Exhibit 99.9
INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT
dated as of April 23,
2007,
Between
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as First Lien Collateral
Agent,
and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as Second Lien Collateral
Agent
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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RECITALS
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1
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SECTION 1.
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DEFINITIONS
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2
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1.1
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DEFINED TERMS
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2
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1.2
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TERMS GENERALLY
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5
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SECTION 2.
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LIEN PRIORITIES
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5
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2.1
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RELATIVE PRIORITIES
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2.2
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PROHIBITION ON CONTESTING LIENS
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2.3
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NO NEW LIENS
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2.4
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SIMILAR LIENS AND AGREEMENTS
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7
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SECTION 3.
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ENFORCEMENT
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3.1
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EXERCISE OF REMEDIES
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3.2
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COOPERATION
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SECTION 4.
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PAYMENTS
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4.1
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APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
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4.2
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PAYMENTS OVER
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SECTION 5.
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OTHER AGREEMENTS
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5.1
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RELEASES
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5.2
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INSURANCE; CONDEMNATION
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5.3
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AMENDMENTS TO FIRST LIEN LOAN
DOCUMENTS AND SECOND LIEN LOAN DOCUMENTS
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5.4
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RIGHTS AS UNSECURED CREDITORS
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5.5
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BAILEE FOR PERFECTION
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12
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5.6
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WHEN DISCHARGE OF FIRST LIEN
OBLIGATIONS DEEMED TO NOT HAVE OCCURRED
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5.7
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PURCHASE RIGHT
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SECTION 6.
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INSOLVENCY OR LIQUIDATION PROCEEDINGS
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6.1
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FINANCE AND SALE ISSUES
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6.2
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RELIEF FROM THE AUTOMATIC STAY
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6.3
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ADEQUATE PROTECTION
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6.4
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NO WAIVER
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6.5
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AVOIDANCE ISSUES
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6.6
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REORGANIZATION SECURITIES
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6.7
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POST-PETITION INTEREST
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6.8
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WAIVER
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6.9
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NATURE OF OBLIGATIONS; POST-PETITION
INTEREST
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6.10
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PROOFS OF CLAIM
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6.11
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ASSET DISPOSITIONS IN AN INSOLVENCY
PROCEEDING
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6.12
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OTHER MATTERS
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SECTION 7.
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RELIANCE; WAIVERS; ETC
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7.1
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RELIANCE
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7.2
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NO WARRANTIES OR LIABILITY
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7.3
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NO WAIVER OF LIEN PRIORITIES
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7.4
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OBLIGATIONS UNCONDITIONAL
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7.5
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CERTAIN NOTICES
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SECTION 8.
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MISCELLANEOUS
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8.1
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CONFLICTS
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8.2
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EFFECTIVENESS; CONTINUING NATURE OF THIS
AGREEMENT; SEVERABILITY
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8.3
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AMENDMENTS; WAIVERS
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8.4
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INFORMATION CONCERNING FINANCIAL
CONDITION OF THE COMPANY AND ITS SUBSIDIARIES
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8.5
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SUBROGATION
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8.6
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APPLICATION OF PAYMENTS
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8.7
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SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS
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8.8
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NOTICES
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8.9
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FURTHER ASSURANCES
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8.10
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APPLICABLE LAW
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8.11
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BINDING ON SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS
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8.12
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SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE
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8.13
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HEADINGS
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8.14
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COUNTERPARTS
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8.15
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AUTHORIZATION
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8.16
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NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES
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8.17
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PROVISIONS SOLELY TO DEFINE RELATIVE
RIGHTS
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ii
INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT
This INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
is dated as of April 23, 2007, and entered into by and between
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as collateral agent
for the First Lien Secured Parties (as defined below), including
its successors and assigns from time to time (the “ First
Lien Collateral Agent ”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as collateral agent for the Second
Lien Secured Parties (as defined below), including its successors
and assigns from time to time (the “ Second Lien
Collateral Agent ”). Capitalized terms used herein
but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in
Section 1 below.
RECITALS
WHEREAS , iPCS, Inc. (the “ Company
”), the subsidiary guarantors party thereto and U.S. Bank
National Association, as trustee, have entered into that certain
indenture (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, the “ First Lien Indenture
”), dated as of the date hereof, providing for the issuance
of first lien senior secured floating rate notes (together with any
additional first lien senior notes issued under the First Lien
Indenture, the “ First Lien Notes ”) in an
initial principal amount equal to $300.0 million;
WHEREAS , the Company, the subsidiary guarantors party
thereto and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee, have
entered into that certain indenture (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “
Second Lien Indenture ”), dated as of the date hereof,
providing for the issuance of second lien senior secured floating
rate toggle notes (together with any additional second lien senior
notes issued under the Second Lien Indenture, the “ Second
Lien Notes ”) in an initial principal amount equal to
$175.0 million;
WHEREAS , the obligations of the Pledgors under the
First Lien Indenture and the other First Lien Documents will be
secured by substantially all the assets of the Company and certain
Subsidiaries (such Subsidiaries and any future Subsidiaries of the
Company that are obligors under any First Lien Documents, the
“ Guarantor Subsidiaries ”), respectively,
pursuant to the terms of the First Lien Security
Documents;
WHEREAS , the obligations of the Pledgors under the
Second Lien Indenture will be secured by substantially all the
assets of the Company and the Guarantor Subsidiaries, respectively,
pursuant to the terms of the Second Lien Security Documents;
and
WHEREAS , in order to induce the First Lien Collateral
Agent and the First Lien Secured Parties to consent to the Pledgors
incurring the Second Lien Obligations and to induce the First Lien
Secured Parties to extend credit and other financial accommodations
and lend monies to or for the benefit of the Company, or any other
Pledgor, the Second Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of the Second
Lien Secured Parties has agreed to the provisions set forth in this
Agreement.
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.
Definitions
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1.1
Defined Terms
. Capitalized terms used
herein and not defined herein have the meanings given such terms by
the First Lien Indenture as in effect on the date hereof. In
addition, as used in the Agreement, the following terms shall have
the following meanings:
“ Agreement ”
means this Agreement, as amended, restated, renewed, extended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance
with the terms hereof.
“ Bankruptcy Code
” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled
“Bankruptcy,” as now and hereafter in effect, or any
successor statute.
“ Bankruptcy Law
” means the Bankruptcy Code and any similar federal, state or
foreign law for the relief of debtors.
“ Business Day ”
means any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and a day on which banking
institutions located in New York City are authorized or required by
law to close.
“ Collateral ”
means all of the assets and property of any Pledgor, whether real,
personal or mixed, constituting both First Lien Collateral and
Second Lien Collateral.
“ Comparable Second Lien
Security Document ” shall mean, in relation to any
Collateral Document subject to any Lien created under any First
Lien Security Document, those Second Lien Security Documents that
create a Lien on the same Collateral, granted by the same
Pledgor.
“ DIP Financing ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1 .
“ Discharge of First Lien
Obligations ” means, except to the extent otherwise
provided in Section 5.6, (a) payment in full in cash of the
principal of and interest (including interest accruing on or after
the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding at the
rate set forth in the First Lien Documents, whether or not such
interest would be allowed or allowable in such Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding) and premium, if any, on all Indebtedness
outstanding under the First Lien Documents, (b) payment in
full in cash of all other First Lien Obligations that are due and
payable or otherwise accrued and owing at or prior to the time such
principal, interest and fees are paid (including monetary
obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of
whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding other than
obligations that are Unasserted Contingent Obligations at such
time), (c) termination or cash collateralization (in an amount
reasonably satisfactory to the First Lien Collateral Agent) of all
letters of credit issued under the First Lien Documents and
(d) termination of all other commitments of the First Lien
Secured Parties under the First Lien Documents.
“ Disposition ”
has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1 .
“ Exercise of Remedies
” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1.
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“ First Lien Collateral
” means all of the assets and property of any Pledgor,
whether real, personal or mixed, with respect to which a Lien is
granted or purported to be granted as security for any First Lien
Obligations.
“ First Lien Collateral
Agent ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble
hereof.
“ First Lien Documents
” means the “Secured Agreements” as defined in
the First Lien Security Agreement.
“ First Lien Notes
” has the meaning set forth in the recitals
hereto.
“ First Lien
Obligations ” means all obligations of the Company and
the other Pledgors from time to time arising under or in respect of
the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and
premium, if any, and interest (including interest accruing during
the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other
similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in
such proceeding) and fees on the First Lien Notes and all other
“Secured Obligations” (as such term is defined in the
First Lien Security Agreement), when and as due, whether at
maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for
prepayment or otherwise; provided that the principal amount
of all First Lien Obligations shall not exceed the Maximum First
Lien Indebtedness Amount and (ii) all other monetary obligations,
including fees, costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary,
secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including
monetary obligations incurred during the pendency of any
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding,
regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of
the Company and the other Pledgors under the First Lien Documents
owing to the First Lien Secured Parties (in their capacities as
such).
“ First Lien Secured
Parties ” means the “Secured Parties” under
and as defined in the First Lien Security Agreement.
“ First Lien Security
Agreement ” means the First Lien Security Agreement,
dated as of the date hereof, by and among the First Lien Collateral
Agent and the Pledgors.
“ First Lien Security
Documents ” means the “Collateral Documents”
(as defined in the First Lien Security Agreement) and any other
agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is
granted or purported to be granted securing any First Lien
Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to such
Liens are governed.
“ Guarantor
Subsidiaries ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals
hereto.
“ Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding ” means, with respect to any Person, any
(a) insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, reorganization,
readjustment, composition or other similar proceeding relating to
such Person or its property or creditors in such capacity,
(b) proceeding for any liquidation, dissolution or other
winding up of such Person, voluntary or involuntary, whether or not
involving insolvency or proceedings under the Bankruptcy Code,
whether partial or complete and whether by operation of law or
otherwise, (c) assignment for the benefit of creditors of such
Person or (d) other marshalling of the assets of such
Person.
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“ Maximum First Lien
Indebtedness Amount ” means, at any time, the maximum
principal or face amount of First Lien Obligations (as defined in
the Second Lien Indenture as in effect on the date hereof)
permitted to be outstanding at such time under the terms of the
Second Lien Indenture as in effect on the date hereof (or, if
greater, the maximum amount of such obligations permitted pursuant
to the terms of all Second Lien Documents then in effect) and
secured by a Lien on the Collateral pursuant to clause [(18)] of
the definition of Permitted Liens.
“ New Agent ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 5.6 .
“ Pledged Collateral
” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.5
hereof.
“ Pledgors ”
means the Company and each of the Guarantor Subsidiaries that have
executed and delivered, or may from time to time hereafter execute
and deliver, a First Lien Security Document or a Second Lien
Security Document.
“ Recovery ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 6.5 hereof.
“ Refinance ”
means, in respect of any Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew,
defease, amend, modify, supplement, restructure, replace, refund or
repay, or to issue other indebtedness, in exchange or replacement
for, such indebtedness. “ Refinanced ” and
“ Refinancing ” shall have correlative
meanings.
“ Second Lien
Collateral ” means all of the assets and property of any
Pledgor, whether real, personal or mixed, with respect to which a
Lien is granted or purported to be granted as security for any
Second Lien Obligations.
“ Second Lien Collateral
Agent ” has the meaning set forth in the preamble
hereof.
“ Second Lien Documents
” means the “Secured Agreements” as defined in
the Second Lien Security Agreement.
“ Second Lien Notes
” has the meaning set forth in the recitals
hereto.
“ Second Lien
Obligations ” means all obligations of the Company and
the other Pledgors from time to time arising under or in respect of
the due and punctual payment of (i) the principal of and premium,
if any, and interest (including interest accruing during the
pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other
similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in
such proceeding) on the Second Lien Notes and the other
“Secured Obligations” (as defined in the Second Lien
Security Agreement), when and as due, whether at maturity, by
acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or
otherwise, and (ii) all other monetary obligations, including fees,
costs, expenses and indemnities, whether primary, secondary,
direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including monetary
obligations incurred during the pendency of any bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of
whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding), of the Company
and the other Pledgors
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under the Second Lien Documents
owing to the Second Lien Secured Parties (in their capacities as
such).
“ Second Lien Release
” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1
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“ Second Lien Secured
Parties ” means the “Secured Parties” under
and as defined in the Second Lien Security Agreement.
“ Second Lien Security
Agreement ” means the Second Lien Security Agreement,
dated as of the date hereof, by and among the Second Lien
Collateral Agent and the Pledgors.
“ Second Lien
Security Documents ” means the “Collateral
Documents” (as defined in the Second Lien Security Agreement)
and any other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a
Lien is granted securing any Second Lien Obligations or under which
rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are
governed.
“ Unasserted Contingent
Obligations ” means, at any time, obligations for taxes,
costs, indemnification, reimbursement, damages and other
liabilities in respect of which no claim or demand for payment has
been made (or, in the case of obligations for indemnification, no
notice for indemnification has been issued by the indemnitee) at
such time.
“ Uniform Commercial
Code ” or “ UCC ” means the Uniform
Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) as in
effect in any applicable jurisdiction.
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 (subject to any
restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set
forth herein), (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,
(e) any reference to any law or regulation herein shall refer
to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time and (f) 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
general intangibles.
SECTION 2.
Lien Priorities
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2.1
Relative Priorities
. Notwithstanding the date,
manner or order of grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens
securing the Second Lien Obligations granted on the
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Collateral or of any Liens securing
the First Lien Obligations granted on the Collateral and
notwithstanding any provision of the UCC, or any applicable law or
the Second Lien Documents or any other circumstance whatsoever, the
Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Second
Lien Secured Parties, hereby agrees that: (a) any Lien
on the Collateral securing any First Lien Obligations now or
hereafter held by or on behalf of the First Lien Collateral Agent
or any First Lien Secured Parties or any agent or trustee therefor,
regardless of how acquired, whether by judgment, grant, possession,
statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be
senior in all respects and prior to any Lien on the Collateral
securing any of the Second Lien Obligations, regardless of how
acquired, whether by judgment, grant, possession, statute,
operation of law, subrogation or otherwise; and (b) any Lien
on the Collateral now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the
Second Lien Collateral Agent, any Second Lien Secured Parties or
any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether
by judgment, grant, possession, statute, operation of law,
subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in all
respects to all Liens on the Collateral securing any First Lien
Obligations. All Liens on the Collateral securing any First
Lien Obligations shall be and remain senior in all respects and
prior to all Liens on the Collateral securing any Second Lien
Obligations for all purposes, whether or not such Liens securing
any First Lien Obligations are subordinated to any Lien securing
any other obligation of the Company, any other Pledgor or any other
Person. The Second Lien Collateral Agent for itself and on
behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties expressly agrees that any
Lien purported to be granted on any Collateral as security for the
First Lien Obligations shall be and remain senior in all respects
and prior to all Liens on the Collateral securing any Second 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.
2.2
Prohibition on Contesting
Liens . Each of the
Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each
Second Lien Secured Parties, and the First Lien Collateral Agent,
for itself and on behalf of each First Lien Secured Parties, 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 priority,
validity or enforceability of a Lien held by or on behalf of any of
the First Lien Secured Parties in the First Lien Collateral or by
or on behalf of any of the Second Lien Secured Parties in the
Second Lien Collateral, as the case may be; provided that
nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair
the rights of the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien
Secured Parties to enforce this Agreement, including the priority
of the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations as provided in
Sections 2.1 and 3.1.
2.3
No New Liens
. So long as the Discharge of
First Lien Obligations has not occurred, the parties hereto agree
that the Company shall not, and shall not permit any Subsidiary to,
(i) grant or permit any additional Liens on any asset or
property to secure any Second Lien Obligation unless it has granted
a Lien on such asset or property to secure the First Lien
Obligations, and (ii) grant or permit any additional Liens on
any asset to secure any First Lien Obligations unless it has
granted a Lien on such asset to secure the Second Lien
Obligations. To the extent that the foregoing provisions are
not complied with for any reason, without limiting any other rights
and remedies available to the First Lien Collateral Agent and/or
the First Lien Secured Parties, the Second Lien Collateral Agent,
on behalf of Second Lien
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Secured Parties, agrees that any
amounts received by or distributed to any of them pursuant to or as
a result of Liens granted in contravention of this Section 2.3
shall be subject to Section 4.2.
2.4
Similar Liens and
Agreements . The
parties hereto agree that it is their intention that the First Lien
Collateral and the Second Lien Collateral be identical. In
furtherance of the foregoing and of Section 8.9, the parties hereto
agree, subject to the other provisions of this
Agreement:
(a)
upon request by the First Lien Collateral Agent or the Second Lien
Collateral Agent, to cooperate in good faith (and to direct their
counsel to cooperate in good faith) from time to time in order to
determine the specific items included in the First Lien Collateral
and the Second Lien Collateral and the steps taken to perfect their
respective Liens thereon and the identity of the respective parties
obligated under the First Lien Documents and the Second Lien
Documents; and
(b)
that the documents and agreements creating or evidencing the First
Lien Collateral and the Second Lien Collateral shall be in all
material respects the same forms of documents other than with
respect to (i) the first lien and the second lien nature of the
obligations thereunder and (ii) the delivery of Collateral, the
security interest in which may be perfected only by possession or
control by a single Person of such Collateral prior to the
Discharge of First Lien Obligations.
SECTION 3.
Enforcement
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3.1
Exercise of Remedies
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(a)
So long as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not
occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding
has been commenced by or against the Company or any other
Pledgor: (i) the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the
Second Lien Secured Parties (x) will not exercise or seek to
exercise any rights or remedies (including setoff) with respect to
any Collateral (including, without limitation, the exercise of any
right under any lockbox agreement, account control agreement,
landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or similar agreement or
arrangement to which the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second
Lien Secured Party is a party or the enforcement of or execution on
any judgment Lien) or institute any action or proceeding with
respect to such rights or remedies (including any action of
foreclosure), (y) will not contest, protest or object to any
foreclosure proceeding or action brought by the First Lien
Collateral Agent or any First Lien Secured Party or any other
exercise by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien
Secured Party of any rights and remedies relating to the Collateral
under the First Lien Documents or otherwise, and (z) will not
object to the forbearance by the First Lien Collateral Agent or the
First Lien Secured Parties from bringing or pursuing any
foreclosure proceeding or action or any other exercise of any
rights or remedies relating to the Collateral, in each case so long
as the respective interests of the Second Lien Secured Parties
attach to the proceeds thereof subject to the relative priorities
described in Section 2 hereof and (ii) the First Lien
Collateral Agent and the First Lien Secured Parties shall have the
exclusive right to enforce rights, exercise remedies (including the
right to credit bid debt) and make determinations regarding the
release, disposition, or restrictions with respect to the
Collateral without any consultation with or the consent of the
Second Lien Collateral Agent
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or any other
Second Lien Secured Party; provided , that (A) in any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding commenced by or against the
Company or any other Pledgor, the Second Lien Collateral Agent or
the Second Lien Secured Parties may file a proof of claim or
statement of interest with respect to the Second Lien Obligations,
(B) the Second Lien Secured Parties shall be entitled to file
any necessary responsive or defensive pleadings in opposition to
any motion, claim, adversary proceeding or other pleading made by
any person objecting to or otherwise seeking the disallowance of
the claims of the Second Lien Secured Parties, including without
limitation any claims secured by the Collateral, if any, in each
case if not otherwise in contravention of the terms of this
Agreement, (C) the Second Lien Secured Parties shall be
entitled to file any pleadings, objections, motions or agreements
which assert rights or interests available to unsecured creditors
of the Pledgors arising under either the Bankruptcy Law or
applicable non-bankruptcy law, in each case if not otherwise in
contravention of the terms of this Agreement, and (D) the
Second Lien Secured Parties shall be entitled to file any proof of
claim and other filings and make any arguments and motions in order
to preserve or protect its Liens on the Collateral that are, in
each case, not otherwise in contravention of the terms of this
Agreement, with respect to the Second Lien Obligations and the
Collateral. In exercising rights and remedies with respect to
the Collateral, the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien
Secured Parties may enforce the provisions of the First Lien
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 Collateral upon foreclosure, to incur expenses in connection
with such sale or disposition, and to exercise all the rights and
remedies of a secured creditor under the Uniform Commercial Code of
any applicable jurisdiction and of a secured creditor under
Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction. The First
Lien Collateral Agent agrees to provide five (5) days’ notice
to the Second Lien Collateral Agent of its intent to exercise and
enforce its rights or remedies with respect to the
Collateral.
(b)
The Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the other
Second Lien Secured Parties, agrees that, it will not take or
receive any Collateral or any proceeds of Collateral in connection
with the exercise of any right or remedy with respect to any
Collateral, unless and until the Discharge of First Lien
Obligations has occurred. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, unless and until the Discharge of First Lien
Obligations has occurred, except as expressly permitted by Section
3.1(a) of this Agreement, the sole right of the Second Lien
Collateral Agent and the other Second Lien Secured Parties with
respect to the Collateral is to hold a Lien on the Collateral
pursuant to the Second Lien Security 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 First Lien
Obligations has occurred in accordance with the terms of the Second
Lien Documents and applicable law.
(c)
(i) The Second Lien Collateral Agent for itself and on behalf
of the other Second Lien Secured Parties, agrees that the Second
Lien Collateral Agent and the other Second Lien Secured Parties
will not take any action that would hinder any exercise of remedies
under the First Lien Documents, including any sale, lease,
exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Collateral, whether
by foreclosure or otherwise, and (ii) the Second Lien
Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien
Secured Parties, hereby waives any and all rights it or the Second
Lien Secured Parties may have as a junior lien creditor or
otherwise to object to the
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manner in which
the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Secured Parties
seek to enforce or collect the First Lien Obligations or the Liens
granted in any of the Collateral, regardless of whether any action
or failure to act by or on behalf of the First Lien Collateral
Agent or First Lien Secured Parties is adverse to the interests of
the Second Lien Secured Parties.
(d)
The Second Lien Collateral Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees
that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained in the Second
Lien Security Documents or any other Second Lien Document shall be
deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the First
Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Secured Parties with
respect to the Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the
First Lien Documents.
3.2
Cooperation
. The Second Lien Collateral Agent,
on behalf of itself and the other Second Lien Secured Parties,
agrees that, unless and until the Discharge of First Lien
Obligations has occurred, it will not commence, or join with any
Person in commencing, any enforcement, collection, involuntary
petition, execution, levy or foreclosure action or proceeding
(including, without limitation, any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding) with respect to any Lien held by it under the Second
Lien Security Documents or any other Second Lien Document or
otherwise.
SECTION 4.
Payments .
4.1
Application of
Proceeds . So long
as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred, any
proceeds of Collateral received in connection with the sale or
other disposition of, or collection on, such Collateral upon the
exercise of remedies, shall be applied by the First Lien Collateral
Agent to the First Lien Obligations in such order as specified in
the relevant First Lien Documents. Upon the Discharge of
First Lien Obligations, the First Lien Collateral Agent shall
deliver to the Second Lien Collateral Agent any proceeds of
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 Second Lien Collateral Agent
to the Second Lien Obligations in such order as specified in the
Second Lien Documents.
4.2
Payments Over
. So long as the Discharge of
First Lien Obligations has not occurred, any Collateral or proceeds
thereof (together with assets or proceeds subject to Liens referred
to in the final sentence of Section 2.3) received by the Second
Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Secured Parties at a time
when such receipt is not expressly permitted by the terms of this
Agreement shall be segregated and held in trust and forthwith paid
over to the First Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
First Lien Secured Parties in the same form as received, with any
necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may
otherwise direct. The First Lien Collateral Agent is hereby
authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for the Second
Lien Collateral Agent or any such Second Lien Secured
Parties. This authorization is coupled with an interest and
is irrevocable until such time as this Agreement is terminated in
accordance with its terms.
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SECTION 5.
Other Agreements
.
5.1
Releases .
(a)
If other than in connection with the Discharge of First Lien
Obligations and in connection with:
(i)
the exercise of any of First Lien
Collateral Agent’s remedies in respect of the Collateral
provided for in Section 3.1, including any sale, lease, exchange,
transfer or other disposition of any such Collateral (an “
Exercise of Remedies ”); or
(ii)
any sale, lease, exchange, transfer
or other disposition (collectively, a “ Disposition
”) of any Collateral permitted under the terms of the First
Lien Documents and the Second Lien Documents,
the First Lien Collateral Agent, for
itself or on behalf of any of the First Lien Secured Parties,
releases any of its Liens on any part of the Collateral, then the
Liens, if any, of the Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself or
for the benefit of the Second Lien Secured Parties, on such
Collateral shall be automatically, unconditionally and
simultaneously released (the “ Second Lien Release
”) and the Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself or on
behalf of any such Second Lien Secured Parties, promptly shall
execute and deliver to the First Lien Collateral Agent or the
applicable Pledgor such termination statements, releases and other
documents as the First Lien Collateral Agent may request to
effectively confirm such release.
(b)
Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations occurs, the Second
Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien
Secured Parties, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the
First Lien Collateral Agent and any officer or agent of the First
Lien Collateral Agent, with full power of substitution, as its true
and lawful attorney-in-fact, coupled with an interest, with full
irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of the
Second Lien Collateral Agent or such holder or in the First Lien
Collateral Agent’s own name, from time to time in the First
Lien Collateral Agent’s discretion, for the purpose of
carrying out the terms of this Section 5.1, to take any and all
appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and
instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the
purposes of this Section 5.1, including any endorsements or other
instruments of transfer or release.
(c)
Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations occurs, to the extent
that the First Lien Secured Parties (i) have released any Lien
on Collateral and any such Lien is later reinstated or
(ii) obtain any new first priority liens, then the Second Lien
Secured Parties shall be at the time of such reinstatement granted
a second priority lien on any such Collateral.
5.2
Insurance;
Condemnation .
Unless and until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations
has