Exhibit
10.16
DEBT SUBORDINATION AND
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
This Debt
Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement (as the same may from
time to time be amended, modified or restated, the “
Agreement ”) is dated as of November __, 2008, and is
entered into by and among (a) CAPITAL GROWTH SYSTEMS, INC., a
Florida corporation (“ Parent ”), (b) GLOBAL
CAPACITY GROUP, INC., a Texas corporation (“ GCG
”), (c) CENTREPATH, INC., a Delaware corporation (“
Centrepath ”), (d) 20/20 TECHNOLOGIES, INC., a
Delaware corporation (“ 20/20 Inc. ”), (e) 20/20
TECHNOLOGIES I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“
20/20 LLC ”), (f) NEXVU TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (“ Nexvu ”), (g) FNS
2007, INC., a Delaware corporation (“ FNS ”),
(h) VANCO DIRECT USA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“ Vanco ”), (i) MAGENTA NETLOGIC LIMITED, a
company incorporated in England and Wales (“ Magenta
”), (j) CAPITAL GROWTH ACQUISITION, INC., a Delaware
corporation (“ Acquisition ”; Parent, GCG,
Centrepath, 20/20 Inc., 20/20 LLC, Nexvu, FNS, Vanco, Magenta and
Acquisition are referred to herein individually as a “
Debtor ” and collectively as the “
Debtors ”), (k) ENABLE GROWTH PARTNERS, L.P., a
Delaware limited partnership, in its capacity as agent for the
Debenture Purchasers under and as defined in the Subordinated
Debenture Agreements described below (in such capacity, the “
Junior Agent ”), (l) the Purchasers under and as
defined in the Subordinated Debenture
Agreements (Junior Agent and such Purchasers are sometimes referred
to herein as a “ Junior Creditor ” and
collectively as the “ Junior Creditors ”), (m)
each Lender under and as defined in the Senior Loan Agreement
described below (each a “ Senior Lender ”), and
(n) ACF CGS, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company, as
administrative agent for each of the Senior Lenders under the
Senior Loan Agreement (together with each such Senior Lender,
collectively, the “ Senior Creditor
”).
WITNESSETH:
WHEREAS,
Certain Junior Creditors have provided financing to Parent pursuant
to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of March 11,
2008 (as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time,
the “ Original Subordinated Debenture Agreement
”), as further evidenced by those certain Variable Rate
Senior Secured Convertible Debentures due March 11, 2013, made by
Parent payable to such Junior Creditors in the aggregate original
principal amount of $19,000,000 (collectively, the “
Original Debentures ”).
WHEREAS,
pursuant to the terms of that certain Consent, Waiver, Amendment
and Exchange Agreement dated as of even date herewith, by and among
the Parent and the Junior Creditors holding Original Debentures
identified therein, the Parent and the holders of the Original
Debentures have agreed to exchange the Original Debentures for new
Amended and Restated Original Issue Discount Secured Convertible
Debentures due March 11, 2015, made by Parent to such Junior
Creditors in the aggregate original principal amount of $30,847,551
(the “ Amended and Restated Debentures
”).
WHEREAS, on the date hereof, Junior Creditors
will provide additional financing to Parent in the aggregate
principal amount of $14,891,250 pursuant to that certain Securities
Purchase Agreement dated on or about the
date hereof among Junior Creditors and Parent (the “ New
Subordinated Debenture Agreement ”, and, together with
the Original Subordinated Debenture Agreement, the “
Subordinated Debenture Agreements ”), as further
evidenced by those certain Original Issue Discount Secured
Convertible Debentures due November __, 2015, made by Parent
payable to Junior Creditors in the aggregate principal amount of
$14,891,250 (each debenture issued under any Subordinated Debenture
Agreement, as such debenture may be amended, restated or otherwise
modified from time to time, is hereafter referred to as a “
Subordinated Debenture ”).
WHEREAS, each Debtor other than Parent has
guaranteed the obligations of Parent with respect to the
Subordinated Debentures pursuant to (i) that certain Subsidiary
Guarantee dated as of March 11, 2008, by such Debtors in favor of
the holders of the Original Debentures, and (ii) that certain
Subsidiary Guaranty dated on or about the date hereof, by such
Debtors in favor of the Junior Creditors (collectively, the “
Subordinated Debenture Guarantees ”), and the
obligations of Debtors to Junior Creditors are secured by
substantially all assets of Debtors pursuant to (i) that certain
Security Agreement dated as of March 11, 2008, by Debtors in favor
of the holders of the Original Debentures, and (ii) that certain
Security Agreement dated on or about the date hereof, by Debtors in
favor of the Junior Creditors (collectively, the “
Subordinated Debenture Security Agreements ”). All
current and future documents relating to the Junior Debt (as
hereinafter defined), including without limitation the Subordinated
Debentures, the Subordinated Debenture Agreements, the Subordinated
Debenture Guarantees, the Subordinated Debenture Security
Agreements and any other guaranty, security agreement, pledge
agreement, control agreement, mortgage, deed of trust or other
instrument, document or agreement executed and/or delivered in
connection with any of the foregoing (including any share of stock
or other security into which any Subordinated Debenture has been or
may be converted), as the same may be amended, modified or
restated, are referred to herein as the “ Subordinated
Debenture Documents ”.
WHEREAS, Senior Creditor and Debtors are parties
to that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated on or about the
date hereof (as amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time
to time, and including any Refinancing thereof, the “
Senior Loan Agreement ”), pursuant to which Senior
Creditor has made a loan to the Debtors in the principal amount of
$8,500,000. All current and future documents relating to the Senior
Debt, as hereafter defined, including without limitation the Senior
Loan Agreement and any guaranty, security agreement, pledge
agreement, control agreement, mortgage, or deed of trust, and any
documents evidencing or relating to any Additional Senior Loans, as
the same may be amended, modified or restated, are herein and now
referred to collectively and individually as the “ Senior
Loan Documents ”.
WHEREAS, the Senior Debt is secured by the
Collateral, as hereafter defined.
WHEREAS, in order to induce Senior Creditor to
enter into the Senior Loan Agreement and to provide financing to
Debtors thereunder, Junior Creditors and Debtors have agreed to
enter into this Agreement in order to subordinate the Junior Debt
to the Senior Debt and to subordinate the security interest and
other rights of Junior Creditors in the Collateral to the security
interest and other rights of Senior Creditor with respect
thereto.
NOW,
THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, receipt of which is
hereby acknowledged, Junior Creditors and Debtors hereby agree with
Senior Creditor as follows:
1.
Certain Defined Terms
. In addition to the terms defined above and
elsewhere in this Agreement, the following terms used in this
Agreement will have the following meanings, applicable both to the
singular and the plural forms of the terms
defined:
“
Bankruptcy Code ”: Title 11 of the
United States Code (11 U.S.C. § 101 et
seq .).
“
Bankruptcy Event ”: (a) any
insolvency or bankruptcy case or proceeding (including any case
under the Bankruptcy Code), or any receivership, custodianship,
liquidation, reorganization, administration, administrative
receivership, arrangement or other similar case or proceeding,
relative to any Debtor, or to the assets of any Debtor, (b) any
liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or winding up of any
Debtor, whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not
involving solvency or bankruptcy, (c) any assignment for the
benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of assets and
liabilities of any Debtor, (d) any sale, transfer or other
disposition of all or substantially all of the assets of any Debtor
in connection with any of the foregoing, or (e) any application,
notice, resolution or order made, passed or given for or in
connection with any of the foregoing or any event analogous to any
of the foregoing.
“
Blockage Notice ”: a written notice
from Senior Creditor to Junior Agent that a Non-Payment Default or
Payment Default has occurred and is continuing. Any Blockage Notice
shall specify the nature of the applicable Payment Default(s) and
Non-Payment Default(s).
“
Blockage Period ”: any period
commencing on the date a Blockage Notice is given and ending (a)
with respect to a Blockage Period in connection with a Payment
Default, on the earliest to occur of (i) the date when such Payment
Default has been cured or waived in writing by Senior Creditor, or
(ii) 180 days from the date a Blockage Notice is given if prior to
such date the Senior Creditor has not formally accelerated the
Senior Debt and undertaken good faith proceedings to effect such
acceleration; (b) with respect to a Class 1 Non-Payment Default, on
the earliest to occur of (i) the date when such Class-1 Non-Payment
Default has been cured or waived in writing by Senior Creditor, or
(ii) 180 days from the date a Blockage Notice is given if prior to
such date the Senior Creditor has not formally accelerated the
Senior Debt and undertaken good faith proceedings to effect such
acceleration; and (c) with respect to a Class 2 Non-Payment
Default, on the earliest to occur of (i) the date when such Class-2
Non-Payment Default has been cured or waived in writing by Senior
Creditor, or (ii) 60 days from the date a Blockage Notice is given
if prior to such date the Senior Creditor has not formally
accelerated the Senior Debt and undertaken good faith proceedings
to effect such acceleration.
“
Class 1 Non-Payment Default ”: each
of the Non-Payment Defaults under the Senior Loan Documents
described on Schedule 1 attached hereto.
“
Class 2 Non-Payment Default ”: each
of the Non-Payment Defaults under the Senior Loan Documents
described on Schedule 2 attached hereto.
“
Collateral ”: any and all of the
assets now owned or hereafter acquired by any Debtor, together with
all proceeds, products, accessions and additions thereto from time
to time, including without limitation any insurance
proceeds.
“
Debtor ”: has the meaning ascribed to
such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement and shall
include any successor assign or assign of any Debtor, including,
without limitation, a receiver, trustee or
debtor-in-possession.
“
Deed of Priority ”: means that
certain Deed of Priority dated as of the date hereof, by and among
Magenta and 20/20 LLC, as chargors, Senior Agent, the Junior
Creditors, and Parent, Centrepath, GCG, 20/20 Inc., FNS, Nexvu,
Acquisition and Vanco.
“
Default ”: any “Default”,
as such term is defined in the Senior Loan Agreement, together with
any other default, event of default or other breach of any Senior
Loan Document (after giving effect to any applicable notice and
cure periods) that entitles Senior Creditor to accelerate the
Senior Debt or exercise any other right or remedy against any
Debtor.
“
Enforcement Action ” shall mean (a)
the commencement of legal proceedings by Senior Creditor against
the Debtors for the collection of all or substantially all of the
indebtedness owed pursuant to the Senior Loan Agreement, whether
pursuant to institution of a lawsuit or the taking of actions to
foreclose on substantially all of the collateral securing Senior
Debt, including, without limitation, the institution of any
enforcement or foreclosure proceedings, the noticing of any public
or private sale or other disposition pursuant to the United States
Bankruptcy Code, or any diligently pursued attempt to vacate or
obtain relief from a stay or other injunction restricting any other
action described in this definition, (b) the exercise of any right
or remedy in connection with a Default as provided under the Senior
Loan Documents (including delivery of any notice to seek to obtain
payment directly from any account debtor of any Debtor or the
taking of any action or the exercise of any right or remedy in
respect of the setoff or recoupment against the Collateral or
proceeds of Collateral), under applicable law, at equity, in a
Bankruptcy Event or otherwise, (c) the sale, assignment, transfer,
lease, or other disposition of all or substantially all of the
Collateral, by private or public sale or any other means as
permitted under the Senior Loan Documents, (d) the engagement or
retention of sales brokers, marketing agents, investment bankers,
accountants, appraisers, auctioneers or other third parties for the
purpose of marketing or disposing of all or substantially all of
the Collateral, provided that any such engagement or retention
shall require the applicable party to obtain letters of intent with
regard to a transaction within a commercially reasonable period of
time and in any event within sixty (60) days following the date of
the engagement of such person, or (e) the commencement of, or the
joinder with any creditor in commencing, any Bankruptcy Event
against any Debtor or any assets of any Debtor, including the
appointment of a receiver, interim receiver, trustee or similar
official over any Debtor of any assets of any
Debtor.
“
Junior Agent ”: has the meaning set
forth in the introductory paragraph of this
Agreement.
“
Junior Creditor ”: has the meaning
set forth in the introductory paragraph of this
Agreement.
“
Junior Debt ”: all indebtedness,
fees, expenses, obligations and liabilities of each Debtor to any
Junior Creditor, whether now existing or hereafter incurred or
created, under or with respect to the Subordinated Debenture
Documents, in each case, whether such amounts are due or not due,
direct or indirect, absolute or contingent.
“
Lien ”: any interest in property
securing an obligation owed to, or a claim by, a Person other than
the owner of such property, whether such interest is based on the
common law, equity, statute or contract, and including a security
interest, charge, claim or lien arising from a mortgage, deed of
trust, encumbrance, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement, agreement, security agreement, conditional sale or
trust receipt or a lease, consignment or bailment for security
purposes.
“
New Subordinated Debenture Agreement
”: has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this
Agreement.
“
Non-Payment Default ”: any Default
(other than a Payment Default), or any other event (other than a
Payment Default) the occurrence of which (after giving effect to
any applicable notice and cure periods) entitles the Senior
Creditor to accelerate the maturity of any of the Senior Debt, and
including all Class 1 Non-Payment Defaults and Class 2 Non-Payment
Defaults.
“
Original Subordinated Debenture Agreement
”: has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this
Agreement.
“
Payment Default ”: any default in the
payment of any Senior Debt (whether upon maturity, mandatory
prepayment, acceleration or otherwise) beyond any applicable grace
period with respect thereto.
“
Person ”: any individual,
corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company,
association, joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated
organization or government or any agency or political subdivision
thereof.
“
Refinancing ”: any replacement or
refinancing of the Senior Debt, provided that such replacement or
refinancing indebtedness does not (i) increase the principal amount
of the Senior Debt beyond the limits described in clause (a) of the
definition of “Senior Debt”, (ii) extend the stated
maturity date of some or all of the Senior Debt beyond the maturity
date of the Senior Debt as of the date of this Agreement, or (iii)
add any additional events of default or financial covenants such
that such refinancing indebtedness is materially more restrictive
to the Debtors than the Senior Debt as of the date of this
Agreement.
“
Senior Creditor ”: means the Senior
Creditor referred to in the introductory paragraph of this
Agreement and any other holder of Senior Debt from time to
time.
“
Senior Creditor Repayment ”: the
circumstance in which (a) subject to Section 12(a), the Senior Debt
has been paid in full in cash, and (b) the commitment of Senior
Creditor to make loans under the Senior Loan Agreement has been
terminated.
“
Senior Debt ”: all liabilities of any
Debtor to Senior Creditor from time to time outstanding pursuant to
or in connection with the Senior Loan Documents (including, without
limitation, all principal, interest, fees, reimbursement
obligations with respect to letters of credit, indemnities, costs
and expenses) up to an aggregate amount not to exceed the sum of
(a) up to $8,500,000 of loans at any time outstanding pursuant
to the Senior Loan Agreement plus, subject to Senior
Creditor’s compliance with Section 13(a) of this Agreement,
up to an additional $2,000,000 of loans under the Senior Loan
Agreement (“ Additional Senior Loans ”);
plus (b) all interest arising under or with respect to the
Senior Loan Documents, including, in the event of a Bankruptcy
Event, any and all post-petition interest and costs from and after
the date of filing of a petition by or against any Debtor or its
bankruptcy estate, whether or not such amounts are allowed as a
claim against any Debtor in any Bankruptcy Event; plus (c)
all costs and expenses incurred by Senior Creditor in connection
with its enforcement of any rights or remedies under the Senior
Loan Documents, the collection of any of the Senior Debt, or the
protection of, or realization upon, any Collateral, including, by
way of example, court costs, appraisal and consulting fees,
reasonable attorneys’ fees, auctioneers’ fees, rent,
storage, insurance premiums and like items, and whether or not such
amounts are allowed as a claim against any Debtor in connection
with any Bankruptcy Event; plus (d) all fees, charges, and
indemnities owing by any Debtor to Senior Creditor under or in
connection with the Senior Loan Documents; plus (e) all
principal, interest, fees, costs and expenses in connection with
any debtor-in-possession financing provided by Senior Creditor to
one or more Debtors in connection with a Bankruptcy
Event.
“
Senior Loan Agreement ”: has the
meaning set forth in the recitals of this
Agreement.
“
Senior Loan Documents ”: has the
meaning set forth in the recitals of this
Agreement.
“
Subordinated Debenture ”: has the
meaning set forth in the recitals of this
Agreement.
“
Subordinated Debenture Agreement ”:
has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this
Agreement.
“
Subordinated Debenture Documents ”:
has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this
Agreement.
“
Subordinated Debenture Guarantees ”:
has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this
Agreement.
“
Subordinated Debenture Security Agreements
”: has the meaning set forth in the recitals of this
Agreement.
2.
Subordination of Debt
.
(a)
Debtors may pay, and Junior Creditors may
retain, Permitted Payments (as defined below) with respect to the
Junior Debt, provided that following the commencement of an
Enforcement Action and for so long as an Enforcement Action remains
ongoing, Junior Creditors shall be entitled to no Permitted
Payments until the Senior Creditor Repayment shall have occurred,
other than Permitted Payments described in Section 2(c)(i). Unless
and until the Senior Creditor Repayment shall have occurred, no
Junior Creditor will ask for, demand, sue for, take or receive from
any Debtor, by setoff or in any other manner, the whole or any part
of the Junior Debt which does not constitute a Permitted Payment,
including, without limitation, the taking of any negotiable
instruments evidencing such amounts (other than debentures now or
hereafter issued in connection with Junior Debt which are
subordinated pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof and which
contain the subordination legend required hereby), or the taking of
any security for any of the Junior Debt (other than security
interests in the Collateral pursuant to the Subordinated Debenture
Documents in effect on the date hereof unless permitted by Section
8 hereof), and while an Enforcement Action is outstanding, the
holders of the Junior Debt will not accept any Permitted Payments
(other than Permitted Payments described in Section 2(c)(i)) (or if
received will pay them over to Senior Lender).
(b)
Subject to the terms of Section 2(a) above,
unless and until the Senior Creditor Repayment shall have occurred,
in the event that any Junior Creditor shall receive any cash
payment or distribution with respect to the Junior Debt which does
not constitute a Permitted Payment, then, in such event, such
payment or distribution (other than a Permitted Payment described
in Section 2(c)(i)) shall be deemed to have been paid to such
Junior Creditor in trust for the benefit of Senior Creditor and
shall be immediately paid over to Senior Creditor in the form
received by such Junior Creditor (with proper endorsements or
assignments, if necessary) to the extent necessary to pay the
Senior Debt after giving effect to any concurrent payment to Senior
Creditor from other sources.
(c)
As used herein, the term “ Permitted
Payment ” shall mean any of the
following:
(i)
non-cash payments of principal, interest or
other amounts due to one or more Junior Creditors pursuant to and
in accordance with the Subordinated Debenture Documents via the
issuance of Parent’s capital stock;
(ii)
so long as no Blockage Period is in effect and
no Enforcement Action has been commenced and is continuing, cash
payments of liquidated damages made pursuant to the Subordinated
Debenture Documents as in effect on the date hereof or as amended
as permitted by this Agreement;
(iii)
so long as no Blockage Period is in effect and
no Enforcement Action has been commenced and is continuing, cash
payments on account of Quarterly Redemption Amounts (as defined in
the Subordinated Debentures) due under the Subordinated Debenture
Documents in an amount not to exceed 25% of the Debtors’
Excess Cash Flow (as defined in the Senior Loan Agreement),
contemporaneously with the payment of Excess Cash Flow to the
Senior Creditor pursuant to Section 2(c)(v) of the Senior Loan
Agreement;
(iv)
so long as the outstanding principal balance of
the Senior Debt is no more than $2,500,000 and so long as no
Blockage Period is in effect and no Enforcement Action has been
commenced and is continuing, cash payments on account of Quarterly
Redemption Amounts due under the Subordinated Debentures, provided
that no such payment shall be made unless (x) as of the end of the
month immediately preceding payment of any proposed Quarterly
Redemption Amount the Debtors are in compliance with each of the
financial covenants set forth in the Senior Loan Agreement required
to be complied with as of the end of such preceding month, and (y)
no less than ten (10) days prior to the proposed date of payment of
such Quarterly Redemption Amount, Debtors shall have delivered to
Senior Creditor and Junior Creditor Agent written certification of
such compliance, together, in the case of Senior Creditor, with
calculations in reasonable detail evidencing compliance with such
financial covenants (if requested in writing, and only if requested
in writing, subject to Section 4.8 of the Original Subordinated
Debenture Agreement, the Debtors shall deliver calculations in
reasonable detail evidencing compliance with such financial
covenants to the Junior Creditor Agent); and
(v)
so long as no Blockage Period is in effect an no
Enforcement Action has been commenced and is continuing,
reimbursement of out of pocket expenses (including, if applicable,
legal fees and expenses) payable to Junior Creditors pursuant to
the Subordinated Debenture Documents (as in effect as of the date
of this Agreement) and Section 32 of this
Agreement.
(d)
The rights of each Junior Creditor to receive
any payments with respect to the Subordinated Debenture Documents
(other than Permitted Payments described in Section 2(c)(i)) will
be suspended upon delivery of a Blockage Notice to Junior Agent.
Upon the termination of any Blockage Period, each Junior
Creditor’s right to receive Permitted Payments as provided
above shall be reinstated, and Debtors may resume making such
payments to Junior Creditors (including any payments that were
deferred as a result thereof). The aggregate number of days in any
consecutive 365-day period during which Blockage Periods may be in
effect solely as a result of Non-Payment Defaults shall be 180
days. No Blockage Period may be imposed by Senior Creditor as a
result of any Non-Payment Default existing on the date that any
previous Blockage Notice was given and of which an officer of
Senior Creditor had actual knowledge on the date such Blockage
Notice was given.
3.
Subordination of
Liens .
Unless and until the Senior Creditor Repayment shall have occurred,
each Debtor, for itself and its successors and assigns, covenants
and agrees, and each Junior Creditor, for itself and its successors
and assigns, hereby covenants and agrees, that all Liens now or
hereafter acquired by Senior Creditor in any or all of the
Collateral shall at all times be prior and superior to any Lien now
held or hereafter acquired by any Junior Creditor in the
Collateral. Said priority shall be applicable irrespective of the
time or order of attachment or perfection of any Lien or the time
or order of filing of any financing statements or other documents,
or any statutes, rules or law, or court decisions to the contrary.
The Lien subordination provisions in this Agreement are for the
benefit of and shall be enforceable directly by Senior Creditor,
and Senior Creditor shall be deemed to have acquired the Senior
Debt in reliance upon this Agreement.
4.
Disposition of
Collateral .
(a)
Each Junior Creditor hereby agrees that, until
the Senior Creditor Repayment, Senior Creditor may dispose of, and
exercise any other rights with respect to, any or all of the
Collateral, free of the Liens of such Junior Creditor, provided
that such Junior Creditor retains any rights it may have as a
junior secured creditor with respect to the Junior Debt with
respect to the surplus, if any, arising from any such disposition
or enforcement. Upon any disposition of any of the Collateral by
Senior Creditor, each Junior Creditor (i) agrees, if requested, to
execute and immediately deliver any and all releases or other
documents or agreements which Senior Creditor deems reasonably
necessary to accomplish a disposition thereof free of the Liens of
such Junior Creditor, and (ii) authorizes Senior Creditor to
record, or cause to have recorded, any UCC financing statements
which Senior Creditor deems reasonably necessary to accomplish a
disposition thereof free of the Liens of such Junior Creditor (it
being understood that Senior Creditor shall not release any Liens
of any Junior Creditor in any Collateral which is not the subject
of such disposition). Each Junior Creditor agrees that any funds of
any Debtor which it obtains through the exercise of any right of
setoff or other similar right constitute Collateral, and each
Junior Creditor shall immediately pay such funds to Senior Creditor
to be applied to the outstanding Senior Debt. Senior Creditor
agrees to act in a commercially reasonable fashion in connection
with any disposition of any Collateral by Senior
Creditor.
(b)
In the event of a sale or other disposition by
any Debtor of some or all of the Collateral in connection with the
liquidation or winding up of its business, each Junior Creditor
agrees to release its Lien on such Collateral promptly (and in any
event within three business days) upon the request of Senior
Creditor, whether or not such Junior Creditor will receive any
proceeds from such sale, but only if the net proceeds are used to
pay the Senior Debt in cash and, if such net proceeds are
sufficient to repay the Senior Debt in full, if the remaining
proceeds are used to pay the Junior Debt in cash (unless otherwise
required by applicable law). Should any Junior Creditor fail to
provide a release of its Lien in any such Collateral sold or agree
in writing to release its Lien contemporaneously with any such sale
in accordance with the provisions of the preceding sentence
(including the application of proceeds) within three (3) business
days after its receipt of Senior Creditor’s written request,
Senior Creditor may, acting as such Junior Creditor’s
attorney-in-fact, do so itself in such Junior Creditor’s
name. Such power of attorney is coupled with an interest and is
irrevocable until the Senior Creditor Repayment shall have
occurred.
5.
Limitations on Rights and
Remedies .
(a)
So long as a Blockage Period is in effect or if
Senior Lender has commenced and is diligently pursuing an
Enforcement Action, each Junior Creditor hereby agrees, severally
and not jointly with the other Junior Creditors, that it shall not
exercise any rights or remedies with respect to any Debtor or any
Collateral, including, without limitation, the right to (a) enforce
any Liens or repossess, sell or otherwise foreclose on any portion
of the Collateral, or (b) request any action, institute litigation
or other proceedings, give any instructions, make any election,
notice account debtors or make collections with respect to any
portion of the Collateral; provided , however , that
if Debtors or Senior Creditor shall cure the applicable event of
default under the Subordinated Debenture Documents prior to the
taking of such remedial action by any Junior Creditor, no Junior
Creditor will take or continue any remedial action with respect to
such event of default after the date of such cure; and, until the
Senior Creditor Repayment, any payments, distributions or proceeds
resulting from the exercise of any such remedial action received by
any Junior Creditor shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement
and shall be paid or delivered to Senior Creditor as provided in
this Agreement; provided , further , notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, Junior Creditors shall
not be prohibited (at any time, with or without notice, even during
a Blockage Period or while an Enforcement Action is outstanding)
from taking action against the Debtors to (x) collect Permitted
Payments described in Section 2(c)(i) including, without
limitation, seeking specific performance or taking action against
the Borrowers to collect capital stock of the Parent at any time
any Debtor is obligated to issue the same to the extent such
obligation is a non-cash obligation that would constitute a
Permitted Payment under Section 2(c)(i), or (y) seeking specific
performance against the Debtors to enforce the provisions of the
Subordinated Debenture Documents described on Schedule 3
attached hereto.
(b)
To the extent that any Default under the Senior
Loan Documents gives rise to a “cross default” under
the Subordinated Debenture Documents (a “ Junior Cross
Default ”), the cure or waiver of such Default under the
Senior Loan Documents shall be deemed to automatically cure or
waive such Junior Cross Default under the Subordinated Debenture
Documents. To the extent that any default or event of default under
the Subordinated Debenture Documents gives rise to a “cross
default” under the Senior Loan Documents (a “ Senior
Cross Default ”), the cure or waiver of such default or
event of default under the Subordinated Debenture Documents shall
be deemed to automatically cure or waive such Senior Cross Default
under the Senior Loan Documents.
6.
Intercreditor Arrangements in
Bankruptcy .
(a)
Notwithstanding any Bankruptcy Event, this
Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and enforceable
pursuant to its terms in accordance with Section 510(a) of the
Bankruptcy Code, and all references herein to any Debtor shall be
deemed to apply to such entity as debtor in possession and to any
trustee in bankruptcy for the estate of such
entity.
(b)
Except as otherwise specifically permitted in
this Section 6, until the Senior Creditor Repayment, no Junior
Creditor shall assert, without the written consent of Senior
Creditor, which consent may be granted or withheld in Senior
Creditor’s sole discretion, any claim, motion, objection, or
argument in respect of any Collateral in connection with any
Bankruptcy Event which could otherwise be asserted or raised in
connection with such Bankruptcy Event by such Junior Creditor as a
secured creditor of the applicable Debtor, including without
limitation any claim, motion, objection or argument seeking
adequate protection or relief from the automatic stay in respect of
any Collateral.
(c)
Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, each Junior Creditor agrees that if a Bankruptcy Event
occurs, (i) Senior Creditor may consent to the use of cash
collateral on such terms and conditions and in such amounts as
Senior Creditor, in its discretion, may decide without seeking or
obtaining the consent of such Junior Creditor as holder of an
interest in the Collateral; (ii) Senior Creditor may (A) provide
financing to any Debtor or (B) consent to the granting of a priming
Lien to secure postpetition financing, in each case pursuant to
Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or other applicable law and on
such terms and conditions and in such amounts as Senior Creditor,
in its sole discretion, may decide without seeking or obtaining the
consent of such Junior Creditor as holder of an interest in the
Collateral; (iii) such Junior Creditor shall not oppose any
Debtor’s use
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