SUPER SENIOR INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of May 9, 2019, among WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Super Senior Representative, WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as First Lien Representative, EACH ADDITIONAL SUPER SENIOR OBLIGATIONS...
EXHIBIT
10.5
Execution
Version
dated
as of
May 9,
2019,
among
WILMINGTON
TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
Super Senior Representative,
WILMINGTON
TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as
First Lien Representative,
EACH
ADDITIONAL SUPER SENIOR OBLIGATIONS REPRESENTATIVE
and
EACH
ADDITIONAL FIRST LIEN OBLIGATIONS REPRESENTATIVE
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
Page
SECTION
6.05. Certain Waivers by the First Lien Secured
Parties 52
ANNEXES
Annex
I
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Form of
Intercreditor Agreement Acknowledgement
Annex
II
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First Lien Security
Documents Legends
INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT dated as of May 9, 2019 (this “Agreement”), among WILMINGTON
TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Wilmington Trust”), as collateral
agent for the Super Senior Lenders (as defined below) (in such
capacity, the “Super Senior
Representative”)
, WILMINGTON TRUST, as collateral agent for the
First Lien Lenders (as defined below) (in such capacity, the
“First Lien
Representative”), and each ADDITIONAL SUPER SENIOR
OBLIGATIONS REPRESENTATIVE and each ADDITIONAL FIRST LIEN
OBLIGATIONS REPRESENTATIVE that, in each case, shall have become a
party hereto pursuant to Section 10.05(b).
Reference is made
to (a) the Super Senior Secured Credit Agreement dated as of
May 9, 2019 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, the
“Super Senior Credit
Agreement”), among Fusion Connect, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Borrower”), certain Subsidiaries
of the Borrower from time to time party thereto, the lenders from
time to time party thereto (the “Super Senior Lenders”) and
Wilmington Trust, as administrative agent and collateral agent,
(b) the First Lien Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of
May 4, 2018 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, the
“First Lien Credit
Agreement” and, together with the Super Senior Credit
Agreement, the “Credit
Agreements”), among the Borrower, certain Subsidiaries
of the Borrower from time to time party thereto, the lenders from
time to time party thereto (the “First Lien Lenders”) and
Wilmington Trust, as administrative agent and collateral agent,
(c) the Super Senior Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of
May 9, 2019 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, the
“Super Senior Pledge and
Security Agreement”), among the Borrower, certain
Subsidiaries of the Borrower from time to time party thereto and
the Super Senior Representative, (d) the First Lien Pledge and
Security Agreement dated as of May 4, 2018 (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance
with the terms hereof, the “First Lien Pledge and Security
Agreement”), among the Borrower, certain Subsidiaries
of the Borrower from time to time party thereto and the First Lien
Representative, and (e) the other Security Documents referred
to in the Credit Agreements.
WHEREAS, the Super
Senior Lenders have agreed to make loans and other extensions of
credit to the Borrower pursuant to the Super Senior Credit
Agreement on the condition, among others, that the Super Senior
Secured Obligations shall be secured by super priority Liens on,
and security interests in, the Collateral, other than with respect
to the rights of the First Lien Revolving Lenders and Issuing Bank
with respect to the Vector Subordinated Note Collateral (as defined
below).
WHEREAS, the First
Lien Lenders have made loans to the Borrower pursuant to the First
Lien Credit Agreement on the condition, among others, that the
First Lien Secured Obligations shall be secured by first priority
Liens on, and security interests in, the Collateral, other than
with respect to the rights of the First Lien Revolving Lenders and
Issuing Bank with respect to the Vector Subordinated Note
Collateral.
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WHEREAS, the Credit
Agreements require, among other things, that the parties thereto
set forth in this Agreement, among other things, their respective
rights, obligations and remedies with respect to the
Collateral.
NOW,
THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE
I.
DEFINITIONS
SECTION1.1. Defined
Terms. As used
in the Agreement (including the preliminary statements hereto), the
following terms shall have the meanings specified
below:
“Account(s)” means
“accounts” as defined in Article 9 of the Uniform
Commercial Code and also means a right to payment of a monetary
obligation, whether or not earned by performance, (a) for property
that has been or is to be sold, leased, licensed, assigned, or
otherwise disposed of, (b) for services rendered or to be rendered,
or (c) arising out of the use of a credit or charge card or
information contained on or for use with the card.
“Account Debtor” means any Person
that is or that may become obligated to any Grantor under, with
respect to or on account of an Account or a “payment
intangible” as defined in Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial
Code.
“Additional First Lien Obligations”
means Indebtedness of the Grantors incurred following the date of
this Agreement (together with all obligations in respect of such
Indebtedness, including all principal, premium, interest, fees,
attorney’s fees, costs, charges, expenses, reimbursement
obligations, indemnities, guarantees, and all other amounts payable
under or secured by any Additional First Lien Obligations Agreement
(including, in each case, any such Additional First Lien
Obligations arising or accruing during the pendency of any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), notwithstanding that any
such Additional First Lien Obligations or claims therefor shall be
disallowed, voided or subordinated in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding or under any Bankruptcy Law or other applicable law) to
the extent (a) such Indebtedness and such obligations in respect of
such Indebtedness are permitted by the terms of the Super Senior
Credit Agreement, the First Lien Credit Agreement, each Additional
Super Senior Obligations Agreement then in effect and each other
Additional First Lien Obligations Agreement then in effect to be
secured by Liens on the Collateral ranking junior in priority to
the Super Priority Liens and to the Liens on the Collateral
securing Additional Super Senior Obligations and pari passu in
priority to the First Priority Liens and to the Liens on the
Collateral securing any Additional First Lien Obligations (without
regard to the control of remedies), (b) the Grantors have granted
Liens on the Collateral to secure such Indebtedness and such
obligations in respect of such Indebtedness (it being agreed that
First Lien Secured Obligations incurred or issued after the date
hereof (i) under the First Lien Loan Documents, (ii) in respect of
“Specified Hedge Obligations” (as defined in the First
Lien Credit Agreement) and (iii) in respect of “Specified
Cash Management Services Obligations” (as defined in the
First Lien Credit Agreement) shall not constitute Additional First
Lien Obligations, but shall constitute First Lien Secured
Obligations) and (c) neither any Grantor nor any Affiliate thereof
has granted any Lien on any property, asset, right or interest
other than the Collateral to secure such Indebtedness unless the
First Lien Secured Obligations incurred or issued (i) under the
First Lien Loan Documents, (ii) in respect of “Specified
Hedge Obligations” (as defined in the First Lien Loan
Documents) and (iii) in respect of “Specified Cash Management
Services Obligations” (as defined in the First Lien Credit
Agreement) have been secured by a pari passu Lien granted by such
Grantor or Affiliate on such other property, asset, right or
interest).
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“Additional First Lien Obligations
Agreement” means the indenture, credit agreement or
other definitive agreement under which any Additional First Lien
Obligations are incurred.
“Additional First Lien Obligations
Representative” means any Person appointed to act as
trustee, collateral agent or a similar representative for the
holders of Additional First Lien Obligations pursuant to any
Additional First Lien Obligations Agreement.
“Additional Super Senior
Obligations” means Indebtedness of the Grantors
incurred following the date of this Agreement (together with all
obligations in respect of such Indebtedness, including all
principal, premium, interest, fees, attorney’s fees, costs,
charges, expenses, reimbursement obligations, indemnities,
guarantees, and all other amounts payable under or secured by any
Additional Super Senior Obligations Agreement (including, in each
case, any such Additional Super Senior Obligations arising or
accruing during the pendency of any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding), notwithstanding that any such Additional Super Senior
Obligations or claims therefor shall be disallowed, voided or
subordinated in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or under
any Bankruptcy Law or other applicable law) to the extent (a) such
Indebtedness and such obligations in respect of such Indebtedness
are permitted by the terms of the Super Senior Credit Agreement,
the First Lien Credit Agreement, each Additional First Lien
Obligations Agreementthen in effect and each other Additional Super
Senior Obligations Agreement then in effect to be secured by Liens
on the Collateral ranking pari passu in priority with the Super
Priority Liens and the Liens on the Collateral securing other
Additional Super Senior Obligations (without regard to the control
of remedies) and senior in priority to the First Priority Liens and
to the Liens on the Collateral securing any Additional First Lien
Obligations, (b) the Grantors have granted Liens on the Collateral
to secure such Indebtedness and such obligations in respect of such
Indebtedness (it being agreed that Super Senior Secured Obligations
incurred or issued after the date hereof under the Super Senior
Loan Documents shall not constitute Additional Super
SeniorObligations, but shall constitute Super Senior Secured
Obligations) and (c) neither any Grantor nor any Affiliate thereof
has granted any Lien on any property, asset, right or interest
other than the Collateral to secure such Indebtedness unless the
Super Senior Secured Obligations incurred or issued under the Super
Senior Loan Documents have been secured by a pari passu Lien
granted by such Grantor or Affiliate on such other property, asset,
right or interest.
“Additional Super Senior Obligations
Agreement” means the indenture, credit agreement or
other definitive agreement under which any Additional Super Senior
Obligations are incurred.
“Additional Super Senior Obligations
Representative” means any Person appointed to act as
trustee, collateral agent or a similar representative for the
holders of Additional Super Senior Obligations pursuant to any
Additional Super Senior Obligations Agreement.
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“Affiliate” means, with respect to
a specified Person, another Person that directly or indirectly
Controls or is Controlled by or is under common Control with the
Person specified.
“Agreement” has the meaning
assigned to such term in the preamble hereto.
“Bankruptcy Code” means
Title 11 of the United States Code entitled
“Bankruptcy,” as now and hereinafter in effect, or any
successor statute.
“Bankruptcy Law” means the
Bankruptcy Code and any other Federal, state or foreign bankruptcy,
insolvency, receivership or similar law.
“Borrower” has the meaning assigned
to such term in the preliminary statement of this
Agreement.
“Business Day” means any day other
than a Saturday or Sunday, a day that is a legal holiday under the
laws of the State of New York or a day on which banking
institutions located in such State are authorized or required by
law to remain closed.
“Capped Super Senior Loan Documents
Obligations” means Super Senior Loan Documents
Obligations (or any Refinancing thereof constituting New Super
Senior Obligations in accordance with the provisions of
Section 7.02(a)) in the form of loans outstanding under the
Super Senior Credit Agreement (or under any Refinancing thereof
constituting New Super Senior Obligations in accordance with the
provisions of Section 7.02(a)).
“Collateral” means the Super Senior
Collateral and the First Lien Collateral.
“Control” means the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the
direction of the management or policies, or the dismissal or
appointment of the management, of a Person, whether through the
ability to exercise voting power, by contract or otherwise.
“Controlling”
and “Controlled”
have meanings correlative thereto.
“Credit Agreements” has the meaning
assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this
Agreement.
“DIP Financing” has the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 6.01(a).
“DIP Financing Liens” has the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01(a).
“Discharge of Excess Super Senior
Obligations” means, subject to Sections 7.02(a)
and 7.04, (a) payment in full in cash or immediately
available funds of the principal of and interest (including
interest accruing during the pendency of any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable
in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) and premium, if any,
on the Excess Super Senior Obligations and (b) payment in full
in cash or immediately available funds of all other Excess Super
Senior Obligations that are due and payable or otherwise accrued
and owing at or prior to the time such principal and interest are
paid (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, contingent expense
reimbursement and indemnification obligations that are not yet due
and payable).
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“Discharge of First Lien Secured
Obligations” means, subject to Section 7.02(b),
(a) payment in full in cash or immediately available funds of
the principal of and interest (including interest accruing during
the pendency of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding,
regardless of whether allowed or allowable in such Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding) and premium, if any, on the First Lien
Secured Obligations, (b) payment in full in cash or immediately
available funds of all other First Lien Secured Obligations that
are due and payable or otherwise accrued and owing at or prior to
the time such principal and interest arepaid (excluding, for the
avoidance of doubt, contingent expense reimbursement and
indemnification obligations that are not yet due and payable), (c)
adequate provision reasonably satisfactory to the applicable First
Lien Secured Parties having been made for any contingent or
unliquidated First Lien Secured Obligations related to claims,
causes of action or liabilities that have theretofore been asserted
in writing by the First Lien Secured Parties and for which
reimbursement or indemnification is required under the First Lien
Loan Documents, (d) payment in full in cash or immediately
available funds of all First Lien Secured Cash Management
Obligations that constitute First Lien Secured Obligations and
(e) cancellation of or the entry into arrangements
satisfactory to the First Lien Representative and the applicable
Issuing Bank (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement) with
respect to all letters of credit issued and outstanding under the
First Lien Credit Agreement and (f) termination or expiration
of all commitments to lend and all obligations to issue or extend
letters of credit under the First Lien Credit
Agreement.
“Discharge of Super Senior Loan Documents
Obligations” means, subject to Sections 7.02(a)
and 7.04, (a) payment in full in cash or immediately
available funds of the principal of and interest (including
interest accruing during the pendency of any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding, regardless of whether allowed or allowable
in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) and premium, if any,
on the Super Senior Loan Documents Obligations and (b) payment
in full in cash or immediately available funds of all other Super
Senior Loan Documents Obligations that are due and payable or
otherwise accrued and owing at or prior to the time such principal
and interest are paid (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt,
contingent expense reimbursement and indemnification obligations
that are not yet due and payable).
“Discharge of Super Senior Secured
Obligations” means, subject to Sections 7.02(a)
and 7.04, the occurrence of (a) the Discharge of Super Senior
Loan Documents Obligations, (b) [reserved], (c) [reserved],
(d) payment in full in cash or immediately available funds of all
other Super Senior Secured Obligations that are due and payable or
otherwise accrued and owing at or prior to the time the foregoing
payments are made (excluding, in the case of this clause (d),
contingent expense reimbursement and indemnification obligations
that are not yet due and payable) and (e) adequate provision
reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Super Senior Secured
Parties having been made for any contingent or unliquidated Super
Senior Secured Obligations related to claims, causes of action or
liabilities that have theretofore been asserted in writing by the
Super Senior Secured Parties and for which reimbursement or
indemnification is required under the Super Senior Loan
Documents.
“Disposition” means any sale,
lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition. “Dispose” has a correlative
meaning.
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“Enforcement Action” means any
action under applicable law to: (a) foreclose, execute, levy
or collect on, take possession or control of, sell or otherwise
realize upon (judicially or non-judicially), or lease, license or
otherwise exercise or enforce remedial rights with respect to
Collateral (including by way of set-off, notification of a public
or private sale or other disposition under the Uniform Commercial
Code or other applicable law, notification to Account Debtors,
notification to third parties under control agreements, or exercise
of rights under landlord or bailee consents or similar
arrangements, if applicable), (b) solicit bids from third parties
to conduct the liquidation or Disposition of any Collateral, or,
solely to the extent such action is not a First Lien Permitted
Action, to engage or retain sales brokers, marketing agents,
investment bankers, accountants, appraisers, auctioneers or other
third parties for the purposes of marketing, promoting and selling
any Collateral, (c) to credit bid in respect of any Collateral in
satisfaction of Indebtedness or other Super Senior Secured
Obligations or First Lien Secured Obligations secured thereby or
(d) to otherwise enforce a security interest or exercise
another right or remedy as a secured creditor pertaining to any
Collateral (other than, to the extent the Grantors fail to perform
any action required under any protective covenant relating to the
Collateral under any Security Document, the performance thereof by
the Super Senior Representative or the First Lien Representative,
in each case to the extent permitted by the applicable Security
Documents) at law, in equity or pursuant to the Super Senior Loan
Documents or First Lien Loan Documents (including the commencement
of applicable legal proceedings or other actions with respect to
all or any portion of the Collateral, including seeking relief from
or modification of an automatic stay or any other stay in an
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, to facilitate the actions
described in the preceding clause (a), (b) or (c), and exercising
voting rights in respect of Equity Interests comprising
Collateral).
“Equity Interests” means any and
all shares, interests, participations or other equivalents (however
designated) of capital stock of a corporation, any and all
equivalent ownership interests in a Person (other than a
corporation), including partnership interests and membership
interests, and any and all warrants, rights or options to purchase
or acquire any of the foregoing (other than, prior to the date of
such conversion, Indebtedness that is convertible into any such
Equity Interests).
“Excess Super Senior Obligations”
means the sum of (a) the portion of the Capped Super Senior Loan
Documents Obligations that is in excess of the Maximum Super Senior
Principal Amount, plus (b) without duplication, unpaid interest and
fees solely to the extent accrued with respect to such portion of
the Capped Super Senior Loan Documents Obligations.
“First Lien Collateral” means all
“Collateral”, as defined in the First Lien Credit
Agreement, and any other assets of any Grantor now or at any time
hereafter subject, or purported under the terms of any First Lien
Security Document to be made subject, to any Lien securing any
First Lien Secured Obligations.
“First Lien Credit Agreement” has
the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of
this Agreement.
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“First Lien Lenders” has the
meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this
Agreement.
“First Lien Loan Documents” means
the “Credit Documents”, as defined in the First Lien
Credit Agreement.
“First Lien Mortgages” means,
collectively, each mortgage, deed of trust, leasehold mortgage,
assignment of leases and rents, modifications and any other
agreement, document or instrument pursuant to which any Lien on
real property is granted to secure any First Lien Secured
Obligations or under which rights or remedies with respect to any
such Lien are governed.
“First Lien Permitted Actions” has
the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 3.01(a).
“First Lien Pledge and Security
Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in
the preliminary statement of this Agreement.
“First Lien Refinancing Notice” has
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.02(b).
“First Lien Representative” has the
meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“First Lien Revolving Lenders and Issuing
Bank” means the Revolving Lenders and the Issuing
Bank, each as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement, in their
respective capacities as such.
“First Lien Secured Cash Management
Obligations” means the “Specified Cash
Management Services Obligations”, as defined in the First
Lien Credit Agreement (including any such “Specified Cash
Management Services Obligations” arising or accruing during
the pendency of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding),
notwithstanding that any such “Specified Cash Management
Services Obligations” or claims therefor shall be disallowed,
voided or subordinated in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding
or under any Bankruptcy Law or other applicable law.
“First Lien Secured Obligations”
means the “Secured Obligations”, as defined in the
First Lien Pledge and Security Agreement (including any such
“Secured Obligations” arising or accruing under
Section 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.23, 2.24 or 2.25 of the First Lien
Credit Agreement or during the pendency of any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding) (or any Refinancing thereof constituting
New First Lien Obligations in accordance with the provisions of
Section 7.02(b)) notwithstanding that any such “Secured
Obligations” or claims therefor shall be disallowed, voided
or subordinated in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or
under any Bankruptcy Law or other applicable law.
“First Lien Secured Parties” means
the “Secured Parties”, as defined in the First Lien
Pledge and Security Agreement.
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“First Lien Security Documents”
means the “Collateral Documents”, as defined in the
First Lien Credit Agreement, and any other agreement, document or
instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted or purported to be
granted to secure any First Lien Secured Obligations or under which
rights or remedies with respect to any such Lien are
governed.
“First Priority Liens” means all
Liens on the First Lien Collateral securing the First Lien Secured
Obligations, whether created under the First Lien Security
Documents or acquired by possession, statute (including any
judgment lien), operation of law, subrogation or
otherwise.
“Governmental Authority” means any
federal, state, municipal, national, supranational or other
government, governmental department, commission, board, bureau,
court, agency or instrumentality or political subdivision thereof
or any entity, officer or examiner exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or
pertaining to any government or any court, in each case whether
associated with the United States of America, any State thereof or
the District of Columbia or a foreign entity or government
(including any supra-national body exercising such powers or
functions, such as the European Union or the European Central
Bank).
“Grantors” means the Borrower, each
other Guarantor and each other Person that shall have created or
purported to create any Super Priority Lien or any First Priority
Lien on all or any part of its assets to secure any Super Senior
Secured Obligations or any First Lien Secured
Obligations.
“Guarantors” means the Borrower and
each Subsidiary that has guaranteed, or that may from time to time
hereafter guarantee, the Super Senior Secured Obligations or the
First Lien Secured Obligations, whether by executing and delivering
the Super Senior Credit Agreement or the First Lien Credit
Agreement, as applicable, a counterpart agreement thereto or
otherwise.
“Indebtedness” means and includes
all obligations that constitute “Indebtedness”, as
defined in the Super Senior Credit Agreement or the First Lien
Credit Agreement, as applicable.
“Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding” means (a) any voluntary or
involuntary proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other
Bankruptcy Law with respect to any Grantor, (b) any voluntary
or involuntary appointment of a trustee, examiner, custodian,
receiver, liquidator or similar official for any Grantor or for all
or a substantial part of the property or assets of any Grantor,
(c) any voluntary or involuntary winding-up or liquidation of
any Grantor, or (d) a general assignment for the benefit of
creditors by any Grantor.
“Lien” means any lien, mortgage,
pledge, assignment, security interest, hypothecation, charge or
encumbrance of any kind (including any conditional sale or other
title retention agreement, and any lease or license in the nature
thereof) and any option, trust or other preferential arrangement
having the practical effect of any of the foregoing.
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“Loan Documents” means the Super
Senior Loan Documents and the First Lien Loan
Documents.
“Majority First Lien Revolving
Lenders” means a “Majority in Interest” of
the Revolving Lenders (as each such term is defined in the First
Lien Credit Agreement).
“Maximum Super Senior Principal
Amount” means the sum of (a) the excess of (i)
$20,000,000, over (ii) the sum of (A) the aggregate principal
amount of all repayments and prepayments of term loans outstanding
under the Super Senior Credit Agreement or under any Refinancing
thereof that are Super Senior Loan Documents Obligations actually
made from and after the date hereof and excluding repayments,
prepayments and reductions in connection with a Refinancing thereof
or a “roll-up” of such Super Senior Loan Documents
Obligations (or such Refinancing thereof) or such revolving credit
commitments in connection with a DIP Financing, plus (b) the
sum, without duplication, of (i) the aggregate amount of all
interest, fees and premiums, in each case, accrued in respect of or
attributable to any Super Senior Loan Documents Obligations that
has been paid in-kind or capitalized and (ii) the aggregate amount
of all interest, fees and premium (if any) in respect of or
attributable to any Super Senior Loan Documents Obligations that
are included in the principal amount of any Refinancing thereof,
any original issue discount applicable to any such Refinancing and
any fees (including upfront fees), costs and expenses relating to
such Refinancing.
“New First Lien Loan Documents” has
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.02(b).
“New First Lien Obligations” has
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.02(b).
“New First Lien Representative” has
the meaning assigned to such term in Section 7.02(b).
“New Super Senior Loan Documents”
has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 7.02(a).
“New Super Senior Obligations” has
the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 7.02(a).
“New Super Senior Representative”
has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 7.02(a).
“Officer’s Certificate” has
the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 10.15.
“Person” means any natural person,
corporation, limited partnership, general partnership, limited
liability company, limited liability partnership, joint stock
company, joint venture, association, company, trust, bank, trust
company, land trust, business trust or other organization, whether
or not a legal entity, and any Governmental Authority.
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“Pledged or Controlled Collateral”
means Collateral as to which perfection can be accomplished by the
possession or control (as such term is defined in the Uniform
Commercial Code) of such Collateral or of any account in which such
Collateral is held.
“Proceeds” means (a) all
“proceeds” as defined in Article 9 of the Uniform
Commercial Code and (b) whatever is recovered when Collateral is
sold, exchanged, collected, or Disposed of, whether voluntarily or
involuntarily, including any additional or replacement collateral
provided during any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and any
payment or property received in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding under Section 1129 of the Bankruptcy Code on
account of any “secured claim” (within the meaning of
Section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or similar Bankruptcy
Law).
“Recovery” has the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 7.04.
“Refinance” means, in respect of
any Indebtedness or commitment, to refinance, extend, renew,
restructure or replace or to issue other Indebtedness or commitment
in exchange or replacement for, such Indebtedness or commitment, in
whole or in part;provided that any
“roll-up”, refinancing or similar treatment of any
Super Senior Secured Obligations pursuant to the terms of any DIP
Financing in accordance with Section 7.01 shall not be deemed
to be a Refinancing of such Super Senior Secured Obligations.
“Refinanced” and
“Refinancing”
have correlative meanings.
“Release” has the meaning assigned
to such term in Section 3.04.
“Reorganization Securities” has the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.03.
“Representatives” means the Super
Senior Representative and the First Lien
Representative.
“Secured Parties” means the Super
Senior Secured Parties and the First Lien Secured Parties, or any
one of them.
“Security Documents” means the
Super Senior Security Documents and the First Lien Security
Documents.
“Standstill Period” has the meaning
assigned to such term in Section 3.02(a).
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to
any Person (the “parent”) at any date, (a) any
Person the accounts of which would be consolidated with those of
the parent in the parent’s consolidated financial statements
if such financial statements were prepared in conformity with
United States generally accepted accounting principles as of such
date and (b) any other Person of which Equity Interests
representing more than 50% of the equity value or more than 50% of
the ordinary voting power or, in the case of a partnership, more
than 50% of the general partnership interests are, as of such date,
owned, controlled or held, by the parent or one or more
Subsidiaries of the parent or by the parent and one or more
Subsidiaries of the parent. Unless otherwise specified, all
references herein to Subsidiaries shall be deemed to refer to
Subsidiaries of the Borrower.
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“Super Priority Liens” means all
Liens on the Super Senior Collateral securing the Super Senior
Secured Obligations, whether created under the Super Senior
Security Documents or acquired by possession, statute (including
any judgment lien), operation of law, subrogation or
otherwise.
“Super Senior Collateral” means all
“Collateral”, as defined in the Super Senior Credit
Agreement, and any other assets of any Grantor now or at any time
hereafter subject, or purported under the terms of any Super Senior
Security Document to be made subject, to any Lien securing any
Super Senior Secured Obligations.
“Super Senior Credit Agreement” has
the meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of
this Agreement.
“Super Senior Lenders” has the
meaning assigned to such term in the preliminary statement of this
Agreement.
“Super Senior Loan Documents” means
the “Credit Documents”, as defined in the Super Senior
Credit Agreement.
“Super Senior Loan Documents
Obligations” means the “Obligations”, as
defined in the Super Senior Credit Agreement (including any such
“Obligations” arising or accruing during the pendency
of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), notwithstanding that
any such “Obligations” or claims therefor shall be
disallowed, voided or subordinated in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding or under any Bankruptcy Law or other applicable law.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, for all purposes under this
Agreement (other than the definition of “Capped Super Senior
Loan Documents Obligations”), Excess Super Senior Obligations
shall not be included in the Super Senior Loan Documents
Obligations.
“Super Senior Pledge and Security
Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in
the preliminary statement of this Agreement.
“Super Senior Refinancing Notice”
has the meaning assigned to such term in Section
7.02(a).
“Super Senior Representative” has
the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“Super Senior Secured Obligations”
means the “Secured Obligations”, as defined in the
Super Senior Pledge and Security Agreement (including any such
“Secured Obligations” arising or accruing or during the
pendency of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding),
notwithstanding that any such “Secured Obligations” or
claims therefor shall be disallowed, voided or subordinated in any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or under any Bankruptcy Law or
other applicable law. Notwithstanding the foregoing, for all
purposes under this Agreement (other than the definition of
“Super Priority Liens” and Sections 3.02(a)(vii), 6.03,
9.01 and 10.13), Excess Super Senior Obligations shall not be
included in the Super Senior Secured Obligations.
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“Super Senior Secured Parties”
means the “Secured Parties”, as defined in the Super
Senior Pledge and Security Agreement.
“Super Senior Security Documents”
means the “Collateral Documents”, as defined in the
Super Senior Credit Agreement, and any other agreement, document or
instrument pursuant to which a Lien is granted or purported to be
granted to secure any Super Senior Secured Obligations or under
which rights or remedies with respect to any such Lien are
governed.
“Uniform Commercial Code” or
“UCC” means the
Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation)
as in effect from time to time in any applicable
jurisdiction.
“Vector Subordinated Note
Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in
the First Lien Credit Agreement.
“Wilmington Trust” has the meaning
assigned to such term in the preamble to this
Agreement.
SECTION1.2. Terms
Generally. 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”. The words
“asset” and “property” shall be construed
to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all
real and personal, tangible and intangible assets and properties,
including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights. The word
“law” shall be construed as referring to all statutes,
rules, regulations, codes and other laws (including official
rulings and interpretations thereunder having the force of law or
with which affected Persons customarily comply), and all judgments,
orders, writs and decrees, of all Governmental Authorities. Unless
the context requires otherwise, (a) any definition of or reference
to any agreement, instrument or other document (including this
Agreement and the Loan Documents) shall be construed as referring
to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to
time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified (subject to any
restrictions on such amendments, supplements or modifications set
forth herein), (b) any definition of or reference to any
statute, rule or regulation shall be construed as referring thereto
as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified
(including by succession of comparable successor laws), (c) any
reference herein to (i) any Person shall be construed to
include such Person’s successors and assigns (subject to any
restrictions on assignment set forth herein), (ii) the Borrower or
any other Grantor shall be construed to include the Borrower or
such Grantor as debtor and debtor-in-possession and any receiver or
trustee for the Borrower or any other Grantor, as the case may be,
in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, and (iii) in the case
of any Governmental Authority, any other Governmental Authority
that shall have succeeded to any or all functions thereof, (d) 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 and (e) all references herein to
Articles or Sections shall be construed to refer to Articles or
Sections of this Agreement.
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ARTICLE II.
LIEN PRIORITIES
SECTION
2.01. Relative Priorities. Notwithstanding the
date, manner or order of grant, attachment or perfection of any
First Priority Lien or any Super Priority Lien, and notwithstanding
any provision of the UCC or any other applicable law or the
provisions of any Security Document or any other Loan Document or
any other circumstance whatsoever, the First Lien Representative,
for itself and on behalf of the other First Lien Secured Parties,
and the Super Senior Representative, for itself and on behalf of
the other Super Senior Secured Parties, hereby agrees that so long
as the Discharge of Super Senior Secured Obligations has not
occurred, (a) any Super Priority Lien now or hereafter held by
or for the benefit of any Super Senior Secured Party shall be
senior in right, priority, operation, effect and all other respects
to any and all First Priority Liens, and the Super Priority Liens
shall be and remain senior in right, priority, operation, effect
and all other respects to any First Priority Liens for all
purposes, whether or not any Super Priority Liens are subordinated
in any respect to any other Lien securing any other obligation of
the Borrower, any other Grantor or any other Person and
(b) any First Priority Lien now or hereafter held by or for
the benefit of any First Lien Secured Party shall be junior and
subordinate in right, priority, operation, effect and all other
respects to any and all Super Priority Liens;provided that, so long as the
Discharge of First Lien Secured Obligations has not occurred, any
Lien on the Collateral securing any Excess Super Senior Obligations
now or hereafter held by or on behalf of any Super Senior Secured
Party shall be junior and subordinate in right, priority,
operation, effect and all other respects to any and all Liens on
the Collateral securing any of the First Lien Secured Obligations
and provided,
further, that,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, any Lien on the
Vector Subordinated Note Collateral for the benefit of the First
Lien Revolving Lenders and Issuing Bank shall not be subject to the
subordination provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION
2.02. Prohibition on Contesting Liens. Each of
the Super Senior Representative, for itself and on behalf of the
other Super Senior Secured Parties, and the First Lien
Representative, for itself and on behalf of the other First Lien
Secured Parties, agrees that it will not, and hereby waives any
right to, contest or join or otherwise support any other Person in
contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding), the existence, validity, enforceability,
perfection or priority of any First Priority Lien or any Super
Priority Lien, as the case may be;provided that (a) nothing
in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the
rights of the Super Senior Representative or any other Super Senior
Secured Party to enforce this Agreement, including the priority of
the Liens securing the Super Senior Secured Obligations or the
provisions for exercise of remedies, (b) nothing in this
Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of the
First Lien Representative or any other First Lien Secured Party to
enforce this Agreement and (c) nothing in this Agreement shall be
construed to prevent or impair the rights of the First Lien
Revolving Lenders and Issuing Bank in respect of the Vector
Subordinated Note Collateral.
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SECTION
2.03. Similar Liens and Agreements. The
parties hereto acknowledge and agree that it is their intention
that the Super Senior Collateral and the First Lien Collateral be
identical. In furtherance of the foregoing, the parties hereto
agree:
(a) to cooperate in
good faith in order to determine, upon any reasonable request in
writing by the Super Senior Representative or the First Lien
Representative, the specific assets included in the Super Senior
Collateral and the First Lien Collateral, the steps taken to
perfect the Super Priority Liens and the First Priority Liens
thereon and the identity of the respective parties obligated under
the Super Senior Loan Documents and the First Lien Loan Documents;
and
(b) that the documents,
agreements and instruments creating or evidencing the First Lien
Collateral and the First Priority Liens shall be in all material
respects in the same form as the documents, agreements and
instruments creating or evidencing the Super Senior Collateral and
the Super Priority Liens, other than with respect to the super
priority and first priority nature of the Liens created or
evidenced thereunder, the identity of the Secured Parties that are
parties thereto or secured thereby and other matters contemplated
by this Agreement.
SECTION
2.04. No Separate Liens. The parties hereto
agree that, so long as the Discharge of Super Senior Secured
Obligations has not occurred, (a) neither the First Lien
Representative nor any other First Lien Secured Party shall acquire
or hold, or accept from any Grantor or any of its Subsidiaries, any
Lien on any asset or property of any Grantor or any of
itsSubsidiaries (and none of the Grantors shall, or shall permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, grant any such Lien) securing any First
Lien Secured Obligations unless such asset or property is also
subject to a Lien securing the Super Senior Secured Obligations and
(b) neither the Super Senior Representative nor any other
Super Senior Secured Party shall acquire or hold, or accept from
any Grantor or any of its Subsidiaries, any Lien on any asset or
property of any Grantor or any of its Subsidiaries (and none of the
Grantors shall, or shall permit any of its Subsidiaries to, grant
any such Lien) securing any Super Senior Secured Obligations unless
such asset or property is also subject to a Lien securing the First
Lien Secured Obligations (including on account of the agreements of
the Super Senior Representative pursuant to Article V hereof), with
each such Lien to be subject to the provisions of this Agreement.
To the extent that the provisions of the immediately preceding
sentence are not complied with for anyreason, without limiting any
other right or remedy available to any Secured Party hereunder, the
First Lien Representative agrees, for itself and on behalf of the
other First Lien Secured Parties, that any amounts received by or
distributed to any First Lien Secured Party pursuant to or as a
result of any Lien acquired, held, accepted or granted in
contravention of this Section 2.04 shall be subject to
Section 4.02.
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SECTION
2.05. Perfection of Liens. Except for the
agreements of the Super Senior Representative and the First Lien
Representative pursuant to Article V hereof, (a) none of the Super
Senior Representative and the other Super Senior Secured Parties
shall be responsible for perfecting and maintaining the perfection
of Liens with respect to the Collateral for the benefit of the
First Lien Representative or the other First Lien Secured Parties
and (b) none of the First Lien Representative and the other First
Lien Secured Parties shall be responsible for perfecting and
maintaining the perfection of Liens with respect to the Collateral
for the benefit of the Super Senior Representative or the other
Super Senior Secured Parties. The provisions of this Agreement are
intended solely to govern the respective Lien priorities as among
the Super Senior Secured Parties and the First Lien Secured Parties
and shall not impose on either Representative or the other Secured
Parties represented by such Representative any obligations in
respect of the disposition of Proceeds of any Collateral which
would conflict with any prior perfected claims in such Proceeds in
favor of any other Person or any order or decree of any court or
governmental authority or any applicable law.
SECTION
2.06. Certain Cash Collateral. Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement or any other Super Senior Loan Documents
or First Lien Loan Document to the contrary, collateral consisting
of cash and cash equivalents pledged to secure First Lien Loan Document
Obligations under any First Lien Loan Document consisting of
reimbursement obligations in respect of letters of credit issued
thereunder shall be applied as specified in the relevant First Lien
Loan Document and will not constitute Collateral (or Super Senior
Collateral or First Lien Collateral) hereunder.
ARTICLE
III.
ENFORCEMENT OF RIGHTS; MATTERS RELATING TO COLLATERAL
SECTION
3.01. Exercise of Rights and Remedies. (a) So
long as the Discharge of Super Senior Secured Obligations has not
occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding
has been commenced, the Super Senior Representative and the other
Super Senior Secured Parties shall have the exclusive right to
enforce rights and exercise remedies (including any right of
setoff) with respect to the Collateral (including making
determinations regarding the release, Disposition or restrictions
with respect to the Collateral), or to commence or seek to commence
and maintain or seek to maintain any Enforcement Action, in each
case, without any consultation with or the consent of the First
Lien Representative or any other First Lien Secured
Party;provided
that, notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) in any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding, any First Lien Secured Party may file a
proof of claim or statement of interest with respect to the First
Lien Secured Obligations and vote on a plan of reorganization
(including a vote to accept or reject a plan of partial or complete
liquidation, reorganization, arrangement, composition or
extension), in each case, to the extent not in contravention of the
terms of this Agreement;provided that no First Lien
Secured Party shall be a petitioning creditor or otherwise make any
filing or take any action (or join any other Person in making any
filing or taking any action) to commence any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding; (ii) the First Lien Representative may
take any action to preserve or protect the validity, enforceability
and perfection of the First Priority Liens (but not to enforce such
Liens), provided
that no such action is, or could reasonably be expected to be,
(A) adverse to the Super Priority Liens or the rights of the
Super Senior Representative or any other Super Senior Secured Party
to exercise remedies in respect thereof or (B) otherwise in
contravention of the terms of this Agreement, including the
automatic release of the First Priority Liens provided in
Section 3.04; (iii) the First Lien Secured Parties may
file any responsive or defensive pleadings in opposition to any
motion, claim, adversary proceeding or other pleading made by any
Person objecting to or otherwise seeking the disallowance,
subordination or recharacterization of the claims of any of the
First Lien Secured Parties, including any claims secured by the
Collateral, or the avoidance or subordination of any First Priority
Lien (other than pursuant to the terms of this Agreement) or
otherwise make any agreements or file any motions pertaining to the
First Lien Secured Obligations or the First Priority Liens, in each
case, to the extent not in contravention of the terms of this
Agreement; (iv) the First Lien Secured Parties may exercise
rights and remedies available to unsecured creditors to the extent
(and only to the extent) provided in Section 3.03;
(v) the First Lien Secured Parties may join (but not exercise
any control over) a judicial foreclosure or Lien enforcement
proceeding with respect to the Collateral initiated by the Super
Senior Representative, to the extent that such action does not, and
could not reasonably be expected to, materially interfere with any
Enforcement Action by the Super Senior Secured Parties and
otherwise is not in contravention of the terms of this Agreement,
it being further agreed that no First Lien Secured Party may
receive any Proceeds thereof unless expressly permitted herein;
(vi) the First Lien Secured Parties may bid for or purchase any
Collateral at any public, private or judicial foreclosure upon such
Collateral initiated by the Super Senior Representative, or any
sale of any Collateral during an Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding;provided
that such bid may not include a “credit bid” in respect
of any First Lien Secured Obligations unless the proceeds of such
bid are otherwise sufficient to cause the Discharge of Super Senior
Secured Obligations; (vii) subject to Section 3.02(a),
the First Lien Representative and the other First Lien Secured
Parties may commence or seek to commence, and maintain or seek to
maintain, any Enforcement Action after the termination of the
Standstill Period; (viii) the First Lien Representative may
inspect or appraise the
Collateral so long as such actions do not interfere with, hinder or
delay, in any manner, any enforcement or exercise of any rights or
remedies of the Super Senior Secured Parties under the Super
Senior Loan Documents or this Agreement and otherwise are not in
contravention of the terms of this Agreement;(ix) the First Lien
Secured Parties may seek or commence an action to obtain specific
performance or injunctive relief to compel a Grantor to comply with
the delivery of financial information, the further assurances
regarding perfection of Liens and the maintenance of insurance
covenants under the First Lien Loan Documents, to the extent such
action is not an Enforcement Action, does not seek to enjoin a
Disposition of Collateral consented to or approved by the Super
Senior Representative and otherwise is not in contravention of the
terms of this Agreement; (x) the First Lien Secured Parties may
accelerate the Indebtedness under the First Lien Loan Documents in
accordance with the terms thereof; and (xi) the First Lien
Secured Parties may take any action or exercise any right to the
extent (and only to the extent) provided in Article VI (the
permitted actions described in clauses (i) through (xi) are
collectively referred to herein as the “First Lien Permitted Actions”).
Except for the First Lien Permitted Actions and as set forth in
Section 3.06, unless and until the Discharge of Super Senior
Secured Obligations has occurred, the sole right of the First Lien
Representative and the other First Lien Secured Parties with
respect to the Collateral shall be to receive the Proceeds of the
Collateral, if any, remaining after the Discharge of Super Senior
Secured Obligations has occurred and in accordance with the First
Lien Loan Documents and applicable law.
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(a) In exercising
rights and remedies with respect to the Collateral, the Super
Senior Representative and the other Super Senior Secured Parties
may enforce the provisions of the Super Senior Loan Documents,
exercise remedies thereunder and under applicable law and take
other Enforcement Actions, all in such order and in such manner as
they may determine in their sole discretion. Such exercise and
enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by them
to Dispose of Collateral upon foreclosure, to incur expenses in
connection with any such Disposition and to exercise all the rights
and remedies of a secured creditor under the Uniform Commercial
Code, the Bankruptcy Code or any other Bankruptcy Law or any other
applicable law.
(b) The First Lien
Representative, for itself and on behalf of the other First Lien
Secured Parties, hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant,
agreement or restriction contained in any First Lien Security
Document or any other First Lien Loan Document shall be deemed to
restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the Super Senior
Representative or the other Super Senior Secured Parties with
respect to the Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the
other Super Senior Loan Documents.
(c) [Reserved].
(d) The Super Senior
Representative shall provide to the First Lien Representative, and
the First Lien Representative shall provide to the Super Senior
Representative, reasonable prior notice of its initial material
Enforcement Action.
SECTION
3.02. No Interference. The First Lien
Representative, for itself and on behalf of the other First Lien
Secured Parties, agrees that, so long as the Discharge of Super
Senior Secured Obligations has not occurred, and whether or not any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced, the First
Lien Secured Parties:
(i) except for First
Lien Permitted Actions, will not (A) commence (or file with any
court documents that seek to commence) or maintain or seek to
maintain any Enforcement Action, (B) commence (or file with any
court documents that seek to commence) or join with any Person
(other than the Super Senior Representative) in commencing, or
petition for or vote in favor of any resolution for, any action or
proceeding with respect to any Enforcement Action or (C) commence
(or file with any court documents that seek to commence) or join
with any Person (other than the Super Senior Representative) in
commencing any involuntary case or proceeding under any Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceeding with respect to any Grantor;provided, however, that the First Lien
Representative may commence or seek to commence, and maintain or
seek to maintain, any Enforcement Action, or join with any Person
in commencing, or petition for or vote in favor of any resolution
for, any such action or proceeding, after a period of 150 days
has elapsed (which period shall be tolled during any period in
which the Super Senior Representative is not entitled, on behalf of
the Super Senior Secured Parties, to take any Enforcement Action
with respect to any Collateral as a result of (x) any injunction
issued by a court of competent jurisdiction (which the Super Senior
Representative is diligently seeking to vacate) or (y) the
automatic stay or any other stay or prohibition in any Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceeding) since the date on which the First Lien
Representative has delivered to the Super Senior Representative
written notice (with a copy to the Borrower) of the occurrence of
an event of default under the First Lien Loan Documents (the
“Standstill
Period”);provided that all other
provisions of this Agreement (including the turnover provisions of
Article IV or Article VI) are complied with;provided further, however, that notwithstanding
the expiration of the Standstill Period or anything herein to the
contrary, in no event shall the First Lien Representative or any
other First Lien Secured Party commence (or file with any court
documents that seek to commence) or maintain or seek to maintain
any Enforcement Action, or commence (or file with any court
documents that seek to commence), join with any Person in
commencing, or petition for or vote in favor of any resolution for,
any action or proceeding with respect to any Enforcement Action, if
the Super Senior Representative or any other Super Senior Secured
Party shall have commenced, and shall be diligently pursuing any
Enforcement Action with respect to any Collateral or any such
action or proceeding;
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(ii) will
not contest, protest or object to any Enforcement Action sought or
maintained by the Super Senior Representative or any other Super
Senior Secured Party relating to the Collateral under the Super
Senior Loan Documents or otherwise, so long as the First Priority
Liens attach to the Proceeds thereof subject to the relative
priorities set forth in Section 2.01 and such Enforcement
Action is not in contravention of the terms of this Agreement and
applicable law;
(iii) subject
to the rights of the First Lien Secured Parties under
clause (i) above, will not contest, protest or object to
the forbearance by the Super Senior Representative or any other
Super Senior Secured Party from commencing or pursuing any
Enforcement Action or to the terms or conditions applicable to any
such forbearance;
(iv) will
not, except for the First Lien Permitted Actions, take or receive
any Collateral, or any Proceeds thereof or payment with respect
thereto (other than, subject to Sections 6.01 and 6.03,
Reorganization Securities), in connection with any Enforcement
Action with respect to any Collateral or in connection with any
insurance policy award under a policy of insurance relating to any
Collateral or any condemnation award (or deed in lieu of
condemnation) relating to any Collateral;
(v) will not, except
for the First Lien Permitted Actions, take any action that would,
or could reasonably be expected to, hinder, in any material
respect, any enforcement or exercise of any rights or remedies
under the Super Senior Loan Documents, including any Disposition of
any Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise;
(vi) will
not, except for the First Lien Permitted Actions, contest, protest
or object to the manner in which the Super Senior Representative or
any other Super Senior Secured Party may seek to enforce or collect
the Super Senior Secured Obligations or the Super Priority Liens,
regardless of whether any action or failure to act by or on behalf
of the Super Senior Representative or any other Super Senior
Secured Party is, or could be, adverse to the interests of the
First Lien Secured Parties, provided that any such action
or failure to act is not in contravention of this Agreement and
applicable law, and will not assert, and hereby waive, to the
fullest extent permitted by law, any right to demand, request,
plead or otherwise assert or claim the benefit of any marshalling,
appraisal, valuation or other similar statutory right that may be
available under applicable law with respect to the Collateral or
any similar rights a junior secured creditor may have under
applicable law; and
(vii) will
not attempt, directly or indirectly, whether by judicial proceeding
or otherwise, and hereby waive any right, to contest, challenge or
question the validity or enforceability of any First Lien Secured
Obligation or any First Lien Security Document, including this
Agreement, or the validity or enforceability of the priorities,
rights or obligations established by this Agreement.
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SECTION
3.03. Rights as Unsecured Creditors. The First
Lien Representative and the other First Lien Secured Parties may,
in accordance with the terms of the First Lien Loan Documents and
applicable law, enforce rights and exercise remedies against the
Borrower and any Guarantor that are available to unsecured
creditors (other than initiating or joining in an involuntary case
or proceeding under any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding with
respect to any Grantor or taking any other Enforcement
Action);provided
that no such action is in contravention of the terms of this
Agreement (including Article VI hereof). Nothing in this Agreement
shall prohibit the receipt by the First Lien Representative or any
other First Lien Secured Party of the required payments of
principal, premium, interest, fees and other amounts due under the
First Lien Loan Documents so long as such receipt is not the direct
or indirect result of a distribution or recovery in any Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceeding in contravention of this Agreement (but
subject to Section 4.02), any Enforcement Action by the First Lien
Representative or any other First Lien Secured Party in
contravention of this Agreement or any other enforcement or
exercise by the First Lien Representative or any other First Lien
Secured Party of rights or remedies as a secured creditor
(including any right of setoff) in contravention of this Agreement
or enforcement in contravention of this Agreement of any First
Priority Lien (including any judgment lien resulting from the
exercise of remedies available to an unsecured creditor, to the
extent such judgment lien applies to Collateral), with the First
Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and the other First Lien
Secured Parties, hereby agreeing that any amounts received by or
distributed to any First Lien Secured Party in contravention of the
foregoing shall be subject to Section 4.02.
SECTION
3.04. Automatic Release of First Priority
Liens. (a) If, in connection with (i) any Disposition
of any Collateral permitted under the terms of the Super Senior
Loan Documents or (ii) the enforcement or exercise of any
rights or remedies with respect to the Collateral, including any
Disposition of Collateral, the Super Senior Representative, for
itself and on behalf of the other Super Senior Secured Parties,
(A) releases the Super Priority Liens on any Collateral or (B)
releases any Guarantor the Equity Interests in which are subject to
such Disposition or such enforcement or exercise from its
obligations under its guarantee of the Super Senior Secured
Obligations (in each case, a “Release”), other than any such
Release granted (except as a result of the enforcement or exercise
of any rights or remedies pursuant to clause (ii) above) in
connection with the Discharge of Super Senior Loan Documents
Obligations, then the First Priority Liens on such Collateral, and
the obligations of such Guarantor under its guarantee of the First
Lien Secured Obligations, shall be immediately, automatically,
unconditionally and simultaneously released, and upon delivery to
the First Lien Representative of an Officer’s Certificate
stating that any such Release in respect of the Super Senior
Secured Obligations has become effective (or shall become effective
concurrently with such release of the First Priority Liens on such
Collateral granted to the First Lien Secured Parties and the First
Lien Representative or the release of the obligations of such
Guarantor under its guarantee of the First Lien Secured
Obligations, as the case may be) and any necessary or proper
instruments of termination or release prepared by the Borrower or
any other Grantor or Guarantor, the First Lien Representative
shall, for itself and on behalf of the other First Lien Secured
Parties, promptly execute and deliver to the Super Senior
Representative, the relevant Grantor or such Guarantor, at the
Borrower’s or the other Grantor’s or Guarantor’s
sole cost and expense and without any representation or warranty,
such termination statements, releases and other documents as the
Super Senior Representative or the relevant Grantor or Guarantor
may reasonably request to effectively confirm such
Release;provided that, in the case of any
Disposition of Collateral, notwithstanding the release of the First
Priority Liens thereon, the First Priority Liens shall attach to
the Proceeds thereof subject to the relative priorities set forth
in Section 2.01 (and, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing in the
foregoing shall be deemed to be a release of the First Priority
Liens on any such Proceeds, it being the express intent of the
First Lien Secured Parties that the First Priority Liens attach to
such Proceeds);provided further that (x) in the
case of any Disposition of any Collateral (other than any such
Disposition in connection with the enforcement or exercise of any
rights or remedies with respect to such Collateral or pursuant to
an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the First Priority Liens
on such Collateral shall not be so released if such Disposition is
not permitted under the terms of the First Lien Credit Agreement or
such Disposition is to the Borrower or any of its Affiliates and
(y) in the case of any Disposition of any Collateral, the First
Priority Liens shall not be so released without the consent of the
First Lien Representative unless the net cash Proceeds of such
Disposition will be applied (if applicable, upon judicial approval
of such application) to permanently repay or prepay (or otherwise
reduce, in the case of a “credit bid”) (1) the Super
Senior Secured Obligations, it being understood that any such
repayment or prepayment of principal of Capped Super Senior Loan
Documents Obligations shall reduce the Maximum Super Senior
Principal Amount by an equal amount, or (2) any DIP Financing.
In the case of any
Disposition of any Collateral by the Super Senior Representative
(other than pursuant to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding),
the Super Senior Representative (I) shall provide the First Lien
Representative with at least 10 Business Days’ prior written
notice of such Disposition and (II) shall take reasonable care (as
determined in the reasonable credit judgment of the Super Senior
Representative) to conduct such Disposition in a commercially
reasonable manner (it being understood that the Super Senior
Representative shall have no obligation to postpone any such
Disposition in order to achieve a higher
price).
(a) Until the Discharge
of Super Senior Loan Documents Obligations occurs, the First Lien
Representative, for itself and on behalf of each other First Lien
Secured Party, hereby appoints the Super Senior Representative, and
any officer or agent of the Super Senior Representative, with full
power of substitution, as the attorney-in-fact of each First Lien
Secured Party for the purpose of carrying out the express
provisions of this Section 3.04 and taking any action and
executing any instrument that the Super Senior Representative
reasonably deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of this
Section 3.04 (including any endorsements or other instruments
of transfer or release), which appointment is irrevocable and
coupled with an interest.
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SECTION
3.05. Insurance and Condemnation Awards. So
long as the Discharge of Super Senior Secured Obligations has not
occurred, the Super Senior Representative and the other Super
Senior Secured Parties shall have the exclusive right, subject to
the rights of the Grantors under the Super Senior Loan Documents,
to settle and adjust claims in respect of Collateral under policies
of insurance covering Collateral and to approve any award granted
in any condemnation or similar proceeding, or any deed in lieu of
condemnation, in respect of the Collateral. All Proceeds of any
such policy and any such award, or any payments with respect to a
deed in lieu of condemnation, shall (a) first, prior to the
Discharge of Super Senior Secured Obligations and subject to the
rights of the Grantors under the Super Senior Loan Documents, be
paid to the Super Senior Representative for the benefit of Super
Senior Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of the Super Senior
Loan Documents, (b) second, after the Discharge of Super
Senior Secured Obligations and subject to the rights of the
Grantors under the First Lien Loan Documents, be paid to the First
Lien Representative for the benefit of the First Lien Secured
Parties pursuant to the terms of the First Lien Loan Documents
until the Discharge of First Lien Secured Obligations, (c)
third, after the
Discharge of First Lien Secured Obligations, be paid to the Super
Senior Representative for the benefit of the Super Senior Secured
Parties pursuant to the terms of the Super Senior Loan Documents on
account of the Excess Super Senior Obligations, and (d) fourth, be
paid to the owner of the subject property, such other Person as may
be entitled thereto or as a court of competent jurisdiction may
otherwise direct. Until the Discharge of Super Senior
SecuredObligations has occurred, if the First Lien Representative
or any other First Lien Secured Party shall, at any time, receive
any proceeds of any such insurance policy or any such award or
payment, it shall transfer and pay over such proceeds to the Super
Senior Representative in accordance with Section
4.02.
SECTION
3.06. Vector Subordinated Note Collateral.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement (other
than as provided in the second and third sentence of this
Section 3.06), this Article III shall not apply to the rights
and remedies of the First Lien Representative, the First Lien
Revolving Lenders and Issuing Bank, any other First Lien Lender or
any other First Lien Secured Party with respect to the Vector
Subordinated Note or the Vector Subordinated Note Collateral under
the First Lien Loan Documents. The First Lien Representative, the
First Lien Revolving Lenders and Issuing Bank, any other First Lien
Lender or any other First Lien Secured Party may take any action
(or may instruct the First Lien Representative to take any action)
(and none of the Super Senior Representative, the Super Senior
Lenders or any other Super Senior Secured Party, in their
respective capacities as such, may take such action or may instruct
the First Lien Representative or the Super Senior Representative to
take such action) with respect to the Vector Subordinated Note or
the Vector Subordinated Note Collateral pursuant to and in
accordance with the terms of the First Lien Loan Documents, in each
case, without the consent of the Super Senior Representative or any
other Super Senior Secured Party. The rights of the First Lien
Representative, the First Lien Revolving Lenders and Issuing Bank,
any other First Lien Lender and any other First Lien Secured Party
described in this Section 3.06 shall be a First Lien Permitted
Action for all purposes under this Agreement and such rights shall
be permitted to be exercised in respect of the Vector Subordinated
Note and the Vector Subordinated Note Collateral in the same manner
as if it were the Super Senior Representative in this
Article III.
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ARTICLE IV.
PAYMENTS
SECTION
4.01. Application of Proceeds. So long as the
Discharge of Super Senior Secured Obligations has not occurred, any
Collateral or Proceeds thereof (other than, in each case,
in respect of the Vector
Subordinated Note Collateral which shall be subject to
Section 4.04) received by the Super Senior
Representative in connection with any Enforcement Action or in
connection with any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding shall be
applied by the Super Senior Representative to the Super Senior
Secured Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Super
Senior Loan Documents. Upon the Discharge of Super Senior Secured
Obligations, (a) if the Discharge of First Lien Secured Obligation
has not occurred, subject to Section 2.05, the Super Senior
Representative shall deliver (without any representation, warranty
or recourse) to the First Lien Representative any remaining
Collateral and any Proceeds thereof then held by it in the same
form as received, together with any necessary endorsements, or as a
court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct, to be applied
by the First Lien Representative to the First Lien Secured
Obligations and (b) so long as the Discharge of First Lien Secured
Obligations has not occurred, any Collateral or Proceeds thereof
received by the First Lien Representative pursuant to clause (a) of
this sentence or in connection with any Enforcement Action or in
connection with any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding shall be
applied by the First Lien Representative to the First Lien Secured
Obligations in accordance with the terms of the First Lien Loan
Documents. Upon the Discharge of First Lien Secured Obligations,
(i) if the Discharge of Excess Super Senior Obligations has not
occurred, subject to Section 2.05, the First Lien
Representative shall deliver (without any representation, warranty
or recourse) to the Super Senior Representative any remaining
Collateral and any Proceeds thereof then held by it in the same
form as received, together with any necessary endorsements, or as a
court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct, to be applied
by the Super Senior Representative to the Excess Super Senior
Obligations and (ii) so long as the Discharge of Excess Super
Senior Obligations has not occurred, any Collateral or Proceeds
thereof received by the Super Senior Representative pursuant to
clause (i) of this sentence or in connection with any Enforcement
Action or in connection with any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding shall be applied by the Super Senior Representative to
the Excess Super Senior Obligations in accordance with the terms of
the Super Senior Loan Documents.
SECTION
4.02. Payment Over. So long as the Discharge
of Super Senior Secured Obligations has not occurred, any
Collateral, or any Proceeds thereof or payment in connection
therewith or on account thereof (together with assets or Proceeds
subject to Liens referred to in the final sentence of
Section 2.04 or in the final proviso of Section 6.01(b)
or amounts referred to in the parenthetical at the end of Section
3.03 or Collateral, Proceeds or distributions referred to in the
last two sentences of Section 7.04), received by the First Lien
Representative or any other First Lien Secured Party as a
distribution or recovery in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding (other than any post-petition amounts received by the
First Lien Secured Parties as contemplated by Section 6.04(b), or
Reorganization Securities), or in connection with any Enforcement
Action, or in connection with any insurance policy claim or any
condemnation award (or deed in lieu of condemnation) (in each case
other than in respect of
the Vector Subordinated Note Collateral which shall be subject to
Section 4.04), shall be segregated and held in trust
and promptly transferred or paid over to the Super Senior
Representative for the benefit of the Super Senior Secured Parties
in the same form as received, together with any necessary
endorsements, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise
direct. Until the Discharge of Super Senior Secured Obligations
occurs, the First Lien Representative, for itself and on behalf of
each other First Lien Secured Party, hereby appoints the Super
Senior Representative, and any officer or agent of the Super Senior
Representative, with full power of substitution, the
attorney-in-fact of each First Lien Secured Party for the purpose
of carrying out the express provisions of this Section 4.02
and taking any action and executing any instrument that the Super
Senior Representative reasonably deems necessary to accomplish the
purposes of this Section 4.02, which appointment is
irrevocable and coupled with an interest.
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SECTION
4.03. Certain Agreements with Respect to Invalid or
Unenforceable Liens. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, if in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding a determination is made that any Lien encumbering any
Collateral is not valid, perfected or enforceable for any reason,
or is subordinated in any respect to any other Liens, then the
First Lien Representative and the other First Lien Secured Parties
agree that any distribution or recovery they may receive with
respect to, or on account of, the value of the assets intended to
constitute such Collateral or any Proceeds thereof (in each case
other than in respect of the Vector Subordinated Note Collateral
which shall be subject to Section 4.04) shall (for so long as
the Discharge of Super Senior Secured Obligations has not occurred)
be segregated and held in trust and promptly paid over to the Super
Senior Representative for the benefit of the Super Senior Secured
Parties in the same form as received without recourse,
representation or warranty (other than a representation of the
First Lien Representative that it has not otherwise sold, assigned,
transferred or pledged any right, title or interest in and to such
distribution or recovery) but with any necessary endorsements or as
a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct until such
time as the Discharge of Super Senior Secured Obligations has
occurred. Until the Discharge of Super Senior Secured Obligations
occurs, the First Lien Representative, for itself and on behalf of
each other First Lien Secured Party, hereby appoints the Super
Senior Representative, and any officer or agent of the Super Senior
Representative, with full power of substitution, the
attorney-in-fact of each First Lien Secured Party for the limited
purpose of carrying out the express provisions of this
Section 4.03 and taking any action and executing any
instrument that the Super Senior Representative reasonably deems
necessary to accomplish the purposes of this Section 4.03,
which appointment is irrevocable and coupled with an
interest.
SECTION
4.04. Agreements with respect to Vector Subordinated
Note Collateral. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained in this Agreement or in any other Super Senior Loan
Document or any other First Lien Loan Document, the Super Senior
Representative, for itself and on behalf of the Super Senior
Secured Parties, and the First LienRepresentative, for itself and
on behalf of the First Lien Secured Parties, hereby acknowledge and
agree that any value received by any Super Senior Secured Party or
any First Lien Secured Party in respect of any Vector Subordinated
Note Collateral, including any prepayment, repayment or other
amount or value received in respect of the Vector Subordinated Note
and any amounts on deposit in the Vector Subordinated Note Cash
Collateral Account (as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement),
whether resulting from the exercise of remedies under any Super
Senior Loan Document or any First Lien Loan Document, any
Enforcement Action or otherwise and whether constituting Collateral
consisting of cash or cash equivalents or the proceeds of any
collection or sale of any Vector Subordinated Note Collateral or
otherwise, shall be applied (a) FIRST, to the payment in full of
all Secured Obligations in the form of accrued and unpaid interest
and fees in respect of all Revolving Commitments, Revolving Loans
and Letters of Credit (each capitalized term in this sub-clause (a)
as defined in the First Lien Loan Documents), (b) SECOND, to the
payment in full of all outstanding Revolving Loans (as defined in
the First Lien Loan Documents), (c) THIRD, to the Cash
Collateralization of Letters of Credit in an amount equal to 103%
of the Letter of Credit Usage as of such time (each capitalized
term in this sub-clause (b) as defined in the First Lien Loan
Documents) and (d) FOURTH, to the payment in full of any and all
other the Secured Obligations owed to the Revolving Lenders in
their capacities as such (all such amounts so applied to be
distributed among the Revolving Lenders in accordance with their
Pro Rata Shares of the Revolving Exposure on the date of any such
distribution) (each capitalized term in this sub-clause (d) as
defined in the First Lien Loan Documents), in each case, prior to
any application to the Super Senior Secured Obligations or to any
other First Lien Secured Obligations in accordance with this
Article IV. In furtherance of the foregoing, at any time prior to
the Discharge of First Lien Secured Obligations with respect to the
First Lien Secured Obligations of the First Lien Revolving Lenders
and Issuing Bank, notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein,
any value received by any Representative or any Secured Party in
respect of the Vector Subordinated Note Collateral, whether
resulting from the exercise of remedies, including any Enforcement
Action, or otherwise shall be turned over to the First Lien
Representative for application in accordance with the First Lien
Loan Documents (or other compensation shall be provided to the
First Lien Revolving Lenders and Issuing Bank by such
Representative or Secured Party in an amount equivalent to such
value to give effect to the priorities set forth in this Section
4.04) until and to the extent required to effectuate the Discharge
of First Lien Secured Obligations with respect to the First Lien
Secured Obligations of the First Lien Revolving Lenders and Issuing
Bank.
ARTICLE
V.
BAILMENT FOR PERFECTION OF CERTAIN SECURITY INTERESTS
(a) The Super Senior
Representative agrees that if it shall at any time hold a Super
Priority Lien on any Pledged or Controlled Collateral and if such
Pledged or Controlled Collateral is in fact in the possession or
under the control of the Super Senior Representative, or of agents
or bailees of the Super Senior Representative, the Super Senior
Representative shall, solely for the purpose of perfecting by
possession or control, as applicable, the First Priority Liens
granted under the First Lien Loan Documents and subject to the
terms and conditions of this Article V, also hold and control such
Pledged or Controlled Collateral as gratuitous bailee and
gratuitous agent for the First Lien Representative and hereby
acknowledges that it has control of any Pledged or Controlled
Collateral in its control on behalf of and for the benefit of the
First Lien Representative.
(b) So long as the
Discharge of Super Senior Secured Obligations has not occurred, the
Super Senior Representative shall be entitled to deal with the
Pledged or Controlled Collateral in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement and the other Super Senior Loan Documents and
applicable law as if the First Priority Liens did not exist. The
obligations and responsibilities of the Super Senior Representative
to the First Lien Representative and the other First Lien Secured
Parties under this Article V shall be limited solely to holding or
controlling the Pledged or Controlled Collateral as gratuitous
bailee or gratuitous agent for the First Lien Representative, and
transferring the Pledged or Controlled Collateral, in each case,
subject to the terms and conditions of this Article V. Without
limiting the foregoing, the Super Senior Representative shall have
no obligation or responsibility to ensure that any Pledged or
Controlled Collateral is genuine or owned by any of the Grantors or
to preserve the rights or benefits of any Person. The Super Senior
Representative acting pursuant to this Article V shall not, by
reason of this Agreement, any other Security Document or any other
document, have a fiduciary relationship in respect of any other
Super Senior Secured Party, the First Lien Representative or any
other First Lien Secured Party. The parties recognize that the
interest of the Super Senior Representative, on the one hand, and
the First Lien Representative and the other First Lien Secured
Parties, on the other hand, may differ, and the Super Senior
Representative may act in its own interest without taking into
account the interest of the First Lien Representative or any other
First Lien Secured Party.
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(c) Upon the Discharge
of Super Senior Secured Obligations, the Super Senior
Representative shall transfer the possession and control of the
Pledged or Controlled Collateral (other than with respect to any
deposit account as to which control is maintained pursuant to
Section 9-104(a)(1) of the Uniform Commercial Code), together with
any necessary endorsements but without recourse, representation or
warranty, (i) if the First Lien Secured Obligations are
outstanding at such time, to the First Lien Representative, and
(ii) if no First Lien Secured Obligations are outstanding at
such time, to the applicable Grantor, in each case so as to allow
such Person to obtain possession and control of such Pledged or
Controlled Collateral. In connection with any transfer under
clause (i) of the immediately preceding sentence, the Super
Senior Representative agrees to take all commercially reasonable
actions as shall be reasonably requested by the First Lien
Representative to permit the First Lien Representative to obtain,
for the benefit of the First Lien Secured Parties, a first priority
security interest in the Pledged or Controlled
Collateral.
(d) The First Lien
Representative agrees that if it shall at any time prior to the
Discharge of Super Senior Secured Obligations hold a First Priority
Lien on any Pledged or Controlled Collateral and if,
notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement (and disregarding
any control the First Lien Representative might have solely as a
result of the foregoing provisions of this Article V), such Pledged
or Controlled Collateral (other than, in each case, in respect of
the Vector Subordinated Noted Collateral) is in fact in the
possession or under the control of the First Lien Representative,
or of agents or bailees of the First Lien Representative, the First
Lien Representative shall (i) solely for the purpose of perfecting
by possession or control, as applicable, the Super Priority Liens
granted under the Super Senior Loan Documents, also hold and
control such Pledged or Controlled Collateral as gratuitous bailee
and gratuitous agent for the Super Senior Representative (and
hereby acknowledges that it has control of any Pledged or
Controlled Collateral in its control on behalf of and for the
benefit of the Super Senior Representative), (ii) promptly
inform the Super Senior Representative thereof and (iii) other
than with respect to any deposit account as to which control is
maintained pursuant to Section 9-104(a)(1) of the Uniform
Commercial Code, transfer the possession and control of such
Pledged or Controlled Collateral, together with any necessary
endorsements but without recourse, representation or warranty, to
the Super Senior Representative and, in connection therewith, take
all commercially reasonable actions as shall be reasonably
requested by the Super Senior Representative to permit the Super
Senior Representative to obtain, for the benefit of the Super
Senior Secured Parties, a super priority security interest in such
Pledged or Controlled Collateral.
ARTICLE
VI.
INSOLVENCY OR LIQUIDATION PROCEEDINGS
SECTION
6.01. Finance and Sale
Matters. (a) If
in any Insolvency and Liquidation Proceeding, any post-petition
financing is provided by one or more of the Super Senior Secured
Parties or any of their Affiliates under Section 364 of the
Bankruptcy Code, or any other comparable provision of any other
Bankruptcy Law (a “DIP
Financing”
and the liens thereunder, the “DIP Financing
Liens”),
the Super Senior Secured Parties will use commercially reasonable
efforts to afford all First Lien Lenders in a commercially
reasonable manner the opportunity to participate in such DIP
Financing in a manner that results in an allocation of all loans
and commitments under, and interest and fees received on account
of, such DIP Financing (including any roll-up component thereof)
that is consistent with the ratable holdings of the First Lien
Lenders of the outstanding loans under the First Lien Credit
Agreement that choose to participate in such DIP Financing
(determined as of the date on which such Insolvency and Liquidation
Proceeding is initiated or any other “record date” that
has been determined in good faith), and each of the provisions that
affects the Vector Subordinated Note Collateral in any documents in
respect of such DIP Financing shall be in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Majority First Lien Revolving
Lenders.
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(a) Until the Discharge
of Super Senior Loan Documents Obligations has occurred, the First
Lien Representative, for itself and on behalf of the other First
Lien Secured Parties, agrees that, in the event of any Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceeding, the First Lien Secured
Parties:
(i) will be deemed to
have consented to, and will not oppose or object to (or support any
other Person in opposing or objecting to), the use of any
Collateral (other than, in the case of the First Lien Revolving
Lenders and Issuing Bank, the Vector Subordinated Note Collateral)
constituting cash collateral under Section 363 of the
Bankruptcy Code, or any comparable provision of any other
Bankruptcy Law, that is consented to, or not opposed or objected
to, by the Super Senior Representative or any other representative
authorized by the Super Senior Secured Parties (and neither the
First Lien Representative nor any First Lien Secured Party shall
seek any relief in connection therewith that is in conflict with
the relief being sought by the Super Senior Secured Parties (it
being understood that the foregoing shall not affect the rights of
the First Lien Secured Parties to seek adequate protection as
provided in Section 6.01(c)));
(ii) will
be deemed to have consented to, and will not oppose or object to
(or support any other Person in opposing or objecting to), any DIP
Financing, or the DIP Financing Liens securing such DIP Financing,
that is consented to, or not opposed or objected to, by the Super
Senior Representative or any other representative authorized by the
Super Senior Secured Parties, to the extent that (A) such DIP
Financing Liens are senior to, or rank pari passu with, the Super
Priority Liens securing the Super Senior Secured Obligations, (B)
the First Lien Secured Parties are not required to release their
Liens on the Collateral as a condition to such DIP Financing and
(C) (1) such DIP Financing Liens do not rank senior to the Liens
of, and the claims of such DIP Financing rank junior to the claims
and priority of, theFirst Lien Revolving Lenders and Issuing Bank
with respect to the Vector Subordinated Note Collateral and (2) the
documents in respect of the DIP Financing include a provision
substantially similar to Section 4.04 of this Agreement (replacing
terms in respect of the Super Senior Secured Obligations with
corresponding terms in respect of obligations under such DIP
Financing).
(iii) except
to the extent permitted by Section 6.01(c) and except with
respect to the Vector Subordinated Note Collateral in the case of
the First Lien Revolving Lenders and Issuing Bank, in connection
with the use of cash collateral as described in clause (i)
above or a DIP Financing, will not request adequate protection or
any other relief in connection with such use of cash collateral,
DIP Financing or DIP Financing Liens; and
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(iv) will
be deemed to have consented to, and will not oppose or object to
(or support any other Person in opposing or objecting to) any
Disposition of any Collateral free and clear of the First Priority
Liens or other claims under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code
(provided that the
First Lien Representative may object to the Disposition on any
grounds that may be asserted by an unsecured creditor), or any
comparable provision of any other Bankruptcy Law, if the Super
Senior Secured Parties, or a representative authorized by the Super
Senior Secured Parties, shall consent to, or not oppose or object
to, such Disposition;provided that, (A) in the case of any such
Disposition, notwithstanding the release of the First Priority
Liens thereon, the First Priority Liens shall attach to the
Proceeds thereof subject to the relative priorities set forth in
Section 2.01 (and, for the avoidance of doubt, nothing in the
foregoing shall be deemed to be a release of the First Priority
Liens on any such Proceeds, it being the express intent of the
First Lien Secured Parties that the First Priority Liens attach to
such Proceeds) and (B)(1) any Disposition of the Vector
Subordinated Note Collateral shall not be permitted without the
prior written consent of the Majority First Lien Revolving Lenders
and (2) the First Lien Revolving Lenders and Issuing Bank may
oppose or object to (or support any other Person in opposing or
objecting to) any Disposition of the Vector Subordinated Note
Collateral to the extent required to protect their rights, priority
and Liens with respect thereto.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, nothing in this
Section 6.01(b) shall prohibit any First Lien Secured Party
from proposing a DIP Financing so long as such DIP Financing would,
on the closing date thereof, result in a Discharge of the Super
Senior Secured Obligations.
(b) The First Lien
Representative, for itself and on behalf of the other First Lien
Secured Parties, agrees that, until the Discharge of Super Senior
Loan Documents Obligations has occurred, no First Lien Secured
Party shall contest, or join or otherwise support any other Person
in contesting, (i) any request by the Super Senior
Representative or any other Super Senior Secured Party for adequate
protection or, subject to clause (B) of the proviso to Section
6.01(b)(iv), for the roll-up of the loans under the Super Senior
Credit Agreement into loans under any DIP Financing, or
(ii) any objection, based on a claim of a lack of adequate
protection, by the Super Senior Representative or any other Super
Senior Secured Party to any motion, relief, action or proceeding.
Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, (A) if any
Super Senior Secured Party is granted adequate protection in the
form of a replacement Lien or a Lien on additional collateral, the
First Lien Representative may, for itself and on behalf of the
other First Lien Secured Parties, seek or request adequate
protection in the form of a replacement Lien or a Lien on such
additional collateral, which Liens will be subordinated to the
Super Priority Liens and DIP Financing Liens on the same basis as
the other First Priority Liens are subordinated to the Super
Priority Liens under this Agreement, and (B) the First Lien
Representative and other First Lien Secured Parties may seek
adequate protection with respect to their rights in the Collateral
in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in the form of (1)
solely with respect to the First Lien Revolving Lenders and Issuing
Bank, adequate protection to the extent required to protect their
rights, Liens and priority with respect to the Vector Subordinated
Note Collateral and (2)(x) Liens on additional collateral or
replacement Liens on the Collateral, provided that, in either such
case, as adequate protection for the Super Senior Secured
Obligations, the Super Senior Representative, on behalf of the
Super Senior Secured Parties, is also granted (or has previously
been granted) a senior Lien on such additional collateral or senior
replacement Liens on the Collateral, as applicable, (y) an
administrative expense claim (including a superpriority
administrative claim), provided that, as adequate
protection for the Super Senior Secured Obligations, the Super
Senior Representative, on behalf of the Super Senior Secured
Parties, is also granted (or has previously been granted) an
administrative expense claim that is senior and prior to the
administrative expense claim (including any superpriority
administrative claim) of the First Lien Representative and the
First Lien Secured Parties, or (z)(1) the current payment of
out-of-pocket fees and expenses of counsel and advisors incurred by
the First Lien Representative and (ii) solely with respect the
Vector Subordinated Note Collateral, the current payment of
out-of-pocket fees and expenses of counsel and advisors incurred by
the First Lien Revolving Lenders and Issuing Bank;provided further that, in the case of
each of clauses (2)(x) and (2)(y), (I) to the extent the
Super Senior Secured Parties are not granted such adequate
protection in the applicable form, any amounts recovered by or
distributed to any First Lien Secured Party pursuant to or as a
result of any such Lien on additional collateral, any such
replacement Lien or any such administrative expense claim granted
to or for the benefit of the First Lien Secured Parties shall be
subject to Section 4.02 and (II) the First Lien Secured
Parties shall have agreed (and by virtue of accepting any such
adequate protection shall be deemed to have agreed) pursuant to
Section 1129(a)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code that any Section
507(b) claims arising in respect of any adequate protection granted
to the First Lien Secured Parties may be paid under a plan of
reorganization in any form having a value on the effective date of
such plan equal to the allowed amount of such claims (i.e., are not
required to be paid solely in cash). It is understood and agreed
that nothing in clause (B) above shall modify or otherwise affect
the other agreements by or on behalf of the First Lien
Representative or the First Lien Secured Parties set forth in this
Agreement (including the agreements to consent to or not to oppose
or object that are set forth in Section 6.01(a)). Until the
Discharge of Super Senior Loan Documents Obligations has occurred,
the First Lien Representative, for itself and on behalf of the
other First Lien Secured Parties, agrees that, in the event of any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, except to the extent
permitted by the foregoing provisions of this Section 6.01(b),
the First Lien Secured Parties (other than the First Lien Revolving
Lenders and Issuing Bank in respect of the Vector Subordinated Note
Collateral) will not assert any claim (or support any other Person
in asserting any claim) under Section 507(b) of the Bankruptcy
Code.
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SECTION
6.02. Relief from the Automatic Stay. The
First Lien Representative, for itself and on behalf of the other
First Lien Secured Parties, agrees that, so long as the Discharge
of Super Senior Loan Documents Obligations has not occurred, no
First Lien Secured Party shall, without the prior written consent
of the Super Senior Representative, seek or request relief from or
modification of the automatic stay or any other stay in any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of any part of the
Collateral, any Proceeds thereof or any First Priority Lien
(other than the First
Lien Revolving Lenders and Issuing Bank in respect of the Vector
Subordinated Note Collateral).
SECTION
6.03. Reorganization Securities. Nothing in
this Agreement prohibits or limits the right of the First Lien
Representative or any other First Lien Secured Party to receive and
retain any debt or equity obligations or securities that are issued
by a reorganized debtor pursuant to a plan of reorganization or
similar dispositive restructuring plan in connection with any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (any such debt or equity
obligations or securities, “Reorganization Securities”). If,
in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, Reorganization
Securities are so permitted to be distributed on account of both
the Super Senior Secured Obligations and the First Lien Secured
Obligations, then, to the extent the Reorganization Securities
distributed on account of the Super Senior Secured Obligations and
on account of the First Lien Secured Obligations are secured by
Liens upon the same assets or property, the provisions of this
Agreement will survive the distribution of such Reorganization
Securities pursuant to such plan and will apply with like effect to
the Liens securing such Reorganization Securities, including without limitation, the
provisions herein in respect of the Vector Subordinated Note
Collateral.
SECTION
6.04. Post-Petition Interest. (a) The First
Lien Representative, for itself and on behalf of the other First
Lien Secured Parties, agrees that no First Lien Secured Party shall
oppose or seek to challenge (or support any other Person in
opposing or challenging) any claim by the Super Senior
Representative or any other Super Senior Secured Party for
allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of Super
Senior Secured Obligations consisting of post-petition interest,
fees, expenses or indemnities to the extent of the value of the
Super Priority Liens (it being understood and agreed that such
value shall be determined without regard to the existence of the
First Priority Liens on the Collateral).
(a) The Super Senior
Representative, for itself and on behalf of the other Super Senior
Secured Parties, agrees that no Super Senior Secured Party shall
oppose or seek to challenge (or support any other Person in
opposing or challenging) any claim by the First Lien Representative
or any other First Lien Secured Party for allowance in any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of First Lien Secured
Obligations consisting of post-petition interest, fees, expenses or
indemnities to the extent of the value of the First Priority Liens
(it being understood and agreed that such value shall be determined
taking into account the Super Priority Liens on the Collateral and
the amount of the Super Senior Secured Obligations secured
thereby).
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SECTION
6.05. Certain Waivers by the First Lien Secured
Parties. The First Lien Representative, for itself and on
behalf of the other First Lien Secured Parties, waives any claim
any First Lien Secured Party may hereafter have against any Super
Senior Secured Party arising out of (a) the election by any
Super Senior Secured Party of the application of
Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, or any comparable
provision of any other Bankruptcy Law, or (b) any use of cash
collateral or financing arrangement, or any grant of a security
interest in the Collateral, in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding to the extent that the same is not in contravention of
this Agreement.
SECTION
6.06. Certain Voting Matters. Each of the
Super Senior Representative, for itself and on behalf of the other
Super Senior Secured Parties, and the First Lien Representative,
for itself and on behalf of the other First Lien Secured Parties,
agrees that, without the written consent of the other, it will not
seek to vote with the other as a single class in connection with
any plan of reorganization in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding.
SECTION
6.07. Subordination Agreement. The parties
hereto expressly acknowledge that this Agreement is intended to
constitute a “subordination agreement” within the scope
of Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, which will be effective
before, during and after the commencement of an Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding. All references in this Agreement to any
Grantor will include such Person as a debtor-in-possession and any
receiver or trustee for such Person in an Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding.
ARTICLE
VII.
OTHER AGREEMENTS
SECTION 7.01. Matters Relating to Loan Documents. (a)
[Reserved].
(a) [Reserved].
(b) The First Lien
Representative agrees that the First Lien Credit Agreement shall
contain provisions substantially similar to those set forth in
Section 10.24 of the First Lien Credit Agreement as in effect
on the date hereof, or similar provisions approved by the Super
Senior Representative, which approval shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed, and each First Lien Security Document entered
into or amended on or after the date hereof shall contain the
provisions set forth on Annex II hereto, or similar provisions
approved by the Super Senior Representative, which approval shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed.
(c) [Reserved].
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(d) The First Lien Representative, for itself and on
behalf of the other First Lien Secured Parties, and the Super
Senior Representative, for itself and on behalf of the other Super
Senior Secured Parties, acknowledge and agree that (i) the grants
of Liens pursuant to the Super Senior Security Documents and the
First Lien Security Documents constitute two separate and distinct
grants of Liens, and (ii) because of, among other things,
their differing rights in the Collateral, the First Lien Secured
Obligations are fundamentally different from the Super Senior
Secured Obligations (as defined without reference to the final
sentence of the definition of such term) and must be separately
classified in any plan of reorganization proposed or adopted in an
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. To further effectuate the
intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding
sentence, if it is held that the claims of the Super Senior Secured
Parties and the First Lien Secured Parties in respect of the
Collateral constitute only one secured claim (rather than separate
classes of senior and junior secured claims), then each of the
parties hereto hereby acknowledges and agrees that, subject to the
provisions hereof (including Sections 2.01 and 4.01), all
distributions shall be made as if there were separate classes of
senior and junior secured claims against the Grantors in respect of
the Collateral (with the effect being that, to the extent that the
aggregate value of the Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose
ignoring all First Lien Secured Obligations held by the First Lien
Secured Parties) to satisfy the Super Senior Secured Obligations,
the Super Senior Secured Parties shall be entitled to receive, in
addition to amounts otherwise distributed to them in respect of
principal, pre-petition interest and other claims constituting
Super Senior Secured Obligations, all amounts owing in respect of
post-petition interest, including any additional interest payable
pursuant to the Super Senior Credit Agreement, arising from or
related to a default, which is included in the Super Senior Secured
Obligations but which is disallowed as a claim in any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding) before any distribution is made in respect
of the claims held by the First Lien Secured Parties with respect
to the Collateral, and the First Lien Representative, for itself
and on behalf of the other First Lien Secured Parties, hereby
acknowledges and agrees to turn over to the Super Senior
Representative, for itself and on behalf of the other Super Senior
Secured Parties, amounts otherwise received or receivable by the
First Lien Secured Parties to the extent necessary to effectuate
the intent of this sentence (with respect to the payment of
post-petition interest), even if such turnover has the effect of
reducing the claim or recovery of the First Lien Secured
Parties. The provisions of this Section 7.01(e) shall be
subject to Article IV, including without limitation, Section 4.04,
in all respects.
SECTION
7.02. Effect of Refinancing of Indebtedness under
Loan Documents. (a) If, substantially
contemporaneously with the Discharge of Super Senior Loan Documents
Obligations, the Borrower Refinances the Indebtedness outstanding
under the Super Senior Loan Documents and provided that (i) such
Refinancing is permitted hereby, (ii) the Borrower gives to
the First Lien Representative advance written notice (the
“Super Senior Refinancing
Notice”) electing the application of the provisions of
this Section 7.02(a) to such Refinancing Indebtedness,
provided that no
Super Senior Refinancing Notice shall be required to be given in
respect of, and the provisions of this Section 7.02(a) shall
apply automatically to, any Refinancing Indebtedness incurred under
the Super Senior Credit Agreement, and (iii) the holders of
such Refinancing Indebtedness, and the trustee, collateral agent or
similar representative of such holders (to the extent such holders
and the trustee, collateral agent or similar representative of such
holders, in such capacity, are not already bound by the terms of
this Agreement), agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this
Agreement pursuant to an amendment effected in accordance with
Section 10.05, then (A) such Discharge of Super Senior Loan
Documents Obligations shall automatically be deemed not to have
occurred for all purposes of this Agreement, (B) such
Refinancing Indebtedness and all other obligations under the
indenture, credit agreement or other definitive agreement
evidencing such Refinancing Indebtedness (the “New Super Senior Obligations”)
shall automatically be treated as Super Senior Secured Obligations
for all purposes of this Agreement (but, for the avoidance of
doubt, shall be subject to the cap limitations in the definitions
of the terms “Super Senior Loan Documents Obligations”
and “Super Senior Secured Obligations”), including for
purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of Collateral
set forth herein, (C) the indenture, credit agreement or other
definitive agreement evidencing such Refinancing Indebtedness and
the security and other documents relating thereto (the
“New Super Senior Loan
Documents”) shall automatically be treated as the
Super Senior Credit Agreement and the Super Senior Loan Documents
and, in the case of New Super Senior Loan Documents that are
security documents, as the Super Senior Security Documents for all
purposes of this Agreement, (D) the trustee, collateral agent
or similar representative for the holders of the New Super Senior
Obligations under the New Super Senior Loan Documents (the
“New Super Senior
Representative”) shall be deemed to be the Super
Senior Representative for all purposes of this Agreement and (E)
the holders of the Indebtedness under the New Super Senior Loan
Documents shall be deemed to be the Super Senior Lenders for all
purposes of this Agreement.
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(a) If, substantially
contemporaneously with the Discharge of First Lien Secured
Obligations, the Borrower Refinances the Indebtedness outstanding
under the First Lien Loan Documents and provided that (i) such
Refinancing is permitted hereby, (ii) the Borrower gives to the
Super Senior Representative advance written notice (the
“First Lien Refinancing
Notice”) electing the application of the provisions of
this Section 7.02(b) to such Refinancing Indebtedness, provided that no First Lien
Refinancing Notice shall be required to be given in respect of, and
the provisions of this Section 7.02(b) shall apply automatically
to, any Refinancing Indebtedness incurred under the First Lien
Credit Agreement (including pursuant to Section 2.25 thereof), and
(iii) the holders of such Refinancing Indebtedness, and the
trustee, collateral agent or similar representative of such holders
(to the extent such holders and the trustee, collateral agent or
similar representative of such holders, in such capacity, are not
already bound by the terms of this Agreement), agree in writing to
be bound by the terms of this Agreement pursuant to an amendment
effected in accordance with Section 10.05, then (A) such Discharge
of First Lien Secured Obligations shall automatically be deemed not
to have occurred for all purposes of this Agreement, (B) such
Refinancing Indebtedness and all other obligations under the
indenture, credit agreement or other definitive agreement
evidencing such Refinancing Indebtedness (the “New First Lien Obligations”) shall
automatically be treated as First Lien Secured Obligations for all
purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien
priorities and rights in respect of Collateral set forth herein,
(C) the indenture, credit agreement or other definitive agreement
evidencing such Refinancing Indebtedness and the security and other
documents relating thereto (the “New First Lien Loan Documents”)
shall automatically be treated as the First Lien Credit Agreement
and the First Lien Loan Documents and, in the case of New First
Lien Loan Documents that are security documents, as the First Lien
Security Documents for all purposes of this Agreement, (D) the
trustee, collateral agent or similar representative for the holders
of the New First Lien Obligations under the New First Lien Loan
Documents (the “New First
Lien Representative”) shall be deemed to be the First
Lien Representative for all purposes of this Agreement and (E) the
holders of the Indebtedness under the New First Lien Loan Documents
shall be deemed to be the First Lien Lenders for all purposes of
this Agreement.
SECTION
7.03. No Waiver by
Super Senior Secured Parties. Other than with respect to the
First Lien Permitted Actions, including in respect of the
Vector Subordinated Note Collateral in the case of the First Lien
Revolving Lenders and the Issuing Banks, nothing contained herein
shall prohibit or in any way limit the Super Senior Representative
or any other Super Senior Secured Party from opposing, challenging
or objecting to, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or
otherwise, any action taken, or any claim made, by the First Lien
Representative or any other First Lien Secured Party, including any
request by the First Lien Representative or any other First Lien
Secured Party for adequate protection or anyexercise by the First
Lien Representative or any other First Lien Secured Party of any of
its rights and remedies under the First Lien Loan Documents or
otherwise, or any proposal by the First Lien Representative or any
other First Lien Secured Party to provide any DIP
Financing.
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SECTION
7.04. Reinstatement. If, in any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise, all or part of any payment
with respect to the Super Senior Secured Obligations previously
made shall be rescinded, invalidated, avoided, declared to be
fraudulent or preferential, set aside, or otherwise required to be
transferred to a debtor-in-possession, trustee, receiver or similar
Person or the estate of any Grantor (a “Recovery”) for any reason
whatsoever, then the Super Senior Secured Obligations shall be
reinstated to the extent of the amount so subject to Recovery as if
such payment had not occurred (and the Discharge of Super Senior
Secured Obligations shall be deemed not to have occurred) and, if
theretofore terminated, this Agreement shall be reinstated in full
force and effect and such prior termination shall not diminish,
release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the Lien priorities
and the relative rights and obligations of the Super Senior Secured
Parties and the First Lien Secured Parties provided for herein.
Upon any such reinstatement of Super Senior Secured Obligations,
each First Lien Secured Party will deliver to the Super Senior
Representative, in accordance with Section 4.02, any Collateral or
Proceeds thereof received between the Discharge of Super Senior
Secured Obligations and such reinstatement.
SECTION
7.05. Further Assurances. Each of the Super
Senior Representative, for itself and on behalf of the other Super
Senior Secured Parties, and the First Lien Representative, for
itself and on behalf of the other First Lien Secured Parties,
agrees that it will execute, or will cause to be executed, any and
all further documents, agreements and instruments, and take all
such further actions, as may be required under any applicable law,
or which the Super Senior Representative or the First Lien
Representative may reasonably request, to effectuate the terms of
this Agreement, including the relative Lien priorities provided for
herein.
ARTICLEV
III.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Each
Representative party hereto represents and warrants to the other
Representative as follows:
(a) Such Representative
is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of the jurisdiction of its organization and has all requisite
power and authority to execute and deliver this Agreement and
perform its obligations hereunder.
(b) This Agreement has
been duly executed and delivered by such Representative and
constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such
Representative, enforceable in accordance with its
terms.
(c) Such Representative
has been authorized by the Super Senior Lenders (in the case of
Super Senior Representative) and the First Lien Lenders (in the
case of the First Lien Representative) to enter into this
Agreement.
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ARTICLEIX.
NO RELIANCE; NO LIABILITY; OBLIGATIONS ABSOLUTE
SECTION
9.01. No Reliance; Information. Each
Representative, for itself and on behalf of the applicable other
Secured Parties, acknowledges that (a) it and such Secured
Parties have, independently and without reliance upon, in the case
of the Super Senior Secured Parties, any First Lien Secured Party
and, in the case of the First Lien Secured Parties, any Super
Senior Secured Party, and based on such documents and information
as they have deemed appropriate, made their own credit analysis and
decision to enter into the Loan Documents to which they are party
and (b) it and such Secured Parties will, independently and
without reliance upon, in the case of the Super Senior Secured
Parties, any First Lien Secured Party and, in the case of the First
Lien Secured Parties, any Super Senior Secured Party, and based on
such documents and information as they shall from time to time deem
appropriate, continue to make their own credit decision in taking
or not taking any action under this Agreement orany other Loan
Document to which they are party. The Super Senior Secured Parties
and the First Lien Secured Parties shall have no duty to disclose
to any First Lien Secured Party or to any Super Senior Secured
Party, respectively, any information relating to the Borrower or
any of the Subsidiaries, or any other circumstance bearing upon the
risk of nonpayment of any of the Super Senior Secured Obligations
or the First Lien Secured Obligations, as the case may be, that is
known or becomes known to any of them or any of their Affiliates.
In the event any Super Senior Secured Party or any First Lien
Secured Party, in its sole discretion, undertakes at any time or
from time to time to provide any such information to, respectively,
any First Lien Secured Party or any Super Senior Secured Party, it
shall be under no obligation (i) to make, and shall not make
or be deemed to have made, any express or implied representation or
warranty, including with respect to the accuracy, completeness,
truthfulness or validity of the information so provided,
(ii) to provide any additional information or to provide any
such information on any subsequent occasion or (iii) to
undertake any investigation.
SECTION
9.02. No Warranties or Liability. (a) The
Super Senior Representative, for itself and on behalf of the other
Super Senior Secured Parties, acknowledges and agrees that, except
for the representations and warranties set forth in
Article VIII, neither the First Lien Representative nor any
other First Lien Secured Party has made any express or implied
representation or warranty, including with respect to the
execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectability or
enforceability of any of the First Lien Loan Documents, the
ownership of any Collateral or the perfection or priority of any
Liens thereon. The First Lien Representative, for itself and on
behalf of the other First Lien Secured Parties, acknowledges and
agrees that, except for the representations and warranties set
forth in Article VIII, neither the Super Senior Representative
nor any other Super Senior Secured Party has made any express or
implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the
execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectability or
enforceability of any of the Super Senior Loan Documents, the
ownership of any Collateral or the perfection or priority of any
Liens thereon.
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(a) The First Lien
Representative and the other First Lien Secured Parties shall have
no express or implied duty to the Super Senior Representative or
any other Super Senior Secured Party, and the Super Senior
Representative and the other Super Senior Secured Parties shall
have no express or implied duty to the First Lien Representative or
any other First Lien Secured Party, to act or refrain from acting
in a manner which allows, or results in, the occurrence or
continuance of a default or an event of default under any Super
Senior Loan Documents and any First Lien Loan Document (other than,
in each case, this Agreement), regardless of any knowledge thereof
which they may have or be charged with.
(b) The First Lien
Representative, for itself and on behalf of the other First Lien
Secured Parties, agrees no Super Senior Secured Party shall have
any liability to the First Lien Representative or any other First
Lien Secured Party, and hereby waives any claim against any Super
Senior Secured Party, arising out of any and all actions which the
Super Senior Representative or the other Super Senior Secured
Parties may take or permit or omit to take with respect to
(i) the Super Senior Loan Documents (other than this
Agreement), (ii) the collection of the Super Senior Secured
Obligations or (iii) the maintenance of, the preservation of,
the foreclosure upon or the Disposition of any Collateral, other
than, in each case, any such action in respect of the Vector
Subordinated Note Collateral, which shall be subject to Section
4.04 of this Agreement.
SECTION
9.03. Obligations Absolute. The Lien
priorities provided for herein and the respective rights,
interests, agreements and obligations hereunder of the Super Senior
Representative and the other Super Senior Secured Parties and the
First Lien Representative and the other First Lien Secured Parties
shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:
(a) any lack of
validity or enforceability of any Loan Document;
(b) any change in the
time, place or manner of payment of, or in any other term of
(including, subject to the limitations set forth in Section
7.01(a), the Refinancing of), all or any portion of the Super
Senior Secured Obligations, it being specifically acknowledged that
a portion of the Super Senior Secured Obligations consists or may
consist of Indebtedness that is revolving in nature, and the amount
thereof that may be outstanding at any time or from time to time
may be increased or reduced and subsequently
reborrowed;
(c) any amendment,
waiver or other modification, whether by course of conduct or
otherwise, of any Loan Document;
(d) the securing of any
Super Senior Secured Obligations or First Lien Secured Obligations
with any additional collateral or guarantees, or any exchange,
release, voiding, avoidance or non-perfection of any security
interest in any Collateral or any other collateral or any release
of any guarantee securing any Super Senior Secured Obligations or
First Lien Secured Obligations; or
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(e) the commencement of
an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or any other circumstances
that otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a
discharge of, the Borrower, any other Grantor or any other Person
in respect of the Super Senior Secured Obligations or this
Agreement, or any of the First Lien Secured Parties in respect of
this Agreement.
ARTICLE
X.
MISCELLANEOUS
SECTION
10.01. Notices. Notices and other
communications provided for herein shall be in writing and shall be
delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified
or registered mail or sent by fax or email, as
follows:
(a) if to the Super
Senior Representative, to Wilmington Trust, National Association,
as Collateral Agent, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000,
Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000, Attention: Fusion Super Senior Loan
Administrator, Email: xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx, and
(b) if to the First
Lien Representative, to Wilmington Trust, National Association, as
Collateral Agent, 00 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 0000, Xxxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000, Attention: Fusion First Lien Loan Administrator, Email:
xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx.
All
notices and other communications given to any party hereto in
accordance with the provisions of this Agreement sent by hand or
overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered
mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; notices and
other communications sent by fax shall be deemed to have been given
when sent; and notices and other communications sent to an email
address shall be deemed received upon the sender’s receipt of
an acknowledgement from the intended recipient (such as by the
“return receipt requested” function, as available,
return email or other written acknowledgement), except that, if not
given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be
deemed to have been given at the opening of business on the next
business day for the recipient.
SECTION
10.02. Conflicts. In the event of any conflict
or inconsistency between the provisions of this Agreement and the
provisions of the other Loan Documents, the provisions of this
Agreement shall control.
SECTION
10.03. Effectiveness; Survival. This Agreement
shall become effective when executed and delivered by the parties
hereto. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties
made by any party in this Agreement shall be considered to have
been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Agreement. The terms of this
Agreement shall survive, and shall continue in full force and
effect, in any Insolvency or LiquidationProceeding. The First Lien
Representative, for itself and on behalf of the other First Lien
Secured Parties, hereby waives any and all rights the First Lien
Secured Parties may now or hereafter have under applicable law to
revoke this Agreement or any of the provisions of this
Agreement.
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SECTION
10.04. Severability. In the event any one or
more of the provisions contained in this Agreement should be held
invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained
herein shall not in any way be affected or impaired thereby (it
being understood that the invalidity of a particular provision in a
particular jurisdiction shall not in and of itself affect the
validity of such provision in any other jurisdiction). The parties
shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid,
illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the
economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the
invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION
10.05. Amendments; Waivers. (a) No failure or
delay on the part of any party hereto in exercising any power or
right hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any
abandonment or discontinuance of steps to enforce such a right or
power, preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of
the parties hereto are cumulative and are not exclusive of any
rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any
provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any
party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same
shall be permitted by Section 10.05(b), and then such waiver
or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for
the purpose for which given.
(a) Neither this
Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended or
modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing
entered into by the Super Senior Representative and the First Lien
Representative;provided that:
(i) no such
agreement shall amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or
obligations of any Grantor without the Borrower’s prior
written consent;
(ii) in
connection with any Refinancing contemplated by
Section 7.01(a) or 7.01(b), the Super Senior Representative
and the First Lien Representative shall enter (and are hereby
authorized to enter without the consent of any other Secured
Party), at the written request and expense of the Borrower, into
such amendments or other modifications or supplements of this
Agreement as are reasonably necessary or appropriate to add the new
trustee, collateral agent or similar representative in respect of
such Refinancing Indebtedness as a party hereto and to provide such
new trustee, collateral agent or similar representative, and the
other holders of such Refinancing Indebtedness, the rights and
obligations hereunder of the Representative in respect of, or the
holders of, the Indebtedness or other Super Senior Secured
Obligations or First Lien Secured Obligations being Refinanced and
to otherwise reflect such Refinancing (and in connection therewith
to provide for technical modifications to this Agreement to
facilitate the foregoing), it being the intent that such amendments
or other modifications (A) establish that the Liens on any
Collateral securing any Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of
Super Senior Secured Obligations will have the same priorities
relative to the Liens on such Collateral securing First Lien
Secured Obligations as the Liens that secured the Indebtedness
being Refinanced had immediately prior to such Refinancing,
(B) establish that the Liens on any Collateral securing any
Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of First Lien Secured
Obligations will have the same priorities relative to the Liens on
such Collateral securing Super Senior Secured Obligations as the
Liens that secured the Indebtedness being Refinanced had
immediately prior to such Refinancing, (C) provide to the
parties benefited by the Liens on any Collateral securing such
Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of Super Senior Secured
Obligations the same rights and obligations relative to the parties
holding Liens on such Collateral securing First Lien Secured
Obligations as the parties that were benefited by the Liens that
secured such Indebtedness or other Super Senior Secured Obligations
being Refinanced had immediately prior to such Refinancing and
(D) provide to the parties benefited by the Liens on any
Collateral securing such Refinancing Indebtedness in respect of
First Lien Secured Obligations the same rights and obligations
relative to the parties holding Liens on such Collateral securing
Super Senior Secured Obligations as the parties that were benefited
by the Liens that secured such Indebtedness or other First Lien
Secured Obligations being Refinanced had immediately prior to such
Refinancing;
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(iii) in
connection with the incurrence of any Additional Super Senior
Obligations, the Super Senior Representative and the First Lien
Representative shall enter (and are hereby authorized to enter
without the consent of any other Secured Party), at the written
request and expense of the Borrower, into such amendments or other
modifications or supplements of this Agreement as are reasonably
necessary or appropriate to add an Additional Super Senior
Obligations Representative as a party hereto, to provide such
Additional Super Senior Obligations Representative and the other
holders of such Additional Super Senior Obligations rights and
obligations hereunder substantially identical to those of the Super
Senior Representative and the other Super Senior Secured Parties
(subject, with respect to the exercise of remedies and certain
other rights set forth herein, to the allocation of control between
the Super Senior Secured Parties and the holders of such Additional
Super Senior Obligations in the manner agreed by them) and
otherwise to treat such Additional Super Senior Obligations and any
Liens on any assets of the Borrower or any Subsidiary securingsuch
Additional Super Senior Obligations in a manner that is
substantially identical to the treatment hereunder of the Super
Senior Secured Obligations and the Super Priority Liens (and in
connection therewith to provide for technical modifications to this
Agreement to facilitate the foregoing, including, for the avoidance
of doubt, modifications to the cap limitations (but not any
increase in the aggregate amount of such cap limitations, except to
the extent otherwise permitted by the First Lien Loan Documents
then extant) in the definition of the term “Maximum Super
Senior Principal Amount” and in Section 6.01(a)(ii) (and
modifications to related definitions) to include such Additional
Super Senior Obligations in such cap limitations in a manner that
is substantially identical to the treatment hereunder of the Super
Senior Loan Documents Obligations and the Super Senior Secured
Obligations);
(iv) in
connection with the incurrence of any Additional First Lien
Obligations, the Super Senior Representative and the First Lien
Representative shall enter (and are hereby authorized to enter
without the consent of any other Secured Party), at the written
request and expense of the Borrower, into such amendments or other
modifications or supplements of this Agreement as are reasonably
necessary or appropriate to add an Additional First Lien
Obligations Representative as a party hereto, to provide such
Additional First Lien Obligations Representative and the other
holders of such Additional First Lien Obligations rights
andobligations substantially similar to those of the First Lien
Representative and the other First Lien Secured Parties (subject,
with respect to the exercise of remedies and certain other rights
set forth herein, to the allocation of control between the First
Lien Secured Parties and the holders of such Additional First Lien
Obligations in the manner agreed by them) and otherwise to treat
such Additional First Lien Obligations and any Liens on any assets
of the Borrower or any Subsidiary securing such Additional First
Lien Obligations in a manner that reflects the status thereof as
Additional First Lien Obligations secured on a basis, and Liens
that are, junior to the Super Priority Liens and the Liens securing
any Additional Super Senior Obligations (and in connection
therewith to provide for technical modifications to this Agreement
to facilitate the foregoing); and
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(v) the First Lien
Representative shall not waive, amend or modify (1) any
provision of this Agreement in respect of the Vector Subordinated
Note Collateral or (2) the priorities set forth in Section
4.01, in each case, unless directed by the Majority First Lien
Revolving Lenders.
(b) Notwithstanding the
terms of Section 10.05(b), in the event that the First Lien
Representative has not commenced the actions contemplated by
Section 10.05(b)(ii) or 10.05(b)(iii) in connection with any
permitted Refinancing of the Super Senior Secured Obligations or
the incurrence of any Additional Super Senior Obligations, as
applicable, within 10 Business Days after the delivery by the
Borrower to the First Lien Representative of a written request to
do so, then, unless the First Lien Representative has provided
written notice to the Borrower and the Super Senior Representative
within such 10 Business Day period setting forth in reasonable
detail the basis for its determination that it is not required to
take such action in accordance with Section 10.05(b)(ii) or
10.05(b)(iii), as applicable, the Super Senior Representative,
without the consent of the First Lien Representative, is authorized
to amend or otherwise modify this Agreement in the manner set forth
in Section 10.05(b)(ii) or 10.05(b)(iii), as
applicable;provided
that such Refinancing or Additional Super Senior Obligations, as
applicable (and any Liens relating thereto), are permitted under
the First Lien Loan Documents then extant.
(c) Notwithstanding the
terms of Section 10.05(b), in the event that the Super Senior
Representative does not take the actions contemplated by Section
10.05(b)(ii) or 10.05(b)(iv) in connection with any permitted
Refinancing of the First Lien Secured Obligations or the incurrence
of any Additional First Lien Obligations, as applicable, within 10
Business Days after the delivery by the Borrower to the Super
Senior Representative of a written request to do so, then, unless
the Super Senior Representative has provided written notice to the
Borrower and the First Lien Representative within such 10 Business
Day period setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for its
determination that it is not required to take such action in
accordance with Section 10.05(b)(ii) or 10.05(b)(iv), as
applicable, the First Lien Representative, without the consent of
the Super Senior Representative, is authorized to amend or
otherwise modify this Agreement in the manner set forth in Section
10.05(b)(ii) or 10.05(b)(iv), as applicable;provided that such Refinancing
or Additional First Lien Obligations, as applicable (and any Liens
relating thereto), are permitted under the Super Senior Loan
Documents then extant.
SECTION
10.06. Subrogation. The First Lien
Representative, for itself and on behalf of the other First Lien
Secured Parties, hereby waives any rights of subrogation it or they
may acquire as a result of any payment hereunder until the
Discharge of Super Senior Secured Obligations has
occurred;provided, however, that, as between the
Borrower and the other Grantors, on the one hand, and the First
Lien Secured Parties, on the other hand, any such payment that is
paid over to the Super Senior Representative pursuant to this
Agreement shall be deemed not to reduce any of the First Lien
Secured Obligations unless and until the Discharge of Super Senior
Secured Obligations shall have occurred and the Super Senior
Representative delivers any such payment to the First Lien
Representative.
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SECTION
10.07. APPLICABLE LAW;
JURISDICTION; CONSENT TO SERVICE OF PROCESS; WAIVERS. (a)
THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES
HEREUNDER (INCLUDING ANY CLAIMS SOUNDING IN CONTRACT LAW OR TORT
LAW ARISING OUT OF THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND ANY DETERMINATIONS
WITH RESPECT TO POST-JUDGMENT INTEREST) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND
SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE
STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES
THEREOF THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN
THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
(a) ALL JUDICIAL
PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST ANY PARTY HERETO OR ANY OTHER SECURED
PARTY OR GRANTOR ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL
BE BROUGHT EXCLUSIVELY IN ANY FEDERAL COURT OF THE UNITED STATES OF
AMERICA SITTING IN THE BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN OR, IF THAT COURT DOES
NOT HAVE SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION, IN ANY STATE COURT LOCATED IN
THE CITY AND COUNTY OF NEW YORK. BY EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS
AGREEMENT, EACH REPRESENTATIVE, FOR ITSELF AND ITS RELATED SECURED
PARTIES AND ITS AND THEIR PROPERTIES, IRREVOCABLY (I) ACCEPTS
GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE
OF SUCH COURTS, (II) WAIVES ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS,
(III) AGREES THAT SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN
ANY SUCH COURT MAY BE MADE BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN
RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE APPLICABLE PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS PROVIDED
IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 10.01, (IV) AGREES THAT SERVICE AS
PROVIDED IN CLAUSE (III) ABOVE IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER
PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER IT AND ITS PROPERTY IN ANY SUCH
PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE
AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY RESPECT AND (V) AGREES THAT A
FINAL JUDGMENT IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING MAY BE ENFORCED IN OTHER
JURISDICTIONS BY SUIT ON THE JUDGMENT OR IN ANY OTHER MANNER
PROVIDED BY LAW.
(b) BY EXECUTING AND
DELIVERING THIS AGREEMENT, EACH REPRESENTATIVE, FOR ITSELF AND ITS
RELATED SECURED PARTIES AND ITS AND THEIR PROPERTIES, IRREVOCABLY
AGREES THAT THE ONLY NECESSARY PARTIES TO ANY AND ALL JUDICIAL
PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE
THE PARTIES HERETO, EXCEPT WHERE IN ANY SUCH JUDICIAL PROCEEDING
RELIEF (INCLUDING INJUNCTIVE RELIEF OR THE RECOVERY OF MONEY) IS
BEING SOUGHT DIRECTLY AGAINST OR FROM A PERSON THAT IS NOT A PARTY.
WITHOUT LIMITING THE GENERALITY OF THE FOREGOING, AND CONSISTENT
WITH THE PROVISIONS OF SECTIONS 10.13, NONE OF THE SUPER SENIOR
SECURED PARTIES (OTHER THAN THE SUPER SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE) OR THE
FIRST LIEN SECURED PARTIES (OTHER THAN THE FIRST LIEN
REPRESENTATIVE) SHALL BE NECESSARY OR OTHERWISE APPROPRIATE PARTIES
TO ANY SUCH JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS, UNLESS IN SUCH JUDICIAL
PROCEEDING SUMS ARE BEING SOUGHT TO BE RECOVERED DIRECTLY FROM SUCH
PERSONS, INCLUDING PURSUANT TO SECTION 4.02, OR THE PROVISIONS OF
THIS AGREEMENT ARE SOUGHT TO BE ENFORCED DIRECTLY AGAINST SUCH
PERSONS.
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SECTION
10.08. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH
REPRESENTATIVE, FOR ITSELF AND ON BEHALF OF ITS RELATED SECURED
PARTIES, HEREBY WAIVES ITS AND THEIR RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY
TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING UNDER
THIS AGREEMENT. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE
ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY
COURTAND THAT RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF, INCLUDING
CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS, BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS, AND ALL OTHER
COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY CLAIMS. EACH REPRESENTATIVE, FOR ITSELF
AND ON BEHALF OF ITS RELATED SECURED PARTIES, ACKNOWLEDGES THAT
THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT
AND THAT EACH HAS ALREADY RELIED ON THIS WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO
THIS AGREEMENT, AND THAT EACH WILL CONTINUE TO RELY ON THIS WAIVER
IN ITS RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. EACH REPRESENTATIVE, FOR ITSELF AND
ON BEHALF OF ITS RELATED SECURED PARTIES, FURTHER WARRANTS AND
REPRESENTS 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. THIS WAIVER IS
IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR
IN WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL WRITTEN WAIVER SPECIFICALLY
REFERRING TO THIS SECTION 10.08 AND EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES
HERETO), AND THIS WAIVER SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS,
RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS, OR MODIFICATIONS HERETO. IN THE EVENT OF
LITIGATION, THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A WRITTEN CONSENT TO A
TRIAL BY THE COURT.
SECTION
10.09. Parties in Interest. (a) The provisions
of this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, as
well as the other Super Senior Secured Parties and First Lien
Secured Parties, all of whom are intended to be bound by, and to be
third party beneficiaries of, this Agreement. Other than with
respect to Sections 7.02, 10.05(b), 10.05(c), and 10.05(d), which
shall also inure to the benefit of the Borrower, no other Person,
including any trustee, debtor-in-possession, creditor trust or
other representative of an estate or creditor of any Grantor
(including where such estate or creditor representative is the
beneficiary of a Lien securing Collateral by virtue of the
avoidance of such Lien in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding),
shall have or be entitled to assert rights or benefits
hereunder.
(a) If either the Super
Senior Representative or the First Lien Representative resigns or
is replaced pursuant to the Super Senior Loan Documents or the
First Lien Loan Documents, as applicable, its successor will be
party to this Agreement with all the rights, and subject to all the
obligations of the predecessor Super Senior Representative or the
First Lien Representative, as applicable, of this
Agreement.
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SECTION
10.10. Specific Performance. Each
Representative may demand specific performance of this Agreement
and, on behalf of itself and the respective other Secured Parties,
hereby irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a
remedy at law and any other defense that might be asserted to bar
the remedy of specific performance in any action which may be
brought by the respective Secured Parties. No bond shall be
required as a condition to the specific performance by any Secured
Parties.
SECTION
10.11. Headings. Article and Section headings
used herein and the Table of Contents hereto are for convenience of
reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to
affect the construction of, or to be taken into consideration in
interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION
10.12. Counterparts. This Agreement may be
executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto on
different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original
but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single
contract, and shall become effective as provided in
Section 10.03. Delivery of an executed signature page to this
Agreement by facsimile or in electronic format (i.e.,
“pdf” or “tif”) shall be as effective as
delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this
Agreement.
SECTION
10.13. Provisions Solely to Define Relative
Rights. The provisions of this Agreement are and are
intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of
the Super Senior Secured Parties, on the one hand, and the First
Lien Secured Parties, on the other hand. Except as expressly
provided in Section 10.09(a), none of the Borrower or any other
Grantor or any other creditor thereof shall have any rights or
obligations, and none of the Borrower, any other Grantor or any
Guarantor may rely on the terms hereof. Nothing in this Agreement
is intended to or shall impair the obligations of the Borrower or
any other Grantor or any Guarantor, which are absolute and
unconditional, to pay the Super Senior Secured Obligations and the
First Lien Secured Obligations as and when the same shall become
due and payable in accordance with their terms.
SECTION
10.14. Intercreditor Agreement
Acknowledgement. Reference is made to the
Intercreditor Agreement Acknowledgement, substantially in the form
of Annex I hereto, executed and delivered in respect of this
Agreement (a) on the date hereof by the Borrower and each other
Grantor that is a Grantor on the date hereof and (b) after the date
hereof, pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreements, by each
Subsidiary that becomes a Grantor after the date
hereof.
SECTION
10.15. Dealings with Borrower, Grantors and
Guarantors. Upon any application, demand or request by the
Borrower or any other Grantors or Guarantors to any Representative
to take or permit any action under any of the provisions of this
Agreement or under any Security Document (if such action is subject
to the provisions hereof), the Borrower or such other Grantor or
Guarantor, as appropriate, shall furnish to such Representative a
certificate of an authorized officer (an “Officer’s Certificate”)
stating that all conditions precedent, if any provided for in this
Agreement or such Security Document, as the case may be, relating
to the proposed action have been complied with, except that in the
case of any such application, demand or request as to which the
furnishing of such document is specifically required by any
provisions of this Agreement or any Security Document relating to
such particular application, demand or request, no additional
certificate or opinion need be furnished.
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SECTION
10.16. Agents and Representatives. It is
understood and agree that (a) the Super Senior Representative is
entering into this Agreement in its capacity as administrative
agent and collateral agent under the Super Senior Credit Agreement
and the provisions of Section 9 of the Super Senior Credit
Agreement applicable to the Agents (as defined therein) thereunder
shall also apply to the Super Senior Representative hereunder and
(b) the First Lien Representative is entering into this Agreement
in its capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent under
the First Lien Credit Agreement and the provisions of Section 9 of
the First Lien Credit Agreement applicable to the Agents (as
defined therein) thereunder shall also apply to the First Lien
Representative hereunder.
[Signature
pages follow.]
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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.
WILMINGTON
TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Bridge Representative,
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Xxxxxxx Xxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Title:
Vice President
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WILMINGTON
TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as First Lien
Representative,
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Xxxxxxx Xxxx
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Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Title:
Vice President
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INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
Reference is made
to the Super Senior Intercreditor Agreement dated as of May 9, 2019
(as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time,
the “Intercreditor
Agreement”), among Wilmington Trust, National
Association, as Super Senior Representative, Wilmington Trust,
National Association, as First Lien Representative, each Additional
Super Senior Obligations Representative that may become a party
thereto and each Additional First Lien Obligations Representative
that may become a party thereto. Capitalized terms used but not
defined herein have the meanings assigned thereto in the
Intercreditor Agreement.
1. Acknowledgements
and Agreements. (a) Each of Fusion Connect, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Borrower”), and each of the
undersigned Subsidiaries of the Borrower (together with the
Borrower, collectively, the “Grantors”) acknowledges that it
has received a copy of the Intercreditor Agreement and consents
thereto, agrees to recognize all rights granted thereby to the
Super Senior Representative, the other Super Senior Secured
Parties, the First Lien Representative and the other First Lien
Secured Parties, and agrees that it will not do any act or perform
any obligation that is not in accordance with the agreements set
forth in the Intercreditor Agreement. Each Grantor further
acknowledges and agrees that (i) as between the Grantors and
the Super Senior Representative and the other Super Senior Secured
Parties, the Super Senior Loan Documents remain in full force and
effect as written and are in no way modified by the Intercreditor
Agreement and nothing in the Intercreditor Agreement shall impair
the obligations of the Grantors to pay principal, interest, fees
and other amounts as provided in the Super Senior Loan Documents,
(ii) as between the Grantors and the First Lien Representative and
the other First Lien Secured Parties, the First Lien Loan Documents
remain in full force and effect as written and are in no way
modified by the Intercreditor Agreement and nothing in the
Intercreditor Agreement shall impair the obligations of the
Grantors to pay principal, interest, fees and other amounts as
provided in the First Lien Loan Documents, (iii) except as
expressly provided in Section 10.09(a) of the Intercreditor
Agreement, no Grantor is a beneficiary or third party beneficiary
of the Intercreditor Agreement and (iv) except as expressly
provided in Section 10.09(a) of the Intercreditor Agreement, no
Grantor has any rights under the Intercreditor Agreement, no
Grantor may assert or enforce any rights or benefits under the
Intercreditor Agreement, and no Grantor may rely on the terms of
the Intercreditor Agreement.
(b) The
Borrower hereby confirms, represents and warrants, as of the date
hereof, that with respect to the Vector Subordinated Note (as
defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement), (A) the aggregate
principal amount outstanding thereunder is $25,000,000, and (B) to
the Borrower’s knowledge, there are no Events of Default
thereunder. The Borrower further agrees that it shall not
compromise, compound or settle the Vector Subordinated Note for
less than the full amount thereof, release, wholly or partly, any
Person liable for payment thereof or allow any credit or discount
whatsoever thereof, except with the prior written consent of the
Majority First Lien Revolving Lenders.
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2. Notices.
Notices and other communications to the Borrower or any other
Grantor hereunder and under the Intercreditor Agreement shall be in
writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier
service, or mailed by certified or registered mail to it at (or to
it in c/o) Fusion Connect, Inc., 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxx 0000, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000, Attention: Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx, Xx., Executive Vice President and General
Counsel.
All
notices and other communications given to the Borrower or any other
Grantor in accordance with the provisions hereof sent by hand or
overnight courier service, or mailed by certified or registered
mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received; except
that, if not given during normal business hours for the recipient,
shall be deemed to have been given at the opening of business on
the next business day for the recipient.
3. Counterparts.
This Acknowledgement may be executed in counterparts (and by
different parties hereto on 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
signature page to this Acknowledgement by facsimile transmission or
in electronic format (i.e., “pdf” or “tif”)
shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart
of this Acknowledgement.
4. Additional
Subsidiaries. Pursuant to the Credit Agreements, certain
Subsidiaries not party hereto on the date hereof may be required to
enter into this Acknowledgement. Upon execution and delivery to the
Representatives after the date hereof by any Subsidiary of a
counterpart signature page hereto, such Subsidiary shall become a
party hereto with the same force and effect as if originally named
as such herein. The execution and delivery of such a counterpart
signature page shall not require the consent of any party hereto.
The rights and obligations under this Acknowledgement of each other
party hereto shall remain in full force and effect notwithstanding
the addition of any new Subsidiary as a party to this
Acknowledgement.
5. APPLICABLE
LAW. THIS ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER (INCLUDING
ANY CLAIMS SOUNDING IN CONTRACT LAW OR TORT LAW ARISING OUT OF THE
SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND ANY DETERMINATIONS WITH RESPECT TO
POST-JUDGMENT INTEREST) SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE
CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
NEW YORK, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAWS PRINCIPLES THEREOF
THAT WOULD RESULT IN THE APPLICATION OF ANY LAW OTHER THAN THE LAW
OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
6. Credit
Document. This Acknowledgement shall constitute a Super
Senior Loan Documents and a First Lien Loan Document.
7. Miscellaneous.
The provisions of Sections 10.07(b), 10.07(c) and 10.08 of the
Intercreditor Agreement will apply with like effect to this
Acknowledgement, mutatis mutandis, as though the
references therein to each party thereto or each Representative
refer instead to each Grantor. The Super Senior Representative, the
other Super Senior Secured Parties, the First Lien Representative
and the other First Lien Secured Parties are the intended
beneficiaries of this Acknowledgement.
[Signature
pages follow.]
ACKNOWLEDGED AS OF THE DATE FIRST WRITTEN ABOVE:
FUSION
NBS ACQUISITION CORP.,
FUSION,
LLC,
FUSION
BCHI ACQUISITION LLC,
FUSION
CLOUD SERVICES, LLC,
FUSION
CB HOLDINGS, INC.,
FUSION
COMMUNICATIONS, LLC,
FUSION
MANAGEMENT SERVICES LLC
FUSION
TELECOM LLC,
FUSION
TEXAS HOLDINGS, INC.,
FUSION
TELECOM OF KANSAS, LLC,
FUSION
TELECOM OF OKLAHOMA, LLC,
FUSION
TELECOM OF MISSOURI, LLC,
BIRCAN
HOLDINGS, LLCFUSION PM HOLDINGS, INC.,
FUSION
CLOUD COMPANY LLC
FUSION
MPHC GROUP, INC.
FUSION
MPHC HOLDING CORPORATION
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X. Xxxxxxxx, Xx.
Title: Executive
Vice President and General Counsel
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FUSION
TELECOM OF TEXAS, LTD., L.L.P.,
as
Grantor
By:
Fusion Texas Holdings, Inc. its general partner
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, Xx.
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X. Xxxxxxxx, Xx.
Title: Executive
Vice President and General Counsel
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Provision for the First Lien Security Documents
“Reference is made to the Super Senior Intercreditor
Agreement dated as of May 9, 2019 (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“Super Senior
Intercreditor Agreement”), among Wilmington Trust,
National Association, as Super Senior Representative (as defined
therein), Wilmington Trust, National Association, as First Lien
Representative (as defined therein), each Additional Super Senior
Obligations Representative (as defined therein) that may become a
party thereto and each Additional First Lien Obligations
Representative (as defined therein) that may become a party
thereto. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the lien
and security interest granted to the [Collateral Agent], for the
benefit of the [Secured Parties], pursuant to this Agreement and
the exercise of any right or remedy by the [Collateral Agent] and
the other [Secured Parties] hereunder are subject to the provisions
of the Super Senior Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any
conflict or inconsistency between the provisions of the Super
Senior Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the provisions
of the Super Senior Intercreditor Agreement shall
control.”