SUBORDINATION AND INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT
This
SUBORDINATION AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (this “
Agreement ”), dated as of January 5, 2007 is among
TERREMARK WORLDWIDE, INC. , a Delaware corporation ( the
“Company ”); NAP OF THE AMERICAS, INC.; NAP OF
THE AMERICAS/WEST, INC.; OPTICAL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.; PARK WEST
TELECOMMUNICATIONS INVESTORS, INC.; SPECTRUM TELECOMMUNICATIONS
CORP.; TECOTA SERVICES CORP.; TERREMARK FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.;
TERREMARK FORTUNE HOUSE #1, INC.; TERREMARK LATIN AMERICA, INC.;
TERREMARK MANAGEMENT SERVICES, INC.; TERREMARK REALTY, INC.;
TERREMARK TECHNOLOGY CONTRACTORS, INC.; TERRREMARK TRADEMARK
HOLDINGS, INC.; TERRENAP DATA CENTERS, INC. ; TERRENAP
SERVICES, INC.; TERREMARK FEDERAL GROUP, INC. ; and
TERREMARK EUROPE, INC. (each, a “ Guarantor
” and, collectively, the “ Guarantors ”),
FALCON MEZZANINE PARTNERS, LP (“ Falcon
”), STICHTING PENSIOENFONDS VOOR DE GEZOND-HEID,
GEESTELIJKE EN MAATSCHAPPELIJKE BELANGEN (“ SPM
”), STICHTING PENSIOENFONDS ABP (“ ABP
” and, together with Falcon and SPM, the “ Senior
Creditors ”), FMP AGENCY SERVICES, LLC (the “Senior
Agent”), CREDIT SUISSE, INTERNATIONAL (“
Subordinated Creditor ”) and THE BANK OF NEW YORK
TRUST COMPANY, N.A., as Trustee under the Indenture (as hereinafter
defined) (“ Subordinated Agent ”).
A.
The Company, Senior Agent and the Senior Creditors have entered
into a Purchase Agreement dated December 31, 2004 (as the same
may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified and in
effect from time to time including, without limitation, as amended
on the date hereof, the “ Senior Purchase Agreement
”), pursuant to which, among other things, Senior Creditors
have purchased $30,000,000 aggregate principal amount of Senior
Secured Notes due 2009 (as the same may be amended, supplemented,
restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time as
permitted hereunder and including any notes issued in exchange or
substitution therefore or replacement thereof, each individually a
“ Senior Note ” and collectively the “
Senior Notes ”).
B.
The Company, the Guarantors, Subordinated Creditor, and Credit
Suisse, Cayman Islands Branch have entered into a Purchase
Agreement of even date herewith (as the same may be amended,
supplemented, restated or otherwise modified and in effect from
time to time as permitted hereunder, the “ Subordinated
Purchase Agreement ”) pursuant to which, among other
things, the Subordinated Creditor has extended credit to the
Company as evidenced by certain Senior Subordinated Convertible
Notes due 2009 issued by the Company in favor of the Subordinated
Creditor in the original aggregate principal amount of $4,000,000
(as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise
modified and in effect from time to time as permitted hereunder and
including any notes issued in exchange or substitution therefor or
replacement thereof, each individually a “ Subordinated
Note ” and collectively the “ Subordinated
Notes ”).
C.
The Company and Subordinated Agent have entered into an Indenture
of even date herewith (as the same may be amended, supplemented,
restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time as
permitted hereunder, the “ Indenture ”) pursuant
to which, among other things, the Subordinated Notes were issued by
the Company in favor of the Subordinated Creditor.
D.
As an inducement to and as one of the conditions precedent to the
agreement of the Senior Creditors to consent to the transactions
contemplated by the Subordinated Purchase Agreement and Indenture,
Senior Agent, and Senior Creditors have required the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by the Subordinated Creditor, the
Subordinated Agent and the Obligors (as herinafter
defined).
NOW,
THEREFORE, in order to induce Senior Agent and Senior Creditors to
consent to the transactions contemplated by the Subordinated
Purchase Agreement and the Indenture, and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which hereby
are acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree as
follows:
1.
Definitions . All capitalized terms used but not
elsewhere defined in this Agreement (including the preamble and
recitals hereto) shall have the respective meanings ascribed to
such terms in the Senior Purchase Agreement as in effect on the
date hereof. The following terms shall have the following meanings
in this Agreement:
Bankruptcy
Code means the Federal Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11
U.S.C. §101, et seq.), as amended and in effect from time to
time and the regulations issued from time to time
thereunder.
Basic
Documents shall have (and each capitalized term used
therein shall have) the meaning ascribed to such term in the Senior
Purchase Agreement, as in effect on the date hereof.
Enforcement
Action is defined in subsection 2.7(b) .
Lien shall mean any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge,
hypothecation, assignment, charge or deposit arrangement,
encumbrance, lien (statutory or otherwise) or preference, priority
or other security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind
or nature whatsoever and any contingent or other agreement to
provide any of the foregoing.
Obligor shall mean the Company and each other Person
that guarantees or grants a Lien on any of its Property to secure
the payment, observance or performance of all or any part of the
Senior Indebtedness, including, without limitation, the
Guarantors.
Paid in
Full or Payment in Full shall mean the
payment in full in cash of all Senior Indebtedness and termination
of all commitments to lend under the Basic Documents and Permitted
Refinancing Debt Documents. Senior Indebtedness shall be considered
to be outstanding whenever any commitment to make loans or
otherwise extend credit under the Senior Purchase Agreement or
Permitted Refinancing Debt Documents is outstanding.
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Permitted
Refinancing shall mean any refinancing of the Senior
Indebtedness under the Basic Documents; provided , that the
financing documentation entered into by Obligors in connection with
such Permitted Refinancing constitutes Permitted Refinancing Debt
Documents and the aggregate principal amount of such refinancing
does not exceed the maximum principal amount of Senior Indebtedness
permitted under the definition thereof.
Permitted
Refinancing Debt Documents shall mean any financing
documentation which replaces the Basic Documents and pursuant to
which the Senior Indebtedness under the Basic Documents is
refinanced, as such financing documentation may be amended,
supplemented, restated or otherwise modified and in effect from
time to time as permitted hereunder, but specifically excluding any
such financing documentation to the extent that it contains, either
initially or by amendment or other modification, any terms,
conditions, covenants or defaults other than those which
(a) then exist in the Basic Documents or (b) could be
included in the Basic Documents by an amendment or other
modification that would not be prohibited by the terms of this
Agreement.
Permitted
Subordinated Indebtedness Payments shall mean:
(a) interest
payments on account of the Subordinated Indebtedness evidenced by
the Subordinated Notes but only to the extent made on a
paid-in-kind or accretion basis (and not made in cash);
(b) the accrual
(and not payment in cash) of default interest on Subordinated
Indebtedness evidenced by the Subordinated Notes;
(c) the payment of
fees on the date hereof pursuant to the Subordinated Purchase
Agreement to the extent made in shares of common stock of the
Company (the “ Fee Shares ”);
(d) the payment in
cash of liquidated damages, if any, pursuant to that certain
Registration Rights Agreement dated the date hereof by and among
the Obligors and Credit Suisse International related to the Fee
Shares; and
(e) reimbursement
under the Subordinated Purchase Agreement for the reasonable and
documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses of the holders of the
Subordinated Notes pursuant to the terms of the Subordinated
Purchase Agreement either (1) incurred in connection with the
negotiation, execution or delivery of the Subordinated Purchase
Agreement and paid within 30 days of the date hereof or
(2) incurred in connection with the enforcement of the
Subordinated Purchase Agreement or otherwise in an aggregate not to
exceed $100,000;
in each instance,
to the extent then due and payable in accordance with the terms of
the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents.
Person shall mean an individual, partnership,
corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock
company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture or
Governmental Authority.
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Proceeding is defined in subsection
2.3.
Property shall mean, with respect to any Person, all
property and interests in property of such Person, whether real,
personal or mixed, whether now owned or existing or hereafter
acquired or arising and wheresoever located.
Related
Fund shall mean, with respect to any holder of Subordinated
Indebtedness, (a) any fund, trust or similar entity that
invests in commercial loans in the ordinary course of business and
is advised, managed or serviced by (i) such holder,
(ii) an affiliate of such holder, (iii) the same
investment advisor that manages such holder or (iv) an affiliate of
an investment advisor that manages such holder, or (b) any
finance company, insurance company or other financial institution
which temporarily warehouses loans for such holder or any Person
described in clause (a) above.
Reorganization Subordinated Securities shall mean any
(a) equity securities of the Company or any of its
subsidiaries and (b) notes or other debt securities issued in
substitution of all or any portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness
that are subordinated, including in right of payment, to the Senior
Indebtedness (or any notes or other securities issued in
substitution of all or any portion of the Senior Indebtedness) at
least to the same extent and, in the case of clause (b), on
substantially the same terms that the Subordinated Indebtedness is
subordinated to the Senior Indebtedness pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement, and which securities have maturities and other
terms no less advantageous to Obligors and Senior Creditors than
the terms contained in the Subordinated Indebtedness
Documents.
Required
Holders shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the
Senior Purchase Agreement; provided , that, after the
consummation of any Permitted Refinancing, the term “Required
Holders” shall mean the holders of Senior Indebtedness having
the right and/or ability under the Permitted Refinancing Debt
Documents to effectuate the waiver, amendment, granting of consent
or other matter in question.
Senior
Agent shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the
preamble of this Agreement; provided , that, after the
consummation of any Permitted Refinancing, the term “Senior
Agent” shall refer to any Person appointed by the holders of
the Senior Indebtedness as agent for themselves for the purposes of
this Agreement.
Senior
Covenant Default shall mean any “Default” or
“Event of Default” under the Senior Purchase Agreement
or Permitted Refinancing Debt Documents, other than a Senior
Payment Default.
Senior
Creditor or Senior Creditors shall mean any
“Noteholder” or the “Noteholders,”
respectively, as such terms are defined in the Senior Purchase
Agreement; provided , that, after the consummation of any
Permitted Refinancing, such terms shall refer to any holder or all
of the holders, respectively, of the Senior
Indebtedness.
Senior
Creditor Collateral shall mean all of the assets and
property of any Obligor, whether real, personal. mixed, with
respect to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted as
security for any Senior Indebtedness.
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Senior
Default Notice shall mean a written notice from Senior
Agent or any Senior Creditor to Subordinated Agent and the Company
pursuant to which the Subordinated Agent is notified of the
existence of a Senior Covenant Default.
Senior
Indebtedness shall mean all Indebtedness, liabilities and
other obligations of any and every kind and nature now existing or
hereafter arising, contingent or otherwise, of any Obligor or any
other Person under, in connection with, or evidenced or secured by
the Senior Purchase Agreement or any of the other Basic Documents,
including, without limitation, all such Obligations to pay
(i) principal, (ii) interest or premium (including
interest accruing after the commencement of any Proceeding, whether
or not constituting an allowed claim in such Proceeding),
(iii) fees, (iv) costs, expenses and other amounts
related to any indemnity against loss, damage or liability,
(v) any other monetary obligation, and all such Indebtedness,
obligations and liabilities incurred with respect to Permitted
Refinancings, together with any amendments, restatements,
modifications, renewals or extensions of any thereof permitted
hereunder; provided , that, in no event shall the principal
amount of the Senior Indebtedness exceed the sum of (a)
$30,000,000, reduced by the amount of any principal repayments and
permanent commitment reductions under the Senior Purchase Agreement
or any Permitted Refinancing Debt Documents, to the extent that
such repayments and reductions may not be reborrowed (specifically
excluding, however, any such repayments and commitment reductions
occurring in connection with any Permitted Refinancing),
plus (b) costs and expenses incurred following the
occurrence of a Senior Payment Default or Senior Covenant Default,
as the case may be, by or for the account of the holders of Senior
Indebtedness (or any representatives thereof) to preserve or
protect any Senior Creditor Collateral, plus (c) the
amount of interest that is capitalized and added to the principal
amount of the Senior Notes in accordance with the terms
thereof.
Senior
Payment Default shall mean a Default or Event of Default
described in Section 10.01(a) or (b) of the Senior
Purchase Agreement or any corresponding provision in the Permitted
Refinancing Debt Documents or any other Default or Event of Default
resulting from the failure of any Obligor to pay, on a timely
basis, any principal interest, premium, fees or other obligations
under any Basic Document or Permitted Refinancing Debt Document,
including, without limitation, in each case, any default in payment
of Senior Indebtedness after acceleration thereof.
Subordinated Creditor shall mean the Subordinated
Creditor that is a signatory to this Agreement and any other holder
of the Subordinated Note(s) or any other Subordinated Indebtedness
from time to time.
Subordinated Default shall mean a default in the
payment of the Subordinated Indebtedness, or performance of any
term, covenant or condition contained in the Subordinated
Indebtedness Documents or the occurrence of any other event or
condition constituting a default or event of default under the
Subordinated Indebtedness Documents.
Subordinated Default Notice shall mean a written
notice to Senior Agent and the Company from Subordinated Agent or
the Subordinated Creditor pursuant to which Sen
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ior Agent is
notified of the existence of a Subordinated Default, which notice
incorporates a reasonably detailed description of such Subordinated
Default.
Subordinated Indebtedness shall mean all
Indebtedness, liabilities and other obligations of any and every
kind and nature now existing or hereafter arising, contingent or
otherwise, of any Obligor or any other Person under, in connection
with, or evidenced by any of the Subordinated Indebtedness
Documents, in each case including, without limitation, obligations
to pay (i) principal, (ii) interest or premium (including
interest accruing after the commencement of any Proceeding, whether
or not constituting an allowed claim in such Proceeding, and any
premium payable with respect to any prepayment of the Subordinated
Indebtedness pursuant to the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents),
(iii) fees, (iv) costs, expenses and other amounts
related to any indemnity against loss, damage or liability, and
(v) any other monetary obligation.
Subordinated Indebtedness Documents shall mean the
Subordinated Notes, Subordinated Purchase Agreement, Indenture, any
guaranty with respect to the Subordinated Indebtedness, and all
other agreements, documents and instruments evidencing or
pertaining to any portion of the Subordinated Indebtedness, as
amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified and in effect
from time to time as permitted hereunder.
The definitions in
Section 1 shall apply equally to both 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”, and words of
similar import, shall not be limiting and 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”. The words
“asset” and “property” shall be construed
as having the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all
rights and interests in tangible and intangible assets and
properties of any kind whatsoever, whether real, personal or mixed,
including cash, securities, equity interests, accounts and contract
rights. 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 of this Agreement unless the context shall
otherwise require. Any reference to a Person, shall be deemed to
include a reference to such Person’s successors and assigns
(including any debtor in possession and any other Person to which
substantially all of the assets of such Person are transferred).
All references herein to Articles, Sections, Exhibits and Schedules
shall be deemed references to Articles and Sections of, and
Exhibits and Schedules to, this Agreement unless the context shall
otherwise require.
2.
Subordination of Subordinated Indebtedness to Senior
Indebtedness .
2.1
Subordination . The payment of any and all of the
Subordinated Indebtedness hereby expressly is subordinated, to the
extent and in the manner set forth herein, to the Payment in Full
of the Senior Indebtedness. Each holder of Senior Indebtedness,
whether now outstanding or hereafter arising, shall be deemed to
have acquired Senior Indebtedness in reliance
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upon the
provisions contained herein. Nothing in this Agreement shall apply
to claims of, or payments to, the Subordinated Agent, solely in its
capacity as Trustee and not for the benefit of any Subordinated
Creditor, under or pursuant to any provision of the
Indenture.
2.2
Restriction on Payments . Notwithstanding any
provision of the Subordinated Indebtedness Documents to the
contrary and in addition to any other limitations set forth herein
or therein, no payment (whether made in cash, securities, other
than any Reorganization Subordinated Securities, or other Property
or by set-off) of principal, interest, premium or any other amount
due with respect to the Subordinated Indebtedness shall be made or
received, and neither Subordinated Agent nor the Subordinated
Creditor shall exercise any right of set-off or recoupment with
respect to any Subordinated Indebtedness, until all of the Senior
Indebtedness is Paid in Full; provided , that, except as
provided in the immediately succeeding sentence or in subsection
2.3 , the Company may make and Subordinated Agent and the
Subordinated Creditor may accept and retain Permitted Subordinated
Indebtedness Payments and provided , further , that
the Company may make and Subordinated Agent may accept and retain
payments to the Subordinated Agent contemplated by subsection
2.1 . Notwithstanding the foregoing, no Obligor may make, and
neither Subordinated Agent nor the Subordinated Creditor may accept
or retain, any payment of principal, interest, premium or any other
amount with respect to the Subordinated Indebtedness (other than
any payment made solely in Reorganization Subordinated Securities
or payments made to the Subordinated Agent as contemplated in
subsection 2.1 ) if, at the time of such payment or, with
respect to clause (a) below, immediately after giving effect
thereto:
(a) a Senior
Payment Default exists; or
(b) subject to the
penultimate sentence of this subsection 2.2 , the
Subordinated Agent and the Subordinated Creditor shall have
received a Senior Default Notice from Senior Agent or any Senior
Creditor stating that a Senior Covenant Default exists or would be
created by the making of such payment.
The
Company may resume Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness Payments
(and may make any Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness Payments
missed due to the application of clauses (a) or (b)
of this subsection 2.2 ), and Subordinated Agent and
Subordinated Creditor may accept and retain such Permitted
Subordinated Indebtedness Payments:
(1) in the case of
a Senior Payment Default referred to in clause (a) of this
subsection 2.2 , upon a cure or waiver (as evidenced by a
written waiver from Senior Agent or the Senior Creditors to the
Company) thereof in accordance with the terms of the Senior
Purchase Agreement or Permitted Refinancing Debt Documents;
or
(2) in the case of
a Senior Covenant Default referred to in clause (b) of this
subsection 2.2 , upon the earlier to occur of (x) the
cure or waiver (as evidenced by a written waiver from Senior Agent
or the Senior Creditors to the Company) of all such Senior Covenant
Defaults in accordance with the terms of the Senior Purchase
Agreement or Permitted Refinancing Debt Documents, and (y) the
expiration of 180 days from the date on which the Senior
Default Notice was received.
Notwithstanding
any provision of this subsection 2.2 to the
contrary:
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(A) the Company
shall not be prohibited from making, and Subordinated Agent and
Subordinated Creditor shall not be prohibited from accepting and
retaining, Permitted Subordinated Indebtedness Payments by virtue
of the payment blockage effected by clause (b) of this
subsection 2.2 for more than an aggregate of 180 days
within any period of 360 consecutive days;
(B) no Senior
Covenant Default existing on the date any notice is given pursuant
to clause (b) of this subsection 2.2 shall, unless
the same shall have ceased to exist for a period of at least 60
consecutive days, be used as a basis for any subsequent such notice
(for purposes of this paragraph, breaches of the same financial
covenant for consecutive periods shall constitute separate and
distinct Senior Covenant Defaults); and
(C) Senior Agent
and the Senior Creditors shall not deliver more than three
(3) Senior Default Notices, in the aggregate, prior to the
termination of this Agreement.
The
provisions of this subsection 2.2 shall not apply to any
payment with respect to which subsection 2.3 would be
applicable.
2.3
Proceedings . In the event of any insolvency,
bankruptcy, receivership, custodianship, liquidation,
reorganization, assignment for the benefit of creditors or other
proceeding for the liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of
any Obligor or any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
Property (a “ Proceeding ”): (i) all Senior
Indebtedness first shall be Paid in Full before any payment
(whether made in cash, securities or other Property) of or with
respect to the Subordinated Indebtedness shall be made in such
Proceeding (other than a distribution of Reorganization
Subordinated Securities); (ii) any payment which, but for the
terms hereof, otherwise would be payable or deliverable in such
Proceeding in respect of the Subordinated Indebtedness (other than
a distribution of Reorganization Subordinated Securities), shall be
paid or delivered directly to Senior Agent (to be held and/or
applied by Senior Agent in accordance with the terms of the Senior
Purchase Agreement or the Permitted Refinancing Debt Documents)
until all Senior Indebtedness is Paid in Full, and Subordinated
Agent and the Subordinated Creditor each irrevocably authorizes,
empowers and directs all receivers, trustees, liquidators,
custodians, conservators and others having authority in the
premises to effect all such payments and deliveries, and
Subordinated Agent and the Subordinated Creditor each also
irrevocably authorizes, empowers and directs Senior Agent to
demand, sue for, collect and receive every such payment or
distribution; (iii) Subordinated Agent and the Subordinated
Creditor each agrees to execute and deliver to Senior Agent or its
representative, at the Company’s sole cost and expense, all
such further instruments confirming the authorization referred to
in the foregoing clause (ii) as Senior Agent may reasonably
request; and (iv) Subordinated Agent and the Subordinated
Creditor each hereby irrevocably authorizes
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