COLLATERAL AGENCY AND INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT
This
COLLATERAL AGENCY AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement ”), dated as of October 12, 2000, is entered
into among the Senior Noteholder listed on the signature pages
hereof (together with assignees of such Senior Noteholder, the
“ Senior Noteholders ”), the Senior Lender
listed on the signature pages hereof (together with any assignees
of such Senior Lender, the “ Senior Lenders ”),
any Additional Creditors that may become parties to this Agreement
(either directly or through their agent), and State Street Bank and
Trust Company of California, N.A., in its capacity as collateral
agent for the Senior Noteholders, the Senior Lenders and the
Additional Creditors (the “ Collateral Agent
”).
R E C I T A L S
A.
Nu Skin Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ”), will issue and sell to the Senior
Noteholder its 3.03% Senior Notes due October 12, 2010 in the
aggregate principal amount of JP¥9,706,500,000 (the “
Senior Noteholder Notes ”) pursuant to that certain
Note Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 12, 2000 (as the same
may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “ Note Purchase Agreement ”), between
the Company and the Senior Noteholder.
B.
The Senior Lender (i) has made and may from time to time make loans
up to an aggregate principal amount of US$10,000,000 to the Company
pursuant to that certain Grid Note, dated May 24, 2000, executed by
the Company in favor of the Senior Lender, and (ii) may from time
to time issue letters of credit for the account of the Company
pursuant to that certain Master Letter of Credit Agreement and
Addendum, each dated as of August 4, 2000, between the Company and
the Senior Lender (such Grid Note and Master Letter of Credit
Agreement and Addendum, as the same may be amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified or renewed or replaced from time to time,
including any increase in the amount of the obligations thereunder,
the “ Credit Documents ”).
C.
Each of the Material Domestic Subsidiaries of the Company (together
with any future Material Domestic Subsidiaries entering into a
guaranty agreement with respect to the Obligations (as defined
below), the “ Subsidiary Guarantors ”) have
entered into a guaranty agreement pursuant to which the Subsidiary
Guarantors guarantee to the Senior Lenders the payment and
performance of all of the Company’s obligations under the
Credit Documents (as such guaranty agreement may be modified,
amended, renewed or replaced, including any increase in the amount
guaranteed thereunder, the “ Bank Obligation Guaranty
”).
D.
Pursuant to the Note Purchase Agreement, the Subsidiary Guarantors
will enter into a guaranty agreement pursuant to which the
Subsidiary Guarantors will guarantee to the Senior Noteholders the
payment of the Noteholder Obligations and the payment and
performance of all of the Company’s obligations under the
Note Purchase Agreement and the Senior Notes (as such guaranty
agreement may be modified, amended, renewed or replaced, including
any increase in the amount guaranteed thereunder, the “
Note Obligation Guaranty ”).
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E.
The Company may enter into additional note purchase agreements
and/or credit agreements with investors and/or lenders which become
party to this Agreement (such investors and lenders, together with
the lenders referred to in the next sentence, the “
Additional Creditors ”) the obligations under which
(the “ Additional Company Obligations ”) will be
guaranteed by one or more of the Subsidiary Guarantors (the “
Additional Subsidiary Guaranties ”). In addition, one
or more Subsidiary Guarantors may become direct obligors to lenders
which become party to this Agreement and therefore are Additional
Creditors, and the obligations of such Subsidiary Guarantors to
such lenders (the “ Direct Subsidiary Obligations
” and together with the Additional Company Obligations, the
“ Additional Obligations ”) will be guaranteed
by the Company and the other Subsidiary Guarantors.
F.
The Bank Obligation Guaranty, the Note Obligation Guaranty, any
Additional Subsidiary Guaranty and any Direct Subsidiary Obligation
are each hereinafter referred to as a “ Subsidiary
Guaranty .” The Credit Documents, the Note Purchase
Agreement and any additional note purchase agreements and/or credit
agreements with investors and/or lenders which become party to this
Agreement are hereinafter referred to, collectively, as the “
Senior Loan Documents .”
G.
The Company has secured all present and future obligations to the
Senior Noteholders under the Senior Noteholder Notes and the Note
Purchase Agreement (all such obligations, including, without
limitation, principal, interest, Make-Whole Amounts, fees and
indemnities, being referred to herein as the “ Senior
Noteholder Obligations ”) and all present and future
obligations to the Senior Lenders, including, without limitation,
principal, interest, letter of credit obligations (including
Contingent L/C Obligations), break-funding amounts, fees and
indemnities (the “ Senior Lender Obligations”)
and may secure all Additional Obligations, pursuant to the terms of
that certain Pledge Agreement dated as of the date hereof between
the Company and the Collateral Agent (the “ Pledge
Agreement ”) and any similar documents executed after the
date hereof, as the same may be amended, supplemented or modified
from time to time (the “ Security Documents ”).
The Senior Noteholder Obligations, the Senior Lender Obligations
and the Additional Obligations are collectively referred to as the
“ Obligations ”). The Senior Noteholders, the
Senior Lenders and the Additional Creditors are sometimes
collectively referred to as the “ Benefitted Parties
” and individually referred to as a “ Benefitted
Party .” The Pledge Agreement grants to the Collateral
Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Benefitted Parties, a valid,
perfected and enforceable first priority lien on and a security
interest in 65% of the equity securities of certain foreign
subsidiaries of the Company (hereinafter all of such collateral,
together with all rights to payment under any Subsidiary Guaranty,
shall be referred to collectively as the “ Collateral
”).
H.
The Senior Noteholders, the Senior Lenders and the Additional
Creditors wish to set forth their understandings and agreements
regarding their respective rights and priorities with respect to
amounts recovered through the exercise of any right of set off,
payments received after a Triggering Event (as defined in Section
2(a), below) and proceeds of the Collateral.
I.
Capitalized terms used herein without being defined shall have the
meanings set forth in the Note Purchase Agreement.
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NOW,
THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged and the mutual
covenants and promises set forth herein, each of the parties to
this Agreement agrees as follows:
1.
Sharing .
(a)
The liens of the Collateral Agent relating to the Collateral shall
be held by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Benefitted
Parties, and any proceeds realized in respect thereof shall be
shared by the Benefitted Parties and distributed in accordance with
the rights and priorities set forth in this Agreement. Any
Collateral Proceeds, Triggering Event Balances, Triggering Event
Payments or Setoff Proceeds (as such terms are defined in Section
2(b)) shall be shared by the Benefitted Parties and distributed in
accordance with the rights and priorities set forth in this
Agreement. As used herein, the term “ Triggering Event
” means (a) the occurrence and continuation of a Bankruptcy
Proceeding (as defined below) with respect to the Company, any
Subsidiary Guarantor or any Material Foreign Subsidiary, (b) the
Collateral Agent’s receipt of a written notice that the
unpaid principal amount of any of the Obligations has been declared
to be then due and payable by the holder or holders thereof prior
to the due date as a result of an event of default, or (c) any
exercise of any right of setoff or banker’s lien by any
Benefitted Party. As used herein, the term “ Bankruptcy
Proceeding ” means, with respect to any Person, a general
assignment of such Person for the benefit of its creditors, or the
institution by or against such Person of any proceeding seeking
relief as debtor, or seeking to adjudicate such Person as bankrupt
or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, arrangement, adjustment or
composition of such Person or its debts, under any law relating to
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or relief of debtors, or
seeking appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian or other
similar official for such Person or for any substantial part of its
property.
(b)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth herein, any
Collateral Proceeds, Triggering Event Balances, Triggering Event
Payments or Setoff Proceeds which are to be remitted to any
Benefitted Party on account of Obligations which are Contingent L/C
Obligations (as defined below) shall be remitted to the Collateral
Agent to be held in a separate cash collateral account (the “
L/C Account ”) by the Collateral Agent and distributed
by the Collateral Agent only in accordance with this Section 1(b).
In the event, and upon the condition that, any Contingent L/C
Obligation becomes an absolute obligation of the Company upon the
honoring of a draw under any Letter of Credit (as defined below),
upon receipt of written direction from the applicable Benefitted
Party, the Collateral Agent shall withdraw from the L/C Account and
shall pay over to the Benefitted Party (or issuing bank on behalf
of such Benefitted Party) that honored such draw an amount equal to
the Withdrawal Amount (as defined below) with respect to the amount
of such draw together with interest on such Withdrawal Amount at
the rate earned while on deposit in the L/C Account. In the event
that the Collateral Agent receives written notice that any
Contingent L/C Obligation lapses on account of the expiration or
other termination of the applicable Letter of Credit, an amount
equal to the Withdrawal Amount with respect to such lapsed
Contingent L/C Obligation, together with interest on account of
such amount at the rate earned while on deposit in the L/C Account,
shall be released from the L/C Account and shall be distributed by
the Collateral Agent to the Benefitted Parties in accordance with
clause “ third ” of Section 2(c). As used herein
“ Withdrawal Amount ” means the product of (a)
the quotient of (i) the amount of a Contingent L/C Obligation which
has then become an absolute obligation on account of a draw or the
amount of a Contingent L/C Obligation which
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has lapsed on account of the
expiration or termination of the applicable Letter of Credit, as
the case may be, over (ii) the total amount of all Contingent L/C
Obligations, and (b) the total amount then deposited in the L/C
Account.
As
used herein, the term “ Contingent L/C Obligations
” means any and all contingent obligations of the Company to
reimburse the issuers of Letters of Credit for drawings under such
Letters of Credit.
As
used herein, the term “ Letter of Credit ” means
a letter of credit issued by a Benefitted Party, or an issuing bank
on behalf of a Benefitted Party, for the account of the Company or
any of the Subsidiary Guarantors pursuant to the Credit Documents
or any additional credit agreements with lenders which become party
to this Agreement.
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2.
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Cash Collateral Account;
Application of Proceeds
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(a)
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The Collateral Agent has
established an interest-bearing demand deposit cash collateral
account subject to the lien and security interest created by the
Security Documents (the “ Cash Collateral Account
”) in the name of the Collateral Agent into which the
proceeds, payments and amounts described in subsections (b)(i),
(b)(ii), (b)(iii) and (b)(iv) below shall be deposited and from
which only the Collateral Agent may effect withdrawals. Such
amounts shall be held by the Collateral Agent in the Cash
Collateral Account and shall be distributed from time to time by
the Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 2(c)
below.
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(b)
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The following proceeds, payments
and amounts shall be deposited and held by the Collateral Agent in
the Cash Collateral Account and shall be distributed from time to
time by the Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 2(c)
below:
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(i)
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any proceeds of any collection,
recovery, receipt, appropriation, realization or sale of any or all
of the Collateral or the enforcement of the Security Documents (the
“ Collateral Proceeds ”) received by the
Collateral Agent or any Benefitted Party;
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(ii)
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any amounts held in the Cash
Collateral Account at the time a Triggering Event occurs (the
“ Triggering Event Balances ”);
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(iii)
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any payments received or
otherwise realized by any Benefitted Party in respect of any
Obligations on or after the date on which a Triggering Event has
occurred (the “ Triggering Event Payments ”);
and
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(iv)
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any amounts received or recovered
by any Benefitted Party through any exercise of any right of setoff
or banker’s lien at any time on or after the occurrence of a
Triggering Event (whether by law, contract or otherwise) (the
“ Setoff Proceeds ”).
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Each Benefitted Party agrees to deliver any Collateral Proceeds,
any Triggering Event Balances, any Triggering Event Payments and
any Setoff Proceeds to the Collateral Agent within two (2) Business
Days after receipt (other than pursuant to subsection (c) below) of
such Collateral Proceeds, Triggering Event Balances, Triggering
Event Payments or Setoff Proceeds.
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(c)
The Collateral Agent shall distribute the proceeds described in
subsections (b)(i), (b)(ii), (b)(iii) and (b)(iv) above which are
held in the Cash Collateral Account to the Collateral Agent and the
Benefitted Parties in accordance with the following
priorities:
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first , to the reasonable costs and expenses of the
Collateral Agent incurred in connection with the maintenance of the
Cash Collateral Account and any collection, recovery, receipt,
appropriation, legal proceeding (whether by or against any such
party), realization or sale of any or all of the Collateral or the
enforcement of the Security Documents;
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second , after payment in full of all amounts set forth in
item first , to the Benefitted Parties in payment of any and
all amounts owed to the Benefitted Parties for reimbursement of
amounts paid by them to the Collateral Agent in accordance with
Section 4(g) pro rata in proportion to such amounts
owed to such Benefitted Parties;
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third , after payment in full of all amounts set forth in
item second , to the payment and permanent reduction of the
principal amount of the outstanding Obligations and the Contingent
L/C Obligations, pro rata , based on the proportion
that the principal amount of such outstanding Obligations and
Contingent L/C Obligations held by each Benefitted Party at such
time bears to the sum of the principal amount of all such
Obligations and Contingent L/C Obligations;
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fourth , after payment in full of all amounts set forth in
item third , to the payment and permanent reduction of the
amount of the outstanding Obligations representing interest, pro
rata, based on the proportion that such outstanding Obligations
representing interest held by each Benefitted Party at such time
bears to the sum of all such Obligations representing
interest;
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fifth , after payment in full of all amounts set forth in
item fourth , to the payment and permanent reduction of all
other outstanding Obligations not representing principal,
Contingent L/C Obligations or interest, pro rata, based on the
proportion that such outstanding Obligations not representing
principal, Contingent L/C Obligations or interest held by each
Benefitted Party at such time bears to the sum of all such
Obligations not representing principal, Contingent L/C Obligations
or interest; and
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sixth , after payment in full of all amounts set forth in
item fifth , to or at the direction of the Company or as a
court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.
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The
Collateral Agent shall make such distributions promptly after the
deposit of any Collateral Proceeds, Triggering Event Balances,
Triggering Event Payments or Setoff Proceeds into the Cash
Collateral Account. A Benefitted Party’s pro rata share of
the Obligations on any distribution date shall be determined by
assuming that all Obligations are denominated in U.S. Dollars based
upon the quoted spot rate at which the Collateral Agent’s
principal office offers to exchange any applicable currency for
U.S. Dollars at 11:00 A.M. (local time at such principal office) on
the Business Day preceding such distribution date (the “
Applicable Exchange Rate ”). For any distribution, the
Collateral Agent shall exchange the relevant portion of such
distribution into the applicable currency and make each such
distribution in the applicable currency.
3.
Payment of Obligations; Distributions Recovered .
(a)
The Company and each of the Subsidiary Guarantors agree that any
amounts received by a Benefitted Party and delivered by such
Benefitted Party to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement will not be deemed to be a payment in respect of any
Obligations owing to such Benefitted Party until such Benefitted
Party receives its pro rata share of such amount from the
Collateral Agent and then only to the extent of the actual payment
and receipt of such pro rata share.
(b)
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, in each case in which any proceeds (or the value
thereof) or payments are recovered as a preferential or otherwise
voidable payment (whether by a trustee in bankruptcy or otherwise)
from the party (the “ Distributor ”) which
distributed those proceeds to another party or parties under this
Agreement, each party (a “ Distributee ”) to
whom any of those proceeds were ultimately distributed shall, upon
the Distributor’s notice of the recovery to the Distributee,
return to the Distributor an amount equal to the
Distributee’s ratable share of the amount recovered, together
with a ratable share of interest thereon to the extent the
Distributor is required to pay interest thereon computed on the
amount to be returned from the date of the recovery. For purposes
of this Agreement, “ proceeds ” means any
payment (whether made voluntarily or involuntary) from any source,
including, without limitation, any offset of any deposit or other
indebtedness, any security (including, without limitation, any
guaranty or any collateral) or otherwise.
4.
The Collateral Agent .
(a)
By execution and delivery hereof, each Benefitted Party hereby
appoints State Street Bank and Trust Company of California, N.A. as
Collateral Agent and its representative hereunder and under the
Security Documents and authorizes the Collateral Agent to act as
such hereunder and thereunder on behalf of each such Benefitted
Party. The Col