Exhibit 4.3
Execution Version
THIS AGREEMENT OR INSTRUMENT AND
THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS EVIDENCED HEREBY ARE SUBJECT TO THAT
CERTAIN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT DATED AS OF MAY 7, 2009, AMONG BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A., AS FIRST LIEN AGENT, U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION, AS SECOND LIEN AGENT, SONIC AUTOMOTIVE, INC. AND THE
SUBSIDIARIES OF SONIC AUTOMOTIVE, INC. PARTY THERETO (THE “
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT ”), AND EACH PARTY TO OR
HOLDER OF THIS AGREEMENT OR INSTRUMENT, BY ITS ACCEPTANCE HEREOF,
IRREVOCABLY AGREES TO BE BOUND BY THE PROVISIONS OF THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
SECURITY AGREEMENT (ESCROWED
EQUITY)
THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT (ESCROWED
EQUITY) (this “
Agreement ”) is made and entered into as of
May 7, 2009 by SONIC AUTOMOTIVE, INC. , a Delaware
corporation (the “ Company ” and a “
Grantor ”), EACH OF THE UNDERSIGNED SUBSIDIARIES OF
THE COMPANY AND EACH OTHER PERSON WHO SHALL BECOME A PARTY HERETO
BY EXECUTION OF A JOINDER AGREEMENT (each a “
Grantor ”, and collectively with the Company, the
“ Grantors ”), and U.S. BANK NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION , as collateral agent (together with any successor,
the “ Collateral Agent ”) for the Trustee (as
defined below) and each Holder (collectively with the Collateral
Agent, the “ Secured Parties ”). All capitalized
terms used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the
respective meanings assigned thereto in the Indenture (as defined
below).
W I T N E S S E T
H :
WHEREAS , 6.00% Senior Secured Convertible Notes due
2012 of the Company (the “ Securities ”), in the
original aggregate principal amount of $85,627,000.00 will be
issued pursuant to the Indenture, dated as of May 7, 2009 (as
amended, modified, supplemented, restated or amended and restated
from time to time, the “ Indenture ”), among the
Company, the Guarantors and U.S. Bank National Association, as
trustee (the “ Trustee ”);
WHEREAS , each Guarantor has, pursuant to the Indenture,
unconditionally guaranteed the Secured Obligations (as defined
below);
WHEREAS , the Company and each other Grantor will
materially benefit from the issuance of the Securities;
WHEREAS , it is a condition to the issuance and sale of
the Securities that the Grantors execute and deliver this
Agreement;
WHEREAS, each Grantor has agreed to make all shares of
Capital Stock of the Subsidiaries described on
Schedule I (as such schedule may be supplemented from
time to time) (collectively, the “ Escrow Subsidiaries
”) subject to the terms and provisions of this
Agreement;
WHEREAS, the Capital Stock in the Escrow Subsidiaries is
not permitted to be pledged under the terms of certain manufacturer
agreements to which such Escrow Subsidiaries are parties (the
“ Restricted Equity Interests ”);
WHEREAS, in lieu of a pledge by the Grantors to the
Collateral Agent of the Restricted Equity Interests, the Grantors
shall grant a security interest in certain Disposition Proceeds (as
defined below) of such Restricted Equity Interests; and
WHEREAS, the Grantors have delivered or will deliver the
Escrowed Shares (as defined below) into an escrow to be held by
Bank of America, N.A. (and its successor or successors in such
capacity, the “ First Lien Agent ”) in
accordance with the Escrow and Security Agreement, dated as of
February 17, 2006 (as amended, restated, revised, modified,
supplemented or amended and restated from time to time, the “
First Lien Escrow and Security Agreement ”), among the
Company, certain Subsidiaries of the Company and the First Lien
Agent.
NOW, THEREFORE,
in consideration of the premises and
the mutual covenants contained herein, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
ARTICLE I
ESCROW
1.1 Escrow .
So long as the First Lien Escrow and
Security Agreement is in effect, each Grantor agrees to deliver to
the First Lien Agent, or an agent or bailee of the First Lien
Agent, in escrow (“ Escrow ”) all of the issued
and outstanding certificated shares of Capital Stock now or
hereafter owned by such Grantor described on Schedule I
attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference, as
Schedule I may be amended or supplemented from time to
time (collectively, the “ Escrowed Shares
”).
1.2 Certain Escrow
Aspects.
(a) The Grantors shall pay all income, withholding
and any other taxes imposed on or measured by income which are
attributable to income from the Escrowed Shares and the Disposition
Proceeds for the time all or any part thereof are held in escrow
hereunder, and shall file all tax and information returns
applicable thereto. To the extent that the Collateral Agent becomes
liable for the payment of taxes, including withholding taxes, in
respect of income derived from the Escrowed Shares and Disposition
Proceeds, the Collateral Agent may, but shall not be obligated, to
pay such taxes. The Collateral Agent may withhold or offset from
any amount payable by the Collateral Agent to the Grantors such
amount as the Collateral Agent determines in its sole discretion to
be sufficient to provide for the payment of such taxes; alternately
any such amount paid by the Collateral Agent shall become a part of
the Secured Obligations (as defined below). In addition, the
Collateral Agent shall be indemnified and held harmless by the
Grantors from and against any liability for such taxes and for any
penalties or interest in respect of taxes on such investment income
or payments in the manner provided in the Indenture.
(b) It is agreed that the Grantor shall retain all
rights to dividends, all rights to vote and all other rights in
respect of ownership of the Escrowed Shares, subject only to the
Security Interest in the Disposition Proceeds Collateral (each as
defined below); provided , that so long as the First Lien
Escrow and Security Agreement is in effect, any certificated
Restricted Equity Interests received as a dividend or other
distribution in respect of Escrowed Shares shall be delivered to
the First Lien Agent, or an agent or bailee of the First Lien
Agent, in escrow for
the benefit of the First Lien Agent
and the Collateral Agent to be held pursuant to the terms of the
First Lien Escrow and Security Agreement.
(c) If a Discharge of the First Lien Debt (as
defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) has occurred or the First
Lien Agent is no longer acting as escrow agent pursuant to the
First Lien Escrow and Security Agreement, then the parties hereto
will negotiate in good faith to amend this Agreement so that the
Collateral Agent will act as escrow agent on terms substantially
similar, mutatis mutandis , to the terms under which the
First Lien Agent previously acted as escrow agent under the First
Lien Escrow and Security Agreement.
(d) Each of the Grantors agrees that the Restricted
Equity Interests and the Restricted Disposition Proceeds shall be
delivered to and held in the escrow account in accordance with the
First Lien Escrow and Security Agreement, and shall not be
transferred or otherwise disposed of except in accordance with the
First Lien Escrow and Security Agreement and this Agreement. Each
Grantor owning a Restricted Equity Interest or Restricted
Disposition Proceeds shall not incur and shall not permit the
incurrence of any consensual lien on any such Restricted Equity
Interest or Restricted Disposition Proceeds except to secure First
Lien Debt (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement). The Grantor
shall give the Collateral Agent prior notice of any resignation of
the First Lien Agent as escrow agent under the First Lien Escrow
and Security Agreement. Each Grantor party to the First Lien Escrow
and Security Agreement shall use commercially reasonable efforts to
cause the continuance of the escrow in accordance with the terms of
the First Lien Escrow Agreement so long as the Discharge of the
First Lien Debt (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) has not
occurred, and if the First Lien Escrow and Security Agreement is
terminated, will promptly deliver certificates representing the
Restricted Equity Interests and the Restricted Disposition Proceeds
to the Collateral Agent, or an agent or bailee of the Collateral
Agent, to hold in escrow pursuant to a new escrow agreement as
contemplated by Section 1.2(c) .
ARTICLE II
GRANT OF SECURITY
INTEREST
2.1 Assignment and Grant of
Security. Each
Grantor hereby grants as collateral security for the payment,
performance and satisfaction of all of the Indenture Obligations
and the payment and performance of its obligations and liabilities
(whether now existing or hereafter arising) hereunder or under any
other Note Document to which it is now or hereafter becomes a party
(such Indenture Obligations, obligations and liabilities of the
Grantors referred to collectively as the “ Secured
Obligations ”), to the Collateral Agent for the benefit
of the Secured Parties a continuing security interest in and to,
and collaterally assigns to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of
the Secured Parties (collectively, the “ Security
Interest ”) all rights, titles and interests which such
Grantor now has or at any time in the future may acquire in the
following (collectively, the “ Disposition Proceeds
”): (i) all purchase and sale agreements relating to any
of the Restricted Equity Interests and all rights to secure payment
thereunder; (ii) the net cash proceeds and all securities,
general intangibles, contract rights, or any other proceeds
whatsoever (other than shares of a Subsidiary which the Grantor is
not obligated to pledge) which are received or from time to time
receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of the transfer,
sale, assignment, conveyance or other disposition of any kind
(each, a “ Disposition ”) of the Escrowed Shares
or other Restricted Equity Interests and any other property
substituted or exchanged
therefor (other than Restricted Disposition
Proceeds and other shares of a Subsidiary which the Grantor is not
obligated to pledge) including without limitation proceeds from any
foreclosure sale or any other forced sale or liquidation or any
sale or disposition arising or occurring pursuant to a plan in
bankruptcy; and (iii) any and all proceeds or other sums
payable and/or distributable with respect to, all or any of the
Escrowed Shares or other Restricted Equity Interests and the other
interests described in the preceding clauses (i), (ii) and
(iii) hereof. Disposition Proceeds which constitute Restricted
Equity Interests shall be referred to herein as “
Restricted Disposition Proceeds ” and shall not be
included within the property subject to the Security Interest. The
Disposition Proceeds subject to the Security Interest are referred
to herein as the “ Disposition Proceeds Collateral
”; provided , however , that Disposition
Proceeds Collateral shall not include any Excluded Property (as
defined in the Security Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as
amended, modified, supplemented, restated or amended and restated
from time to time, the “ Security Agreement ”),
among the grantors party thereto and the Collateral Agent) and
Excluded Property shall not be subject to the Security
Interest.
2.2 Delivery of Certificated
Disposition Proceeds. Upon any Disposition or conversion of all or a
part of the Escrowed Shares or other Restricted Equity Interests
(including without limitation any foreclosure sale, any other
forced sale or any sale or disposition arising or occurring
pursuant to a plan in bankruptcy), the Grantors shall deliver to
the Collateral Agent, or an agent or bailee of the Collateral
Agent, any certificated Disposition Proceeds, including duly
executed instruments of transfer. The term
“certificated” when used with the term
“Disposition Proceeds” shall mean any such Disposition
Proceeds which are evidenced or represented by a note, certificate,
instrument, chattel paper or other written evidence of ownership or
entitlement.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this
Agreement or any other Note Document, no Grantor shall be required
to deliver to the Collateral Agent, or an agent or bailee of the
Collateral Agent, any of the items described in
Section 3(b) of the Security Agreement.
2.3 Second Priority Nature of
Liens.
Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to the
Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement shall be a second
priority lien on and security interest in the Disposition Proceeds
Collateral to the extent provided in the Intercreditor Agreement
and the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent
hereunder is subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor
Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, prior to the Discharge of the
First Lien Debt, the requirements of this Agreement to physically
deliver any Escrowed Shares or Disposition Proceeds to the
Collateral Agent shall be deemed satisfied by delivery of such
Escrowed Shares or Disposition Proceeds to the First Lien Agent as
agent and bailee of the Collateral Agent in accordance with the
Intercreditor Agreement.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
3.1 Representations and
Warranties. Each
Grantor represents and warrants as follows:
(a) This Agreement and the grant of the Security
Interest pursuant hereto creates a valid security interest in the
Disposition Proceeds securing the payment of the Secured
Obligations, and upon taking possession thereof, the filing of
financing statements in accordance with the UCC, and/or any other
necessary actions to perfect such security interest, such security
interest in such Disposition Proceeds will be duly perfected; and
all filings and other actions necessary or desirable to perfect and
protect such security interest and such priority have been duly
taken (or will be taken).
(b) No consent of any other Person and no
authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or
filing with, any governmental authority is required (i) for
the grant by Grantors of the Security Interest in the Disposition
Proceeds or for the execution, delivery, performance or
enforceability of this Agreement by the Grantors, (ii) for the
perfection or maintenance of the Security Interest in the
Disposition Proceeds created hereby except for the taking of
possession thereof, the UCC filings or any other action required by
the UCC or other applicable perfection statutes, or (iii) for
the exercise by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party of the
rights provided for in this Agreement or the remedies in respect of
the Disposition Proceeds pursuant to this Agreement.
(c) The Grantors are, individually or collectively,
as applicable, the legal and beneficial owners of the Escrowed
Shares and other Restricted Equity Interests; all of the Escrowed
Shares and other Restricted Equity Interests currently outstanding
and described on Schedule I are duly authorized and
issued, fully paid and non-assessable, and all documentary, stamp
or other taxes or fees owing in connection with the issuance
thereof have been paid; to the knowledge of the Grantors, no
dispute, right of setoff, counterclaim or defense exists with
respect to all or any part of the Escrowed Shares or other
Restricted Equity Interests; the Escrowed Shares and other
Restricted Equity Interests are free and clear of all Liens,
mortgages, pledges, charges, security interests or other
encumbrances, options, warrants, puts, calls and other rights of
third persons, and restrictions, other than Permitted Liens,
restrictions on transferability imposed by this Agreement, the
Indenture, the other Note Documents, the applicable Franchise
Agreement (as defined in the Credit Facility as in effect on the
date hereof), the applicable Framework Agreement (as defined in the
Credit Facility as in effect on the date hereof) and applicable
state and federal securities laws; neither this Agreement, the
Indenture nor any of the other Note Documents creates or requires
the creation or the granting by any Grantor of a Security Interest
in the Escrowed Shares and other Restricted Equity
Interests.
(d) The original certificates representing all of
the certificated Escrowed Shares and the certificated Restricted
Equity Interests have been delivered to the First Lien Agent in
escrow in accordance with the terms of the First Lien Escrow and
Security Agreement. The Restricted Equity Interests described on
Schedule I constitute (i) all of the issued and
outstanding capital stock of each of the Escrow Subsidiaries as of
the date hereof, and (ii) the indicated number of shares
and/or ownership interest percentages of the entities as shown on
Schedule I ; none of the Escrow Subsidiaries have
issued, nor are there outstanding, any options, warrants or other
rights in favor of any Grantor or any other Person to acquire the
Escrowed Shares or other Restricted Equity Interests or any capital
stock of any of the Escrow Subsidiaries.
(e) This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and
binding obligation of each Grantor enforceable in accordance with
its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy,
insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and general principals of equity;
each Grantor has the corporate or partnership, as the case may be,
power and authority and the legal right to execute and deliver, to
perform its obligations under, and to (i) deliver the Escrowed
Shares into the Escrow, and (ii) to grant the Security
Interest in the Disposition Proceeds Collateral pursuant to this
Agreement, and each Grantor has taken all necessary, corporate,
limited liability company or partnership, as the case may be,
action to authorize its execution, delivery and performance of the
delivery of the Escrowed Shares into Escrow and the grant of the
security interest in the Disposition Proceeds Collateral pursuant
to this Agreement.
(f) The execution, delivery and performance of this
Agreement will not (i) conflict with or result in any breach
or contravention of any contractual obligation of any Grantor,
including any agreement between a Grantor and any manufacturer or
distributor, (ii) violate any law, or (iii) result in the
creation or imposition of any Lien on any of the properties or
revenues of any Grantor pursuant to any applicable law or
contractual obligation of any Grantor, except as contemplated
hereby.
(g) No action, suit or proceeding of or before any
governmental authority is pending or, to the knowledge of Grantors,
threatened by or against any Grantor or against any of its
properties or revenues with respect to this Agreement or any of the
transactions contemplated hereby.
(h) There are no conditions precedent to the
effectiveness of this Agreement that have not been satisfied or
waived.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
Grantors covenant and agree as
follows:
4.1 Further Assurances
. (a) Each Grantor
agrees that, where any agreement existing as of the date hereof or
hereafter to which such Grantor is a party contains any restriction
prohibiting such Grantor from (i) transferring the Escrowed
Shares into Escrow, or (ii) granting the Security Interest in
the Disposition Proceeds Collateral, such Grantor will obtain or
use its best efforts to obtain the necessary consent to or waiver
of such restriction from any Person so as to enable such Grantor to
effectively transfer the Escrowed Shares into Escrow and grant to
Collateral Agent such Security Interest in the Disposition Proceeds
Collateral.
(b) Each Grantor will from time to
time at its expense promptly execute and deliver all further
instruments and documents, and take all further action, that may be
reasonably necessary or desirable, in order to perfect and protect
the Security Interest granted or purported to be granted hereby or
in any Joinder Agreement, in the Disposition Proceeds Collateral,
in the priority thereof, or to create or preserve the full benefits
of this Agreement and the rights and powers of Collateral Agent
herein or in any Joinder Agreement, or to enable Collateral Agent
to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder or
thereunder with respect to any of the
Disposition Proceeds Collateral.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, upon written
request by Collateral Agent, each Grantor will: (i) if the
Disposition Proceeds Collateral are certificated, deliver to
Collateral Agent, or an agent or bailee of the Collateral Agent,
such certificated Disposition Proceeds Collateral duly endorsed and
accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment;
and (ii) execute and file such financing or continuation
statements, or amendments thereto, and such other instruments or
notices, as may be necessary, in order to perfect and preserve the
Security Interest granted or purported to be granted hereby with
respect to any and all such Disposition Proceeds
Collateral.
(c) Each Grantor hereby authorizes
Collateral Agent to file one or more financing or continuation
statements, and amendments thereto, relating to all or any part of
the Disposition Proceeds Collateral without the signature of such
Grantor where and to the extent permitted by applicable law. A
photocopy or other reproduction of this Agreement or any financing
statement covering the Disposition Proceeds Collateral or any part
thereof shall be sufficient as a financing statement where and to
the extent permitted by applicable law.
(d) Each Grantor will furnish to
Collateral Agent from time to time, upon the written request of
Collateral Agent, statements and schedules further identifying and
describing the Disposition Proceeds Collateral and such other
reports in connection with the Disposition Proceeds Collateral, as
Collateral Agent may reasonably request.
(e) In addition to such other
information as shall be specifically provided for herein, Grantors
shall furnish to Collateral Agent such other information with
respect to the Disposition Proceeds Collateral as Collateral Agent
may reasonably request from time to time in connection with the
Disposition Proceeds Collateral, or the protection, preservation,
maintenance or enforcement of the Security Interest or the
Disposition Proceeds Collateral, including, without limitation, all
documents and things in Grantors’ possession, or subject to
its demand for possession, related to the Disposition Proceeds
Collateral.
(f) Except with respect to any
transaction permitted by the Indenture, no Grantor will make any
Disposition of the Escrowed Shares or other Restricted Equity
Interests (whether certificated or uncertificated) or any part
thereof, or create directly or indirectly any security interest or
otherwise encumber (other than Permitted Liens and any restriction
imposed by any Franchise Agreement (as defined in the Credit
Facility as in effect on the date hereof) or any Framework
Agreement (as defined in the Credit Facility as in effect on the
date hereof) to which the Grantor is a party) any of the Escrowed
Shares or other Restricted Equity Interests, or permit any of the
Escrowed Shares or other Restricted Equity Interests to ever be or
become subject to any warrant, put, option or other rights of third
Persons or any attachment, execution, sequestration or other legal
or equitable process, or any security interest or encumbrance of
any kind (other than Permitted Liens).
(g) The Grantors shall enforce or
secure in the name of Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Parties, the performance of each and every obligation,
term, covenant, condition and agreement relating to any
certificated Disposition Proceeds Collateral, and the Grantors
shall appear in and defend any action or proceeding arising under,
occurring out of or in any manner connected therewith and upon
request by the Collateral Agent, the Grantors will do so in the
name of the Collateral Agent and on behalf of the Secured Parties,
but at the expense of the Grantors, and the Grantors shall pay all
costs and expenses of the Collateral Agent and the
Secured Parties, including, but not
limited to, attorneys’ fees and disbursements
(“Attorney Costs”), in any action or proceeding in
which the Secured Parties may appear.
(h) Upon the request of the
Collateral Agent, each Grantor shall allow the Collateral Agent to
inspect all records of such Grantor relating to the Escrowed Shares
and/or the Disposition Proceeds Collateral, and to make and take
away copies of such records.
(i) Upon the request of the
Collateral Agent, each Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral
Agent of any material change in any fact or circumstance warranted
or represented by such Grantor in this Agreement or in any other
writing furnished by such Grantor to the Collateral Agent in
connection with the Escrowed Shares or this Agreement.
(j) Upon the request of the
Collateral Agent, each Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral
Agent of any claim, action or proceeding affecting title to the
Escrowed Shares, or any part thereof, the Disposition Proceeds
Collateral, or the Security Interest, and at the request of the
Collateral Agent, appear in and defend, at the Grantors’
expense, any such action or proceeding.
(k) The Grantors (jointly and
severally) shall promptly pay to the Collateral Agent the amount of
all reasonable costs and expenses of the Collateral Agent and/or
the Secured Parties, including, but not limited to, reasonable
Attorney Costs, incurred by the Collateral Agent or the Secured
Parties in connection with this Agreement and the enforcement of
the rights of the Collateral Agent or the Secured Parties
hereunder, in accordance with the Indenture.
(l) At no time shall any Escrowed
Shares or other Restricted Equity Interests (i) be held or
maintained in the form of a security entitlement or credited to any
securities account and (ii) which constitute a
“security” (or as to which the related Escrow
Subsidiary has elected to have treated as a “security”)
under Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code of the State of New
York or of any other jurisdiction whose laws may govern (the
“ UCC ”) be maintained in the form of
uncertificated securities.
4.2 Conversions;
etc. Should the
Escrowed Shares, or any part thereof, ever be in any manner
converted by any of the Escrow Subsidiaries into another property
of the same or another type or any money or other proceeds ever be
paid or delivered to any Grantor as a result of such
Grantor’s rights in the Escrowed Shares, then in any such
event (except as otherwise provided herein), (i) (in the case
of property other than Restricted Equity Interests) all such
property, money and other proceeds shall be and/or become part of
the Disposition Proceeds Collateral, and (ii) (in the case of
Restricted Equity Interests) such property shall be delivered in
accordance with the First Lien Escrow and Security Agreement (so
long as such agreement is in effect). Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, each Grantor hereby agrees that the
shares of capital stock of the surviving corporation in any merger
or consolidation involving any of the Escrow Subsidiaries or any of
the Escrowed Shares shall be deemed to constitute Disposition
Proceeds Collateral (or, if applicable, Restricted Disposition
Proceeds) if the surviving Escrow Subsidiary ceases to be either a
direct or indirect wholly owned Subsidiary of the
Company.
4.3 Preservation of Escrowed
Shares. Neither the
Collateral Agent nor the Secured Parties shall have any
responsibility for or obligation or duty with respect to all or any
part of the Escrowed Shares or other Restricted Equity Interests or
any Disposition Proceeds Collateral or
any matter or proceeding arising out of or
relating thereto, including, without limitation, beyond the use of
reasonable care in the custody and preservation thereof while in
its possession, any obligation or duty to collect any sums due in
respect thereof or to protect or preserve any rights against prior
parties or any other rights pertaining thereto, it being understood
and agreed that the Grantors shall be responsible generally for the
preservation of all rights in the Escrowed Shares, the other
Restricted Equity Interests and the Disposition Proceeds
Collateral.
4.4 Rights of Parties Before
the Occurrence of an Event of Default.
(a) Exercising Rights and Receipt of Cash
Proceeds Prior to an Event of Default . Unless and until any
Event of Default shall occur and be continuing:
(i) With respect to all Disposition
Proceeds Collateral, subject to the other provisions of this
Agreement, the Grantors shall be entitled to receive all cash
dividends or interest paid in respect of or attributable to such
Disposition Proceeds Collateral and any and all other
Distributions. As used herein “ Distributions ”
shall mean the declaration or payment of any dividend or other
distribution on or with respect to such Disposition Proceeds
Collateral, and any other payment made with respect to such
Disposition Proceeds Collateral other than in respect of a
Disposition thereof.
(ii) With respect to all Disposition
Proceeds Collateral, each Grantor shall have the right to vote and
give consents with respect to all such Disposition Proceeds
Collateral owned by it and to consent to, ratify, or waive notice
of any and all meetings and take such other action as it deems
appropriate to protect or further its interests in respect thereof,
provided that such right shall in no case be exercised for
any purpose contrary to, or in violation of, any of the terms or
provisions of this Agreement, the Securities, the Indenture, or any
other Note Document.
(iii) The relevant Grantor shall be
entitled to receive and re