EXHIBIT 10.4
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
July 31, 2009, 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) GLOBAL CAPACITY
DIRECT USA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“GCD”), (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, GCD, Magenta and Acquisition are
referred to herein individually as a “ Debtor ”
and collectively as the “ Debtors ”), (k)
AEQUITAS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC., an Oregon corporation, in its
capacity as agent for the Debenture Purchasers under and as defined
in the Subordinated Debenture Agreement described below (in such
capacity, the “ Junior Agent ”), (l) the
Purchasers under and as defined in the Subordinated Debenture
Agreement (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, the Junior Creditors will provide
financing to Parent pursuant to that certain Securities Purchase
Agreement dated as of July 31, 2009 (as amended, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Subordinated
Debenture Agreement ”), as further evidenced by those
certain Original Issue Discount Secured Convertible Debentures due,
subject to the terms therein, November 30, 2011, made by Parent
payable to such Junior Creditors in the aggregate original
principal amount of up to $4,125,000 (each debenture issued under
the 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 that certain Subsidiary
Guaranty dated on or about the date hereof, by such Debtors in
favor of the Junior Creditors (the “ Subordinated
Debenture Guarantee ”), and the obligations of Debtors to
Junior Creditors are secured by substantially all assets of Debtors
pursuant to that certain Security Agreement dated on or about the
date hereof, by Debtors in favor of the Junior Creditors (the
“ Subordinated Debenture Security Agreement ”).
All current and future documents relating to the Junior Debt (as
hereinafter defined), including without limitation the Subordinated
Debentures, the Subordinated Debenture Agreement, the Subordinated
Debenture Guarantee, the Subordinated Debenture Security Agreement
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 an amendment of the Senior Loan Agreement and to provide
financial accommodations 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.
“ 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.
“ 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.
“ 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
Guarantee ”: has the meaning set forth in the
recitals of this Agreement.
“ Subordinated Debenture Security
Agreement ”: 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 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
(iv) 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 post-petition 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 of cash collateral to the
extent such use has been approved by Senior Creditor; (iv) such
Junior Creditor shall not oppose any sale or other disposition of
any Collateral free and clear of Liens or other claims of any
Person, including such Junior Creditor, under Section 363 of the
Bankruptcy Code if Senior Creditor has consented to such sale or
disposition of such assets.
(d) Each
Junior Creditor agrees that it will not initiate, prosecute,
encourage, or assist with any other Person to initiate or prosecute
any claim, action or other proceeding (i) challenging the
validity or enforceability of this Agreement, (ii) challenging the
validity or enforceability of Senior Creditor’s claim against
any of the Debtors, (iii) challenging the perfection or
enforceability of any of Senior Creditor’s Liens, or (iv)
asserting any claims which any Debtor may hold with respect to
Senior Creditor or the Senior Debt, if any.
(e) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Section 6, (i) each Junior Creditor
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 such Junior Creditor,
including without limitation any claims secured by the Collateral,
and (ii) each Junior Cr
|