COLLATERAL TRUST
AGREEMENT
CRICKET COMMUNICATIONS,
INC. ,
the Guarantors from time to time
party hereto,
WILMINGTON TRUST FSB
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as Trustee under the Indenture,
the other Secured Debt
Representatives from time to time party hereto
WILMINGTON TRUST FSB
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as Collateral Trustee
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ARTICLE 1.
DEFINITIONS; PRINCIPLES OF CONSTRUCTION
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Defined
Terms
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Rules of
Interpretation
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ARTICLE 2. THE
TRUST ESTATES
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Declaration of
Senior Trust
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Declaration of
Junior Trust
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Priority of
Liens
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Restrictions on
Enforcement of Junior Liens
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Waiver of Right
of Marshalling
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Discretion in
Enforcement of Parity Liens
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Discretion in
Enforcement of Parity Lien Obligations
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Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceedings
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Collateral
Shared Equally and Ratably within Class
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Separate Grants
of Security and Separate Classification
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ARTICLE 3.
OBLIGATIONS AND POWERS OF COLLATERAL TRUSTEE
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Undertaking of
the Collateral Trustee
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Release or
Subordination of Liens
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Enforcement of
Liens
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Application of
Proceeds
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Powers of the
Collateral Trustee
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Documents and
Communications
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For Sole and
Exclusive Benefit of Holders of Secured Obligations
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Additional
Secured Debt
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ARTICLE 4.
OBLIGATIONS ENFORCEABLE BY THE COMPANY AND THE OTHER
GUARANTORS
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Release of
Liens on Collateral
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Delivery of
Copies to Secured Debt Representatives
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Collateral
Trustee not Required to Serve, File, Register or Record
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Release of
Liens in Respect of Secured Debt
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ARTICLE 5.
IMMUNITIES OF THE COLLATERAL TRUSTEE
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No Implied
Duty
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Appointment of
Agents and Advisors
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Other
Agreements
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Solicitation of
Instructions
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Limitation of
Liability
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Documents in
Satisfactory Form
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Entitled to
Rely
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Secured Debt
Default
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Actions by
Collateral Trustee
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Security or
Indemnity in Favor of the Collateral Trustee
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Rights of the
Collateral Trustee
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Limitations on
Duty of Collateral Trustee in Respect of Collateral
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Assumption of
Rights, Not Assumption of Duties
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No Liability
for Clean Up of Hazardous Materials
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ARTICLE 6.
RESIGNATION AND REMOVAL OF THE COLLATERAL TRUSTEE
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Resignation or
Removal of Collateral Trustee
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Appointment of
Successor Collateral Trustee
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Succession
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Merger,
Conversion or Consolidation of Collateral Trustee
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ARTICLE 7.
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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Amendment
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Voting
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Further
Assurances; Insurance
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Perfection of
Junior Trust Estate
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Successors and
Assigns
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Delay and
Waiver
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Notices
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Notice
Following Discharge of Parity Lien Obligations
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Entire
Agreement
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Compensation;
Expenses
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Indemnity
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Severability
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Headings
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Obligations
Secured
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Governing
Law
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Consent to
Jurisdiction
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Waiver of Jury
Trial
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Counterparts
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Effectiveness
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Additional
Guarantors
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Continuing
Nature of this Agreement
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Insolvency
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Rights and
Immunities of Secured Debt Representatives
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Intercreditor
Agreement
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EXHIBIT A
— Additional Secured Debt Designation
EXHIBIT B
— Form of Collateral Trust Joinder—Additional
Debt
EXHIBIT C
— Form of Collateral Trust Joinder—Additional
Guarantor
EXHIBIT D
— Form of Intercreditor Agreement
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This Collateral
Trust Agreement (this “ Agreement ” ) is
dated as of June 5, 2009 and is by and among Cricket
Communications Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “
Company ” ), the Guarantors from time to time
party hereto, Wilmington Trust FSB, as Trustee (as defined below),
the other Secured Debt Representatives from time to time party
hereto, and Wilmington Trust FSB, as Collateral Trustee (in such
capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the
“ Collateral Trustee ” ).
The Company
intends to issue 7.75% Senior Secured Notes due 2016 (together with
any additional notes issued under the Indenture (as defined below)
and any exchange notes related to such notes and additional notes,
the “ Notes ” ) in an aggregate principal
amount of $1,100,000,000 pursuant to an Indenture dated as of the
date hereof (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or
otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “
Indenture ” ) among the Company, the Guarantors
party thereto from time to time and Wilmington Trust FSB, as
trustee (in such capacity and together with its successors in such
capacity, the “ Trustee ” ).
The Company and
the Guarantors intend to secure the Obligations under the Notes,
the Guarantees of the Notes and the Indenture and any future Parity
Lien Debt and any future Junior Lien Debt, with Liens on all
present and future Collateral to the extent that such Liens have
been provided for in the applicable Security Documents.
This Agreement
sets forth the terms on which each Secured Party has appointed the
Collateral Trustee to act as the collateral trustee for the present
and future holders of the Secured Obligations to receive, hold,
maintain, administer and distribute the Collateral at any time
delivered to the Collateral Trustee or the subject of the Security
Documents, and to enforce the Security Documents and all interests,
rights, powers and remedies of the Collateral Trustee with respect
thereto or thereunder and the proceeds thereof.
Capitalized terms
used in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them above or
in Article 1 below.
In consideration
of the premises and the mutual agreements herein set forth, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties to this Agreement hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE 1. DEFINITIONS; PRINCIPLES
OF CONSTRUCTION
SECTION 1.1
Defined Terms . The following terms will have the following
meanings:
“ Act
of Required Debtholders ” means, as to any matter at
any time:
(1) prior to the
Discharge of Parity Lien Obligations, a direction in writing
delivered to the Collateral Trustee by or with the written consent
of the holders of a majority of the sum of:
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(a) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of Parity Lien Debt (including
outstanding letters of credit whether or not then available or
drawn); and
(b) the aggregate
unfunded commitments to extend credit which, when funded, would
constitute Parity Lien Debt; and
(2) at any time
after the Discharge of Parity Lien Obligations, a direction in
writing delivered to the Collateral Trustee by or with the written
consent of the holders of Junior Lien Debt representing the
Required Junior Lien Debtholders.
For purposes of
this definition, (a) Secured Debt registered in the name of,
or beneficially owned by, the Company or any Affiliate of the
Company will be deemed not to be outstanding and (b) votes
will be determined in accordance with Section 7.2.
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Additional Secured Debt ” has the meaning set
forth in Section 3.8.
“Additional Secured Debt Designation”
means a notice in substantially the form of Exhibit A
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Affiliate ” of any specified Person means
(1) any other Person directly or indirectly controlling or
controlled by or under direct or indirect common control with such
specified Person, (2) any executive officer or director of
such specified Person or (3) any Designated Entity. For
purposes of this definition, “control,” as used with
respect to any Person, means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management or policies of such Person, whether through the
ownership of voting securities, by agreement or otherwise. For
purposes of this definition, the terms “controlling,”
“controlled by” and “under common control
with” will have correlative meanings.
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Agreement ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
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Attributable Debt ” has the meaning assigned to it
in the Indenture.
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Business Day ” means any day other than a
Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in the
City of New York or at a place of payment are authorized or
required by law, regulation or executive order to remain
closed.
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Capital Lease Obligations ” means, at the time any
determination thereof is to be made, the amount of the liability in
respect of a capital lease that would at that time be required to
be capitalized on a balance sheet in accordance with GAAP, and the
Stated Maturity thereof shall be the date of the last payment of
rent or any other amount due under such lease prior to the first
date upon which such lease may be prepaid by the lessee without
payment of a penalty.
(a) in the case of
a corporation, corporate stock;
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(b) in the case of
an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests,
participations, rights or other equivalents (however designated) of
corporate stock;
(c) in the case of
a partnership or limited liability company, partnership or
membership interests (whether general or limited); and
(d) any other
interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to
receive a share of the profits and losses of, or distributions of
assets of, the issuing Person.
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Class ” means (a) in the case of Parity Lien
Debt, every Series of Parity Lien Debt, taken together, and
(b) in the case of Junior Lien Debt, every Series of Junior
Lien Debt, taken together.
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Collateral ” means all assets, now owned or
hereafter acquired, of the Company, any Guarantor, or any other
Person, to the extent such assets are pledged or assigned or
purported to be pledged or assigned, or are required to be pledged
or assigned under the Secured Debt Documents to the Collateral
Trustee, together with the Proceeds and products thereof. For
purposes of clarification, the Collateral shall not include any
assets released from the Liens of the Collateral Trustee in
accordance with the Secured Debt Documents or with respect to which
the Collateral Trustee is required to release its Liens pursuant to
this Agreement; provided , that, if such Liens are required
to be released as a result of the sale, transfer or other
disposition of any assets of the Company or any Guarantor, such
assets will cease to be excluded from the Collateral if the Company
or any Guarantor thereafter acquires or reacquires such
assets.
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Collateral Trustee ” has the meaning set forth in
the preamble.
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Collateral Trust Joinder ” means (a) with
respect to the provisions of this Agreement relating to any
Additional Secured Debt, an agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit B and (b) with respect to the provisions of
this Agreement relating to the addition of additional Guarantors,
an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit C
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Company ” has the meaning set forth in the
preamble.
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Designated Entity ” has the meaning assigned to it
in the Indenture.
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Discharge of Parity Lien Obligations ” means the
occurrence of all of the following:
(1) termination or
expiration of all commitments to extend credit that would
constitute Parity Lien Debt;
(2) payment in
full in cash of the principal of, and interest and premium, if any,
on all Parity Lien Debt (other than any undrawn letters of
credit);
(3) discharge or
cash collateralization (at the lower of (A) 105% of the
aggregate undrawn amount and (B) the percentage of the
aggregate undrawn amount
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required for
release of liens under the terms of the applicable Parity Lien
Document) of all outstanding letters of credit constituting Parity
Lien Debt; and
(4) payment in
full in cash of all other Parity Lien Obligations that are
outstanding and unpaid at the time the Parity Lien Debt is paid in
full in cash (other than any obligations for taxes, costs,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities in
respect of which no claim or demand for payment has been made at
such time).
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Equally and Ratably ” means, in reference to
sharing of Liens on the Collateral or proceeds of such Collateral
as between holders of Secured Obligations within the same Class
after payment of fees, costs and expenses of the Collateral Trustee
in accordance with Section 3.4 and the Parity Lien
Representatives in accordance with the applicable Secured Debt
Document, that such Liens or proceeds:
(1) will be
allocated and distributed in accordance with Section 3.4 first
to the Secured Debt Representative for each outstanding Series of
Secured Debt within that Class, for the account of the holders of
such Series of Secured Debt, ratably in proportion to the principal
of, and interest and premium (if any) and reimbursement obligations
(contingent or otherwise) with respect to letters of credit, if
any, outstanding (whether or not drawings have been made under such
letters of credit) forming part of, and Hedging Obligations to the
extent constituting Secured Debt pursuant to the terms of, each
outstanding Series of Secured Debt within that Class when the
allocation or distribution is made; and thereafter;
(2) will be
allocated and distributed in accordance with Section 3.4 (if
any remain after payment in full of all of the principal of, and
interest and premium (if any) and reimbursement obligations
(contingent or otherwise) with respect to letters of credit, if
any, outstanding (whether or not drawings have been made on such
letters of credit) forming part of, and Hedging Obligations to the
extent constituting Secured Debt pursuant to the terms of, each
outstanding Series of Secured Debt within that Class) to the
Secured Debt Representative for each outstanding Series of Secured
Debt within that Class, for the account of the holders of any
remaining Secured Obligations within that Class, ratably in
proportion to the aggregate unpaid amount of such remaining Secured
Obligations within that Class due and demanded (with written notice
to the applicable Secured Debt Representative and the Collateral
Trustee) prior to the date such distribution is made.
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GAAP ” means generally accepted accounting
principles set forth in the opinions and pronouncements of the
Accounting Principles Board of the American Institute of Certified
Public Accountants, the opinions and pronouncements of the Public
Company Accounting Oversight Board and in the statements and
pronouncements of the Financial Accounting Standards Board or in
such other statements by such other entity as have been approved by
a significant segment of the accounting profession, which were in
effect on October 23, 2006.
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Guarantee ” means, as to any Person, a guarantee
other than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection
in the ordinary course of business, direct or indirect, in
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manner
including, without limitation, by way of a pledge of assets or
through letters of credit or reimbursement agreements in respect
thereof, of all or any part of any Indebtedness of another
Person.
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Guarantors ” means any Person that at any time
provides a Guarantee of any Secured Obligations.
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Hedging Obligations ” means, with respect to any
specified Person, the net obligations of such Person
under:
(1) interest rate
swap agreements, interest rate cap agreements, interest rate collar
agreements and other agreements or arrangements with respect to
interest rate; and
(2) foreign
exchange contracts, currency swap agreements and other similar
agreements or arrangements with respect to foreign currency
exchange rates.
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Indebtedness ” means, with respect to any
specified Person, any indebtedness of such Person, whether or not
contingent:
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in
respect of borrowed money;
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(2)
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evidenced by bonds, notes,
debentures or similar instruments or letters of credit (or
reimbursement agreements in respect thereof);
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in
respect of banker’s acceptances;
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in
respect of Capital Lease Obligations and Attributable
Debt;
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in
respect of the balance deferred and unpaid of the purchase price of
any property or services, except any such balance that constitutes
an accrued expense or trade payable and excluding any earnout
obligation until such obligation becomes a liability on the balance
sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP;
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representing Hedging
Obligations;
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representing Disqualified Stock (as
defined in the Indenture); or
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in
the case of a Subsidiary of such Person, representing Preferred
Stock (as defined in the Indenture);
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In addition, the
term “Indebtedness” includes all Indebtedness of others
secured by a Lien on any asset of the specified Person (whether or
not such Indebtedness is assumed by the specified Person), and, to
the extent not otherwise included, the Guarantee by the specified
Person of any Indebtedness of any other Person.
“
Indemnified Liabilities ” means any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions,
judgments, suits, costs, taxes, expenses or disbursements of any
kind or nature
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whatsoever with
respect to the execution, delivery, performance, administration or
enforcement of this Agreement or any of the other Security
Documents, including any of the foregoing relating to the use of
proceeds of any Secured Debt or the violation of, noncompliance
with or liability under, any law applicable to or enforceable
against the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any Guarantor or
any of the Collateral and all reasonable costs and expenses
(including reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel selected
by the Indemnitee) incurred by any Indemnitee in connection with
any claim, action, investigation or proceeding in any respect
relating to any of the foregoing, whether or not suit is
brought.
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Indemnitee ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 7.11(a).
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Indenture ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
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Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding ”
means:
(1) any case
commenced by or against the Company or any Guarantor under Title
11, U.S. Code, or any similar federal or state law for the relief
of debtors, any other proceeding for the reorganization,
recapitalization or adjustment or marshalling of the assets or
liabilities of the Company or any Guarantor, any receivership or
assignment for the benefit of creditors relating to the Company or
any Guarantor or any similar case or proceeding relative to the
Company or any Guarantor or its creditors, as such, in each case
whether or not voluntary;
(2) any
liquidation, dissolution, marshalling of assets or liabilities or
other winding up of or relating to the Company or any Guarantor, in
each case whether or not voluntary and whether or not involving
bankruptcy or insolvency; or
(3) any other
proceeding of any type or nature in which substantially all claims
of creditors of the Company or any Guarantor are determined and any
payment or distribution is or may be made on account of such
claims.
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Intercreditor Agreement ” means an intercreditor
agreement entered into in connection with Permitted Priority Debt,
if any, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit D, as
amended, supplemented, restated, modified, renewed or replaced
(whether upon or after termination or otherwise), in whole or in
part from time to time, or any other successor agreement and
whether among the same or any other parties.
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Intercreditor Agreement Joinder ” means an
agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit A to the
Intercreditor Agreement.
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Junior Lien ” means a Lien granted by a Security
Document to the Collateral Trustee, at any time, upon any
Collateral to secure Junior Lien Obligations.
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Junior Lien Debt ” means:
(1) any
Indebtedness (including letters of credit and reimbursement
obligations with respect thereto) of the Company or any Guarantor
that is secured on a subordinated basis to the Parity Lien Debt by
a Junior Lien that was permitted to be incurred and so secured
under each applicable Secured Debt Document;
(a) on or before
the date on which such Indebtedness is incurred by the Company or
such Guarantor, such Indebtedness is designated by the Company as
“Junior Lien Debt” for the purposes of the Secured Debt
Documents in an Additional Secured Debt Designation executed and
delivered in accordance with Section 3.8(b); provided ,
that no Series of Secured Debt may be designated as both Junior
Lien Debt and Parity Lien Debt;
(b) the Junior
Lien Representative for such Indebtedness executes and delivers a
Collateral Trust Joinder and, if applicable, an Intercreditor
Joinder Agreement, in each case, in accordance with
Section 3.8(a);
(c) such
Indebtedness is governed by an indenture, credit agreement or other
agreement that includes a Lien Sharing and Priority Confirmation;
and
(d) all other
requirements set forth in Section 3.8 hereof have been
complied with (and the satisfaction of such requirements will be
conclusively established if the Company delivers to the Collateral
Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such
requirements have been satisfied and that such Indebtedness is
“Junior Lien Debt”); and
(2) Hedging
Obligations of the Company or any Guarantor incurred to hedge or
manage interest rate risk with respect to Junior Lien Debt;
provided that, pursuant to the terms of the Junior Lien
Documents, such Hedging Obligations are secured by a Junior Lien on
all of the assets and properties that secure the Indebtedness in
respect of which such Hedging Obligations are incurred.
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Junior Lien Documents ” means, collectively, any
indenture, credit agreement or other agreement governing a Series
of Junior Lien Debt and the Security Documents (other than any
Security Documents that do not create or perfect Liens securing
Junior Lien Obligations).
“
Junior Lien Obligations ” means Junior Lien Debt
and all other Obligations in respect thereof.
“
Junior Lien Representative ” means, in the case of
any future Series of Junior Lien Debt, the trustee, agent or
representative of the holders of such Series of Junior Lien Debt
who (A) is appointed as a Junior Lien Representative (for
purposes related to the administration of the Security Documents)
pursuant to the indenture, credit agreement or other agreement
governing such Series of Junior Lien Debt, together with its
successors in such capacity, and (B) that has executed a
Collateral Trust Joinder.
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“
Junior Trust Estate ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.2.
“
Lien ” means, with respect to any asset, any
mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest or encumbrance of
any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded
or otherwise perfected under applicable law, including any
conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any lease in
the nature thereof, any option or other agreement to sell or give a
security interest in such asset and any filing of or agreement to
give any financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code (or
equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.
“Lien
Sharing and Priority Confirmation” means:
(1) as to any
Series of Parity Lien Debt, the written agreement of the holders of
such Series of Parity Lien Debt, as set forth in the applicable
Secured Debt Document:
(a) for the
enforceable benefit of all holders of each existing and future
Series of Parity Lien Debt and each existing and future Parity Lien
Representative, that all Parity Lien Obligations will be and are
secured Equally and Ratably by all Parity Liens at any time granted
by the Company or any Guarantor to secure any Obligations in
respect of such Series of Parity Lien Debt, and that all such
Parity Liens will be enforceable by the Collateral Trustee for the
benefit of all holders of Parity Lien Obligations Equally and
Ratably;
(b) for the
enforceable benefit of all holders of each existing and future
Series of Parity Lien Debt and Series of Junior Lien Debt, and each
existing and future Parity Lien Representative and Junior Lien
Representative, that the holders of Obligations in respect of such
Series of Parity Lien Debt are bound by the provisions of this
Agreement, including the provisions relating to the ranking of
Parity Liens and the order of application of proceeds from
enforcement of Parity Liens;
(c) for the
enforceable benefit of all holders of each existing and future
Series of Permitted Priority Debt and Series of Parity Lien Debt
and each existing and future Permitted Priority Lien Representative
and Parity Lien Representative, that the holders of Obligations in
respect of such Series of Parity Lien Debt are bound by the
provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement (whether then in
existence or thereafter entered into), including the provisions
relating to the ranking of Liens and the order of application of
proceeds from the enforcement of Liens as set forth therein;
and
(d) consenting to
and directing the Collateral Trustee to perform its obligations
under this Agreement and the other Security Documents (including
the Intercreditor Agreement).
(2) as to any
Series of Junior Lien Debt, the written agreement of the holders of
such Series of Junior Lien Debt, as set forth in the applicable
Secured Debt Document:
(a) for the
enforceable benefit of all holders of each existing and future
Series of Junior Lien Debt and Series of Parity Lien Debt and each
existing
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and future
Junior Lien Representative and Parity Lien Representative, that all
Junior Lien Obligations will be and are secured Equally and Ratably
by all Junior Liens at any time granted by the Company or any
Guarantor to secure any Obligations in respect of such Series of
Junior Lien Debt, and that all such Junior Liens will be
enforceable by the Collateral Trustee for the benefit of all
holders of Junior Lien Obligations Equally and Ratably;
(b) for the
enforceable benefit of all holders of each existing and future
Series of Parity Lien Debt and Series of Junior Lien Debt and each
existing and future Parity Lien Representative and Junior Lien
Representative, that the holders of Obligations in respect of such
Series of Junior Lien Debt are bound by the provisions of this
Agreement, including the provisions relating to the ranking of
Junior Liens and the order of application of proceeds from the
enforcement of Junior Liens;
(c) for the
enforceable benefit of all holders of each existing and future
Series of Junior Lien Debt, Series of Parity Lien Debt and Series
of Permitted Priority Debt and each existing and future Junior Lien
Representative, Parity Lien Representative and Permitted Priority
Lien Representative, that the holders of Obligations in respect of
such Series of Junior Lien Debt are bound by the provisions of the
Intercreditor Agreement (whether then in existence or thereafter
entered into), including the provisions relating to the ranking of
Liens and the order of application of proceeds from the enforcement
of Liens as set forth therein; and
(d) consenting to
and directing the Collateral Trustee to perform its obligations
under this Agreement and the other Security Documents (including
the Intercreditor Agreement).
“
Moody’s ” means Moody’s Investors
Service, Inc., a subsidiary of Moody’s Corporation, and any
successor to its rating agency business.
“
Notes ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
“
Note Guarantee ” has the meaning assigned to it in
the Indenture.
“
Obligations ” means any principal (including
reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit whether
drawn or not drawn), interest (including all interest accrued
thereon after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding at the rate, including any applicable post-default rate,
specified in the Secured Debt Documents, even if such interest is
not enforceable, allowable or allowed as a claim in such
proceeding), premium (if any), penalties, fees, indemnifications,
reimbursements, damages and other liabilities payable under the
documentation governing any Indebtedness.
“
Officers’ Certificate ” means a certificate
with respect to compliance with a condition or covenant provided
for in this Agreement, signed on behalf of the Company by two
officers of the
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Company, one of
whom must be the principal executive officer, the principal
financial officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting
officer of the Company, including:
(a) a statement
that the Person making such certificate has read such covenant or
condition;
(b) a brief
statement as to the nature and scope of the examination or
investigation upon which the statements or opinions contained in
such certificate are based;
(c) a statement
that, in the opinion of such Person, he or she has made such
examination or investigation as is necessary to enable him or her
to express an informed opinion as to whether or not such covenant
or condition has been satisfied; and
(d) a statement as
to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such condition or
covenant has been satisfied.
“
Ordinary Course Activity ” means any ordinary
course activity with respect to the Collateral that, pursuant to
Section 10.09 of the Indenture, the Company or any Guarantor
may conduct without any release or consent by, or the delivery of
any document or other instrument to, the Collateral Trustee or the
Trustee.
“
Parity Lien ” means a Lien granted by a Security
Document to the Collateral Trustee, at any time, upon any
Collateral to secure Parity Lien Obligations.
“
Parity Lien Debt ” means:
(1) the Notes and
the Note Guarantee of each Guarantor;
(2) Any
Indebtedness (including letters of credit and reimbursement
obligations with respect thereto) of the Company or any Guarantor
that is secured Equally and Ratably with the Notes by a Parity Lien
that was permitted to be incurred and so secured under each
applicable Secured Debt Document; provided , in the case of
Indebtedness referred to in this clause (2), that:
(a) on or before
the date on which such Indebtedness is incurred by the Company or
such Guarantor, such Indebtedness is designated by the Company as
“Parity Lien Debt” for the purposes of the Secured Debt
Documents in an Additional Secured Debt Designation executed and
delivered in accordance with Section 3.8(a); provided ,
that no Series of Secured Debt may be designated as both Parity
Lien Debt and Junior Lien Debt;
(b) the Parity
Lien Representative for such Indebtedness executes and delivers a
Collateral Trust Joinder and, if applicable an Intercreditor
Joinder Agreement, in each case in accordance with
Section 3.8(a);
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(c) such
Indebtedness is governed by an indenture, credit agreement, or
other agreement that includes a Lien Sharing and Priority
Confirmation;
(d) all other
requirements set forth in Section 3.8 hereof have been
complied with (and the satisfaction of such requirements will be
conclusively established if the Company delivers to the Collateral
Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating that such
requirements have been satisfied and that such notes or such
Indebtedness is “Parity Lien Debt”); and
(3) Hedging
Obligations of the Company or any Guarantor incurred to hedge or
manage interest rate risk with respect to Parity Lien Debt;
provided , that pursuant to the terms of the Parity Lien
Documents, such Hedging Obligations are secured by a Parity Lien on
all of the assets and properties that secure the Indebtedness in
respect of which such Hedging Obligations are incurred.
“
Parity Lien Documents ” means the Indenture and
any additional indenture, credit agreement or other agreement
governing a Series of Parity Lien Debt and the Security Documents
(other than any Security Documents that do not create or perfect
Liens securing Parity Lien Obligations).
“
Parity Lien Obligations ” means the Parity Lien
Debt and all other Obligations in respect of Parity Lien
Debt.
“
Parity Lien Representative ” means:
(a) the Trustee,
in the case of the Notes; or
(b) in the case of
any other Series of Parity Lien Debt, the trustee, agent or
representative of the holders of such Series of Parity Lien Debt
who (A) is appointed as a Parity Lien Representative (for
purposes related to the administration of the Security Documents)
pursuant to the indenture, credit agreement or other agreement
governing such Series of Parity Lien Debt, together with its
successors in such capacity, and (B) that has executed a
Collateral Trust Joinder.
“
Permitted Prior Liens ” has the meaning assigned
to it in the Indenture.
“
Permitted Priority Debt ” means
(1) Indebtedness (including letters of credit and
reimbursement obligations with respect thereto) incurred by the
Company or any of the Guarantors that is secured by Permitted
Priority Liens that were permitted to be incurred and so secured
under each applicable Secured Debt Document; provided,
that:
(a) on or before
the date on which such Indebtedness is incurred by the Company or
the applicable Guarantor, such Indebtedness is designated by the
Company, in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to each Parity
Lien Representative, each Junior Lien Representative and the
Collateral Trustee, as “Permitted Priority Debt” for
the purposes of the Secured Debt Documents; provided that no Series
of Secured Debt may be designated as both Permitted Priority Debt
and Parity Lien Debt or Junior Lien Debt; and
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(b) the Permitted
Priority Lien Representative, the Collateral Trustee, the Company
and each applicable Guarantor, has duly executed and delivered an
Intercreditor Agreement; and
(2) Hedging
Obligations of the Company or any Guarantor incurred to hedge or
manage interest rate risk with respect to Permitted Priority Debt;
provided that, pursuant to the terms of the documents
governing the Permitted Priority Debt Obligations, such Hedging
Obligations are secured by a Permitted Priority Lien on all of the
assets and properties that secure the Indebtedness in respect of
which such Hedging Obligations are incurred.
“
Permitted Priority Debt Obligations ” means
Permitted Priority Debt and all other Obligations in respect
thereof.
“
Permitted Priority Lien Representative ” means,
in the case of any future Permitted Priority Debt, the agent of the
holders of such Permitted Priority Debt who is appointed as an
agent for purposes related to the administration of the security
documents related to the Permitted Priority Debt pursuant to the
credit agreement or other agreement governing such Permitted
Priority Debt, together with its successors in such
capacity.
“
Permitted Priority Liens ” means Liens granted to
the collateral agent or other Permitted Priority Lien
Representative under any Permitted Priority Debt facility, at any
time, upon any Collateral to secure Permitted Priority Debt
Obligations.
“
Person ” means any individual, corporation,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or
government or other entity.
“
Plan ” has the meaning assigned to it in the
Indenture.
“
Required Junior Lien Debtholders ” means, at any
time, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
all Junior Lien Debt (including outstanding letters of credit
whether or not then available or drawn) then outstanding and the
aggregate unfunded commitments to extend credit which, when funded,
would constitute Junior Lien Debt, calculated in accordance with
the provisions of Section 7.2. For purposes of this
definition, Junior Lien Debt registered in the name of, or
beneficially owned by, the Company or any Affiliate of the Company
will be deemed not to be outstanding.
“
Required Parity Lien Debtholders ” means, at any
time, the holders of a majority in aggregate principal amount of
all Parity Lien Debt (including outstanding letters of credit
whether or not then available or drawn) then outstanding and the
aggregate unfunded commitments to extend credit which, when funded,
would constitute Parity Lien Debt, calculated in accordance with
the provisions of Section 7.2. For purposes of this
definition, Parity Lien Debt registered in the name of, or
beneficially owned by, the Company or any Affiliate of the Company
will be deemed not to be outstanding.
“
S&P ” means Standard & Poor’s
Ratings Services, a division of The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc.,
and any successor to its rating agency business.
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“
Secured Debt ” means Parity Lien Debt and Junior
Lien Debt.
“
Secured Debt Default ” means any event or
condition which, under the terms of any credit agreement, indenture
or other agreement governing any Series of Secured Debt causes, or
permits holders of Secured Debt outstanding thereunder (with or
without the giving of notice or lapse of time, or both, and whether
or not notice has been given or time has lapsed) to cause, the
Secured Debt outstanding thereunder to become immediately due and
payable prior to the Stated Maturity thereof.
“
Secured Debt Documents ” means the Parity Lien
Documents and the Junior Lien Documents.
“
Secured Debt Representative ” means each Parity
Lien Representative and each Junior Lien Representative.
“
Secured Obligations ” means Parity Lien
Obligations and Junior Lien Obligations.
“
Secured Parties ” means the holders of Secured
Obligations and the Secured Debt Representatives.
“
Security Documents ” means this Agreement, each
Collateral Trust Joinder, the Intercreditor Agreement, each
Intercreditor Joinder Agreement and all security agreements, pledge
agreements, collateral assignments, control agreements or other
grants or transfers for security executed and delivered by the
Company or any Guarantor creating or perfecting (or purporting to
create or perfect) a Lien upon Collateral in favor of the
Collateral Trustee, for the benefit of any Secured Party, in each
case, as amended, supplemented, restated, modified, renewed or
replaced, in whole or in part, from time to time, in accordance
with its terms and Section 7.2.
“
Senior Trust Estate ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.1.
“
Series of Junior Lien Debt ” means, severally,
each issue or series of Junior Lien Debt for which a single
transfer register is maintained (provided that any Hedging
Obligations constituting Junior Lien Debt shall be deemed part of
the Series of Junior Lien Debt to which they relate).
“
Series of Parity Lien Debt ” means, severally, the
Notes and any additional notes or exchange notes or other
Indebtedness that constitutes Parity Lien Debt (provided that any
Hedging Obligations constituting Parity Lien Debt shall be deemed
part of the Series of Parity Lien Debt to which they
relate).
“
Series of Permitted Priority Debt ” means,
severally, each issue or series of Permitted Priority Debt for
which a single transfer register is maintained (provided that any
Hedging Obligations constituting Permitted Priority Debt shall be
deemed part of the Series of Permitted Priority Debt to which they
relate).
“
Series of Secured Debt ” means each Series of
Parity Lien Debt and each Series of Junior Lien Debt.
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“
Stated Maturity ” means, with respect to any
installment of interest or principal on any series of Indebtedness,
the date on which such payment of interest or principal was
scheduled to be paid in the original documentation governing such
Indebtedness, and will not include any contingent obligations to
repay, redeem or repurchase any such interest or principal prior to
the date originally scheduled for the payment thereof.
“
Subsidiary ” means, with respect to any specified
Person:
(1) any
corporation, association or other business entity of which more
than 50% of the total voting power of the Voting Stock (as defined
in the Indenture) is at the time owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries
of that Person (or a combination thereof); and
(2) any
partnership (a) the sole general partner or the managing
general partner of which is such Person or a Subsidiary of such
Person or (b) the only general partners of which are such
Person or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person (or any
combination thereof); provided, however , that for avoidance
of doubt, a Designated Entity shall not be deemed to be a
Subsidiary of the Parent (as defined in the Indenture), the Company
or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries (as defined in the Indenture)
so long as the Parent and its Restricted Subsidiaries do not own
Voting Stock having the power (without regard to the occurrence of
any contingency) to elect more than 50% of the directors, managers
or trustees of such Designated Entity or become the sole general
partner or the managing general partner of such Designated
Entity.
“
Trustee ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
“
Trust Estates ” has the meaning set forth in
Section 2.2.
“
UCC ” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in
effect from time to time in any applicable jurisdiction.
SECTION 1.2
Rules of Interpretation .
(a) All
terms used in this Agreement that are defined in Article 9 of
the UCC and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned
to them in Article 9 of the UCC.
(b) Unless
otherwise indicated, any reference to any agreement or instrument
will be deemed to include a reference to that agreement or
instrument as assigned, amended, supplemented, amended and
restated, or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time or
replaced in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
(c) The
use in this Agreement of the word “include” or
“including,” when following any general statement, term
or matter, will not be construed to limit such statement, term or
matter to the specific items or matters set forth immediately
following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not
nonlimiting language (such as “without limitation” or
“but not limited to” or words of similar import) is
used with reference thereto, but will be deemed to refer to all
other items or matters that fall within the broadest possible scope
of such
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general
statement, term or matter. The word “will” shall be
construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word
“shall.”
(d) References
to “Sections,” “clauses,”
“recitals” and the “preamble” will be to
Sections, clauses, recitals and the preamble, respectively, of this
Agreement unless otherwise specifically provided. References to
“Articles” will be to Articles of this Agreement unless
otherwise specifically provided. References to
“Exhibits” will be to Exhibits to this Agreement unless
otherwise specifically provided.
(e) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, any references
contained herein to any section, clause, paragraph, definition or
other provision of the Indenture (including any definition
contained therein) shall be deemed to be a reference to such
section, clause, paragraph, definition or other provision as in
effect on the date of this Agreement; provided , that any
reference to any such section, clause, paragraph or other provision
shall refer to such section, clause, paragraph or other provision
of the Indenture (including any definition contained therein) as
amended or modified from time to time if such amendment or
modification has been (1) made in accordance with the Indenture and
(2) approved by an Act of the Required Debtholders in a
writing delivered to the applicable Parity Lien Representatives and
the Collateral Trustee. Notwithstanding the foregoing, whenever any
term used in this Agreement is defined or otherwise incorporated by
reference to the Indenture, such reference shall be deemed to have
the same effect as if such definition or term had been set forth
herein in full and such term shall continue to have the meaning
established pursuant to the Indenture notwithstanding the
termination or expiration of the Indenture or redemption of all
Obligations evidenced thereby.
(f) This
Agreement and the other Security Documents will be construed
without regard to the identity of the party who drafted it and as
though the parties participated equally in drafting it.
Consequently, each of the parties acknowledges and agrees that any
rule of construction that a document is to be construed against the
drafting party will not be applicable either to this Agreement or
the other Security Documents.
(g) In
the event of any conflict between any terms and provisions set
forth in this Agreement and those set forth in any other Security
Document, the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall
supersede and control the terms and provisions of such other
Security Document.
ARTICLE 2. THE TRUST
ESTATES
SECTION 2.1
Declaration of Senior Trust .
To secure the
payment of the Parity Lien Obligations and in consideration of the
premises and mutual agreements set forth in this Agreement, the
Company and each of the Guarantors hereby grants to the Collateral
Trustee, and the Collateral Trustee hereby accepts and agrees to
hold, in trust under this Agreement for the benefit of all present
and future Parity Lien Representatives and holders of Parity Lien
Obligations, all of such Company’s or Guarantor’s
right, title and interest granted to the Collateral Trustee in, to
and under all Collateral under any Security Document for the
benefit of the Parity Lien Representatives and holders of Parity
Lien
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Obligations,
together with all of the Collateral Trustee’s right, title
and interest in, to and under the Security Documents, and all
interests, rights, powers and remedies of the Collateral Trustee
thereunder or in respect thereof and all cash and non-cash proceeds
thereof (collectively, the “ Senior Trust Estate
” ).
The Collateral
Trustee and its successors and assigns under this Agreement will
hold the Senior Trust Estate in trust for the benefit solely and
exclusively of all present and future Parity Lien Representatives
and holders of Parity Lien Obligations as security for the payment
of all present and future Parity Lien Obligations.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if at any time:
(1) all Liens
securing the Parity Lien Obligations have been released as provided
in Section 4.1;
(2) the Collateral
Trustee holds no other property in trust as part of the Senior
Trust Estate;
(3) no monetary
obligation (other than indemnification and other contingent
obligations not then due and payable) is outstanding and payable
under this Agreement to the Collateral Trustee or any of its
co-trustees or agents (whether in an individual or representative
capacity);
(4) the Company
delivers to the Collateral Trustee an Officers’ Certificate
stating that all Parity Liens of the Collateral Trustee have been
released in compliance with all applicable provisions of the Parity
Lien Documents and that the Company and the Guarantors are not
required by any Parity Lien Document to grant any Parity Lien upon
any property, and
(5) each Parity
Lien Representative delivers to the Collateral Trustee an
officers’ certificate stating that all Parity Liens of the
Collateral Trustee may be released in compliance with all
applicable provisions of the Parity Lien Documents and that the
Company and the Guarantors are not required by the Parity Lien
Document as to which such Person is the Parity Secured
Representative to grant any Parity Lien upon any property, (and
each Parity Lien Representative hereby agrees to deliver such
certificate to the Collateral Trustee when the Liens securing the
applicable Series of Parity Lien Debt are to be released in
accordance with the applicable Parity Lien Documents),
then the Senior
Trust Estate arising hereunder will terminate, except that all
provisions set forth in Sections 7.10 and 7.11 that are
enforceable by the Collateral Trustee or any of its co-trustees or
agents (whether in an individual or representative capacity) will
remain enforceable in accordance with their terms.
The parties
further declare and covenant that the Senior Trust Estate will be
held and distributed by the Collateral Trustee subject to the
further agreements herein.
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SECTION 2.2
Declaration of Junior Trust .
To secure the
payment of the Junior Lien Obligations and in consideration of the
premises and the mutual agreements set forth herein, the Company
and each of the Guarantors hereby grants to the Collateral Trustee,
and the Collateral Trustee hereby accepts and agrees to hold, in
trust under this Agreement for the benefit of all present and
future Junior Lien Representatives and holders of Junior Lien
Obligations, all of such Company’s or Guarantor’s
right, title and interest granted to the Collateral Trustee in, to
and under all Collateral under any Security Document for the
benefit of the Junior Lien Representatives and holders of Junior
Lien Obligations, together with all of the Collateral
Trustee’s right, title and interest in, to and under the
Security Documents, and all interests, rights, powers and remedies
of the Collateral Trustee thereunder or in respect thereof and all
cash and non-cash proceeds thereof (collectively, the “
Junior Trust Estate ,” and together with the
Senior Trust Estate, the “ Trust Estates
” ).
The Collateral
Trustee and its successors and assigns under this Agreement will
hold the Junior Trust Estate in trust for the benefit solely and
exclusively of all present and future Junior Lien Representatives
and holders of Junior Lien Obligations as security for the payment
of all present and future Junior Lien Obligations.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, if at any time:
(1) all Liens
securing the Junior Lien Obligations have been released as provided
in Section 4.1;
(2) the Collateral
Trustee holds no other property in trust as part of the Junior
Trust Estate;
(3) no monetary
obligation (other than indemnification and other contingent
obligations not then due and payable) is outstanding and payable
under this Agreement to the Collateral Trustee or any of its
co-trustees or agents (whether in an individual or representative
capacity);
(4) the Company
delivers to the Collateral Trustee an Officers’ Certificate
stating that all Junior Liens of the Collateral Trustee may be
released in compliance with all applicable provisions of the Junior
Lien Documents and that the Company and the Guarantors are not
required by any Junior Lien Document to grant any Junior Lien upon
any property, and
(5) each Junior
Lien Representative delivers to the Collateral Trustee an
officers’ certificate stating that all Junior Liens of the
Collateral Trustee have been released in compliance with all
applicable provisions of the Junior Lien Documents and that the
Company and the Guarantors are not required by the Junior Lien
Document as to which such Person is the Junior Lien Representative
to grant any Junior Lien upon any property (and each Junior Lien
Representative hereby agrees to deliver such certificate to the
Collateral Trustee when the Liens securing the applicable Series of
Junior Lien Debt are to be released in accordance with the
applicable Junior Lien Documents),
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then the Junior
Trust Estate arising hereunder will terminate, except that all
provisions set forth in Sections 7.10 and 7.11 that are
enforceable by the Collateral Trustee or any of its co-trustees or
agents (whether in an individual or representative capacity) will
remain enforceable in accordance with their terms.
The parties
further declare and covenant that the Junior Trust Estate will be
held and distributed by the Collateral Trustee subject to the
further agreements herein.
SECTION 2.3
Priority of Liens . Notwithstanding (1) anything else
contained herein or in any other Security Document, (2) the time of
incurrence of any Series of Parity Lien Debt; (3) the order or
method of attachment or perfection of any Liens securing any Series
of Parity Lien Debt; (4) the time or order of filing or
recording of financing statements or other documents filed or
recorded to perfect any Parity Lien; (5) the time of taking
possession or control over any Collateral; (6) that any Parity
Lien may not have been perfected or may be or have become
subordinated, by equitable subordination or otherwise, to any other
Lien; or (7) the rules for determining priority under any law
governing relative priorities of Liens, it is the intent of the
parties that:
(a)
this Agreement and the other Security Documents create two separate
and distinct Trust Estates and Liens: the Senior Trust Estate and
Parity Lien securing the payment and performance of the Parity Lien
Obligations and the Junior Trust Estate and Junior Lien securing
the payment and performance of the Junior Lien Obligations;
and
(b)
the Liens securing the Junior Lien Obligations are subject and
subordinate to the Liens securing the Parity Lien
Obligations.
SECTION 2.4
Restrictions on Enforcement of Junior Liens .
(a) Until
the Discharge of Parity Lien Obligations, the holders of Parity
Lien Obligations will have, subject to the exceptions set forth
below in clauses (1) through (4), the exclusive right to
authorize and direct the Collateral Trustee with respect to the
Security Documents and the Collateral (including, without
limitation, the exclusive right to authorize or direct the
Collateral Trustee to enforce, collect or realize on any Collateral
or exercise any other right or remedy with respect to the
Collateral) and neither the provisions of the Security Documents
relating thereto (other than in accordance with this Agreement and
the Interecreditor Agreement) nor any Junior Lien Representative or
holder of Junior Lien Obligations, if any, may authorize or direct
the Collateral Trustee with respect to such matters.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the holders of Junior Lien
Obligations may direct the Collateral Trustee with respect to such
matters:
(1)
without any condition or restriction whatsoever, at any time after
the Discharge of Parity Lien Obligations;
(2)
as necessary to redeem any Collateral in a creditor’s
redemption permitted by law or to deliver any notice or demand
necessary to enforce (subject to the
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prior Discharge
of Parity Lien Obligations) any right to claim, take or receive
proceeds of Collateral remaining after the Discharge of Parity Lien
Obligations;
(3)
as necessary to perfect or establish the priority (subject to
Parity Liens and Permitted Priority Liens) of the Junior Liens upon
any Collateral, provided that, unless otherwise agreed to by
the Collateral Trustee in the Security Documents, the holders of
Junior Lien Obligations may not require the Collateral Trustee to
take any action to perfect any Collateral through possession or
control (other than the Collateral Trustee agreeing pursuant to
Section 7.4 that the Collateral Trustee as agent for the
benefit of the Parity Lien Representatives and holders of the
Parity Lien Obligations will act as bailee for the Collateral
Trustee for the benefit of the Junior Lien Representatives and
holders of the Junior Lien Obligations); or
(4)
as necessary to create, prove, preserve or protect (but not
enforce) the Junior Liens upon any Collateral.
(b) Both
before and during an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, until
the Discharge of Parity Lien Obligations, none of the holders of
Junior Lien Obligations, the Collateral Trustee (unless acting
pursuant to an Act of Required Debtholders) or any Junior Lien
Representative will:
(1)
request judicial relief, in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding
or in any other court, that would hinder, delay, limit or prohibit
the lawful exercise or enforcement of any right or remedy otherwise
available to the holders of Parity Lien Obligations in respect of
the Parity Liens or that would limit, invalidate, avoid or set
aside any Parity Lien or subordinate the Parity Liens to the Junior
Liens or grant the Junior Liens equal ranking to the Parity
Liens;
(2)
oppose or otherwise contest any motion for (A) relief from the
automatic stay or (B) any injunction against foreclosure or
(C) any enforcement of Parity Liens, in each case, made by any
holder of Parity Lien Obligations or any Parity Lien Representative
in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding;
(3)
oppose or otherwise contest any lawful exercise by any holder of
Parity Lien Obligations or any Parity Lien Representative of the
right to credit bid Parity Lien Obligations at any sale of
Collateral in foreclosure of Parity Liens;
(4)
oppose or otherwise contest any other request for judicial relief
made in any court by any holder of Parity Lien Obligations or any
Parity Lien Representative relating to the lawful enforcement of
any Parity Lien; or
(5)
challenge the validity, enforceability, perfection or priority of
the Parity Liens with respect to the Collateral.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, both before and during an Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding, the holders of Junior Lien Obligations or Junior Lien
Representatives may take any actions and exercise any and all
rights that would be available to a holder of unsecured claims,
including, without limitation, the commencement of an Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding against the
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Company or any
Guarantor in accordance with applicable law; provided, that
no holder of Junior Lien Obligations or Junior Lien Representatives
will be permitted to take any of the actions prohibited by clauses
(1) through (5) of this Section 2.4(b) or oppose or
contest any order that it has agreed not to oppose or contest under
Section 2.8.
(c) At
any time prior to the Discharge of Parity Lien Obligations, and
after (1) the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding in respect of the Company or any Guarantor or
(2) the Collateral Trustee and each Junior Lien Representative
have received written notice from any Parity Lien Representative at
the direction of an Act of Required Debtholders stating that (A)
any Series of Parity Lien Debt has become due and payable in full
(whether at maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise) or
(B) the holders of Parity Liens securing one or more Series of
Parity Lien Debt have become entitled under any Parity Lien
Document to and desire to enforce any or all of the Parity Liens by
reason of a default under such Parity Lien Documents, no payment of
money (or the equivalent of money) shall be made from the proceeds
of Collateral by the Company or any Guarantor to the Collateral
Trustee (other than distributions to the Collateral Trustee for the
benefit of the holders of Parity Lien Obligations), any Junior Lien
Representative or any holder of Junior Lien Obligations (including,
without limitation, payments and prepayments made for application
to Junior Lien Obligations).
(d) All
proceeds of Collateral received by the Collateral Trustee, any
Junior Lien Representative or any holder of Junior Lien Obligations
in violation of Section 2.4(c) will be held by such Person in
trust for the account of the holders of Parity Lien Obligations and
remitted to any Parity Lien Representative upon demand by such
Parity Lien Representative. The Junior Liens will remain attached
to and, subject to Section 2.3, enforceable against all
proceeds so held or remitted. All proceeds of Collateral received
by the Collateral Trustee, any Junior Lien Representative or any
holder of Junior Lien Obligations not in violation of
Section 2.4(c) will be received by such Person free from the
Parity Liens.
SECTION 2.5
Waiver of Right of Marshalling .
(a) Prior
to the Discharge of Parity Lien Obligations, holders of Junior Lien
Obligations, each Junior Lien Representative and the Collateral
Trustee may not assert or enforce any right of marshalling accorded
to a junior lienholder, as against the holders of Parity Lien
Obligations and the Parity Lien Representatives (in their capacity
as senior or priority lienholders) with respect to the
Collateral.
(b) Following
the Discharge of Parity Lien Obligations, the holders of Junior
Lien Obligations and any Junior Lien Representative may assert
their right under the UCC or otherwise to any proceeds remaining
following a sale or other disposition of Collateral by, or on
behalf of, the holders of Parity Lien Obligations.
SECTION 2.6
Discretion in Enforcement of Parity Liens.
(a) In
exercising rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral, the
Parity Lien Representatives may enforce (or refrain from enforcing)
or instruct the Collateral Trustee to enforce (or refrain from
enforcing) the provisions of the Parity Lien Documents and exercise
(or refrain from exercising) or instruct the Collateral Trustee to
exercise (or refrain from exercising)
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remedies
thereunder or any such rights and remedies, all in such order and
in such manner as they may determine in the exercise of their sole
and exclusive discretion, including:
(1)
the exercise or forbearance from exercise of all rights and
remedies in respect of the Collateral and/or the Parity Lien
Obligations;
(2)
the enforcement or forbearance from enforcement of any Parity Lien
in respect of the Collateral;
(3)
the exercise or forbearance from exercise of rights and powers of a
holder of shares of stock included in the Senior Trust Estate to
the extent provided in the Security Documents;
(4)
the acceptance of the Collateral in full or partial satisfaction of
the Parity Lien Obligations; and
(5)
the exercise or forbearance from exercise of all rights and
remedies of a secured lender under the UCC or any similar law of
any applicable jurisdiction or in equity.
SECTION 2.7
Discretion in Enforcement of Parity Lien Obligations .
Without in any way limiting the generality of Section 2.6, the
holders of Parity Lien Obligations and the Parity Lien
Representatives may, or may cause the Collateral Trustee to, at any
time and from time to time, without the consent of the Collateral
Trustee, holders of Junior Lien Obligations or the Junior Lien
Representatives, without notice to holders of Junior Lien
Obligations or the Junior Lien Representatives, without incurring
responsibility to the Collateral Trustee, holders of Junior Lien
Obligations or the Junior Lien Representatives and without
impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this Agreement
or the obligations hereunder of the Collateral Trustee, holders of
Junior Lien Obligations or the Junior Lien Representatives, do any
one or more of the following:
(1)
change the manner, place or terms of payment or extend the time of
payment of, or renew or alter, the Parity Lien Obligations, or
otherwise amend or supplement in any manner the Parity Lien
Obligations, or any instrument evidencing the Parity Lien
Obligations or any agreement under which the Parity Lien
Obligations are outstanding;
(2)
release any Person or entity liable in any manner for the
collection of the Parity Lien Obligations;
(3)
release the Parity Lien on any Collateral; and
(4)
exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against any
Guarantor.
The holders of
Parity Lien Obligations, themselves or through their Parity Lien
Representatives, shall notify the Collateral Trustee in writing as
to actions they take pursuant to the foregoing clauses (2),
(3) or (4).
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SECTION 2.8
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings .
(a) If
in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and prior to the
Discharge of Parity Lien Obligations, the holders of Parity Lien
Obligations by an Act of Required Debtholders consent to any
order:
(1)
for use of cash collateral;
(2)
approving a debtor-in-possession financing secured by a Lien that
is senior to or on a parity with all Parity Liens upon any property
of the estate in such Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding;
(3)
granting any relief on account of Parity Lien Obligations as
adequate protection (or its equivalent) for the benefit of the
holders of Parity Lien Obligations in the Collateral; or
(4)
relating to a sale of assets of the Company or any Guarantor that
provides, to the extent the Collateral sold is to be free and clear
of Liens, that all Parity Liens and Junior Liens will attach to the
proceeds of the sale;
then, the
holders of Junior Lien Obligations and the Junior Lien
Representatives will not oppose or otherwise contest the entry of
such order, provided , that the holders of Junior Lien
Obligations or a Junior Lien Representative may request the grant
to the Collateral Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of Junior
Lien Obligations and the Junior Lien Representatives, of a junior
Lien upon any property on which a Lien is (or is to be) granted
under such order to secure the Parity Lien Obligations,
co-extensive in all respects with, but subordinated (as set forth
in Section 2.3) to, such Lien and all Parity Liens on such
property. The holders of Parity Lien Obligations and the Parity
Lien Representatives agree not to oppose or otherwise contest in
any respect any request made by the Junior Lien Representatives for
a junior lien pursuant to the proviso to the preceding
sentence.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing, both before and during an Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding, the holders of Junior Lien Obligations and the Junior
Lien Representatives may take any actions and exercise any and all
rights that would be available to a holder of unsecured claims,
including, without limitation, the commencement of Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceedings against the Company or any Guarantor in
accordance with applicable law; provided, that, no holder of
Junior Lien Obligations or Junior Lien Representative will be
permitted to take any of the actions prohibited under
Section 2.4(b) or oppose or contest any order that it has
agreed not to oppose or contest under clauses (1) through
(4) of the preceding paragraph.
(b) Neither
the holders of Junior Lien Obligations nor any Junior Lien
Representative will file or prosecute in any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding any motion for adequate protection (or any
comparable request for relief) based upon their interest in the
Collateral under the Junior Liens, except that:
(1)
they may freely seek and obtain relief granting a junior Lien
co-extensive in all respects with, but subordinated (as set forth
in Section 2.3) to, all Liens
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granted in such
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding to, or for the benefit of, the
holders of Parity Lien Obligations; and
(2)
they may freely seek and obtain any relief upon a motion for
adequate protection (or any comparable relief), without any
condition or restriction whatsoever, at any time after the
Discharge of Parity Lien Obligations.
SECTION 2.9
Collateral Shared Equally and Ratably within Class . The
parties to this Agreement agree that the payment and satisfaction
of all of the Secured Obligations within each Class will be secured
Equally and Ratably by the Liens established in favor of the
Collateral Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties belonging
to such Class. It is understood and agreed that nothing in this
Section 2.9 is intended to alter the priorities among Secured
Parties belonging to different Classes as provided in
Section 2.3.
SECTION 2.10
Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classification .
Each Parity Lien Representative, for itself and on behalf of the
holders of the applicable Parity Lien Obligations, and each Junior
Lien Representative, for itself and on behalf of the holders of the
applicable Junior Lien Obligations, acknowledges and agrees
that:
(a) the
grants of Liens pursuant to the Parity Lien Documents and the
Junior Lien Documents constitute separate and distinct grants of
Liens; and
(b) because
of, among other things, their differing rights in the Collateral,
the Junior Lien Obligations are fundamentally different from the
Parity Lien Obligations and must be separately classified in any
plan of reorganization proposed or adopted in an Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding.
To further
effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately
preceding sentence, if it is held that the claims of the holders of
Parity Lien Obligations and the holders of Junior Lien Obligations
in respect of the Collateral constitute (in whole or in part) only
one secured claim (rather than separate classes of senior and
junior secured claims), then each of the parties hereto hereby
acknowledges and agrees that, subject to Sections 2.3 and 3.4,
all distributions shall be made as if there were separate classes
of senior and junior secured claims against the Company and the
Guarantors in respect of the Collateral (with the effect being
that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the Collateral is
sufficient (for this purpose ignoring all claims held by the
holders of Junior Lien Obligations), the holders of Parity Lien
Obligations shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts
distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest
and other claims, all amounts owing (or that would be owing if
there were such separate classes of senior and junior secured
claims) in respect of post-petition interest, including any
additional interest payable pursuant to the Parity Lien Documents,
arising from or related to a default, which is disallowed as a
claim in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) before any
distribution is made in respect of the claims held by the holders
of Junior Lien Obligations with respect to the Collateral, with the
Collateral Trustee, for itself and on behalf of each of the Junior
Lien Representatives and each holder of Junior Lien Obligations,
hereby acknowledging and agreeing to turn over to the Parity Lien
Representatives, for the Parity Lien Representatives and on behalf
of the holders of the applicable Parity Lien Obligations,
Collateral or proceeds of Collateral otherwise received or
receivable by them to the extent necessary to effectuate
the
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intent of this
sentence, even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the
claim or recovery of the holders of Junior Lien
Obligations.
ARTICLE 3. OBLIGATIONS AND POWERS OF
COLLATERAL TRUSTEE
SECTION 3.1
Undertaking of the Collateral Trustee .
(a) Subject
to, and in accordance with, this Agreement, including without
limitation Section 5.3, the Collateral Trustee will, as collateral
trustee, for the benefit solely and exclusively of the present and
future Secured Parties:
(1)
accept, enter into, hold, maintain, administer and enforce all
Security Documents, including all Collateral subject thereto, and
all Liens created thereunder, perform its obligations under the
Security Documents and protect, exercise and enforce the interests,
rights, powers and remedies granted or available to it under,
pursuant to or in connection with the Security
Documents;
(2)
take all lawful and commercially reasonable actions permitted under
the Security Documents that it may deem necessary or advisable to
protect or preserve its interest in the Collateral subject thereto
and such interests, rights, powers and remedies;
(3)
deliver and receive notices pursuant to the Security
Documents;
(4)
sell, assign, collect, assemble, foreclose on, institute legal
proceedings with respect to, or otherwise exercise or enforce the
rights and remedies of a secured party (including a mortgagee,
trust deed beneficiary and insurance beneficiary or loss payee)
with respect to the Collateral under the Security Documents and its
other interests, rights, powers and remedies;
(5)
remit as provided in Section 3.4 all cash proceeds received by
the Collateral Trustee from the collection, foreclosure or
enforcement of its interest in the Collateral under the Security
Documents or any of its other interests, rights, powers or
remedies;
(6)
execute and deliver amendments to the Security Documents as from
time to time authorized pursuant to Section 7.1 accompanied by
an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that the amendment was
permitted under Section 7.1;
(7)
release any Lien granted to it by any Security Document upon any
Collateral if and as required by Section 4.1; and
(8)
enter into and perform its obligations and protect, exercise and
enforce its interest, rights, powers and remedies under the
Intercreditor Agreement, upon the incurrence of any Permitted
Priority Debt by the Company or any Guarantor.
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(b) Each
party to this Agreement acknowledges and consents to the
undertaking of the Collateral Trustee set forth in
Section 3.1(a) and agrees to each of the other provisions of
this Agreement applicable to the Collateral Trustee.
(c) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the
Collateral Trustee will not commence any exercise of remedies or
any foreclosure actions or otherwise take any action or proceeding
against any of the Collateral (other than actions as necessary to
prove, protect or preserve the Liens securing the Secured
Obligations) unless and until it shall have been directed by
written notice of an Act of Required Debtholders and then only in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 3.2
Release or Subordination of Liens . The Collateral Trustee
will not release or subordinate any Lien of the Collateral Trustee
or consent to the release or subordination of any Lien of the
Collateral Trustee, except:
(a) as
directed by an Act of Required Debtholders accompanied by an
Officers’ Certificate to the effect that the release or
subordination was permitted by each applicable Secured Debt
Document;
(b) as
required by Article 4;
(c) as
ordered pursuant to applicable law under a final and nonappealable
order or judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction;
(d) for
the subordination of the Junior Trust Estate and the Junior Liens
to the Senior Trust Estate and the Parity Liens; or
(e) for
the subordination of the Liens on the Collateral securing the
Secured Obligations to the Liens on the Collateral securing the
Permitted Priority Debt Obligations to the extent required by the
Intercreditor Agreement, or, if requested by the Company and if
such request is accompanied by any Officer’s Certificate
stating that such subordination is permitted pursuant to the terms
of the Secured Debt Documents, to any other Permitted Prior
Liens.
In the event of
any subordination to be undertaken pursuant to the foregoing clause
(e), the Company will agree to deliver to the Collateral Trustee an
Officer’s Certificate to the effect that such subordination
complies with the terms of the Secured Debt Documents and the
Security Documents.
SECTION 3.3
Enforcement of Liens . If the Collateral Trustee at any time
receives written notice stating that any event has occurred that
constitutes a default under any Secured Debt Document entitling the
Collateral Trustee to foreclose upon, collect or otherwise enforce
its Liens thereunder, the Collateral Trustee will promptly deliver
written notice thereof to each Secured Debt Representative.
Thereafter, the Collateral Trustee will await direction by an Act
of Required Debtholders and will act, or decline to act, as
directed by an Act of Required Debtholders, in the exercise and
enforcement of the Collateral Trustee’s interests, rights,
powers and remedies in respect of the Collateral or under the
Security Documents or applicable law and, following the initiation
of such exercise of remedies, the Collateral Trustee will act, or
decline to act, with respect to the manner of such exercise of
remedies as directed by an Act of Required
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Debtholders.
Unless it has been directed to the contrary by an Act of Required
Debtholders, the Collateral Trustee in any event may (but will not
be obligated to) take or refrain from taking such action with
respect to any default under any Secured Debt Document as it may
deem advisable to preserve and protect the value of the
Collateral.
SECTION 3.4
Application of Proceeds .
(a) If
any Collateral is sold or otherwise realized upon by the Collateral
Trustee in connection with any foreclosure, collection or other
enforcement of Liens granted to the Collateral Trustee in the
Security Documents, the proceeds received by the Collateral Trustee
from such foreclosure, collection or other enforcement will be
distributed by the Collateral Trustee in the following order of
application:
FIRST, to the
payment of all amounts payable under this Agreement on account of
the Collateral Trustee’s fees and any reasonable legal fees,
costs and expenses or other liabilities of any kind incurred by the
Collateral Trustee or any co-trustee or agent of the Collateral
Trustee in connection with any Security Document;
SECOND, to the
respective Parity Lien Representatives for application to the
payment of all outstanding Parity Lien Debt and any other Parity
Lien Obligations that are then due and payable in such order as may
be provided in the Parity Lien Documents in an amount sufficient to
pay in full in cash all outstanding Parity Lien Debt and all other
Parity Lien Obligations that are then due and payable (including
all interest accrued thereon after the commencement of any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding at the rate, including any
applicable post-default rate, specified in the Parity Lien
Documents, even if such interest is not enforceable, allowable or
allowed as a claim in such proceeding, and including the discharge
or cash collateralization (at the lower of (1) 105% of the
aggregate undrawn amount and (2) the percentage of the
aggregate undrawn amount required for release of Liens under the
terms of the applicable Parity Lien Document) of all outstanding
letters of credit constituting Parity Lien Debt);
THIRD, to the
respective Junior Lien Representatives for application to the
payment of all outstanding Junior Lien Debt and any other Junior
Lien Obligations that are then due and payable in such order as may
be provided in the Junior Lien Documents in an amount sufficient to
pay in full in cash all outstanding Junior Lien Debt and all other
Junior Lien Obligations that are then due and payable (including
all interest accrued thereon after the commencement of any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding at the rate, including any
applicable post-default rate, specified in the Junior Lien
Documents, even if such interest is not enforceable, allowable or
allowed as a claim in such proceeding, and including the discharge
or cash collateralization (at the lower of (1) 105% of the
aggregate undrawn amount and (2) the percentage of the
aggregate undrawn amount required for release of Liens under the
terms of the applicable Junior Lien Document) of all outstanding
letters of credit, if any, constituting Junior Lien Debt);
and
FOURTH, any
surplus remaining after the payment in full in cash of amounts
described in the preceding clauses will be paid to the Company or
the applicable
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Guarantor, as
the case may be, or its successors or assigns, or as a court of
competent jurisdiction may direct.
The foregoing
order of application is subject to the seniority of any Permitted
Priority Liens and any Permitted Priority Debt Obligations, as
provided in the Intercreditor Agreement.
(b) If
any Junior Lien Representative or any holder of a Junior Lien
Obligation collects or receives any proceeds in respect of any
foreclosure, collection or other enforcement to which it was not
entitled pursuant to the terms of Section 3.4(a), whether
after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding
or otherwise, such Junior Lien Representative or such holder of a
Junior Lien Obligation, as the case may be, will forthwith deliver
the same to the Collateral Trustee, to be applied in accordance
with Section 3.4(a). Until so delivered, such proceeds will be
held by that Junior Lien Representative or that holder of a Junior
Lien Obligation, as the case may be, in trust for the benefit of
the holders of the Parity Lien Obligations and other Obligations
secured by a Permitted Priority Lien. This Section 3.4(b) will
not apply to payments received by any holder of Junior Lien
Obligations if such payments are not proceeds of, or the result of
a realization upon, Collateral.
(c) This
Section 3.4 is intended for the benefit of, and will be
enforceable as a third party beneficiary by, each present and
future holder of Secured Obligations, each present and future
Secured Debt Representative and the Collateral Trustee as holder of
Parity Liens and Junior Liens. The Company shall cause the Secured
Debt Representative of each future Series of Secured Debt to
deliver a Collateral Trust Joinder, including a Lien Sharing and
Priority Confirmation, as provided in Section 3.8 at the time
of incurrence of such Series of Secured Debt.
(d) In
connection with the application of proceeds pursuant to
Section 3.4(a), except as otherwise directed by an Act of
Required Debtholders, the Collateral Trustee may sell any non-cash
proceeds for cash prior to the application of the proceeds
thereof.
SECTION 3.5
Powers of the Collateral Trustee .
(a) The
Collateral Trustee is irrevocably authorized and empowered to enter
into and perform its obligations and protect, perfect, exercise and
enforce its interest, rights, powers and remedies under the
Security Documents and applicable law and in equity and to act as
set forth in this Article 3 or as requested in any lawful
directions given to it from time to time in respect of any matter
by an Act of Required Debtholders.
(b) No
Secured Debt Representative or holder of Secured Obligations will
have any liability whatsoever for any act or omission of the
Collateral Trustee.
SECTION 3.6
Documents and Communications . The Collateral Trustee will
permit each Secured Debt Representative and each holder of Secured
Obligations upon reasonable written notice from time to time to
inspect and copy, at the cost and expense of the party requesting
such copies, any and all Security Documents and other documents,
notices,
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certificates,
instructions or communications received by the Collateral Trustee
in its capacity as such.
SECTION 3.7 For
Sole and Exclusive Benefit of Holders of Secured Obligations .
The Collateral Trustee will accept, hold, administer and enforce
all Liens on the Collateral at any time transferred or delivered to
it and all other interests, rights, powers and remedies at any time
granted to or enforceable by the Collateral Trustee and all other
property of the Trust Estates solely and exclusively for the
benefit of the present and future holders of present and future
Secured Obligations, and will distribute all proceeds received by
it in realization thereon or from enforcement thereof solely and
exclusively pursuant to the provisions of
Section 3.4.
SECTION 3.8
Additional Secured Debt .
(a) The
Collateral Trustee will, as trustee hereunder, perform its
undertakings set forth in Section 3.1(a) with respect to each
holder of Secured Obligations of a Series of Secured Debt that is
issued or incurred after the date hereof that:
(1)
holds Secured Obligations that are identified as Parity Lien Debt
or Junior Lien Debt in accordance with the procedures set forth in
Section 3.8(b);
(2)
signs, through its designated Secured Debt Representative
identified pursuant to Section 3.8(b), a Collateral Trust
Joinder and delivers the same to the Collateral Trustee and each
other Secured Debt Representative at the time of incurrence of such
Series of Secured Debt; and
(3)
if Permitted Priority Debt Obligations are then in existence,
signs, through its designated Secured Debt Representative
identified pursuant to Section 3.8(b), an Intercreditor
Agreement Joinder and delivers the same to the Collateral Trustee
(for further delivery to the Permitted Priority Lien Representative
in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement).
(b) The
Company will be permitted to designate as an additional holder of
Secured Obligations hereunder each Person who is, or who becomes,
the registered holder of Junior Lien Debt or the registered holder
of Parity Lien Debt incurred by the Company or any Guarantor after
the date of this Agreement in accordance with the terms of all
applicable Secured Debt Documents. The Company may only effect such
designation by delivering to the Collateral Trustee an Additional
Secured Debt Designation stating that:
(1)
the Company or such Guarantor intends to incur additional Secured
Debt ( “ Additional Secured Debt ” )
which will either be (i) Parity Lien Debt permitted by each
applicable Secured Debt Document to be secured by a Parity Lien
Equally and Ratably with all previously existing and future Parity
Lien Debt or (ii) Junior Lien Debt permitted by each
applicable Secured Debt Document to be secured with a Junior Lien
Equally and Ratably with all previously existing and future Junior
Lien Debt;
(2)
specifying the name and address of the Secured Debt Representative
for such series of Additional Secured Debt for purposes of
Section 7.7.
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(3)
the Company and each Guarantor has duly authorized, executed (if
applicable) and recorded (or caused to be recorded) in each
appropriate governmental office all relevant filings and
recordations to ensure that the Additional Secured Debt is secured
by the Collateral in accordance with the Security Documents;
and
(4)
the Company has caused a copy of the Additional Secured Debt
Designation to be delivered to each then existing Secured Debt
Representative.
Although the
Company shall be required to deliver a copy of each Additional
Secured Debt Designation and each Collateral Trust Joinder to each
then existing Secured Debt Representative, the failure to so
deliver a copy of the Additional Secured Debt Designation and/or
Collateral Trust Joinder to any then existing Secured Debt
Representative shall not affect the status of such debt as
Additional Secured Debt if the other requirements of this
Section 3.8 are complied with. Each of the Collateral Trustee
and the other then existing Secured Debt Representative shall have
the right to request that the Company shall provide a copy of any
legal opinion of counsel (which may be provided by internal counsel
to the Company) provided to the holders of Additional Secured Debt
or their Secured Debt Representatives as to the Additional Secured
Debt being secured by a valid and perfected security interest.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, nothing in this Agreement will be
construed to allow the Company or any Guarantor to incur additional
Indebtedness unless otherwise permitted by the terms of all
applicable Secured Debt Documents.
The Security
Documents creating or evidencing the Parity Liens and the Junior
Liens and Guarantees for the Parity Lien Obligations and the Junior
Lien Obligations shall be in all material respects the same forms
of documents other than with respect to the first lien and the
second lien nature of the Obligations thereunder. So long as the
Discharge of Parity Lien Obligations has not occurred, whether or
not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by
or against the Company or any Guarantor, the parties hereto agree
that the Company shall not, and shall not permit any other
Guarantor to grant or permit any additional Liens on any asset or
property to secure any Junior Lien Obligation unless it has granted
or concurrently grants a Lien on such asset or property to secure
the Parity Lien Obligations.
ARTICLE 4. OBLIGATIONS ENFORCEABLE
BY THE COMPANY AND THE OTHER GUARANTORS
SECTION 4.1
Release of Liens on Collateral .
(a) The
Collateral Trustee’s Liens upon the Collateral will be
released:
(1)
in whole, upon (A) payment in full and discharge of all
outstanding Secured Debt and all other Secured Obligations that are
outstanding, due and payable at the time all of the Secured Debt is
paid in full and discharged and (B) termination or expiration
of all commitments to extend credit under all Secured Debt
Documents and the cancellation or termination or cash
collateralization in an account maintained by the Collateral
Trustee (at the lower of (1) 105% of the aggregate undrawn
amount and (2) the percentage of the aggregate undrawn amount
required for release of Liens under the terms of the applicable
Secured Debt Documents) of all outstanding letters of credit issued
pursuant to any Secured Debt Documents, provided the Company has
delivered an
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Officer’s
Certificate to the Collateral Trustee certifying that the
conditions described in this Section 4.1(a)(1) have been met
and that such release of the Collateral does not violate the terms
of the Secured Debt Documents or the Security Documents;
(2)
as to any Collateral that is sold, transferred or otherwise
disposed of by the Company or any Guarantor (including indirectly,
by way of a sale or other disposition of Capital Stock of that
Guarantor) to a Person that is not (either before or after such
sale, transfer or disposition) the Company or a Guarantor in a
transaction or other circumstance that is not prohibited by the
terms of any applicable Secured Debt Documents, at the time of such
sale, transfer or other disposition or to the extent of the
interest sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of, provided,
that, other than in connection with an Ordinary Course Activity,
the Company has delivered an Officer’s Certificate to the
Collateral Trustee certifying that any such sale, transfer or other
disposition does not violate the terms of the applicable Secured
Debt Documents;
(3)
as to a release of less than all or substantially all of the
Collateral, if (A) consent to the release of all Parity Liens (or,
at any time after the Discharge of Parity Lien Obligations, consent
to the release of all Junior Liens) on such Collateral has been
given by the requisite percentage or number of holders of each
Series of Parity Lien Debt at the time outstanding as provided for
in the Parity Lien Documents (or, at any time after the Discharge
of Parity Lien Obligations, the requisite percentage or number of
holders of each Series of Junior Lien Debt at the time outstanding
as provided for in the Junior Lien Documents) and (B) the
Company has delivered an Officer’s Certificate to the
Collateral Trustee certifying that any such necessary consents have
been obtained and that such release of the Collateral does not
violate the terms of the Secured Debt Documents or the Security
Documents; and
(4)
as to a release of all or substantially all of the Collateral, if
(A) consent to the release of that Collateral has been given
by the requisite percentage or number of holders of each Series of
Secured Debt at the time outstanding as provided for in the
applicable Secured Debt Documents and (B) the Company has
delivered an Officers’ Certificate to the Collateral Trustee
certifying that any such necessary consents have been obtained and
that any such release does not violate the terms of the Secured
Debt Documents or the Security Documents.
(b) The
Collateral Trustee agrees for the benefit of the Company and the
Guarantors that if the Collateral Trustee at any time
receives:
(1)
an Officers’ Certificate stating that (A) the signing
officer has read Article 4 of this Agreement and understands
the provisions and the definitions relating hereto, (B) such
officer has made such examination or investigation as is necessary
to enable him or her to express an informed opinion as to whether
or not the conditions precedent in this Agreement and all other
Secured Debt Documents, if any, relating to the release of the
Collateral have been complied with and (C) in the opinion of
such officer, such conditions precedent, if any, have been complied
with; and
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(2)
the proposed instrument or instruments releasing such Lien as to
such property in recordable form, if applicable;
then the
Collateral Trustee will execute (with such acknowledgements and/or
notarizations as are required) and deliver such release to the
Company or Guarantors on or before the later of (x) the date
specified in such request for such release and (y) the fifth
Business Day after the date of receipt of the items required by
this Section 4.1(b) by the Collateral Trustee.
(c) The Collateral
Trustee hereby agrees that:
(1)
in the case of any release pursuant to clause (2) of
Section 4.1(a), if the terms of any such sale, transfer or
other disposition require the payment of the purchase price to be
contemporaneous with the delivery of the applicable release, then,
at the written request of and at the expense of the Company or
Guarantor, the Collateral Trustee will either (A) be present
at and deliver the release at the closing of such transaction or
(B) deliver the release under customary escrow arrangements
that permit such contemporaneous payment and delivery of the
release; and
(2)
within one Business Day of the receipt by it of any Officer’s
Certificate in support of a release of Collateral pursuant to
Section 4.1(a) or 4.1(b), the Collateral Trustee will deliver
a copy of such Officer’s Certificate to each Junior Lien
Representative.
SECTION 4.2
Delivery of Copies to Secured Debt Representatives . The
Company will deliver to each Secured Debt Representative,
simultaneous with any delivery made to the Collateral Trustee
pursuant to Section 4.1(b), a copy of each Officers’
Certificate delivered to the Collateral Trustee pursuant to
Section 4.1(b), together with copies of all documents
delivered to the Collateral Trustee with such Officers’
Certificate.
SECTION 4.3
Collateral Trustee not Required to Serve, File, Register or
Record . The Collateral Trustee is not required to serve, file,
register or record any instrument releasing or subordinating its
Liens on any Collateral; provided, however , that if the
Company or any Guarantor shall make a written demand for a
termination statement under Section 9-513(c) of the UCC, the
Collateral Trustee shall comply with the written request of such
Company or Guarantor to comply with the requirements of such UCC
provision; provided , further, that the Collateral
Trustee must first confirm with the Secured Debt Representatives
that the requirements of such UCC provisions have been
satisfied.
SECTION 4.4
Release of Liens in Respect of Secured Debt . The Collateral
Trustee’s Liens upon the Collateral will no longer secure a
particular Series of Secured Debt outstanding under documents
governing such Series of Secured Debt or any other Obligations
under the applicable Secured Debt, and the right of the holders of
such Series of Secured Debt and such Obligations to the benefits
and proceeds of the Collateral Trustee’s Lien on the
Collateral will terminate and be discharged:
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(a) upon
satisfaction and discharge of all obligations under such Series of
Secured Debt if the applicable Secured Debt Documents contain
satisfaction and discharge provisions;
(b) upon a legal
defeasance or covenant defeasance of such Series of Secured Debt if
the applicable Secured Debt Documents contain legal defeasance or
covenant defeasance provisions and if such defeasance is effected
in compliance with the provisions of such applicable Secured Debt
Document;
(c) upon payment
in full and discharge of all amounts of such Series of Secured Debt
outstanding under such governing documents and all Obligations that
are outstanding, due and payable under the applicable Secured Debt
Documents at the time the Series of Secured Debt is paid in full
and discharged; or
(d) in whole or in
part, with the consent of the holders of the requisite percentage
of the holders of such Series of Secured Debt in accordance with
the amendment provisions of the applicable Secured Debt Documents,
and upon delivery of instructions and any other documentation, in
each case, as required by such applicable Secured Debt Documents,
in a form satisfactory to the Collateral Trustee.
Promptly
following the occurrence of any event described in this
Section 4.4, the applicable Secured Debt Representative shall
promptly provide written notice thereof to the Collateral
Trustee.
ARTICLE 5. IMMUNITIES OF THE
COLLATERAL TRUSTEE
SECTION 5.1 No
Implied Duty . The Collateral Trustee will not have any
fiduciary duties nor will it have responsibilities or obligations
other than those expressly assumed by it in this Agreement and the
other Security Documents. The Collateral Trustee will not be
required to take any action that is contrary to applicable law or
any provision of this Agreement or the other Security
Documents.
SECTION 5.2
Appointment of Agents and Advisors . The Collateral Trustee
may execute any of the trusts or powers hereunder or perform any
duties hereunder either directly or by or through agents,
attorneys, accountants, appraisers or other experts or advisors
selected by it in good faith as it may reasonably require and will
not be responsible for any misconduct or negligence on the part of
any of them.
SECTION 5.3
Other Agreements . The Collateral Trustee has accepted and
is bound by the Security Documents executed by the Collateral
Trustee as of the date of this Agreement and, as directed by an Act
of Required Debtholders (or as otherwise required under any
Security Document), the Collateral Trustee shall execute additional
Security Documents delivered to it after the date of this
Agreement; provided, however , that such additional Security
Documents do not adversely affect the rights, privileges, benefits
and immunities of the Collateral Trustee, as
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determined by
the Collateral Trustee in its sole discretion. The Collateral
Trustee will not otherwise be bound by, or be held obligated by,
the provisions of any credit agreement, indenture or other
agreement governing Secured Debt (other than this Agreement and the
other Security Documents).
SECTION 5.4
Solicitation of Instructions .
(a) The
Collateral Trustee may at any time solicit written confirmatory
instructions, in the form of an Act of Required Debtholders, an
Officers’ Certificate or an order of a court of competent
jurisdiction, as to any action that it may be requested or required
to take, or that it may propose to take, in the performance of any
of its obligations under this Agreement or the other Security
Documents.
(b) No
written direction given to the Collateral Trustee by an Act of
Required Debtholders that in the reasonable judgment of the
Collateral Trustee imposes, purports to impose or might reasonably
be expected to impose upon the Collateral Trustee any obligation or
liability not set forth in or arising under this Agreement and the
other Security Documents will be binding upon the Collateral
Trustee unless the Collateral Trustee elects, at its sole option,
to accept such direction.
SECTION 5.5
Limitation of Liability . The Collateral Trustee will not be
responsible or liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken
by it hereunder or under any other Security Document, except for
its own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct as
determined by a final and nonappealable decision of a court of
competent jurisdiction.
SECTION 5.6
Documents in Satisfactory Form . The Collateral Trustee will
be entitled to require that all agreements, certificates, opinions,
instruments and other documents at any time submitted to it,
including those expressly provided for in this Agreement, be
delivered to it in a form and with substantive provisions
reasonably satisfactory to it.
SECTION 5.7
Entitled to Rely . The Collateral Trustee may seek and rely
upon, and shall be fully protected in relying upon, any judicial
order or judgment, upon any advice, opinion or statement of legal
counsel, independent consultants and other experts selected by it
in good faith and upon any certification, instruction, notice or
other writing delivered to it by the Company or any Guarantor in
compliance with the provisions of this Agreement or delivered to it
by any Secured Debt Representative as to the holders of Secured
Obligations for whom it acts, without being required to determine
the authenticity thereof or the correctness of any fact stated
therein or the propriety or validity of service thereof. The
Collateral Trustee may act in reliance upon any instrument
comporting with the provisions of this Agreement or any signature
reasonably believed by it to be genuine and may assume that any
Person purporting to give notice or receipt or advice or make any
statement or execute any document in connection with the provisions
hereof or the other Security Documents has been duly authorized to
do so. To the extent an Officers’ Certificate or opinion of
counsel is required or permitted under this Agreement to be
delivered to the Collateral Trustee in respect of any matter, the
Collateral Trustee may rely conclusively on an Officers’
Certificate or opinion of counsel as to such matter and such
Officers’ Certificate or opinion of counsel shall be full
warranty and protection to the
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Collateral
Trustee for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the
provisions of this Agreement and the other Security
Documents.
SECTION 5.8
Secured Debt Default . Except for its obligations under
Section 3.3, the Collateral Trustee will not be required to
inquire as to the occurrence or absence of any Secured Debt Default
and will not be affected by or required to act upon any notice or
knowledge as to the occurrence of any Secured Debt Default unless
and until it is directed by an Act of Required
Debtholders.
SECTION 5.9
Actions by Collateral Trustee . As to any matter not
expressly provided for by this Agreement or the other Security
Documents, the Collateral Trustee will act or refrain from acting
as directed by an Act of Required Debtholders and will be fully
protected if it does so, without limiting the effect of the
provisions of this Article 5, and any action taken, suffered
or omitted pursuant hereto or thereto shall be binding on the
holders of Secured Obligations.
SECTION 5.10
Security or Indemnity in Favor of the Collateral Trustee .
The Collateral Trustee will not be required to advance or expend
any funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the
performance of its duties or the exercise of its powers or rights
hereunder unless it has been provided with security or indemnity
reasonably satisfactory to it against any and all liability or
expense which may be incurred by it by reason of taking or
continuing to take such action.
SECTION 5.11
Rights of the Collateral Trustee . In the event there is any
bona fide , good faith disagreement between the other
parties to this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents
resulting in adverse claims being made in connection with
Collateral held by the Collateral Trustee, and the terms of this
Agreement or any of the other Security Documents do not
unambiguously mandate the action the Collateral Trustee is to take
or not to take in connection therewith under the circumstances then
existing, or the Collateral Trustee is in doubt as to what action
it is required to take or not to take hereunder or under the other
Security Documents, it will be entitled to refrain from taking any
action (and will incur no liability for doing so) until directed
otherwise in writing by a request signed jointly by the parties
hereto entitled to give such direction or by order of a court of
competent jurisdiction.
SECTION 5.12
Limitations on Duty of Collateral Trustee in Respect of
Collateral .
(a) Beyond
the exercise of reasonable care in the custody of Collateral in its
possession, the Collateral Trustee will have no duty as to any
Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or
control of any agent or bailee or any income thereon or as to
preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights
pertaining thereto and the Collateral Trustee will not be
responsible for filing any financing or continuation statements or
recording any documents or instruments in any public office at any
time or times or otherwise perfecting or maintaining the perfection
of any Liens on the Collateral. The Collateral Trustee will be
deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the
Collateral in its possession if the Collateral is accorded
treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own
property, and the Collateral Trustee will not be liable or
responsible for any loss or
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diminution in
the value of any of the Collateral by reason of the act or omission
of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected
by the Collateral Trustee in good faith.
(b) The
Collateral Trustee will not be responsible for the existence,
genuineness or value of any of the Collateral or for the validity,
perfection, priority or enforceability of the Liens in any of the
Collateral, whether impaired by operation of law or by reason of
any action or omission to act on its part hereunder, except to the
extent such action or omission constitutes negligence, bad faith or
willful misconduct on the part of the Collateral Trustee, for the
validity or sufficiency of the Collateral or any agreement or
assignment contained therein, for the validity of the title of the
Company or any Guarantor to the Collateral, for insuring the
Collateral or for the payment of taxes, charges, assessments or
Liens upon the Collateral or otherwise as to the maintenance of the
Collateral. The Collateral Trustee hereby disclaims any
representation or warranty to the present and future holders of the
Secured Obligations concerning the perfection of the Liens granted
hereunder or in the value of any of the Collateral.
SECTION 5.13
Assumption of Rights, Not Assumption of Duties .
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein:
(1) each of the
parties thereto will remain liable under each of the Security
Documents (other than this Agreement) to the extent set forth
therein to perform all of their respective duties and obligations
thereunder to the same extent as if this Agreement had not been
executed;
(2) the exercise
by the Collateral Trustee of any of its rights, remedies or powers
hereunder will not release such parties from any of their
respective duties or obligations under the other Security
Documents; and
(3) the Collateral
Trustee will not be obligated to perform any of the obligations or
duties of any of the parties thereunder other than the Collateral
Trustee.
SECTION 5.14 No
Liability for Clean Up of Hazardous Materials . In the event
that the Collateral Trustee is required to acquire title to an
asset for any reason, or take any mana
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