Exhibit 10.2
INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, dated as of
April 23, 2004, among CONGRESS FINANCIAL CORPORATION (CENTRAL)
(“ Congress ”), as Credit Agent, DEUTSCHE BANK
NATIONAL TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee, DEUTSCHE BANK NATIONAL TRUST
COMPANY, as Collateral Agent, DELCO REMY INTERNATIONAL, INC. and
each SUBSIDIARY GUARANTOR listed on Schedule I hereto.
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Company (such term and
each other capitalized term used herein having the meanings set
forth in Section 1 below), certain of the Company’s
Subsidiaries, certain lenders and Congress, as administrative
agent, are parties to the Second Amended and Restated Loan and
Security Agreement dated as of April 23, 2004 (as further
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“ Credit Agreement ”);
WHEREAS, the Obligations of the
Company under the Credit Agreement are secured by various assets of
the Company and certain Subsidiaries thereof;
WHEREAS, the Company, certain
Subsidiaries of the Company and the Trustee have entered into the
Indenture dated as of April 23, 2004 (as amended, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time, the “
Indenture ”), pursuant to which the Notes shall be
governed; and
WHEREAS, the Company, certain
subsidiaries of the Company, the Trustee and the Credit Agent are
entering into this Agreement to set forth, among other things,
certain rights and priorities with respect to the Senior Lender
Collateral and the Noteholder Collateral;
Now, THEREFORE, 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.
(a) Definitions . As
used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings
specified below:
“ Agreement ”
means this Agreement, as amended, renewed, extended, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the
terms hereof.
“ Bankruptcy Law
” means Title 11 of the United States Code and any similar
Federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
“ Business Day ”
means any day other than a Saturday, a Sunday or a day that is a
legal holiday under the laws of the State of New York or on which
banking institutions in the State of New York are required or
authorized by law or other governmental action to close.
“ Cash Management
Obligations ” means, with respect to any Person, all
obligations, whether now owing or hereafter arising, of such Person
in respect of overdrafts and related liabilities owed to any other
Person that arise from treasury, depositary or cash management
services, including any automated clearing house transfers of funds
or any similar transactions.
“ Common Collateral
” means all of the assets of any Grantor, whether real,
personal or mixed, constituting both Senior Lender Collateral and
Noteholder Collateral.
“ Company ” means
Delco Remy International, Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its
successors.
“ Comparable Noteholder
Collateral Document ” means, in relation to any Common
Collateral subject to any Lien created under any Senior Collateral
Document, that Noteholder Collateral Document that creates a Lien
on the same Common Collateral, granted by the same
Grantor.
“ Credit Agent ”
means Congress, in its capacity as administrative agent under the
Credit Agreement, and its successors as collateral agent for the
Senior Lenders (or if there is more than one such successor agent,
such agent as is designated as “Credit Agent” by Senior
Lenders holding a majority of the Senior Lender Claims then
outstanding) under the Senior Credit Agreement exercising
substantially the same rights and powers.
“ Deposit Account
” has the meaning set forth in the Uniform Commercial
Code.
“ Deposit Account
Collateral ” means that part of the Common Collateral
comprised of or contained in Deposit Accounts or Securities
Accounts.
“ DIP Financing ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
“ Discharge of Senior
Lender Claims ” means, except to the extent otherwise
provided in Section 5.6, payment in full in cash of
(a) all Obligations in respect of all outstanding First-Lien
Indebtedness and, with respect to letters of credit outstanding
thereunder, delivery of cash collateral or backstop letters of
credit in respect thereof in compliance with the Senior Credit
Agreement, in each case after or concurrently with termination of
all commitments to extend credit thereunder and (b) any other
Senior Lender Claims that are due and payable or otherwise accrued
and owing at or prior to the time such principal and interest are
paid.
“ First-Lien
Indebtedness ” means (a) all Indebtedness incurred
by the Company and its Subsidiaries pursuant to the Credit
Agreement and secured by a Permitted Lien (as defined in the
Indenture) described in clause (7) of the definition thereof,
(b) all other Obligations (not constituting Indebtedness) of
the Company and its Subsidiaries under the agreements governing
such Indebtedness and (c) all other Obligations of Parent, the
Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of Hedging Obligations or
Obligations in respect of cash management services in connection
with such first-lien Indebtedness.
“ Future First-Lien
Indebtedness ” means any First-Lien Indebtedness other
than Indebtedness incurred pursuant to the Credit
Agreement.
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“ Grantors ”
means the Company and each of the Subsidiaries that has executed
and delivered a Noteholder Collateral Document or a Senior
Collateral Document.
“ Hedging Obligations
” means, with respect to any Person, all obligations and
liabilities, whether now owing or hereafter arising, of such Person
in respect of (a) interest rate, commodity or currency swap
agreements, interest rate, commodity or currency cap agreements,
interest rate, commodity or currency collar agreements or
(b) other agreements or arrangements designed to protect such
Person against fluctuations in interest rates, commodity prices
and/or currency exchange rates.
“ Indebtedness ”
means and includes all obligations that constitute
“Indebtedness” within the meaning of the Indenture or
the Senior Credit Agreement.
“ Indenture ” has
the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
“ Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding ” means (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 ” means,
with respect to any asset, any mortgage, deed of trust, lien,
pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge or security interest in,
on or of such asset.
“ Noteholder Claims
” means 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
” means 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.
“ Noteholder Collateral
Documents ” means the Noteholder Security Agreement, the
Noteholder Mortgages and any other document or instrument pursuant
to which a Lien is granted by any Grantor to secure any Noteholder
Claims or under which rights or remedies with respect to any such
Lien are governed.
“ Noteholder Documents
” means (a) the Indenture, the Notes, the Noteholder
Collateral Documents and (b) any other related document or
instrument executed and delivered pursuant to any Noteholder
Document described in clause (a) above evidencing or governing
any Obligations thereunder.
“ Noteholder Mortgages
” means a collective reference to each mortgage, deed of
trust and any other document or instrument under which any Lien on
real property owned by any Grantor is granted to secure any
Noteholder Claims or under which rights or remedies with respect o
any such Liens are governed.
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“ Noteholder Security
Agreement ” means the Collateral Agreement dated as of
April 23, 2004, among the Company, certain other domestic
Grantors and the Trustee.
“ Noteholders ”
means the Persons holding Noteholder Claims.
“ Notes ” means
(a) the initial $125.0 million in aggregate principal amount
of second-priority senior secured floating rate notes due 2009 to
be 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 April 23, 2004,
among the Company, certain Subsidiaries of the Company 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 and the Credit Agreement.
“ Obligations ”
means, with respect to any Indebtedness, any and all obligations,
whether now owing or hereafter arising, with respect to the payment
of (a) any principal of or interest (including interest
accruing on or after the commencement of any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not a claim for post-filing
interest is allowed in such proceeding) or premium on any
Indebtedness, including any reimbursement obligation in respect of
any letter of credit, (b) any fees, indemnification
obligations, expense reimbursement obligations or other liabilities
payable under the documentation governing such Indebtedness,
(c) any obligation to post cash collateral in respect of
letters of credit and any other obligations and (d) any Cash
Management Obligations or Hedging Obligations owing to any of the
Senior Lenders or any affiliates thereof.
“ Person ” means
any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust,
joint venture, association, company, partnership, entity or other
party, including any government and any political subdivision,
agency or instrumentality thereof.
“ Pledged Collateral
” means (a) the Common Collateral in the possession of
the Credit Agent (or its agents or bailees), to the extent that
possession thereof is necessary to perfect a Lien thereon under the
Uniform Commercial Code and (b) the “Pledged
Collateral” under, and as defined in, the Noteholder Security
Agreement that is Common Collateral.
“ Recovery ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 6.4.
“ Required Lenders
” means, with respect to any Senior 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 or departure from the Senior Credit
Agreement (or would be required to effect such consent under this
Agreement if such consent were treated as an amendment of the
Senior Credit Agreement).
“ Securities Account
” has the meaning set forth in the Uniform Commercial
Code.
“ Senior Collateral
Documents ” means the Credit Agreement and any 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.
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“ Senior Credit
Agreement ” means the Credit Agreement and any other
agreement governing Future First-Lien Indebtedness.
“ Senior Lender Cash
Management Obligations ” means any Cash Management
Obligations secured by any Common Collateral under the Senior
Collateral Documents.
“ Senior Lender Claims
” means (a) all First-Lien Indebtedness outstanding,
including any Future First-Lien Indebtedness and (b) all other
Obligations (not constituting Indebtedness under any such
First-Lien Indebtedness), including all Senior Lender Hedging
Obligations and Senior Lender Cash Management Obligations. 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 as a claim
in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
“ Senior Lender
Collateral ” means 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.
“ Senior Lender
Documents ” means the Senior Credit Agreement, the Senior
Collateral Documents and each of the other agreements, documents
and instruments (including each agreement, document or instrument
providing for or evidencing a Senior Lender Hedging Obligation or
Senior Lender Cash Management Obligation) providing for, evidencing
or securing any Obligation under the Credit Agreement or any Future
First-Lien Indebtedness 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 Lender Hedging
Obligations ” means any Hedging Obligations secured by
any Common Collateral under the Senior Collateral
Documents.
“ Senior Lenders
” means the Persons holding Senior Lender Claims, including
the Credit Agent.
“ Subsidiary ”
means any “Subsidiary” of the Company as defined in the
Indenture.
“ Trustee ” means
Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, in its capacity as trustee
under the Indenture and collateral agent under the Noteholder
Collateral Documents, and its permitted successors.
“ Uniform Commercial
Code ” or “ UCC ” means the Uniform
Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New
York.
(b) 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
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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.
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 Trustee or the Noteholders
on the Common Collateral or of any Liens granted to the Credit
Agent or the Senior Lenders on the Common Collateral and
notwithstanding any provision of the UCC, or any applicable law or
the Noteholder Documents or the Senior Lender Documents or any
other circumstance whatsoever, the Trustee, on behalf of itself and
the Noteholders, hereby agrees that: (a) any Lien on the
Common Collateral securing any Senior Lender Claims now or
hereafter held by or on behalf of the Credit Agent or any Senior
Lenders or any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how
acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation
or otherwise, shall have priority over and be senior in all
respects and prior to any Lien on the Common Collateral securing
any of the Noteholder Claims and (b) any Lien on the Common
Collateral securing any Noteholder Claims now or hereafter held by
or on behalf of the Trustee or any Noteholders 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.
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2.2 Prohibition on Contesting
Liens. Each of the Trustee, for itself and on behalf of each
Noteholder, and the Credit 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 Credit Agent or any of
the Senior Lenders 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 of the Noteholders in the Common Collateral,
as the case may be; provided , however , that nothing
in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the
rights of the Credit Agent or any Senior Lender to enforce this
Agreement, including the priority of the Liens securing the Senior
Lender Claims as provided in Section 2.1.
2.3 No New Liens. Subject to
Section 11.03 of the Indenture, so long as the Discharge of
Senior Lender Claims has not occurred, the parties hereto agree
that, after the date hereof, if the Trustee 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, the Trustee, upon demand by the Credit Agent or the
Company, will assign such Lien to the Credit Agent as security for
the Senior Lender Claims (in which case the Trustee may retain a
junior lien on such assets subject to the terms hereof).
2.4 Perfection of Liens.
Neither the Credit 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
Trustee and the Noteholders. The provisions of this Intercreditor
Agreement are intended solely to govern the respective Lien
priorities as between the respective Senior Lenders and the
Noteholders and shall not impose on the Credit Agent, the Trustee,
the Noteholders or the Senior Lenders 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.
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) the Trustee and
the Noteholders will not (x) exercise or seek to
exercise any rights or remedies (including set-off) with respect to
any Common Collateral in respect of any Noteholder Claims,
institute any action or proceeding with respect to such rights or
remedies (including any action of foreclosure), (y) contest,
protest or object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought
with respect to the Common Collateral by the Credit Agent or any
Senior Lender in respect of Senior Lender Claims, the exercise of
any right under any lockbox agreement, control agreement, landlord
waiver or bailee’s letter or similar agreement or arrangement
to which the Trustee or any Noteholder either is a party or may
have rights as a third party beneficiary, or any other exercise by
any such party, of any rights and remedies relating to the Common
Collateral under the Senior Lender Documents or otherwise in
respect of
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Senior Lender Claims, or (z) object to the
forbearance by the Senior Lenders from bringing or pursuing any
foreclosure proceeding or action or any other exercise of any
rights or remedies relating to the Common Collateral in respect of
Senior Lender Claims and (ii) except as otherwise provided
herein, the Credit Agent and the Senior Lenders shall have the
exclusive right to enforce rights, exercise remedies (including
set-off and the right to credit bid their debt) and make
determinations regarding the release, disposition, or restrictions
with respect to the Common Collateral without any consultation with
or the consent of the Trustee or any Noteholder; provided ,
however , that (A) in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding commenced by or against the Company, the Trustee may
file a claim or statement of interest with respect to the
Noteholder Claims and (B) the Trustee may take any action (not
adverse to the prior Liens on the Common Collateral securing the
Senior Lender Claims, or the rights of the Credit Agent or the
Senior Lenders to exercise remedies in respect thereof) in order to
preserve or protect the perfection and priority (vis-a-vis Persons
other than the Senior Lenders) of its Lien on the Common
Collateral. In exercising rights and remedies with respect to the
Senior Lender Collateral, the Credit 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
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, the Trustee, on behalf of
itself and the Noteholders, agrees that it will not, in the context
of its role as secured creditor, take or receive any Common
Collateral or any proceeds of Common Collateral in connection with
the exercise of any right or remedy (including set-off) with
respect to any Common Collateral in respect of 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 the proviso in clause (ii) of
Section 3.1 (a), the sole right of the Trustee and the
Noteholders with respect to the Common Collateral is to hold a Lien
on the Common Collateral in respect of Noteholder Claims pursuant
to the Noteholder Documents for the period and to the extent
granted therein and to receive a share of the proceeds thereof, if
any, after the Discharge of the Senior Lender Claims has
occurred.
(c) Subject to the proviso in clause
(ii) of Section 3.l(a), (i) the Trustee, for itself
and on behalf of the Noteholders, agrees that the Trustee and the
Noteholders will not take any action that would hinder any exercise
of remedies undertaken by the Credit Agent or the Senior Lenders
with respect to the Common Collateral under the Senior Loan
Documents, including any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other
disposition of the Common Collateral, whether by foreclosure or
otherwise, and (ii) the Trustee, for itself and on behalf of
the Noteholders, hereby waives any and all rights it or the
Noteholders may have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to
object to the manner in which the Credit Agent or the Senior
Lenders seek to enforce or collect the Senior Lender Claims or the
Liens granted in any of the Common Collateral in respect of Senior
Lender Claims, regardless of whether any action or failure to act
by or on behalf of the Credit Agent or Senior Lenders is adverse to
the interest of the Noteholders.
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(d) The Trustee 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 Credit Agent or the Senior Lenders with
respect to the Common Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and
the Senior Lender Documents.
3.2 Cooperation. Subject to
the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3. l(a), the
Trustee, on behalf of itself and the Noteholders, 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 Credit 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 under any of the Noteholder Documents
or otherwise in respect of the Noteholder Claims.
Section 4.
Payments.
4.1 Application of Proceeds.
After an event of default under the First-Lien Indebtedness has
occurred with respect to which the Credit Agent has provided
written notice to the Trustee, and until such event of default is
cured or waived, so long as the Discharge of Senior Lender Claims
has not occurred, the Common Collateral or proceeds thereof
received in connection with the sale or other disposition of, or
collection on, such Common Collateral upon the exercise of
remedies, shall be applied by the Credit 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 the Senior Lender Claims, the Credit Agent
shall deliver promptly to the Trustee any proceeds of Common
Collateral 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 Trustee to the Noteholder
Claims in such order as specified in the relevant Noteholder
Documents.
4.2 Payments Over. Any Common
Collateral or proceeds thereof received by the Trustee or any
Noteholder in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy
(including set-off) relating to the Common Collateral in
contravention of this Agreement shall be segregated and held for
the benefit of and forthwith paid over to the Credit Agent 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 Credit Agent is hereby
authoriz