COLLATERAL TRUST
AGREEMENT
dated as of July 31, 2009,
among
UNISYS CORPORATION ,
the Guarantors from time to time party hereto,
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS ,
as Trustee under the First Lien Indenture,
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS ,
as Trustee under the Second Lien Indenture,
the other Secured Debt
Representatives from time to time party hereto
and
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS ,
as Collateral Trustee
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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ARTICLE 1.DEFINITIONS; PRINCIPLES OF
CONSTRUCTION
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SECTION 1.1
SECTION 1.2
ARTICLE 2.THE TRUST ESTATES
SECTION 2.1
SECTION 2.2
SECTION 2.3
SECTION 2.4
SECTION 2.5
SECTION 2.6
SECTION 2.7
SECTION 2.8
SECTION 2.9
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Defined Terms
Rules of Interpretation
Declaration of Senior Trust
Declaration of Junior Trust
Priority of Liens
Restrictions on Enforcement of Junior Liens
Waiver of Right of Marshalling.
Discretion in Enforcement of Priority Liens.
Discretion in Enforcement of Priority Lien Obligations
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings
Collateral Shared Equally and Ratably within Class
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ARTICLE 3.OBLIGATIONS AND POWERS OF COLLATERAL
TRUSTEE
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SECTION 3.1
SECTION 3.2
SECTION 3.3
SECTION 3.4
SECTION 3.5
SECTION 3.6
SECTION 3.7
SECTION 3.8
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Undertaking of the Collateral Trustee
Release or Subordination of Liens
Enforcement of Liens
Application of Proceeds
Powers of the Collateral Trustee
Documents and Communications
For Sole and Exclusive Benefit of Holders of Secured
Obligations
Additional Secured Debt
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ARTICLE 4.OBLIGATIONS ENFORCEABLE BY THE
COMPANY AND THE OTHER GUARANTORS
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SECTION 4.1
SECTION 4.2
SECTION 4.3
SECTION 4.4
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Release of Liens on Collateral
Delivery of Copies to Secured Debt Representatives
Collateral Trustee not Required to Serve, File, Register or
Record
Release of Liens in Respect of Notes
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ARTICLE 5.IMMUNITIES OF THE COLLATERAL
TRUSTEE
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SECTION 5.1
SECTION 5.2
SECTION 5.3
SECTION 5.4
SECTION 5.5
SECTION 5.6
SECTION 5.7
SECTION 5.8
SECTION 5.9
SECTION 5.10
SECTION 5.11
SECTION 5.12
SECTION 5.13
SECTION 5.14
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No Implied Duty
Appointment of Agents and Advisors
Other Agreements
Solicitation of Instructions
Limitation of Liability
Documents in Satisfactory Form
Entitled to Rely
Secured Debt Default
Actions by Collateral Trustee
Security or Indemnity in Favor of the Collateral Trustee
Rights of the Collateral Trustee
Limitations on Duty of Collateral Trustee in Respect of
Collateral
Assumption of Rights, Not Assumption of Duties
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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SECTION 6.1
SECTION 6.2
SECTION 6.3
SECTION 6.4
ARTICLE 7.MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
SECTION 7.1
SECTION 7.2
SECTION 7.3
SECTION 7.4
SECTION 7.5
SECTION 7.6
SECTION 7.7
SECTION 7.8
SECTION 7.9
SECTION 7.10
SECTION 7.11
SECTION 7.12
SECTION 7.13
SECTION 7.14
SECTION 7.15
SECTION 7.16
SECTION 7.17
SECTION 7.18
SECTION 7.19
SECTION 7.20
SECTION 7.21
SECTION 7.22
SECTION 7.23
SECTION 7.24
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Resignation or Removal of Collateral
Trustee
Appointment of Successor Collateral Trustee
Succession
Merger, Conversion or Consolidation of Collateral Trustee
Amendment
Voting
Further Assurances; Insurance; Real Estate
Perfection of Junior Trust Estate
Successors and Assigns
Delay and Waiver
Notices
Notice Following Discharge of Priority Lien Obligations
Entire Agreement
Compensation; Expenses
Indemnity
Severability
Headings
Obligations Secured
Governing Law
Consent to Jurisdiction
Waiver of Jury Trial
Counterparts
Effectiveness
Additional Guarantors
Continuing Nature of this Agreement
Insolvency
Rights and Immunities of Secured Debt Representatives
Patriot Act
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EXHIBIT A
EXHIBIT B
EXHIBIT C
EXHIBIT D
EXHIBIT E
EXHIBIT F
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Additional Secured Debt Designation
Form of Collateral Trust Joinder—Additional Secured Debt
Form of Collateral Trust Joinder—Additional Guarantors
Form of ABL Intercreditor Agreement
Form of Mortgage
Form of Opinion
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SCHEDULE 1 – Mortgaged Properties
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This Collateral Trust Agreement (this
“ Agreement ” ) is dated as of
July 31, 2009 and is by and among Unisys Corporation, a
Delaware corporation (the “ Company ” ),
the Guarantors from time to time party hereto, Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas, a banking corporation duly organized under the
laws of the State of New York, as First Lien Trustee (as defined
below), Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, a banking corporation
duly organized under the laws of the State of New York, as Second
Lien Trustee (as defined below), the other Secured Debt
Representatives from time to time party hereto, and Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Americas, a banking corporation duly organized under
the laws of the State of New York, as Collateral Trustee (in such
capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the
“ Collateral Trustee ” ).
RECITALS
The Company intends to issue
(i) 12 3/4 % Senior
Secured Notes due 2014 (together with any additional notes issued
under the First Lien Indenture (as defined below), the “
First Lien Notes ” ) in an aggregate principal
amount of $384,962,000 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 “
First Lien Indenture ” ) among the Company, the
Guarantors party thereto from time to time and Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas, as trustee (in such capacity and together with
its successors in such capacity, the “ First Lien
Trustee ” ), and (ii) 14 1/4 % Senior Secured Notes due 2015
(together with any additional notes issued under the Second Lien
Indenture (as defined below), the “ Second Lien
Notes ” ) in an aggregate principal amount of
$246,603,000 pursuant to a Second Lien Indenture dated as of the
date hereof (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or
otherwise modified and in effect from time to time, the “
Second Lien Indenture ” ) among the Company, the
Guarantors party thereto from time to time and Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas, as trustee (in such capacity and together with
its successors in such capacity, the “ Second Lien
Trustee ” ).
The Company and the Guarantors intend
to secure the Obligations under the First Lien Notes, the
Guarantees of the First Lien Notes and the First Lien Indenture and
any future Priority Lien Debt, with Liens on all current and future
Collateral to the extent that such Liens have been provided for in
the applicable Security Documents.
The Company and the Guarantors intend
to secure the Obligations under the Second Lien Notes, the
Guarantees of the Second Lien Notes and the Second Lien Indenture
and any future Junior Lien Debt, with Liens on all current 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 current 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.
AGREEMENT
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:
“ ABL Collateral
” means all now owned or hereafter acquired:
(1)
“accounts” and “payment intangibles,” other
than “payment intangibles” (in each case, as defined in
Article 9 of the UCC) which constitute identifiable proceeds
of Collateral which is not ABL Collateral;
(2)
“deposit accounts” (as defined in Article 9 of the
UCC), “securities accounts” (as defined in
Article 8 of the UCC), including all monies,
“uncertificated securities,” and “securities
entitlements” (as defined in Article 8 of the UCC)
contained therein (including all cash, marketable securities and
other funds held in or on deposit in either of the foregoing),
“instruments” (as defined in Article 9 of the
UCC), including intercompany notes of Subsidiaries, and
“chattel paper” (as defined in Article 9 of the
UCC);
(3) general
intangibles pertaining to the other items of property included
within clauses (1), (2), (4) and (5) of this definition
of ABL Collateral, including, without limitation, all contingent
rights with respect to warranties on accounts which are not yet
“payment intangibles” (as defined in Article 9 of
the UCC);
(4)
“records” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC),
“supporting obligations” (as defined in Article 9
of the UCC) and related “letters of credit” (as defined
in Article 5 of the UCC), commercial tort claims or other
claims and causes of action, in each case, to the extent related
primarily to any of the foregoing; and
(5) substitutions, replacements, accessions, products and
proceeds (including, without limitation, insurance proceeds,
licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds
of suit) of any or all of the foregoing, except to the extent that
any item of property included in clauses (1) through
(5) includes Excluded Assets.
“ ABL Intercreditor
Agreement ” means an intercreditor agreement entered
into by the Collateral Trustee in connection with Permitted ABL
Debt, if any, in substantially the form attached as Exhibit D,
as amended, supplemented, modified, restated, renewed or replaced
(whether upon or after termination or otherwise), in whole or in
part from time to time, in accordance with the terms of
Section 7.1 and such intercreditor agreement.
“ Act of Priority Lien
Debtholders ” means, as to any matter at any time, a
direction in writing delivered to the Collateral Trustee by or with
the written consent of either:
(1) with respect to the First
Lien Notes, the holders of at least 25% of the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the First Lien Notes or
(2) with respect to any other
Series of Priority Lien Debt, the holders of at least 25% of the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Series of Priority
Lien Debt (including outstanding letters of credit whether or not
then available or drawn, with such letters of credit being deemed
to have a principal amount equal to the maximum potential liability
of the Company and the Guarantors thereunder), to the extent (in
the case of this clause (2)) that the outstanding principal amount
of such Series of Priority Lien Debt is in excess of
$50.0 million.
For purposes of this definition, (a) Priority 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,
and (b) votes will be determined in accordance with
Section 7.2; provided that, with respect to clause (a)
hereof, in connection with any Act of Priority Lien Debtholders,
the Company shall, upon the reasonable request of the Collateral
Trustee, deliver to the Collateral Trustee a certificate, signed by
an authorized officer of the Company, setting forth the aggregate
principal amounts of any Priority Lien Debt registered in the name
of, or beneficially owned by, the Company or any Affiliate of the
Company and the Collateral Trustee may conclusively rely on such
certificate.
“ Act of Required
Debtholders ” means, as to any matter at any
time:
(1) prior to
the Discharge of Priority Lien Obligations, a direction in writing
delivered to the Collateral Trustee by or with the written consent
of the holders of at least 50.1% of the sum of:
(a) the
aggregate outstanding principal amount of Priority Lien Debt
(including outstanding letters of credit whether or not then
available or drawn, with such letters of credit being deemed to
have a principal amount equal to the maximum potential liability of
the Company and the Guarantors thereunder); and
(b) other
than in connection with the exercise of remedies, the aggregate
unfunded commitments to extend credit which, when funded, would
constitute Priority Lien Debt; and
(2) at any
time after the Discharge of Priority 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.
“ 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 .
“ Affiliate
” of any specified Person means any other Person directly
or indirectly controlling or controlled by or under direct or
indirect common control with such specified Person. 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. Notwithstanding any of the foregoing to the
contrary, no Person (other than the Company or any Subsidiary of
the Company) in whom the Company or a Subsidiary of the Company
makes an investment in connection with a Permitted Securitization
Program will be deemed to be an Affiliate of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries solely by reason of such investment. For purposes
of this definition, the terms “controlling,”
“controlled by” and “under common control
with” have correlative meanings.
“ Agreement
” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“ Asset Sale
” has the meaning assigned to it in the First Lien
Indenture or the Second Lien Indenture, as the context
requires.
“ Asset Sale Offer
” has the meaning assigned to it in the First Lien
Indenture or the Second Lien Indenture, as the context
requires.
“ 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 by law, regulation or executive order to
remain closed.
“ Capital Lease
Obligations ” has the meaning assigned to it in the
First Lien Indenture or the Second Lien Indenture, as the context
requires.
“ Capital Stock
” means:
(1) in the
case of a corporation, corporate stock;
(2) in the
case of an association or business entity, any and all shares,
interests, participations, rights or other equivalents (however
designated) of corporate stock;
(3) in the
case of a partnership or limited liability company, partnership
interests (whether general or limited) or membership interests;
and
(4) 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,
but excluding from all of the foregoing any debt securities
convertible into Capital Stock, whether or not such debt securities
include any right of participation with Capital Stock.
“ Cash Equivalents
” means:
(1) United
States dollars, Euros, any national currency of any participating
member state of the economic and monetary union as contemplated in
the Treaty on European Union, Australian dollars, Brazilian Reals,
Indian Rupees, South African Rand, Swiss Franc and the British
pound, or other local currencies held by the Company and its
Restricted Subsidiaries from time to time in the ordinary course of
business;
(2) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed or
insured by the United States government or any agency or
instrumentality of the United States government; provided ,
that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in
support of those securities having maturities of not more than two
years from the date of acquisition;
(3) certificates of deposit and Eurodollar time deposits with
maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition,
bankers’ acceptances with maturities not exceeding one year
and overnight bank deposits, in each case, with any domestic
commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of
$500.0 million and a Thomson Bank Watch Rating of
“B” or better in the case of U.S. banks and
$100.0 million (or the U.S. dollar equivalent as of the date
of determination) in the case of non-U.S. banks;
(4) repurchase obligations with a term of not more than seven
days for underlying securities of the types described in clauses
(2) and (3) above entered into with any financial
institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause
(3) above;
(5) commercial paper or marketable short-term money market or
readily marketable direct obligations and similar securities having
one of the two highest ratings obtainable from Moody’s or
S&P and, in each case, maturing within two years after the date
of acquisition; and
(6) money
market funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Cash
Equivalents of the kinds described in clauses (1) through
(5) of this definition.
“ Class ”
means (1) in the case of Junior Lien Debt, every Series of
Junior Lien Debt, taken together, and (2) in the case of
Priority Lien Debt, every Series of Priority Lien Debt, taken
together.
“ Collateral
” means all properties and assets at any time owned or
acquired by the Company or any Guarantor, except: (1) Excluded
Assets; and (2) any properties and assets in which the
Collateral Trustee is required to release its Liens pursuant to
Section 3.2; provided , that, if such Liens are
required to be released as a result of the sale, transfer or other
disposition of any properties or assets of the Company or any
Guarantor, such assets or properties will cease to be excluded from
the Collateral if the Company or any Guarantor thereafter acquires
or reacquires such assets or properties.
“ Collateral Trustee
” has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“ Collateral Trust
Joinder ” means (1) with respect to the
provisions of this Agreement relating to any Additional Secured
Debt, an agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit B and (2) with respect to the provisions
of this Agreement relating to the addition of additional
Guarantors, an agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit C .
“ Company ”
has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
“ Covenant Defeasance
” has the meaning assigned to it in the First Lien
Indenture or the Second Lien Indenture, as the context
requires.
“ Credit Facilities
” means one or more debt facilities or commercial paper
facilities, in each case with banks or other institutional lenders
providing for revolving credit loans, term loans, receivables
financing (including through the sale of receivables to such
lenders or to special purpose entities formed to borrow from such
lenders against such receivables), letters of credit or other
long-term indebtedness, in each case, as amended, restated,
modified, renewed, refunded, replaced in any manner (whether upon
or after termination or otherwise) or refinanced (including by
means of sales of debt securities) in whole or in part from time to
time whether by the same or any other agent(s) or lender(s)
including any such replacement, refunding or refinancing facility
or indenture that increases the amount permitted to be borrowed
thereunder or alters the maturity thereof ( provided that
such increase in borrowings is permitted under Section 4.09 of
the First Lien Indenture and Section 4.09 of the Second Lien
Indenture and the other Secured Debt Documents) or adds Restricted
Subsidiaries as additional borrowers or guarantors thereunder .
“ Discharge of Priority
Lien Obligations ” means the occurrence of all of the
following:
(1) termination or expiration of all commitments to extend
credit that would constitute Priority Lien Debt;
(2) payment
in full in cash of the principal of, and interest and premium, if
any, on all Priority 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 required for release of
liens under the terms of the applicable Priority Lien Document) of
all outstanding letters of credit constituting Priority Lien Debt;
and
(4) payment
in full in cash of all other Priority Lien Obligations that are
outstanding and unpaid at the time the Priority 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).
“ Domestic Operating
Subsidiary ” means any Subsidiary of the Company
other than a Subsidiary that:
(1) does not
transact any substantial portion of its business or regularly
maintain any substantial portion of its operating assets within the
continental limits of the United States;
(2) is
principally engaged in the business of financing (including,
without limitation, the purchase, holding, sale or discounting of
or lending upon any accounts receivable, notes, contracts, leases
or other forms of obligations) the sale or lease of merchandise,
equipment or services (a) by the Company, (b) by a
Subsidiary of the Company (whether such sales or leases have been
made before or after the date when such corporation became a
Subsidiary), (c) by another Affiliate of the Company or
(d) by any corporation prior to the time when substantially
all its assets have been acquired by the Company;
(3) is
principally engaged in the business of owning, leasing, dealing in
or developing real property; or
(4) is
principally engaged in the holding of stock in, and/or the
financing of operations of, an Affiliate of the Company.
“ Equally and Ratably
” means, in reference to sharing of Liens or proceeds
thereof as between holders of Secured Obligations within the same
Class, 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) on, each outstanding Series of Secured Debt
within that Class when the allocation or distribution is made, and
thereafter; and
(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) on all outstanding Secured Obligations within
that Class) to the Secured Debt Representative for each outstanding
Series of Secured Obligations 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.
“ Excess Proceeds
” has the meaning assigned to it in the First Lien
Indenture or the Second Lien Indenture, as the context
requires.
“ Excluded Assets
” means each of the following:
(1) any real
property or fixtures located outside of the United States and any
leasehold interests in real property;
(2) any
lease, license, contract, property right or agreement to which the
Company or any Guarantor is a party, and any of its rights or
interests thereunder, if and to the extent that a security interest
is (i) prohibited by or in violation of any law, rule or
regulation applicable to the Company or any Guarantor, or
(ii) will constitute or result in a breach, termination or
default under or requires any consent not obtained under any such
lease, license, contract, property right or agreement (other than
to the extent that any such law, rule, regulation, term, provision
or condition would be rendered ineffective with respect to the
creation of the security interest in the Collateral pursuant to
Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC of any relevant
jurisdiction or any other applicable law or principles of equity);
provided that any such lease, license, contract, or
agreement shall cease to be an Excluded Asset and the Collateral
shall include (and such security interest shall attach) immediately
at such time as the contractual or legal prohibition shall no
longer be applicable, and to the extent severable, shall attach
immediately to any portion of such lease, license, contract, or
agreement not subject to the prohibitions specified in subclauses
(i) and (ii) of this clause (3); provided ,
further , that the exclusions referred to in this clause
(3) shall not include any proceeds of any such lease, license,
contract, property right or agreement;
(3) any
other property or assets (other than the Mortgaged Property) in
which a Lien cannot be perfected by (i) the filing of a
financing statement under the UCC of the relevant jurisdiction or
(ii) a filing at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office or the
U.S. Copyright Offices, so long as the aggregate Fair Market Value
of all such property and assets does not at any one time exceed
$20.0 million;
(4) any
deposit account for taxes, payroll, employee benefits or similar
items and any other account or financial asset in which such
security interest would be unlawful or in violation of any Plan or
employee benefit agreement;
(5) accounts
receivable and related assets transferred or purported to be
transferred in a Permitted Securitization Program;
(6) assets,
with respect to which any applicable law prohibits the creation or
perfection of security interests therein;
(7) deposit
or checking accounts with balances below $1.0 million, so long
as the aggregate balance of all such deposit and checking accounts
does not at any one time exceed $10.0 million;
(8) any
motor vehicles, vessels and aircraft, or other property subject to
a certificate of title;
(9) any
intent-to-use application for registration of a trademark filed
pursuant to Section 1(b) of the Lanham Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1051,
prior to the filing of a “Statement of Use” pursuant to
Section 1(d) of the Lanham Act or an “Amendment to Allege
Use” pursuant to Section 1(c) of the Lanham Act with respect
thereto, solely to the extent, if any, that, and solely during the
period, if any, in which, the grant of a security interest therein
would impair the validity or enforceability of any registration
that issues from such intent-to-use application under applicable
federal law;
(10) cash or
Cash Equivalents securing reimbursement obligations under letters
of credit or surety bonds, which letters of credit and surety bonds
are otherwise not secured by Priority Liens, Junior Liens or
Permitted ABL Liens; and
(11) equity
interests in any joint venture with a third party that is not an
Affiliate, to the extent a pledge of such equity interests is
prohibited by the documents governing such joint venture.
“ Fair Market
Value ” has the meaning assigned to it in the First
Lien Indenture or the Second Lien Indenture, as the context
requires.
“ First Lien Notes
” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“ First Lien
Indenture ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
“First Lien Trustee
” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“ 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 and
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 are in effect on the Original Issue Date.
“ Guarantee
” means a guarantee other than by endorsement of
negotiable instruments for collection in the ordinary course of
business, direct or indirect, in any 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 (whether arising by virtue of
partnership arrangements, or by agreements to keep-well, to
purchase assets, goods, securities or services, to take or pay or
to maintain financial statement conditions or otherwise).
“ Guarantors
” means any Person that at any time provides a guarantee
of any Secured Obligations.
“ Hedging Obligations
” means, with respect to any specified Person, the
obligations of such Person under:
(1) interest
rate swap agreements (whether from fixed to floating or from
floating to fixed), interest rate cap agreements and interest rate
collar agreements;
(2) other
agreements or arrangements designed to manage interest rates or
interest rate risk; and
(3) other
agreements or arrangements designed to protect such Person against
fluctuations in currency exchange rates or commodity prices.
“ Indebtedness
” means, with respect to any specified Person, any
indebtedness of such Person (excluding accrued expenses and trade
payables), whether or not contingent:
(1) in
respect of borrowed money;
(2) evidenced by bonds, notes, debentures or similar
instruments or letters of credit (or reimbursement agreements in
respect thereof);
(3) in
respect of banker’s acceptances;
(4) representing Capital Lease Obligations;
(5) representing the balance deferred and unpaid of the
purchase price of any property or services due more than six months
after such property is acquired or such services are completed
except (i) any such balance that constitutes a trade payable
or similar obligation to a trade creditor, in each case accrued in
the ordinary course of business and (ii) any earn-out
obligations until such obligation becomes a liability on the
balance sheet of such Person in accordance with GAAP; or
(6) representing any Hedging Obligations,
if and to the extent any of the preceding items (other than
letters of credit and Hedging Obligations) would appear as a
liability upon a balance sheet (excluding the footnotes thereto) of
the specified Person prepared in accordance with GAAP. 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, other
than by endorsement of negotiable instruments for collection in the
ordinary course of business.
“ Indemnified
Liabilities ” means any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgments, suits,
costs, taxes, expenses or disbursements of any kind or nature
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.
“ Indemnitee
” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.11(a).
“ Indentures
” means, collectively, the First Lien Indenture and the
Second Lien Indenture.
“ 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.
“ Junior Lien
” means a Lien granted by a Security Document to the
Collateral Trustee, at any time, upon any Collateral of the Company
or any Guarantor to secure Junior Lien Obligations, that is:
(1) with
respect to Collateral other than ABL Collateral, junior in priority
to all Priority Liens and senior in priority to all Permitted ABL
Liens, if any;
(2) with
respect to ABL Collateral, junior in priority to all Priority Liens
and all Permitted ABL Liens, if any; and
(3) pari
passu with all other Liens to secure Junior Lien
Obligations.
“ Junior Lien Debt
” means:
(1) the
Second Lien Notes issued by the Company on the Original Issue
Date;
(2) any
other Indebtedness (including letters of credit and reimbursement
obligations with respect thereto) of the Company that is secured on
a subordinated basis to the Priority Lien Debt by a Junior Lien
that was 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, 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
(i) Junior Lien Debt and Priority Lien Debt or
(ii) Junior Lien Debt and Permitted ABL Debt;
(b) the
Junior Lien Representative for such Indebtedness executes and
delivers a Collateral Trust Joinder in accordance with
Section 3.8(a) (unless the Junior Lien Representative for the
holders of such Indebtedness is already a party hereunder in a
manner that applies to the holders of such Indebtedness);
(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 this Agreement, including
Section 3.8, as to the confirmation, grant or perfection of
the Collateral Trustee’s Liens to secure such Indebtedness or
Obligations in respect thereof are satisfied (and the satisfaction
of such requirements and the other provisions of this clause
(d) will be conclusively established if the Company delivers
to the Collateral Trustee an Officers’ Certificate stating
that such requirements and other provisions have been satisfied and
that such Indebtedness is “Junior Lien Debt”); and
(3) Hedging
Obligations of the Company incurred to hedge or manage interest
rate risk in accordance with the terms of the Secured Debt
Documents; provided that:
(a) on or
before the date on which such Hedging Obligations are incurred by
the Company such Hedging Obligations are designated by the Company,
in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to each Priority Lien
Representative, Junior Lien Representative and the Collateral
Trustee, 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 (i) Junior Lien Debt and Priority Lien Debt or (ii)
Junior Lien Debt and Permitted ABL Debt;
(b) the
counterparty in respect of such Hedging Obligations, in its
capacity as a holder or beneficiary of such Junior Lien, executes
and delivers a Collateral Trust Joinder in accordance with
Section 3.8(a) or otherwise becomes (or the associated Junior
Liens otherwise become) subject to the terms of this Agreement;
and
(c) all
other requirements set forth in this Agreement, including
Section 3.8, 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 and other provisions have been
satisfied and that such Hedging Obligations are “Junior Lien
Debt”).
“ Junior Lien
Documents ” means, collectively, the Second Lien
Indenture and any indenture, credit agreement or other agreement
governing each Series of Junior Lien Debt and the Security
Documents (other than any Security Documents that do not secure
Junior Lien Obligations).
“ Junior Lien
Obligations ” means Junior Lien Debt and all other
Obligations in respect thereof.
“ Junior Lien
Representative ” means (1) the Second Lien
Trustee or (2) 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 maintains the transfer register for
such Series of Junior Lien Debt and (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.
“ Junior Trust Estate
” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.
“ Legal Defeasance
” has the meaning assigned to it in the First Lien
Indenture or the Second Lien Indenture, as the context
requires.
“ 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 and, except
in connection with any Permitted Securitization Program, any filing
of or agreement to give any financing statement under the UCC (or
equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction; provided that in
no event shall an operating lease be deemed to constitute a
Lien.
“ Lien Sharing and
Priority Confirmation ” means:
(1) as to
any Series of Priority Lien Debt, the written agreement of the
holders of such Series of Priority Lien Debt, as set forth in the
indenture, credit agreement or other agreement governing such
Series of Priority Lien Debt, for the enforceable benefit of all
holders of each existing and future Series of Secured Debt, each
existing and future Secured Debt Representative and each existing
and future holder of Permitted Prior Liens:
(a) that all
Priority Lien Obligations will be and are secured Equally and
Ratably by all Priority Liens at any time granted by the Company or
any Guarantor to secure any Obligations in respect of such Series
of Priority Lien Debt, whether or not upon property otherwise
constituting Collateral, and that all such Priority Liens will be
enforceable by the Collateral Trustee for the benefit of all
holders of Priority Lien Obligations Equally and Ratably;
(b) that the
holders of Obligations in respect of such Series of Priority Lien
Debt are bound by the provisions of this Agreement (and any ABL
Intercreditor Agreement), including the provisions relating to the
ranking of Priority Liens and the order of application of proceeds
from enforcement of Priority Liens; and
(c) consenting to and directing the Collateral Trustee to
perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Security
Documents;
(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
indenture, credit agreement or other agreement governing such
Series of Junior Lien Debt, for the enforceable benefit of all
holders of each existing and future Series of Secured Debt, each
existing and future Secured Debt Representative, and each existing
and future holder of Permitted Prior Liens:
(a) 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, whether or not upon property otherwise
constituting Collateral for 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) that the
holders of Obligations in respect of such Series of Junior Lien
Debt are bound by the provisions of this Agreement (and any ABL
Intercreditor Agreement), including the provisions relating to the
ranking of Junior Liens and the order of application of proceeds
from the enforcement of Junior Liens; and
(c) consenting to and directing the Collateral Trustee to
perform its obligations under this Agreement and the other Security
Documents; and
(3) as to
any Series of Permitted ABL Debt of the Company or any Guarantor,
the written agreement of the holders of such Series of Permitted
ABL Debt, as set forth in the credit agreement or other agreement
governing such Series of Permitted ABL Debt, for the enforceable
benefit of all holders of each existing and future Series of
Secured Debt, each existing and future Secured Debt Representative
and each existing and future holder of Permitted Prior Liens:
(a) that the
holders of Obligations in respect of such Series of Permitted ABL
Debt are bound by the provisions of this Agreement and the ABL
Intercreditor Agreement; and
(b) consenting to the performance of, and directing the
collateral agent or other representative with respect to such
Series of Permitted ABL Debt to perform, its obligations under this
Agreement and the ABL Intercreditor Agreement.
“ Moody’s
” means Moody’s Investors Service, Inc., a
subsidiary of Moody’s Corporation, and any successor to its
rating agency business.
“ Mortgage
” means a mortgage or deed of trust substantially in the
form of Exhibit E with such modifications as may be required
by local law, as it may be amended, supplemented, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time.
“ Mortgaged Property
” means each parcel of real property owned in fee simple
by the Company or any Guarantor required to be mortgaged to the
Collateral Trustee, for the benefit of Secured Parties, including
without limitation the properties listed on Schedule 1 (which
Schedule shall be supplemented from time to time to reflect any
additional property required to be mortgaged pursuant to
Section 7.3(g)(6)).
“ Notes ”
means, collectively, the First Lien Notes and the Second Lien
Notes.
“ Obligations
” means any principal, 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), 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
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:
(1) a
statement that the Person making such certificate has read such
covenant or condition;
(2) 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;
(3) 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
(4) a
statement as to whether or not, in the opinion of such Person, such
condition or covenant has been satisfied.
“ Original Issue Date
” means July 31, 2009.
“ Permitted ABL Debt
” means:
(1) Indebtedness (including letters of credit and
reimbursement obligations with respect thereto) incurred by the
Company or any of its Restricted Subsidiaries secured by Permitted
ABL Liens that was permitted to be incurred and so secured under
each applicable Secured Debt Document; provided , that on or
before the date on which such Indebtedness is incurred by the
Company or any Restricted Subsidiary:
(a) such
Indebtedness is designated by the Company, in an Officers’
Certificate delivered to each Priority Lien Representative and the
Collateral Trustee, as “Permitted ABL Debt” for the
purposes of the Secured Debt Documents; provided that no
Series of Secured Debt may be designated as both (i) Permitted
ABL Debt and Priority Lien Debt or (ii) Permitted ABL Debt and
Junior Lien Debt;
(b) such
Indebtedness is incurred by the Company or any Guarantor, such
Indebtedness (i) is governed by a credit agreement or other
agreement that includes a Lien Sharing and Priority Confirmation
and (ii) the collateral agent or other representative with
respect to such Indebtedness, the Collateral Trustee, the Company
and each applicable Guarantor, has duly executed and delivered an
ABL Intercreditor Agreement; and
(2) Hedging
Obligations of the Company incurred to hedge or manage interest
rate risk in accordance with the terms of the Secured Debt
Documents; provided that:
(a) on or
before the date on which such Hedging Obligations are entered into
by the Company, such Hedging Obligations are designated by the
Company, in an Officers’ Certificate delivered to each
Priority Lien Representative, Junior Lien Representative and the
Collateral Trustee, as “Permitted ABL Debt” for the
purposes of the Secured Debt Documents; provided that no
Series of Secured Debt may be designated as both (i) Permitted
ABL Debt and Priority Lien Debt or (ii) Permitted ABL Debt and
Junior Lien Debt; and
(b) the
counterparty in respect of such Hedging Obligations, in its
capacity as a holder or beneficiary of such Permitted ABL Lien,
executes and delivers a Collateral Trust Joinder in accordance with
Section 3.8(a) or otherwise becomes (or the associated ABL
Liens otherwise become) subject to the terms of this Agreement.
“ Permitted ABL Debt
Obligations ” means Permitted ABL Debt and all other
Obligations in respect thereof.
“ Permitted ABL Liens
” means Liens granted to the collateral agent under any
Permitted ABL Debt facility, at any time, upon (i) ABL
Collateral of the Company or any Guarantor, (ii) current
assets of any foreign or domestic Subsidiary that is not a
Guarantor or (iii) Collateral other than ABL Collateral, which
Liens in the case of this clause (iii) are junior in priority
to all Priority Liens and Junior Liens on the terms set forth in
the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, in each case to secure Permitted
ABL Debt Obligations.
“ Permitted Liens
” has the meaning assigned to it in the First Lien
Indenture or the Second Lien Indenture, as the context
requires.
“ Permitted Prior
Liens ” means:
(1) Liens
described in clauses (5), (6), (8), (10), (15), (25), (26) and
(30) of the definition of “Permitted Liens” under
the First Lien Indenture; and
(2) Permitted Liens that arise by operation of law and are not
voluntarily granted, to the extent entitled by law to priority over
the Liens created by the Security Documents.
“ Permitted
Securitization Program ” means any receivables
securitization program (including the program established under the
Receivables Facility) pursuant to which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries sells, conveys or otherwise transfers any accounts
receivable, whether now existing or arising in the future, and any
assets related thereto that are customarily transferred or in
respect of which security interests are customarily granted in
connection with asset securitization transactions involving
accounts receivable (including, without limitation, all collateral
securing accounts receivable, all contracts and all guarantees or
other obligations in respect of accounts receivable and all
proceeds of accounts receivable); provided , however
, that a receivables securitization program shall be deemed not to
be a “Permitted Securitization Program” hereunder to
the extent that such program was not permitted by the terms of the
Secured Debt Documents to be a “Permitted Securitization
Program” (or equivalent term).
“ 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 First Lien Indenture.
“ Priority Lien
” means a Lien granted by a Security Document to the
Collateral Trustee, at any time, upon any property of the Company
or any Guarantor to secure Priority Lien Obligations, and that
is:
(1) with
respect to Collateral other than ABL Collateral, senior in priority
to all Junior Liens and Permitted ABL Liens, if any;
(2) with
respect to ABL Collateral, junior in priority to all Permitted ABL
Liens, if any, and senior in priority to all Junior Liens; and
(3) pari
passu with all other Liens to secure Priority Lien
Obligations.
“ Priority Lien Debt
” means:
(1) the
First Lien Notes issued by the Company on the Original Issue
Date;
(2) additional notes issued under any indenture or other
Indebtedness (including letters of credit and reimbursement
obligations with respect thereto) of the Company that is secured
Equally and Ratably with the First Lien Notes by a Priority Lien
that was permitted to be incurred and so secured under each
applicable Secured Debt Document; provided , in the case of
any additional notes or other Indebtedness referred to in this
clause (2), that:
(a) on or
before the date on which such additional notes were issued or
Indebtedness is incurred by the Company, such additional notes or
other Indebtedness, as applicable, is designated by the Company as
“Priority 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 (i) Priority Lien Debt and Junior Lien Debt or
(ii) Priority Lien Debt and Permitted ABL Debt;
(b) the
Priority Lien Representative for such Indebtedness executes and
delivers a Collateral Trust Joinder in accordance with
Section 3.8(b) (unless the Priority Lien Representative for
the holders of such Indebtedness is already a party hereunder in a
manner that applies to the holders of such Indebtedness);
(c) such
additional notes or other Indebtedness is governed by an indenture
or a credit agreement, as applicable, or other agreement that
includes a Lien Sharing and Priority Confirmation; and
(d) all
other requirements set forth in this Agreement, including
Section 3.8, as to the confirmation, grant or perfection of
the Collateral Trustee’s Liens to secure such Indebtedness or
Obligations in respect thereof are satisfied (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 and other provisions
have been satisfied and that such notes or such Indebtedness is
“Priority Lien Debt”); and
(3) Hedging
Obligations of the Company incurred to hedge or manage interest
rate risk in accordance with the terms of the Secured Debt
Documents; provided that:
(a) on or
before the date on which such Hedging Obligations are incurred by
the Company, such Hedging Obligations are designated by the Company
as “Priority 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 (i) Priority Lien Debt and Junior Lien Debt or
(ii) Priority Lien Debt and Permitted ABL Debt;
(b) the
counterparty in respect of such Hedging Obligations, in its
capacity as a holder or beneficiary of such Priority Lien, executes
and delivers a Collateral Trust Joinder in accordance with
Section 3.8(a) or otherwise becomes (or the associated
Priority Liens otherwise become) subject to the terms of this
Agreement; and
(c) all
other requirements set forth in this Agreement, including
Section 3.8, 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 and other provisions have been
satisfied and that such Hedging Obligations are “Priority
Lien Debt”).
“ Priority Lien
Documents ” means the First Lien Indenture and any
additional indenture, Credit Facility or other agreement pursuant
to which any Priority Lien Debt is incurred and the Security
Documents (other than any Security Documents that do not secure
Priority Lien Obligations).
“ Priority Lien
Obligations ” means the Priority Lien Debt and all
other Obligations in respect of Priority Lien Debt.
“ Priority Lien
Representative ” means:
(1) the
First Lien Trustee, in the case of the First Lien Notes; or
(2) in the
case of any other Series of Priority Lien Debt, the trustee, agent
or representative of the holders of such Series of Priority Lien
Debt who maintains the transfer register for such Series of
Priority Lien Debt and is appointed as a representative of the
Priority Lien Debt (for purposes related to the administration of
the Security Documents) pursuant to the indenture, credit agreement
or other agreement governing such Series of Priority Lien Debt, and
who has executed a Collateral Trust Joinder.
“ Receivables
Facility ” means that certain Receivables Purchase
Agreement dated as of May 16, 2008 (as such may be amended
from time to time) by and among Unisys Funding Corporation I, as
the seller, the financial institutions signatory thereto from time
to time, as purchasers, and General Electric Capital Corporation,
as purchaser and as administrative agent for the purchasers,
including any related notes, Guarantees, collateral documents,
instruments and agreements executed in connection therewith, and,
in each case, as amended, restated, modified, renewed, refunded,
refinanced in whole or in part or supplemented in whole or in part
from time to time to the extent permitted under the terms of the
Secured Debt Documents; provided that prior to and after
giving effect to any such amendment, restatement, modification,
renewal, refunding, refinancing or supplement, such Receivables
Facility shall be part of a Permitted Securitization Program.
“ Receivables Facility
Intercreditor Agreement ” means an intercreditor
agreement, dated as of the date hereof, entered into in connection
with the Receivables Facility among General Electric Capital
Corporation, as purchaser and as administrative agent for the
purchasers, Unisys Funding Corporation I, as the seller, Unisys
Item Processing Services L.L.C., as an originator, the
Company, as an originator and servicer and the Collateral Trustee,
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, in each case, in
accordance with the terms of the Receivables Facility Intercreditor
Agreement.
“ Required Junior Lien
Debtholders ” means, at any time, the holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of all Junior Lien Debt then
outstanding, 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 Priority Lien
Debtholders ” means, at any time, the holders of a
majority in aggregate principal amount of all Priority Lien Debt
then outstanding, calculated in accordance with the provisions of
Section 7.2. For purposes of this definition, Priority 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.
“ Restricted
Subsidiary ” of a Person means any Subsidiary of the
referent Person that is not an Unrestricted Subsidiary.
“ S&P ”
means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of
The McGraw Hill Companies, Inc., and any successor to its rating
agency business.
“ Sale of Collateral
” means any Asset Sale involving a sale or other
disposition of Collateral.
“ Second Lien Notes
” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“ Second Lien
Indenture ” has the meaning set forth in the
recitals.
“Second Lien Trustee
” has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
“ Secured Debt
” means Priority Lien Debt and Junior Lien Debt.
“ Secured Debt
Default ” means any event of default (or equivalent
thereof) under the terms of any credit agreement, indenture or
other agreement governing any Series of Secured Debt, which causes,
or permits holders of Secured Debt outstanding thereunder to cause,
the Secured Debt outstanding thereunder to become immediately due
and payable.
“ Secured Debt
Documents ” means the Priority Lien Documents and the
Junior Lien Documents.
“ Secured Debt
Representative ” means each Priority Lien
Representative and each Junior Lien Representative.
“ Secured Obligations
” means Junior Lien Obligations and Priority Lien
Obligations.
“ Secured Parties
” means the holders of Secured Obligations and the
Secured Debt Representatives.
“ Security Documents
” means this Agreement, each Lien Sharing and Priority
Confirmation, each Collateral Trust Joinder, the Receivables
Facility Intercreditor Agreement, any ABL Intercreditor Agreement
and all security agreements, pledge agreements, mortgages, deeds of
trust, collateral assignments, collateral agency agreements,
control agreements or other grants or transfers for security
executed and delivered by the Company or any Guarantor creating (or
purporting to create) a Lien upon Collateral in favor of the
Collateral Trustee, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, in each
case, as amended, modified, renewed, restated 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, the Second Lien Notes and
any additional notes or any Credit Facility or other Indebtedness
that constitutes Junior Lien Debt for which a single transfer
register is maintained.
“ Series of Priority Lien
Debt ” means, severally, the First Lien Notes and any
additional notes or any Credit Facility or other Indebtedness that
constitutes Priority Lien Debt.
“ Series of Secured
Debt ” means each Series of Junior Lien Debt and each
Series of Priority Lien Debt.
“ Subsidiary
” means, with respect to any specified Person:
(1) any
corporation, association, joint venture, limited liability company
or other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting
power of shares of Capital Stock or membership or other equity
interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any
contingency and after giving effect to any voting agreement or
stockholders’ agreement that effectively transfers voting
power) to vote in the election of directors, managers or trustees
of the corporation, association or other business entity is at the
time owned or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or
one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person (or a
combination thereof); and
(2) any
partnership, a general partner or managing general partner of which
is such Person or a Subsidiary of such Person.
“ Title Company
” has the meaning set forth in Section 7.3.
“ 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.
“ Unrestricted
Subsidiary ” has the meaning assigned to it in the
First Lien Indenture or the Second Lien Indenture, as the context
requires.
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
or any of the other Security Documents 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 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 First Lien 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 First Lien
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 First Lien Indenture and
(2) approved by an Act of the Required Debtholders in a
writing delivered to the applicable Priority 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 First Lien 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
First Lien Indenture notwithstanding the termination or expiration
of the First Lien Indenture or redemption of all Obligations
evidenced thereby.
(f) Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary in this Agreement, any references contained herein to
any section, clause, paragraph, definition or other provision of
the Second Lien 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 Second Lien
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 Second Lien Indenture and
(2) approved by an Act of Required Debtholders in a writing
delivered to the applicable Priority 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 Second Lien 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 Second Lien Indenture
notwithstanding the termination or expiration of the Second Lien
Indenture or redemption of all Obligations evidenced thereby.
(g) 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.
(h) 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 Priority Lien Obligations
and in consideration of the 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 holders of Priority Lien Obligations, all
of such Company’s or Guarantor’s right, title and
interest in, to and under all Collateral granted to the Collateral
Trustee under any Security Document for the benefit of the holders
of Priority 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 “
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 holders of Priority Lien Obligations as security
for the payment of all present and future Priority Lien
Obligations.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if at
any time:
(1) all
Liens securing the Priority 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 and letters of
credit that have been cash collateralized as provided in clause
(3) of the definition of “ Discharge of Priority Lien
Obligations ”) 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);
and
(4) the
Company delivers to the Collateral Trustee an Officers’
Certificate stating that all Priority Liens of the Collateral
Trustee have been released in compliance with all applicable
provisions of the Priority Lien Documents and that the Company and
the Guarantors are not required by any Priority Lien Document to
grant any Priority Lien upon any property,
then the senior trust 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.
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 holders of Junior Lien
Obligations, all of such Company’s or Guarantor’s
right, title and interest in, to and under all Collateral granted
to the Collateral Trustee under any Security Document for the
benefit of the 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 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 and letters of
credit that have been cash collateralized as provided in clause
(3) of the definition of “ Discharge of Priority Lien
Obligations ”) 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);
and
(4) the
Company 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 any Junior Lien Document to grant any Junior
Lien upon any property,
then the junior trust 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 Secured Debt; (3) the order or method of attachment
or perfection of any Liens securing any Series of Secured Debt;
(4) the time or order of filing or recording of financing
statements or other documents filed or recorded to perfect any Lien
upon any Collateral; (5) the time of taking possession or
control over any Collateral; (6) that any Priority 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
Priority Lien securing the payment and performance of the Priority
Lien Obligations and the Junior Trust Estate and Junior Lien
securing the payment and performance of the Junior Lien
Obligations; and
(b) all
Junior Liens at any time granted by the Company or any Guarantor
will be subject and subordinate to all Priority Liens securing the
Priority Lien Obligations.
The provisions described in this Section 2.3 are 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 holder of Priority Lien
Obligations, each present and future Priority Lien Representative
and the Collateral Trustee as holder of Priority Liens.
SECTION 2.4 Restrictions on
Enforcement of Junior Liens .
(a) Until the Discharge of
Priority Lien Obligations, the holders of the First Lien Notes and
the holders of other Priority Lien Obligations will have, subject
to (i) the exceptions set forth below in clauses
(1) through (4), (ii) the rights of holders of Permitted
Prior Liens, and (iii) if any Permitted ABL Debt has been
incurred, the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, 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 the provisions of the Security Documents relating
thereto may not, and none of the Second Lien Trustee, any other
Junior Lien Representative, the holders of the Second Lien Notes or
the holders of other Junior Lien Obligations, if any, may,
authorize or direct the Collateral Trustee with respect to such
matters. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Second Lien Trustee or
other Junior Lien Representative and the holders of the Second Lien
Notes or other holders of Junior Lien Obligations may, subject to
the rights of the holders of Permitted Prior Liens, direct the
Collateral Trustee with respect to Collateral:
(1) without
any condition or restriction whatsoever, at any time after the
Discharge of Priority 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 prior Discharge of Priority Lien
Obligations) any right to claim, take or receive proceeds of
Collateral remaining after the Discharge of Priority Lien
Obligations in the event of foreclosure or other enforcement of any
Permitted Prior Lien;
(3) as
necessary to perfect or establish the priority (subject to Priority
Liens and Permitted Prior 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 Priority Lien holders, agrees to act as agent for
the Collateral Trustee for the benefit of the Junior Lien Holders;
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
Priority Lien Obligations, none of the holders of Second Lien Notes
or other Junior Lien Obligations, the Collateral Trustee (unless
acting pursuant to an Act of Required Debtholders) or any Junior
Lien Representative will be permitted to:
(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 Priority Lien Obligations in respect of
the Priority Liens or that would limit, invalidate, avoid or set
aside any Priority Lien or subordinate the Priority Liens to the
Junior Liens or grant the Junior Liens equal ranking to the
Priority Liens;
(2) oppose
or otherwise contest any motion for relief from the automatic stay
or from any injunction against foreclosure or enforcement of
Priority Liens made by any holder of Priority Lien Obligations or
any Priority Lien Representative in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding;
(3) oppose
or otherwise contest any lawful exercise by any holder of Priority
Lien Obligations or any Priority Lien Representative of the right
to credit bid Priority Lien Debt at any sale of Collateral in
foreclosure of Priority Liens;
(4) oppose
or otherwise contest any other request for judicial relief made in
any court by any holder of Priority Lien Obligations or any
Priority Lien Representative relating to the lawful enforcement of
any Priority Lien; or
(5) challenge the validity, enforceability, perfection or
priority of the Priority Liens with respect to the Collateral.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, both before and during an
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, the holders of Second Lien
Notes or other Junior Lien Obligations or a Junior Lien
Representative 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 Company or any Guarantor in
accordance with applicable law; provided, that no holder of
Second Lien Notes or other Junior Lien Obligations or any Junior
Lien Representative 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 Priority Lien Obligations and after (1) the
commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect
of the Company or any Guarantor, (2) failure to make any
payment of principal of, premium on, or interest beyond the
applicable grace period, if any (whether at scheduled maturity,
upon redemption, acceleration or otherwise) in respect of
(x) the First Lien Notes or (y) any other Priority Lien
Debt having (in the case of this clause (y)) an aggregate principal
amount in excess of $50.0 million or (3) the Collateral
Trustee and each Junior Lien Representative have received written
notice from any Priority Lien Representative at the direction of an
Act of Priority Lien Debtholders stating that (A) such Series
of Priority Lien Debt has become due and payable in full and has
not been paid (whether at maturity, upon acceleration or otherwise)
or (B) the holders of Priority Liens securing such Series of
Priority Lien Debt have become entitled under any Priority Lien
Document to and desire to enforce any or all of such Priority Liens
by reason of a default under such Priority Lien Documents, no
payment shall be made from the proceeds of Collateral to the
Collateral Trustee (other than distributions to the Collateral
Trustee for the benefit of the holders of Priority Lien
Obligations), any Junior Lien Representative or any holder of
Second Lien Notes or other Junior Lien Obligations with respect to
Junior Lien Obligations (including, without limitation, payments
and prepayments made for application to Junior Lien Obligations).
In addition, at any time prior to the Discharge of Priority Lien
Obligations, no payment shall be made to the Collateral Trustee
(other than distributions to the Collateral Trustee for the benefit
of the holders of Priority Lien Obligations), any Junior Lien
Representative or any holder of Second Lien Notes or other Junior
Lien Obligations with respect to Junior Lien Obligations
(including, without limitation, payments and prepayments made for
application to Junior Lien Obligations) (i) from the proceeds
resulting from a Sale of Collateral, (ii) from any proceeds
resulting from any enforcement action taken by any holder of
Secured Obligations in respect of all or any of the Collateral or
(iii) from the proceeds of Collateral in violation of the
Priority Lien Documents.
(d) All proceeds of Collateral
received by the Collateral Trustee for the benefit of the holders
of Junior Lien Obligations, any Junior Lien Representative or any
holder of Second Lien Notes or other Junior Lien Obligations in
violation of Section 2.4(c) will be held by such Person for
the account of the holders of Priority Liens and remitted to the
Collateral Trustee for the benefit of the holders of Priority Lien
Obligations. 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 for the benefit of the holders of Junior Lien Obligations,
any Junior Lien Representative or any holder of Second Lien Notes
or other Junior Lien Obligations not in violation of
Section 2.4(c) will be received by such Person free from the
Priority Liens and all other Liens except the Junior Liens.
SECTION 2.5
Waiver of Right of Marshalling .
(a) Prior to the Discharge of
Priority Lien Obligations, holders of Second Lien Notes and other
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 Priority Lien Obligations and the Priority Lien Representatives
(in their capacity as priority lienholders) with respect to the
Collateral.
(b) Following the Discharge of
Priority Lien Obligations, the holders of Second Lien Notes or
other 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 Priority Lien Obligations.
SECTION 2.6
Discretion in Enforcement of Priority Liens.
(a) Subject to
Section 3.3, in exercising rights and remedies with respect to
the Collateral, the Priority Lien Representatives may enforce (or
refrain from enforcing) or instruct the Collateral Trustee to
enforce the provisions of the Priority Lien Documents and exercise
(or refrain from exercising) or instruct the Collateral Trustee to
exercise 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 Priority Lien Obligations;
(2) the
enforcement or forbearance from enforcement of any Priority 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
Priority 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 Priority Lien Obligations . Without in any way
limiting the generality of Section 2.6, the holders of First
Lien Notes or other Priority Lien Obligations and the Priority Lien
Representatives may, at any time and from time to time, without the
consent of or notice to holders of Second Lien Notes or other
Junior Lien Obligations or the Junior Lien Representatives, without
incurring responsibility to holders of Second Lien Notes or other
Junior Lien Obligations and the Junior Lien Representatives and
without impairing or releasing the subordination provided in this
Agreement or the obligations hereunder of holders of Second Lien
Notes or other Junior Lien Obligations and 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 Priority Lien Obligations, or otherwise
amend or supplement in any manner the Priority Lien Obligations, or
any instrument evidencing the Priority Lien Obligations or any
agreement under which the Priority Lien Obligations are
outstanding;
(2) release
any Person or entity liable in any manner for the collection of the
Priority Lien Obligations;
(3) release
the Priority Lien on any Collateral; and
(4) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against any
Guarantor.
SECTION 2.8 Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceedings .
(a) If in any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding and prior to the Discharge of Priority Lien
Obligations, the holders of Priority 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 Priority Liens upon
any property of the estate in such Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding;
(3) granting any relief on account of Priority Lien
Obligations as adequate protection (or its equivalent) for the
benefit of the holders of Priority 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 assets sold are to be
free and clear of Liens, that all Priority Liens and Junior Liens
will attach to the proceeds of the sale;
then, the holders of Second Lien Notes and other Junior Lien
Obligations and the Junior Lien Representatives, in their capacity
as holders or representatives of secured claims, will not oppose or
otherwise contest the entry of such order, so long as none of the
holders of Priority Lien Obligations or any Priority Lien
Representative in any respect opposes or otherwise contests any
request made by the holders of Second Lien Notes or other Junior
Lien Obligations or a Junior Lien Representative for the grant to
the Collateral Trustee, for the benefit of the holders of Second
Lien Notes and other 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 Priority
Lien Obligations, co-extensive in all respects with, but
subordinated (as set forth in Section 2.3) to, such Lien and
all Priority Liens on such property.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, both
before and during an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, the
holders of Second Lien Notes and other 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 Second Lien Notes or other Junior Lien Obligations or
any Junior Lien Representative will be permitted to take any of the
actions prohibited under clauses (1) through (5) of
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) No holder of Second Lien
Notes or other Junior Lien Obligations or any Junior Lien
Representative may 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 (A) 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 granted in such Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding to, or for the benefit of, the holders of
Priority Lien Obligations; or (B) freely vote on any plan of
reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring plan; 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 Priority
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
Priority Lien Obligations and Junior Lien Obligations 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.
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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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(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 current 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 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 Receivables
Facility Intercreditor Agreement and, upon the incurrence of any
Permitted ABL Debt by the Company or any Guarantor, the ABL
Intercreditor Agreement.
(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 (but not enforce) the Liens securing the Secured
Obligations, subject to the Section 5.9 of this Agreement)
unless and until it shall have been directed by written notice of
an Act of Priority Lien Debtholders or Act of Required Debtholders,
as applicable, 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 Priority Liens; or
(e) for the subordination of
the Liens on the ABL Collateral securing the Secured Obligations to
the Liens on the ABL Collateral securing the Permitted ABL Debt
Obligations to the extent required by the ABL Intercreditor
Agreement.
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 may 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 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 and in the best
interest of the holders of Secured Obligations.
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 Priority
Liens or Junior 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
repayment of Indebtedness and other Obligations, other than Secured
Debt, secured by a Permitted Prior Lien on the Collateral sold or
realized upon, to the extent that such other Indebtedness or
Obligation is to be discharged in connection with such sale;
THIRD, to the
respective Priority Lien Representatives for application to the
payment of all outstanding First Lien Notes and other Priority Lien
Debt and any other Priority Lien Obligations that are then due and
payable in such order as may be provided in the Priority Lien
Documents in an amount sufficient to pay in full in cash all
outstanding First Lien Notes and other Priority Lien Debt and all
other Priority 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 Priority 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 Priority Lien Document) of all outstanding
letters of credit constituting Priority Lien Debt);
FOURTH, to the
respective Junior Lien Representatives for application to the
payment of all outstanding Second Lien Notes and other 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 Notes and other Junior Lien Debt and all
other Junior Lien Obligations that are then due and payable
(including, to the extent legally permitted, 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);
FIFTH, if
Permitted ABL Debt is outstanding, to the agent or other
representative of the Permitted ABL Debt as provided in the ABL
Intercreditor Agreement; and
SIXTH, any
surplus remaining after the payment in full in cash of the amounts
described in the preceding clauses will be paid to the Company or
the applicable Guarantor, as the case may be, or its successors or
assigns, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
If the Company incurs Permitted ABL Debt in the future, the
foregoing order of application would be subject to the provisions
of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement with respect to ABL
Collateral.
(b) If any Junior Lien
Representative or any holder of Second Lien Notes or any other
Junior Lien Obligation collects or receives any proceeds with
respect of Junior Lien Obligations of such foreclosure, collection
or other enforcement that should have been applied to the payment
of the Priority Lien Obligations and/or Obligations secured by a
Permitted Prior Lien in accordance with Section 3.4(a),
whether after the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding or otherwise, such Junior Lien Representative or such
holder of Second Lien Notes or other Junior Lien Obligation, as the
case may be, will forthwith deliver the same to the Collateral
Trustee, for the account of the holders of the Priority Lien
Obligations and/or holders of Obligations secured by a Permitted
Prior Lien, 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 Second Lien Notes or other Junior
Lien Obligation, as the case may be, for the benefit of the holders
of the Priority Lien Obligations and/or holders of Obligations
secured by a Permitted Prior 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 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 Priority Liens and Junior
Liens. The Secured Debt Representative of each future Series of
Secured Debt will be required to deliver a Collateral Trust Joinder
including a Lien Sharing and Priority Confirmation to the
Collateral Trustee and each other Secured Debt Representative 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 Priority
Lien Debtholders or an Act of Required Debtholders, as applicable,
in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
(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,
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 current
and future holders of current 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 (including any refinancing or replacement of
a Series of Secured Debt) that:
(1) holds
Secured Obligations that are identified as Junior Lien Debt or
Priority Lien Debt in accordance with the procedures set forth in
Section 3.8(b); and
(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.
(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
Priority 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 and each
Secured Debt Representative 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) Priority Lien Debt permitted by each
applicable Secured Debt Document to be secured by a Priority Lien
Equally and Ratably with all previously existing and future
Priority 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; and
(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.
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 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;
provided , however , that such legal opinion or
opinions need not address any collateral of a type or located in a
jurisdiction not previously covered by any legal opinion delivered
by or on behalf of the Company. 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 Priority Liens
and the Junior Liens and Guarantees for the Priority 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.
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ARTICLE 4.OBLIGATIONS ENFORCEABLE BY THE
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(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 (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;
(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 Restricted Subsidiary of the Company
in a transaction or other circumstance that is not prohibited by
either Section 4.10 of the First Lien Indenture or by the
terms of any other applicable Priority Lien Documents (or, after
the Discharge of Priority Lien Obligations, by the terms of any
applicable Junior Lien Documents, including the Second Lien
Indenture), 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 the Collateral Trustee’s
Liens upon the Collateral will not be released if the sale or
disposition is subject to Section 5.01 of the First Lien
Indenture or Section 5.01 of the Second Lien Indenture;
(3) as to a
release of Excess Proceeds that remain unexpended after the
conclusion of the Asset Sale Offer conducted in accordance with the
Indentures;
(4) as to
any accounts receivable and related assets transferred or
purportedly transferred in connection with a Permitted
Securitization Program;
(5) as to a
release of less than all or substantially all of the Collateral, if
consent to the release of all Priority Liens (or, at any time after
the Discharge of Priority Lien Obligations, consent to the release
of all Junior Liens) on such Collateral has been given by an Act of
Required Debtholders; and
(6) 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 all such necessary consents have been obtained,
and, in each case, upon request of the Company, the Collateral
Trustee will execute (with such acknowledgements and/or
notarizations as are required) any such documents as provided by
the Company and deliver evidence of such release to the Company in
the form provided by the Company; provided , however
, to the extent the Company requests the Collateral Trustee to
deliver evidence of the release of Collateral in accordance with
this Section 4.1(a), the Company will deliver to the
Collateral Trustee an Officers’ Certificate to the effect
that no release of Collateral pursuant to this Section 4.1(a)
violated the terms of any Secured Debt Document.
(b) Other than with respect to
any release pursuant to clause (5) or (6) of
Section 4.1(a) of 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
(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) at any
time when a Secured Debt Default under a Series of Secured Debt
that constitutes Junior Lien Debt has occurred and is continuing,
promptly after the receipt by it of any Act of Required Debtholders
pursuant to Section 4.1(a)(5), the Collateral Trustee will
deliver a copy of such Act of Required Debtholders to each Secured
Debt Representative.
(d) Each Secured Debt
Representative hereby agrees that promptly after the receipt by it
of any notice from the Collateral Trustee pursuant to
Section 4.1(c)(2), such Secured Debt Representative will
deliver a copy of such notice to each registered holder of the
Series of Priority Lien Debt or Series of Junior Lien Debt for
which it acts as Secured Debt Representative.
SECTION 4.2 Delivery of Copies to
Secured Debt Representatives . The Company will deliver to each
Secured Debt Representative a copy of (i) each Secured Debt
Document and (ii) 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, in connection with any release
pursuant to Article 4 of this Agreement, 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 Notes . The Collateral Trustee’s Liens will no
longer secure the First Lien Notes or the Second Lien Notes, as the
case may be, issued under such First Lien Indenture or Second Lien
Indenture or any other Obligations outstanding under the applicable
Indenture, and the right of the holders of the related series of
Notes and such Obligations to the benefits and proceeds of the
Collateral Trustee’s Lien on the Collateral will terminate
and be discharged:
(a) upon satisfaction and
discharge of the applicable Indenture as set forth under
Article 12 of such Indenture;
(b) upon a Legal Defeasance or
Covenant Defeasance of all outstanding series of Notes issued under
such Indenture, as set forth under Article 8 thereof;
(c) upon payment in full and
discharge of all outstanding series of Notes issued under such
Indenture and all Obligations that are outstanding, due and payable
under such Indenture at the time such Notes are paid in full and
discharged; or
(d) in whole or in part, with
the consent of the holders of the requisite percentage of the
applicable series of Notes in accordance with Article 9 of the
applicable Indenture.
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 to
which it is a party. 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 to which it is a
party.
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, 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. 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 to which it is a party).
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 Priority Lien Debtholders or an Act of Required
Debtholders, as applicable, 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 Priority Lien Debtholders or
an Act of Required Debtholders, as applicable, 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
negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct as determined by 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
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 . 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, 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 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 managerial action of any kind in regard
thereto, in order to carry out any fiduciary or trust obligation
for the benefit of another, which in the Collateral Trustee’s
sole discretion may cause the Collateral Trustee to be considered
an “owner or operator” under any environmental laws or
otherwise cause the Collateral Trustee to incur, or be exposed to,
any environmental liability or any liability under any other
federal, state or local law, the Collateral Trustee reserves the
right, instead of taking such action, either to resign as
Collateral Trustee or to arrange for the transfer of the title or
control of the asset to a court appointed receiver. The Collateral
Trustee will not be liable to any Person for any environmental
liability or any environmental claims or contribution actions under
any federal, state or local law, rule or regulation by reason of
the Collateral Trustee’s actions and conduct as authorized,
empowered and directed hereunder or relating to any kind of
discharge or release or threatened discharge or release of any
hazardous materials into the environment.
ARTICLE 6. RESIGNATION
AND REMOVAL OF THE COLLATERAL TRUSTEE
SECTION 6.1 Resignation or Removal
of Collateral Trustee . Subject to the appointment of a
successor Collateral Trustee as provided in Section 6.2 and
the acceptance of such appointment by the successor Collateral
Trustee:
(a) the Collateral Trustee may
resign at any time by giving notice of resignation to each Secured
Debt Representative and the Company; and
(b) the Collateral Trustee may
be removed at any time, with or without cause, by an Act of
Required Debtholders.
SECTION 6.2 Appointment of
Successor Collateral Trustee .
(a) Upon any resignation or
removal of the Collateral Trustee pursuant to Section 6.1, a
successor Collateral Trustee may be appointed by an Act of Required
Debtholders, subject to, so long as no Secured Debt Default has
occurred or is continuing, the consent of the Company (which may
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed). If no successor
Collateral Trustee has been so appointed and accepted such
appointment within 45 days after the predecessor Collateral
Trustee gave notice of resignation or was removed, the retiring
Collateral Trustee may (at the expense of the Company), at its
option, appoint a successor Collateral Trustee, or petition a court
of competent jurisdiction for appointment of a successor Collateral
Trustee, which must be a bank or trust company:
(1) authorized to exercise corporate trust powers;
(2) having
a combined capital and surplus of at least $100,000,000; and
(3) maintaining an office in New York, New York.
(b) The Collateral Trustee will
fulfill its obligations hereunder until a successor Collateral
Trustee meeting the requirements of this Section 6.2 has
accepted its appointment as Collateral Trustee and the provisions
of Section 6.3 have been satisfied.
SECTION 6.3 Succession . When
the Person so appointed as successor Collateral Trustee pursuant
Section 6.2 accepts such appointment:
(1) such
Person will succeed to and become vested with all the rights,
powers, privileges and duties of the predecessor Collateral
Trustee, and the predecessor Collateral Trustee will be discharged
from its duties and obligations hereunder; and
(2) the
predecessor Collateral Trustee will (at the expense of the Company)
promptly transfer all Liens and collateral security and other
property of the Trust Estates within its possession or control to
the possession or control of the successor Collateral Trustee and
will execute instruments and assignments as may be necessary or
reasonably requested by the successor Collateral Trustee to
transfer to the successor Collateral Trustee all Liens, interests,
rights, powers and remedies of the predecessor Collateral Trustee
in respect of the Security Documents or the Trust Estates.
Thereafter the predecessor Collateral Trustee will remain
entitled to enforce the immunities granted to it in Article 5
and the provisions of Sections 7.10 and 7.11.
SECTION 6.4 Merger, Conversion or
Consolidation of Collateral Trustee . Any Person into which the
Collateral Trustee may be merged or converted or with which it may
be consolidated, or any Person resulting from any merger,
conversion or consolidation to which the Collateral Trustee shall
be a party, or any Person succeeding to the business of the
Collateral Trustee shall be the successor of the Collateral Trustee
pursuant to Section 6.3, provided that (i) without
the execution or filing of any paper with any party hereto or any
further act on the part of any of the parties hereto, except where
an instrument of transfer or assignment is required by law to
effect such succession, anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, such Person satisfies the eligibility requirements
specified in clauses (1) through (3) of Section 6.2
and (ii) prior to any such merger, conversion or
consolidation, the Collateral Trustee shall have notified the
Company, each Priority Lien Representative and each Junior Lien
Representative thereof in writing.
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ARTICLE 7.MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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Amendment.
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(a) No amendment or supplement
to the provisions of this Agreement or any other Security Document
will be effective without the approval of the Collateral Trustee
acting as directed by an Act of Required Debtholders, except
that:
(1) any
amendment or supplement that has the effect solely of
(i) adding or maintaining Collateral, securing additional
Secured Debt that was otherwise permitted by the terms of the
Secured Debt Documents to be secured by the Collateral or
preserving, perfecting or establishing the priority of the Liens
thereon or the rights of the Collateral Trustee therein,
(ii) curing any ambiguity, defect or inconsistency;
(iii) providing for the assumption of the Company’s or
any Guarantor’s obligations under any Security Document in
the case of a merger or consolidation or sale of all or
substantially all of the Company’s or such Guarantor’s
assets, as applicable; or (iv) making any change that would
provide any additional rights or benefits to the Secured Parties or
the Collateral Trustee or that does not adversely affect the legal
rights under the Indentures or any other Secured Debt Document of
any holder of Notes, any other Secured Party or the Collateral
Trustee, will, in each case, become effective when executed and
delivered by the Company or any other applicable Guarantor party
thereto and the Collateral Trustee;
(2) no
amendment or supplement that reduces, impairs or adversely affects
the right of any holder of Secured Obligations:
(A) to vote
its outstanding Secured Debt as to any matter requiring (i) an
Act of Priority Lien Debtholders or an Act of Required Debtholders
or (ii) direction by the Required Priority Lien Debtholders or
the Required Junior Lien Debtholders, (or amends the provisions of
this clause (2) or the definition of “ Act of
Priority Lien Debtholders ,” “Act of Required
Debtholders,” “ Required Priority Lien
Debtholders ” or “Required Junior Lien
Debtholders” ),
(B) to
share, in the order of application described in Section 3.4,
in the proceeds of enforcement of or realization on any
Collateral that has not been released in accordance with the
provisions described in Section 4.1, or
(C) to
require that Liens securing Secured Obligations be released only as
set forth in the provisions described in Section 4.1,
will become effective without the consent of the requisite
percentage or number of holders of each Series of Secured Debt so
affected under the applicable Secured Debt Documents; and
(3) no
amendment or supplement that imposes any obligation upon the
Collateral Trustee or any Secured Debt Representative or adversely
affects the rights of the Collateral Trustee or any Secured Debt
Representative, respectively, in its individual capacity as such
will become effective without the consent of the Collateral Trustee
or such Secured Debt Representative, respectively.
(b) Notwithstanding
Section 7.1(a) but subject to Sections 7.1(a)(2) and
7.1(a)(3):
(1) any
Security Document that secures Junior Lien Obligations (but not
Priority Lien Obligations) may be amended or supplemented with the
approval of the Collateral Trustee acting as directed in writing by
the Required Junior Lien Debtholders, unless such amendment or
supplement would not be permitted under the terms of this Agreement
or the Priority Lien Documents;
(2) any
amendment or waiver of, or any consent under, any provision of this
Agreement or any other Security Document that secures Priority Lien
Obligations will apply automatically to any comparable provision of
any comparable Junior Lien Document without the consent of or
notice to any holder of Junior Lien Obligations and without any
action by the Company or any Guarantor, any holder of First Lien
Notes or other Priority Lien Obligations or any holder of Second
Lien Notes or other Junior Lien Obligations; and
(3) the
Company may direct the Collateral Trustee to amend, supplement,
modify, restate, renew or replace an ABL Intercreditor Agreement;
provided that the changes made by such amendment,
supplement, modification, restatement, renewal or replacement,
taken together with all other changes (whenever and however made)
from the form of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement attached as
Exhibit D , are not materially adverse to any holder of
Secured Obligations.
(c) The Collateral Trustee will
not enter into any amendment or supplement unless it has received
an Officers’ Certificate to the effect that such amendment or
supplement will not result in a breach of any provision or covenant
contained in any of the Secured Debt Documents. Prior to executing
any amendment or supplement pursuant to this Section 7.1, the
Collateral Trustee will be entitled to receive an opinion of
counsel of the Company (which may be provided by internal counsel
to the Company) to the effect that the execution of such document
is authorized or permitted hereunder, and with respect to
amendments adding Collateral, an opinion of counsel of the Company
(which may be provided by internal counsel to the Company)
addressing customary perfection, and if such additional Collateral
consists of equity interests of any Person, priority matters with
respect to such additional Collateral (subject to customary
qualifications and assumptions).
(d) The holders of Junior Lien
Obligations and the Junior Lien Representatives agree that each
Security Document that secures Junior Lien Obligations (but not
also securing Priority Lien Obligations) will include language
substantially to the effect of the following:
“Notwithstanding anything
herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to
the Collateral Trustee pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise
of any right or remedy by such Collateral Trustee hereunder are
subject to the provisions of the Collateral Trust Agreement, dated
as of July 31, 2009, among the Company, the Guarantors from
time to time party thereto, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas,
as Trustee under the First Lien Indenture (as defined therein),
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Trustee under the Second
Lien Indenture (as defined therein) and Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas, as Collateral Trustee (as amended, supplemented, amended
and restated or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time,
the “ Collateral Trust Agreement ”). In the
event of any conflict between the terms of the Collateral Trust
Agreement and this Agreement, the terms of the Collateral Trust
Agreement will govern.”
; provided, however , that if the jurisdiction in which
any such Junior Lien Document will be filed prohibits the inclusion
of the language above or would prevent a document containing such
language from being recorded, the Junior Lien Representatives and
the Priority Lien Representatives agree, prior to such Junior Lien
Document being entered into, to negotiate in good faith replacement
language stating that the lien and security interest granted under
such Junior Lien Document is subject to the provisions of this
Agreement.
SECTION 7.2 Voting . In
connection with any matter under this Agreement requiring a vote of
holders of Secured Debt, each Series of Secured Debt will cast its
votes in accordance with the Secured Debt Documents governing such
Series of Secured Debt. The amount of Secured Debt to be voted by a
Series of Secured Debt will equal (1) the aggregate principal
amount of Secured Debt held by such Series of Secured Debt
(including outstanding letters of credit whether or not then
available or drawn), plus (2) other than in connection
with an exercise of remedies, the aggregate unfunded commitments to
extend credit which, when funded, would constitute Indebtedness of
such Series of Secured Debt. Following and in accordance with the
outcome of the applicable vote under its Secured Debt Documents,
the Secured Debt Representative of each Series of Secured Debt will
vote the total amount of Secured Debt under that Series of Secured
Debt as a block in respect of any vote under this Agreement. If any
series of any Class of Secured Debt consists of Hedging
Obligations, those Hedging Obligations will vote on matters
concerning such Class of Secured Debt in accordance with the
applicable Secured Debt Documents.
SECTION 7.3 Further Assurances;
Insurance; Real Estate .
(a) The Company and each of the
Guarantors will do or cause to be done all acts and things that may
be required, or that the Collateral Trustee from time to time may
reasonably request, to assure and confirm that the Collateral
Trustee holds, for the benefit of the holders of Secured
Obligations, duly created and enforceable and perfected Liens upon
the Collateral (including any property or assets that are acquired
or otherwise become Collateral after the date hereof), in each case
as contemplated by, and with the Lien priority required under, the
Secured Debt Documents.
(b) Upon the reasonable request
of the Collateral Trustee or any Secured Debt Representative at any
time and from time to time, the Company and each of the Guarantors
will promptly execute, acknowledge and deliver such additional
security documents, instruments, certificates, notices and other
documents, and take such other actions as may be reasonably
required, or that the Collateral Trustee may reasonably request, to
create, perfect, protect, assure or enforce the Liens and benefits
intended to be conferred thereby, in each case as contemplated by
the Secured Debt Documents for the benefit of holders of Secured
Obligations.
(c) The Company and the
Guarantors will:
(1) keep
their properties adequately insured at all times by financially
sound and reputable insurers;
(2) maintain such other insurance, to such extent and against
such risks (and with such deductibles, retentions and exclusions),
including fire and other risks insured against by extended
coverage, as is customary with companies in the same or similar
businesses operating in the same or similar locations, including
public liability insurance against claims for personal injury or
death or property damage occurring upon, in, about or in connection
with the use of any properties owned, occupied or controlled by
them;
(3) maintain such other insurance as may be required by law;
and
(4) maintain such other insurance as may be required by the
Security Documents.
(d) Upon the request of the
Collateral Trustee, the Company and the Guarantors will furnish to
the Collateral Trustee full information as to their property and
liability insurance carriers.
(e) All insurance policies
required by Sections 7.3(c) (except for the insurance
described in 7.3(c)(3)) above will:
(1) provide
that, with respect to third party liability insurance, the holders
of Secured Obligations, as a class, shall be named as additional
insureds;
(2) name
the Collateral Trustee as a loss payee as its interests may appear
and additional insured;
(3) provide
that (x) no cancellation or termination of such insurance and
(y) no reduction in the limits of liability of such insurance
or other material change shall be effective until 30 days
after written notice is given by the insurers to the Collateral
Trustee of such cancellation, termination, reduction or change;
(4) waive
all claims for insurance premiums or commissions or additional
premiums or assessments against the Secured Parties; and
(5) waive
any right of the insurers to setoff or counterclaim or to make any
other deductions, whether by way of attachment or otherwise, as
against the Secured Parties.
(f) Upon the request of the
Collateral Trustee, the Company and the Guarantors will permit the
Collateral Trustee or any of its agents or representatives, at
reasonable times and intervals upon reasonable prior notice during
regular business hours, to visit their offices and sites and
inspect any of the Collateral and to discuss matters relating to
the Collateral with their respective officers. The Company and the
Guarantors shall, at any reasonable time and from time to time upon
reasonable prior notice during regular business hours, permit the
Collateral Trustee or any of its agents or representatives to
examine and make copies of and abstracts from the records and books
of account of the Company and the Guarantors and their respective
Subsidiaries, all at the Company’s expense.
(g) With respect to any fee
simple interest in real property of the Company and the Guarantors
that is located in the United States:
(1) Within
90 days of the date hereof, (i) the Collateral Trustee
and the issuers of the title insurance policies (the “
Title Company ” ) being issued in connection with
the Mortgages shall have received fully executed and notarized
Mortgages, which Mortgages shall be in proper form for recording in
all appropriate places in all applicable jurisdictions located in
the United States, encumbering the fee interests of the Company and
the Guarantors, as applicable, in the Mortgaged Property and
(ii) the Collateral Trustee shall have received confirmation
that the Title Company has accepted the Mortgages for
recording.
(2) Within
90 days of the date hereof, (i) the Title Company shall
have issued to the Collateral Trustee, a title insurance policy (or
an unconditional marked commitment or signed pro forma therefor)
insuring each Mortgage to be a valid Lien with the priority
described therein (which shall in all events conform to the
requirements of this Agreement) against the Mortgaged Property
described therein, free from all Liens except Permitted Liens, for
the full amount stated in the title insurance polices, which amount
shall be not less than the tax assessed value set forth in the
applicable appraisals covering the applicable Mortgaged Property
that the Company delivered to the Collateral Trustee prior to the
date hereof; (ii) the Title Company shall have issued such
endorsements customarily issued by the Title Company to each of the
policies of title insurance to the extent available in the relevant
jurisdiction at ordinary rates (including, but not limited to, ALTA
comprehensive, access, deletion of arbitration, environmental lien
protection, address, tax map, survey, contiguity, subdivision,
doing business, and tax parcel); (iii) the Title Company shall
have received all amounts required to be paid to the Title Company
to issue the title insurance policies referred to in clause
(i) above; and (iv) the Collateral Trustee shall have
received copies of the title insurance policies.
(3) Within
90 days of the date hereof, the Collateral Trustee and the
Title Company shall have received ALTA surveys with respect to each
Mortgaged Property in form and substance necessary to induce the
Title Company to delete the general survey disclosure exception and
to issue the endorsements identified in
Section 7.3(g)(2)(ii).
(4) Within
90 days of the date hereof, the Collateral Trustee shall have
received flood certifications with respect to each Mortgaged
Property and evidence of flood insurance with respect to each
Mortgaged Property that is located in a community that participates
in the National Flood Insurance Program, which in all events
complies with any applicable regulations of the Board of Governors
of the United States Federal Reserve System.
(5) Within
90 days of the date hereof, the Collateral Trustee shall have
received customary legal opinions relating to the Mortgages
containing opinions substantially similar to those listed on
Exhibit F with customary qualifications and assumptions.
(6) With
respect to any fee simple interest in any real property located in
the United States having a value of at least $5,000,000 acquired
after the date hereof by any of the Company or any Guarantor, the
Company or applicable Guarantor shall as soon as practicable (but
in no event later than 90 days following the date such real
property is acquired), deliver such items as were required to be
delivered under the clauses (1) through (5) above.
SECTION 7.4 Perfection of Junior
Trust Estate . Solely for purposes of perfecting the Liens of
the Collateral Trustee in its capacity as agent of the holders of
Junior Lien Obligations and the Junior Lien Representatives in any
portion of the Junior Trust Estate in the possession or control of
the Collateral Trustee (or its agents or bailees) as part of the
Senior Trust Estate including, without limitation, any instruments,
goods, negotiable documents, tangible chattel paper, electronic
chattel paper, certificated securities, money, deposit accounts and
securities accounts, the Collateral Trustee, the holders of
Priority Lien Obligations and the Priority Lien Representatives
hereby acknowledge that the Collateral Trustee also holds such
property as agent for the benefit of the Collateral Trustee for the
benefit of the holders of Junior Lien Obligations and the Junior
Lien Representatives.
SECTION 7.5 Successors and
Assigns .
(a) Except as provided in
Section 5.2, the Collateral Trustee may not, in its capacity
as such, delegate any of its duties or assign any of its rights
hereunder, and any attempted delegation or assignment of any such
duties or rights will be null and void. All obligations of the
Collateral Trustee hereunder will inure to the sole and exclusive
benefit of, and be enforceable by, each Secured Debt Representative
and each present and future holder of Secured Obligations, each of
whom will be entitled to enforce this Agreement as a third-party
beneficiary hereof, and all of their respective successors and
assigns.
(b) Neither the Company nor any
Guarantor may delegate any of its duties or assign any of its
rights hereunder, and any attempted delegation or assignment of any
such duties or rights will be null and void. All obligations of the
Company and the Guarantors hereunder will inure to the sole and
exclusive benefit of, and be enforceable by, the Collateral
Trustee, each Secured Debt Representative and each present and
future holder of Secured Obligations, each of whom will be entitled
to enforce this Agreement as a third-party beneficiary hereof, and
all of their respective successors and assigns.SECTION 7.6
SECTION 7.6 Delay and Waiver .
No failure to exercise, no course of dealing with respect to the
exercise of, and no delay in exercising, any right, power or remedy
arising under this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents
will impair any such right, power or remedy or operate as a waiver
thereof. No single or partial exercise of any such right, power or
remedy will preclude any other or future exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right, power or remedy. The remedies herein
are cumulative and are not exclusive of any remedies provided by
law.
SECTION 7.7 Notices . Any
communications, including notices and instructions, between the
parties hereto or notices provided herein to be given may be given
to the following addresses:
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If to the Collateral Trustee: Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Americas
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60 Wall Street
MS-NYC60-2710
New York, NY 10005
Fax: (732) 578-4635
Attn: Trust and
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