RECEIVABLES INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT by and among BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as ABL Collateral Agent, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as CF Collateral Agent, and THE BANK OF NEW YORK, as Bonds Collateral Agent Dated as of November 17, 2006
Exhibit 4.13(b)
RECEIVABLES INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
by and among
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as ABL Collateral Agent,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as CF Collateral Agent,
and
THE BANK OF NEW YORK,
as Bonds Collateral Agent
Dated as of November 17, 2006
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE 1 | ||||
| DEFINITIONS | ||||
| Section 1.1 | Definitions | 2 | ||
| Section 1.2 | Rules of Construction | 11 | ||
| ARTICLE 2 | ||||
| LIEN PRIORITY | ||||
| Section 2.1 | Priority of Liens | 11 | ||
| Section 2.2 | Waiver of Right to Contest Liens | 12 | ||
| Section 2.3 | Remedies Standstill | 13 | ||
| Section 2.4 | Exercise of Rights | 14 | ||
| Section 2.5 | No New Liens | 16 | ||
| Section 2.6 | Waiver of Marshalling | 16 | ||
| ARTICLE 3 | ||||
| ACTIONS OF THE PARTIES | ||||
| Section 3.1 | Certain Actions Permitted | 16 | ||
| Section 3.2 | Agent for Perfection | 17 | ||
| Section 3.3 | Inspection and Access Rights | 17 | ||
| Section 3.5 | Exercise of Remedies – Set Off and Tracing of and Priorities in Proceeds | 18 | ||
| ARTICLE 4 | ||||
| APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS | ||||
| Section 4.1 | Application of Proceeds | 18 | ||
| Section 4.2 | Specific Performance | 20 | ||
| ARTICLE 5 | ||||
| INTERCREDITOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND WAIVERS | ||||
| Section 5.1 | Notice of Acceptance and Other Waivers | 20 | ||
| Section 5.2 | Modifications to ABL Documents and Subordinated Lien Documents | 22 | ||
| Section 5.3 | Reinstatement and Continuation of Agreement | 23 | ||
| ARTICLE 6 | ||||
| INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS | ||||
| Section 6.1 | DIP Financing | 24 | ||
| Section 6.2 | Relief from Stay | 24 | ||
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| Section 6.3 | No Contest; Adequate Protection | 25 | ||
| Section 6.4 | Asset Sales | 25 | ||
| Section 6.5 | Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classification | 25 | ||
| Section 6.6 | Enforceability | 26 | ||
| Section 6.7 | ABL Obligations Unconditional | 26 | ||
| ARTICLE 7 | ||||
| MISCELLANEOUS | ||||
| Section 7.1 | Rights of Subrogation | 27 | ||
| Section 7.2 | Further Assurances | 27 | ||
| Section 7.3 | Representations | 27 | ||
| Section 7.4 | Amendments | 28 | ||
| Section 7.5 | Addresses for Notices | 28 | ||
| Section 7.6 | No Waiver, Remedies | 28 | ||
| Section 7.7 | Continuing Agreement, Transfer of Secured Obligations | 29 | ||
| Section 7.8 | Governing Law; Entire Agreement | 29 | ||
| Section 7.9 | Counterparts | 29 | ||
| Section 7.10 | No Third Party Beneficiaries | 29 | ||
| Section 7.11 | Headings | 29 | ||
| Section 7.12 | Severability | 30 | ||
| Section 7.13 | Attorneys Fees | 30 | ||
| Section 7.14 | VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER | 30 | ||
| Section 7.15 | Intercreditor Agreement | 30 | ||
| Section 7.16 | Effectiveness | 31 | ||
| Section 7.17 | Collateral Agents | 31 | ||
| Section 7.18 | No Warranties or Liability | 31 | ||
| Section 7.19 | Conflicts | 31 | ||
| Section 7.20 | Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Credit Parties | 31 | ||
| Section 7.21 | Acknowledgement | 32 | ||
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RECEIVABLES INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
THIS RECEIVABLES INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof, this “Agreement”) is entered into as of November 17, 2006 among BANK OF AMERICA, N.A. (“Bank of America”), in its capacity as collateral agent for the ABL Obligations (as defined below), Bank of America, in its capacity as and collateral agent for the CF Obligations (as defined below), and THE BANK OF NEW YORK (“Bank of New York”), in its capacity as collateral agent for the Bonds Obligations (as defined below).
RECITALS
A. HCA INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), is party to the Credit Agreement dated as of November 17, 2006 (as may be amended, restated, supplemented, waived, Refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time (including without limitation to add new loans thereunder or increase the amount of loans thereunder), the “ABL Credit Agreement”), among the Company, the several Subsidiary Borrowers party thereto, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. and CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., as Co-Syndication Agents, BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC, X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC., CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. and XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX INCORPORATED, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners, DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. and WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS LLC, as Joint Bookrunners, and XXXXXXX XXXXX CAPITAL CORPORATION, as Documentation Agent. The ABL Credit Agreement is designated by the Company to be included in the definition of “ABL Facility” under the Indenture and the Obligations thereunder constitute ABL Obligations and Priority Lien Obligations within the meaning of the Indenture.
B. The Company is party to the Credit Agreement dated as of November 17, 2006 (as may be amended, restated, supplemented, waived, Refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time (including without limitation to add new loans thereunder or increase the amount of loans thereunder), the “CF Credit Agreement”), among the Company, HCA UK CAPITAL LIMITED, a limited liability company (company no. 04779021) formed under the laws of England and Wales, as the European Subsidiary Borrower thereunder, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Swingline Lender and Letter of Credit Issuer, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. and CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC., as Co-Syndication Agents, BANC OF AMERICA SECURITIES LLC, X.X. XXXXXX SECURITIES INC., CITIGROUP GLOBAL MARKETS INC. and XXXXXXX LYNCH, PIERCE, XXXXXX & XXXXX INCORPORATED, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Bookrunners, DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC. and WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS LLC, as Joint Bookrunners, and XXXXXXX XXXXX CAPITAL CORPORATION, as Documentation Agent. The CF Credit Agreement is designated by the Company to be included in the definition of “General Credit Facility” under the Indenture. The CF Obligations constitute Subordinated Lien Obligations hereunder.
C. The Company is party to the Indenture dated as of November 17, 2006 (as may be amended, restated, supplemented, waived, Refinanced or otherwise modified from time to time,
the “Indenture”), among the Company, the Guarantors identified therein and Bank of New York, as Trustee. The Bonds Obligations constitute Subordinated Lien Obligations hereunder.
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:
ARTICLE 1
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions. Unless the context otherwise requires, all capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the ABL Credit Agreement, the CF Credit Agreement and the Indenture, in each case as in effect on the Closing Date. In addition, as used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:
“ABL Collateral Agent” shall mean Bank of America, in its capacity as collateral agent for the lenders and other secured parties under the ABL Credit Agreement and the other ABL Documents entered into pursuant to the ABL Credit Agreement, together with its successors and permitted assigns under the ABL Credit Agreement exercising substantially the same rights and powers; and in each case provided that if such ABL Collateral Agent is not Bank of America, such ABL Collateral Agent shall have become a party to this Agreement and the other applicable ABL Security Documents.
“ABL Entity” shall mean a direct Subsidiary of a 1993 Indenture Restricted Subsidiary, substantially all of the business of which consists of financing of accounts receivable and related assets.
“ABL Controlled Accounts” shall mean, collectively, with respect to each Grantor, (i) all Deposit Accounts and all Securities Accounts and all accounts and sub-accounts relating to any of the foregoing accounts and (ii) all cash, funds, checks, notes, “securities entitlements” (as such terms are defined in the UCC) and instruments from time to time on deposit in any of the accounts or sub-accounts described in clause (i) of this definition, in each case, which are subject to a control agreement in favor of the ABL Collateral Agent.
“ABL Documents” means the credit, guarantee and security documents governing the ABL Obligations, including, without limitation, the ABL Credit Agreement and the ABL Security Documents and Secured Cash Management Agreements (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof) and Secured Hedge Agreements (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof).
“ABL Obligations” shall mean all “Obligations” as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, Obligations with respect to the CF Credit Agreement and the other CF Documents and Obligations with respect to the Indenture and the other Bonds Documents shall not constitute ABL Obligations.
“ABL Recovery” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 5.3.
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“ABL Security Agreement” means the Security Agreement (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement).
“ABL Security Documents” means the ABL Security Agreement and the other Security Documents (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) and any other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted securing ABL Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are governed.
“ABL Secured Parties” means “Secured Parties” as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement.
“Affiliate” shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with such Person. A Person shall be deemed to control a corporation if such Person possesses, directly or indirectly, the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of such corporation, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Agreement” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this Agreement.
“Bank of America” shall have the meaning assigned to that term in the introduction to this Agreement.
“Bankruptcy Code” shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code.
“Bonds Collateral Agent” shall mean (i) so long as obligations are outstanding under the Indenture, the Trustee, in its capacity as collateral agent for the noteholders and other secured parties under the Indenture and the other security documents thereunder, and (ii) at any time thereafter, such agent or trustee as is designated “Bonds Collateral Agent” by Bonds Secured Parties holding a majority in principal amount of the Bonds Obligations then outstanding or pursuant to such other arrangements as agreed to among the holders of the Bonds Obligations; it being understood that as of the date of this Agreement, the Trustee shall be so Bonds Collateral Agent.
“Bonds Documents” means the indenture, credit documents and security documents governing the Bonds Obligations, including, without limitation, the Indenture and the related Bonds Security Documents.
“Bonds Obligations” means Obligations under the Indenture and Obligations with respect to other Indebtedness permitted to be incurred under the Indenture, the CF Credit Agreement and the ABL Credit Agreement which is by its terms intended to be secured equally and ratably with the Notes or on a basis junior to the Liens securing the Notes (provided such Lien is permitted to be incurred under the Indenture, the CF Credit Agreement and the ABL Credit Agreement); provided that the holders of such Indebtedness or their Bonds Representative is a party to the Bonds Security Documents in accordance with the terms thereof and has appointed the Bonds Collateral Agent as collateral agent for such holders of Bonds Obligations with respect to all or a portion of the Common Collateral.
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“Bonds Representative” means any duly authorized representative of any holders of Bonds Obligations which representative is a party to the Bonds Documents.
“Bonds Secured Parties” means (i) so long as the Notes are outstanding, the Trustee and the holders of the Notes (including any additional Notes subsequently issued under and in compliance with the terms of the Indenture), (ii) the Bonds Collateral Agent and (iii) the holders from time to time of any other Bonds Obligations, and (iv) each Bonds Representative.
“Bonds Security Documents” means (a) so long as the Notes are outstanding, the Security Documents (as defined in the Indenture) and (b) thereafter any agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted securing Bonds Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to such Liens are governed, which in each case may include intercreditor and/or subordination agreements or arrangements among various Bonds Secured Parties.
“Capital Stock” shall mean, as to any Person that is a corporation, the authorized shares of such Person’s capital stock, including all classes of common, preferred, voting and nonvoting capital stock, and, as to any Person that is not a corporation or an individual, the membership or other ownership interests in such Person, including the right to share in profits and losses, the right to receive distributions of cash and other property, and the right to receive allocations of items of income, gain, loss, deduction and credit and similar items from such Person, whether or not such interests include voting or similar rights entitling the holder thereof to exercise Control over such Person, collectively with, in any such case, all warrants, options and other rights to purchase or otherwise acquire, and all other instruments convertible into or exchangeable for, any of the foregoing.
“CF Collateral Agent” shall mean Bank of America, in its capacity as collateral agent for the lenders and other secured parties under the CF Credit Agreement and the other CF Documents entered into pursuant to the CF Credit Agreement, together with its successors and permitted assigns under the CF Credit Agreement exercising substantially the same rights and powers; and in each case provided that if such CF Collateral Agent is not Bank of America, such CF Collateral Agent shall have become a party to this Agreement and the other applicable CF Security Documents.
“CF Documents” means the credit, guarantee and security documents governing the CF Obligations, including, without limitation, the CF Credit Agreement, each Secured Hedge Agreement (as defined in the CF Credit Agreement), each Secured Cash Management Agreement (as defined in the CF Credit Agreement) and the CF Security Documents.
“CF Enforcement Date” means the date which is 180 days after the occurrence of both (i) a continuing Event of Default (under and as defined in the CF Credit Agreement) and (ii) the ABL Collateral Agent’s receipt of an Enforcement Notice from the CF Collateral Agent, provided that the CF Enforcement Date shall be stayed and shall not occur (or be deemed to have occurred) (A) at any time the ABL Collateral Agent or the ABL Secured Parties have commenced and are diligently pursuing enforcement action against the Common Collateral, (B) at any time that any Grantor is then a debtor under or with respect to (or otherwise subject to any
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Insolvency Proceeding), or (C) if the Event of Default under the CF Credit Agreement is waived or cured in accordance with the terms of the CF Credit Agreement.
“CF Obligations” shall mean all “Obligations” as defined in the CF Credit Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, Obligations with respect to the ABL Credit Agreement and the other ABL Documents shall not constitute CF Obligations.
“CF Secured Parties” means, at any relevant time, the holders of CF Obligations at such time, including without limitation the lenders and agents under the CF Credit Agreement, the CF Collateral Agent, each Cash Management Bank in respect of the Secured Cash Management Agreement (each as defined in the CF Credit Agreement) and each Hedge Bank in respect of a Secured Hedge Agreement (each as defined in the CF Credit Agreement).
“CF Security Documents” means the U.S. Security Documents (as defined in the CF Credit Agreement) and any other agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which a lien on Common Collateral is granted or purported to be granted securing CF Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to such liens are governed, but in each case only to the extent relating to Common Collateral.
“Collateral Agent(s)” means individually the ABL Collateral Agent, the CF Collateral Agent or the Bonds Collateral Agent and collectively means the ABL Collateral Agent, the CF Collateral Agent and the Bonds Collateral Agent.
“Common Collateral” means Receivables Collateral other than Separate Receivables Collateral.
“Comparable Subordinated Lien Security Document” shall mean, in relation to any Common Collateral subject to any Lien created under any ABL Document, those Subordinated Lien Security Documents that create a Lien on the same Common Collateral (but only to the extent relating to such Common Collateral), granted by the same Grantor.
“Control” shall mean the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power (a) to vote 50% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for the election of directors (or any similar governing body) of a Person, or (b) to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies of a Person, whether through the ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise. The terms “Controlling” and “Controlled” have meanings correlative thereto.
“Credit Documents” shall mean the ABL Documents, the CF Documents and the Bonds Documents.
“Debtor Relief Laws” shall mean the Bankruptcy Code and all other liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency, reorganization, or similar debtor relief laws of the United States or other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Designated Non-Receivables Accounts” means Deposit Accounts containing exclusively cash consisting of proceeds from the sale of Non-Receivables Collateral.
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“Deposit Account” has the meaning set forth in the UCC.
“DIP Financing” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(a).
“Discharge of ABL Obligations” shall mean, except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 5.3, payment in full in cash (except for contingent indemnities and cost and reimbursement obligations to the extent no claim has been made) of all ABL Obligations and, with respect to letters of credit or letter of credit guaranties outstanding under the ABL Documents, delivery of cash collateral or backstop letters of credit in respect thereof in a manner consistent with the ABL 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 ABL Secured Parties under ABL Documents; provided that the Discharge of ABL Obligations shall not be deemed to have occurred if such payments are made with the proceeds of other ABL Obligations that constitute an exchange or replacement for or a Refinancing of such ABL Obligations (unless in connection with such exchange, replacement or Refinancing all the ABL Obligations are repaid in full in cash (and the other conditions set forth in this definition prior to the proviso are satisfied) with the proceeds of a Permitted Receivables Financing (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement), in which case a Discharge of ABL Obligations shall be deemed to have occurred). In the event the ABL Obligations are modified and the ABL Obligations are paid over time or otherwise modified pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code, the ABL Obligations shall be deemed to be discharged when the final payment is made, in cash, in respect of such indebtedness and any obligations pursuant to such new indebtedness shall have been satisfied.
“Discharge of CF Obligations” means “Discharge of First Lien Obligations,” as defined in the General Intercreditor Agreement, as in effect on the date hereof.
“Disposition” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(b).
“Enforcement Notice” shall mean a written notice delivered by the CF Collateral Agent to the ABL Collateral Agent announcing the commencement of an Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies.
“Event of Default” shall mean an Event of Default under the ABL Credit Agreement, the CF Credit Agreement or the Indenture.
“Exercise Any Secured Creditor Remedies” or “Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies” shall mean, except as otherwise provided in the final sentence of this definition:
(a) the taking by any Secured Party of any action to enforce or realize upon any Lien on Common Collateral, including the institution of any foreclosure proceedings or the noticing of any public or private sale pursuant to Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code;
(b) the exercise by any Secured Party of any right or remedy provided to a secured creditor on account of a Lien on Common Collateral under any of the Credit Documents, under applicable law, in an Insolvency Proceeding or otherwise, including the election to retain any of the Common Collateral in satisfaction of a Lien;
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(c) the taking of any action by any Secured Party or the exercise of any right or remedy by any Secured Party in respect of the collection on, set off against, marshaling of, injunction respecting or foreclosure on the Common Collateral or the Proceeds thereof;
(d) the appointment on the application of a Secured Party, of a receiver, receiver and manager or interim receiver of all or part of the Common Collateral;
(e) the sale, lease, license, or other disposition of all or any portion of the Common Collateral by private or public sale conducted by a Secured Party or any other means at the direction of a Secured Party permissible under applicable law; or
(f) the exercise of any other right of a secured creditor under Part 6 of Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code in respect of Common Collateral.
For the avoidance of doubt, none of the following shall be deemed to constitute an Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies: (i) the filing a proof of claim in bankruptcy court or seeking adequate protection, (ii) the exercise of rights by the ABL Collateral Agent upon the occurrence of a Cash Dominion Event (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement), including, without limitation, the notification of account debtors, depository institutions or any other Person to deliver proceeds of Receivables Collateral to the ABL Collateral Agent (unless and until the Lenders under the ABL Credit Agreement cease to extend credit to the Borrowers thereunder, in which event an Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies shall be deemed to have occurred), (iii) the consent by a Secured Party to a sale or other disposition by any Grantor of any of its assets or properties, (iv) the acceleration of all or a portion of the ABL Obligations or any Subordinated Lien Obligations, (v) the reduction of the borrowing base, advance rates or sub-limits by the Administrative Agent under the ABL Credit Agreement, the ABL Collateral Agent and the Lenders under the ABL Credit Agreement, (vi) the imposition of reserves by the ABL Collateral Agent, (vii) an account ceasing to be an “eligible account” under the ABL Credit Agreement or (viii) any action taken by any ABL Secured Party in respect of Separate Receivables Collateral. For the avoidance of doubt, the actions permitted by Sections 2.3(b), 2.4(a) and 3.1 shall not be deemed to be an Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies.
“General Intercreditor Agreement” means that certain General Intercreditor Agreement dated the date hereof among the CF Collateral Agent and the Bonds Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended, restated, modified or waived from time to time.
“Governmental Authority” shall mean any nation or government, any state or other political subdivision thereof and any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
“Grantors” shall mean the Company and each Subsidiary that has executed and delivered an ABL Security Document, a CF Security Document or a Bonds Security Document.
“Indebtedness” shall have the meaning provided in the ABL Credit Agreement, the CF Credit Agreement and the Indenture as in effect on the date hereof.
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“Insolvency Proceeding” shall mean :
(1) any case commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor under any Bankruptcy Law, any other proceeding for the reorganization, recapitalization or adjustment or marshalling of the assets or liabilities of the Company or any other Grantor, any receivership or assignment for the benefit of creditors relating to the Company or any other Grantor or any similar case or proceeding relative to the Company or any other Grantor or its creditors, as such, in each case whether or not voluntary;
(2) any liquidation, dissolution, marshalling of assets or liabilities or other winding up of or relating to the Company or any other Grantor, in each case whether or not voluntary and whether or not involving bankruptcy or insolvency; or
(3) any other proceeding of any type or nature in which substantially all claims of creditors of the Company or any other Grantor are determined and any payment or distribution is or may be made on account of such claims.
“Lien” shall mean any mortgage, pledge, security interest, hypothecation, assignment, lien (statutory or other) or similar encumbrance (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention agreement or any lease in the nature thereof).
“Lien Priority” shall mean with respect to any Lien of the ABL Collateral Agent, the ABL Secured Parties, the CF Collateral Agent, the CF Secured Parties, the Bonds Collateral Agent or the Bonds Secured Parties in the Common Collateral, the order of priority of such Lien as specified in Section 2.1.
“1993 Indenture” shall mean the Indenture dated as of December 16, 1993 between the Company and First National Bank of Chicago, as trustee, as amended, and as may be further amended, supplemented or modified from time to time.
“1993 Indenture Restricted Subsidiary” shall mean any Subsidiary that on the date hereof constitutes a Restricted Subsidiary under (and as defined in) the 1993 Indenture, as in effect on the date hereof.
“Notes” shall mean (a) (i) the initial $1,000,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 9-1/8%% Senior Secured Notes due 2014 (the “2014 Cash Pay Notes”), (ii) the initial $3,200,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 9-1/4% Senior Secured Notes due 2016 (the “2016 Cash Pay Notes” and together with the 2104 Cash Pay Notes, the “Cash Pay Notes”) and (iii) the initial $1,500,000,000 in aggregate principal amount of 9-5/8%/10-3/8% Senior Secured Toggle Notes due 2016 (the “Toggle Notes”), each issued by the Company pursuant to the Indenture, (b) the exchange notes issued in exchange therefor as contemplated by the Registration Rights Agreement dated as of November 17, 2006, among the Company, the Guarantors identified therein and the initial purchasers party thereto and (c) any additional notes issued under the Indenture by the Company, to the extent permitted by the Indenture, the CF Credit Agreement and the ABL Credit Agreement.
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“Non-Receivables Collateral” means all “Collateral” as defined in any Security Document (as defined in the CF Credit Agreement), but excluding all Receivables Collateral.
“Obligations” means any principal, interest (including any interest accruing subsequent to the filing of a petition in bankruptcy, reorganization or similar proceeding at the rate provided for in the documentation with respect thereto, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim under applicable state, federal or foreign law), premium, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements (including reimbursement obligations with respect to letters of credit and banker’s acceptances), damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of payment of such principal, interest, penalties, fees, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, payable under the documentation governing any Indebtedness.
“Party” shall mean the ABL Collateral Agent, the CF Collateral Agent or the Bonds Collateral Agent, and “Parties” shall mean collectively the ABL Collateral Agent, the CF Collateral Agent and the Bonds Collateral Agent.
“Person” shall mean an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, business trust, joint stock company, trust, unincorporated association, joint venture, Governmental Authority or other entity of whatever nature.
“Proceeds” shall mean (a) all “proceeds,” as defined in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code, with respect to the Common Collateral, and (b) whatever is recoverable or recovered when any Common Collateral is sold, exchanged, collected, or disposed of, whether voluntarily or involuntarily.
“Property” shall mean any interest in any kind of property or asset, whether real, personal or mixed, or tangible or intangible.
“Receivables Collateral” means Collateral as defined in the ABL Security Agreement as in effect on the date hereof. Without expanding the foregoing, for the avoidance of doubt, neither European Collateral (as defined in the CF Credit Agreement) (whether in the form of accounts receivable or otherwise), Principal Properties (as defined in the CF Credit Agreement), any capital stock (or capital stock equivalents) pledged pursuant to any Pledge Agreement (as defined in the CF Credit Agreement), Designated Non-Receivables Accounts nor Mortgaged Properties (as defined in the CF Credit Agreement) shall constitute Receivables Collateral.
“Refinance” means, in respect of any indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, defease, amend, increase, modify, supplement, restructure, refund, replace or repay, or to 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.
“Securities Account” has the meaning set forth in the UCC.
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“Separate Receivables Collateral” means Receivables Collateral owned or held by an ABL Entity and Proceeds (as defined in the ABL Security Agreement) thereof.
“Secured Parties” shall mean the ABL Secured Parties, the CF Secured Parties and the Bonds Secured Parties.
“Shared Receivables Collateral” means Common Collateral.
“Subsidiary” shall mean with respect to any Person (the “parent”) at any date, any corporation, limited liability company, partnership, association or other entity (a) of which Capital Stock representing more than 50% of the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date, owned, Controlled or held, or (b) that is, as of such date, otherwise Controlled, by the parent or one or more subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more subsidiaries of the parent.
“Subordinated Lien Collateral Agents” means the CF Collateral Agent and the Bonds Collateral Agent, collectively.
“Subordinated Lien Documents” means, collectively, the CF Documents and the Bonds Documents.
“Subordinated Lien Obligations” means, collectively, the CF Obligations and the Bonds Obligations.
“Subordinated Lien Secured Parties” means, collectively, the CF Secured Parties and the Bonds Secured Parties.
“Subordinated Lien Security Documents” means, collectively, the CF Security Documents and the Bonds Security Documents.
“Trustee” shall mean The Bank of New York, in its capacity as collateral agent on behalf of the holders of Notes under the Security Documents (as defined in the Indenture), and its permitted successors.
“Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as the same may, from time to time, be in effect in the State of New York; provided that to the extent that the Uniform Commercial Code is used to define any term in any security document and such term is defined differently in differing Articles of the Uniform Commercial Code, the definition of such term contained in Article 9 shall govern; provided, further, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the attachment, perfection, publication or priority of, or remedies with respect to, Liens of any Party is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code or foreign personal property security laws as enacted and in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “Uniform Commercial Code” will mean the Uniform Commercial Code or such foreign personal property security laws as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions thereof relating to such attachment, perfection, priority or remedies and for purposes of definitions related to such provisions.
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Section 1.2 Rules of Construction. Unless the context of this Agreement clearly requires otherwise, references to the plural include the singular, references to the singular include the plural, the term “including” is not limiting and shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation,” and the term “or” has, except where otherwise indicated, the inclusive meaning represented by the phrase “and/or.” The words “hereof,” “herein,” “hereby,” “hereunder,” and similar terms in this Agreement refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. Article, section, subsection, clause, schedule and exhibit references herein are to this Agreement unless otherwise specified. Any reference in this Agreement to any agreement, instrument, or document shall include all alterations, amendments, changes, restatements, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements thereto and thereof, as applicable (subject to any restrictions on such alterations, amendments, changes, restatements, extensions, modifications, renewals, replacements, substitutions, joinders, and supplements set forth herein). Any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns. Any reference herein to the repayment in full of an obligation shall mean the payment in full in cash of such obligation, or in such other manner as may be approved in writing by the requisite holders or representatives in respect of such obligation, or in such other manner as may be approved by the requisite holders or representatives in respect of such obligation.
ARTICLE 2
LIEN PRIORITY
Section 2.1 Priority of Liens.
(a) Notwithstanding (i) the date, time, method, manner, or order of grant, attachment, or perfection of any Liens granted to the ABL Collateral Agent or the ABL Secured Parties in respect of all or any portion of the Common Collateral or of any Liens granted to any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or any Subordinated Lien Secured Parties in respect of all or any portion of the Common Collateral, and regardless of how any such Lien was acquired (whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise), (ii) the order or time of filing or recordation of any document or instrument for perfecting the Liens in favor of the ABL Collateral Agent or any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent (or the ABL Secured Parties or any of the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties) on any Common Collateral, (iii) any provision of the Uniform Commercial Code, the Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable law, or of any of the ABL Documents or any of the Subordinated Lien Documents, or (iv) whether the ABL Collateral Agent or any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, in each case, either directly or through agents, holds possession of, or has control over, all or any part of the Common Collateral, the ABL Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the ABL Secured Parties, the CF Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself the CF Secured Parties and the Bonds Collateral Agent, on, on behalf of itself and the Bonds Secured Parties, hereby agree that:
(1) any Lien in respect of all or any portion of the Common Collateral now or hereafter held by or on behalf of any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or any Subordinated Lien Secured Party that secures all or any portion of the Subordinated Lien Obligations shall in all respects be junior and subordinate to all Liens granted to the ABL Collateral Agent and the ABL Secured Parties on the Common Collateral; and
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(2) any Lien in respect of all or any portion of the Common Collateral now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the ABL Collateral Agent or any ABL Secured Party that secures all or any portion of the ABL Obligations shall in all respects be senior and prior to all Liens granted any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or Subordinated Lien Secured Party on the Common Collateral.
Each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, for and on behalf of itself and each applicable Subordinated Lien Secured Party, expressly agrees that any Lien purported to be granted on any Common Collateral as security for the ABL 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 Subordinated 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.
(b) The ABL Collateral Agent, for and on behalf of itself and the ABL Secured Parties, acknowledges and agrees that, concurrently herewith, the CF Collateral Agent, for the benefit of itself and the CF Secured Parties, and the Bonds Collateral Agent, for the benefit of itself and the Bonds Secured Parties, have each been granted Liens upon all of the Common Collateral in which the ABL Collateral Agent has been granted Liens and the ABL Collateral Agent hereby consents thereto. The subordination of Liens by the Subordinated Lien Collateral Agents in favor of the ABL Collateral Agent as set forth herein shall not be deemed to subordinate the respective Liens of the Subordinated Lien Collateral Agents or the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties to Liens securing any other Obligations other than the ABL Obligations (subject to the General Intercreditor Agreement).
Section 2.2 Waiver of Right to Contest Liens.
(a) Each of (x) the CF Collateral Agent, for and on behalf of itself and the CF Secured Parties, and (y) the Bonds Collateral Agent, for and on behalf of itself and the Bonds Secured Parties, severally agrees that it shall not (and hereby waives any right to) take any action to contest or challenge (or assist or support any other Person in contesting or challenging), directly or indirectly, whether or not in any proceeding (including in any Insolvency Proceeding), the validity, priority, enforceability, or perfection of the Liens of the ABL Collateral Agent and the ABL Secured Parties in respect of Receivables Collateral or the provisions of this Agreement. Except to the extent expressly set forth in this Agreement, each of the (x) CF Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the CF Secured Parties, and (y) the Bonds Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Bonds Secured Parties, severally agrees that it will not take any action that would interfere with any Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies undertaken by the ABL Collateral Agent or any ABL Secured Party under the ABL Documents with respect to the Common Collateral. Except to the extent expressly set forth in this Agreement, each of (x) the CF Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the CF Secured Parties, and (y) the Bonds Collateral Agent, for itself and the Bonds Secured Parties, hereby waives any and all rights it may have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to contest, protest, object to, or interfere with the manner in which the ABL Collateral Agent or any ABL Secured Party seeks to enforce its Liens in any Common Collateral.
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(b) The ABL Collateral Agent, for and on behalf of itself and the ABL Secured Parties, agrees that it and they shall not (and hereby waives any right to) take any action to contest or challenge (or assist or support any other Person in contesting or challenging), directly or indirectly, whether or not in any proceeding (including in any Insolvency Proceeding), the validity, priority, enforceability, or perfection of the respective Liens of the Subordinated Lien Collateral Agents or the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties in respect of the Common Collateral or the provisions of this Agreement.
Section 2.3 Remedies Standstill.
(a) Each of (x) the CF Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the CF Secured Parties, and (y) the Bonds Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Bonds Secured Parties, severally agrees that, from the date hereof until the date upon which the Discharge of ABL Obligations shall have occurred, (x) neither the CF Collateral Agent nor any CF Secured Party and (y) neither the Bonds Collateral Agent nor any Bonds Secured Party will Exercise Any Secured Creditor Remedies with respect to any Common Collateral without the written consent of the ABL Collateral Agent, and will not take, receive or accept any Proceeds of Common Collateral, it being understood and agreed that the temporary deposit of Proceeds of Common Collateral in a Deposit Account controlled by any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement so long as such Proceeds are promptly remitted to the ABL Collateral Agent; provided that, subject to Section 4.1(b), upon the occurrence of the CF Enforcement Date, the CF Collateral Agent acting on behalf of itself and the CF Secured Parties may exercise such remedies without such prior written consent of any other Collateral Agent. From and after the date upon which the Discharge of ABL Obligations shall have occurred (or, with respect to the CF Collateral Agent, acting on behalf of itself and the CF Secured Parties, prior thereto upon the occurrence of the CF Enforcement Date), the Subordinated Lien Collateral Agents or any Subordinated Lien Secured Party may Exercise Any Secured Creditor Remedies under the applicable Subordinated Lien Documents or applicable law as to any Common Collateral.
(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.3(a) or any other provision of this Agreement, nothing contained herein shall be construed to prevent any Collateral Agent or any Secured Party from (i) filing a claim or statement of interest with respect to the ABL Obligations or Subordinated Lien Obligations owed to it in any Insolvency Proceeding commenced by or against any Grantor, (ii) taking any action (not adverse to the priority status of the Liens of the other Collateral Agents or other Secured Parties on the Common Collateral in which such other Collateral Agents or other Secured Parties has a priority Lien or the rights of the other Collateral Agents or any of the other Secured Parties to exercise remedies in respect thereof) in order to create, perfect, preserve or protect (but not enforce) its Lien on any Common Collateral, (iii) filing any necessary or responsive pleadings in opposition to any motion, adversary proceeding or other pleading filed by any Person objecting to or otherwise seeking disallowance of the claim or Lien of such Collateral Agent or Secured Party, (iv) filing any pleadings, objections, motions, or agreements which assert rights available to unsecured creditors of the Grantors arising under any Insolvency Proceeding or applicable non-bankruptcy law, (vi) voting on any plan of reorganization or file any proof of claim in any Insolvency Proceeding of any Grantor, or (vii) objecting to the proposed retention of collateral by any other Agent or any other Secured Party in full or partial
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satisfaction of any ABL Obligations or Subordinated Lien Obligations due to such other Collateral Agent or Secured Party, in each case (i) through (vii) above to the extent not inconsistent with, or could not result in a resolution inconsistent with, the terms of this Agreement.
(c) Subject to the Section 2.3(b), (i) each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the applicable Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, agrees that neither it nor any such Subordinated Lien Secured Party will take any action that would hinder any exercise of remedies undertaken by the ABL Collateral Agent or the ABL Secured Parties with respect to the Receivables Collateral, including any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of Receivables Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise, and (ii) each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the applicable Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, hereby waives any and all rights it or any such Subordinated Lien Secured Party may have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to object to the manner in which the ABL Collateral Agent or the ABL Secured Parties seek to enforce or collect the ABL Obligations or the Liens granted in any of the Receivables Collateral, regardless of whether any action or failure to act by or on behalf of the ABL Collateral Agent or ABL Secured Parties is adverse to the interests of the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties.
(d) Each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the applicable Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement or restriction contained in any applicable Subordinated Lien Document shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the ABL Collateral Agent or the ABL Secured Parties with respect to the Receivables Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the ABL Documents.
(e) Subject to the Section 2.3(b), each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the applicable Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, agrees that, unless and until the Discharge of ABL Obligations has occurred, it will not commence, or join with any Person (other than the ABL Secured Parties and the ABL Collateral Agent upon the request thereof) in commencing, any enforcement, collection, execution, levy or foreclosure action or proceeding with respect to any Lien held by it in the Common Collateral.
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, clauses (c), (d) and (e) of this Section 2.3 shall not apply to the CF Collateral Agent or the CF Secured Parties from and after the occurrence of the CF Enforcement Date.
Section 2.4 Exercise of Rights.
(a) No Other Restrictions. Except as otherwise expressly set forth in Section 2.1(a), Section 2.2(a), Section 2.3, Section 3.5 and Article 6 of this Agreement, each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent and Subordinated Lien Secured Party may exercise rights and remedies as an unsecured creditor against the Company or any Subsidiary that has guaranteed the applicable Subordinated Lien Obligations in accordance with the terms of the applicable Subordinated Lien Documents and applicable law. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or Subordinated Lien Secured Party of the required payments of interest and principal so long as such receipt is not the direct or indirect result of the exercise by any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or Subordinated Lien Secured
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Party of rights or remedies as a secured creditor in respect of Common Collateral or enforcement in contravention of this Agreement of any Lien in respect of Subordinated Lien Obligations held by any of them or in any Insolvency Proceeding. In the event any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or Subordinated Lien Secured Party becomes a judgment lien creditor or other secured creditor in respect of Common Collateral as a result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor in respect of Subordinated Lien Obligations or otherwise, such judgment or other lien shall be subordinated to the Liens securing ABL Obligations on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Subordinated Lien Obligations are so subordinated to such Liens securing ABL Obligations under this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement impairs or otherwise adversely affects any rights or remedies the ABL Collateral Agent or the ABL Secured Parties may have with respect to the Receivables Collateral. Furthermore, subject to Section 3.3 hereof, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement shall restrict any right any Subordinated Lien Secured Party may have (secured or otherwise) in any property or asset of any Grantor that does not constitute Common Collateral.
(b) Release of Liens.
If, at any time any Grantor or any ABL Secured Party delivers notice to the Subordinated Lien Collateral Agents with respect to any specified Common Collateral that:
(A) such specified Common Collateral is sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of (a “Disposition”) by the owner of such Common Collateral in a transaction permitted under the ABL Credit Agreement, the CF Credit Agreement and the Indenture; or
(B) the ABL Secured Parties are releasing or have released their Liens on such Common Collateral in connection with a Disposition in connection with an Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies with respect to such Common Collateral,
then the Liens upon such Common Collateral securing Subordinated Lien Obligations will automatically be released and discharged as and when, but only to the extent, such Liens on such Common Collateral securing ABL Obligations are released and discharged (provided that in the case of clause (B) of this Section 2.4(b), the Liens on any Common Collateral disposed of in connection with an Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies shall be automatically released but any proceeds thereof not applied to repay ABL Obligations shall be subject to the respective Liens securing Subordinated Lien Obligations and shall be applied pursuant to Section 4.1). Upon delivery to the Subordinated Lien Collateral Agents of a notice from the ABL Collateral Agent stating that any such release of Liens securing or supporting the ABL Obligations has become effective (or shall become effective upon each of Subordinated Lien Collateral Agents’), each such Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent shall, at the Company’s expense, promptly 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 ABL Collateral Agent in connection with such release. Each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent hereby appoints the ABL Collateral Agent and any officer or duly authorized person of the ABL Collateral Agent, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power of attorney in the place and stead of such Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent and in the name of such Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent
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or in the ABL Collateral Agent’s own name, from time to time, in the ABL Collateral Agent’s sole discretion, for the purposes of carrying out the terms of this paragraph, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute and deliver any and all documents and instruments as may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this paragraph, including any financing statements, endorsements, assignments, releases or other documents or instruments of transfer (which appointment, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable).
Section 2.5 No New Liens.
Until the date upon which the Discharge of ABL Obligations shall have occurred, the parties hereto agree that no Subordinated Lien Secured Party shall acquire or hold any Lien on any accounts receivable of any Grantor, the proceeds thereof or any deposit or other accounts of any Grantor in which accounts receivable or proceeds thereof are held or deposited, in each case of the type that would constitute Receivables Collateral as described in the definition thereof (but for the avoidance of doubt, excluding any European Collateral (as defined in the CF Credit Agreement), whether in the form of accounts receivable or otherwise), securing any Subordinated Lien Obligation, if such accounts and proceeds are not also subject to the Lien of the ABL Collateral Agent under the ABL Documents (and subject to the Lien Priorities contemplated herein). If any Subordinated Lien Secured Party shall (nonetheless and in breach hereof) acquire or hold any Lien on any such accounts or proceeds securing any Subordinated Lien Obligation, which accounts and proceeds are not also subject to the Lien of the ABL Collateral Agent under the ABL Documents, subject to the Lien Priority set forth herein, then the applicable Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent (or the applicable Subordinated Lien Secured Party) shall, without the need for any further consent of any other Subordinated Lien Secured Party and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other Subordinated Lien Document, be deemed to also hold and have held such Lien as agent or bailee for the benefit of the ABL Collateral Agent as security for the ABL Obligations (subject to the Lien Priority and other terms hereof) and shall use its best efforts to promptly notify the ABL Collateral Agent in writing of the existence of such Lien.
Section 2.6 Waiver of Marshalling.
Until the Discharge of the ABL Obligations, each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the applicable Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, 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 applicable law with respect to the Common Collateral or any other similar rights a junior secured creditor may have under applicable law.
ARTICLE 3
ACTIONS OF THE PARTIES
Section 3.1 Certain Actions Permitted. The Subordinated Lien Collateral Agents and the ABL Collateral Agent may make such demands or file such claims in respect of the Subordinated Lien Obligations or the ABL Obligations, as applicable, as are necessary to prevent the waiver or bar of such claims under applicable statutes of limitations or other statutes, court orders, or rules of procedure at any time. Except as provided in Section 5.2, nothing in this
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Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or Subordinated Lien Secured Party of the required payments of interest, principal and other amounts owed in respect of the applicable Subordinated Lien Obligations so long as such receipt is not the direct or indirect result of the exercise by the applicable Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or Subordinated Lien Secured Party of rights or remedies as a secured creditor (including set-off with respect to the Receivables Collateral) or enforcement in contravention of this Agreement of any Lien held by any of them.
Section 3.2 Agent for Perfection. Each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent appoints the ABL Collateral Agent, and the ABL Collateral Agent expressly accepts such appointment, to act as agent of each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent and Subordinated Lien Secured Party under each control agreement with respect to all ABL Controlled Accounts for the purpose of perfecting the respective security interests granted under the CF Security Documents and the Bonds Security Documents, respectively. None of the ABL Collateral Agent, any ABL Secured Party, any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or any Subordinated Lien Secured Party, as applicable, shall have any obligation whatsoever to the others to assure that the Common Collateral is genuine or owned by the Company, any Grantor or any other Person or to preserve rights or benefits of any Person. The duties or responsibilities of the ABL Collateral Agent under this Section 3.2 are and shall be limited solely to holding or maintaining control of the Common Collateral as agent for the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties for purposes of perfecting the respective Liens held by the applicable Subordinated Lien Secured Parties. The ABL Collateral Agent is not and shall not be deemed to be a fiduciary of any kind for any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or Subordinated Lien Secured Party, or any other Person. Neither Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent is or shall be deemed to be a fiduciary of any kind for any other Agent or Secured Party, or any other Person. Prior to the Discharge of ABL Obligations, in the event that any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or Subordinated Lien Secured Party receives any Common Collateral or Proceeds of Common Collateral in violation of the terms of this Agreement, then such Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or Subordinated Lien Secured Party, as the case may be, shall promptly pay over such Proceeds or Common Collateral to the ABL Collateral Agent in the same form as received with any necessary endorsements, for application in accordance with the provisions of Section 4.1 of this Agreement.
Section 3.3 Inspection and Access Rights.
Without limiting any rights the ABL Collateral Agent or any other ABL Secured Party may otherwise have under applicable law or by agreement, in the event of any liquidation of any Receivables Collateral (or any other Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies by the ABL Collateral Agent) and whether or not any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or Subordinated Lien Secured Party has commenced and is continuing to Exercise Any Secured Creditor Remedies of any Subordinated Lien Secured Party, the ABL Collateral Agent shall have the right (a) during normal business hours on any business day, to access Receivables Collateral that is stored or located in or on Non-Receivables Collateral, and (b) shall have the right to reasonably use the Non-Receivables Collateral (including, without limitation, equipment, computers, software, intellectual property, real property and books and records) in order to inspect, copy or download information stored on, take actions to perfect its Lien on, or otherwise deal with the Receivables Collateral, in each case without notice to, the involvement of or interference by any Subordinated
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Lien Collateral Agent or Subordinated Lien Secured Party and without liability to any Subordinated Lien Secured Party; provided, however, if any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent takes actual possession of any Non-Receivables Collateral in contemplation of a sale of such Non-Receivables Collateral or is otherwise exercising a remedy with respect to Non-Receivables Collateral, the Non-Receivables Collateral Agent shall give the ABL Collateral Agent reasonable opportunity (of reasonable duration and with reasonable advance notice) prior to the Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent’s sale of any such Non-Receivables Collateral to access Receivables Collateral as contemplated in (a) and (b) above. For the avoidance of doubt, this Section 3.3 governs the rights of access and inspection as between the ABL Secured Parties on the one hand and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties on the other (and not as between the Secured Parties and the Grantors, which rights are set forth in and governed by the applicable Credit Documents and are not affected by this Section 3.3).
Section 3.4 Insurance. Proceeds of Common Collateral include insurance proceeds and, therefore, the Lien Priority shall govern the ultimate disposition of insurance proceeds to the extent such insurance insures Receivables Collateral. Prior to the Discharge of ABL Obligations, the ABL Collateral Agent shall have the sole and exclusive right, as against the Subordinated Lien Collateral Agents, to the extent permitted by the ABL Documents and subject to the rights of the Grantors thereunder, to adjust settlement of insurance claims to the extent such insurance insures Receivables Collateral in the event of any covered loss, theft or destruction of Receivables Collateral. Prior to the Discharge of ABL Obligations, all proceeds of such insurance with respect to Receivables Collateral shall be remitted for application in accordance Section 4.1 hereof.
Section 3.5 Exercise of Remedies – Set Off and Tracing of and Priorities in Proceeds. Each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the applicable Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, acknowledges and agrees that, to the extent such Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or Subordinated Lien Secured Party exercises its rights of set-off against any Grantor’s Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts to the extent constituting or containing Receivables Collateral or proceeds thereof, the amount of such set-off shall be deemed to be Receivables Collateral to be held and distributed pursuant to Section 4.1. In addition, unless and until the Discharge of ABL Obligations occurs, each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent and Subordinated Lien Secured Party hereby consents to the application, of cash or other proceeds of Receivables Collateral, deposited under control agreements to the repayment of ABL Obligations pursuant to the ABL Documents.
ARTICLE 4
APPLICATION OF PROCEEDS
Section 4.1 Application of Proceeds.
(a) Revolving Nature of ABL Obligations. Each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, for and on behalf of itself and the applicable Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, expressly acknowledges and agrees that (i) the ABL Credit Agreement includes a revolving commitment, that in the ordinary course of business the ABL Collateral Agent and the ABL Secured Parties will apply payments and make advances thereunder, and that no application of any Receivables Collateral or the release of any Lien by the ABL Collateral Agent upon any portion of
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the Receivables Collateral in connection with a permitted disposition by the Grantors under the ABL Credit Agreement shall constitute an Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies under this Agreement; (ii) subject to the limitations set forth in Section 10.1(a) of the CF Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof) or such additional amounts as consented to by the Lenders under the CF Credit Agreement (in accordance with the provisions thereof), the amount of the ABL Obligations that may be outstanding at any time or from time to time may be increased or reduced and subsequently reborrowed, and that the terms of the ABL Obligations may be modified, extended or amended from time to time, and that the aggregate amount of the ABL Obligations may be increased, replaced or Refinanced, in each event, without notice to or consent by the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties and without affecting the provisions hereof; and (iii) all Receivables Collateral received by the ABL Collateral Agent may be applied, reversed, reapplied, credited, or reborrowed, in whole or in part, to the ABL Obligations at any time. The Lien Priority shall not be altered or otherwise affected by any such amendment, modification, supplement, extension, repayment, reborrowing, increase, replacement, renewal, restatement or Refinancing of either the ABL Obligations or any Subordinated Lien Obligations, or any portion thereof.
(b) Application of Proceeds of Common Collateral. The ABL Collateral Agent and each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent hereby agree that all Common Collateral and all Proceeds thereof, received by any of them in connection with any Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies with respect to the Common Collateral shall be applied, first, to the payment of costs and expenses of the ABL Collateral Agent in connection with such Exercise of Secured Creditor Remedies, and second, to the payment of the ABL Obligations in accordance with the ABL Documents until the Discharge of ABL Obligations shall have occurred.
(c) Payments Over. Any Common Collateral or Receivables Collateral or proceeds thereof received by any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or Subordinated Lien Secured Party in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including set off or credit bid) or in any Insolvency Proceeding relating to the Common Collateral not expressly permitted by this Agreement or prior to the Discharge of ABL Obligations shall be segregated and held in trust for the benefit of and forthwith paid over to the ABL Collateral Agent (and/or its designees) for the benefit of the ABL Secured Parties in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The ABL Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for each such Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or Subordinated Lien Secured Party. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.
(d) Limited Obligation or Liability. In exercising remedies, whether as a secured creditor or otherwise, the ABL Collateral Agent shall have no obligation or liability to any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or Subordinated Lien Secured Party regarding the adequacy of any proceeds realized on any collateral or for any action or omission, save and except solely for an action or omission that breaches the express obligations undertaken by each Party under the terms of this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein contained, none of the Parties hereto waives any claim that it may have against a Secured Party on the grounds that and sale, transfer or other disposition by the Secured Party was not commercially reasonable in every respect as required by the UCC.
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(e) Turnover of Collateral After Discharge. Upon the Discharge of ABL Obligations, the ABL Collateral Agent shall (a) notify the CF Collateral Agent (or, if the ABL Collateral Agent has been notified in writing by the Company and the CF Collateral Agent of the occurrence of a Discharge of CF Obligations, the Bonds Collateral Agent) in writing of the occurrence of such Discharge of ABL Obligations and (b) at the Company’s expense, deliver to such Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or execute such documents as such Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent may reasonably request (including assignment of control agreements with respect to ABL Controlled Accounts) in order to affect a transfer of control to such Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent over any and all ABL Controlled Accounts in the same form as received with any necessary endorsements, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct; provided, however, that the ABL Collateral Agent shall not be required hereunder to deliver such instruments or documents relating to the control agreements with respect to ABL Collateral Agreements if, as of the time of such Discharge of ABL Obligations, no Event of Default (as defined in the CF Credit Agreement or the Indenture) has occurred or is then continuing. The ABL Collateral Agent shall presume that an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing under the CF Agreement and the Indenture unless at the time of such Discharge of ABL Obligations the Company shall have delivered to each of the Collateral Agents an officer’s certificate executed by an Authorized Officer (as defined in the ABL Credit Agreement) certifying that no such Event of Default has occurred and is then continuing (and each of the CF Collateral Agent and the Bonds Collateral Agent shall have confirmed in writing to the ABL Collateral Agent that it has no actual knowledge of the continuance of an Event of Default under the CF Credit Facility or the Indenture, as applicable), upon which the ABL Collateral Agent may conclusively rely (it being understood that neither such officer’s certificate nor Collateral Agent’s confirmation will effect whether or not such Event of Default has in fact occurred or is then in fact continuing).
Section 4.2 Specific Performance. Each of the ABL Collateral Agent and each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent is hereby authorized to demand specific performance of this Agreement, whether or not the Company or any Grantor shall have complied with any of the provisions of any of the Credit Documents, at any time when the other Party shall have failed to comply with any of the provisions of this Agreement applicable to it. Each of the ABL Collateral Agent, for and on behalf of itself and the ABL Secured Parties, and each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, for and on behalf of itself and the applicable Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, hereby irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law that might be asserted as a bar to such remedy of specific performance.
ARTICLE 5
INTERCREDITOR ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS AND WAIVERS
Section 5.1 Notice of Acceptance and Other Waivers.
(a) All ABL Obligations at any time made or incurred by the Company or any Grantor shall be deemed to have been made or incurred in reliance upon this Agreement, and each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the applicable Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, hereby waives notice of acceptance, or proof of reliance by the ABL Collateral Agent or any ABL Secured Party of this Agreement, and notice of the existence, increase, renewal, extension, accrual, creation, or non-payment of all or any part of the ABL Obligations.
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All Subordinated Lien Obligations at any time made or incurred by the Company or any Grantor shall be deemed to have been made or incurred in reliance upon this Agreement, and each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the applicable Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, hereby waives notice of acceptance, or proof of reliance, by such Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or Subordinated Lien Secured Party of this Agreement, and notice of the existence, increase, renewal, extension, accrual, creation, or non-payment of all or any part of the applicable Subordinated Lien Obligations.
(b) None of the ABL Collateral Agent, any ABL Secured Party or any of their respective Affiliates, directors, officers, employees, or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon any of the Common Collateral or any Proceeds therof, or for any delay in doing so, or shall be under any obligation to sell or otherwise dispose of any Common Collateral or Proceeds thereof or to take any other action whatsoever with regard to the Common Collateral or any part or Proceeds thereof, except as specifically provided in this Agreement. If the ABL Collateral Agent or any ABL Secured Party honors (or fails to honor) a request by any Borrower under the ABL Credit Agreement for an extension of credit pursuant to any ABL Credit Agreement or any of the other ABL Documents, whether the ABL Collateral Agent or any ABL Secured Party has knowledge that the honoring of (or failure to honor) any such request would constitute a default under the terms of any Subordinated Lien Document (but not a default under this Agreement) or an act, condition, or event that, with the giving of notice or the passage of time, or both, would constitute such a default, or if the ABL Collateral Agent or any ABL Secured Party otherwise should exercise any of its contractual rights or remedies under any ABL Documents (subject to the express terms and conditions hereof), neither the ABL Collateral Agent nor any ABL Secured Party shall have any liability whatsoever to any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or Subordinated Lien Secured Party as a result of such action, omission, or exercise (so long as any such exercise does not breach the express terms and provisions of this Agreement). The ABL Collateral Agent and the ABL Secured Parties shall be entitled to manage and supervise their loans and extensions of credit under any ABL Credit Agreement and any of the other ABL Documents as they may, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate, and may manage their loans and extensions of credit without regard to any rights or interests that any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or Subordinated Lien Secured Party have in the Common Collateral, except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement. Each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the applicable Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, agrees that neither the ABL Collateral Agent nor any ABL Secured Party shall incur any liability as a result of a sale, lease, license, application, or other disposition of all or any portion of the Common Collateral or Proceeds thereof, pursuant to the ABL Documents, so long as such disposition is conducted in accordance with mandatory provisions of applicable law and does not breach the provisions of this Agreement. The Subordinated Lien Collateral Agents and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties shall be entitled to manage and supervise their loans and extensions of credit under the any applicable Subordinated Lien Document as they may, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate, and may manage their loans and extensions of credit without regard to any rights or interests of the ABL Collateral Agent or any ABL Secured Parties, except as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement.
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Section 5.2 Modifications to ABL Documents and Subordinated Lien Documents.
(a) In the event that the ABL Collateral Agent or the ABL Secured Parties enter into any amendment, waiver or consent in respect of or replace any of the ABL Security Documents for the purpose of adding to, or deleting from, or waiving or consenting to any departures from any provisions of, any ABL Security Document or changing in any manner the rights of the ABL Collateral Agent, the ABL Secured Parties, the Company or any other Grantor thereunder (including the release of any Liens in Common Collateral in accordance with Section 2.4(b)), then such amendment, waiver or consent, to the extent related to Common Collateral, shall apply automatically to any comparable provision (but only to the extent as such provision relates to Common Collateral) of each Comparable Subordinated Lien Security Document without the consent of any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or Subordinated Lien Secured Party and without any action by any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, Subordinated Lien Secured Party, the Company or any other Grantor; provided, however, that such amendment, waiver or consent does not materially adversely affect the rights of the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties or the interests of the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties in the Common Collateral in a manner materially different from that affecting the rights of the ABL Secured Parties thereunder or therein. The ABL Collateral Agent shall give written notice of such amendment, waiver or consent (along with a copy thereof) to each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent; provided, however, that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the effectiveness of such amendment with respect to the provisions of any Subordinated Lien Security Document as set forth in this Section 5.2(a). For the avoidance of doubt, no such amendment, modification or waiver shall apply to or otherwise affect (a) any Non-Receivables Collateral or (b) any document, agreement or instrument which neither grants nor purports to xxxxx x Xxxx on, nor governs nor purports to govern any rights or remedies in respect of, Common Collateral.
(b) So long as the Discharge of ABL Obligations has not occurred, without the prior written consent of the ABL Collateral Agent, no Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent shall consent to amend, supplement or otherwise modify any, or enter into any new, Subordinated Lien Security Document relating to Common Collateral to the extent such amendment, supplement or modification, or the terms of such new Subordinated Lien Security Document, would be prohibited by or inconsistent with any of the terms of this Agreement. Each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent agrees that each applicable Subordinated Lien Security Document relating to Common Collateral shall include the following language (or language to similar effect approved by the ABL Collateral Agent):
“Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the liens and security interests granted to [the applicable Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent] pursuant to this Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy by [the applicable Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent] hereunder are subject to the limitations and provisions of the Receivables Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of November 17, 2006 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”), among Bank of America, N.A., as ABL Collateral Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as CF Collateral Agent and The Bank of New York, as Bonds Collateral Agent, and certain other persons
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party or that may become party thereto from time to time, and consented to by HCA INC. and the Grantors identified therein. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern and control.
(c) No consent furnished by the ABL Collateral Agent or any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent pursuant to Sections 5.2(a) or 5.2(b) hereof shall be deemed to constitute the modification or waiver of any provisions of the ABL Documents or any of the Subordinated Lien Documents, each of which remain in full force and effect as written.
(d) The ABL Obligations and the several Subordinated Lien Obligations may be Refinanced, in whole or in part, in each case, without notice to, or the consent (except to the extent a consent is required to permit the refinancing transaction under any ABL Document or any Subordinated Lien Document) of the ABL Collateral Agent, the ABL Secured Parties, any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or any Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, as the case may be, provided such Refinancing does not affect the relative Lien Priorities provided for herein or directly alter the other provisions hereof to the extent relating to the relative rights, obligations and priorities of the ABL Secured Parties on the one hand and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties on the other.
Section 5.3 Reinstatement and Continuation of Agreement.
If the ABL Collateral Agent or any ABL Secured Party is required in any Insolvency Proceeding or otherwise to turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of the Company, any Grantor, or any other Person any payment made in satisfaction of all or any portion of the ABL Obligations (an “ABL Recovery”), then the ABL Obligations shall be reinstated to the extent of such ABL Recovery. If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such ABL Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect in the event of such ABL Recovery, and such prior termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair, or otherwise affect the obligations of the Parties from such date of reinstatement. The ABL Collateral Agent shall use commercially reasonable efforts to give written notice to the Subordinated Lien Collateral Agents of the occurrence of any such ABL Recovery (provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the ABL Collateral Agents rights hereunder, except it being understood that no Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent shall be charged with knowledge of such ABL Recovery or required to take any actions based on such ABL Recovery until it has received such written notice of the occurrence of such ABL Recovery).
All rights, interests, agreements, and obligations of the ABL Collateral Agent, each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, the ABL Secured Parties and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties under this Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and shall continue irrespective of the commencement of, or any discharge, confirmation, conversion, or dismissal of, any Insolvency Proceeding by or against the Company or any Grantor or any other circumstance which otherwise might constitute a defense (other than a defense that such obligations have in-fact been repaid) available to, or a discharge of the Company or any Grantor in respect of the ABL Obligations or the applicable Subordinated Lien Obligations. No priority or right of the ABL Collateral Agent or any ABL Secured Party shall at any time be prejudiced or impaired in any way by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company or any Grantor or by the
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non-compliance by any Person with the terms, provisions, or covenants of any of the ABL Documents, regardless of any knowledge thereof which the ABL Collateral Agent or any ABL Secured Party may have.
ARTICLE 6
INSOLVENCY PROCEEDINGS
Section 6.1 DIP Financing.
(a) If the Company or any Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency Proceeding at any time prior to the Discharge of ABL Obligations, and the ABL Collateral Agent or the ABL Secured Parties shall seek to provide the Company or any Grantor with, or consent to a third party providing, any financing under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or consent to any order for the use of cash collateral constituting Receivables Collateral under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (each, a “DIP Financing”), with such DIP Financing to be secured by all or any portion of the Receivables Collateral (including assets that, but for the application of Section 552 of the Bankruptcy Code would be Receivables Collateral) but not any other asset or any Non-Receivables Collateral, then each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the applicable Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, agrees that it will raise no objection and will not support any objection to such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral or to the Liens securing the same on the grounds of a failure to provide “adequate protection” for the Liens of such Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent securing the applicable Subordinated Lien Obligations or on any other grounds (and will not request any adequate protection solely as a result of such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral that is Receivables Collateral, except as permitted by Section 6.3(b)), so long as (i) such Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent retains its Lien on the Common Collateral to secure the applicable Subordinated Lien Obligations (in each case, including Proceeds thereof arising after the commencement of the case under the Bankruptcy Code), (ii) the terms of the DIP Financing do not compel the applicable Grantor to seek confirmation of a specific plan of reorganization for which all or substantially all of the material terms of such plan are set forth in the DIP Financing documentation or related document; and (iii) all Liens on Common Collateral securing any such DIP Financing shall be senior to or on a parity with the Liens of the ABL Collateral Agent and the ABL Secured Parties securing the ABL Obligations on Common Collateral; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit or restrict any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or Subordinated Lien Secured Party from raising any objection or supporting any objection to such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral or to the Liens securing the same on the grounds of a failure to provide “adequate protection” for the Liens of such Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent on Non-Receivables Collateral securing the applicable Subordinated Lien Obligations.
(b) All Liens granted to the ABL Collateral Agent or any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent in any Insolvency Proceeding, whether as adequate protection or otherwise, are intended by the Parties to be and shall be deemed to be subject to the Lien Priority and the other terms and conditions of this Agreement.
Section 6.2 Relief from Stay. Each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the applicable Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, agrees not to seek relief from the
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automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency Proceeding in respect of any portion of the Common Collateral without the ABL Collateral Agent’s express written consent.
Section 6.3 No Contest; Adequate Protection.
(a) Each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the applicable Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, agrees that it shall not contest (or support any other Person contesting) (x) any request by the ABL Collateral Agent or any ABL Secured Party for adequate protection of its interest in the Common Collateral, (y) any objection by the ABL Collateral Agent or any ABL Secured Party to any motion, relief, action, or proceeding based on a claim by the ABL Collateral Agent or any ABL Secured Party that its interests in the Common Collateral are not adequately protected (or any other similar request under any law applicable to an Insolvency Proceeding), so long as any Liens granted to the ABL Collateral Agent as adequate protection of its interests are subject to this Agreement or (z) any lawful exercise by the ABL Collateral Agent or any ABL Secured Party of the right to credit bid ABL Obligations at any sale of Common Collateral or Receivables Collateral; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit or restrict any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or Subordinated Lien Secured Party from contesting or challenging (or support any other Person contesting or challenging) any request by the ABL Collateral Agent or any ABL Secured Party for “adequate protection” (or the grant of any such “adequate protection”) to the extent such “adequate protection” is in the form of a Lien on any Non-Receivables Collateral.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions in this Section 6.3, in any Insolvency Proceeding, if the ABL Secured Parties (or any subset thereof) are granted adequate protection with respect to Common Collateral in the form of additional collateral (even if such collateral is not of a type which would otherwise have constituted Common Collateral (unless such additional collateral is an asset of an ABL Entity)), then the ABL Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the ABL Secured Parties, agrees that each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and/or any of the applicable Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, may seek or request (and the ABL Secured Parties will not oppose such request) adequate protection with respect to its interests in such Common Collateral in the form of a Lien on the same additional collateral, which Lien will be subordinated to the Liens securing the ABL Obligations on the same basis as the other Liens of such Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent on the Common Collateral (it being understood that to the extent that any such additional collateral constituted Non-Receivables Collateral at the time it was granted to the ABL Secured Parties, the Lien thereon in favor of the ABL Secured Parties shall be subordinate in all respects to the Liens thereon in favor of the CF Secured Parties and the Bond Secured Parties).
Section 6.4 Asset Sales. Each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent agrees, on behalf of itself and the applicable Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, that it will not oppose any sale consented to by the ABL Collateral Agent of any Common Collateral pursuant to Section 363(f) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision under the law applicable to any Insolvency Proceeding) so long as the proceeds of such sale are applied in accordance with this Agreement.
Section 6.5 Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classification. Each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, each Subordinated Lien Secured Party, each ABL Secured Party and the ABL Collateral Agent each acknowledge and agree that (i) the grants of Liens pursuant
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to the ABL Security Documents on the one hand and the Subordinated Lien Security Documents on the other hand constitute separate and distinct grants of Liens and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties’ claims against the Company and/or any Grantor in respect of Common Collateral constitute junior claims separate and apart (and of a different class) from the senior claims of the ABL Secured Parties against the Company and the Grantors in respect of Common Collateral and (ii) because of, among other things, their differing rights in the Common Collateral, the Subordinated Lien Obligations are fundamentally different from the ABL Obligations and must be separately classified in any plan of reorganization proposed or adopted in an Insolvency Proceeding. To further effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, if it is held that the claims of the ABL Secured Parties and any Subordinated Lien Secured Parties in respect of the Common Collateral constitute only one secured claim (rather than separate classes of senior and junior secured claims), then the ABL Secured Parties and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that all distributions shall be made as if there were separate classes of ABL Obligation claims and Subordinated Lien Obligation claims against the Grantors (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 Subordinated Lien Secured Parties), the ABL 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, before any distribution is made in respect of the claims held by the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties from such Common Collateral, with the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties hereby acknowledging and agreeing to turn over to the ABL Secured Parties amounts otherwise received or receivable by them to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this sentence, even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the aggregate recoveries.
Section 6.6 Enforceability. The provisions of this Agreement are intended to be and shall be enforceable under Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code.
Section 6.7 ABL Obligations Unconditional All rights, interests, agreements and obligations of the ABL Collateral Agent and the ABL Secured Parties, and the Subordinated Lien Collateral Agents and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, respectively, hereunder shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any ABL Documents or any Subordinated 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 ABL Obligations or Subordinated 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 ABL Credit Agreement or any other ABL Document or of the terms of the CF Credit Agreement, the Indenture or any other Subordinated Lien Document;
(c) any exchange of any security interest in any Receivables 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 ABL Obligations or Subordinated Lien Obligations or any guarantee thereof;
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(d) the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding in respect of the Company or any other Grantor; or
(e) any other circumstances that otherwise might constitute a defense (other than a defense that such obligations have in-fact been repaid) available to, or a discharge of, the Company or any other Grantor in respect of ABL Obligations or Subordinated Lien Obligations in respect of this Agreement.
ARTICLE 7
MISCELLANEOUS
Section 7.1 Rights of Subrogation. Each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, for and on behalf of itself and the applicable Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, agrees that no payment to the ABL Collateral Agent or any ABL Secured Party pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement shall entitle such Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or Subordinated Lien Secured Party to exercise any rights of subrogation in respect thereof until the Discharge of ABL Obligations shall have occurred. Following the Discharge of ABL Obligations, the ABL Collateral Agent agrees to execute such documents, agreements, and instruments as any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or Subordinated Lien Secured Party may reasonably request, at the Company’s expense, to evidence the transfer by subrogation to any such Person of an interest in the ABL Obligations resulting from payments to the ABL Collateral Agent by such Person.
Section 7.2 Further Assurances. The Parties will, at their own expense and at any time and from time to time, promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further action, that may be necessary or desirable, or that any Party may reasonably request, in order to protect any right or interest granted or purported to be granted hereby or to enable the ABL Collateral Agent or any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies hereunder; provided, however, that no Party shall be required to pay over any payment or distribution, execute any instruments or documents, or take any other action referred to in this Section 7.2, to the extent that such action would contravene any law, order or other legal requirement or any of the terms or provisions of this Agreement, and in the event of a controversy or dispute, such Party may interplead any payment or distribution in any court of competent jurisdiction, without further responsibility in respect of such payment or distribution under this Section 7.2.
Section 7.3 Representations. Each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent represents and warrants for itself to the ABL Collateral Agent that it has the requisite power and authority under the applicable Subordinated Lien Documents to enter into, execute, deliver, and carry out the terms of this Agreement on behalf of itself and the applicable Subordinated Lien Secured Parties and that this Agreement shall be binding obligations of such Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent and such Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, enforceable against such Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent and Subordinated Lien Secured Parties in accordance with its terms. The ABL Collateral Agent represents and warrants to the Subordinated Lien Collateral Agents that it has the requisite power and authority under the ABL Documents to enter into, execute, deliver, and carry out the terms of this Agreement on behalf of itself and the ABL Secured Parties and that this Agreement shall be binding obligations of the ABL Collateral Agent and the ABL Secured
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Parties, enforceable against the ABL Collateral Agent and the ABL Secured Parties in accordance with its terms.
Section 7.4 Amendments. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement nor consent to any departure by any Party hereto shall be effective unless it is in a written agreement executed by the Subordinated Lien Collateral Agents and the ABL Collateral Agent, and consented to in writing by the Company, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given. Notwithstanding anything in this Section 7.4 to the contrary, this Agreement may be amended from time to time at the request of the Company, at the Company’s expense, and without the consent of the ABL Collateral Agent, any ABL Secured Party, any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or any Subordinated Lien Secured Party to (i) provide for a replacement ABL Collateral Agent in accordance with the ABL Documents, provide for a replacement Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent in accordance with the applicable Subordinated Lien (including for the avoidance of doubt to provide for a replacement ABL Collateral Agent assuming such role in connection with any Refinancing of the ABL Credit Agreement not prohibited by the CF Credit Agreement), provide for a replacement Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent in accordance with the applicable Subordinated Lien Documents (including for the avoidance of doubt to provide for a replacement Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent assuming such role in connection with any Refinancing of the applicable Subordinated Lien Documents permitted hereunder) and/or secure additional extensions of credit or add other parties holding ABL Obligations or Subordinated Lien Obligations to the extent such Indebtedness does not expressly violate the ABL Credit Agreement, the CF Credit Agreement or the Indenture and (ii) in the case of such additional Subordinated Lien Obligations, (a) establish that the Lien on the Common Collateral securing such Subordinated Lien Obligations shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any ABL Obligations (at least to the same extent as (taken together as a whole) the Liens on Common Collateral in favor of the Subordinated Lien Obligations are junior and subordinate to the Liens on Common Collateral in favor of the ABL Obligations pursuant to this Agreement immediately prior to the incurrence of such additional Subordinated Lien Obligations) and (b) provide to the holders of such Subordinated Lien Obligations (or any agent or trustee thereof) the comparable rights and benefits (including any improved rights and benefits that have been consented to by the ABL Collateral Agent) as are provided to the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties under this Agreement.
Section 7.5 Addresses for Notices. All notices to the ABL Secured Parties and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties permitted or required under this Agreement may be sent to the applicable Collateral Agent for such Secured Party, respectively, as provided in the applicable Credit Document. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and may be personally served, telecopied, electronically mailed or sent by courier service or U.S. mail and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service, upon receipt of a telecopy or electronic mail or upon receipt via U.S. mail (registered or certified, with postage prepaid and properly addressed).
Section 7.6 No Waiver, Remedies. No failure on the part of any Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising, any right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any
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single or partial exercise of any right hereunder preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right. The remedies herein provided are cumulative and not exclusive of any remedies provided by law.
Section 7.7 Continuing Agreement, Transfer of Secured Obligations. This Agreement is a continuing agreement and shall (a) subject to Section 5.3, remain in full force and effect until the Discharge of ABL Obligations shall have occurred, (b) be binding upon the Parties and their successors and assigns, and (c) inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Parties and their respective successors, transferees and assigns. Nothing herein is intended, or shall be construed to give, any other Person any right, remedy or claim under, to or in respect of this Agreement or any Common Collateral. All references to any Grantor shall include any Grantor as debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for such Grantor in any Insolvency Proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (c), the ABL Collateral Agent, any ABL Secured Party, any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent and any Subordinated Lien Secured Party may assign or otherwise transfer all or any portion of the ABL Obligations or the applicable Subordinated Lien Obligations, as applicable, to any other Person (other than the Company, any Grantor or any Affiliate of the Company or any Grantor and any Subsidiary of the Company or any Grantor), and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the rights and obligations in respect thereof granted to the ABL Collateral Agent, the applicable Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent, any ABL Secured Party, or any applicable Subordinated Secured Party, as the case may be, herein or otherwise. The ABL Secured Parties and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties may continue, at any time and without notice to the other parties hereto, to extend credit and other financial accommodations, lend monies and provide Indebtedness to, or for the benefit of, any Grantor on the faith hereof.
Section 7.8 Governing Law; Entire Agreement. The validity, performance, and enforcement of this Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement and understanding among the Parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior agreements, written or oral, with respect thereto.
Section 7.9 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts, including by means of facsimile or “pdf” file thereof, and it is not necessary that the signatures of all Parties be contained on any one counterpart hereof, each counterpart will be deemed to be an original, and all together shall constitute one and the same document.
Section 7.10 No Third Party Beneficiaries. This Agreement is solely for the benefit of the ABL Collateral Agent, the ABL Secured Parties, the CF Collateral Agent, the CF Secured Parties, the Bonds Collateral Agent and the Bonds Secured Parties. No other Person (including the Company, any Grantor or any Affiliate or Subsidiary of the Company or any Gantor) shall be deemed to be a third party beneficiary of this Agreement.
Section 7.11 Headings. The headings of the articles and sections of this Agreement are inserted for purposes of convenience only and shall not be construed to affect the meaning or construction of any of the provisions hereof.
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Section 7.12 Severability. If any of the provisions in this Agreement shall, for any reason, be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, such invalidity, illegality, or unenforceability shall not affect any other provision of this Agreement and shall not invalidate the Lien Priority or the application of Proceeds and other priorities set forth in this Agreement.
Section 7.13 Attorneys Fees. The Parties agree that if any dispute, arbitration, litigation, or other proceeding is brought with respect to the enforcement of this Agreement or any provision hereof, the prevailing party in such dispute, arbitration, litigation, or other proceeding shall be entitled to recover its reasonable attorneys’ fees and all other costs and expenses incurred in the enforcement of this Agreement, irrespective of whether suit is brought.
Section 7.14 VENUE; JURY TRIAL WAIVER. 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 7.5 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.
(a) EACH PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS TO SERVICE OF PROCESS IN THE MANNER PROVIDED FOR NOTICES IN SECTION 7.5. NOTHING IN THIS AGREEMENT WILL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF ANY PARTY TO THIS AGREEMENT TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW.
Section 7.15 Intercreditor Agreement. This Agreement is the Receivables Intercreditor Agreement referred to in the ABL Documents, the CF Documents and the Bonds Documents. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to subordinate the obligations due to (i) any ABL Secured Party to the obligations due to any Subordinated Lien Secured Party or (ii) any Subordinated Lien Secured Party to the obligations due to any ABL Secured Party (in each case, whether before or after the occurrence of an Insolvency Proceeding), it being the intent of the Parties that this Agreement shall effectuate a subordination of Liens but not a subordination of Indebtedness.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, each party hereto agrees that the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties (as among themselves and/or as among the Bonds Secured Parties) may enter into intercreditor agreements (or similar arrangements (including without limitation the General Intercreditor Agreement)) governing the rights, benefits and privileges as among the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties in respect of the Common Collateral, this Agreement and the other Bonds 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
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the provisions of this Agreement, the CF Documents or the Bonds 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 and the provisions of this Agreement and the other ABL Security Documents and Subordinated 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)).
Section 7.16 Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective when executed and delivered by the parties hereto. This Agreement shall be effective both before and after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding.
Section 7.17 Collateral Agents. It is understood and agreed that (a) Bank of America is entering into this Agreement in its capacity as collateral agent under the ABL Credit Agreement, and the provisions of Section 13 of the ABL Credit Agreement applicable to the administrative agent and collateral agent thereunder shall also apply to the ABL Collateral Agent hereunder, (b) Bank of America is entering into this Agreement in its capacity as collateral agent under the CF Credit Agreement, and the provisions of Section 13 of the CF Credit Agreement applicable to the administrative agent and collateral agent thereunder shall also apply to the CF Collateral Agent hereunder and (c) The Bank of New York is entering in this Agreement in its capacity as Bonds Collateral Agent, and the provisions of Section 11.02 of the Indenture applicable to the collateral agent thereunder shall also apply to the Bonds Collateral Agent hereunder.
Section 7.18 No Warranties or Liability. Each of the ABL Collateral Agent, the CF Collateral Agent and the Bonds Collateral Agent acknowledge and agree that none of the other has made any representation or warranty with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectability or enforceability of any other ABL Document, CF Document or Bonds Document, as the case may be.
Section 7.19 Conflicts. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any Credit Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern.
Section 7.20 Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Credit Parties. Each of the Bonds Collateral Agent, the CF Collateral Agent and the ABL Collateral Agent hereby assume responsibility for keeping itself informed of the financial condition of the Grantors and all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the ABL Obligations, the CF Obligations or the Bonds Obligations. The ABL Collateral Agent, the CF Collateral Agent and the Bonds Collateral Agent each hereby agrees that no party shall have any duty to advise any other party of information known to it regarding such condition or any such circumstances. In the event either the ABL Collateral Agent, the CF Collateral Agent or the Bonds Collateral Agent, in its sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any information to any other party to this Agreement, (a) it shall be under no obligation (i) to provide any such information to any other party or any other party on any subsequent occasion, (ii) to undertake any investigation not a part of its regular business routine, or (iii) to disclose any other information, or (b) it makes no representation as to the accuracy or completeness of any such information
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and shall not be liable for any information contained therein, and (c) the Party receiving such information hereby to hold the other Party harmless from any action the receiving Party may take or conclusion the receiving Party may reach or draw from any such information, as well as from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, and expenses to which such receiving Party may become subject arising out of or in connection with the use of such information.
Section 7.21 Acknowledgement. Each Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent hereby acknowledges for itself and on behalf of each applicable Subordinated Lien Secured Party that there are assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including Grantors) which are subject to Liens in favor of the ABL Collateral Agent or other creditors but which do not constitute Common Collateral and nothing in this Agreement shall grant or imply the grant of any Lien or other security interest in such assets in favor of any Subordinated Lien Secured Party to secure any Subordinated Lien Obligations. The ABL Collateral Agent hereby acknowledges for itself and on behalf of each ABL Secured Party that there are assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries (including Grantors) which are subject to Liens in favor of the CF Collateral Agent and/or the Bonds Collateral Agent or other creditors but which do not constitute Common Collateral and nothing in this Agreement shall grant or imply the grant of any Lien or other security interest in such assets in favor of the ABL Collateral Agent to secure any ABL Obligations and nothing in this Agreement shall affect or limit the rights of any Subordinated Lien Collateral Agent or Subordinated Lien Secured Party in any Non-Receivables Collateral or any other assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (other than Receivables Collateral) securing any Subordinated Lien Obligations. The CF Collateral Agent and the Bonds Collateral Agent, acknowledge and agree, as between themselves and on behalf of the applicable Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, that the relative priorities as among themselves of the Liens granted on Common Collateral and other collateral secured CF Obligations and/or Bonds Obligations is governed under the General Intercreditor Agreement. Furthermore, the parties hereto acknowledge that (a) the CF Collateral Agent is acting hereunder on behalf of the CF Secured Parties and, except as expressly stated otherwise, not on behalf of the Bonds Collateral Agent or Bonds Secured Parties and (b) the Bonds Collateral Agent is acting hereunder on behalf of the Bonds Secured Parties and, except as expressly stated otherwise, not on behalf of the CF Collateral Agent or CF Secured Parties, and with respect thereto, a of this Agreement by the CF Collateral Agent or any CF Secured Party shall not be deemed, in and of itself, to be a breach of this Agreement by the Bonds Collateral Agent or any Bonds Secured Party, and a breach of this Agreement by the Bonds Collateral Agent or any Bonds Secured Parties shall not be deemed, in and of itself, to be a breach of this Agreement by the CF Collateral Agent or any CF Secured Party.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., | ||
| as ABL Collateral Agent | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
| Title: | Vice President | |
| BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as CF Collateral Agent | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxx | |
| Title: | Vice President | |
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| THE BANK OF NEW YORK, | ||
| as Bonds Collateral Agent | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxx Xx Xxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxx Xx Xxxxxx | |
| Title: | Vice President | |
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CONSENT OF COMPANY AND GRANTORS
Dated: November 17, 2006
Reference is made to the Receivables Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the date hereof between Bank of America, N.A., as ABL Collateral Agent, Bank of America, N.A., as CF Collateral Agent, and The Bank of New York, as Bonds Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, waived, or otherwise modified from time to time (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 applicable to it, agrees to abide by the requirements expressly applicable to it under the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement and agrees that, except as otherwise provided therein, no ABL Secured Party, CF Secured Party or Bonds Secured Party shall have any liability to any Grantor for acting in accordance with the provisions of the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement. Each Grantor understands that the foregoing Intercreditor Agreement is for the sole benefit of the ABL Secured Parties, the CF Secured Parties and the Bonds Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns, and that such Grantor is not an intended beneficiary or third party beneficiary thereof except to the extent otherwise expressly provided therein.
Without limitation to the foregoing, each Grantor agrees to take such further action and shall execute and deliver such additional documents and instruments (in recordable form, if requested) as the ABL Collateral Agent, the CF Collateral Agent or the Bonds 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 ABL Credit Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Consent is hereby executed by each of the Grantors as of the date first written above.
| HCA INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ R. Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
| Name: | R. Xxxxxx Xxxx | |
| Title: | ||
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| Each of the SUBSIDIARY GRANTORS listed on Schedule 1 hereto | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
| Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx | |
| Title: | Vice President and Treasurer | |
