FORM OF OMNIBUS AMENDMENT TO NOTE DOCUMENTS
Exhibit 10.52
FORM OF OMNIBUS AMENDMENT
THIS OMNIBUS AMENDMENT TO NOTE DOCUMENTS (this “Amendment”) is entered into as of June
___, 2010 (the “Amendment Date”), by and among H & W MOVIE PARTNERS, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“HWMP”), THE FILM DEPARTMENT HOLDING, INC, a Delaware corporation (which
is successor to “The Film Department Holdings LLC,” “Holdings”), THE FILM DEPARTMENT LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (“Company”), the other Company Parties (as defined in
the Buyout Agreement referred to below), [Union Bank, N.A., a national banking association
(“Union”)][Revise Collateral Agent definition if Union not stepping back in], in its
capacity as collateral agent for the Holders, and the Holders (“Collateral Agent”), and the
Holders set forth on the signature pages to this Amendment (each a “Holder” and
collectively, the “Holders”).
RECITALS
A. Reference is hereby made to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of June
27, 2007 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the
date hereof, including pursuant to that certain Forbearance Agreement and Amendment to Securities
Purchase Agreement dated as of September 2, 2009, as amended from time to time prior to the date
hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the
date hereof, the “Forbearance Agreement”), the “SPA”), among Holdings, Company, and
Collateral Agent;
B. Reference is also made to that certain Guaranty and Security Agreement, dated as of June
27, 2007 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the
date hereof, the “Guaranty and Security Agreement”), by Holdings and each of the other
Grantors party thereto in favor of Collateral Agent for the Holders and each Secured Party (as
defined in the SPA);
C. The EP Obligations are secured, pursuant to the Security Documents, by first priority liens
that have been duly perfected by the filing of UCC-1 financing statements against each Company
Party in the appropriate filing office, the recording of copyright security agreements against all
registered copyrights constituting Collateral, and by the taking of such other appropriate actions
under the UCC and other applicable laws.
D. Reference is also made to (1) that certain Buyout Agreement, dated as November 23, 2009 (as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof,
the “Buyout Agreement”), among HWMP, Holdings, Company, the other Company Parties (as
defined therein) party thereto, Union, in its capacity as collateral agent for the Holders, and the
Holders, and (2) that certain Participation Agreement, dated as of November 23, 2009 (as amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the date hereof, the
“Participation Agreement”), between Earthbound Films, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“EB Producer”), and the Holders, with respect to the motion picture project
currently entitled “Earthbound”.
E. Pursuant to that certain Notice of Collateral Agent and Second Lien Agent Resignation dated
January 11, 2010, from Union Bank, N.A. (“Union Bank”) to the Persons listed on
Schedule 1 thereto (the “Notice of Resignation”), following the satisfaction of the
obligations of the Company Parties under the Credit Agreement and the Notes issued to the Lenders
thereunder, Union Bank resigned as Collateral Agent under the Note Documents in accordance with
Section 10.9 of the Securities Purchase Agreement effective 30 days from the date thereof
(the “Resignation Effective Date”) and also resigned
as the Second Lien Agent (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) under the Intercreditor
Agreement (as defined in the SPA) effective as of February 10, 2010. As no successor Collateral
Agent has accepted a valid appointment in accordance with Section 10.9 of the SPA, Holders
have assumed and are performing all duties of the Collateral Agent effective as of the Resignation
Effective Date in accordance with Section 10.9 of the Securities Purchase Agreement.
F. As of June ___, 2010, the outstanding balance of the EP Obligations (including principal,
interest and unreimbursed expenses) was $ .
G. Holdings has requested, and subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, as of the
Effective Date (as defined in Section 2 herein), the Holders have agreed to further modify and
amend the SPA, the Forbearance Agreement, the Buyout Agreement, the Guaranty and Security Agreement
and the other Note Documents as set forth below.
H. Capitalized terms used herein without definition shall have the respective meaning ascribed
to such terms in the Buyout Agreement, the Forbearance Agreement, the SPA, the Guaranty and
Security Agreement, the Participation Agreement, or the other Note Documents, as applicable.
AGREEMENT
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and
valuable consideration, the sufficiency and receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
1. AMENDMENTS TO NOTE DOCUMENTS. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Note Document or
any schedule, exhibit or annex to any of them, as of the Effective Date, the parties agree to
further amend and modify the Note Documents as follows:
(a) | Amendments to SPA: |
(i) Section 1.1 is amended by amending and restating in their entirety or adding each
of the following defined terms, as the case may be, as follows:
“Amendment” means that certain Omnibus Amendment to Note Documents, dated as of June
___, 2010.
[“Cash Collateral Account” means a deposit account or securities account in the name
of [Union Bank, N.A.] (Collateral Agent), [The Film Department, LLC] — Control Account, and under
the sole control (as defined in the applicable UCC) of the Collateral Agent.”][TBD: Confirm no such
accounts]
“Collection Account” means a Cash Collateral Account, bearing account number
, maintained with a Collection Bank and designated as ‘[The Film Department]
Collection Account’. [TBD Currently maintained in the name of TFD; exploring re-titling in the
relevant Film SPE’s name.]
“Collection Account Agreement” means an agreement, in form and substance satisfactory
to the Collateral Agent, among [the Company][Consider changing to the Film SPEs if they are
administering the Collection Account], the Collateral Agent, the Collection Bank and the other
parties thereto pursuant to which amounts on deposit in the Collection Account are administered and
allocated to
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satisfy the payment obligations of the Company in accordance with the payment waterfall set forth
on Schedule II hereto.”
“Collections” means all cash, checks, notes, instruments, and other items of payment
(including insurance proceeds, tax refunds and proceeds from a Sale or financing of any Tax
Incentive) relating to, arising in respect of, or otherwise constituting proceeds of any Film
Collateral.
“Film” means exclusively each of the following motion pictures produced by or on
behalf of a Company Party (under whatever title such motion may hereafter become known) and
presently entitled : (a) “The Rebound”; and (b) “Law Abiding Citizen”.
“Film SPE” means each of: (i) Rebound Distribution, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, and (ii) LAC Films, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company or their respective
successors.
“Material Adverse Effect” means an effect that results in or causes, or could
reasonably be expected to result in or cause, a material adverse change in any of (a) the condition
(financial or otherwise), business, performance, prospects, operations or property of (i) either
Film or Film SPE (as defined in the Forbearance Agreement) or (ii) to the extent such effect
relates to or could reasonably be expected to affect any rights or interests of the Collateral
Agent and/or the Holders in the Collateral and/or the timely payment or performance of the EP
Obligations (as defined in the Forbearance Agreement), any Group Member, (b) the ability of any
Note Party to perform its obligations under any Note Document to the extent the same could
reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the Collateral Agent’s, the Holders’ or
any other Secured Party’s rights, remedies or recovery with respect to the Collateral and/or the EP
Obligations, and (c) the validity or enforceability of any Note Document or the rights and remedies
of the Collateral Agent, the Holders and the other Secured Parties under any Note Document.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Note Document, the failure at any
time of (x) any Film SPE to comply with clauses (a) and (b) of Section 7.1 hereof as
written (without giving effect to the exception following clause (b)) or (y) the Company to comply
with Section 7.10(c) hereof shall each be deemed to automatically, and without the giving
of notice and/or expiration of any other applicable cure period, constitute the occurrence of a
Material Adverse Effect.”
“Scheduled Maturity Date” means June 27, 2012.”
(ii) Section 2.6 is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“Optional Prepayments. The Company may, at any time or from time to time prepay the
Notes in whole or from time to time in part (any such partial prepayment to be made pro
rata among the Holders, and in a minimum aggregate amount of $1,000,000) with no premium or
penalty.”
(iii) Except as specified hereinafter with respect to a specific section, subsection or
provision thereof, exclusively at all times that Holdings is then subject to and in compliance with
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, Article VI is deemed modified and amended to the
extent necessary to provide that notwithstanding the express requirements thereof, Holdings and the
Company shall only be required to provide to the Holders such information and/or reports required
to be delivered to the Purchasers under such Section to the extent such information or report
relates solely or primarily (directly or indirectly) to a Film SPE, a Film, any other item of
Collateral and/or any other matters that have had. or could reasonably be expected to have, an
adverse effect upon the condition (financial or otherwise) of a Film SPE, or otherwise involves or
relates to a Film, any item of Collateral and/or, to the extent that the same could have a Material
Adverse Effect, the ability of any Note Party to perform any of its obligations under any Note
Document to which it is a party; provided, however, at the request of the
Collateral Agent
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or any Holder, Holdings shall provide copies of any such reports or financial information that
it has filed or is required to file with the SEC within 15 days after it files or is required to
file the same with the SEC (whether or not required by the reporting requirements of Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act). Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence, Holdings and the
Company shall:
(A) provide the Collateral Agent and the Holders a summary of insurance coverage maintained
with respect to each Film SPE, each Film and the other Collateral at such times as required under
Section 6.1(h);
(B) comply with and provide the Holders with all notices and information as and when required
under Section 6.2, provided, however, (i) its reporting obligations under clause
(b) thereof shall be limited to such information to the extent directly or indirectly affecting a
Film SPE, a Film and/or any other item of Collateral and/or that could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) it shall not be required to provide the notices and
information required by clause (c) thereof; and
(C) comply with the provisions of Section 6.9 as in effect without giving effect to the
Amendment.
(iv) Except as specified hereinafter with respect to a specific section, subsection or
provision thereof, Article VII is deemed amended to the extent necessary to limit the
application of such covenants and provisions in each instance to the Film SPEs, the Films and/or
any other Collateral and/or any other covenants the failure to comply with which could reasonably
be expected to adversely affect the ability of any Note Party to pay perform the EP Obligations and
any of its obligations under any Note Document to which it is a party or result in the occurrence
of a Material Adverse Effect. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding sentence:
(A) Section 7.5 shall be amended by deleting clause (c) thereof and replacing it with
the following:
“(c) maintain in full force and effect the Key Man Insurance Policies, together with a
collateral assignment of the proceeds thereof in favor of the Collateral Agent (and, with respect
to such Key Man Insurance Policies, such Key Man Insurance Policies shall be extended, renewed or
replaced with alternative Key Man Insurance Policies no later than 30 days prior to the stated
expiry thereof).”
(B) Section 7.9 shall remain in effect without giving effect to this Amendment;
(C) Section 7.10 shall be amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“Additional Collateral and Guaranties. To the extent not delivered to the Collateral
Agent on or before the Closing Date (including in respect of after-acquired property and Persons
that become Subsidiaries of any Note Party after the Closing Date and have any interest in the
Collateral), each Group Member that has any interest in the Collateral shall, promptly, do each of
the following, unless otherwise agreed by the Required Holders:
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(a) deliver to the Collateral Agent such modifications to the terms of the Note Documents (or,
to the extent applicable as determined by the Collateral Agent, such other documents), in each case
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent and as the Collateral Agent
reasonably deems necessary or advisable in order to ensure that each Subsidiary of any Note Party
that has an interest in the Collateral shall effectively grant to the Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, a valid and enforceable security interest in all of its property
that constitutes Collateral, including all of its interests in any Stock and Stock Equivalents and
other Securities in each Film SPE, as security for the Obligations;
(b) deliver to the Collateral Agent all documents representing all Stock, Stock Equivalents
and other Securities pledged pursuant to the documents delivered pursuant to clause (a)
above, together with undated powers or endorsements duly executed in blank; and
(c) take all other actions necessary or advisable to ensure the validity or continuing
validity of any guaranty for any Obligation or any Lien securing any Obligation, to perfect,
maintain, evidence or enforce any Lien in Collateral securing any Obligation or to ensure such
Liens have the same priority as that of the Liens on similar Collateral set forth in the Note
Documents executed on the Closing Date (or, for Collateral located outside the United States, a
similar priority acceptable to the Collateral Agent), including the filing of UCC financing
statements in such jurisdictions as may be required by the Note Documents or applicable
Requirements of Law or as the Collateral Agent may otherwise reasonably request (and Holdings and
the Company each hereby ratify its authorization for the Collateral Agent to have filed any initial
financing statement or amendment thereto under the UCC (or other similar laws) in effect in any
jurisdiction if filed prior to the date hereof).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Section 7.10 or any other Note Document, from
and after the “Effective Date” (as defined in the Amendment), except with respect to actions deemed
necessary or desirable by the Holders at any time or from time to time with respect to the
granting, perfection, priority and maintenance of the Collateral Agent’s Lien on the Stock and/or
Stock Equivalents of each Film SPE, this Section 7.10 will not require the delivery of Stock or
Stock Equivalents with respect to any Subsidiaries of any Note Party.”
(D) Section 7.11 shall be amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“Deposit Accounts; Securities Accounts, Collection Accounts and Cash Collateral
Accounts. In each instance, subject to the provisions of the Waterfall (as defined in the
Forbearance Agreement) : (a) each Group Member that at any time receives Collections or any cash
proceeds of any Collateral shall (i) deposit immediately upon receipt all Collections and cash
proceeds of Collateral in the Collection Account, (ii) request in writing and otherwise take such
reasonable steps to ensure that all of their respective account debtors (including any completion
guarantors or other insurers) forward payment of all Collections and other cash proceeds of
Collateral owed by them to such Group Member directly to the Collection Account, (iii) deposit
immediately all of its Cash Equivalents constituting Collateral or the proceeds thereof in
securities accounts that are Controlled Securities Accounts, (iv) if it is responsible for the
payment of participations and residuals for any Film, establish and maintain a P&R Reserve Account
and maintain funds on deposit in such account sufficient to satisfy the participations and
residuals obligations of the Company or other Group Member that are required to be satisfied from
time to time in respect of any Film and (v) cause all of their respective deposit accounts and
securities accounts into which Collections or any cash proceeds of Collateral are at any time
deposited to be Controlled Deposit Accounts or Controlled Securities Accounts, as the case may be
(other than any deposit accounts that are
Cash Collateral Accounts); provided, however, that each Group Member may
maintain payroll,
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withholding tax and other fiduciary accounts that are not Controlled Deposit
Accounts and this clause (v) shall not apply as to any Group Member that does not have the right to
receive Collections or any cash proceeds thereof.
(b) All funds maintained in the Collection Account shall be governed by the Collection Account
Agreement and shall be invested solely in Cash Equivalents.
(c) No Secured Party shall have any responsibility for, or bear any risk of loss of, any
investment or income of any funds in any Controlled Deposit Account or Cash Collateral Account.
From time to time after funds are deposited in a Cash Collateral Account, the Collateral Agent
shall transfer funds then held in such Cash Collateral Account for application to the payment of
Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Guaranty and Security Agreement. No Group Member
and no Person claiming on behalf of or through any Group Member shall have any right to demand
payment of any funds held in any Cash Collateral Account at any time prior to the payment in full
of all Obligations.”
(v) Article VIII is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“NEGATIVE COVENANTS
Each Note Party agrees with the Holders and the Collateral Agent to each of the following, as
long as any Obligation remains outstanding:
Section 8.1 [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 8.2 [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 8.3 Investments. No Film SPE shall make or maintain, directly or
indirectly, any Investment except for the following:
(a) Investments in cash and Cash Equivalents; and
(b) endorsements for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business consistent with
past practice.
Section 8.4 Asset Sales. No Group Member shall Sell any of its property that
constitutes Collateral, including, without limitation, pursuant to a Library Liquidity Event, or,
solely with respect to a Film SPE, issue shares of its own Stock, except, with respect to a Film
SPE, for licenses, grants and sales of distribution rights in Films pursuant to Permitted
Distribution Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of business.
Section 8.5 Restricted Xxxxxxxx.Xx Film SPE shall directly or indirectly,
declare, order, pay, make or set apart any sum for any Restricted Payment. No other Note Party
shall directly or indirectly, declare, order, pay, make or set apart any sum for any Restricted
Payment to the extent that such action results in or could reasonably be expected to result in the
occurrence of a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 8.6 Prepayment of Obligations. No Group Member shall (x) prepay, redeem,
purchase, defease or otherwise satisfy prior to the scheduled maturity thereof any Indebtedness,
(y) set
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apart any property for such purpose, whether directly or indirectly and whether to a
sinking fund, a similar fund or otherwise, or (z) make any payment in violation of any
subordination terms of any Indebtedness, in each case to the extent that such action results in or
could reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 8.7 Fundamental Changes. No Group Member shall (a) dissolve or liquidate
(except for a dissolution or liquidation of any PSC following completion and delivery of the
Qualifying Film for which such PSC was formed), (b) merge, consolidate or amalgamate with any
Person, (c) acquire all or substantially all of the Stock or Stock Equivalents of any Person
(except in connection with the organization by the Company of new Wholly Owned Subsidiaries) or (d)
acquire any brand or all or substantially all of the assets of any Person or all or substantially
all of the assets constituting any line of business, division, branch, operating division or other
unit operation of any Person, in each case except for the following: (y) the merger, consolidation
or amalgamation of any Subsidiary of the Company (other than a Film SPE) into any Note Party and
(z) the merger, consolidation or amalgamation of any Group Member (other than Holdings or either
Film SPE) for the sole purpose, and with the sole material effect, of changing its State of
organization within the United States; provided, however, that (A) in the case of
any merger, consolidation or amalgamation involving the Company, the Company shall be the surviving
Person and (B) in the case of any merger, consolidation or amalgamation involving any other Note
Party, a Note Party shall be the surviving corporation and all actions required to maintain the
perfection of the Lien of the Collateral Agent on the Stock or property of such Note Party shall
have been made.
Section 8.8 Change in Nature of Business. None of the Company or any Film SPE shall
carry on any business, operations or activities (whether directly, through a joint venture, or
otherwise) substantially different from those contemplated to be carried on by the Company and the
Film SPEs at the effective date of the Amendment and business, operations and activities reasonably
related thereto.
Section 8.9 Transactions with Affiliates. Neither Film SPE shall, except as otherwise
expressly permitted herein, enter into any other transaction directly or indirectly with, or for
the benefit of, the Company or any Affiliate of the Company (including Guaranty Obligations with
respect to any obligation of any such Affiliate), except for transactions in the ordinary course of
business on a basis no less favorable to such Group Member as would be obtained in a comparable
arm’s length transaction with a Person not an Affiliate of the Company.
Section 8.10 Third-Party Restrictions on Indebtedness, Liens, Investments or Restricted
Payments. No Group Member that owns or holds any interest in Collateral shall incur or
otherwise suffer to exist or become effective or remain liable on or responsible for any
Contractual Obligation limiting the ability of any Group Member to incur or suffer to exist any
Lien upon any property of any Group Member that constitutes Collateral, whether now owned or
hereafter acquired (including any “equal and ratable” clause and any similar Contractual Obligation
requiring, when a Lien is granted on any property, another Lien to be granted on such property or
any other property), except pursuant to the Note Documents.
Section 8.11 Modification of Certain Documents. No Note Party shall do any of the
following: waive or otherwise modify any term of any Constituent Document of, or otherwise change
the capital structure of, any Note Party (including the terms of any of their outstanding Stock or
Stock Equivalents), in each case except for those modifications and waivers that (x) exclusively
with respect to each Film SPE, do not elect, or permit the election, to treat the Stock or Stock
Equivalents of any limited liability company (or similar entity), as a security and (y) in the case
of any such Constituent Documents,
do not result in a Material Adverse Effect or materially and adversely affect the interests of
any Secured Party in connection with the Obligations, under the Note Documents or in the
Collateral.
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Section 8.12 Accounting Changes; Fiscal Year. No Note Party shall change its (a)
accounting treatment or reporting practices, except as required by GAAP or any Requirement of Law,
or (b) its fiscal year or its method for determining fiscal quarters or fiscal months, in each
case, if doing so results in, or could reasonable be expected to result in, a Material Adverse
Effect.
Section 8.13 Margin Regulations. No Group Member shall use all or any portion of the
proceeds of any credit extended hereunder to purchase or carry margin stock (within the meaning of
Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board) in contravention of Regulation U of the Federal Reserve
Board.
Section 8.14 Compliance with ERISA. No ERISA Affiliate shall cause or suffer to exist
(a) any event that could result in the imposition of a Lien with respect to any Title IV Plan or
Multiemployer Plan or (b) any other ERISA Event, that would, in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect. No Group Member shall cause or suffer to exist any event that could result in the
imposition of a Lien with respect to any Benefit Plan that would, in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect.
Section 8.15 Hazardous Materials. No Group Member shall cause or suffer to exist any
Release of any Hazardous Material at, to or from any real property owned, leased, subleased or
otherwise operated or occupied by any Group Member that would violate any Environmental Law, form
the basis for any Environmental Liabilities or otherwise adversely affect the value or
marketability of any real property (whether or not owned by any Group Member), other than such
violations, Environmental Liabilities and effects that would not, in the aggregate, have a Material
Adverse Effect.
Section 8.16 [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 8.17 [Intentionally Omitted]
Section 8.18 [Intentionally Omitted]”
(vi) A new Article XIV is added and shall read as follows:
“ LIMITED RECOURSE NATURE OF OBLIGATIONS
Section 14.1 Limited Recourse Nature of Obligations. Subject in all respects to the
last sentence of this Section 14.1, but notwithstanding any other contrary term or
provision contained herein or in the other Note Documents (including, without limitation, the
Guaranty and Security Agreement), recourse by the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party
against any Note Party (other than a Film SPE) hereunder or under the other Note Documents shall be
limited solely to the Collateral and the proceeds of Collateral to satisfy the Obligations
represented by the Notes and no Note Party (other than the Film SPEs) shall be liable hereunder or
under any other Note Document solely due to the fact that the Collateral proves to be insufficient
to satisfy such Obligations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Note
Document, including the first sentence of this Section 14.1, upon the occurrence of any
Event of Default resulting or arising from the inaccuracy of any representation or the breach of
any covenant in any Note Document, the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties shall not be
limited to seeking repayment from and recovering solely against the Collateral and the Film SPEs
and instead shall have recourse against each Group Member, and may exercise all rights and remedies
under
applicable laws and in equity (including seeking specific performance of or enjoining the breach of
any other Note Document) in order to obtain full satisfaction of all losses, damages and other
claims arising from such Event of Default, including satisfaction of the Obligations as well as all
costs of any exercise
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by them of such remedies, whether incurred before or during the pendency of
any bankruptcy case or other insolvency proceeding.”
(b) | Amendments to Guaranty and Security Agreement: |
(i) The definition of “Collateral” shall be amended by adding the following paragraph
at the end thereof:
“Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein or in any other Note Document, except as
provided in the next sentence hereof, the term “Collateral” shall not include (and Collateral Agent
hereby releases any Lien previously granted to it in) any of the following property of any Note
Party: (i) any Stock and/or Stock Equivalents owned by any Grantor, or (ii) any enumerated assets
or type or category of assets in the definition of “Collateral” to the extent such asset does not
constitute, comprise an element of, arise from, relate to or otherwise constitute direct or
indirect proceeds or products of or accessions to any (1) a Film, (2) Film Collateral, or (3)
Pledged Stock of each Film SPE. Notwithstanding the operation of the immediately preceding
sentence or any other provision in the Note Documents to the contrary, the term “Collateral” shall
for all purposes of the Note Documents include all of the Stock or Stock Equivalents of each of the
following Persons (together with any of their respective successors or assigns): (1) LAC Films, LLC
and (2) Rebound Distribution, LLC (and the Stock and/or Stock Equivalents of such Film SPEs shall,
for all purposes hereof and the other Note Documents, shall constitute “Pledged Stock” in which the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Holders, has a perfected first priority Lien pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement and the other Note Documents).”
(c) | Amendments to Forbearance Agreement: |
(i) Paragraph 1 of the email of September 2, 2009 from Xxxx XxXxxxxx to Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxx Xxxxxx
and the other addressees and persons copied thereon to which the Forbearance Agreement is an
attachment (the “Email FA Amendment”) (and, to the extent confirmed or modified by the
Email FA Amendment, the related requirement 1 in Xxxx Xxxx’x email of August 30, 2009 to Xxxxx
XxXxxx (the “Email FA Proposal”)) shall have no further prospective force or effect;
(ii) Paragraph 2 of the Email FA Amendment (and, to the extent confirmed or modified by the
Email FA Amendment, the related requirement 2 in the Email FA Proposal) is amended as follows:
(A) the eight month time limit on the exercise of the option to conclude a binding commitment
to release “The Rebound” theatrically in the United States is eliminated;
(B) sub-clause (iv) is amended to (1) increase the maximum P&A expenses limit therein to $25
million and (2) except as otherwise provided below, to permit the referenced P&A facility for the
United States theatrical release of “The Rebound” to be cross-collateralized as to other film
projects of the Company Parties; provided, however, that the Holders do not hereby
consent to, and no Company Party shall permit, any of the following Collections, monies or revenues
(or the proceeds of any of them) to be cross-collateralized or made available to repay any P&A or
other obligations incurred in respect of domestic distribution of “The Rebound”: (a) any
Collections (or proceeds thereof) arising from any source, media or territory with respect to “Law
Abiding Citizen”, (b) any Collections (or proceeds thereof) arising from the distribution or
licensing of rights relating to “The Rebound” in any media with
respect to any foreign territory, or (c) any Collections or revenues (or proceeds thereof)
arising from “Earthbound”, and, to the extent necessary to avoid a violation of the above proviso,
regardless of any calculations and/or allocations applicable to other Persons in connection with
such P&A facility,
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Holdings and the Company shall cause all calculations and allocations under any
such P&A facility which are applicable to or otherwise affect sums payable to Collateral Agent
and/or Holders to be made in accordance with the above proviso and to directly make payments to the
Collateral Agent and/or the Holders in respect of the United States theatrical release of “The
Rebound” and participation payments due to the Holders in respect of “Earthbound”, in each case as
and when due to them under the terms of the applicable Note Documents. Furthermore, the Holders do
not hereby consent to, and no Company Party shall permit, any of the following Collections, monies
or revenues (or the proceeds of any of them) to be cross-collateralized or made available to repay
the “Earthbound” production loan or any P&A or other obligations incurred in respect of the
distribution of “Earthbound”: any Collections (or proceeds thereof ) arising from any source, media
or territory with respect to “Law Abiding Citizen” or “The Rebound”, and, to the extent necessary
to avoid a violation of the above restriction, regardless of any calculations and/or allocations
applicable to other Persons in connection with such production loan or P&A facility, Holdings and
the Company shall cause all calculations and allocations under any such production loan or P&A
facility which are applicable to or otherwise affect sums payable to Collateral Agent and/or
Holders to be made in accordance with the above restrictions and to directly make payments to the
Collateral Agent and/or the Holders in respect of the distribution of “Earthbound”, any
participation payments due to the Holders in respect of “Earthbound”, in each case as and when due
to them under the terms of the Participation Agreement and other applicable Note Documents; and
(C) sub-clause (viii) is amended to delete the following text: “(A) amounts owed to the senior
lenders and (B)”;
(iii) Paragraphs 4 and 6 of the Email FA Amendment (and, to the extent confirmed or modified
by the Email FA Amendment, the related requirements 4 and 6 in the Email FA Proposal) are each
amended and restated to read as follows:
“[Intentionally Omitted]
(iv) Section 1 of the Forbearance Agreement is amended by adding the following at the
end thereof:
“Capitalized terms used without definition herein and not defined in the Securities Purchase
Agreement shall have the meanings given to them in that certain Omnibus Amendment to Note
Documents, dated as of June ___, 2010 (the “Amendment”). In the event that any such terms
are defined in the Securities Purchase Agreement and are amended pursuant to the Amendment, such
terms shall have the amended meanings set forth in the Amendment.”
(v) Section 4 of the Forbearance Agreement is amended as follows:
(A) Subsection (f) is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“[Intentionally Omitted]”;
(B) Subsection (g) is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“Certain Negative Operational Covenants. Commencing upon the Effective Date, no Company
Party shall directly or indirectly do or permit or cause any of the following actions to be taken
by, or permit any such events or circumstances to occur or suffer to exist, by any Company Party,
without the express
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prior written approval of the Holders (which may be granted or withheld in
their sole and absolute discretion):
(i) Incur, make or enter into any agreement, covenant, liability, expenditure,
Investment, commitment or other obligation to any Person pursuant to which any
Company Party expends, or will or may be obligated to expend: (A) any amount of
Collections or other Collateral (or any proceeds thereof) whatsoever in connection
with domestic distribution of “The Rebound” (provided that the foregoing limitation
in connection with domestic distribution of “The Rebound” shall not apply to P&A
financing obtained by any Company Party from any unaffiliated third party and
working capital of Holdings which does not constitute or arise from Collections or
other Collateral (or any proceeds thereof), and which is obtained and expended in
accordance with the terms of paragraph 2 of the Email FA Amendment (as defined in
the Amendment); or (B) any aggregate amount (among all Company Parties) in excess of
$400,000 with respect to the distribution outside of the United States of “Law
Abiding Citizen”, or any aggregate amount (among all Company Parties) in excess of
$400,000 with respect to the distribution outside of the United States of “The
Rebound”;
(ii) Agree to or enter into any amendment to the Overture Agreement;
(iii) Agree to or enter into any transaction (in each case with respect to or
relating to either Film) directly or indirectly with, or for the benefit of, any
Affiliate of (A) Holdings, (B) the Company (that is not a Company Party bound by
this Agreement) or (C) a Designated Member;
(iv) Allow or permit any Company Party to incur or otherwise remain liable with
respect to or responsible for, any Indebtedness or Guaranty Obligations applicable
to “Law Abiding Citizen” and/or foreign distribution of “The Rebound”, except for
the following (“Permitted Indebtedness”): (A) the Obligations; (B) Guaranty
Obligations incurred in solely connection with the issuance of completion guaranties
in respect of the Film owned by such Film SPE by an Approved Completion Guarantor;
(C) Liabilities relating to participations, deferments and residuals incurred and
arising solely with respect to the development, production, distribution or other
exploitation of an existing Film; (D) Indebtedness of any Film SPE incurred prior to
the “Effective Date” (as such term defined in the Amendment) in connection with the
financing of any Tax Incentive or Transferable Tax Incentive Receivable in respect
of such Film SPE’s Film with a third party financier; provided, that the aggregate
principal amount of any such Indebtedness shall not exceed 100% of the face amount
of any such Tax Incentive, and (E) Indebtedness of LAC under the Overture Agreement;
(v) incur, maintain or otherwise suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to
any of portion of the Collateral, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or assign
any right to receive income or profits of any portion of the Collateral, except for
the following (collectively, “Permitted Liens”): (A) Liens created pursuant
to this Agreement or any Second Lien Document; (B) Liens pursuant to written
security agreements (in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Collateral
Agent) in favor of guilds required by the guilds pursuant to the terms of collective
bargaining agreements; provided, that such
Liens are subordinated to the Liens created under the Security Documents on a
non-cross collateralized basis with respect to the corresponding Film pursuant to a
Guild Subordination Agreement or otherwise as a matter of law; (C) Liens incurred in
the
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ordinary course of business with regard to goods provided or services rendered
by laboratories and post-production facilities, so long as any such laboratory or
post-production facility has entered into a Laboratory Pledgeholder Agreement; (D)
Liens to secure distribution, exhibition and\or exploitation rights of licensees
pursuant to Permitted Distribution Agreements; provided, that such Liens
shall attach solely to the distribution, exhibition and\or exploitation rights
granted by the applicable Film SPE pursuant to the subject Permitted Distribution
Agreement and to non-exclusive rights of access to the materials in respect of the
Film that is the subject of the Permitted Distribution Agreement and to an interest
in the copyright of the Film to the extent necessary to permit the licensee to
exercise the distribution, exhibition and/or exploitation rights granted pursuant to
the subject Permitted Distribution Agreement; (E) Liens granted prior the Effective
Date of the Amendment in favor of an Approved Completion Guarantor in connection
with a completion bond issued with respect to any Film, to secure the right of such
Approved Completion Guarantor to recoup its contribution to any costs of such Film
and other amounts recoupable by it in respect thereof, provided, that such
Liens are subordinated to the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent, in each case
on terms and conditions reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, and in any
event solely with respect to the applicable Film on a non-cross collateralized
basis; (F) Liens (i) with respect to the payment of taxes, assessments or other
governmental charges or (ii) of suppliers, carriers, materialmen, warehousemen,
workmen or mechanics and other similar Liens, in each case imposed by law or arising
in the ordinary course of business, and, for each of the Liens in clauses (i) and
(ii) above for amounts that are not yet due or that are being contested in good
faith by appropriate proceedings diligently conducted and with respect to which
adequate reserves or other appropriate provisions are maintained on the books of
such Person in accordance with GAAP; (G) Liens of a collection bank on items in the
course of collection arising under Section 4-208 of the UCC or any similar Section
under any applicable UCC or any similar Requirement of Law of any foreign
jurisdiction; (H) judgment liens (other than for the payment of taxes, assessments
or other governmental charges) securing judgments and other proceedings not
constituting an Event of Default under Section 9.1(g) and pledges or cash
deposits made in lieu of, or to secure the performance of, judgment or appeal bonds
in respect of such judgments and proceedings; (I) Liens granted prior to the
Effective Date of the Amendment to any unaffiliated third-party financier of (i) a
Tax Incentive or (ii) a Transferable Tax Incentive Receivable (such a Lien a
“Transferable Tax Incentive Receivable Lien”), in each case pursuant to
arm’s length financing agreements containing customary terms and conditions with
such unaffiliated third party financier; provided that: such Lien extends
only to such Tax Incentive or Transferable Tax Incentive Receivable, as applicable;
and unless Collateral Agent has released its Liens in such Tax Incentive or
Transferable Tax Incentive Receivable, as applicable, to the extent permitted in
this Agreement or the other Note Documents, such Liens are subject to a
subordination or intercreditor agreement acceptable to the Collateral Agent
providing that such Liens are senior to the Liens created under the Security
Documents but only until such time as any loans made by such unaffiliated
third-party financier in connection therewith have been indefeasibly repaid in full;
provided, that any Transferable Tax Incentive Receivable Lien shall be subordinated
to the Liens created under the Security Documents until such time as the applicable
third party financier has advanced against such Transferable Tax Incentive
Receivable and the
proceeds of such advance have been deposited into the Collection Account; (J) Liens
granted prior to the Effective Date of the Amendment to any Tax Credit Counterparty
with respect to a Financed Transferable Tax Incentive, provided that: (i) such Liens
are
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subordinated to the Liens created under the Security Documents pursuant to a
subordination or intercreditor agreement acceptable to the Collateral Agent until
such time as immediately available funds in an amount equal to (A) the purchase
price payable by such Tax Credit Counterparty under the Purchase Agreement with
respect to such Financed Transferable Tax Incentive has been deposited into the
Collection Account or (B) if such Financed Transferable Tax Incentive is financed by
a unaffiliated third party financier, that portion of the purchase price not
required to repay in full all Indebtedness of any Note Party incurred in connection
with such financing has been deposited into the Collection Account, and (ii) such
Lien extends only to such Tax Incentive; and (K) Liens in favor of an unaffiliated
third party provider of P&A financing exclusively with respect to the initial United
States theatrical release of “The Rebound”, granted pursuant to arm’s length
financing agreements containing customary terms and conditions with such
unaffiliated third party financier; provided that: such Lien extends only to
such P&A financing for “The Rebound”, and in connection therewith, the
Collateral Agent agrees to enter into a subordination or intercreditor agreement
acceptable to the Collateral Agent providing that such Liens are senior to the Liens
created under the Security Documents but only until such time as any loans made by
such third-party financier in connection therewith have been repaid in full;
provided, that any Lien granted to such P&A financier shall be subordinated to the
Liens created under the Security Documents until such time as the applicable
unaffiliated third party P&A financier has advanced the agreed upon P&A funding and
the proceeds of such advance have been deposited into a [Cash Collateral Account];
(vi) dispose or permit or consent to the disposition of the Collateral or any
portion or element thereof, except for the following: licenses, grants and sales of
exploitation rights in Films pursuant to Permitted Distribution Agreements entered
into in compliance with Subsections 4(g)(i) through (iii)) above and 4(j) below; and
(vii) exclusively with respect to each Film SPE, make any Restricted Payments.”;
(C) Subsection (h) is deleted and replaced with the following: “[Intentionally Omitted]” ;
(D) Subsection (j) is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“Certain Affirmative Covenants. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in the Note Documents, commencing upon the Effective Date, Holdings and the Company shall, and
shall cause each Film SPE to, do each of the following in compliance with the Applicable Standard
of Care:
(i) Commence or continue its efforts to obtain and consummate distribution
agreements for the Films or any territories or media that are unsold as of the
Effective Date.
(ii) Meaningfully consult with the Holders on (A) all material terms of (I) such
distribution agreements for the Films prior to entering into any such distribution
agreements and (II) any amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications
(including waivers) of any material distribution terms of any distribution agreement
(whether such distribution agreement was originally entered into before or after the
Effective Date) prior to entering into any of the foregoing, and (B) the strategy
for procuring distribution agreements for the Films in unsold territories.
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(iii) Provide the Holders with (i) correct and complete copies of each distribution
agreement and other agreement entered into in connection with any Film, and all
amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications (including waivers)
thereto in existence as of the Effective Date, (ii) correct and complete copies of
each distribution agreement and other agreement entered into in connection with any
Film and all amendments, restatements, supplements or other modifications (including
waivers) thereto that are entered into by any Company Party on or after the
Effective Date, in each case, no later than seven Business Days after entering into
any of the foregoing, and (iii) prior to the Effective Date (as defined in the
Amendment) provide the Holders with a complete and accurate schedule of all
distribution agreements, license agreements and all similar or related agreements
that have been entered into with respect to each Film providing the name, date,
parties and status of each such agreement.
(iv) Negotiate all new distribution agreements and any amendments, restatements,
supplements or other modifications (including waivers) of any distribution agreement
(whether such distribution agreement was originally entered into before or after the
Effective Date), in each case, on an arm’s length basis to maximize the amounts
available to be distributed to the Holders under the Waterfall, in a manner
consistent with the standards of a fiduciary for the benefit of the Holders.
(v) Satisfy the requirements for delivery of either a notice of availability,
laboratory access or delivery of all delivery materials required by each
distribution agreement to the extent required to trigger payment of each applicable
installment of the minimum guarantee payable under such distribution agreement.
(vi) Protect and enforce their rights under each distribution agreement, including
collecting all amounts and other things of value due to any Company Parties
thereunder; during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent may
enforce the obligations of Persons obligated on such distribution agreements and
exercise the rights of the Company Parties with respect thereto.
(vii) Make, permit, consent to or approve any accountings of Collections, expenses
(including distribution expenses), and any other items that are payable prior to
distributions to be made to the Holders pursuant to any tier of the Waterfall.
(viii) As to each Film, promptly submit to Holders each Company Settlement
Statement (as defined in the Credit Agreement) formerly required to be submitted to
the Credit Agreement Administrative Agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement (prior to
its termination). Each such Company Settlement Statement shall be submitted with
supporting detail and documentation, including a detailed statement with respect to
each Film setting forth the following items, for the period covered by the
applicable Company Settlement Statement: (i) all Collections, broken out by
territory (by way of example only: USA, Canada, UK, France, Japan), and to the
extent any Company Party receives the following information, such Collections shall
also be broken out within each territory, by media (by way of example only:
theatrical, home video, pay television, free television, merchandise); and (ii) the
calculation (and to the extent any Company Party
receives such information, the recipient) of all amounts to be applied, paid,
recouped, offset, reimbursed or otherwise accounted for pursuant to the Waterfall,
including all residuals, participations and distribution expenses.”
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(E) Subsection (k) is amended and restated in its entirety to read as follows:
“[Intentionally Omitted]”.
(d) Amendments to Buyout Agreement:
(i) [Until such time as the Holders designate a new Collateral Agent, all references to the
“Collateral Agent” in any of the Note Documents shall be deemed to refer to the Holders or their
designee;]
(ii) Section 5 (a) is amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
“Paydown Provisions Applicable in IPO Transaction. The following paydown provisions
shall apply if the initial Equity Transaction is an IPO.
(i) Initial Cash Paydown on Closing of IPO. HWMP, Delaware Company and Holdings shall
cause the underwriter of the IPO to remit directly to an account designated by the Collateral Agent
for the benefit of the Holders, concurrently with its first remittance to Delaware Company or any
Company Party of any net cash proceeds of the IPO, immediately available funds in an amount equal
to the then current outstanding amount of the EP Obligations, minus $16.5 million (the
“Initial IPO Cash Paydown”). Holdings and HWMP each hereby agrees to cause the Equity
Transaction documents to provide for payment to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Holders
of the Initial IPO Cash Paydown as an express and required use of proceeds of the IPO.
(ii) Holders’ Securities on Closing of IPO. At the closing of the IPO, Holders also
shall receive for no additional consideration, in addition to the Initial IPO Cash Paydown, (X)
shares of common stock of Delaware Company having a Value (as defined below) equal to $1.5 million,
which shares of common stock shall be issued at the closing of the first issuance by Delaware
Company of securities in the IPO (the “IPO Shares”) and (Y) warrants (in a form acceptable
to Holders) to purchase 150,000 shares of common stock of Delaware Company at a price equal to 130%
of the actual per share issuance price to the public of shares of common stock of Delaware Company
in the IPO, which warrants shall be exercisable for a period of five years following the closing of
the IPO (the “IPO Warrants” and, together with the IPO Shares, the “IPO
Securities”). As used herein, “Value” shall be defined as the product of (A) the
number of shares of common stock to be issued by Delaware Company to Holders, multiplied by
(B) the actual per share issuance price to the public of shares of common stock of Delaware Company
in the IPO. The IPO Securities shall be allocated among Holders (or their respective designees) in
accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares as in effect immediately prior to the date of
receipt by Holders of the Initial IPO Cash Paydown or as otherwise designated by Holders to
Holdings in writing prior to such date.
(iii) Additional Payments to Holders Following Closing of IPO. Following the
Initial IPO Cash Paydown and the delivery to the Holders of the IPO Securities, the balance of the
EP Obligations shall be permanently reduced by the sum of (X) the IPO Cash Paydown and (Y) $1.5
million (i.e., the Value of the IPO Shares). Thereafter, until such time as the EP Obligations are
repaid in full in cash, the remittance and application of all Collections and other proceeds of
Collateral shall continue to be governed by and applied and allocated in accordance with the
Waterfall. Notwithstanding anything in any Note Document to the contrary, Holdings and the Company
may obtain one or more loans (collectively, the “EP Takeout Loan”) from Union (and/or such
other lenders as may make such loan(s)) secured in whole or in part by the Collateral to fund, the
proceeds of which EP Takeout Loan shall be utilized (either exclusively or, to the extent not
sufficient to effect the full paydown of the EP Obligations,
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together with other monies derived
from other sources) exclusively for the payment in full in cash of all (but not less than all) of
the EP Obligations then outstanding at the effective time of the funding of such EP Takeout Loan
(the “Payoff Amount”); provided, however, that in no event shall any EP Takeout Loan be
incurred or any Liens granted to any Person in anticipation or connection therewith until and
unless the EP Obligations have all been (or concurrently with the making of the EP Takeout Loan,
are) paid in full in cash. All payments to Holders under this Section 5 shall be deemed
applied first against any unreimbursed costs and expenses of the Collateral Agent and the Holders,
then against interest and then against the principal portion of the Payoff Amount. Holdings shall
have the right, not later than the date of receipt by Holders of the Initial IPO Cash Paydown, to
cause Holders to receive (concurrently with the Initial IPO Cash Paydown), an amount equal to the
Payoff Amount in full satisfaction of the EP Obligations.
(iv) Treatment of Payoff Period Interest. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in
any Note Document, if (and only if) all (but not less than all) of the Payoff Amount has been paid
in full in cash to and received by the Holders in accordance with this Section 5(c) on or
before the expiration of the 60 day period commencing on (but not including) the date of the
Amendment (the “Payoff Period”), all interest that has accrued and/or would have been due
and payable under the terms of the Notes and the Forbearance Agreement on the EP Obligations during
the Payoff Period (the “Payoff Period Interest”) shall be deemed forgiven, shall no longer
constitute an EP Obligation, and shall not be required to be paid to the Holders at the time of or
as part of the Payoff Amount. If, however, the Payoff Amount is not paid in full in cash to and
received by the Holders in accordance with this Section 5(c) before the expiration of the
Payoff Period, all Payoff Period Interest shall be unaffected by the immediately previous sentence
and shall accrue, be due and payable at such times, and otherwise be governed by and treated in
accordance with and pursuant to the terms and provisions of the Notes and the Forbearance Agreement
(as the same may be amended by other provisions of this Amendment, but without giving effect to the
first sentence of this paragraph). For purposes of clarification, it is the intention of the
parties that Payoff Period Interest shall continue to accrue during the Payoff Period in accordance
with the terms of the Note Documents, subject only to its forgiveness upon strict compliance with
and satisfaction of all of the conditions set forth in the first sentence of this paragraph.”;
(v) Section 5(d) is amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
“Discharge of Obligations Under, Release of Liens Created by, and Termination of Note
Documents. Effective immediately upon receipt by Holders of the Payoff Amount or the Initial
Private Equity Investment Cash Paydown, as applicable, and the execution and delivery by Delaware
Company (as applicable), Holdings and the other Company Parties, on the one hand, and Collateral
Agent (if the Holders are not then acting as Collateral Agent) and Holders, on the other hand, of a
mutual general release of any and all claims arising from or in respect of the Note Documents as of
such date of receipt by Holders of the Payoff Amount or the Initial Private Equity Investment Cash
Paydown, as applicable (which release shall be in substantially the form of the release set forth
in Section 26 hereof but fashioned as a mutual release and shall except from its scope the
rights and obligations of such parties under this Agreement (other than those rights and
obligations hereunder that are discharged as set forth below)): (i) all Obligations under the Note
Documents (other than those Obligations that are expressly stated to survive the termination of the
Note Documents, which Obligations are hereby expressly assumed by any successor in interest to
Holdings’ obligations hereunder and under any other Note Document, including,
without limitation, Delaware Company) shall thereupon be completely discharged and satisfied in
full, and each Company Party shall thereupon be released from all liability therefor; (ii) all
liens and security interests created by the Note Documents in and to the Collateral shall thereupon
be released and terminated without the need for any further action; (iii) all Note Documents shall
thereupon be terminated
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(other than those provisions therein (such as but not limited to
indemnification provisions) that by their express terms survive the termination of any such Note
Documents), and all other rights and remedies of Collateral Agent and Holders thereunder shall
thereupon be extinguished (including but not limited to any rights to receive or retain
participation interests in any current or future film properties of any Company Party); and (iv)
any and all obligations of Holders under any Note Document(s) shall thereupon be terminated and any
and all rights of Company Parties and any other Persons with respect thereto shall thereupon be
completely discharged and satisfied in full, and each Holder shall thereupon be released from all
liability therefor without the need for any further action; provided, that the foregoing
release and discharge shall not release or otherwise affect any rights or obligations of the
parties set forth in this Agreement (other than with respect to the obligations of HWMP or any
Company Party under, and the rights of Collateral Agent or any Holder under, Sections 2
(except the last sentences of each of Sections 2(a) and 2(b)), 3 (except
the last sentence thereof), 8 and 28 hereof, which rights and obligations shall be
so extinguished and discharged). Collateral Agent and Holders hereby agree to execute and deliver
or cause to be executed and delivered to Company, in each instance at the sole expense of Delaware
Company or Holdings, as applicable, such further instruments and documents and do and cause to be
done such further actions as may reasonably be requested by Company to evidence the foregoing
release and termination, including (A) returning all original Notes to Company for cancellation and
(B) executing and delivering to Company any required lien release documents.”;
(vi) Section 5(e) is amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
“[Intentionally Omitted]”.
(e) Amendments to Participation Agreement:
(i) Section 2 is amended and restated to read in its entirety as follows:
“Termination: At such time as the EP Obligations (as defined in the Buyout
Agreement) have been paid in full in cash, then Eton Park’s right to receive the participation set
forth in paragraph 1 above shall be irrevocably terminated and Producer shall have no obligations
to Eton Park under this Agreement whatsoever.”
2. CONDITIONS TO EFFECTIVENESS. Each of the parties hereto hereby agrees and acknowledges
that this Amendment shall not be effective until such time as each of the following conditions
shall have been satisfied (or waived in writing by the Holders) in form and substance satisfactory
to the Holders in their sole discretion (the date the last of such conditions shall be so satisfied
(or waived) being referred to herein as the “Effective Date”):
(a) Each party hereto shall have received a copy of this Agreement duly executed and
delivered by the other parties;
(b) The Company Parties shall have duly made all filings with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and shall have received any consents required from the Securities and Exchange
Commission and any third parties in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby; copies
of
which filings shall have been provided to the Holders and their counsel upon or before their
submission to the Securities and Exchange Commission;
(c) The IPO shall have closed and the Holders shall have received the Initial IPO Cash
Paydown and the IPO Securities;
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(d) Each record and beneficial owner of any equity interest (however denominated) in a Film
SPE, shall have executed and delivered to the Collateral Agent a Pledge Agreement substantially in
the form set forth as Annex I to the Guaranty and Security Agreement (with only such modifications
as the Holders may approve) with respect to such Film SPE equity interests and shall take such
other actions reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent as necessary or desirable to better
perfect the Collateral Agent’s first priority Liens on such Film SPE equity interests;
(e) Each Film SPE shall have executed and delivered to the Collateral Agent a Joinder
Agreement substantially in the form set forth as Annex I to the Guaranty and Security Agreement
(with only such modifications as the Holders may approve).
(f) Provided a summary thereof has been provided to the Company not less than two business
days prior to the closing of the IPO, Holdings and the Company shall have reimbursed the Holders
for all expenses incurred by them in connection with the preparation, negotiation and
implementation of this Amendment and the actions contemplated hereby (and shall in any event be
obligated to reimburse all such Holders for such expenses within ___days of their later submission
of a summary of any such expenses).
(g) HWMP (or any direct or indirect Subsidiary thereof holding title thereto) shall have
contributed to the Company all right, title and interest in and to the Stock or Stock Equivalents
in Earthbound Films, LLC (or any other Person subsequently holding an interest in the motion
picture tentatively entitled “Earthbound” (“EB Sub”) and, if EB Sub is an entity other
than “Earthbound Films, LLC (by virtue of a transfer of assets, a merger or otherwise), EB Sub
shall affirmatively assume (in a writing in favor of the Holders) all of the obligations of
Earthbound Films, LLC (as “Producer”) to the Eton Park under and pursuant to the terms of the
Participation Agreement.
(h) The Company shall have taken such other actions, and executed, delivered and recorded (as
applicable) such documents, as the Holders may request in order to better perfect the Collateral
Agent’s first priority Liens on the Collateral; and
(i) Union shall have resumed its role as Collateral Agent for the Holders.
In the event any of the foregoing conditions has not been satisfied (or waived in writing by the
beneficiary thereof) by the close of business on July ___, 2010 after the execution and delivery
hereof by all parties hereto, this Agreement shall be of no further force or effect and shall not
be binding on the parties hereto; provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing,
Sections 2(c) through (h) (other than Section 2(f)) hereof shall be applicable and remain
in full force and effect.
3. LIMITED WAIVER OF EVENTS OF DEFAULT. Upon the occurrence of the Effective Date, the Holders and
the Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have waived each Stipulated Default (as defined in the
Forbearance Agreement). This Amendment shall be limited solely to the matters expressly set forth
herein and, except as expressly provided herein (including the immediately preceding sentence),
shall not (a) constitute an amendment, modification or waiver of, or a forbearance with respect to,
any term or condition of the SPA, the Forbearance Agreement or any other Note Document, (b)
prejudice,
restrict or affect any right or rights that Collateral Agent or any Holder may now have or may have
in the future under or in connection with the SPA, the Forbearance Agreement or any other Note
Document, or (c) require Collateral Agent or any Holder to agree to any amendment, modification or
waiver of, or forbearance with respect to, any term or condition of the SPA, the Forbearance
Agreement or any other Note Document on a future occasion. Each of Holdings, the Company and each
other Company Party expressly acknowledges and agrees that the SPA and the other Note Documents to
which it is a party are
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valid and enforceable by Collateral Agent and the Holders against it, and
expressly reaffirms each of its Obligations under each Note Document to which it is a party.
Holdings, the Company, each Film SPE, and each other Company Party further expressly acknowledges
and agrees that Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Holders (and in the absence of a duly appointed
Collateral Agent, the Holders collectively), has a valid, duly perfected, first priority and fully
enforceable security interest in and lien against each item of Collateral (except as otherwise
provided in the Note Documents). Each of Holdings, the Company, each Film SPE, and the other
Company Parties agrees that it shall not dispute the validity or enforceability of the SPA or any
of the other Note Documents or any of its Obligations thereunder, or the validity, priority,
enforceability or extent of Collateral Agent’s and the Holders’ security interest in or lien
against any item of Collateral. Holdings, the Company, each Film SPE, and each of the other
Company Parties hereby acknowledge and agree that this Amendment shall be a Note Document, that any
default by any Company Party of its respective obligations under this Amendment shall constitute an
“Event of Default” under the SPA and, as such, Collateral Agent and the Holders shall have the same
rights and remedies against Holdings, the Company and other Company Parties with respect to
breaches under this Amendment as it has with respect to breaches of covenants, representations and
warranties in other Note Documents.
4. PAYMENT OF HOLDERS’ LEGAL FEES. Holdings and the Company hereby, jointly and severally, agree
to pay for all reasonable legal fees and out-of-pocket costs for services rendered by Manatt, as
counsel to Holders, in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby.
5. RELEASE. Each of HWMP, Holdings, the Company, each Film SPE and each other Company Party hereby
acknowledges that as of the Effective Date it has no defense, counterclaim, offset,
cross-complaint, claim or demand of any kind or nature whatsoever (other than payment) that can be
asserted to (i) reduce or eliminate all or any part of its EP Obligations or liabilities under the
Note Documents or (ii) seek affirmative relief or damages of any kind or nature from Collateral
Agent or any Holder or their respective affiliates or participants, or any of their respective
directors, managers, members, partners, officers, agents, employees or attorneys (the “Covered
Persons”). Each of HWMP, Holdings, the Company, each Film SPE, and the other Company Parties
hereby voluntarily and knowingly releases and forever discharges each of the Covered Persons, and
their successors and assigns, from all possible claims, demands, actions, causes of action,
damages, costs, expenses, and liabilities whatsoever, known or unknown, anticipated or
unanticipated, suspected or unsuspected, fixed, contingent, or conditional, at law or in equity,
which HWMP, Holdings, the Company, such Film SPE, or such Company Party may now or hereafter have
against any Covered Person, and irrespective of whether any such claims arise out of contract,
tort, violation of law or regulations, or otherwise, with respect to matters occurring or arising
prior to the effectiveness of this Agreement and arising from or in respect of the Note Documents.
6. RELEASE OF UNKNOWN CLAIMS. Each of HWMP, Holdings, the Company, each Film SPE, and each other
Company Party hereby waives the provisions of any applicable laws (including Section 1542 of the
California Civil Code) restricting the release of claims which the releasing parties do not know or
suspect to exist at the time of release, which, if known, would have materially affected HWMP’s,
Holdings’, the Company’s, such Film SPE’s or such Company Party’s decision to agree to such
release. Each of HWMP, Holdings, the Company, each Film SPE and each other Company Party
hereby agrees, represents and warrants to Collateral Agent, the Holders and their respective
affiliates and participants, and their respective predecessors, agents, officers, directors,
employees, successors and assigns that it realizes and acknowledges that factual matters now
unknown to HWMP, Holdings, the Company, such Film SPE or such Company Party may have given or may
hereafter give rise to causes of action, claims, demands, debts, controversies, damages, costs,
losses and expenses which are presently unknown, unanticipated and unsuspected, and further agrees,
represents and warrants that the release
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provided hereunder has been negotiated and agreed upon in
light of that realization and that Holdings, the Company, such Film SPE, and such Company Party
nevertheless hereby intend to release, discharge and acquit the Covered Persons, and their
successors and assigns, from any such unknown claims. Section 1542 of the California Civil Code
provides as follows:
A general release does not extend to claims which the creditor does not know or suspect to exist in his or her favor at the time of executing the release, which if known by him or her must have materially affected his or her settlement with the debtor. |
HWMP, Holdings, the Company, each Film SPE and each Company Party agrees this Section 6
shall be immediately effective as to HWMP, Holdings, the Company, each Film SPE and each Company
Party on the date such party executes this Amendment. The effectiveness of this Section 6
shall survive the expiration or any other termination of this Amendment.
7. INCORPORATION OF PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS. The preliminary statements set forth above are hereby
incorporated into this Amendment as accurate and complete statements of fact. Without limiting the
foregoing, Holdings, the Company, each Film SPE, and each other Company Party hereby acknowledge
and agree that (a) none of the Company Parties has any disputes, defenses or counterclaims, or
setoffs of any kind or nature which would in any way reduce or offset their respective Obligations
to Collateral Agent and Holders under the Note Documents as in effect on the date hereof and (b)
subject to, and until the occurrence, if ever, of the Effective Date, the provisions of the
Forbearance Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
8. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES. (a) To induce the Collateral Agent and the Holders to enter
into this Amendment, Holdings, the Company and each other Company Party each represent and warrant
to the Collateral Agent and the Holders that: (i) such Company Party is a corporation or limited
liability company, as the case may be, duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under
the laws of the State of Delaware and has full power and authority to execute and deliver, and to
perform its obligations under, each of this Amendment, (ii) the execution, delivery and performance
by Holdings, the Company and such Company Party of this Amendment and all documents contemplated
hereunder are within such Company Party’s powers, have been duly authorized, executed and delivered
by such party, and are not in conflict with such Company Party’s articles, bylaws, limited
liability company agreement, operating agreement, partnership agreement or other organizational
documents; (iii) this Amendment and all of the Second Lien Documents to which such Company Party is
a party constitute valid and binding obligations of each such Company Party enforceable in
accordance with their terms, except as enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium, fraudulent transfer or conveyance or similar laws relating to or
limiting creditors’ rights generally or by equitable principles relating to enforceability, (iv)
such Company Party’s obligations to pay and perform the Obligations is absolute and unconditional,
(v) there exists no right of setoff or recoupment, counterclaim or defense of any nature whatsoever
to such Company Party’s complete payment and performance of the Obligations, (vi) such execution,
delivery and performance of this Amendment and each such Second Lien Document by each such Company
Party will not materially violate any law, rule or order of any court or governmental agency or
body to which such Company Party is subject; and does not result in the creation or imposition of
any lien, security interest or encumbrance
on any now owned or hereafter acquired property of any Company Party, and (vii) with the exception
of the Film SPEs, none of Holdings, the Company or any other Group Member or Company Party possess,
control (as such term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC), or have any right, title or interest in,
to or under any Film or other item or portion of the Collateral.
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(b) Except with respect to the Stipulated Events of Default (as defined in the Forbearance
Agreement), each of Holdings, the Company and each other Company Party hereby affirms to Collateral
Agent and Holders that all of its representations and warranties set forth in the Note Documents
are true, complete and accurate in all material respects as of the date hereof. Each of Holdings,
the Company and each other Company Party hereby represents that, after giving effect to this
Agreement, other than the Stipulated Defaults, no Event of Default has occurred and is continuing
as of the date hereof. Each Company party agrees that any breach by any Company Party of the
representations, warranties and covenants by it under this Amendment shall be an Event of Default.
9. REAFFIRMATION AND AMENDMENT OF GUARANTY. Each of the Company Parties who are Guarantors
acknowledges the terms of this Agreement and reaffirms and agrees that: (i) the Guaranty and
Security Agreement remains in full force and effect and that its Guaranty Obligations cover the
full and punctual payment of the EP Obligations (including, without limitation, the Payoff Amount)
(payable without demand upon any failure by the Company or any other Note Party obligated thereon
to make payment thereof and including any damages incurred by Collateral Agent or Holders arising
therefrom); (ii) nothing in such Guaranty and Security Agreement obligates Collateral Agent or any
Holder to notify the undersigned of any changes in the financial accommodations made available to
the Company or to seek reaffirmations of such Guaranty Obligation; and (iii) no requirement to so
notify any Guarantor or to seek reaffirmations in the future shall be implied by this
reaffirmation.
10. FURTHER ASSURANCES. Each of the parties hereto agrees that it will promptly execute and deliver
or cause to be executed and delivered such further instruments and documents, and take or cause to
be taken such further action, as may be necessary, or that any other party hereto may reasonably
request, in order to give effect to, or implement to the fullest extent, each of the terms and
provisions of this Amendment, in each case at the sole expense of Holdings and the Company.
11. REFERENCES. This Amendment shall be limited precisely as written and shall not be deemed (a)
to be a consent granted pursuant to, or a waiver or modification of, any other term or condition of
the Buyout Agreement, the Forbearance Agreement, SPA or any of the other Note Documents, or (b) to
prejudice any right or rights that any Holder may now have or have in the future under or in
connection with the Buyout Agreement, the Forbearance Agreement, SPA or any of the other Note
Documents. Whenever the Buyout Agreement or Forbearance Agreement is referred to in the Buyout
Agreement, the Forbearance Agreement, the SPA or any of the other Note Documents, such reference
shall be deemed to mean such document as modified by this Amendment.
12. EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS. This Amendment may be executed in any number of counterparts, each
of which counterparts, when so executed and delivered, shall be deemed to be an original and all of
which counterparts, taken together, shall constitute but one and the same Amendment. Delivery of
an executed counterpart of a signature page hereto by facsimile or other electronic transmission
shall be equally effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Amendment.
13. SEVERABILITY. If any provision of this Amendment shall be held to be invalid, illegal or
unenforceable under applicable law in any jurisdiction, such provision shall be ineffective only to
the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability, which shall not affect any other
provisions hereof or the validity, legality and enforceability of such provision in any other
jurisdiction.
14. GOVERNING LAW. This Amendment and the rights and obligations of the parties hereto shall be
governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York.
Jurisdiction and venue for any dispute in respect of this Amendment shall be as provided in the
Buyout Agreement.
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15. NO ADVERSE CONSTRUCTION. Neither this Agreement nor any of the Note Documents shall be
construed more strictly against the Collateral Agent or any Holder merely by virtue of the fact
that the same have been prepared by the Collateral Agent, the Holders or their respective counsel,
it being recognized that the Company Parties have contributed substantially and materially to the
preparation of this Agreement and the Note Documents.
16. ENTIRE AGREEMENT; MISCELLANEOUS. This Amendment constitutes the entire understanding and
agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes any
prior agreements, oral or written, with respect thereto. The section and subsection titles
contained in this Amendment are included for the sake of convenience only, and shall not affect the
meaning or interpretation of this Amendment, the Securities Purchase Agreement or any other Note
Documents or any provisions hereof or thereof.
17. LIMITED EFFECT. In the event of a conflict between the terms and provisions of this Amendment
and the terms and provisions of the Securities Purchase Agreement and other Note Documents, the
terms and provisions of this Amendment shall govern. In all other respects, the Note Documents
shall remain in full force and effect.
18. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THE PARTIES HERETO, AND EACH OF THEM, HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVE ALL RIGHT
TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY OF THE
SECOND LIEN DOCUMENTS, THIS AGREEMENT, OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED THEREBY OR HEREBY.
19. NO ORAL MODIFICATION. Neither this Amendment nor any provisions hereof may be changed, waived,
discharged or terminated, nor may any consent to the departure from the terms hereof be given,
orally (even if supported by new consideration), but only by an instrument in writing signed by all
parties to this Amendment (provided that any party that is the beneficiary of any provision hereof
may unilaterally waive compliance with such provision for its benefit by another party). Any
waiver or consent so given shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific
purpose for which given.
20. CONSULTATION WITH COUNSEL. Each of the Company Parties represents to Collateral Agent and
Holders that it has discussed this Amendment with its attorneys.
21. NOTE DOCUMENTS. This Amendment and any other Second Lien Document entered into at anytime by
any of the Company Parties with the Collateral Agent and/or the Holders shall constitute “Note
Documents” for all purposes of the Securities Purchase Agreement and the other Note Documents.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this agreement as of the date first
written above.
H & W MOVIE PARTNERS, LLC |
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By: | ||||
Name: | ||||
Title: | ||||
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THE FILM DEPARTMENT HOLDINGS, INC. | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Xxxx Xxxxxx, President & Chief Operating Officer | ||||||
THE FILM DEPARTMENT LLC | ||||||
By: | The Film Department Holdings LLC, its sole Member | |||||
By: | ||||||
Xxxx Xxxxxx, President & Chief Operating Officer | ||||||
TFD LITERARY ACQUISITIONS, LLC | ||||||
By: | The Film Department LLC, its sole Member | |||||
By: | ||||||
Xxxx Xxxxxx, President & Chief Operating Officer | ||||||
THE FILM DEPARTMENT INTERNATIONAL, LLC | ||||||
By: | The Film Department LLC, its sole Member | |||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
[EB Sub]1 | ||||||
By: | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: |
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LAC FILMS, LLC | ||||||
By: | The Film Department LLC, its sole Member | |||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
TFD MUSIC, LLC | ||||||
By: | The Film Department LLC, its sole Member | |||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
FILM DEPARTMENT MUSIC, LLC | ||||||
By: | The Film Department LLC, its sole Member | |||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
BD PRODUCTIONS, LLC | ||||||
By: | The Film Department LLC, its sole Member | |||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
REBOUND DISTRIBUTION LLC | ||||||
By: | The Film Department LLC, its sole Member | |||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: |
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XXXX XXXX CLO MANAGEMENT 1 | ||||||
By: Eton Park Asset Management, L.L.C., as Collateral Manager, as a Holder |
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By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Its: | ||||||
ETON PARK CLO MANAGEMENT 2 | ||||||
By: Eton Park Asset Management, L.L.C., as Collateral Manager, as a Holder |
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By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Its: | ||||||
ETON PARK MASTER FUND, LTD. | ||||||
By: Eton Park Capital Management, L.P., its Investment Manager, as a Holder |
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By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Its: | ||||||
ETON PARK FUND, L.P. | ||||||
By: Eton Park Capital Management, L.P., its investment manager, as a Holder |
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By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Its: |
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