INTERCREDITOR AND
SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT
THIS
INTERCREDITOR AND SUBORDINATION AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement ”), made as of the 20th day of April, 2006,
by and between THE CIT GROUP/BUSINESS CREDIT, INC. , a New
York corporation (“ CITBC ”), individually and
in its capacity as agent (in such capacity, the “
Agent ”) for the Senior Lenders under the Senior
Lenders Loan Agreement, as hereinafter further defined; and LJH,
LTD. , a Texas limited partnership (herein referred to as the
“ Subordinated Lender ”, as hereinafter further
defined);
WHEREAS, Aircraft
Interior Design, Inc., a Florida corporation, Brice Manufacturing
Company, Inc., a California corporation, TIMCO Aviation Services,
Inc., a Delaware corporation, TIMCO Engine Center, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, TIMCO Engineered Systems, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, and Triad International Maintenance Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (collectively, the “ Borrowers
” and, individually, a “ Borrower ”); and
Aviation Sales Distribution Services Company, Aviation Sales
Leasing Company, Aviation Sales Property Management Corp., AVS/M-1,
Inc., AVS/M-2, Inc., AVS/M-3, Inc. and Whitehall Corporation, each
a Delaware corporation, AVS/CAI, Inc., a Florida corporation,
AVSRE, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership, Hydroscience, Inc., a
Texas corporation, and TMAS/ASI, Inc., an Arkansas corporation,
(collectively, the “ Guarantors ” and,
individually, a “ Guarantor ” and, together with
the Borrowers, collectively, the “ Credit Parties
” and, individually, a “ Credit Party ”),
CITBC and other lenders and financial institutions (the “
Senior Lenders ”, as hereinafter further defined), and
the Agent have each entered into a certain Financing Agreement,
dated April 4, 2005, as amended (such Financing Agreement, as
amended, modified, supplemented or restated from time to time,
being herein called collectively the “ Senior Lenders Loan
Agreement ” as hereinafter further defined), pursuant to
which the Senior Lenders have agreed to make or extend to the
Borrowers a $30.0 million revolving credit loan evidenced by
the Borrowers’ promissory note, dated of even date herewith,
in the aggregate original principal amount of up to
$30.0 million (the “ Senior Lenders Revolving
Note ”), upon the term and subject to the conditions set
forth therein (the Senior Lenders Loan Agreement, the Senior
Lenders Revolving Note, and all related loan and collateral
documentation as in effect from time to time, being herein referred
to as the “ Senior Lenders Documents
”);
WHEREAS, the
Credit Parties and the Subordinated Lender (as successor by
assignment from Fortress Credit Opportunities I LP, Monroe Capital
Advisors LLC and Monroe Investments, Inc.) have each entered into a
certain Amended and Restated Financing Agreement, dated as of
April 8, 2005, as amended by the First Amendment thereto,
dated September 28, 2005, and by the Second Amendment thereto,
dated as of April 10, 2006 (such Amended and Restated
Financing Agreement, as amended, modified, restated or supplemented
from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, being herein
called the “ Subordinated Lender Loan Agreement
”), pursuant to which the Subordinated Lender has
(a) made a $8,190,294.32 term loan to the Borrowers (the
“ Subordinated Lender Term Loan A-1 ”) evidenced
by the Borrowers’ Amended and Restated Term Note A-1, dated
April 10, 2006 (the “ Subordinated Lender Term Note
A-1 ”), (b) made a $7,166,489.67 term loan to the
Borrowers (the “ Subordinated Lender Term Loan A-2
”) evidenced by the Borrowers’ Amended and Restated
Term Note A-1, dated
April 10,
2006 (the “ Subordinated Lender Term Note A-2
”), (c) made $2,956,471.09 term loan to the Borrowers
(the “ Subordinated Lender Term Loan B ”)
evidenced by the Borrowers’ Amended and Restated Term Note
A-1, dated April 10, 2006 (the “ Subordinated Lender
Term Note B ”), and (d) agreed to make a
$6.0 million term loan to the Borrowers (the “
Subordinated Lender Term Loan C ”) evidenced by the
Borrowers’ Term Note C, dated April 10, 2006 (the
“ Subordinated Lender Term Note C ”), upon the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth therein (the
Subordinated Lender Loan Agreement, the Subordinated Lender Term
Note A-1, the Subordinated Lender Term Note A-2, the Subordinated
Lender Term Note B, the Subordinated Lender Term Note C, and all
related loan and collateral documentation as in effect from time to
time, being herein referred to as the “ Subordinated
Lender Documents ”);
WHEREAS, to induce
the Subordinated Lender and the Senior Lenders to enter into the
Subordinated Lender Documents and the Senior Lenders Documents,
respectively, and to make the loans and extend the credit
contemplated thereby, the Guarantors have executed guaranties as
part of the Subordinated Lender Documents and the Senior Lenders
Documents thereby guaranteeing all of the indebtedness and other
obligations owing by the Borrowers to the Subordinated Lender and
the Agent and the Senior Lenders, respectively,
thereunder;
WHEREAS, pursuant
to the Subordinated Lender Documents and the Senior Lenders
Documents, the Credit Parties have granted Liens in substantially
all of their property to the Subordinated Lender and the Agent for
the benefit of the Senior Lenders, respectively; and
WHEREAS, the
Subordinated Lender and the Agent wish to enter into this Agreement
for the purpose of establishing the priorities of their respective
Liens (as hereinafter defined) in the property of the Credit
Parties, and for the purpose of setting forth certain other
agreements between them with respect to their respective agreements
with the Credit Parties;
NOW, THEREFORE,
for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1.
Certain Definitions . All capitalized terms used in this
Agreement without definition shall have the meanings ascribed to
such terms in the Senior Lenders Loan Agreement. In addition to the
terms defined elsewhere in this Agreement, the following terms
shall have the following meanings for the purposes of this
Agreement:
“
Blockage Notice ” shall mean a written notice from the
Agent to the Subordinated Lender that a Senior Lenders Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing and specifying such Senior
Lenders Event of Default.
“ Credit
Parties ” shall mean the Borrowers and the Guarantors and
“ Credit Party ” shall mean any of
them.
“
Collateral ” shall mean all of the assets, properties
and interests in property of the Credit Parties, whether now owned
or hereafter acquired or arising, wherever located.
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“
Default ” shall mean an event or condition the
occurrence of which would, with the giving of notice or the passage
of time or both, become a Senior Lenders Event of
Default.
“ Deposit
Account Collateral ” shall mean that portion of the
Collateral consisting of “deposit accounts” (as such
term is defined in the UCC) and the proceeds thereof.
“
Documents ” shall mean the Subordinated Lender
Documents and the Senior Lenders Documents or any or all of them as
the context may require.
“
Enforcement Action ” shall mean the commencement by
the Agent of a liquidation or foreclosure of the
Collateral.
“
Exercise Notice ” shall have the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 10.1 of this Agreement.
“
Insolvency Proceeding ” shall mean any insolvency or
bankruptcy case or proceeding or any receivership, liquidation,
reorganization or other similar case or proceeding in connection
therewith.
“
Insurance and Condemnation Proceeds ” shall mean
proceeds or payments payable to the Credit Parties with respect to
any loss, casualty or damage to, or condemnation of, the Collateral
or any part thereof.
“
Landlord Agreement ” shall mean the Landlord’s
Agreement executed by each landlord of a facility or warehouse
leased to a Credit Party constituting one of the Documents pursuant
to which such landlord grants certain assurances to each Lender
with respect to its respective Lien in such Credit Party’s
leasehold estate in such facility or warehouse and the Collateral
located thereon.
“
Lenders ” shall mean the Subordinated Lender, on the
one hand, and the Agent for the benefit of the Senior Lenders, on
the other hand, and “ Lender ” shall mean either
of them.
“
Liens ” shall mean the liens and security interests
granted by the Credit Parties or any of them to each Lender under
the Documents and a “ Lien ” shall refer to the
liens and security interests granted by the Credit Parties or any
of them to one of the Lenders.
“
Obligations ” shall mean the Senior Lenders
Obligations and the Subordinated Lender Obligations or any or all
of them as the context may require.
“ Option
Period ” shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in
Section 10.1 of this Agreement.
“ Option
Triggering Event ” shall have the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 10.1 of this Agreement.
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“
Permitted Junior Securities ” shall have the meaning
ascribed to such term in Section 19.3 of this Agreement.
“
Person ” shall mean an individual, partnership,
corporation, joint stock company, land trust, business or
unincorporated organization, or a government or agency or political
subdivision thereof.
“
Possessory Collateral ” shall mean any Collateral in
which the Agent’s Lien is perfected by the Agent’s
taking of possession of such Collateral pursuant to the provisions
of the UCC and other applicable law.
“ Second
Amendment to LJH Financing Agreement ” shall mean that
certain Second Amendment to Amended and Restated Financing
Agreement, dated as of April 10, 2006, among the Credit
Parties and Subordinated Lender.
“ Senior
Lenders ” shall mean CITBC and the other lenders and
financial institutions that are parties to the Senior Lenders Loan
Agreement from time to time, and any other lender or lenders
refinancing or refunding all or any portion of the Senior Lenders
Obligations.
“ Senior
Lenders Early Termination Fee ” shall mean the
“Early Termination Fee” as defined in the Fee
Agreement.
“ Senior
Lenders Event of Default ” shall mean an “Event of
Default” as defined in the Senior Lenders Loan Agreement as
in effect on the date of this Agreement.
“ Senior
Lenders Loan Agreement ” shall mean the Financing
Agreement, dated April 4, 2005, among the Credit Parties, the
Agent and the Senior Lenders that are parties thereto, as in effect
on the date hereof, and as the same may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and including
any agreement with the same or other lenders extending the maturity
of, or restructuring, refinancing or replacing all or any portion
of the indebtedness and obligations owing to the Agent and the
Senior Lenders thereunder.
“ Senior
Lenders Obligations ” shall mean all indebtedness,
liabilities and obligations of any and every kind now or hereafter
owing by the Credit Parties to the Agent and the Senior Lenders
under the Senior Lenders Documents.
“
Subordinated Lender ” shall mean LJH, Ltd., a Texas
limited partnership, and its successors and assigns, and any
subsequent holder or holders of any of the Subordinated Lender
Obligations.
“
Subordinated Lender Obligations ” shall mean all
indebtedness, liabilities and obligations of any and every kind now
or hereafter owing by the Credit Parties to the Subordinated Lender
under the Subordinated Lender Documents.
“ Term
Loan B Collateral ” shall have the meaning ascribed to
such term in Section 2.1 of this Agreement.
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“ Term
Loan C Exchange ” means the exchange of the portion of
the Subordinated Lender Obligations consisting of the Subordinated
Lender Term Loan C for common stock issued by Parent, whether
accomplished by exchange, conversion, exercise of rights or
otherwise.
“ Term
Loan C Obligations ” means the portion of the
Subordinated Lender Obligations evidenced by the Subordinated
Lender Term Note C.
“ Term
Loan Exchange ” means the exchange of the portion of the
Subordinated Lender Obligations for any common stock, partnership
interests, limited liability company membership interests, or other
equity securities or equity interests of any Credit Party, whether
accomplished by exchange, conversion, exercise of rights or
otherwise.
“ UCC
” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from
time to time in the State of North Carolina.
2.1
Collateral . The Lenders agree that at all times, whether
before, after or during the pendency of any Insolvency Proceeding,
and notwithstanding the priorities which would ordinarily result
from the order of execution or granting of any Lien in the
Collateral or the order of filing of any financing statements or
recording of any deeds of trust, mortgages or any other security
documents now or hereafter constituting part of the Subordinated
Lender Documents or the Senior Lenders Documents with respect to
the Collateral, or any provision of the UCC or any other applicable
law to the contrary, the Liens of the Agent in the Collateral
arising pursuant to the Senior Lenders Documents as security for
all of the Senior Lenders Obligations shall be at all times first
priority Liens in the Collateral, superior to the Liens of the
Subordinated Lender in the Collateral arising pursuant to the
Subordinated Lender Documents, and the Liens of the Subordinated
Lender in the Collateral shall be junior and subordinate to the
Liens of the Agent therein as security for all of the Senior
Lenders Obligations. All proceeds of the Collateral shall be
applied to the Obligations in accordance with the provisions of
Section 5 hereof. Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of
this Section 2.1, it is hereby agreed that (a) any
Collateral (herein, “ Term Loan B Collateral ”)
purchased by any Borrower prior to the date of the Second Amendment
to LJH Financing Agreement with the proceeds of the Term Loan B (as
defined in the Subordinated Lender Loan Agreement), shall be at all
times subject to a first priority Lien in favor of Subordinated
Lender, superior to the Liens of the Senior Lenders in such Term
Loan B Collateral arising pursuant to the Senior Lenders Documents,
and (b) the Liens of the Senior Lenders in the Term Loan B
Collateral shall be junior and subordinate to the Liens of the
Subordinated Lender therein as security for all of the Subordinated
Lender Obligations.
2.2
No Waiver of Subordination Provisions .
(a) No
right of the Agent to enforce the provisions of this Agreement
shall at any time or in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any
act or failure to act on the part of the Credit Parties or by any
act or failure to act by the Agent or the Senior Lenders, or by any
non-
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compliance by
the Credit Parties with the terms, provisions and covenants of any
of the Subordinated Lender Documents, regardless of any knowledge
thereof the Agent or any Senior Lender may have or be otherwise
charged with.
(b) No
right of the Subordinated Lender to enforce the provisions of this
Agreement as to the Term Loan B Collateral shall at any time or in
any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on
the part of the Credit Parties or by any act or failure to act by
the Subordinated Lender, or by any non-compliance by the Credit
Parties with the terms, provisions and covenants of any of the
Senior Lenders Documents, regardless of any knowledge thereof the
Subordinated Lender may have or be otherwise charged
with.
(c) Without
in any way limiting the generality of subsection (a) of this
Section 2.2, the Lenders may, at any time and from time to
time, without the consent of or notice to the other Lender, without
incurring responsibility to the other Lender and without impairing
or releasing the lien subordination provided hereunder, do any one
or more of the following:
(i) Amend,
modify, waive or consent to any term or provision set forth in any
of the Documents;
(ii) Change
the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of payment
of, or refund or refinance, or renew or alter, any of the
Obligations;
(iii) Sell,
exchange, release or otherwise deal with any property pledged,
mortgaged or otherwise securing all or any portion of the
Obligations in which such Lender has a first priority;
(iv) Release
any Person liable in any manner for the payment or collection of
any of the Obligations owed to such Lender;
(v) Exercise
or refrain from exercising any rights against the Credit Parties or
any other Person; and
(vi) Take any
other action which might otherwise constitute a defense available
to, or a discharge of, such Lender in respect of its lien
subordination as provided pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement.
(c) The
provisions of this Agreement shall continue to be effective or be
reinstated, as the case may be, if at any time payment of any
Obligations is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by a Lender
upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of a Credit
Party, or otherwise, all as though such payment had not been
made.
3.
Appointment of the Agent as Collateral Agent . The
Subordinated Lender hereby appoints and designates the Agent, and
the Agent agrees to act, as the Subordinated Lender’s
collateral agent within the meaning of the term “secured
party” under Section 9-102(75) of the UCC for the sole
and limited purpose of perfecting the Liens granted to the
Subordinated Lender in any Deposit Account Collateral to the extent
that the Agent is a party to, and the Subordinated
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Lender is not a
party to, a control agreement contemplated by
Section 9-105(a)(2) of the UCC perfecting the Liens of the
Agent in such Deposit Account Collateral, and in any Possessory
Collateral. In connection with the Agent’s acting as such
collateral agent for the Subordinated Lender hereunder, the parties
further agree as follows:
3.1
No Liability of the Agent . All Liens held by the Agent in
the Possessory Collateral and the Deposit Account Collateral in its
capacity as collateral agent for the Subordinated Lender shall be
subject to, and any proceeds of the Possessory Collateral and the
Deposit Account Collateral shall be distributed to the Lenders in
accordance with, the provisions of this Agreement. In its capacity
as collateral agent, the Agent shall have no duties or
responsibilities of any kind or nature and it shall not be liable
to the Subordinated Lender for any action taken or omitted to be
taken under or in connection with this Agreement or any of the
Documents.
3.2
No Warranties or Representations. Except as otherwise
specifically set forth in this Agreement, the Agent does not make
to the Subordinated Lender any express or implied warranty,
representation or guarantee with respect to the Obligations, the
Collateral, the Documents or any Credit Party. The Agent shall not
be responsible to the Subordinated Lender for (i) the
execution, validity, genuineness, effectiveness or enforceability
of, any of the Documents; (ii) the validity, genuineness,
enforceability, collectibility, value, sufficiency or existence of
any Collateral, or the perfection or priority of any Lien therein;
or (iii) the assets, liabilities, financial condition, results
of operations, business, creditworthiness or legal status of any
Credit Party.
3.3
Indemnity. The Subordinated Lender agrees to indemnify and
defend the Agent (to the extent not reimbursed by the Credit
Parties, but without limiting the indemnification obligations of
the Credit Parties under the Documents), and to hold the Agent
harmless from and against, any and all claims, demands,
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, proceedings, costs, expenses or disbursements of
any kind or nature whatsoever (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses) which may be imposed on,
incurred by or asserted or initiated against the Agent in any way
arising out of its acting as collateral agent for the Subordinated
Lender with respect to any of the Possessory Collateral and the
Deposit Account Collateral (and not arising out of the
Agent’s acting in any other capacity) , provided that
the Subordinated Lender shall not be liable to the Agent for any of
the foregoing to the extent that they result solely from the
willful misconduct or gross negligence of the Agent.
3.4
Exclusive Control Agreement Instructions of Subordinated
Lender . After all of the Senior Lenders Obligations have been
paid and satisfied in full and the Agent’s and the Senior
Lenders’ commitments for the incurring of additional Senior
Lenders Obligations have expired or been irrevocably terminated in
writing, the Agent shall (a) send to each bank that is a party
to any control agreement among the Agent, the Subordinated Lender
and such bank, a notice or other instruction as permitted by such
control agreement that the bank is authorized to honor instructions
originated by the Subordinated Lender directing disposition of the
funds in such deposit account, and (b) execute an amendment to
such control agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Agent, the Subordinated Lender and such bank, as may be reasonably
requested by the Subordinated Lender to give effect to such notice
or instruction.
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4.
Notices of Default . The Agent shall give the Subordinated
Lender notice of default, termination, demand, acceleration,
exercise of remedies and any other notice which is of a like nature
or required to be given under the Senior Lenders Documents or by
law, and the Subordinated Lender shall give the Agent notice of any
default, termination, demand, acceleration, exercise of remedies
and any other notice which is of a like nature or required to be
given under the Subordinated Lender Documents or by law, in each
case concurrently with the giving of such notice to the Borrowers
or any of the other Credit Parties; provided ,
however , that no failure of either party to give such
notice shall (a) affect the validity of such notice as to the
Credit Parties or affect the relative priorities of the Liens
established in Section 2 hereof or (b) create the basis
for any liability of one Lender to the other Lender or the Agent to
the Subordinated Lender.
5.
Application of Proceeds of Collateral . All proceeds of the
Collateral received by or for the account of the Lenders (whether
by sale, casualty, condemnation or other disposition of the
Collateral), shall be distributed to the Lenders and applied as
follows:
First, with
respect to all Collateral other than Term Loan B Collateral, to the
Agent for application to all of the Senior Lenders
Obligations;
Second, with
respect to all Term Loan B Collateral, to the Subordinated Lender
for application to the Subordinated Lender Obligations;
Third, with
respect to all Collateral other than Term Loan B Collateral, after
all of the Senior Lenders Obligations have been paid and satisfied
in full and the commitments of the Agent and the Senior Lenders
under the Senior Lenders Documents have expired or been irrevocably
terminated in writing, to the Subordinated Lender for application
to the Subordinated Lender Obligations; and
Fourth, with
respect to all Term Loan B Collateral after all of the Subordinated
Lender Obligations have been paid and satisfied in full, to the
Agent for application to the Senior Lenders Obligations.
6.
Enforcement of Liens; Release of Liens .
6.1
Enforcement of Liens in Favor of Senior Lenders . The
Subordinated Lender agrees that, except as expressly provided in
this Agreement, unless and until all of the Senior Lenders
Obligations have been paid and satisfied in full and the and the
commitments of the Agent and the Senior Lenders under the Senior
Lenders Documents have expired or been irrevocably terminated in
writing, without the prior written consent of the Agent, the
Subordinated Lender will not take any action with respect to the
Collateral other than the Term Loan B Collateral, whether by
judicial or non-judicial foreclosure, notification to account
debtors or other obligors on the Collateral other than the Term
Loan B Collateral, taking or obtaining possession of any of the
Collateral other than the Term Loan B Collateral, or otherwise
realizing upon the whole or any part of the Collateral other than
the Term Loan B Collateral.
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6.2
Enforcement of Liens in Favor of Subordinated Lender . The
Senior Lenders agree that, unless and until all of the Subordinated
Lender Obligations have been paid and satisfied in full, without
the prior written consent of the Subordinated Lender, neither the
Agent nor the Senior Lenders will take any action with respect to
the Term Loan B Collateral, whether by judicial or non-judicial
foreclosure, taking or obtaining possession of any of the Term Loan
B Collateral, or otherwise realizing upon the whole or any part of
the Term Loan B Collateral.
6.3
Release of Liens by Subordinated Lender . If the Agent or
the Senior Lenders shall determine, in connection with any sale of
Collateral other than the Term Loan B Collateral, that the release
of the lien of any Subordinated Lender Document on such Collateral
in connection with such sale is necessary or advisable, the
Subordinated Lender shall execute such release documents and
instruments and shall take such further actions as the Agent or the
Senior Lenders shall request. If the Subordinated Lender fails or
refuses to take the action requested by the Agent or the Senior
Lenders within ten (10) days of the receipt of a written
request given in accordance with Section 11 below, the
Subordinated Lender hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the
Agent and any officer of Agent, with full power of substitution, as
its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power
and authority in the place and stead of the Subordinated Lender and
in the name of the Subordinated Lender or in the Agent’s own
name, from time to time in the Agent’s discretion, for the
purpose of carrying out the terms of this section, to take any and
all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and
instruments which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the
purposes of this section, including, without limitation, any
financing statements, endorsements, assignments or other
instruments of transfer or release. The Subordinated Lender hereby
ratifies all that said attorneys shall lawfully do or cause to be
done pursuant to the power of attorney granted in this
paragraph.
6.4
Release of Liens by Agent on behalf of Senior Lenders . If
the Subordinated Lender shall determine, in connection with any
sale of the Term Loan B Collateral, that the release of the lien of
any Senior Lenders Document on such Term Loan B Collateral in
connection with such sale is necessary or advisable, the Agent on
behalf of the Senior Lenders shall execute such release documents
and instruments and shall take such further actions as the
Subordinated Lender shall request. If the Agent fails or refuses to
take the action requested by the Subordinated Lender within ten
(10) days of the receipt of a written request given in
accordance with Section 11 below, the Senior Lenders each
hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Subordinated Lender
and any officer of Subordinated Lender, with full power of
substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full
irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such
Senior Lender and in the name of the Agent or such Senior Lender or
in the Subordinated Lender’s own name, from time to time in
the Subordinated Lender’
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