Exhibit 10.33
INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT
This INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (“
Agreement ”), is dated as of March __, 2006, and
entered into by and among MODTECH HOLDINGS, INC. (the “
Company ”), BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (“ Bank of
America ”), in its capacity as collateral agent and
representative for the First Lien Obligations (as defined below)
(in such capacity, together with any replacement or successor
collateral agent and representative the “ First Lien
Collateral Agent ”), and AMPHORA LIMITED, an exempt
company organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands (“
Amphora ”), in its capacity as collateral agent and
representative for the Second Lien Obligations (as defined below),
(in such capacity, together with any replacement or successor
collateral agent and representative the “ Second Lien
Collateral Agent ”). Capitalized terms used in this
Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in Section 1
below.
RECITALS
The Company, the lenders and agents party
thereto, and Bank of America, as Agent, have entered into that Loan
and Security Agreement dated as of even date herewith, providing
for a revolving credit facility (as Refinanced from time to time,
the “ First Lien Credit Agreement ”);
The Company and the lenders party thereto
entered into that Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of
December 31, 2004, providing for the issuance of convertible senior
subordinated notes (as Refinanced from time to time in accordance
with the terms of this Agreement, the “ Second Lien Credit
Agreement ”);
Pursuant to (i) the First Lien Credit
Agreement, certain current Subsidiaries of the Company have agreed
to guaranty the First Lien Obligations and the Company has agreed
to cause certain future Subsidiaries of the Company to guaranty the
First Lien Obligations (as Refinanced from time to time the “
First Lien Subsidiary Guaranty ”); and (ii) the
Second Lien Credit Agreement, certain current Subsidiaries of the
Company have guarantied the Second Lien Obligations and the Company
has agreed to cause certain future Subsidiaries of the Company to
guaranty the Second Lien Obligations (as Refinanced from time to
time in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the “
Second Lien Subsidiary Guaranty ”);
The obligations of the Company under the First
Lien Credit Agreement and any Bank Products with the First Lien
Lenders (or any of their Affiliates) and the obligations of the
Subsidiaries under the First Lien Subsidiary Guaranty will be
secured on a first priority basis by liens on all the assets of the
Company and certain Subsidiaries (such current and future
Subsidiaries of the Company providing a guaranty thereof, the
“ Guarantor Subsidiaries ”), respectively,
pursuant to the terms of the First Lien Collateral
Documents;
The obligations of the Company under the Second
Lien Credit Agreement and the obligations of the Subsidiaries under
the Second Lien Subsidiary Guaranty will be secured on a second
priority basis by liens on substantially all the assets of the
Company and the Guarantor Subsidiaries, respectively, pursuant to
the terms of the Second Lien Collateral Documents;
The First Lien Loan Documents and the Second
Lien Loan Documents provide, among other things, that the parties
thereto shall set forth in this Agreement their respective rights
and remedies with respect to the Collateral; and
In order to induce the First Lien Collateral
Agent and the First Lien Claimholders to extend and maintain credit
and other financial accommodations and lend monies to or for the
benefit of the Company, or any other Grantor, the Second Lien
Collateral Agent on behalf of the Second Lien Claimholders has
agreed to the intercreditor and other provisions set forth in this
Agreement.
AGREEMENT
In consideration of the foregoing, the mutual
covenants and obligations herein set forth and for other good and
valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are
hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally
bound, hereby agree as follows:
1.1
Defined Terms
. As used in the Agreement, the
following terms shall have the following meanings:
“ Affiliate ” means, with
respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is
controlled by or is under common control with the Person specified.
For purposes of this definition, a Person shall be deemed to
“control” or be “controlled by” a Person if
such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, power to direct or
cause the direction of the management or policies of such Person
whether through ownership of equity interests, by contract or
otherwise.
“ Agreement ” means this
Intercreditor Agreement.
“ Asset Sale ” has the
meaning assigned to that term in the First Lien Credit
Agreement.
“ Bank Products ” means any
of the following products, services or facilities extended to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries by Bank of America or any of its
Affiliates: (a) Cash Management Services (as defined in the First
Lien Credit Agreement); (b) products under Hedge Agreements; (c)
commercial credit card and merchant card services; and (d) other
banking products or services as may be requested by the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries.
“ Bank Product Obligation ”
of any Person means any obligation of such Person pursuant to any
Bank Products, including, but not limited to Hedging
Obligations.
“ Bankruptcy Code ” means
Title 11 of the United States Code entitled
“Bankruptcy,” as now and hereafter in effect, or any
successor statute.
“ Bankruptcy Law ” means the
Bankruptcy Code and any similar federal, state or foreign law for
the relief of debtors.
“ Business Day ” means a day
other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial
banks in New York City or Los Angeles, California are authorized or
required by law to close.
“ Collateral ” means all of
the assets and property of any Grantor, whether real, personal or
mixed, constituting either First Lien Collateral or Second Lien
Collateral; provided, however, that in no event shall Collateral
include the irrevocable standby letter of credit no. SLCLSTL01562,
dated, December 31, 2004, issued by U.S. Bank National Association
for the Company’s account for benefit of Amphora Limited, in
the maximum amount of $10,000,000 to secure certain of the Second
Lien Obligations (as renewed or extended from time to time, the
“ Second Lien Letter of Credit ”), or drawings
thereunder or proceeds thereof, but shall include any collateral
pledged to the issuer thereof to support such letter of
credit.
“ Collateral Documents ”
means this Agreement, the First Lien Collateral Documents and the
Second Lien Collateral Documents.
“ Company ” has the meaning
assigned to that term in the Preamble to this Agreement.
“ Comparable Second Lien Collateral
Document ” means, in relation to any Collateral subject
to any Lien created under any First Lien Collateral Document, that
Second Lien Loan Document which creates a Lien on the same
Collateral, granted by the same Grantor.
“ Currency Agreement ” means
any foreign exchange contract, currency swap agreement, futures
contract, option contract, synthetic cap or other similar agreement
or arrangement, each of which is for the purpose of hedging the
foreign currency risk associated with the Company’s and its
Subsidiaries’ operations and not for speculative
purposes.
“ DIP Financing ” has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.1.
“ Discharge of First Lien
Obligations ” means, except to the extent otherwise
expressly provided in Section 5.5 and subject to
Section 6.5:
(a) payment in full in cash of the principal of and
interest (including interest accruing on or after the commencement
of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not such
interest would be allowed in such Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding), and premium, if any, on all Indebtedness outstanding
under the First Lien Loan Documents constituting First Lien
Obligations;
(b) payment in full in cash under any Bank Product
Obligations entered into with a First Lien Claimholder (or any of
their Affiliates) constituting First Lien Obligations;
(c) payment in full in cash of all other First Lien
Obligations that are due and payable or otherwise accrued and owing
at or prior to the time such principal and interest are
paid;
(d) termination or expiration of all commitments, if
any, to extend credit that would constitute First Lien Obligations;
and
(e) termination (without any prior demand for
payment thereunder having been made or, if made, with such demand
having been fully reimbursed in cash) or cash collateralization (in
an amount and manner, and on terms, satisfactory to the First Lien
Collateral Agent) of all letters of credit issued constituting
First Lien Obligations under the First Lien Loan
Documents.
“ Disposition ” has the
meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.1(b).
“ First Lien Claimholders ”
means, at any relevant time, the holders of First Lien Obligations
at that time, including without limitation the First Lien Lenders
(or any Lender Counterparty) and the agents under the First Lien
Loan Documents.
“ First Lien Collateral Agent
” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals to
this Agreement.
“ First Lien Collateral ”
means all of the assets and property of any Grantor, whether real,
personal or mixed, in which a Lien is purported to be granted as
security for any First Lien Obligations.
“ First Lien Collateral Documents
” means the First Lien Credit Agreement (but only the
security agreement provisions of such loan and security agreement),
the First Lien Mortgages, and any other agreement, document or
instrument which is intended to grant to the First Lien Collateral
Agent or any of the First Lien Claimholders a Lien securing any
First Lien Obligations or under which rights or remedies with
respect to such Liens are governed, as each may be Refinanced from
time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and
thereof.
“ First Lien Credit Agreement
” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals to
this Agreement.
“ First Lien Lenders ” means
the “Lenders” under and as defined in the First Lien
Loan Documents, and any successor to, or replacements of, such
Lenders.
“ First Lien Loan Documents ”
means the First Lien Credit Agreement and the Loan Documents (as
defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) and each of the other
agreements, documents and instruments providing for or evidencing
or relating to any other First Lien Obligation, and any other
agreement, writing, document or instrument executed or delivered at
any time in connection with any First Lien Obligations, including
any intercreditor or joinder agreement among holders of First Lien
Obligations, to the extent such are effective at the relevant time,
as each may be Refinanced from time to time in accordance with the
terms hereof and thereof.
“ First Lien Mortgages ”
means a collective reference to each mortgage, deed of trust and
other document or instrument under which any Lien on real property
owned or leased by any Grantor is purported to be granted to secure
any First Lien Obligations or under which rights or remedies with
respect to any such Liens are governed.
“ First Lien Obligations ”
means, subject to the next sentence, all Obligations, whether
outstanding or contingent, evidenced by or arising under:
(i) the First Lien Credit Agreement, (ii) any of the
other First Lien Loan Documents, and/or (iii) agreements
relating to Bank Products entered into with any First Lien Lender
(or any Lender Counterparty). “First Lien Obligations”
shall include: (a) all interest accrued or accruing (or which
would, absent commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding (and the effect of provisions such as
Section 502(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code), accrue) after
commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in
accordance with the rate specified in the relevant First Lien Loan
Document whether or not the claim for such interest is allowed as a
claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding; and
(b) any and all fees and expenses (including attorneys’
and/or financial consultants’ fees and expenses) incurred by
the First Lien Collateral Agent or the other First Lien
Claimholders after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding, whether or not the claim for fees and expenses is
allowed under Section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or any
other provision of the Bankruptcy Code or Bankruptcy Law as a claim
in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the sum of:
(1) Indebtedness constituting principal outstanding under the
First Lien Credit Agreement and the other First Lien Loan Documents
plus (2) the aggregate face amount of any letters of credit
issued under the First Lien Credit Agreement, is in excess of
$57,000,000 in the aggregate (the “Cap Amount”), then
any such principal and reimbursement obligations with respect to
such letters of credit in excess of the Cap Amount (collectively,
the “Excluded First Lien Obligations”) shall not be
included in First Lien Obligations solely for purposes of this
Agreement.
“ First Lien Subsidiary Guaranty
” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals to
this Agreement.
“ Governmental Authority ”
means any federal, state, municipal, national or other government,
governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency
or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity
or officer exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory
or administrative functions of or pertaining to any government or
any court, in each case whether associated with a state of the
United States, the United States, or a foreign entity or
government.
“ Grantors ” means the
Company, each of the Guarantor Subsidiaries and each other Person
that may from time to time hereafter execute and deliver a First
Lien Collateral Document or a Second Lien Collateral Document as a
“Grantor” (or the equivalent thereof).
“ Guarantor Subsidiaries ”
has the meaning set forth in the Recitals to this
Agreement.
“ Hedge Agreements ” means an
Interest Rate Agreement or a Currency Agreement entered into with a
Lender Counterparty and a Grantor.
“ Hedging Obligation ” of any
Person means any obligation of such Person pursuant to any Hedge
Agreements.
“ Indebtedness ” means and
includes all Obligations that constitute “Debt” within
the meaning of the First Lien Credit Agreement or
“Indebtedness” within the meaning of the Second Lien
Credit Agreement, as applicable.
“ Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding ” means:
(a) any voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding
under the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any Grantor;
(b) any other voluntary or involuntary insolvency,
reorganization or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any
receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or
proceeding with respect to any Grantor or with respect to a
material portion of their respective assets;
(c) any liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or
winding up of any Grantor whether voluntary or involuntary and
whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy other than any
liquidation, dissolution, reorganized or winding up permitted by
the terms of the First Lien Credit Agreement; or
(d) any general assignment for the benefit of
creditors or any other marshaling of assets and liabilities of any
Grantor.
“ Interest Rate Agreement ”
means any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap
agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedging
agreement or other similar agreement or arrangement each of which
is for the purposes of hedging the interest rate exposure
associated with the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’
operations and not for speculative purposes.
“ Lender Counterparty ” means
each First Lien Lender or any Affiliate of a First Lien Lender
counterparty to a Hedge Agreement or other agreement relating to
Bank Products (including any Person who is a First Lien Lender (and
any Affiliate thereof) as of the date hereof but subsequently,
whether before or after entering into a Hedge Agreement or such
other agreement relating to Bank Products, ceases to be a First
Lien Lender) including, without limitation, each such Affiliate
that enders into a joinder agreement with the First Lien Collateral
Agent.
“ Lien ” means any lien,
mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or
encumbrance of any kind (including any agreement to give any of the
foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement,
and any lease in the nature thereof) and any option, trust, UCC
financing statement or other preferential arrangement having the
practical effect of any of the foregoing.
“ Lien Enforcement Action ”
means: (a) the taking of any action to enforce or realize upon
any Lien, (b) the exercise of any right or remedy provided to
a secured creditor on account of a Lien under any of the Collateral
Documents or under applicable law, including the election to retain
any collateral in satisfaction of a Lien, (c) the taking of
any action or the exercise of any right or remedy in respect of the
collection on, set off against, marshaling of, or foreclosure on
the Collateral (including, without limitation, the notification of
account debtors), (d) the sale, lease, license, or other
disposition of all or any portion of the Collateral by private or
public sale or any other means permissible under applicable law,
(e) the exercise of any other right of a secured creditor
under Article 9 of the UCC, (f) the adjustment of any
insurance claim, and (g) the commencement of any legal
proceedings against the Company or any other Grantor or with
respect to any Collateral for any relief described in clauses (a)
though (f) above.
“ New Agent ” has the meaning
assigned to that term in Section 5.5.
“ Obligations ” means all
obligations of every nature of each Grantor from time to time owed
to any agent or trustee, the First Lien Claimholders, the Second
Lien Claimholders or any of them or their respective Affiliates
under the First Lien Loan Documents, the Second Lien Loan Documents
or agreements relating to Bank Products, including, without
limitation, (a) any principal of or interest or premium on any
indebtedness, including any reimbursement obligation in respect of
any letter of credit, or any other liability, including interest
accruing after the filing of a petition initiating any proceeding
under the Bankruptcy Code, (b) any fees, indemnification
obligations, charges, costs, expense reimbursement obligations or
other liabilities payable under the documentation governing any
indebtedness, (c) any obligation to post cash collateral in
respect of letters of credit or any other obligations, (d) in
the case of the First Lien Obligations, any Bank Product
Obligations (including payments for early termination), and
(e) all performance obligations under the documentation
governing any indebtedness, in each case, whether direct or
indirect, absolute or contingent, joint or several, in each case,
whether or not the claim for such amounts is allowed under Section
506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or any other provision of the
Bankruptcy Code or Bankruptcy Law as a claim in an Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding.
“ Person ” means any natural
person, corporation, limited liability company, limited liability
partnerships, trust, joint venture, association, company, bank,
general or limited partnership, Governmental Authority or other
entity or organization, whether or not legal entities.
“ Pledged Collateral ” has
the meaning set forth in Section 5.4(a).
“ Recovery ” has the meaning
set forth in Section 6.5.
“ Refinance ” means, in
respect of any Indebtedness or any First Lien Loan Documents or
Second Lien Loan Documents with respect to any Indebtedness, to
refinance, extend, renew, defease, amend, modify, supplement,
restructure, replace, refund or repay, or to issue other
indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such Indebtedness or
any First Lien Loan Documents or Second Lien Loan Documents in
whole or in part, whether pursuant to one or more agreements, with
the same and/or different lenders and/or agents.
“Refinanced” and “Refinancing” shall have
correlative meanings.
“ Second Lien Claimholders ”
means, at any relevant time, the holders of Second Lien Obligations
at that time, including without limitation the Second Lien Lenders
and the agents under the Second Lien Loan Documents.
“ Second Lien Collateral ”
means all of the assets and property of any Grantor, whether real,
personal or mixed, with respect to which a Lien is purported to be
granted as security for any Second Lien Obligations.
“ Second Lien Collateral Agent
” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Preamble of
this Agreement.
“ Second Lien Collateral Documents
” means the Pledge and Security Agreement (as defined in the
Second Lien Credit Agreement, as in effect on the date hereof), the
Second Lien Mortgages, and any other agreement, document or
instrument which is intended to grant to the Second Lien Collateral
Agent or any of the Second Lien Claimholders a Lien securing any
Second Lien Obligations or under which rights or remedies with
respect to such Liens are governed as each may be Refinanced from
time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and
thereof.
“ Second Lien Credit Agreement
” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals to
this Agreement.
“ Second Lien Lenders ” means
the “Lenders” under and as defined in the Second Lien
Credit Agreement, and any successors to, or replacements of, such
Lenders.
“ Second Lien Letter of Credit
” has the meaning set forth in the definition of
“Collateral” herein.
“ Second Lien Loan Documents
” means the Second Lien Credit Agreement, the Second Lien
Notes and the Transaction Documents (as defined in the Second Lien
Credit Agreement) and each of the other agreements, documents and
instruments providing for or evidencing or relating to any other
Second Lien Obligation, and any other agreement, writing, document
or instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection with
any Second Lien Obligations, including any intercreditor or joinder
agreement among holders of Second Lien Obligations to the extent
such are effective at the relevant time, as each may be amended,
restated, supplemented, modified, renewed, extended or Refinanced
from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof and
thereof.
“ Second Lien Mortgages ”
means a collective reference to each mortgage, deed of trust and
any other document or instrument under which any Lien on real
property owned or leased by any Grantor is purported to be granted
to secure any Second Lien Obligations or under which rights or
remedies with respect to any such Liens are governed.
“ Second Lien Notes ” means
the Amended and Restated Senior Subordinated Secured Convertible
Notes, dated as of August 5, 2005, issued by the Company in favor
of the Second Lien Lenders, in the original aggregate principal
amount of $25,900,000, as amended by the Amendment Agreement, dated
as of even date herewith, between the Company and the Second Lien
Lenders, and as otherwise Refinanced from time to time in
accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
“ Second Lien Obligations ”
means all Obligations, whether outstanding or contingent, evidenced
by or arising under: (i) the Second Lien Credit Agreement
and/or (ii) any of the other Second Lien Loan Documents.
“Second Lien Obligations” shall include: (a) all
interest accrued or accruing (or which would, absent commencement
of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (and the effect of
provisions such as Section 502(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code),
accrue) after commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding in accordance with the rate specified in the relevant
Second Lien Loan Document whether or not the claim for such
interest is allowed as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding; and (b) any and all fees and expenses (including
attorneys’ and/or financial consultants’ fees and
expenses) incurred by the Second Lien Collateral Agent or the other
Second Lien Claimholders after the commencement of an Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not the claim for fees and
expenses is allowed under Section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy
Code or any other provision of the Bankruptcy Code or Bankruptcy
Law as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding.
“ Second Lien Subsidiary Guaranty
” has the meaning assigned to that term in the Recitals to
this Agreement.
“ Standstill Period ” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.1(a)(5).
“ Subsidiary ” means, with
respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, 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
Person or Persons (whether directors, managers, trustees or other
Persons performing similar functions) having the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies thereof 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.
“ UCC ” means the Uniform
Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) as in
effect in any applicable jurisdiction.
1.2
Terms Generally
. The definitions of terms in this
Agreement shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of
the terms defined. Whenever the context may require, any pronoun
shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter
forms. The words “include,” “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation.” The word
“will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and
effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires
otherwise:
(a) any definition of or reference to any agreement,
instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring
to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to
time amended, restated, supplemented, modified, renewed or extended
subject to the limitations set forth herein;
(b) any reference herein to any Person shall be
construed to include such Person’s permitted successors and
assigns;
(c) the words “herein,”
“hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of
similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in
its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof;
(d) all references herein to Sections shall be
construed to refer to Sections of this Agreement; and
(e) the words “asset” and
“property” shall be construed to have the same meaning
and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible
assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and
contract rights.
SECTION
2.
Lien Priorities
.
2.1
Relative Priorities
. Notwithstanding the date, time,
method, manner or order of grant, attachment or perfection of any
Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations granted on the
Collateral or of any Liens securing the First Lien Obligations
granted on the Collateral and notwithstanding any provision of the
UCC, or any statutory, decisional or other applicable law that
would provide for a contrary ordering of priorities, or the Second
Lien Loan Documents or any defect or deficiencies in, or failure to
perfect, the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations or any other
circumstance whatsoever, each of the Grantors, the First Lien
Collateral Agent, and the Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf
of itself and the Second Lien Claimholders, hereby acknowledges and
agrees that:
(a) any Lien purported to be granted on the
Collateral securing any First Lien Obligations now or hereafter
held by or on behalf of the First Lien Collateral Agent or any
First Lien Claimholders or any agent or trustee therefor,
regardless of how or when acquired, whether by grant, possession,
statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be
“first” priority and senior in all respects and prior
to any Lien on the Collateral securing any Second Lien Obligations;
and
(b) any Lien purported to be granted on the
Collateral securing any Second Lien Obligations now or hereafter
held by or on behalf of the Second Lien Collateral Agent, any
Second Lien Claimholders or any agent or trustee therefor
regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute,
operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be
“second” priority and junior and subordinate and
subject in all respects to all Liens on the Collateral securing any
First Lien Obligations. All Liens on the Collateral securing any
First Lien Obligations shall be and remain senior in all respects
and prior to all Liens on the Collateral securing any Second Lien
Obligations for all purposes, whether or not such Liens securing
any First Lien Obligations are subordinated to any Lien securing
any other obligation of the Company, any other Grantor or any other
Person.
2.2
Prohibition on Contesting
Liens . Each of the
Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each
Second Lien Claimholder, and the First Lien Collateral Agent, for
itself and on behalf of each First Lien Claimholder, agrees that it
will not (and hereby waives any right to) contest or support any
other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), (i) the priority,
validity or enforceability of a Lien held by or on behalf of any of
the First Lien Claimholders in the First Lien Collateral or by or
on behalf of any of the Second Lien Claimholders in the Second Lien
Collateral, as the case may be; provided that nothing in this
Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of the
First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder to
enforce this Agreement, including the provisions of this Agreement
relating to the priority of the Liens securing the First Lien
Obligations as provided in Sections 2.1 and 3.1, (ii) the
validity or enforceability of any Collateral Documents (including
this Agreement) or any Obligation or other obligation thereunder,
or (iii) except as expressly set forth herein, the relative
rights and duties of the First Lien Claimholders and the Second
Lien Claimholders granted and/or established pursuant to this
Agreement or any other Collateral Document.
2.3
No New Liens
. So long as the Discharge of First
Lien Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company
or any other Grantor, the parties hereto agree that the Company
shall not, and shall not permit any other Grantor to grant or
permit (and the Second Lien Claimholders agree that they shall not
receive) any additional Liens, or take any action to perfect a
Lien, on any asset or property to secure any Second Lien Obligation
unless a first priority Lien is granted to the First Lien
Collateral Agent on such asset or property to secure the First Lien
Obligations. To the extent that the foregoing provisions are not
complied with for any reason, without limiting any other rights and
remedies available to the First Lien Collateral Agent and/or the
First Lien Claimholders, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, on
behalf of Second Lien Claimholders, agrees that any amounts
received by or distributed to any of them pursuant to or as a
result of Liens granted in contravention of this Section 2.3
shall be subject to Section 4.2.
3.1
Exercise of Remedies
.
(a) Except as otherwise permitted by Section 3.1(c),
until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, whether
or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced
by or against the Company or any other Grantor, the Second Lien
Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders:
(1) will not exercise or seek to exercise any rights
or remedies with respect to any Collateral (including, without
limitation, the exercise of any right of setoff or any right under
any lockbox agreement, account control agreement, landlord waiver
or bailee’s letter or similar agreement or arrangement to
which the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien
Claimholder is a party) or institute any action or proceeding with
respect to such rights or remedies (including any action of
foreclosure) or take any other Lien Enforcement Action;
(2) will not contest, protest or object to any
foreclosure proceeding or action brought by the First Lien
Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder or any other
exercise by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien
Claimholder of any rights and remedies relating to the Collateral
under the First Lien Loan Documents or otherwise;
(3) will not object to the forbearance by the First
Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders from bringing
or pursuing any foreclosure proceeding or action or any other
exercise of any rights or remedies relating to the Collateral, in
each case so long as the Liens granted to secure the Second Lien
Obligations of the Second Lien Claimholders attach to the proceeds
thereof subject to the relative priorities described in
Section 2;
(4)
will not initiate or join in or
petition for or vote in favor of any resolution for or instigate or
support, any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding; and
(i) accelerate any payment of all or any of the
Second Lien Obligations;
(ii) collect the Second Lien Obligations or any part
thereof other than in common equity of the Company;
(iii) enforce any right of repayment of any Second
Lien Obligations other than in common equity of the Company;
or
(iv) initiate (or join in) or file or prosecute any
proceeding or judicial action with respect to the Second Lien
Obligations;
provided that,
upon 5 Business Days prior written notice to the First Lien
Collateral Agent after the Standstill Period, to the extent
permitted by the terms of the Second Lien Loan Documents, the
Second Lien Collateral Agent may accelerate the Second Lien
Obligations and may, subject to the terms of clause (4) above
and the other provisions of this Agreement, file and prosecute a
lawsuit to collect the Second Lien Obligations.
As used in this Section 3.1(a)(5), the term
“Standstill Period” means the period beginning on the
occurrence of an Event of Default under and as defined in the
Second Lien Loan Documents and ending on the date that is 540 days
following the latest date after both (1) any Second Lien
Collateral Agent shall have given notice (making specific reference
to this Section 3.1(a)(5) and describing such Event of Default
that is subject to such notice) to the First Lien Collateral Agent
that any such Event of Default under the Second Lien Loan Documents
shall have occurred and be continuing and of such Second Lien
Collateral Agent’s intent to exercise rights and remedies and
(2) the commencement of material work under all of the
contracts that any of the Grantors then have entered into as of the
time of the delivery of the notice in the preceding
clause (1), except for any contracts, which individually or in
the aggregate, as of such date would not entitle the Company to
aggregate payments in excess of $1,000,000.
(b) Until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations
has occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any
other Grantor, the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien
Claimholders shall have the exclusive right to manage, perform and
enforce the terms of the First Lien Loan Documents in respect of
the Collateral, to exercise and enforce rights, exercise remedies
(including set-off and the right to credit bid their debt) and make
determinations in its sole discretion regarding the release,
disposition, or restrictions with respect to the Collateral,
including, without limitation, the exclusive right to take or
retake control or possession of the Collateral and to hold, prepare
for sale, process, lease, sell, dispose of or liquidate the
Collateral, all without any consultation with or the consent of the
Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Claimholder. In
exercising rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral, the
First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders may
enforce the provisions of the First Lien Loan Documents and
exercise remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such manner
as they may determine in the exercise of their sole discretion.
Such exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent
appointed by them to sell or otherwise dispose of Collateral upon
foreclosure, to incur expenses in connection with such sale or
disposition, and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a
secured creditor under the UCC and of a secured creditor under
Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.
(c) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to
the contrary (except as specifically provided below), the Second
Lien Collateral Agent and any Second Lien Claimholder may, at any
time and from time to time:
(1) file a claim or statement of interest with
respect to the Second Lien Obligations; provided that an Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the
Company or any other Grantor by or on behalf of someone other than
a Second Lien Claimholder;
(2) take any action (not adverse to the priority
status of the Liens on the Collateral securing the First Lien
Obligations, or the rights of any First Lien Collateral Agent or
the First Lien Claimholders to exercise remedies in respect
thereof) in order to create, perfect or maintain its Lien on the
Collateral, subject to the terms of this Agreement;
(3) ask the Company for and/or, subject to Section
4.3 hereof, scheduled payments with respect to Second Lien
Obligations required to be made in accordance with the terms of the
Second Lien Loan Documents then due and owing, but without
acceleration of the maturity of such obligations;
(4) exercise any and all of their rights and
remedies in respect of any conversion or redemption of, or any
other payment of, any Second Lien Obligations solely into common
equity of the Company; and
(5) sell, assign or otherwise transfer any and all
of the Second Lien Obligations and their rights relating thereto,
subject to and in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement,
so long as any such subsequent holder agrees in writing to be bound
by the terms of this Agreement.
The Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of
itself and the Second Lien Claimholders, agrees that it will not
take or receive any Collateral or any proceeds of Collateral in
connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including
set-off) with respect to any Collateral, unless and until the
Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred. Without limiting
the generality of the foregoing, unless and until the Discharge of
First Lien Obligations has occurred, except as expressly provided
in Section 3.1(c), the sole right of the Second Lien
Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders with respect to
the Collateral is to hold a Lien on the Collateral pursuant to the
Second Lien Collateral Documents for the period and to the extent
granted therein and to receive a share of the proceeds thereof, if
any, after the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has
occurred.
(d) (1) The Second Lien
Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien
Claimholders, agrees that the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the
Second Lien Claimholders will not take any action that would
hinder, delay, limit or prohibit any exercise of remedies under the
First Lien Loan Documents or is otherwise prohibited hereunder,
including any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition
of the Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise or that
would limit, invalidate, avoid or set aside any Lien or Collateral
Document or subordinate the priority of the First Lien Obligations
to the Second Lien Obligations or afford the Liens securing the
Second Lien Obligations equal ranking to the Liens securing the
First Lien Obligations;
(2) the Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and
on behalf of the Second Lien Claimholders, hereby waives any and
all rights it or the Second Lien Claimholders may have as a junior
lien creditor or otherwise (whether arising under the UCC or any
other law) to object to the manner in which the First Lien
Collateral Agent or the First Lien Claimholders seek to enforce or
collect the First Lien Obligations or the Liens securing the First
Lien Obligations granted in any of the First Lien Collateral,
regardless of whether any action or failure to act by or on behalf
of the First Lien Collateral Agent or First Lien Claimholders is
adverse to the interest of the Second Lien Claimholders;
and
(3) the Second Lien Collateral Agent hereby
acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction
contained in the Second Lien Collateral Documents or any other
Second Lien Loan Document shall be deemed to restrict in any way
the rights and remedies of the First Lien Collateral Agent or the
First Lien Claimholders with respect to the Collateral as set forth
in this Agreement and the First Lien Loan Documents.
(e) Except as specifically set forth in
Sections 3.1(a) and (d) and subject to Section 3.1(f),
the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Claimholders
may exercise rights and remedies as unsecured creditors against the
Company or any other Grantor that has guaranteed or granted Liens
to secure the Second Lien Obligations in accordance with the terms
of this Agreement, the Second Lien Loan Documents and applicable
law; provided that in the event that any Second Lien Claimholder
becomes a judgment Lien creditor in respect of Collateral as a
result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor
with respect to the Second Lien Obligations, such judgment Lien
shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement for all purposes
(including in relation to the First Lien Obligations and being
subordinate thereto) as the other Liens securing the Second Lien
Obligations subject to this Agreement.
(f) Except as specifically set forth in
Sections 3.1(a) and (d) and Section 4.3, nothing in this
Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by the Second Lien Collateral
Agent or any Second Lien Claimholders of the required payments of
interest, principal and other amounts owed in respect of the Second
Lien Obligations so long as both such payment does not constitute
proceeds of Collateral and such receipt is not the direct or
indirect result of the exercise by the Second Lien Collateral Agent
or any Second Lien Claimholders of rights or remedies as a secured
creditor (including set-off) or enforcement in contravention of
this Agreement of any Lien held by any of them. Nothing in this
Agreement impairs or otherwise adversely affects any rights or
remedies the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien
Claimholders may have with respect to the First Lien
Collateral.
4.1
Application of
Proceeds .
(a) So long as the Discharge of First Lien
Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company
or any other Grantor, all Collateral or proceeds thereof received
or collected in connection with the sale or other disposition of,
or collection on, all such Collateral (whether made or effected by
a Grantor, a First Lien Claimholder, a Second Lien Claimholder or
any other Person) (i) pursuant to the enforcement of any
Collateral Document or the exercise of any remedial provision
thereunder or under or pursuant to any applicable law, and all
proceeds of Collateral that are recovered pursuant to an avoidance
action or (ii) that otherwise are to be paid over to or for
the account of the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First
Lien Claimholder or the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other
Second Lien Claimholder in accordance with or pursuant to any of
the First Lien Loan Documents or any of the Second Lien Loan
Documents, together with all other proceeds received by the First
Lien Collateral Agent or the Second Lien Collateral Agent hereunder
(including all funds received in respect of post-petition interest
or fees and expenses) as a result of any such enforcement or the
exercise of any such remedial provision or as a result of any
distribution of or in respect of any Collateral (whether or not
expressly characterized as such, including amounts representing
proceeds turned over to any such Grantor or the estate of any such
Grantor by First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien
Claimholder or the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second
Lien Claimholder as a result of any avoidance action) upon or in
any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding with respect to any
Grantor, or the application of any Collateral (or proceeds thereof)
to the payment of any of the First Lien Obligations or Second Lien
Obligations or any distribution of Collateral (or proceeds thereof)
upon the liquidation or dissolution of any Grantor, or the winding
up of the assets or business of any Grantor, shall be applied
first, to payment of the First Lien Obligations and the provision
of cash collateral in respect of issued and outstanding Letters of
Credit in accordance with the First Lien Loan Documents and in
respect of Bank Products in accordance with the First Lien Loan
Documents, and second, to payment of the Second Lien Obligations
then due and payable, and third, to payment of Excluded First Lien
Obligations and, with respect to Excluded First Lien Obligations
consisting of issued and outstanding Letters of Credit and Bank
Products, the provision of cash collateral in respect of such
Letters of Credit and such Bank Product in accordance with the
First Lien Loan Documents.
(b) It is understood and agreed that the Grantors
remain jointly and severally liable to the relevant creditors for
any deficiency between (x) the amount of the proceeds of the
Collateral received by such creditors hereunder and (y) the
aggregate amount of the Obligations owing to such
creditors.
4.2
Payments Over
. So long as the Discharge of First
Lien Obligations has not occurred but subject to Section 6.5
in any event, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any
other Grantor, any Collateral or proceeds thereof (or any
distribution in respect of Collateral) (whether or not
characterized as such) (including assets or proceeds subject to
Liens referred to in the final sentence of Section 2.3)
received by the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien
Claimholders, whether received from any Grantor or any other
Person, in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy
(including set-off) relating to the Collateral or otherwise that is
inconsistent or in contravention of this Agreement shall be
segregated and held in trust and forthwith paid over to the First
Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the First Lien
Claimholders in the same form as received, with any necessary
endorsements. The First Lien Collateral Agent is hereby authorized
to make any such endorsements as agent for the Second Lien
Collateral Agent or any such Second Lien Claimholders. This
authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable until
the Discharge of First Lien Obligations.
4.3
No Payment
. None of the Second Lien
Claimholders (including the Second Lien Collateral Agent) shall
accept or receive, call or demand, and none of the Grantors shall
make, (x) any payment in respect of the Second Lien
Obligations (other than in common equity of the Company) at a time
when a “Default” or “Event of Default”
exists, or would result from any such payment, under (and as
defined in) the First Lien Loan Documents, (y) any voluntary
prepayment of any portion of the principal amount (or interest
thereon) or other amounts in respect of the Second Lien Obligations
(other than in common equity of the Company) or (z) any other
payment, mandatory prepayment or redemption (other than in common
equity of the Company) of any portion of the principal amount (or
interest thereon) or other amounts in respect of the Second Lien
Obligations other than in compliance with the terms of First Lien
Loan Documents and the Second Lien Loan Documents; provided
, however , that (1) the Second Lien Lenders may, at any
time, exercise any and all rights under the Second Lien Loan
Documents to convert or redeem any of the Second Lien Obligations
into common equity of the Company; and (2) so long as both (A) no
“Default” or “Event of Default” exists, or
would result from any such payment, under (and as defined in) the
First Lien Loan Documents, and (B) there will exist at least
$3,000,000 of “Availability” as determined on a
commercially reasonable basis, in good faith, under (and as defined
in) the First Lien Loan Documents, after taking any such payment or
redemption into account, the Second Lien Lenders may receive
payment of principal in cash at the final scheduled maturity date
of the Second Lien Notes, and the Second Lien Lenders may exercise
and receive payment of principal in cash from permitted mandatory
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