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Exhibit 10.5
EXECUTION COPY
COLLATERAL AGENCY AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
This COLLATERAL AGENCY AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, is dated as
of April 1,
2005, and entered into by and among KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUT
CORPORATION, a North
Carolina corporation (the "Borrower"), KRISPY KREME DOUGHNUTS,
INC., a North
Carolina corporation (the " Parent Guarantor"), the subsidiaries
of the Borrower
party hereto (the "Subsidiary Guarantors," and together with
Parent Guarantor,
the "Guarantors"), WELLS FARGO FOOTHILL, INC., a California
corporation
("Foothill"), in its capacity as collateral agent for the First
Lien Obligations
(as defined below), including its successors and assigns from
time to time (in
such capacity, the "First Lien Collateral Agent"), CREDIT SUISSE
FIRST BOSTON,
in its capacity as collateral agent for the Second Lien
Obligations (as defined
below), including its successors and assigns from time to time
(in such
capacity, the "Second Lien Collateral Agent"), CREDIT SUISSE
FIRST BOSTON, in
its capacity as administrative agent for the First Lien Lenders
(as defined
below), including its successors and assigns from time to time
(in such
capacity, the "First Lien Administrative Agent") and CREDIT
SUISSE FIRST BOSTON,
in its capacity as administrative agent for the Second Lien
Lenders (as defined
below), including its successors and assigns from time to time
(in such
capacity, the "Paying Agent"). Capitalized terms used herein but
not otherwise
defined herein have the meanings set forth in Section 1
below.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Guarantors, the First Lien Lenders
party
thereto, Credit Suisse First Boston ("CSFB"), as Administrative
Agent, and
Foothill, as First Lien Collateral Agent, have entered into that
certain First
Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, providing
for a revolving
credit facility (as amended, restated, supplemented, modified or
Refinanced from
time to time, the "First Lien Credit Agreement");
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Guarantors, the Second Lien Lenders
party
thereto, Paying Agent, and the Second Lien Collateral Agent,
have entered into
that certain Second Lien Credit Agreement, dated as of the date
hereof,
providing for a synthetic revolving credit facility and term
loans (as amended,
restated, supplemented, modified or Refinanced from time to
time, the "Second
Lien Credit Agreement");
WHEREAS, pursuant to (i) Article III of the First Lien Credit
Agreement,
the Guarantors have agreed to guarantee the First Lien
Obligations (the "First
Lien Guaranty"); and (ii) Article III of the Second Lien Credit
Agreement, the
Guarantors have agreed to guarantee the Second Lien Obligations
(the "Second
Lien Guaranty");
WHEREAS, the obligations of the Borrower under the First Lien
Credit
Agreement, any First Lien Hedging Agreements (as defined herein)
and the
obligations of the Guarantors under the First Lien Guaranty will
be secured on a
first priority basis by liens on substantially all the assets of
the Borrower
and the Guarantors, respectively, pursuant to the terms of the
Mortgages and the
other First Lien Collateral Documents;
WHEREAS, the obligations of the Borrower under the Second Lien
Credit
Agreement, any Second Lien Hedging Agreements (as defined
herein) and the
obligations of the Guarantors
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under the Second Lien Guaranty will be secured on a second
priority basis by
liens on substantially all the assets of the Borrower, and the
Guarantors,
respectively, pursuant to the terms of the Mortgages and the
other Second Lien
Collateral Documents;
WHEREAS, the First Lien Credit Documents and the Second Lien
Credit
Documents provide, among other things, that the parties thereto
shall set forth
in this Agreement their respective rights and remedies with
respect to the
Collateral; and
WHEREAS, in order to induce the First Lien Collateral Agent and
the First
Lien Claimholders to consent to the Grantors incurring the
Second Lien
Obligations and to induce the First Lien Claimholders to extend
credit and other
financial accommodations and lend monies to or for the benefit
of the Borrower,
or any other Grantor, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, for
itself and on behalf
of the Second Lien Claimholders, has agreed to the
subordination, intercreditor
and other provisions set forth in this Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual
covenants and
obligations herein set forth and for other good and valuable
consideration, the
sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto,
intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
Section 1. Definitions.
1.1 Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein
shall have
the meanings provided therefor in the First Lien Credit
Agreement. As used in
the Agreement, the following terms shall have the following
meanings:
"Accounts" means any and all deposit accounts and securities
investment
accounts of the Grantors.
"Agreement" means this Collateral Agency and Intercreditor
Agreement, as
amended, renewed, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time
in accordance with the terms hereof.
"Bankruptcy Code" means Title 11 of the United States Code
entitled
"Bankruptcy," as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor
statute.
"Bankruptcy Law" means the Bankruptcy Code and any similar
federal, state
or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
"Borrower" has the meaning assigned to that term in the Preamble
hereto.
"Business Day" means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or
other day on
which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or
required by law to
close.
"Claimholders" means, collectively, the First Lien Claimholders
and the
Second Lien Claimholders.
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"Collateral" means all of the assets and property of any
Grantor, whether
real, personal or mixed, constituting both First Lien Collateral
and Second Lien
Collateral.
"Comparable Second Lien Collateral Document" means, in relation
to any
Collateral subject to any Lien created under any First Lien
Collateral Document,
that Second Lien Credit Document which creates a Lien on the
same Collateral,
granted by the same Grantor.
"Control Agreements" means control agreements covering Accounts
entered
into by the First Lien Collateral Agent, as Shared Lien
Collateral Agent, the
Borrower and a depository bank or securities intermediary, as
applicable, which
shall secure both the First Lien Obligations and the Second Lien
Obligations in
the aggregate.
"CSFB" has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals
hereto.
"DIP Financing" has the meaning assigned to that term in Section
6.1
hereof.
"Discharge of First Lien Obligations" means, without duplication
and except
to the extent otherwise provided in Section 5.6, (a) payment in
full in cash of
the principal of and interest (including interest accruing on or
after the
commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding,
whether or not such
interest would be allowed in such Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding) and
premium, if any, on all Indebtedness outstanding under the First
Lien Credit
Documents and the termination or expiration of all commitments
to extend credit
thereunder, (b) payment in full of all other First Lien
Obligations that are due
and payable or otherwise accrued and owing at or prior to the
time such
principal and interest are paid (c) termination or cash
collateralization (in an
amount reasonably satisfactory to the First Lien Collateral
Agent) of all
letters of credit issued under the First Lien Credit Documents,
and (d) payment
in full of all termination fees and other amounts due in respect
of termination
of First Lien Hedging Agreements that are due and payable or
otherwise have
accrued and are due and owing at or prior to the time such
principal and
interest are paid.
"Disposition" has the meaning set forth in Section
5.1(a)(ii).
"Enforcement Action" means (a) to take from or for the account
of any
Obligor, by set off or in any other manner, the whole or any
part of any moneys
which may now or hereafter be owing by such Obligor to such
First Lien
Claimholders, (b) to notify account debtors or directly collect
accounts
receivable or other payment rights of any Obligor, (c) take any
action under the
provisions of any state or federal law, including, without
limitation, the
Uniform Commercial Code, or under any contract or agreement, to
enforce,
foreclose upon, take possession of or sell any Collateral, or
(d) declare
immediately due and payable by acceleration all of the
Obligations under the
First Lien Credit Documents; provided that the issuance of a
notice of Default
or Event of Default, reservation of rights letter or other
similar notice shall
not be deemed to be an Enforcement Action.
"First Lien Claimholders" means, at any relevant time, the
holders of First
Lien Obligations at such time, including without limitation the
First Lien
Administrative Agent, the First Lien Collateral Agent, the
Arranger, any First
Lien Lender, the Swingline Lender, any Issuing Lender or any
Affiliate of the
First Lien Administrative Agent, the First Lien Collateral
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Agent, the Arranger, any First Lien Lender, the Swingline Lender
or any Issuing
Lender under the First Lien Credit Agreement.
"First Lien Collateral Agent" has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals
hereto.
"First Lien Collateral" means all of the assets and property of
any
Grantor, whether real, personal or mixed, with respect to which
a Lien is
granted as security for any First Lien Obligations.
"First Lien Collateral Documents" means the Security Documents
(as defined
in the First Lien Credit Agreement) and any other agreement,
document or
instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted securing any
First Lien
Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to
such Liens are
governed.
"First Lien Credit Agreement" has the meaning set forth in the
recitals
hereto.
"First Lien Credit Documents" means the First Lien Credit
Agreement, the
First Lien Collateral Documents, the other Loan Documents (as
defined in the
First Lien Credit Agreement) and each of the other agreements,
documents and
instruments providing for or evidencing any other First Lien
Obligation, and any
other document or instrument executed or delivered at any time
in connection
with any First Lien Obligations, including any intercreditor or
joinder
agreement among holders of First Lien Obligations, to the extent
such are
effective at the relevant time, as each may be modified or
Refinanced from time
to time; provided that any such modification does not increase
the principal
amount thereof beyond the aggregate principal amount of First
Lien Obligations
permitted under the this Agreement on the date hereof (as such
amount may be
increased from time to time).
"First Lien Guaranty" has the meaning assigned to that term in
the Recitals
hereto.
"First Lien Hedging Agreement" means any interest rate
protection agreement
or other interest hedging arrangement that mitigates the risk of
fluctuation in
interest rates entered into by Borrower with any Person who was,
in respect of
the First Lien Credit Agreement and at the time of entry into
such agreement,
any or all of the First Lien Administrative Agent, the First
Lien Collateral
Agent, the Arranger, any First Lien Lender or any Affiliate of
the First Lien
Administrative Agent, the First Lien Collateral Agent, the
Arranger or any First
Lien Lender.
"First Lien Lenders" means the "Lenders" under and as defined in
the First
Lien Credit Agreement.
"First Lien Obligations" means all "Obligations" outstanding
under and as
defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement and the other First
Lien Credit
Documents, in an aggregate principal amount at any one time
outstanding (with
letters of credit being deemed to have a principal amount equal
to the maximum
potential liability of the Grantors thereunder) of up to
$75,000,000, as such
principal amount may be increased by amendments complying with
Section 5.3(a)
hereof, plus, First Lien Hedging Agreements, other additional
Obligations
designated by the First Lien Collateral Agent as "Obligations"
under the First
Lien Credit Agreement, and all other obligations, liabilities
and indebtedness
of every kind, nature and description owing by the Grantors to
the First Lien
Claimholders and/or any of their respective
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affiliates, including interest, charges, fees, costs and
expenses, however
evidenced, whether as principal, surety, endorser, guarantor or
otherwise,
whether now existing or hereafter arising, whether arising
before, during or
after the initial or any renewal term of the First Lien Credit
Agreement or
after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding (including the
payment of interest and other amounts which would accrue and
become due but for
the commencement of such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding,
whether or not
such amounts are allowed or allowable in whole or in part in
such Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding), whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent,
joint or several, due or not due, primary or secondary,
liquidated or
unliquidated, secured or unsecured, and however acquired by the
First Lien
Claimholders. To the extent any payment with respect to the
First Lien
Obligations (whether by or on behalf of any Grantor, as proceeds
of security,
enforcement of any right of set-off or otherwise) is declared to
be fraudulent
or preferential in any respect, set aside or required to be paid
to a debtor in
possession, trustee, receiver or similar Person, then the
obligation or part
thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be deemed to
be reinstated and
outstanding as if such payment had not occurred.
"Fronting Bank" has the meaning assigned to it in the Second
Lien Credit
Agreement.
"Grantors" means the Borrower and each of the Guarantors that
have executed
and delivered, or may from time to time hereafter execute and
deliver, a First
Lien Collateral Document or a Second Lien Collateral
Document.
"Guarantors" has the meaning set forth in the Recitals
hereto.
"Hedging Agreements" means, collectively, all First Lien Hedging
Agreements
and all Second Lien Hedging Agreements .
"Indebtedness" means and includes all Obligations that
constitute
"Indebtedness" within the meaning of the First Lien Credit
Agreement or the
Second Lien Credit Agreement, as applicable.
"Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding" means (a) any voluntary
or
involuntary case or proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code with
respect to any
Grantor, (b) any other voluntary or involuntary insolvency,
reorganization or
bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation,
reorganization
or other similar case or proceeding with respect to any Grantor
or with respect
to a material portion of their respective assets, (c) any
liquidation,
dissolution, reorganization or winding up of any Grantor whether
voluntary or
involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or
bankruptcy or (d) any
assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling
of assets and
liabilities of any Grantor.
"Issuing Lender" has the meaning assigned to it in the First
Lien Credit
Agreement.
"Lien" means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed
of trust,
lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security
interest in, on or
of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under
any conditional
sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or
any financing
lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of
the foregoing)
relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any
purchase option,
call or similar right of a third party with respect to such
securities.
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"Mortgage" or "Mortgages" means each "Mortgage" as defined in
the First
Lien Credit Agreement and the Second Lien Credit Agreement each
of which is made
in favor of the First Lien Collateral Agent, as Shared Lien
Collateral Agent,
which secure both the First Lien Obligations and the Second Lien
Obligations in
the aggregate.
"New First Lien Collateral Agent" has the meaning assigned to
that term in
Section 5.6 hereof.
"New Second Lien Collateral Agent" has the meaning assigned to
that term in
Section 5.6 hereof.
"Person" means any natural person, corporation, limited
liability company,
trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership,
governmental authority
or other entity.
"Pledged Collateral" has the meaning set forth in Section 5.5
hereof.
"Priority Cap" means the amount of $82,500,000.
"Recovery" has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5 hereof.
"Refinance" means, in respect of any indebtedness, to refinance,
extend,
renew, defease, amend, modify, supplement, restructure, replace,
refund or
repay, or to issue other indebtedness, in exchange or
replacement for, such
indebtedness in whole or in part. "Refinanced" and "Refinancing"
shall have
correlative meanings.
"Second Lien Claimholders" means, at any relevant time, the
holders of
Second Lien Obligations at such time, including without
limitation the Paying
Agent, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, the Arranger (as
defined in the Second
Lien Credit Agreement), the Fronting Bank (as defined in the
Second Lien Credit
Agreement), any Second Lien Lender, any Issuing Lender or any
Affiliate of the
Paying Agent, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, the Arranger,
the Fronting Bank,
any Second Lien Lender or any Issuing Lender under the Second
Lien Credit
Agreement.
"Second Lien Collateral" means all of the assets and property of
any
Grantor, whether real, personal or mixed, with respect to which
a Lien is
granted as security for any Second Lien Obligations.
"Second Lien Collateral Agent" has the meaning set forth in the
preamble
hereof.
"Second Lien Collateral Documents" means the Security Documents
(as defined
in the Second Lien Credit
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Agreement) and any other agreement, document or instrument
pursuant to which a
Lien is granted securing any Second Lien Obligations or under
which rights or
remedies with respect to such Liens are governed.
"Second Lien Credit Agreement" has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals
hereto.
"Second Lien Credit Documents" means the Second Lien Credit
Agreement, the
Second Lien Collateral Documents, the other Loan Documents (as
defined in the
Second Lien Credit Agreement) and each of the other agreements,
documents and
instruments providing for or evidencing any other Second Lien
Obligation, and
any other document or instrument executed or delivered at any
time in connection
with any Second Lien Obligations, including any intercreditor or
joinder
agreement among holders of Second Lien Obligations, to the
extent such are
effective at the relevant time, as each may be modified or
Refinanced from time
to time; provided that any such modification does not increase
the principal
amount thereof beyond the aggregate principal amount of Second
Lien Obligations
permitted under the this Agreement on the date hereof (as such
amount may be
increased pursuant to a Refinancing permitted by Section
5.3(b)).
"Second Lien Guaranty" has the meaning assigned to that term in
the
Recitals hereto.
"Second Lien Hedging Agreement" means any commodity price
protection
agreement or other commodity price hedging arrangement that
mitigates the risk
of fluctuation in the prices of certain commodities entered into
by Borrower
with any Person who was, in respect of the Second Lien Credit
Agreement and at
the time of entry into such agreement, any or all of the
Administrative Agent,
the Second Lien Collateral Agent, the Arranger, any Second Lien
Lender or any
Affiliate of the Administrative Agent, the Second Lien
Collateral Agent, the
Arranger or any Second Lien Lender.
"Second Lien Lenders" means the "Lenders" under and as defined
in the
Second Lien Credit Agreement.
"Second Lien Obligations" " means all "Obligations" outstanding
under and
as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement and the other
Second Lien Credit
Documents, an aggregate principal amount at any one time
outstanding (with
letters of credit being deemed to have a principal amount equal
to the maximum
potential liability of the Grantors thereunder) of up to
$150,000,000, as such
principal amount may be increased by amendments complying with
Section 5.3(b)
hereof, plus, Second Lien Hedging Agreements, other additional
Obligations
designated by the Second Lien Collateral Agent as "Obligations"
under the Second
Lien Credit Agreement, and all other obligations, liabilities
and indebtedness
of every kind, nature and description owing by the Grantors to
the Second Lien
Claimholders and/or any of their respective affiliates,
including interest,
charges, fees, costs and expenses, however evidenced, whether as
principal,
surety, endorser, guarantor or otherwise, whether now existing
or hereafter
arising, whether arising before, during or after the initial or
any renewal term
of the Second Lien Credit Agreement or after the commencement of
an Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceeding (including the payment of interest and
other amounts
which would accrue and become due but for the commencement of
such Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not such amounts are allowed
or allowable in
whole or in part in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding),
whether direct
or indirect, absolute or contingent, joint or several, due or
not due, primary
or secondary, liquidated or unliquidated, secured or unsecured,
and however
acquired by the Second Lien Claimholders. To the extent any
payment with respect
to the Second Lien Obligations (whether by or on behalf of any
Grantor, as
proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of set-off or
otherwise) is
declared to be fraudulent or preferential in any respect, set
aside or required
to be paid to a debtor in possession, trustee, receiver or
similar Person, then
the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be
satisfied shall be
deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had
not occurred.
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"Shared Lien Collateral Agent" and "Shared Collateral Agent"
have the
meaning set forth in Section 8.1 hereof.
"Shared Collateral" means Collateral encumbered by the Shared
Collateral
Documents.
"Shared Collateral Documents" means (i) the Control Agreements;
(ii) the
Mortgages; and (iii) certificates of title for motor vehicles in
which a
security interest is granted pursuant to the First Lien Security
Documents and
the Second Lien Security Documents.
"Standstill Period" has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1
hereof.
"Subsidiary Guarantors" has the meaning set forth in the
Recitals hereto.
"Uniform Commercial Code" or "UCC" means the Uniform Commercial
Code (or
any similar or equivalent legislation) as in effect in any
applicable
jurisdiction.
1.2 Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply
equally to
the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the
context may
require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine,
feminine and
neuter forms. The words "include", "includes" and "including"
shall be deemed to
be followed by the phrase "without limitation." The word "will"
shall be
construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word
"shall". Unless the
context requires otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to
any agreement,
instrument or other document herein shall be construed as
referring to such
agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time
amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified, (b) any reference herein to
any Person shall
be construed to include such Person's successors and assigns,
(c) the words
"herein", "hereof" and "hereunder", and words of similar import,
shall be
construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to
any particular
provision hereof, (d) all references herein to Exhibits or
Sections shall be
construed to refer to Exhibits or Sections of this Agreement and
(e) the words
"asset" and "property" shall be construed to have the same
meaning and effect
and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and
properties,
including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights.
Section 2. Lien Priorities.
2.1 Relative Priorities. Notwithstanding the date, manner or
order of
grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens securing the Second
Lien
Obligations granted on the Collateral, or of any Liens securing
the First Lien
Obligations granted on the Collateral and notwithstanding any
provision of the
UCC or any other applicable law or the provisions of the Second
Lien Credit
Documents or any other circumstance whatsoever (including,
without limitation,
the time, order or method of grant, attachment, recording or
perfection of any
financing statements or other security interests, assignments,
pledges, deeds,
mortgages and other liens, charges or encumbrances or any defect
or deficiency
or alleged defect or deficiency in any of the foregoing, or the
fact that any
such Liens securing First Lien Obligations are at any time (x)
subordinated to
any Lien securing any obligation of any Person or to any
Indebtedness in favor
of any Person or (y) otherwise subordinated, voided, avoided,
invalidated or
lapsed), the Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on
behalf of the
Second Lien Claimholders, hereby agrees that: (a) any Lien on
the Collateral
securing any First Lien Obligations now or hereafter held by or
on behalf of the
First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholders or
any
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agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether
by grant,
possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise,
shall be senior
in all respects and prior to any Lien on the Collateral securing
any Second Lien
Obligations; and (b) any Lien on the Collateral now or hereafter
held by or on
behalf of the Second Lien Collateral Agent, any Second Lien
Claimholders or any
agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether
by grant,
possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise,
shall be junior
and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Collateral
securing any
First Lien Obligations. All Liens on the Collateral securing any
First Lien
Obligations shall be and remain senior in all respects and prior
to all Liens on
the Collateral securing any Second Lien Obligations for all
purposes, regardless
of the time, order or method of grant, attachment, recording or
perfection of
any financing statements or other security interests,
assignments, pledges,
deeds, mortgages and other liens, charges or encumbrances or any
defect or
deficiency or alleged defect or deficiency in any of the
foregoing, or the fact
that any such Liens in favor of any First Lien Collateral Agent
are (x)
subordinated to any Lien securing any obligation of any Person
or to any
Indebtedness in favor of any Person or (y) otherwise
subordinated, voided,
avoided, invalidated or lapsed.
2.2 Prohibition on Contesting Liens. Each of the Second Lien
Collateral
Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Second Lien Claimholder,
and the First
Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each First
Lien Claimholder,
agrees that it shall not (and hereby waives any right to)
contest, or support
any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any
Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding), the priority, validity or
enforceability of a Lien held
by or on behalf of any of the First Lien Claimholders in the
First Lien
Collateral or by or on behalf of any of the Second Lien
Claimholders in the
Second Lien Collateral, as the case may be; provided that
nothing in this
Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of
the First Lien
Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder to enforce this
Agreement,
including the priority of the Liens securing the First Lien
Obligations as
provided in Sections 2.1 and 3.1, and release of the Liens
encumbering Second
Lien Collateral as provided in Section 5.
2.3 No New Liens. So long as the Discharge of First Lien
Obligations has
not occurred, the parties hereto agree that neither the Parent
Guarantor nor the
Borrower shall , and nor shall they permit any Subsidiary
Guarantor to, (i)
grant or permit any additional Liens on any asset or property to
secure any
Second Lien Obligation unless it has granted a Lien on such
asset or property to
secure the First Lien Obligations, and (ii) grant or permit any
additional Liens
on any asset or property to secure any First Lien Obligations
unless it has
granted a Lien on such asset or property to secure the Second
Lien Obligations.
To the extent that the foregoing provisions are not complied
with for any
reason, without limiting any other rights and remedies available
to the First
Lien Collateral Agent and/or the First Lien Claimholders, the
Second Lien
Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien
Claimholders,
agrees that any amounts received by or distributed to any of
them pursuant to or
as a result of Liens granted in contravention of this Section
2.3 shall be
subject to Section 4.2.
2.4 Similar Liens and Agreements. The parties hereto agree that
it is their
intention that the First Lien Collateral and the Second Lien
Collateral be
identical. In furtherance of the foregoing and of Section 9.9,
the parties
hereto agree, subject to the other provisions of this
Agreement:
(a) upon request by the First Lien Collateral Agent or the
Second Lien
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Collateral Agent, to cooperate in good faith (and to direct
their counsel
to cooperate in good faith) from time to time in order to
determine the
specific items included in the First Lien Collateral and the
Second Lien
Collateral and the steps taken to perfect their respective Liens
thereon
and the identity of the respective parties obligated under the
First Lien
Credit Documents and the Second Lien Credit Documents; and
(b) that the documents and agreements creating or evidencing the
First
Lien Collateral and the Second Lien Collateral and guarantees
for the First
Lien Obligations and the Second Lien Obligations shall be in all
material
respects the same forms of documents other than with respect to
the first
lien and the second lien nature of the Obligations
thereunder.
Section 3. Enforcement.
3.1 Exercise of Remedies. (a) So long as the Discharge of First
Lien
Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or
Liquidation
Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Borrower or any
other Grantor:
(i) the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien
Claimholders
(x) will not exercise or seek to exercise any rights or remedies
(including
set-off) with respect to any Collateral (including, without
limitation, the
exercise of any right under any lockbox agreement, account
control
agreement, landlord waiver or bailee's letter or similar
agreement or
arrangement to which the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any
Second Lien
Claimholder is a party) or institute any action or proceeding
with respect
to such rights or remedies (including any action of
foreclosure); provided,
however, that the Second Lien Collateral Agent, upon instruction
from the
Paying Agent, may exercise any or all such rights after the
passage of a
period of 120 days has elapsed since the date on which the First
Lien
Administrative Agent receives written notice from the Paying
Agent that the
Paying Agent has declared the existence of any Event of Default
thereunder
and accelerated all obligations thereunder (the "Standstill
Period");
provided, further, however, that notwithstanding anything herein
to the
contrary, in no event shall the Second Lien Collateral Agent or
any Second
Lien Claimholder exercise any rights or remedies with respect to
the
Collateral if, notwithstanding the expiration of the Standstill
Period, the
First Lien Collateral Agent, on instruction of the First
Lien
Administrative Agent shall have commenced the exercise of any of
its rights
or remedies with respect the Collateral (prompt notice of such
exercise to
be given the First Lien Collateral Agent to the Second Lien
Collateral
Agent), (y) will not contest, protest or object to any
foreclosure
proceeding or action brought by the First Lien Collateral Agent
or any
other exercise by the First Lien Collateral Agent, of any rights
and
remedies relating to the Collateral under the First Lien Credit
Documents
or otherwise, and (z) subject to its rights under clause (i)(x)
above, will
not object to the forbearance by the First Lien Collateral Agent
from
bringing or pursuing any foreclosure proceeding or action or any
other
exercise of any rights or remedies relating to the Collateral,
in each case
so long as the respective interests of the Second Lien
Claimholders attach
to the proceeds thereof subject to the relative priorities
described in
Section 2 hereof; and
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(ii) the First Lien Collateral Agent, pursuant to instruction of
the
First Lien Administrative Agent, shall have the exclusive right
to enforce
rights, exercise remedies (including set-off and the right to
credit bid
their debt) and make determinations regarding the release,
disposition, or
restrictions with respect to the Collateral without any
consultation with
or the consent of the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second
Lien
Claimholder; provided, that (A) in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding
commenced by or against the Borrower or any other Grantor, the
Second Lien
Collateral Agent may file a claim or statement of interest with
respect to
the Second Lien Obligations, (B) the Second Lien Collateral
Agent, upon
instruction of the Paying Agent, may take any action (not
adverse to the
prior Liens on the Collateral securing the First Lien
Obligations, or the
rights of the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien
Claimholders to
exercise remedies in respect thereof and not inconsistent with
the term of
this Agreement) in order to preserve or protect its Lien on the
Collateral,
(C) the Second Lien Claimholders shall be entitled to file any
necessary
responsive or defensive pleadings in opposition to any motion,
claim,
adversary proceeding or other pleading made by any person
objecting to or
otherwise seeking the disallowance of the claims of the Second
Lien
Claimholders, including without limitation any claims secured by
the
Collateral, if any, in each case in accordance with the terms of
this
Agreement, (D) the Second Lien Claimholders shall be entitled to
file any
pleadings, objections, motions or agreements which assert rights
or
interests available to unsecured creditors of the Grantors
arising under
either Bankruptcy Law or applicable non-bankruptcy law, in each
case in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, (E) the Second
Lien
Claimholders shall be entitled to file any proof of claim and
other filings
and make any arguments and motions that are, in each case, in
accordance
with the terms of this Agreement, with respect to the Second
Lien
Obligations and the Collateral and (F) the Second Lien
Collateral Agent, on
instruction of the Paying Agent, may exercise any of its rights
or remedies
with respect to the Collateral after the termination of the
Standstill
Period to the extent permitted by clause (i)(x) above. In
exercising rights
and remedies with respect to the Collateral, the First Lien
Collateral
Agent may enforce the provisions of the First Lien Credit
Documents and
exercise remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such
manner as they
may determine in the exercise of their sole discretion. Such
exercise and
enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by
them to sell
or otherwise dispose of Collateral upon foreclosure, to incur
expenses in
connection with such sale or disposition, and to exercise all
the rights
and remedies of a secured creditor under the Uniform Commercial
Code of any
applicable jurisdiction and of a secured creditor under
Bankruptcy Laws of
any applicable jurisdiction. The First Lien Collateral Agent
agrees to
provide at least five (5) days' notice to the Second Lien
Collateral Agent
of its intent to exercise and enforce its rights or remedies
with respect
to the Collateral.
(b) The Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf
of the
Second Lien Claimholders, agrees that it will not take or
receive any Collateral
or any proceeds of Collateral in connection with the exercise of
any right or
remedy (including set-off) with respect to any Collateral,
unless and until the
Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, except as
expressly provided
in the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(a) of this
Agreement. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until the
Discharge of
First Lien Obligations has occurred, except as expressly
provided in the proviso
in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(a) of this Agreement, the sole
right of the Second
Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders
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with respect to the Collateral is to hold a Lien on the
Collateral pursuant to
the Second Lien Collateral Documents for the period and to the
extent granted
therein and to receive a share of the proceeds thereof, if any,
after the
Discharge of the First Lien Obligations has occurred in
accordance with the
terms of the Second Lien Credit Documents and applicable
law.
(c) Subject to the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.1(a) of
this
Agreement, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on
behalf of the
Second Lien Claimholders, (i) agrees that the Second Lien
Collateral Agent and
the Second Lien Claimholders will not take any action that would
hinder any
exercise of remedies under the First Lien Credit Documents or is
otherwise
prohibited hereunder, including any sale, lease, exchange,
transfer or other
disposition of the Collateral, whether by foreclosure or
otherwise, and (ii)
hereby waives any and all rights it or the Second Lien
Claimholders may have as
a junior lien creditor or otherwise to object to the manner in
which the First
Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders seek to
enforce or collect
the First Lien Obligations or the Liens granted in any of the
First Lien
Collateral, regardless of whether any action or failure to act
by or on behalf
of the First Lien Collateral Agent or First Lien Claimholders is
adverse to the
interest of the Second Lien Claimholders.
(d) The Second Lien Collateral Agent hereby acknowledges and
agrees that no
covenant, agreement or restriction contained in the Second Lien
Collateral
Documents or any other Second Lien Credit Document shall be
deemed to restrict
in any way the rights and remedies of the First Lien Collateral
Agent or the
First Lien Claimholders with respect to the Collateral as set
forth in this
Agreement and the First Lien Credit Documents.
(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in the
Second Lien
Credit Documents, no Event of Default under the First Lien
Credit Agreement
shall give rise to an Event of Default solely under a cross
default provision of
the Second Lien Credit Agreement unless such First Lien Credit
Agreement Event
of Default has continued without waiver or cure for more than 45
days. Upon a
cure or waiver of any Event of Default under the First Lien
Credit Agreement,
any Event of Default under the Second Lien Credit Agreement that
arises solely
as a result of a cross default provision under the Second Lien
Credit Agreement
shall thereupon be automatically and concurrently be deemed
cured or waived.
3.2 Cooperation. Subject to its rights after the expiration of
the
Standstill Period and subject to the proviso in clause (ii) of
Section 3.1(a) of
this Agreement, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and
on behalf of
the Second Lien Claimholders, agrees that, unless and until the
Discharge of
First Lien Obligations has occurred, it will not commence, or
join with any
Person in commencing, any enforcement, collection, execution,
levy or
foreclosure action or proceeding (including, without limitation,
any Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceeding) with respect to any Lien held by it
under the Second
Lien Collateral Documents or any other Second Lien Credit
Document or otherwise.
Following the Discharge of the First Lien Obligations, First
Lien Collateral
Agent shall reasonably promptly execute documents and take other
steps that
First Lien Collateral Agent determines to be reasonably
necessary, at the
expense of Second Lien Collateral Agent, to transfer to Second
Lien Collateral
Agent all Shared Collateral Documents and other similar First
Lien Collateral
Documents in which Second Lien Collateral Agent has a residual
interest for
continuing perfection of heretofore shared Liens.
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Section 4. Payments.
4.1 Application of Proceeds. So long as the Discharge of First
Lien
Obligations has not occurred, any Collateral or proceeds thereof
received by the
First Lien Collateral Agent in connection with the sale or other
disposition of,
or collection on, such Collateral upon the exercise of remedies,
shall be
applied by the First Lien Administrative Agent to the First Lien
Obligations in
such order as specified in the relevant First Lien Credit
Documents. Upon the
Discharge of the First Lien Obligations, the First Lien
Collateral Agent shall
deliver to the Second Lien Collateral Agent any proceeds of
Collateral held by
it in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements
or as a court
of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct to be applied by
the Second Lien
Collateral Agent to the Second Lien Obligations in such order as
specified in
the relevant Second Lien Collateral Documents.
4.2 Turnover of Payments. So long as the Discharge of First
Lien
Obligations has not occurred, any Collateral or proceeds thereof
(together with
assets or proceeds subject to Liens referred to in the final
sentence of Section
2.3) received by the Second Lien Collateral Agent, the Second
Lien Collateral
Agent or any Second Lien Claimholders in connection with the
exercise of any
right or remedy (including set-off) relating to the Collateral,
both before and
after commencement of any Liquidation or Insolvency Proceeding
and including
specifically any distribution on account of any proof of claim
or interest of
any Second Lien Claimholders in any Liquidation or Insolvency
Proceeding, in
contravention of this Agreement shall be segregated and held in
trust and
forthwith paid over to the First Lien Administrative Agent for
the benefit of
the First Lien Claimholders in the same form as received, with
any necessary
endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may
otherwise direct. The
First Lien Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to make any
such
endorsements as agent for the Second Lien Collateral Agent or
any such Second
Lien Claimholders. This authorization is coupled with an
interest and is
irrevocable until such time as this Agreement is terminated in
accordance with
its terms. For avoidance of doubt, scheduled payments of
principal and/or
interest in respect of the Second Lien Obligations, mandatory
prepayments of the
Second Lien Obligations required under the Second Lien Credit
Agreement and
permitted under the First Lien Credit Agreement, and voluntary
prepayments of
the Second Lien Obligations permitted under both the Second Lien
Credit
Agreement and the First Lien Credit Agreement, (as well as
payment of fees due
under, and reimbursement of expenses pursuant to, the Second
Lien Credit
Documents), whether or not timely made, and cash adequate
protection payments on
account of secured claims of Second Lien Claimholders made
pursuant to and as
permitted under this Agreement, shall not be subject to turn
over pursuant to
this Section 4.2.
Section 5. Other Agreements.
5.1 Releases.
(a) If, in connection with:
(i) the exercise of any of the First Lien Collateral Agent's
remedies
in respect of the Collateral provided for in Section 3.1,
including any
sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of any
such
Collateral; or
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(ii) any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other
disposition
(collectively, a "Disposition") of any Collateral permitted
under the terms
of the First Lien Credit Documents (whether or not an event of
default
thereunder, and as defined therein, has occurred and is
continuing),
the First Lien Collateral Agent, for itself or on behalf of any
of the First
Lien Claimholders, releases any of its Liens on any part of the
Collateral, or
releases any Grantor from its obligations under its guaranty of
the First Lien
Obligations, in each case other than in connection with the
Discharge of First
Lien Obligations, then the Liens, if any, of the Second Lien
Collateral Agent,
for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Claimholders, on
such Collateral,
including real property Collateral, and the obligations of such
Grantor under
its guaranty of the Second Lien Obligations, shall be
automatically,
unconditionally and simultaneously released and the Second Lien
Collateral
Agent, for itself and on behalf of any such Second Lien
Claimholders, promptly
shall execute and deliver to the First Lien Collateral Agent or
such Grantor
such termination statements, reconveyances of Mortgage, releases
and other
documents as the First Lien Collateral Agent or such Grantor may
request to
effectively confirm such release. For avoidance of doubt, this
Section 5.1 shall
not apply to any release of a Lien that does not facilitate a
concurrent
Disposition of released Collateral to a Person who is neither a
Grantor nor an
Affiliate of a Grantor, which release shall require specific
Lender approvals as
provided under both the First Lien Credit Agreement and the
Second Lien Credit
Agreement.
(b) Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations occurs, the
Second Lien
Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien
Claimholders,
hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the First Lien
Collateral Agent and
any officer or agent of the First Lien Collateral Agent, with
full power of
substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full
irrevocable
power and authority in the place and stead of the Second Lien
Collateral Agent
or such holder or in the First Lien Collateral Agent's own name,
from time to
time in the First Lien Collateral Agent's discretion, for the
purpose of
carrying out the terms of this Section 5.1, to take any and all
appropriate
action and to execute any and all documents and instruments,
including without
limitation, reconveyances of Mortgages, which may be necessary
to accomplish the
purposes of this Section 5.1, including any endorsements or
other instruments of
transfer or release. This power of attorney is coupled with an
interest and is
irrevocable.
(c) Until the Discharge of the First Lien Obligations occurs,
the Second
Lien Credit Agreement shall be deemed for all purposes to permit
any Disposition
of Collateral, including all or substantially all of the
Collateral, so long as
the proceeds of such Collateral are used in accordance with the
First Lien
Credit Agreement and the Second Lien Credit Agr
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