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Exhibit
4.13(b)
RECEIVABLES INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT
by and among
BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A.,
as ABL Collateral
Agent,
BANK OF AMERICA,
N.A.,
as CF Collateral
Agent,
and
THE BANK OF NEW
YORK,
as Bonds Collateral
Agent
Dated as of November 17,
2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Page No. |
| ARTICLE 1 |
| DEFINITIONS |
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| Section 1.1 |
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Definitions |
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| Section 1.2 |
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Rules of
Construction |
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| ARTICLE 2 |
| LIEN PRIORITY |
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| Section 2.1 |
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Priority of
Liens |
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| Section 2.2 |
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Waiver of
Right to Contest Liens |
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| Section 2.3 |
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Remedies
Standstill |
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| Section 2.4 |
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Exercise of
Rights |
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| Section 2.5 |
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No New
Liens |
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| Section 2.6 |
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Waiver of
Marshalling |
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| ARTICLE 3 |
| ACTIONS OF THE PARTIES |
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| Section 3.1 |
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Certain
Actions Permitted |
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| Section 3.2 |
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Agent for
Perfection |
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| Section 3.3 |
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Inspection
and Access Rights |
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| Section 3.5 |
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Exercise of
Remedies – Set Off and Tracing of and Priorities in
Proceeds |
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| ARTICLE 4 |
| APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS |
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| Section 4.1 |
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Application
of Proceeds |
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| Section 4.2 |
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Specific
Performance |
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| ARTICLE 5 |
| INTERCREDITOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND
WAIVERS |
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| Section 5.1 |
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Notice of
Acceptance and Other Waivers |
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| Section 5.2 |
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Modifications to ABL Documents and Subordinated Lien
Documents |
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| Section 5.3 |
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Reinstatement and Continuation of Agreement |
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| ARTICLE 6 |
| INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS |
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| Section 6.1 |
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DIP
Financing |
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| Section 6.2 |
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Relief from
Stay |
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| Section 6.3 |
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No
Contest; Adequate Protection |
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| Section
6.4 |
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Asset
Sales |
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| Section
6.5 |
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Separate
Grants of Security and Separate Classification |
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| Section
6.6 |
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Enforceability |
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| Section
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ABL
Obligations Unconditional |
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| ARTICLE 7 |
| MISCELLANEOUS |
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| Section
7.1 |
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Rights of
Subrogation |
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| Section
7.2 |
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Further
Assurances |
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| Section
7.3 |
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Representations |
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| Section
7.4 |
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Amendments |
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| Section
7.5 |
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Addresses
for Notices |
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| Section
7.6 |
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No
Waiver, Remedies |
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| Section
7.7 |
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Continuing Agreement, Transfer of Secured
Obligations |
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| Section
7.8 |
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Governing
Law; Entire Agreement |
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| Section
7.9 |
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Counterparts |
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| Section 7.10 |
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No Third
Party Beneficiaries |
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| Section
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Headings |
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| Section
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Severability |
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| Section
7.13 |
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Attorneys
Fees |
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| Section
7.14 |
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VENUE;
JURY TRIAL WAIVER |
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| Section
7.15 |
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Intercreditor Agreement |
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| Section
7.16 |
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Effectiveness |
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| Section
7.17 |
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Collateral Agents |
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| Section
7.18 |
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No
Warranties or Liability |
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| Section
7.19 |
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Conflicts |
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| Section
7.20 |
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Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Credit
Parties |
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| Section
7.21 |
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Acknowledgement |
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RECEIVABLES INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT
THIS RECEIVABLES
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof,
this “ Agreement ”) is entered into as of
November 17, 2006 among BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (“
Bank of America ”), in its capacity as
collateral agent for the ABL Obligations (as defined below), Bank
of America, in its capacity as and collateral agent for the CF
Obligations (as defined below), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK
(“ Bank of New York ”), in its capacity
as collateral agent for the Bonds Obligations (as defined
below).
RECITALS
A. HCA INC., a Delaware
corporation (the “ Company ”), is party
to the Credit Agreement dated as of November 17, 2006 (as may
be amended, restated, supplemented, waived, Refinanced or otherwise
modified from time to time (including without limitation to add new
loans thereunder or increase the amount of loans thereunder), the
“ ABL Credit Agreement ”), among the
Company, the several Subsidiary Borrowers party thereto, the
Lenders party thereto from time to time, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as
Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. and CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., as
Co-Syndication Agents, BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC, J.P. MORGAN
SECURITIES INC., CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. and MERRILL LYNCH,
PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, as Joint Lead
Arrangers and Bookrunners, DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. and
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS LLC, as Joint Bookrunners, and MERRILL
LYNCH CAPITAL CORPORATION, as Documentation Agent. The ABL Credit
Agreement is designated by the Company to be included in the
definition of “ABL Facility” under the Indenture and
the Obligations thereunder constitute ABL Obligations and Priority
Lien Obligations within the meaning of the Indenture.
B. The Company is party to
the Credit Agreement dated as of November 17, 2006 (as may be
amended, restated, supplemented, waived, Refinanced or otherwise
modified from time to time (including without limitation to add new
loans thereunder or increase the amount of loans thereunder), the
“ CF Credit Agreement ”), among the
Company, HCA UK CAPITAL LIMITED, a limited liability company
(company no. 04779021) formed under the laws of England and
Wales, as the European Subsidiary Borrower thereunder, the Lenders
party thereto from time to time, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as
Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. and CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., as
Co-Syndication Agents, BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC, J.P. MORGAN
SECURITIES INC., CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. and MERRILL LYNCH,
PIERCE, FENNER & SMITH INCORPORATED, as Joint Lead
Arrangers and Bookrunners, DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. and
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS LLC, as Joint Bookrunners, and MERRILL
LYNCH CAPITAL CORPORATION, as Documentation Agent. The CF Credit
Agreement is designated by the Company to be included in the
definition of “General Credit Facility” under the
Indenture. The CF Obligations constitute Subordinated Lien
Obligations hereunder.
C. The Company is party to
the Indenture dated as of November 17, 2006 (as may be
amended, restated, supplemented, waived, Refinanced or otherwise
modified from time to time,
the “ Indenture
”), among the Company, the Guarantors identified therein and
Bank of New York, as Trustee. The Bonds Obligations constitute
Subordinated Lien Obligations hereunder.
Accordingly, in consideration
of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and obligations herein set
forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the
sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as
follows:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1
Definitions . Unless the context otherwise requires, all
capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the
meanings set forth in the ABL Credit Agreement, the CF Credit
Agreement and the Indenture, in each case as in effect on the
Closing Date. In addition, as used in this Agreement, the following
terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“ ABL Collateral
Agent ” shall mean Bank of America, in its capacity
as collateral agent for the lenders and other secured parties under
the ABL Credit Agreement and the other ABL Documents entered into
pursuant to the ABL Credit Agreement, together with its successors
and permitted assigns under the ABL Credit Agreement exercising
substantially the same rights and powers; and in each case provided
that if such ABL Collateral Agent is not Bank of America, such ABL
Collateral Agent shall have become a party to this Agreement and
the other applicable ABL Security Documents.
“ ABL
Entity ” shall mean a direct Subsidiary of a 1993
Indenture Restricted Subsidiary, substantially all of the business
of which consists of financing of accounts receivable and related
assets.
“ ABL Controlled
Accounts ” shall mean, collectively, with respect to
each Grantor, (i) all Deposit Accounts and all Securities
Accounts and all accounts and sub-accounts relating to any of the
foregoing accounts and (ii) all cash, funds, checks, notes,
“securities entitlements” (as such terms are defined in
the UCC) and instruments from time to time on deposit in any of the
accounts or sub-accounts described in clause (i) of this
definition, in each case, which are subject to a control agreement
in favor of the ABL Collateral Agent.
“ ABL
Documents ” means the credit, guarantee and security
documents governing the ABL Obligations, including, without
limitation, the ABL Credit Agreement and the ABL Security Documents
and Secured Cash Management Agreements (as defined in the ABL
Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof) and Secured Hedge
Agreements (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement as in effect on
the date hereof).
“ ABL
Obligations ” shall mean all
“Obligations” as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement.
For the avoidance of doubt, Obligations with respect to the CF
Credit Agreement and the other CF Documents and Obligations with
respect to the Indenture and the other Bonds Documents shall not
constitute ABL Obligations.
“ ABL
Recovery ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 5.3.
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“ ABL Security
Agreement ” means the Security Agreement (as defined
in the ABL Credit Agreement).
“ ABL Security
Documents ” means the ABL Security Agreement and the
other Security Documents (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement)
and any other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a
Lien is granted or purported to be granted securing ABL Obligations
or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are
governed.
“ ABL Secured
Parties ” means “Secured Parties” as
defined in the ABL Credit Agreement.
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Affiliate ” shall mean, with respect to any
Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with such
Person. A Person shall be deemed to control a corporation if such
Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies of such
corporation, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise.
“
Agreement ” shall have the meaning assigned to
that term in the introduction to this Agreement.
“ Bank of
America ” shall have the meaning assigned to that
term in the introduction to this Agreement.
“ Bankruptcy
Code ” shall mean Title 11 of the United States
Code.
“ Bonds
Collateral Agent ” shall mean (i) so long as
obligations are outstanding under the Indenture, the Trustee, in
its capacity as collateral agent for the noteholders and other
secured parties under the Indenture and the other security
documents thereunder, and (ii) at any time thereafter, such
agent or trustee as is designated “Bonds Collateral
Agent” by Bonds Secured Parties holding a majority in
principal amount of the Bonds Obligations then outstanding or
pursuant to such other arrangements as agreed to among the holders
of the Bonds Obligations; it being understood that as of the date
of this Agreement, the Trustee shall be so Bonds Collateral
Agent.
“ Bonds
Documents ” means the indenture, credit documents and
security documents governing the Bonds Obligations, including,
without limitation, the Indenture and the related Bonds Security
Documents.
“ Bonds
Obligations ” means Obligations under the Indenture
and Obligations with respect to other Indebtedness permitted to be
incurred under the Indenture, the CF Credit Agreement and the ABL
Credit Agreement which is by its terms intended to be secured
equally and ratably with the Notes or on a basis junior to the
Liens securing the Notes ( provided such Lien is permitted
to be incurred under the Indenture, the CF Credit Agreement and the
ABL Credit Agreement); provided that the holders of such
Indebtedness or their Bonds Representative is a party to the Bonds
Security Documents in accordance with the terms thereof and has
appointed the Bonds Collateral Agent as collateral agent for such
holders of Bonds Obligations with respect to all or a portion of
the Common Collateral.
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“ Bonds
Representative ” means any duly authorized
representative of any holders of Bonds Obligations which
representative is a party to the Bonds Documents.
“ Bonds Secured
Parties ” means (i) so long as the Notes are
outstanding, the Trustee and the holders of the Notes (including
any additional Notes subsequently issued under and in compliance
with the terms of the Indenture), (ii) the Bonds Collateral
Agent and (iii) the holders from time to time of any other
Bonds Obligations, and (iv) each Bonds
Representative.
“ Bonds Security
Documents ” means (a) so long as the Notes are
outstanding, the Security Documents (as defined in the Indenture)
and (b) thereafter any agreement, document or instrument
pursuant to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted
securing Bonds Obligations or under which rights or remedies with
respect to such Liens are governed, which in each case may include
intercreditor and/or subordination agreements or arrangements among
various Bonds Secured Parties.
“ Capital
Stock ” shall mean, as to any Person that is a
corporation, the authorized shares of such Person’s capital
stock, including all classes of common, preferred, voting and
nonvoting capital stock, and, as to any Person that is not a
corporation or an individual, the membership or other ownership
interests in such Person, including the right to share in profits
and losses, the right to receive distributions of cash and other
property, and the right to receive allocations of items of income,
gain, loss, deduction and credit and similar items from such
Person, whether or not such interests include voting or similar
rights entitling the holder thereof to exercise Control over such
Person, collectively with, in any such case, all warrants, options
and other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire, and all other
instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any of the
foregoing.
“ CF Collateral
Agent ” shall mean Bank of America, in its capacity
as collateral agent for the lenders and other secured parties under
the CF Credit Agreement and the other CF Documents entered into
pursuant to the CF Credit Agreement, together with its successors
and permitted assigns under the CF Credit Agreement exercising
substantially the same rights and powers; and in each case provided
that if such CF Collateral Agent is not Bank of America, such CF
Collateral Agent shall have become a party to this Agreement and
the other applicable CF Security Documents.
“ CF
Documents ” means the credit, guarantee and security
documents governing the CF Obligations, including, without
limitation, the CF Credit Agreement, each Secured Hedge Agreement
(as defined in the CF Credit Agreement), each Secured Cash
Management Agreement (as defined in the CF Credit Agreement) and
the CF Security Documents.
“ CF Enforcement
Date ” means the date which is 180 days after the
occurrence of both (i) a continuing Event of Default (under
and as defined in the CF Credit Agreement) and (ii) the ABL
Collateral Agent’s receipt of an Enforcement Notice from the
CF Collateral Agent, provided that the CF Enforcement Date
shall be stayed and shall not occur (or be deemed to have occurred)
(A) at any time the ABL Collateral Agent or the ABL Secured
Parties have commenced and are diligently pursuing enforcement
action against the Common Collateral, (B) at any time that any
Grantor is then a debtor under or with respect to (or otherwise
subject to any
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Insolvency Proceeding), or (C) if
the Event of Default under the CF Credit Agreement is waived or
cured in accordance with the terms of the CF Credit
Agreement.
“ CF
Obligations ” shall mean all
“Obligations” as defined in the CF Credit Agreement.
For the avoidance of doubt, Obligations with respect to the ABL
Credit Agreement and the other ABL Documents shall not constitute
CF Obligations.
“ CF Secured
Partie s ” means, at any relevant time, the holders
of CF Obligations at such time, including without limitation the
lenders and agents under the CF Credit Agreement, the CF Collateral
Agent, each Cash Management Bank in respect of the Secured Cash
Management Agreement (each as defined in the CF Credit Agreement)
and each Hedge Bank in respect of a Secured Hedge Agreement (each
as defined in the CF Credit Agreement).
“ CF Security
Documents ” means the U.S. Security Documents (as
defined in the CF Credit Agreement) and any other agreement,
document or instrument pursuant to which a lien on Common
Collateral is granted or purported to be granted securing CF
Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to such
liens are governed, but in each case only to the extent relating to
Common Collateral.
“ Collateral
Agent(s) ” means individually the ABL Collateral
Agent, the CF Collateral Agent or the Bonds Collateral Agent and
collectively means the ABL Collateral Agent, the CF Collateral
Agent and the Bonds Collateral Agent.
“ Common
Collateral ” means Receivables Collateral other than
Separate Receivables Collateral.
“ Comparable
Subordinated Lien Security Document ” shall mean, in
relation to any Common Collateral subject to any Lien created under
any ABL Document, those Subordinated Lien Security Documents that
create a Lien on the same Common Collateral (but only to the extent
relating to such Common Collateral), granted by the same
Grantor.
“ Control
” shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the
power (a) to vote 50% or more of the securities having
ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or any similar
governing body) of a Person, or (b) to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether
through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or
otherwise. The terms “ Controlling ” and
“ Controlled ” have meanings correlative
thereto.
“ Credit
Documents ” shall mean the ABL Documents, the CF
Documents and the Bonds Documents.
“ Debtor Relief
Laws ” shall mean the Bankruptcy Code and all other
liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for benefit of
creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency,
reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States
or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect
affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“ Designated
Non-Receivables Accounts ” means Deposit Accounts
containing exclusively cash consisting of proceeds from the sale of
Non-Receivables Collateral.
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“ Deposit
Account ” has the meaning set forth in the
UCC.
“ DIP
Financing ” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.1(a).
“ Discharge of
ABL Obligations ” shall mean, except to the extent
otherwise provided in Section 5.3, payment in full in cash
(except for contingent indemnities and cost and reimbursement
obligations to the extent no claim has been made) of all ABL
Obligations and, with respect to letters of credit or letter of
credit guaranties outstanding under the ABL Documents, delivery of
cash collateral or backstop letters of credit in respect thereof in
a manner consistent with the ABL Credit Agreement, in each case
after or concurrently with the termination of all commitments to
extend credit thereunder, and the termination of all commitments of
ABL Secured Parties under ABL Documents; provided that the
Discharge of ABL Obligations shall not be deemed to have occurred
if such payments are made with the proceeds of other ABL
Obligations that constitute an exchange or replacement for or a
Refinancing of such ABL Obligations (unless in connection with such
exchange, replacement or Refinancing all the ABL Obligations are
repaid in full in cash (and the other conditions set forth in this
definition prior to the proviso are satisfied) with the proceeds of
a Permitted Receivables Financing (as defined in the ABL Credit
Agreement), in which case a Discharge of ABL Obligations shall be
deemed to have occurred). In the event the ABL Obligations are
modified and the ABL Obligations are paid over time or otherwise
modified pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, the
ABL Obligations shall be deemed to be discharged when the final
payment is made, in cash, in respect of such indebtedness and any
obligations pursuant to such new indebtedness shall have been
satisfied.
“ Discharge of CF
Obligations ” means “Discharge of First Lien
Obligations,” as defined in the General Intercreditor
Agreement, as in effect on the date hereof.
“ Disposition
” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.4(b).
“ Enforcement
Notice ” shall mean a written notice delivered by the
CF Collateral Agent to the ABL Collateral Agent announcing the
commencement of an Exercise of Secured Creditor
Remedies.
“ Event of
Default ” shall mean an Event of Default under the
ABL Credit Agreement, the CF Credit Agreement or the
Indenture.
“ Exercise Any
Secured Creditor Remedies ” or “ Exercise
of Secured Creditor Remedies ” shall mean, except as
otherwise provided in the final sentence of this
definition:
(a) the taking by any Secured
Party of any action to enforce or realize upon any Lien on Common
Collateral, including the institution of any foreclosure
proceedings or the noticing of any public or private sale pursuant
to Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code;
(b) the exercise by any
Secured Party of any right or remedy provided to a secured creditor
on account of a Lien on Common Collateral under any of the Credit
Documents, under applicable law, in an Insolvency Proceeding or
otherwise, including the election to retain any of the Common
Collateral in satisfaction of a Lien;
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(c) the taking of any action
by any Secured Party or the exercise of any right or remedy by any
Secured Party in respect of the collection on, set off against,
marshaling of, injunction respecting or foreclosure on the Common
Collateral or the Proceeds thereof;
(d) the appointment on the
application of a Secured Party, of a receiver, receiver and manager
or interim receiver of all or part of the Common
Collateral;
(e) the sale, lease, license,
or other disposition of all or any portion of the Common Collateral
by private or public sale conducted by a Secured Party or any other
means at the direction of a Secured Party permissible under
applicable law; or
(f) the exercise of any other
right of a secured creditor under Part 6 of Article 9 of the
Uniform Commercial Code in respect of Common Collateral.
For the avoidance of doubt, none of the
following shall be deemed to constitute an Exercise of Secured
Creditor Remedies: (i) the filing a proof of claim in
bankruptcy court or seeking adequate protection, (ii) the
exercise of rights by the ABL Collateral Agent upon the occurrence
of a Cash Dominion Event (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement),
including, without limitation, the notification of account debtors,
depository institutions or any other Person to deliver proceeds of
Receivables Collateral to the ABL Collateral Agent (unless and
until the Lenders under the ABL Credit Agreement cease to extend
credit to the Borrowers thereunder, in which event an Exercise of
Secured Creditor Remedies shall be deemed to have occurred),
(iii) the consent by a Secured Party to a sale or other
disposition by any Grantor of any of its assets or properties,
(iv) the acceleration of all or a portion of the ABL
Obligations or any Subordinated Lien Obligations, (v) the
reduction of the borrowing base, advance rates or sub-limits by the
Administrative Agent under the ABL Credit Agreement, the ABL
Collateral Agent and the Lenders under the ABL Credit Agreement,
(vi) the imposition of reserves by the ABL Collateral Agent,
(vii) an account ceasing to be an “eligible
account” under the ABL Credit Agreement or (viii) any
action taken by any ABL Secured Party in respect of Separate
Receivables Collateral. For the avoidance of doubt, the actions
permitted by Sections 2.3(b), 2.4(a) and 3.1 shall not be deemed to
be an Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies.
“ General
Intercreditor Agreement ” means that certain General
Intercreditor Agreement dated the date hereof among the CF
Collateral Agent and the Bonds Collateral Agent, as the same may be
amended, restated, modified or waived from time to time.
“ Governmental
Authority ” shall mean any nation or government, any
state or other political subdivision thereof and any entity
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
“
Grantors ” shall mean the Company and each
Subsidiary that has executed and delivered an ABL Security
Document, a CF Security Document or a Bonds Security
Document.
“
Indebtedness ” shall have the meaning provided
in the ABL Credit Agreement, the CF Credit Agreement and the
Indenture as in effect on the date hereof.
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“ Insolvency
Proceeding ” shall mean :
(1) any case commenced by or
against the Company or any other Grantor under any Bankruptcy Law,
any other proceeding for the reorganization, recapitalization or
adjustment or marshalling of the assets or liabilities of the
Company or any other Grantor, any receivership or assignment for
the benefit of creditors relating to the Company or any other
Grantor or any similar case or proceeding relative to the Company
or any other Grantor or its creditors, as such, in each case
whether or not voluntary;
(2) any liquidation,
dissolution, marshalling of assets or liabilities or other winding
up of or relating to the Company or any other Grantor, in each case
whether or not voluntary and whether or not involving bankruptcy or
insolvency; or
(3) any other proceeding of
any type or nature in which substantially all claims of creditors
of the Company or any other Grantor are determined and any payment
or distribution is or may be made on account of such
claims.
“ Lien
” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest,
hypothecation, assignment, lien (statutory or other) or similar
encumbrance (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing,
any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or any
lease in the nature thereof).
“ Lien
Priority ” shall mean with respect to any Lien of the
ABL Collateral Agent, the ABL Secured Parties, the CF Collateral
Agent, the CF Secured Parties, the Bonds Collateral Agent or the
Bonds Secured Parties in the Common Collateral, the order of
priority of such Lien as specified in Section 2.1.
“ 1993
Indenture ” shall mean the Indenture dated as of
December 16, 1993 between the Company and First National Bank
of Chicago, as trustee, as amended, and as may be further amended,
supplemented or modified from time to time.
“ 1993 Indenture
Restricted Subsidiary ” shall mean any Subsidiary
that on the date hereof constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary under
(and as defined in) the 1993 Indenture, as in effect on the date
hereof.
“ Notes
” shall mean (a) (i) the initial $1,000,000,000 in
aggregate principal amount of 9-1/8%% Senior Secured Notes due 2014
(the “ 2014 Cash Pay Notes ”), (ii) the
initial $3,200,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 9-1/4%
Senior Secured Notes due 2016 (the “ 2016 Cash Pay
Notes ” and together with the 2104 Cash Pay Notes, the
“ Cash Pay Notes ”) and (iii) the initial
$1,500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 9-5/8%/10-3/8%
Senior Secured Toggle Notes due 2016 (the “ Toggle
Notes ”), each issued by the Company pursuant to the
Indenture, (b) the exchange notes issued in exchange therefor
as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of
November 17, 2006, among the Company, the Guarantors
identified therein and the initial purchasers party thereto and
(c) any additional notes issued under the Indenture by the
Company, to the extent permitted by the Indenture, the CF Credit
Agreement and the ABL Credit Agreement.
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“ Non-Receivables
Collateral ” means all “Collateral” as
defined in any Security Document (as defined in the CF Credit
Agreement), but excluding all Receivables Collateral.
“
Obligations ” means any principal, interest
(including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a
petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the
rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto,
whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable
state, federal or foreign law), premium, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement
obligations with respect to letters of credit and banker’s
acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of
payment of such principal, interest, penalties, fees,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities,
payable under the documentation governing any
Indebtedness.
“ Party
” shall mean the ABL Collateral Agent, the CF Collateral
Agent or the Bonds Collateral Agent, and “
Parties ” shall mean collectively the ABL
Collateral Agent, the CF Collateral Agent and the Bonds Collateral
Agent.
“ Person
” shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, limited
liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust,
unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental Authority
or other entity of whatever nature.
“
Proceeds ” shall mean (a) all
“proceeds,” as defined in Article 9 of the Uniform
Commercial Code, with respect to the Common Collateral, and
(b) whatever is recoverable or recovered when any Common
Collateral is sold, exchanged, collected, or disposed of, whether
voluntarily or involuntarily.
“
Property ” shall mean any interest in any kind
of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible
or intangible.
“ Receivables
Collateral ” means Collateral as defined in the ABL
Security Agreement as in effect on the date hereof. Without
expanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, neither
European Collateral (as defined in the CF Credit Agreement)
(whether in the form of accounts receivable or otherwise),
Principal Properties (as defined in the CF Credit Agreement), any
capital stock (or capital stock equivalents) pledged pursuant to
any Pledge Agreement (as defined in the CF Credit Agreement),
Designated Non-Receivables Accounts nor Mortgaged Properties (as
defined in the CF Credit Agreement) shall constitute Receivables
Collateral.
“
Refinance ” means, in respect of any
indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, defease, amend,
increase, modify, supplement, restructure, refund, replace or
repay, or to issue other indebtedness or enter alternative
financing arrangements, in exchange or replacement for such
indebtedness, including by adding or replacing lenders, creditors,
agents, borrowers and/or guarantors, and including in each case,
but not limited to, after the original instrument giving rise to
such indebtedness has been terminated. “
Refinanced ” and “
Refinancing ” have correlative
meanings.
“ Securities
Account ” has the meaning set forth in the
UCC.
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“ Separate
Receivables Collateral ” means Receivables Collateral
owned or held by an ABL Entity and Proceeds (as defined in the ABL
Security Agreement) thereof.
“ Secured
Parties ” shall mean the ABL Secured Parties, the CF
Secured Parties and the Bonds Secured Parties.
“ Shared
Receivables Collateral ” means Common
Collateral.
“
Subsidiary ” shall mean with respect to any
Person (the “ parent ”) at any date, any
corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or
other entity (a) of which Capital Stock representing more than
50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership,
more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such
date, owned, Controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such
date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more
subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more
subsidiaries of the parent.
“ Subordinated
Lien Collateral Agents ” means the CF Collateral
Agent and the Bonds Collateral Agent, collectively.
“ Subordinated
Lien Documents ” means, collectively, the CF
Documents and the Bonds Documents.
“ Subordinated
Lien Obligations ” means, collectively, the CF
Obligations and the Bonds Obligations.
“ Subordinated
Lien Secured Parties ” means, collectively, the CF
Secured Parties and the Bonds Secured Parties.
“ Subordinated
Lien Security Documents ” means, collectively, the CF
Security Documents and the Bonds Security Documents.
“ Trustee
” shall mean The Bank of New York, in its capacity as
collateral agent on behalf of the holders of Notes under the
Security Documents (as defined in the Indenture), and its permitted
successors.
“ Uniform
Commercial Code ” or “ UCC
” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may,
from time to time, be in effect in the State of New York;
provided that to the extent that the Uniform Commercial Code
is used to define any term in any security document and such term
is defined differently in differing Articles of the Uniform
Commercial Code, the definition of such term contained in Article 9
shall govern; provided , further , that in the event
that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the
attachment, perfection, publication or priority of, or remedies
with respect to, Liens of any Party is governed by the Uniform
Commercial Code or foreign personal property security laws as
enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New
York, the term “Uniform Commercial Code” will mean the
Uniform Commercial Code or such foreign personal property security
laws as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for
purposes of the provisions thereof relating to such attachment,
perfection, priority or remedies and for purposes of definitions
related to such provisions.
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Section 1.2 Rules
of Construction . Unless the context of this Agreement
clearly requires otherwise, references to the plural include the
singular, references to the singular include the plural, the term
“including” is not limiting and shall be deemed to be
followed by the phrase “without limitation,” and the
term “or” has, except where otherwise indicated, the
inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or.”
The words “hereof,” “herein,”
“hereby,” “hereunder,” and similar terms in
this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement. Article, section,
subsection, clause, schedule and exhibit references herein are to
this Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this
Agreement to any agreement, instrument, or document shall include
all alterations, amendments, changes, restatements, extensions,
modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and
supplements thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any
restrictions on such alterations, amendments, changes,
restatements, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements,
substitutions, joinders, and supplements set forth herein). Any
reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such
Person’s successors and assigns. Any reference herein to the
repayment in full of an obligation shall mean the payment in full
in cash of such obligation, or in such other manner as may be
approved in writing by the requisite holders or representatives in
respect of such obligation, or in such other manner as may be
approved by the requisite holders or representatives in respect of
such obligation.
ARTICLE 2
LIEN
PRIORITY
Section 2.1 Priority of
Liens .
(a) Notwithstanding
(i) the date, time, method, manner, or order of grant,
attachment, or perfection of any Liens granted to the ABL
Collateral Agent or the ABL Secured Parties in respect of all or
any portion of the Common Collateral or of any Liens granted to any
Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or any Subordinated Lien Secured
Parties in respect of all or any portion of the Common Collateral,
and regardless of how any such Lien was acquired (whether by grant,
statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise), (ii) the
order or time of filing or recordation of any document or
instrument for perfecting the Liens in favor of the ABL Collateral
Agent or any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent (or the ABL Secured
Parties or any of the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties) on any
Common Collateral, (iii) any provision of the Uniform
Commercial Code, the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable law,
or of any of the ABL Documents or any of the Subordinated Lien
Documents, or (iv) whether the ABL Collateral Agent or any
Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, in each case, either directly
or through agents, holds possession of, or has control over, all or
any part of the Common Collateral, the ABL Collateral Agent, on
behalf of itself and the ABL Secured Parties, the CF Collateral
Agent, on behalf of itself the CF Secured Parties and the Bonds
Collateral Agent, on, on behalf of itself and the Bonds Secured
Parties, hereby agree that:
(1) any Lien in respect of
all or any portion of the Common Collateral now or hereafter held
by or on behalf of any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or any
Subordinated Lien Secured Party that secures all or any portion of
the Subordinated Lien Obligations shall in all respects be junior
and subordinate to all Liens granted to the ABL Collateral Agent
and the ABL Secured Parties on the Common Collateral;
and
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(2) any Lien in respect of
all or any portion of the Common Collateral now or hereafter held
by or on behalf of the ABL Collateral Agent or any ABL Secured
Party that secures all or any portion of the ABL Obligations shall
in all respects be senior and prior to all Liens granted any
Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or Subordinated Lien Secured
Party on the Common Collateral.
Each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent,
for and on behalf of itself and each applicable Subordinated Lien
Secured Party, expressly agrees that any Lien purported to be
granted on any Common Collateral as security for the ABL
Obligations shall be deemed to be and shall be deemed to remain
senior in all respects and prior to all Liens on the Common
Collateral securing any Subordinated Lien Obligations for all
purposes regardless of whether the Lien purported to be granted is
found to be improperly granted, improperly perfected, preferential,
a fraudulent conveyance or legally or otherwise deficient in any
manner.
(b) The ABL Collateral Agent,
for and on behalf of itself and the ABL Secured Parties,
acknowledges and agrees that, concurrently herewith, the CF
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of itself and the CF Secured
Parties, and the Bonds Collateral Agent, for the benefit of itself
and the Bonds Secured Parties, have each been granted Liens upon
all of the Common Collateral in which the ABL Collateral Agent has
been granted Liens and the ABL Collateral Agent hereby consents
thereto. The subordination of Liens by the Subordinated Lien
Collateral Agents in favor of the ABL Collateral Agent as set forth
herein shall not be deemed to subordinate the respective Liens of
the Subordinated Lien Collateral Agents or the Subordinated Lien
Secured Parties to Liens securing any other Obligations other than
the ABL Obligations (subject to the General Intercreditor
Agreement).
Section 2.2 Waiver of
Right to Contest Liens .
(a) Each of (x) the CF
Collateral Agent, for and on behalf of itself and the CF Secured
Parties, and (y) the Bonds Collateral Agent, for and on behalf
of itself and the Bonds Secured Parties, severally agrees that it
shall not (and hereby waives any right to) take any action to
contest or challenge (or assist or support any other Person in
contesting or challenging), directly or indirectly, whether or not
in any proceeding (including in any Insolvency Proceeding), the
validity, priority, enforceability, or perfection of the Liens of
the ABL Collateral Agent and the ABL Secured Parties in respect of
Receivables Collateral or the provisions of this Agreement. Except
to the extent expressly set forth in this Agreement, each of the
(x) CF Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the CF
Secured Parties, and (y) the Bonds Collateral Agent, for
itself and on behalf of the Bonds Secured Parties, severally agrees
that it will not take any action that would interfere with any
Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies undertaken by the ABL
Collateral Agent or any ABL Secured Party under the ABL Documents
with respect to the Common Collateral. Except to the extent
expressly set forth in this Agreement, each of (x) the CF
Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the CF Secured
Parties, and (y) the Bonds Collateral Agent, for itself and
the Bonds Secured Parties, hereby waives any and all rights it may
have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to contest, protest,
object to, or interfere with the manner in which the ABL Collateral
Agent or any ABL Secured Party seeks to enforce its Liens in any
Common Collateral.
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(b) The ABL Collateral Agent,
for and on behalf of itself and the ABL Secured Parties, agrees
that it and they shall not (and hereby waives any right to) take
any action to contest or challenge (or assist or support any other
Person in contesting or challenging), directly or indirectly,
whether or not in any proceeding (including in any Insolvency
Proceeding), the validity, priority, enforceability, or perfection
of the respective Liens of the Subordinated Lien Collateral Agents
or the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties in respect of the Common
Collateral or the provisions of this Agreement.
Section 2.3 Remedies
Standstill .
(a) Each of (x) the CF
Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the CF Secured Parties,
and (y) the Bonds Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and
the Bonds Secured Parties, severally agrees that, from the date
hereof until the date upon which the Discharge of ABL Obligations
shall have occurred, (x) neither the CF Collateral Agent nor
any CF Secured Party and (y) neither the Bonds Collateral
Agent nor any Bonds Secured Party will Exercise Any Secured
Creditor Remedies with respect to any Common Collateral without the
written consent of the ABL Collateral Agent, and will not take,
receive or accept any Proceeds of Common Collateral, it being
understood and agreed that the temporary deposit of Proceeds of
Common Collateral in a Deposit Account controlled by any
Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent shall not constitute a breach of
this Agreement so long as such Proceeds are promptly remitted to
the ABL Collateral Agent; provided that, subject to
Section 4.1(b), upon the occurrence of the CF Enforcement
Date, the CF Collateral Agent acting on behalf of itself and the CF
Secured Parties may exercise such remedies without such prior
written consent of any other Collateral Agent. From and after the
date upon which the Discharge of ABL Obligations shall have
occurred (or, with respect to the CF Collateral Agent, acting on
behalf of itself and the CF Secured Parties, prior thereto upon the
occurrence of the CF Enforcement Date), the Subordinated Lien
Collateral Agents or any Subordinated Lien Secured Party may
Exercise Any Secured Creditor Remedies under the applicable
Subordinated Lien Documents or applicable law as to any Common
Collateral.
(b) Notwithstanding the
provisions of Section 2.3(a) or any other provision of this
Agreement, nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent
any Collateral Agent or any Secured Party from (i) filing a
claim or statement of interest with respect to the ABL Obligations
or Subordinated Lien Obligations owed to it in any Insolvency
Proceeding commenced by or against any Grantor, (ii) taking
any action (not adverse to the priority status of the Liens of the
other Collateral Agents or other Secured Parties on the Common
Collateral in which such other Collateral Agents or other Secured
Parties has a priority Lien or the rights of the other Collateral
Agents or any of the other Secured Parties to exercise remedies in
respect thereof) in order to create, perfect, preserve or protect
(but not enforce) its Lien on any Common Collateral,
(iii) filing any necessary or responsive pleadings in
opposition to any motion, adversary proceeding or other pleading
filed by any Person objecting to or otherwise seeking disallowance
of the claim or Lien of such Collateral Agent or Secured Party,
(iv) filing any pleadings, objections, motions, or agreements
which assert rights available to unsecured creditors of the
Grantors arising under any Insolvency Proceeding or applicable
non-bankruptcy law, (vi) voting on any plan of reorganization
or file any proof of claim in any Insolvency Proceeding of any
Grantor, or (vii) objecting to the proposed retention of
collateral by any other Agent or any other Secured Party in full or
partial
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satisfaction of any ABL Obligations or
Subordinated Lien Obligations due to such other Collateral Agent or
Secured Party, in each case (i) through (vii)
above to the extent not inconsistent with, or could not
result in a resolution inconsistent with, the terms of this
Agreement.
(c) Subject to the
Section 2.3(b), (i) each Subordinated Lien Collateral
Agent, for itself and on behalf of the applicable Subordinated Lien
Secured Parties, agrees that neither it nor any such Subordinated
Lien Secured Party will take any action that would hinder any
exercise of remedies undertaken by the ABL Collateral Agent or the
ABL Secured Parties with respect to the Receivables Collateral,
including any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition
of Receivables Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise, and
(ii) each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and
on behalf of the applicable Subordinated Lien Secured Parties,
hereby waives any and all rights it or any such Subordinated Lien
Secured Party may have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to
object to the manner in which the ABL Collateral Agent or the ABL
Secured Parties
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