REPLACEMENT AMENDED AND RESTATED
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
Replacement
Amended and Restated Intercreditor Agreement (this “
Agreement ”) dated as of June 23, 2008, among JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A. as administrative agent and collateral agent (in
such capacity, with its successors and assigns, the “
First Priority Representative ”) for the First
Priority Secured Parties (as defined below), JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., as administrative and collateral agent (in such capacity,
with its successors and assigns, the “ Second Priority
Representative ”) for the Second Priority Secured Parties
(as defined below), RHI Entertainment, LLC, a limited liability
company organized under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act
(the “ Borrower ”, and collectively with the
Guarantors defined herein and each direct or indirect affiliate or
shareholder (or equivalent) of the Borrower or any of its
affiliates that is now, or hereafter becomes a party to, any First
Priority Document or Second Priority Document as a
“borrower” or a “guarantor”, the “
Credit Parties ”), KRH Investments LLC (f/k/a RHI
Entertainment Holdings, LLC), a limited liability company organized
under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act (the
“Prior Parent” ) and RHI Entertainment Holdings
II, LLC, a limited liability company organized under the Delaware
Limited Liability Company Act (the “ Parent
”).
WHEREAS, the
Borrower, certain subsidiaries thereof (the “
Guarantors ”), the First Priority Representative, the
Parent and certain financial institutions (with their respective
successors and assigns, the “ First Priority Lenders
”) are parties to an Amended and Restated Credit, Security,
Guaranty and Pledge Agreement dated as of January 12, 2006, as
amended and restated as of April 13, 2007, as amended by
Amendment No. 1 dated as of October 12, 2007 and
Amendment No. 2 dated as of May 29, 2008 (as the same may
be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time
to time (subject to the limitations on such amendments,
supplements, restatements or modifications contained herein), the
“ Existing First Priority Agreement ”), pursuant
to which the First Priority Lenders have agreed to make loans and
extend other financial accommodations to the Borrower;
and
WHEREAS, the
Credit Parties, the Parent, the Second Priority Representative and
certain financial institutions and other entities (with their
respective successors and assigns, the “ Second Priority
Lenders ”) are parties to a Credit, Security, Guaranty
and Pledge Agreement dated as of the date hereof (as the same may
be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time
to time (subject to the limitations on such amendments,
supplements, restatements or modifications contained herein), the
“ New Second Priority Agreement ”), pursuant to
which the Second Priority Lenders have agreed to make term loans to
the Borrower upon the Closing Date (as defined in the New Second
Priority Agreement as in effect as of the date hereof) in an
aggregate principal amount of $55,000,000, with the flexibility for
additional term loans of up to $20,000,000 to be extended in
accordance with Section 2.16 of the New Second Priority
Agreement, (any such term loans extended pursuant to the provisions
of the New Second Priority Agreement in an aggregate amount not to
exceed $75,000,000, the “ Second Priority Loans
”); and
WHEREAS, the
Credit Parties and the Parent have granted to the First Priority
Representative first priority liens and security interests in the
Common Collateral (as defined
below) as
security for payment and performance of the First Priority
Obligations (as defined below); and
WHEREAS, the
Credit Parties and the Parent have granted to the Second Priority
Representative junior liens and security interests in the Common
Collateral as security for payment and performance of the Second
Priority Obligations (as defined below); and
WHEREAS, the
Second Priority Loans are being made as part of a refinancing of
previous second priority obligations and the First Priority
Representative, the Borrower, the Prior Parent, the Guarantors and
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative and collateral agent
for such prior second priority obligations, are parties to the
Amended and Restated Intercreditor Agreement dated as of
April 13, 2007 (the “ Prior Intercreditor
Agreement ”); and
WHEREAS, the
Second Priority Loans are a “Permitted Financing”, as
that term is defined in the Prior Intercreditor Agreement.;
and
WHEREAS, this
Agreement shall constitute an amendment, restatement and
replacement of the Prior Intercreditor Agreement which, following
the Effectiveness of this Agreement, shall no longer have any force
or effect; and
WHEREAS, the
obligations of the First Priority Secured Parties and the Second
Priority Secured Parties to continue to make loans and other
financial accommodations to the Borrower under the Existing First
Priority Agreement and to make loans and other financial
accommodations to the Borrower under the New Second Priority
Agreement are subject to the conditions, among others, that the
First Priority Representative, the Second Priority Representative,
the Parent and the Credit Parties execute and deliver this
Agreement (i) to replace the Prior Intercreditor Agreement in
its entirety, (ii) to set forth the relative priorities of the
interests of the First Priority Secured Parties and the Second
Priority Secured Parties in the Common Collateral, (iii) to
provide for the orderly realization, collection, liquidation and
disposition of the Common Collateral and (iv) to agree upon
various matters related thereto;
NOW THEREFORE, in
consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants herein
contained and other good and valuable consideration, the existence
and sufficiency of which is expressly recognized by all of the
parties hereto, the parties agree as follows:
1.1 Defined
Terms . The following terms, as used herein, have the following
meanings:
“
Additional First Priority Agreement ” means any
agreement approved for designation as such by the First Priority
Representative and the Second Priority Representative (at the
direction of the Second Priority Required Lenders).
“
Additional Second Priority Agreement ” means any
agreement approved for designation as such by the First Priority
Representative and the Second Priority Representative (at the
direction of the Second Priority Required Lenders).
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“
Adequate Protection Lien ” has the meaning set forth
in Section 5.2(a).
“
Allowable Dividends ” shall mean the dividends and/or
distributions allowed pursuant to Section 6.5 of the Existing
First Priority Agreement as in effect as of the date
hereof.
“
Applicable Library Percentage ” shall be as defined in
the Existing First Priority Agreement as in effect as of the date
hereof or as amended with the consent of the Second Priority
Required Lenders.
“
Bankruptcy Code ” means the United States Bankruptcy
Code (11 U.S.C. §101 et seq.), as amended from time to
time.
“
Borrower ” has the meaning set forth in the
introductory paragraph hereof.
“
Borrowing Base ” shall be as defined in the Existing
First Priority Agreement as in effect on the date
hereof.
“
Business Day ” means any day other than a Saturday,
Sunday or other day on which banks are required or permitted to
close in the State of New York.
“ Cap
Amount ” means as of any date of determination
$525 million plus an amount not in excess of
$52.5 million in the aggregate advanced in the context of a
workout and/or a debtor-in-possession financing, less an amount
equal to the sum, without duplication, of (i) the aggregate
amount of all principal payments and prepayments of the Term Loans
under the Existing First Priority Agreement as in effect on the
date hereof (other than any principal payments made on account or
as a result of a Permitted First Lien Refinancing), (ii) the
amount of all Proceeds of Common Collateral received after the date
hereof by the First Priority Representative, which pursuant to the
provisions of Section 2.10(f) of the Existing First Priority
Agreement as in effect on the date hereof, are to be applied to pay
First Priority Obligations and which are not so applied and
(iii) the aggregate amount of all permanent reductions of the
Revolving Credit Commitments (as such term (or any term comparable
to such term) is defined in the Existing First Priority Agreement)
other than a reduction on account of or as a result of a Permitted
First Lien Refinancing.
“ Cash
Management Obligations ” means, with respect to any
Credit Party, any obligations of such Credit Party for fees or
reimbursement of overdrafts that are owed to the First Priority
Representative (or any of its affiliates) or to a First Priority
Lender (or any of its affiliates) in respect of treasury management
arrangements, depositary or other cash management
services.
“ Closing
Date ” is as defined in the New Second Priority
Agreement.
“ Common
Collateral ” means all assets that are both First
Priority Collateral and Second Priority Collateral at the time of
determination.
“ Credit
Parties ” has the meaning set forth in the introductory
paragraph hereof.
“ DIP
Financing ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 5.2(a).
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“
Distribution ” means, with respect to any indebtedness
or obligation of a Person, (a) any payment or distribution by
such Person of cash, securities, or other property, by set-off or
otherwise, on account of such indebtedness or obligation or
(b) any redemption, purchase, or other acquisition of such
indebtedness or obligation by such Person.
“
Eligible Library Amount ” shall be as defined in the
Existing First Priority Agreement as in effect as of the date
hereof.
“
Enforcement Action ” or “Exercise of Secured
Creditor Remedies” means, with respect to the First Priority
Obligations or the Second Priority Obligations, the exercise of any
rights and remedies provided to a secured creditor with respect to
any Common Collateral or Proceeds of Common Collateral securing
such obligations or the commencement or prosecution of enforcement
of any of the rights and remedies under, as applicable, the First
Priority Documents or the Second Priority Documents or any law
applicable to the exercise of rights or remedies with respect to
any Common Collateral, including without limitation, the exercise
of any rights or remedies of a secured creditor with respect to the
Common Collateral or Proceeds of Common Collateral under the
Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction or under the
Bankruptcy Code, or taking of any action to initiate the
dissolution, winding-up, liquidation or reorganization of a Credit
Party (whether voluntary or involuntary, whether in bankruptcy,
insolvency or receivership proceedings, or for the assignment for
the benefit of creditors or proceedings for voluntary or
involuntary liquidation, dissolution or other winding-up of a
Credit Party, whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy or
any marshalling of the assets and liabilities of a Credit
Party).
“ Equity
Interests ” shall be as defined in the Existing First
Priority Agreement as in effect as of the date hereof.
“
Existing First Priority Agreement ” has the meaning
set forth in the first WHEREAS clause of this Agreement.
“ First
Priority Agreement ” means, collectively, (i) the
Existing First Priority Agreement, (ii) any Additional First
Priority Agreement, so long as any such Additional First Priority
Agreement is not inconsistent with or in violation of any of the
terms of this Agreement, and (iii) 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 in connection with a Permitted First Lien Refinancing to
extend, renew, restructure, replace, refinance or refund in whole
or in part the indebtedness and other obligations outstanding under
the Existing First Priority Agreement, any Additional First
Priority Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to
in this clause (iii), unless such agreement or instrument expressly
provides that it is not intended to be and is not a First Priority
Agreement hereunder, so long as any such credit agreement, loan
agreement, note agreement, promissory note, indenture or other
agreement or instrument is not materially inconsistent with the
terms of this Agreement or in violation of any of the terms of this
Agreement.
“ First
Priority Collateral ” means all assets, whether now owned
or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, in which a Lien is
granted or purported to be granted to any First Priority
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Secured Party
as security for any First Priority Obligation pursuant to a First
Priority Security Document.
“ First
Priority Creditors ” means the “Lenders” as
defined in the First Priority Agreement, or any Persons that are
designated under the First Priority Agreement as the “First
Priority Creditors” for purposes of this Agreement and notice
of which designation is given in writing to the Second Priority
Representative promptly after such designation.
“ First
Priority Default ” shall mean an “Event of
Default” as that term is defined in the First Priority
Agreement.
“ First
Priority Documents ” means the First Priority Agreement,
each First Priority Security Document and each First Priority
Guarantee.
“ First
Priority Guarantee ” means any guarantee by any Credit
Party of any or all of the First Priority Obligations.
“ First
Priority Lenders ” has the meaning set forth in the first
WHEREAS clause of this Agreement.
“ First
Priority Lien ” means any Lien created by the First
Priority Security Documents.
“ First
Priority Majority Lenders ” means the “Required
Lenders”, as such term is defined in the Existing First
Priority Agreement as in effect as of the date hereof.
“ First
Priority Obligations ” means the sum, without
duplication, of the following: (i) the outstanding principal
amount of all loans made pursuant to the First Priority Agreement
to the extent it does not exceed the Cap Amount plus amounts added
to the principal amount of such loans as a result of capitalizing
other First Priority Obligations not paid in cash, (ii) all
interest (including without limitation any Post-Petition Interest)
and premium (if any) on all loans made pursuant to the First
Priority Agreement, (iii) all L/C Exposure (as defined in the
First Priority Agreement in existence on the date hereof) and other
reimbursement obligations (if any) and interest thereon (including,
without limitation, any post-petition interest) with respect to any
letter of credit or similar instrument issued pursuant to the First
Priority Agreement, (iv) all obligations of any Credit Party
in respect of any Swap Agreement, which such Credit Party may enter
into from time to time with any Person who was either a First
Priority Secured Party (or an affiliate of a First Priority Secured
Party) or any other Person who issued a Swap Agreement to the
Borrower, in either case, under which the amounts payable
constitute “Obligations” under the Existing First
Priority Agreement, (v) all Cash Management Obligations and
(vi) all guarantee obligations, fees, charges, expenses,
indemnities, reasonable attorney’s fees and other amounts due
and payable from time to time pursuant to the First Priority
Documents, in each case whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, joint or several, primary or secondary and whether or
not allowed or allowable in an Insolvency Proceeding; provided,
that First Priority Obligations shall also include any other
obligations that the Second Priority Required Lenders agree shall
constitute “First Priority Obligations” hereunder in
accordance with the applicable provisions of the New Second
Priority Agreement or any comparable provision of any Additional
Second Priority Agreement.
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“ First
Priority Obligations Payment Date ” means the first date
on which (i) the outstanding First Priority Obligations (other
than Unasserted Contingent Obligations and those obligations
described in clauses (iii) and (iv) of this definition)
have been paid in cash in full (or secured or reserved for in
another manner reasonably acceptable to the First Priority
Representative), (ii) all commitments to extend credit under the
First Priority Documents have expired or been terminated,
(iii) all First Priority Obligations then due and outstanding
at the time of the occurrence of clause (i) above or which can
be reasonably quantified at such time in respect of all Swap
Agreements have been paid in full or the Credit Parties shall have
entered into such other arrangements reasonably acceptable to the
counterparties of such Swap Agreements to provide cash collateral
or other reasonably acceptable security for such First Priority
Obligations in respect of such Swap Agreements, and (iv) all
Cash Management Obligations then due and outstanding at the time of
the occurrence of clause (i) above or which can be reasonably
quantified at such time have been paid in full or otherwise cash
collateralized or secured in a manner reasonably acceptable to the
First Priority Representative or the Credit Parties have entered
into such other arrangements reasonably acceptable to the obligees
of such Cash Management Obligations.
“ First
Priority Representative ” has the meaning set forth in
the introductory paragraph hereof. In the case of any new First
Priority Agreement that replaces a First Priority Agreement in
accordance with the terms hereof or the First Priority
Representative is changed pursuant to a First Priority Agreement,
the First Priority Representative shall be such replacement or the
Person identified as such in such new Agreement.
“ First
Priority Restricted Provisions ” means, collectively,
(i) Allowable Dividends, (ii) Applicable Library Percentage,
and (iii) Eligible Library Amount.
“ First
Priority Secured Parties ” means the First Priority
Representative, the First Priority Creditors and any other holders
of the First Priority Obligations.
“ First
Priority Security Documents ” means the First Priority
Agreement, the Pledgeholder Agreements, the Copyright Security
Agreement, each Copyright Security Agreement Supplement, if any,
the Trademark Security Agreement, if any (in each case as defined
in the Existing First Priority Agreement), UCC financing
statements, and any other security documentation delivered to the
First Priority Representative granting or perfecting a lien on any
property of any Credit Party to secure First Priority
Obligations.
“
Insolvency Proceeding ” means any proceeding in
respect of bankruptcy, insolvency, winding up, receivership,
dissolution or assignment for the benefit of creditors, in each of
the foregoing events whether under the Bankruptcy Code or any
similar federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, receivership or similar law.
“
Lien ” shall mean any mortgage, copyright mortgage,
pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien or charge of any kind
whatsoever (including, without limitation, any conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, any agreement to grant a security
interest at a future date, any lease in the nature of security, and
the filing of, or agreement to give, any financing statement under
the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction);
provided,
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however, that
this term shall not include contractual encumbrances which do not
afford security of the type described in this definition or the
rights of a licensee as a licensee.
“ New
Second Priority Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in
the second WHEREAS clause of this Agreement.
“ Notice
of Intent to Exercise ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2.
“
Overadvance ” has the meaning set for in
Section 3.1.
“
Parent ” has the meaning set forth in the introductory
paragraph hereof.
“ Payoff
Letter ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 8.3(b).
“
Permitted First Lien Refinancing ” means a refinancing
of the outstanding principal amount of the loans made under the
First Priority Agreement, so long as (i) the Applicable
Library Percentage is not increased in connection therewith to a
percentage greater than 55% and any larger percentage theretofore
agreed by the Second Priority Required Lenders, (ii) the
definition of Eligible Library Amount is not modified in a manner
materially adverse to the interests of the Second Priority Lenders,
(iii) the principal amount of the Loans under such refinancing
shall not be increased above the Cap Amount then in effect and
(iv) the final maturity thereof is not extended beyond the
sixth anniversary of the Closing Date, in each case without the
consent of the Second Priority Required Lenders.
“
Permitted Refinancing ” means a refinancing of the
outstanding principal amount of the loans made under the Second
Priority Agreement, so long as (i) the terms of such
refinancing do not provide for an interest rate margin and/or fees
such that the cash portion of the net effective interest rate
margin on the loans made under such refinancing facility (after
taking into account any prepayment premium payable under
Section 2.9(a) of the New Second Priority Agreement) is more
than four percent (4.00%) per annum in cash pay above the interest
rate margin which was applicable to the “Second Priority
Loans” in existence immediately prior to the Closing Date
(e.g., LIBOR plus 4.00%), (ii) the principal amount of Second
Priority Obligations is not increased above the principal amount
thereof outstanding immediately prior to such refinancing except to
the extent permitted under the Existing First Priority Agreement or
as the result of the payment of in kind interest, (iii) the
maturity of all or any portion of the Second Priority Obligations
is not shortened as a result of such refinancing or replacement,
(iv) the direct and contingent obligors therefore are not
changed as a result of such refinancing or replacement and
(v) the relevant Second Priority Document does not modify or
add or make more restrictive or onerous any covenant or event of
default under the Second Priority Documents, in each case without
the consent of the First Priority Majority Lenders.
“Permitted Replacement Lien” has the meaning set
forth in Section 5.2(a).
“
Person ” means any person, individual, sole
proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited
liability company, unincorporated organization, association,
institution, entity, party, including any government and any
political subdivision, agency or instrumentality
thereof.
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“
Post-Petition Interest ” means any interest, fees,
expenses and other charges that pursuant to the First Priority
Agreement or the Second Priority Agreement, continue to accrue
after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding, to the extent
such interest, fees, expenses and other charges are allowed or
allowable in any such Insolvency Proceeding.
“ Prior
Intercreditor Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in
the fifth WHEREAS clause of this Agreement.
“ Prior
Parent ” has the meaning set forth in the introductory
paragraph hereof.
“
Proceeds ” means, without duplication, (i) any
“proceeds” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC,
with respect to the Common Collateral and (ii) the amount of
any sale, exchange or other disposal of Common Collateral, whether
voluntary or involuntary, net of all reasonable cash expenses of
such sale, exchange or other disposal.
“Prohibited Plan Distribution” has the meaning
set forth in Section 5.11.
“Reorganization Securities” means any debt or
equity securities which are distributed to the Second Priority
Lenders in an Insolvency Proceeding which are, as to any liens
securing such securities, subordinated to the liens securing the
First Priority Obligations (or any debt or equity securities issued
in substitution of all or any portion of the First Priority
Obligations) on terms no less favorable to the First Priority
Lenders than the terms hereof.
“
Revolving Credit Loans ” shall be as defined in the
Existing First Priority Agreement as in effect as of the date
hereof.
“ Second
Priority Agreement ” means, collectively, (i) the
New Second Priority Agreement, (ii) any Additional Second
Priority Agreement, so long as any such Additional Second Priority
Agreement is not materially inconsistent with the terms of this
Agreement, or in violation of, any of the terms of this Agreement,
and (iii) 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 in connection
with a Permitted Refinancing to extend, renew, restructure,
replace, refinance or refund in whole or in part the indebtedness
and other obligations outstanding under the New Second Priority
Agreement, any Additional Second Priority Agreement or any other
agreement or instrument referred to in this clause (iii) so
long as any such credit agreement, loan agreement, note agreement,
promissory note, indenture or other agreement or instrument is not
materially inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement or in
violation of any of the terms of this Agreement.
“ Second
Priority Collateral ” means all assets, whether now owned
or hereafter acquired by any Credit Party, in which a Lien is
granted or purported to be granted to any Second Priority Secured
Party as security for any Second Priority Obligation pursuant to a
Second Priority Security Document.
“ Second
Priority Creditors ” means the Second Priority
Representative and the “Lenders” as defined in the
Second Priority Agreement, or any Persons that are designated under
the Second Priority Agreement as the “Second Priority
Creditors” for purposes of this
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Agreement and
notice of which designation is given in writing to the First
Priority Representative promptly after such designation.
“ Second
Priority Documents ” means the Second Priority Agreement,
each Second Priority Security Document and each Second Priority
Guarantee.
“ Second
Priority Guarantee ” means any guarantee by a Credit
Party of any or all of the Second Priority Obligations.
“ Second
Priority Lenders ” has the meaning set forth in the
second WHEREAS clause of this Agreement.
“ Second
Priority Lien ” means any Lien created by the Second
Priority Security Documents.
“ Second
Priority Loans ” has the meaning set forth in the second
WHEREAS clause of this Agreement.
“ Second
Priority Obligations ” means (i) all principal of
and interest (including without limitation any Post-Petition
Interest) and premium (if any) on the Second Priority Loans and
(ii) all guarantee obligations, fees, expenses, indemnities,
attorney’s fees, charges and other amounts payable from time
to time pursuant to the Second Priority Documents, in each case
whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, joint or
several, primary or secondary and whether or not allowed or
allowable in an Insolvency Proceeding; provided , the Second
Priority Obligations shall also include any other obligations that
the First Priority Representative agrees shall constitute
“Second Priority Obligations” hereunder in accordance
with the applicable provisions of the Existing First Priority
Agreement or any comparable provisions of any Additional First
Priority Agreement. To the extent any payment with respect to any
Second Priority Obligation (whether by or on behalf of any Credit
Party, as proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff
or otherwise) is declared to be a fraudulent conveyance or a
preference in any respect, set aside or required to be paid to a
debtor in possession, any First Priority Secured Party, receiver or
similar Person, then the obligation or part thereof originally
intended to be satisfied shall, for the purposes of this Agreement
and the rights and obligations of the First Priority Secured
Parties and the Second Priority Secured Parties, be deemed to be
reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not
occurred.
“ Second
Priority Representative ” has the meaning set forth in
the introductory paragraph hereof. In the case of any Second
Priority Agreement that replaces a Second Priority Agreement in
accordance with the terms hereof or the Second Priority
Representative is changed pursuant to a Second Priority Agreement,
the Second Priority Representative shall be such replacement or the
Person identified as such in such new Agreement.
“ Second
Priority Required Lenders ” shall mean the Second
Priority Lenders holding more than 50% of the outstanding Second
Priority Loans
“ Second
Priority Secured Parties ” means the Second Priority
Representative, the Second Priority Creditors and any other holders
of the Second Priority Obligations.
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“ Second
Priority Security Documents ” means the Second Priority
Agreement, the Pledgeholder Agreements, the Copyright Security
Agreement, the Copyright Security Agreement Supplement, the
Copyright Security Agreement Supplement, if any, the Trademark
Security Agreement, if any (in each case as defined in the New
Second Priority Agreement), UCC financing statements and any other
security documentation delivered to the First Priority
Representative or the Second Priority Representative granting or
perfecting a lien on any property of any Credit Party securing the
Second Priority Obligations.
“ Secured
Parties ” means the First Priority Secured Parties and
the Second Priority Secured Parties.
“
Standstill Notice ” means a written notice from First
Priority Representative to Second Priority Representative stating
that it is a “Standstill Notice” and stating that a
First Priority Default has occurred and is continuing or that it
has received a Notice of Intent to Exercise.
“
Standstill Period ” means the period beginning on the
date that a Standstill Notice is received by Second Priority
Representative (but no earlier than 180 days subsequent to the
end of any preceding Standstill Period) through and including the
first to occur of (a) the date upon which the First Priority
Obligations Payment Date shall have occurred, (b) the date
upon which First Priority Representative shall have waived or
acknowledged in writing the termination of the First Priority
Default that gave rise to such Standstill Period, (c) the date
that is 180 consecutive days after the receipt of such Standstill
Notice by Second Priority Representative or (d) the
commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding.
“ Swap
Agreement ” means, as the context so requires, an
“Interest Rate Protection Agreement” or a
“Currency Agreement”, each as defined in the Existing
First Priority Agreement as in effect as of the date
hereof.
“ Term
Loans ” shall be as defined in the Existing First
Priority Agreement as in effect as of the date hereof.
“ UCC
” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to
time in the State of New York.
“
Unasserted Contingent Obligations ” means, at any
time, First Priority Obligations for taxes, costs,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities
(excluding (i) the principal of, and interest and premium (if
any) on, and fees and expenses relating to, any First Priority
Obligation and (ii) contingent reimbursement obligations in
respect of amounts that may be drawn under outstanding letters of
credit) in respect of which no assertion of liability (whether oral
or written) and no claim or demand for payment (whether oral or
written) has been made (and, in the case of First Priority
Obligations for indemnification, no notice for indemnification has
been issued by the indemnitee) at such time.
1.2 Amended
Agreements . All references in this Agreement to agreements or
other contractual obligations shall, unless otherwise specified, be
deemed to refer to such agreements or contractual obligations as
amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to
time, so long as any such amendment, supplement, restatement or
modification is not
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materially
inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement or in violation of
any of the terms of this Agreement.
SECTION 2. Lien Priorities .
2.1
Subordination of Liens . (a) Any and all Liens in
respect of all or any of the Common Collateral now existing or
hereafter created or arising in favor of any Second Priority
Secured Party securing the Second Priority Obligations, regardless
of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law,
subrogation or otherwise are expressly junior in priority,
operation and effect to any and all Liens now existing or hereafter
created or arising in favor of the First Priority Secured Parties
securing the First Priority Obligations, notwithstanding (i)
anything to the contrary contained in any agreement or filing to
which any Second Priority Secured Party may now or hereafter be a
party, and regardless of the time, order or method of grant,
attachment, recording or perfection of any financing statements or
other security interests, assignments, pledges, deeds, mortgages
and other liens, charges or encumbrances or any defect or
deficiency or alleged defect or deficiency in any of the foregoing,
(ii) any provision of the UCC or any applicable law or any
First Priority Document or Second Priority Document or any other
circumstance whatsoever and (iii) the fact that any such Liens
in favor of any First Priority Secured Party securing any of the
First Priority Obligations are (x) subordinated to any Lien
securing any obligation of any Credit Party other than the Second
Priority Obligations or (y) otherwise subordinated, voided,
avoided, invalidated or lapsed.
(b) No
First Priority Secured Party or Second Priority Secured Party shall
object to or contest, or support any other Person in contesting or
objecting to, in any proceeding (including without limitation, any
Insolvency Proceeding), the validity, extent, perfection, priority
or enforceability of any security interest in the Common Collateral
granted to the other, and each First Priority Secured Party and
each Second Priority Secured Party hereby waives its right to do
so.
(c) The
Second Priority Representative on behalf of itself and the other
Second Priority Secured Parties waives, to the fullest extent
permitted by law, any right to request marshalling of
assets.
2.2 Nature of
First Priority Obligations . The Second Priority Representative
on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties
acknowledges that a portion of First Priority Obligations is
revolving in nature and that the amount of the Revolving Credit
Loans that may be outstanding at any time or from time to time may
be increased or reduced and subsequently reborrowed and that,
subject to the terms hereof, the terms of the First Priority
Obligations may be modified, extended or amended from time to time,
and that the aggregate amount of the First Priority Obligations
(subject to the limitations contained in the definition thereof)
may be increased, replaced or refinanced, in each event, without
notice to or consent by the Second Priority Secured Parties and
without affecting the provisions hereof so long as any such
modification, extension or amendment does not violate the
restrictions applicable to a Permitted First Lien Refinancing.
Subject to the provisions of this Agreement (including but not
limited to the limitations contained in the definition of First
Priority Obligations and those applicable to a Permitted First Lien
Refinancing), the lien priorities provided in Section 2.1
shall not be altered or otherwise affected by any such amendment,
modification, supplement,
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extension,
repayment, reborrowing, increase, replacement, renewal, restatement
or refinancing of either the First Priority Obligations or the
Second Priority Obligations, or any portion thereof.
2.3 Agreements
Regarding Actions to Perfect Liens . (a) The Second
Priority Representative on behalf of itself and the other Second
Priority Secured Parties agrees that (i) all UCC-1 financing
statements, patent, trademark or copyright filings or other filings
or recordings filed or recorded by or on behalf of the Second
Priority Representative shall be in form reasonably satisfactory to
the First Priority Representative, (ii) all such perfection
instruments filed by the Second Priority Representative shall be
substantially identical to, and shall be filed after, those filed
by the First Priority Representative and (iii) it shall
provide the First Priority Representative with copies of any
subsequent perfection instrument filed or recorded within five
(5) Business Days of such filing or recordation.
(b) The
Second Priority Representative agrees on behalf of itself and the
other Second Priority Secured Parties that all mortgages, deeds of
trust, deeds and similar instruments (collectively, “
mortgages ”) now or thereafter filed against any
tangible or intangible Common Collateral in favor of or for the
benefit of the Second Priority Representative shall be in form
reasonably satisfactory to the First Priority Representative and
shall contain the following notation: “The lien created by
this mortgage on the property described herein is junior and
subordinate to the lien on such property created by any mortgage,
deed of trust or similar instrument now or hereafter granted to
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent for certain
First Priority Secured Parties, and its successors and assigns, in
such property, in accordance with the provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreement dated as of June 23, 2008 among
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as First Priority Representative,
JPMorgan Chase Bank , N.A., as Second Priority
Representative, and the Credit Parties referred to therein, as
amended from time to time.”
(c) The
First Priority Representative hereby acknowledges that, to the
extent that it holds, or a third party holds on its behalf,
physical possession of or “control” (as defined in the
Uniform Commercial Code including, without limitation, control or
possession of money or deposit accounts pursuant to
Section 9-313 or 9-314 of the UCC) or as bailee (such
bailment, intended among other things to satisfy the requirements
of Section 8-106(d)3, 8-301(a)(2) and 9-313(c) of the UCC),
over Common Collateral pursuant to the First Priority Security
Documents, such possession, control or bailment is also for the
benefit of the Second Priority Representative and the other Second
Priority Secured Parties solely to the extent required to perfect
their security interest in such Common Collateral. Nothing in the
preceding sentence shall be construed to impose any duty on the
First Priority Representative (or any third party acting on its
behalf) with respect to such Common Collateral or provide the
Second Priority Representative or any other Second Priority Secured
Party with any rights with respect to such Common Collateral beyond
those specified in this Agreement and the Second Priority Security
Documents, provided that subsequent to the occurrence of the
First Priority Obligations Payment Date, the First Priority
Representative shall, unless otherwise directed by a court of
competent jurisdiction, deliver to the Second Priority
Representative, at the Credit Parties’ sole cost and expense,
the Common Collateral in its possession or control together with
any necessary endorsements to the extent required by the Second
Priority Documents, and provided , further , that the
provisions of this Agreement are intended solely to govern the
respective Lien priorities as between the First Priority Secured
Parties and the Second Priority Secured Parties and shall not
impose on the First
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Priority
Secured Parties any obligations in respect of the disposition of
any Common Collateral (or any Proceeds thereof) that would conflict
with prior perfected Liens or any claims thereon in favor of any
other Person that is not a Secured Party.
(d) The
Second Priority Representative hereby acknowledges that, to the
extent that it holds subsequent to the First Priority Obligations
Payment Date, or a third party then holds on its behalf, physical
possession of or “control” (as defined in the Uniform
Commercial Code including, without limitation, control or
possession of money or deposit accounts pursuant to
Section 9-313 or 9-314 of the UCC) or as bailee (such
bailment, intended among other things to satisfy the requirements
of Section 8-106(d)3, 8-301(a)(2) and 9-313(c) of the UCC),
over Common Collateral pursuant to the Second Priority Security
Documents, such possession, control or bailment is also for the
benefit of the First Priority Representative and the other First
Priority Secured Parties solely to the extent required to perfect
their security interest in such Common Collateral for obligations,
if any, under the First Priority Documents in excess of the First
Priority Obligations. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall be
construed to impose any duty on the Second Priority Representative
(or any third party acting on its behalf) with respect to such
Common Collateral or provide the First Priority Representative or
any other First Priority Secured Party with any rights with respect
to such Common Collateral beyond those specified in this Agreement
and the First Priority Security Documents, provided that
subsequent to the satisfaction of the obligations under the Second
Priority Documents, the Second Priority Representative shall,
unless otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction,
deliver to the First Priority Representative, at the Credit
Parties’ sole cost and expense, the Common Collateral in its
possession or control together with any necessary endorsements to
the extent required by the First Priority Documents, and
provided , further , that the provisions of this
section are intended solely to govern the respective Lien
priorities as between the First Priority Secured Parties and the
Second Priority Secured Parties subsequent to the satisfaction of
the obligations under the Second Priority Documents and shall not
impose on the Second Priority Secured Parties any obligations in
respect of the disposition of any Common Collateral (or any
Proceeds thereof) that would conflict with prior perfected Liens or
any claims thereon in favor of any other Person that is not a
Secured Party.
2.4 No New
Liens . Second Priority Representative, for itself and on
behalf of the Second Priority Lenders, acknowledges and agrees that
First Priority Representative has been granted senior Liens upon
all of the Common Collateral in which Second Priority
Representative has been granted Liens, and Second Priority
Representative hereby consents thereto. If (i) any Credit
Party grants in favor of Second Priority Representative or any
other Second Priority Secured Party a Lien on any asset of such
Credit Party not constituting Common Collateral as of the date
hereof (or subsequent thereto as a post-closing item set forth in
the New Second Priority Agreement as in effect as of the date
hereof) or (ii) Second Priority Representative or any other
Second Priority Secured Party otherwise obtains a non-consensual
lien (including a judgment lien, writ of attachment or writ of
execution) on any asset of any Credit Party not constituting Common
Collateral as of the date hereof, Second Priority Representative
agrees that it shall give First Priority Representative prompt
written notice thereof (and in no event later than five
(5) Business Days after the date Second Priority
Representative has actual knowledge of such grant), containing a
detailed description of such asset (it being understood and agreed
that the failure by Second Priority Representative to give such
notice to First Priority Representative shall not affect the
validity, perfection or enforceability of such Lien, and that any
amounts distributable
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to or received
by or distributed to any of the Second Priority Secured Parties
pursuant to or as a result of such Liens shall in any event be
subject to Section 4.1), and Second Priority Representative
acknowledges that if First Priority Representative obtains a Lien
on such asset, whether prior to or after the time that Second
Priority Representative obtains a Lien on such asset, then the
priority of such Lien will be subject to the terms and provisions
of this Agreement. First Priority Representative, for itself and on
behalf of the First Priority Lenders, acknowledges and agrees that
Second Priority Representative has been granted Liens upon all of
the Common Collateral in which First Priority Representative has
been granted Liens and First Priority Representative hereby
consents thereto. If (i) any Credit Party grants in favor of
First Priority Representative or any other First Priority Secured
Party a Lien on any asset of such Credit Party not constituting
Common Collateral on the date hereof (or subsequent thereto as a
post-closing item set forth in the New Second Priority Agreement as
in effect as of the date hereof) or (ii) First Priority
Representative or any other First Priority Secured Party otherwise
obtains a non-consensual lien (including a judgment lien, writ of
attachment or writ of execution) on any asset of any Credit Party
not constituting Common Collateral on the date hereof, First
Priority Representative agrees that it shall give Second Priority
Representative prompt written notice thereof (and in no event later
than five (5) Business Days after the date First Priority
Representative has actual knowledge of such grant), containing a
detailed description of such asset (it being understood and agreed
that the failure by First Priority Representative to give such
notice to Second Priority Representative shall not affect the
validity, perfection or enforceability of such Lien), and First
Priority Representative acknowledges that if Second Priority
Representative obtains a Lien on such asset, whether prior to or
after the time that First Priority Representative obtains a Lien on
such asset, then the priority of such Lien will be subject to the
terms and provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 3. Enforcement Rights .
3.1 Exclusive
Enforcement . Subject to Section 3.9, until the earlier of
the occurrence of the First Priority Obligations Payment Date or
the expiration or other termination of the then current Standstill
Period, whether or not an Insolvency Proceeding has been commenced
by or against any Credit Party, the First Priority Secured Parties
shall have the exclusive right to take, continue, oppose, or
otherwise prosecute, defend, settle or consent to any Enforcement
Action, without any consultation with or consent of any Second
Priority Secured Party, and the Second Priority Secured Parties
shall not take any position contrary to the First Priority Secured
Parties, or support any other Person who takes any position
contrary to the First Priority Secured Parties, with respect to
such Enforceme
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