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EXECUTION VERSION
Exhibit 10.5
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT dated as of December 15, 2006, among PNC Bank,
National Association ("PNC"), as First-Lien Agent, Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association, as Trustee, GeoKinetics Inc., a
Delaware corporation (the "Company" ), and each
Subsidiary of the Company listed on the signature pages hereof.
A.
The Company is party to the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit,
Capex Loan and Security Agreement as dated as of December 15,
2006, (as Amended and Refinanced from time to time, the
"Credit Agreement" ), among the Company, certain
Subsidiaries of the Company, the lenders party thereto from time to
time, and PNC, as administrative and collateral agent.
B.
The Company is also party to the Indenture dated as of
December 15, 2006, (as Amended and Refinanced from time to
time, the " Notes Indenture" ), among the Company,
certain Subsidiaries of the Company and Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, as trustee.
C.
It is a condition precedent to the making of Advances and the
issuance of Letters of Credit by the Senior Lenders (as hereunder
defined) under the Credit Agreement, and the initial purchase of
the Notes that the First-Lien Agent, the Trustee, the Company and
certain of its Subsidiaries shall have executed and delivered this
Agreement.
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:
Section 1. Definitions.
1.1.
Defined Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following
terms have the meanings specified below:
"Agreement" shall mean this Agreement, as amended,
renewed, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time in accordance with the terms hereof.
"as Amended and Refinanced" shall mean and include,
in respect of any Indebtedness, (a) such Indebtedness as
extended, renewed, defeased, amended, modified, supplemented,
restated, restructured, refinanced, replaced, refunded or repaid,
and (b) any other Indebtedness issued in exchange or
replacement for or to refinance such Indebtedness, in whole or in
part, whether with the same or different lenders, arrangers and/or
agents and whether with a larger or smaller aggregate principal
amount and/or a longer or shorter maturity.
"Bankruptcy Law" shall mean Title 11 of the United
States Code and any similar Federal, state or foreign law for the
relief of debtors.
"Common Collateral" shall mean all of the assets of
any Grantor, whether real, personal or mixed, constituting both
Senior Lender Collateral and Noteholder Collateral.
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"Company" shall have the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
"Comparable Noteholder Collateral Document" shall
mean, in relation to any Common Collateral subject to any Lien
created under any Senior Collateral Document, those Noteholder
Collateral Documents that create a Lien on the same Common
Collateral, granted by the same Grantor.
"Credit Agreement" shall have the meaning set forth
in the recitals.
"Deposit Account" shall have the meaning set forth in
the Uniform Commercial Code.
"Deposit Account Collateral" shall mean that part of
the Common Collateral comprised of or contained in Deposit Accounts
or Securities Accounts.
"DIP Financing" shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 6.1.
"Discharge of Senior Lender Claims" shall mean
payment in full in cash (except for contingent indemnities and cost
and reimbursement obligations to the extent no claim has been made)
of all Obligations in respect of all outstanding First-Lien
Indebtedness and, with respect to letters of credit or letter of
credit guaranties outstanding thereunder, delivery of cash
collateral or backstop letters of credit in respect thereof in
compliance with the Credit Agreement, in each case after or
concurrently with the termination of all commitments to extend
credit thereunder; provided that the Discharge of Senior
Lender Claims shall not be deemed to have occurred if such payments
are made with the proceeds of other First-Lien Indebtedness that
constitutes an exchange or replacement for or a refinancing of such
Obligations or Senior Lender Claims.
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Enforcement Action " means:
(a) notifying
any obligors to direct payments, in respect of receivables that are
subject to Liens, to a creditor or directly collecting accounts
receivables that are subject to Liens or other payment rights of
the Company or any Subsidiary that are subject to Liens; and
(b) exercising
any rights or remedies (including any right of set-off or
recoupment) with respect to any Common Collateral or taking any
steps, proceedings or actions action whatsoever whether at
law(including, without limitation, under the Uniform Commercial
Code or any other personal property security act) or under any
Noteholder Collateral Documents or Senior Collateral Documents, in
any such case, to enforce all or any of such documents or any other
rights with respect to any Common Collateral (including any steps,
proceedings or actions to foreclose upon, or to take possession of
or to sell all or any of the Common Collateral, or any other
enforcement, collection, execution, levy or foreclosure action or
proceeding with respect to any Lien, whether arising pursuant to
any such documents in connection with a judgment against the
Company or any Subsidiary or otherwise.)
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First-Lien Agent " shall mean PNC, in its capacity as
administrative agent and collateral agent for the Senior Lenders
under the Credit Agreement and the other Senior Lender Documents
entered into pursuant to the Credit Agreement, together with its
successors and permitted assigns under the Credit Agreement
exercising substantially the same rights and powers.
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"First-Lien Indebtedness" shall mean all Obligations
arising under the Credit Agreement or any other Senior Lender
Document, whether or not such Obligations constitute Indebtedness,
including, without limitation, Obligations under any credit
agreement that evidences any other First-Lien Indebtedness as
Amended and Refinanced.
"Grantors" shall mean the Company and each of the
Company’s Subsidiaries that has executed and delivered a
Noteholder Collateral Document or a Senior Collateral Document.
"
Indebtedness " shall mean and include all obligations
that constitute "Indebtedness" as defined in the Credit Agreement
or "Indebtedness" as defined in the Notes Indenture.
"
Indenture Secured Parties " shall mean the Persons
holding Noteholder Claims, including the Trustee.
"
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding " shall mean
(a) any voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under any
Bankruptcy Law with respect to any Grantor, (b) 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 Grantor or with respect to any of its assets, (c) any
liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or winding up of any
Grantor whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not
involving insolvency or bankruptcy or (d) any assignment for
the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of assets and
liabilities of any Grantor.
"Lien" shall mean any lien, security interest or
other charge or encumbrance of any kind, or any other type of
preferential arrangement, including, without limitation, the lien
or retained security title of a conditional vendor.
"Noteholder Claims" shall mean all Obligations in
respect of the Notes or arising under the Noteholder Documents or
any of them, including all fees and expenses of the Trustee
thereunder.
"Noteholder Collateral" shall mean all of the assets
of any Grantor, whether real, personal or mixed, with respect to
which a Lien is granted as security for any Noteholder Claim
pursuant to the Noteholder Collateral Documents.
"Noteholder Collateral Documents" shall mean the
Noteholder Security Agreement and any other security agreement,
assignment or other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to
which a Lien is granted by any Grantor or other Person to secure
any Noteholder Claims or under which rights or remedies with
respect to any such Lien are governed.
"Noteholder Documents" shall mean (a) the Notes
Indenture, the Notes, the Noteholder Collateral Documents and
(b) any other related document or instrument executed and
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delivered pursuant to any Noteholder Document described in
clause (a) above evidencing or governing any Obligations
thereunder.
"Noteholder Security Agreement" shall mean the
Security Agreement dated as of December 15, 2006, among the
Company, the other Grantors and the Trustee.
"
Notes " shall mean (a) the initial
$100 million in aggregate principal amount of second-priority
senior secured notes due December 15, 2012 issued pursuant to
the Notes Indenture, and (b) any additional notes issued under
the Notes Indenture by the Company.
"Notes Indenture" shall have the meaning set forth in
the recitals.
"Obligations" shall mean, with respect to any Person,
any payment, performance or other obligations of such Person of any
kind, including, without limitation, any liability of such Person
on any claim, whether or not the right of any creditor to payment
in respect of such claim is reduced to judgment, liquidated,
unliquidated, fixed, contingent, matured, disputed, undisputed,
legal, equitable, secured or unsecured, and whether or not such
claim is discharged, stayed or otherwise affected by any Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Obligations of any Grantor under any Senior Lender
Document or Noteholder Document include (a) the obligations to
pay principal, interest (including interest accrued on or accruing
after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding,
whether or not a claim for post-filing interest is allowed in such
proceeding), letter of credit commissions (if applicable), charges,
expenses, fees, attorneys’ fees and disbursements,
indemnities and other amounts payable by such Grantor to reimburse
any amount in respect of any of the foregoing that any Senior
Lender or Indenture Secured Party, in its sole discretion, many
elect to pay or advance on behalf of such Grantor.
"Officers’ Certificate" shall have the meaning
set forth in the Notes Indenture.
"Person" shall mean an individual, partnership,
corporation (including a business trust), limited liability
company, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association,
joint venture or other entity, or a government or any political
subdivision or agency thereof.
"Pledged Collateral" shall mean the Common Collateral
in the possession of the First-Lien Agent (or its agents or
bailees), to the extent that possession thereof perfects a Lien
thereon under the Uniform Commercial Code.
"Required Lenders" shall mean, with respect to any
Credit Agreement, those Senior Lenders the approval of which is
required to approve an amendment or modification of, termination or
waiver of any provision of or consent to any departure from such
Credit Agreement (or would be required to effect such consent under
this Agreement if such consent were treated as an amendment of the
Credit Agreement).
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Second Lien Option Period " means the period
(x) commencing on the earliest to occur of (i) the date of the
commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of any
Grantor, or (ii) the date on which any holder of the Notes
receives notice of: (1) the acceleration of the Obligations in
respect of the First-Lien Indebtedness based on an Event of Default
under the Senior Lender Documents, (2) a motion seeking to
sell substantially all of the assets of the
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Loan Parties under section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code; or
(3) the commencement of any action taken by the First-Lien
Agent to foreclose on all or a material portion of the Common
Collateral, and (y) ending on the date which is thirty
(30) Business Days thereafter.
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Second-Priority Agent" shall mean the Trustee as
agent for the Indenture Secured Parties.
"Second-Priority Designated Agent" shall mean such
agent or trustee as is designated "Second-Priority Designated
Agent" by the Indenture Secured Parties holding a majority in
principal amount of the Noteholder Claims then outstanding; it
being understood that as of the date of this agreement and for so
long as any Noteholder Claims remain outstanding, the Trustee shall
be so designated Second-Priority Designated Agent.
"Second-Priority Lien" shall mean any Lien on any
assets of the Company or any other Grantor securing any Noteholder
Claims.
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Second-Priority Lien Enforcement Period " means any
period beginning on the date which is 135 days after the occurrence
of (i) an Event of Default under the Notes Indenture and
(ii) the First-Lien Agent’s receipt of written notice
from the Second-Priority Agent or any holder of the Notes
certifying that (x) an Event of Default under the Notes
Indenture has occurred and is continuing and (y) the Notes are
currently due and payable in full (whether as a result of
acceleration thereof or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of
the Notes Indenture and ending on the date the Notes are repaid in
full or the acceleration of the Notes is rescinded in accordance
with the terms of the Notes Indenture; provided that the
Second Lien Enforcement Period shall be suspended (1) at any
time the First-Lien Agent or the Senior Lenders have commenced and
are diligently pursuing in good faith the exercise of their default
or enforcement rights or remedies against, or diligently attempting
in good faith to vacate any stay of enforcement of their Liens on,
all or a material portion of the Common Collateral.
"Securities Account" shall have the meaning set forth
in the Uniform Commercial Code.
"Senior Collateral Documents" shall mean the portions
of the Credit Agreement, and any other security agreement, mortgage
or other agreement, document or instrument, pursuant to which a
Lien is now or hereafter granted securing any Senior Lender Claims
or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are at
any time governed.
"Senior Lender Claims" shall mean all First-Lien
Indebtedness outstanding. Senior Lender Claims shall include all
interest and expenses accrued or accruing (or that would, absent
the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding,
accrue) after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding in accordance with and at the rate specified in the
relevant Senior Lender Document whether or not the claim for such
interest or expenses is allowed or allowable as a claim in such
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
"Senior Lender Collateral" shall mean all of the
assets of any Grantor, whether real, personal or mixed, with
respect to which a Lien is granted as security for any Senior
Lender Claim.
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"Senior Lender Documents" shall mean the Credit
Agreement, the Senior Collateral Documents and each of the other
agreements, documents and instruments providing for, evidencing or
securing any Obligation under the Credit Agreement and any other
related document or instrument executed or delivered pursuant to
any Senior Lender Document at any time or otherwise evidencing or
securing any Indebtedness arising under any Senior Lender
Document.
"Senior Lenders" shall mean the Persons holding
Senior Lender Claims.
"Subsidiary" shall mean any "Subsidiary" of the
Company as defined in the Credit Agreement.
"Trustee" shall mean Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, in its capacity as trustee under the Notes Indenture
and collateral agent under the Noteholder Collateral Documents, and
its permitted successors.
"Uniform Commercial Code" or "UCC"
shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in
effect in the State of New York.
1.2.
Terms Generally . The definitions of terms herein shall
apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms
defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall
include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The
words "include," "includes" and "including" shall be deemed to be
followed by the phrase "without limitation". The word "will" shall
be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word
"shall". Unless the context requires otherwise (a) any
definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other
document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement,
instrument or other document as from time to time amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with this
Agreement, (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be
construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns,
(c) the words "herein," "hereof" and "hereunder," and words of
similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in
its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof,
(d) all references herein to Sections shall be construed to
refer to Sections of this Agreement and (e) the words "asset"
and "property" shall be construed to have the same meaning and
effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets
and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract
rights.
Section 2. Lien Priorities.
2.1.
Subordination of Liens . Notwithstanding the date, time,
manner or order of filing or recordation of any document or
instrument or grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens granted
to the Indenture Secured Parties on the Common Collateral or of any
Liens granted to the First-Lien Agent or the Senior Lenders on the
Common Collateral and notwithstanding any provision of the UCC, or
any applicable law or the Noteholder Collateral Documents or the
Senior Lender Documents or any other circumstance whatsoever, each
Second-Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each Indenture
Secured Party, hereby agrees that: (a) any Lien on the Common
Collateral securing any Senior Lender Claims now or hereafter held
(or purported to be held) by or on behalf of the First-Lien Agent
or any Senior Lenders or any agent or trustee therefor regardless
of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law,
subrogation or
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otherwise (whether perfected or unperfected), shall have
priority over and be senior in all respects and prior to any Lien
on the Common Collateral securing any Noteholder Claims and
(b) any Lien on the Common Collateral (whether perfected or
unperfected) securing (or purported to be securing) any Noteholder
Claims now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the Trustee or any
Indenture Secured Parties or any agent or trustee therefor
regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of
law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in
all respects to all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any
Senior Lender Claims. All Liens on the Common Collateral securing
any Senior Lender Claims shall be and remain senior in all respects
and prior to all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any
Noteholder Claims for all purposes, whether or not such Liens
securing any Senior Lender Claims are subordinated to any Lien
securing any other obligation of the Company, any other Grantor or
any other Person.
2.2.
Prohibition on Contesting Liens . Each Second-Priority
Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Indenture Secured Party,
and the First-Lien Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Senior
Lender, agrees that it shall not (and hereby waives any right to)
contest or support any other Person in contesting, in any
proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding),
the validity, perfection, priority, validity or enforceability of
(a) a Lien securing any Senior Lender Claims held (or
purported to be held) by or on behalf of the First-Lien Agent or
any of the Senior Lenders or any agent or trustee therefor in any
Senior Lender Collateral or (b) a Lien securing any Noteholder
Claims held (or purported to be held) by or on behalf of any
Indenture Secured Party in the Common Collateral, as the case may
be.
2.3.
No New Liens . So long as the Discharge of Senior Lender
Claims has not occurred, the parties hereto agree that, after the
date hereof, if any Second-Priority Agent shall hold any Lien on
any assets of the Company or any other Grantor securing any
Noteholder Claims that are not also subject to the first-priority
Lien in respect of the Senior Lender Claims under the Senior Lender
Documents, such Second-Priority Agent shall notify the First-Lien
Agent promptly upon becoming aware thereof and, upon demand by the
First-Lien Agent or the Company, (a) such Second-Priority
Agent will assign or release such Lien and the benefits thereof to
the First-Lien Agent (and/or its designee) as security for the
applicable Senior Lender Claims (in the case of an assignment, each
Second-Priority Agent may retain a junior lien on such assets
subject to the terms hereof), and (b) the applicable Grantor
will grant to the First-Lien Agent, for the benefit of the Senior
Lenders, a first-priority Lien on such collateral pursuant to the
Senior Collateral Documents.
2.4.
Perfection of Liens . Neither the First-Lien Agent nor the
Senior Lenders shall be responsible for perfecting and maintaining
the perfection of Liens with respect to the Common Collateral for
the benefit of the Second-Priority Agents and the Indenture Secured
Parties. The provisions of this Intercreditor Agreement are
intended solely to govern the respective Lien priorities as between
the Senior Lenders and the Indenture Secured Parties and shall not
impose on the First-Lien Agent, any Second-Priority Agent, the
Indenture Secured Parties or the Senior Lenders or any agent or
trustee therefor any obligations in respect of the disposition of
proceeds of any Common Collateral which would conflict with prior
perfected claims therein in favor of any other Person or any order
or decree of any court or governmental authority or any applicable
law.
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Section 3. Enforcement.
3.1.
Exercise of Remedies .
(a) So
long as the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has not occurred,
whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been
commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor,
(i) no Second-Priority Agent or any Indenture Secured Party
will (x) commence any Enforcement Action, (y) contest,
protest or object to any Enforcement Action brought with respect to
the Common Collateral by the First-Lien Agent or any Senior Lender
in respect of the Senior Lender Claims, or (z) object to the
forbearance by the Senior Lenders from bringing or pursuing any
Enforcement Action and (ii) except as otherwise provided
herein, the First-Lien Agent and the Senior Lenders shall have the
exclusive right to commence any Enforcement Action and make
determinations regarding the release, disposition or restrictions
with respect to the Common Collateral without any consultation with
or the consent of any Second-Priority Agent or any Indenture
Secured Party; provided , however , that
(A) each Second-Priority Agent and each Indenture Secured
Party may file a proof of claim or take any other action with
respect to the Noteholder Claims required in connection with the
preservation, validity and establishment of such Claim, including
in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, (B) each
Second-Priority Agent and each Indenture Secured Party may take any
action (not adverse to the prior Liens on the Common Collateral
securing the Senior Lender Claims, or the rights of the First-Lien
Agent or the Senior Lenders to exercise remedies in respect
thereof) in order to create, preserve or protect its rights in, and
the perfection (other than by possession thereof) and priority of
its Lien on, the Common Collateral except for the perfection of
Liens in any Common Collateral in which the Lien of the First-Lien
Agent in respect of the Senior Claims is not perfected,
(C) each Second-Priority Agent and each Indenture Secured
Party may seek equitable relief (whether by any of injunction,
specific performance or otherwise) to enforce its rights under the
Noteholder Collateral Documents, provided such action does not
adversely affect the Liens securing the Senior Lender Claims or the
rights of the First-Lien Agent or the Senior Lenders to exercise
their remedies in respect thereof, (D) each Second-Priority
Agent and each Indenture Secured Party may take any action against
any Person relating to the rights and powers of such Person with
respect to the sale or disposition of any Common Collateral (other
than a sale in which the Lien of such First-Lien Agent or Indenture
Secured Party in such Common Collateral shall be released as
provided herein) and (E) each Second-Priority Agent may take
any or all actions and exercise any or all rights or remedies
permitted under the Noteholder Collateral Documents or applicable
law with respect to the Common Collateral during any
Second-Priority Lien Enforcement Period which is not suspended. In
exercising rights and remedies with respect to the Senior Lender
Collateral, the First-Lien Agent and the Senior Lenders may enforce
the provisions of the Senior Lender Documents and exercise remedies
thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as they may
determine in the exercise of their sole discretion. Such exercise
and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by
them to sell or otherwise dispose of Common Collateral or other
collateral upon foreclosure, to incur expenses in connection with
such sale or disposition, and to exercise all the rights and
remedies of a secured lender under the Uniform Commercial Code of
any applicable jurisdiction and of a secured creditor under
Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.
(b) So
long as the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has not occurred,
except as specifically provided in Section 3.1(a), each
Second-Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each
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Indenture Secured Party, agrees that it will not take or receive
any Common Collateral or other collateral or any proceeds of Common
Collateral or other collateral in connection with the exercise of
any right or remedy (including setoff) with respect to any Common
Collateral or other collateral in respect of the Noteholder Claims.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until
the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred, except as
expressly provided in Section 3.1(a), the sole right of the
Second-Priority Agents and the Indenture Secured Parties with
respect to the Common Collateral or any other collateral is to hold
a Lien on the Common Collateral or such other collateral in respect
of the Noteholder Claims pursuant to the Noteholder Documents, as
applicable, for the period and to the extent granted therein and to
receive a share of the proceeds thereof, if any, after the
Discharge of Senior Lender Claims has occurred.
(c) Each
Second-Priority Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Indenture
Secured Party, agrees that no Second-Priority Agent or Indenture
Secured Party will take any action that would hinder any exercise
of remedies undertaken by the First-Lien Agent or the Senior
Lenders with respect to the Common Collateral or any other
collateral under the Senior Loan Documents, including any sale,
lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Common
Collateral or such other collateral, whether by foreclosure or
otherwise, and (ii) each Second-Priority Agent, for itself and
on behalf of each Indenture Secured Party, hereby waives any and
all rights it or any Indenture Secured Party may have as a junior
lien creditor or otherwise to object to the manner in which the
First-Lien Agent or the Senior Lenders seek to enforce or collect
the Senior Lender Claims or the Liens granted in any of the Senior
Lender Collateral.
(d) Each
Second-Priority Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that no
covenant, agreement or restriction contained in any Noteholder
Document shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and
remedies of the First-Lien Agent or the Senior Lenders with respect
to the Senior Lender Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and
the Senior Lender Documents.
3.2.
Cooperation . Subject to Section 3.1(a), each
Second-Priority Agent, on behalf of itself and each Indenture
Secured Party, agrees that, unless and until the Discharge of
Senior Lender Claims has occurred, it will not commence, or join
with any Person (other than the Senior Lenders and the First-Lien
Agent upon the request thereof) in commencing, any enforcement,
collection, execution, levy or foreclosure action or proceeding
with respect to any Lien held by it in the Common Collateral or any
other collateral under any of the applicable Noteholder Documents
or otherwise in respect of the Noteholder Claims.
Section 4. Payments.
4.1.
Application of Proceeds . So long as the Discharge of Senior
Lender Claims has not occurred, the Common Collateral and any other
collateral in respect of the Noteholder Claims or proceeds thereof
received in connection with the sale or other disposition of, or
collection on, such Common Collateral or other collateral upon the
exercise of remedies, shall be applied by the First-Lien Agent to
the Senior Lender Claims in such order as specified in the relevant
Senior Lender Documents until the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims
has occurred. Upon the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims, subject
to Section 5.7 hereof, the First-Lien Agent
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shall deliver promptly to the Second-Priority Designated Agent
any Common Collateral or proceeds thereof held by it in the same
form as received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of
competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct to be applied by the
Second-Priority Designated Agent ratably to the Noteholder Claims
in such order as specified in the Noteholder Documents.
4.2.
Payments Over . Any Common Collateral or other collateral in
respect of the Noteholder Claims or proceeds thereof received by
any Second-Priority Agent in connection with the exercise of any
right or remedy (including setoff) relating to the Common
Collateral or such other collateral prior to the Discharge of
Senior Lender Claims shall be segregated and held in trust for the
benefit of and forthwith paid over to the First-Lien Agent (and/or
its designees) for the benefit of the Senior Lenders in the same
form as received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of
competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The First-Lien Agent
is hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for any
Second-Priority Agent or any Indenture Secured Party. This
authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.
Section 5. Other Agreements.
5.1.
Releases .
(a)
(i) (A) If, at any time any Grantor or the holder of any
Senior Lender Claim delivers notice to the Second-Priority Agent
that (A) any specified Common Collateral (including all or
substantially all of the equity interests of a Grantor or any of
its Subsidiaries) (including for such purpose, in the case of the
sale of equity interests in any Subsidiary, any Common Collateral
held by such Subsidiary or any direct or indirect Subsidiary
thereof) is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of by the owner
of such Common Collateral in a transaction permitted under the
Credit Agreement and the Notes Indenture; or
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(B)
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if at any time the Company delivers a written
notice to each Second-Priority Agent in accordance with the Notes
Indenture that any Grantor has been designated as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary (as defined in the Notes Indenture a
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