Exhibit 10.9
PARENT GUARANTEE AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT
dated and effective as of
April 6, 2004,
between
BCP CAYLUX HOLDINGS LUXEMBOURG S.C.A.
and
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH,
as Collateral Agent
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ARTICLE I. Definitions..............................................................................1
SECTION 1.01 Credit Agreement...................................................................1
SECTION 1.02 Other Defined Terms................................................................1
ARTICLE II. Guarantee................................................................................3
SECTION 2.01 Guarantee..........................................................................3
SECTION 2.02 Guarantee of Payment...............................................................3
SECTION 2.03 No Limitations, etc................................................................4
SECTION 2.04 Reinstatement......................................................................6
SECTION 2.05 Agreement to Pay; Subrogation......................................................6
SECTION 2.06 Information........................................................................6
SECTION 2.07 Demand.............................................................................6
ARTICLE III. Pledge...................................................................................7
SECTION 3.01 Pledge.............................................................................7
SECTION 3.02 Delivery of the Collateral.........................................................7
SECTION 3.03 Representations, Warranties and Covenants..........................................7
SECTION 3.04 [Reserved].........................................................................8
SECTION 3.05 Registration in Nominee Name; Denominations........................................8
SECTION 3.06 Voting Rights; Dividends and Interest, etc.........................................9
ARTICLE IV. Remedies................................................................................10
SECTION 4.01 Remedies Upon Default.............................................................10
SECTION 4.02 Application of Proceeds...........................................................12
SECTION 4.03 Securities Act, etc...............................................................12
SECTION 4.04 Registration, etc.................................................................13
ARTICLE V. Subordination...........................................................................13
SECTION 5.01 Subordination.....................................................................13
ARTICLE VI. Miscellaneous...........................................................................14
SECTION 6.01 Notices...........................................................................14
SECTION 6.02 Security Interest Absolute........................................................14
SECTION 6.03 [Reserved]........................................................................14
SECTION 6.04 Binding Effect....................................................................14
SECTION 6.05 Successors and Assigns............................................................14
SECTION 6.06 Collateral Agent's Fees and Expenses; Indemnification.............................15
SECTION 6.07 Collateral Agent Appointed Attorney-in-Fact.......................................15
SECTION 6.08 GOVERNING LAW.....................................................................16
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SECTION 6.09 Waivers; Amendment................................................................16
SECTION 6.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL..............................................................16
SECTION 6.11 Severability......................................................................17
SECTION 6.12 Counterparts......................................................................17
SECTION 6.13 Headings..........................................................................17
SECTION 6.14 Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process.......................................17
SECTION 6.15 Termination or Release............................................................18
(ii)
PARENT GUARANTEE AND PLEDGE AGREEMENT dated and effective as of April
6, 2004 (this "AGREEMENT"), between BCP CAYLUX HOLDINGS LUXEMBOURG S.C.A.
("PARENT"), and DEUTSCHE BANK AG,
NEW YORK BRANCH, as Collateral Agent (in such
capacity, the "COLLATERAL AGENT") for the Secured Creditors (as defined below).
Reference is made to the Credit Agreement dated as of March [15], 2004
(as amended, supplemented, waived, refinanced or otherwise modified from time to
time, the "CREDIT AGREEMENT"), among BCP CRYSTAL HOLDINGS LTD. 2 ("HOLDINGS"),
Parent, CELANESE AMERICAS CORPORATION ("CAC"), certain subsidiaries of Parent
from time to time party thereto as borrowers under the Revolving Facility
provided for therein (the "SUBSIDIARY REVOLVING BORROWERS"), the Lenders party
thereto from time to time (the "LENDERS"), XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC.,
as global coordinator, DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST AG,
NEW YORK BRANCH, as
administrative agent and as collateral agent for the CA Lenders, and DEUTSCHE
BANK SECURITIES INC. and XXXXXX XXXXXXX SENIOR FUNDING, INC., as joint lead
arrangers.
The obligations of the Lenders to extend credit under the Credit
Agreement are conditioned upon, among other things, the execution and delivery
of this Agreement. Parent is a parent, direct or indirect, of CAC and the other
Subsidiary Revolving Borrowers, if any (collectively, the "SPECIFIED
BORROWERS"), will derive substantial benefits from the extension of credit to
itself and the Specified Borrowers pursuant to the Credit Agreement and is
willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in order to induce the Lenders to
extend such credit. Accordingly, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01 CREDIT AGREEMENT. (a) Capitalized terms used in this
Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the respective meanings assigned
thereto in the Credit Agreement. All terms defined in the
New York UCC (as
defined herein) and not defined in this Agreement have the meanings specified
therein.
(b) The rules of construction specified in Section 1.02 of the
Credit Agreement also apply to this Agreement.
SECTION 1.02 OTHER DEFINED TERMS. As used in this Agreement, the
following terms have the meanings specified below:
"AGREEMENT TERMINATION DATE" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 6.15.
"APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 4.03.
"CAC LOAN AGREEMENT" shall mean the Intercompany Loan Agreement dated
as of April 6, 2004 between Parent and CAC pursuant to which the CAC Loans are
being made.
"CAC NOTE DOCUMENTS" means the CAC Note and the CAC Loan Agreement.
"COLLATERAL" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
"CREDIT AGREEMENT" has the meaning assigned to such term in the
preliminary statement of this Agreement.
"FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS" has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 4.03.
"GUARANTEED CREDITOR" means each Creditor to the extent it holds
Guaranteed Obligations.
"GUARANTEED OBLIGATIONS" means all Obligations owing by each of the
Specified Borrowers.
"LENDERS" has the meaning assigned such term in the preliminary
statement of this Agreement.
"LOAN DOCUMENT OBLIGATIONS" means (a) the due and punctual payment by
each Borrower of (i) the unpaid principal of and interest (including interest
accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or
other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such
proceeding) on the Loans made to such Borrower, when and as due, whether at
maturity, by acceleration, upon one or more dates set for prepayment or
otherwise, (ii) each payment required to be made by such Borrower under the
Credit Agreement in respect of any Letter of Credit, when and as due, including
payments in respect of reimbursement of disbursements, interest thereon
(including interest accruing during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or other similar proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or
allowable in such proceeding) and obligations to provide cash collateral and
(iii) all other monetary obligations of such Borrower to any of the Secured
Parties under the Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents (other
than this Agreement), including obligations to pay fees, expense and
reimbursement obligations and indemnification obligations, whether primary,
secondary, direct, contingent, fixed or otherwise (including interest accruing
during the pendency of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or other similar
proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such proceeding) and
(b) the due and punctual performance of all other obligations of each Borrower
under or pursuant to the Credit Agreement and each of the other Loan Documents
(other than this Agreement).
"
NEW YORK UCC" means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time
in effect in the State of
New York.
"NOTICED EVENT OF DEFAULT" means any Event of Default as to which the
Administrative Agent has given Parent written notice that (i) such Event of
Default constitutes a Noticed Event of Default and (ii) to the extent such
notice may be given without violation of applicable law, the Collateral Agent
intends, as a result of such Event of Default (alone or among others), to
exercise its remedies hereunder, provided that an Event of Default under Section
7.01(h) or (i) of the Credit Agreement shall in any event constitute a Noticed
Event of Default.
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"OBLIGATIONS" means (a) the Loan Document Obligations, (b) the due and
punctual payment and performance of all obligations of Parent owing to the
Secured Creditors under and pursuant to this Agreement, (c) the due and punctual
payment and performance of all obligations of each Borrower under each Swap
Agreement that (i) is in effect on the Closing Date with a counterparty that is
a Lender or an Affiliate of a Lender as of the Closing Date or (ii) is entered
into after the Closing Date with any counterparty that is a Lender or an
Affiliate of a Lender at the time such Swap Agreement is entered into, and (d)
the due and punctual payment and performance of all obligations of each Borrower
and any of its subsidiaries in respect of overdrafts and related liabilities
owed to a Lender or any of its Affiliates and arising from cash management
services (including treasury, depository, overdraft, credit or debit card,
electronic funds transfer and other cash management arrangements).
"PERMITTED LIENS" means Liens permitted under Section 6.02 of the
Credit Agreement.
"PLEDGED SECURITIES" means any stock certificates or other certified
securities, now or hereafter included in the Collateral, including all
certificates, instruments or other documents representing or evidencing any
Collateral.
"PLEDGED STOCK" has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.01.
"SECURED CREDITORS" means (a) the Lenders (and any Affiliate of a
Lender to which any obligation referred to in clause (d) of the definition of
the term "Obligations" is owed), (b) the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent, (c) each Issuing Bank, (d) each counterparty to any Swap Agreement
entered into with a Borrower the obligations under which constitute Obligations,
(e) the Lenders (and any Affiliates thereof) that are beneficiaries of
indemnification obligations undertaken by any Borrower under any Loan Document
and (f) the successors and permitted assigns of each of the foregoing.
"SPECIFIED BORROWERS" has the meaning assigned to such term in the
preliminary statement of this Agreement.
ARTICLE II.
GUARANTEE
SECTION 2.01 GUARANTEE. Parent unconditionally guarantees, as a
primary obligor and not merely as a surety, the due and punctual payment and
performance of the Guaranteed Obligations. Parent further agrees that the
Guaranteed Obligations may be extended or renewed, in whole or in part, without
notice to or further assent from it, and that it will remain bound upon its
guarantee notwithstanding any extension or renewal of any Guaranteed Obligation.
Parent waives presentment to, demand of payment from and protest to any Borrower
of any of the Guaranteed Obligations, and also waives notice of acceptance of
its guarantee and notice of protest for nonpayment.
SECTION 2.02 GUARANTEE OF PAYMENT. Parent further agrees that its
guarantee hereunder constitutes a guarantee of payment when due and not of
collection, and waives any right to require that any resort be had by the
Collateral Agent or any other Guaranteed Creditor
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to any security held for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations or to any
balance of any deposit account or credit on the books of the Collateral Agent or
any other Guaranteed Creditor in favor of any Borrower or any other person.
SECTION 2.03 NO LIMITATIONS, ETC. (a) Except for termination of
Parent's obligations hereunder as expressly provided for in Section 6.15, the
obligations of Parent hereunder shall not be subject to any reduction,
limitation, impairment or termination for any reason, including any claim of
waiver, release, surrender, alteration or compromise, and shall not be subject
to any defense or setoff, counterclaim, recoupment or termination whatsoever by
reason of the invalidity, illegality or unenforceability of the Guaranteed
Obligations or otherwise. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
obligations of Parent hereunder shall not be discharged or impaired or otherwise
affected by:
(i) the failure of any Agent or any other Guaranteed Creditor to
assert any claim or demand or to exercise or enforce any right or remedy
under the provisions of any Loan Document or otherwise;
(ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment or modification of, or any
release from any of the terms or provisions of, any Loan Document or any
other agreement;
(iii) the failure to perfect any security interest in, or the
exchange, substitution, release or any impairment of, any security held by
the Collateral Agent or any other Guaranteed Creditor for the Guaranteed
Obligations;
(iv) any default, failure or delay, willful or otherwise, in the
performance of the Obligations;
(v) any other act or omission that may or might in any manner or
to any extent vary the risk of Parent or otherwise operate as a discharge
of Parent as a matter of law or equity (other than the indefeasible payment
in full in cash of all the Guaranteed Obligations);
(vi) any illegality, lack of validity or enforceability of any
Guaranteed Obligation;
(vii) any change in the corporate existence, structure or ownership
of any Loan Party, or any insolvency, bankruptcy, reorganization or other
similar proceeding affecting any Loan Party or its assets or any resulting
release or discharge of any Guaranteed Obligation;
(viii) the existence of any claim, set-off or other rights that
Parent may have at any time against any Loan Party, any Agent, or any other
corporation or person, whether in connection herewith or any unrelated
transactions, provided that nothing herein will prevent the assertion of
any such claim by separate suit or compulsory counterclaim;
(ix) any law, regulation, decree or order of any jurisdiction, or
any other event, affecting any term of any Guaranteed Obligation or the
Collateral Agent's rights with respect thereto, including, without
limitation:
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(A) the application of any such law, regulation, decree or
order, including any prior approval, which would prevent the exchange
of a foreign currency for Dollars or such other currency in which any
of the Guaranteed Obligations are due, or the remittance of funds
outside of such jurisdiction or the unavailability of Dollars or such
other currency in any legal exchange market in such jurisdiction in
accordance with normal commercial practice; or
(B) a declaration of banking moratorium or any suspension
of payments by banks in such jurisdiction or the imposition by such
jurisdiction or any governmental authority thereof of any moratorium
on, the required rescheduling or restructuring of, or required
approval of payments on, any indebtedness in such jurisdiction; or
(C) any expropriation, confiscation, nationalization or
requisition by such country or any governmental authority that
directly or indirectly deprives any Borrower of any assets or their
use, or of the ability to operate its business or a material part
thereof; or
(D) any war (whether or not declared), insurrection,
revolution, hostile act, civil strife or similar events occurring in
such jurisdiction which has the same effect as the events described in
clause (A), (B) or (C) above (in each of the cases contemplated in
clauses (A) through (D) above, to the extent occurring or existing on
or at any time after the date of this Agreement); and
(x) any other circumstance (including, without limitation, any
statute of limitations) or any existence of or reliance on any
representation by the Collateral Agent that might otherwise constitute a
defense to, or a legal or equitable discharge of, any Loan Party or Parent
or any other guarantor or surety.
Parent expressly authorizes any Guaranteed Creditor to take and hold
security for the payment and performance of the Guaranteed Obligations, to
exchange, waive or release any or all such security (with or without
consideration), to enforce or apply such security and direct the order and
manner of any sale thereof in their sole discretion or to release or substitute
any one or more other guarantors or obligors upon or in respect of the
Guaranteed Obligations, all without affecting the obligations of Parent
hereunder.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, with respect to any
Guaranteed Obligations that, in accordance with the express terms of any
agreement pursuant to which such Guaranteed Obligations were created, were
denominated in Dollars or any currency other than the currency of the
jurisdiction where a Specified Borrower is principally located, Parent
guarantees that it shall pay the Collateral Agent strictly in accordance with
the express terms of such agreement, including in the amounts and in the
currency expressly agreed to thereunder, irrespective of and without giving
effect to any laws of the jurisdiction where a Specified Borrower is principally
located in effect from time to time, or any order, decree or regulation in the
jurisdiction where a Borrower is principally located.
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(b) To the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Parent
waives any defense based on or arising out of any defense of any Specified
Borrower or other Loan Party or the unenforceability of the Guaranteed
Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any cause
of the liability of any Specified Borrower or other Loan Party, other than the
indefeasible payment in full in cash of all the Guaranteed Obligations. The
Collateral Agent and the other Guaranteed Creditors may, at their election,
foreclose on any security held by one or more of them by one or more judicial or
nonjudicial sales, accept an assignment of any such security in lieu of
foreclosure, compromise or adjust any part of the Guaranteed Obligations, make
any other accommodation with any Specified Borrower or exercise any other right
or remedy available to them against any Specified Borrower, without affecting or
impairing in any way the liability of Parent hereunder except to the extent the
Guaranteed Obligations have been fully and indefeasibly paid in full in cash. To
the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, Parent waives any defense
arising out of any such election even though such election operates, pursuant to
applicable law, to impair or to extinguish any right of reimbursement or
subrogation or other right or remedy of Parent against any Specified Borrower,
as the case may be, or any security.
SECTION 2.04 REINSTATEMENT. Parent agrees that its guarantee hereunder
shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, if at any
time payment, or any part thereof, of any Guaranteed Obligation is rescinded or
must otherwise be restored by the Administrative Agent or any other Guaranteed
Creditor upon the bankruptcy or reorganization of any Specified Borrower, any
other Loan Party or otherwise.
SECTION 2.05 AGREEMENT TO PAY; SUBROGATION. In furtherance of the
foregoing and not in limitation of any other right that the Collateral Agent or
any other Guaranteed Creditor has at law or in equity against Parent by virtue
hereof, upon the failure of any Specified Borrower to pay any Guaranteed
Obligation when and as the same shall become due, whether at maturity, by
acceleration, after notice of prepayment or otherwise, Parent hereby promises to
and will forthwith pay, or cause to be paid, to the Collateral Agent for
distribution to the applicable Guaranteed Creditors in cash the amount of such
unpaid Guaranteed Obligation. Upon payment by Parent of any sums to the
Collateral Agent as provided above, all rights of Parent against such Specified
Borrower or any other Loan Party arising as a result thereof by way of right of
subrogation, contribution, reimbursement, indemnity or otherwise shall in all
respects be subject to Article V.
SECTION 2.06 INFORMATION. Parent assumes all responsibility for being
and keeping itself informed of the financial condition and assets of each
Specified Borrower and the other Loan Parties, and of all other circumstances
bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Guaranteed Obligations and the
nature, scope and extent of the risks that Parent assumes and incurs hereunder,
and agrees that none of the Collateral Agent or the other Guaranteed Creditors
will have any duty to advise Parent of information known to it or any of them
regarding such circumstances or risks.
SECTION 2.07 DEMAND. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof,
demand may only be made under the Guarantee provided in this Article II by the
Collateral Agent.
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ARTICLE III.
PLEDGE
SECTION 3.01 PLEDGE. As security for the payment or performance, as
the case may be, in full of the Obligations, Parent hereby assigns and pledges
to the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the
Secured Creditors, and hereby grants to the Collateral Agent, its successors and
assigns, for the benefit of the Secured Creditors, a security interest in all of
Pledgor's right, title and interest in, to and under (a)(i) the CAC Loans and
(ii) each and every CAC Note Document; (b) all Equity Interests of US Holdco
directly owned by it and any certificates representing all such Equity Interests
(the "PLEDGED STOCK"); PROVIDED that the Pledged Stock shall not include to the
extent applicable law requires that US Holdco issue directors' qualifying
shares, such shares or nominee or other similar shares; (c) subject to Section
3.06, all payments of principal or interest, dividends, cash, instruments and
other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed
in respect of, in exchange for or upon the conversion of, and all other proceeds
received in respect of, the securities, instruments and agreements referred to
in clause (a) and (b) above; (d) subject to Section 3.06, all rights and
privileges of Parent with respect to the securities, instruments and agreements
referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above; and (e) all proceeds of any of the
foregoing (the items referred to in clauses (a) through (d) above being
collectively referred to as the "COLLATERAL").
TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Collateral, together with all right, title,
interest, powers, privileges and preferences pertaining or incidental thereto,
unto the Collateral Agent, its successors and assigns, for the benefit of the
Secured Creditors, forever; SUBJECT, HOWEVER, to the terms, covenants and
conditions hereinafter set forth.
SECTION 3.02 DELIVERY OF THE COLLATERAL. (a) Parent agrees promptly to
deliver or cause to be delivered to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
Secured Creditors, the CAC Note and the Pledged Stock.
(b) Upon delivery to the Collateral Agent, (a) each of (i) the CAC
Note and (ii) the Pledged Stock shall be accompanied, in each case, by a note
collateral assignment and stock powers, as applicable, duly executed in blank or
other instruments of transfer reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent
and by such other instruments and documents as the Collateral Agent may
reasonably request and (ii) all other property composing part of the Collateral
delivered pursuant to the terms of this Agreement shall be accompanied to the
extent necessary to perfect the security interest in or allow realization on the
Collateral by proper instruments of assignment duly executed by the Guarantor
and such other instruments or documents as the Collateral Agent may reasonably
request.
SECTION 3.03 REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS. Parent
represents, warrants and covenants to and with the Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the Secured Creditors, that:
(a) the CAC Note and the Pledged Stock have been duly and validly
authorized and issued by the issuer thereof and (i) in the case of the
Pledged Stock, is fully paid and nonassessable and (ii) in the case of the
CAC Note, is the legal, valid and
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binding obligation of the issuer thereof, subject to (i) the effects of
bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium, reorganization, fraudulent conveyance
or other similar laws affecting creditors' rights generally, (ii) general
principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforceability is
considered in a proceeding in equity or at law) and (iii) implied covenants
of good faith and fair dealing;
(b) except for the security interests granted hereunder, Parent
(i) is and will continue to be the direct owner, beneficially and of
record, of the CAC Note and the Pledged Stock, (ii) holds the same free and
clear of all Liens, other than Permitted Liens, (iii) will make no
assignment, pledge, hypothecation or transfer of, or create or permit to
exist any security interest in or other Lien on, the Collateral, other than
pursuant to a transaction permitted by the Credit Agreement and other than
Permitted Liens and (iv) will defend its title or interest hereto or
therein against any and all Liens (other than Permitted Liens), however
arising, of all persons;
(c) except for restrictions and limitations imposed by the Loan
Documents or securities laws generally or otherwise permitted to exist
pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, the Collateral is and will
continue to be freely transferable and assignable, and none of the
Collateral is or will be subject to any option, right of first refusal,
shareholders agreement, charter or by-law provisions or contractual
restriction of any nature that might, in any material respect, prohibit,
impair, delay or adversely affect the pledge of such Collateral hereunder,
the sale or disposition thereof pursuant hereto or the exercise by the
Collateral Agent of rights and remedies hereunder;
(d) Parent has the power and authority to pledge the Collateral
pledged by it hereunder in the manner hereby done or contemplated;
(e) no consent or approval of any Governmental Authority, any
securities exchange or any other person was or is necessary to the validity
of the pledge effected hereby (other than such as have been obtained and
are in full force and effect);
(f) by virtue of the execution and delivery by Parent of this
Agreement, when the CAC Note and the Pledged Stock are delivered to the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Creditors, in accordance
with this Agreement, the Collateral Agent will obtain, for the benefit of
the Secured Creditors, a legal, valid and perfected first priority lien
upon and security interest in the CAC Note Documents and the Pledged Stock
as security for the payment and performance of the Obligations; and
(g) the pledge effected hereby is effective to vest in the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Creditors, the rights of
the Collateral Agent in the Collateral as set forth herein.
SECTION 3.04 [Reserved].
SECTION 3.05 REGISTRATION IN NOMINEE NAME; DENOMINATIONS. The
Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Secured Creditors, shall have the right (in
its sole and absolute discretion) to hold the Collateral in the name of Parent,
endorsed or assigned in blank or in favor of the Collateral Agent or, if an
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, in its
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own name as pledgee or the name of its nominee (as pledgee or as sub-agent).
Parent will promptly give to the Collateral Agent copies of any notices or other
communications received by it with respect to the Collateral registered in the
name of Parent. If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
the Collateral Agent shall have the right to exchange the certificates
representing the Collateral for certificates of smaller or larger denominations
for any purpose consistent with this Agreement.
SECTION 3.06 VOTING RIGHTS; DIVIDENDS AND INTEREST, ETC. (a) Unless
and until a Noticed Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:
(i) Parent shall be entitled to exercise any and all voting and/or
other consensual rights and powers inuring to an owner of Pledged Stock or
any part thereof for any purpose consistent with the terms of this
Agreement, the Credit Agreement and the other Loan Documents; PROVIDED that
such rights and powers shall not be exercised in any manner that could
reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the rights
inuring to a holder of any Pledged Stock, the rights and remedies of any of
the Collateral Agent or the other Secured Creditors under this Agreement,
the Credit Agreement or any other Loan Document or the ability of the
Secured Parties to exercise the same;
(ii) The Collateral Agent shall promptly execute and deliver to
Parent, or cause to be executed and delivered to Parent, all such proxies,
powers of attorney and other instruments as Parent may reasonably request
for the purpose of enabling Parent to exercise the voting and/or consensual
rights and powers it is entitled to exercise pursuant to subparagraph (ii)
above; and
(iii) Parent shall be entitled to receive and retain any and all
dividends, interest and other distributions (but not any principal) paid on
or distributed in respect of the Collateral to the extent and only to the
extent that such dividends, interest and other distributions are permitted
by, and otherwise paid or distributed in accordance with, the terms and
conditions of the CAC Note, the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents
and applicable laws; PROVIDED that any noncash dividends, interest or other
distributions that constitute Collateral, (whether received in exchange for
the Collateral or any part thereof, or in redemption thereof, or as a
result of any merger, consolidation, acquisition or other exchange of
assets to which such issuer may be a party or otherwise) shall be and
become part of the Collateral, and, if received by Parent, shall not be
commingled by Parent with any of its other funds or property but shall be
held separate and apart therefrom, shall be held in trust for the benefit
of the Collateral Agent pursuant to a trust under
New York law (which trust
is hereby created and agreed to), for the benefit of the Secured Creditors,
and shall be forthwith delivered to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit
of the Secured Creditors, in the same form as so received (accompanied by
stock powers duly executed in blank or other appropriate instruments of
transfer reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent).
(b) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Noticed
Event of Default, all rights of Parent to dividends, interest, principal or
other distributions that Parent is authorized to receive pursuant to paragraph
(a)(iv) of this Section 3.06 shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon
become vested, for the benefit of the Secured Creditors, in the Collateral
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Agent which shall have the sole and exclusive right and authority to receive and
retain all dividends, interest, principal or other distributions. All dividends,
interest, principal or other distributions received by Parent contrary to the
provisions of this Section 3.06 shall not be commingled by Parent with any of
its other funds or property but shall be held separate and apart therefrom,
shall be held in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, for the ratable
benefit of the Secured Creditors, and shall be forthwith delivered to the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Creditors, in the same form as
so received (accompanied by stock powers duly executed in blank or other
appropriate instruments of transfer reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral
Agent). Any and all money and other property paid over to or received by the
Collateral Agent pursuant to the provisions of this paragraph (b) shall be
retained by the Collateral Agent in an account to be established by the
Collateral Agent upon receipt of such money or other property and shall be
applied in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.02. After all Events of
Default have been cured or waived and Parent has delivered to the Collateral
Agent a certificate to that effect, the Collateral Agent shall promptly repay to
Parent (without interest) all distributions that Parent would otherwise have
been permitted to retain pursuant to the terms of paragraph (a)(iv) of this
Section 3.06 and that remain in such account.
(c) Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Noticed
Event of Default, the rights of Parent under paragraph (a)(iv) of this Section
3.06 shall cease, and all such rights shall thereupon become vested in the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Creditors, which shall have the
sole and exclusive right and authority to exercise such voting and consensual
rights and powers; PROVIDED that, unless otherwise directed by the Required
Lenders, the Collateral Agent shall have the right from time to time following
and during the continuance of an Event of Default to permit Parent to exercise
such rights. After all Noticed Events of Default have been cured or waived and
Parent has delivered to the Collateral Agent a certificate to that effect,
Parent shall have the right to exercise the voting and consensual rights and to
receive the amounts that Parent would otherwise be entitled to receive pursuant
to the terms of paragraph (a)(iv) above.
ARTICLE IV.
REMEDIES
SECTION 4.01 REMEDIES UPON DEFAULT. Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of a Noticed Event of Default, Parent agrees to deliver each item of
Collateral not then in the Collateral Agent's possession to the Collateral Agent
on demand, and it is agreed that the Collateral Agent shall have the right,
subject to the mandatory requirements of applicable law, to sell or otherwise
dispose of all or any part of the Collateral at a public or private sale or at
any broker's board or on any securities exchange, for cash, upon credit or for
future delivery as the Collateral Agent shall deem appropriate. The Collateral
Agent shall be authorized in connection with any sale of a security (if it deems
it advisable to do so) pursuant to the foregoing to restrict the prospective
bidders or purchasers to persons who represent and agree that they are
purchasing such security for their own account, for investment, and not with a
view to the distribution or sale thereof. Upon consummation of any such sale of
Collateral pursuant to this Section 4.01 the Collateral Agent shall have the
right to assign, transfer and deliver to the purchaser or purchasers thereof the
Collateral so sold. Each such purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property
sold absolutely, free from any claim or right on the part of Parent, and Parent
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hereby waives and releases (to the extent permitted by law) all rights of
redemption, stay, valuation and appraisal that Parent now has or may at any time
in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter
enacted.
The Collateral Agent shall give Parent 10 Business Days' written
notice (which Parent agrees is reasonable notice within the meaning of Section
9-612 of the
New York UCC or its equivalent in other jurisdictions) of the
Collateral Agent's intention to make any sale of Collateral. Such notice, in the
case of a public sale, shall state the time and place for such sale and, in the
case of a sale at a broker's board or on a securities exchange, shall state the
board or exchange at which such sale is to be made and the day on which the
Collateral, or portion thereof, will first be offered for sale at such board or
exchange. Any such public sale shall be held at such time or times within
ordinary business hours and at such place or places as the Collateral Agent may
fix and state in the notice (if any) of such sale. At any such sale, the
Collateral, or the portion thereof, to be sold may be sold in one lot as an
entirety or in separate parcels, as the Collateral Agent may (in its sole and
absolute discretion) determine. The Collateral Agent shall not be obligated to
make any sale of any Collateral if it shall determine not to do so, regardless
of the fact that notice of sale of such Collateral shall have been given. The
Collateral Agent may, without notice or publication, adjourn any public or
private sale or cause the same to be adjourned from time to time by announcement
at the time and place fixed for sale, and such sale may, without further notice,
be made at the time and place to which the same was so adjourned. In the case of
any sale of all or any part of the Collateral made on credit or for future
delivery, the Collateral so sold may be retained by the Collateral Agent until
the sale price is paid by the purchaser or purchasers thereof, but the
Collateral Agent shall not incur any liability in the event that any such
purchaser or purchasers shall fail to take up and pay for the Collateral so sold
and, in the case of any such failure, such Collateral may be sold again upon
notice given in accordance with provisions above. At any public (or, to the
extent permitted by law, private) sale made pursuant to this Section 4.01, any
Secured Party may bid for or purchase for cash, free (to the extent permitted by
law) from any right of redemption, stay, valuation or appraisal on the part of
Parent (all such rights being also hereby waived and released to the extent
permitted by law), the Collateral or any part thereof offered for sale and such
Secured Party may, upon compliance with the terms of sale, hold, retain and
dispose of such property in accordance with Section 4.02 hereof without further
accountability to Parent therefor. For purposes hereof, a written agreement to
purchase the Collateral or any portion thereof shall be treated as a sale
thereof; the Collateral Agent shall be free to carry out such sale pursuant to
such agreement and Parent shall not be entitled to the return of the Collateral
or any portion thereof subject thereto, notwithstanding the fact that after the
Collateral Agent shall have entered into such an agreement all Events of Default
shall have been remedied and the Obligations paid in full. As an alternative to
exercising the power of sale herein conferred upon it, the Collateral Agent may
proceed by a suit or suits at law or in equity to foreclose this Agreement and
to sell the Collateral or any portion thereof pursuant to a judgment or decree
of a court or courts having competent jurisdiction or pursuant to a proceeding
by a court-appointed receiver. Any sale pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 4.01 shall be deemed to conform to the commercially reasonable standards
as provided in Section 9-610(b) of the
New York UCC or its equivalent in other
jurisdictions.
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SECTION 4.02 APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS. The Collateral Agent shall
promptly apply the proceeds, moneys or balances of any collection or sale of
Collateral, as well as any Collateral consisting of cash, as follows:
FIRST, to the payment of all costs and expenses incurred by the
Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent in connection with such
collection or sale or otherwise in connection with this Agreement, any
other Loan Document or any of the Obligations, including all court costs
and the fees and expenses of its agents and legal counsel, the repayment of
all advances made by the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent
hereunder or under any other Loan Document on behalf of Parent and any
other costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any
right or remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document;
SECOND, to the payment in full of the Obligations (the amounts so
applied to be distributed among the Secured Creditors PRO RATA in
accordance with the respective amounts of the Obligations owed to them on
the date of any such distribution);
THIRD, to Parent, its successors or assigns, or as a court of
competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct.
The Collateral Agent shall have absolute discretion as to the time of
application of any such proceeds, moneys or balances in accordance with this
Agreement. Upon any sale of Collateral by the Collateral Agent (including
pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding),
the receipt of the purchase money by the Collateral Agent or of the officer
making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers
of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be
obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid over
to the Collateral Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the
misapplication thereof.
SECTION 4.03 SECURITIES ACT, ETC. In view of the position of Parent in
relation to the Collateral, or because of other current or future circumstances,
a question may arise under the United States Securities Act of 1933, as now or
hereafter in effect, or any similar federal statute hereafter enacted analogous
in purpose or effect (such Act and any such similar statute as from time to time
in effect being called the "FEDERAL SECURITIES LAWS") or other applicable or
regional securities statutes or regulations (together with the Federal
Securities Laws, the "APPLICABLE SECURITIES LAWS") with respect to any
disposition of the Collateral permitted hereunder. Parent understands that
compliance with the Federal Securities Laws might very strictly limit the course
of conduct of the Collateral Agent if the Collateral Agent were to attempt to
dispose of all or any part of the Collateral, and might also limit the extent to
which or the manner in which any subsequent transferee of any Collateral could
dispose of the same. Similarly, there may be other legal restrictions or
limitations affecting the Collateral Agent in any attempt to dispose of all or
part of the Collateral under other state or provincial securities laws or
similar laws analogous in purpose or effect. Parent acknowledges and agrees that
in light of such restrictions and limitations, the Collateral Agent, in its sole
and absolute discretion, (a) may proceed to make such a sale whether or not a
registration statement for the purpose of registering such Collateral or part
thereof shall have been filed under the Applicable Securities Laws or, to the
extent applicable, other state or provincial securities laws and (b) may
approach
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and negotiate with a single potential purchaser to effect such sale. Parent
acknowledges and agrees that any such sale might result in prices and other
terms less favorable to the seller than if such sale were a public sale without
such restrictions. In the event of any such sale, the Collateral Agent shall
incur no responsibility or liability for selling all or any part of the
Collateral at a price that the Collateral Agent, in its sole and absolute
discretion, may in good xxxxx xxxx reasonable under the circumstances,
notwithstanding the possibility that a substantially higher price might have
been realized if the sale were deferred until after registration as aforesaid or
if more than a single purchaser were approached. The provisions of this Section
4.03 will apply notwithstanding the existence of a public or private market upon
which the quotations or sales prices may exceed substantially the price at which
the Collateral Agent sells.
SECTION 4.04 REGISTRATION, ETC. Parent agrees that, upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, if for any reason
the Collateral Agent desires to sell any of the Collateral at a public sale, it
will, at any time and from time to time, upon the written request of the
Collateral Agent, use its commercially reasonable efforts to take or to cause
the issuer of such Collateral to take such action and prepare, distribute and/or
file such documents, as are required or advisable in the reasonable opinion of
counsel for the Collateral Agent to permit the public sale of such Collateral.
Parent further agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Administrative
Agent, each other Secured Creditors, any underwriter and their respective
officers, directors, affiliates and controlling persons from and against all
loss, liability, expenses, costs of counsel (including reasonable fees and
expenses of legal counsel to the Collateral Agent), and claims (including the
costs of investigation) that they may incur insofar as such loss, liability,
expense or claim arises out of or is based upon any alleged untrue statement of
a material fact contained in any prospectus (or any amendment or supplement
thereto) or in any notification or offering circular, or arises out of or is
based upon any alleged omission to state a material fact required to be stated
therein or necessary to make the statements in any thereof not misleading,
except insofar as the same may have been caused by any untrue statement or
omission based upon information furnished in writing to Parent or the issuer of
such Collateral by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Creditors expressly
for use therein. Parent further agrees, upon such written request referred to
above, to use its commercially reasonable efforts to qualify, file or register,
or cause the issuer of such Collateral to qualify, file or register, any of the
Collateral under the securities laws of such regions, nations, states or
provinces as may be reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent and keep
effective, or cause to be kept effective, all such qualifications, filings or
registrations. Parent will bear all costs and expenses of carrying out its
obligations under this Section 4.04. Parent acknowledges that there is no
adequate remedy at law for failure by it to comply with the provisions of this
Section 4.04 only and that such failure would not be adequately compensable in
damages and, therefore, agrees that its agreements contained in this Section
4.04 may be specifically enforced.
ARTICLE V.
SUBORDINATION
SECTION 5.01 SUBORDINATION. (a) Notwithstanding any provision of this
Agreement to the contrary, all rights of indemnity, contribution or subrogation
of Parent under applicable law or otherwise shall be fully subordinated to the
indefeasible payment in full in cash
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of the Obligations. No failure on the part of any Borrower or Parent to make the
payments required under applicable law or otherwise shall in any respect limit
the obligations and liabilities of Parent with respect to its obligations
hereunder, and Parent shall remain liable for the full amount of the obligations
of Parent hereunder.
(b) Parent hereby agrees that all Indebtedness and other monetary
obligations owed by it to any Specified Borrower or any Subsidiary shall be
fully subordinated to the indefeasible payment in full in cash of the
Obligations in the manner provided in Exhibit H to the Credit Agreement.
ARTICLE VI.
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 6.01 NOTICES. All communications and notices hereunder shall
(except as otherwise expressly permitted herein) be in writing and given as
provided in Section 9.01 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 6.02 SECURITY INTEREST ABSOLUTE. All rights of the Collateral
Agent hereunder, the security interest in the Collateral and all obligations of
Parent hereunder shall be absolute and unconditional irrespective of (a) any
lack of validity or enforceability of any Loan Document, any agreement with
respect to any of the Obligations or any other agreement or instrument relating
to any of the foregoing, (b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment
of, or in any other term of, all or any of the Obligations, or any other
amendment or waiver of or any consent to any departure from any Loan Document or
any other agreement or instrument, (c) any exchange, release or non-perfection
of any Lien on other collateral, or any release or amendment or waiver of or
consent under or departure from any guarantee, securing or guaranteeing all or
any of the Obligations or (d) any other circumstance that might otherwise
constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, Parent in respect of the
Obligations or this Agreement.
SECTION 6.03 [Reserved].
SECTION 6.04 BINDING EFFECT. This Agreement shall become effective as
to any party to this Agreement when a counterpart hereof executed on behalf of
such party shall have been delivered to the Collateral Agent and a counterpart
hereof shall have been executed on behalf of the Collateral Agent, and
thereafter shall be binding upon such party and the Collateral Agent and their
respective permitted successors and assigns, and shall inure to the benefit of
such party, the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Creditors and their
respective permitted successors and assigns, except that no party shall have the
right to assign or transfer its rights or obligations hereunder or any interest
herein or in the Collateral (and any such assignment or transfer shall be void)
except as expressly contemplated by this Agreement or the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 6.05 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. Whenever in this Agreement any of
the parties hereto is referred to, such reference shall be deemed to include the
permitted successors and assigns of such party; and all covenants, promises and
agreements by or on behalf of Parent
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or the Collateral Agent that are contained in this Agreement shall bind and
inure to the benefit of their respective permitted successors and assigns.
SECTION 6.06 COLLATERAL AGENT'S FEES AND EXPENSES; INDEMNIFICATION.
(a) The parties hereto agree that the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to
reimbursement of its expenses incurred hereunder as provided in Section 9.05 of
the Credit Agreement.
(b) Without limitation of its indemnification obligations under
the other Loan Documents, Parent agrees to indemnify the Collateral Agent and
the other Indemnitees (as defined in Section 9.05 of the Credit Agreement)
against, and hold each Indemnitee harmless from, any and all losses, claims,
damages, liabilities and related expenses, including reasonable counsel fees,
charges and disbursements, incurred by or asserted against any Indemnitee
arising out of, in connection with, or as a result of, (i) the execution,
delivery or performance of this Agreement or any other Loan Document or any
agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the performance by the
parties hereto and thereto of their respective obligations thereunder or the
consummation of the Transactions and other transactions contemplated hereby,
(ii) the use of proceeds of the Loans or the use of any Letter of Credit or
(iii) any claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding relating to any of the
foregoing, or to the Collateral, whether or not any Indemnitee is a party
thereto; PROVIDED that such indemnity shall not, as to any Indemnitee, be
available to the extent that such losses, claims, damages, liabilities or
related expenses result primarily from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of such Indemnitee treating for the purposes of this Section 6.06(b)
only any Secured Creditor and its Related Persons as a single Indemnitee).
(c) Any such amounts payable as provided hereunder shall be
additional Obligations hereunder. The provisions of this Section 6.06 shall
remain operative and in full force and effect regardless of the termination of
this Agreement or any other Loan Document, the consummation of the transactions
contemplated hereby, the repayment of any of the Obligations, the invalidity or
unenforceability of any term or provision of this Agreement or any other Loan
Document, or any investigation made by or on behalf of the Collateral Agent or
any other Secured Creditor. All amounts due under this Section 6.06 shall be
payable on written demand therefor accompanied by a reasonably detailed
computation of the amounts so to be paid).
SECTION 6.07 COLLATERAL AGENT APPOINTED ATTORNEY-IN-FACT. Parent
hereby appoints the Collateral Agent the attorney-in-fact of Parent for the
purpose, during the continuance of an Event of Default, of carrying out the
provisions of this Agreement and taking any action and executing any instrument
that the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or advisable to accomplish the
purposes hereof, which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an interest.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall
have the right, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a Noticed
Event of Default, with full power of substitution either in the Collateral
Agent's name or in the name of Parent, (a) to receive, endorse, assign or
deliver any and all notes, acceptances, checks, drafts, money orders or other
evidences of payment relating to the Collateral or any part thereof; (b) to
demand, collect, receive payment of, give receipt for and give discharges and
releases of all or any of the Collateral; (c) to ask for, demand, xxx for,
collect, receive and give acquittance for any and all moneys due or to become
due under and by virtue of any Collateral; (d) to commence and prosecute any and
all suits, actions or proceedings at law or in equity in any court of competent
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jurisdiction to collect or otherwise realize on all or any of the Collateral or
to enforce any rights in respect of any Collateral; (e) to settle, compromise,
compound, adjust or defend any actions, suits or proceedings relating to all or
any of the Collateral; and (f) to use, sell, assign, transfer, pledge, make any
agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with all or any of the Collateral,
and to do all other acts and things necessary to carry out the purposes of this
Agreement, as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the
absolute owner of the Collateral for all purposes; PROVIDED that nothing herein
contained shall be construed as requiring or obligating the Collateral Agent to
make any commitment or to make any inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of
any payment received by the Collateral Agent, or to present or file any claim or
notice, or to take any action with respect to the Collateral or any part thereof
or the moneys due or to become due in respect thereof or any property covered
thereby. The Collateral Agent and the other Secured Creditors shall be
accountable only for amounts actually received as a result of the exercise of
the powers granted to them herein, and neither they nor their officers,
directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to Parent for any act or
failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or willful
misconduct.
SECTION 6.08 GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND
OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK.
SECTION 6.09 WAIVERS; AMENDMENT. (a) No failure or delay by the
Collateral Agent, any Issuing Bank or any Lender in exercising any right, power
or remedy hereunder or under any other Loan Document shall operate as a waiver
thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or
remedy, or any abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right,
power or remedy, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise
of any other right, power or remedy. The rights, powers and remedies of the
Collateral Agent and the Lenders hereunder and under the other Loan Documents
are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights, powers or remedies that they
would otherwise have. No waiver of any provision of this Agreement or consent to
any departure by Parent therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the
same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section 6.09, and then such
waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the
purpose for which given. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the
making available of any credit under any Loan Document shall not be construed as
a waiver of any Default or Event of Default, regardless of whether the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank may
have had notice or knowledge of such Default or Event of Default at the time. No
notice or demand on any Loan Party in any case shall entitle any Loan Party to
any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived,
amended or modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing
entered into by the Collateral Agent and Parent. The Collateral Agent will only
agree to any such amendment, modification or waiver if it has received the
consent thereto, if any, required by Section 9.08 of the Credit Agreement.
SECTION 6.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO
THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
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LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION
DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF, UNDER OR IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER FINANCING DOCUMENTS. EACH PARTY HERETO (A) CERTIFIES THAT
NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED,
EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF
LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT
AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY,
AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION 6.10.
SECTION 6.11 SEVERABILITY. In the event any one or more of the
provisions contained in this Agreement or in any other Loan Document should be
held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity, legality
and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and therein
shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby. The parties shall endeavor
in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable
provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as
possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 6.12 COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in two or
more counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original but all of which
when taken together shall constitute but one contract, and shall become
effective as provided in Section 6.04. Delivery of an executed counterpart to
this Agreement by facsimile transmission shall be as effective as delivery of a
manually signed original.
SECTION 6.13 HEADINGS. Article and Section headings and the Table of
Contents used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this
Agreement and are not to affect the construction of, or to be taken into
consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 6.14 JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS. (a) Each
party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for
itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of any New York State
court or federal court of the United States of America sitting in New York City,
and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising
out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Documents, or for
recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each of the parties hereto
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any
such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or,
to the extent permitted by law, in such federal court. Each of the parties
hereto 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. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any
right that the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Issuing Bank or
any Lender may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding relating to this
Agreement or any other Loan Document against Parent, or its properties, in the
courts of any jurisdiction.
(b) Each party to this Agreement hereby irrevocably and
unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do
so, any objection which it may now
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or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding
arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other Loan Document in any
New York State or federal court. Each of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably
waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient
forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
SECTION 6.15 TERMINATION OR RELEASE. (a) The security interests
granted hereby and guarantee issued hereunder shall terminate (x) on the
Restructuring Date, if and only to the extent US Holdco has at such time
executed and delivered to the Collateral Agent a Supplement to the U.S.
Collateral Agreement or (y) if earlier or if clause (x) is not applicable, on
the Agreement Termination Date; provided however that if Parent remains the
parent of US Holdco on the Restructuring Date, the security interest granted
hereby in the capital stock of US Holdco and the guarantee of the Obligations
shall continue in effect. This Agreement, the Guaranty made herein and the
security interests granted hereby shall terminate on the first date (the
"AGREEMENT TERMINATION DATE") on which all the Obligations have been
indefeasibly paid in full in cash and the Lenders have no further commitment to
lend under the Credit Agreement, the Revolving L/C Exposure and CL Exposure have
been reduced to zero and each Issuing Bank has no further obligations to issue
Letters of Credit under the Credit Agreement.
(b) In connection with any termination pursuant to paragraph (a)
of this Section 6.15, the Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to Parent,
at Parent's expense, all documents that Parent shall reasonably request to
evidence such termination. Any execution and delivery of documents pursuant to
this Section 6.15 shall be without recourse to or warranty by the Collateral
Agent.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this
Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
BCP CAYLUX HOLDINGS LUXEMBOURG S.C.A.
By its Manager, BCP CAYLUX HOLDINGS
LTD. 1
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Title: Director
DEUTSCHE BANK AG, NEW YORK BRANCH
as Collateral Agent
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Title: Director
By: /s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Title: Director
