This INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT , dated
as of June 6, 2008, is among Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as First
Priority Collateral Agent for the First Priority Secured Parties
under the First Priority Documents referenced below (in such
capacity, the “ First Priority Collateral Agent
”), Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., as Second Priority Collateral
Agent for the Second Priority Secured Parties under the Second
Priority Documents referenced below (in such capacity, the “
Second Priority Collateral Agent ”), and Wells Fargo
Bank, N.A., as Third Priority Collateral Agent for the Third
Priority Secured Parties under the Third Priority Documents
referenced below (in such capacity, the “ Third Priority
Collateral Agent ”; and together with the First Priority
Collateral Agent and the Second Priority Collateral Agent, the
“ Collateral Agents ”), and Wells Fargo Bank,
N.A., as Collateral Control Agent (as defined below); GMAC LLC, in
its capacity as agent for the Lenders under the Loan Agreement
referred to below (in such capacity, the “ Lender
Agent ”); U.S. Bank National Association, as Trustee
under the 2010 Indenture referred to below (in its capacity as
Trustee thereunder, the “ 2010 Trustee ”); U.S.
Bank National Association, as Trustee under the 2015 Indenture
referred to below (in its capacity as Trustee thereunder, the
“ 2015 Trustee ”); any Additional Third Priority
Representative (as defined below); Residential Funding Company,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“ RFC
”), and GMAC Mortgage, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“ GMAC Mortgage ”, and together with
RFC, each a “ Borrower ” and together the
“ Borrowers ”); Residential Capital, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (“ ResCap ”);
and the other undersigned Obligors.
WHEREAS , the Borrowers, the
Person or Persons from time to time parties thereto as lenders (the
“ Lenders ”), the Lender Agent, and ResCap and
the other “Guarantors” specified therein are entering
into a Loan Agreement, dated as of June 4, 2008 (as amended,
supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time
to time, the “ Loan Agreement ”);
WHEREAS, the
Obligors (as hereinafter defined) will grant to the First Priority
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the First Priority Secured
Parties, security interests in the Collateral (as hereinafter
defined) as security for payment and performance of the First
Priority Claims (as hereinafter defined);
WHEREAS , ResCap and the 2010
Trustee have entered into an Indenture, dated as of June 6, 2008
(as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “ 2010 Indenture
”), governing the rights and duties of ResCap under its 8.50%
Senior Secured Guaranteed Notes due 2010 (together with any
additional notes issued under the 2010 Indenture, the “
2010 Notes ”);
WHEREAS, the
Obligors will grant to the Second Priority Collateral Agent, for
the benefit of the Second Priority Secured Parties, security
interests in the Collateral as security for payment and performance
of the Second Priority Claims (as hereinafter defined);
WHEREAS , ResCap and the 2015
Trustee have entered into an Indenture, dated as of June 6, 2008
(as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “ 2015 Indenture
”), governing the rights and duties of ResCap under its
9.625% Junior Secured Guaranteed Notes due 2015 (together with any
additional notes issued under the 2015 Indenture, the “
2015 Notes ”);
WHEREAS , the Obligors may incur
Indebtedness under one or more Additional Pari Passu Third Priority
Agreements following the date hereof; and
WHEREAS, the
Obligors will grant to the Third Priority Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the Third Priority Secured Parties, security interests
in the Collateral as security for payment and performance of the
Third Priority Claims (as hereinafter defined);
NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration
of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and obligations herein set
forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the adequacy
and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, and in reliance upon
the representations, warranties and covenants herein contained, the
parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as
follows:
1.1 Defined
Terms . As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall
have the following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable
to both the singular and the plural forms of the terms
indicated):
“ 2010
Indenture ” is defined in the third recital
.
“ 2010
Noteholder Security Agreement ” means the Pledge and
Security Agreement and Irrevocable Proxy, dated as of June 6,
2008, among ResCap, the Borrowers, certain of their affiliates, the
Second Priority Collateral Agent and the 2010 Trustee, as the same
may be amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise
modified from time to time.
“ 2010
Noteholders ” means the Persons holding 2010
Notes.
“ 2010
Notes ” is defined in the third recital
.
“ 2010
Trustee ” shall include, in addition to the 2010 Trustee
defined in the preamble , the then acting trustee under the
2010 Indenture and any successor thereto exercising substantially
the same rights and powers.
“ 2015
Indenture ” is defined in the fifth recital
.
“ 2015
Noteholder Security Agreement ” means the Pledge and
Security Agreement and Irrevocable Proxy, dated as of June 6,
2008, among ResCap, the Borrowers, certain of their affiliates, the
Third Priority Collateral Agent, the 2015 Trustee and each
Additional Third Priority Representative from time to time party
thereto as the same may be amended, supplemented, amended and
restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
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“ 2015
Noteholders ” means the Persons holding 2015
Notes.
“ 2015
Notes ” is defined in the fifth recital
.
“ 2015
Trustee ” shall include, in addition to the 2015 Trustee
defined in the preamble , the then acting trustee under the
2015 Indenture and any successor thereto exercising substantially
the same rights and powers.
“
Additional Pari Passu Third Priority Agreement ” means
any agreement other than the 2015 Indenture and the 2015 Notes
pursuant to which any Indebtedness is incurred which is secured by
the Liens of the Third Priority Collateral Documents;
provided that (a) such Indebtedness is permitted to be
incurred under the terms of the First Priority Documents, the 2010
Indenture, the 2015 Indenture and each other Additional Pari Passu
Third Priority Agreement then extant and (b) the Additional
Third Priority Representative for the holders of such Indebtedness
has executed a joinder agreement hereto in form reasonably
satisfactory to the Collateral Agents agreeing on behalf of itself
and the holders of such Indebtedness to be bound by the terms of
this Agreement applicable to them as Third Priority Secured
Parties.
“
Additional Third Priority Representative ” means, with
respect to any Additional Pari Passu Third Priority Agreement, the
Person appointed to act as trustee or agent for the holders of
Indebtedness under such Additional Pari Passu Third Priority
Agreement who has been designated as “Additional Third
Priority Representative” for purposes of this Agreement by
such holders.
“
Agreement ” means this Intercreditor Agreement, as
amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified
from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“
Bankruptcy Code ” means Title 11 of the United States
Code (11 U.S.C. 101 et seq. ).
“ BofA
Account Control Agreements ” means (a) that certain
Deposit Account Control Agreement dated as of June 6, 2008,
among Residential Capital, LLC and certain of its Subsidiaries
signatory thereto, the Collateral Control Agent and Bank of
America, N.A.; and (b) that certain Collateral Account Control
Agreement dated as of June 6, 2008, among Residential Capital,
LLC and certain of its Subsidiaries signatory thereto, the
Collateral Control Agent and Banc of America Securities
LLC.
“
Borrower ” is defined in the preamble
.
“
Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday,
Sunday or other day on which commercial banks are required or
authorized to be closed in New York, New York or Minneapolis,
Minnesota.
“
Collateral ” means any property, real, personal or
mixed, of any Obligor in which the First Priority Collateral Agent
or any First Priority Secured Party, the Second Priority Collateral
Agent or any Second Priority Secured Party, or the Third Priority
Collateral Agent or any Third Priority Secured Party has a security
interest pursuant to any First Priority Collateral Document, Second
Priority Collateral Document or Third Priority Collateral Document,
as the case may be; provided that the
“Collateral” shall not include (and the provisions of
Section 2.3 , Section 4.2
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and the other
provisions of this Agreement shall not apply to) any funds
deposited with the 2010 Trustee, 2015 Trustee or any Additional
Third Priority Representative in connection with (a) any legal
or covenant defeasance of the 2010 Indenture, the 2015 Indenture or
any Additional Pari Passu Third Priority Agreement pursuant to
Sections 13.02 or 13.03 of the 2010 Indenture or 2015
Indenture or the corresponding sections of any Additional Pari
Passu Third Priority Agreement or (b) any discharge of the
2010 Indenture, the 2015 Indenture or any Additional Pari Passu
Third Priority Agreement pursuant to Article XI of the 2010
Indenture of 2015 Indenture or corresponding section or article of
any Additional Pari Passu Third Priority Agreement, in each case so
long as the deposit of such funds was not made in violation of the
Loan Agreement (or, in the case of a discharge or defeasance of the
2015 Indenture or any Additional Pari Passu Third Priority
Agreement, the 2010 Indenture).
“
Collateral Agents ” is defined in the introductory
paragraph hereto.
“
Collateral Control Agent ” is defined in
Section 5.5 .
“
Collateral Disposition ” shall have the meaning given
such term in the Loan Agreement as in effect on the date hereof or
as amended or otherwise modified from time to time to the extent
permitted by the 2010 Indenture and 2015 Indenture.
“
Collateral Documents ” means the First Priority
Collateral Documents, the Second Priority Collateral Documents and
the Third Priority Collateral Documents (and including, for sake of
clarity, this Agreement).
“
Comparable Noteholder Collateral Document ” means,
(a) in relation to any Collateral subject to any Lien created
under any First Priority Collateral Document, that Second Priority
Collateral Document or Third Priority Collateral Document, as the
case may be, which creates a Lien in the same Collateral, granted
by the same Obligor, as applicable; and (b) in relation to any
Collateral subject to any Lien created under any Second Priority
Collateral Document, that Third Priority Collateral Document which
creates a Lien in the same Collateral, granted by the same Obligor,
as applicable.
“
Conforming Plan of Reorganization ” means any Plan of
Reorganization whose provisions are consistent with the provisions
of this Agreement.
“ DIP
Financing ” is defined in Section 6.1
.
“
Discharge of First Priority Claims ” means, except to
the extent otherwise provided in Sections 5.6 and
6.5 or except to the extent the relevant Indebtedness
described below is excluded from the definition of First Priority
Claims, (a) payment in full in cash of (i) the principal of
and interest (including interest accruing on or after the
commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding, whether or not such
interest would be allowed in such Insolvency Proceeding) and
premium, if any, on all Indebtedness outstanding under the First
Priority Documents and, with respect to letters of credit
outstanding thereunder, if any, termination thereof or delivery of
cash collateral or backstop letters of credit in respect thereof
and for the full amount thereof in compliance with such First
Priority Documents, in each case after or concurrently with
termination of all commitments to extend credit thereunder and
(ii) any other First Priority Claims that are due and payable
or otherwise accrued and owing at or prior to the
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time such
principal and interest are paid, in each case other than
obligations that constitute Unasserted Contingent Obligations at
the time such principal and interest is paid; and (b) delivery
by the Lender Agent to the First Priority Collateral Agent (with
copies to the Second Priority Collateral Agent, the Third Priority
Collateral Agent, the Collateral Control Agent, the 2010 Trustee,
the 2015 Trustee and each other Additional Third Priority
Representative) of a written notice that the Discharge of First
Priority Claims has occurred.
“
Discharge of Second Priority Claims ” means, except to
the extent otherwise provided in Sections 5.6 and
6.5 or except to the extent the relevant Indebtedness
described below is excluded from the definition of Second Priority
Claims, (a) payment in full in cash of (i) the principal of
and interest (including interest accruing on or after the
commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding, whether or not such
interest would be allowed in such Insolvency Proceeding) and
premium, if any, on all 2010 Notes and (ii) any other Second
Priority Claims that are due and payable or otherwise accrued and
owing at or prior to the time such principal and interest are paid,
in each case other than obligations that constitute Unasserted
Contingent Obligations at the time such principal and interest is
paid; and (b) delivery by the 2010 Trustee to the Second
Priority Collateral Agent (with copies to the Third Priority
Collateral Agent, the Collateral Control Agent, the 2010 Trustee,
the 2015 Trustee and each other Additional Third Priority
Representative) of a written notice that the Discharge of Second
Priority Claims has occurred.
“
Facility Documents ” means the Loan Agreement
(including the “Guarantees” provided for pursuant to
Article XI thereof), the Security Documents (as defined in the
Loan Agreement) and the other Facility Documents (as defined in the
Loan Agreement), and any other related document or instrument
executed or delivered pursuant to any Facility Document at any time
or otherwise evidencing any Loan Agreement Obligation, as any such
document or instrument may from time to time be amended,
supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time
to time.
“ First
Priority Claims ” means (a) all Loan Agreement
Obligations, and (b) all other Indebtedness or other
obligations of the Borrowers or any other Obligor under the First
Priority Documents; provided , however , that if the
amount of Obligations constituting principal on outstanding Loans
under the First Priority Documents is in excess of the Maximum
First Priority Amount, then only that portion of such Obligations
equal to the Maximum First Priority Amount shall be included in the
First Priority Claims and interest and fees with respect to such
Obligations shall only constitute First Priority Claims to the
extent related to the principal amount of Obligations included in
the First Priority Claims. First Priority Claims shall include all
interest accrued or accruing (or which would, absent the
commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, accrue) after the
commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding in accordance with and at
the rate specified in the relevant First Priority Document whether
or not the claim for such interest is allowed as a claim in such
Insolvency Proceeding. For the avoidance of any doubt, First
Priority Claims shall include the fees, expenses, disbursements and
indemnities of the First Priority Collateral Agent and, until the
Discharge of First Priority Claims, the Collateral Control Agent.
To the extent any payment with respect to the First Priority Claims
(whether by or on behalf of any Obligor, as proceeds of security,
enforcement of any right of set-off or otherwise) is declared to be
fraudulent or preferential in any respect, set aside or required to
be paid to a debtor in possession, trustee, receiver or similar
Person, then the obligation or part thereof
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originally
intended to be satisfied shall be deemed to be reinstated and
outstanding as if such payment had not occurred. Notwithstanding
the foregoing the Notes and related Obligations will not constitute
First Priority Claims even if any proceeds of the Notes are used to
repay Obligations under the Loan Agreement. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this definition, any
Obligation under a First Priority Document shall constitute a
“First Priority Claim” if the Lender Agent or the
relevant First Priority Secured Party or First Priority Secured
Parties under such First Priority Document shall have received a
written representation from each Borrower in or in connection with
such First Priority Document that such Obligation constitutes a
“First Priority Claim” under and as defined in the 2010
Indenture or 2015 Indenture (whether or not such Obligation is at
any time determined not to have been permitted to be incurred under
the Indenture).
“ First
Priority Collateral Agent ” shall include, in addition to
the First Priority Collateral Agent defined in the preamble
, any successor thereto appointed by the requisite First Priority
Secured Parties exercising substantially the same rights and
powers.
“ First
Priority Collateral Documents ” mean collectively, the
First Priority Security Agreement and any other agreement, document
or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted to secure (or
perfect, preserve or maintain the security of) any First Priority
Claim or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens
are governed.
“ First
Priority Documents ” means the Loan Agreement (including
the “Guarantees” provided for pursuant to
Article XI thereof), the First Priority Collateral Documents,
the other Facility Documents, and each of the other agreements,
documents and instruments providing for or evidencing any Loan
Agreement Obligation, and any other related document or instrument
executed or delivered pursuant to any of the foregoing at any time
or otherwise evidencing any Obligation thereunder.
“ First
Priority Liens ” means all Liens that secure the First
Priority Claims.
“ First
Priority Secured Parties ” means the “Lender
Parties” as defined in the Loan Agreement; provided that the
Collateral Control Agent shall cease to be a First Priority Secured
Party upon the Discharge of First Priority Claims.
“ First
Priority Security Agreement ” means the Pledge and
Security Agreement and Irrevocable Proxy, dated as of June 4,
2008, among ResCap, the Borrowers, certain of their affiliates and
the First Priority Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended,
supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time
to time.
“
Indebtedness ” has the meaning assigned thereto in the
2010 Indenture as in effect on the date hereof.
“
Indenture ” means, as the context may require, either
the 2010 Indenture or the 2015 Indenture.
“
Insolvency Proceeding ” means (a) any voluntary
or involuntary case or proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code with
respect to any Obligor as a debtor, (b) any other voluntary or
involuntary insolvency, reorganization or bankruptcy case or
proceeding, or any receivership,
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liquidation,
reorganization or other similar case or proceeding with respect to
any Obligor as a debtor or with respect to any substantial part of
their respective assets, (c) any liquidation, dissolution,
reorganization or winding up of any Obligor, whether voluntary or
involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy,
or (d) any assignment for the benefit of creditors or any
other marshaling of assets and liabilities of any
Obligor.
“
Lenders ” is defined in the first
recital ; provided that if there is only one Lender
under the Loan Agreement, then reference to the Lenders hereunder
shall be deemed to refer to that Lender.
“ Lender
Agent ” means, in addition to the Lender Agent defined in
the preamble , the then acting agent for the Lenders under
the Loan Agreement and any successor thereto exercising
substantially the same rights and powers.
“
Lien ” means, when used with respect to any Person,
any interest in any property, asset or other right owned or being
purchased or acquired by such Person which secures payment or
performance of any obligation, and shall include any mortgage,
lien, encumbrance, charge or other security interest of any kind,
whether arising by contract, as a matter of law, by judicial
process or otherwise.
“ Loan
Agreement ” is defined in the first recital
; provided that the term “ Loan Agreement
” shall (a) also include any renewal, extension,
refunding, restructuring, replacement or refinancing thereof
(whether with the original lenders or with an administrative agent
or agents or other lenders, whether provided under the original
Loan Agreement or any other credit or other agreement or indenture
and whether entered into concurrently with or subsequent to the
termination of the prior Loan Agreement), and (b) exclude the
Notes and the Second Priority Documents and Third Priority
Documents.
“ Loan
Agreement Obligations ” means all
“Obligations” as defined in the Loan
Agreement.
“ Maximum
First Priority Amount ” means $3,500,000,000 less
(a) the aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness under the
Loan Agreement permanently repaid with the Net Cash Proceeds from
any Collateral Disposition and (b) any amount of principal on
the loans made or reimbursement obligations in respect of drawings
under letters of credit issued under the Loan Agreement repaid by
virtue of any exercise of remedies by the First Priority Collateral
Agent or the Lender Agent under the First Priority Collateral
Documents or pursuant to Section 4.1 . For sake of
clarity, it is understood that a repayment or prepayment of the
Indebtedness under the Loan Agreement does not constitute a
permanent repayment of thereof except to the extent that there is a
related reduction in the “Commitment Amount” of the
Lenders pursuant to Section 2.10(c) of the Loan Agreement as a
result of such repayment or prepayment.
“ Maximum
Second Priority Amount ” means $2,150.0 million
(less the principal amount of any 2010 Notes issued following the
date hereof, to the extent the issuance of such 2010 Notes violated
the terms of (x) the 2015 Indenture as in effect on the date
hereof or (y) the Loan Agreement as in effect at the time of
such issuance) less any principal amount of prepayment,
repayment or defeasance of the 2010 Notes (including, without
limitation, any amount of
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principal on
the 2010 Notes repaid by virtue of any exercise of remedies by the
Second Priority Collateral Agent or 2010 Trustee under the Second
Priority Collateral Documents or pursuant to
Section 4.1 ).
“ Net
Cash Proceeds ” shall have the meaning given such term in
the Loan Agreement as in effect on the date hereof or as amended or
otherwise modified from time to time to the extent permitted by the
2010 Indenture and 2015 Indenture.
“
Non-Conforming Plan of Reorganization ” any Plan of
Reorganization whose provisions are inconsistent with or in
contravention of the provisions of this Agreement, including any
plan of reorganization that purports to re-order (whether by
subordination, invalidation, or otherwise) or otherwise disregard,
in whole or part, the provisions of Section 2
(including the Lien priorities of Section 2.1 ), the
provisions of Section 4 or the provisions of
Section 6 .
“
Noteholders ” means, collectively, the 2010
Noteholders, the 2015 Noteholders and the holders of Indebtedness
under any Additional Pari Passu Third Priority Agreement; and
“ Noteholder ” means any of them.
“
Notes ” means, collectively, the 2010 Notes and the
2015 Notes; and “ Note ” means any of
them.
“
Obligations ” means any and all obligations with
respect to the payment of (a) any principal of or interest
(including interest accruing on or after the commencement of any
Insolvency 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, damages, expense reimbursement obligations (including,
without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses)
or other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any
Indebtedness and (c) any obligation to post cash collateral in
respect of letters of credit and any other obligations.
“
Obligors ” means ResCap, the Borrowers and each of
their Subsidiaries that is obligated under any First Priority
Document, Second Priority Document or Third Priority
Document.
“
Person ” means any natural person, corporation,
partnership, limited liability company, trust, association,
governmental authority or unit, or any other entity, whether acting
in an individual, fiduciary or other capacity.
“ Plan of
Reorganization ” means any plan of reorganization, plan
of liquidation, agreement for composition, or other type of plan of
arrangement proposed in or in connection with any Insolvency
Proceeding.
“
Recovery ” is defined in Section 6.5
.
“
Relevant Directing Party ” means the following
Person(s) who are entitled to instruct or direct the Collateral
Control Agent: (a) (i) until the Discharge of First Priority
Claims has occurred, the Lender Agent, (ii) following the
Discharge of First Priority Claims and until the Discharge of
Second Priority Claims has occurred, the 2010 Trustee, and
(iii) thereafter, the 2015 Trustee or any Additional Third
Priority Representative acting at the written direction
of
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the holders of
a majority of the aggregate principal amount of the Third Priority
Claims; and (b) solely with respect to a release of Collateral
pursuant to Section 12.11(b) of the Loan Agreement, an Obligor
that delivers a Collateral Release Certificate in accordance with
such Section.
“
ResCap ” is defined in the preamble
.
“ Second
Priority Claims ” means all Indebtedness, Obligations and
other liabilities (contingent or otherwise) arising under or with
respect to the Second Priority Documents or any of them; p
rovided , however , that if the amount of Obligations
constituting principal outstanding under the Second Priority
Documents is in excess of the Maximum Second Priority Amount, then
only that portion of such Obligations equal to the Maximum Second
Priority Amount shall be included in the Second Priority Claims and
interest and fees with respect to such Obligations shall only
constitute Second Priority Claims to the extent related to the
principal amount of Obligations included in the Second Priority
Claims. Second Priority Claims shall include all interest accrued
or accruing (or which would, absent the commencement of an
Insolvency Proceeding, accrue) after the commencement of an
Insolvency Proceeding in accordance with and at the rate specified
in the relevant Second Priority Document whether or not the claim
for such interest is allowed as a claim in such Insolvency
Proceeding. For the avoidance of any doubt, Second Priority Claims
shall include the fees, expenses, disbursements and indemnities of
the Second Priority Collateral Agent and, following the Discharge
of First Priority Claims and until the Discharge of Second Priority
Claims has occurred, the Collateral Control Agent. To the extent
any payment with respect to the Second Priority Claims (whether by
or on behalf of any Obligor, as proceeds of security, enforcement
of any right of set-off or otherwise) is declared to be fraudulent
or preferential in any respect, set aside or required to be paid to
a debtor in possession, trustee, receiver or similar Person, then
the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied
shall be deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment
had not occurred.
“ Second
Priority Collateral Agent ” shall include, in addition to
the Second Priority Collateral Agent defined in the preamble
, any successor thereto appointed by the requisite Second Priority
Secured Parties exercising substantially the same rights and
powers.
“ Second
Priority Collateral Documents ” means, collectively, the
2010 Noteholder Security Agreement and any document or instrument
executed and delivered pursuant to any Second Priority Document at
any time or otherwise pursuant to which a Lien is granted by an
Obligor to secure (or perfect, preserve or maintain the security
of) the Second Priority Claims or under which rights or remedies
with respect to any such Lien are governed, as the same may be
amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified
from time to time.
“ Second
Priority Documents ” means, collectively, the 2010
Indenture, the 2010 Notes, the Second Priority Collateral Documents
and any other related document or instrument executed and delivered
pursuant to any of the foregoing at any time or otherwise
evidencing any Obligation thereunder, as the same may be amended,
supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time
to time.
“ Second
Priority Liens ” means all Liens that secure the Second
Priority Claims.
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“ Second
Priority Secured Parties ” means the Persons holding
Second Priority Claims, including the Second Priority Collateral
Agent, the 2010 Trustee and the 2010 Noteholders and, as
appropriate, the Collateral Control Agent.
“ Secured
Parties ” means collectively, the First Priority Secured
Parties, the Second Priority Secured Parties and the Third Priority
Secured Parties.
“
Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any Person, a
corporation, partnership, limited liability company or other entity
of which such Person and/or its other Subsidiaries own, directly or
indirectly, such number of outstanding shares or other ownership
interests as have more than 50% of the ordinary voting power for
the election of directors or other managers of such corporation,
partnership, limited liability company or other entity.
“ Third
Priority Claims ” means all Indebtedness, Obligations and
other liabilities (contingent or otherwise) arising under or with
respect to the Third Priority Documents or any of them. For the
avoidance of any doubt, Third Priority Claims shall include the
fees, expenses, disbursements and indemnities of the Third Priority
Collateral Agent and, following the Discharge of First Priority
Claims and the Discharge of Second Priority Claims, the Collateral
Control Agent.
“ Third
Priority Collateral Agent ” shall include, in addition to
the Third Priority Collateral Agent defined in the preamble
, any successor thereto appointed by the requisite Third Priority
Secured Parties exercising substantially the same rights and
powers.
“ Third
Priority Collateral Documents ” means, collectively, the
2015 Noteholder Security Agreement and any document or instrument
executed and delivered pursuant to any Third Priority Document at
any time or otherwise pursuant to which a Lien is granted by an
Obligor to secure (or perfect, preserve or maintain the security
of) the Third Priority Claims or under which rights or remedies
with respect to any such Lien are governed, as the same may be
amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified
from time to time.
“ Third
Priority Documents ” means, collectively, the 2015
Indenture, the 2015 Notes, each Additional Pari Passu Third
Priority Agreement, the Third Priority Collateral Documents and any
other related document or instrument executed and delivered
pursuant to any of the foregoing at any time or otherwise
evidencing any Obligation thereunder, as the same may be amended,
supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified from time
to time.
“ Third
Priority Liens ” means all Liens that secure the Third
Priority Claims.
“ Third
Priority Secured Parties ” means the Persons holding
Third Priority Claims, including the Third Priority Collateral
Agent, the 2015 Trustee, the 2015 Noteholders, each Additional
Third Priority Representative and the holders of Indebtedness under
any Additional Pari Passu Third Priority Agreement and, following
the Discharge of First Priority Claims and the Discharge of Second
Priority Claims, the Collateral Control Agent.
“
Trustee ” means either the 2010 Trustee or the 2015
Trustee, as the case may be.
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“
Unasserted Contingent Obligations ” shall mean, at any
time, Obligations for taxes, costs, indemnifications,
reimbursements, damages and other liabilities (except for
(a) the principal of and interest and premium (if any) on, and
fees relating to, any Indebtedness and (b) contingent reimbursement
obligations in respect of amounts that may be drawn under letters
of credit) 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.
“ Use of
Cash Collateral ” is defined in Section 6.1
.
“
Wachovia Account Control Agreements ” means those
certain Deposit Account Control Agreements each dated on or near
June 6, 2008, among the Collateral Control Agent, Wachovia
Bank, National Association, and each of RFC, GMAC Mortgage, ResCap,
Homecomings Financial, LLC, Residential Mortgage Real Estate
Holdings, LLC, Residential Funding Real Estate Holdings LLC,
Homecomings Financial Real Estate Holdings, LLC, Passive Asset
Transactions, LLC, RFC Asset Holdings II, LLC, Developer of Hidden
Springs, LLC, Equity Investments I, LLC, DOA Holding Properties,
LLC, and GMAC Model Home Finance, LLC.
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,
document or other writing herein shall be construed as referring to
such agreement, document or other writing as from time to time
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, (b) any reference
herein to any Person shall be construed to include such
Person’s successors and assigns to the extent that such
successors and assigns are permitted pursuant to the applicable
agreement, (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 Exhibits or Sections
shall be construed to refer to Exhibits or Sections of this
Agreement, (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 general intangibles, (f) terms defined in the UCC
but not otherwise defined herein shall have the same meanings
herein as are assigned thereto in the UCC, (g) reference to
any law means such law as amended, modified, codified, replaced or
re-enacted, in whole or in part, and in effect on the date hereof,
including rules, regulations, enforcement procedures and any
interpretation promulgated thereunder and (h) underscored
references to Sections or clauses shall refer to those portions of
this Agreement, and any underscored references to a clause shall,
unless otherwise identified, refer to the appropriate clause within
the same Section in which such reference occurs.
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Section 2.
Lien Priorities .
2.1 Relative
Priorities .
(a) Irrespective
of the date, time, method, manner or order of grant, attachment or
perfection of any Lien granted to the First Priority Collateral
Agent, the Second Priority Collateral Agent, the Third Priority
Collateral Agent, any First Priority Secured Party, any Second
Priority Secured Party, any Third Priority Secured Party or any
other Person on the Collateral (including, in each case,
irrespective of whether any such Lien is granted, or secures
obligations relating to the period, before or after the
commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding) and notwithstanding
(i) any provision of the UCC or any other applicable law or
the Second Priority Documents or Third Priority Documents, or any
defect or deficiency in, or failure to attach or perfect any aspect
or portion of any First Priority Lien, to the contrary,
(ii) the fact that any First Priority Lien may have been
subordinated, voided, avoided, invalidated or lapsed or
(iii) any other circumstance whatsoever, each of the Second
Priority Collateral Agent and the 2010 Trustee, on behalf of itself
and the other Second Priority Secured Parties, hereby agrees that:
(A) any Lien on the Collateral securing the First Priority
Claims now or hereafter held by the First Priority Secured Parties
shall be senior in priority to any Lien on the Collateral securing
the Second Priority Claims; and (B) any Lien on the Collateral
now or hereafter securing any Second Priority Claim regardless of
how or when acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law,
subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in
priority in all respects to all Liens on the Collateral securing
the First Priority Claims. All Liens on the Collateral securing the
First Priority Claims shall be and remain first in priority to all
Liens on the Collateral securing the Second Priority Claims for all
purposes, whether or not such First Priority Liens are subordinated
to any Lien securing any other obligation of any
Obligor.
(b) Irrespective
of the date, time, method, manner or order of grant, attachment or
perfection of any Lien granted to the First Priority Collateral
Agent, the Second Priority Collateral Agent, the Third Priority
Collateral Agent, any First Priority Secured Party, any Second
Priority Secured Party, any Third Priority Secured Party or any
other Person on the Collateral (including, in each case,
irrespective of whether any such Lien is granted, or secures
obligations relating to the period, before or after the
commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding) and notwithstanding
(i) any provision of the UCC or any other applicable law or
the Third Priority Documents, or any defect or deficiency in, or
failure to attach or perfect any aspect or portion of any First
Priority Lien or any Second Priority Lien, to the contrary,
(ii) the fact that any First Priority Lien or Second Priority
Lien may have been subordinated, voided, avoided, invalidated or
lapsed or (iii) any other circumstance whatsoever, each of the
Third Priority Collateral Agent, the 2015 Trustee and each
Additional Third Priority Representative, on behalf of themselves
and the other Third Priority Secured Parties, hereby agrees that:
(A) (1) any Lien on the Collateral securing the First Priority
Claims now or hereafter held by the First Priority Secured Parties
shall be senior in priority to any Lien on the Collateral securing
the Third Priority Claims or the Second Priority Claims and
(2) any Lien on the Collateral securing the Second Priority
Claims now or hereafter held by the Second Priority Secured Parties
shall be prior to any Lien on the Collateral securing the Third
Priority Claims (but junior in priority to the First Priority
Liens); and (B) (1) any Lien on the Collateral now or
hereafter securing any Third Priority Claim regardless of how or
when acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law,
subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in
priority in all respects to all Liens on
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the Collateral
securing the First Priority Claims and (2) any Lien on the
Collateral now or hereafter securing the Third Priority Claims
regardless of how or when acquired, whether by grant, statute,
operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and
subordinate in priority in all respects to all Liens on the
Collateral securing the Second Priority Claims. All Liens on the
Collateral securing the First Priority Claims and the Second
Priority Claims shall be and remain prior to all Liens on the
Collateral securing the Third Priority Claims for all purposes,
whether or not such First Priority Liens or Second Priority Liens
are subordinated to any Lien securing any other obligation of any
Obligor.
2.2 Prohibition
on Contesting Liens . Each of the First Priority Collateral
Agent, the Second Priority Collateral Agent, the Third Priority
Collateral Agent, the Lender Agent, on behalf of itself and the
other First Priority Secured Parties, the 2010 Trustee, on behalf
of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties, and the
2015 Trustee and each Additional Third Priority Representative, on
behalf of themselves and the other Third Priority Secured Parties,
agrees that it shall not (and hereby waives any right to) contest
or support, directly or indirectly, any other Person in contesting,
in any proceeding (including any Insolvency Proceeding), the
priority, validity or enforceability of (a) the First Priority
Claims or any Lien held by the First Priority Secured Parties in
the Collateral securing the First Priority Claims; (b) the
Second Priority Claims or any Liens by the Second Priority Secured
Parties in the Collateral securing the Second Priority Claims; or
(c) the Third Priority Claims or any Liens by the Third
Priority Secured Parties in the Collateral securing the Third
Priority Claims, as the case may be.
So long as the
Discharge of First Priority Claims has not occurred, the parties
hereto agree that the Obligors shall not (a) grant or permit
any additional Lien on any asset or property to secure any Third
Priority Claim unless it has granted Liens on such asset or
property to secure the First Priority Claims and the Second
Priority Claims; (b) grant or permit on any Lien on any asset
or property to secure any Second Priority Claim unless it has
granted Liens on such asset or property to secure the First
Priority Claims and the Third Priority Claims; or (c) grant or
permit any additional Lien on any asset to secure any First
Priority Claim unless it has granted a Lien on such asset to secure
the Second Priority Claims and the Third Priority Claims. 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 Priority Collateral Agent, the Lender Agent and/or the
First Priority Secured Parties, (A) each of the Second
Priority Collateral Agent and the 2010 Trustee, on behalf of itself
and the other Second Priority Secured Parties, agrees that any
amount 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
and (B) each of the Third Priority Collateral Agent, the 2015
Trustee and each Additional Third Priority Representative, on
behalf of themselves and the other Third Priority Secured Parties,
agrees that any amount 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 Nature of
First Priority Obligations . Each of the Second Priority
Collateral Agent, the Third Priority Collateral Agent, the 2010
Trustee, on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured
Parties, and the 2015 Trustee and each Additional Third Priority
Representative on behalf of themselves and the other Third Priority
Secured Parties,
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acknowledges
that a portion of the First Priority Claims are revolving in nature
and that the amount thereof that may be outstanding at any time or
from time to time may be increased (subject to the limitation
specified in the definition of First Priority Claims) or reduced
and subsequently reborrowed without affecting the lien
subordination or other provisions of this Agreement.
3.1 Exercise of
Remedies .
(a) (i)
(A) So long as the Discharge of First Priority Claims has not
occurred, whether or not any Insolvency Proceeding has been
commenced by or against any Obligor, none of the Second Priority
Collateral Agent, the Third Priority Collateral Agent, the other
Second Priority Secured Parties or the other Third Priority Secured
Parties will exercise or seek to exercise any rights or remedies
(including the exercise of any right of setoff or any right under
any lockbox agreement, account control agreement, landlord waiver
or bailee’s letter or similar agreement or arrangement to
which the Second Priority Collateral Agent, the Third Priority
Collateral Agent, any such Second Priority Secured Party or any
such Third Priority Secured Party is a party and including the
exercise of any right to direct or provide direction or orders to
the Collateral Control Agent or any account bank, securities
intermediary or any other custodian as to the disposition of the
asset or property on deposit in, carried in or otherwise credited
to any deposit accounts or securities accounts), with respect to
any Collateral (and hereby waive any right to), institute any
action or proceeding with respect to such rights or remedies,
including any action of foreclosure, or contest, protest or object
to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought by the First
Priority Collateral Agent, the Lender Agent or any other First
Priority Secured Party, any exercise of any right under any control
agreement in respect of a deposit account, securities account,
security entitlement or other investment property constituting
Collateral (including, without limitation, any right to direct or
provide direction or orders to the Collateral Control Agent or any
account bank, securities intermediary or other custodian as to the
disposition of the asset or property on deposit in, carried in or
otherwise credited to any deposit accounts or securities accounts),
or any bailee’s letter or similar agreement or arrangement to
which the Second Priority Collateral Agent, the Third Priority
Collateral Agent, any other Second Priority Secured Party or any
other Third Priority Secured Party is a party, or any other
exercise by any such party, of any rights and remedies relating to
the Collateral under the Second Priority Documents or the Third
Priority Documents or otherwise, or object to the forbearance by
the First Priority Collateral Agent, the Lender Agent or any First
Priority Secured Party from bringing or pursuing any foreclosure
proceeding or action or any other exercise of any right or remedy
relating to the Collateral, in each case so long as the respective
interests of the Second Priority Secured Parties and the Third
Priority Secured Parties, as the case may be, attach to the
proceeds thereof (if any) remaining after the Discharge of First
Priority Claims subject to the relative priorities described in
Section 2 , and (B) so long as the Discharge of
Second Priority Claims has not occurred, whether or not any
Insolvency Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Obligor,
each of the Third Priority Collateral Agent and the other Third
Priority Secured Parties will not exercise or seek to exercise any
rights or remedies (including the exercise of any right of setoff
or any right under any lockbox agreement, account control
agreement, landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or similar
agreement or arrangement to which the Third Priority Collateral
Agent or any other Third Priority Secured Party is a party and
including
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the exercise of
any right to direct or provide direction or orders to the
Collateral Control Agent or any account bank, securities
intermediary or any other custodian as to the disposition of the
asset or property on deposit in, carried in or otherwise credited
to any deposit accounts or securities accounts) with respect to any
Collateral (and hereby waive any right to), institute any action or
proceeding with respect to such rights or remedies, including any
action of foreclosure, or contest, protest or object to any
foreclosure proceeding or action brought by the Second Priority
Collateral Agent or any other Second Priority Secured Party, any
exercise of any right under any control agreement in respect of a
deposit account, securities account, security entitlement or other
investment property constituting Collateral (including, without
limitation, any right to direct or provide direction or orders to
the Collateral Control Agent or any account bank, securities
intermediary or any other custodian as to the disposition of the
asset or property on deposit in, carried in or otherwise credited
to any deposit accounts or securities accounts), or any
bailee’s letter or similar agreement or arrangement to which
the Third Priority Collateral Agent or any other Third Priority
Secured Party is a party, or any other exercise by any such party,
of any rights and remedies relating to the Collateral under the
Third Priority Documents or otherwise, or object to the forbearance
by the Second Priority Collateral Agent or any other Second
Priority Secured Party from bringing or pursuing any foreclosure
proceeding or action or any other exercise of any right or remedy
relating to the Collateral, in each case so long as the respective
interests of the Third Priority Secured Parties attach to the
proceeds thereof (if any) remaining after the Discharge of Second
Priority Claims subject to the relative priorities described in
Section 2 ; and (ii) (A) so long as the Discharge
of First Priority Claims has not occurred, whether or not any
Insolvency Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Obligor,
the First Priority Collateral Agent, the Lender Agent and the other
First Priority Secured Parties shall have the exclusive right to
enforce rights, exercise remedies (including the exercise of any
right of setoff or any right under any lockbox agreement, account
control agreement, landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or
similar agreement or arrangement to which the Second Priority
Collateral Agent, the Third Priority Collateral Agent, any other
Second Priority Secured Party or any other Third Priority Secured
Party is a party and including the exercise of any right to direct
or provide direction or orders to the Collateral Control Agent or
any account bank, securities intermediary or any other custodian as
to the disposition of the asset or property on deposit in, carried
in or otherwise credited to any deposit accounts or securities
accounts), refrain from enforcing or exercising remedies, and make
determinations regarding release or disposition of the Collateral
without the consent of or any consultation with the Second Priority
Collateral Agent, the Third Priority Collateral Agent, any other
Second Priority Secured Party or any other Third Priority Secured
Party, and (B) following the Discharge of First Priority
Claims and until the Discharge of Second Priority Claims has
occurred, whether or not any Insolvency Proceeding has been
commenced by or against any Obligor, the Second Priority Collateral
Agent and the other Second Priority Secured Parties shall have the
exclusive right to enforce rights, exercise remedies (including the
exercise of any right of setoff or any right under any lockbox
agreement, account control agreement, landlord waiver or
bailee’s letter or similar agreement or arrangement to which
the Third Priority Collateral Agent or any other Third Priority
Secured Party is a party and including the exercise of any right to
direct or provide direction or orders to the Collateral Control
Agent or any account bank, securities intermediary or any other
custodian as to the disposition of the asset or property on deposit
in, carried in or otherwise credited to any deposit accounts or
securities accounts), refrain from enforcing or exercising
remedies, and make determinations regarding release or disposition
of the Collateral without the consent of or any
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consultation
with the Third Priority Collateral Agent or any other Third
Priority Secured Party; provided that with respect to
clauses (i) and (ii) above, (1) in any
Insolvency Proceeding commenced by or against any Obligor, any
Second Priority Secured Party or Third Priority Secured Party may
file a claim or statement of interest with respect to the Second
Priority Claims or the Third Priority Claims, as the case may be,
(2) the Second Priority Collateral Agent or the Third Priority
Collateral Agent may take any action not adverse to the Liens on
the Collateral securing the First Priority Claims or the rights of
the First Priority Collateral Agent, the Lender Agent or any other
First Priority Secured Party to exercise remedies in respect
thereof in order to establish, preserve, or perfect its rights in
the Collateral and (3) any Second Priority Secured Party or Third
Priority Secured Party shall be entitled to (u) file any
necessary responsive or defensive pleading in opposition to any
motion, claim, adversary proceeding or other pleading made by any
Person objecting to or otherwise seeking the disallowance of the
Second Priority Claims or the Third Priority Claims, including
without limitation any claim secured by the Collateral, if any, in
each case in accordance with the terms of this Agreement,
(v) file any pleadings, objections, motions or agreements
which assert rights or interests available to unsecured creditors
of the Obligors arising under the Bankruptcy Code (including
exercising the right, if any, to file an involuntary petition
against any Obligor), any similar law or any applicable
non-bankruptcy law, in each case in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement, (w) exercise any rights and remedies as an
unsecured creditor against the Borrowers or any other Obligor in
accordance with the Second Priority Documents or Third Priority
Documents, as the case may be, and applicable law, (x) bid
(but only for cash) for or purchase (but only for cash) Collateral
at any private or judicial foreclosure upon such Collateral
initiated by any secured party in respect thereof, (y) file
any notice of or vote any claim in any Insolvency Proceeding of any
Obligor but solely in accordance with Section 6.9 of
this Agreement and (z) file any proof of claim and other
filings, appear and be heard on any matter in connection therewith
and make any arguments and motions that are, in each case, in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, with respect to the
Second Priority Claims or the Third Priority Claims, as the case
may be, and the Collateral and (4) nothing herein shall be
construed to limit or impair in any way the right of any Second
Priority Secured Party or Third Priority Secured Party to receive
any remaining Collateral and proceeds of Collateral after the
Discharge of First Priority Claims has occurred (or, with respect
to the Third Priority Secured Parties, after both the Discharge of
First Priority Claims and the Discharge of Second Priority Claims
has occurred). In exercising rights and remedies with respect to
the Collateral, the First Priority Collateral Agent, the Lender
Agent or the other First Priority Secured Parties may enforce the
provisions of the First Priority Documents and exercise remedies
thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as they may
determine in the exercise of their sole discretion except that,
following the Discharge of First Priority Claims and until the
Discharge of Second Priority Claims has occurred, the Second
Priority Collateral Agent, the 2010 Trustee or the other Second
Priority Secured Parties may enforce the provisions of the Second
Priority 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 the First Priority Collateral
Agent, the Lender Agent and the other First Priority Secured
Parties (or, following the Discharge of First Priority Claims and
until the Discharge of Second Priority Claims has occurred, the
Second Priority Collateral Agent, the 2010 Trustee or the other
Second Priority Secured Parties) 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
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party under the
UCC of any applicable jurisdiction and of a secured creditor under
bankruptcy or similar laws of any applicable
jurisdiction.
(b) (i) Until
the Discharge of First Priority Claims has occurred, each of the
Second Priority Collateral Agent, the Third Priority Collateral
Agent, the 2010 Trustee, on behalf of itself and the other Second
Priority Secured Parties, and the 2015 Trustee and each Additional
Third Priority Representative, on behalf of themselves and the
other Third Priority Secured Parties, agrees that it will not, in
connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including the
exercise of any right of setoff or any right under any lockbox
agreement, account control agreement, landlord waiver or
bailee’s letter or similar agreement or arrangement to which
the Second Priority Collateral Agent, the Third Priority Collateral
Agent or any other Second Priority Secured Party or Third Priority
Secured Party is a party) with respect to any Collateral (but
instead shall be deemed to have hereby irrevocably, absolutely, and
unconditionally waived until after the Discharge of First Priority
Claims any right to) take or receive any Collateral or any proceeds
of Collateral unless and until the Discharge of First Priority
Claims has occurred.
(ii) Following
the Discharge of First Priority Claims and until the Discharge of
Second Priority Claims has occurred, each of the Third Priority
Collateral Agent and the 2015 Trustee and each Additional Third
Priority Representative, on behalf of themselves and the other
Third Priority Secured Parties, agrees that it will not, in
connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including the
exercise of any right of setoff or any right under any lockbox
agreement, account control agreement, landlord waiver or
bailee’s letter or similar agreement or arrangement to which
such Third Priority Collateral Agent or any other Third Priority
Secured Party is a party and including the exercise of any right to
direct or provide direction or orders to the Collateral Control
Agent or any account bank, securities intermediary or any other
custodian as to the disposition of the asset or property on deposit
in, carried in or otherwise credited to any deposit accounts or
securities accounts) with respect to any Collateral (but instead
shall be deemed to have hereby irrevocably, absolutely, and
unconditionally waived until after the Discharge of Second Priority
Claims any right to) take or receive any Collateral or any proceeds
of Collateral unless and until the Discharge of Second Priority
Claims has occurred.
(iii) Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing clauses (i) and
(ii) , (A) unless and until the Discharge of First
Priority Claims has occurred, except as expressly provided in the
proviso in clause (a) of Section 3.1 ,
the sole right of the Second Priority Collateral Agent, the Third
Priority Collateral Agent, the other Second Priority Secured
Parties and the other Third Priority Secured Parties as secured
parties with respect to the Collateral is to hold a perfected Lien
on the Collateral pursuant to the Second Priority Documents or
Third Priority Documents, as the case may be, 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 Priority Claims has
occurred and (B) unless and until the Discharge of Second
Priority Claims has occurred, except as expressly provided in the
proviso in clause (a) of Section 3.1 ,
the sole right of the Third Priority Collateral Agent and the other
Third Priority Secured Parties as secured parties with respect to
the Collateral is to hold a perfected Lien on the Collateral
pursuant to the Third Priority 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 Priority Claims and
the Discharge of Second Priority Claims have both
occurred.
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(c) (i) Each
of the Obligors agree that it will not, and will not permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, in connection with the exercise of any right
or remedy with respect to any Collateral by the Second Priority
Collateral Agent, the Third Priority Collateral Agent or any other
Second Priority Secured Party or Third Priority Secured Party,
transfer, deliver or pay, as applicable, to the Second Priority
Collateral Agent, the Third Priority Collateral Agent or any other
Second Priority Secured Party or Third Priority Secured Party, any
Collateral or any proceeds of Collateral unless and until the
Discharge of First Priority Claims has occurred.
(ii) Each
of the Obligors agree that it will not, and will not permit any of
its Subsidiaries to, in connection with the exercise of any right
or remedy with respect to any Collateral by the Third Priority
Collateral Agent or any other Third Priority Secured Party,
transfer, deliver or pay, as applicable, to the Third Priority
Collateral Agent or any other Third Priority Secured Party, any
Collateral or any proceeds of Collateral unless and until the
Discharge of Second Priority Claims has occurred.
(d) (i) Each
of the Second Priority Collateral Agent, the Third Priority
Collateral Agent, the 2010 Trustee, on behalf of itself and the
other Second Priority Secured Parties, and the 2015 Trustee and
each Additional Third Priority Representative, on behalf of
themselves and the other Third Priority Secured Parties, agrees
that the Second Priority Secured Parties and the Third Priority
Secured Parties will not (and instead shall be deemed to have
hereby irrevocably, absolutely, and unconditionally waived any
right to) take any action (other than as provided in
Section 3.1(a) ) that would hinder or cause to delay
any exercise of remedies undertaken by the First Priority
Collateral Agent, the Lender Agent or any other First Priority
Secured Party under the First Priority Documents as secured parties
in respect of any Collateral, including any sale, lease, exchange,
transfer or other disposition of the Collateral, whether by
foreclosure or otherwise.
(ii) Each
of the Third Priority Collateral Agent and the 2015 Trustee and
each Additional Third Priority Representative, on behalf of
themselves and the other Third Priority Secured Parties, agrees
that the Third Priority Secured Parties will not (and instead shall
be deemed to have hereby irrevocably, absolutely and
unconditionally waived any right to) take any action (other than as
provided in Section 3.1(a) ) that would hinder or cause
to delay any exercise of remedies undertaken by the Second Priority
Collateral Agent or any other Second Priority Secured Party under
the Second Priority Documents as secured parties in respect of any
Collateral, including any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other
disposition of the Collateral, whether by foreclosure or
otherwise.
(iii) Each
of the Second Priority Collateral Agent, the Third Priority
Collateral Agent, the 2010 Trustee, on behalf of itself and the
other Second Priority Secured Parties, and the 2015 Trustee and
each Additional Third Priority Representative, on behalf of
themselves and the other Third Priority Secured Parties, hereby
irrevocably, absolutely and unconditionally waives any and all
rights it or the Second Priority Secured Parties or the Third
Priority Secured Parties may have as a junior lien creditor or
otherwise (whether arising under the UCC or any other law) to
object to the manner (including by judicial foreclosure,
non-judicial foreclosure, strict foreclosure or otherwise) in which
the First Priority Collateral Agent, the Lender Agent or the other
holders of First Priority Claims seek to enforce the Liens granted
in any of the Collateral except that there shall be no waiver of
the obligation, if any, of the First Priority û
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Collateral
Agent or the Lender Agent to dispose of the Collateral in a
“commercially reasonable” manner within the meaning of
any applicable UCC.
(iv) Each
of the Third Priority Collateral Agent, the 2015 Trustee and each
Additional Third Priority Representative, on behalf of themselves
and the other Third Priority Secured Parties, hereby irrevocably,
absolutely and unconditionally waives any and all rights it or the
Third Priority Secured Parties may have as a junior lien creditor
or otherwise (whether arising under the UCC or any other law) to
object to the manner (including by judicial foreclosure,
non-judicial foreclosure, strict foreclosure, or otherwise) in
which the Second Priority Collateral Agent, the 2010 Trustee or the
other holders of Second Priority Claims seek to enforce the Liens
granted in any of the Collateral except that there shall be no
waiver of the obligation, if any, of the Second Priority Collateral
Agent or the 2010 Trustee to dispose of the Collateral in a
“commercially reasonable” manner within the meaning of
any applicable UCC.
(e) (i) Each
of the Second Priority Collateral Agent, the Third Priority
Collateral Agent, the 2010 Trustee, on behalf of itself and the
other Second Priority Secured Parties, and the 2015 Trustee and
each Additional Third Priority Representative, on behalf of
themselves and the other Third Priority Secured Parties, hereby
acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction
contained in the Second Priority Collateral Documents or any other
Second Priority Noteholder Document (other than this Agreement) or
in the Third Priority Collateral Documents or any other Third
Priority Document (other than this Agreement) is intended to
restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the First Priority
Collateral Agent, the Lender Agent or the First Priority Secured
Parties with respect to the Collateral as set forth in this
Agreement and the First Priority Documents.
(ii) Each
of the Third Priority Collateral Agent and the 2015 Trustee and
each Additional Third Priority Representative, on behalf of
themselves and the other Third Priority Secured Parties, hereby
acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction
contained in the Third Priority Collateral Documents or any other
Third Priority Document (other than this Agreement) is intended to
restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the Second Priority
Collateral Agent or any other Second Priority Secured Party with
respect to the Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the
Second Priority Documents.
3.2
Cooperation . Subject to the proviso in
Section 3.1(a) , (a) each of the Second Priority
Collateral Agent, the Third Priority Collateral Agent, the 2010
Trustee, on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured
Parties, and the 2015 Trustee and each Additional Third Priority
Representative, on behalf of themselves and the other Third
Priority Secured Parties, agrees that, unless and until the
Discharge of First Priority Claims has occurred, it will not, and
shall be deemed to have waived any right to, commence, or join with
any Person in commencing any enforcement, collection, execution,
levy or foreclosure action or proceeding with respect to any Lien
held by it under any Second Priority Document or Third Priority
Document, as the case may be; and (b) each of the Third
Priority Collateral Agent and the 2015 Trustee and each Additional
Third Priority Representative, on behalf of themselves and the
other Third Priority Secured Parties, agrees that, unless and until
the Discharge of Second Priority Claims has occurred, it will not,
and shall be deemed to have waived any right to, commence, or join
with any Person in commencing any enforcement, collection,
execution, levy or foreclosure action or proceeding with respect to
any Lien held by it under any Third Priority Document.
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3.3 Notices of
Default . Each Collateral Agent, the Lender Agent, each Trustee
and each Additional Third Priority Representative will provide such
information as it may have to the others as the others may from
time to time reasonably request concerning the status of the
exercise of any enforcement action against the Collateral, and each
Collateral Agent, the Lender Agent, each Trustee and each
Additional Third Priority Representative shall be available on a
reasonable basis during normal business hours to review with each
other alternatives available in exercising such rights;
provided that the failure of any of them to do any of the
foregoing shall not affect the relative priorities of the First
Priority Liens, the Second Priority Liens or the Third Priority
Liens as provided herein or the validity or effectiveness of any
notice or demand as against any Obligor. The Obligors hereby
consent and agree to each Collateral Agent, the Lender Agent, each
Trustee and each Additional Third Priority Representative,
providing any such information to the other and to such actions by
any of them and waives any right or claim against any of them
arising as a result of such information or actions.
4.1 Application
of Proceeds .
(a) As long
as the Discharge of First Priority Claims has not occurred, whether
or not any Insolvency Proceeding has been commenced by or against
any Obligor, the cash proceeds of Collateral received in connection
with the sale or other disposition of, or collection on, such
Collateral upon the exercise of remedies, shall, after payment of
all outstanding fees, expenses (including reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel), disbursements and indemnities of the First
Priority Collateral Agent and the Collateral Control Agent, be
delivered by the First Priority Collateral Agent or the Collateral
Control Agent to the Lender Agent for application against the First
Priority Claims in such order as the Lender Agent may determine in
its sole discretion until the Discharge of First Priority Claims
has occurred. Upon the Discharge of First Priority Claims, (i) the
Lender Agent shall promptly deliver to the First Priority
Collateral Agent (with copies to the Second Priority Collateral
Agent, the Third Priority Collateral Agent, the Collateral Control
Agent, the 2010 Trustee, the 2015 Trustee and each other Additional
Third Priority Representative) a written notice stating that the
Discharge of First Priority Claims has occurred and
(ii) promptly following receipt of such notice in clause
(i) , the First Priority Collateral Agent or Lender Agent as
applicable shall deliver at the joint and several cost of the
Obligors to the Second Priority Collateral Agent for distribution
to the 2010 Trustee for the benefit of the Second Priority Secured
Parties (or, following the Discharge of Second Priority Claims,
shall deliver to the Third Priority Collateral Agent for
distribution to the 2015 Trustee and the Additional Third Party
Representatives for the benefit of the Third Priority Secured
Parties in accordance with the 2015 Noteholder Security Agreement)
any proceeds of Collateral held by it in the same form as received,
with any necessary endorsement or as a court of competent
jurisdiction may otherwise direct.
(b) Following
the Discharge of First Priority Claims and until the Discharge of
Second Priority Claims has occurred, whether or not any Insolvency
Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Obligor, the cash
proceeds of Collateral received in connection with the sale or
other disposition of, or collection on, such Collateral upon the
exercise of remedies, shall, after payment of all outstanding fees,
expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel),
disbursements and indemnities of the Second Priority Collateral
Agent and
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Control Agent, be delivered by the Second Priority Collateral Agent
or Collateral Control Agent to the 2010 Trustee for application
against the Second Priority Claims in such order as is specified in
the 2010 Indenture until the Discharge of Second Priority Claims
has occurred. Upon the Discharge of Second Priority Claims,
(i) the 2010 Trustee shall promptly deliver to the Second
Priority Collateral Agent (with copies to the Third Priority
Collateral Agent, the Collateral Control Agent, the 2015 Trustee
and each other Additional Third Priority Representative) a written
notice stating that the Discharge of Second Priority Claims has
occurred and (ii) promptly following receipt of such notice in
clause (i) , the Second Priority Collateral Agent shall
deliver at the joint and several cost of the Obligors to the Third
Priority Collateral Agent any proceeds of Collateral held by it in
the same form as received, with any necessary endorsement or as a
court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.
(a) So long
as the Discharge of First Priority Claims has not occurred, whether
or not any Insolvency Proceeding has been commenced by or against
any Obligor, any Collateral or proceeds thereof (including assets
or proceeds subject to Liens referred to in the final sentence of
Section 2.3(a) ) received by the Second Priority
Collateral Agent, the Third Priority Collateral Agent, any other
Second Priority Secured Party or any other Third Priority Secured
Party in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy
(including set-off) relating to the Collateral in contravention of
this Agreement or any distribution received on account of or by
virtue of any Lien on the Collateral in any Insolvency Proceeding
(including any distribution on account of or otherwise by virtue of
any Lien on the Collateral under any Plan of Reorganization) shall,
upon receiving appropriate written direction from the Lender Agent,
be segregated and held in trust and forthwith paid over to the
First Priority Collateral Agent for the benefit of the First
Priority Secured Parties in the same form as received, with any
necessary endorsement, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may
otherwise direct. The First Priority Collateral Agent is hereby
authorized to make any such endorsement as agent for the Second
Priority Collateral Agent, the Third Priority Collateral Agent or
any other Second Priority Secured Party or Third Priority Secured
Party. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is
irrevocable until the Discharge of First Priority Claims has
occurred.
(b) Following
the Discharge of First Priority Claims and until the Discharge of
Second Priority Claims has occurred, whether or not any Insolvency
Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Obligor, any
Collateral or proceeds thereof (including assets or proceeds
subject to Liens referred to in the final sentence of
Section 2.3(b) ) received by the Third Priority
Collateral Agent or any other Third Priority Secured Party in
connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including
set-off) relating to the Collateral in contravention of this
Agreement or any distribution received on account of or by virtue
of any Lien on the Collateral in any Insolvency Proceeding
(including any distribution on account of or otherwise by virtue of
any Lien on the Collateral under any Plan of Reorganization) shall,
upon receiving appropriate written direction from the 2010 Trustee,
be segregated and held in trust and forthwith paid over to the
Second Priority Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Second
Priority Secured Parties in the same form as received, with any
necessary endorsement, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may
otherwise direct. The Second Priority Collateral Agent is hereby
authorized to make any such endorsement as agent for the Third
Priority Collateral Agent or any other Third
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Priority
Secured Party. This authorization is coupled with an interest and
is irrevocable until the Discharge of Second Priority Claims has
occurred.
Section 5.
Other Agreements .
(a) If, in
connection with (i) the exercise of any remedies by the First
Priority Collateral Agent or any other First Priority Secured Party
in respect of the Collateral provided for in
Section 3.1 , including any sale, lease, exchange,
transfer or other disposition of any such Collateral or
(ii) any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition
of any Collateral (other than to another Obligor) permitted under
the terms of the First Priority Documents, the Second Priority
Documents and the Third Priority Documents (in each case, as in
effect on the date hereof), the First Priority Collateral Agent, on
behalf of itself and the other First Priority Secured Parties,
releases any of its Liens on any part of the Collateral, the Lien
of the Second Priority Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
Second Priority Secured Parties on such Collateral (but not on any
proceeds of such Collateral not required to be paid to the First
Priority Secured Parties for application to the First Priority
Claims) and the Lien of the Third Priority Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Third Priority Secured Parties on such Collateral
(but not on any proceeds of such Collateral not required to be paid
to the First Priority Secured Parties for application to the First
Priority Claims) shall in each case be automatically and
unconditionally released with no further consent or action of any
Person, and each of the Second Priority Collateral Agent, the Third
Priority Collateral Agent, the 2010 Trustee, on behalf of itself
and the other Second Priority Secured Parties, and the 2015 Trustee
and each Additional Third Priority Representative, on behalf of
themselves and the other Third Priority Secured Parties, shall
promptly execute and deliver, at the joint and several expense of
the Obligors, to the First Priority Collateral Agent and the Lender
Agent and the Obligors such termination statements, releases and
other documents as the First Priority Collateral Agent, the Lender
Agent and the Obligors may reasonably request to effectively
confirm such release at the joint and several expense of the
Obligors.
(b) Following
the Discharge of First Priority Claims if, in connection with
(i) the exercise of any remedies by the Second Priority
Collateral Agent or the 2010 Trustee or any other Second Priority
Secured Party in respect of the Collateral provided for in
Section 3.1 , including any sale, lease, exchange,
transfer or other disposition of any such Collateral or
(ii) any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition
of any Collateral (other than to another Obligor) permitted under
the terms of the Second Priority Documents and the Third Priority
Documents (in each case, as in effect on the date hereof), the
Second Priority Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the other
Second Priority Secured Parties, releases any of its Liens on any
part of the Collateral, the Lien of the Third Priority Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the Third Priority Secured Parties on such
Collateral (but not on any proceeds of such Collateral not required
to be paid to the Second Priority Secured Parties for application
to the Second Priority Claims) shall be automatically and
unconditionally released with no further consent or action of any
Person, and each of the Third Priority Collateral Agent and the
2015 Trustee and each Additional Third Priority Representative, on
behalf of themselves and the other Third Priority Secured Parties,
shall promptly execute and deliver, at the joint and several
expense of the Obligors, to the Second Priority Collateral Agent
and the 2010 Trustee and the Obligors such termination statements,
releases and other documents as the Second Priority Collateral
Agent, the
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and the Obligors may reasonably request to effectively confirm such
release at the joint and several expense of the
Obligors.
(c) Until the
Discharge of First Priority Claims occurs, each of the Second
Priority Collateral Agent, the Third Priority Collateral Agent, the
2010 Trustee, on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority
Secured Parties, and the 2015 Trustee and each Additional Third
Priority Representative, on behalf of themselves and the other
Third Priority Secured Parties, hereby irrevocably constitutes and
appoints the First Priority Collateral Agent and any officer or
agent of the First Priority Collateral Agent, with full power of
substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full
irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such
Person or in the First Priority Collateral Agent’s own name,
from time to time in the First Priority Collateral Agent’s
discretion (as directed by the Lender Agent in writing), 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
releases, documents and instruments which may be necessary to
accomplish the purposes of this Section 5.1 , including
any financing statements, mortgage releases, intellectual property
releases, endorsements or other instruments of transfer or
release.
(d) Following
the Discharge of First Priority Claims and until the Discharge of
Second Priority Claims occurs, each of the Third Priority
Collateral Agent, the 2015 Trustee and each Additional Third
Priority Representative, on behalf of themselves and the other
Third Priority Secured Parties, hereby irrevocably constitutes and
appoints the Second Priority Collateral Agent and any officer or
agent of the Second Priority Collateral Agent, with full power of
substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full
irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such
Third Priority Collateral Agent or Third Priority Secured Party or
in the Second Priority Collateral Agent’s own name, from time
to time in the Second Priority Collateral Agent’s discretion
(as directed by the 2010 Trustee in writing), 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 releases,
documents and instruments which may be necessary to accomplish the
purposes of this Section 5.1 , including any financing
statements, mortgage releases, intellectual property releases,
endorsements or other instruments of transfer or
release.
(a) Unless
and until the Discharge of First Priority Claims has occurred, the
First Priority Collateral Agent, the Lender Agent and the other
holders of First Priority Claims shall have the sole and exclusive
right, subject to the rights of the Obligors under the Facility
Documents, to adjust settlement for any award under any insurance
policy relating to an insured loss in respect of Collateral and to
approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding
affecting the Collateral. Following the Discharge of First Priority
Claims and until such time that the Discharge of Second Priority
Claims has occurred, the Second Priority Collateral Agent, the 2010
Trustee and the other holders of Second Priority Claims shall have
the sole and exclusive right, subject to the rights of the Obligors
under the Second Priority Documents, to adjust settlement for any
award under any insurance policy relating to an insured loss
relating to the Collateral and to approve any award granted in any
condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the
Collateral.
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(b) Unless
and until the Discharge of First Priority Claims has occurred, all
proceeds of any such insurance policy and any such award if in
respect to the Collateral shall, after payment of all outstanding
fees, expenses (including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel),
disbursements and indemnities of the First Priority Collateral
Agent and the Collateral Control Agent, be delivered by the First
Priority Collateral Agent to the Lender Agent for benefit of the
First Priority Secured Parties to the extent required under the
Loan Agreement and pursuant to the terms of the First Priority
Documents; and thereafter, following the Discharge of First
Priority Claims and until the Discharge of Second Priority Claims
has occurred, and after payment of all outstanding fees, expenses
(including reasonable fees and expenses of counsel), disbursements
and indemnities of the Second Priority Collateral Agent and the
Collateral Control Agent, be delivered by the Second Priority
Collateral Agent to the 2010 Trustee for the benefit of the Second
Priority Secured Parties to the extent required under the
applicable Second Priority Documents; and following the Discharge
of First Priority Claims and Second Priority Claims, and after
payment of all outstanding fees, expenses (including reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel), disbursements and indemnities of the
Third Priority Collateral Agent and the Collateral Control Agent,
be delivered by the Third Priority Collateral Agent to the 2015
Trustee and the Additional Third Priority Representatives in
accordance with the 2015 Noteholder Security Agreement; and
finally, to the owner of the subject property or as a court of
competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.
(c) Unless
the Discharge of First Priority Claims has occurred, if the Second
Priority Collateral Agent, the Third Priority Collateral Agent or
any other Second Priority Secured Party or Third Priority Secured
Party shall, at any time, receive any proceeds of any such
insurance policy or any such award or payment thereunder in
contravention of this Agreement, it shall pay such proceeds, award
or payment over to the First Priority Collateral Agent in
accordance with Section 4.2 .
(d) Following
the Discharge of First Priority Claims and until the Discharge of
Second Priority Claims has occurred, if the Third Priority
Collateral Agent or any other Third Priority Secured Party shall,
at any time, receive any proceeds of any insurance policy or any
award or payment thereunder in contravention of this Agreement, it
shall pay such proceeds, award or payment over to the Second
Priority Collateral Agent in accordance with
Section 4.2 .
5.3 Amendments
to Second Priority Documents and Third Priority Documents, etc
.
(a) Unless
and until the Discharge of First Priority Claims has occurred,
without the prior written consent of the Lender Agent (and the
First Priority Collateral Agent and the Collateral Control Agent,
to the extent an amendment, supplement or modification would affect
its respective rights, protections or obligations), no Second
Priority Collateral Document or Third Priority Collateral Document
may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified or entered into
to the extent such amendment, supplement or modification, or the
terms of any new Second Priority Collateral Document or Third
Priority Collateral Document, would contravene any of the terms of
this Agreement or the First Priority Documents. Following the
Discharge of First P
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