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Exhibit 10.2
COLLATERAL
AGENCY AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
THIS COLLATERAL
AGENCY AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (this “ Agreement ”), dated as of
December 21, 2007, is made by and among TRIARC DEERFIELD
HOLDINGS, LLC, JONATHAN W. TRUTTER , PAULA HORN , and
the JOHN K. BRINCKERHOFF AND LAURA R. BRINCKERHOFF REVOCABLE
TRUST , as holders of the Series A Notes referenced below
(together with their respective successors and assigns, the “
Series A Holders ”), SACHS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT
LLC , SPENSYD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLLP , and SCOTT A.
ROBERTS , as holders of the Series B Notes referenced below
(together with their respective successors and assigns, the “
Series B Holders ”), TRIARC DEERFIELD HOLDINGS,
LLC, as collateral agent (the “ Initial Collateral
Agent ” and, together with any replacement or successor
agent, the “ Collateral Agent ”) for
the Series A Holders and the Series B Holders (collectively, the
“ Noteholders ”), DEERFIELD
& COMPANY
LLC (the “ Issuer ”) and DEERFIELD
CAPITAL CORP. (the “ Parent ”). Capitalized
terms used in this paragraph and the following recitals have the
meanings ascribed to them in Section 1 of this
Agreement.
RECITALS :
A.
Concurrently herewith, the Issuer and the Series A Holders have
entered into a Note Purchase Agreement (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Series A Note Purchase
Agreement” ) pursuant
to which the Issuer will issue to the Series A Holders senior
secured notes (the “Series A Notes” ).
B.
Concurrently herewith, the Issuer and the Series B Holders have
entered into a Note Purchase Agreement (as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Series B Note Purchase
Agreement” and,
together with the Series A Note Purchase Agreement, the
“ Note Purchase
Agreements ”) pursuant
to which the Issuer will issue to the Series B Holders senior
secured notes in an aggregate principal amount equal to $25,063,445
(the “Series B
Notes” and, together
with the Series A Notes, the “ Notes ”).
C.
Concurrently herewith, the Issuer, the Guarantors (as defined
below) and the Collateral Agent have entered into a Guaranty and
Pledge Agreement (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, the “Series A Guaranty and Pledge
Agreement” ) pursuant
to which Guarantors have guaranteed the Issuer’s obligations
under the Series A Notes and the Issuer and the Guarantors have
granted to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Series A
Holders, a pledge and security interest in the Pledge Collateral
described therein.
D.
Concurrently herewith, the Issuer, the Guarantors and the
Collateral Agent have entered into a Guaranty and Pledge Agreement
(as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
the “ Series B Guaranty
and Pledge Agreement ”
and, together with the Series A Guaranty and Pledge Agreement, the
“ Guaranty and Pledge
Agreements ”) pursuant
to which Guarantors have guaranteed the Issuer’s obligations
under the Series B Notes and the Issuer and the Guarantors have
granted to Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Series B
Holders, a pledge and security interest in the Pledge Collateral
described therein.
E.
The Noteholders wish to appoint the Collateral Agent to serve as
collateral agent for the Noteholders under the Guaranty and Pledge
Agreements and any Collateral Agreement, and the Collateral Agent
wishes to accept such appointment, in each case on the terms set
forth herein.
F.
The Noteholders wish to set forth their agreement with respect to,
among other things, (i) the appointment, duties and
responsibilities of Collateral Agent hereunder, (ii) the relative
priorities of the Notes and the Liens on the Collateral securing
the Notes, (iii) the exercise of remedies with respect to the
Collateral, and (iv) the allocation of any payments received and
realizations upon the Collateral.
NOW THEREFORE , the parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION
1. Definitions .
Unless otherwise expressly provided herein, references to Note
Documents and other contractual instruments shall be deemed to
include all subsequent amendments, restatements, replacements,
substitutions, renewals, refinancings, extensions, supplements and
other modifications thereto to the extent entered into in
accordance with the terms of the Note Purchase Agreements and this
Agreement. All terms used in this Agreement in the singular form
shall have comparable meanings when used in the plural form and
vice versa. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement and not
defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to them in the Note
Purchase Agreements (provided that no amendment or modification of
such definitions after the date hereof shall be effective for
purposes of this Agreement unless Section 3 applies).
As used herein (including in the recitals hereof), the following
terms shall have the following meanings:
“ Bankruptcy Code ” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled
“Bankruptcy”, as now and hereafter in effect, or any
successor statute.
“Business
Day” means any day
excluding Saturday, Sunday and any day which is a legal holiday
under the laws of the State of New York or is a day on which
banking institutions located in such state are authorized or
required by law or other governmental action to close.
“ Cash ” means
the lawful currency of the United States of America.
“ Claims ” means
the Series B Claims and the Series A Claims.
“ Collateral ”
means all collateral pledged or secured by the Collateral
Documents.
“ Collateral Documents ”
means the Guaranty and Pledge Agreements and any other instrument
or agreement pursuant to which a security interest is granted for
the purpose of securing any Claims.
“ DIP Financing ” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 2.5(d)
hereof.
“ Enforcement Action ” means, with respect to the Collateral: exercising
any rights or remedies, including, without limitation,
repossessing, selling, leasing or otherwise disposing of all or any
part of such Collateral, or exercising notification or collection
rights with respect to all or any portion thereof, or attempting or
agreeing to do so; commencing or prosecuting the enforcement with
respect to such Collateral of any of the rights and remedies under
any of the applicable agreements or documents to which such Secured
Party is a party or applicable laws; offering or proposing to apply
any of the Claims as a credit on account of the purchase price for
any Collateral payable at any public or private sale of the
Collateral; appropriating, setting off, recouping or applying any
part or all of such Collateral in the possession of, or coming into
the possession of, the Collateral Agent or any Noteholder, or its
agent or bailee, to any portion of the Claims; or exercising any
other rights or remedies of a secured creditor under the UCC of any
applicable jurisdiction or under the Bankruptcy Code. As used
herein, “Enforcement Action” shall not include (i)
acceleration of debt, (ii) filing notice or voting claims in any
Insolvency
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Proceeding, (iii),
taking any action necessary to preserve Liens that are not
otherwise prohibited this Agreement, (iv) the commencement of any
Insolvency Proceeding, (v) filing suit or taking other actions for
the purpose of enforcing Series A Claims so long as such suit or
actions do not pertain to, rely on or seek to realize on Liens or
Collateral.
“ Guarantor ”
means Parent and all other existing and future Subsidiaries of the
Parent who are made party to the Guaranty and Pledge
Agreements.
“ Guaranty and Pledge Agreements ” has the meaning assigned to that term in the
recitals to this Agreement.
“ Insolvency Proceeding ” means (i) any voluntary or involuntary case or
proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any Note Party
as a Note Party, (ii) 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 Note Party as a Note Party or with
respect to any substantial part of their respective assets, (iii)
any liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or winding up of any
Note Party whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not
involving insolvency or bankruptcy or (iv) any assignment for the
benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of assets and
liabilities of any Note Party.
“ Issuer ” has
the meaning assigned to that term in the introductory paragraph
hereof.
“ Lien ” means
any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge
or encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other
title retention agreement, any lease in the nature thereof, and any
agreement to give any security interest) and any option, trust or
other preferential arrangement having the practical effect of any
of the foregoing
“ Maximum First Lien Principal Amount ” means the original issue price of the
Series B Notes, less principal payments received, plus the amount
of interest paid in kind or otherwise capitalized, plus, in the
event any DIP Financing is provided, an incremental amount equal to
$5,000,000.
“ Note Documents ” means, collectively, the Series B Note Documents
and the Series A Note Documents, as applicable.
“ Note Parties ”
means the Issuer and the Guarantors. “ Note Party ” means the Issuer or any Guarantor.
“ Note Purchase Agreements ”
has the meaning assigned to that term in the recitals to this
Agreement.
“ Paid in Full ”, “Payment in Full” or words to similar effect means the payment and
performance in full in cash of all referenced Claims (other than
contingent indemnification claims as to which no claim has been
asserted), including, without limitation, principal, interest,
costs (including but not limited to post-petition interest, fees
and costs even if such interest, fees and costs are not an allowed
claim enforceable against any Note Party in a bankruptcy case under
applicable law).
“Parent”
has the meaning assigned to that term
in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Payment Blockage
Notice” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b) .
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“ Person ” means
and includes natural persons, corporations, limited partnerships,
general partnerships, limited liability companies, limited
liability partnerships, joint stock companies, joint ventures,
associations, companies, trusts, banks, trust companies, land
trusts, business trusts or other organizations, whether or not
legal entities, and governments (whether Federal, state or local,
domestic or foreign, and including political subdivisions thereof)
and agencies or other administrative or regulatory bodies
thereof.
“ Proceeds ” has
the meaning given to such term in the UCC.
“ Pro Rata Share ” means, with respect to each Noteholder at any time,
a fraction (expressed as a percentage, carried out to the ninth
decimal place), the numerator of which is the aggregate principal
amount of all outstanding Notes held by such Noteholder at such
time and the denominator of which is the Total Outstandings at such
time.
“ Reorganization Security ” means equity, debt or other securities of a Note
Party received by a Series A Holder in respect of Series A Claims
pursuant to a plan of reorganization in any Insolvency Proceeding
that are subordinated, to at least to the same extent that the
Series A Claims are subordinated to the Series B Claims pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement, to the Series B Claims and all equity,
debt or other securities received by Series B Holders in respect of
Series B Claims, and which securities have maturities and other
terms no less advantageous to the Series B Holders than the terms
contained in the Series A Note Documents.
“Repriority
Claims” means the
Sachs Repriority Claims and the Roberts Repriority Claims, as the
case may be.
“Repriority Claims Purchase
Event” means any
purchase by any Series A Holder of any Repriority Claims pursuant
to Section 2.9(b) .
“ Repriority Event ” shall mean that, on or prior to June 30, 2008, (a)
Sachs Capital Management LLC (and/or its successors and assigns in
ownership of Series B Notes, collectively) has received one or more
principal payments in respect of the Series B Notes issued to it in
an aggregate amount not less than $9,220,584, (b) Spensyd Asset
Management LLC (and/or its successors and assigns in ownership of
Series B Notes, collectively) has received one or more principal
payments in respect of the Series B Notes issued to it in an
aggregate amount not less than $779,416, (c) Scott A. Roberts
(and/or his successors and assigns in ownership of Series B Notes,
collectively) has received one or more principal payments in
respect the Series B Notes issued to him in an aggregate amount not
less than $2,858,453, (d) each such payment of principal shall be
accompanied by payment in full of all interest accrued on such
amount as of the date of such repayment and (e) no Insolvency
Proceeding shall be pending at the time such funds are received.
For avoidance of doubt, if a Repriority Event does not occur on or
before June 30, 2008, then no Repriority Event shall be deemed to
occur after such date. Alternatively, the Repriority Event shall be
deemed to have occurred if all Repriority Claims have been
purchased pursuant to Section
2.9(b) on or prior to June
30, 2008 and no Insolvency Proceeding shall be pending at the time
such purchase occurs. For avoidance of doubt, if Notes are assigned
prior to a Repriority Event, then the payments specified above to
be made to an above-referenced Noteholder will be allocated pro
rata among such Noteholder and its successors and assigns on a pro
rata basis in respect of the principal amount of Notes held by them
on the date principal payments are received.
“ Required Noteholders ” means, as of any date of determination, the
Noteholders with Notes having an aggregate principal amount
outstanding in excess of 50% of the Total Outstandings.
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“Roberts Repriority
Claims” means the
payments described in clause (c) of the definition of Repriority
Event.
“Sachs Repriority
Claims” means the
payments described in clause (a) and (b) of the definition of
Repriority Event.
“ Secured Party ” means each Secured Party under, and as defined in,
(i) the Series A Guaranty and Pledge Agreement and (ii) the Series
B Guaranty and Pledge Agreement.
“ Series A Administrative Holder ” means Triarc Companies Inc. and its successors
and assigns in such capacity.
“ Series A Claims ” means all present and future claims of any one or
more of Series A Holders against the Note Parties, or any of them,
for the payment of money arising out of or related to the Series A
Note Documents, any refinancing, replacement, refunding or
restatement of all or any portion thereof, including, without
limitation, all claims for principal and interest (including but
not limited to post-petition interest, fees and costs even if such
interest fees and costs are not an allowed claim enforceable
against any Note Party in a bankruptcy case under applicable law),
indemnification obligations and reimbursement of fees, costs and
expenses, or otherwise, whether fixed or contingent, matured or
unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated. For so long as Section 2
applies, the principal amount of Series A Claims shall not exceed
the original issue price of the Series A Notes, less principal
payments received, plus the amount of interest paid in kind or
other capitalization of interest.
“ Series A Event of Default ” means an Event of Default as defined in the Series
A Note Documents (or any other event entitling the Series A
Noteholders to accelerate the Series A Notes).
“ Series A Holders ” has the meaning assigned to that term in the
introductory paragraph hereof.
“ Series A Liens ” means all Liens securing Series A
Claims.
“ Series A Note Documen ts” means the “Note Documents” as defined
in the Series A Note Purchase Agreement, including, without
limitation, the Series A Guaranty and Pledge Agreement.
“ Series A Note Purchase Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to that term in the
recitals to this Agreement.
“ Series B Administrative
Holder ” means Spensyd
Asset Management LLLP and its successors and assigns in such
capacity.
“ Series B Claims ” means all present and future claims of any one or
more of Series B Holders against the Note Parties, or any of them,
for the payment of money arising out of or related to the Series B
Note Documents, any refinancing, replacement, refunding or
restatement of all or any portion thereof, including, without
limitation, all claims for principal and interest (including but
not limited to post-petition interest, fees and costs even if such
interest fees and costs are not an allowed claim enforceable
against any Note Party in a bankruptcy case under applicable law),
indemnification obligations and reimbursement of fees, costs and
expenses, or otherwise, whether fixed or contingent, matured or
unmatured, liquidated or unliquidated. For so long as Section 2
applies, the principal amount of Series B Claims shall not exceed
the Maximum First Lien Principal Amount.
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“ Series B Covenant Default ” means any Event of Default under the Series B Note
Documents that is not a Series B Payment Default.
“ Series B Holders ” has the meaning assigned to that term in the
introductory paragraph hereof.
“ Series B Liens ” means all Liens on the Collateral securing Series B
Claims.
“ Series B Note Documents ” means the Series B Note Purchase Agreement and the
“Note Documents” as defined in the Series B Note
Purchase Agreement, including, without limitation, the Series B
Guaranty and Pledge Agreement.
“ Series B Note Purchase Agreement ” has the meaning assigned to that term in the
recitals to this Agreement.
“ Series B Payment Default ” means an Event of Default under the Series B Note
Documents arising from the failure of any Note Party to make any
payment when due.
“ Standstill Notice ” has the meaning assigned to that term in the
definition of Standstill Period.
“ Standstill Period ” means the period commencing upon the occurrence of
a Series A Event of Default and ending 120 days following the date
on which the Series A Administrative Holder shall have provided the
Series B Administrative Holder with written notice (a
“ Standstill
Notice ”) of the
occurrence of such Event of Default, which Standstill Notice shall
specify such Event of Default and state that this Standstill Notice
is being delivered pursuant to Section 2.1(f) . If a Standstill
Notice is delivered specifying a Series A Event of Default, the
Series A Event of Default that is specified in the Standstill
Notice shall not give rise to a second or subsequent Standstill
Period unless such Series A Event of Default has been in the
interim cured or waived for a period of not less than 90
consecutive days and subsequently recurs.
“ Total Outstandings ” means, as of any date of determination, the
aggregate principal amount of all outstanding Notes as of such
date.
“ UCC ” means
the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent
legislation) as in effect in any applicable
jurisdiction.
SECTION
2. Subordination Terms. Subject to the terms set forth in
Section 3 , the parties hereto agree as follows:
2.1
Debt
Subordination.
(a) The Series A Claims and all obligations of the Note
Parties under the Series A Note Documents shall, to the extent and
in the manner herein set forth, be subordinated and junior in right
of payment to the prior Payment in Full of the Series B Claims.
Except as set forth in subsection (b) below, until all Series B
Claims have been Paid in Full, (i) no Series A Holder shall be
entitled to receive or retain payment of any kind in respect of any
Series A Claim and (ii) each Series A Holder agrees not to ask for,
demand, accept or receive any payment in respect of any Series A
Claim. Nothing in this clause (a) or clause (b), below, will serve
to prohibit payment to or receipt by the
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Collateral Agent of
amounts to which it is entitled in respect of expense reimbursement
or indemnification pursuant to this Agreement or any Note
Document.
(b) Except as otherwise provided
in this clause (b), and only to the extent provided for in the
Series A Note Documents in their form existing on the date hereof
(without giving effect to any modification thereof), Series A
Holders may receive payments of interest on the Series A Notes,
expense reimbursements and indemnification payments. Upon the
happening of any Series B Payment Default, no Note Party shall be
permitted to make, and no Series A Holder shall be entitled to
receive from any Note Party, any payment on account of any Series A
Claims until the earliest to occur of (i) the date such Series B
Payment Default has been waived, cured or otherwise ceases to exist
(in each case in accordance with the terms of the Series B Note
Documents), and (ii) the date on which all Series B Claims shall
have been Paid in Full. Upon (1) the happening of any Series B
Covenant Default and (2) the giving of written notice thereof
specifying that it is a “Payment Blockage Notice” under
this Section
2.1(b) by the Series B
Administrative Holder to the Series A Administrative Holder and the
Issuer, no Note Party shall be permitted to make, and no Series A
Holder shall be entitled to receive from any Note Party, any
payment on account of any Series A Claims until the earliest of (i)
the 180th day from and including the date the Payment Blockage
Notice is delivered, (ii) the date such Series B Covenant Default
has been waived or cured or shall otherwise cease to exist (in each
case in accordance with the terms of the Series B Note Documents)
and (iii) the date on which all Series B Claims shall have been
Paid in Full. No more than one Payment Blockage Notice may be
delivered pursuant to the preceding sentence during any 360-day
period. No facts or circumstances constituting a Series B Covenant
Default existing on or prior to the date any Payment Blockage
Notice is given may be used as a basis for any subsequent Blockage
Notice, unless such Series B Covenant Event of Default has been in
the interim cured or waived for a period of not less than 90
consecutive days and subsequently recurs. Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary in the foregoing, during any such blockage period
described in this clause (b) Series A Holders shall be entitled to
(i) add accrued and unpaid interest under the Series A Notes to
principal on the Series A Notes, (ii) convert the principal of and
accrued interest on the Series A Notes into equity of Parent, if
such conversion is made prior to the commencement of any Insolvency
Proceeding with respect to any Note Party and (iii) receive
Reorganization Securities. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Agreement (including any provision of Section 2),
any Series A Holder may satisfy all or any portion of its
indemnification obligations under Section 11.4 of the Merger
Agreement by delivering to the Parent or any of its Affiliates one
or more Series A Notes owned by it (or any portion thereof) having
an aggregate principal amount equal to the amount of the
indemnification payment required to be made by the Sellers’
Representative (as defined in the Merger Agreement) under Section
11.4 of the Merger Agreement.
(c) Without diminishing the foregoing prohibitions, in the
event that any Note Party shall make any payment to any Series A
Holder in respect of Series A Claims not expressly authorized by
subsection (b) above, such payment shall be held in trust by such
Series A Holder, for the benefit of the Series B Holders, and shall
be paid over immediately (without necessity of demand) to the
Series B Administrative Holder, for application in accordance with
the Series B Note Documents to the payment of Series B Claims until
the same shall have been Paid in Full. In the event of the failure
of any Series A Holder to endorse any instrument for the payment of
money so received by such Series A Holder, the Series B
Administrative Holder is irrevocably appointed attorney-in-fact for
the Series A Holders with full power to make such endorsement and
with full power of substitution.
(d) Subject to the prior Payment in Full of all Series B
Claims, the Series A Holders shall be subrogated to the rights of
the holders of Series B Claims to receive payments or distributions
of cash, property or securities of the Issuer applicable to the
Series B Claims until the Series A Claims shall be Paid in Full;
and, for the purposes of such subrogation, no such payments or
distributions to the Series B Holders by or on behalf of the Issuer
or by or on behalf of the Series A
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Holders by virtue of
this Section 2
which otherwise would have been made to
the Series A Holders shall, as between the Issuer and the Series A
Holders, be deemed to be a payment by the Issuer to or on account
of the Series B Claims, it being understood that the provisions of
this Section 2
are and are intended solely for the
purpose of defining the relative rights of the Series A Holders, on
the one hand, and the Series B Holders, on the other hand. No
Series B Holder shall by virtue of this subrogation (i) owe any
fiduciary or similar obligation to any Series A Holder and (ii) be
liable to such Series A Holders for any action taken or omitted to
be taken by the Series B Holders.
(e) The provisions of this
Agreement are for the purpose of defining the relative rights of
the Series A Holders on the one hand and the Series B Holders on
the other hand with respect to the enforcement of rights and
remedies and priority of payment of the various obligations of the
Issuers and the other Note Parties to each of them. Nothing herein
shall impair, as between the Issuer and each Noteholder, the
obligations of the Issuer, which are unconditional and absolute, to
pay to the Noteholder thereof the principal and interest on the
Notes and any other liabilities encompassed in the Claims, all in
accordance with their respective terms, subject to the prior
Payment in Full of the Series B Claims as provided for
herein.
(f) Notwithstanding any Default
or Event of Default in respect of the Series A Claims, until the
Series B Claims have been Paid in Full, no Series A Holder shall,
without the prior written consent of the Series B Administrative
Holder, until the expiration of any applicable Standstill Period:
(1) accelerate all or any portion of the Series A Claims; (2)
commence or join (unless the Series B Holders shall also join) in
any involuntary proceeding against Issuer or any other Note Party
under any bankruptcy, reorganization, readjustment of debt,
arrangement of debt, receivership, liquidation or insolvency law or
statute of any federal or state government; or (3) pursue any
remedy or commence any action or proceeding against Issuer or any
other Note Party to enforce payment of all or any part of the
Series A Claims. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the restrictions in
this clause (f) shall cease to apply upon (a) the commencement of
any Insolvency Proceeding, (b) the acceleration of the Series B
Claims, (c) institution or commencement by the Series B
Administrative Holder or any holder of Series B Claims of any
remedies against any Note Party in respect of the Series B Claims
to enforce payment of, or foreclose upon or exercise other remedies
with respect to Collateral or any deed or conveyance of any
Collateral to any Series B Creditor in lieu of foreclosure thereof,
(d) the final maturity of the Series A Claims or the Series B
Claims, or (e) the date that all of the Series B Claims has been
Paid in Full.
(g)
To the extent that any payment made on the Series B Claims is
subsequently invalidated, declared to be fraudulent or
preferential, set aside or is required to be repaid to a trustee,
receiver or any other party under any bankruptcy act, state or
Federal law, common law or equitable cause or otherwise, and
whether as a result of any demand, settlement, litigation or
otherwise (such payment being hereinafter referred to as a
“ Voided
Payment ”), then to
the extent of such Voided Payment that portion of the Series B
Claims which had been previously satisfied by such Voided Payment
shall be revived and continue in full force and effect as if such
Voided Payment had never been made, and this Section 2 shall be reinstated with respect to such Voided
Payment.
(h) Without the necessity of any
reservation of rights against or any notice to or further assent by
any Series A Holder, (i) any demand for payment of any Series B
Claims made by the Series B Holders may be rescinded in whole or in
part by the Series B Holders, (ii) the Series B Holders may
exercise or refrain from exercising any rights and/or remedies
against any Note Party and others, if any, liable under the Series
B Claims, and (iii) the Series B Claims and any agreement or
instrument evidencing, securing, or otherwise relating to the
Series B Claims (including, without limitation, the Series B Note
Documents), or any collateral security therefor or guaranty thereof
or other right of any nature with respect thereto, may be amended,
extended, modified, continued, accelerated, compromised, waived,
surrendered or released by the Series B Holders in any manner the
Series B Holders deem in their
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best interests, all
without impairing, abridging, releasing or affecting in any manner
the subordination of the Series A Claims to the Series B Claims
provided for herein. Without limiting the foregoing, each Series A
Holder waives any and all notice of the creation, amendment,
restatement, extension, acceleration, compromise, continuation,
waiver, surrender, release or modification of any nature of the
Series B Claims, or the Series B Note Documents, and notice of or
proof of reliance by any Series B Holder upon the subordination
provided for herein.
(i) All Series A Note Documents
shall bear a legend disclosing the existence of this Agreement in
form and substance substantially similar to the following;
provided that any such legend shall be removed following the
Repriority Event:
REFERENCE IS MADE TO
THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT DATED AS OF DECEMBER 21, 2007 (AS
AMENDED, RESTATED, SUPPLEMENTED OR OTHERWISE MODIFIED FROM TIME TO
TIME, THE “INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT”), AMONG TRIARC
DEERFIELD HOLDINGS, LLC, JONATHAN W. TRUTTER, PAULA HORN AND THE
JOHN K. BRINCKERHOFF AND LAURA R. BRINCKERHOFF REVOCABLE TRUST, AS
HOLDERS OF THE SERIES A NOTES (AS DEFINED THEREIN), SACHS CAPITAL
MANAGEMENT LLC, SPENSYD ASSET MANAGEMENT LLLP AND SCOTT A. ROBERTS,
AS HOLDERS OF THE SERIES B NOTES (AS DEFINED THEREIN), TRIARC
DEERFIELD HOLDINGS, LLC, AS COLLATERAL AGENT, DEERFIELD &
COMPANY LLC AND DEERFIELD CAPITAL CORP. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING
HEREIN TO THE CONTRARY, THIS INSTRUMENT IS SUBJECT TO THE
PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. IN THE EVENT OF ANY
CONFLICT OR INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE PROVISIONS OF THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THIS INSTRUMENT, THE PROVISIONS OF THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL CONTROL.
(j) Any financing statements
filed while this Section
2 is in effect shall be
filed for purposes of perfecting the Series B Liens before any
financing statement is filed for purposes of perfecting the Series
A Liens.
2.2
Lien
Subordination.
All Series A Liens now or hereafter existing with
respect to any Collateral, including without limitation judgment
Liens, shall be subject, subordinate and junior in all respects and
at all times to the Series B Liens now or hereafter existing with
respect to such Collateral. To the extent the Claims are secured by
a common Lien, the rights and interests of the Series A Holders in
respect of such Lien shall be deemed to be subject, subordinate and
junior in all respect to the rights of the Series B Holders in
respect of such Lien.
2.3
Enforcement Rights .
(a) Each Series A Holder agrees
that until all Series B Claims have been Paid in Full, (i) it will
not take any Enforcement Action with respect to any Collateral; and
(ii) subject to the terms of this Agreement, Series B
Administrative Holder may, at its option at any time while an Event
of Default exists under the Series B Note Documents, take any
Enforcement Action and exercise any right or remedy it deems
appropriate in connection therewith with respect to the Collateral.
Until the Series B Claims are Paid in Full, Series B Administrative
Holder shall have the exclusive right to instruct the Collateral
Agent in respect of any remedies to be taken in respect of
Collateral. However, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
the foregoing, if the Series B Administrative Holder has not
instructed the Collateral Agent to initiate Enforcement Action with
respect to a substantial portion of the
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Collateral, the
Series A Administrative Holder may deliver written notice to the
Series B Administrative Holder requesting that such Enforcement
Action be taken and, if Series B Administrative Holder has not
instructed the Collateral Agent to initiate Enforcement Action with
respect to a substantial portion of the Collateral within 180 days
after receipt of such notice, then Series A Administrative Holder
may so instruct the Collateral Agent, provided, however, that if
Series A Administrative Holder subsequently pursues Enforcement
Actions with respect to a substantial portion of the Collateral,
Series A Administrative Holder shall cease any Enforcement Action
then pending and shall not pursue further Enforcement
Action.
(b) Series A Administrative
Holder, on behalf of itself and the other Series A Holders, agrees
that it shall take such actions (at the sole cost and expense of
Issuer) as Series B Administrative Holder shall request in
connection with the exercise by Series B Holders of its rights set
forth herein.
(c) Except as provided in
subsections (d) and (e) hereof, if any Holder shall enforce its
rights or remedies in violation of the terms of this Agreement,
Issuer shall not be entitled to use such violation as a defense to
any action by any Holder, nor to assert such violation as a
counterclaim or basis for set-off or recoupment against any
Holder.
(d) If any Series A Holder,
contrary to this Agreement, commences or participates in any
Enforcement Action against the Collateral, Note Parties, with the
prior written consent of Series B Administrative Holder, may
interpose as a defense or dilatory plea the making of this
Agreement, and any Series B Holder may intervene and interpose such
defense or plea in its or their name or in the name of
Issuer.
(e) Should any Series A Holder,
contrary to this Agreement, in any way take, or attempt to or
threaten to take any action with respect to the Collateral
(including, without limitation, any attempt to realize upon or
enforce any remedy with respect to this Agreement), or fail to take
any action required by this Agreement, any Series B Holder (in its
or their own name or in the name of Issuer) or Issuer may obtain
relief against such Series A Holder by injunction, specific
performance and/or other appropriate equitable relief, it being
understood and agreed by Series A Administrative Holder on behalf
of each Series A Holder that (A) Series B Holders’ damages
from its actions may at that time be difficult to ascertain and may
be irreparable, and (B) each Series A Holder waives any defense
that Issuer and/or Series B Holders cannot demonstrate damage
and/or be made whole by the awarding of damages.
2.4
Standstill and Waivers . Each Series A Holder agrees that until the Series B
Claims are Paid in Full:
(a) it will not oppose, object
to, interfere with, hinder or delay, in any manner, whether by
judicial proceedings (including without limitation the filing of an
Insolvency Proceeding) or otherwise, any foreclosure, sale, lease,
exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Collateral by Series
B Administrative Holder or any other Series B Holder or any other
Enforcement Action taken by or on behalf of Series B Administrative
Holder or any other Series B Holder (provided, however, that the
foregoing will prohibit Series A Holders from enforcing
restrictions on asset sales set forth in the Series A Note
Documents only if (i) an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing under the Series B Note Documents or (ii) such
restrictions were added after the date hereof without either the
consent of Series B Administrative Holder or the addition of the
same restriction in the Series B Note Documents);
(b) except as provided in
Section 2.3(a)
, it has no right to (i) direct
Collateral Agent to exercise any right, remedy or power with
respect to the Collateral or any Series A Note Document, (ii)
consent or object to the exercise by Series B Administrative Holder
or any other Series B
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Holder of any right,
remedy or power with respect to the Collateral or pursuant to the
Series B Note Documents or to the timing or manner in which any
such right is exercised or not exercised (or, to the extent it may
have any such right described in this clause (c), whether as a
junior lien creditor or otherwise, it hereby irrevocably waives
such right);
(c) it will not commence
judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings with respect to,
seek to have a trustee, receiver, liquidator or similar official
appointed for or over, attempt any action to take possession of any
Collateral, exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to, or
otherwise take any action to enforce its interest in or realize
upon, the Collateral or pursuant to the Series A Note Documents;
and
(d) except as provided in Section 2.3(a) , it
will not take any other Enforcement Actions against Collateral
under the Series A Note Documents.
(e) Nothing in the foregoing
shall prohibit Series A Holders from (i) bidding for or purchasing
Collateral at a foreclosure sale or in any private sale process,
(ii) joining in any foreclosure proceeding for the purpose of
protecting its Liens or (iii) receiving proceeds of Collateral
pursuant to Section
2.6 .
2.5
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings.
(a) In the event of an
Insolvency Proceeding, the Series B Holders shall be entitled in
any such proceeding to receive Payment in Full, of all Series B
Claims before any Series A Holder is entitled in such proceeding to
receive any payment on account of the Series A Claims owed to such
Series A Holder, and to that end in any such proceeding, so long as
any Series B Claim remains outstanding, any payment or distribution
of any kind or character (other than any Reorganization Securities)
whether in cash or in other property, to which any Series A Holder
would be entitled but for the provisions hereof, shall be delivered
to the Series B Administrative Holder for distribution to the
Series B Holders to the extent necessary to make Payment in Full,
of all Series B Claims remaining unpaid, after giving effect to any
concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of Series B
Claims.
(b) Upon the commencement of an
Insolvency Proceeding with respect to Issuer or any other Note
Party, Series A Holder shall be deemed, in order to effectuate the
subordination set forth above, to have granted to the Series B
Administrative Holder, as agent for the Series B Holders, as of the
date of the commencement of such Insolvency Proceeding the right,
subject to the terms of this Agreement, to collect all payments and
distributions of any kind and description, whether in cash or other
property, paid or payable in respect of any claims or demands of
Series A Holder against Issuer or any other Note Party arising from
the Series A Claims until the Payment in Full of all Series B
Claims. Upon the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, each
Series A Holder shall also be deemed to have granted to the Series
B Administrative Holder, as agent for the Series B Holders, the
full right (but not the obligation), subject to the terms of this
Agreement, in its own name or in its name as attorney in fact for
such Series A Holder, to collect and enforce said claims and
demands of such Series A Holder by suit or otherwise (except for
any proof of claim) in any Insolvency Proceeding.
(c) Until the Series B Claims
are Paid in Full, each Series A Holder agrees that it shall not, in
or in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding, file any pleadings
or motions, take any position at any hearing or proceeding of any
nature, or otherwise take any action whatsoever, in each case in
respect of any of the Collateral, including, without limitation,
with respect to the determination of any Liens or claims held by
Series B Administrative Holder (including the validity and
enforceability thereof) or any other Series B Holder or the value
of any claims of such parties under Section 506(a) of the
Bankruptcy Code or otherwise; provided that (i) Series A
Administrative Holder may defend against any
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action in a
bankruptcy to avoid its Lien on the Collateral, (ii) Series A
Holders 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 Series A
Holders, including without limitation any claims secured by the
Collateral, if any, in each case in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement, and (iii) Series A Holders 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 Series A Claims and the
Collateral.
(d) Until the Series B Claims
are Paid in Full, if any Note Party becomes subject to any
Insolvency Proceeding, and if Series B Administrative Holder or
Series B Holders desire to consent (or not object) to the use of
cash collateral on which Series B Holders or any other creditor has
a Lien or to provide financing to any Note Party under the
Bankruptcy Code or to consent (or not object) to the provision of
such financing to any Note Party by any Person (“
DIP Financing ”), then Series A Holders agree that they
(i) will be deemed to have consented to, and will raise no
objection to, the use of such cash collateral or to such DIP
Financing, (ii) will not request or accept any form of adequate
protection or any other relief in connection with the use of such
cash collateral or such DIP Financing except as set forth in
subsection (f) below, and (iii) to the extent the Liens in favor of
Series B Holders are subordinated or pari passu with such
DIP Financing, will subordinate (and will be deemed hereunder to
have subordinated) the Liens in favor of Series A Holders (x) to
such DIP Financing with the same terms and conditions as the Liens
in favor of Series B Holders are subordinated thereto (and such
subordination will not alter in a
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