EX-10.22B 14 d315040dex1022b.htm INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT Execution Version INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.22b
Execution Version
Intercreditor Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of December 5, 2011, among Silicon Valley Bank (in such capacity, the “Working Capital Representative”) for the Working Capital Secured Parties (as defined below) and Xxxxx Healthcare Royalty Partners II, L.P. (in such capacity, with its successors and assigns, and as more specifically defined below, the “Term Loan Representative”) for the Term Loan Secured Parties (as defined below), and each of the Loan Parties (as defined below) party hereto.
SECTION 1. Definitions; Rules of Construction.
1.2. Defined Terms. The following terms, as used herein, have the following meanings:
“Additional Working Capital Agreement” means any agreement approved for designation as such by the Working Capital Representative and the Term Loan Representative.
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Banking Services Obligations” means the obligations relating to cash management services that are “Obligations” as defined in the Working Capital Agreements on the date hereof.
“Bankruptcy Code” means the United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. § 101 et seq.), as amended from time to time.
“Biosense” means Biosense Xxxxxxx, Inc., a corporation organized under the laws of the State of California.
“Biosense Agreement” means that certain Development Alliance and Supply Agreement between Stereotaxis, Inc. and Biosense, dated as of May 7, 2002, as amended by (i) the Amendment to Development and Supply Agreement, dated November 3, 2002, between Stereotaxis and Biosense; (ii) the research and development side letter, dated November 3, 2003, between Stereotaxis and Biosense; (iii) the Alliance Expansion Agreement, dated May 4, 2007, between Stereotaxis and Biosense; (iv) the four side letters, each dated May 4, 2007, between Stereotaxis and Biosense; (v) the Second Amendment to Development Alliance and Supply Agreement, dated July 18, 2008, between Stereotaxis and Biosense; (vi) the Third Amendment to Development Alliance and Supply Agreement, dated December 8, 2009, between Stereotaxis and Biosense; (vii) the Fourth Amendment to Development Alliance and Supply Agreement, dated May 1, 2010, between Stereotaxis and Biosense; (viii) the Fifth Amendment to Development Alliance and Supply Agreement, dated July 30, 2010, between Stereotaxis and Biosense; and (iv) the Sixth Amendment and Catheter and Mapping System Extension to Development Alliance and Supply Agreement, dated December 17, 2010, between Stereotaxis and Biosense (as so amended, and as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time after the date hereof in accordance with the terms thereof).
“Borrower” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Business Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to remain closed.
“Collateral” means, collectively, all Working Capital Collateral and all Term Loan Collateral.
“Copyrights” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Loan Party, all copyrights (whether statutory or common law, whether established or registered in the United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof, whether registered or unregistered and whether published or unpublished) and all copyright registrations and applications made by such Loan Party, in each case, whether now owned or hereafter created or acquired by or assigned to such Loan Party, together with any and all (i) rights and privileges arising under applicable law with respect to such Loan Party’s use of such copyrights, (ii) reissues, renewals, continuations and extensions thereof and amendments thereto, (iii) income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable with respect thereto, including damages and payments for past, present or future infringements thereof, (iv) rights corresponding thereto throughout the world and (v) rights to xxx for past, present or future infringements thereof.
“Common Collateral” means all Collateral that constitutes both Working Capital Collateral and Term Loan Collateral.
“Comparable Security Document” means, in relation to any Senior Collateral subject to any Senior Security Document, that Junior Security Document that creates a security interest in the same Senior Collateral, granted by the same Loan Party, as applicable.
“Xxxxx Term Loan Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals this Agreement.
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“Domestic Facilities Lender” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Domestic Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Enforcement Action” means, with respect to the Working Capital Obligations or the Term Loan Obligations, the exercise of any rights and remedies with respect to any Common Collateral securing such obligations, including enforcement of any of the rights and remedies under, as applicable, the Working Capital Documents or the Term Loan Documents, or applicable law, including without limitation the exercise of any rights of set-off or recoupment, and the exercise of any rights or remedies of a secured creditor under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction or under the Bankruptcy Code with respect to the Common Collateral. For the avoidance of doubt, and unless otherwise prohibited hereunder or by applicable law, including, without limitation, the Bankruptcy Code, none of the following shall be deemed to constitute an Enforcement Action: (i) the filing of a proof of claim in any Insolvency Proceeding or seeking adequate protection in any Insolvency Proceeding (subject to and in compliance with Section 5.3 below), (ii) the exercise of rights by the Working Capital Representative to receive Proceeds of the Collateral on a daily basis under the Working Capital Documents and, in connection therewith, the notification of account debtors, depository institutions or any other Person to deliver proceeds of the Collateral to the Working Capital Representative, (iii) the consent by a Secured Party pursuant to the applicable Security Documents to a sale or other disposition by any Loan Party or any of its assets or properties, (iv) the acceleration of all or a portion of the Working Capital Obligations or the Term Loan Obligations, (v) the reduction of advance rates, or sub-limits or the imposition of reserves, pursuant to the Working Capital Documents, or (vi) the making of protective advances under the Working Capital Documents.
“EXIM Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“EXIM Lender” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Included Payments” shall have the meaning given to the term in the Xxxxx Term Loan Agreement, as in effect on the date hereof.
“Insolvency Proceeding” means any proceeding in respect of bankruptcy, insolvency, winding up, receivership, dissolution or assignment for the benefit of creditors, in each of the foregoing events whether under the Bankruptcy Code or any similar federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership or similar law.
“Intellectual Property Licenses” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Loan Party, all license and distribution agreements with, and covenants not to xxx, any other party with respect to any Patent, Trademark or Copyright or any other patent, trademark or copyright, whether such Loan Party is a licensor or licensee, distributor or distributee under any such license or distribution agreement, together with any and all (i) renewals, extensions, supplements and continuations thereof, (ii) income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect thereto including damages and payments for past, present or future infringements or violations thereof, (iii) rights to xxx for past, present and future infringements or violations thereof and (iv) other rights to use, exploit or practice any or all of the Patents, Trademarks or Copyrights or any other patent, trademark or copyright.
“Junior Collateral” means with respect to any Junior Secured Party, any Collateral on which it has a Junior Lien.
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“Junior Documents” means, collectively, with respect to any Junior Obligations, any provision pertaining to such Junior Obligation in any Loan Document or any other document, instrument or certificate evidencing or delivered in connection with such Junior Obligation.
“Junior Liens” means (a) with respect to any Working Capital Priority Collateral, all Liens securing the Term Loan Obligations and (b) with respect to any Term Loan Priority Collateral, all Liens securing the Working Capital Obligations.
“Junior Obligations” means (a) with respect to any Working Capital Priority Collateral, all Term Loan Obligations and (b) with respect to any Term Loan Priority Collateral, all Working Capital Obligations.
“Junior Representative” means (a) with respect to any Working Capital Obligations or any Working Capital Priority Collateral, the Term Loan Representative and (b) with respect to any Term Loan Obligations or any Term Loan Priority Collateral, the Working Capital Representative.
“Junior Secured Parties” means (a) with respect to the Working Capital Priority Collateral, all Term Loan Secured Parties and (b) with respect to the Term Loan Priority Collateral, all Working Capital Secured Parties.
“Junior Security Documents” means, with respect to any Junior Secured Party, the Security Documents that secure the Junior Obligations.
“License Agreement” means the License Agreement, dated the Funding Date between the Loan Parties and the Term Loan Representative.
“Lien” means, with respect to any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, lien, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, assignation, debenture, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.
“Lien Priority” means with respect to any Lien of the Working Capital Representative or the Term Loan Representative in the Common Collateral, the order of priority of such Lien specified in Section 2.1.
“Loan Documents” means, collectively, the Working Capital Documents and the Term Loan Documents.
“Loan Party” means Borrower and each direct or indirect subsidiary or any of its affiliates that is now or hereafter becomes a party to any Working Capital Document or any Term Loan Documents. All references in this Agreement to any Loan Party shall include such Loan Party as a debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for such Loan Party in any Insolvency Proceeding.
“Patents” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Loan Party, all patents issued or assigned to, and all patent applications and registrations made by, such Loan Party (whether established or registered or recorded in the United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof), together with any and all (i) rights and privileges arising under applicable law with respect to such Loan Party’s use of any patents, (ii) inventions and improvements described and claimed therein, (iii) reissues, divisions, continuations, renewals, extensions and continuations-in-part thereof and amendments thereto, (iv)
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income, fees, royalties, damages, claims and payments now or hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect thereto including damages and payments for past, present or future infringements thereof, (v) rights corresponding thereto throughout the world and (vi) rights to xxx for past, present or future infringements thereof.
“Person” means any person, individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, unincorporated organization, association, institution, entity, party, including any government and any political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof.
“PIK Interest” means regularly scheduled payments of interest on indebtedness payable in kind (including by capitalizing such interest as principal) and not in cash.
“Post-Petition Interest” means any interest (including PIK Interest) or entitlement to fees or expenses or other charges that accrues after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding (or would accrue but for the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding), whether or not allowed or allowable in any such Insolvency Proceeding.
“Priority Collateral” means the Working Capital Priority Collateral or the Term Loan Priority Collateral.
“Proceeds” means (a) all “proceeds,” as defined in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, with respect to the Common Collateral, and (b) whatever is recoverable or recovered when any Common Collateral is sold, exchanged, collected, or disposed of, whether voluntarily or involuntarily.
“Recovery” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4.
“Replacement Term Loan Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Term Loan Agreement.”
“Replacement Working Capital Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “Working Capital Agreements.”
“Secured Obligations” means the Working Capital Obligations and the Term Loan Obligations.
“Secured Parties” means the Working Capital Secured Parties and the Term Loan Secured Parties.
“Security Documents” means, collectively, the Working Capital Security Documents and the Term Loan Security Documents.
“Senior Collateral” means with respect to any Senior Secured Party, any Collateral on which it has a Senior Lien.
“Senior Documents” means, collectively, with respect to any Senior Obligation, any provision pertaining to such Senior Obligation in any Loan Document or any other document, instrument or certificate evidencing or delivered in connection with such Senior Obligation.
“Senior Liens” means (a) with respect to any Working Capital Priority Collateral, all Liens securing the Working Capital Obligations and (b) with respect to any Term Loan Priority Collateral, all Liens securing the Term Loan Obligations.
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“Senior Obligations” means (a) with respect to any Working Capital Priority Collateral, all Working Capital Obligations and (b) with respect to any Term Loan Priority Collateral, all Term Loan Obligations.
“Senior Obligations Payment Date” means (a) with respect to the Working Capital Obligations, the Working Capital Obligations Payment Date and (b) with respect to the Term Loan Obligations, the Term Loan Obligations Payment Date.
“Senior Representative” means (a) with respect to any Working Capital Priority Collateral, the Working Capital Representative and (b) with respect to any Term Loan Priority Collateral, the Term Loan Representative.
“Senior Secured Parties” means (a) with respect to the Working Capital Priority Collateral, all Working Capital Secured Parties and (b) with respect to the Term Loan Priority Collateral, all Term Loan Secured Parties.
“Senior Security Documents” means with respect to any Senior Secured Party, the Security Documents that secure the Senior Obligations.
“Standstill Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.2.
“Swap Obligations” means the obligations relating to foreign exchange contracts that are “Obligations” as defined under the Working Capital Credit Agreements as in effect on the date hereof.
“Term Loan Agreement” means the collective reference to (a) the Xxxxx Term Loan Agreement and (b) to the extent permitted under this Agreement, any other credit agreement, loan agreement, note agreement, promissory note, indenture or other agreement or instrument evidencing or governing the terms of any indebtedness or other financial accommodation that has been incurred to extend, replace, refinance or refund in whole or in part the indebtedness and other obligations outstanding under the Xxxxx Term Loan Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to in this clause (b) unless such agreement or instrument expressly provides that it is not intended to be and is not a Term Loan Agreement hereunder (a “Replacement Term Loan Agreement”). Any reference to the Term Loan Agreement hereunder shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed a reference to any Term Loan Agreement then extant.
“Term Loan Collateral” means all assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party, in which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted to any Term Loan Secured Party as security for any Term Loan Obligation.
“Term Loan Creditors” means the “Lender,” as defined in the Term Loan Agreement.
“Term Loan Documents” means the Term Loan Agreement, each Term Loan Security Document, each Term Loan Guarantee and each other “Loan Document” as defined in the Term Loan Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
“Term Loan Guarantee” means any guarantee by any Loan Party of any or all of the Term Loan Obligations.
“Term Loan Lien” means any Lien created by the Term Loan Security Documents.
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“Term Loan Obligations” means (a) all principal of and premium (if any) on all indebtedness under the Term Loan Agreement, (b) all interest (including, without limitation, any Post-Petition Interest and PIK Interest) on all indebtedness under the Term Loan Agreement, and (c) all guarantee obligations, indemnities, fees, expenses and other amounts payable from time to time pursuant to the Term Loan Documents, in each case whether or not allowed or allowable in an Insolvency Proceeding; provided, however, that to the extent the aggregate principal amount of obligations described in clause (a) above shall exceed $30,000,000 less the amount of any principal repayments under the Term Loan Agreement (the “Term Loan Cap Amount”), such excess shall not constitute “Term Loan Obligations” hereunder. To the extent any payment with respect to any Term Loan Obligation (whether by or on behalf of any Loan Party, as Proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise) is declared to be a fraudulent conveyance or a preference in any respect, set aside or required to be paid to a debtor in possession, any Working Capital Secured Party, receiver or similar Person, then the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall, for the purposes of this Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Working Capital Secured Parties and the Term Loan Secured Parties, be deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not occurred.
“Term Loan Obligations Payment Date” means the first date on which (a) the Term Loan Obligations (other than those that constitute Unasserted Contingent Obligations) have been paid in cash in full, and (b) all commitments to extend credit under the Term Loan Documents have been terminated.
“Term Loan Priority Collateral” means:
(a) the Included Payments;
(b) the Patents listed on Schedule 1 hereto;
(c) the Biosense Agreement;
(d) books, records, data bases, and information related to the Biosense Agreement;
(e) all General Intangibles (other than Working Capital Intellectual Property), including all Payment Intangibles and all Documents, Instruments (including promissory notes), Accounts, Letter of Credit Rights (whether or not the letter of credit is evidenced by a writing), Commercial Tort Claims, securities and all other Investment Property, Supporting Obligations, any other contract rights or rights to the payment of money, insurance claims and proceeds, in each case related to the Included Payments;
(f) Borrower’s interests in the Lockbox Account (as defined in the Xxxxx Term Loan Agreement as in effect on the date hereof), details of which are provided on Schedule 2 hereto, and any successor account and (ii) any other deposit account or securities account containing identifiable proceeds of Term Loan Priority Collateral and into which Biosense has remitted Included Payments (the accounts referred to in clauses (i) and (ii) collectively, the “Pledged Deposit Accounts”), all funds on deposit in each such account, all investments arising out of such funds, all claims thereunder or in connection therewith and special purpose subaccounts maintained therein, and all monies and credit balances from time to time held in the Pledged Deposit Accounts or such subaccounts; all notes, certificates of deposit, deposit accounts, checks and other instruments from time to time hereafter delivered to or otherwise possessed by Borrower in substitution for or in addition to any or all of the then existing items described in this subsection (g); and all interest, dividends, cash, securities, rights, instruments and other property at any time and from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of such accounts, such funds, or such investments or received in exchange for any or all of the items described in this subsection;
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(h) all money now or at any time in the possession or under the control of, or in transit to, the Lockbox Bank (as defined in the Xxxxx Term Loan Agreement), or Borrower, in each case, solely to the extent received as proceeds of any of the foregoing in this definition of Term Loan Priority Collateral;
(i) any New Daughter Product (as defined in the Biosense Agreement) or any other device or product developed, being developed, made, used, imported, exported, sold, offered for sale or marketed, now or in the future, under the Biosense Agreement; and
(j) all Proceeds of the foregoing Term Loan Priority Collateral.
“Term Loan Representative” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof. In the case of any Replacement Term Loan Agreement, the Term Loan Representative shall be the Person identified as such in such Agreement.
“Term Loan Secured Parties” means the Term Loan Representative, the Term Loan Creditors and any other holders of the Term Loan Obligations.
“Term Loan Security Documents” means the “Security Documents” as defined in the Term Loan Agreement and any other documents that create (or purport to create) Liens on any assets or properties of any Loan Party.
“Trademarks” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Loan Party, all trademarks (including service marks), slogans, logos, certification marks, trade dress, uniform resource locators (URL’s), domain names, corporate names and trade names, whether registered or unregistered, owned by or assigned to such Loan Party and all registrations and applications for the foregoing (whether statutory or common law and whether established or registered in the United States or any other country or any political subdivision thereof), together with any and all (i) rights and privileges arising under applicable law with respect to such Loan Party’s use of any trademarks, (ii) reissues, continuations, extensions and renewals thereof and amendments thereto, (iii) income, fees, royalties, damages and payments now and hereafter due and/or payable thereunder and with respect thereto, including damages, claims and payments for past, present or future infringements thereof, (iv) rights corresponding thereto throughout the world and (v) rights to xxx for past, present and future infringements thereof.
“Unasserted Contingent Obligations” means, at any time, Working Capital Obligations or Term Loan Obligations, as applicable, for taxes, costs, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities (excluding (a) the principal of, and interest and premium (if any) on, and fees and expenses relating to, any Working Capital Obligation or Term Loan Obligation, as applicable, and (b) with respect to Working Capital Obligations contingent reimbursement obligations in respect of amounts that may be drawn under outstanding letters of credit) in respect of which no assertion of liability (whether oral or written) and no claim or demand for payment (whether oral or written) has been made (and, in the case of Working Capital Obligations or Term Loan Obligations, as applicable, for indemnification, no notice for indemnification has been issued by the indemnitee) at such time.
“Uniform Commercial Code” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the applicable jurisdiction.
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“Working Capital Agreements” means the collective reference to (a) the Domestic Agreement, (b) the EXIM Agreement, (c) any Additional Working Capital Agreement and (d) to the extent permitted under this Agreement, any other credit agreement, loan agreement, note agreement, promissory note, indenture or other agreement or instrument evidencing or governing the terms of any indebtedness or other financial accommodation that has been incurred to extend, replace, refinance or refund in whole or in part the indebtedness and other obligations outstanding under the Domestic Agreement or the EXIM Agreement (regardless of whether such replacement, refunding or refinancing is a “working capital” facility, asset-based facility or otherwise), any Additional Working Capital Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to in this clause (d) unless such agreement or instrument expressly provides that it is not intended to be and is not a Working Capital Agreement hereunder (a “Replacement Working Capital Agreement”). Any reference to the Working Capital Agreement hereunder shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed a reference to any Working Capital Agreement then extant.
“Working Capital Intellectual Property” means, collectively, the Patents, Trademarks, Copyrights and Intellectual Property Licenses (other than the Patents listed on Schedule 1 hereto).
“Working Capital Collateral” means all assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by any Loan Party, in which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted at any time to any Working Capital Secured Party as security for any Working Capital Obligation.
“Working Capital Creditors” means, at any relevant time, the holders of the Working Capital Obligations at that time, including but not limited to, the Working Capital Lenders and the EXIM Lender.
“Working Capital Documents” means the Domestic Agreement, the EXIM Agreement, each Working Capital Security Document, each Working Capital Guarantee, each other “Loan Document” as defined in the Domestic Agreement and each other “Loan Document” as defined in the EXIM Agreement, as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with this Agreement.
“Working Capital Guarantee” means any guarantee by any Loan Party of any or all of the Working Capital Obligations.
“Working Capital Lenders” has the meaning set forth in the recitals to this Agreement.
“Working Capital Lien” means any Lien created by the Working Capital Security Documents.
“Working Capital Obligations” means all “Obligations” as defined in the Domestic Agreement and in the EXIM Agreement whether now existing or hereafter arising, including, without limitation, (a) all principal of and premium (if any) on all loans made under the Working Capital Agreements, (b) all interest (including, without limitation, any Post-Petition Interest and PIK Interest) on all indebtedness under the Working Capital Agreements, (c) all reimbursement obligations (if any) and interest thereon (including without limitation any Post-Petition Interest) with respect to any letter of credit, bankers acceptance or similar instruments issued pursuant to the Working Capital Agreements, (d) all Swap Obligations, (e) all Banking Services Obligations, and (f) all guarantee obligations, indemnities, fees, expenses and other amounts payable from time to time pursuant to the Working Capital Documents, in each case, whether or not allowed or allowable in an Insolvency Proceeding; provided, however, that to the extent the aggregate principal amount of obligations described in clauses (a), (c) and (d) above exceeds $40,000,000 (provided that no more than $35,000,000 may be in the form of term loans) reduced by the amount of any principal repayments of term loans which may not be reborrowed and permanent revolving commitment reductions under the Working Capital Agreements (the “Working Capital Cap Amount”), such excess shall not constitute “Working Capital Obligations” hereunder. To the extent any payment
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with respect to any Working Capital Obligation (whether by or on behalf of any Loan Party, as Proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise) is declared to be a fraudulent conveyance or a preference in any respect, set aside or required to be paid to a debtor in possession, any Term Loan Secured Party, receiver or similar Person, then the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall, for the purposes of this Agreement and the rights and obligations of the Working Capital Secured Parties and the Term Loan Secured Parties, be deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not occurred.
“Working Capital Obligations Payment Date” means the first date on which (a) the Working Capital Obligations (other than those that constitute Unasserted Contingent Obligations) have been paid in cash in full, (b) all commitments to extend credit under the Working Capital Documents have been terminated, (c) there are no outstanding letters of credit or similar instruments issued under the Working Capital Documents (other than such as have been cash collateralized to the satisfaction of the Working Capital Representative) and (d) all Swap Obligations and Banking Services Obligations have been paid in full in cash or, if not then due and owing, have been cash collateralized to the satisfaction of the Working Capital Representative.
“Working Capital Priority Collateral” means all Working Capital Collateral other than Term Loan Priority Collateral.
“Working Capital Representative” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof. In the case of any Replacement Working Capital Agreement, the Working Capital Representative shall be the Person identified as such in such Agreement.
“Working Capital Secured Parties” means the Working Capital Representative, the Working Capital Creditors and any other holders of the Working Capital Obligations including, but not limited to, the Export-Import Bank of the United States.
“Working Capital Security Documents” means the Domestic Agreement and the EXIM Agreement, and any other documents that create (or purport to create) Liens on any assets or properties of any Loan Party.
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(a) any Senior Lien in respect of such Collateral, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be and shall remain senior and prior to any Junior Lien in respect of such Collateral (whether or not (i) such Lien is subordinated (including through equitable subordination) to any Lien securing any other obligation, (ii) such Senior Lien has been adequately perfected or (iii) the avoidance, invalidation or lapse of any Senior Lien has occurred); and
(b) any Junior Lien in respect of such Collateral, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be and shall remain junior and subordinate in all respects to any Senior Lien in respect of such Collateral.
(a) contest, or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency Proceeding), the priority, validity or enforceability of any Senior Lien or Junior Lien on such Collateral; or
(b) demand, request, plead or otherwise assert or claim the benefit of any marshaling, appraisal, valuation or similar right which it may have in respect of such Collateral or the Senior Liens or Junior Liens on such Collateral, except to the extent that such rights are expressly granted in this Agreement.
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(a) Until the Working Capital Obligations Payment Date, no Loan Party shall grant to any Term Loan Secured Party any Lien on any assets of any Loan Party securing any Term Loan Obligation which assets are not also subject to the Lien of the Working Capital Representative under the Working Capital Documents, subject to the Lien Priority set forth herein. If any Term Loan Secured Party shall (nonetheless and in breach hereof) acquire or hold any Lien on any assets of any Loan Party securing any Term Loan Obligation which assets are not also subject to the Lien of the Working Capital Representative under the Working Capital Documents, subject to the Lien Priority set forth herein, then the Term Loan Representative (or the relevant Term Loan Secured Party) shall, without the need for any further consent of any other Term Loan Secured Party and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other Term Loan Document be deemed to also hold and have held such Lien for the benefit of the Working Capital Representative as security for the Working Capital Obligations (subject to the Lien Priority and other terms hereof) and Borrower shall promptly notify the Working Capital Representative in writing of the existence of such Lien.
(b) Until the Term Loan Obligations Payment Date, no Loan Party shall grant to any Working Capital Secured Party any Lien on any assets of any Loan Party securing any Working Capital Obligation which assets are not also subject to the Lien of the Term Loan Representative under the Term Loan Documents, subject to the Lien Priority set forth herein. If any Working Capital Secured Party shall (nonetheless and in breach hereof) acquire or hold any Lien on any assets of any Loan Party securing any Working Capital Obligation which assets are not also subject to the Lien of the Term Loan Representative under the Term Loan Documents, subject to the Lien Priority set forth herein, then the Working Capital Representative (or the relevant Working Capital Secured Party) shall, without the need for any further consent of any other Working Capital Secured Party and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other Working Capital Document be deemed to also hold and have held such Lien for the benefit of the Term Loan Representative as security for the Term Loan Obligations (subject to the Lien Priority and other terms hereof) and Borrower shall promptly notify the Term Loan Representative in writing of the existence of such Lien.
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the aggregate recoveries, and to ensure that the Senior Secured Parties are satisfied in full. For the purposes of the foregoing, in the event the distributions to such class under such plan of reorganization are to be made in any combination of cash, debt and/or equity securities, the Secured Parties shall be entitled to receive such distributions (according to their priority) in the following order until the amount of the secured claim of such Secured Parties has been satisfied in full (with the debt and equity securities being valued for such purposes in the amount that has been established for purposes of such plan of reorganization): (i) first, cash, (ii) second, debt securities, and (iii) third, equity securities.
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SECTION 3. Enforcement Rights.
(a) they will not knowingly take or cause to be taken any action, the purpose or effect of which is to make any Lien on any Senior Collateral that secures any Junior Obligation pari passu with or senior to, or to give any Junior Secured Party any preference or priority relative to, the Liens on the Senior Collateral securing the Senior Obligations;
(b) they will not contest, oppose, object to, interfere with, hinder or delay, in any manner, whether by judicial proceedings (including without limitation the filing of an Insolvency Proceeding) or otherwise, any foreclosure, sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Senior Collateral by any Senior Secured Party or any other Enforcement Action taken (or any forbearance from taking any Enforcement Action) in respect of the Senior Collateral by or on behalf of any Senior Secured Party;
(c) they have no right to (x) direct either the Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party to exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to the Senior Collateral or pursuant to the Senior Security Documents in respect of the Senior Collateral or (y) consent or object to the exercise by the Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party of any right, remedy or power with respect to the Senior Collateral or pursuant to the Senior Security Documents with respect to the Senior Collateral or to the timing or manner in which any such right is exercised or not exercised (or, to the extent they may have any such right described in this clause (c), whether as a junior lien creditor in respect of the Senior Collateral or otherwise, they hereby irrevocably waive such right);
(d) they will not institute any suit or other proceeding or assert in any suit, Insolvency Proceeding or other proceeding any claim against any Senior Secured Party seeking damages from or other relief by way of specific performance, instructions or otherwise, with respect to, and no Senior Secured Party shall be liable for, any action taken or omitted to be taken by any Senior Secured Party with respect to the Senior Collateral or pursuant to the Senior Documents in respect of the Senior Collateral;
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(e) they will not commence judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings with respect to, seek to have a trustee, receiver, liquidator or similar official appointed for or over, attempt any action to take possession of any Senior Collateral, exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to, or otherwise take any action to enforce their interest in or realize upon, the Senior Collateral; and
(f) they will not seek, and hereby waive any right, to have the Senior Collateral or any part thereof marshaled upon any foreclosure or other disposition of the Senior Collateral;
provided that notwithstanding the foregoing or any other provision to the contrary, (i) subject to clauses (ii) through (vii) of this proviso, any Junior Secured Party may exercise its rights and remedies in respect of the Senior Collateral under the Junior Security Documents or applicable law after the passage of a period of one hundred eighty (180) days (the “Standstill Period”) from the date of delivery of a notice in writing to the Senior Representative of its intention to exercise such rights and remedies, which notice may only be delivered following the occurrence of and during the continuation of an “Event of Default” under and as defined in the Junior Documents, (ii) subject to clauses (iii) through (vi) of this proviso, in no event shall any Junior Secured Party exercise or continue to exercise any such rights or remedies if, notwithstanding the expiration of the Standstill Period, (x) any Senior Secured Party shall have commenced and be diligently pursuing in good faith the exercise of any of its rights and remedies in a commercially reasonable manner with respect to a material portion of the Senior Collateral (prompt written notice of such exercise to be given to the Junior Representative) or (y) an Insolvency Proceeding in respect of any Loan Party shall have been commenced, (iii) in any Insolvency Proceeding commenced by or against any Loan Party, the Junior Representative and the Junior Secured Parties may take any action with respect to the Common Collateral solely as expressly permitted by Section 5, (iv) the Junior Representative may take any such action (not adverse to the Senior Liens on the Common Collateral, or the rights of the Senior Representative to exercise remedies in respect thereto, including any Enforcement Action) to create, prove, perfect, defend, preserve or protect (but not enforce, including, without limitation, by the exercise of control over any judicial foreclosure proceeding or other judicial lien enforcement proceeding with respect to any part of the Common Collateral) its claims against the Loan Parties and rights in, and perfection and priority of its Lien on, the Common Collateral (it being understood that neither the Junior Representative nor any Junior Secured Party shall be entitled to receive any Proceeds thereof unless otherwise expressly permitted herein), (v) any such exercise of remedies by the Senior Representative is conducted in a commercially reasonable manner, and (vi) so long as no Insolvency Proceeding has occurred and is continuing, no Junior Secured Party shall be required to withhold the exercise of any of its rights and remedies in respect of the Senior Collateral for greater than 365 days.
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3.4. Cooperation; Sharing of Information and Access.
(a) The Term Loan Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Term Loan Secured Parties, agrees that each of them shall take such actions as the Working Capital Representative shall reasonably request in connection with the exercise by the Working Capital Secured Parties of their rights set forth herein in respect of the Working Capital Priority Collateral. The Working Capital Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Working Capital Secured Parties, agrees that each of them shall take such actions as the Term Loan Representative shall reasonably request in connection with the exercise by the Term Loan Secured Parties of their rights set forth herein in respect of the Term Loan Priority Collateral.
(b) In the event that the Working Capital Representative shall, in the exercise of its rights under the Working Capital Security Documents or otherwise, receive possession or control of any books and Records of any Loan Party which contain information identifying or pertaining to the Term Loan Priority Collateral, the Working Capital Representative shall promptly notify the Term Loan Representative of such fact and, upon request from the Term Loan Representative and as promptly as practicable thereafter, either make available to the Term Loan Representative such books and Records for inspection and duplication or provide to the Term Loan Representative copies thereof. In the event that the Term Loan Representative shall, in the exercise of its rights under the Term Loan Security Documents or otherwise, receive possession or control of any books and Records of any Loan Party which contain information identifying or pertaining to any of the Working Capital Priority Collateral, the Term Loan Representative shall promptly notify the Working Capital Representative Agent of such fact and, upon request from the Working Capital Representative and as promptly as practicable thereafter, either make available to the Working Capital Representative such books and Records for inspection and duplication or provide the Working Capital Representative copies thereof.
(a) If any Working Capital Secured Party or Term Loan Secured Party, contrary to this Agreement, commences or participates in any action or proceeding against any Loan Party or the Common Collateral, such Loan Party, with the prior written consent of the Working Capital Representative or the Term Loan Representative, as applicable, may interpose as a defense or dilatory plea the making of this Agreement, and any Working Capital Secured Party or Term Loan Secured Party, as applicable, may intervene and interpose such defense or plea in its or their name or in the name of such Loan Party.
(b) Should any Working Capital Secured Party or Term Loan Secured Party, contrary to this Agreement, in any way take, attempt to or threaten to take any action with respect to the Common Collateral (including, without limitation, any attempt to realize upon or enforce any remedy with respect to this Agreement), or fail to take any action required by this Agreement, any Working Capital Secured Party or Term Loan Secured Party (in its own name or in the name of the relevant Loan Party), as applicable, may obtain relief against such Working Capital Secured Party or Term Loan Secured Party, as applicable, by injunction, specific performance and/or other appropriate equitable relief, it being understood and agreed by each of the Working Capital Representative on behalf of each Working Capital Secured Party and the Term Loan Representative on behalf of each Term Loan Secured Party that (i) the Working Capital Secured Parties’ or Term Loan Secured Parties’, as applicable, damages from its actions may at that time be difficult to ascertain and may be irreparable, and (ii) each Term Loan Secured Party or Working Capital Secured Party, as applicable, waives any defense that the Loan Parties and/or the Term Loan Secured Parties and/or Working Capital Secured Parties, as applicable, cannot demonstrate damage and/or be made whole by the awarding of damages.
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first, to the payment of costs and expenses (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and expenses and court costs) of the Senior Representative in connection with such Enforcement Action,
second, to the payment of the Senior Obligations in accordance with the Senior Documents until the Senior Obligations Payment Date,
third, to the payment of the Junior Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Junior Documentation, and
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fourth, the balance, if any, to the Loan Parties or to whosoever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct.
(a) (i) Upon (A) any release, sale or disposition of Working Capital Priority Collateral permitted pursuant to the terms of the Working Capital Documents (or consented to by the Working Capital Representative) or (B) any sale or disposition of Working Capital Priority Collateral consummated in connection with an Enforcement Action or consummated after the institution of any Insolvency Proceeding that results in the release of the Lien on any Working Capital Priority Collateral, the Lien securing the Term Loan Obligations on such Working Capital Priority Collateral (excluding any portion of the Proceeds of such Working Capital Priority Collateral remaining after the Working Capital Obligations Payment Date occurs) shall be automatically and unconditionally released (other than any release on the Proceeds thereof (which Proceeds shall be subject to the priorities set forth in Section 2.1 and shall be applied in accordance with Section 4.1)) with no further consent or action of any Person. The Term Loan Representative shall promptly execute and deliver such release documents and instruments and shall take such further actions as the Working Capital Representative shall reasonably request to evidence any release of the Lien securing the Term Loan Obligations described in this Section 4.2(a). The Term Loan Representative hereby appoints the Working Capital Representative and any officer or duly authorized person of the Working Capital Representative, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power of attorney in the place and stead of the Term Loan Representative and in the name of the Term Loan Representative or in the Working Capital Representative’s own name, from time to time, in the Working Capital Representative’s sole discretion, for the purposes of carrying out the terms of this Section 4.2(a), to take any and all appropriate action and to execute and deliver any and all documents and instruments as may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 4.2(a), including, without limitation, any financing statements, endorsements, assignments, releases or other documents or instruments of transfer (which appointment, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable), but only if the Term Loan Representative fails to promptly execute such documents reasonably requested by the Working Capital Representative.
(ii) In any sale or other disposition of any of the Working Capital Priority Collateral by the Working Capital Representative, the Working Capital Representative shall conduct such sale or other disposition in a commercially reasonable manner. The Working Capital Representative acknowledges and agrees that it is the Working Capital Representative’s intention that, during the time it is conducting any sale, disposition or Enforcement Action, the Working Capital Representative will use reasonable efforts to regularly advise the Term Loan Representative of the status of any sale, disposition or Enforcement Action, and to consult with the Term Loan Representative from time to time with respect to the various options available to the Working Capital Representative with respect to any such sale, disposition or
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Enforcement Action of the Working Capital Priority Collateral and any and all offers which may be made from time to time by prospective purchasers of the Working Capital Priority Collateral. Failure of the Working Capital Representative to so advise or consult the Term Loan Representative shall not, by itself, cause any action taken by the Working Capital Representative to be deemed unreasonable.
(iii) To the extent that the Working Capital Secured Parties (i) have released any Lien on the Working Capital Priority Collateral and any such Lien is later reinstated or (ii) obtain any new first priority Liens, then the Term Loan Secured Parties shall be at the time of such reinstatement granted a second priority Lien on any such Working Capital Priority Collateral consistent with the arrangements in effect on the date hereof and subject to the terms and conditions hereof.
(b) (i) Upon (A) any release, sale or disposition of Term Loan Priority Collateral permitted pursuant to the terms of the Term Loan Documents (or consented to by the Term Loan Representative) or (B) any sale or disposition of Term Loan Priority Collateral consummated in connection with an Enforcement Action or consummated after the institution of any Insolvency Proceeding that results in the release of the Lien on any Term Loan Priority Collateral, the Lien securing the Working Capital Obligations on such Term Loan Priority Collateral (excluding any portion of the Proceeds of such Term Loan Priority Collateral remaining after the Term Loan Obligations Payment Date occurs) shall be automatically and unconditionally released (other than any release on the Proceeds thereof (which Proceeds shall be subject to the priorities set forth in Section 2.1 and shall be applied in accordance with Section 4.1)) with no further consent or action of any Person. The Working Capital Representative shall promptly execute and deliver such release documents and instruments and shall take such further actions as the Term Loan Representative shall reasonably request to evidence any release of the Lien securing the Working Capital Obligations described in this Section 4.2(b). The Working Capital Representative hereby appoints the Term Loan Representative and any officer or duly authorized person of the Term Loan Representative, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power of attorney in the place and stead of the Working Capital Representative and in the name of the Working Capital Representative or in the Term Loan Representative’s own name, from time to time, in the Term Loan Capital Representative’s sole discretion, for the purposes of carrying out the terms of this Section 4.2(b), to take any and all appropriate action and to execute and deliver any and all documents and instruments as may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 4.2(b), including, without limitation, any financing statements, endorsements, assignments, releases or other documents or instruments of transfer (which appointment, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable), but only if the Working Capital Representative fails to promptly execute such documents reasonably requested by the Term Loan Representative.
(ii) In any sale or other disposition of any of the Term Loan Priority Collateral by the Term Loan Representative, the Term Loan Representative shall conduct such sale or other disposition in a commercially reasonable manner. The Term Loan Representative acknowledges and agrees that it is the Term Loan Representative’s intention that, during the time it is conducting any sale, disposition or Enforcement Action, the Term Loan Representative will use reasonable efforts to regularly advise the Working Capital Representative of the status of any sale, disposition or Enforcement Action, and to consult with the Working Capital Representative from time to time with respect to the various options available to the Term Loan Representative with respect to any such sale, disposition or Enforcement Action of the Term Loan Priority Collateral and any and all offers which may be made from time to time by prospective purchasers of the Term Loan Priority Collateral. Failure of the Term Loan Representative to so advise or consult the Working Capital Representative shall not, by itself, cause any action taken by the Term Loan Representative to be deemed unreasonable.
(iii) To the extent that the Term Loan Secured Parties (i) have released any Lien on the Term Loan Priority Collateral and any such Lien is later reinstated or (ii) obtain any new first priority Liens, then the Term Loan Secured Parties shall be at the time of such reinstatement granted a second priority Lien on any such Term Loan Priority Collateral consistent with the arrangements in effect on the date hereof and subject to the terms and conditions hereof.
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SECTION 5. Insolvency Proceedings.
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5.4. Post-Petition Interest; Adequate Protection.
(a) Neither the Junior Representative nor any other Junior Secured Party shall object to, oppose, or challenge any claim by the Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party with respect to the applicable Common Collateral for allowance in any Insolvency Proceeding of Senior Obligations consisting of post-petition interest, fees, or expenses. So long as the Senior Representative and the Senior Secured Parties shall have received and shall continue to receive all accrued post-petition interest, fees, or expenses with respect to the Senior Obligations, the Junior Representative or any Junior Secured Party may seek allowance in any Insolvency Proceeding of post-petition interest, fees, or expenses and all rights in connection therewith of the Senior Representative and each Senior Secured Party are reserved.
(b) The Term Loan Representative, on behalf of itself and the Term Loan Secured Parties, agrees that, prior to the Working Capital Obligations Payment Date, none of them shall contest (or support any other Person contesting) (i) any request by the Working Capital Representative or any Working Capital Secured Party for adequate protection of its interest in the Working Capital Priority Collateral, or (ii) any objection by the Working Capital Representative or any Working Capital Secured Party to any motion, relief, action, or proceeding based on a claim by such Person that its interests in the Working Capital Priority Collateral are not adequately protected (or any other similar request under any law applicable to an Insolvency Proceeding), so long as any Liens granted to the Working Capital Representative or any Working Capital Secured Party as adequate protection of its interests are subject to this
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5.6. Asset Dispositions in an Insolvency Proceeding. Except as set forth below, neither the Junior Representative nor any other Junior Secured Party shall, in an Insolvency Proceeding or otherwise, oppose any sale or disposition of any Senior Collateral that is supported by the Senior Secured Parties holding a majority of the Senior Obligations, and the Junior Representative and each other Junior Secured Party will be deemed to have consented under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (and otherwise) to any sale of any Senior Collateral supported by the Senior Secured Parties and to have released their Liens on such assets; provided that (A) the applicable order of the bankruptcy court approving such sale expressly provides that all Liens shall attach to the Proceeds thereof to the same extent and priority as all such Liens currently apply to the Senior Collateral, (B) the net cash Proceeds of the disposition will be applied to repay (and to the extent applicable, to reduce permanently, commitments with respect to) the Senior Obligations and (C) such motion does not impair the rights of the Junior Secured Parties under Section 363(k) of the Bankruptcy Code.
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5.10. Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code. Neither the Term Loan Representative nor the Working Capital Representative shall object to, oppose, support any objection, or take any other action to impede, the right of the other representative to make an election under Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to such other representatives’ s respective Priority Collateral. So long as the respective rights and remedies available to the respective representative hereunder are not impaired thereby, each of the representatives waives any claim it may hereafter have against the other representative arising out of the election thereby of such application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to its Priority Collateral.
SECTION 6. Term Loan Documents and Working Capital Documents.
(a) Each Loan Party and the Term Loan Representative, on behalf of itself and the Term Loan Secured Parties, agrees that it shall not at any time execute or deliver any amendment or other modification to any of the Term Loan Documents inconsistent with or in violation of this Agreement.
(b) Each Loan Party and the Working Capital Representative, on behalf of itself and the Working Capital Secured Parties, agrees that it shall not at any time execute or deliver any amendment or other modification to any of the Working Capital Documents inconsistent with or in violation of this Agreement.
(c) [reserved]
(d) The Working Capital Documents may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with their terms and the Working Capital Agreements may be refinanced with a Replacement Working Capital Agreement in each case, without the consent of the Term Loan Representative; provided that (i) the holders of any such Replacement Working Capital Agreement (or their agent on their behalf) shall bind themselves in writing to the terms of this Agreement, (ii) the aggregate principal or face amount of Working Capital Obligations described in clause (a), (c) and (d) of such definition shall not exceed the Working Capital Cap Amount and (iii) any such amendment, restatement, supplement modification or Replacement Working Capital Agreement shall not shorten the maturity date of the Working Capital Obligations, nor modify the mandatory prepayment provisions applicable to the Working Capital Obligations.
(e) The Term Loan Documents may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with their terms and the Xxxxx Term Loan Agreement may be refinanced with a Replacement Term Loan Agreement in each case, without the consent of the Working Capital Loan Representative; provided that (i) the holders of any such Replacement Term Loan Agreement (or their agent on their behalf) shall bind themselves in writing to the terms of this Agreement, (ii) the aggregate principal or face amount of Term Loan Obligations described in clause (a) of such definition shall not exceed the Term Loan Cap Amount and (iii) any such amendment, restatement, supplement modification or Replacement Term Loan Agreement shall not shorten the maturity date of the Term Loan Obligations, nor modify the mandatory prepayment provisions applicable to the Term Loan Obligations.
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(a) Upon the occurrence of (i) the acceleration of the Junior Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Junior Documents or the taking of any remedies under the Junior Documents by any Junior Secured Party, (ii) a payment default under the Junior Documents that has not been cured or waived by the Junior Secured Parties within sixty (60) days of the occurrence thereof, (iii) the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding or (iv) the commencement of a Standstill Period, all or a portion of the Senior Secured Parties, acting as a single group, shall have the option at any time upon two (2) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Junior Representative, to purchase all of the Junior Obligations from the Junior Secured Parties; provided, that such option shall expire if the applicable Senior Representative fails to deliver such written notice to the Junior Representative within five (5) Business Days following the first date the Junior Representative obtains actual knowledge of the occurrence of the earliest Purchase Option Event.
(b) Upon the occurrence of (i) the acceleration of the Senior Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Senior Documents or the taking of any remedies under the Senior Documents by any Senior Secured Party, (ii) a payment default under the Senior Documents that has not been cured or waived by the Senior Secured Parties within sixty (60) days of the occurrence thereof, (iii) the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding or (iv) the commencement of a Standstill Period, all or a portion of the Junior Secured Parties, acting as a single group, shall have the option at any time upon two (2) Business Days’ prior written notice to the Senior Representative to purchase all of the Senior Obligations from the Senior Secured Parties; provided, that such option shall expire if the applicable Junior Representative fails to deliver such written notice to the Senior Representative within five (5) Business Days following the first date the Senior Representative obtains actual knowledge of the occurrence of the earliest Purchase Option Event.
(a) On the date specified by the relevant Term Loan Creditors in the notice contemplated by Section 7.1(a) above (which shall not be more than fifteen (15) Business Days, after the receipt by the Working Capital Representative of the notice of the relevant Term Loan Creditor’s election to exercise such option), the Working Capital Creditors shall sell to the relevant Term Loan Creditors, and the relevant Term Loan Creditors shall purchase from the Working Capital Creditors, the Working Capital Obligations. The Loan Parties confirm that the Working Capital Representative and the Working Capital Secured Parties shall retain all rights to be indemnified or held harmless by the Loan Parties in accordance with the terms of the Working Capital Documents but shall not retain any rights to the security therefor.
(b) On the date specified by the relevant Working Capital Creditors in the notice contemplated by Section 7.1(b) above (which shall not be more than fifteen (15) Business Days, after the receipt by the Term Loan Representative of the notice of the relevant Working Capital Creditor’s election to exercise such option), the Term Loan Creditors shall sell to the relevant Working Capital Creditors, and the relevant Working Capital Creditors shall purchase from the Term Loan Creditors, the Term Loan Obligations. The Loan Parties confirm that the Term Loan Representative and the Term Loan Secured Parties shall retain all rights to be indemnified or held harmless by the Loan Parties in accordance with the terms of the Term Loan Documents but shall not retain any rights to the security therefor.
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Creditor’s, as applicable, election to exercise such option), the relevant Term Loan Creditors or the relevant Working Capital Creditors, as applicable, shall (a) pay to the Working Capital Representative for the benefit of the Working Capital Creditors (with respect to a purchase of the Working Capital Obligations) or to the Term Loan Representative for the benefit of the Term Loan Creditors (with respect to a purchase of the Term Loan Obligations), as the purchase price therefor, the full amount of all the Working Capital Obligations or Term Loan Obligations, as applicable, then outstanding and unpaid (including principal, interest, prepayment premiums, fees and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses), (b) with respect to a purchase of the Working Capital Obligations, furnish cash collateral to the Working Capital Representative in a manner and in such amounts as the Working Capital Representative reasonably determines is reasonably necessary to secure the Working Capital Representative, the Working Capital Secured Parties, letter of credit issuing banks and applicable affiliates in connection with any issued and outstanding letters of credit, Swap Obligations and Banking Services Obligations secured by the Working Capital Documents, (c) with respect to a purchase of the Working Capital Obligations, agree to reimburse (or provide cash collateral upon the request of the Working Capital Representative) the Working Capital Representative, the Working Capital Secured Parties and letter of credit issuing banks for any loss, cost, damage or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses) in connection with any commissions, fees, costs or expenses related to any issued and outstanding letters of credit as described above and any checks or other payments provisionally credited to the Working Capital Obligations, and/or as to which the Working Capital Representative has not yet received final payment, (d) agree to reimburse the Working Capital Secured Parties or the Term Loan Secured Parties, as applicable, and, with respect to a purchase of the Working Capital Obligations, letter of credit issuing banks, in respect of indemnification obligations of the Loan Parties under the Working Capital Documents or the Term Loan Documents, as applicable, as to matters or circumstances known to the Working Capital Representative, the Term Loan Representative or the Term Loan Representative, as applicable, at the time of the purchase and sale which would reasonably be expected to result in any loss, cost, damage or expense (including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses) to the Working Capital Secured Parties, the Term Loan Secured Parties or letter of credit issuing banks, as applicable, and (e) agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Working Capital Secured Parties or the Term Loan Secured Parties, as applicable, and, with respect to a purchase of the Working Capital Obligations, letter of credit issuing banks, from and against any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense (including reasonable fees and expenses of legal counsel) arising out of any claim asserted by a third party in respect of the Working Capital Obligations or the Term Loan Obligations, as applicable, as a direct result of any acts by any Term Loan Secured Party or any Working Capital Secured Party, as applicable, occurring after the date of such purchase; provided that solely with respect to this clause (e), in no event shall the Term Loan Creditors or Working Capital Creditors, as applicable, purchasing such Working Capital Obligations or Term Loan Obligations, as applicable, be required to indemnify and hold harmless the Working Capital Secured Parties or the Term Loan Secured Parties, as applicable, for any amounts in excess of proceeds of Common Collateral received by such Term Loan Creditors or Working Capital Creditors, as applicable. Such purchase price and cash collateral shall be remitted by wire transfer in federal funds to such bank account designated in writing by the Working Capital Representative or the Term Loan Representative, as applicable, for such purpose. In order to effectuate the foregoing, the Senior Representative or Junior Representative, as applicable, shall calculate, upon written request of the Senior Representative or Junior Representative, as applicable, from time to time, the amount in cash that would be necessary to purchase the Senior Obligations or Junior Obligations, as applicable.
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SECTION 8. Reliance; Waivers; etc.
SECTION 9. Obligations Unconditional.
All rights, interests, agreements and obligations hereunder of the Senior Representative and the Senior Secured Parties in respect of any Collateral and the Junior Representative and the Junior Secured Parties in respect of such Collateral shall remain in full force and effect regardless of:
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Senior Document or any Junior Document and regardless of whether the Liens of the Senior Representative and Senior Secured Parties are not perfected or are voidable for any reason;
(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other terms of, all or any of the Senior Obligations or Junior Obligations, or any amendment or waiver or other modification, including any increase in the amount thereof, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, of the terms of any Senior Document or any Junior Document;
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(c) any exchange, release or lack of perfection of any Lien on any Collateral or any other asset, or any amendment, waiver or other modification, whether in writing or by course of conduct or otherwise, of all or any of the Senior Obligations or Junior Obligations or any guarantee thereof;
(d) the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding in respect of any Loan Party; or
(e) any other circumstances which otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Loan Party in respect of any Secured Obligation or of any Junior Secured Party in respect of this Agreement.
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10.7. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF LAW AND EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT REMEDIES PROVIDED BY THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK ARE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION.
10.8. Submission to Jurisdiction; JURY TRIAL WAIVER.
(a) Each Working Capital Secured Party, each Term Loan Secured Party and each Loan Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the exclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each such party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each such party agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law.
(b) Each Working Capital Secured Party, each Term Loan Secured Party and each Loan Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so (i) any objection it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section 18 and (ii) the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding.
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(c) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 10.9. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
(d) EACH WORKING CAPITAL SECURED PARTY, EACH TERM LOAN SECURED PARTY AND EACH LOAN PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING OUT OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OF THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREIN, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW OR STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH SUCH PARTY REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER AND IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, A COPY OF THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
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[SIGNATURE PAGES TO FOLLOW]
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SILICON VALLEY BANK, as Working Capital Representative for and on behalf of the Working Capital Secured Parties | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |
Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxx Title: Advisor | ||
Address for Notices: | Silicon Valley Bank 000 Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000 Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 | |
Attention: Telephone: Facsimile: Email: | Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx (000) 000-0000 (000) 000-0000 xxxxxxxx@xxx.xxx |
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XXXXX HEALTHCARE ROYALTY PARTNERS II, L.P., as Term Loan Representative for and on behalf of the Term Loan Secured Parties | ||
By: Cowen Healthcare Royalty XX XX, LLC, its General Partner | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, M.D. | |
Name: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, M.D. Title: Managing Director |
Address for Notices: | 000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | |
Attention: Telecopy No.: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx, M.D. [ ] |
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STEREOTAXIS, INC., as Borrower | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx XX | |
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx XX Title: Chief Financial Officer |
Address for Notices: | 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx 000 Xx. Xxxxx, XX 00000 | |
Attention: Telecopy No.: | Xx. Xxx Xxxxxx 000-000-0000 |
STEREOTAXIS INTERNATIONAL, INC., as Borrower | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx XX | |
Name: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx XX Title: President |
Address for Notices: | 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxx 000 Xx. Xxxxx, XX 00000 | |
Attention: Telecopy No.: | Xx. Xxx Xxxxxx 000-000-0000 |
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ANNEX 1
JOINDER AGREEMENT
THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of , 20 , is executed by , a (the “New Subsidiary”) in favor of SILICON VALLEY BANK (together with any successor in such capacity, the “Working Capital Representative”) and XXXXX HEALTHCARE ROYALTY PARTNERS, II, L.P. (together with any successor in such capacity, the “Term Loan Representative”), in their capacities as Working Capital Representative and Term Loan Representative, respectively, under that certain Intercreditor Agreement (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”), dated as of [ ], 2011, among the Working Capital Representative, the Term Loan Representative, Stereotaxis, Inc. and each of the other Loan Parties party thereto. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.
The New Subsidiary, for the benefit of the Working Capital Representative and the Term Loan Representative, hereby agrees as follows:
1. The New Subsidiary hereby acknowledges the Intercreditor Agreement and acknowledges, agrees and confirms that, by its execution of this Agreement, the New Subsidiary will be deemed to be a Loan Party under the Intercreditor Agreement and shall have all of the obligations of a Loan Party thereunder as if it had executed the Intercreditor Agreement. The New Subsidiary hereby ratifies, as of the date hereof, and agrees to be bound by, all of the terms, provisions and conditions contained in the Intercreditor Agreement.
2. The address of the New Subsidiary for purposes of Section 10.9 of the Intercreditor Agreement is as follows:
3. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE REQUIRED BY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF LAW AND EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT REMEDIES PROVIDED BY THE LAWS OF ANY JURISDICTION OTHER THAN THE STATE OF NEW YORK ARE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF SUCH JURISDICTION.
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Annex I-1