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Exhibit
99.8
INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT
dated as of June 1,
2007
among
WORLDSPACE,
INC.,
as the
Borrower
and
THE OTHER GUARANTORS PARTY
HERETO,
as
Guarantors,
THE BANK OF NEW
YORK
as First Lien Collateral
Agent,
and
THE BANK OF NEW
YORK
as Second Lien Collateral
Agent
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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Section
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SECTION 1.
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DEFINITIONS |
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1.1
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Defined
Terms |
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1 |
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1.2
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Terms
Generally |
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SECTION 2.
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LIEN
PRIORITIES |
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2.1
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Relative
Priorities |
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2.2
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Nature of
First Lien Obligations |
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2.3
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Prohibition on Contesting Liens |
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2.4
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No New
Liens |
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2.5
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Similar
Liens and Agreements |
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2.6
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No Debt
Subordination |
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SECTION 3.
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ENFORCEMENT |
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3.1
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Exercise
of Remedies |
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SECTION 4.
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PAYMENTS |
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4.1
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Application of Proceeds |
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4.2
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Payments
Over |
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SECTION 5.
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OTHER
AGREEMENTS |
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5.1
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Releases |
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5.2
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Insurance; Condemnation |
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5.3
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Amendments to First Lien Loan Documents and Second Lien Loan
Documents |
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5.4
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Bailee
for Perfection |
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5.5
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When
Discharge of First Lien Obligations Deemed to Not Have
Occurred |
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5.6
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Second
Lien Purchase Right |
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5.7
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Limitation on Remedies |
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SECTION 6.
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INSOLVENCY OR LIQUIDATION PROCEEDINGS |
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6.1
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Finance
and Sale Issues |
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6.2
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Relief
from the Automatic Stay |
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6.3
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Adequate
Protection |
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6.4
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No
Waiver |
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6.5
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Avoidance
Issues |
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6.6
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Reorganization Securities |
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Section
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6.7
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Post-Petition Interest |
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6.8
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Waiver |
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6.9
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Nature of
Obligations; Post-Petition Interest |
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6.10
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Proofs of
Claim |
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6.11
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Other
Matters |
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SECTION 7.
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RELIANCE;
WAIVERS; ETC. |
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7.1
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Reliance |
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7.2
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No
Warranties or Liability |
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7.3
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No Waiver
of Lien Priorities |
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7.4
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Obligations Unconditional |
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7.5
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Certain
Notices |
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SECTION 8.
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MISCELLANEOUS |
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8.1
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Conflicts |
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8.2
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Effectiveness; Continuing Nature of this Agreement;
Severability |
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8.3
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Amendments; Waivers |
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8.4
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Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Borrower and
its Subsidiaries |
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8.5
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Subrogation |
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8.6
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Application of Payments |
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8.7
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SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS |
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8.8
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Notices |
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8.9
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Further
Assurances |
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8.10
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APPLICABLE LAW |
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8.11
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Binding
on Successors and Assigns |
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8.12
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Specific
Performance |
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8.13
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Headings |
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8.14
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Counterparts |
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8.15
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Authorization |
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8.16
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No Third
Party Beneficiaries |
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8.17
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Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights |
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INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT
This INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT is dated as of June 1, 2007, and entered into by
and among WORLDSPACE, INC. , a Delaware corporation (the
“Borrower”), the Guarantor Subsidiaries, THE BANK OF
NEW YORK , in its capacity as collateral agent for the First
Lien Obligations (as defined below), including its successors and
assigns from time to time (the “ First Lien Collateral
Agent ”), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK , in its
capacity as collateral agent for the Second Lien Obligations (as
defined below), including its successors and assigns from time to
time (the “ Second Lien Collateral Agent ”).
Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein have
the meanings set forth in Section 1 below.
RECITALS
WHEREAS , the Borrower
has issued (i) $60,000,000 aggregate principal amount of
convertible senior notes (the “ Convertible Notes
”) secured by a second priority lien issued by WorldSpace and
(ii) $45,000,000 aggregate principal amount of first lien
bridge notes (the “ Bridge Notes ”), to the
Investors party to the Exchange Agreement, dated as of the date
hereof (as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time, the “ Exchange Agreement ”), among
the Borrower and such Investors;
WHEREAS , the
obligations of the Loan Parties under the Bridge Notes and any
other First Lien Credit Agreement up to the First Lien Cap Amount
will be secured by substantially all the assets of the Borrower and
certain Subsidiaries (such Subsidiaries and any future Subsidiaries
of the Borrower providing a guaranty thereof, the “
Guarantor Subsidiaries ”), respectively, pursuant to
the terms of the First Lien Security Documents;
WHEREAS , the
obligations of the Borrower and the Guarantor Subsidiaries under
the Convertible Notes and any other Second Lien Obligations up to
the Second Lien Cap Amount will be secured by substantially all the
assets of the Borrower and the Guarantor Subsidiaries,
respectively, pursuant to the terms of the Second Lien Security
Documents; and
WHEREAS , 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.
NOW, THEREFORE , in
consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and
obligations herein set forth and for other good and valuable
consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound,
hereby agree as follows:
Section 1.
Definitions .
1.1 Defined
Terms . As used in the Agreement, the following terms shall
have the following meanings:
“ Affiliate
” means, when used 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.
“ Agreement
” means this Agreement, as amended, restated, renewed,
extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with the terms hereof.
“ Bankruptcy
Code ” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled
“Bankruptcy,” as now and hereafter in effect, or any
successor statute.
“ Bankruptcy Law
” means the Bankruptcy Code and any similar federal, state or
foreign law for the relief of debtors.
“ Bridge Notes
” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals
hereto.
“ Business Day
” means any day excluding Saturday, Sunday and a day on which
banking institutions located in New York City are authorized or
required by law to close.
“ Collateral
” means all of the assets and property of any Loan Party,
whether real, personal or mixed, whether now owned or hereafter
arising, and all Proceeds thereof, constituting First Lien
Collateral and Second Lien Collateral.
“ Comparable Second
Lien Security Document ” means, in relation to any
Collateral subject to any Lien created under any First Lien
Security Document, that Second Lien Security Document that creates
a Lien on the same Collateral, granted by the same Loan
Party.
“ Control
” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power
to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a
Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by
contract or otherwise, and the terms “ Controlling
” and “ Controlled ” shall have meanings
correlative thereto.
“ Convertible
Notes ” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals
hereto.
“ DIP Financing
” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1
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“ Discharge of First
Lien Obligations ” means, except to the extent otherwise
provided in Section 5.5 or Section 6.5 , with
respect to First Lien Obligations, that: (a) all of such First
Lien Obligations (other than contingent indemnification obligations
not yet due and payable and other than those First Lien Obligations
incurred in violation of Section 5.3(a)(2) and
Section 5.3(a)(3) (but only to the extent of such
violation)) have been indefeasibly paid, performed or discharged in
full (with all such First Lien Obligations consisting of monetary
or payment obligations having been paid in full in cash, or cash
equivalents acceptable to the requisite percentage under the First
Lien Credit Agreement of First Lien Lenders), (b) no Person
has any further right to obtain any loans, letters of credit, or
other extensions of credit under the documents relating to such
First Lien Obligations, and (c) any and all letters of credit
or similar instruments issued under the First Lien Loan Documents
(other than those letters of credit and similar instruments issued
under such documents that cause, without duplication, the First
Lien Obligations to exceed the First Lien Cap Amount (but only to
the extent of such excess)) have been cancelled and returned,
backed by stand-by guarantees or cash collateralized, in each case
in accordance with the terms of such documents.
“ Disposition
” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(b)
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“ Disposition
Release ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1(b) .
“ Enforcement
Release ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.1 .
“ Exchange
Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals
hereto.
“ Exercise Any
Secured Creditor Remedies ” means (a) the taking of
any action to enforce or realize upon any Lien, including the
institution of any foreclosure proceedings or the noticing of any
public or private sale or other disposition pursuant to Article 9
of the UCC, (b) the exercise of any right or remedy provided
to a secured creditor or otherwise on account of a Lien under the
First Lien Loan Documents, the Second Lien Loan Documents,
applicable law, in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or
otherwise, 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 or
the Proceeds of Collateral, (d) the sale, lease, license, or
other disposition of all or any portion of the Collateral, by
private or public sale, other disposition or any other means
permissible under applicable law, and (e) the exercise of any
other right relating to any Collateral (including the exercise of
any right under any lockbox agreement, account control agreement,
landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or the exercise of any
voting rights relating to any capital stock and including any right
of recoupment or set-off) whether under the First Lien Loan
Documents, the Second Lien Loan Documents, applicable law, in an
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise.
“ Exercise
Notice ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.6(a) .
“ Exigent
Circumstances ” means (a) an exercise by any Person
(other than a First Lien Secured Party or a Second Lien Secured
Party) of enforcement rights or remedies with respect to all or a
material portion of the Collateral or (b) any other event or
circumstance that in the reasonable judgment of the First Lien
Collateral Agent or First Lien Lenders materially and immediately
threatens the ability of the First Lien Collateral Agent to realize
upon all or a material portion of the Collateral, as applicable,
including, without limitation, fraudulent removal, concealment or
abscondment or destruction or material waste thereof, or which, in
the reasonable judgment of the First Lien Collateral Agent, could
result in a material diminution of value of the
Collateral.
“ First Lien Cap
Amount ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of
First Lien Obligations.
“ First Lien
Collateral ” means all of the assets and property of any
Loan Party, whether real, personal or mixed, whether now owned or
hereafter arising, and all Proceeds thereof, with respect to which
a Lien is granted or purported to be granted as security for any
First Lien Obligations.
“ First Lien
Collateral Agent ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble hereof.
“ First Lien Credit
Agreement ” means (i) the Bridge Notes and
(ii) any other credit agreement, loan agreement, note
agreement, promissory note, indenture or other agreement or
instrument evidencing or governing the terms of any indebtedness or
other
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financial accommodation that has been
incurred to extend, increase or Refinance (subject to the
limitations set forth herein) in whole or in part the indebtedness
and other obligations outstanding under (x) the credit
agreement referred to in clause (i) or (y) any subsequent
First Lien Credit Agreement, unless such agreement or instrument
expressly provides that it is not intended to be and is not a First
Lien Credit Agreement hereunder; provided, however, that no such
agreement, note, indenture or instrument shall be a First Lien
Credit Agreement unless the lenders thereunder (or the collateral
agent therefor) shall have executed a joinder to this Agreement
binding them to the terms hereof. Any reference to the First Lien
Credit Agreement hereunder shall be deemed a reference to any First
Lien Credit Agreement then in existence.
“ First Lien
Enforcement Notice ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1(b) .
“ First Lien
Exposure ” means, at any time, the sum of (i) the
outstanding amount of First Lien Obligations and (ii) any
undrawn commitment under the First Lien Credit
Agreement.
“First Lien L/C
Obligations” means all outstanding obligations incurred
by the First Lien Lenders, whether direct or indirect, contingent
or otherwise, due or not due, in connection with the issuance of
letters of credit by a First Lien Lender or another issuer pursuant
to the First Lien Loan Documents or the purchase of a participation
with respect to any letter of credit, including any unpaid
reimbursement obligations in respect thereof. The amount of such
First Lien L/C Obligations shall equal the maximum amount that may
be or become payable at such time or at any time thereafter by the
First Lien Lenders thereupon or pursuant thereto.
“ First Lien
Lenders ” means the “Lenders” under and as
defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.
“ First Lien Loan
Documents ” means the First Lien Credit Agreement and
each of the other agreements, documents and instruments providing
for or evidencing any First Lien Obligation, and any other document
or instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection with
any First Lien Obligations, as the same may be amended, modified,
restated or replaced from time to time, in accordance with the
provisions of this Agreement.
“ First Lien
Loans ” means “Loans” under and as defined in
the First Lien Credit Agreement.
“ First Lien
Obligations ” means all obligations, liabilities and
indebtedness of every kind, nature and description owing by the
Borrower or any other Loan Party to the First Lien Lenders
evidenced by or arising under the First Lien Loan Documents
(including any First Lien Loans and First Lien L/C Obligations), in
each case, whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent,
joint or several, due or not due, primary or secondary, liquidated
or unliquidated, including principal, interest, charges, fees,
costs, indemnities and reasonable expenses, however evidenced, and
whether as principal, surety, endorser, guarantor or otherwise,
whether now existing or hereafter arising, whether arising before,
during or after the initial or any renewal term of the First Lien
Credit Agreement whether arising before, during or after the
commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidiation Proceeding with
respect to Borrower or any other Loan Party (and including the
payment of principal, interest, fees, costs, expenses and
other
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amounts which would accrue and become
due but for the commencement of such Insolvency or Liquidiation
Proceeding, whether or not such principal, interest, fees, costs,
expenses or other amounts are allowed or allowable in whole or in
part in any such Insolvency Proceeding). Notwithstanding the
foregoing:
(x) if the sum of:
(1) Indebtedness for borrowed money constituting principal
outstanding under the First Lien Credit Agreement and the other
First Lien Loan Documents; plus (2) the aggregate First
Lien L/C Obligations in respect of letters of credit issued but not
reimbursed under the First Lien Credit Agreement, is in excess of
$105,000,000 in the aggregate (the “First Lien Cap
Amount” ), then only that portion of such principal
amount of Indebtedness and such aggregate face amount of letters of
credit equal to the First Lien Cap Amount shall be included in
First Lien Obligations, and interest and reimbursement obligations
with respect to such Indebtedness and letters of credit shall only
constitute First Lien Obligations to the extent related to the
principal amount of Indebtedness and face amounts of letters of
credit included in the First Lien Obligations; and
(y) any Lien securing any
portion of such principal amount of Indebtedness and such aggregate
face amount of letters of credit in excess of the First Lien Cap
Amount, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, possession,
statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be
junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the
Collateral securing any Second Lien Obligations; and
(z) so long as the aggregate
principal amount of Indebtedness and letter of credit obligations
extended under the First Lien Loan Documents do not at any time of
determination thereof, including at any time during which an Event
of Default under the First Lien Loan Documents or the Second Lien
Loan Documents has occurred or any party may have Exercised Any
Secured Party Remedies with respect to the Collateral, exceed the
First Lien Cap Amount in effect at such time, then the fact that
the Indebtedness and letter of credit accommodations extended under
the First Lien Loan Documents may prior to such time of
determination have exceeded the First Lien Cap Amount shall not
affect at such time of determination the relative priorities
established hereunder of the Liens granted by the Loan Parties in
favor of the First Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien
Collateral Agent.
“ First Lien Secured
Parties ” means, at any relevant time, the holders of
First Lien Obligations at such time, including without limitation
the First Lien Lenders and the agents under the First Lien Credit
Agreement.
“ First Lien
Security Documents ” means the Security Documents (as
defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) and any other
agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is
granted or purported to be granted securing any First Lien
Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to such
Liens are governed.
“ Guarantor
Subsidiaries ” has the meaning set forth in the recitals
hereto.
“ Indebtedness
” means and includes all obligations that constitute
“Indebtedness” within the meaning of the First Lien
Credit Agreement or the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
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“ Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding ” means, with respect to any
person, any (a) insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership,
reorganization, readjustment, composition or other similar
proceeding relating to such person or its property or creditors in
such capacity, (b) proceeding for any liquidation, dissolution
or other winding up of such person, voluntary or involuntary,
whether or not involving insolvency or proceedings under the
Bankruptcy Code, whether partial or complete and whether by
operation of law or otherwise, (c) assignment for the benefit
of creditors of such person or (d) other marshalling of the
assets of such person.
“ Investors
” has the meaning set forth in the recitals
hereto.
“ Lien ”
has the meaning ascribed to such term in the First Lien Credit
Agreement.
“ Loan Parties
” means the Borrower and each of the Guarantor Subsidiaries
that have executed and delivered, or may from time to time
hereafter execute and deliver, a First Lien Security Document or a
Second Lien Security Document.
“ New Agent
” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.5
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“ New First Lien
Debt Notice ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.5 .
“ Notice Period
” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1(b)
.
“ Noticed
Actions ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.7 .
“ Person ”
means “person” under and as defined in the First Lien
Credit Agreement.
“ Pledged
Collateral ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.4 .
“ Proceeds
” has the meaning given such term in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“ Purchased
Rights ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.6 .
“ Recovery
” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5
.
“ Refinance
” means, in respect of any indebtedness, to refinance,
extend, renew, defease, amend, modify, supplement, restructure,
replace, refund or repay, or to issue other indebtedness, in
exchange or replacement for, such indebtedness. “
Refinanced ” and “ Refinancing ”
shall have correlative meanings.
“ Second Lien Cap
Amount ” has the meaning set forth in the definition of
Second Lien Obligations.
“ Second Lien
Collateral ” means all of the assets and property of any
Loan Party, whether real, personal or mixed, whether now owned or
hereafter arising, and all Proceeds thereof, with respect to which
a Lien is granted or purported to be granted as security for any
Second Lien Obligations.
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“ Second Lien
Collateral Agent ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble hereof.
“ Second Lien Credit
Agreement ” means (i) the Convertible Notes and
(ii) any other credit agreement, loan agreement, note
agreement, promissory note, indenture or other agreement or
instrument evidencing or governing the terms of any indebtedness or
other financial accommodation that has been incurred (subject to
the limitations set forth herein and in the First Lien Credit
Agreement) under an agreement or instrument that expressly provides
that it is intended to be and is a Second Lien Credit Agreement
hereunder; provided, however, that no such agreement, note,
indenture or instrument shall be a Second Lien Credit Agreement
unless the lenders thereunder (or the collateral agent therefor)
shall have executed a joinder to this Agreement binding them to the
terms hereof. Any reference to the Second Lien Credit Agreement
hereunder shall be deemed a reference to any Second Lien Credit
Agreement then in existence.
“ Second Lien
Lenders ” means the “Lenders” under and as
defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“ Second Lien Loan
Documents ” means the Second Lien Credit Agreement and
each of the other agreements, documents and instruments providing
for or evidencing any Second Lien Obligation, and any other
document or instrument executed or delivered at any time in
connection with any Second Lien Obligations, as the same may be
amended, modified, restated, or replaced from time to time, in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
“ Second Lien
Loans ” means “Loans” under and as defined in
the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“ Second Lien
Obligations ” means all obligations, liabilities and
indebtedness of every kind, nature and description owing by the
Borrower or any other Loan Party to one or more of Second Lien
Lenders evidenced by or arising under one or more of the Second
Lien Loan Documents, whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, joint or several, due or not due, primary or secondary,
liquidated or unliquidated, including principal, interest, charges,
fees, costs, indemnities and reasonable expenses, however
evidenced, whether as principal, surety, endorser, guarantor or
otherwise, whether now existing or hereafter arising, whether
arising before, during or after the initial or any renewal term of
the Second Lien Credit Agreement, whether arising before, during or
after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding
with respect to the Borrower or any other Loan Party (and including
the payment of principal, interest, fees, costs, expenses and other
amounts which would accrue and become due but for the commencement
of such Insolvency or Liquidiation Proceeding, whether or not such
principal, interest, fees, costs, expenses or other amounts are
allowed or allowable in whole or in part in any such Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if the
Indebtedness for borrowed money constituting principal outstanding
under the Second Lien Credit Agreement and the other Second Lien
Loan Documents is in excess of $100,000,000 in the aggregate (the
“Second Lien Cap Amount” ), then only that
portion of such Indebtedness equal to the Second Lien Cap Amount
shall be included in Second Lien Obligations, and interest and fees
with respect to such Indebtedness shall only constitute Second Lien
Obligations to the extent related to Indebtedness included in the
Second Lien Obligations.
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“ Second Lien Option
Period ” means each of the periods (x) commencing on
(i) the date of the commencement of an Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding of any of the Loan Parties, or (ii) the
date the Second Lien Agent receives a First Lien Enforcement Notice
or receives notice of: (1) the acceleration of the First Lien
Obligations based on an Event of Default under the First Lien Loan
Documents, (2) a motion seeking to sell substantially all of
the assets of the Loan Parties under section 363 of the Bankruptcy
Code; or (3) any action taken by the First Lien Collateral
Agent to foreclose on all or a material portion of the Collateral,
and (y) ending on the date which is fifteen (15) Business
Days thereafter.
“ Second Lien
Secured Parties ” means, at any relevant time, the
holders of Second Lien Obligations at such time, including without
limitation the Second Lien Lenders and the agents under the Second
Lien Credit Agreement.
“ Second Lien
Security Documents ” means the Security Documents (as
defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement) and any other
agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is
granted securing any Second Lien Obligations or under which rights
or remedies with respect to such Liens are governed.
“ Selling
Claimholders ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.6(b) .
“ Standstill
Period ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.1 .
“ Subsidiary
” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the First Lien
Credit Agreement.
“ Uniform Commercial
Code ” or “ UCC ” means the Uniform
Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation) as in
effect in any applicable jurisdiction.
1.2 Terms
Generally . The definitions of terms herein shall apply
equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined.
Whenever the context may require, any pronoun shall include the
corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words
“include,” “includes” and
“including” shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase “without limitation.” The word
“will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and
effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires
otherwise (a) any definition of or reference to any agreement,
instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring
to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to
time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any
restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set
forth herein), (b) any reference herein to any Person shall be
construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns,
(c) the words “herein,” “hereof” and
“hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be
construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any
particular provision hereof, (d) all references herein to
Sections shall be construed to refer to Sections of this Agreement,
(e) any reference to any law or regulation herein shall refer
to such law or regulation as amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time and (f) the words “asset” and
“property” shall be construed to have the same meaning
and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible
assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and
contract rights.
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Section 2. Lien
Priorities .
2.1 Relative
Priorities . (a) Notwithstanding the date, manner or
order of grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens securing the
Second Lien Obligations granted on the Collateral, of any Liens
securing the First Lien Obligations granted on the Collateral, and
notwithstanding any provision of the UCC, or any applicable law or
the Second Lien Loan Documents or any other circumstance
whatsoever, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself
and the Second Lien Secured Parties, hereby agrees that:
(i) any Lien on the Collateral securing any First Lien
Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the First Lien
Collateral Agent or any First Lien Secured Parties or any agent or
trustee therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant,
possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise,
shall be senior in all respects and prior to any Lien on the
Collateral securing any of the Second Lien Obligations; and
(ii) any Lien on the Collateral now or hereafter held by or on
behalf the Second Lien Collateral Agent, any Second Lien Secured
Parties or any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how
acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute, operation of law,
subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in all
respects to all Liens on the Collateral securing any First Lien
Obligations. All Liens on the Collateral securing any First Lien
Obligations shall be and remain senior in all respects and prior to
all Liens on the Collateral securing any Second Lien Obligations
for all purposes, whether or not such Liens securing any First Lien
Obligations are subordinated to any Lien securing any other
obligation of the Borrower, any other Loan Party or any other
Person.
2.2 Nature of
First Lien Obligations . The Second Lien Collateral Agent,
for itself and on behalf of each of the Second Lien Secured
Parties, acknowledges that (a) a portion of the First Lien
Obligations may be revolving in nature, (b) the amount thereof
that may be outstanding at any time or from time to time may be
increased or reduced and subsequently reborrowed, and
(c) subject to the limitations on the maximum aggregate amount
of First Lien Obligations set forth in Section 5.3 ,
the aggregate amount of the First Lien Obligations may be increased
or Refinanced, in either event, without notice or consent of the
Second Lien Secured Parties and without affecting the provisions
hereof. The lien priorities provided in Section 2.1
shall not be altered or otherwise affected by any such amendment,
modification, supplement, extension, repayment, reborrowing,
increase, replacement, renewal, restatement or Refinancing of any
of the First Lien Obligations or the Second Lien Obligations, or
any portion thereof.
2.3 Prohibition
on Contesting Liens . The Second Lien Collateral Agent, for
itself and on behalf of each of the Second Lien Secured Parties,
agrees that it shall not (and hereby waives any right to) contest
or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding
(including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the priority,
validity or enforceability of a Lien held by or on behalf of any of
the First Lien Secured Parties in the Collateral. The First Lien
Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each of the First
Lien Secured Parties, agrees that it shall not (and hereby waives
any right to) contest or support any other Person in contesting, in
any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding), the priority (other than to enforce its Lien priority
rights hereunder against the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the
Second Lien Secured Parties), validity or enforceability of a Lien
held by or on behalf of any of the Second Lien Secured Parties in
the Collateral.
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2.4 No New
Liens . So long as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations
has not occurred, the parties hereto agree that the Borrower and
the other Loan Parties shall not, and shall not permit any
Guarantor Subsidiary to, (i) grant or permit any additional
Liens on any asset or property to secure any Second Lien Obligation
unless it has granted a Lien on such asset or property to secure
the First Lien Obligations, and (ii) grant or permit any
additional Liens on any asset to secure any First Lien Obligations
unless it has granted a Lien on such asset or property to secure
the Second Lien Obligations. To the extent that the foregoing
provisions are not complied with for any reason, without limiting
any other rights and remedies available to the First Lien
Collateral Agent and/or the First Lien Secured Parties, the Second
Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of Second Lien Secured Parties,
agrees that any amounts received by or distributed to any of them
pursuant to or as a result of Liens granted in contravention of
this Section 2.4 shall be subject to
Section 4.2 .
2.5 Similar
Liens and Agreements . The parties hereto agree that it is
their intention that the Collateral securing the First Lien
Obligations and the Collateral securing the Second Lien Obligations
be identical. In furtherance of the foregoing and of
Section 8.9 , the parties hereto agree, subject to the
other provisions of this Agreement:
(a) upon request by the First
Lien Collateral Agent or the Second Lien Collateral Agent, to
cooperate in good faith (and to direct their counsel to cooperate
in good faith) from time to time in order to determine the specific
items included in the Collateral and the steps taken to perfect
their respective Liens thereon and the identity of the respective
parties obligated under the First Lien Loan Documents and the
Second Lien Loan Documents; and
(b) that the documents and
agreements creating or evidencing the Liens in the Collateral
securing the First Lien Obligations and the Liens in the Collateral
securing the Second Lien Obligations and the guarantees for the
First Lien Obligations and the Second Lien Obligations shall be in
all material respects the same forms of documents other than with
respect to the first lien and the second lien nature of the
obligations thereunder.
2.6 No Debt
Subordination . Nothing contained in this Agreement is
intended to subordinate any debt claim by a Second Lien Secured
Party to a debt claim by a First Lien Secured Party. All debt
claims of the First Lien Secured Parties and the Second Lien
Secured Parties are intended to be pari passu.
2.7 No
Restriction on Conversion of Convertible Notes. Nothing in
this Agreement shall be construed as preventing the Second Lien
Lenders from exercising their conversion rights with respect to the
Convertible Notes in accordance with the terms of such Convertible
Notes.
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Section 3.
Enforcement .
3.1 Exercise of
Remedies . (a) Until the Discharge of First Lien
Obligations has occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the
Borrower or any other Loan Party, the Second Lien Collateral Agent
and the Second Lien Secured Parties will not:
(i) Exercise Any Secured
Creditor Remedies with respect to any Collateral; provided ,
however , that if an Event of Default (as defined in the
Second Lien Credit Agreement) has occurred, subject at all times to
the provisions of Section 2.1 and Section 4
, after expiration of a one hundred twenty (120) day period
(the “ Standstill Period ”) which shall commence
on the date of receipt by the First Lien Collateral Agent of a
written notice from the Second Lien Agent of the occurrence of an
Event of Default and its current intention to accelerate the Second
Lien Obligations, the Second Lien Collateral Agent may Exercise Any
Secured Creditor Remedies with respect to the Collateral, but only
so long as (x) the Notice Period (as defined in
Section 3.1(b) below) is not in effect or (y) the
First Lien Collateral Agent is not diligently pursuing the exercise
of its rights or remedies against, or diligently attempting to
vacate any stay on enforcement of their Liens on, all or any
material portion of the Collateral (which actions shall include,
for the avoidance of doubt, diligent pursuit of an orderly sale or
disposition of all or substantially all of the stock of the
Borrower in a manner consistent with the sale of such assets in the
marketplace);and provided , further , that in the
event that and for so long as the Second Lien Secured Parties (or
the Second Lien Collateral Agent on their behalf) have commenced
any actions to enforce their rights or exercise their remedies with
respect to all or any material portion of the Collateral to the
extent permitted hereunder and are diligently pursuing such
actions, neither the First Lien Secured Parties (nor the First Lien
Collateral Agent on their behalf) shall take any action of a
similar nature with respect to such Collateral;
(ii) contest, protest or
object to any foreclosure proceeding or action brought by the First
Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Secured Party or any other
exercise by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien
Secured Party of any rights or remedies relating to the Collateral;
or
(iii) object to the
forbearance by a First Lien Secured Party from bringing or pursuing
any foreclosure proceeding or action or any other exercise of any
rights or remedies relating to the Collateral, provided, that the
foregoing shall not limit the rights of the Second Lien Secured
Parties under Section 3.1(a)(i) to assert that the
Standstill Period has expired by reason of the failure of the First
Lien Collateral Agent to diligently pursue the exercise of its
rights or remedies against, or diligently attempt to vacate any
stay on enforcement of their Liens on, all or any material portion
of the Collateral;
provided , however , that,
in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, the
Liens granted to secure the Second Lien Obligations of the Second
Lien Secured Parties shall attach to any Proceeds resulting from
any such enforcement actions taken by the First Lien Collateral
Agent or any First Lien Secured Party in accordance with this
Agreement after application of such proceeds to the extent
necessary to meet the requirements of a Discharge of First Lien
Obligations.
(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
Borrower or any other Loan Party, the First Lien Collateral Agent
and the First Lien Secured Parties shall, except as provided in
Section 3.1(a)(i) above, have the right to enforce
rights and exercise remedies with respect to the Collateral without
any consultation with or the consent of the Second Lien Collateral
Agent or any Second Lien Secured Party. The First Lien Secured
Parties
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(or the First Lien Collateral Agent on
their behalf) shall provide at least five days notice (the period
from the time the first such notice is sent by the First Lien
Secured Parties hereunder, the “ Notice Period
”) to the Second Lien Secured Parties (such notice, a
“First Lien Enforcement Notice” ) of their
intent to exercise and enforce their rights or remedies with
respect to the Collateral (and during such five day period, in the
absence of Exigent Circumstances, such First Lien Secured Parties
(or the First Lien Collateral Agent on their behalf) shall not
exercise their rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral);
provided that, if an Exigent Circumstance exists, the First Lien
Secured Party (or the First Lien Collateral Agent on their behalf)
shall provide such First Lien Enforcement Notice concurrently with
or promptly after the exercise of such rights and remedies. In
exercising rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral, the
First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Secured Parties may
enforce the provisions of the First Lien 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 of any applicable jurisdiction and
of a secured creditor under Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable
jurisdiction.
(c) Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any other Second
Lien Secured Party may:
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file a proof of claim or statement of interest with respect to
their respective Second Lien Obligations; provided that an
Insolvency or Liquidation proceeding has been commenced by or
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take any action (not adverse to the priority status of the
Liens on the Collateral securing the First Lien Obligations, or the
exclusive rights of any First Lien Collateral Agent or the First
Lien Secured Parties to exercise remedies in respect thereof),
including filing any proof of claim or other filing or making any
argument or motion, in order to create, perfect, preserve or
protect the Second Lien Obligations and the Liens on the Collateral
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file any necessary responsive or defensive pleadings in
opposition to any motion, claim, adversary proceeding or other
pleading made by any person objecting to or otherwise seeking the
disallowance of the claims of the Second Lien Secured Parties,
including without limitation any claims secured by the
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(i) present a cash bid for Collateral or purchase Collateral
for cash at any Section 363 hearing or at any public or
judicial foreclosure sale and (ii) credit bid for Collateral
pursuant to Section 363(k) of the Bankruptcy Code (provided
that such credit bid may only be made if the Discharge of First
Lien Obligations has occurred or will occur concurrently as a
result of a cash bid for such Collateral in addition to such credit
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exercise any of its rights or remedies with respect to the
Collateral to the extent permitted by Section 3.1(a) ;
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in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, vote on, file and
prosecute, object to, and make other filings with regard to, any
plan of reorganization, to the extent consistent with the
provisions hereof, provided , however, that the Second Lien
Lenders and the Second Lien Collateral Agent will not propose any
plan of reorganization or liquidation that would result in the
First Lien Lenders and the First Lien Collateral Agent receiving
less than payment in full in cash of all obligations owing under
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The Second Lien Collateral Agent, on
behalf of itself and the Second Lien Secured Parties, agrees that
it will not take or receive any Collateral or any proceeds of
Collateral in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy
(including set-off or recoupment) with respect to any Collateral in
its capacity as a creditor in violation of this
Agreement.
(d) Subject to Sections
3.1(a) and (c) , Sections 5.1(a) and (b) , and
Section 6 :
(i) the Second Lien
Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien
Secured Parties, agrees that the Second Lien Collateral Agent and
the Second Lien Secured Parties will not take any action that would
hinder any exercise of remedies under the First Lien Loan Documents
that is otherwise permitted hereunder, including any sale, lease,
exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Collateral, whether
by foreclosure or otherwise;
(ii) the Second Lien
Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien
Secured Parties, hereby waives any and all rights it or the Second
Lien Secured Parties may have as a junior lien creditor or
otherwise to object to the manner in which the First Lien
Collateral Agent or the First Lien Secured Parties seek to enforce
or collect the First Lien Obligations or the Liens securing the
First Lien Obligations granted in any of the First Lien Security
Documents undertaken in accordance with this Agreement, regardless
of whether any action or failure to act by or on behalf of the
First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Secured Parties is
adverse to the interests of the Second Lien Secured Parties;
and
(iii) the Second Lien
Collateral Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant,
agreement or restriction contained in the Second Lien Security
Document to which it is a party (other than this Agreement) shall
be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the
First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Secured Parties with
respect to the Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the
First Lien Loan Documents.
(e) Except as otherwise
specifically set forth in Sections 3.1(a) and (d) , the
Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Secured Parties
may exercise rights and remedies as unsecured creditors (including,
without limitation, filing any pleadings, objections, motions or
agreements which assert rights or interests available to unsecured
creditors of the Borrower or any other Loan Party arising under
either any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding
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or applicable non-bankruptcy law)
against the Borrower or any other Loan Party that has guaranteed or
granted Liens to secure the Second Lien Obligations in accordance
with the terms of the Second Lien Loan Documents and applicable
law, including, without limitation, the right to file an
involuntary proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code; provided that in
the event that any Second Lien Secured Party 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) as the other Liens securing the
Second Lien Obligations are subject to this Agreement.
(f) Nothing in this Agreement
shall prohibit the payment by the Loan Parties or the receipt by
the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Secured Party
of the required payments of interest, principal and other amounts
owed in respect of the Second Lien Obligations so long as such
payment is not made with the Proceeds from the sale, lease, or
other disposition of any Collateral (except as permitted the First
Lien Loan Documents), or such receipt is not the direct or indirect
result of the exercise by the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any
Second Lien Secured Party 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 Collateral.
(g) The parties hereto
acknowledge and agree that (i) the First Lien Collateral Agent
shall have no obligation to take, or refrain from taking, any of
the actions set forth in this Section 3.1 other than in
accordance with Section 9.1 of the First Lien Security
Agreement and (ii) the Second Lien Collateral Agent shall have
no obligation to take, or refrain from taking, any of the actions
set forth in this Section 3.1 other than in accordance
with Section 9.1 of the Second Lien Security
Agreement.
Section 4.
Payments.
4.1 Application
of Proceeds . So long as the Discharge of First Lien
Obligations has not occurred, any Proceeds of Collateral received
by any party hereto in connection with the sale or other
disposition of, or collection on, such Collateral, shall be applied
by the First Lien Collateral Agent to the First Lien Obligations in
such order as specified in the relevant First Lien Loan Documents.
Upon the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, the First Lien
Collateral Agent shall deliver to the Second Lien Collateral Agent
any Proceeds of Collateral held by it in the same form as received,
with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent
jurisdiction may otherwise direct to be applied by the Second Lien
Collateral Agent to the Second Lien Obligations in such order as
specified in the Second Lien Loan Documents.
4.2 Payments
Over . So long as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations
has not occurred, any Collateral or proceeds thereof (together with
assets or proceeds subject to Liens referred to in the final
sentence of Section 2.4 ) received by the Second Lien
Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Secured Parties at a time when
such receipt is not expressly permitted by the terms of this
Agreement shall be segregated and held in trust and forthwith paid
over to the First Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
First Lien Secured Parties in the same form as received, with any
necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may
otherwise
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direct. The First Lien Collateral Agent
is hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for the
Second Lien Collateral Agent or any such Second Lien Secured
Parties. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is
irrevocable until such time as this Agreement is terminated in
accordance with its terms.
Section 5. Other
Agreements.
5.1
Releases .
(a) If in connection with the
exercise of the First Lien Collateral Agent’s remedies in
respect of the Collateral provided for in Section 3.1
or the entry of an order by a bankruptcy court pursuant to
Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code authorizing the sale of all
or any portion of the Collateral, the First Lien Collateral Agent,
for itself or on behalf of any of the First Lien Secured Parties,
releases any of its Liens on any part of the Collateral or releases
Guarantor Subsidiary from its obligations under its guaranty of the
First Lien Obligations in connection with the sale of the stock, or
substantially all the assets, of such Guarantor Subsidiary, then
the Liens, if any, of the Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself
or for the benefit of the Second Lien Secured Parties, on such
Collateral, and the obligations of such Guarantor Subsidiary under
its guaranty of the S
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