all rights, benefits,
interests and other assets at any time representing or deriving
from any of the foregoing, including all interest, income and other
sums at any time received or receivable by the Security Trustee or
its agent in respect of the same (or any part thereof).
“ V-holding Security
Deposit Deed ” means the security deposit deed entered
into on or about the date of this Deed by the Issuer and the
Company over their shareholding interest in V-holding
Zrt.
| 1.2 |
Definitions incorporated |
Unless otherwise defined or
interpreted in this Deed, terms defined in or whose interpretation
is provided for in the Senior Facilities Agreement in existence on
the date of this Deed (or, to the extent a defined term is amended
with the agreement of the HY Note Trustee and the FRN Trustee, such
revised term) shall have the same meaning when used in this Deed
(whether before or after the Senior Discharge Date).
Clause headings and the
table of contents are inserted for convenience of reference only
and shall be ignored in the interpretation of this Deed.
| 1.4 |
Construction of certain terms |
In this Deed, unless the
context otherwise requires:
| 1.4.1 |
references to a clause, a sub-clause, a paragraph or
a schedule is a reference to a clause, sub-clause or
paragraph of, or schedule to, this Deed. |
| 1.4.2 |
words importing the plural shall include the singular and
vice versa; |
| 1.4.3 |
a reference to any party hereto or any party to a Finance
Document includes their respective permitted successors, assigns,
replacements, transferees and substitutes from time to
time; |
| 1.4.4 |
references to a Senior Finance Document, an HY Finance
Document, an FRN Finance Document, a Subordinated Shareholder
Document or any other document or agreement is to that document or
agreement as novated, supplemented, amended, varied or restated
from time to time, but excluding for this purpose any amendment
which is contrary to any provision of this Deed; |
| 1.4.5 |
a payment includes a prepayment or a repayment and
references to pay include repay and prepay; |
| 1.4.6 |
references to
“ administrator ” includes bewindvoerder
, “ moratorium ” includes voorlopige
surséance van betaling and definitieve surséance van
betaling , “ trustee in bankruptcy
”
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includes curator
and “ winding-up ” or “
administration ” includes bankruptcy (
faillissement ) and liquidation ( felszámolas )
of an entity;
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| 1.4.7 |
references to any statute, statutory instrument or enactment
shall be deemed to include references to such statute, statutory
instrument or enactment as re-enacted, amended or extended from
time to time; and |
| 1.4.8 |
for the purposes of this Deed, to the extent that the
Senior Debt has been irrevocably paid and discharged and all
Commitments of the Senior Finance Parties to the Obligors have been
terminated or cancelled in accordance with the Senior Finance
Documents, any consents required to be given prior to the Senior
Discharge Date by the Majority Lenders shall instead be given by
all the Hedge Counterparties. |
This Deed is intended to take
effect as a deed notwithstanding that a Party may have executed it
under hand only.
| 1.6.1 |
Unless expressly provided to the contrary in this Deed, a
person who is not a party to this Deed has no right under the
Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999 to enforce or to enjoy
the benefit of any term of this Deed. |
| 1.6.2 |
Notwithstanding any term of this Deed, the consent of any
person who is not a party is not required to rescind or vary this
Deed at any time. |
| 1.7 |
Inconsistencies with other Finance Documents |
| 1.7.1 |
If there is an inconsistency between the provisions of this
Deed (regarding subordination, turnover, ranking and amendments
only) and any other Senior Finance Document, Hedge Agreement, HY
Finance Document, FRN Finance Document or Subordinated Shareholder
Document, this Deed will prevail. |
| 1.7.2 |
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Deed, but
without prejudice to clause 4 ( Amendments ), clause 1.7.1
does not, as between any Senior Creditor, HY Creditor, FRN Creditor
and member of the Group, cure, postpone, waive or negate in any
manner any default or event of default under (i) any HY
Finance Document as provided in that HY Finance Document (but
without prejudice to any restriction in this Deed on the ability of
a Creditor to take any action consequent upon any such default or
event of default) or (ii) any FRN Finance Document as provided
in that FRN Finance Document (but without prejudice to any
restriction in this Deed on the ability of a Creditor to take any
action consequent upon any such default or event of
default). |
| 1.8 |
Enforcement of certain HY Security Documents and FRN
Security Documents |
To the extent an HY Security
Document or an FRN Security Document secures both the HY Debt and
the FRN Debt then such HY Security Document or (as the case may be)
such FRN Security Document shall for the purposes of this Deed also
be deemed to be an FRN Security Document or (as the case may be) an
HY Security Document and the HY Creditors or (as the case may be)
the FRN Creditors shall each independently be subject to the same
restrictions, and benefit from the same rights, in respect of such
document as provided for under this Deed.
Any consent required to be
given under this Deed by the Senior Agent will only be given upon
the instructions of the Majority Lenders unless otherwise specified
in the Senior Facilities Agreement.
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| 2.1.1 |
Unless expressly provided to the contrary in this Deed, the
Debt of each Obligor shall rank with respect to such Obligor in
right and priority of payment in the following order: |
First : the Senior
Debt, the Hedging Liabilities, the HY Issuer Debt and the FRN
Issuer Debt (pari passu, without any preference between
themselves);
Second : the HY
Subordinated Debt and the FRN Subordinated Debt (pari passu,
without any preference between themselves); and
Third : the
Subordinated Shareholder Debt,
and, other than the Hungarian
Security Deposit Deeds, the Senior Security Documents secure the
Senior Debt and the Hedging Liabilities and the HY Security
Documents secure the HY Debt and the FRN Security Documents secure
the FRN Debt, save that (i) the second ranking share pledge in
favour of the Security Trustee over the shares in Euroweb Romania
and (ii) the Second Ranking Pledge of FRN Funding Loan secure
both the HY Debt and the FRN Debt. The Hungarian Security Deposit
Deeds secure the Senior Debt, the Hedging Liabilities, the HY Debt
and the FRN Debt in accordance with clause 13 ( Priority of
Security ).
| 2.2 |
Ranking of Debt unaffected |
| 2.2.1 |
The ranking and order of priority of Debt set out in
clause 2.1 ( Ranking of Debt ) shall apply
notwithstanding: |
| 2.2.2 |
the order of registration, notice or execution of any Security
Document or other document; |
| 2.2.3 |
when any Debt is incurred; |
| 2.2.4 |
whether or when a Creditor is obliged to advance any
Debt; |
| 2.2.5 |
any fluctuation in the outstanding amount of, or any
intermediate discharge of, any Debt; |
| 2.2.6 |
the creation in favour of any Creditor in accordance with this
Deed of any additional security over the undertaking, properties or
assets of the Obligors, the Issuer and the Ultimate Parent (or any
of them) or any asset which is subject to a floating charge in any
Security Document becoming subject to a security which is a fixed
charge or a crystallised floating charge; or |
| 2.2.7 |
any contrary provisions in any Finance Document. |
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| 2.3 |
Classes of certain Debt inter se |
This Deed does not purport to
rank any element of the HY Issuer Debt inter se or the HY
Subordinated Debt inter se or the FRN Issuer Debt inter
se or the FRN Subordinated Debt inter se or the
Subordinated Shareholder Debt inter se .
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Undertakings/Prohibited Payments |
| 3.1 |
Obligors/HY Guarantors/FRN Guarantors |
| 3.1.1 |
Each HY Guarantor and each FRN Guarantor undertakes to each of
the Senior Creditors that, until the Senior Discharge Date, except
as the Majority Lenders have previously consented in writing, such
HY Guarantor or such FRN Guarantor will not, and will procure that
none of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly: |
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(a) |
pay, prepay or repay or make any distribution in respect of or
on account of, or otherwise seek to reduce or redeem in whole, or
in part any of the HY Debt or (as the case may be) FRN Debt
(i) except as permitted by clauses 7 ( Permitted
Payments ) or 14 ( Enforcement Action) and (ii) as
contemplated by clause 10.3 ( Filing of Claims
); |
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(b) |
discharge any of the HY Debt or (as the case may be) FRN Debt
by set-off, any right of combination of accounts or otherwise
except (i) as permitted by clauses 7 ( Permitted
Payments ) or 14 ( Enforcement Action), (ii) as
contemplated by clause 10.3 ( Filing of Claims ), and
(iii) subject to the provisions of clause 8 (
Turnover ), if it is required to do so, or the same occurs
automatically by operation of law, under any applicable law (not
including, for the avoidance of doubt, under any
contract); |
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(c) |
create or permit to subsist, or permit any member of the Group
to create or permit to subsist, any Encumbrance over any of its
assets for any of the HY Debt or (as the case may be) FRN Debt
except under the HY Security Documents and the HY Indenture or (as
the case may be) except under the FRN Security Documents, the FRN
Bridge Facility Agreement and the FRN Indenture; |
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(d) |
defease, purchase, acquire or agree to acquire or procure any
other person to acquire on its account all or any part of the HY
Debt or (as the case may be) FRN Debt save as permitted by
clause 7 ( Permitted Payments ); |
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(e) |
give any Financial Support other than (i) the HY
Guarantee, the HY Security Documents or the indemnities under the
purchase agreement in respect of the HY Notes, to any person in
respect of the HY Debt or (ii) the FRN Guarantee, the FRN
Security Documents or the indemnities under the FRN Bridge Facility
Agreement or the purchase agreement in respect of the FRN Notes, to
any person in respect of the FRN Debt or to enable any person to do
any of the things referred to in paragraph (a) above or this
paragraph (e) except where such HY Guarantor or (as the case
may be) FRN Guarantor gives (or has given) Financial Support under
the Senior Facilities Agreement to the Senior Creditors in relation
to the Senior Debt and to the Hedging Liabilities in which case
such Financial Support, in respect of the HY Debt or (as the case
may be) FRN Debt, shall be subordinated in accordance with the
terms of this Deed; or |
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(f) |
take or omit to take any action whereby the ranking and/or
subordination provided for in this Deed may be
impaired. |
| 3.1.2 |
Each Obligor undertakes to each of the Senior Creditors, the HY
Creditors and the FRN Creditors that, until the Senior Discharge
Date, except as the Majority Lenders have previously consented in
writing, and if prior to the HY Discharge Date, except as the HY
Note Trustee has previously consented in writing and if prior to
the FRN Discharge Date, except as the FRN Trustee has previously
consented in writing, such Obligor will not, and will procure that
none of its Subsidiaries directly or indirectly: |
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(a) |
pay, prepay or repay or make any distribution in respect of or
on account of, or otherwise seek to reduce or redeem in whole or in
part, any of the Subordinated Shareholder Debt, (i) except as
permitted by clause 7 ( Permitted Payments ) and
(ii) as contemplated by clause 10.3 ( Filing of
Claims ); |
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(b) |
discharge any of the Subordinated Shareholder Debt by set-off,
any right of combination of accounts or otherwise except
(i) as permitted by clause 7 ( Permitted Payments
), (ii) as contemplated by clause 10.3 ( Filing of
Claims ), and (iii) subject to the provisions of
clause 8 ( Turnover ), if it is so required to do so,
or the same occurs automatically by operation of law, under any
applicable law (not including, for the avoidance of doubt, under
any contract); |
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(c) |
create or permit to subsist, or permit any member of the Group
to create or permit to subsist, any Encumbrance over any of its
assets for any of the Subordinated Shareholder Debt; |
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(d) |
defease, purchase, acquire or agree to acquire or procure any
other person to acquire on its account all or any part of the
Subordinated Shareholder Debt, save as permitted by clause 7 (
Permitted Payments ); |
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(e) |
give any Financial Support to any person in respect of the
Subordinated Shareholder Debt or to enable any person to do any of
the things otherwise prohibited by paragraph (a) or this
paragraph (e); |
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(f) |
take or omit to take any action whereby the ranking and/or
subordination provided for in this Deed may be
impaired; |
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(g) |
declare (in its capacity as shareholder of an Obligor), give
notice of or pay any dividend, or any money in redemption or
repurchase of, any share capital or make any other distribution in
respect of its share capital to any other person except (i) as
permitted under clause 7 ( Permitted Payments ) and
(ii) as contemplated by clause 10.3 ( Filing of
Claims ); or |
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(h) |
(i) take any step to wind up or (ii) claim in the
insolvency, winding up, liquidation or bankruptcy of, any member of
the Group other than as contemplated by clause 10.3 (
Filing of Claims ). |
| 3.2 |
Subordinated Shareholder Creditors |
Each Subordinated Shareholder
Creditor undertakes to each of the Senior Creditors, the HY
Creditors and the FRN Creditors that, until the Senior Discharge
Date, except as the Majority Lenders have previously consented in
writing, and if prior to the HY Discharge Date, except as the HY
Note Trustee has previously consented in writing and if prior to
the FRN Discharge Date, except as the FRN Trustee has previously
consented in writing, no Subordinated Shareholder Creditor will
directly or indirectly:
| 3.2.1 |
demand or receive payment, prepayment, repayment or redemption
of or any distribution or repurchase in respect of (or on account
of) any of the Subordinated Shareholder Debt in cash or in kind or
apply any money or property in or towards the discharge of any
Subordinated Shareholder Debt (i) except as permitted by
clause 7 ( Permitted Payments ) and (ii) save as
contemplated by clause 10.3 ( Filing of Claims
); |
| 3.2.2 |
(without limiting the right to repay or prepay Subordinated
Shareholder Debt to the extent permitted by clause 7 (
Permitted Payments )) sell, transfer, assign or otherwise
dispose of any Subordinated Shareholder Debt other than in
accordance with clause 24.8 ( Subordinated Shareholder
Creditors ); |
| 3.2.3 |
discharge or
seek to discharge all or any part of the Subordinated Shareholder
Debt by set-off, any right of combination of accounts or otherwise
except to the extent permitted by clause 7 ( Permitted
Payments ) and save as contemplated by clause 10.3 (
Filing of Claims )
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and subject to the
provisions of clause 8 ( Turnover ), save to the extent
it is required to do so, or the same occurs automatically by
operation of law (not including, for the avoidance of doubt, under
any contract);
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| 3.2.4 |
take, accept, create, permit to subsist or receive any
Encumbrance or any Financial Support for, or in respect of, any of
the Subordinated Shareholder Debt; |
| 3.2.5 |
commence any proceedings against the Obligors (or any of
them) or take any action for or in respect of the recovery of any
Subordinated Shareholder Debt or any part thereof or otherwise
claim or rank as a creditor in the insolvency, winding-up,
examinership, bankruptcy, administration or liquidation of any
member of the Group other than with respect to Subordinated
Shareholder Debt in accordance with the provisions of
clause 10.3 ( Filing of Claims ); |
| 3.2.6 |
accelerate or put on demand any of the Subordinated
Shareholder Debt or call a default or event of default (or similar
occurrences) under any of the Subordinated Shareholder
Documents; |
| 3.2.7 |
(without prejudice to the generality of clauses 3.2.1 or
3.2.6) demand, give notice of or accept payment in respect of
(i) any dividend or other distribution in respect of, or the
redemption or repurchase of, any of the Obligors share capital for
the time being in issue or (ii) any interest in respect of, or
the repayment, redemption or repurchase of, any loan stock or loan
notes or similar instruments issued by the Obligors except
(i) as permitted under clause 7 ( Permitted
Payments ) and (ii) as contemplated by clause 10.3 (
Filing of Claims ); or |
| 3.2.8 |
take or omit to take any action whereby the ranking
and/or subordination arrangements provided for in this Deed may be
impaired, |
provided that this
clause 3 shall not prevent the Subordinated Shareholder
Creditors taking such action on the instructions of the Security
Trustee in connection with Enforcement Action taken by the Security
Trustee in accordance with the Senior Finance Documents, the HY
Finance Documents or the FRN Finance Documents.
Each HY Creditor undertakes
to each of the Senior Creditors that until the Senior Discharge
Date, except as the Majority Lenders have previously consented in
writing, it will not:
| 3.3.1 |
in connection with any Obligor, demand or receive
payment, prepayment, repayment or redemption of or any distribution
or repurchase in respect of (or on account of) any of the HY
Subordinated Debt or (as holder of the HY Funding Loan Debt) any of
the HY Funding Loan Debt in cash or in kind or apply any money or
property in or towards the discharge of any HY Subordinated Debt or
(as holder of the HY Funding Loan Debt) any of the HY Funding Loan
Debt except to the extent permitted by clause 7 ( Permitted
Payments ) or 14 ( Enforcement Action) and save as
contemplated by clause 10.3 ( Filing of Claims
); |
| 3.3.2 |
discharge or seek to discharge all or any part of the HY
Subordinated Debt or (as holder of the HY Funding Loan Debt) any of
the HY Funding Loan Debt by set-off, any right of combination of
accounts or otherwise in connection with any Obligor except to the
extent permitted by clause 7 ( Permitted Payments ) or
14 ( Enforcement Action) and save as contemplated by
clause 10.3 ( Filing of Claims ) and subject to the
provisions of clause 8 ( Turnover ), save to the extent
it is required to do so, or the same occurs automatically by
operation of law (not including, for the avoidance of doubt, under
any contract); |
| 3.3.3 |
take, accept, create, permit to subsist or receive any
Encumbrance or any Financial Support for, or in respect of, any of
the HY Subordinated Debt or (as holder of the HY Funding Loan Debt)
any of the HY Funding Loan Debt other than the HY Security
Documents, the HY Guarantee and the HY Indenture; or |
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| 3.3.4 |
take or omit to take any action whereby the ranking and/or
subordination arrangements provided for in this Deed may be
impaired other than in accordance with the terms of this
Deed. |
Each FRN Creditor undertakes
to each of the Senior Creditors that until the Senior Discharge
Date, except as the Majority Lenders have previously consented in
writing, it will not:
| 3.4.1 |
in connection with any Obligor, demand or receive payment,
prepayment, repayment or redemption of or any distribution or
repurchase in respect of (or on account of) any of the FRN
Subordinated Debt or (as holder of the FRN Funding Loan Debt) any
of the FRN Funding Loan Debt in cash or in kind or apply any money
or property in or towards the discharge of any FRN Subordinated
Debt or (as holder of the FRN Funding Loan Debt) any of the FRN
Funding Loan Debt except to the extent permitted by clause 7 (
Permitted Payments ) or 14 ( Enforcement Action) and
save as contemplated by clause 10.3 ( Filing of Claims
); |
| 3.4.2 |
discharge or seek to discharge all or any part of the FRN
Subordinated Debt or (as holder of the FRN Funding Loan Debt) any
of the FRN Funding Loan Debt by set-off, any right of combination
of accounts or otherwise in connection with any Obligor except to
the extent permitted by clause 7 ( Permitted Payments )
and 14 ( Enforcement Action) and save as contemplated by
clause 10.3 ( Filing of Claims ) and subject to the
provisions of clause 8 ( Turnover ), save to the extent
it is required to do so, or the same occurs automatically by
operation of law (not including, for the avoidance of doubt, under
any contract); |
| 3.4.3 |
take, accept, create, permit to subsist or receive any
Encumbrance or any Financial Support for, or in respect of, any of
the FRN Subordinated Debt or (as holder of the FRN Funding Loan
Debt) any of the FRN Funding Loan Debt other than the FRN Security
Documents, the FRN Guarantee and the FRN Indenture; or |
| 3.4.4 |
take or omit to take any action whereby the ranking
and/or subordination arrangements provided for in this Deed may be
impaired other than in accordance with the terms of this
Deed. |
| 3.5 |
Additional Undertakings |
| 3.5.1 |
Professional Claims |
| |
(a) |
Notification to Security Trustee |
The Obligors and the
Subordinated Shareholder Creditors agree to notify the Security
Trustee in writing of any claim under, or in relation to, any of
the Due Diligence Reports (a “Professional Claim”) or
any event or circumstance which they believe could reasonably be
expected to give rise to a Professional Claim as soon as reasonably
practicable after becoming aware of the same.
Any amount received by the
Obligors or the Subordinated Shareholder Creditors in respect of
any Professional Claim shall (i) if an Event of Default under
the Senior Facilities Agreement has occurred and is continuing, be
paid to or to the order of the Security Trustee and, until such
payment, the relevant recipient shall hold such sums on trust for
the Security Trustee or (ii) otherwise, be paid to the Company
in cash and invested in the Borrower Group. Any sums paid to the
Security Trustee shall be applied as provided in paragraph 1
of Schedule 3 ( Security Trustee ) but in or towards
discharge of the Senior Debt only.
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For the avoidance of doubt,
nothing in this Deed shall affect or prejudice any right of the
Security Trustee and/or any of the other Senior Finance Parties to
commence and/or continue a Professional Claim. The Obligors, the
Subordinated Shareholder Creditors, the Senior Finance Parties and
the Security Trustee shall in good faith co-operate to ensure that
all acts required to enable any Senior Finance Party to commence or
successfully pursue a Professional Claim and to give effect to this
clause 3.5.1 are done.
Each of the Subordinated
Shareholder Creditors and the Obligors undertake not to challenge
the validity and/or enforceability of any of the Finance Documents
or the Senior Debt, the Hedging Liabilities, the HY Debt or the FRN
Debt.
| 3.5.3 |
Actions against Vivendi Telecom International S.A.
(“VTI”) |
The Ultimate Parent
undertakes to the Security Trustee that it will to the extent
considered by its directors to be cost effective and commercially
prudent, pursue (if necessary by legal action) against VTI any
right or claim to which it may be entitled as a result
of:
| |
(a) |
a breach by the Original Shareholder of the Share Purchase
Agreement; |
| |
(b) |
any inaccuracy in any of the warranties and representations
included in the Share Purchase Agreement; or |
| |
(c) |
any indemnity contained in the Share Purchase
Agreement. |
| 3.5.4 |
Claims under the Share Purchase Agreement |
The Ultimate Parent
undertakes to the Security Trustee that it will procure that the
proceeds of any of the rights or claims referred to in
clause 3.5.3 are downstreamed to the Company through the
Issuer in cash immediately following receipt by way of subscription
for equity share capital and/or the making of loans to the Company
constituting Subordinated Shareholder Debt.
| 3.5.5 |
Amendments and waivers of the Share Purchase
Agreement |
The Ultimate Parent
undertakes to the Security Trustee that (i) it will not
terminate, amend or waive any rights under (including in respect of
any conditions precedent), or acquiesce in any termination or
amendment of, or waiver of rights under, the Share Purchase
Agreement (and will comply with their respective terms) other than
in the case of compliance or waivers where failure to do so would
not adversely affect the rights of interests of the Senior Finance
Parties, the Hedge Counterparties, the HY Creditors and the FRN
Creditors and (ii) it will notify the Security Trustee of any
material dispute, default or breach under the Transaction
Documents.
| 3.5.6 |
Ultimate Parent/Company |
| |
(a) |
Notwithstanding any other provision of the Senior Finance
Documents, the Ultimate Parent undertakes to the Security Trustee
that: |
| |
(i) |
it will not at any time trade, establish or acquire any person,
carry on any business or own any assets other than: |
| |
(A) |
rights and obligations under the Senior Finance Documents;
and |
| |
(B) |
its shareholding in the Issuer, credit balances under the
Ultimate Parent/Parent Loan Agreements and rights and obligations
under the Ultimate Parent/Parent Loan Agreements and the Share
Purchase Agreement; |
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(ii) |
it will not assume, incur or otherwise permit to be outstanding
any Borrowed Money other than: |
| |
(A) |
from the Investors provided that such Borrowed Money is
immediately injected into the Company (indirectly through loans
from the Issuer) and provided further that such Borrowed Money is
subordinated to the rights of the Senior Creditors, the HY
Creditors and the FRN Creditors pursuant to this Deed;
or |
| |
(B) |
from the Investors provided that (1) such Borrowed Money
is immediately injected into the Issuer as Subordinated Shareholder
Debt and the Issuer within 5 Business Days thereafter applies such
monies toward the optional redemption of the HY Debt and/or the FRN
Debt (the “ Optional Redemption Amount ”),
(2) simultaneously on injecting such Borrowed Money into the
Issuer, the Issuer forgives the Company for debt under the HY
Funding Loan Agreement (in the case of a redemption of the HY Debt)
or under the FRN Funding Loan Agreement (in the case of a
redemption of the FRN Debt) in an amount equal to the Optional
Redemption Amount applied in redemption of the HY Debt or the FRN
Debt (as the case may be) and the Issuer and the Company enter into
such documents as the Senior Agent may reasonably require to
document such forgiveness and (3) no Default (as defined in
the Senior Facilities Agreement) has occurred and is continuing or
would result from the making of any such optional redemption or the
forgiveness of the HY Funding Loan Debt and/or the FRN Funding Loan
Debt; and |
| |
(b) |
The Issuer undertakes to the Security Trustee not to receive
any Borrowed Money from the Investors directly and acknowledges
that any such Borrowed Money shall be provided to it by the
Ultimate Parent or (as the case may be) the Company in accordance
with clause 3.5.6(a)(ii). |
| 4.1 |
Changes to Senior Finance Documents |
| 4.1.1 |
Subject to the terms hereof until (and including) the last to
occur of the HY Discharge Date and the FRN Discharge Date, unless
(whilst any HY Debt is outstanding) the HY Note Trustee (who shall
take into account the interests of the HY Noteholders in accordance
with the HY Finance Documents) and (whilst any FRN Debt is
outstanding) the FRN Trustee (who shall take into account the
interests of the FRN Creditors in accordance with the FRN Finance
Documents) has agreed to the Amendment in writing, no Senior
Creditor will: |
| |
(a) |
assign or otherwise transfer rights and/or obligations under
any Senior Finance Document unless, simultaneously with that
assignment or transfer, the relevant transferee agrees to be bound
by the provisions of this Deed by entering into a Deed of
Accession; or |
| |
(b) |
amend or agree to amend any Senior Finance Document which would
prohibit, or create a default or event of default thereunder with
respect to, any action or event that is expressly permitted under
this Deed. |
| 4.1.2 |
Limits on Priority of Senior Debt |
| |
(a) |
It is hereby agreed that the Senior Debt may be refinanced up
to a total aggregate amount of Euro 165,000,000 (if any HY Notes
are outstanding) or Euro 300,000,000 (if no HY Notes are
outstanding), in each case, less any mandatory prepayments made
under clause 7.2.2 of the original Senior Facilities Agreement
(or any equivalent clause in a future senior facilities
agreement) and that any obligations incurred in accordance with
this Deed by the members of the Group in refinancing such Senior
Debt will be treated as Senior Debt and rank accordingly in
accordance with this Deed. |
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(b) |
The Parties hereby agree promptly to execute all such documents
and do all such acts as shall be necessary to effect such treatment
and ranking including, without limitation, (i) in the case of
the HY Security Documents and the FRN Security Documents, entering
into such amendments, modifications or supplements to such Security
Documents as would maintain the status of the Encumbrances created
or purported to be created by the HY Security Documents and the FRN
Security Documents as ranking after the Senior Security Documents
and (ii) in the case of the Hungarian Security Deposit Deeds,
entering into such amendments, modifications or supplements to such
Hungarian Security Deposit Deed or into a release of such Hungarian
Security Deposit Deed. |
| |
(c) |
It is hereby agreed that the Senior Debt may not be refinanced
and classified as Senior Debt unless such refinancing is in
accordance with prevailing market conditions for companies similar
to the Company at the time such refinancing is being contemplated,
taking into account, amongst other things, banking regulations,
interest rates and market appetite for debt of companies the size
of the Company. |
| 4.2 |
Changes to HY Finance Documents |
| 4.2.1 |
Until (and including) the Senior Discharge Date, unless the
Majority Lenders have agreed to the Amendment in writing, none of
the Obligors, or the HY Creditors will Amend the terms of any HY
Finance Document: |
| |
(a) |
relating to the entitlement of the HY Creditors to receive
guarantees and/or Encumbrances from members of the Ultimate Parent
Group; |
| |
(b) |
if to do so would cause any change in the terms of the HY
Finance Documents relating to (i) the rate of interest payable
under the HY Finance Documents being higher than the rate as
specified in the HY Finance Documents on the date of this Deed,
(ii) the time for payment of interest or scheduled repayment
dates to change to an earlier date than as specified in the HY
Finance Documents on the date of this Deed and (iii) any
increase to the amount (including fees) or change to the currency
of the amount to be repaid under any HY Finance Document on the
date of this Deed; |
| |
(c) |
if to do so might increase the amount of payments permitted by
clause 7 ( Permitted Payments ); or |
| |
(d) |
in a manner which would result in the HY Guarantors being
subject to obligations inconsistent with this Deed or if to do so
would cause any change in the terms of the HY Finance Documents
relating to the subordination of the HY Guarantors obligations or
the ranking of security. |
| 4.2.2 |
Each of the Obligors and the HY Creditors agree: |
| |
(a) |
to the extent any Amendment is made to the Senior Security
Documents (other than the Hungarian Security Deposit Deeds), such
Amendment shall for all purposes be deemed to have also been made
(on the same terms and conditions, mutatis mutandis ) by the
Obligors and the HY Note Trustee on behalf of the HY Creditors in
respect of the corresponding provisions of the HY Security
Documents (other than the Hungarian Security Deposit Deeds) (and so
that any HY Default which arises or would arise under the HY
Finance Documents as a result of such Amendment shall not arise or,
to the extent such HY Default has already so arisen, such HY
Default shall be deemed to have been waived). Each Obligor and the
HY Note Trustee shall, at the Issuer’s expense, do all such
things as are required to implement the same Amendment to the HY
Security Documents (other than the Hungarian Security Deposit
Deeds); and |
| |
(b) |
to the extent
any Amendment is made or agreed to by the Senior Creditors in
respect of the Hungarian Security Deposit Deeds (other than an
Amendment which would result in the HY Note Trustee (on behalf of
the HY Creditors) ceasing to be a beneficiary of the security
created by the Hungarian Security Deposit Deeds unless such
Amendment also
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| |
results in the Senior
Creditors and the FRN Creditors ceasing to be beneficiaries of such
security), such Amendment shall for all purposes be deemed to have
also been made by the HY Note Trustee on behalf of the HY Creditors
(and so that any HY Default which arises or would arise under the
HY Finance Documents as a result of such Amendment shall not arise
or, to the extent such HY Default has already so arisen, such HY
Default shall be deemed to have been waived). Each Obligor and the
HY Note Trustee shall, at the Issuer’s expense, do all such
things as are required to implement the Amendment to the Hungarian
Security Deposit Deeds.
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| 4.3 |
Changes to FRN Finance Documents |
| 4.3.1 |
Until (and including) the Senior Discharge Date, unless the
Majority Lenders have agreed to the Amendment in writing, none of
the Obligors, or the FRN Creditors will Amend the terms of any FRN
Finance Document: |
| |
(a) |
relating to the entitlement of the FRN Creditors to receive
guarantees and/or Encumbrances from members of the Ultimate Parent
Group; |
| |
(b) |
if to do so would cause any change in the terms of the FRN
Finance Documents relating to (i) the margin over EURIBOR, if
calculated on the basis of a floating rate, or the rate, if
calculated on the basis of a fixed rate, payable under the FRN
Finance Documents being higher than the margin over EURIBOR or (as
the case may be) fixed rate as specified in the FRN Finance
Documents on the date of this Deed, (ii) the time for payment
of interest or scheduled repayment dates to change to an earlier
date than as specified in the FRN Finance Documents on the date of
this Deed and (iii) any increase to the amount (including
fees) or change to the currency of the amount to be repaid under
any FRN Finance Document on the date of this Deed; |
| |
(c) |
if to do so might increase the amount of payments permitted by
clause 7 ( Permitted Payments ); or |
| |
(d) |
in a manner which would result in the FRN Guarantors being
subject to obligations inconsistent with this Deed or if to do so
would cause any change in the terms of the FRN Finance Documents
relating to the subordination of the FRN Guarantors obligations or
the ranking of security. |
| 4.3.2 |
Each of the Obligors and the FRN Creditors agree: |
| |
(a) |
to the extent any Amendment is made to the Senior Security
Documents (other than the Hungarian Security Deposit Deeds), such
Amendment shall for all purposes be deemed to have also been made
(on the same terms and conditions, mutatis mutandis ) by the
Obligors and the FRN Trustee on behalf of the FRN Creditors in
respect of the corresponding provisions of the FRN Security
Documents (other than the Hungarian Security Deposit Deeds) (and so
that any FRN Default which arises or would arise under the FRN
Finance Documents as a result of such Amendment shall not arise or,
to the extent such FRN Default has already so arisen, such FRN
Default shall be deemed to have been waived). Each Obligor and the
FRN Trustee shall, at the Issuer’s expense, do all such
things as are required to implement the same Amendment to the FRN
Security Documents (other than the Hungarian Security Deposit
Deeds); and |
| |
(b) |
to the extent any Amendment is made or agreed to by the Senior
Creditors in respect of the Hungarian Security Deposit Deeds (other
than an Amendment which would result in the FRN Note Trustee (on
behalf of the FRN Creditors) ceasing to be a beneficiary of the
security created by the Hungarian Security Deposit Deeds unless
such Amendment also results in the Senior Creditors and the HY
Creditors ceasing to be beneficiaries of such security), such
Amendment shall for all purposes be deemed to have also been made
by the FRN Trustee on behalf of the FRN Creditors (and so that any
FRN Default which arises or would arise under the FRN Finance
Documents as a result of such Amendment shall not arise or, to the
extent such FRN Default has already so arisen, such FRN Default
shall be deemed to have been waived). Each Obligor and the FRN
Trustee shall, at the Issuer’s expense, do all such things as
are required to implement the Amendment to the Hungarian Security
Deposit Deeds. |
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| 4.4 |
Changes to the Subordinated Shareholder
Documents |
Except as the Majority
Lenders, until (and including) the Senior Discharge Date and also,
if prior to the HY Discharge Date, the HY Note Trustee and also, if
prior to the FRN Discharge Date, the FRN Trustee, have agreed to
the Amendment in writing, no Subordinated Shareholder Creditor will
amend the terms of any Subordinated Shareholder Documents
(including, without limitation, the HY Funding Loan Agreement or
the FRN Funding Loan Agreement) except for Amendments which
(a) reflect a similar amendment or modification to, or of a
term of, a Finance Document or (b) would not adversely affect
the rights or interests of the Secured Creditors or the ranking or
subordination arrangements provided for in this Deed (as to which a
certificate of the Security Trustee (acting reasonably) shall be
conclusive).
| 5.1 |
Undertakings relating to Hedging Liabilities |
Unless the Majority Lenders
have previously agreed in writing:
| 5.1.1 |
no Hedge Counterparty will (i) demand (except to terminate
or close out any hedging transaction as permitted under
clause 5.1.2 below) or receive payment, prepayment or
repayment of, or any distribution in respect of (or on account of)
and no Obligor will pay or make any distribution in respect of (or
on account of) any of the Hedging Liabilities in cash or in kind,
or otherwise apply any money or property in or towards the payment
or discharge of any Hedging Liabilities or otherwise take any
Enforcement Action or (ii) discharge or seek to discharge all
or any part of the Hedging Liabilities by set-off, any right of
combination of accounts or otherwise except for: |
| |
(a) |
scheduled payments arising under the terms of the Hedge
Agreements; and/or |
| |
(b) |
the proceeds of enforcement of the Senior Security Documents
received and applied in the order permitted by paragraph 1 of
Schedule 3 ( Security Trustee ); |
| 5.1.2 |
no Hedge Counterparty will exercise any right to terminate or
close out any hedging transaction under the Hedge Agreements prior
to its stated maturity unless: |
| |
(a) |
the Company has not paid when due an amount of Hedging
Liabilities and such default continues for more than five
(5) Business Days after the Hedge Counterparty has given
notice of such default (and of the Hedge Counterparty’s
intention to terminate) to the Senior Agent; or |
| |
(b) |
the Senior Agent has declared the Senior Debt due and payable
and/or payable on demand and/or cancelled the Total Commitments in
full under clause 23.2 ( Acceleration ) of the Senior
Facilities Agreement; or |
| |
(c) |
an Insolvency Event occurs in relation to the Company (which is
the counterparty under such hedging transaction); or |
| |
(i) |
it becoming contrary to any law or regulation for the Company
or such Hedge Counterparty to perform the payment obligations
expressed to be assumed by it in respect of any relevant Hedge
Agreement or such obligations become invalid or unenforceable
against the Company; or |
| |
(ii) |
any provision of any Hedge Agreement to which such Hedge
Counterparty is a party relating to the termination thereof
(including, without limitation, the calculation of or obligation to
pay amounts upon such termination) becoming invalid or
unenforceable against the Company; |
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(e) |
upon any exchange control, foreign currency or other consent,
authorisation, licence or approval of, or registration with or
declaration to, governmental or public bodies or authorities or
courts required by the Company to authorise, or required by the
Company in connection with, the execution, delivery, validity,
enforceability or admissibility in evidence of any Hedge Agreement
or the performance of its payment obligations thereunder being
modified in a manner unacceptable to such Hedge Counterparty or not
being granted or being revoked or terminated or expiring and not
being renewed or otherwise ceasing to be in full force and effect;
or |
| |
(f) |
with the prior written consent of the Senior Agent (acting on
the instructions of the Majority Lenders); |
| 5.1.3 |
none of the Hedging Liabilities may be discharged by set-off,
any right of combination of accounts or otherwise except to the
extent such Hedging Liabilities is permitted to be paid under
clause 5.1.1 above; and |
| 5.1.4 |
neither the Ultimate Parent nor any Obligor will (and each will
procure that none of its Subsidiaries will) create or permit to
subsist any Encumbrance over any of its assets, or give any
Financial Support to any person, in each case for, in respect of or
in connection with, any of the Hedging Liabilities other than under
the Senior Security Documents and in accordance with the priority
and ranking specified in this Deed. |
Each Obligor and each Hedge
Counterparty agrees that:
| 5.2.1 |
the Hedge Agreements will provide for “ two way
payments” or payments under the “ Second
Method ” in the event of a termination of a hedging
transaction whether upon a Termination Event or an Event of Default
(each as defined in the relevant Hedge Agreements), meaning that
the defaulting party under these Hedge Agreements will be entitled
to receive payment under the relevant termination provisions if the
net replacement value of all terminated transactions effected under
the Hedge Agreements is in its favour, and netting will only be
permitted between hedging transactions that constitute Hedge
Agreements and will not be permitted between any Hedge Agreements
and any other interest rate or currency hedging arrangements which
do not constitute Hedge Agreements (and, for the avoidance of
doubt, to the extent that any such Hedge Agreements do not so
provide, they will be deemed to so provide); |
| 5.2.2 |
if, on termination or the closing out of any hedging
transaction under a Hedge Agreement, a settlement amount or other
net amount falls due from that Hedge Counterparty to the Company
then that amount shall be paid by the relevant Hedge Counterparty
to the Security Trustee and applied as set out in paragraph 1
of Schedule 3 ( Security Trustee ); and |
| 5.2.3 |
promptly upon receipt by any Hedge Counterparty of a request
from the Senior Agent, after the Senior Agent has declared all of
the Senior Debt immediately due and payable and/or payable on
demand and/or has cancelled the Total Commitments in full under
clause 23.2 ( Acceleration ) of the Senior Facilities
Agreement, to exercise any rights such Hedge Counterparty may have
to terminate the hedging transactions under the Hedge Agreements,
such Hedge Counterparty will exercise such rights. |
Each Hedge Counterparty will
promptly provide to the Senior Agent copies of all documents
constituting the Hedge Agreements to which it is party and copies
of all documents constituting or evidencing any hedging facilities
provided to the Company by that Hedge Counterparty. Such documents
must be in form and substance satisfactory to the Senior Agent,
acting reasonably.
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Each Obligor confirms that
the Hedge Counterparties are entitled to rely on the guarantee in
clause 17 ( Guarantee ) of the Senior Facilities
Agreement granted by such Obligor, subject to any limitations
therein or in any Guarantor Accession Undertaking by which such
Obligor became party to the Senior Facilities Agreement.
Each Hedge Counterparty shall
notify the Senior Agent and the Security Trustee of any default or
any termination event (howsoever described) under each Hedge
Agreement to which it is a party, but only if the Hedge
Counterparty has actual knowledge of the event concerned. For the
purpose of this clause 5.5, the Hedge Counterparty shall not
be treated as having actual knowledge of any matter of which any
division outside its treasury departments may become aware in the
context of corporate finance, advisory or financing activities from
time to time undertaken by the Hedge Counterparty for any member of
the Group, the Ultimate Parent or any of their respective
Subsidiaries or Associated Companies or any person which may be a
trade competitor of, or may otherwise have commercial interests
similar to those of, the same.
Each of the HUF Agent, the
Senior Agent, the Security Trustee and each Hedge Counterparty
shall consult generally with regard to any matter materially
affecting the rights of the Senior Creditors as regulated by this
Deed and, in particular, upon any insolvency proceeding taking
place and prior to the taking of any enforcement action by the
Security Trustee under any of the Senior Security Documents (for
the avoidance of doubt, such consultation shall include, among
other matters, discussion on the method of enforcement and
realisation of security), provided that such consultation process
shall not impose upon any such party (the “ first
party ”) any obligation to accede to any requests made by
any other such party in respect of the exercising of any of the
rights of the first party nor shall the rights of the first party
be fettered in any respect other than as expressly provided in this
Deed.
If there is a refinancing of
the entire Senior Debt, the Hedge Counterparties agree that they
will release the Senior Security Documents provided that there is
granted replacement security acceptable to each of them in their
absolute discretion of at least an equivalent nature, value and
ranking to the security granted under the Senior Security
Documents.
| 6 |
Representations and Warranties |
| 6.1 |
The Obligors represent and warrant to the Secured Creditors
that the Subordinated Shareholder Creditors comprise all of the
persons to whom the Obligors owe any Subordinated Shareholder Debt
and the Subordinated Shareholder Creditors represent and warrant to
the Secured Creditors that the Obligors comprise all of the persons
from whom the Subordinated Shareholder Creditors are owed any
Subordinated Shareholder Debt. |
| 6.2 |
Each of the Subordinated Shareholder Creditors party hereto
severally represents and warrants to the Senior Creditors in
respect of itself only in the terms of clauses 18.1.1 to
18.1.4 (inclusive), 18.1.7 and 18.2.3 of the Senior Facilities
Agreement as if all references in such clauses to an “
Obligor ” or “ member of the Group
” were to such Subordinated Shareholder Creditor and all
references in such clauses to a “ Finance
Document ” were to this Deed. |
| 6.3 |
The Ultimate Parent represents and warrants to the Senior
Creditors that: |
| 6.3.1 |
it does not have any direct or indirect interest in the share
capital of any body corporate other than as set out in the group
structure chart delivered to the Senior Agent pursuant to
Schedule 2 of the Senior Facilities Agreement; and |
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| 6.3.2 |
the copies of the Transaction Documents and the amendments
thereto delivered to the Facility Agent pursuant to Schedule 2
of the Senior Facilities Agreement are true, complete and accurate
in all respects and have not been amended, varied or supplemented
in any way; no other agreements or arrangements exist between any
of the parties to the Transaction Documents which would materially
affect the transactions or arrangements contemplated by Transaction
Documents, the Finance Documents and/or the forecasts, projections
and/or estimates contained or referred to in the Agreed Business
Plan. |
| 6.4 |
The representations and warranties in clauses 6.1 and 6.2
shall be deemed to be repeated by the Subordinated Shareholder
Creditors, the Obligors and the Ultimate Parent (as applicable) on
each day on which any representations and warranties contained in
the Senior Facilities Agreement are deemed to be repeated pursuant
to clause 18.3 thereof. |
| 7.1 |
Senior Debt/Hedging Liabilities |
Subject to clause 5.1 (
Undertakings relating to Hedging Liabilities ), all
repayments and prepayments of principal, payments of interest and
all other amounts (including fees and taxes) in respect of the
Senior Debt and the Hedging Liabilities may be made and received
freely at all times in accordance with the provisions of the Senior
Finance Documents and the Hedge Agreements.
| 7.2 |
Permitted HY Subordinated Debt and FRN Subordinated Debt
Payments |
| 7.2.1 |
Subject to clause 7.4 (Suspension of Permitted HY
Subordinated Debt and FRN Subordinated Debt Payments and Permitted
HY Funding Loan Debt and FRN Funding Loan Debt Payments until the
Senior Discharge Date) and clause 8 (Turnover) until (and
including) the Senior Discharge Date, the HY Guarantors or (as the
case may be) the FRN Guarantors may pay and the HY Creditors or (as
the case may be) the FRN Creditors may receive and retain payments
on any HY Subordinated Debt (the “ Permitted HY
Subordinated Debt Payments ”) or (as the case may be) FRN
Subordinated Debt (the “ Permitted FRN Subordinated Debt
Payments ”) then due and owing (which HY Subordinated
Debt or (as the case may be) FRN Subordinated Debt shall only be
due or owing to the extent that the HY Creditors acting together in
accordance with clause 14.1.2, or (as the case may be) the FRN
Creditors acting together in accordance with clause 14.1.2 are
entitled, in each case, to demand payment in accordance with
clause 14.1.2). |
| 7.2.2 |
Each Party hereto acknowledges that the HY Subordinated Debt or
(as the case may be) FRN Subordinated Debt will not fall due (and
no amount will become due and payable) until the events set out in
clause 14.1 ( Restrictions on HY Creditor and FRN Creditor
Enforcement Action ) occur and, subject to the provisions of
clause 14.1.6, the HY Creditors or (as the case may be) FRN
Creditors demand payment in accordance with
clause 14.1.2. |
| 7.2.3 |
After the Senior Discharge Date any payments on the HY
Subordinated Debt may be made and received freely in accordance
with the terms of the HY Finance Documents. |
| 7.2.4 |
After the Senior Discharge Date any payments on the FRN
Subordinated Debt may be made and received freely in accordance
with the terms of the FRN Finance Documents. |
| 7.3 |
Permitted HY Funding Loan Debt and FRN Funding Loan Debt
Payments |
| 7.3.1 |
Subject to clause 7.4 (Suspension of Permitted HY
Subordinated Debt and FRN Subordinated Debt Payments and Permitted
HY Funding Loan Debt and FRN Funding Loan Debt Payments until the
Senior Discharge Date) and clause 8 (Turnover) until (and
including) the Senior Discharge Date, the Company may pay and the
Issuer may receive and retain cash payments in respect of any
interest on the HY Funding Loan Debt (the “ Permitted HY
Funding Loan Debt Payments ”) then due and owing provided
that such interest payment is made for the sole purpose of enabling
the Issuer to make a payment of interest in respect of the HY Notes
which payment falls due within 5 Business Days of the date of
payment of the interest to the Issuer. |
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| 7.3.2 |
Subject to clause 7.4 (Suspension of Permitted HY Subordinated
Debt and FRN Subordinated Debt Payments and Permitted HY Funding
Loan Debt and FRN Funding Loan Debt Payments until the Senior
Discharge Date) and clause 8 (Turnover) until (and including) the
Senior Discharge Date, the Company may pay and the Issuer may
receive and retain any cash payments, including (without
limitation) dividends, loans or in respect of any interest on the
FRN Funding Loan Debt (“ Permitted FRN Funding Loan Debt
Payments ”) provided that such payment is made solely for
the purpose of enabling the Issuer to make a payment of interest in
respect of the FRN Bridge Facility or the FRN Notes (as applicable)
and provided further that such payment is not made earlier than 5
Business Days prior to the due date of a corresponding payment
under the FRN Bridge Facility Agreement or the FRN Indenture (as
applicable). |
| 7.3.3 |
After the Senior Discharge Date any payments on the HY Funding
Loan Debt may be made and received freely in accordance with the
terms of the HY Finance Documents. |
| 7.3.4 |
After the Senior Discharge Date any payments on the FRN Funding
Loan Debt may be made and received freely in accordance with the
terms of the FRN Finance Documents. |
| 7.4 |
Suspension of Permitted HY Subordinated Debt and FRN
Subordinated Debt Payments and Permitted HY Funding Loan Debt and
FRN Funding Loan Debt Payments until the Senior Discharge
Date |
| 7.4.1 |
Until (and including) the Senior Discharge Date, no Permitted
HY Subordinated Debt Payment (other than the HY Note Trustee
Amounts), Permitted HY Funding Loan Debt Payment, Permitted FRN
Subordinated Debt Payment (other than the FRN Trustee Amounts) or
Permitted FRN Payment, may be made without the prior written
consent of the Majority Lenders if: |
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(a) |
any of the Senior Debt and/or Hedging Liabilities due on or
prior to such date is unpaid on the date on which such payment
would otherwise be made (after giving effect to any grace period
contained in the relevant Senior Finance Document, as amended from
time to time) and such default is continuing uncured or unwaived;
or |
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(b) |
following the occurrence and continuance of a Senior Default
(other than of the type specified in paragraph (a) above) in
respect of any Senior Debt, the Senior Agent serves a written
notice (a “ Block Notice ”) on the HY Note
Trustee and the FRN Trustee specifying such Senior Default and
referring to this clause, until the earliest date on which one of
the following applies: |
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(i) |
179 days have elapsed since the service of such Block Notice,
or if earlier, where a Standstill Period (as defined in
clause 14.1 ( Restrictions on HY Creditor and FRN Creditor
Enforcement Action )) is in effect at any time during that 179
day period, the date on which that Standstill Period expires;
or |
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(ii) |
the relevant Senior Default has been cured or waived by the
Majority Lenders in writing or has ceased to exist; or |
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(iii) |
the Senior Agent by notice in writing to the Issuer and the HY
Note Trustee and the FRN Trustee cancels the Block Notice;
or |
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(iv) |
the Senior Discharge Date occurs. |
| 7.4.2 |
Unless otherwise agreed by the HY Note Trustee and the FRN
Trustee, (a) a Block Notice may not be issued less than three
hundred and sixty (360) days after the service of the
immediately prior Block Notice and (b) the Senior Agent shall
only serve a Block Notice on the HY Note Trustee and the FRN
Trustee on or before the date falling 75 days after the date upon
which the Senior Agent receives actual written notice of the
relevant Senior Default. |
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| 7.4.3 |
The Senior Agent may only serve one Block Notice with respect
to the same event or circumstance. This shall not affect the right
of the Senior Agent to issue a Block Notice in respect of any other
event or circumstance. |
| 7.4.4 |
For the avoidance of doubt, this clause 7.4 acts as a
suspension of payment and not as a waiver of the right to receive
payment when the suspension period has lapsed. |
| 7.5 |
Shareholder Subordinated Debt |
Subject to clause 8 (
Turnover ) until (and including) the Senior Discharge Date,
so long as no Default (as defined in the Senior Facilities
Agreement) is continuing or would result from any such payment or
receipt, the Obligors may pay and the Subordinated Shareholder
Creditors may receive and retain Permitted Payments (other than in
relation to Permitted Funding Loan Debt and Permitted FRN Payments
which are subject to the separate provisions of clause 7.3 (
Permitted Funding Loan Debt Payments and FRN Funding
Payments )).
| 7.6 |
Suspension of Permitted Payments after the Senior Discharge
Date |
Commencing after the Senior
Discharge Date until and including the HY Discharge Date, the
Obligors may pay and the Subordinated Shareholder Creditors may
receive and retain Permitted Payments in respect of the
Subordinated Shareholder Debt in accordance with the terms of the
HY Indenture and until and including the FRN Discharge Date, the
Obligors may pay and the Subordinated Shareholder Creditors may
receive and retain Permitted Payments in respect of Subordinated
Shareholder Debt in accordance with the terms of the FRN Finance
Documents.
| 8.1 |
If, at any time up to (and including) the Senior Discharge
Date, any Hedge Counterparty or HY Creditor or FRN Creditor or
Subordinated Shareholder Creditor receives or recovers a payment or
distribution in cash or in kind (including by way of set-off or
combination of accounts) of, or on account of, any of: |
| 8.1.1 |
(in the case of a Hedge Counterparty) the Hedging Liabilities
which are prohibited by clause 5.1 ( Undertakings relating
to Hedging Liabilities ); or |
| 8.1.2 |
(in the case of any HY Creditor) HY Subordinated Debt from the
HY Guarantors or (in the case of any FRN Creditor) FRN Subordinated
Debt from the FRN Guarantors otherwise than to the extent permitted
by clause 7.2 ( Permitted HY Subordinated Debt and FRN
Subordinated Debt Payments ); or |
| 8.1.3 |
(in the case of any HY Creditor or FRN Creditor)
proceeds pursuant to any Enforcement Action (other than Enforcement
Action against the Issuer to the extent such Enforcement Action is
not Enforcement Action falling within paragraph (a)(iii) or
(iv) of the definition of Enforcement Action); |
| 8.1.4 |
(in the case of the Issuer or the HY Creditors as potential
holders of the HY Funding Loan Debt) HY Funding Loan Debt otherwise
than to the extent permitted by clause 7.3 ( Permitted FRN
Funding Loan Debt Payments and FRN Funding Payments
); |
| 8.1.5 |
(in the case of the Issuer or the FRN Creditors as potential
holders of the FRN Funding Loan Debt), FRN Funding Loan Debt
otherwise than to the extent permitted by clause 7.3 ( Permitted
HY Funding Loan Debt Payments and Permitted FRN Debt Payments
); or |
| 8.1.6 |
(in the case of any Subordinated Shareholder Creditor)
Subordinated Shareholder Debt (excluding HY Funding Loan Debt and
FRN Funding Loan Debt) otherwise than to the extent permitted by
clause 7.5 ( Shareholder Subordinated Debt
), |
(each such payment or
distribution being a “ turnover receipt ”) the
receiving or recovering Hedge Counterparty, HY Creditor, FRN
Creditor or Subordinated Shareholder Creditor (as the
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case may be) will (except for
any HY Noteholders or FRN Noteholders) promptly notify the Security
Trustee and, in each case will, pending payment to the Security
Trustee hold the relevant turnover receipt on trust (or, in
jurisdictions not recognising trusts as fiduciary agent) in a
segregated account (other than in the case of a HY Noteholder or a
FRN Noteholder) for the Senior Finance Parties (in the case of
clause 8.1.1) or the Senior Creditors (in the case of
clauses 8.1.2, 8.1.3, 8.1.4 and 8.1.5) or the Secured
Creditors (in the case of clause 8.1.6) and will forthwith pay
to the Security Trustee for application as provided in
paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 ( Security Trustee )
such turnover receipt (after deducting from the amount received or
recovered the costs, liabilities and expenses (if any) incurred by
the relevant creditor in recovering such amount).
| 8.2 |
If, at any time up to (and including) the Senior Discharge
Date, any HY Creditor or FRN Creditor receives or recovers a
payment or distribution in cash or in kind (including by way of
set-off or combination of accounts) of, or on account of, any HY
Debt or FRN Debt from the Issuer which payment is made as a result
of the Issuer in turn receiving or recovering that amount from a HY
Guarantor or a FRN Guarantor in contravention of clauses 7.2 (
Permitted HY Subordinated Debt and FRN Subordinated Debt
Payments ) and 7.4 ( Suspension of Permitted HY Subordinated
Debt and FRN Subordinated Debt Payments and Permitted HY Funding
Loan Debt and FRN Funding Loan Debt Payments until the Senior
Discharge Date ) (each such payment or distribution being a
“ turnover receipt ”) the receiving or
recovering HY Creditor (including the HY Note Trustee) or FRN
Creditor (including the FRN Trustee) will, provided that the HY
Note Trustee or FRN Trustee at the time it makes such payment had
actual knowledge (in accordance with clause 9.1 ( Trustee
Provisions )) of the circumstances set out in clause 7.4 (
Suspension of Permitted HY Subordinated Debt and FRN
Subordinated Debt Payments and Permitted Funding Loan Debt and FRN
Funding Loan Debt Payments until the Senior Discharge Date )
(as a consequence of which the Issuer had made such prior payment
in contravention of clause 7.4 ( Suspension of Permitted HY
Subordinated Debt Payments and Permitted Funding Loan Debt and FRN
Funding Loan Debt Payments until the Senior Discharge Date )),
pending payment to the Security Trustee hold the relevant turnover
receipt on trust (or, in jurisdictions not recognising trusts as
fiduciary agent) in a segregated account (other than in the case of
an HY Noteholder or an FRN Noteholder) for the Senior Finance
Parties and will forthwith pay to the Security Trustee for
application as provided in paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 (
Security Trustee ) such turnover receipt (after deducting
from the amount received or recovered the costs, liabilities and
expenses (if any) incurred by the relevant creditor in recovering
such amount). |
| 8.3 |
If, at any time after the Senior Discharge Date and up to (and
including) the last to occur of the HY Discharge Date and the FRN
Discharge Date, any Subordinated Shareholder Creditor receives or
recovers a payment or distribution in cash or in kind (including by
way of set-off or combination of accounts) of, or on account of,
any Subordinated Shareholder Debt otherwise than to the extent
permitted by clause 7 ( Permitted Payments ) (each such
payment or distribution being a “ |
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