FIRST LIEN PARI PASSU INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of February 11, 2021 among Barclays Bank PLC, as Initial First Lien Representative and Initial First Lien Collateral Agent, GLAS Trust Company LLC, as the Initial Other Representative, GLAS Trust...
Exhibit 10.2
Execution Version
dated as of
February 11, 2021
among
Barclays Bank PLC,
as Initial First Lien Representative and Initial First Lien Collateral Agent,
GLAS Trust Company LLC,
as the Initial Other Representative,
GLAS Trust Company LLC,
as the Initial Other Collateral Agent,
and
each additional Representative and Collateral Agent from time to time party hereto
and acknowledged and agreed to by
as the Company and the other Grantors referred to herein
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. DEFINITIONS
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SECTION 1.1
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Certain Defined Terms
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SECTION 1.2
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Rules of Interpretation
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ARTICLE II. PRIORITIES AND AGREEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO SHARED COLLATERAL
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SECTION 2.1
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Priority of Claims
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SECTION 2.2
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Actions with Respect to Shared Collateral; Prohibition on Contesting Liens
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SECTION 2.3
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No Interference; Payment Over; Exculpatory Provisions
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SECTION 2.4
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Automatic Release of Liens
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SECTION 2.5
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Certain Agreements with Respect to Bankruptcy or Insolvency Proceedings
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SECTION 2.6
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Reinstatement
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SECTION 2.7
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Insurance and Condemnation Awards
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SECTION 2.8
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Refinancings
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SECTION 2.9
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Gratuitous Bailee/Agent for Perfection
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SECTION 2.10
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Amendments to First Lien Collateral Documents
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SECTION 2.11
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Similar Liens and Agreements
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ARTICLE III. EXISTENCE AND AMOUNTS OF LIENS AND OBLIGATIONS
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ARTICLE IV. THE APPLICABLE COLLATERAL AGENT
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SECTION 4.1
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Authority
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SECTION 4.2
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Power-of-Attorney
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ARTICLE V. MISCELLANEOUS
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SECTION 5.1
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Integration/Conflicts
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SECTION 5.2
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Effectiveness; Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability
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SECTION 5.3
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Amendments; Waivers
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SECTION 5.4
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Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Grantors and their Subsidiaries
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SECTION 5.5
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Submission to Jurisdiction; Certain Waivers
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SECTION 5.6
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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SECTION 5.7
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Notices
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SECTION 5.8
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Further Assurances
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SECTION 5.9
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Agency Capacities
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SECTION 5.10
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GOVERNING LAW.
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SECTION 5.11
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Binding on Successors and Assigns
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SECTION 5.12
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Section Headings
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SECTION 5.13
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Counterparts
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SECTION 5.14
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Other First Lien Obligations
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SECTION 5.15
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Authorization
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SECTION 5.16
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No Third Party Beneficiaries/ Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights
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SECTION 5.17
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No Indirect Actions
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SECTION 5.18
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Additional Grantors
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EXHIBITS
Exhibit A
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Form of Joinder Agreement (Additional First Lien Debt / Replacement Credit Agreement)
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Exhibit B
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Form of Additional First Lien Debt / Replacement Credit Agreement Designation
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Exhibit C
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Form of Joinder Agreement (Additional Grantors)
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This FIRST LIEN PARI PASSU INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”)
dated as of February 11, 2021, among Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent for the Initial Credit Agreement Claimholders (in such capacity and together with its successors from time to time in such capacity, the “Initial First Lien Representative”) and as collateral agent for the Initial Credit Agreement Claimholders (in such capacity and together with its successors
from time to time in such capacity, the “Initial First Lien Collateral Agent”), GLAS Trust Company LLC, as Representative for the
Initial Other First Lien Claimholders (in such capacity and together with its successors from time to time in such capacity, the “Initial
Other Representative”), GLAS Trust Company LLC, a limited liability company organized and existing under the laws of the State of New Hampshire, as collateral agent for the Initial Other First Lien Claimholders (in such capacity and together
with its successors from time to time in such capacity, the “Initial Other Collateral Agent”), and each additional Representative
and Collateral Agent from time to time party hereto for the Other First Lien Claimholders of the Series with respect to which it is acting in such capacity, and acknowledged and agreed to by Turning Point Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) and the other Grantors. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in Article 1 below.
Reference is made to (i) the Credit Agreement dated as of February 11, 2021 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “Initial Credit Agreement”), among the Company, each Subsidiary of the Company party
thereto from time to time, the Lenders party thereto from time to time, the Initial First Lien Representative, the Initial First Lien Collateral Agent and the other parties named therein, (ii) the Guarantee Agreement dated as of February 11, 2021 (as
amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Guarantee Agreement”), among
the Company, each Subsidiary of the Company party thereto from time to time, the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent and (iii) the Indenture dated as of February 11, 2021 (as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time, the “Indenture”), among the Company, each Subsidiary of the Company party thereto from time to time, the Initial
Other Representative and the Initial First Lien Collateral Agent.
Pursuant to the Guarantee Agreement and the Indenture, the Company has agreed to cause certain current and future Subsidiaries to agree to
guaranty the Initial Credit Agreement Obligations pursuant to a Subsidiary Guaranty (the “Subsidiary Guaranty”);
The obligations of the Company under the Initial Credit Agreement, the obligations of the Company under any Initial Credit Agreement Hedge
Agreements and any Initial Credit Agreement Cash Management Agreements, and the obligations of the Subsidiary guarantors under the Subsidiary Guaranty will be secured on a first-priority basis by liens on substantially all the assets of the Company
and the Subsidiary guarantors (such current and future Subsidiaries of the Company providing a guaranty thereof), respectively, pursuant to the terms of the Initial Credit Agreement Collateral Documents;
The Initial Credit Agreement Documents and the Initial Other First Lien Documents provide, among other things, that the parties thereto
shall set forth in this Agreement their respective rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral; and
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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, each of the Initial First Lien Representative (for itself and on behalf of each other Initial Credit Agreement Claimholder), the Initial First Lien Collateral Agent (for itself and on behalf
of each other Initial Credit Agreement Claimholder), the Initial Other Representative (for itself and on behalf of each other Initial Other First Lien Claimholder), the Initial Other Collateral Agent (for itself and on behalf of each other Initial
Other First Lien Claimholder) and each Additional First Lien Representative and Additional First Lien Collateral Agent (in each case, for itself and on behalf of the Additional First Lien Claimholders of the applicable Series), intending to be
legally bound, hereby agrees as follows:
ARTICLE I.
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1 Certain
Defined Terms.
Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings set forth in the Initial Credit Agreement (whether or not
then in effect), and the following terms which are defined in the UCC are used herein as so defined (and if defined in more than one article of the UCC shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 thereof): Certificated Security, Commodity Account,
Commodity Contract, Deposit Account, Electronic Chattel Paper, Promissory Note, Instrument, Letter of Credit Right, Securities Entitlement, Securities Account and Tangible Chattel Paper. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the
meanings specified below:
“Additional First Lien
Claimholders” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14.
“Additional First Lien
Collateral Agent” means with respect to each Series of Other First Lien Obligations and each Replacement Credit Agreement, in each case, that becomes subject to the terms of this Agreement after the date hereof, the Person serving as
collateral agent (or the equivalent) for such Series of Other First Lien Obligations or Replacement Credit Agreement and named as such in the applicable Joinder Agreement delivered pursuant to Section 5.14 hereof, together with its successors from
time to time in such capacity. If an Additional First Lien Collateral Agent is the Collateral Agent under a Replacement Credit Agreement, it shall also be a Replacement Collateral Agent and the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent, otherwise it shall be
an Other First Lien Collateral Agent.
“Additional First Lien Debt”
has the meaning set forth in Section 5.14.
“Additional First Lien
Representative” means with respect to each Series of Other First Lien Obligations and each Replacement Credit Agreement, in each case, that becomes subject to the terms of this Agreement after the date hereof, the Person serving as
administrative agent, trustee or in a similar capacity for such Series of Other First Lien Obligations or Replacement Credit Agreement and named as such in the applicable Joinder Agreement delivered pursuant to Section 5.14 hereof, together with its
successors from time to time in such capacity. If an Additional First Lien Representative is the Representative under a Replacement Credit Agreement, it shall also be a Replacement Representative and the Credit Agreement Representative, otherwise it
shall be an Other First Lien Representative.
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“Agreement” has the
meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereto.
“Applicable Collateral Agent”
means (i) until the earlier of (x) the Discharge of Credit Agreement and (y) the Non-Controlling Representative Enforcement Date, the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent and (ii) from and after the earlier of (x) the Discharge of Credit Agreement and
(y) the Non-Controlling Representative Enforcement Date, the Collateral Agent for the Series of First Lien Obligations represented by the Major Non-Controlling Representative.
“Applicable Representative”
means (i) until the earlier of (x) the Discharge of Credit Agreement and (y) the Non-Controlling Representative Enforcement Date, the Credit Agreement Representative and (ii) from and after the earlier of (x) the Discharge of Credit Agreement and (y)
the Non-Controlling Representative Enforcement Date, the Major Non-Controlling Representative.
“Bankruptcy Case” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(b).
“Bankruptcy Code”
means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.
“Bankruptcy Law”
means the Bankruptcy Code and any similar Federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.
“Business Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or
other day on which commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to close.
“Collateral” means
all assets and properties subject to, or purported to be subject to, Liens created pursuant to any First Lien Collateral Document to secure one or more Series of First Lien Obligations and shall include any property or assets subject to replacement
Liens or adequate protection Liens in favor of any First Lien Claimholder.
“Collateral Agent”
means (i) in the case of any Credit Agreement Obligations, the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent (which in the case of the Initial Credit Agreement Obligations shall be the Initial First Lien Collateral Agent and in the case of any Replacement Credit
Agreement shall be the Replacement Collateral Agent) and (ii) in the case of the Other First Lien Obligations, the Other First Lien Collateral Agent (which in the case of the Initial Other First Lien Obligations shall be the Initial Other Collateral
Agent and in the case of any other Series of Other First Lien Obligations shall be the Additional First Lien Collateral Agent for such Series).
“Company” has the meaning set forth in the introductory
paragraph to this Agreement.
“Control Collateral”
means any Shared Collateral in the “control” (within the meaning of Section 9-104, 9-105, 9-106, 9-107 or 8-106 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction) of any Collateral Agent (or its agents or bailees), to the extent that
control thereof perfects a Lien thereon under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction. Control Collateral includes any Deposit Accounts, Securities Accounts, Securities Entitlements, Commodity Accounts, Commodity Contracts, Letter
of Credit Rights or Electronic Chattel Paper over which any Collateral Agent has “control” under the applicable Uniform Commercial Code.
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“Controlling Claimholders”
means (i) at any time when the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent is the Applicable Collateral Agent, the Credit Agreement Claimholders and (ii) at any other time, the Series of First Lien Claimholders whose Collateral Agent is the Applicable
Collateral Agent.
“Credit Agreement”
means (i) the Initial Credit Agreement and (ii) each Replacement Credit Agreement.
“Credit Agreement
Claimholders” means (i) the Initial Credit Agreement Claimholders and (ii) the Replacement Credit Agreement Claimholders.
“Credit Agreement Collateral
Agent” means (i) the Initial First Lien Collateral Agent and (ii) the Replacement Collateral Agent under any Replacement Credit Agreement.
“Credit Agreement Collateral
Documents” means (i) the Initial Credit Agreement Collateral Documents and (ii) the Replacement Credit Agreement Collateral Documents.
“Credit Agreement Documents”
means (i) the Initial Credit Agreement Documents and (ii) the Replacement Credit Agreement Documents.
“Credit Agreement
Obligations” means (i) the Initial Credit Agreement Obligations and (ii) the Replacement Credit Agreement Obligations.
“Credit Agreement
Representative” means (i) the Initial First Lien Representative and (ii) the Replacement Representative under any Replacement Credit Agreement.
“Declined Liens” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.11.
“Default” means a
“Default” (or similarly defined term) as defined in any First Lien Credit Document.
“Designation” means a
designation of Additional First Lien Debt and, if applicable, the designation of a Replacement Credit Agreement, in each case, in substantially the form of Exhibit B
attached hereto.
“DIP Financing” has
the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(b).
“DIP Financing Liens”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5(b).
“DIP Lenders” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.5(b).
“Discharge” means,
with respect to any Series of First Lien Obligations, that such Series of First Lien Obligations is no longer secured by, and no longer required to be secured by, any Shared Collateral pursuant to the terms of the applicable First Lien Documents for
such Series of First Lien Obligations. The term “Discharged” shall have a corresponding meaning.
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“Discharge of Credit
Agreement” means, except to the extent otherwise provided in Section 2.6, the Discharge of the Credit Agreement Obligations; provided that the Discharge of Credit Agreement shall be deemed not to have occurred if a Replacement Credit Agreement is entered into until, subject to Section 2.6, the Replacement Credit Agreement Obligations shall have been Discharged.
“Equity Release Proceeds”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a).
“Event of Default”
means an “Event of Default” (or similarly defined term) as defined in any First Lien Credit Document.
“First Lien Claimholders”
means (i) the Credit Agreement Claimholders and (ii) the Other First Lien Claimholders with respect to each Series of Other First Lien Obligations.
“First Lien Collateral
Documents” means, collectively, (i) the Credit Agreement Collateral Documents and (ii) the Other First Lien Collateral Documents.
“First Lien Documents”
means (i) the Credit Agreement Documents, (ii) the Initial Other First Lien Documents and (iii) each other Other First Lien Document.
“First Lien Obligations”
means, collectively, (i) the Credit Agreement Obligations and (ii) each Series of Other First Lien Obligations.
“Grantors” means the
Company and each Subsidiary of the Company which has granted a security interest pursuant to any First Lien Collateral Document to secure any Series of First Lien Obligations.
“Impairment” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b)(ii).
“Indebtedness” means
indebtedness in respect of borrowed money.
“Initial Credit Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the second paragraph of this Agreement.
“Initial Credit Agreement
Cash Management Agreements” means the Cash Management Agreements as defined in the Initial Credit Agreement.
“Initial Credit Agreement
Claimholders” means the holders of any Initial Credit Agreement Obligations, including the “Secured Parties” as defined in the Initial Credit Agreement or in the Initial Credit Agreement Collateral Documents and the Initial First Lien
Representative and Initial First Lien Collateral Agent.
“Initial Credit Agreement Collateral Documents” means the Security Documents (as defined in the Initial Credit Agreement) and any other
agreement, document or instrument entered into for the purpose of granting a Lien to secure any Initial Credit Agreement Obligations or to perfect such Lien (as each may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time).
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“Initial Credit Agreement
Documents” means the Initial Credit Agreement, each Initial Credit Agreement Collateral Document and the other Loan Documents (as defined in the Initial Credit Agreement), and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments providing
for or evidencing any other Initial Credit Agreement Obligation, as each may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Initial Credit Agreement
Hedge Agreement” means interest rate swap, cap or collar agreements, interest rate future or option contracts, currency swap agreements, currency future or option contracts and other hedging agreements, but excluding long term agreements for
the purchase of goods and services entered into in the ordinary course of business, entered into with a Hedge Bank (as defined in the Initial Credit Agreement) in order to satisfy the requirements of the Initial Credit Agreement or otherwise as
permitted under the Initial Credit Agreement Documents and secured under the Initial Credit Agreement Collateral Documents.
“Initial Credit Agreement
Obligations” means all advances to, and debts, liabilities, obligations, covenants and duties of, any Loan Party arising under any Loan Document or otherwise with respect to any Loan, Letter of Credit, Secured Cash Management Agreement or
Secured Hedge Agreement, in each case, whether direct or indirect (including those acquired by assumption), absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter arising and including interest and fees that accrue after the
commencement by or against any Loan Party or any Affiliate thereof of any proceeding under any Debtor Relief Laws naming such Person as the debtor in such proceeding, regardless of whether such interest and fees are allowed claims in such
proceeding. Notwithstanding the foregoing, Obligations of any Guarantor shall in no event include any Excluded Swap Obligations (as defined in the Collateral Agreement) of such Guarantor (each term in this definition as defined in the Credit
Agreement).
“Initial First Lien
Collateral Agent” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“Initial First Lien
Representative” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“Initial Other Collateral
Agent” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“Initial Other Collateral
Documents” means the Security Documents (as defined in the Initial Other First Lien Agreement) and any other agreement, document or instrument entered into for the purpose of granting a Lien to secure any Initial Other First Lien Obligations
or to perfect such Lien (as each may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time).
“Initial Other First Lien
Agreement” means the Indenture.
“Initial Other First Lien
Claimholders” means the holders of any Initial Other First Lien Obligations, the Initial Other Representative and the Initial Other Collateral Agent.
“Initial Other First Lien
Documents” means the Initial Other First Lien Agreement, each Initial Other Collateral Document and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments providing for or evidencing any other Initial Other First Lien Obligations, as each
may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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“Initial Other First Lien
Obligations” means the Other First Lien Obligations pursuant to the Initial Other First Lien Documents.
“Initial Other
Representative” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph to this Agreement.
“Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding” means:
(a) any voluntary or involuntary
case or proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any Grantor;
(b) any other voluntary or
involuntary insolvency, reorganization or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding with respect to any Grantor or with respect to a material portion of its assets;
(c) any liquidation, dissolution,
reorganization or winding up of any Grantor whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy; or
(d) any assignment for the benefit
of creditors or any other marshaling of assets and liabilities of any Grantor.
“Intervening Creditor”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1(b)(i).
“Joinder Agreement”
means a document in the form of Exhibit A to this Agreement required to be delivered by a Representative to each Collateral Agent and each other Representative
pursuant to Section 5.14 of this Agreement in order to create an additional Series of Other First Lien Obligations or a Refinancing of any Series of First Lien
Obligations (including the Credit Agreement) and bind First Lien Claimholders hereunder.
“Lien” means any lien
(including judgment liens and liens arising by operation of law), mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or encumbrance of any kind (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing, any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, and any lease in the nature thereof) and any option, call, trust (whether contractual, statutory, deemed, equitable, constructive, resulting or otherwise), UCC financing statement or other preferential arrangement having the practical
effect of any of the foregoing, including any right of set-off or recoupment.
“Major Non-Controlling
Representative” means the Representative of the Series of Other First Lien Obligations that constitutes the largest outstanding principal
amount of any then outstanding Series of Other First
Lien Obligations (provided, however, that if there are two
outstanding Series of Other First Lien Obligations which have an equal outstanding principal amount, the Series of Other First Lien Obligations with the earlier maturity date shall be considered to have the larger outstanding principal amount for
purposes of this clause (i)). For purposes of this definition, “principal amount” shall be deemed to include the face amount of any outstanding letter of credit issued under the particular Series.
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“Non-Controlling
Claimholders” means the First Lien Claimholders which are not Controlling Claimholders.
“Non-Controlling
Representative” means, at any time, each Representative that is not the Applicable Representative at such time.
“Non-Controlling
Representative Enforcement Date” means, with respect to any Non-Controlling Representative, the date which is 180 days (throughout which 180 day period such Non-Controlling Representative was the Major Non-Controlling Representative) after
the occurrence of both (i) an Event of Default (under and as defined in the First Lien Documents under which such Non-Controlling Representative is the Representative) and
(ii) each Collateral Agent’s and each other Representative’s receipt of written notice from such Non-Controlling Representative certifying that (x) such Non-Controlling Representative is the Major Non-Controlling Representative and that an Event of
Default (under and as defined in the First Lien Documents under which such Non-Controlling Representative is the Representative) has occurred and is continuing and (y) the First Lien Obligations of the Series with respect to which such
Non-Controlling Representative is the Representative are currently due and payable in full (whether as a result of acceleration thereof or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of the applicable Other First Lien Document; provided that the Non-Controlling Representative Enforcement Date shall be stayed and shall not occur and shall be deemed not to have occurred (1) at any time the Applicable Collateral
Agent acting on the instructions of the Applicable Representative has commenced and is diligently pursuing any enforcement action with respect to Shared Collateral, (2) at any time the Grantor that has granted a security interest in Shared Collateral
is then a debtor under or with respect to (or otherwise subject to) any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or (3) if such Non-Controlling Representative subsequently rescinds or withdraws the written notice provided for in clause (ii).
“Other First Lien Agreement”
means any indenture, notes, credit agreement or other agreement, document (including any document governing reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit issued pursuant to any Other First Lien Agreement) or instrument, including the
Initial Other First Lien Agreement, pursuant to which any Grantor has or will incur Other First Lien Obligations; provided that, in each case, the Indebtedness
thereunder (other than the Initial Other First Lien Obligations) has been designated as Other First Lien Obligations pursuant to and in accordance with Section 5.14.
For avoidance of doubt, neither the Initial Credit Agreement nor any Replacement Credit Agreement shall constitute an Other First Lien Agreement.
“Other First Lien
Claimholder” means the holders of any Other First Lien Obligations and any Representative and Collateral Agent with respect thereto and shall include the Initial Other First Lien Claimholders.
“Other First Lien Collateral
Agents” means each of the Collateral Agents other than the Credit Agreement Collateral Agent.
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“Other First Lien Collateral
Documents” means the Security Documents or Collateral Documents or similar term (in each case as defined in the applicable Other First Lien Agreement) and any other agreement, document or instrument entered into for the purpose of granting a
Lien to secure any Other First Lien Obligations or to perfect such Lien (as each may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time).
“Other First Lien Documents”
means, with respect to the Initial Other First Lien Obligations or any Series of Other First Lien Obligations, the Other First Lien Agreements, including the Initial Other First Lien Documents and the Other First Lien Collateral Documents applicable
thereto and each other agreement, document and instrument providing for or evidencing any other Other First Lien Obligation, as each may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time; provided that, in each case, the Indebtedness thereunder (other than the Initial Other First Lien Obligations) has been designated as Other First Lien Obligations
pursuant to and in accordance with Section 5.14 hereto.
“Other First Lien
Obligations” means all amounts owing to any Other First Lien Claimholder (including any Initial Other First Lien Claimholder) pursuant to the terms of any Other First Lien Document (including the Initial Other First Lien Documents),
including all amounts in respect of any principal, interest (including any Post-Petition Interest), premium (if any), penalties, fees, expenses (including fees, expenses and disbursements of agents, professional advisors and legal counsel),
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities, and guarantees of the foregoing amounts, in each case whether or not allowed or allowable in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Other First Lien Obligations shall include any
Registered Equivalent Notes and guarantees thereof by the Grantors issued in exchange therefor. For avoidance of doubt, neither the Initial Credit Agreement Obligations nor any Replacement Credit Agreement Obligations shall constitute Other First
Lien Obligations.
“Other First Lien
Representative ” means each of the First Lien Representatives other than the Initial First Lien Representative.
“Possessory Collateral”
means any Shared Collateral in the possession of any Collateral Agent (or its agents or bailees), to the extent that possession thereof perfects a Lien thereon under the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction or otherwise. Possessory Collateral
includes any Certificated Securities, Promissory Notes, Instruments, and Tangible Chattel Paper, in each case, delivered to or in the possession of any Collateral Agent under the terms of the First Lien Collateral Documents.
“Post-Petition Interest”
means interest, fees, expenses and other charges that pursuant to the Credit Agreement Documents or Other First Lien Documents, as applicable, continue to accrue after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not such
interest, fees, expenses and other charges are allowed or allowable under the Bankruptcy Law or in any such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
“Proceeds” has the
meaning set forth in Section 2.1(a).
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“Refinance” means, in
respect of any Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, defease, amend, modify, supplement, restructure, replace, refund or repay, or to issue other Indebtedness in exchange or replacement for, such Indebtedness in whole or in part and regardless
of whether the principal amount of such Refinancing Indebtedness is the same, greater than or less than the principal amount of the Refinanced Indebtedness. “Refinanced”
and “Refinancing” shall have correlative meanings.
“Registered Equivalent Notes”
means, with respect to any notes originally issued in a Rule 144A or other private placement transaction under the Securities Act of 1933, substantially identical notes (having the same guarantees and substantially the same collateral) issued in a
dollar-for-dollar exchange therefor pursuant to an exchange offer registered with the SEC.
“Replacement Collateral
Agent” means, in respect of any Replacement Credit Agreement, the collateral agent or person serving in similar capacity under the Replacement Credit Agreement.
“Replacement Credit
Agreement” means any loan agreement, indenture or other agreement that (i) Refinances the Credit Agreement in accordance with Section 2.8 hereof so long
as, after giving effect to such Refinancing, the agreement that was the Credit Agreement immediately prior to such Refinancing is no longer secured, and no longer required to be secured, by any of the Collateral and (ii) becomes the Credit Agreement
hereunder by designation as such pursuant to Section 5.14.
“Replacement Credit
Agreement Cash Management Agreements” means the Cash Management Agreements or Banking Product Obligations or similar term as defined in the Replacement Credit Agreement.
“Replacement Credit
Agreement Claimholders” means the holders of any Replacement Credit Agreement Obligations, including the “Secured Parties” (or similar term) as defined in the Replacement Credit Agreement or in the Replacement Credit Agreement Collateral
Documents and the Replacement Representative and Replacement Collateral Agent.
“Replacement Credit Agreement Collateral Documents” means the Security Documents or Collateral Documents or similar term (as defined in the
Replacement Credit Agreement) and any other agreement, document or instrument entered into for the purpose of granting a Lien to secure any Replacement Credit Agreement Obligations or to perfect such Lien (as each may be amended, restated, amended
and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time).
“Replacement Credit
Agreement Documents” means the Replacement Credit Agreement, each Replacement Credit Agreement Collateral Document and the other Loan Documents or similar term (as defined in the Replacement Credit Agreement), and each of the other
agreements, documents and instruments providing for or evidencing any other Replacement Credit Agreement Obligation, as each may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
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“Replacement Credit
Agreement Hedge Agreement” means interest rate swap, cap or collar agreements, interest rate future or option contracts, currency swap agreements, currency future or option contracts and other hedging agreements, but excluding long term
agreements for the purchase of goods and services entered into in the ordinary course of business, entered into with a Hedge Bank or similar term (as defined in the Replacement Credit Agreement) in order to satisfy the requirements of the Replacement
Credit Agreement or otherwise as permitted under the Replacement Credit Agreement Documents and secured under the Replacement Credit Agreement Collateral Documents.
“Replacement Credit
Agreement Obligations” means:
(a) (i) all principal of and interest
(including any Post-Petition Interest) and premium (if any) on all loans made pursuant to the Replacement Credit Agreement, (ii) all reimbursement obligations (if any) and interest thereon (including any Post-Petition Interest) with respect to any
letter of credit or similar instrument issued pursuant to the Replacement Credit Agreement, (iii) all obligations with respect to Replacement Credit Agreement Hedge Agreements and all amounts owing in respect of Cash Management Obligations (as
defined in the Replacement Credit Agreement) and (iv) all guarantee obligations, fees, expenses and all other obligations under the Replacement Credit Agreement and the other Replacement Credit Agreement Documents, in each case whether or not
allowed or allowable in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding; and
(b) to the extent any payment with
respect to any Replacement Credit Agreement Obligation (whether by or on behalf of any Grantor, as proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise) is declared to be a fraudulent conveyance or a preference in any respect, set
aside or required to be paid to a debtor in possession, any Other First Lien Claimholder, receiver or similar Person, then the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall, for the purposes of this Agreement and the rights
and obligations of the Replacement Credit Agreement Claimholders and the Other First Lien Claimholders, be deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not occurred. To the extent that any interest, fees, expenses or other
charges (including Post-Petition Interest) to be paid pursuant to the Replacement Credit Agreement Documents are disallowed by order of any court, including by order of a court of competent jurisdiction presiding over an Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding, such interest, fees, expenses and charges (including Post-Petition Interest) shall, as between the Replacement Credit Agreement Claimholders and the Other First Lien Claimholders, be deemed to continue to accrue and be added to the
amount to be calculated as the “Replacement Credit Agreement Obligations”.
“Replacement Representative”
means, in respect of any Replacement Credit Agreement, the administrative agent, trustee or person serving in similar capacity under the Replacement Credit Agreement.
“Representative”
means, at any time, (i) in the case of any Initial Credit Agreement Obligations or the Initial Credit Agreement Claimholders, the Initial First Lien Representative, (ii) in the case of any Replacement Credit Agreement Obligations or the Replacement
Credit Agreement Claimholders, the Replacement Representative, (iii) in the case of the Initial Other First Lien Obligations or the Initial Other First Lien Claimholders, the Initial Other Representative, and (iv) in the case of any other Series of
Other First Lien Obligations or Other First Lien Claimholders of such Series that becomes subject to this Agreement after the date hereof, the Additional First Lien Representative for such Series.
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“Series” means (a)
with respect to the First Lien Claimholders, each of (i) the Initial Credit Agreement Claimholders (in their capacities as such), (ii) the Initial Other First Lien Claimholders (in their capacities as such), (iii) the Replacement Credit Agreement
Claimholders (in their capacities as such), and (iv) the Other First Lien Claimholders (in their capacities as such) that become subject to this Agreement after the date hereof that are represented by a common Representative (in its capacity as such
for such Other First Lien Claimholders) and (b) with respect to any First Lien Obligations, each of (i) the Initial Credit Agreement Obligations, (ii) the Initial Other First Lien Obligations, (iii) the Replacement Credit Agreement Obligations and
(iv) the Other First Lien Obligations incurred pursuant to any Other First Lien Document, which pursuant to any Joinder Agreement, are to be represented hereunder by a common Representative (in its capacity as such for such Other First Lien
Obligations).
“Shared Collateral”
means, at any time, subject to Section 2.1(e) hereof, Collateral in which the holders of two or more Series of First Lien Obligations (or their respective Representatives or Collateral Agents on behalf of such holders) hold, or purport to hold, or
are required to hold pursuant to the First Lien Documents in respect of such Series, a valid security interest or Lien at such time. If more than two Series of First Lien Obligations are outstanding at any time and the holders of less than all
Series of First Lien Obligations hold, or purport to hold, or are required to hold pursuant to the First Lien Documents in respect of such Series, a valid security interest or Lien in any Collateral at such time, then such Collateral shall constitute
Shared Collateral for those Series of First Lien Obligations that hold, or purport to hold, or are required to hold pursuant to the First Lien Documents in respect of such Series, a valid security interest or Lien in such Collateral at such time and
shall not constitute Shared Collateral for any Series which does not hold, or purport to hold, or are required to hold pursuant to the First Lien Documents in respect of such Series, a valid security interest or Lien in such Collateral at such time.
“Subsidiary” means,
with respect to any Person, any other Person of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of stock or other ownership interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election of such other Person
or Persons (whether directors, managers, trustees or other Persons performing similar functions) having the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies thereof is at the time owned or Controlled, directly or indirectly, by
that Person or one or more of the other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof.
“UCC” means the
Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided, however, that in the event that, by reason of mandatory provisions of law, any or all of the perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted
and in effect in a jurisdiction other than the State of New York, the term “UCC” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as enacted and in effect in such other jurisdiction solely for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection,
priority or remedies.
“Underlying Assets”
has the meaning set forth in Section 2.4(a).
SECTION 1.2 Rules
of Interpretation.
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The definitions of terms herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may
require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will” shall be construed to have
the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other
document as amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and any reference herein to any statute or regulations shall include any amendment, renewal, extension or replacement thereof, (ii) any
reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s permitted successors and assigns from time to time, (iii) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this
Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (iv) all references herein to Articles, Sections and Annexes shall be construed to refer to Articles, Sections and Annexes of this Agreement, (v) unless otherwise expressly
qualified herein, the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights and (vi) the
term “or” is not exclusive.
ARTICLE II.
PRIORITIES AND AGREEMENTS WITH RESPECT TO SHARED COLLATERAL
SECTION 2.1 Priority
of Claims.
(a) Anything contained herein or in any of the First
Lien Documents to the contrary notwithstanding (but subject to Sections 2.1(b) and 2.11(b)), if an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, and the Applicable Collateral Agent is taking action to enforce rights in respect of any Collateral, or any distribution is made in respect of any Shared Collateral in any Bankruptcy Case
or in connection with any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of any Grantor or any First Lien Claimholder receives any payment pursuant to any intercreditor agreement (other than this Agreement) or otherwise with respect to any Shared Collateral, the proceeds
of any sale, collection or other liquidation of any
Shared Collateral or Equity Release Proceeds received by any First Lien Claimholder or received by the Applicable Collateral Agent or any First Lien Claimholder pursuant to any such intercreditor agreement or otherwise
with respect to such Collateral and proceeds of any such distribution (subject, in the case of any such distribution, to the sentence immediately following clause THIRD below) to which the First Lien Obligations are entitled under any intercreditor agreement (other than this Agreement) or otherwise (all proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation of any Collateral comprising either Shared Collateral or Equity Release Proceeds and all proceeds of any such distribution and any proceeds of any insurance covering the Shared Collateral received by the Applicable Collateral Agent and not returned to any Grantor under any First Lien Document being collectively referred to as “Proceeds”), shall be applied by the Applicable Collateral Agent in the following order:
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(i) FIRST, to the payment of all amounts owing to each Collateral Agent (in its capacity as such) and each Representative (in its capacity as such) secured by such Shared
Collateral or, in the case of Equity Release Proceeds,
secured by the Underlying Assets, including all reasonable costs and expenses incurred by each Collateral Agent (in its capacity as such) and each Representative (in its capacity as such) in connection with such collection or sale or otherwise in connection with this Agreement, any other First Lien Credit Document or any of the First Lien Obligations, including all court costs and the reasonable fees and expenses of its agents
and legal counsel, and any other reasonable costs or expenses incurred in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under any other First Lien
Document and all fees and indemnities owing to such Collateral Agents and Representatives, ratably to each such Collateral Agent and Representative in accordance with the amounts payable to it
pursuant to this clause FIRST;
(ii) SECOND, subject to Sections 2.1(b) and 2.11(b), to the extent Proceeds remain after the application pursuant to preceding clause (i), to each Representative for the payment in full of the other First Lien Obligations of each Series
secured by such Shared Collateral or, in the case of
Equity Release Proceeds, secured by the Underlying Assets, and, if the amount of such Proceeds are insufficient to pay in full the First Lien Obligations of each Series so secured then such Proceeds shall be allocated among the Representatives of each Series
secured by such Shared Collateral or, in the case of
Equity Release Proceeds, secured by the Underlying Assets, pro rata according to the amounts of such First
Lien Obligations owing to each such respective Representative and the other First Lien Claimholders represented by it for distribution by such Representative in accordance with its respective First Lien Documents; and
(iii) THIRD, any balance of such Proceeds remaining
after the application pursuant to preceding clauses (i) and (ii), to the Grantors, their successors or assigns from time to time, or to whomever may be lawfully entitled to receive the same, including
pursuant to any Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement), if applicable.
If, despite the provisions of this Section 2.1(a),
any First Lien Claimholder shall receive any payment or other recovery in excess of its portion of payments on account of the First Lien Obligations to which it is then entitled in accordance with this Section 2.1(a), such First Lien Claimholder shall hold such payment or recovery in trust for the benefit of all First Lien Claimholders for distribution in accordance with this Section 2.1(a).
(b) (i) Notwithstanding the foregoing, with respect to any Shared
Collateral or Equity Release Proceeds for which a third party (other than a First Lien Claimholder) has a Lien that is junior in priority to the Lien of any Series of First Lien Obligations but senior (as determined by
appropriate legal proceedings in the case of any dispute) to the Lien of any other Series of First Lien Obligations (such third party an “Intervening
Creditor”), the value of any Shared Collateral, Equity Release Proceeds or Proceeds which are allocated to such Intervening Creditor shall be deducted on a ratable basis solely from the Shared Collateral, Equity
Release Proceeds or Proceeds to be distributed in respect of the Series of First Lien Obligations with respect to which such Impairment exists.
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(i) In furtherance of the foregoing and without limiting the provisions of Section 2.3, it is the intention of the First Lien
Claimholders of each Series that the holders of First
Lien Obligations of such Series (and not the First
Lien Claimholders of any other Series) (1)
bear the risk of any determination by a court of competent jurisdiction that (x) any of the First Lien Obligations of such Series are unenforceable under applicable law or are subordinated to any other obligations (other than another Series of First Lien Obligations), (y) any of the First Lien Obligations of such Series do not have a valid and perfected security interest in any of the Collateral securing any other Series of First Lien
Obligations and/or (z) any intervening security
interest exists securing any other obligations (other than another Series of First Lien Obligations) on a basis ranking prior to the security interest of such Series of First
Lien Obligations but junior to the security interest of any other Series of First Lien Obligations and (2) not take into account for purposes of this Agreement the existence of any Collateral (other than Equity Release Proceeds) for any other Series of First Lien Obligations that is not Shared
Collateral (any such condition referred to in the foregoing clauses (1) or (2) with respect to any Series of First Lien Obligations, an “Impairment” of such Series); provided that the existence of a maximum claim with respect to any real property
subject to a mortgage which applies to all First Lien Obligations shall not be deemed to be an Impairment of any Series of First Lien Obligations. In the event of any Impairment with respect to any Series of First
Lien Obligations, the results of such Impairment shall be borne solely by the holders of such Series of First Lien Obligations, and the rights of the holders of such Series of First Lien Obligations (including the right to receive distributions in respect of such Series of First Lien Obligations pursuant to Section 2.1) set forth herein shall be modified to the extent necessary so that the effects of such Impairment are borne solely by the holders of the Series of such First
Lien Obligations subject to such Impairment. Additionally, in the event the First Lien Obligations of any Series are modified pursuant to applicable law (including pursuant to Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code), any
reference to such First Lien Obligations or the First Lien Credit Documents governing such First Lien Obligations shall refer to such obligations or such documents as so modified.
(c) It is acknowledged that the First Lien Obligations of
any Series may, subject to the limitations set forth in the then existing First Lien Documents and subject to any limitations set forth in this Agreement, be increased,
extended, renewed, replaced, restated, supplemented, restructured, repaid, refunded, Refinanced or otherwise amended or modified from
time to time, all without affecting the priorities set forth in Section 2.1(a) or the provisions of this Agreement defining the relative rights of the First Lien Claimholders of any Series.
(d) Notwithstanding the date, time, method, manner or order
of grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens securing any Series of First Lien Obligations granted on the Shared Collateral and notwithstanding any provision of the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction, or
any other applicable law or the First Lien
Documents or any defect or deficiencies in the Liens
securing the First Lien Obligations of any Series
or any other circumstance whatsoever (but, in each case, subject to Section 2.1(b)), each First Lien Claimholder hereby agrees that the Liens securing each Series of First Lien Obligations on any Shared Collateral shall be of equal priority.
(e) Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement or any other First Lien Document to the contrary, prior to the Discharge of the Credit Agreement Obligations, Collateral consisting of cash and cash equivalents pledged to secure Credit Agreement Obligations consisting of
reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit pursuant to the Credit Agreement shall be applied as specified in the Credit Agreement and will not constitute Shared Collateral.
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SECTION 2.2 Actions
with Respect to Shared Collateral; Prohibition on
Contesting Liens.
(a) Notwithstanding Section 2.1, (i) only the Applicable Collateral Agent shall act or
refrain from acting with respect to Shared Collateral (including with respect to any other intercreditor agreement with respect to any Shared Collateral), (ii) the Applicable Collateral Agent shall act only on the instructions of the Applicable Representative and
shall not follow any instructions with respect to such Shared Collateral (including with respect to any other intercreditor agreement with respect to any Shared
Collateral) from any Non-Controlling Representative (or any other First Lien Claimholder other than the Applicable Representative) and (iii) no Other First Lien Claimholder shall or shall instruct any Collateral Agent to, and any other Collateral Agent that is not the Applicable Collateral Agent shall not,
commence any judicial or nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings with respect to, seek to have a trustee, receiver, administrator, liquidator or
similar official appointed for or over, attempt any
action to take possession of, exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to, or otherwise take any action to enforce its security interest in or realize upon, or take any other action available to it in respect of, Shared Collateral (including with respect to any other intercreditor agreement with respect to Shared Collateral), whether under any First Lien Collateral Document (other than the First Lien Collateral Documents applicable
to the Applicable Collateral Agent), applicable law or otherwise, it being agreed that only the Applicable Collateral Agent, acting in accordance with the First Lien Collateral
Documents applicable to it, shall be entitled to take any such actions or exercise any remedies with respect to such Shared Collateral at such time.
(b) Without limiting the provisions of Section 4.2, each Representative and Collateral Agent that is not the Applicable Collateral Agent hereby appoints the Applicable Collateral Agent as its agent and authorizes the Applicable Collateral Agent to exercise any and all remedies under each First Lien Collateral Document with respect to Shared Collateral and to execute releases in connection therewith.
(c) Notwithstanding the equal priority of the Liens securing
each Series of First Lien Obligations granted
on the Shared Collateral, the Applicable Collateral Agent (acting on the instructions of the Applicable Representative) may deal with the Shared Collateral as if such Applicable Collateral Agent had a senior and
exclusive Lien on such Shared Collateral.
No Non-Controlling Representative, Non-Controlling Claimholder or Collateral Agent that is not the Applicable Collateral Agent will contest, protest or object to any foreclosure
proceeding or action brought by the Applicable Collateral Agent, the Applicable Representative or the Controlling Claimholders or any other exercise by the Applicable Collateral Agent, the Applicable Representative or
the Controlling Claimholders of any rights and
remedies relating to the Shared Collateral. The foregoing shall not be construed to limit the rights and priorities of any First Lien
Claimholder, Collateral Agent or Representative with
respect to any Collateral not constituting Shared Collateral.
(d) Each of the Collateral Agents (other than the Credit
Agreement Collateral Agent) and the Representatives (other
than the Credit Agreement Representative) agrees that it will not accept any Lien on any Collateral for the benefit of any Series of Other First Lien Obligations (other than funds deposited for the satisfaction, discharge or defeasance of any Other
First Lien Agreement) other than pursuant to the First Lien Collateral Documents, and by executing this Agreement (or a Joinder Agreement), each such Collateral Agent and each such Representative and the Series of First Lien Claimholders for which it is acting hereunder agree to be bound by the provisions of this Agreement and
the other First Lien Collateral Documents applicable to it.
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(e) Each of the First Lien Claimholders agrees that it will
not (and hereby waives any right to) contest or support
any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the perfection, priority, validity or enforceability of a Lien held by or on behalf of any of the First Lien
Claimholders in all or any part of the Collateral or the provisions of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair (i) the rights of any Collateral Agent or any Representative
to enforce this Agreement or (ii) the rights of any First Lien Secured Party to contest or support any other Person in contesting the
enforceability of any Lien purporting to secure obligations not constituting First Lien Obligations.
SECTION 2.3 No
Interference; Payment Over; Exculpatory Provisions.
(a) Each First Lien Claimholder agrees that (i) it will
not challenge or question or support any other Person in challenging or questioning
in any proceeding the validity or enforceability of any First Lien Obligations of any Series or any First Lien Collateral Document or the validity, attachment, perfection or priority of any Lien under any First Lien Collateral Document or the
validity or enforceability of the priorities, rights or duties established by or other provisions of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any First Lien Claimholder from challenging or questioning the validity or enforceability of any First Lien
Obligations constituting unmatured interest or the
validity of any Lien relating thereto pursuant to Section 502(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, (ii) it will not take or cause to be taken any action the purpose or intent of which is, or could be, to interfere, hinder or delay, in any manner, whether by
judicial proceedings or otherwise, any sale, transfer or other disposition of the Collateral by the Applicable Collateral Agent, (iii) except as provided in Section 2.2, it shall have no right to and shall not otherwise (A) direct the Applicable Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder to exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to any Shared Collateral (including pursuant to any other intercreditor agreement) or (B) consent to, or object to, the exercise by, or
any forbearance from exercising by, the Applicable Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder represented by it of any right, remedy or power with respect to any Collateral, (iv) it will not institute any suit or assert in any suit,
bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding any claim against the Applicable Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder represented by it seeking damages from or
other relief by way of specific performance, instructions or otherwise with respect to any Collateral and (v) it will not attempt, directly or indirectly, whether by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to challenge the enforceability of any provision of this Agreement; provided that nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to
prevent or impair the rights of any of the Applicable Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder to (i) enforce this Agreement or (ii) contest or support any other Person in contesting the enforceability of
any Lien purporting to secure obligations not constituting First Lien Obligations.
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(b) Each First Lien Claimholder hereby agrees that if it
shall obtain possession of any Shared Collateral or shall realize any proceeds or payment in respect of any Shared Collateral, pursuant to any First Lien Collateral
Document or by the exercise of any rights available to it under applicable law or in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or through any other exercise of remedies (including pursuant to any intercreditor agreement), at any time
prior to the Discharge of each of the First Lien Obligations, then it shall hold such Shared Collateral, proceeds or payment in trust for the other First Lien Claimholders having a security interest in such Shared
Collateral and promptly transfer any such Shared Collateral, proceeds or payment, as the case may be (at the sole cost and expense of the Grantors), to the Applicable Collateral Agent, to be distributed by such Applicable Collateral Agent in
accordance with the provisions of Section 2.1(a) hereof, provided,
however, that the foregoing shall not apply to any Shared Collateral purchased by any First Lien Claimholder for cash pursuant to any exercise of remedies permitted hereunder.
(c) None of the Applicable Collateral Agent, any Applicable
Representative or any other First Lien Claimholder shall be liable for any action taken or omitted to be taken by the Applicable Collateral Agent, such Applicable Representative or any other First Lien
Claimholder with respect to any Collateral in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 2.4 Automatic
Release of Liens.
(a) If, at any time any Shared Collateral is transferred to
a third party or otherwise disposed of, in each case, in connection with any enforcement by the Applicable Collateral Agent in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement,
then (whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding is pending at the time) the Liens in favor of the other Collateral Agents for the benefit of each Series of First Lien Claimholders (or in favor of such other First Lien
Claimholders if directly secured by such Liens)
upon such Shared Collateral will automatically be released and discharged upon final conclusion of such disposition as and when, but only to the extent, such Liens of the Applicable Collateral Agent on such Shared
Collateral are released and discharged; provided that any proceeds of any Shared Collateral realized therefrom shall be applied pursuant to Section
2.1 hereof. If in connection with any such foreclosure or other exercise of remedies by the Applicable Collateral Agent, the Applicable Collateral Agent or related Applicable Representative of such Series
of First Lien Obligations releases any guarantor
from its obligation under a guarantee of the Series of First Lien Obligations for which it serves as agent prior to a Discharge of such Series of First Lien Obligations, such guarantor also shall be released from its
guarantee of all other First Lien Obligations. If in connection with any such foreclosure or other exercise of remedies by the Applicable Collateral Agent, the equity
interests of any Person are foreclosed upon or otherwise disposed of and the Applicable Collateral Agent releases its Lien on the property or assets of such Person, then the Liens of each other Collateral Agent (or in favor of such other First Lien
Claimholders if directly secured by such Liens)
with respect to any Collateral consisting of the property or assets of such Person will be automatically released to the same extent as the Liens of the Applicable Collateral Agent are released; provided that any proceeds of any such equity interests foreclosed upon where the Applicable Collateral Agent releases its Lien on the assets of such Person on which another Series of First Lien Obligations holds a Lien on any of the assets of such Person (any such assets, the “Underlying Assets”) which Lien is
released as provided in this sentence (any such Proceeds being referred to herein as “Equity Release Proceeds” regardless of whether or not such other Series of First Lien Obligations holds a Lien on such equity interests so disposed of) shall be applied pursuant to Section
2.1 hereof.
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(b) Without limiting the rights of the Applicable Collateral Agent under Section 4.2, each Collateral
Agent and each Representative agrees to execute
and deliver (at the sole cost and expense of the Grantors) all such authorizations and other instruments as shall reasonably be requested by the
Applicable Collateral Agent to evidence and confirm any release of Shared Collateral, Underlying Assets or guarantee provided for in this Section.
SECTION 2.5 Certain
Agreements with Respect to Bankruptcy or Insolvency Proceedings.
(a) This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect
notwithstanding the commencement of any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law by or
against any Grantor or any of its subsidiaries.
(b) If any Grantor shall become subject to a case (a “Bankruptcy Case”) under the Bankruptcy Code and shall, as debtor(s)-in-possession, move for approval of financing (“DIP Financing”) to be provided by one or more lenders (the “DIP Lenders”) under Section 364 of the
Bankruptcy Code or the use of cash collateral under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, each First Lien Claimholder (other than any Controlling Claimholder or any Representative of any Controlling Claimholder) agrees that it will not raise any objection to any such financing or to the
Liens on the Shared Collateral securing the
same (“DIP Financing Liens”)
or to any use of cash collateral that
constitutes Shared Collateral, unless a Representative of the Controlling Claimholders shall then oppose or object to such DIP Financing or such DIP Financing Liens or use of cash collateral (and (i) to the extent that such DIP Financing
Liens are senior to the Liens on any such Shared
Collateral for the benefit of the Controlling Claimholders, each Non-Controlling Claimholder will subordinate its Liens with respect to such Shared Collateral on the same terms as the Liens of the Controlling Claimholders (other than any Liens of any First Lien Claimholders constituting DIP
Financing Liens) are subordinated thereto, and (ii) to the extent that such DIP Financing Liens rank pari passu with the Liens on any such Shared Collateral granted to secure the First Lien Obligations of the Controlling
Claimholders, each Non-Controlling Claimholder will confirm
the priorities with respect to such Shared Collateral as set forth herein), in each case so long as (A) the First Lien Claimholders of each Series retain the benefit of their Liens on all such Shared Collateral pledged to the DIP Lenders, including proceeds thereof arising after the commencement of such proceeding, with the same priority vis-à-vis all the other First Lien Claimholders (other than any Liens of the First Lien
Claimholders constituting DIP Financing Liens) as
existed prior to the commencement of the Bankruptcy Case, (B) the First Lien Claimholders of each Series are granted Liens on any additional collateral pledged to any First Lien Claimholders as adequate protection or otherwise in connection with
such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral, with the same priority vis-à-vis the First Lien Claimholders as set forth in this Agreement (other than any Liens of any First Lien Claimholders constituting DIP Financing Liens), (C) if any amount of
such DIP Financing or cash collateral is
applied to repay any of the First Lien Obligations, such amount is applied pursuant to Section 2.1(a) of this Agreement, and (D) if any First Lien Claimholders are granted adequate protection with respect to the
First Lien Obligations subject hereto, including in the form of periodic payments, in connection with such use of cash collateral, the proceeds of such adequate protection are applied pursuant to Section 2.1(a) of this Agreement; provided that the First Lien Claimholders of each Series shall have a right to object to the
grant of a Lien to secure the DIP Financing over any Collateral subject to Liens in favor of the First Lien Claimholders of such Series or its Representative that shall not constitute Shared Collateral (unless such Collateral fails to constitute Shared Collateral because the Lien in respect thereof constitutes a Declined
Lien with respect to such First Lien Claimholders or their Representative or Collateral Agent); provided, further, that the First Lien Claimholders receiving adequate
protection shall not object to any other First Lien Claimholder receiving adequate protection comparable to any adequate protection granted to
such First Lien Claimholders in connection with a DIP Financing or use of cash collateral.
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(c) If any First Lien Claimholder is granted adequate
protection (A) in the form of Liens on any additional collateral, then each other First Lien Claimholder shall be entitled to seek, and each First Lien Claimholder will consent and not object to, adequate protection in the form of Liens on such additional collateral with the same priority vis-à-vis the First Lien Claimholders as set forth in this Agreement, (B) in the form of a superpriority or
other administrative claim, then each other First Lien Claimholder shall be entitled to seek, and each First Lien Claimholder will consent and not object to, adequate protection in the form of a
pari passu superpriority or administrative claim or (C) in the form of periodic or other cash payments, then the proceeds of such adequate protection must be applied to all First Lien Obligations pursuant to Section 2.1.
SECTION
2.6 Reinstatement. In the event that any of the First Lien Obligations shall be paid in full and such payment or any part thereof shall subsequently, for whatever reason (including an order or judgment for
disgorgement of a preference under Title 11 of the Bankruptcy Code, or any similar law, or the settlement of any claim in respect thereof), be required to be returned or repaid, the terms and conditions of this Agreement shall be fully applicable
thereto until all such First Lien Obligations shall again have been paid in full in cash. This Section 2.6 shall survive termination of this Agreement.
SECTION
2.7 Insurance and Condemnation Awards. As among the First Lien Claimholders, the Applicable Collateral Agent (acting at the direction of the Applicable Representative), shall have the right, but not
the obligation, to adjust or settle any insurance policy or claim covering or constituting Shared Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the Shared
Collateral. To the extent any Collateral Agent or any other First Lien Claimholder receives proceeds of such insurance policy and such proceeds are not permitted or required to be returned to any Grantor under the applicable First Lien Documents,
such proceeds shall be turned over to the Applicable Collateral Agent for application as provided in Section 2.1 hereof.
SECTION 2.8
Refinancings. The First Lien Obligations of any Series may, subject to Section 5.14, be Refinanced, in whole or in part, in each case, without notice to, or the consent (except to the extent a consent is otherwise
required to permit the Refinancing transaction under any First Lien Document) of any First Lien Claimholder of any other Series, all without affecting the priorities provided for herein or the other provisions hereof; provided that the Representative and Collateral Agent of the holders of any such Refinancing Indebtedness shall have executed a Joinder Agreement on behalf of the holders of such Refinancing
Indebtedness. If such Refinancing Indebtedness is intended to constitute a Replacement Credit Agreement, the Company shall so state in its Designation.
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SECTION 2.9 Gratuitous
Bailee/Agent for Perfection.
(a) The Applicable Collateral Agent shall be entitled to
hold any Possessory Collateral constituting Shared Collateral.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, each Collateral Agent agrees
to hold any Possessory Collateral constituting Shared Collateral and any other Shared Collateral from time to time in its possession or control (or in the possession or control of its agents or bailees) as gratuitous bailee for the benefit of each
other First Lien Claimholder (such bailment being intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections 8-106(d)(3),
8-301(a)(2) and 9-313(c) of the UCC) and any assignee, solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest granted in such Shared
Collateral, if any, pursuant to the applicable First Lien Collateral Documents, in each case, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 2.9. Solely with respect to any Deposit Accounts constituting Shared
Collateral under the control (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the UCC) of any Collateral Agent, each such Collateral Agent agrees to also hold control over such Deposit Accounts as gratuitous agent for each other First Lien Claimholder and any assignee solely for the purpose of perfecting the security interest in such Deposit Accounts, subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 2.9.
(c) No Collateral Agent shall have any obligation
whatsoever to any First Lien Claimholder to ensure that the Possessory Collateral and Control Collateral is genuine or owned by any of the Grantors or to preserve rights or benefits of any Person except as expressly set forth in this Section 2.9.
The duties or responsibilities of each Collateral
Agent under this Section 2.9 shall be limited solely to holding any Possessory Collateral constituting Shared Collateral or any other Shared Collateral in its possession or control as gratuitous bailee (and with respect to Deposit Accounts, as gratuitous
agent) in accordance with this Section 2.9 and delivering the Possessory Collateral constituting Shared Collateral as provided in Section 2.9(e) below.
(d) None of the Collateral Agents or any of the First
Lien Claimholders shall have by reason of the First Lien Documents, this Agreement or any other document a fiduciary relationship in respect of the other Collateral Agents or any other First Lien Claimholder, and each Collateral
Agent and each First Lien Claimholder hereby
waives and releases the other Collateral Agents and First Lien Claimholders from all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to any Collateral Agent’s role under this Section 2.9 as gratuitous bailee with respect to
the Possessory Collateral constituting Shared Collateral or any other Shared Collateral in its possession or control (and with respect to the Deposit Accounts, as gratuitous agent).
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(e) At any time the Applicable Collateral Agent is no
longer the Applicable Collateral Agent, such outgoing Applicable Collateral Agent shall deliver the remaining Possessory Collateral constituting Shared Collateral in its possession (if any) together with any necessary endorsements (which endorsement shall be without recourse and without any representation or warranty), first, to the then Applicable Collateral Agent to the extent First
Lien Obligations remain outstanding and second, to the applicable Grantor to the extent no First Lien Obligations remain outstanding (in each case, so as to allow such Person to obtain possession or control of such Shared Collateral) or to whomever may be lawfully entitled to receive
the same, including pursuant to any Junior Lien Intercreditor Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement), if applicable. The outgoing Applicable
Collateral Agent further agrees to take all other action reasonably requested by the then Applicable Collateral Agent at the expense of the Company in connection with the then Applicable
Collateral Agent obtaining a first-priority security interest in the Shared Collateral.
SECTION 2.10 Amendments
to First Lien Collateral Documents.
(a) Without the prior written consent of each other Collateral Agent, each Collateral Agent agrees that no First Lien Collateral Document may be amended, restated, amended and restated, supplemented, replaced or Refinanced or
otherwise modified from time to time or entered into to the extent such amendment, supplement, Refinancing or modification, or the terms of any new First Lien Collateral Document, would be prohibited by, or would require any Grantor
to act or refrain from acting in a manner that would violate, any of the terms of this Agreement.
(b) In determining whether an amendment to any First Lien Collateral Document is permitted by this Section 2.10, each Collateral Agent may conclusively rely on an officer’s certificate of the Company stating that such amendment is permitted by this Section 2.10.
SECTION 2.11 Similar
Liens and Agreements.
(a) Subject to Section 2.11(b) below, the parties hereto agree that it is their intention that the Collateral be identical for all First Lien Claimholders provided, that this provision will not be violated
with respect to any particular Series if the First Lien Document for such Series prohibits the Collateral Agent for that Series from accepting a Lien on such asset or property or such Collateral Agent otherwise expressly declines to accept a Lien
on such asset or property (any such prohibited or declined Liens with respect to a particular Series, a “Declined Lien”). In furtherance of, but subject to, the foregoing, the parties hereto agree, subject to the other provisions of this Agreement:
(i) upon request by any Collateral Agent,
to cooperate in good faith (and to direct their counsel to cooperate in good faith) from time to time (at the sole cost and expense of the Grantors) in order to determine the specific items included in the Shared Collateral and the steps taken to perfect their respective Liens thereon
and the identity of the respective parties obligated under the Credit Agreement Documents and the Other First Lien Documents; and
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(ii) that the documents and agreements creating or evidencing the Liens on Shared Collateral securing the Credit Agreement Obligations and the Other First Lien Obligations shall, subject to the terms and conditions of Section 5.2, be in all material respects the same forms of documents as one another, except that the documents and agreements creating or
evidencing the Liens securing the Other
First Lien Obligations may contain additional provisions as may be necessary or appropriate to establish the intercreditor arrangements among the various separate classes of creditors holding Other First Lien Obligations and to address any Declined Lien.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement or any other First Lien Documents to the contrary, Collateral consisting of cash and cash equivalents pledged to secure reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit shall solely secure and shall be applied as
specified in the Credit Agreement or Other First Lien Agreement, as applicable, pursuant to which such letters of credit were issued and will not constitute Shared Collateral.
ARTICLE III.
EXISTENCE AND AMOUNTS OF LIENS AND OBLIGATIONS
Whenever any Applicable Collateral Agent or any Applicable Representative shall be required, in connection with the exercise of its rights
or the performance of its obligations hereunder, to determine the existence or amount of any First Lien Obligations of any Series, or the Shared Collateral subject to any Lien securing the First Lien Obligations of any Series, it may request that
such information be furnished to it in writing by each other Representative or each other Collateral Agent and shall be entitled to make such determination or not make any determination on the basis of the information so furnished; provided, however, that if a Representative or a Collateral Agent shall fail or
refuse reasonably promptly to provide the requested information, the requesting Applicable Collateral Agent or Applicable Representative shall be entitled to make any such determination or not make any determination by such method as it may, in the
exercise of its good faith judgment, determine, including by reliance upon a certificate of the Company. Each Applicable Collateral Agent and each Applicable Representative may rely conclusively, and shall be fully protected in so relying, on any
determination made by it in accordance with the provisions of the preceding sentence (or as otherwise directed by a court of competent jurisdiction) and shall have no liability to any Grantor, any First Lien Claimholder or any other person as a
result of such determination.
ARTICLE IV.
THE APPLICABLE COLLATERAL AGENT
SECTION 4.1 Authority.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement,
nothing herein shall be construed to impose any fiduciary or other duty on any Applicable Collateral Agent to any Non-Controlling Claimholder or give any Non-Controlling Claimholder the right to direct any Applicable
Collateral Agent, except that each Applicable Collateral Agent shall be obligated to distribute proceeds of any Shared Collateral in accordance with Section 2.1 hereof.
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(b) In furtherance of the foregoing, each Non-Controlling Claimholder acknowledges and agrees that the Applicable Collateral Agent shall be entitled, for the benefit of the First Lien
Claimholders, to sell, transfer or otherwise
dispose of or deal with any Shared Collateral as provided herein and in the First Lien Collateral Documents, as applicable, without regard to any rights to which the Non-Controlling Claimholders would otherwise be
entitled as a result of the First Lien Obligations held by such Non-Controlling Claimholders. Without limiting the foregoing, each Non-Controlling Claimholder agrees that none of the
Applicable Collateral Agent, the Applicable Representative or any other First Lien Claimholder shall have any duty or obligation first to marshal or realize upon any type of Shared Collateral (or any other Collateral securing any of the First Lien Obligations), or
to sell, dispose of or otherwise liquidate all or
any portion of such Shared Collateral (or any other Collateral securing any First Lien
Obligations), in any manner that would maximize the return to the Non-Controlling Claimholders, notwithstanding that the order and timing of any such realization, sale, disposition or liquidation
may affect the amount of proceeds actually received by the Non-Controlling Claimholders from such realization, sale, disposition or liquidation. Each of the First Lien
Claimholders waives any claim it may now or hereafter
have against any Collateral Agent or Representative of any other Series of First Lien Obligations or any other First Lien Claimholder of any other Series arising out of (i) any actions which any such Collateral
Agent, Representative or any First Lien Claimholder represented by it take or omit to take (including actions with respect to the creation, perfection or continuation of Liens on any Collateral, actions with respect to the foreclosure upon, sale, release or depreciation of, or failure to realize upon, any of the
Collateral and actions with respect to the collection of any claim for all or any part of the First Lien Obligations from any account debtor, guarantor or any other party) in accordance with the First Lien Collateral Documents or any other agreement related thereto or in connection with the collection of the First Lien Obligations or the valuation, use, protection or release of any security for the First Lien Obligations; provided
that nothing in this clause (i) shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any Collateral Agent or Representative to enforce this Agreement,
(ii) any election by any Applicable Representative or any holders of First Lien Obligations, in any proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy Code, of the application of Section
1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or (iii) subject to Section 2.5, any borrowing, or grant of a security interest or administrative expense priority under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any equivalent provision of any other Bankruptcy Law, by
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
as debtor-in-possession. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the Applicable Collateral Agent shall not (i) accept any Shared Collateral in full or partial satisfaction of any First Lien Obligations pursuant
to Section 9-620 of the Uniform Commercial Code of any jurisdiction, without the consent of each Representative representing holders of First
Lien Obligations for whom such Collateral constitutes
Shared Collateral or (ii) “credit bid” for or purchase (other than for cash) Shared Collateral at any public, private or judicial foreclosure upon such Shared Collateral, without the consent of each Representative representing holders of First Lien Obligations for whom
such Collateral constitutes Shared Collateral.
SECTION 4.2 Power-of-Attorney.
Each Non-Controlling Representative and Collateral Agent that is not the Applicable Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each other
First Lien Claimholder of the Series for whom it is acting, hereby irrevocably appoints the Applicable Collateral Agent and any officer or agent of the Applicable Collateral Agent, which appointment is coupled with an interest with full power of
substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Non-Controlling Representative, Collateral Agent or First Lien Claimholder, to take any and all appropriate action and to
execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including the exercise of any and all remedies under each First Lien Collateral Document with respect to Shared Collateral and the
execution of releases in connection therewith.
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ARTICLE V.
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION 5.1 Integration/Conflicts.
This Agreement, together with the other First Lien Documents and the First Lien Collateral Documents, represents the entire agreement of
each of the Grantors and the First Lien Claimholders with respect to the subject matter hereof and thereof and supersedes any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof. There
are no promises, undertakings, representations or warranties by any Representative, Collateral Agent or First Lien Claimholder relative to the subject matter hereof and thereof not expressly set forth or referred to herein or therein. In the event
of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of the First Lien Documents the provisions of this Agreement shall govern and control.
SECTION 5.2 Effectiveness;
Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability.
This Agreement shall become effective when executed and delivered by the parties hereto. This is a continuing agreement and the First Lien
Claimholders of any Series may continue, at any time and without notice to any First Lien Claimholder of any other Series, to extend credit and other financial accommodations and lend monies to or for the benefit of the Company or any Grantor
constituting First Lien Obligations in reliance hereon. Each Representative and each Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each other First Lien Claimholder represented by it, hereby waives any right it may have under applicable law to revoke
this Agreement or any of the provisions of this Agreement. The terms of this Agreement shall survive, and shall continue in full force and effect, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any
jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the
economic effect of which comes as close as possible to those of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions. All references to the Company or any other Grantor shall include the Company or such Grantor as debtor and debtor in possession and any
receiver, trustee or similar person for the Company or any other Grantor (as the case may be) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect with respect to any Representative or
Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders represented by such Representative or Collateral Agent and their First Lien Obligations, on the date on which there has been a Discharge of such Series of First Lien Obligations, subject to the rights
of the First Lien Claimholders under Section 2.6; provided, however, that
such termination shall not relieve any such party of its obligations incurred hereunder prior to the date of such termination.
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SECTION 5.3 Amendments;
Waivers.
(a) No amendment, modification or waiver of any of the
provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to be made unless the same shall be in writing signed on behalf of each party hereto or its authorized agent and each waiver, if any, shall be a waiver only with respect to the specific instance involved and shall in no way impair the rights of
the parties making such waiver or the obligations of the other parties to such party in any other respect or at any other time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and the
other Grantors shall not have any right to consent to or approve any amendment, modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement except to the extent their rights are directly and adversely affected.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of any First Lien Claimholder, any Representative and Collateral Agent may become a party hereto by execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement in accordance with Section
5.14 of this Agreement and upon such execution and delivery, such Representative and Collateral Agent and the Other First Lien Claimholders and Other First Lien
Obligations of the Series for which such Representative
and Collateral Agent is acting shall be subject to
the terms hereof.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, without the consent of any other Representative or First Lien Claimholder, the Applicable Collateral Agent may effect amendments and modifications to this Agreement
to the extent necessary to reflect any incurrence of any Other First Lien Obligations in compliance with the Credit Agreement and the other First Lien Documents.
SECTION 5.4 Information
Concerning Financial Condition of the Grantors and
their Subsidiaries.
The Representative and Collateral Agent and the other First Lien Claimholders of each Series shall each be responsible for keeping
themselves informed of (a) the financial condition of the Grantors and their Subsidiaries and all endorsers and/or guarantors of the First Lien Obligations and (b) all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the First Lien
Obligations. The Representative and Collateral Agent and the other First Lien Claimholders of each Series shall have no duty to advise the Representative, Collateral Agent or First Lien Claimholders of any other Series of information known to it or
them regarding such condition or any such circumstances or otherwise. In the event the Representative or Collateral Agent or any of the other First Lien Claimholders, in its or their sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to
provide any such information to the Representative, Collateral Agent or First Lien Claimholders of any other Series, it or they shall be under no obligation:
(a) to make, and such Representative and Collateral
Agent and such other First Lien Claimholders shall
not make, any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness or validity of any such information so provided;
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(b) to provide any additional information or to provide any
such information on any subsequent occasion;
(c) to undertake any investigation; or
(d) to disclose any information, which pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance practices, such party wishes to maintain confidential or is otherwise required to maintain confidential.
SECTION 5.5 Submission
to Jurisdiction; Certain Waivers.
Each of the Company, each other Grantor, each Collateral Agent and each Representative, on behalf of itself and each other First Lien
Claimholder represented by it, hereby irrevocably and unconditionally:
(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action
or proceeding relating to this Agreement and
the First Lien Collateral Documents (whether arising in contract, tort or otherwise) to which it is a party, or for recognition and enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to
the exclusive (subject to Section 5.5(c) below) general jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan,
the courts of the United States for the Southern District of New York sitting in the Borough of Manhattan, and appellate courts from any
thereof;
(b) agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding
shall be heard and determined in such New York state court or, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, in such federal court;
(c) agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding
shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law and that nothing
in this Agreement or any other First Lien Credit Document shall affect any right that any Collateral Agent, Representative or other First Lien Claimholder may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding
relating to this Agreement or any other First Lien Credit Document against such Grantor or any of its assets in the courts of any jurisdiction;
(d) waives, to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law, any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement or any other First
Lien Collateral Document in any court referred to in Section 5.5(a) (and irrevocably waives to the fullest extent permitted by applicable law the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court);
(e) consents to service of process in any such proceeding in any such court by registered or certified mail, return receipt requested, to the applicable party at its address provided in accordance with Section 5.7 (and agrees that nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party hereto to serve process in any other manner
permitted by applicable law);
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(f) agrees that service as provided in Section 5.5(e) above
is sufficient to confer personal jurisdiction over the applicable party in any such proceeding in any such court, and otherwise constitutes effective and binding service in every respect; and
(g) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have to claim or recover any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.
SECTION 5.6 WAIVER
OF JURY TRIAL.
EACH PARTY HERETO, THE COMPANY AND THE OTHER GRANTORS HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY
APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER FIRST LIEN DOCUMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON
CONTRACT, TORT, BREACH OF DUTY, COMMON LAW, STATUTE OR ANY OTHER THEORY). EACH PARTY HERETO AND THE COMPANY AND THE OTHER GRANTORS (A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PERSON HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE,
THAT SUCH OTHER PERSON WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT EACH SUCH PARTY HERETO AND THE COMPANY AND EACH OTHER GRANTOR HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO OR ACKNOWLEDGE THIS AGREEMENT
AND THE OTHER FIRST LIEN DOCUMENTS BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION. EACH PARTY HERETO AND THE COMPANY AND THE OTHER GRANTORS FURTHER REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS WAIVER WITH ITS
LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES ITS JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL.
SECTION 5.7 Notices.
Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice hereunder shall be in writing and may be personally served or sent by facsimile,
electronic mail or United States mail or courier service and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service and signed for against receipt thereof, upon receipt of facsimile or electronic mail, or three Business
Days after depositing it in the United States mail with postage prepaid and properly addressed. For the purposes hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto shall be as set forth below each party’s name on the signature pages hereto or in the
Joinder Agreement pursuant to which it becomes a party hereto, or, as to each party, at such other address as may be designated by such party in a written notice to all of the other parties.
SECTION 5.8 Further
Assurances.
Each Representative and Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and each other First Lien Claimholder represented by it, and the Company and
each other Grantor, agree that each of them shall take such further action and shall execute and deliver such additional documents and instruments (in recordable form, if requested) as any Representative and Collateral Agent may reasonably request to
effectuate the terms of and the Lien priorities contemplated by this Agreement.
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SECTION 5.9 Agency
Capacities.
Except as expressly provided herein, (a) Barclays Bank PLC is acting in the capacity of Initial First Lien Representative and Initial First
Lien Collateral Agent solely for the Initial Credit Agreement Claimholders, (b) the Initial Other Representative and the Initial Other Collateral Agent is acting in the capacity of Representative and Collateral Agent, respectively, solely for the
Initial Other First Lien Claimholders, (c) each Replacement Representative and Replacement Collateral Agent is acting in the capacity of Representative and Collateral Agent, respectively, solely for the Replacement Credit Agreement Claimholders and
(d) each other Representative and each other Collateral Agent is acting in the capacity of Representative and Collateral Agent, respectively, solely for the Other First Lien Claimholders under the Other First Lien Documents for which it is the named
Representative or Collateral Agent, as the case may be, in the applicable Joinder Agreement.
SECTION 5.10 GOVERNING LAW.
THIS AGREEMENT, AND ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT (WHETHER ARISING IN
CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF A DIFFERENT GOVERNING LAW (OTHER
THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION AND THE EFFECT OF PERFECTION OR PRIORITY OF THE SECURITY INTERESTS).
SECTION 5.11 Binding
on Successors and Assigns.
This Agreement shall be binding upon each Representative and each Collateral Agent, the First Lien Claimholders, the Company and the other
Grantors, and their respective successors and assigns from time to time. If any of the Representatives and/or Collateral Agents resigns or is replaced pursuant to the applicable First Lien Documents its successor shall be deemed to be a party to
this Agreement and shall have all the rights of, and be subject to all the obligations of, this Agreement. No provision of this Agreement will inure to the benefit of a trustee, debtor-in-possession, creditor trust or other representative of an
estate or creditor of any Grantor, including where any such trustee, debtor-in-possession, creditor trust or other representative of an estate is the beneficiary of a Lien securing Collateral by virtue of the avoidance of such Lien in an Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceeding.
SECTION 5.12 Section
Headings.
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Section headings and the Table of Contents used in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the
construction hereof or be taken into consideration in the interpretation hereof.
SECTION 5.13 Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed by one or more of the parties to this Agreement on any number of separate counterparts (including by
facsimile or other electronic imaging means), and all of said counterparts taken together shall be deemed to constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page of this Agreement by facsimile or other electronic
transmission (e.g., “pdf” or “tif” format) shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart hereof.
SECTION 5.14 Other First Lien
Obligations.
(a) To the extent not prohibited by the provisions of the Credit Agreement and the other First Lien Documents, the Company may incur additional Indebtedness, which for the avoidance of doubt shall include any Indebtedness incurred pursuant to a Refinancing, and Other First Lien
Obligations or Replacement Credit Agreement Obligations after the date hereof that is secured on an equal and ratable basis with the Liens
(other than any Declined Liens) securing the then
existing First Lien Obligations (such Indebtedness, “Additional First Lien Debt”). Any such Additional First Lien Debt and any Series of Other First Lien Obligations or Replacement Credit Agreement Obligations,
as applicable, may be secured by a Lien on a ratable basis, in each case under and pursuant to the applicable First Lien Collateral
Documents of such Series, if, and subject to the condition that, the Additional First Lien Collateral Agent and Additional First Lien
Representative of any such Additional First Lien Debt, acting on behalf of the holders of such Additional First Lien Debt and the holders of such Other First Lien Obligations or Replacement
Credit Agreement Obligations, as applicable, (such Additional First Lien Collateral Agent, Additional First Lien Representative, the holders in respect of such Additional First Lien Debt and the holders Other First Lien Obligations or other Replacement Credit Agreement Obligations, as applicable, being referred to as “Additional
First Lien Claimholders”), each becomes a party to this Agreement by satisfying the conditions set forth in Section 5.14(b).
(b) In order for an Additional First Lien Representative and Additional First Lien Collateral Agent (including, in the case of a Replacement Credit Agreement, the Replacement Representative and the Replacement Collateral Agent in respect
thereof) to become a party to this Agreement,
(i) such Additional First Lien Representative and such Additional First Lien Collateral Agent shall have executed and delivered an instrument substantially in the form of Exhibit A
(with such changes as may be reasonably approved by each Collateral Agent and such Additional First Lien Representative and such Additional First Lien Collateral Agent, as the
case may be) pursuant to which either (x) such Additional First Lien Representative becomes a Representative hereunder and such Additional First Lien Collateral Agent becomes
a Collateral Agent hereunder, and such Additional First Lien Debt and such Series of Other First Lien Obligations or Replacement Credit Agreement Obligations, as
applicable, and the Additional First Lien Claimholders of such Series become subject hereto and bound hereby;
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(ii) the Company shall have delivered to
each Collateral Agent:
(a) true and complete copies of each of the Other First Lien Agreement or Replacement Credit Agreement, as applicable, and the First
Lien Collateral Documents for such Series, certified as being true and correct by a Responsible Officer of the Company;
(b) a Designation substantially in the
form of Exhibit B pursuant to which the Company shall (A) identify the Indebtedness to be designated as Other First Lien Obligations or Replacement Credit Agreement Obligations,
as applicable, and the initial aggregate principal amount or committed amount thereof, (B) specify the name and address of the Additional First
Lien Collateral Agent and Additional First Lien Representative, (C) certify that such (x) Additional First Lien Debt is permitted by each First
Lien Document and that the conditions set forth in this Section 5.14 are satisfied with respect to such Additional First Lien Debt and such Series of Other First Lien Obligations or
Replacement Credit Agreement Obligations, as applicable, and (D) in the case of a Replacement Credit Agreement, expressly state that such agreement giving rise to the new Indebtedness
satisfies the requirements of a Replacement Credit Agreement and the Company elects to designate such agreement as a Replacement Credit Agreement; and
(iii) the Other First Lien Documents or Replacement Credit Agreement Documents, as applicable, relating to such Additional First Lien Debt shall provide, in a manner reasonably
satisfactory to each Collateral Agent, that each Additional First Lien Claimholder with respect to such Additional First Lien Debt will be subject to and bound by the
provisions of this Agreement in its capacity as a holder of such Additional First Lien Debt.
(c) Upon the execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement by
an Additional First Lien Representative and an Additional First Lien Collateral Agent, in each case, in accordance with this Section 5.14, each other Representative and Collateral
Agent shall acknowledge such receipt thereof by countersigning a copy thereof, subject to the terms of this Section 5.14 and returning the same to such Additional First Lien Representative and Additional First Lien Collateral Agent, as applicable; provided that the failure of any Representative or Collateral Agent to so acknowledge or
return shall not affect the status of such debt as Additional First Lien Debt if the other requirements of this Section 5.14 are complied with.
SECTION 5.15 Authorization.
By its signature, each Person executing this Agreement, on behalf of such party or Grantor but not in his or her personal capacity as a
signatory, represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it is duly authorized to execute this Agreement.
SECTION 5.16 No
Third Party Beneficiaries/ Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights.
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The provisions of this Agreement are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the First Lien Claimholders
in relation to one another. None of the Company, any other Grantor nor any other creditor thereof shall have any rights or obligations hereunder and no such Person is an intended beneficiary or third party beneficiary hereof, except, in each case,
as expressly provided in this Agreement, and none of the Company or any other Grantor may rely on the terms hereof (other than Sections 2.4 and 2.8 and Article V). Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall impair the obligations of any
Grantor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay the First Lien Obligations as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms. Without limitation of any other provisions of this Agreement, the Company and each
Grantor hereby (a) acknowledges that it has read this Agreement and consents hereto, (b) agrees that it will not take any action that would be contrary to the express provisions of this Agreement and (c) agrees to abide by the requirements expressly
applicable to it under this Agreement.
SECTION 5.17 No
Indirect Actions.
Unless otherwise expressly stated, if a party may not take an action under this Agreement, then it may not take that action indirectly, or
support any other Person in taking that action directly or indirectly. “Taking an action indirectly” means taking an action that is not expressly prohibited for the party but is intended to have substantially the same effects as the prohibited
action.
SECTION 5.18 Additional
Grantors.
Each Grantor agrees that it shall ensure that each of its Subsidiaries that is or is to become a party to any First Lien Document and which
grants or purports to xxxxx x xxxx on any of its assets shall either execute this Agreement on the date hereof or shall confirm that it is a Grantor hereunder pursuant to a joinder agreement substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit C that
is executed and delivered by such Subsidiary prior to or concurrently with its execution and delivery of such First Lien Document.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day
and year first above written.
BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
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as Initial First Lien Representative and Initial First Lien Collateral Agent
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxxxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Title:
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Vice President |
Barclays Bank PLC
Bank Debt Management Group
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Turning Point Brands Portfolio Manager: Xxxxxx Xxxxx / Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Tel: 000-000-0000 / 000-000-0000
Email: xxxxxxxx.xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx and xxxxxx.xxxxx@xxxxxxxx.xxx
[Signature Page to Intercreditor Agreement]
GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC,
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as Initial Other Collateral Agent
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title:
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AVP |
GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC
0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC,
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as Initial Other Representative
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Name:
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Xxxxx Xxxxxx | ||
Title:
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AVP |
GLAS TRUST COMPANY LLC
0 Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxx Xxxx, XX 00000
[Signature Page to Intercreditor Agreement]
Acknowledged and Agreed to by:
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel
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and Secretary
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Notice to:
0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attention: Chief Financial Officer
Email: xxxxxx@xxxx.xxx
with a copy to
Milbank LLP
00 Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attention: Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Email: XXxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx
NORTH ATLANTIC TRADING COMPANY, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel
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and Secretary
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NORTH ATLANTIC OPERATING COMPANY, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel
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and Secretary
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NORTH ATLANTIC CIGARETTE COMPANY, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel
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and Secretary
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[Signature Page to Intercreditor Agreement]
TURNING POINT BRANDS, LLC.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel
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and Secretary
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NORTH TOBACCO FINANCE, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel
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and Secretary
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INTREPID BRANDS, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel
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and Secretary
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TPB BEAST LLC
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel
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and Secretary
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TPB INTERNATIONAL, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel
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and Secretary
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TPB SHARK, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel
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and Secretary
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[Signature Page to Intercreditor Agreement]
NU-X VENTURES, LLC
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel
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and Secretary
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NU-TECH HOLDINGS LLC
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel
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and Secretary
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SOUTH BEACH HOLDINGS LLC
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel
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and Secretary
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NU-X DISTRIBUTION LLC
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel
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and Secretary
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NORTH ATLANTIC WRAP COMPANY LLC
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel
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and Secretary
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TPB SERVICES LLC
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel
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and Secretary
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[Signature Page to Intercreditor Agreement]
NATIONAL TOBACCO COMPANY, LP
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel
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and Secretary
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RBJ SALES, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title: Senior Vice President, General Counsel
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and Secretary
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[Signature Page to Intercreditor Agreement]
Exhibit A
FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT
JOINDER NO. [ ] dated as of [ ], 20[ ] (the “Joinder Agreement”) to the FIRST LIEN PARI PASSU INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of [ ], [ ], (the “Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement”), among Barclays Bank PLC, as Initial First Lien Representative and as Initial First Lien Collateral Agent, GLAS Trust Company LLC, as Initial Other Representative, and GLAS Trust
Company LLC, as Initial Other Collateral Agent, and the additional Representatives and Collateral Agents from time to time a party thereto, and acknowledged and agreed to by [Borrower] (the “Company”) and the other Grantors signatory thereto.
A. Capitalized
terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement.
B. As a
condition to the ability of the Company to incur [Other First Lien Obligations][Replacement Credit Agreement Obligations under the Replacement Credit Agreement] and to secure such [Other First Lien Obligations][Replacement Credit Agreement
Obligations] with the liens and security interests created by the [Other First Lien Collateral Documents][Replacement Credit Agreement Collateral Documents], the Additional First Lien Representative in respect thereof is required to become a
Representative and the Additional First Lien Collateral Agent in respect thereof is required to become a Collateral Agent and the First Lien Claimholders in respect thereof are required to become subject to and bound by, the Pari Passu
Intercreditor Agreement. Section 5.14 of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement provides that such Additional First Lien Representative may become a
Representative, such Additional First Lien Collateral Agent may become a Collateral Agent and such Additional First Lien Claimholders may become subject to and bound by the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, pursuant to the execution and delivery
by the Additional First Lien Representative and the Additional First Lien Collateral Agent of an instrument in the form of this Joinder Agreement and the satisfaction of the other conditions set forth in Section 5.14 of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement. The undersigned Additional First Lien Representative (the “New Representative”) and Additional First Lien Collateral Agent (the “New Collateral Agent”)
are executing this Joinder Agreement in accordance with the requirements of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement.
Accordingly, the New Representative and the New Collateral Agent agree as follows:
SECTION 1. In
accordance with Section 5.14 of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, (i) the New Representative and the New Collateral Agent by their signatures below become
a Representative and a Collateral Agent respectively, under, and the related Additional First Lien Debt and Additional First Lien Claimholders become subject to and bound by, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement with the same force and effect as
if the New Representative and New Collateral Agent had originally been named therein as a Representative or a Collateral Agent, respectively, and hereby agree to all the terms and provisions of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement applicable to
them as Representative, Collateral Agent and Additional First Lien Claimholders, respectively.
Exhibit A – Page 1
SECTION 2. Each
of the New Representative and New Collateral Agent represent and warrant to each other Collateral Agent, each other Representative and the other First Lien Claimholders, individually, that (i) it has full power and authority to enter into this
Joinder Agreement, in its capacity as [agent], (ii) this Joinder Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except
as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability, and (iii) the First Lien Documents relating to
such Additional First Lien Debt provide that, upon the New Representative’s and the New Collateral Agent’s entry into this Joinder Agreement, the Additional First Lien Claimholders represented by them will be subject to and bound by the provisions
of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement.
SECTION 3. This
Joinder Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Joinder Agreement shall become effective when each Collateral Agent and
Representative shall have received a counterpart of this Joinder Agreement that bears the signatures of the New Representative and the New Collateral Agent. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Joinder Agreement by facsimile transmission
or other electronic means shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Joinder Agreement.
SECTION 4. Except
as expressly supplemented hereby, the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
SECTION 5. THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT, AND ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT (WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF A DIFFERENT GOVERNING LAW (OTHER THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION
AND THE EFFECT OF PERFECTION OR PRIORITY OF THE SECURITY INTERESTS).
SECTION 6. Any
provision of this Joinder Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such prohibition or unenforceability without invalidating the remaining provisions hereof
and in the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith
negotiations to replace any invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to those of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 7. All
communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 5.7 of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Representative and the New Collateral Agent shall be given
to them at their respective addresses set forth below their signatures hereto.
SECTION 8. Sections 5.8 and 5.9 of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement are hereby
incorporated herein by reference.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Representative and New Collateral Agent have duly executed this Joinder Agreement to the Pari Passu
Intercreditor Agreement as of the day and year first above written.
[NAME OF NEW REPRESENTATIVE], as
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[ ] for the holders of [ ],
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Address for notices:
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attention of: | ||
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Telecopy: |
[NAME OF NEW COLLATERAL AGENT], as
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[ ] for the holders of [ ],
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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Address for notices:
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Receipt acknowledged by:
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BARCLAYS BANK PLC,
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as Initial First Lien Representative and Initial First Lien Collateral Agent
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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GLAS Trust Company LLC,
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as Initial Other Representative
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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GLAS Trust Company LLC,
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as Initial Other Collateral Agent
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By:
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Name:
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Title:
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[OTHERS AS NEEDED]
Exhibit B
[FORM OF]
DEBT DESIGNATION
Reference is made to the First Lien Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement dated as of [___________], 2021 (as amended, restated, supplemented
or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement”) among Barclays Bank PLC, as Initial First Lien
Representative and Initial First Lien Collateral Agent, GLAS Trust Company LLC, as Initial Other Representative, and GLAS Trust Company LLC, as Initial Other Collateral Agent, and the additional Representatives and Collateral Agents from time to time
a party thereto, and acknowledged and agreed to by Turning Point Brands, Inc. (the “Company”) and the other Grantors signatory
thereto. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined herein have the meanings assigned to them in the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement. This Debt Designation is being executed and delivered in order to designate [Additional First Lien
Debt][Replacement Credit Agreement Obligations] entitled to the benefit and subject to the terms of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement.
The undersigned, the duly appointed [specify
title] of the Company hereby certifies on behalf of the Company that:
(a) [insert name of the Company or other Grantor] intends to incur Indebtedness in the initial aggregate [principal/committed amount] of [ ] pursuant to the following
agreement: [describe [credit agreement, indenture, other agreement giving rise to Additional First Lien Debt][Replacement Credit Agreement (“New Agreement”)]] which will be
[Other First Lien Obligations][Replacement Credit Agreement Obligations];
(b) (i) the name and address of the
[Additional First Lien Representative for the Additional First Lien Debt and the related Other First Lien Obligations][Replacement Representative for the Replacement Credit Agreement] is:
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Telephone: | ||
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Fax:
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(ii) the name and address of the Additional First Lien Collateral Agent for the Additional First Lien Debt and the Other First Lien
Obligations or Replacement Credit Agreement Obligations, as applicable, is:
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[and]
Exhibit B – Page 1
(a) such Additional First Lien
Debt is permitted by each First Lien Document and the conditions set forth in Section 5.14 of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement are satisfied with respect
to such Additional First Lien Debt [insert
for Replacement Credit Agreements only: ; and
(b) the New Agreement satisfies
the requirements of a Replacement Credit Agreement and is hereby designated as a Replacement Credit Agreement].
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this Debt Designation to be duly executed by the undersigned officer as of ___________________,
20____.
By:
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Title:
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Exhibit B – Page 3
Exhibit C
FORM OF GRANTOR JOINDER AGREEMENT
GRANTOR JOINDER AGREEMENT NO. [ ] “this “Grantor
Joinder Agreement”) dated as of [ ], 20[ ] to the PARI PASSU INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of [ ], 2021 (the “Pari Passu Intercreditor
Agreement”), among Barclays Bank PLC, as Initial First Lien Representative and Initial First Lien Collateral Agent, and the additional Representatives and Collateral Agents from time to time a party thereto, and acknowledged and agreed to by
Turning Point Brands, Inc., a [Delaware] corporation (the “Company”) and certain subsidiaries of the Company (each a “Grantor”).
Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Pari Passu
Intercreditor Agreement.
The undersigned, [______________], a [________________], (the “New
Grantor”) wishes to acknowledge and agree to the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and become a party thereto to the limited extent contemplated by Section
5.16 thereof and to acquire and undertake the rights and obligations of a Grantor thereunder.
Accordingly, the New Grantor agrees as follows for the benefit of the Representatives, the Collateral Agents and the First Lien
Claimholders:
Section 1. Accession to the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement. The New Grantor (a) acknowledges and agrees to, and becomes a party to the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement
as a Grantor to the limited extent contemplated by Section 5.16 thereof, (b) agrees to all the terms and provisions of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement
and (c) shall have all the rights and obligations of a Grantor under the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement. This Grantor Joinder Agreement supplements the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement and is being executed and delivered by the New Grantor
pursuant to Section 5.18 of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement.
Section 2. Representations, Warranties and Acknowledgement of the New Grantor. The New Grantor represents and warrants to each Representative, each Collateral Agent and to the
First Lien Claimholders that (a) it has full power and authority to enter into this Grantor Joinder Agreement, in its capacity as Grantor and (b) this Grantor Joinder Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes
its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of this Grantor Joinder Agreement.
Section 3. Counterparts. This Grantor Joinder Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto in different counterparts), each of which shall
constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Grantor Joinder Agreement or any document or instrument delivered in connection
herewith by telecopy or other electronic means shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Grantor Joinder Agreement or such other document or instrument, as applicable.
Exhibit C – Page 1
Section 4. Section Headings. Section heading used in this Grantor Joinder Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to affect the
construction hereof or to be taken in consideration in the interpretation hereof.
Section 5. Benefit of Agreement. The agreements set forth herein or undertaken pursuant hereto are for the benefit of, and may be enforced by, any party to the Pari Passu
Intercreditor Agreement subject to any limitations set forth in the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement with respect to the Grantors.
Section 6. Governing Law. THIS GRANTOR JOINDER AGREEMENT, AND ANY DISPUTE, CLAIM
OR CONTROVERSY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS GRANTOR JOINDER AGREEMENT (WHETHER ARISING IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REGARD
TO CONFLICTS OF LAW RULES THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF A DIFFERENT GOVERNING LAW (OTHER THAN ANY MANDATORY PROVISIONS OF THE UCC RELATING TO THE LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION AND THE EFFECT OF PERFECTION OR PRIORITY OF THE SECURITY
INTERESTS).
Section 7. Severability. In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Grantor Joinder Agreement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect,
none of the parties hereto shall be required to comply with such provision for so long as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, but the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and
in the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic
effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
Section 8. Notices. All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 5.7 of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement. All
communications and notices hereunder to the New Grantor shall be given to it at the address set forth under its signature hereto, which information supplements Section 5.7 of the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement.
Exhibit C – Page 2
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Grantor has duly executed this Grantor Joinder Agreement to the Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement as of the day and year first
above written.
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