SENIOR SECURED
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
THIS INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (as amended, supplemented, amended and
restated or modified from time to time, this "Agreement"), dated as of June 12,
1997, among (a) THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA ("Scotiabank") and CITICORP USA, Inc.
("Citicorp"), each acting in its capacity as administrative agent (in such
capacity, the "Administrative Agents") for and on behalf of the various
financial institutions (collectively, the "Lenders") which are, or may from time
to time hereafter become, parties to the Credit Agreement (such capitalized term
and all other capitalized terms to have the respective meanings provided for in
Section 1 or as otherwise indicated herein) and the Issuing Banks, (b) Citicorp,
as collateral agent for the Lenders and the Noteholders (together with its
successors and assigns, the "Intercreditor Collateral Agent"), (c) Fleet
National Bank, as Trustee (the "Trustee"), on behalf of the Noteholders and each
subsequent holder of a Note, and (d) Scotiabank, acting in its capacity as
intercreditor agent for the Lenders, the Issuing Banks and the Noteholders
(together with its successors and assigns, the "Intercreditor Agent").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, pursuant to a Credit Agreement, dated as of June 12, 1997 (as
amended, supplemented, amended and restated or modified from time to time or
refinanced, refunded or replaced in whole or in part from time to time and
regardless of whether the indebtedness outstanding or permitted to be
outstanding thereunder is increased or decreased, the "Credit Agreement"), among
Foamex L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ("Foamex"), General Felt Industries,
Inc., a Delaware corporation ("GFI"; together with Foamex being the
"Borrowers"), Trace Foam Company, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a general
partner of Foamex, FMXI, Inc., a Delaware corporation and a general partner of
Foamex, the Lenders, the collateral agent and funding agent thereunder and the
Administrative Agents, the Lenders have agreed, subject to the satisfaction of
certain conditions precedent and the other terms of the Credit Agreement, to
make Loans to and to issue or participate in Letters of Credit for the account
of the Borrowers, and the Issuing Banks, subject to the satisfaction of certain
conditions precedent, have agreed to issue the Letters of Credit (the "Credit
Extensions");
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents, among other things,
each of Foamex and each Subsidiary Guarantor has granted pledges of and security
interests in substantially all of their real and personal assets, including
without limitation, accounts, inventory, general intangibles, intellectual
property, certain real property, shares of Subsidiary
stock and intercompany notes;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Senior Secured Note Indenture, dated as of June 3,
1993, as amended on or prior to the date hereof (as so amended, including,
without limitation, pursuant to the Supplemental Indenture (Senior Secured),
being the "Indenture"), among Foamex and Foamex Capital Corporation, a Delaware
corporation ("FCC"), as issuers (the "Issuers"), Foamex International and GFI,
as guarantors, and the Trustee on behalf of the holders of the Notes (such
holders, together with all subsequent holders of the Notes collectively referred
to herein as the "Noteholders") the Issuers have issued the Notes;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the terms of the Senior Secured Note Collateral
Documents the Trustee has been granted a security interest in the Note
Collateral, including, without limitation, (a) each of Foamex and GFI have
granted a security interest in stock of certain of its Subsidiaries,
intercompany notes, and certain of its personal property assets (including,
without limitation, equipment, inventory, intangibles, contracts and
intellectual property) and (b) FCC and GFI have entered into stock pledges in
favor of the Trustee (each such pledge, a "Stock Pledge Agreement"); and
WHEREAS, in connection with the agreements made among the parties hereto
relating to the making of Credit Extensions under the Credit Agreement, the
Lenders and the Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders desire to establish among
themselves their relative rights, remedies and priorities with respect to the
Shared Collateral;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION 1. (a) Defined Terms. The following terms (whether or not
underscored) when used in this Agreement, including its preamble and recitals,
shall, except where the context otherwise requires, have the following meanings
(such meanings to be equally applicable to the singular and plural forms
thereof):
"Administrative Agents" is defined in the preamble.
"Agreement" is defined in the preamble.
"Borrowers" is defined in the first recital.
"Citicorp" is defined in the preamble.
"Commitments" means "Commitments" as that term is defined in the Credit
Agreement.
"Credit Agreement" is defined in the first recital.
"Credit Agreement Collateral" means, collectively, the "Collateral" as
defined in the Loan
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Documents.
"Credit Agreement Notes" means "Notes" as that term is defined in the
Credit Agreement.
"Credit Agreement Obligations" means "Obligations" as that term is defined
in the Credit Agreement.
"Credit Extensions" is defined in the first recital.
"Existing Secured Debt" means "Existing Secured Debt" as defined in the
Credit Agreement.
"FCC" is defined in the third recital.
"Foamex International" means Foamex International Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
"Funding Agent" means "Funding Agent" as such term is defined in the Credit
Agreement.
"Indenture" is defined in the third recital.
"Intercreditor Agent" is defined in the preamble.
"Intercreditor Collateral Agent" is defined in the preamble.
"Issuers" is defined in the third recital.
"Issuing Banks" means "Issuing Banks" as that term is defined in the Credit
Agreement.
"Lenders" is defined in the preamble and shall in any event include any
assignee, successor, transferee or refinancing or refunding party of any person
that is a party to the Credit Agreement and all other persons which from and
after the date hereof become parties to the Credit Agreement.
"Letter of Credit" means "Letter of Credit" as that term is defined in the
Credit Agreement.
"Letter of Credit Obligations" means "Letter of Credit Obligations" as that
term is defined in the Credit Agreement.
"Loan Documents" means the Security Agreement, the GFI Security Agreement
and the Subsidiary Security Agreement to which FCC is a party (as each such term
is defined in the Credit Agreement) but solely as such documents relate to the
Shared Collateral.
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"Note Collateral" means "Collateral" as that term is defined in the
Indenture.
"Noteholder Direction Period" means the period (i) commencing on the date
of the receipt of notice by the Intercreditor Agent from the Trustee that (w) an
Event of Default has occurred under the Indenture, (x) the Required Noteholders
have accelerated the Note Obligations, (y) the Intercreditor Agent has failed to
commence an action to foreclose upon any of the Shared Collateral and (z) the
Required Noteholders have directed the Trustee in writing to commence such an
action under the Senior Secured Note Collateral Documents and (ii) ending on the
date that such Event of Default has been cured or waived and such acceleration
has been rescinded pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.
"Noteholders" is defined in the third recital.
"Note Obligations" means the principal of and interest and, if applicable,
premium, on the Notes.
"Notes" means "Securities" as that term is defined in the Indenture.
"Property" means "Property" as that term is defined in the Credit
Agreement.
"Required Noteholders" means the holders of greater than 50% in principal
amount of the outstanding Notes.
"Required Senior Creditors" means the holders of greater than 50% of the
outstanding principal amount of Senior Obligations, voting as a single class.
"Scotiabank" is defined in the preamble.
"Senior Creditors" means, collectively, the Lenders and the Noteholders.
"Senior Obligations" means, collectively, the Credit Agreement Obligations
and the Note Obligations; provided, however, for purposes of the definition of
"Required Senior Creditors", the principal amount of "Senior Obligations" means
the principal amount of the Note Obligations and the lesser of (a) the principal
amount of the Credit Agreement Obligations and (b) the principal amount of the
Notes repurchased in the Refinancing (as defined in the Credit Agreement).
"Senior Secured Note Collateral Documents" means the "Senior Secured Note
Collateral Documents" as that term is defined in the Credit Agreement.
"Shared Collateral" means, collectively, (a) the Note Collateral and (b)
the Credit Agreement Collateral, but only to the extent such collateral would
constitute Note Collateral.
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"Stock Pledge Agreement" is defined in the fourth recital.
"Supplemental Indenture (Senior Secured)" means the "Supplemental Indenture
(Senior Secured)" as that term is defined in the Credit Agreement.
"Trustee" is defined in the preamble.
(b) Use of Certain Defined Terms. The definition of any term incorporated
by reference from the Credit Agreement or from the Indenture shall have the
meaning provided for therein.
SECTION 2. Limitation of Rights of Senior Creditors. (5) The Trustee on
behalf of the Noteholders agrees that it shall not have the right to foreclose
or commence to foreclose upon (either pursuant to the Senior Secured Note
Collateral Documents or otherwise) or exercise any other rights or remedies in
respect of the Shared Collateral in a manner inconsistent with, or otherwise
contrary to the terms of, this Agreement.
(b) The Trustee shall not take any direct or indirect action, or vote in
any way, so as to challenge in a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding or
otherwise (i) the validity, priority or enforceability of the Credit Agreement
Obligations or the liens under the "Loan Documents" (as defined in the Credit
Agreement), (ii) the rights of the Administrative Agents and the Lenders set
forth in the Credit Agreement or any of the "Loan Documents" (as defined in the
Credit Agreement), or (iii) the validity or enforceability of any provision of
this Paragraph 2(b).
(c) Neither the Administrative Agents nor any Lender shall take any direct
or indirect action, or vote in any way, so as to challenge in a bankruptcy or
insolvency proceeding or otherwise (i) the validity, priority or enforceability
of the Note Obligations or the Trustee's liens in the Note Collateral, (ii) the
rights of the Trustee and the Noteholders set forth in the Indenture or any of
the Senior Secured Note Collateral Documents, or (iii) the validity of
enforceability of any provision of this Paragraph 2(c).
(d) Nothing in this Section 2 shall be deemed to permit any Borrower, GFI
or any other affiliate of Foamex to enter into any transaction that is
prohibited by the terms of the Credit Agreement or the Indenture.
SECTION 3. Direction of Action. (10) The Intercreditor Agent or the
Intercreditor Collateral Agent, in each case subject to Section 6, shall make
such demands and give such notices under the Senior Secured Note Collateral
Documents and the Loan Documents as the Required Senior Creditors may request,
and shall take such actions to enforce the Senior Secured Note Collateral
Documents and the Loan Documents and to foreclose upon, collect, sell, transfer,
or otherwise dispose of all or any portion of the Shared Collateral as may be
directed by the Required Senior Creditors; provided, however, that (i) all such
directions shall be binding upon each Senior Creditor for all purposes, (ii) the
Intercreditor Agent or the Intercreditor Collateral Agent shall not take any
such action and (including any foreclosure action) unless directed to do
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so by the Required Senior Creditors, (iii) neither the Intercreditor Agent nor
the Intercreditor Collateral Agent shall be required to obtain the vote of all
Senior Creditors in determining whether it has obtained the vote of the Required
Senior Creditors. No Senior Creditor shall have any right to exercise,
individually, any rights or remedies under the Senior Secured Note Collateral
Documents and the Loan Documents, it being understood and agreed that all of
such rights and remedies shall be exercised solely by and through the
Intercreditor Agent and the Intercreditor Collateral Agent. If the Required
Senior Creditors shall direct the Intercreditor Agent and the Intercreditor
Collateral Agent to foreclose upon, collect, sell, transfer, substitute or
otherwise dispose of all or any part of the Shared Collateral, the Intercreditor
Collateral Agent shall do so as provided in and pursuant to the Senior Secured
Note Collateral Documents or the Loan Documents, as the case may be . The only
right and remedy of the Senior Creditors which are not Required Senior Creditors
in respect of any disposal of Shared Collateral is to the receipt of proceeds
as, if, and when received upon the sale or other final disposition of Shared
Collateral as provided in Section 5.
(b) Notwithstanding clause (a) above, solely during a Noteholder Direction
Period, the Intercreditor Agent or the Intercreditor Collateral Agent shall, as
the case may be, subject in each case to Section 6, make such demands and give
such notices under the Senior Secured Note Collateral Documents as the Trustee,
acting at the written direction of the Required Noteholders may reasonably
request, in order to commence foreclosure proceedings under the Senior Secured
Note Collateral Documents to enforce the Senior Note Collateral Documents, and
to foreclose upon, collect, sell, transfer, or otherwise dispose of all or any
portion of the Shared Collateral; provided, however, that (i) all such
directions shall be binding upon each Senior Creditor for all purposes, (ii) the
Intercreditor Agent or the Intercreditor Collateral Agent, as the case may be,
shall not take any such action unless directed to do so by the Trustee acting at
the written direction of the Required Noteholders, and (iii) during the first
ninety days of any Noteholder Direction Period, the Required Senior Creditors
may instruct the Intercreditor Agent or the Intercreditor Collateral Agent to
delay any such action until the ninety-first day of such Noteholder Direction
Period, and provided further, however, that during such Noteholder Direction
Period and notwithstanding any contrary request by the Trustee at the written
request of Required Noteholders, the Intercreditor Agent and the Intercreditor
Collateral Agent will be required to follow any subsequent instructions given by
the Required Senior Creditors concerning the conduct (but not the delay or
termination) of any such foreclosure proceedings or any other action to enforce
the Senior Secured Note Collateral Documents or to collect, sell, transfer or
otherwise dispose of all or any portion of the Shared Collateral. If the
Trustee, acting at the written direction of the Required Noteholders, shall
direct the Intercreditor Agent or the Intercreditor Collateral Agent to
foreclose upon, collect, sell, transfer or otherwise dispose of all or any part
of the Shared Collateral, the Intercreditor Collateral Agent shall do so as
provided in and pursuant to the Senior Secured Note Collateral Documents. The
Trustee's and the Noteholders' right to direct any such action shall
automatically terminate, without any requirement of notice, upon the termination
of a Noteholder Direction Period.
(c) In furtherance of the purposes of this Agreement and subject to Section
6(c), the
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Trustee will deliver to the Intercreditor Collateral Agent, in a form acceptable
to the Intercreditor Collateral Agent, all Shared Collateral that is currently,
or in the future becomes, subject to each Stock Pledge Agreement. Subject to the
terms of this Agreement, the Intercreditor Collateral Agent shall hold such
Property on behalf of and as agent for the Collateral Agent and the Trustee.
Nothing in this Section 3(c) shall relieve the Trustee of any of its duties or
responsibilities under each Stock Pledge Agreement or cause the Intercreditor
Collateral Agent to become a party to either Stock Pledge Agreement.
Nothing set forth in this Section 3 shall be construed to qualify or
otherwise limit the right of any Senior Creditor to declare such Senior
Creditor's Senior Obligations to be due and payable in accordance with the
Credit Agreement or the Indenture, as the case may be, or to enforce any other
rights or remedies such Senior Creditor may have in collateral other than Shared
Collateral.
Notwithstanding any provision of this Agreement to the contrary, nothing
herein shall (i) prevent or hinder the ability of the Collateral Agent or any
Lender to exercise its rights or remedies under the Loan Documents or any other
"Loan Document" (as defined in the Credit Agreement) with respect to any or all
Credit Agreement Collateral or any other "Collateral" (as defined in the Credit
Agreement) which is not Shared Collateral and (ii) give the Trustee or any
Noteholder any interest in or right to (x) any Credit Agreement Collateral or
any other "Collateral" (as defined in the Credit Agreement) which is not Shared
Collateral or (y) in any Loan Document or any other "Loan Document" (as defined
in the Credit Agreement). Neither the Intercreditor Agent, any Administrative
Agent, the Funding Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Intercreditor Collateral
Agent, any Lender or any Issuing Bank shall have any obligation or duty to
account to the Trustee or the Noteholders for any proceeds of any Credit
Agreement Collateral or any other "Collateral" (as defined in the Credit
Agreement) which is not Shared Collateral or for any other recovery under any
Loan Document or any other "Loan Document" (as defined in the Credit Agreement).
SECTION 4. Release of Shared Collateral; Coordination of Action. (14) The
Intercreditor Collateral Agent is hereby authorized, at any time and from time
to time, to release any or all or any portion of the Shared Collateral or
terminate the lien on the Shared Collateral granted pursuant to the Senior
Secured Note Collateral Documents pursuant to the terms of the Indenture and
provided the net cash proceeds arising from the sale or other disposition of
such Shared Collateral is applied to the Senior Obligations in accordance with
the terms of Section 5 or reinvested in accordance with the terms of the
Indenture and the Credit Agreement. Any such release of the Shared Collateral
will automatically and without the requirement of the giving of any notice or
the taking of any action release all liens on such Shared Collateral and any
transferee of such Shared Collateral shall take such Shared Collateral free and
clear of all such liens. The Senior Creditors agree that such release in
accordance with the immediately preceding sentence shall be binding and
conclusive upon them and their successors and assigns and hereby waive all
rights and claims with respect to any such release or substitution; provided,
however, that the Senior Creditors shall have a continuing security interest in
any proceeds arising from the
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sale or other disposition of any of the Shared Collateral and shall be entitled
to receive such proceeds in accordance with Section 5.
(b) If the Intercreditor Agent or the Collateral Agent is directed by the
Required Senior Creditors to exercise any rights or remedies against the Shared
Collateral, the Intercreditor Collateral Agent shall, simultaneously exercise
such rights and remedies under the Senior Secured Note Collateral Documents and
the Loan Documents. Any proceeds of such exercise of such rights or remedies
shall be deemed to have first been received under the Senior Secured Note
Collateral Documents and second under the Loan Documents; provided, however,
that all such proceeds shall be applied as set forth in Section 5.
SECTION 5. Application of Proceeds. (17) Upon the exercise of any rights
and remedies by the Intercreditor Agent under the Senior Secured Note Collateral
Documents or any Loan Document with respect to the security interest granted
thereunder in the Shared Collateral, or in connection with any sale of Shared
Collateral permitted under the Indenture and the Credit Agreement any and all
net cash proceeds from the sale, foreclosure or other disposition of Shared
Collateral pursuant thereto shall, promptly following their receipt by the
Intercreditor Agent, be applied and distributed by the Intercreditor Agent as
follows:
(i) First, (x) following an Event of Default (as such term is
defined in the Indenture) to the payment of all costs, expenses,
liabilities and advances made or incurred by the Intercreditor Agent
and the Intercreditor Collateral Agent in connection with such sale,
foreclosure or other disposition and the costs, expenses and
compensation of agents and legal counsel to the Intercreditor Agent
and the Intercreditor Collateral Agent or (y) after an Event of
Default (as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement) the payment
of all costs, expenses, liabilities and advances made or incurred by
the Intercreditor Agent and the Intercreditor Collateral Agent in
connection with an Asset Sale (as defined in the Indenture);
(ii) Second, to the extent any proceeds remain after payment in
full of those items specified in clause (i) above, to the payment of
the Note Obligations in accordance with and to the extent required
under the terms of the Indenture;
(iii) Third, to the extent any proceeds remain after the
application required by clauses (i) and (ii) above, to the payment of
the Credit Agreement Obligations (or the cash collateralization
thereof) in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement and the
other Loan Documents; and
(iv) Fourth, to the extent any proceeds remain after payment of
those items specified in clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, such
proceeds shall be paid to or at the direction of the Borrower or as a
court of competent jurisdiction shall direct.
(b) Payment by the Intercreditor Agent to the Lenders in respect of the
Credit Agreement
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Obligations shall be made to the Funding Agent for distribution to the Lenders
in accordance with the Credit Agreement. Payments by the Intercreditor Agent to
the Noteholders shall be made to the Trustee or distribution to the Noteholders
in accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
(c) Each Lender and the Trustee on behalf of each Noteholder and for each
subsequent holder of the Notes hereby agrees that (i) if at any time it shall
receive the proceeds of any Shared Collateral (other than through application by
the Intercreditor Agent in accordance with clauses (a) and (b) of this Section
5), it shall hold such proceeds in trust for the benefit of the Senior Creditors
and shall promptly turn the same over to the Intercreditor Agent for application
in accordance with said clauses (a) and (b) and (ii) it will not take or cause
to be taken any action, including, without limitation, the commencement of any
legal or equitable proceedings, the purpose of which is to give such Lender or
Noteholder any preference or priority against the other parties hereto with
respect to the Shared Collateral, except as provided for in this Agreement.
(d) The Trustee acknowledges that, pursuant to Section 12.09 of the Credit
Agreement, the Collateral Agent is permitted (but not required) to make
Protective Advances (as defined in the Credit Agreement) for the purpose of
discharging the Issuers' obligations under Sections 3.07, 4.15, 6.02 and 8.01 of
the Indenture. The Trustee agrees that, upon notification by the Collateral
Agent that the Collateral Agent has determined to make such a Protective
Advance, (i) the Trustee shall deem notices given to the Trustee pursuant to
such sections of the Indenture by the Collateral Agent to be notices given by
the Issuers and (ii) the Trustee shall receive the proceeds of such Protective
Advances and apply such proceeds to the redemption or other payments of the
Existing Secured Debt Payment in accordance with the terms of the Indenture as
set forth in such notice from the Collateral Agent.
(e) The Trustee, on its own behalf, and on behalf of the Noteholders,
hereby agrees and acknowledges that the Credit Agreement constitutes a "Credit
Agreement" (as defined in the Indenture).
(f) The Trustee hereby waives any right it may have to require the
Administrative Agents or the Lenders to marshal the Credit Agreement Collateral
or any other Collateral (as defined in the Credit Agreement) of any Person or
entity in favor of the Trustee or the Noteholders.
(g) The Administrative Agents each hereby waives any right it may have to
require the Trustee or the Noteholders to marshal the Note Collateral in favor
of the Administrative Agents or the Lenders.
SECTION 6. Concerning the Intercreditor Agent and the Intercreditor
Collateral Agent. (a) The Administrative Agents, on behalf of the Lenders, and
the Trustee on behalf of the Noteholders, authorizes each of the Intercreditor
Agent and the Intercreditor Collateral Agent to
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act on its and such holders' behalf under this Agreement and under the Senior
Secured Note Collateral Documents and the Loan Documents pursuant to the
provisions hereof and thereof. Each of the Intercreditor Agent and the
Intercreditor Collateral Agent accepts its appointment as Intercreditor Agent
and Intercreditor Collateral Agent, respectively, hereunder and, subject to
clause (b) below, agrees to act in accordance with the terms hereof and the
directions from time to time given to it by the Required Senior Creditors or, in
the circumstances contemplated in Section 3(b), the Required Noteholders, as
contemplated hereby.
(b) Neither the Intercreditor Agent nor the Intercreditor Collateral Agent
shall be under any duty to take any action, or to prosecute or defend any suit
with respect to this Agreement or the Senior Secured Note Collateral Documents
or the Loan Documents, (A) except as specified in a direction from the Required
Senior Creditors or otherwise provided herein and (B) unless it shall have
received a written or other assurance, reasonably satisfactory to it, from the
Senior Creditors, or the Noteholders, as the case may be, joining in such
direction as to its indemnification from and against any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, judgments, suits, costs, expenses,
charges or disbursements (not including for this purpose, however, any amounts
in respect of fees or other remuneration for its services in so acting as
Intercreditor Agent or the Intercreditor Collateral Agent, as the case may be),
of any kind or nature whatsoever which may at any time be imposed on, incurred
by or asserted against the Intercreditor Agent or the Intercreditor Collateral
Agent in any way relating to or arising out of actions taken by it in accordance
with such direction.
(c) Neither the Intercreditor Agent, the Intercreditor Collateral Agent nor
any of its directors, officers, employees, or agents
(i) shall be liable to any Senior Creditor, the Trustee or any
Administrative Agent for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it
under this Agreement, any Senior Secured Note Collateral Documents or
any Loan Document or in connection therewith, except for its own
willful misconduct or gross negligence,
(ii) shall be responsible for any recitals or representations or
warranties in this Agreement, any Senior Secured Note Collateral
Documents or any Loan Document, or for the effectiveness,
enforceability, validity, or due execution of this Agreement (except
by it), any Senior Secured Note Collateral Documents or any Loan
Document, including the liens purportedly created by the Senior
Secured Note Collateral Documents or the Loan Documents, or
(iii) shall be obligated to make any inquiry respecting the
performance by the Borrowers or any of their subsidiaries of its
obligations hereunder or thereunder.
Each of the Intercreditor Agent and the Intercreditor Collateral Agent shall be
entitled to rely upon advice of counsel concerning legal matters and upon any
notice, consent, certificate, statement, or writing which it believes to be
genuine and to have been presented by a proper
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person. Except as is expressly set forth herein, neither the Intercreditor Agent
nor the Intercreditor Collateral Agent shall have any duty or responsibility to,
or be considered in a fiduciary relationship with, any Senior Creditor, the
Trustee or any Administrative Agent.
(d) The Intercreditor Agent or the Intercreditor Collateral Agent may (i)
be removed upon at least 30 days' prior notice provided or consented to by the
Required Senior Creditors to the Intercreditor Agent or the Intercreditor
Collateral Agent, as the case may be, or (ii) resign upon at least 30 days'
prior notice to the Senior Creditors, in each such case subject to the
acceptance and appointment of a successor Intercreditor Agent or Intercreditor
Collateral Agent, as the case may be, approved by the Required Senior Creditors.
If the Intercreditor Agent or the Intercreditor Collateral Agent shall resign
and the Required Senior Creditors have not appointed within 30 days after their
receipt of the notice of resignation a successor Intercreditor Agent or
Intercreditor Collateral Agent, as the case may be, the resigning Intercreditor
Agent or the Intercreditor Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may, without
the consent of the Required Senior Creditors, appoint a successor Intercreditor
Agent or Intercreditor Collateral Agent, as the case may be. The Intercreditor
Agent or Intercreditor Collateral Agent, as the case may be, agrees to cooperate
with the Senior Creditors in locating and appointing a successor Intercreditor
Agent or Intercreditor Collateral Agent, as the case may be, following its
removal or resignation. Any successor Intercreditor Agent or Intercreditor
Collateral Agent, as the case may be, whether appointed by the Required Senior
Creditors or the resigning Intercreditor Agent or Intercreditor Collateral
Agent, as the case may be, shall be a nationally recognized commercial banking
institution or trust institution organized in the United States of America (or
any State thereof) or a U.S. branch or agency of a foreign commercial banking
institution and having in each case a combined capital and surplus and undivided
profits of not less than $500,000,000 (or $250,000,000 if such successor
Intercreditor Agent or Intercreditor Collateral Agent, as the case may be, shall
at the time of its appointment be a Senior Creditor). A removal of or a
resignation of the Intercreditor Agent or Intercreditor Collateral Agent, as the
case may be, and the appointment of a successor Intercreditor Agent or
Intercreditor Collateral Agent, as the case may be, shall become effective upon
receipt of acceptance by the successor Intercreditor Agent or Intercreditor
Collateral Agent, as the case may be, of its appointment by the Required Senior
Creditors or resigning Intercreditor Agent or Intercreditor Collateral Agent, as
the case may be. Upon the acceptance of any appointment as Intercreditor Agent
or Intercreditor Collateral Agent, as the case may be, by a successor
Intercreditor Agent or Intercreditor Collateral Agent, as the case may be, such
successor Intercreditor Agent or Intercreditor Collateral Agent, as the case may
be, shall thereupon become the Intercreditor Agent or Intercreditor Collateral
Agent, as the case may be, hereunder, shall be entitled to receive from the
retiring Intercreditor Agent or Intercreditor Collateral Agent, as the case may
be, such documents of transfer and assignment as such successor Intercreditor
Agent or Intercreditor Collateral Agent, as the case may be, may reasonably
request, and the retiring Intercreditor Agent or Intercreditor Collateral Agent,
as the case may be, shall be discharged from its duties and obligations under
this Agreement.
SECTION 7. No Representations or Warranties. No Senior Creditor makes any
representation or warranty to any other Senior Creditor with respect to the
effectiveness,
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enforceability, validity or due execution of the Senior Secured Note Collateral
Documents, the Loan Documents or as to any of the Shared Collateral.
SECTION 8. Notices. All notices, requests and other communications
(including directions and instructions by the Senior Creditors to the
Intercreditor Agent or Intercreditor Collateral Agent, as the case may be,)
provided for hereunder shall be in writing and personally delivered, mailed or
telecopied (all telecopier notices promptly to be confirmed by mail or courier
notice) or delivered,
(a) if to the Administrative Agents or the Collateral Agent, at its address
or telecopier number specified in the Credit Agreement,
(b) if to the Intercreditor Agent or the Intercreditor Collateral Agent, at
its address or telecopier number specified on the signature page hereof, or at
such other address or telecopier number as it may designate by notice as herein
provided to the Administrative Agents and the Trustee, and
(c) if to the Trustee, at the address or telecopier number provided for in
the Indenture.
All such notices and communications shall be effective when received. Each
Senior Creditor which shall make any change in its notice information shall
promptly furnish the Intercreditor Agent with such correct notice information.
SECTION 9. Benefit of Agreement; Obligations Several; Execution by the
Agent; Notice of Obligations. (a) This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of and be enforceable by the Administrative Agents, the
Collateral Agent, the Funding Agent, each Lender, each Issuing Bank, each
Noteholder, the Intercreditor Agent, the Intercreditor Collateral Agent and
their respective successors and assigns, and is not for the benefit of any third
party beneficiary. The obligations of each party under this Agreement are
several and not joint, it being expressly agreed that no party shall be liable
for the failure of any other party to perform its obligations hereunder. Each of
the Administrative Agents hereby confirms that it has been authorized to enter
into this Agreement on behalf of the Lenders pursuant to the Credit Agreement.
The Trustee hereby confirms that it has been authorized to enter into this
Agreement on behalf of the Noteholders pursuant to the Indenture.
(b) The Administrative Agents and the Trustee each agrees that the terms
and conditions of this Agreement shall be absolute and unconditional
irrespective of:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of, or any default or
event of default occurring under, the Credit Agreement, the other Loan
Documents (as defined in the Credit Agreement), the Indenture, the
Notes or the Senior Secured Note Collateral Documents;
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(ii) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in
any other term of, all or any of the Credit Agreement Obligations or
the Note Obligations, or any amendment or waiver of, or any consent to
departure from, the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents (as
defined in the Credit Agreement), the Indenture, the Notes or the
Senior Secured Note Collateral Documents;
(iii) any exchange, release or non-perfection of any Shared
Collateral or any "Collateral" (as defined in the Credit Agreement) or
any release or amendment or waiver of or consent to departure from any
guaranty, for all or any of the Credit Agreement Obligations or Note
Obligations; or
(iv) any other circumstance which might otherwise constitute a
defense available to, or a discharge of, any guarantor.
SECTION 10. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each
of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all of which
shall together constitute one and the same instrument.
SECTION 11. Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective when
copies hereof executed by the Intercreditor Agent, the Administrative Agents,
the Intercreditor Collateral Agent and the Trustee on behalf of the Senior
Noteholders shall have been delivered to the Intercreditor Agent.
SECTION 12. Headings Descriptive. The headings of the several sections of
this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not in any way affect
the meaning or construction of any provisions of this Agreement.
SECTION 13. Amendment or Waiver. This Agreement may be, as the case may be,
amended, supplemented, amended and restated, otherwise modified, waived,
discharged or terminated only with the written consent of each of the parties
hereto.
SECTION 14. Inconsistent Provisions. If any provision of this Agreement
shall be inconsistent with, or contrary to, any provision in the Credit
Agreement, any Loan Document, the Indenture, the Notes, any Senior Secured Note
Collateral Document or any document entered into in connection therewith, the
provision in this Agreement shall be controlling and shall supersede such
inconsistent provision to the extent necessary to give full effect to all
provisions contained in this Agreement.
SECTION 15. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF
THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND BE GOVERNED BY
THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. THIS AGREEMENT CONSTITUTES THE ENTIRE
UNDERSTANDING
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AMONG THE PARTIES HERETO WITH RESPECT TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF AND
SUPERSEDES ANY PRIOR AGREEMENTS, WRITTEN OR ORAL, WITH RESPECT THERETO.
SECTION 16. Waiver of Jury Trial. EACH PARTY HEREIN HEREBY KNOWINGLY,
VOLUNTARILY AND INTENTIONALLY WAIVES ANY RIGHTS IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY
IN RESPECT OF ANY LITIGATION BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN
CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY HEREIN ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT
IT HAS RECEIVED FULL AND SUFFICIENT CONSIDERATION FOR THIS PROVISION AND THAT
THIS PROVISION IS A MATERIAL INDUCEMENT FOR THE AGENT AND THE LENDERS ENTERING
INTO THE CREDIT AGREEMENT.
SECTION 17. Forum Selection and Consent to Jurisdiction. ANY LITIGATION
BASED HEREON, OR ARISING OUT OF, UNDER, OR IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT
SHALL BE BROUGHT AND MAINTAINED EXCLUSIVELY IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK OR IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW
YORK. EACH PARTY HEREIN EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE PERSONAL
JURISDICTION OF THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND OF THE UNITED STATES
DISTRICT COURT FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK FOR THE PURPOSE OF ANY SUCH
LITIGATION AS SET FORTH ABOVE AND IRREVOCABLY AGREES TO BE BOUND BY ANY JUDGMENT
RENDERED THEREBY IN CONNECTION WITH SUCH LITIGATION, SUBJECT TO EACH SUCH
PARTY'S RIGHT TO CONTEST SUCH JUDGMENT BY MOTION OR APPEAL ON ANY GROUNDS NOT
EXPRESSLY WAIVED IN THIS SECTION 17. EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER IRREVOCABLY
CONSENTS TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS BY REGISTERED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, OR BY
PERSONAL SERVICE WITHIN OR WITHOUT THE STATE OF NEW YORK. EACH PARTY HERETO
HEREBY EXPRESSLY AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW,
ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY HAVE OR HEREAFTER MAY HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF
ANY SUCH LITIGATION BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT REFERRED TO ABOVE AND ANY CLAIM
THAT ANY SUCH LITIGATION HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. TO THE
EXTENT THAT ANY PARTY HEREIN HAS OR HEREAFTER MAY ACQUIRE ANY IMMUNITY FROM
JURISDICTION OF ANY COURT OR FROM ANY LEGAL PROCESS (WHETHER THROUGH SERVICE OR
NOTICE, ATTACHMENT PRIOR TO JUDGMENT, ATTACHMENT IN AID OF EXECUTION OR
OTHERWISE) WITH RESPECT TO ITSELF OR ITS PROPERTY, SUCH PARTY HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
WAIVES SUCH IMMUNITY IN RESPECT OF ITS OBLIGATIONS UNDER THIS INTERCREDITOR
AGREEMENT.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Intercreditor Agent, the Intercreditor Collateral
Agent, the Administrative Agents, on behalf of the Lenders, and the Trustee have
caused this Agreement to be duly executed, and the Borrower has acknowledged and
consented to this Agreement, as of the day and year first above written.
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA, as
Intercreditor Agent and Administrative Agent
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Senior Relationship Manager
Notice Address: The Bank of Nova Scotia
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Telecopier No.: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
CITICORP USA, INC., as Administrative Agent
as Intercreditor Collateral Agent
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Attorney-in-Fact
Notice Address: Citicorp USA, Inc.
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Telecopier No.: ▇▇▇-▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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FLEET NATIONAL BANK, as Trustee
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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ACKNOWLEDGED AND
CONSENTED TO:
TRACE FOAM COMPANY, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇.
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇., Esq.
Title: Vice President
FOAMEX, L.P.
By: FMXI, INC., its
Managing General Partner
FMXI, INC.
FOAMEX INTERNATIONAL, INC.
GENERAL FELT INDUSTRIES, INC.
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
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Name: ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Title: Vice President
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