EX-10.5 12 d338877dex105.htm EX-10.5 EXECUTION VERSION INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.5
EXECUTION VERSION
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of July 25, 2014, between Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as collateral agent under the First Lien Credit Agreement, including its successors and assigns from time to time, and Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as collateral agent under the Second Lien Credit Agreement, including its successors and assigns from time to time. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings set forth in the First Lien Credit Agreement and the Second Lien Credit Agreement, as applicable.
B. Holdings and the Borrower are party to that certain Second Lien Credit Agreement (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, waived, refinanced, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Second Lien Credit Agreement”) dated as of July 25, 2014, among Holdings, the Borrower, each lender from time to time party thereto and Bank of America, N.A., as administrative agent and collateral agent.
Accordingly, in consideration of the foregoing, the mutual covenants and obligations herein set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
1.1 Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
“Agreement” shall mean this Agreement, as amended, restated, renewed, extended, supplemented, waived, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof.
“Bankruptcy Code” shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 USC § 101, et seq., as amended from time to time.
“Bankruptcy Law” shall mean the Bankruptcy Code and any similar federal, state, or foreign law for the relief of debtors, or any arrangement, reorganization, insolvency, moratorium, assignment for the benefit of creditors, any other marshalling of assets and/or liabilities of the Borrower and/or its affiliates, or any similar law relating to or affecting creditors’ rights generally.
“Borrower” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto and shall include any Successor Borrower under and as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement and Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“Common Collateral” shall mean all of the assets of any Grantor, whether real, personal or mixed, constituting both First Lien Collateral and Second Lien Collateral, including without limitation any assets in which the First Lien Collateral Agent or Second Lien Collateral Agent is automatically deemed to have a Lien pursuant to the provisions of Section 2.3.
“Comparable Second Lien Security Document” shall mean, in relation to any Common Collateral subject to any Lien created under any First Lien Document, those Second Lien Security Documents that create a Lien on the same Common Collateral, granted by the same Grantor.
“Conforming Plan of Reorganization” means any Plan of Reorganization whose provisions are consistent with the provisions of this Agreement.
“Control Collateral” means any Common Collateral consisting of any Certificated Security, Instrument (each as defined in the UCC), rights, cash and any other Common Collateral as to which a first priority Lien shall or may be perfected through possession or control by the secured party or any agent therefor.
“DIP Financing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1.
“Discharge of First Lien Obligations” shall mean, except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 5.6, payment in full in cash (except for contingent indemnities and cost and reimbursement obligations to the extent no claim has been made) of all First Lien Obligations, with respect to letters of credit or letter of credit guaranties outstanding under the First Lien Documents, delivery of cash collateral or backstop letters of credit in respect thereof in a manner consistent with the First Lien Credit Agreement, in each case after or concurrently with the termination of all commitments to extend credit thereunder, and the termination of all commitments of the First Lien Secured Parties under the First Lien Documents; provided that the Discharge of First Lien Obligations shall not be deemed to have occurred if such payments are made with the proceeds of other First Lien Obligations that constitute an exchange or replacement for, or a Refinancing of, such Obligations or First Lien Obligations. In the event the First Lien Obligations are modified and are paid over time or otherwise modified pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code or other Bankruptcy Law, the First Lien Obligations shall be deemed to be discharged when the final payment is made, in the form provided in such Plan of Reorganization, in respect of such indebtedness and any obligations pursuant to such new indebtedness shall have been satisfied.
“First Lien Collateral” shall mean all of the assets of any Grantor, whether real, personal or mixed, with respect to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted as security for any First Lien Obligations pursuant to a First Lien Security Document.
“First Lien Collateral Agent” shall mean Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as collateral agent for the lenders and other secured parties under the First Lien Credit Agreement and the other First Lien Documents entered into pursuant to the First Lien Credit Agreement,
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together with its successors and permitted assigns under the First Lien Credit Agreement exercising substantially the same rights and powers.
“First Lien Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals herein.
“First Lien Documents” shall mean the credit, guarantee and security documents governing the First Lien Obligations, including, without limitation, the First Lien Credit Agreement, each Secured Hedge Agreement (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement), documents governing Cash Management Services (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) constituting First Lien Obligations, the First Lien Security Documents, the Global Intercompany Note, the Intercompany Subordination Agreement (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) and each other Loan Document (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement).
“First Lien Obligations” shall mean all “Secured Obligations” as defined in the Security Agreement (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) or any equivalent term used to describe the secured obligations under such Security Agreement.
“First Lien Secured Parties” shall mean, at any relevant time, the holders of First Lien Obligations at such time, including without limitation the lenders and agents (including the First Lien Collateral Agent) under the First Lien Credit Agreement, the Issuing Bank (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement), the Swing Line Lender (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement), each Cash Management Bank (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) under Cash Management Services (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement), each Hedge Bank (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) under each Secured Hedge Agreement (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) and each other Secured Party (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement).
“First Lien Security Documents” shall mean the Collateral Documents (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) and any other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted securing First Lien Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are governed, in each case to the extent relating to Common Collateral.
“First Priority Liens” shall mean Liens securing the First Lien Obligations, which Liens are superior and prior in priority to the Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations.
“Grantors” shall mean the Borrower and each other Loan Party (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) that has executed and delivered a First Lien Document or a Second Lien Document.
“Holdings” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals herein.
“Indebtedness” shall mean and include all obligations that constitute “Indebtedness” within the meaning of the Second Lien Credit Agreement or the First Lien Credit Agreement, as applicable.
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“Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” shall mean:
(1) any voluntary or involuntary case commenced or proceeding by or against the Borrower or any other Grantor under the Bankruptcy Code or any Bankruptcy Law, any other proceeding for the reorganization, recapitalization or adjustment or marshalling of the assets or liabilities of the Borrower or any other Grantor, any receivership, assignment for the benefit of creditors, or liquidation relating to the Borrower or any other Grantor or any similar case or proceeding relative to the Borrower or any other Grantor or its creditors, as such;
(2) any liquidation, dissolution, marshalling of assets or liabilities or other winding up of or relating to the Borrower or any other Grantor, in each case whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving bankruptcy or insolvency; or
(3) any other proceeding of any type or nature, whether or not involving insolvency or Bankruptcy, in which substantially all claims of creditors of the Borrower or any other Grantor are determined and any payment or distribution is or may be made on account of such claims.
“Lien” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the First Lien Credit Agreement.
“New Agent” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.6.
“Non-Conforming Plan of Reorganization” shall mean any Plan of Reorganization whose provisions are inconsistent with or in contravention of any provision of this Agreement, including any plan of reorganization that purports to re-order (whether by subordination, invalidation, or otherwise) or otherwise disregard, in whole or part, the provisions of Section 2 (including the Lien priorities of Section 2.1), the provisions of Section 4 or the provisions of Section 6.
“Payment Discharge” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.1(a).
“Person” shall mean any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, entity or other party, including any government or governmental unit, and any political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof.
“Plan of Reorganization” shall mean any plan of reorganization, plan of liquidation, agreement for composition, or other type of dispositive plan of arrangement proposed in or in connection with any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Bankruptcy Law.
“Purchase Event” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.7.
“Recovery” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.3.
“Refinance” shall mean, in respect of any indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, defease, amend, increase, modify, supplement, restructure, refund, replace or repay, or to
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issue other indebtedness or enter alternative financing arrangements, in exchange or replacement for such indebtedness, including by adding or replacing lenders, creditors, agents, borrowers and/or guarantors, and including in each case, but not limited to, after the original instrument giving rise to such indebtedness has been terminated. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” have correlative meanings.
“Reinstatement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.6.
“Required Lenders” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in the First Lien Credit Agreement.
“Second Lien Collateral” shall mean all of the assets of any Grantor, whether real, personal or mixed, with respect to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted as security for any Second Lien Obligations pursuant to a Second Lien Security Document.
“Second Lien Collateral Agent” shall mean Bank of America, N.A., in its capacity as collateral agent for the lenders and other secured parties under the Second Lien Credit Agreement and the other Second Lien Documents entered into pursuant to the Second Lien Credit Agreement, together with its successors and permitted assigns under the Second Lien Credit Agreement exercising substantially the same rights and powers.
“Second Lien Credit Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals hereto.
“Second Lien Documents” shall mean the credit and security documents governing the Second Lien Obligations, including, without limitation, the Second Lien Credit Agreement, the Second Lien Security Documents, the Global Intercompany Note, the Intercompany Subordination Agreement (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement), and each other Loan Document (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement).
“Second Lien Enforcement Date” means the date which is 180 days after the occurrence of (i) an Event of Default (under and as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement) and (ii) the First Lien Collateral Agent’s receipt of written notice from the Second Lien Collateral Agent certifying that (x) an Event of Default (under and as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement) has occurred and is continuing and (y) the Second Lien Obligations are currently due and payable in full (whether as a result of acceleration thereof or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of the Second Lien Credit Agreement; provided that the Second Lien Enforcement Date shall be stayed and shall not occur and shall be deemed not to have occurred (1) at any time the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Secured Parties have commenced and are diligently pursuing any enforcement action with respect to all or a material portion of the Common Collateral, (2) at any time any Grantor is then a debtor under or with respect to (or otherwise subject to) any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, or (3) if the acceleration of the Second Lien Obligations (if any) is rescinded in accordance with the terms of the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“Second Lien Obligations” shall mean all “Secured Obligations” as defined in the Security Agreement (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement) or any equivalent term used to describe the secured obligations under such Security Agreement.
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“Second Lien Secured Parties” shall mean, at any relevant time, the holders of Second Lien Obligations at such time, including, without limitation, the lenders and agents (including the Second Lien Collateral Agent) under the Second Lien Credit Agreement and each other Secured Party (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement).
“Second Lien Security Documents” shall mean the Collateral Documents (as defined in the Second Lien Credit Agreement) and any other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted securing Second Lien Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are governed.
“Second Liens” shall mean the Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations.
“Security Documents” means, collectively, the First Lien Security Documents and the Second Lien Security Documents.
“Subsidiary” shall mean any “Subsidiary” of the Borrower as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement or the Second Lien Credit Agreement.
“UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.
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that any such Liens may be subordinated, voided, avoided, invalidated or lapsed or (v) any other circumstance of any kind or nature whatsoever, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each Second Lien Secured Party, hereby agrees that: (a) any Lien on the Common Collateral securing any First Lien Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Secured Parties or any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall have priority over and be senior and prior to any Lien on the Common Collateral securing any Second Lien Obligations in all respects, and (b) any Lien on the Common Collateral securing any Second Lien Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Secured Party or any agent or trustee therefor regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any First Lien Obligations. All Liens on the Common Collateral securing any First Lien Obligations shall be and remain senior in all respects and prior to all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any Second Lien Obligations for all purposes, whether or not such Liens securing any First Lien Obligations are subordinated to any Lien securing any other obligation of the Borrower, any other Grantor or any other Person. The Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties, expressly agrees that any Lien purported to be granted on any Common Collateral as security for the First Lien Obligations shall be deemed to be, and shall be deemed to remain, senior in all respects and prior to all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any Second Lien Obligations for all purposes regardless of whether the Lien purported to be granted is found to be improperly granted, improperly perfected, preferential, a fraudulent conveyance or legally or otherwise deficient in any manner.
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the Borrower nor any Grantor shall grant such Lien) securing any Second Lien Obligations that are not also subject to a First Priority Lien in respect of the First Lien Obligations under the First Lien Documents, and (ii) except as otherwise set forth herein or in the First Lien Documents or the Second Lien Documents, none of the Grantors shall grant or permit any Liens on any asset or property of any Grantor to secure any First Lien Obligation unless it has granted, or concurrently therewith grants, a Lien on such asset or property of such Grantor to secure the Second Lien Obligations. If any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Secured Party shall (nonetheless and in breach hereof) acquire or hold any Lien on any assets of the Borrower or any other Grantor securing any Second Lien Obligations that are not also subject to the First Priority Lien in respect of the First Lien Obligations under the First Lien Documents, then the Second Lien Collateral Agent or such Second Lien Secured Party shall, without the need for any further consent of any party and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other document, (i) notify the First Lien Collateral Agent promptly upon becoming aware thereof and, unless such Grantor shall promptly grant a similar Lien on such assets or property to the First Lien Collateral Agent as security for the First Lien Obligations, shall assign such Lien to the First Lien Collateral Agent as security for all First Lien Obligations for the benefit of the First Lien Secured Parties (but may retain a junior lien on such assets or property subject to the terms hereof) and (ii) until such assignment or such grant of a similar Lien to the First Lien Collateral Agent, shall be deemed to also hold and have held such Lien for the benefit of the First Lien Collateral Agent and the other First Lien Secured Parties as security for the First Lien Obligations. To the extent that the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence are not complied with for any reason, without limiting any other right or remedy available to the First Lien Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Secured Party, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the other Second Lien Secured Parties, that any amounts received by or distributed to any Second Lien Secured Party pursuant to or as a result of any Lien granted in contravention of this Section 2.3 shall be subject to Section 4.2.
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(a) So long as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Borrower or any other Grantor, (i) the Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each Second Lien Secured Party, (x) from the date hereof until the occurrence of the Second Lien Enforcement Date will not exercise or seek to exercise any rights or remedies (including, but not limited to, setoff, recoupment, and the right to credit bid debt, if any) with respect to any Common Collateral in respect of any applicable Second Lien Obligations, or institute any action or proceeding with respect to such rights or remedies (including any action of foreclosure), (y) will not contest, protest or otherwise object to any foreclosure or enforcement proceeding or action brought with respect to the Common Collateral or any other First Lien Collateral by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Secured Party in respect of the First Lien Obligations, the exercise of any right by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Secured Party (or any agent or sub-agent on their behalf) in respect of the First Lien Obligations under any control agreement, lockbox agreement, landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or similar agreement or arrangement to which the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Secured Party either is a party or may have rights as a third party beneficiary, or any other exercise by any such party, of any rights and remedies as a secured party relating to the Common Collateral or any other First Lien Collateral under the First Lien Documents or otherwise in respect of the First Lien Obligations, and (z) will not object to any waiver or forbearance by the First Lien Secured Parties from
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or in respect of bringing or pursuing any foreclosure proceeding or enforcement action or any other exercise of any rights or remedies relating to the Common Collateral or any other First Lien Collateral in respect of First Lien Obligations and (ii) except as otherwise provided herein, the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Secured Parties shall have the sole and exclusive right to enforce rights, exercise remedies (including, but not limited to, setoff, recoupment, and any right to credit bid their debt), marshal, process and make determinations regarding the release, disposition or restrictions, or waiver or forbearance of rights or remedies with respect to the Common Collateral without any consultation with or the consent of the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Secured Party; provided, however, that (A) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding commenced by or against the Borrower or any other Grantor, the Second Lien Collateral Agent and any Second Lien Secured Party (in its capacity as an unsecured creditor) may file a proof of claim or statement of interest with respect to the Second Lien Obligations, (B) the Second Lien Collateral Agent may take any action not adverse to the prior Liens on the Common Collateral securing the First Lien Obligations, or to the rights of the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Secured Parties to exercise remedies in respect thereof, including sending such notices of the existence of, or any evidence or confirmation of, the Second Lien Obligations or the Liens of Second Lien Collateral Agent in the Common Collateral to any court or governmental agency, or file or record any such notice or evidence, in order to prove, preserve, or protect (but not enforce) its rights in, including the perfection and priority of any Lien on, the Common Collateral, (C) the Second Lien Secured Parties shall be entitled to file any necessary or appropriate responsive or defensive pleadings in opposition to any motion, claim, adversary proceeding or other pleading made by any person objecting to or otherwise seeking the disallowance of the claims or Liens of the Second Lien Secured Parties, including without limitation any claims secured by the Common Collateral, if any, in each case if not otherwise in contravention of the terms of this Agreement, (D) the Second Lien Secured Parties shall be entitled to file any pleadings, objections, motions or agreements which assert rights or interests available to unsecured creditors of the Grantors arising under either the applicable Bankruptcy Law or applicable non-bankruptcy law, in each case if not otherwise in contravention of the terms of this Agreement, or as may otherwise be consented to by the First Lien Collateral Agent, (E) the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Secured Party shall be entitled to vote on any Plan of Reorganization, in a manner and to the extent consistent with the provisions hereof, and (F) subject in all respects to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, Sections 2 and 4 hereof, the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Secured Party may exercise any of its rights or remedies with respect to the Common Collateral, solely upon the occurrence and during the effective continuation of the Second Lien Enforcement Date. In exercising rights and remedies with respect to the First Lien Collateral or Common Collateral, the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Secured Parties may enforce the provisions of the First Lien Documents and exercise remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as they may determine in the exercise of their sole discretion. Such exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by them to sell or otherwise dispose of Common Collateral or other collateral upon foreclosure, to incur expenses in connection with such sale or disposition, and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured lender under the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction and of a secured creditor under Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.
(b) So long as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Lien Secured Party,
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agrees that it will not take or receive any Common Collateral or any proceeds of Common Collateral in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy with respect to any Common Collateral in contravention of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, except as expressly provided in the proviso in Section 3.1(a), the sole right of the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Secured Parties with respect to the Common Collateral is a Lien on the Common Collateral in respect of the applicable Second Lien Obligations pursuant to the Second Lien Documents, as applicable, for the period and to the extent granted therein and to receive a share of the proceeds thereof, if any, after the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred in accordance with the terms of the Second Lien Documents and applicable law.
(c) Subject to the proviso in Section 3.1(a), (i) the Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Second Lien Secured Party, agrees that none of the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Secured Party will take any action that would hinder, delay, limit or prohibit any exercise of remedies undertaken by the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Secured Parties with respect to the Common Collateral or the First Lien Collateral under the First Lien Documents, including any collection, sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Common Collateral or the First Lien Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise or that would limit, invalidate, avoid or set aside any Lien or Security Document or subordinate the priority of the First Lien Obligations to the Second Lien Obligations or grant the Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations equal ranking to the First Priority Liens, and (ii) the Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Second Lien Secured Party, hereby waives any and all rights it or any Second Lien Secured Party may have as a junior lien creditor (whether arising under the UCC or under any other law) or otherwise to object to the manner in which the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Secured Parties seek to enforce or collect the First Lien Obligations or the Liens granted in any of the First Lien Collateral or Common Collateral, regardless of whether any action or failure to act by or on behalf of the First Lien Collateral Agent or First Lien Secured Parties is adverse to the interests of the Second Lien Secured Parties.
(d) The Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each Second Lien Secured Party, hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained in any applicable Second Lien Document shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Secured Parties with respect to the First Lien Collateral or Common Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the First Lien Documents.
(e) So long as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Lien Secured Party, agrees not to assert and hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any right to demand, request, plead or otherwise assert or otherwise claim the benefit of, any marshalling, appraisal, valuation or other similar right that may otherwise be available under any applicable law, including, but not limited to, the Bankruptcy Code or other Bankruptcy Law, with respect to the Common Collateral or any other similar rights a junior secured creditor may have under such applicable law.
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The First Lien Collateral Agent and each First Lien Secured Party further agrees:
The First Lien Collateral Agent 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.
The First Lien Collateral Agent has accepted and is bound by the other First Lien Security Documents executed by it as of the date of this Agreement and, as contemplated under such First Lien Security Documents or the First Lien Credit Agreement, the First Lien Collateral Agent shall execute additional First Lien Security Documents delivered to it after the date of this Agreement; provided, however, that such additional Security Documents do not adversely affect
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the rights, privileges, benefits and immunities of the First Lien Collateral Agent. The First Lien Collateral Agent will not otherwise be bound by, or be held obligated by, the provisions of any credit agreement, indenture or other agreement governing First Lien Obligations or Second Lien Obligations (other than the First Lien Credit Agreement, this Agreement and the other First Lien Documents to which it is a party).
The First Lien Collateral Agent may at any time solicit written confirmatory instructions 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. No written direction given to the First Lien Collateral Agent that in the sole judgment of the First Lien Collateral Agent imposes, is inconsistent with other written direction it has received or purports to impose or might reasonably be expected to impose upon the First Lien Collateral Agent any obligation or liability not set forth in or arising under the First Lien Credit Agreement, this Agreement and the other First Lien Security Documents will be binding upon the First Lien Collateral Agent unless the First Lien Collateral Agent elects, at its sole option, to accept such direction. So long as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred, the First Lien Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to take instructions from any Persons other than the Required Lenders.
The First Lien Collateral Agent will not be responsible or liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it hereunder or under any other Security Document, except for its own gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct as determined by a final and non-appealable judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction.
The First Lien Collateral Agent 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 any Grantor in compliance with the provisions of this Agreement or delivered to it by the Second Lien Collateral Agent as to the holders of Second Lien 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 First Lien Collateral Agent 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 First Lien Collateral Agent in respect of any matter, the First Lien Collateral Agent may rely conclusively on the 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 First Lien Collateral Agent for any action taken, suffered or omitted by it under the provisions of the First Lien Credit Agreement, this Agreement and the other First Lien Security Documents.
The First Lien Collateral Agent will not be required to inquire as to the occurrence or absence of any Event of Default as defined in any First Lien Document or Second Lien Document, and will not be affected by or required to act upon any notice or knowledge as to the occurrence of any such Event of Default unless and until it is directed to do so.
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As to any matter not expressly provided for by this Agreement or the other Security Documents, the First Lien Collateral Agent will act or refrain from acting as directed and will be fully protected if it does so, and any action taken, suffered or omitted pursuant to hereto or thereto shall be binding on the holders of First Lien Obligations and Second Lien Obligations.
The First Lien Collateral Agent 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.
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. 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 any Common Collateral or First Lien Collateral held by the First Lien Collateral Agent and the terms of this Agreement or any of the other Security Documents do not unambiguously mandate the action the First Lien Collateral Agent is to take or not to take in connection therewith under the circumstances then existing, or the First Lien Collateral Agent 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.
Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody of Common Collateral and First Lien Collateral in its possession, the First Lien Collateral Agent will have no duty as to any Common Collateral and First Lien 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 First Lien Collateral Agent 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 Common Collateral or First Lien Collateral. The First Lien Collateral Agent will be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody of the Common Collateral and First Lien Collateral in its possession if the Common Collateral or First Lien Collateral, as applicable, is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property, and the First Lien Collateral Agent will not be liable or responsible for any loss or diminution in the value of any of the Common Collateral and First Lien Collateral by reason of the act or omission of any carrier, forwarding agency or other agent or bailee selected by the First Lien Collateral Agent in good faith.
The First Lien Collateral Agent will not be responsible for the existence, genuineness or value of any of the Common Collateral, First Lien Collateral or for the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of the Liens in any of the Common Collateral or First Lien 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 gross negligence, bad faith or willful misconduct on the part of the First Lien Collateral Agent as determined by a court
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of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable judgment, for the validity or sufficiency of the Common Collateral, First Lien Collateral or any agreement or assignment contained therein, for the validity of the title of any Grantor to the Common Collateral or First Lien Collateral, for insuring the Common Collateral or the First Lien Collateral or for the payment of taxes, charges, assessments or Liens upon the Common Collateral or First Lien Collateral or otherwise as to the maintenance of the Common Collateral or First Lien Collateral. The First Lien Collateral Agent hereby disclaims any representation or warranty to the present and future holders of the First Lien Obligations and Second Lien Obligations concerning the perfection of the Liens granted hereunder or in the value of any of the Common Collateral or First Lien Collateral.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein: (i) 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, (ii) the exercise by the First Lien Collateral Agent 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 (iii) the First Lien Collateral Agent will not be obligated to perform any of the obligations or duties of any of the parties thereunder other than those of the First Lien Collateral Agent
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Such authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable until such time as this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its terms.
5.1 Releases.
(a) (x) If, with respect to any specified Common Collateral (including for such purpose, in the case of the sale or other disposition of all or substantially all of the equity interests in any Subsidiary, any Common Collateral held by such Subsidiary or any direct or indirect Subsidiary thereof):
(A) such specified Common Collateral has been or is being sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of in connection with a disposition by the owner of such Common Collateral in a transaction permitted under the First Lien Credit Agreement and the Second Lien Credit Agreement; or
(B) the First Priority Liens thereon have been or are being released in connection with a Subsidiary that is released from its guarantee under the First Lien Credit Agreement and the Second Lien Credit Agreement; or
(C) the First Priority Liens thereon have been or are being otherwise released as permitted by the First Lien Credit Agreement or by the First Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of the First Lien Secured Parties (unless, in the case of clause (B) or (C) of this Section 5.1(a)(x) such release occurs in connection with, and after giving effect to, a Discharge of First Lien Obligations, which discharge is not in connection with a foreclosure of, or any other exercise of remedies with respect to, Common Collateral by the First Lien Secured Parties (such discharge not in connection with any such foreclosure or exercise of remedies or a sale or other disposition generating sufficient proceeds to cause the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, a “Payment Discharge”)),
then the Second Liens upon such Common Collateral will automatically be released and discharged as and when, but only to the extent, such Liens on such Common Collateral securing First Lien Obligations are released and discharged (provided that any proceeds thereof not used for purposes of the Discharge of First Lien Obligations or otherwise in accordance with the Second Lien Credit Agreement shall be subject to Second Liens and shall be applied pursuant to Section 4.1). Upon delivery to the Second Lien Collateral Agent of a notice from the First Lien Collateral Agent stating that any such release of Liens securing or supporting the First Lien Obligations has become effective (or shall become effective upon the Second Lien Collateral Agent’s release), the Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Second Lien Secured Party, will promptly, at the Borrower’s expense, execute and deliver such instruments, releases, termination statements or other documents confirming such release on customary terms, which instruments, releases and termination statements shall be substantially identical to the comparable instruments, releases and termination statements executed by the First Lien Collateral Agent in connection with such release. In the case of the sale of capital stock of a Subsidiary or any other transaction resulting in the release of such Subsidiary’s guarantee under the First Lien Credit Agreement in accordance with the First Lien Credit Agreement, the guarantee in favor
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of the Second Lien Secured Parties, if any, made by such Subsidiary will automatically be released and discharged as and when, but only to the extent, the guarantee by such Subsidiary of First Lien Obligations is released and discharged.
(y) In the event of a Payment Discharge, the Second Liens on Common Collateral owned by the Borrower or a Grantor immediately after giving effect to such Payment Discharge shall become first-priority security interests (subject to any intercreditor agreements or arrangements among Second Lien Secured Parties pursuant to Section 8.21 and subject to Liens permitted by the Second Lien Credit Agreement); provided that if the Borrower or the Grantors incur at any time thereafter any new or replacement First Lien Obligations permitted under the Second Lien Credit Agreement, then the provisions of Section 5.6 shall apply as if a Refinancing of First Lien Obligations had occurred.
(b) Unless and until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Second Lien Secured Party, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the First Lien Collateral Agent and any officer or agent of the First Lien Collateral Agent, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of the Second Lien Collateral Agent or such holder or in the First Lien Collateral Agent’s own name, from time to time in the First Lien Collateral Agent’s discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this Section 5.1, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and instruments that may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 5.1, including any termination statements, endorsements or other instruments of transfer or release.
(c) Unless and until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, the Second Lien Collateral Agent for itself and on behalf of each Second Lien Secured Party, hereby consents to the application, whether prior to or after a default, of proceeds of Common Collateral or other collateral to the payment of First Lien Obligations pursuant to the First Lien Documents.
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of the First Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of the First Lien Secured Parties and it shall forthwith pay such proceeds over to the First Lien Collateral Agent in accordance with the terms of Section 4.2.
(a) The First Lien Documents may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with their terms, and the Indebtedness under the First Lien Documents may be Refinanced, in each case, without the consent of any Second Lien Secured Party; provided, however, that, no such amendment, restatement, supplement, modification or Refinancing (or successive amendments, restatements, supplements, modifications or Refinancings) shall contravene any provision of this Agreement. So long as the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has not occurred, without the prior written consent of the First Lien Collateral Agent, (i) no Second Lien Security Document may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified or entered into to the extent any such amendment, supplement or modification would be prohibited or inconsistent with any of the terms of this Agreement and (ii) no other Second Lien Document may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified or entered into to the extent such amendment, restatement, supplement or modification, or the terms of such new Second Lien Document, would (A) contravene the provisions of this Agreement by requiring that any Second Lien Secured Party take (or refrain from taking) an action that is prohibited (or required) by this Agreement, (B) have a final maturity date earlier than the final maturity date of the First Lien Obligations as of the date hereof or (C) amend the covenants or events of default set forth in such other Second Lien Document to make them more favorable to the lenders under such other Second Lien Documents than those applicable to the lenders under the First Lien Loan Documents (except for covenants or events of default applicable only to periods after the latest maturity date applicable to the First Lien Credit Agreement at the time of such amendment) (provided that a certificate of a Responsible Officer delivered to the First Lien Collateral Agent at least five (5) Business Days prior to such amendment, together with a reasonably detailed description of the material terms and conditions of such amendment or drafts of the documentation relating thereto, stating that the Borrower has determined in good faith that such terms and conditions satisfy the requirement of this clause (C) shall be conclusive evidence that such terms and conditions satisfy such requirement unless the First Lien Collateral Agent notifies the Borrower within such five (5) Business Day period that it disagrees with such determination (including a description of the basis upon which it disagrees)). The Second Lien Collateral Agent agrees that each Second Lien Security Document shall include the following language (or language to similar effect approved by the First Lien Collateral Agent):
“Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the exercise of any right or remedy by the Second Lien Collateral Agent hereunder are subject to the limitations and provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of July 25, 2014 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”) among Bank of America, N.A., as First Lien Collateral Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as Second Lien Collateral Agent, and certain other persons party or that may become party thereto from time to time. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement governing the exercise of any right or remedy by the Second
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Lien Collateral Agent, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.”
In addition, the Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties, agrees that each mortgage, if applicable, covering any Common Collateral shall contain such other language as the First Lien Collateral Agent may reasonably request to reflect the subordination of such mortgage to the First Lien Document covering such Common Collateral.
(b) In the event that the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Secured Parties enter into any amendment, waiver or consent in respect of or replace any of the First Lien Security Documents for the purpose of adding to, or deleting from, or waiving or consenting to any departures from any provisions of, any First Lien Security Document or changing in any manner the rights of the First Lien Collateral Agent, the First Lien Secured Parties, the Borrower or any other Grantor thereunder (including the release of any Liens in Common Collateral in accordance with Section 5.1), then such amendment, waiver or consent shall apply automatically to any comparable provision of each Comparable Second Lien Security Document without the consent of the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Secured Party and without any action by the Second Lien Collateral Agent, the Borrower or any other Grantor; provided that such amendment, waiver or consent does not materially adversely affect the rights of the Second Lien Secured Parties or the interests of the Second Lien Secured Parties in the Common Collateral in a manner materially different from that affecting the rights of the First Lien Secured Parties thereunder or therein. The First Lien Collateral Agent or the Borrower shall give written notice of such amendment, waiver or consent (along with a copy thereof) to the Second Lien Collateral Agent no later than the tenth Business Day following the effective date of such amendment, waiver or consent; provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the effectiveness of such amendment with respect to the provisions of any Second Lien Security Document as set forth in this Section 5.3(b).
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to the same extent as all other Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations subject to this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement impairs, shall be construed to impair, or otherwise adversely affects any rights or remedies the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Secured Parties may have with respect to the First Lien Collateral.
5.5 First Lien Collateral Agent as Gratuitous Bailee for Perfection.
(a) The First Lien Collateral Agent agrees to hold the Control Collateral in its possession or control (within the meaning of the UCC) (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) as gratuitous bailee for the benefit and on behalf of the Second Lien Collateral Agent for the benefit of each Second Lien Secured Party and any assignee thereof solely for the purpose of perfecting by possession or control the security interest granted in such Control Collateral pursuant to the Second Lien Security Documents, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.5.
(b) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein (including, but not limited to, Sections 3.1 and 4.1), until the Discharge of First Lien Obligations has occurred, the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be entitled to manage, administer, or otherwise deal with the Control Collateral in accordance with the terms of the First Lien Documents as if the Liens under the Second Lien Security Documents did not exist. The rights of the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Secured Parties with respect to such Control Collateral shall at all times be subject to the terms of this Agreement.
(c) The First Lien Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to any Second Lien Secured Party to assure that the Control Collateral is genuine or owned by the Grantors, that its lien is valid or perfected or to protect or preserve rights or benefits of any Person or any rights pertaining to the Common Collateral except as expressly set forth in this Section 5.5(c). The duties or responsibilities of the First Lien Collateral Agent under this Section 5.5 shall be limited solely to holding the Control Collateral as gratuitous bailee for the benefit and on behalf of the Second Lien Collateral Agent and each Second Lien Secured Party for purposes of perfecting the Liens held by the Second Lien Secured Parties.
(d) The First Lien Collateral Agent shall not have by reason of the Second Lien Documents or this Agreement or any other document a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Secured Party, and each of the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Secured Parties hereby waive and release the First Lien Collateral Agent from all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to the First Lien Collateral Agent’s role under this Section 5.5, as agent and gratuitous bailee with respect to the Common Collateral.
(e) Upon the Discharge of First Lien Obligations, the First Lien Collateral Agent shall upon Borrower’s request (x) deliver to the Second Lien Collateral Agent written notice of the occurrence thereof (which notice may state that such Discharge of First Lien Obligations is subject to the provisions of this Agreement, including without limitation Sections 5.1(a)(y), 5.6 and 6.3 hereof) it being understood that until the delivery of such notice to the Second Lien Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Collateral Agent shall not be charged with knowledge of the Discharge of First Lien Obligations or required to take any actions based on
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such Discharge of First Lien Obligations, and (y) deliver to the Second Lien Collateral Agent, to the extent that it is legally permitted to do so, the remaining Control Collateral (if any) together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow the Second Lien Collateral Agent to obtain control of such Control Collateral) or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The First Lien Collateral Agent has no obligation to follow instructions from the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Secured Party in contravention of this Agreement.
(f) Neither the First Lien Collateral Agent nor any of the First Lien Secured Parties shall be required to marshal any present or future collateral security for the Borrower’s or any Grantor’s obligations to the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Secured Parties under the First Lien Credit Agreement or the First Lien Documents or any assurance of payment in respect thereof or to resort to such collateral security or other assurances of payment in any particular order, and all of their rights in respect of such collateral security or any assurance of payment in respect thereof shall be cumulative and in addition to all other rights, however existing or arising.
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by providing cash collateralization of 105% of the aggregate amount of outstanding letter of credit obligations), plus any premium that would be applicable upon prepayment of the First Lien Obligations and accrued and unpaid interest, fees, and expenses, without warranty or representation or recourse (except for representations and warranties required to be made by assigning lenders pursuant to the Assignment and Assumption (as such term is defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement)). If such right is exercised, the parties shall endeavor to close promptly thereafter but in any event within ten (10) business days of the request. If one or more of the Second Lien Secured Parties exercises such purchase right, it shall be exercised pursuant to documentation mutually acceptable to each of the First Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Collateral Agent. If more than one Second Lien Secured Party has exercised such purchase right and the aggregate amount of all purchase rights exercised exceeds the amount of the First Lien Obligations, the amount with respect to which each exercising Second Lien Secured Party shall be deemed to have exercised its purchase right shall be reduced on a ratable basis according to the amounts of the original exercises of such purchase right by each such Second Lien Secured Party. If none of the Second Lien Secured Parties timely exercise such right, the First Lien Secured Parties shall have no further obligations pursuant to this Section 5.7 for such Purchase Event and may take any further actions in their sole discretion in accordance with the First Lien Documents and this Agreement.
SECTION 6 Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings.
(a) if the First Lien Collateral Agent shall desire to permit the use of “Cash Collateral” (as such term is defined in Section 363(a) of the Bankruptcy Code) or to permit the Borrower or any other Grantor to obtain financing under Section 363 or Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision in any Bankruptcy Law (“DIP Financing”), including if such DIP Financing is secured by Liens senior in priority to the Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations and/or First Lien Obligations, then the Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each applicable Second Lien Secured Party, agrees that it will raise no objection to, will not support any objection to, and will not otherwise contest such use of, Cash Collateral or DIP Financing (including any proposed orders for such Cash Collateral use and/or DIP Financing which are acceptable to the First Lien Collateral Agent) and will not request adequate protection or any other relief in connection therewith (except to the extent permitted by Section 6.2 or as otherwise consented to in writing by the First Lien Collateral Agent) and, to the extent the Liens securing the First Lien Obligation are subordinated or are pari passu with such DIP Financing, will subordinate its Liens in the Common Collateral and any other collateral to (i) the Liens granted in connection with such DIP Financing (and all obligations relating thereto); (ii) any adequate protection Liens granted to the First Lien Collateral Agent or the First Lien Secured Parties in respect of the First Lien Obligations, and (iii) any “carve-out” for professional and United States Trustee fees agreed to by the First Lien Collateral Agent, in each case, on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations are so subordinated to the First Priority Liens securing the First Lien Obligations; provided that the aggregate principal amount of (x) the DIP Financing, plus (y) the aggregate
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outstanding principal amount of First Lien Obligations constituting Indebtedness for borrowed money plus (z) the aggregate face amount of any letters of credit issued and not reimbursed under the First Lien Credit Agreement does not exceed the product of (i) the sum of (A) $2,060,000,000, plus (B) the aggregate principal amount of all Incremental Term Loans (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement), plus (C) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Commitments in respect of Incremental Revolving Facilities (each as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement), in the case of clauses (B) and (C), to the extent actually incurred (or in the case of any such Revolving Commitments, to the extent such commitments have actually become effective) in accordance with the terms of the First Lien Credit Agreement at such time, multiplied by (ii) 120%.
(b) none of them will object to, or otherwise contest (or support any other Person contesting), any motion for relief from the automatic stay or from any injunction against foreclosure, enforcement, or any other exercise of remedies, in respect of First Lien Obligations made by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Secured Party;
(c) none of them will object to, or otherwise contest (or support any other Person contesting), any motion or order pursuant to Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or other applicable Bankruptcy Law relating to a sale, liquidation or disposition of assets of the Borrower or any Grantor to which the First Lien Collateral Agent has consented that provides, to the extent that sale is to be free and clear of any Liens, claims, or encumbrances that the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations and the Second Lien Obligations will attach to the proceeds of any such sale with the same priority as the existing Liens, in accordance with this Agreement, and if requested by the First Lien Collateral Agent, the Second Lien Collateral Agent shall consent to the release of all Second Liens in connection with such sale or other disposition, including pursuant to Section 363(f) of the Bankruptcy Code; provided, however, that the Second Lien Secured Parties may assert any such objection to the proposed bidding and related procedures utilized in connection with such sale that could be asserted by an unsecured creditor (without limiting the foregoing, neither the Second Lien Collateral Agent nor any other Second Lien Secured Party may raise any objections based on rights afforded by Sections 363(e) and (f) of the Bankruptcy Code to secured creditors (or any comparable provisions of any other Bankruptcy Law) with respect to the Liens granted to such person in respect of such assets); and provided, further however, that the Second Lien Secured Parties are not deemed to have waived any rights to credit bid on the Common Collateral in any such sale or disposition in accordance with Section 363(k) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any comparable provisions of any other Bankruptcy Law), so long as any such credit bid provides for the immediate Discharge of First Lien Obligations;
(d) none of them will seek relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Common Collateral, the First Lien Collateral or any other collateral without the prior written consent of the First Lien Collateral Agent;
(e) none of them will object to, or otherwise contest (or support any other Person contesting), (i) any request by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Secured Party for adequate protection or (ii) any objection by the First Lien Collateral
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Agent or any First Lien Secured Party to any motion, relief, action, or proceeding based on the First Lien Collateral Agent’s or such First Lien Secured Party’s claiming a lack of adequate protection;
(f) none of them will assert or attempt to enforce any claim under Section 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision in any Bankruptcy Law) senior to or on a parity with the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any Common Collateral or First Lien Collateral;
(g) none of them will oppose or otherwise contest (or support any Person contesting) any lawful exercise by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Secured Party of the right to credit bid First Lien Obligations at any sale of Common Collateral or First Lien Collateral;
(h) none of them will challenge (or support any other Person challenging) the validity, enforceability, perfection or priority of the First Priority Liens on Common Collateral or First Lien Collateral or the amount or allowability of the First Lien Obligations (and the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Secured Parties agree not to challenge the validity, enforceability, perfection or priority of the Liens in favor of the Second Lien Collateral Agent and each other Second Lien Secured Party on the Common Collateral or the amount or allowability of the Second Lien Obligations in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, except to the extent otherwise set forth in this Agreement);
(i) to the extent that the First Lien Collateral Agent has also done so on behalf of the First Lien Secured Parties, each of them shall waive their rights to have any administrative claim arising under Sections 503(b) and 507(b) of the Bankruptcy Code attach to the proceeds of causes of action of the Grantors arising or enforceable under Sections 542, 543, 544, 545, 547, 548, 549, 550, 551, 553(b) or 724(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, and both of them agree that any superpriority administrative claim for adequate protection arising under Section 507(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise may be satisfied by cash or the issuance of a debt or equity security in an amount equal to the value on the effective date of such claim in connection with any Plan of Reorganization; and
(j) none of them shall seek to exercise any rights under Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to the Common Collateral and each of them waives any claim it may have against any First Lien Secured Party arising out of the election of any First Lien Secured Party of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision in any Bankruptcy Law) with respect to the Common Collateral.
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(1) provided that if the First Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of the First Lien Secured Parties has been granted in the Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding adequate protection in the form of an additional or replacement Lien and/or a superpriority administrative claim arising under Section 507(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise, any of them may freely seek and obtain relief granting, as applicable, a junior additional or replacement Lien co-extensive in all respects with, but subordinated to, all adequate protection Liens granted in the Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding to, or for the benefit of, the First Lien Secured Parties, and/or a junior superpriority administrative claim subordinated to all adequate protection superpriority administrative claims granted in the Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding to, or for the benefit of, the First Lien Secured Parties (and the First Lien Collateral Agent and the First Lien Secured Parties will not object to the granting of such a junior Lien or superpriority administrative claim);
(2) to the extent that any order of the Bankruptcy Court provides that the First Lien Secured Parties are entitled to receive adequate protection in the form of payments in the amount of current post-petition interest, incurred fees and/or expenses or other cash payments, or otherwise with the consent of the First Lien Collateral Agent, then the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Secured Parties shall not be prohibited from seeking adequate protection in the form of such payments in the amount of current post-petition interest, incurred fees and expenses or other cash payments in the applicable Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding; and
(3) any of them 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 First Lien Obligations.
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6.5 Reorganization Securities; No Waiver.
(a) Notwithstanding Section 4.2 hereof or any other provision of this Agreement, and regardless of whether a Discharge of First Lien Obligations shall occur in connection with a confirmed Plan of Reorganization, if in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, debt securities or obligations of the reorganized debtor secured by Liens upon any property of the reorganized debtor are distributed pursuant to such confirmed Plan of Reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring plan, both on account of First Lien Obligations and on account of Second Lien Obligations, then the Second Lien Secured Parties shall be permitted to receive and retain such debt securities or obligations of the Grantors to be distributed to them under any such confirmed Plan of Reorganization or other dispositive restructuring plan on account of or otherwise by virtue of the Second Lien Collateral (collectively, a “Plan Distribution”) so long as any Lien granted on the Common Collateral (or any other assets of a Grantor) to secure any Plan Distribution to the Second Lien Secured Parties shall be junior in priority to any Liens granted to secure any Plan Distribution to the First Lien Secured Parties under any such Plan of Reorganization or other dispositive restructuring plan on account of the First Lien Collateral to the same extent as the Liens securing the Second Lien Obligations are junior in priority to the Liens securing the First Lien Obligations hereunder and such Liens shall otherwise be subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement (or an analogous agreement). If, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, equity securities are distributed, pursuant to a plan of reorganization or similar dispositive restructuring plan, both on account of First Lien Obligations by virtue of the First Lien Collateral and on account of Second Lien Obligations by virtue of the Second Lien Collateral, then the priorities of such equity securities must be consistent with the provisions of this Agreement.
(b) Nothing contained herein shall prohibit or in any way limit the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First Lien Secured Party from objecting on any basis in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to any action taken by the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Secured Party, including the seeking by the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Secured Party of adequate protection or the assertion by any Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Secured Party of any of its rights and remedies under the Second Lien Documents or otherwise.
(a) Neither the Second Lien Collateral Agent nor any Second Lien Secured Party shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by the First Lien Collateral Agent or any First
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Lien Secured Party for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of First Lien Obligations consisting of post-petition interest, fees, or expenses, without regard to or otherwise taking into account the existence of the Lien of the Second Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties on the Common Collateral. Regardless of whether any such claim for post-petition interest, fees or expenses is allowed or allowable, and without limiting the generality of the other provisions of this Agreement, this Agreement expressly is intended to include and does include the “rule of explicitness” in that this Agreement expressly entitles the First Lien Secured Parties, and is intended to provide the First Lien Secured Parties with the right, to receive payment of all post-petition interest, fees or expenses through distributions made pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement whether or not such interest, fees and expenses are allowed or allowable against the bankruptcy estate of Holdings, the Borrower or any other Grantor under Section 502(b)(2) or Section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or under any other provision of the Bankruptcy Code or any other Bankruptcy Law.
(b) Provided that if the First Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of the First Lien Secured Parties has been granted an allowed claim in the applicable Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings for First Lien Obligations consisting of post-petition interest, fees, or expenses, neither the First Lien Collateral Agent nor any other First Lien Secured Party shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Secured Party for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of Second Lien Obligations consisting of post-petition interest, fees, or expenses, provided that (i) any claim by the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Secured Party is limited to the extent of the value of the Lien in favor of the Second Lien Secured Parties on the Common Collateral (after taking into account the value of the Lien in favor of the First Lien Secured Parties) and (ii) the allowed claim granted to the First Lien Secured Parties for post-petition interest, fees or expenses is in at least the same form as being requested by the Second Lien Secured Parties.
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and junior secured claims against the Borrower and the Grantors in respect of the Common Collateral, with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the Common Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose ignoring all claims held by the Second Lien Collateral Agent on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties), the First Lien Secured Parties shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts owing in respect of post-petition interest at the relevant contract rate, fees and expenses (even though such claims may or may not be allowed or allowable in whole or in part in the respective Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) before any distribution is made from the Common Collateral in respect of the claims held by the Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties, with the Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties, hereby acknowledging and agreeing to turn over to the holders of the First Lien Obligations all amounts otherwise received or receivable by them from the Common Collateral to the extent needed to effectuate the intent of this sentence even if such turnover of amounts has the effect of reducing the amount of the claim or recoveries of the Second Lien Secured Parties.
(a) Each of the First Lien Secured Parties and the Second Lien Secured Parties shall be entitled to vote as separate classes with respect to any Plan of Reorganization or arrangement in connection with any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, in a manner that is otherwise consistent with this Agreement.
(b) The First Lien Secured Parties and the Second Lien Secured Parties, in each case in such capacity, shall be entitled to vote to accept or reject any Plan of Reorganization in connection with any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding so long as such Plan of Reorganization is a Conforming Plan of Reorganization and shall be entitled to vote to reject any such Plan of Reorganization that is a Non-Conforming Plan of Reorganization; provided that the Second Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the other related Second Lien Secured Parties, agrees that none of the Second Lien Secured Parties, in such capacity, shall be entitled to vote or accept or take any other affirmative action to support any Non-Conforming Plan of Reorganization, in each instance other than with the prior written consent of the First Lien Collateral Agent or to the extent any such plan is proposed or supported by the number of First Lien Secured Parties required under Section 1126(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing or of the other provisions of this Agreement, any vote to accept, and any other act to support the confirmation or approval of, any Non-Conforming Plan of Reorganization by any Second Lien Secured Party, in such capacity,
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shall be inconsistent with, and accordingly a violation of, the terms of this Agreement, and the First Lien Collateral Agent shall be entitled (and is hereby authorized by the Second Lien Secured Parties) to have any such vote to accept, or any other support of, a Non-Conforming Plan of Reorganization withdrawn.
SECTION 7 Reliance; Waivers; etc.
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Grantor (including the Second Lien Documents), regardless of any knowledge thereof that they may have or be charged with. Except as expressly set forth in this Agreement, the First Lien Collateral Agent, the First Lien Secured Parties, the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Secured Parties have not otherwise made to each other, nor do they hereby make to each other, any warranties, express or implied, nor do they assume any liability to each other with respect to (a) the enforceability, validity, value or collectability of any of the Second Lien Obligations, the First Lien Obligations or any guarantee or security which may have been granted to any of them in connection therewith, (b) the Borrower or any Grantor’s title to or right to transfer any of the Common Collateral or (c) any other matter except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any First Lien Documents or any Second Lien Documents;
(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other terms of, all or any of the First Lien Obligations or Second Lien 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 the First Lien Credit Agreement or any other First Lien Document or of the terms of the Second Lien Credit Agreement or any other Second Lien Document;
(c) any exchange of any security interest in any Common Collateral or any other collateral, or any amendment, waiver or other modification, whether in writing or by course of conduct or otherwise, of all or any of the First Lien Obligations or Second Lien Obligations or any guarantee thereof;
(d) the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the Borrower or any other Grantor; or
(e) any other circumstances that otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, the Borrower or any other Grantor in respect of the First Lien Obligations or the Second Lien Obligations in respect of this Agreement.
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of lien subordination, and the First Lien Secured Parties may continue, at any time and without notice to the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Secured Party, to extend credit and other financial accommodations and lend monies to or for the benefit of the Borrower or any other Grantor constituting First Lien Obligations in reliance hereon. The terms of this Agreement shall survive, and shall continue in full force and effect, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
8.4 Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Borrower and the Subsidiaries. The First Lien Collateral Agent, the First Lien Secured Parties, the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Secured Parties shall each be responsible for keeping themselves informed of (a) the financial condition of the Borrower and the Grantors and all endorsers
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and/or guarantors of the First Lien Obligations or the Second Lien Obligations and (b) all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the First Lien Obligations or the Second Lien Obligations. The First Lien Collateral Agent, the First Lien Secured Parties, the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Secured Parties shall have no duty to advise any other party hereunder of information known to it or them regarding such condition or any such circumstances or otherwise. In the event that the First Lien Collateral Agent, any First Lien Secured Party, the Second Lien Collateral Agent or any Second Lien Secured Party, in its or their sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any such information to any other party, it or they shall be under no obligation (w) to make, and the First Lien Collateral Agent, the First Lien Secured Parties, the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Second Lien Secured Parties shall not make, any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness or validity of any such information so provided, (x) to provide any additional information or to provide any such information on any subsequent occasion, (y) to undertake any investigation or (z) to disclose any information that, pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance practices, such party wishes to maintain confidential or is otherwise required to maintain confidential.
8.7 Consent to Jurisdiction; Waivers. The parties hereto consent to the jurisdiction of any state or federal court located in New York, New York, and consent that all service of process may be made by registered mail directed to such party as provided in Section 8.8 for such party. Service so made shall be deemed to be completed three days after the same shall be posted as aforesaid. The parties hereto waive any objection to any action instituted hereunder in any such court based on forum non conveniens, and any objection to the venue of any action instituted hereunder in any such court. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED ON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT, OR ANY COURSE OF CONDUCT, COURSE OF DEALING, VERBAL OR WRITTEN STATEMENT OR ACTION OF ANY PARTY HERETO IN CONNECTION WITH THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF.
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8.10 Governing Law. This Agreement has been delivered and accepted at and shall be deemed to have been made at New York, New York and shall be interpreted, and the rights and liabilities of the parties bound hereby determined, in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
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Borrower or any other Grantor to pay the First Lien Obligations and the Second Lien Obligations as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms.
8.21 Intercreditor Agreements. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, each party hereto agrees that the First Lien Secured Parties (as among themselves) may enter into intercreditor agreements (or similar arrangements) governing the rights, benefits and privileges as among the First Lien Secured Parties in respect of the Common Collateral, this Agreement and the other First Lien Documents, including as to application of proceeds of the Common Collateral, voting rights, control of the Common Collateral and waivers with respect to the Common Collateral, in each case so long as the terms thereof do not violate or conflict with the provisions of this Agreement or the First Lien Documents. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, each party hereto agrees that the Second Lien Secured Parties (as among themselves) may enter into intercreditor agreements (or similar arrangements) governing the rights, benefits and privileges as among the Second Lien Secured Parties in respect of the Common Collateral, this Agreement and the other Second Lien Documents, including as to application of proceeds of the Common Collateral, voting rights, control of the Common Collateral and waivers with respect to the Common Collateral, in each case so long as the terms thereof do not violate or conflict with the provisions of this Agreement or the Second Lien Documents. In any event, if a respective intercreditor agreement (or similar arrangement) exists, the provisions thereof shall not be (or be construed to be) an amendment, modification or other change to this Agreement or any other First Lien Security Document or Second Lien Security Document, and the provisions of this Agreement and the other First Lien Security Documents and Second Lien Security Documents shall remain in full force and effect in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof (as such provisions may be amended, modified or otherwise supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof, including to give effect to any intercreditor agreement (or similar arrangement)). The provisions of this Agreement are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the First Lien Secured Parties on the one hand and the Second Lien Secured Parties on the other hand.
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or proceeding, including as evidence of any of the parties’ intent or interpretation of this Agreement.
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BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as First Lien Collateral Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Its Duly Authorized Signatory |
Notice Address:
Bank of America, N.A.
ATTN: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
000 Xxxx Xx. 00xx Xx
XX0-000-00-00
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
TEL: 000-000-0000
FAX: 000-000-0000
EMAIL: xxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT]
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Second Lien Collateral Agent | ||
By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |
Its Duly Authorized Signatory |
Notice Address:
Bank of America, N.A.
ATTN: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
000 Xxxx Xx. 00xx Xx
XX0-000-00-00
Xxxxxx, XX 00000
TEL: 000-000-0000
FAX: 000-000-0000
EMAIL: xxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxx.xxx
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT]
CONSENT OF BORROWER AND GRANTORS
Dated: [ ], 2014
Reference is made to the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the date hereof between Bank of America, N.A., as First Lien Collateral Agent, and Bank of America, N.A., as Second Lien Collateral Agent, (such agreement as in effect on the date hereof, the “Intercreditor Agreement”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Intercreditor Agreement.
Each of the undersigned Grantors has read the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement and consents thereto. Each of the undersigned Grantors agrees not to take any action that would be contrary to the express provisions of the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement, agrees to abide by the requirements expressly applicable to it under the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement and agrees that, except as otherwise provided therein, no First Lien Secured Party or Second Lien Secured Party shall have any liability to any Grantor for acting in accordance with the provisions of the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien Documents or the Second Lien Documents. Each Grantor understands that the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement is for the sole benefit of the First Lien Secured Parties and the Second Lien Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns, and that such Grantor is not an intended beneficiary or third party beneficiary thereof.
Without limitation to the foregoing, each Grantor agrees to take such further action and to execute and deliver such additional documents and instruments (in recordable form, if requested) as the First Lien Collateral Agent or the Second Lien Collateral Agent (or any of their respective agents or representatives) may reasonably request to effectuate the terms of and the lien priorities contemplated by the Intercreditor Agreement.
This Consent shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York. Notices delivered to any Grantor pursuant to this Consent shall be delivered in accordance with the notice provisions set forth in the First Lien Credit Agreement.
KARMAN BUYER CORP., as the Borrower |
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KARMAN INTERMEDIATE CORP., as Holdings |
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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CONSENT OF BORROWER AND GRANTORS]
AGS HOLD CO., as Grantor |
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AGS ACQUISITION CO., as Grantor |
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ADVANTAGE SALES & MARKETING INC., as Grantor |
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ADVANTAGE SALES & MARKETING LLC, as Grantor |
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ADVANTAGE SALES LLC, as Grantor |
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Title: |
EVENTUS MARKETING LLC, as Grantor |
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[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CONSENT OF BORROWER AND GRANTORS]
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Title: |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CONSENT OF BORROWER AND GRANTORS]
TRI-VENTURE MARKETING LLC, as Grantor |
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IN-STORE OPPORTUNITIES LLC, as Grantor |
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PROGRAM SALES LLC, as Grantor |
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ADVANTAGE WAYPOINT LLC, as Grantor |
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[ASM SUB LLC], as Grantor |
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Title: |
[SIGNATURE PAGE TO CONSENT OF BORROWER AND GRANTORS]