Exhibit 10.27
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 Documents ” 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
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