EXECUTION VERSION
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
dated
as of September 30, 2009
among
ACCO
BRANDS CORPORATION
the
other GRANTORS from time to time party hereto,
DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH,
as
Collateral Agent
under
the Syndicated Facility Agreement – ABL Revolving
Facility,
and
U.S.
BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Collateral Trustee
under
the Senior Secured Notes Indenture
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Construction; Certain Defined Terms
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Subordination of Junior Liens; Certain
Agreements
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Subordination of Junior Liens
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No Action With Respect to Junior Secured
Obligations Collateral Subject to Senior Liens
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No Duties of Senior Representative
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No Interference; Payment Over;
Reinstatement
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Release of Liens; Automatic Release of Junior
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Certain Agreements With Respect to Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceedings
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Entry Upon Premises by the ABL Agent and the
ABL Secured Parties
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Refinancings and Additional Secured Debt
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Amendments to Security Documents; Legend
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Junior Secured Obligations Secured Parties
Rights as Unsecured Creditors
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Bailee for Perfection; Consent to
License to Use Intellectual Property
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Collateral Proceeds Account.
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Consent to License to Use Intellectual
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Existence and Amounts of Liens and
Obligations
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Representations and Warranties
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Representations and Warranties of Each
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Representations and Warranties of Each
Representative
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Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to
Service of Process
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Provisions Solely to Define Relative
Rights
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Certain Terms Concerning the Noteholder
Collateral Trustee
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Certain Terms Concerning ABL Agent and
Noteholder Collateral Trustee
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No Warranties or Liability
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No Waiver of Lien Priorities
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Obligations Unconditional
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EXHIBIT A – Form of Intercreditor
Agreement Joinder
EXHIBIT B – Form of Lien Sharing and
Priority Confirmation Joinder
This INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT is dated as of September 30, 2009, and is by and among
ACCO BRANDS CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation (“
Holdings ”), the other GRANTORS from
time to time party hereto, DEUTSCHE BANK AG NEW YORK BRANCH (in its
individual capacity, and any successor corporation thereto by
merger, consolidation or otherwise, “ DBNY
”), as collateral agent under the ABL Debt Documents (as
defined below) (in such capacity and together with its successors
and assigns in such capacity, the “ Original
ABL Agent ”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION (in its individual capacity, and any successor
corporation thereto by merger, consolidation or otherwise, “
U.S. Bank ”) as collateral trustee under the
Indenture (as defined below). Capitalized terms used
herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set
forth in Section 1.01 below.
WHEREAS, Holdings
and certain of the Grantors have entered into an ABL Credit
Agreement, which provides for a $175,000,000 revolving credit
facility to Holdings, certain of the other Grantors and other
subsidiaries of Holdings, which revolving credit facility may be
increased by the Incremental Commitments under (and as defined in)
the ABL Credit Agreement;
WHEREAS, pursuant to
the various ABL Debt Documents, (i) Holdings, other Grantors and
other subsidiaries of Holdings have provided guarantees for the ABL
Debt Obligations and (ii) Holdings, other Grantors and other
subsidiaries of Holdings have provided security for the ABL Debt
Obligations;
WHEREAS, Holdings
has entered into an Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (as
amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified
and in effect from time to time, the “
Indenture ”), among Holdings, as issuer, the
Grantors, as guarantors, and U.S. Bank, as trustee (in such
capacity and together with its successors and assigns in such
capacity, the “ Original Noteholder Collateral
Trustee ”), pursuant to which senior secured notes
shall be issued by Holdings on the date hereof in an aggregate
original principal amount of $460,000,000;
WHEREAS, pursuant to
the various Indenture Priority Lien Documents, (i) Holdings and the
other Grantors have provided guarantees for the Indenture Priority
Lien Obligations and (ii) Holdings and the other Grantors have
provided security for the Indenture Priority Lien Obligations;
WHEREAS, Holdings
and the other Grantors intend to secure the ABL Debt Obligations
under the ABL Credit Agreement and any other ABL Debt Documents
(including any Permitted Replacement thereof) with a first priority
lien on the ABL First Lien Collateral and a second priority lien on
the Noteholder First Lien Collateral; and
WHEREAS, Holdings
and the other Grantors intend to secure the Indenture Priority Lien
Obligations under the Indenture and any other Indenture Priority
Lien Documents (including any Permitted Replacement thereof) with a
first priority lien on the Noteholder First Lien Collateral and a
second priority lien on the ABL First Lien Collateral.
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the ABL Agent (for itself and on
behalf of the ABL Secured Parties), the
Noteholder Collateral Trustee (for itself and
on behalf of the Indenture Priority Lien Secured Parties and the
Additional Priority Lien Secured Parties, if any), Holdings and the
other Grantors party hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION
1.01 Construction;
Certain Defined Terms.
(a) 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, (i) any definition of or reference to
any agreement, instrument, other document, statute or regulation
herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement,
instrument, other document, statute or regulation as from time to
time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, (ii) any
reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such
Person’s successors and assigns, but shall not be deemed to
include the subsidiaries of such Person unless express reference is
made to such subsidiaries, (iii) 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, (iv) all
references herein to Articles, Sections and Annexes shall be
construed to refer to Articles, Sections and Annexes of this
Agreement, (v) unless otherwise expressly qualified herein, the
words “asset” and “property” shall be
construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any
and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including
cash, securities, accounts and contract rights and (vi) the term
“or” is not exclusive.
(b) All terms
used in this Agreement that are defined in Article 1, 8 or 9 of the
New York UCC (whether capitalized herein or not) and not otherwise
defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in Article 1, 8
or 9 of the New York UCC. If a term is defined in
Article 9 of the New York UCC and another Article of the UCC, such
term shall have the meaning assigned to it in Article 9 of the New
York UCC.
(c) Unless
otherwise set forth herein, all references herein to the Noteholder
Collateral Trustee shall be deemed to refer to the Noteholder
Collateral Trustee in its capacity as collateral trustee under the
Noteholder Collateral Trust Agreement.
(d) As used in
this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified
below:
“ ABL
Agent ” means the Original ABL Agent, and, from and
after the date of execution and delivery of an ABL Substitute
Facility, the agent, collateral agent, trustee or other
representative of the lenders or holders of the indebtedness and
other Obligations evidenced thereunder or governed thereby, in each
case, together with its successors in such capacity.
“ ABL
Credit Agreement ” means the Syndicated Facility
Agreement – ABL Revolving Agreement, dated as of the date
hereof, among Holdings, certain of the other Grantors and other
subsidiaries of Holdings, as borrowers, ABL Lenders and DBNY, as
administrative agent, as amended, restated, adjusted, waived,
renewed, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time and any credit agreement, loan agreement, note agreement,
promissory note, indenture or any other agreement or instrument
evidencing or governing the terms of any ABL Substitute
Facility.
(a) Indebtedness
outstanding under the ABL Credit Agreement on the date hereof or
incurred from time to time after the date hereof under the ABL
Credit Agreement; and
(b) additional
Indebtedness (including letters of credit and reimbursement
obligations with respect thereto) of Holdings or any Restricted
Subsidiary secured by senior Liens on ABL Facility Collateral and
junior Liens on Noteholder Collateral (or, with respect to Foreign
Subsidiaries, secured by Liens on assets of such Foreign
Subsidiaries that would constitute ABL Facility Collateral if owned
by Holdings or any Guarantor); provided , in the case of any
additional Indebtedness referred to in this clause (b), that:
(i) on
or before the date on which such additional Indebtedness is
incurred by Holdings or such Restricted Subsidiary, as
applicable, such additional Indebtedness is designated by Holdings,
in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Noteholder
Collateral Trustee, as “ABL Debt” for purposes of the
Priority Lien Documents; provided , that such Indebtedness
may not be designated as both ABL Debt and Priority Lien Debt;
and
(ii) the
collateral agent or other representative with respect to such
Indebtedness, the ABL Agent, the Noteholder Collateral Trustee,
Holdings and each applicable Grantor have duly executed and
delivered this Agreement (or an Intercreditor Agreement, Lien
Sharing and Priority Confirmation Joinder or a new intercreditor
agreement substantially similar to this Agreement, as in effect on
the date hereof, and in a form reasonably acceptable to each of the
parties hereto).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness (excluding Indebtedness
representing Hedging Obligations and Indebtedness in respect of
cash management services and treasury management services)
constituting principal outstanding under the ABL Credit Agreement
and the other ABL Debt Documents or any ABL Substitute Facility (as
of the date of incurrence of any such Indebtedness and after giving
pro forma effect to the application of the net proceeds
therefrom and with letters of credit or bankers’ acceptances
issued under the ABL Credit Agreement and the other ABL Debt
Documents being deemed to have a principal amount equal to the face
amount thereof) exceeds the ABL Lien Cap, then only that portion of
such Indebtedness and such aggregate face amount of letters of
credit and bankers’ acceptances equal to the ABL Lien Cap
shall be included in ABL Debt and interest, fees, expenses and
indemnification obligations with respect to such Indebtedness and
letters of credit and bankers’
acceptances shall only constitute ABL Debt
Obligations to the extent related to Indebtedness and the face
amounts of letters of credit and bankers’ acceptances
included in ABL Debt.
“ ABL
Debt Documents ” means the ABL Credit Agreement and
any notes, guarantees, collateral documents and instruments and
agreements executed in connection therewith (other than any such
documents that do not secure ABL Debt Obligations).
“ ABL
Debt Obligations ” means ABL Debt and all other
Obligations in connection with the ABL Credit Agreement,
including:
(a) additional
Obligations of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary relating to
any cash management services or treasury management services
provided to Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary by any ABL Lender
or lender of any indebtedness under any ABL Substitute Facility or
Affiliate thereof even if the respective ABL Lender or holder or
lender of any indebtedness under any ABL Substitute Facility
subsequently ceases to be an ABL Lender ABL Lender or holder or
lender of any indebtedness under any ABL Substitute Facility
(together with successors and assigns); and
(b) Hedging
Obligations of Holdings or any Restricted Subsidiary relating to
hedging agreements with any ABL Lender, or lender of any
indebtedness under any ABL Substitute Facility or Affiliate thereof
even if the respective ABL Lender or holder or lender of any
indebtedness under any ABL Substitute Facility subsequently ceases
to be an ABL Lender or holder or lender of any indebtedness under
any ABL Substitute Facility (together with successors and
assigns).
“ ABL
Facility Collateral ” means all assets and properties
subject to Liens created by the ABL Security Documents to secure
the ABL Debt Obligations.
“ ABL
First Lien Collateral ” means all present and future
right, title and interest of Holdings and the Grantors in and to
the following, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, existing or
arising, and wherever located:
(a) Accounts
and payment intangibles, including tax refunds, but excluding
payment intangibles that constitute identifiable proceeds of
Noteholder First Lien Collateral;
(b) inventory
and all Indebtedness owed to Holdings or any of its subsidiaries
that arises from cash advances to enable the obligor thereof to
acquire inventory;
(c) deposit
accounts, commodity accounts, securities accounts and all
lock-boxes at any bank, including all money and certificated
securities, uncertificated securities, securities entitlements and
investment property or other assets credited thereto or deposited
therein (including all cash, cash equivalents, marketable
securities and other funds held in or on deposit in any such
deposit account, commodity account or securities account but
excluding all equity interests owned by Holdings or the Grantors),
instruments, including intercompany notes (subject to the proviso
in clause (e) below), chattel paper and all cash and cash
equivalents, including cash and cash equivalents securing letters
of credit or other ABL Debt Obligations;
(d) general
intangibles, chattel paper or instruments pertaining to the other
items of property included within clauses (a), (b), (c), (e), (f)
and (g) of this definition;
(e) all
indebtedness of Holdings and any of its subsidiaries that is owing
to Holdings or any Grantor provided that ABL First Lien
Collateral shall not include intercompany indebtedness from Foreign
Subsidiaries owed to Holdings or any Grantor up to an aggregate
amount of $30,000,000;
(f) books and
records, documents and related letters of credit and commercial
tort claims or other claims and causes of action, in each case, to
the extent related primarily to any of the foregoing; and
(g) all
substitutions, replacements, accessions, products, supporting
obligations and proceeds (including, without limitation, insurance
proceeds, licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages
and proceeds of suit) of all or any of the foregoing;
except to the extent that any item of property
included in clauses (a) through (g) constitutes an Excluded Asset
and provided that in no case shall any item included in
clauses (a) through (g) include any identifiable cash proceeds in
respect of Noteholder First Lien Collateral or any Net Proceeds
from a sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of any
Noteholder First Lien Collateral to the extent that such item
includes identifiable cash proceeds in respect of Noteholder First
Lien Collateral or any Net Proceeds from a sale of Noteholder First
Lien Collateral that have been (or should have been) deposited in
the Collateral Proceeds Account in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture, until such time as such Net Proceeds are released
therefrom in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
“ ABL
Lenders ” means the lenders from time to time party
to the ABL Credit Agreement.
“
ABL Lien Cap ” means, as of any date of
determination, the sum of (x) $225,000,000 and (y) to the extent
the ABL Credit Agreement as entered into on the date hereof is
amended, modified, renewed, refunded, replaced, restated,
restructured, or refinanced after the date hereof, the fees and
transaction costs in connection therewith.
“
ABL Liens ” means Liens on the ABL Facility
Collateral created under the ABL Security Documents to secure the
ABL Debt Obligations (including Liens on such Collateral under the
security documents associated with any ABL Substitute
Facility).
“ ABL
Secured Parties ” means (i) the “Secured
Parties” as such term is defined in the ABL Credit Agreement
in effect as of the date hereof and (ii) any term with
substantially the same meaning under any ABL Substitute
Facility.
“ ABL
Security Documents ” means the ABL Credit Agreement
(insofar as the same grants a Lien on the Collateral), each Lien
Sharing and Priority Confirmation Joinder and all security
agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, collateral
agency agreements, debentures, control agreements or other grants
or transfers for security executed and delivered by Holdings or any
Grantor creating (or purporting to create) a Lien upon Collateral
in favor of the ABL Agent, in each case, as amended, modified,
renewed, restated or replaced, in whole or in
part, from time to time, in accordance with
its terms and the provisions of the Indenture (including any such
documents or instruments associated with any ABL Substitute
Facility).
“
ABL Substitute Facility ” means any facility
with respect to which the requirements contained in Section 2.10(a)
of this Agreement have been satisfied and that Replaces the ABL
Credit Agreement then in existence. For the avoidance of
doubt, no ABL Substitute Facility shall be required to be a
revolving or asset-based loan facility and may be a facility
evidenced or governed by a credit agreement, loan agreement, note
agreement, promissory note, indenture or any other agreement or
instrument; provided that any ABL Lien securing such ABL
Substitute Facility shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement
for all purposes (including the lien priorities as set forth herein
as of the date hereof).
“
Account ” shall mean, without duplication,
(i) an account, (ii) any and all supporting obligations
in respect thereof and (iii) any right to payment of a
monetary obligation, whether or not earned by performance,
(a) for property that has been or is to be sold, leased,
licensed, assigned, or otherwise disposed of, or (b) for
services rendered or to be rendered.
“
Additional Interest ” means all special
interest then owing pursuant to the Registration Rights
Agreement.
“
Additional Priority Lien Debt Documents ” means
the Additional Priority Lien Debt Facility and the Additional
Priority Lien Security Documents.
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Additional Priority Lien Debt Facility ” means
one or more debt facilities, commercial paper facilities or
indentures for which the requirements of Section 2.10(b) of this
Agreement have been satisfied, in each case with banks, other
lenders or trustees, providing for revolving credit loans, term
loans, receivables financing (including through the sale of
receivables to such lenders or to special purpose entities formed
to borrow from such lenders against such receivables), letters of
credit, notes or other borrowings, in each case, as amended,
restated, modified, renewed, refunded, restated, restructured,
increased, supplemented, replaced or refinanced in whole or in part
from time to time in accordance with each applicable Secured
Document; provided that neither the ABL Credit Agreement nor
any ABL Substitute Facility shall constitute an Additional Priority
Lien Debt Facility at any time.
“
Additional Priority Lien Debt Obligations ”
means, with respect to any Grantor, any obligations of such Grantor
owed to any Additional Priority Lien Secured Party (or any of its
Affiliates) in respect of the Additional Priority Lien Debt
Documents.
“
Additional Priority Lien Secured Parties ”
means, at any time, the Noteholder Collateral Trustee, the trustee,
agent or other representative of the holders of any Series of
Priority Lien Debt who maintains the transfer register for such
Series of Priority Lien Debt, the beneficiaries of each
indemnification obligation undertaken by any Grantor under any
Additional Priority Lien Debt Document and each other holder of, or
obligee in respect of, any holder or lender pursuant to any Series
of Priority Lien Debt outstanding at such time; provided
that the Indenture Priority Lien Secured Parties shall not be
deemed Additional Priority Lien Secured Parties.
“
Additional Priority Lien Security Documents ”
means all collateral trust agreements, security agreements, pledge
agreements, collateral assignments, mortgages, deeds of trust,
control agreements, guarantees, notes and any other documents or
instruments now existing or entered into after the date hereof that
create Liens on any assets or properties of any Grantor or any of
its subsidiaries to secure any Obligations of the Grantors owed
thereunder to any Additional Priority Lien Secured Parties.
“
Additional Secured Debt ” has the meaning
assigned to that term in Section 2.10(b).
“
Administrative Agent ” means Deutsche Bank AG
New York Branch, in its capacity as Administrative Agent under the
ABL Credit Agreement, and its successors in such capacity, and any
agent, trustee or other representative representing holders or
lenders under any ABL Substitute Facility.
“
Affiliate ” of any specified Person means (a)
any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or controlled
by or under direct or indirect common control with such specified
Person or (b) any executive officer or director of such specified
Person. For purposes of this definition, “
control ,” as used with respect to any Person,
shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to
direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of such
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
agreement or otherwise. For purposes of this definition,
the terms “ controlling ,” “
controlled by ” and “ under common
control with ” shall have correlative meanings.
“
Bankruptcy Code ” means Title 11 of the United
States Code.
“ Board
of Directors ” means (a) with respect to a
corporation, the board of directors of the corporation; (b) with
respect to a partnership, the board of directors of the general
partner of the partnership or of the partnership; and (c) with
respect to any other Person, the board or committee of such Person
serving a similar function.
“
Capital Stock ” means (a) in the case of a
corporation, corporate stock, (b) in the case of an association or
business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations,
rights or other equivalents (however designated) of corporate
stock, (c) in the case of a partnership or limited liability
company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or
limited), and (d) any other interest or participation that confers
on a Person the right to receive a share of the profits and losses
of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
“
Capitalized Lease Obligations ” means, at the
time any determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the
liability in respect of a capital lease that would at such time be
required to be capitalized and reflected as a liability on a
balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) in accordance with
GAAP.
“
Class ” means every Series of Priority Lien
Debt, taken together.
“
Collateral ” means all of the assets and
property of any Grantor, whether real, personal or mixed,
constituting the ABL Facility Collateral and the Noteholder
Collateral.
“
Collateral Proceeds Account ” means a
segregated account or accounts held by or under the control of the
Noteholder Collateral Trustee or its agent to secure all Priority
Lien Obligations pursuant to arrangements reasonably satisfactory
to the Noteholder Collateral Trustee.
“
Contingent Obligations ” means with respect to
any Person, any obligation of such Person guaranteeing any leases,
dividends or other obligations that do not constitute Indebtedness
(“ primary obligations ”) of any other
Person (the “ primary obligor ”) in any
manner, whether directly or indirectly, including, without
limitation, any obligation of such Person, whether or not
contingent:
(1) to purchase any
such primary obligation or any property constituting direct or
indirect security therefor,
(2) to advance or
supply funds:
(a) for
the purchase or payment of any such primary obligation; or
(b) to
maintain working capital or equity capital of the primary obligor
or otherwise to maintain the net worth or solvency of the primary
obligor; or
(3) to purchase
property, securities or services primarily for the purpose of
assuring the owner of any such primary obligation of the ability of
the primary obligor to make payment of such primary obligation
against loss in respect thereof.
“ Credit
Facilities ” means one or more debt facilities
(including, without limitation, the ABL Credit Agreement),
commercial paper facilities, note purchase agreements or
indentures, in each case with banks, other lenders or trustees,
providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables
financing (including through the sale of receivables to such
lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such
lenders against such receivables), letters of credit, notes or
other borrowings, in each case, as amended, restated, modified,
renewed, refunded, restated, restructured, increased, supplemented,
replaced or refinanced in whole or in part from time to time.
“
Discharge of ABL Debt Obligations ” means, with
respect to any particular ABL Debt Obligations, the occurrence of
all of the following:
(a) termination
or expiration of all commitments to extend credit that would
constitute ABL Debt;
(b) payment in
full in cash of the principal of and interest, fees and premium (if
any) on all ABL Debt (other than any undrawn letters of credit),
other than from the proceeds of an incurrence of ABL Debt;
(c) (i) cash
collateralization (at the percentage of the aggregate undrawn
amount required for release of liens under the terms of the
applicable ABL Debt Document) or other discharge satisfactory to
the issuing lender thereof of all outstanding letters of credit
constituting ABL Debt Obligations and (ii) the
termination or expiration of all commitments to issue letters of
credit that would constitute ABL Debt Obligations; and
(d) payment in
full in cash of all other ABL Debt Obligations that are outstanding
and unpaid at the time the ABL Debt is paid in full in cash (other
than any obligations for taxes, costs, indemnifications,
reimbursements, damages and other liabilities in respect of which
no claim or demand for payment has been made at such time).
“
Discharge of Priority Lien Obligations ” means,
with respect to any particular Priority Lien Obligations, the
occurrence of all of the following:
(a) termination
or expiration of all commitments to extend credit that would
constitute Priority Lien Debt;
(b) payment in
full in cash of the principal of, and interest and premium, if any,
and Additional Interest, if any, on all Priority Lien Debt (other
than any undrawn letters of credit), other than from the proceeds
of an incurrence of Priority Lien Debt;
(c) discharge
or cash collateralization (at the lower of (x) 105% of the
aggregate undrawn amount and (y) the percentage of the aggregate
undrawn amount required for release of liens under the terms of the
applicable Priority Lien Document) of all outstanding letters of
credit constituting Priority Lien Debt; and
(d) payment in
full in cash of all other Priority Lien Obligations that are
outstanding and unpaid at the time the Priority Lien Debt is paid
in full in cash (other than any obligations for taxes, costs,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities in
respect of which no claim or demand for payment has been made at
such time).
“
Discharge of Senior Secured Debt Obligations ”
means, (a) in respect of the Priority Lien Obligations, the
Discharge of the Priority Lien Obligations, and (b) in respect of
the ABL Debt Obligations, the Discharge of the ABL Debt
Obligations; provided that the Discharge of Senior Secured
Debt Obligations shall not be deemed to have occurred in connection
with a Replacement as contemplated by Section 2.10(a).
“
Disqualified Stock ” means, with respect to any
Person, any Capital Stock of such Person which, by its terms (or by
the terms of any security into which it is convertible or for which
it is redeemable or exchangeable), or upon the happening of any
event:
(1) matures or is
mandatorily redeemable, pursuant to a sinking fund obligation or
otherwise,
(2) is convertible
or exchangeable for Indebtedness or Disqualified Stock of such
Person, or
(3) is redeemable at
the option of the holder thereof, in whole or in part, in each case
prior to 91 days after the maturity date of the Indenture Notes;
provided , however , that only the portion of Capital
Stock which so matures or is mandatorily redeemable, is so
convertible or exchangeable or is so redeemable at the option of
the holder thereof prior to such date shall be
deemed to be Disqualified Stock;
provided , further , however , that if such
Capital Stock is issued to any employee or to any plan for the
benefit of employees of Holdings or its Subsidiaries or by any such
plan to such employees, such Capital Stock shall not constitute
Disqualified Stock solely because it may be required to be
repurchased by Holdings in order to satisfy applicable statutory or
regulatory obligations or as a result of such employee’s
termination, death or disability; provided , further
, that any class of Capital Stock of such Person that by its terms
authorizes such Person to satisfy its obligations thereunder by
delivery of Capital Stock that is not Disqualified Stock shall not
be deemed to be Disqualified Stock. Notwithstanding the preceding
sentence, any Capital Stock that would constitute Disqualified
Stock solely because the holders thereof have the right to require
the issuer to repurchase such Capital Stock upon the occurrence of
a Change of Control or an Asset Sale (each as defined in the ABL
Credit Agreement and the Indenture, in each case, as of the date
hereof) will not constitute Disqualified Stock if the terms of such
Capital Stock provide that the issuer may not repurchase or redeem
any such Capital Stock pursuant to such provisions unless such
repurchase or redemption complies with the Indenture.
“
Domestic Subsidiary ” means any Restricted
Subsidiary of Holdings other than a Restricted Subsidiary that is
(a) a “controlled foreign corporation” under Section
957 of the Internal Revenue Code or (b) a Subsidiary of any such
controlled foreign corporation.
“
Equally and Ratably ” means, in reference to
sharing of Liens or proceeds thereof as between holders of any
Priority Lien Obligations within the same Class, that such Liens or
proceeds:
(a) will be
allocated and distributed to the Secured Debt Representative for
each outstanding Series of Priority Lien Debt within that Class,
for the account of the holders of such Series of Secured Debt,
ratably in proportion to the principal of, and interest and premium
(if any) and Additional Interest (if any) and reimbursement
obligations (contingent or otherwise) with respect to letters of
credit, if any, outstanding (whether or not drawings have been made
on such letters of credit) on, each outstanding Series of Priority
Lien Debt within that Class when the allocation or distribution is
made, and thereafter; and
(b) will be
allocated and distributed (if any remain after payment in full of
all of the principal of, and interest and premium (if any) and
reimbursement obligations (contingent or otherwise) with respect to
letters of credit, if any, outstanding (whether or not drawings
have been made on such letters of credit), on all outstanding
Priority Lien Obligations within that Class) to the Secured Debt
Representative for each outstanding Series of Priority Lien Debt
within that Class, for the account of the holders of any remaining
Priority Lien Obligations, as the case may be, within that Class,
ratably in proportion to the aggregate unpaid amount of such
remaining Priority Lien Obligations within that Class due and
demanded (with written notice to the Secured Debt Representative)
prior to the date such distribution is made.
“ Event
of Default ” means an “Event of Default”
under and as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement, the Indenture or
any Additional Priority Lien Debt Documents, as the context may
require.
“ Equity
Interests ” means Capital Stock and all warrants,
options or other rights to acquire Capital Stock (but excluding any
debt security that is convertible into, or exchangeable for,
Capital Stock).
“
Excluded Assets ” means each of the
following:
(a) all
interests in real property other than:
(i) fee
interests if the greater of the cost or the book value of such fee
interest is more than $2,000,000; and
(ii) leasehold
interests in real property contemplated to be used by Holdings or
the applicable Grantor for any material manufacturing operations,
in each case, as designated as such by Holdings to the Noteholder
Collateral Trustee in writing (except in cases where Holdings and
the Grantors have been unable to obtain the consent of the landlord
of such leased property to the granting of a Lien on such leasehold
interests after using commercially reasonable efforts to do
so).
(b) any
property or asset to the extent that the grant of a Lien under the
Security Documents in such property or asset is prohibited by
applicable law or requires any consent of any governmental
authority not obtained pursuant to applicable law; provided that
such property or asset shall be an Excluded Asset only to the
extent and for so long as the consequences specified above shall
result and shall cease to be an Excluded Asset and shall become
subject to the Lien granted under the Security Documents,
immediately and automatically, at such time as such consequences
shall no longer result;
(c) any lease,
license, contract, property right or agreement to which Holdings or
any Grantor is a party or any of its rights or interests thereunder
only to the extent and only for so long as the grant of a Lien
under the Security Documents shall constitute or result in a
breach, termination or default under or requires any consent not
obtained under any such lease, license, contract, agreement or
property right (other than to the extent that any such term would
be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or
9-409 of the Uniform Commercial Code (or any successor provision or
provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable
law (including the Bankruptcy Code) or principles of equity);
provided that such lease, license, contract, property right or
agreement shall be an Excluded Asset only to the extent and for so
long as the consequences specified above shall result and shall
cease to be an Excluded Asset and shall become subject to the Lien
granted under the Security Documents, immediately and
automatically, at such time as such consequences will no longer
result;
(d) Equity
Interests in ACCO Brands Receivables Funding LLC, so long as such
entity is a Receivables Subsidiary;
(e) Equity
Interests or other securities of any subsidiary of Holdings (other
than ACCO Brands Europe Holding LP) to the extent the pledge of
such Equity Interests or other securities would require Holdings to
file separate financial statements with the SEC with respect to
such subsidiary pursuant to Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X under the
Securities Act, as in effect from time to time; provided
that in the event that Rule 3-16 of Regulation S-X under the
Securities Act is amended, modified or
interpreted by the SEC to permit (or is replaced with another rule
or regulation, or any other law, rule or regulation is adopted,
which would permit) all of such subsidiary’s Equity Interests
or other securities to be pledged to secure the Priority Lien
Obligations without the filing with the SEC of separate financial
statements of such subsidiary, then all of the Equity Interests and
other securities of such subsidiary shall automatically be deemed
to be part of the Noteholder Collateral (and the Priority Lien
Security Documents shall be amended to reflect such inclusion in
the Noteholder Collateral);
(f) any
amount of Voting Equity Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary
exceeding, and only to the extent that such Voting Equity Interests
exceed, 65% of the total Voting Equity Interests of such Foreign
Subsidiary held by Holdings or any Grantor;
(g) the Equity
Interests of any Foreign Subsidiary other than (A) ACCO Mexicana
S.A. de C.V., ACCO Brands Canada Inc. and ACCO Brands Europe
Holding LP; and (B) any Foreign Subsidiary directly owned by
Holdings or any Grantor if the product of that Foreign
Subsidiary’s EBITDA for the preceding fiscal year times 7.0
exceeds $42,500,000, such determination to be made annually at the
conclusion of the audit of Holdings’s annual financial
statements, in each case subject to clauses (e) and (f) above;
and
(h) certain
other items agreed by the parties and as more fully set forth in
the Priority Lien Security Documents.
“
Excluded Subsidiary ” means:
(1) ACCO
Brands Receivables Funding LLC; and
(2) any
Foreign Subsidiary.
“ Fair
Market Value ” means, with respect to any asset or
property, the price which could be negotiated in an
arm’s-length, free market transaction, for cash, between a
willing seller and a willing and able buyer, neither of whom is
under undue pressure or compulsion to complete the transaction.
“
Foreign Subsidiary ” means any Restricted
Subsidiary of Holdings other than a Domestic Subsidiary.
(1) each
direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of Holdings on the date
hereof (other than any Excluded Subsidiary on the date hereof);
and
(2) any
other Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings on the date hereof that
executes a Guarantee of the Indenture Notes pursuant to the
Indenture from time to time in accordance with the provisions of
the Indenture.
(3) their
respective successors and assigns until released from their
obligations under the Security Documents pursuant to the Indenture
and the ABL Credit Agreement.
“
Guarantee ” means, as to any Person, a
guarantee other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for
collection in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect,
in any manner including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of
assets or through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in
respect thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness of another
Person.
“
Hedging Obligations ” means, with respect to
any Person, the obligations of such Person under:
(a) currency
exchange, interest rate or commodity swap agreements, currency
exchange, interest rate or commodity cap agreements and currency
exchange, interest rate or commodity collar agreements; and
(b) other
agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against
fluctuations in currency exchange, interest rates and/or commodity
prices.
“
Holders of Priority Lien Debt ” means (a) the
Holders under and as defined in the Indenture, (b) the holders or
lenders pursuant to any Series of Priority Lien Debt and (c) the
holders or lenders of any indebtedness under any Noteholder
Substitute Facility.
“
Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any
specified Person, without duplication:
(a) any
indebtedness of such Person, without duplication, whether or not
contingent, (i) in respect of borrowed money, (ii) evidenced by
bonds, notes, debentures or similar instruments or letters of
credit (or, without duplication, reimbursement agreements in
respect thereof), excluding letters of credit securing obligations
other than obligations described in subclauses (i), (ii), (v) and
(vi) of this clause (a) and entered into in the ordinary course of
business of such Person, to the extent such letters of credit are
not drawn upon, or, if drawn upon, to the extent such drawing is
reimbursed no later than the fifth (5th) Business Day following
receipt by such Person of a demand for reimbursement, (iii) in
respect of bankers’ acceptances, (iv) representing the
deferred balance and unpaid purchase price of any property, except
any such balance that constitutes an accrued expense or trade
payable or similar obligation to a trade creditor and excluding any
such balance or unpaid purchase price to the extent that it is
either required to be or at the option of such Person may be
satisfied solely through the issuance of Equity Interests of
Holdings that are not Disqualified Stock, (v) in respect of
Capitalized Lease Obligations, or (vi) representing any Hedging
Obligations, other than Hedging Obligations that are incurred in
the normal course of business and not for speculative purposes, and
that do not increase the Indebtedness of the obligor outstanding at
any time other than as a result of fluctuations in interest rates,
commodity prices or foreign currency exchange rates or by reason of
fees, indemnities and compensation payable thereunder, if and to
the extent that any of the foregoing indebtedness (other than
letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a
liability on a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of
such Person prepared in accordance with GAAP;
(b) to the
extent not otherwise included, any obligation of such Person to be
liable for, or to pay, as obligor, guarantor or otherwise, on the
Indebtedness of another
Person (other than by endorsement of
negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of
business);
(c) to the
extent not otherwise included, Indebtedness of another Person
secured by a Lien on any asset owned by such Person (whether or not
such Indebtedness is assumed by such Person); provided,
however , that the amount of such Indebtedness will be the
lesser of: (i) the Fair Market Value of such asset at such date of
determination, and (ii) the amount of such Indebtedness of such
other Person; and
(d) to the
extent not otherwise included, with respect to Holdings and its
Restricted Subsidiaries, the amount then outstanding (i.e.,
advanced, and received by, and available for use by, Holdings or
any of its Restricted Subsidiaries) under any Receivables Financing
(as set forth in the books and records of Holdings or any
Restricted Subsidiary and confirmed by the agent, Trustee or other
representative of the institution or group providing such
Receivables Financing);
provided , however , that
notwithstanding the foregoing, Indebtedness shall be deemed not to
include (i) Contingent Obligations incurred in the ordinary course
of business and not in respect of borrowed money or (ii)
Obligations under or in respect of Qualified Receivables
Financing.
“
Indenture ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals hereto.
“
Indenture Noteholder Security Documents ” means
the Indenture (insofar as the same grants a Lien on the
Collateral), the Noteholder Collateral Trust Agreement, each Lien
Sharing and Priority Confirmation Joinder and all security
agreements, pledge agreements, collateral assignments, collateral
agency agreements, debentures, control agreements or other grants
or transfers for security executed and delivered by Holdings or any
Grantor creating (or purporting to create) a Lien upon Collateral
in favor of the Noteholder Collateral Trustee, in each case, as
amended, modified, renewed, restated or replaced, in whole or in
part, from time to time, in accordance with its terms and the
provisions of the Indenture (including any such documents or
instruments associated with any Noteholder Substitute
Facility).
“
Indenture Notes ” means the 10.625% Senior
Secured Notes due 2015 issued under the Indenture, and any other
senior secured notes issued thereunder.
“
Indenture Priority Lien Documents ” means the
Indenture, the Indenture Noteholder Security Documents and all
other loan documents, notes, guarantees, instruments and agreements
governing or evidencing any Noteholder Substitute Facility.
“
Indenture Priority Lien Obligations ” means,
with respect to any Grantor, any obligations of such Grantor owed
to any Indenture Priority Lien Secured Party (or any of its
Affiliates) in respect of the Indenture Priority Lien
Documents.
“
Indenture Priority Lien Secured Parties ”
means, at any time, the Trustee, all holders of indenture Notes,
the Noteholder Collateral Trustee, the trustees, agents and other
representatives of the holders of the Indenture Notes (including
any holders of notes pursuant to supplements executed in connection
with the issuance of Series of Priority Lien Debt under the
Indenture) who maintains the transfer register for such Indenture
Notes or such Series of Priority
Lien Debt, the beneficiaries of each
indemnification obligation undertaken by any Grantor under any
Indenture Priority Lien Document and each other holder of, or
obligee in respect of, any holder or lender pursuant to any
Indenture Priority Lien Document outstanding at such time;
provided that the Additional Priority Lien Secured Parties
shall not be deemed Indenture Priority Lien Secured Parties.
“
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding ”
means:
(a) any case
commenced by or against Holdings or any other Grantor under the
Bankruptcy Code or any similar federal or state law for the relief
of debtors, any other proceeding for the reorganization,
recapitalization or adjustment or marshalling of the assets or
liabilities of Holdings or any other Grantor, any receivership or
assignment for the benefit of creditors relating to Holdings or any
other Grantor or any similar case or proceeding relative to
Holdings or any other Grantor or its creditors, as such, in each
case whether or not voluntary;
(b) any
liquidation, dissolution, marshalling of assets or liabilities or
other winding up of or relating to Holdings or any other Grantor,
in each case whether or not voluntary and whether or not involving
bankruptcy or insolvency, unless otherwise permitted by the Senior
Documents;
(c) any
proceeding seeking the appointment of a trustee, receiver,
liquidator, custodian or other insolvency official with respect to
Holdings or any Grantor or any of their assets;
(d) any other
proceeding of any type or nature in which substantially all claims
of creditors of Holdings or any Grantor are determined and any
payment or distribution is or may be made on account of such
claims; or
(e) any
analogous procedure or step in any jurisdiction.
“
Intercreditor Agreement Joinder ” means an
agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A.
“
Investment Grade Securities ” means:
(a) securities
issued or directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United
States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof (other
than Cash Equivalents), in each case with maturities not exceeding
two (2) years from the date of acquisition,
(b) investments
in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the type
described in clause (a), which fund may also hold immaterial
amounts of cash pending investment and/or distribution, and
(c) corresponding
instruments in countries other than the United States customarily
utilized for high quality investments and in each case with
maturities not exceeding two years from the date of
acquisition.
“
Investments ” means, with respect to any
Person, all investments by such Person in other Persons (including
Affiliates) in the form of loans (including guarantees), advances
or capital contributions (excluding accounts receivable, trade
credit and advances to customers and commission, payroll, travel
and similar advances to officers, employees and consultants made in
the ordinary course of business), purchases or other acquisitions
for consideration of Indebtedness, Equity Interests or other
securities issued by any other Person, together with all items that
are or would be classified as investments on a balance sheet
prepared in accordance with GAAP.
“ Junior
Documents ” means (a) in respect of the Noteholder
First Lien Collateral, the ABL Debt Documents and (b) in respect of
the ABL First Lien Collateral, the Priority Lien Documents.
“ Junior
Liens ” means (a) in respect of the ABL First Lien
Collateral, the Priority Liens on such Collateral, and (b) in
respect of the Noteholder First Lien Collateral, the ABL Liens.
“ Junior
Representative ” means (a) with respect to the
Noteholder First Lien Collateral, the ABL Agent and (b) with
respect to the ABL First Lien Collateral, the Noteholder Collateral
Trustee.
“ Junior
Secured Obligations ” means (a) with respect to the
Priority Lien Obligations (to the extent such Obligations are
secured, or intended to be secured, by the Noteholder First Lien
Collateral), the ABL Debt Obligations and (b) with respect to ABL
Debt Obligations (to the extent such Obligations are secured, or
intended to be secured, by the ABL First Lien Collateral), the
Priority Lien Obligations.
“ Junior
Secured Obligations Collateral ” means the Collateral
in respect of which the Junior Representative (on behalf of itself
and the Junior Secured Obligations Secured Parties) holds a Junior
Lien.
“ Junior
Secured Obligations Secured Parties ” means (a) with
respect to the Noteholder First Lien Collateral, the ABL Secured
Parties and (b) with respect to the ABL First Lien Collateral, the
Priority Lien Secured Parties.
“ Junior
Secured Obligations Security Documents ” means (a)
with respect to the ABL First Lien Collateral, the Priority Lien
Security Documents, and (b) with respect to the Noteholder First
Lien Collateral, the ABL Security Documents.
“
Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, any
mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of
any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded
or otherwise perfected under applicable law (including any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in
the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a
security interest in and any filing of or agreement to give any
financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or
equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction); provided that in
no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a
Lien.
“ Lien
Sharing and Priority Confirmation Joinder ” means an
agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B.
“ Net
Proceeds ” means the aggregate cash proceeds received
by Holdings or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries in respect of any
sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition of collateral
(including, without limitation, any cash payments received by way
of deferred payment of principal pursuant to a note or installment
receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received, but
excluding the assumption by the acquiring person of Indebtedness
relating to the disposed assets or other consideration received in
any other non-cash form), net of the direct costs relating to such
asset sale, lease, conveyance or other disposition (including,
without limitation, legal, accounting and investment banking fees,
and brokerage and sales commissions), and any relocation expenses
Incurred as a result thereof, taxes paid or payable as a result
thereof (after taking into account any available tax credits or
deductions and any tax sharing arrangements related thereto),
amounts required to be applied to the repayment of principal,
premium (if any), Additional Interest (if any) and interest on
Indebtedness required (other than pursuant to the Indenture) to be
paid as a result of such transaction, and any deduction of
appropriate amounts to be provided by Holdings as a reserve in
accordance with GAAP against any liabilities associated with the
asset disposed of in such transaction and retained by Holdings
after such sale or other disposition thereof, including, without
limitation, pension and other post-employment benefit liabilities
and liabilities related to environmental matters or against any
indemnification obligations associated with such transaction.
“ New
York UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect from time to time in the State of New York.
“
Noteholder Collateral ” means all assets and
properties subject to Liens created by the Indenture Noteholder
Security Documents to secure the Indenture Priority Lien
Obligations.
“
Noteholder Collateral Trust Agreement ” means
the Collateral Trust Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2009,
among Holdings, the subsidiaries of Holdings from time to time
party thereto, the Trustee, the other Secured Debt Representatives
from time to time party thereto and the Noteholder Collateral
Trustee, as amended, restated, adjusted, waived, renewed, extended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, in accordance
with each applicable Secured Document.
“
Noteholder Collateral Trustee ” means the
Original Noteholder Collateral Trustee, and, from and after the
date of execution and delivery of an Noteholder Substitute
Facility, the agent, collateral agent, trustee or other
representative of the lenders or other holders of the indebtedness
and other obligations evidence thereunder or governed thereby, in
each case, together with its successors in such capacity.
“
Noteholder First Lien Collateral ” means all of
the tangible and intangible properties and assets at any time owned
or acquired by Holdings or any Grantor, except:
(b) ABL First
Lien Collateral.
“
Noteholder Substitute Facility ” means any
facility with respect to which the requirements contained in
Section 2.10(a) of this Agreement have been satisfied and that is
permitted to be incurred pursuant to the ABL Debt Documents, the
proceeds of which are used to, among other things, Replace the
Indenture and/or any Additional Priority Lien Debt Facility then in
existence. For the avoidance of doubt, no Noteholder
Substitute Facility shall be required to be evidenced by notes or
other instruments and may be a facility evidenced or governed by a
credit agreement, loan agreement, note agreement, promissory note,
indenture or any other agreement or instrument; provided
that any such Noteholder Substitute Facility shall be subject to
the terms of this Agreement for all purposes (including the lien
priority as set forth herein as of the date hereof) as the other
Liens securing the Priority Lien Obligations are subject to under
this Agreement.
“
Obligations ” means any principal, interest,
penalties, fees, expenses, indemnifications, reimbursements,
damages and other liabilities (including all interest accruing
after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding,
even if such interest is not enforceable, allowable or allowed as a
claim in such proceeding) under the documentation governing any
Indebtedness.
“
Officer ” means, with respect to any Person,
the Chairman of the Board, the Chief Executive Officer, the
President, the Chief Operating Officer, the Chief Financial
Officer, the Treasurer, any Assistant Treasurer, the Controller,
the Secretary, any Senior Vice President, any Vice President or any
Assistant Vice President of such Person.
“
Officers’ Certificate ” means a
certificate signed on behalf of Holdings by at least two Officers
of Holdings, one of whom must be the principal executive officer,
the principal financial officer, the treasurer or the principal
accounting officer of Holdings.
“
Original ABL Agent ” has the
meaning assigned to that term in the preamble hereto.
“
Original Noteholder Collateral Trustee ” has
the meaning assigned to that term in the preamble hereto.
“
Original Trustee ” means U.S. Bank National
Association, in its capacity as trustee under the Indenture, and
together with its successors in such capacity.
“
Person ” means any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company,
government or any agency or political subdivision thereof or any
other entity.
“
Permitted Replacement ” means, as to any
Indebtedness, the Replacement of such Indebtedness to refinance
such existing Indebtedness; provided that, in the case of
such Replacing Indebtedness, the following conditions are
satisfied:
(a) the
weighted average life to maturity of such Replacement of such
Indebtedness shall be greater than or equal to the weighted average
life to maturity of the Indebtedness being refinanced;
(b) the
principal amount of such Replacement of such Indebtedness shall be
less than or equal to (i) the principal amount then outstanding of
the Indebtedness being refinanced or (ii) in the case of a
revolving credit facility, the amount of the commitment thereunder
at the time of such Replacement, except to the extent an increase
in the principal amount or the committed amount, as applicable, is
permitted at such time pursuant to the ABL Debt Documents and
Indenture Priority Lien Documents which then remain in effect;
and
(c) the terms
applicable to such Replacement of such Indebtedness and, if
applicable, the related guarantees of such Permitted Replacement,
shall not violate the applicable requirements contained in any
Indenture Priority Lien Documents or ABL Debt Documents which
remain outstanding after giving effect to the respective Permitted
Replacement.
“
Priority Lien ” means a Lien granted by the
Priority Lien Documents to the Noteholder Collateral Trustee, at
any time, upon any property of Holdings or any Grantor to secure
Priority Lien Obligations.
“
Priority Lien Cap ” means, as of any date of
determination, $495,000,000.
“
Priority Lien Debt ” means:
(a) the
Indenture Notes initially issued by Holdings under the Indenture;
and
(b) additional
notes issued under any indenture or Other
Indebtedness (including letters of credit and
reimbursement obligations with respect thereto) of Holdings with
respect to which the requirements of Section 2.10(b) have been
satisfied that is secured equally and ratably with the Indenture
Notes by a Priority Lien that was permitted to be incurred and so
secured under each applicable Priority Lien Document;
provided , in the case of any additional notes or other
Indebtedness referred to in this clause (b), that:
(i) on
or before the date on which such additional notes were issued or
Indebtedness is incurred by Holdings, such additional notes or
other Indebtedness, as applicable, is designated by Holdings, in an
Officers’ Certificate delivered to the Noteholder Collateral
Trustee, as “ Priority Lien Debt ” for
the purposes of the Secured Debt Documents; provided that no
Series of Priority Lien Debt may be designated as both ABL Debt and
Priority Lien Debt;
(ii) such
additional notes or such Indebtedness is governed by an indenture
or a credit agreement, as applicable, or other agreement that
includes a Lien Sharing and Priority Confirmation Joinder; and
(iii) all
requirements set forth in the Collateral Trust Agreement as to the
confirmation, grant or perfection of the Noteholder Collateral
Trustee’s Lien to secure such additional notes or such
Indebtedness or Obligations in respect thereof are satisfied (and
the satisfaction of such requirements and the other provisions of
this clause (iii) will be conclusively established if Holdings
delivers to the Noteholder Collateral Trustee an Officers’
Certificate stating that
such requirements and other provisions have
been satisfied and that such notes or such Indebtedness is “
Priority Lien Debt ”).
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
aggregate principal amount of Indebtedness constituting principal
outstanding under the Priority Lien Documents (as of the date of
incurrence of any such Indebtedness and after giving pro
forma effect to the application of the net proceeds therefrom)
exceeds the Priority Lien Cap, then only that portion of such
Indebtedness equal to the Priority Lien Cap shall be included in
Priority Lien Debt and interest, fees, expenses and indemnification
obligations with respect to such Indebtedness shall only constitute
Priority Lien Obligations to the extent related to Indebtedness
included in the Priority Lien Debt.
“
Priority Lien Documents ” means the Indenture
Priority Lien Documents and the Additional Priority Lien Debt
Documents.
“
Priority Lien Obligations ” means Priority Lien
Debt and all other Obligations in respect thereof.
“
Priority Lien Secured Parties ” means the
Indenture Priority Lien Secured Parties and the Additional Priority
Lien Secured Parties.
“
Priority Lien Security Documents ” means the
Indenture Noteholder Security Documents and the Additional Priority
Lien Security Documents.
“
Qualified Receivables Financing ” means any
Receivables Financing of a Receivables Subsidiary that meets the
following conditions:
(a) the Board
of Directors of Holdings shall have determined in good faith that
such Qualified Receivables Financing (including financing terms,
covenants, termination events and other provisions) is in the
aggregate economically fair and reasonable to Holdings and the
Receivables Subsidiary;
(b) all sales
of accounts receivable and related assets to the Receivables
Subsidiary are made at Fair Market Value (as determined in good
faith by Holdings); and
(c) the
financing terms, covenants, termination events and other provisions
thereof shall be market terms (as determined in good faith by
Holdings) and may include Standard Securitization Undertakings.
The grant of a
security interest in any accounts receivable of Holdings or any of
its Restricted Subsidiaries (other than a Receivables Subsidiary)
to secure ABL Debt Obligations, Priority Lien Obligations shall not
be deemed a Qualified Receivables Financing.
“ Real
Estate Asset ” means, at any time of determination,
any fee interest then owned by Holdings or any Grantor in any real
property.
“
Receivables Financing ” means any transaction
or series of transactions that may be entered into by Holdings or
any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to which Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries may sell, convey or otherwise transfer to (a) a
Receivables Subsidiary (in the case of a transfer by Holdings or
any of its Subsidiaries); and (b) any other Person (in the case
of
a transfer by a Receivables Subsidiary), or
may grant a security interest in, any accounts receivable (whether
now existing or arising in the future) of Holdings or any of its
Subsidiaries, and any assets related thereto including, without
limitation, all collateral securing such accounts receivable, all
contracts and all Guarantees or other obligations in respect of
such accounts receivable, proceeds of such accounts receivable and
other assets which are customarily transferred or in respect of
which security interests are customarily granted in connection with
asset securitization transactions involving accounts receivable and
any Hedging Obligations entered into by Holdings or any such
Subsidiary in connection with such accounts receivable.
“
Receivables Repurchase Obligation ” means any
obligation of a seller of receivables in a Qualified Receivables
Financing to repurchase receivables arising as a result of a breach
of a representation, warranty or covenant or otherwise, including
as a result of a receivable or portion thereof becoming subject to
any asserted defense, dispute, off-set or counterclaim of any kind
as a result of any action taken by, any failure to take action by
or any other event relating to the seller.
“
Receivables Subsidiary ” means a Wholly Owned
Restricted Subsidiary of Holdings (or another Person formed for the
purposes of engaging in Qualified Receivables Financing with
Holdings in which Holdings or any Subsidiary of Holdings makes an
Investment and to which Holdings or any Subsidiary of Holdings
transfers accounts receivable and related assets) which engages in
no activities other than in connection with the financing of
accounts receivable of Holdings and its Subsidiaries, all proceeds
thereof and all rights (contractual or other), collateral and other
assets relating thereto, and any business or activities incidental
or related to such business, and which is designated by the Board
of Directors of Holdings (as provided below) as a Receivables
Subsidiary and:
(a) no portion
of the Indebtedness or any other obligations (contingent or
otherwise) of which (i) is Guaranteed by Holdings or any other
Subsidiary of Holdings (excluding Guarantees of obligations (other
than the principal of and interest on, Indebtedness) pursuant to
Standard Securitization Undertakings), (ii) is recourse to or
obligates Holdings or any other Subsidiary of Holdings in any way
other than pursuant to Standard Securitization Undertakings, or
(iii) subjects any property or asset of Holdings or any other
Subsidiary of Holdings, directly or indirectly, contingently or
otherwise, to the satisfaction thereof, other than pursuant to
Standard Securitization Undertakings;
(b) with which
neither Holdings nor any other Subsidiary of Holdings has any
material contract, agreement, arrangement or understanding other
than on terms which Holdings reasonably believes to be no less
favorable to Holdings or such Subsidiary than those that might be
obtained at the time from Persons that are not Affiliates of
Holdings; and
(c) to which
neither Holdings nor any other Subsidiary of Holdings has any
obligation to maintain or preserve such entity’s financial
condition or cause such entity to achieve certain levels of
operating results.
Any such designation
by the Board of Directors of Holdings shall be evidenced to the
Trustee by filing with the Trustee a certified copy of the
resolution of the Board of Directors
of Holdings giving effect to such designation
and an Officers’ Certificate certifying that such designation
complied with the foregoing conditions.
“
Registration Rights Agreement ” means (a) the
Registration Rights Agreement dated as of September 30, 2009 among
Holdings, the Grantors and the initial purchasers listed on
Schedule A thereto relating to the Priority Lien Debt and (b) any
other similar Registration Rights Agreement relating to Additional
Priority Lien Debt Obligations.
“
Replaces ” means, (a) in respect of any
agreement with reference to the ABL Credit Agreement or the ABL
Debt Obligations or any ABL Substitute Facility, that such
agreement refunds, refinances or replaces the ABL Credit Agreement
or such ABL Substitute Facility in whole (in a transaction that is
in compliance with Section 2.10(a)) and that all commitments
thereunder are terminated, or, to the extent permitted by the terms
of the ABL Credit Agreement or such ABL Substitute Facility, in
part, and (b) in respect of any indebtedness with reference to the
Priority Lien Documents or the Priority Lien Obligations or any
Noteholder Substitute Facility, that such indebtedness refunds,
refinances or replaces the Priority Lien Documents or such
Noteholder Substitute Facility in whole (in a transaction that is
in compliance with Section 2.10(a)) and that all commitments
thereunder are terminated, or, to the extent permitted by the terms
of the Priority Lien Documents or such Noteholder Substitute
Facility, in part. “ Replace
,” “ Replaced ” and “
Replacement ” shall have correlative
meanings.
“
Representative ” means (a) in the case of any
Priority Lien Obligations, the Noteholder Collateral Trustee, and
(b) in the case of any ABL Debt Obligations, the ABL Agent.
“
Restricted Subsidiary ” of a Person means any
subsidiary of Holdings that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.