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EXHIBIT 4.26
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
This INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time in accordance with the
terms hereof, herein called this
"AGREEMENT") is dated as of March __, 2004 and
entered into by and among COVANTA POWER
INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS, INC., a Delaware
corporation ("CPIH" or "COMPANY"), and THE
SUBSIDIARIES OF CPIH LISTED ON THE
SIGNATURE PAGES HEREOF AS REVOLVER
BORROWERS (together with Company,
collectively, "REVOLVER BORROWERS" and each
a "REVOLVER BORROWER") and THE
SUBSIDIARIES OF CPIH LISTED ON THE
SIGNATURE PAGES HEREOF AS TERM LOAN BORROWERS
(together with Company, collectively, "TERM
LOAN BORROWERS" and each a "TERM
LOAN BORROWER"; the Revolver Borrowers
together with the Term Loan Borrowers,
collectively, "BORROWERS" and each a
"BORROWER"); COVANTA ENERGY AMERICAS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation ("CEA"); THE
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS LISTED ON THE
SIGNATURE PAGES HEREOF AS REVOLVER LENDERS
(each, in its capacity as a Revolver
Lender, together with any other Person
(this and other capitalized terms used
herein without definition being used as
defined in subsection 1.1) that becomes
a party hereto as a Revolver Lender
pursuant to subsection 6.1(f), individually
referred to herein as a "REVOLVER LENDER"
and collectively as "REVOLVER
LENDERS"); THE PERSONS IDENTIFIED AS TERM
LOAN LENDERS ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES
HEREOF (each, in its capacity as a Term
Loan Lender, together with any other
Person that becomes a party hereto as a
Term Loan Lender pursuant to subsection
6.1(f) or subsection 7.1(c), individually
referred to herein as a "TERM LOAN
LENDER" and collectively as "TERM LOAN
LENDERS"); BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. ("BANK
OF AMERICA"), as administrative agent for
Term Loan Lenders (and any successor,
administrative agent for Term Loan Lenders
pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement,
in such capacity "TERM LOAN AGENT"), as
Collateral Agent and as Cash Management
Bank; DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES, INC., as
documentation agent for Term Loan
Lenders (and any successor documentation
agent for the Term Loan Lenders
pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement, in
such capacity "TERM LOAN DOCUMENTATION
AGENT"); DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as administrative agent for Revolver
Lenders (and any successor administrative
agent for Revolver Lenders pursuant to
the Revolver Credit Agreement, in such
capacity "REVOLVER AGENT"); U.S. BANK
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, in its capacity as
agent for the holders of the
Prepetition Unsecured Claims Participation
Interest pursuant to the Plan of
Reorganization (in such capacity, the
"PREPETITION UNSECURED CLAIMS AGENT"); THE
COMPANIES LISTED ON THE SIGNATURE PAGES
HEREOF AS MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND
REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT BENEFICIARIES (the
"MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND
REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT BENEFICIARIES");
THE COMPANIES LISTED ON THE SIGNATURE
PAGES HEREOF AS MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND
REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT OBLIGORS (the
"MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND REIMBURSEMENT
AGREEMENT OBLIGORS") and the other
Persons who may become parties to this
Agreement from time to time pursuant to
and in accordance with subsections 6.1(f)
of this Agreement; WELLS FARGO BANK,
N.A., as Debenture Disbursing Agent; and
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
Allowed Class 6 Disbursing Agent.
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R E C I T A L S
WHEREAS, the Borrowers have proposed, their creditors have
approved, and the Bankruptcy Court has
confirmed, the Plan of Reorganization;
WHEREAS, in connection with the Plan of Reorganization,
simultaneously herewith the Borrowers have
received financing pursuant to the
Term Loan Agreement and Revolver Credit
Agreement;
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to (i) the obligations of
Revolver Lenders to enter into and extend
credit under the Revolver Credit
Agreement, (ii) the obligations of Term
Loan Lenders to enter into and extend
credit under the Term Loan Agreement, (iii)
the obligations of Management
Services and Reimbursement Agreement
Beneficiaries to enter into the Management
Services and Reimbursement Agreement and
(iv) the effectiveness of the Plan of
Reorganization, as applicable, that each
Party shall have executed and delivered
this Agreement to the Collateral Agent;
WHEREAS, on the date hereof Loan Parties have executed and
delivered to Collateral Agent the
Collateral Documents pursuant to which Loan
Parties granted a security interest in the
Collateral as security for (i) in the
case of Revolver Borrowers, all Obligations
of Revolver Borrowers under and in
respect of the Revolver Credit Agreement
and all other Revolver Documents to
which Revolver Borrowers are a party to
from time to time, in each case as
described therein, and (ii) in the case of
Term Loan Borrowers, all Obligations
of Term Loan Borrowers under and in respect
of the Term Loan Agreement and all
other Term Loan Documents to which Term
Loan Borrowers are party to from time to
time, in each case as described
therein;
WHEREAS, Creditor Parties desire to set forth certain
provisions regarding the appointment,
duties and responsibilities of Collateral
Agent and to set forth certain other
provisions concerning the obligations of
Loan Parties to Creditor Parties under the
agreements referred to in the
foregoing recitals; and
WHEREAS, Creditor Parties wish to set forth their mutual
intentions as to certain matters relating
to the exercise of remedies with
respect to the Collateral and payments made
by or for the account of the
applicable Loan Parties under the Credit
Documents as more fully set forth
herein.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION I
1.1 DEFINITIONS. Terms used in the Agreement have the meanings
set forth in the introduction and recitals
hereto. In addition, the following
terms shall have the following
meanings:
"ADDITIONAL INTEREST LOANS" means "Additional Interest Loans"
as such term is defined in the Term Loan
Agreement.
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"AFFILIATE", as applied to any Person, means any other Person
directly or indirectly controlling,
controlled by, or under common control with,
that Person. For the purposes of this
definition, "control" (including, with
correlative meanings, the terms
"controlling", "controlled by" and "under common
control with"), as applied to any Person,
means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause
the direction of the management and
policies of that Person (other than
exclusively as a result of such Person's
role as a senior executive of that Person
or Project manager or operator),
whether through the ownership of voting
securities or by contract or otherwise.
"AGENTS" means Collateral Agent, Term Loan Agents and Revolver
Agent.
"AGGREGATE NET SALES PROCEEDS" means (i) Net Asset Sales
Proceeds and (ii) Proceeds received by
Collateral Agent in connection with the
foreclosure or other disposition of
Collateral in connection with any
Enforcement Action.
"ALLOWED CLASS 6 CLAIMS" means "Allowed Class 6 Claims" as
such term is defined in the Approved Plan
of Reorganization.
"ALLOWED CLASS 6 CLOSING DATE" means the date on which the
Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the
Allowed Class 6 Disbursing Agent
Authorization Order.
"ALLOWED CLASS 6 DISBURSING AGENT" means U.S. Bank National
Association, in its capacity as disbursing
agent for the holders of the Allowed
Class 6 Claims, and each of its successors,
under the Approved Plan of
Reorganization, Confirmation Order, the
Allowed Class 6 Disbursing Agent
Authorization Order, and the agency
agreement relating thereto to be entered
into on or after the Closing Date.
"ALLOWED CLASS 6 DISBURSING AGENT AUTHORIZATION ORDER" means
an order or orders of the Bankruptcy Court
authorizing U.S. Bank National
Association to enter into this Agreement as
a Term Loan Lender and to serve as
the Allowed Class 6 Disbursing Agent with
respect to Term Loans allocable to the
Allowed Class 6 Disbursing Agent as
described in the first sentence of
subsection 9.25A(i) of the Term Loan
Agreement.
"ALLOWED CLASS 6 INTEREST" means, with respect to any
Non-Confirming Holder, (i) prior to the
Closing Date, an Allowed Class 6 Claim
of such Non-Confirming Holder, and (ii) on
and after the Closing Date, the
interest held by such Non-Confirming Holder
in any Term Loan distributed on the
Allowed 6 Closing Date or the Determination
Date to the Allowed Class 6
Disbursing Agent.
"APPROVED OPERATING EXPENSES" means, as at any date of
determination, the following operating
expenses of Company and its Domestic
Subsidiaries: (i) payments then due and
payable by Company to Covanta pursuant
Sections 2, 3, and 4(a) of the Management
Services and Reimbursement Agreement,
(ii) amounts then due and payable to DHC
pursuant to Section 6 of the DHC Tax
Sharing Agreement, and (iii) fees and
expenses then due and payable to senior
executive management of Company (including
any success-based fees). "Approved
Operating Expenses" shall not include any
Management Services and Reimbursement
Agreement Obligations or operating expenses
directly related to any Project
(other than
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operating expenses related to a Project and
payable to Management Services and
Reimbursement Agreement Beneficiaries
pursuant to the Management Services and
Reimbursement Agreement).
"APPROVED PLAN OF REORGANIZATION" means the Plan of
Reorganization and all amendments,
modifications, revisions and restatements
thereof, if any, approved by the creditors
of Borrowers in requisite number and
percentage, and confirmed by the Bankruptcy
Court pursuant to the Confirmation
Order and delivered to Revolver Agents and
Term Loan Agents.
"ASSET SALE" means (A) the sale by CEA of any of the Capital
Stock of Company to any Person or (B) the
sale by Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to any Person of (i) any of
the Capital Stock of any of Company's
Subsidiaries, (ii) substantially all of the
assets of any division or line of
business of Company or any of its
Subsidiaries, or (iii) any other assets
(whether tangible or intangible) of Company
or any of its Subsidiaries (other
than (a) inventory sold in the ordinary
course of business and (b) any such
other assets to the extent that the
aggregate value of such assets sold in any
single transaction or related series of
transactions is equal to $250,000 or
less and the aggregate value of all such
other assets since the Closing Date is
equal to $1,000,000 or less, in each case
so long as not less than 90% of the
consideration received for such assets
shall be cash); provided, however, that
Asset Sales shall not include (1) any sale
or discount, in each case without
recourse, of accounts receivable arising in
the ordinary course of business, but
only in connection with the compromise or
collection thereof (provided, that
sales and discounts of not more than
$2,000,000 in the aggregate in face value
of accounts receivable may be excluded from
Asset Sales pursuant to this clause
(1), and the sole consideration received in
connection with any such sale of
accounts receivable shall be cash), (2) any
sale or exchange of specific items
of equipment, so long as the purpose of
each such sale or exchange is to acquire
(and results within 120 days of such sale
or exchange in the acquisition of)
replacement items of equipment which are
the functional equivalent of the item
of equipment so sold or exchanged
(provided, that any cash received in
connection with any such sale or exchange,
to the extent in excess of the
amounts set forth in clause (b) of this
definition, shall be deemed cash
proceeds of an Asset Sale), (3) disposals
of obsolete, worn out or surplus
property in the ordinary course of business
(provided, that not less than 75% of
the consideration, if any, received in
connection with any such disposal shall
be cash, and any such cash received, to the
extent in excess of the amounts set
forth in clause (b) of this definition,
shall be deemed cash proceeds of an
Asset Sale), or (4) any discount or
compromise of notes or accounts receivable
for less than the face value thereof, to
the extent Company deems necessary in
order to resolve disputes that occur in the
ordinary course of business or (5)
any sale of shares in the Madurai Project
Entity permitted under subsection
6.7(vi) of each Credit Agreement.
"BANK OF AMERICA" shall have the meaning assigned to that term
in the introduction to this Agreement.
"BANKRUPTCY CODE" means Title 11 of the United States Code
entitled "Bankruptcy", as now and hereafter
in effect, or any successor statute.
"BANKRUPTCY COURT" means the United States Bankruptcy Court
for the Southern District of New York and
any other court properly exercising
jurisdiction over any relevant Chapter 11
Case.
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"BANKRUPTCY EVENT" means any of one or more of the following
events regardless of the reason
therefor:
(a) (i) a court having jurisdiction in the premises shall
enter a decree or order for relief in respect of any Loan Party in
an
involuntary case under the Bankruptcy Code or any applicable
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect,
which decree or order is not stayed; or any other similar relief
shall
be granted under any applicable federal, or state law; or (ii)
an
involuntary case shall be commenced against any Loan Party under
any
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law now or
hereafter
in effect; or a decree or order of a court having jurisdiction in
the
premises for the appointment of a receiver, liquidator,
sequestrator,
trustee, custodian or other officer having similar powers over any
Loan
Party, or over all or a substantial part of its property, shall
have
been entered; or the involuntary appointment of an interim
receiver,
trustee or other custodian of any Loan Party for all or a
substantial
part of its property; or the issuance of a warrant of
attachment,
execution or similar process against any substantial part of
the
property of any Loan Party, and the continuance of any such event
in
clause (ii) for 60 days unless dismissed, bonded or discharged;
or
(b) (i) any Loan Party shall have an order for relief entered
with respect to it or commence a voluntary case under the
Bankruptcy
Code or any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar law
now
or hereafter in effect, or shall consent to the entry of an order
for
relief in an involuntary case, or to the conversion of an
involuntary
case to a
voluntary case, under any such law, or shall consent to the
appointment of or taking possession by a receiver, trustee or
other
custodian for all or a substantial part of its property, or shall
make
any assignment for the benefit of creditors; or
(ii) the inability or failure of any Loan Party, or the
admission by any Loan Party in writing of its inability, to pay
its
debts as such debts become due; or the Governing Body (or any
committee
thereof) of any Loan Party adopts any resolution or otherwise
authorizes action to approve any of the actions referred to in
clause
(i) or this clause (ii); or
(c) any order, judgment or decree shall be entered against any
Loan Party decreeing the dissolution, winding up or split up of
that
Loan Party and such order shall remain undischarged or unstayed for
a
period in excess of 30 days.
"BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDING" means any case or proceeding of the
type described in the definition of
"Bankruptcy Event" with respect to any Loan
Party.
"BORROWER" and "BORROWERS" shall have the meaning assigned to
such terms in the introduction to this
Agreement.
"BUSINESS DAY" means any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and
any day which is a legal holiday under the
laws of the State of New York, the
State of Texas or the State of California
or is a day on which banking
institutions located in any such state are
authorized or required by law or
other governmental action to close.
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"CAPITAL STOCK" means the capital stock or other equity
interests of a Person.
"CASH MANAGEMENT BANK" shall have the meaning assigned to that
term in the definition of "Cash Management
System".
"CASH MANAGEMENT OBLIGATIONS" means the obligations of
Borrowers to the Cash Management Bank
arising from or relating to the Cash
Management System including any liability
of Borrower on any claim arising out
of or relating to the Cash Management
System, whether or not the right to
payment in respect of such claim is reduced
to judgment, liquidated,
unliquidated, fixed or contingent, matured,
disputed, undisputed, legal,
equitable, secured or unsecured, and
whether or not such claim is discharged,
stayed or otherwise affected by any
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other similar proceeding.
"CASH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM" means the cash management system of
Company and its Subsidiaries in the United
States maintained with Bank of
America (in such capacity, "CASH MANAGEMENT
BANK") as described in Schedule 3.1P
annexed to each Credit Agreement, as such
Cash Management System may be modified
pursuant to subsection 5.10 of each Credit
Agreement, and any other related
services provided by Cash Management Bank
to Company and its Subsidiaries,
including treasury, depositary and cash
management services or in connection
with automated clearing house transfers of
funds.
"CASH ON HAND" means, as of any date of determination, the
aggregate amounts on deposit in the Cash
Management System in the United States
as of the close of business on the
preceding Business Day.
"CEA" shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the
introduction to this Agreement.
"CEA STOCK PLEDGE AGREEMENT" means the Pledge Agreement
executed and delivered by CEA on the
Closing Date, substantially in the form of
Exhibit VIII annexed to the Term Loan
Agreement (it being understood that such
Pledge Agreement shall contain a covenant
requiring CEA to pay to Collateral
Agent any proceeds received by it from or
in connection with the sale of any of
the common stock of Company to any Person),
as such Pledge Agreement may
thereafter be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time to the extent permitted pursuant to
subsection 2.4.
"CLOSING DATE" means March __, 2004.
"COLLATERAL" means, collectively, all of the real, personal
and mixed property (including Capital
Stock) and interests in property now owned
or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party in
or upon which a security interest,
Lien or mortgage is granted or purported to
be granted to Collateral Agent
pursuant to the Collateral Documents,
including Proceeds thereof.
"COLLATERAL AGENT" shall have the meaning assigned to that
term in subsection 2.1.
"COLLATERAL DOCUMENTS" means the Security Agreement, any
foreign pledge agreements, Control
Agreements, Mortgages (as defined in the
Credit Agreements), CEA Stock
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Pledge Agreement and all other instruments
or documents (pursuant to which a
Lien to secure all or any portion of the
Secured Obligations is purported or
intended to be created, granted, evidenced
or perfected) delivered from time to
time by any Loan Party pursuant to the
Credit Agreements or any other Revolver
Document or Term Loan Document, in each
case in order to grant to Collateral
Agent a Lien on any real, personal or mixed
property as security for any or all
of the Secured Obligations, as such
instruments and documents may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time to the extent
permitted pursuant to subsection 2.4.
"COMPANY" shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the
introduction to this Agreement.
"CONFIRMATION ORDER" means the Findings of Fact, Conclusions
of Law and Order under 11 U.S.C. Section
1129 and Rule 3020 of the Federal Rules
of Bankruptcy Procedure Confirming Debtors'
Second Joint Plan of Reorganization
under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code
entered by the Bankruptcy Court on March
5, 2004 in the Chapter 11 Cases, without
modification, revision or amendment.
"CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATION", as applied to any Person, means any
provision of any Security issued by that
Person or of any material indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, contract,
undertaking, agreement or other instrument to
which that Person is a party or by which it
or any of its properties is bound or
to which it or any of its properties is
subject.
"CONTROL AGREEMENT" means an agreement, satisfactory in form
and substance to Revolver Agent and Term
Loan Agent and executed by the
financial institution or securities
intermediary at which a Deposit Account or a
Securities Account, as the case may be, is
maintained, pursuant to which such
financial institution or securities
intermediary confirms and acknowledges
Collateral Agent's security interest in
such account, and agrees that the
financial institution or securities
intermediary, as the case may be, will
comply with instructions originated by
Collateral Agent as to disposition of
funds in such account, without further
consent by Company or any Subsidiary, as
such agreement may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time to the extent permitted
pursuant to subsection 2.4.
"COVANTA" means Covanta Energy Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.
"CREDIT AGREEMENTS" means the Term Loan Agreement and Revolver
Credit Agreement.
"CREDIT DOCUMENTS" means, collectively, (i) the Term Loan
Agreement and the other Term Loan
Documents, (ii) the Revolver Credit Agreement
and the other Revolver Documents, and (iii)
the Management Services and
Reimbursement Agreement, in each case as
they may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time to the extent permitted
thereunder and pursuant to subsection
2.5.
"CREDITOR OBLIGATIONS" means, collectively, the Approved
Operating Expenses, Revolver Loan
Obligations, Term Loan Obligations, Management
Services and Reimbursement Agreement
Obligations, Cash Management Obligations,
and Prepetition Unsecured Claims
Participation Interest.
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"CREDITOR PARTIES" means Collateral Agent, Revolver Agent,
Term Loan Agents, Revolver Lenders, Term
Loan Lenders, Cash Management Bank,
Prepetition Unsecured Claims Agent and
Management Services and Reimbursement
Agreement Beneficiaries.
"DEBENTURE CLOSING DATE" means the date on which the
Bankruptcy Court shall have entered the
Debenture Disbursing Agent Authorization
Order.
"DEBENTURE DISBURSING AGENT" means Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., in
its capacity as disbursing agent for the
holders of the 9.25% Debentures, and
each of its successors, under the Approved
Plan of Reorganization, the
Confirmation Order, the Debenture
Disbursing Agent Authorization Order and the
disbursing agreement relating thereto to be
entered into on or after the Closing
Date.
"DEBENTURE DISBURSING AGENT AUTHORIZATION ORDER" means an
order or orders of the Bankruptcy Court
authorizing Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. to
enter into this Agreement as a Term Loan
Lender and to serve as the Debenture
Disbursing Agent with respect to Term Loans
allocable to the Debenture
Disbursing Agent as described in the first
sentence of subsection 9.25A(i) of
the Term Loan Agreement.
"DEBENTURE INTEREST" means, with respect to any Non-Confirming
Holder, (i) prior to the Debenture Closing
Date, the claim in respect of the
9.25% Debentures held by such
Non-Confirming Holder, and (ii) on and after the
Debenture Closing Date, the interest held
by such Non-Confirming Holder in any
Term Loan distributed on the Debenture
Closing Date or the Determination Date to
the Debenture Disbursing Agent; provided,
however, that any Debenture Interest
shall cease to be a Debenture Interest at
such time that the Non-Confirming
Holder with respect thereto shall become a
Lender in accordance with subsection
9.25 of the Term Loan Agreement.
"DETERMINATION DATE" means the "Determination Date" as defined
in the Approved Plan of Reorganization.
"DEPOSIT ACCOUNT" means a demand, time, savings, passbook or
similar account maintained with a Person
engaged in the business of banking,
including a savings bank, savings and loan
association, credit union or trust
company.
"DHC" means Danielson Holding Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.
"DHC TAX SHARING AGREEMENT" means the tax sharing agreement
entered into by DHC, Company and Covanta on
the Closing Date, as such agreement
may be amended, restated supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time to
the extent permitted thereunder and
pursuant to subsection 2.5(a).
"DISBURSING AGENT" means either Debenture Disbursing Agent or
Allowed Class 6 Disbursing Agent, and
"DISBURSING AGENTS" means each of them.
"DISTRIBUTION" means, with respect to any Creditor Obligation,
(a) any payment or distribution by Covanta
or any of its Subsidiaries of cash,
securities or other assets and properties
of any kind whatsoever, real or
personal, tangible or intangible, or mixed,
whether
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now owned or existing or hereafter acquired
or arising and wheresoever located,
by set-off or otherwise, on account of such
Creditor Obligation, (b) any
redemption, purchase or other acquisition
of such Creditor Obligation by Covanta
or any of its Subsidiaries or (c) the
granting of any Lien to or for the benefit
of the holders of such Creditor Obligation
in or upon any or all assets and
properties of any kind whatsoever, real or
personal, tangible or intangible, or
mixed, whether now owned or existing or
hereafter acquired or arising and
wheresoever located of Covanta or any of
its Subsidiaries.
"DOMESTIC SUBSIDIARY" means any Subsidiary of any Borrower
that is incorporated or organized under the
laws of the United States, any state
thereof or in the District of Columbia.
"ENFORCEMENT ACTION" shall mean the exercise by any Secured
Party of any of the enforcement rights and
remedies under, and subject to the
provisions of, the Collateral Documents at
any time on or after an Event of
Default, including any or all of the
following: any motion to vacate any stay on
enforcement of the Liens on the Collateral,
solicitation of bids from third
parties to conduct the liquidation of
Collateral, the engagement or retention of
third parties for the purposes of
marketing, promoting or selling all or any
Collateral, the commencement of any action
to foreclose on the Liens on any of
the Collateral, notification of account
debtors to make payments to any Secured
Party or its agents, any action to take
possession of any Collateral or
otherwise in connection with the
preservation or protection of any of the
Collateral, its value or any rights or
remedies therein or otherwise or as may
be deemed necessary or appropriate to
enhance the likelihood or maximize the
repayment of the Secured Obligations.
"EVENT OF DEFAULT" means a Revolver Event of Default and/or a
Term Loan Event of Default.
"EXISTING IPP INTERNATIONAL PROJECT GUARANTIES" means,
collectively, (i) the existing guaranty by
Covanta Energy Group of the
obligations of certain Subsidiaries of
Company under certain agreements relating
to the Haripur Project, the Samalpatti
Project and the Trezzo Project, (ii) the
existing guaranty by Covanta Projects, Inc.
of the obligations of certain
Subsidiaries of Company under certain
agreements relating to the Quezon Project,
and (iii) the existing guaranty by Covanta
of the obligations certain
Subsidiaries of Company under certain
agreements relating to the Balaji/Madurai
Project and the LICA Project, as each such
guaranty may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified to the
extent permitted pursuant to
subsection 2.5(a).
"GOVERNING BODY" means the board of directors or other body
having the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management and policies
of a Person that is a corporation,
partnership, trust or limited liability
company.
"GROSS RECEIPTS" means, in respect of any Asset Sale, the
total cash payments (including any cash
received by way of deferred payment
pursuant to, or by monetization of, a note
receivable or otherwise, but only as
and when so received) received from such
Asset Sale minus any repayment of debt
related to the assets sold in such Asset
Sale which is made in connection with
such Asset Sale and is not prohibited under
the Revolver Credit Agreement and
Term Loan Agreement.
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"JUNIOR CREDITOR" shall have the meaning assigned to that term
in subsection 4.2(e).
"LENDERS" means Term Loan Lenders and Revolver Lenders.
"LIEN" means any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security
interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind
(including any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, any lease
in the nature thereof, and any
agreement to give any security interest)
and any option, trust or other
preferential arrangement having the
practical effect of any of the foregoing.
"LOAN PARTIES" means Company, the other Borrowers, CEA, and
Management Services and Reimbursement
Agreement Obligors.
"MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT" means the
management services and reimbursement
agreement entered into by Company and
Covanta and certain of their respective
Subsidiaries on the Closing Date, in
form and substance satisfactory to Revolver
Agent and Term Loan Agents as such
agreement may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time
to time to the extent permitted thereunder
and pursuant to subsection 2.5(a).
"MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT
BENEFICIARIES" shall have the meaning
assigned to that term in the introduction
to this Agreement.
"MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT OBLIGATIONS"
means, as at any date of determination, the
obligations of Management Services
and Reimbursement Agreement Obligors then
due and payable under Section 4(b) of
the Management Services and Reimbursement
Agreement; provided, however, that no
such obligations shall be included in
"Management Services and Reimbursement
Agreement Obligations" if such obligation
arises as a result of (i) any action
or inaction by Covanta or any of its
Subsidiaries (other than Company and its
Subsidiaries), not triggered by a failure
to perform by Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or (ii) the failure of any
Management Services and Reimbursement
Agreement Beneficiary to renew, replace or
extend, or cause the renewal,
replacement or extension of, a Letter of
Credit (as defined in the Management
Services and Reimbursement Agreement);
provided, however that the letter of
credit dated February 28, 1999 issued by
Citibank, N.A. to secure an obligation
of NEPC Consortium Ltd. under certain
Haripur project documents, and any
renewal, replacement or extension of such
letter of credit, shall in each case
be excluded under this clause (ii) to the
extent such letter of credit is not
renewed, replaced or extended as a result
of (x) the refusal of the issuer
thereof (or any other proposed issuer
acceptable to the beneficiary thereof) to
so renew, replace or extend such letter of
credit on an unsecured basis or (y)
the failure of any other account party
thereunder to satisfy any condition
precedent imposed by the issuer thereof (or
any other proposed issuer acceptable
to the beneficiary thereof) to such
renewal, replacement or extension.
"MANAGEMENT SERVICES AND REIMBURSEMENT AGREEMENT OBLIGORS"
shall have the meaning assigned to that
term in the introduction to this
Agreement.
"MANDATORY PAYMENTS" means any amount described in subsections
2.4A(iii)(a)-(e) of the Revolver Credit
Agreement and subsections
2.4A(ii)(a)-(e) of
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the Term Loan Agreement to be applied as a
prepayment of the Term Loans and/or
the Revolver Loans and/or a permanent
reduction of the Revolver Loan
Commitments.
"NET ASSET SALE PROCEEDS" means, with respect to any Asset
Sale, Gross Receipts received from such
Asset Sale, net of any bona fide direct
costs incurred in connection with such
Asset Sale, including (i) income taxes
reasonably estimated to be actually payable
prior to the earlier of (a) the date
which is eighteen months from the date of
such Asset Sale and (b) the Maturity
Date as a result of any gain recognized in
connection with such Asset Sale, (ii)
additional Taxes actually payable upon the
closing of such Asset Sale (including
any transfer Taxes or Taxes on gross
receipts), (iii) actual, reasonable and
documented out-of-pocket fees and expenses
(including reasonable legal fees,
reasonable fees to advisors and severance
costs that are due (pursuant to a
Contractual Obligation of Company or any of
its Subsidiaries in effect prior to
such Asset Sale or pursuant to applicable
law) and payable immediately upon
consummation of such Asset Sale to
employees of Company and its Subsidiaries
that are terminated as a result thereof)
paid to Persons other than Company and
its Subsidiaries and their respective
Affiliates in connection with such Asset
Sale (including fees necessary to obtain
any required consents of such Persons
to such Asset Sale), and (iv) payment of
the outstanding principal amount of,
premium or penalty, if any, and interest on
any indebtedness (other than
Revolver Loans and Term Loans) that is (x)
secured by a valid, enforceable and
perfected Lien on the stock or assets in
question that is permitted under
subsection 6.2 of each Credit Agreement and
(y) required to be repaid under the
terms of such indebtedness as a result of
such Asset Sale (without duplication
of amounts deducted in calculating the
Gross Receipts from such Asset Sale) and
is permitted to be paid under the Credit
Documents.
"NET INSURANCE/CONDEMNATION PROCEEDS" means any cash payments
or Proceeds received by Company or any of
its Subsidiaries (i) under any
business interruption or casualty insurance
policy in respect of a covered loss
thereunder or (ii) as a result of the
taking of any assets of Company or any of
its Subsidiaries by any Person pursuant to
the power of eminent domain,
condemnation or otherwise, or pursuant to a
sale of any such assets to a
purchaser with such power under threat of
such a taking, in each case net of (a)
income taxes reasonably estimated to be
actually payable prior to the earlier of
(1) the date which is eighteen months from
the date of such receipt and (2)
March ___, 2007 as a result of the receipt
of such payments of proceeds and (b)
any actual, reasonable and documented
out-of-pocket fees and expenses (including
reasonable legal fees, reasonable fees to
advisors and severance costs that are
due (pursuant to a Contractual Obligation,
or written employment policy
applicable to terminated employees
generally, of Company or any of its
Subsidiaries in effect prior to the event
causing or relating to the payment
referred to in clause (i) or (ii) hereof or
pursuant to applicable law) and
payable on or prior to the receipt of such
payment or proceeds to employees of
Company and its Subsidiaries that have been
terminated as a result of the
relevant loss, taking or sale) paid to
Persons other than Company and its
Subsidiaries and their respective
Affiliates in connection with the relevant
loss, taking or sale or the adjustment or
settlement of any claims of Company or
such Subsidiary in respect thereof;
provided, however, that Net
Insurance/Condemnation Proceeds shall be
reduced in an amount equal to the
amount of proceeds Subsidiaries of Company
are legally bound or required,
pursuant to Contractual Obligations in
effect on the Closing Date, or which were
entered into after the Closing Date with
respect to the financing or acquisition
of a Project, to use for purposes other
than application pursuant to subsection
4.1(b).
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"9.25% DEBENTURES" means the "9.25% Debenture Claims" as such
term is defined in the Approved Plan of
Reorganization.
"NON-CONFIRMING HOLDER" means, on any date of determination, a
Person that holds on such date a Debenture
Interest or an Allowed Class 6
Interest in Term Loans initially allocable
in accordance with subsection
9.25A(i) of the Term Loan Agreement to the
Debenture Disbursing Agent or the
Allowed Class 6 Disbursing Agent,
respectively.
"OBLIGATIONS" means all obligations of every nature of Loan
Parties under the Credit Documents,
including any liability of such Loan Party
on any claim arising out of or relating to
the Credit Documents, whether or not
the right to payment in respect of such
claim is reduced to judgment,
liquidated, unliquidated, fixed or
contingent, matured, disputed, undisputed,
legal, equitable, secured or unsecured, and
whether or not such claim is
discharged, stayed or otherwise affected by
any bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar proceeding.
Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the Obligations of the Loan
Parties under the Credit Documents
include (a) the obligation to pay
principal, interest (including all interest
which accrues after the commencement of any
case or proceeding in bankruptcy
after the insolvency of, or for the
reorganization of, any Loan Party, whether
or not allowed in such case or proceeding),
charges, expenses, fees, attorneys'
fees and disbursements, indemnities and
other amounts payable by any Borrower
and any other Loan Party under any Credit
Document and (b) the obligation to
reimburse any amount in respect of any of
the foregoing that any Agent or any
Lender, in its sole discretion, may elect
to pay or advance on behalf of such
Borrower or other Loan Party; provided,
that nothing in this definition shall be
construed as creating any obligations of
DHC under the Credit Documents that are
not expressly set forth in such Credit
Documents.
"OFFICER'S CERTIFICATE" means, as applied to any Person that
is a corporation, partnership, trust or
limited liability company, a certificate
executed on behalf of such Person by one or
more Officers of such Person or one
or more Officers of a general partner or a
managing member if such general
partner or managing member is a
corporation, partnership, trust or limited
liability company.
"PAYMENT IN FULL" and "PAID IN FULL" means (i) as to the
Revolver Loan Obligations, the payment and
satisfaction in full in immediately
available funds of all of such Revolver
Loan Obligations and, other than for
purposes of subsection 4.2(a), the
termination of all Revolver Loan Commitments,
(ii) as to the Term Loan Obligations, the
payment and satisfaction in full in
immediately available funds of all of such
Term Loan Obligations and the
termination of the Term Loan Commitments,
(iii) as to the Approved Operating
Expenses, the payment in full in
immediately available funds of all such
Approved Operating Expenses to the extent
then due and payable, (iv) as to the
Management Services and Reimbursement
Agreement Obligations, the payment and
satisfaction in full in immediately
available funds of all of such Management
Services and Reimbursement Agreement
Obligations to the extent then due and
payable pursuant to the Management Services
and Reimbursement Agreement, (v) as
to any amounts payable hereunder with
respect to the Prepetition Unsecured
Claims Participation Interest, the payment
to Prepetition Unsecured Claims Agent
of 5% of the aggregate cumulative amount of
Aggregate Net Sales Proceeds not to
exceed $4,000,000 and (vi) as to any other
Secured Obligations, the payment and
satisfaction in full in immediately
available funds of all
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such Secured Obligations then outstanding.
If after receipt of any payment of,
or Proceeds of Collateral applied to the
payment of, any of the Creditor
Obligations, Collateral Agent or any other
Creditor Party, as applicable, is
required to surrender or return such
payment or Proceeds to any Person for any
reason, then the Creditor Obligations
intended to be satisfied by such payment
or Proceeds shall be reinstated and
continue and this Agreement shall continue
in full force and effect as if such payment
or Proceeds had not been received by
Collateral Agent or such other Creditor
Party, as the case may be.
"PARTIES"
means the Loan Parties, Secured Parties and Creditor
Parties from time to time party to this
Agreement.
"PERMITTED ENCUMBRANCES" shall have the meaning assigned to
that term in both the Term Loan Agreement
and Revolver Credit Agreement as in
effect on the date hereof.
"PERSON" or "PERSONS" means and include natural persons,
corporations, limited partnerships, general
partnerships, limited liability
companies, limited liability partnerships,
joint stock companies, Joint Ventures
(as defined in the Credit Agreements),
associations, companies, trusts, banks,
trust companies, land trusts, business
trusts or other organizations, whether or
not legal entities, and governments
(whether federal, state or local, domestic
or foreign, and including political
subdivisions thereof) and agencies or other
administrative or regulatory bodies
thereof.
"PETITION DATE" means April 1, 2002.
"PLAN OF REORGANIZATION" means the Debtors' Second Joint Plan
of Reorganization under Chapter 11 of the
Bankruptcy Code as filed with the
Bankruptcy Court on January 14, 2004 (and
as revised and amended through March
2, 2004), together with the Reorganization
Plan Supplement to Debtors' Second
Joint Plan of Reorganization filed with the
Bankruptcy Court on February 18,
2004 in connection therewith.
"PREPETITION UNSECURED CLAIMS" means "Parent and Holding
Company Unsecured Claims" that are
"Allowed," as such terms are defined in the
Approved Plan of Reorganization.
"PREPETITION UNSECURED CLAIMS AGENT" shall have the meaning
assigned to that term in the introduction
to this Agreement.
"PREPETITION UNSECURED CLAIMS PARTICIPATION INTEREST" means
the right of holders of Allowed Class 6
Claims to receive 5% of the amount of
Aggregate Net Sale Proceeds up to but not
exceeding the total sum of $4,000,000
in the aggregate.
"PROCEEDS" means "proceeds", as such term is defined in the
UCC and, in any event, shall include (i)
any and all proceeds of any insurance,
indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable to
any of the Loan Parties or Collateral
Agent from time to time with respect to any
of the Collateral, (ii) any and all
payments (in any form whatsoever) made or
due and payable to any of the Loan
Parties from time to time in connection
with any requisition, confiscation,
condemnation, seizure or forfeiture of all
or any part of the Collateral, by any
governmental body, authority, bureau or
agency (or any person acting under color
of governmental authority),
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and (iii) any and all other consideration
(in any form whatsoever) or other
amounts from time to time paid or payable
under or in connection with any of the
Collateral upon disposition or
otherwise.
"PROJECT" means any waste-to-energy facility, electrical
generation plant, cogeneration plant, water
treatment facility or other facility
for the generation of electricity or
engaged in another line of business in
which Company and its Subsidiaries are
permitted to be engaged hereunder for
which a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of
Company was, is or will be (as the case
may be) an owner, operator, manager or
builder, and shall also mean any two or
more of such plants or facilities in which
an interest has been acquired in a
single transaction, so long as such
interest constitutes an existing Investment
on the Closing Date permitted under this
Agreement; provided, however, that a
Project shall cease to be a Project of
Company and its Subsidiaries at such time
that Company or any of its Subsidiaries
ceases to have any existing or future
rights or obligations (whether direct or
indirect, contingent or matured)
associated therewith.
"REQUISITE OBLIGEES" means (i) until Payment in Full of all
Revolver Loan Obligations, Requisite
Revolver Lenders; and (ii) from and after
Payment in Full of all Revolver Loan
Obligations, Requisite Term Loan Lenders.
"REQUISITE REVOLVER LENDERS" means Lenders having or holding
more than 50% of the aggregate Revolver
Loan Exposure of all Revolver Lenders;
provided, however, that prior to the
Closing Date, for purposes of this
definition the Revolver Loan Exposure of
each Revolver Loan Lender shall equal
the original Revolver Loan Commitment of
such Revolver Loan Lender on the
Closing Date.
"REQUISITE TERM LOAN LENDERS" means Lenders having or holding
more than 50% of the aggregate Term Loan
Exposure of all Term Loan Lenders;
provided, however, that prior to the
Closing Date, for purposes of this
definition the Term Loan Exposure of each
Term Loan Lender shall equal the
original Term Loan Commitment of such Term
Loan Lender on the Closing Date.
"REVOLVER AGENT"
shall have the meaning assigned to that term
in the introduction hereto.
"REVOLVER BORROWER" shall have the meaning assigned to that
term in the introduction hereto.
"REVOLVER CREDIT AGREEMENT" means that (i) certain credit
agreement dated as of the date hereof by
and among Company and the other
Revolver Borrowers, Revolver Lenders and
Revolver Agent, (ii) any credit
agreement entered into by Revolver
Borrowers to refinance, replace, renew or
extend, in whole or in party, the credit
agreement referenced in clause (i) and
the indebtedness issued thereunder to the
extent permitted pursuant to the Term
Loan Agreement, in the case of clause (i)
or (ii), as such credit agreement may
be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time to
the extent permitted thereunder and
pursuant to subsection 2.5(b).
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"REVOLVER DOCUMENTS" means the "Loan Documents" as such term
is defined in the Revolver Credit Agreement
(or any comparable term with respect
to any replacement Revolver Credit
Agreement not prohibited hereunder).
"REVOLVER EVENT OF DEFAULT" means an "Event of Default" under
and as defined in the Revolver Credit
Agreement.
"REVOLVER LENDER" shall have the meaning assigned to that term
in the introduction to this Agreement.
"REVOLVER LOAN" or "REVOLVER LOANS" means the loans made (or
deemed made) by Revolver Lenders to
Revolver Borrowers under the Revolver Credit
Agreement.
"REVOLVER LOAN COMMITMENT" means, as at any date of
determination, the commitment of a Revolver
Lender to make Revolver Loans to
Revolver Borrowers pursuant to the Revolver
Credit Agreement.
"REVOLVER LOAN EXPOSURE" with respect to any Revolver Lender,
means, as of any date of determination (i)
prior to the termination of the
Revolver Loan Commitments, that Revolver
Lender's Revolver Loan Commitment, and
(ii) after the termination of the Revolver
Loan Commitments, the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the
Revolver Loans of that Revolver Lender.
"REVOLVER LOAN OBLIGATIONS" means any and all Obligations to
the extent arising under or with respect to
the Revolver Loan Commitments or the
Revolver Loans, including principal and
interest on any Revolver Loans and the
fees and other amounts accruing or
otherwise owed with respect to the Revolver
Loan Exposure and all other Obligations of
a Loan Party with respect to Revolver
Loans; provided, however, that Obligations
of any Loan Party for interest or
commitment fees with respect to any
Revolver Loan Document and Revolver Loan
Commitments that accrue or may be incurred
under any Revolver Loan Document
after the commencement by or against any
Loan Party of a Bankruptcy Proceeding
shall be included in the Revolver Loan
Obligations solely to the extent
recoverable from such Loan Party or its
estate in such proceeding.
"SECURED PARTIES" means Term Loan Lenders, Revolver Lenders,
Term Loan Agents, Revolver Agent, Cash
Management Bank and Collateral Agent.
"SECURED OBLIGATIONS" means all Obligations of Loan Parties
from time to time under the Credit
Agreements and the other Revolver Documents
and Term Loan Documents and all obligations
owing to Collateral Agent hereunder
or under each Collateral Document, and all
Cash Management Obligations.
"SECURITIES" means any stock, shares, partnership interests,
voting trust certificates, certificates of
interest or participation in any
profit-sharing agreement or arrangement,
options, warrants, bonds, debentures,
notes, or other evidences of indebtedness,
secured or unsecured, convertible,
subordinated, certificated or
uncertificated, or otherwise, or in general any
instruments commonly known as "securities"
or any certificates of interest,
shares or
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participations in temporary or interim
certificates for the purchase or
acquisition of, or any right to subscribe
to, purchase or acquire, any of the
foregoing.
"SECURITIES ACCOUNT" means an account to which a financial
asset is or may be credited in accordance
with an agreement under which the
Person maintaining the account undertakes
to treat the Person for whom the
account is maintained as entitled to
exercise the rights that comprise the
financial asset.
"SECURITY AGREEMENT" means the Security Agreement executed and
delivered by Borrowers on the Closing Date
pursuant to the Revolver Credit
Agreement and Term Loan Agreement, as such
agreement may from time to time
hereafter be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified to the extent
permitted pursuant to subsection 2.4.
"SENIOR AGENT" means, (i) until Payment in Full of all
Revolver Loan Obligations, Revolver Loan
Agent and (ii) from and after Payment
in Full of all Revolver Loan Obligations
and until Payment in Full of all Term
Loan Obligations, Term Loan Agent.
"SENIOR CREDITOR" shall have the meaning assigned to that term
in subsection 4.2(e).
"SUBSIDIARY" means, with respect to any Person, any
corporation, partnership, trust, limited
liability company, association, joint
venture or other business entity of which
more than 50% of the total voting
power of shares of stock or other ownership
interests entitled (without regard
to the occurrence of any contingency) to
vote in the election of the members of
the Governing Body is at the time owned or
controlled, directly or indirectly,
by that Person or one or more of the other
Subsidiaries of that Person or a
combination thereof.
"SUPERPRIORITY TERM LOAN OBLIGATIONS" means all Term Loan
Obligations in respect of accrued and
unpaid interest on the Term Loans
(including, for the avoidance of doubt,
accrued and unpaid interest on
Additional Interest Loans; it being
understood and agreed that, to the extent
interest on the Term Loans is paid through
the issuance of Additional Interest
Loans pursuant to subsection 2.2B(ii) of
the Term Loan Agreement, such interest
shall be deemed paid for purposes of this
definition).
"SUPPLEMENTAL COLLATERAL AGENT" has the meaning assigned to
that term in subsection 6.1(c).
"TAX" or "TAXES" means any present or future tax, levy,
impost, duty, charge, fee, deduction or
withholding of any nature and whatever
called, by whomsoever, on whomsoever and
wherever imposed, levied, collected,
withheld or assessed, including interest,
penalties, additions to tax and any
similar liabilities with respect
thereto.
"TERM LOAN" or "TERM LOANS" means the loans made (or deemed
made) by Term Loan Lenders to Term Loan
Borrowers pursuant to the Term Loan
Agreement, including any Additional
Interest Loans (as defined in the Term Loan
Agreement) and loans deemed made after the
Closing Date pursuant to subsection
2.1 of the Term Loan Agreement.
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"TERM LOAN AGENT" shall have the meaning assigned to that term
in the introduction to this Agreement.
"TERM LOAN AGENTS" means Term Loan Agent and Term Loan
Documentation Agent.
"TERM LOAN AGREEMENT" means that (i) certain credit agreement
dated as of the date hereof by and among
Company and the other Term Loan
Borrowers, Term Loan Lenders and the Term
Loan Agents, (ii) any credit agreement
entered into by the Term Loan Borrowers to
refinance, replace, renew or extend,
in whole or in part, the credit agreement
referenced in clause (i) and the
indebtedness thereunder to the extent
permitted pursuant to the Revolver Credit
Agreement, in the case of clause (i) or
(ii), as such credit agreement may be
amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time to the
extent permitted thereunder and pursuant to
subsection 2.5(c).
"TERM LOAN BORROWERS" shall have the meaning assigned to that
term in the introduction to this
Agreement.
"TERM LOAN COMMITMENT" means, as at any date of determination,
the commitment of a Term Loan Lender to
make Term Loans to Term Loan Borrowers
pursuant to the Term Loan Agreement.
"TERM LOAN DOCUMENTATION AGENT" shall have the meaning
assigned to that term in the introduction
to this Agreement.
"TERM LOAN DOCUMENTS" means the "Loan Documents" as such term
is defined in the Term Loan Agreement (or
any comparable term with respect to
any replacement Term Loan Agreement not
prohibited hereunder).
"TERM LOAN EVENT OF DEFAULT" means an "Event of Default" under
and as defined in the Term Loan
Agreement.
"TERM LOAN EXPOSURE" with respect to any Term Loan Lender,
means, as of any date of determination the
aggregate outstanding principal
amount of the Term Loans of that Term Loan
Lender.
"TERM LOAN LENDER" shall have the meaning assigned to that
term in the introduction to this
Agreement.
"TERM LOAN OBLIGATIONS" means any and all Obligations to the
extent arising under or with respect to the
Term Loan Commitments or the Term
Loans, including principal and interest on
any Terms Loans and fees and other
amounts accruing or otherwise owed with
respect to the Term Loan Exposure;
provided, however, that Obligations of any
Loan Party for interest with respect
to any Term Loan Document and Term Loan
Commitments that accrue or may be
incurred under any Term Loan Document after
the commencement by or against any
Loan Party of a Bankruptcy Proceeding shall
be included in the Term Loan
Obligations solely to the extent
recoverable from such Loan Party or its estate
in such proceeding.
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"THIRD-PARTY GUARANTY" shall have the meaning assigned to that
term in subsection 4.2(h).
"UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may, from
time to time, be in effect in the State of
New York; provided, however, in the
event that, by reason of mandatory
provisions of law, the priority of any
Secured Party's security interest in any
Collateral is governed by the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in a
jurisdiction other than the State of New York,
the term "UCC" means the Uniform Commercial
Code as in effect in such other
jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions
hereof relating to such priority and
for purposes of definitions related to such
provisions.
"UNITED STATES" means the United States of America.
1.2 OTHER DEFINITIONAL PROVISIONS AND RULES OF CONSTRUCTION.
(a) Any of the terms defined herein may, unless the context
otherwise requires, be used in the singular or the plural,
depending on
the reference.
(b) References to "Sections" and "subsections" shall be to
Sections and subsections, respectively, of this Agreement
unless
otherwise specifically provided.
(c) The use of the word "include" or "including", when
following any general statement, term or matter, shall not be
construed
to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items
or
matters set forth immediately following such word or to similar
items
or matters, whether or not nonlimiting language (such as
"without
limitation" or "but not limited to" or words of similar import) is
used
with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to
all
other items or matters that fall within the broadest possible scope
of
such general statement, term or matter.
(d) In the event of any refinancing, replacement or extension
of any Credit Agreement, references in this Agreement to sections
or
subsections of such Credit Agreement shall refer to the
functionally
equivalent sections or subsections in such refinanced, replaced
or
extended agreement as the context requires.
SECTION II
2.1 APPOINTMENT AS COLLATERAL AGENT. Each Secured Party (i)
appoints Bank of America to serve as
collateral agent and representative of each
such Secured Party (to the extent
applicable) under this Agreement and each of
the Collateral Documents (in such capacity,
together with its successors in such
capacity, the "COLLATERAL Agent") and (ii)
irrevocably authorizes Collateral
Agent to act as agent for the Secured
Parties for the purpose of executing and
delivering, on behalf of all such Secured
Parties, the Collateral Documents and,
subject to the provisions of this
Agreement, for the purpose of exercising such
powers, rights and remedies hereunder and
under the other Collateral Documents
as are specifically delegated or granted to
Collateral Agent by the terms hereof
and thereof, together with such powers,
rights and remedies as are reasonably
incidental thereto. For