EXECUTION VERSION
EXHIBIT 10.4
MICROCELL SOLUTIONS INC.
as Borrower;
MICROCELL TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC.
as Parent;
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, TORONTO BRANCH
as Collateral Agent and Administrative Agent;
EACH OF THE PERSONS LISTED ON THE
EXECUTION PAGES HERETO UNDER THE "TRANCHE A LENDERS" HEADING
as Tranche A Lenders;
EACH OF THE PERSONS LISTED ON THE
EXECUTION PAGES HERETO UNDER THE "TRANCHE B-TERM LOAN A LENDERS" HEADING
as Tranche B-Term Loan A Lenders;
EACH OF THE PERSONS LISTED ON THE
EXECUTION PAGES HERETO UNDER THE "TRANCHE B-TERM LOAN B LENDERS" HEADING
as Tranche B-Term Loan B Lenders
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA
as Trustee for the holders of First Units
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA
as Trustee for the holders of Second Units
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
INTERCREDITOR AND COLLATERAL AGENCY AGREEMENT
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Dated as of March 17, 2004
AMENDED AND RESTATED
INTERCREDITOR AND COLLATERAL AGENCY AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED INTERCREDITOR AND COLLATERAL AGENCY
AGREEMENT, dated as of March 17, 2004, is made among MICROCELL SOLUTIONS INC.,
as borrower (the "Borrower"), MICROCELL TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC., as guarantor
(the "Parent"), EACH OF THE PERSONS LISTED ON THE EXECUTION PAGES HERETO under
the "Tranche A Lenders" heading (such Persons, together with any other Person
which becomes a lender under the Tranche A Exit Facility Agreement, being the
"Tranche A Lenders"), EACH OF THE PERSONS LISTED ON THE EXECUTION PAGES HERETO
under the "Tranche B-Term Loan A Lenders" heading (such Persons, together with
any other Person which becomes a lender under the Tranche B-Term Loan A Credit
Agreement, being the "Tranche B-Term Loan A Lenders"), EACH OF THE PERSONS
LISTED ON THE EXECUTION PAGES HERETO under the "Tranche B-Term Loan B Lenders"
heading (such Persons, together with any other Person which becomes a lender
under the Tranche B-Term Loan B Credit Agreement, being the "Tranche B-Term Loan
B Lenders"; the Tranche A Lenders, the Tranche B-Term Loan A Lenders and the
Tranche B-Term Loan B Lenders being referred to collectively as the
"Creditors"), XXXXXXXX XXXXX XXXX, XXXXXXX BRANCH, as administrative agent (in
those capacities, the "Administrative Agent") under the Tranche A Exit Facility
Agreement, the Tranche B-Term Loan A Credit Agreement and the Tranche B-Term
Loan B Credit Agreement (each as defined below), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, TORONTO
BRANCH, as collateral agent for each of the Tranche A Lenders, the Tranche
B-Term Loan A Lenders and the Tranche B-Term Loan B Lenders (in such capacity,
the "Collateral Agent") and as fonde de pouvoir pursuant to the terms of the
Tranche A Exit Facility Agreement, the Tranche B-Term Loan A Credit Agreement
and the Tranche B-Term Loan B Credit Agreement (in such capacity, the "Fonde de
Pouvoir"), COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA, as trustee for the holders of
the First Units, and COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA, as trustee for the
holders of the Second Units.
INTRODUCTORY STATEMENTS:
A. The Borrower, the Parent, certain lenders (the "2003 Tranche A
Lenders"), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, Toronto Branch, as administrative agent,
collateral agent and fonde de pouvoir, entered into a credit agreement (the
"2003 Tranche A Credit Agreement"), dated as of May 1, 2003, pursuant to which
the 2003 Tranche A Lenders established secured revolving credit facilities in
favour of the Borrower in the principal amount of Cdn.$25,000,000;
B. The Borrower, the Parent, certain lenders (the "2003 Tranche B
Lenders"), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, Toronto Branch, as administrative agent,
collateral agent and fonde de pouvoir, entered into a credit agreement (the
"2003 Tranche B Credit Agreement"), dated as of May 1, 2003, pursuant to which
the 0000 Xxxxxxx X Lenders made Cdn.$300,000,000 principal amount of secured
non-revolving loans to the Borrower on the terms and conditions set forth
therein;
C. The Borrower, the Parent, certain lenders (the "2003 Tranche C
Lenders"), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, Toronto Branch, as administrative agent,
collateral agent and fonde de pouvoir, entered into a credit agreement (the
"2003 Tranche C Credit Agreement"), dated as of
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May 1, 2003, pursuant to which the 2003 Tranche C Lenders made Cdn.$50,000,000
principal amount of secured non-revolving loans to the Borrower on the terms and
conditions set forth therein;
D. The Borrower, the Parent and their subsidiaries (other than
Unrestricted Subsidiaries) have provided security over their assets to secure
the obligations of the Borrower under the 2003 Tranche A Credit Agreement, the
0000 Xxxxxxx X Credit Agreement, and the 2003 Tranche C Credit Agreement;
E. The Borrower, the Parent, the 2003 Tranche A Lenders, the 0000
Xxxxxxx X Lenders, the 0000 Xxxxxxx X Xxxxxxx, XXXxxxxx Chase Bank, Toronto
Branch, as Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and "fonde de pouvoir" under
the 2003 Tranche A Credit Agreement, the 0000 Xxxxxxx X Credit Agreement and the
2003 Tranche C Credit Agreement, and Computershare Trust Company of Canada, as
trustee for the holders of the First Units, and Computershare Trust Company of
Canada, as trustee for the holders of the Second Units entered into an
Intercreditor and Collateral Agency Agreement (the "2003 Intercreditor
Agreement"), dated as of May 1, 2003, pursuant to which certain payment and
security priorities among the parties thereto were established;
F. The Borrower, the Parent, certain lenders (the "Tranche A Lenders"),
and JPMorgan Chase Bank, Toronto Branch, as administrative agent, collateral
agent and fonde de pouvoir, and Credit Suisse First Boston, as Syndication Agent
and Joint Lead Arranger, have entered into an amended and restated credit
agreement entitled the "Amended and Restated Tranche A Exit Facility Agreement"
(as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
"Tranche A Exit Facility Agreement"), dated as of the date hereof, pursuant to
which the parties thereto have amended and restated the 2003 Tranche A Credit
Agreement, and the Tranche A Lenders have established secured revolving credit
facilities in favour of the Borrower in the principal amount of Cdn.$50,000,000;
G. The Borrower, the Parent, certain lenders and JPMorgan Chase Bank,
Toronto Branch, as administrative agent, collateral agent and fonde de pouvoir,
have entered into an amendment and restatement agreement to the 0000 Xxxxxxx X
Credit Agreement (the "Amendment and Restatement Agreement"), dated as of the
date hereof, which amends, supplements and restates the 0000 Xxxxxxx X Credit
Agreement by dividing the "Tranche B Debt" (as defined in the Parent Articles of
Incorporation) thereunder into (a) a loan (the "Tranche B-Term Loan A Loan"),
which is governed by the terms set out in a separate agreement entitled "Tranche
B-Term Loan A Credit Agreement" dated as of the date hereof (as amended,
restated supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Tranche
B-Term Loan A Credit Agreement", and the lenders thereunder being the "Tranche
B-Term Loan A Lenders"), and (b) a loan (the "Tranche B-Term Loan B Loan"),
which is governed by the terms set out in a separate agreement entitled "Tranche
B-Term Loan B Credit Agreement" dated as of the date hereof (as amended,
restated supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the "Tranche
B-Term Loan B Credit Agreement", and the lenders thereunder being the "Tranche
B-Term Loan B Lenders");
H. The Borrower, the Parent and their subsidiaries (other than
Unrestricted Subsidiaries) have provided, or have agreed to provide, security
over their assets to secure the obligations of the Borrower to the Creditors,
the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent
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under the Tranche A Exit Facility Agreement, the Tranche B-Term Loan A Credit
Agreement, and the Tranche B-Term Loan B Credit Agreement (collectively, the
"Restated Debt Instruments");
I. The loans made under the 2003 Tranche C Credit Agreement have been
repaid in full as of the date hereof and there are no further amounts owed to
the 2003 Tranche C Lenders;
J. The purpose of this Agreement is to amend and restate the 2003
Intercreditor Agreement;
NOW THEREFORE THIS AGREEMENT WITNESSES that, in consideration of the
mutual covenants herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged by the parties to this
Agreement, the parties hereto agree with each other that the 2003 Intercreditor
Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety, to read as follows:
ARTICLE 1
INTERPRETATION
1.1 DEFINITIONS. In this Agreement, the following defined terms will have the
following meanings:
"Additional Loans" means the "Additional Loans" as defined in the
Tranche A Exit Facility Agreement and the Tranche B Credit Agreements.
"Affiliate" means, with respect to any Person, another Person that
directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls or is
Controlled by or is under common Control with, such Person.
"Agents" means the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent.
"Amortization Dates" mean each March 31, June 30, September 30 and
December 31 of any calendar year, commencing June 30, 2004.
"Asset Disposition" means, with respect to any Credit Party, the
sale, lease, license, transfer, assignment or other disposition of, or the
expropriation, condemnation, destruction or other loss of, all or any portion of
its business, assets, rights, revenues or property, real, personal or mixed,
tangible or intangible, whether in one transaction or a series of transactions
(including a sale/leaseback transaction), other than (a) inventory sold in the
ordinary course of business upon customary credit terms, (b) inventory destroyed
in the ordinary course of business or sales of scrap or obsolete material or
equipment which are not material in the aggregate, (c) sales or other
dispositions of assets which are not in the ordinary course of business or
leases of real property or personal property (under which a Credit Party is
lessor), in any such case, which have a Fair Market Value less than
Cdn.$2,000,000 for any transaction and less than Cdn.$2,000,000 for all such
transactions in any Fiscal Year and which are no longer used or useful in the
business, (d) licenses granted to third parties in the ordinary course of
business, (e) property sold to any other Credit Party, and (f) any other
disposition consented to by the "Required Lenders" under the Tranche B-Term Loan
A Credit Agreement. In the case of an expropriation, condemnation, destruction
or other loss of any property, any insurance
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proceeds or other indemnity received as a result of such event may be used by
the Credit Party within the 90-day period following the receipt of such
insurance proceeds or other indemnity to replace the property so disposed of and
such sale or disposition will not constitute an Asset Disposition. Similarly, if
the proceeds of such disposition are used to replace the property so disposed of
or to purchase another asset used in the Credit Party's business within a 90-day
period following such disposition, such disposition will not constitute an Asset
Disposition.
"Business Day" means any day, other than a Saturday or Sunday, on
which banks are generally open for business in Toronto, Ontario, Montreal,
Quebec, and New York City, U.S.A.
"Canadian Dollars" and "Cdn.$" refer to lawful money of Canada.
"Capital Expenditures" means, for any period, all expenditures
(whether paid in cash or accrued as a liability, including the portion of
Capital Lease Obligations originally incurred during such period that are
capitalized) during such period that, in conformity with GAAP, are included in
"capital expenditures", "additions to property, plant or equipment" or
comparable items, but excluding expenditures for the restoration, repair or
replacement of any fixed or capital asset that was destroyed or damaged, in
whole or in part, in an amount not exceeding any insurance proceeds received in
connection with such destruction or damage.
"Capital Lease Obligations" of any Person means the obligations of
such Person to pay rent or other amounts under any lease of (or other
arrangement conveying the right to use) real or personal property, or a
combination thereof, which obligations are required to be classified and
accounted for as capital leases on a balance sheet of such Person under GAAP,
and the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalized amount thereof
determined in accordance with GAAP.
"Collateral" means the property which is charged by or hypothecated
under the Security Documents, and includes all property, rights and assets,
present and future of the Borrower, the Parent and those subsidiaries of the
Borrower or the Parent which have provided or may hereafter provide security to
the Collateral Agent (or to any trustee or "fonde de pouvoir" for or on behalf
of the Collateral Agent and/or the Creditors) to secure the Obligations (or any
of them) to the Creditors.
"Control" means, in respect of a particular Person, the possession,
directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the
management or policies of such Person, whether through the ability to exercise
voting power, by contract or otherwise. "Controlling" and "Controlled" have
meanings correlative thereto.
"Credit Party" means the Parent, the Borrower, each of the
Subsidiaries, and any other Person which is a party to a Financing Document
(other than the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Issuing Bank (as
such term is defined in the Tranche A Exit Facility Agreement), the Creditors,
any other agent, or trustee or "fonde de pouvoir" of or for the Creditors under
any of the Restated Debt Instruments, and their respective successors and
assigns) but, for greater certainty, does not include any Unrestricted
Subsidiary.
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"Default" means an "Event of Default" under any of the Restated Debt
Instruments.
"ECF EBITDA" means operating income (loss) plus, to the extent
deducted in calculating operating income (loss), non-cash restructuring charges,
impairment of intangible assets, depreciation and amortization, all as
calculated in accordance with GAAP.
"Equity Securities" means, with respect to any Person, any and all
shares, interests, participations, rights in, or other equivalents (however
designated and whether voting and non-voting) of, such Person's capital, whether
outstanding on the date hereof or issued after the date hereof, including any
interest in a partnership, limited partnership or other similar Person and any
beneficial interest in a trust, and any and all rights, warrants, options or
other rights exchangeable for or convertible into any of the foregoing.
"Excess Cash Flow" means, for the Credit Parties for any Fiscal
Year, consolidated ECF EBITDA of the Credit Parties for such period minus the
sum (without duplication) of (i) scheduled principal payments made by the Credit
Parties during such Fiscal Year under the Tranche B-Term Loan A Credit Agreement
(including under any Additional Loans), and scheduled principal payments made by
the Credit Parties during such Fiscal Year under the Tranche B-Term Loan B
Credit Agreement (including under any Additional Loans), (ii) principal payments
made by the Credit Parties during such Fiscal Year under the Tranche A Exit
Facility Agreement (including under any Additional Loans), to the extent that
such payments result in a corresponding decrease in the commitment amounts under
the Tranche A Exit Facility Agreement, (iii) the principal portion of scheduled
payments made by the Credit Parties during such Fiscal Year on Capital Lease
Obligations, (iv) cash interest paid by the Credit Parties in respect of such
Fiscal Year, (v) cash taxes applicable to such Fiscal Year paid or payable by
the Credit Parties prior to the date of determination, and (vi) Capital
Expenditures made by the Credit Parties during such Fiscal Year (that were not
financed by the incurrence of debt) to the extent permitted by the Restated Debt
Instruments.
"Fair Market Value" means (a) with respect to any asset or group of
assets (other than a marketable security) at any date, the value of the
consideration obtainable in a sale of such asset at such date assuming a sale by
a willing seller to a willing purchaser dealing at arm's length and arranged in
an orderly manner over a reasonable period of time having regard to the nature
and characteristics of such asset, or, if such asset shall have been the subject
of a relatively contemporaneous appraisal by an independent third party
appraiser, the basic assumptions underlying which have not materially changed
since its date, the value set forth in such appraisal, and (b) with respect to
any marketable security at any date, the closing sale price of such marketable
security on the Business Day next preceding such date, or, if there is no such
closing sale price of such marketable security, the final price for the purchase
of such marketable security at face value quoted on such business day by a
financial institution of recognized standing selected by the Collateral Agent
which regularly deals in securities of such type.
"Financing Documents" means the Restated Debt Instruments, the
Amendment and Restatement Agreement, the Lien Priority Agreement and the
Security Documents.
"First Notes" means the First Notes forming part of the First Units.
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"First Preferred Shareholder/Unitholder" means a holder of First
Preferred Shares or First Units and "First Preferred Shareholders/Unitholders"
means all such holders.
"First Preferred Shareholder/Unitholder Obligations" means all
debts, obligations and liabilities, present or future, direct or indirect,
absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time owing by the Parent to
the First Preferred Shareholders/Unitholders.
"First Preferred Shares" means the First Preferred Shares in the
capital of the Parent.
"First Units" means the First Units which may be issued upon a
redemption of the First Preferred Shares.
"First Units Trustee" means Computershare Trust Company of Canada as
trustee for the holders of the First Units issued pursuant to that First Unit
Indenture dated May 1, 2003 between Computershare Trust Company of Canada and
the Parent, and any successor thereof.
"Fiscal Year" means any fiscal year of any Credit Party.
"GAAP" means generally accepted accounting principles in Canada as
in effect from time to time.
"Leverage Ratio" has the meaning set out in the Tranche B-Term Loan
A Credit Agreement.
"Lien" means, (a) with respect to any asset, any mortgage, deed of
trust, lien, pledge, hypothecation, encumbrance, charge, security interest,
royalty interest, adverse claim, defect of title or right of set off in, on or
of such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional
sale agreement, capital lease, title retention agreement or consignment
agreement (or any financing lease having substantially the same economic effect
as any of the foregoing) relating to any asset, (c) in the case of securities,
any purchase option, call or similar right of a third party with respect to such
securities, (d) any netting arrangement, defeasance arrangement or reciprocal
fee arrangement, and (e) any other arrangement having the effect of providing
security.
"Lien Priority Agreement" has the meaning set out in the Tranche
B-Term Loan A Credit Agreement.
"Mandatory Prepayments" means payments to be made to Tranche B
Lenders pursuant to Section 2.2 with proceeds from Excess Cash Flow, Asset
Dispositions or the sale or issuance of Equity Securities.
"Net Proceeds" means, (a) with respect to any Asset Disposition, the
gross amount received by the Credit Parties from such Asset Disposition,
including proceeds of any insurance policies received by the Credit Parties in
connection with such Asset Disposition and amounts received by the Credit
Parties pursuant to any expropriation proceeding or condemnation proceeding in
connection with such Asset Disposition, minus the sum of (i) the amount, if any,
of all Taxes paid or payable by the Credit Parties directly resulting from such
Asset Disposition (including the amount, if any, estimated by the relevant
Credit Party in good
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faith at the time of such Asset Disposition for Taxes payable by the Credit
Parties on or measured by net income or gain resulting from such Asset
Disposition, taking into account any Tax losses or credits available or to be
available to the Credit Parties at the time such Taxes are payable that are not
used to offset other income or gains), and (ii) the reasonable out-of-pocket
costs and expenses incurred by the Credit Parties in connection with such Asset
Disposition (including reasonable brokerage commissions and customary fees and
expenses of counsel, investment bankers and other advisors paid to a Person
other than an Affiliate of the Credit Parties, but excluding any fees or
expenses paid to an Affiliate of the Credit Parties), and (b) with respect to
any issuance of Equity Securities, the gross amount received by the Credit
Parties from such issuance of Equity Securities, minus the reasonable
out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Credit Parties in connection
with such issuance of Equity Securities (including reasonable legal,
underwriting and brokerage fees and expenses paid to a Person other than an
Affiliate of the Credit Parties, but excluding any fees or expenses paid to an
Affiliate of the Credit Parties). For greater certainty, the Net Proceeds in
respect of the issuance of Equity Securities by a Credit Party to another Credit
Party shall be nil.
"Obligations" means, collectively, the Tranche A Obligations, the
Tranche B-Term Loan A Obligations, the Tranche B-Term Loan B Obligations, the
First Preferred Shareholder/Unitholder Obligations and the Second Preferred
Shareholder/Unitholder Obligations.
"Parent Articles of Incorporation" means the restated articles of
incorporation of the Parent as attached to the restated certificate of
incorporation of the Parent dated May 20, 2003 and issued pursuant to the CBCA.
"Person" means any individual, corporation, company, voluntary
association, partnership, joint venture, trust, unincorporated organization or
government (or any agency, instrumentality or political subdivision thereof).
"Pro Rata Share" means (a) in the case of a Tranche A Lender, the
proportion which the Tranche A Obligations of such Tranche A Lender bears to the
aggregate Tranche A Obligations, (b) in the case of a Tranche B-Term Loan A
Lender, the proportion which the Tranche B-Term Loan A Obligations of such
Tranche B-Term Loan A Lender bears to the aggregate Tranche B-Term Loan A
Obligations, (c) in the case of a Tranche B-Term Loan B Lender, the proportion
which the Tranche B-Term Loan B Obligations of such Tranche B-Term Loan B Lender
bears to the aggregate Tranche B-Term Loan B Obligations, (d) in the case of a
First Preferred Shareholder/Unitholder, the proportion which the First Preferred
Shares or First Units of such First Preferred Shareholder/Unitholder bears to
the aggregate number of First Preferred Shares or First Units, (e) in the case
of a Second Preferred Shareholder/Unitholder, the proportion which the Second
Preferred Shares or Second Units of such Second Preferred Shareholder/Unitholder
bears to the aggregate number of Second Preferred Shares or Second Units, and
(f) in the case of any Creditor, the proportion which the aggregate Obligations
of such Creditor bears to the aggregate Obligations. For the purposes of this
definition of "Pro Rata Share" and other related definitions herein, the amount
of the Obligations of any Tranche A Swap Counterparty will be, as at the date of
determination, (a) in the case of all Swap Agreements with a Tranche A Swap
Counterparty which have not been terminated, the total amount which the Borrower
would be obligated to pay to the applicable Tranche A Swap Counterparty under
such Swap Agreements with the Borrower in the event of the early
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termination by such Tranche A Swap Counterparty as of such date of such Swap
Agreements as a result of the occurrence of a default or event of default
(however specified or designated thereunder), and (b) in the case of all Swap
Agreements with a Tranche A Swap Counterparty which have been terminated, the
total amount which the Borrower is obligated to pay to the applicable Tranche A
Swap Counterparty under such Swap Agreements with the Borrower.
"Restated Debt Instruments" is defined in Introductory Statement H.
"Required Creditors" means (a) at any time when the Tranche A Exit
Facility Agreement remains in effect, the "Required Lenders" under the Tranche A
Exit Facility Agreement, (b) at any time when the Tranche A Exit Facility
Agreement no longer remains in effect but amounts remain outstanding under the
Tranche B-Term Loan A Credit Agreement, the "Majority Term Loan A Lenders" under
the Tranche B-Term Loan A Credit Agreement, and (c) at any time when the Tranche
A Exit Facility Agreement no longer remains in effect and no amounts remain
outstanding under the Tranche B-Term Loan A Credit Agreement, the "Required
Lenders" under the Tranche B-Term Loan B Credit Agreement.
"Second Notes" means the Second Notes forming part of the Second
Units.
"Second Preferred Shareholder/Unitholder" means a holder of Second
Preferred Shares or Second Units and "Second Preferred Shareholders/Unitholders"
means all such holders.
"Second Preferred Shareholder/Unitholder Obligations" means all
debts, obligations and liabilities, present or future, direct or indirect,
absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured, at any time owing by the Parent to
the Second Preferred Shareholders/Unitholders.
"Second Preferred Shares" means the Second Preferred Shares in the
capital of the Parent.
"Second Units" means the Second Units which may be issued upon a
redemption of the Second Preferred Shares.
"Second Units Trustee" means Computershare Trust Company of Canada,
as trustee for the holders of the Second Units issued pursuant to that Second
Unit Indenture dated May 1, 2003 between Computershare Trust Company of Canada
and the Parent, and any successor thereof.
"Security Documents" means the Tranche A Security Documents, the
Tranche B-Term Loan A Security Documents and the Tranche B-Term Loan B Security
Documents.
"Standstill Event" means (a) at any time when the Tranche A Exit
Facility Agreement remains in effect, the provision by the Administrative Agent
under the Tranche A Exit Facility Agreement to the Borrower, the Administrative
Agent under the Tranche B-Term Loan A Credit Agreement, and the Administrative
Agent under the Tranche B-Term Loan B Credit Agreement, of a notice that a
Default has occurred and is continuing under the Tranche A Exit Facility
Agreement, or (b) at any time when amounts remain outstanding under the Tranche
B-Term Loan A Credit Agreement, the provision by the Administrative Agent under
the Tranche B-Term Loan A Credit Agreement to the Borrower and the
Administrative Agent under the
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Tranche B-Term Loan B Credit Agreement, of a notice that a Default has occurred
and is continuing under the Tranche B-Term Loan A Credit Agreement.
"Subsidiary" has the meaning given in the Tranche B-Term Loan A
Credit Agreement.
"Swap Agreement" has the meaning given in the Tranche A Exit
Facility Agreement.
"Taxes" means all taxes, charges, fees, levies, imposts and other
assessments, including all income, sales, use, goods and services, value added,
capital, capital gains, alternative, net worth, transfer, profits, withholding,
payroll, employer health, excise, real property and personal property taxes, and
any other taxes, customs duties, fees, assessments, or similar charges in the
nature of a tax, including Canada Pension Plan and provincial pension plan
contributions, unemployment insurance payments and workers' compensation
premiums, together with any instalments with respect thereto, and any interest,
fines and penalties with respect thereto, imposed by any governmental authority
(including federal, state, provincial, municipal and foreign governmental
authorities), and whether disputed or not.
"Tranche A Administrative Agent" means the "Administrative Agent",
as defined in the Tranche A Exit Facility Agreement.
"Tranche A Obligations" means all debts, obligations and
liabilities, present or future, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent,
matured or unmatured, at any time owing by the Borrower (including any interest
or fees accruing after the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency, whether
or not allowed as a claim in such proceeding) to (a) the Tranche A Lenders or
remaining unpaid by the Borrower pursuant to the Tranche A Exit Facility
Agreement, including pursuant to any Additional Loans, and (b) any Tranche A
Swap Counterparty pursuant to any Swap Agreement with such Tranche A Swap
Counterparty.
"Tranche A Security Documents" means (a) the documents and
instruments pursuant to which any of the Credit Parties which have provided
security to the Collateral Agent (or to any fonde de pouvoir (person holding the
power of attorney) for or on behalf of the Collateral Agent and/or the Tranche A
Lenders and any Tranche A Swap Counterparty) has granted security, or may in the
future grant security, over all or any portion of its assets to secure the
Tranche A Obligations, and (b) any other document or instrument executed by any
other Person which is intended to provide further security to the Tranche A
Lenders and any Tranche A Swap Counterparty (or the Collateral Agent or any
fonde de pouvoir (person holding the power of attorney) on their behalf) for the
Tranche A Obligations.
"Tranche A Swap Counterparty" means any Tranche A Lender or any
Affiliate of a Tranche A Lender, in either case to the extent that such Person
has entered into a Swap Agreement with the Borrower in accordance with the
Tranche A Exit Facility Agreement.
"Tranche B Debt" means collectively, the Tranche B-Term Loan A
Obligations and the Tranche B-Term Loan B Obligations.
"Tranche B Credit Agreements" means collectively, the Tranche B-Term
Loan A Credit Agreement and the Tranche B-Term Loan B Credit Agreement.
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"Tranche B Lenders" means collectively, the Tranche B-Term Loan A
Lenders and the Tranche B-Term Loan B Lenders.
"Tranche B Loans" means collectively, the loans advanced under the
Tranche B-Term Loan A Credit Agreement and the Tranche B-Term Loan B Credit
Agreement.
"Tranche B-Term Loan A Administrative Agent" means the
"Administrative Agent" as defined in the Tranche B-Term Loan A Credit Agreement.
"Tranche B-Term Loan A Obligations" means all debts, obligations and
liabilities, present or future, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent,
matured or unmatured, at any time owing by the Borrower (including any interest
or fees accruing after the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency
proceedings, whether or not allowed as a claim in such proceeding) to the
Tranche B-Term Loan A Lenders or remaining unpaid by the Borrower to the Tranche
B-Term Loan A Lenders pursuant to the Tranche B-Term Loan A Credit Agreement,
including pursuant to the Additional Loans.
"Tranche B-Term Loan A Security Documents" means (a) the documents
and instruments pursuant to which any of the Credit Parties which have provided
security to the Collateral Agent (or to any fonde de pouvoir (person holding the
power of attorney) for or on behalf of the Collateral Agent and/or the Tranche
B-Term Loan A Lenders) has granted security, or may in the future grant
security, over all or any portion of its assets to secure the Tranche B-Term
Loan A Obligations, and (b) any other document or instrument executed by any
other Person which is intended to provide further security to the Tranche B-Term
Loan A Lenders (or the Collateral Agent or any fonde de pouvoir (person holding
the power of attorney) on their behalf) for the Tranche B-Term Loan A
Obligations.
"Tranche B-Term Loan B Administrative Agent" means the
"Administrative Agent", as defined in the Tranche B-Term Loan B Credit
Agreement.
"Tranche B-Term Loan B Obligations" means all debts, obligations and
liabilities, present or future, direct or indirect, absolute or contingent,
matured or unmatured, at any time owing by the Borrower (including any interest
or fees accruing after the commencement of any bankruptcy or insolvency
proceedings, whether or not allowed as a claim in such proceeding) to the
Tranche B-Term Loan B Lenders or remaining unpaid by the Borrower to the Tranche
B-Term Loan B Lenders pursuant to the Tranche B-Term Loan B Credit Agreement,
including pursuant to the Additional Loans.
"Tranche B-Term Loan B Security Documents" means (a) the documents
and instruments pursuant to which any of the Credit Parties which have provided
security to the Collateral Agent (or to any fonde de pouvoir (person holding the
power of attorney) for or on behalf of the Collateral Agent and/or the Tranche
B-Term Loan B Lenders) has granted security, or may in the future grant
security, over all or any portion of its assets to secure the Tranche B-Term
Loan B Obligations, and (b) any other document or instrument executed by any
other Person which is intended to provide further security to the Tranche B-Term
Loan B Lenders (or the Collateral Agent or any fonde de pouvoir (person holding
the power of attorney) on their behalf) for the Tranche B-Term Loan B
Obligations.
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"Unrestricted Subsidiary" means Inukshuk Internet Inc. and Telcom
Investments Inc. (but in the case of Telcom Investments Inc., only for so long
as its sole activity is serving as general partner of GSM Capital Partners), and
their respective successors and permitted assigns.
"U.S. Dollars" and "U.S.$" refer to lawful money of the United
States of America.
"Warrants" means the 2005 and 2008 warrants issued pursuant to those
certain warrant indentures between the Parent and Computershare Trust Company of
Canada, as trustee, each dated May 1, 2003, entitling the holders thereof to
subscribe for Equity Securities of the Parent.
1.2 OTHER USAGES. References to "this Agreement", "the Agreement", "hereof",
"herein", "hereto" and like references refer to this Agreement and not to any
particular Article, Section or other subdivision of this Agreement. Any
references to "this Agreement", "the Agreement", "hereof", "herein", "hereto"
and like references refer to this Agreement, as amended, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof. In
this Agreement, the word "includes" or "including" means "includes without
limitation" or "including without limitation".
1.3 PLURAL AND SINGULAR. Where the context so requires, words importing the
singular number will include the plural and vice versa.
1.4 HEADINGS. The division of this Agreement into Articles, Sections and the
insertion of headings in this Agreement are for convenience of reference only
and will not affect the construction or interpretation of this Agreement.
1.5 GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the Province of Ontario and the laws of Canada
applicable in the Province of Ontario.
1.6 TIME OF THE ESSENCE. Time is of the essence of this Agreement.
1.7 PARAMOUNTCY. The priorities of the Liens granted under the Security
Documents and certain other matters ancillary thereto are governed by the terms
of the Lien Priority Agreement. If there is a conflict between the Lien Priority
Agreement and this Agreement with respect to priorities of Liens, the Lien
Priority Agreement shall govern.
1.8 NO RIGHTS CONFERRED ON BORROWER. Nothing in this Agreement will be
construed as conferring any rights upon the Borrower or any third party. The
terms and conditions hereof are and will be for the sole and exclusive benefit
of the Creditors.
1.9 CURRENCY. In determining the Pro Rata Shares of the Creditors under this
Agreement, all Obligations shall be expressed in Canadian Dollars. If any
Obligation is denominated in U.S. Dollars, then for the purposes of determining
Pro Rata Shares, such Obligation shall be converted to Canadian Dollars at an
exchange rate equal to the Bank of Canada noon spot rate on the date of
determination. Notwithstanding anything else contained herein, any Obligation
denominated in U.S. Dollars shall be payable only in U.S. Dollars.
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ARTICLE 2
SUBORDINATIONS; PRO RATA SHARING; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
2.1 SUBORDINATIONS. The First Units Trustee hereby agrees, for and on behalf
of the holders of any First Units, that all payments in respect of the
First Units, if and when issued, are hereby subordinated to the prior
indefeasible payment in cash of all of the Tranche A Obligations and the
Tranche B Debt, and the Tranche A Obligations and the Tranche B Debt will
have priority over the First Units in all respects and at all times. The
Second Units Trustee hereby agrees, for and on behalf of the holders of
any Second Units, that all payments in respect of the Second Units, if and
when issued, are hereby subordinated to the prior indefeasible payment in
cash of all of the Tranche A Obligations, the Tranche B Debt, and the
First Units, and the Tranche A Obligations, the Tranche B Debt, and the
First Units will have priority over the Second Units in all respects and
at all times. The First Units and the Second Units, if and when issued,
will be unsecured obligations of the Parent, and will not be guaranteed by
any other Credit Party.
2.2 MANDATORY PREPAYMENTS.
(a) Excess Cash Flow Payments. If, at the end of any Fiscal Year, the
Parent has a consolidated cash balance (which shall include all
cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments) of at least
Cdn.$45,000,000 (prior to the Parent's 25% share of any Excess Cash
Flow), and if the Credit Parties have generated Excess Cash Flow
during such Fiscal Year, then the Borrower shall pay to the
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Tranche B Lenders, the
First Preferred Shareholders/Unitholders and the Second Preferred
Shareholders/Unitholders, on or before March 31 of the immediately
following Fiscal Year, an amount equal to 75% of the Excess Cash
Flow generated in such Fiscal Year. Any such amount shall be applied
as contemplated by: (i) Section 2.2(d) and (e), if First Preferred
Shares or Second Preferred Shares (or First Units or Second Units,
if issued) remain outstanding; or (ii) Section 2.2(e) and (g), if no
First Preferred Shares or Second Preferred Shares (or First Units or
Second Units, if issued) remain outstanding. The Parent shall manage
its consolidated cash balance in the ordinary course and in a manner
consistent with its cash management practices in prior periods, and
shall not take any action or omit to take any action which is
intended to reduce the consolidated cash balance of the Parent for
the purpose of this Section 2.2.
(b) Proceeds of Asset Dispositions. In the event of an Asset
Disposition, the Borrower shall pay to the Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the Tranche B Lenders, within five Business Days
following the receipt of the proceeds of such Asset Disposition, an
amount equal to any Net Proceeds in excess of Cdn.$2,000,000 in the
aggregate in any Fiscal Year received from such Asset Disposition
and any other Asset Disposition which generated Net Proceeds during
such Fiscal Year. Any such amount shall be applied as contemplated
by (i) Section 2.2(d) and (e), if First Preferred Shares or Second
Preferred Shares (or First Units or Second Units, if issued) remain
outstanding; or (ii) Section 2.2(e), if no First Preferred Shares or
Second Preferred Shares (or First Units or Second Units, if issued)
remain outstanding, provided, however, that in the event of any
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payment under this Section 2.2(b) which would otherwise be required
to be made to the Tranche B Lenders (a "Triggering Event"), the
Borrower shall, instead of paying the Collateral Agent, offer to
prepay the Tranche B Loans by an amount which would have been
otherwise allocated to prepay the Tranche B Loans. Any such offer of
prepayment shall be made by the Borrower in writing and shall be
delivered to the Administrative Agent for the Tranche B-Term Loan A
Lenders or the Tranche B-Term Loan B Lenders, as applicable,
whereupon each such Administrative Agent shall forward a copy of
such notice to the Tranche B-Term Loan A Lenders or the Tranche
B-Term Loan B Lenders, as applicable. Each Tranche B-Term Loan A
Lender or Tranche B-Term Loan B Lender, as applicable, shall be
permitted to accept or reject any such offer of prepayment, and
shall have five Business Days to notify the applicable
Administrative Agent of its decision to accept or reject any such
offer of prepayment as a result of such Triggering Event. Any
Tranche B Lender which fails to notify the applicable Administrative
Agent, within such five Business Days, of its decision to accept or
reject any such offer of prepayment as a result of such Triggering
Event shall be deemed to have accepted such offer of prepayment. The
applicable Administrative Agent shall notify the Collateral Agent of
the payment entitlements, if any, resulting from the foregoing.
(c) Proceeds of Issuance of Equity Securities. Subject to Section
2.2(e), the Borrower shall ensure that, within five Business Days
after the receipt of the proceeds of any sale or issuance of Equity
Securities by a Credit Party including any proceeds from the
exercise of any of the Warrants, the relevant Credit Party shall pay
to the Collateral Agent, for the account of the Tranche B Lenders,
the First Preferred Shareholders/Unitholders and the Second
Preferred Shareholders/Unitholders, an amount equal to 75% of any
Net Proceeds from the issuance of such Equity Securities; provided
that, if no First Preferred Shares or Second Preferred Shares (or
First Units or Second Units, if issued) remain outstanding, any
proceeds received from the exercise of any of the Warrants in any
particular calendar month shall be paid by the fifth Business Day of
the next following calendar month. Subject to Section 2.2(f), any
such amount shall be applied as contemplated by: (i) Section 2.2(d)
and (e), if First Preferred Shares or Second Preferred Shares (or
First Units or Second Units, if issued) remain outstanding; or (ii)
Section 2.2(e), if no First Preferred Shares or Second Preferred
Shares (or First Units or Second Units, if issued) remain
outstanding. For greater certainty, this Section 2.2(c) shall not
apply to any issuance of Equity Securities by a Credit Party to
another Credit Party.
(d) Application of Mandatory Prepayments. If, at the time of any
Mandatory Prepayment, First Preferred Shares or Second Preferred
Shares are issued and outstanding, then Mandatory Prepayments made
pursuant to Section 2.2(a), (b) or (c), shall be applied
sequentially, in the following priority (but subject always to
Section 2.2(e) and the proviso in Section 2.2(b), and subject to the
maintenance of a minimum consolidated cash balance (which shall
include all cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments) of at
least Cdn.$45,000,000, prior to the Parent's 25% share of any Excess
Cash Flow):
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(i) first, subject to Section 2.2(e) and Section 2.2(i), to the
permanent rateable prepayment of the principal amounts
outstanding under the Tranche B Credit Agreements, up to a
maximum aggregate amount equal to 25% of the original
principal amounts under the Tranche B Credit Agreements;
(ii) second, INTENTIONALLY DELETED;
(iii) third, to the declaration and payment of dividends on the
First Preferred Shares;
(iv) fourth, until May 1, 2008, on a pro rata basis, to the
redemption of up to 75% of the First Preferred Shares issued
on May 1, 2003;
(v) fifth, to the declaration and payment of dividends on the
Second Preferred Shares;
(vi) sixth, until May 1, 2008, to the redemption of up to 75% of
the number of Second Preferred Shares issued on May 1, 2003;
(vii) seventh, after May 1, 2008, to redemption of the remaining
First Preferred Shares issued on May 1, 2003; and
(viii) eighth, after May 1, 2008, to redemption of the remaining
Second Preferred Shares issued on May 1, 2003.
If, at the time of any Mandatory Prepayment, First Units or Second
Units are issued and outstanding, then Mandatory Prepayments made
pursuant to Section 2.2(a), (b) or (c) shall be applied
sequentially, in the following priority (but subject always to
Section 2.2(e) and the proviso in Section 2.2(b), and subject to the
maintenance of a minimum consolidated cash balance (which shall
include all cash, cash equivalents and short-term investments) of at
least Cdn.$45,000,000, prior to the Parent's 25% share of any Excess
Cash Flow):
(ix) first, subject to Section 2.2(e) and Section 2.2(i), to the
permanent rateable prepayment of the principal amounts
outstanding under the Tranche B Credit Agreements, up to a
maximum aggregate amount equal to 25% of the original
principal amounts under the Tranche B Credit Agreements;
(x) second, INTENTIONALLY DELETED;
(xi) third, on a pro rata basis, to the rateable redemption of the
First Units; provided that from the date on which the First
Units are issued until the fifth anniversary of the date on
which the First Units are issued, the aggregate of all amounts
allocated to the First Units under this Section 2.2(d)(xi) and
Section 2.2(d)(xiii) shall be limited to a maximum aggregate
amount equal to 25% of the original principal amount of the
First Notes;
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(xii) fourth, until the fifth anniversary of the date on which the
Second Units are issued, to the rateable redemption of the
Second Units, up to a maximum aggregate amount equal to 25% of
the original principal amount of the Second Notes;
(xiii) fifth, after May 1, 2008, on a pro rata basis, to redemption
of the remaining First Units; provided that, from the date on
which the First Units are issued until the fifth anniversary
of the date on which the First Units are issued, the aggregate
of all amounts allocated to the First Units under this Section
2.2(d)(xiii) and Section 2.2(d)(xi) shall be limited to a
maximum aggregate amount equal to 25% of the original
principal amount of the First Notes; and
(xiv) sixth, after the fifth anniversary of the date on which the
Second Units are issued, to redemption of the remaining Second
Units.
Any amount payable under this Section 2.2 to the holders of First
Preferred Shares, Second Preferred Shares, First Units or Second
Units shall be paid by the Collateral Agent to the transfer agent or
trustee for the First Preferred Shares, Second Preferred Shares,
First Units and Second Units, as applicable, and in consultation
with the Parent so as to assist the Parent in coordinating the
making of required payments, and the Collateral Agent shall not be
responsible for any ultimate distribution to the holders thereof.
Any amount remaining after the application of payments above shall
be paid to the Parent or as otherwise required by applicable law. An
amount equal to any such amount which is paid to the Parent shall be
paid by the Borrower to the Tranche B Lenders on the date which is
five years and one day after the date hereof.
(e) Payment Allocations to Tranche B Debt. For the purpose of this
Section 2.2 and the Parent Articles of Incorporation, as between the
Tranche B-Term Loan A Loans and the Tranche B-Term Loan B Loans, all
payments, prepayments and offers of prepayment allocated to the
Tranche B Debt or the Tranche B Loans shall be made first to the
Tranche B-Term Loan A Lenders, to the fullest extent permissible
under the Tranche B-Term Loan A Credit Agreement, and no such
payments, prepayments and offers of prepayment shall be made in
respect of the Tranche B-Term Loan B Loans (any entitlement on the
part of the Tranche B-Term Loan B Lenders hereunder to receive such
payments, prepayments and offers of prepayment under this Section
2.2 and the Parent Articles of Incorporation being hereby waived).
After (but only after) all such payments, prepayments and offers of
prepayment have been made to the Tranche B-Term Loan A Lenders, any
residual amount allocated to the Tranche B Debt or the Tranche B
Loans under this Section 2.2 and the Parent Articles of
Incorporation will be paid to the Tranche B-Term Loan B Lenders. Any
payment made pursuant to this Section 2.2 shall be applied, firstly,
pro rata against the amounts payable to the Tranche B-Term Loan A
Lenders under the Tranche B-Term Loan A Credit Agreement on the next
four Amortization Dates to occur after the date of such payment;
secondly, pro rata against the amounts payable to the Tranche B-Term
Loan A Lenders under the Tranche B-Term Loan A Credit Agreement on
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the remaining Amortization Dates; thirdly, pro rata against the
amounts payable to the Tranche B-Term Loan B Lenders under the
Tranche B-Term Loan B Credit Agreement on the same next four
Amortization Dates to occur after the date of such payment; and
thereafter, pro rata against the amounts payable to the Tranche
B-Term Loan B Lenders under the Tranche B-Term Loan B Credit
Agreement on the remaining Amortization Dates to occur after the
date of such payment.
(f) Waiver Regarding Proceeds of Issuance of Equity Securities.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 2.2(c), if the Parent
issues Equity Securities after the date hereof, and if (A) no Event
of Default has occurred and is continuing and (B) the sale or issue
price per security of the Parent's Equity Securities is greater than
the redemption price per preferred share of the First Preferred
Shares and Second Preferred Shares, then (X) the Tranche B Lenders
waive their right to receive any amount on account thereof of up to
the first Cdn.$250,000,000 of Net Proceeds received by the Parent
from such issuance of Equity Securities after the date hereof, and
(Y) if the aggregate amount of Net Proceeds received by the Parent
from the issuance of Equity Securities exceeds Cdn.$250,000,000, the
right of the Tranche B Lenders to receive a Mandatory Prepayment in
respect of that portion of such Net Proceeds which exceeds
Cdn.$250,000,000 but is less than Cdn.$350,000,000 shall be limited
to the right to receive 50% of the amount which the Tranche B
Lenders would have otherwise received under Section 2.2(c) (any
additional entitlement on the part of the Tranche B Lenders
hereunder to receive payments, prepayments and offers of prepayment
under Section 2.2(c) being hereby waived). For greater certainty,
any amount that has not been paid to the Tranche B Lenders as a
result of this paragraph (f) shall instead: (i) if First Preferred
Shares or Second Preferred Shares (or First Units or Second Units if
issued) are issued and outstanding, be applied pursuant to Section
2.2(d)(ii) through (viii) or Sections 2.2(d)(x) through (xiv),
subject to the limitations provided therein or (ii) if no First
Preferred Shares or Second Preferred Shares (or First Units or
Second Units if issued) are issued and outstanding, be retained by
the Parent.
(g) Modification of Excess Cash Flow Payments. Commencing on the date
when no First Preferred Shares or Second Preferred Shares (or First
Units or Second Units) remain outstanding, the entitlements of the
First Preferred Shareholders/Unitholders and Second Preferred
Shareholders/Unitholders in Sections 2.2(d) (iii) to(viii) and (xi)
to (xiv) will no longer apply, and if the Credit Parties generate
Excess Cash Flow during a Fiscal Year, the Borrower shall comply
with its obligations under Section 2.2(a), but instead of paying 75%
of such Excess Cash Flow, the Credit Parties' payments with respect
to Excess Cash Flow in respect of a Fiscal Year shall be in the
following percentages, by reference to the Leverage Ratio existing
as at December 31 of such Fiscal Year:
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LEVERAGE RATIO PERCENTAGE OF EXCESS CASH FLOW
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Equal to or greater than 4:1 100%
Less than 4:1 but equal to or greater than 3:1 75%
Less than 3:1 50%
(h) Notices. In the case of any payment pursuant to Section 2.2 of this
Agreement, the Borrower or the Parent shall provide to the
Collateral Agent written notice of such payment at least three
Business Days prior to the date such payment is to be made. If any
such notice is given, the amount specified in such notice shall be
due and payable on the date specified in such notice, together with
any amounts payable pursuant to Section 2.10 of the Tranche A Exit
Facility Agreement or Section 2.10 of the Tranche B Credit
Agreements, as applicable. Upon receipt of any notice given pursuant
to this Section 2.2(h), the Collateral Agent shall promptly notify
each affected party of the contents thereof and of such party's Pro
Rata Share of such payment.
(i) Tranche B Tax Threshold. If a Mandatory Prepayment required by this
Section 2.2 would result in the repayment of an amount exceeding 25%
of the aggregate original principal amount of the Tranche B Loans
(the "Tranche B Tax Threshold Amount") on or before the fifth
anniversary of the Effective Date (as defined in the Tranche B
Credit Agreements), taking into account all Amortization Payments
(as defined in the Tranche B Credit Agreements), all Mandatory
Prepayments made to the Tranche B Lenders pursuant to Sections
2.2(a) and (c) and all other mandatory prepayments including the
payment of call premiums pursuant to the Tranche B-Term Loan B
Credit Agreement (but, for greater certainty, not taking into
account any Mandatory Prepayments made to the Tranche B Lenders
pursuant to an Asset Disposition, or any voluntary prepayments),
then, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 2.2, that
Mandatory Prepayment shall not be paid to the Tranche B Lenders, to
the extent that such amount would cause the Tranche B Tax Threshold
Amount to be exceeded (such portion that would exceed the Tranche B
Tax Threshold Amount referred to as the "Excess Amount"), and shall
instead (i) if First Preferred Shares or Second Preferred Shares (or
First Units or Second Units if issued) remain outstanding, be
applied pursuant to Sections 2.2(d)(ii) through (viii) or Sections
2.2(d)(x) through (xiv), as applicable, subject to the limitations
provided therein; or (ii) if no First Preferred Shares or Second
Preferred Shares (or First Units or Second Units if issued) remain
outstanding, be available for use by the Credit Parties in their
sole discretion. An amount equal to the Excess Amount shall be paid
by the Borrower to the Tranche B Lenders on the date which is five
years and one day after the date hereof.
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2.3 PERMITTED PAYMENTS. Prior to a Standstill Event, the Parent may make, and
the holders of First Units may receive, payments in accordance with Section 2.2
of this Agreement. After a Standstill Event, the Parent may not make, and the
holders of First Units may not receive, any payment on account of the First
Units unless all Tranche A Obligations and Tranche B Debt are indefeasibly paid
in full. Prior to a Standstill Event, the Parent may make, and the holders of
Second Units may receive, payments in accordance with Section 2.2 of this
Agreement. After a Standstill Event, the Parent may not make, and the holders of
Second Units may not receive, any payment on account of the Second Units unless
all Tranche A Obligations, Tranche B Debt, and First Units are indefeasibly paid
in full.
2.4 CONSENT OF CREDITORS. Each Creditor consents to the granting or assuming
by the Credit Parties of the security constituted by the Security Documents and
the incurring or assuming by the Credit Parties of the Obligations, and confirms
that such action does not and will not constitute a default under or otherwise
contravene any terms of the Obligations held by such Creditor.
2.5 PLEDGED SHARES. The Creditors acknowledge that the Equity Securities of
all direct and indirect subsidiaries of the Parent are required to be pledged by
the relevant shareholder to the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Creditors, and
that the Collateral Agent is holding such Equity Securities. The Collateral
Agent agrees to hold such Equity Securities on behalf of all of the Creditors in
accordance with the terms set forth in the Lien Priority Agreement.
ARTICLE 3
THE COLLATERAL AGENT; MISCELLANEOUS
3.1 AUTHORIZATION OF COLLATERAL AGENT. Each of the Tranche A Lenders (for
itself and any of its Affiliates which may become a Tranche A Swap Counterparty,
and also in the capacity of "Issuing Bank" under the Tranche A Exit Facility
Agreement) and the Tranche A Administrative Agent irrevocably appoints and
authorizes the Collateral Agent to act as its collateral agent under the Tranche
A Security Documents and to hold the security constituted thereby (including the
pledge or re-pledge of any and all bonds issued by the Borrower and any other
Credit Party under and secured by any deed of hypothec and issue of bonds) for
the benefit of the Tranche A Lenders, any Affiliate of a Tranche A Lender which
may become a Tranche A Swap Counterparty, and the Tranche A Administrative
Agent, and to exercise all powers granted under the Tranche A Security
Documents, together with all powers reasonably incidental thereto and the
Collateral Agent hereby accepts such appointment. Each of the Tranche B-Term
Loan A Lenders and the Tranche B-Term Loan A Administrative Agent irrevocably
appoints and authorizes the Collateral Agent to act as its collateral agent
under the Tranche B-Term Loan A Security Documents and to hold the security
constituted thereby (including the pledge or re-pledge of any and all bonds
issued by the Borrower under and secured by any deed of hypothec and issue of
bonds) for the benefit of the Tranche B-Term Loan A Lenders and the Tranche
B-Term Loan A Administrative Agent, and to exercise all powers granted under the
Tranche B-Term Loan A Security Documents, together with all powers reasonably
incidental thereto and the Collateral Agent hereby accepts such appointment.
Each of the Tranche B-Term Loan B Lenders and the Tranche B-Term Loan B
Administrative Agent irrevocably appoints and authorizes the Collateral Agent to
act as its collateral agent under the Tranche B-Term Loan B
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Security Documents and to hold the security constituted thereby (including the
pledge or re-pledge of any and all bonds issued by the Borrower under and
secured by any deed of hypothec and issue of bonds) for the benefit of the
Tranche B-Term Loan B Lenders and the Tranche B-Term Loan B Administrative
Agent, and to exercise all powers granted under the Tranche B-Term Loan B
Security Documents, together with all powers reasonably incidental thereto and
the Collateral Agent hereby accepts such appointment. The Collateral Agent shall
have no duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth herein. The
Collateral Agent shall be entitled to use its discretion with respect to
exercising or refraining from exercising any rights which may be vested in it
by, and with respect to taking or refraining from taking any action or actions
which it may be able to take under or in respect of, this Agreement and the
applicable Security Documents, unless the Collateral Agent shall have been
directed to exercise such rights or to take or refrain from taking such action,
and the Collateral Agent may from time to time request direction in this regard.
The Collateral Agent shall not incur any liability for anything which it may do
or refrain from doing in the reasonable exercise of its judgement or which may
seem to it to be necessary or desirable in the circumstances, except for its
gross negligence or wilful misconduct. The Collateral Agent shall not be
required to take any action which it determines to be contrary to the applicable
Security Documents or any applicable law. As to matters not expressly provided
for by this Agreement, the Collateral Agent is not required to exercise any
discretion or to take any action (and is fully protected in so acting or
refraining from acting) except upon the directions of the Required Creditors.
The Collateral Agent may, at any time, request directions or instructions from
the Required Creditors with respect to any actions or approvals which, by the
terms of any of this Agreement or the applicable Security Documents, the
Collateral Agent is permitted or required to take or to grant, and the
Collateral Agent shall be absolutely entitled to refrain from taking any such
action or to withhold any such approval and shall not be under any liability
whatsoever as a result thereof until it shall have received such directions or
instructions from the Required Creditors. The Collateral Agent may (but need
not) require that any directions of the Required Creditors be provided in
writing. Except as expressly otherwise provided herein or in the Lien Priority
Agreement, the Creditors will act through the Collateral Agent with respect to
any action which they may be able to take under or in respect of any of the
Security Documents or the Collateral. The Collateral Agent hereby agrees with
the Creditors that, with respect to all matters relating to any of the Security
Documents, the Collateral Agent is not acting as collateral agent for any Person
other than the Creditors and the Collateral Agent hereby agrees with the
Creditors that, subject to the right of the Collateral Agent to resign in
accordance with Section 3.10 of this Agreement, the Collateral Agent shall
continue to act as collateral agent under the Security Documents and to hold the
security constituted thereby for the sole and exclusive benefit of the Creditors
in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement and not in any
other capacity without the prior written consent of all the Creditors.
3.2 RELIANCE ON WRITINGS AND LEGAL ADVICE. The Collateral Agent shall be
entitled to rely upon any writing, notice, certificate, telecopy or facsimile
message, telex, cable, statement, order or other document or telephone
conversation believed by the Collateral Agent to be genuine and correct and to
have been signed, sent or made by the proper Person or Persons, and with respect
to legal matters, to act upon advice of legal advisers selected by the
Collateral Agent concerning all matters pertaining to this Agreement and its
duties hereunder.
3.3 COSTS AND EXPENSES. Each Creditor agrees that it will, on demand,
reimburse the Collateral Agent for its Pro Rata Share of any and all reasonable
costs, expenses and
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disbursements (excluding normal overhead and salary expenses of the Collateral
Agent's employees incurred in connection with the normal operation of this
Agreement) which may be incurred or made by the Collateral Agent in connection
with the performance and enforcement of this Agreement or of any of the Security
Documents for which the Collateral Agent is not promptly reimbursed at any time
by or on behalf of the Borrower (the Borrower hereby undertaking to effect such
reimbursement promptly upon demand by the Collateral Agent), except to the
extent such costs, expenses or disbursements arise out of the Collateral Agent's
gross negligence or wilful misconduct. The Collateral Agent shall not be obliged
to expend its own funds or otherwise incur any financial obligations in
connection with this Agreement or any of the Security Documents unless the
Collateral Agent is so reimbursed.
3.4 AUTHORITY OF COLLATERAL AGENT TO ACT. The Collateral Agent shall have the
right, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, to take such actions as it
deems fit or refrain from taking any action, or to give agreements, consents,
approvals or instructions to the Borrower on behalf of the Creditors in respect
of all matters relating to the enforcement of any of the Security Documents;
provided, however, that the Collateral Agent shall not waive a Default, or in
respect of any matter relating to the enforcement of any of the Security
Documents, make any decision or give any consent which could materially impact
the Creditors' interests unless so directed by the Required Creditors in respect
thereof. Any directions given by the Required Creditors to the Collateral Agent
in respect of matters relating to the enforcement of the applicable Security
Documents or otherwise specifically referred to in this Agreement as being
governed by a decision of the Required Creditors pursuant to this Agreement
shall be binding on all Creditors.
3.5 DISCLAIMER. The Collateral Agent shall not be liable to any Creditor for
any error of judgement or for any action taken or omitted by the Collateral
Agent or with respect to anything which the Collateral Agent may do or refrain
from doing in the reasonable exercise of its own judgement or which may seem to
the Collateral Agent to be necessary or desirable in the circumstances, except
gross negligence or wilful misconduct. If the Collateral Agent exercises the
same care in administering the Security Documents as the Collateral Agent
exercises with respect to credit facilities which the Collateral Agent alone
makes, the Collateral Agent shall have no further responsibility to the
Creditors. In all cases, the Collateral Agent shall be fully protected in acting
or refraining from acting under the Security Documents in accordance with the
directions of the Required Creditors.
3.6 INDEMNIFICATION. Each Creditor agrees to indemnify the Collateral Agent
(to the extent not reimbursed by the Borrower (the Borrower hereby undertaking
to effect such reimbursement promptly upon demand by the Collateral Agent))
rateably in accordance with its Pro Rata Share from and against any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, actions, judgements,
suits, costs, expenses, taxes or disbursements of any kind and nature whatsoever
which may be imposed on, incurred by, or asserted against the Collateral Agent
in its capacity as such in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement
or any other documents contemplated by or referred to herein or the transactions
contemplated hereby (including the costs and expenses which the Borrower is
obligated to pay) or any action taken or omitted by the Collateral Agent in
enforcing any of the terms hereof or preserving any rights hereunder; provided,
that no Creditor shall be liable for any of the foregoing to the extent they
arise from the Collateral Agent's gross negligence or wilful misconduct. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing, each Creditor agrees to reimburse the
Collateral Agent promptly upon demand for its Pro Rata Share of out-of-pocket
expenses (including the fees and disbursements of counsel)
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incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection with the determination or
preservation of any rights of the Collateral Agent or the Creditors under, or
the enforcement of, or legal advice in respect of rights or responsibilities
under this Agreement, to the extent that the Collateral Agent is not reimbursed
for such expenses by the Borrower (the Borrower hereby undertaking to effect
such reimbursement promptly upon demand therefore by the Collateral Agent).
3.7 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF CREDITORS. Each Creditor acknowledges to the Collateral
Agent that it has been, and will continue to be, solely responsible for making
its own independent appraisal of and investigation into the financial condition,
creditworthiness, affairs, status and nature of the Borrower and accordingly
each Creditor confirms to the Collateral Agent that it has not relied, and will
not hereafter rely on the Collateral Agent (i) to check or enquire on its behalf
into the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any information provided by the
Borrower or in connection with this Agreement (whether or not such information
has been or is hereafter circulated to such Creditor by the Collateral Agent),
or (ii) to assess or keep under review on its behalf the financial condition,
creditworthiness, affairs, status or nature of the Borrower. Without limiting
any other provision hereof that is protective of the Collateral Agent, each
Creditor separately acknowledges that the Collateral Agent, after consultation
with certain of the Creditors and Credit Parties, has determined that certain
steps necessary and/or desirable to perfect the Liens and/or enforcement rights
of the Collateral Agent (as set out in Schedule A) should not be taken, because
of time and expense constraints and for other reasons, and that each Creditor
has been advised as to the limitations upon the scope of the Collateral Agent's
perfected Liens, has been advised as to steps the Collateral Agent has
determined should not be taken to perfect the Collateral Agent's Liens and/or
enforcement rights, and has independently concluded that the Creditor is willing
to proceed with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement notwithstanding
the limitations upon the perfection and/or enforcement rights of the Collateral
Agent (as set out in Schedule A) as a result of such determinations. In general,
each Creditor acknowledges its familiarity with, and agreement to proceed,
notwithstanding the fact that: (i) the Collateral Agent has relied upon the
Credit Parties to identify inventory and provide valuations of the real and
personal properties owned by the Credit Parties, and relevant information
regarding such real and personal property, without obtaining independent
corroboration or verification of such information provided by the Credit
Parties; (ii) the Collateral Agent has relied upon the Credit Parties and
counsel to the Credit Parties to identify and provide relevant information with
respect to the Credit Parties' ownership rights with respect to, and with
respect to prior Liens upon title to, the real and personal properties owned by
the Credit Parties without obtaining independent searches of such titles and
Liens and without obtaining independent information regarding the relevant
information relating to such titles and Liens; (iii) the Collateral Agent has
selectively honored the requests of the Credit Parties that the Collateral Agent
not expend the resources necessary to perfect Liens upon assets of the Credit
Parties represented by the Credit Parties to be of less than material value
given the magnitude of the Obligations; (iv) the Collateral Agent has honored
the requests of the Credit Parties that certain Affiliates of the Credit Parties
not be financially responsible for the Obligations. In particular, each Creditor
acknowledges its familiarity with, and agreement to proceed notwithstanding each
of the matters set forth on Schedule A attached hereto with respect to such
matters.
3.8 DUTY OF COLLATERAL AGENT TO DELIVER DOCUMENTS. The Collateral Agent shall
promptly distribute to, or otherwise make available to each Creditor, such
documents, papers, materials and other information as are furnished by the
Borrower to the Collateral Agent, or by the
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Collateral Agent to the Borrower, in each case pursuant to this Agreement or the
applicable Security Documents, but shall have no other obligation to provide any
Creditor with any credit or other information whatsoever with respect to the
Borrower and shall be under no obligation to inquire as to the performance by
the Borrower of its obligations hereunder. Distribution of documents, papers,
materials and other information may (but need not) be effected by granting to
the Creditors electronic access to same.
3.9 NO ASSOCIATION AMONG CREDITORS. Nothing contained in this Agreement and no
action taken pursuant to it shall, or shall be deemed to, constitute the
Creditors a partnership, association, joint venture or other similar entity.
3.10 SUCCESSOR COLLATERAL AGENT. Subject to the appointment and acceptance of a
successor agent as provided in this Section 3.10, the Collateral Agent may
resign at any time by giving 30 days' prior written notice thereof to the
Creditors and the Borrower and the Collateral Agent may be removed at any time
for cause by the Required Creditors in respect thereof. Upon any such
resignation or removal, the Required Creditors shall have the right to appoint a
successor agent. Any successor agent which may be appointed under this Section
3.10 shall be a Creditor or an Affiliate of a Creditor which has an office in
Montreal or Toronto or is a reputable financial institution which has an office
in Montreal or Toronto. If no such successor agent shall have been appointed by
the Required Creditors and shall have accepted such appointment within 30 days
after the retiring agent's giving of notice of resignation or the Required
Creditors' removal of the retiring agent, then the retiring agent may, on behalf
of the Creditors, appoint a successor agent, which shall be a reputable
financial institution having an office in Montreal or Toronto. Upon the
acceptance of any appointment as Collateral Agent by a successor agent, such
successor agent shall thereupon succeed to and become vested with all the
rights, powers, privileges, obligations and duties of the retiring agent and
shall be deemed for the purposes of this Agreement and all Financing Documents
to be the Collateral Agent and such retiring agent shall be discharged from its
duties and obligations under this Agreement. After any such retiring agent's
resignation, removal or replacement hereunder as Collateral Agent, the
provisions of this Agreement shall continue in effect for its benefit and for
the benefit of the Creditors in respect of any actions taken or omitted to be
taken by the retiring agent while it was acting as Collateral Agent.
3.11 NO THIRD PARTY RIGHTS ESTABLISHED. No creditor of the Borrower or other
Person which is not a party to this Agreement will derive any rights or benefits
hereunder.
3.12 WAIVERS AND AMENDMENTS. No party to this Agreement will, by any act or
delay, be deemed to have waived any right or remedy hereunder or to have
acquiesced in any default or in any breach of any of the terms and conditions
hereof. No failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of
either party, any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver
thereof. No single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege
hereunder will preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of
any other right, power or privilege. A waiver by either party of any right or
remedy hereunder on any one occasion will not be construed as a bar to any right
or remedy which such party would otherwise have on any future occasion.
3.13 SEVERABILITY. Any provision of this Agreement that is prohibited or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction will, as to that jurisdiction, be ineffective
to the extent of such prohibition or
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unenforceability and will be severed from the balance of this Agreement, all
without affecting the remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the
validity or enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
3.14 SUCCESSORS AND ASSIGNS. This Agreement and all rights and interests of the
Creditors under the Security Documents will enure to the benefit of, and be
binding on, the parties hereto and their successors and permitted assigns (as
stipulated in the Tranche A Exit Facility Agreement, the Tranche B-Term Loan A
Credit Agreement or the Tranche B-Term Loan B Credit Agreement, as applicable);
provided, however, that as a condition precedent of any such assignment, the
assignee must agree in writing to be bound by and act in accordance with the
terms, provisions and intent of this Agreement. The parties hereto agree that
any assignment by a Creditor in accordance with this Section 3.14 of any of its
rights under this Agreement or any of the Security Documents shall be effective
and binding on all the parties hereto and that the assignee of such rights and
interests shall thereafter be and be treated as a Creditor hereunder and under
the applicable Security Documents for all purposes hereof and thereof and shall,
to the extent of the rights and interests assigned to it by the assignor, be
entitled to the full benefits and subject to the full obligations of the
assignor hereunder and thereunder to the same extent as if the assignee were an
original party in respect of the rights and interests assigned to it.
3.15 COUNTERPARTS; BINDING NATURE. This Agreement may be executed in any number
of counterparts, all of which will be deemed to be an original and such
counterparts taken together will constitute one agreement and any of the parties
hereto may execute this Agreement by signing any such counterpart. This
Agreement shall be effective when each party hereto has executed a counterpart
and has delivered the same to the Collateral Agent. Delivery of an executed
signature page to this Agreement by any party by facsimile transmission shall be
as effective as delivery of a manually executed copy of this Agreement by such
party.
3.16 FURTHER ASSURANCES. The parties hereto agree to execute and deliver such
further and other documents and perform and cause to be performed such further
and other acts and things as may be necessary or desirable in order to give full
effect to this Agreement and every part thereof, including all acts, deeds and
agreements as may be necessary or desirable for the purpose of enforcement of
the Security Documents pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and registering
or filing notice of the terms of this Agreement. No party to this Agreement will
take any action whereby the pro rata sharing arrangements set out in this
Agreement might be impaired or defeated.
3.17 COMMUNICATION. Any communication required or permitted to be given under
this Agreement will be in writing and will be effectively made and given if (i)
delivered personally, (ii) sent by prepaid courier service, or (iii) sent
prepaid by facsimile transmission or other similar means of electronic
communication, in each case to the address or facsimile number of the relevant
party set out opposite such party's name in the execution pages of this
Agreement. Any communication so given will be deemed to have been given and to
have been received on the day of delivery if so delivered, or on the day of
facsimile transmission or sending by other means of recorded electronic
communication provided that such day is a Business Day and the communication is
so delivered or sent prior to 4:30 p.m. (local time at the place of receipt).
Otherwise, such communication will be deemed to have been given and to have been
received on the following Business Day. Any party to this Agreement may from
time to time change its
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respective address or facsimile number for notice by giving notice to the other
parties hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Section 3.17.
3.18 QUEBEC SECURITY. For greater certainty, and without limiting the powers of
the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, or any other Person acting as
an agent or mandatary for such Agents hereunder or under any of the other
Financing Documents, the Borrower and the Parent hereby acknowledge that, for
purposes of holding any security granted by any Credit Party on property
pursuant to the laws of the Province of Quebec to secure obligations of the
Borrower or any other Credit Party under any bond or other title of indebtedness
issued by the Borrower or any other Credit Party, the Collateral Agent shall be
the holder of an irrevocable power of attorney (fonde de pouvoir within the
meaning of Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Quebec) for (i) all present and
future Creditors, including any Lender or Person that makes available to the
Borrower any Additional Loans and the Issuing Bank (as defined in the Tranche A
Exit Facility Agreement) and any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues
letters of credit, and (ii) any Affiliate of any Tranche A Lender that may from
time to time enter into Swap Agreements with the Borrower and in particular, for
all present and future holders of any such bond or other title of indebtedness.
Each Creditor, for itself, and in respect of the Tranche A Lenders and the
Issuing Bank (as defined in the Tranche A Exit Facility Agreement) and any
Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues letters of credit, and on behalf of
any of its Affiliates that enter into Swap Agreements with the Borrower and any
Persons that make available Additional Loans, hereby (i) irrevocably
constitutes, to the extent necessary the Collateral Agent as the holder of an
irrevocable power of attorney (fonde de pouvoir within the meaning of Article
2692 of the Civil Code of Quebec) in order to hold hypothecs and security
granted by the Borrower or any other Credit Party on property pursuant to the
laws of the Province of Quebec to secure obligations of the Borrower or any
other Credit Party under any bond or other title of indebtedness issued by the
Borrower or any other Credit Party; and (ii) appoints and agrees that the
applicable Administrative Agent may act as the bondholder and mandatary with
respect to any bond or other title of indebtedness that may be issued by any
Credit Party and pledged from time to time for the benefit of the Creditors,
(including any Persons that become Tranche A Lenders pursuant to the extension
of any Additional Loans), any Affiliates of the Tranche A Lenders that enter
into Swap Agreements and the Issuing Bank and any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank
that issues letters of credit.
The constitution of the Collateral Agent as the holder of such irrevocable power
of attorney (fonde de pouvoir) and the applicable Administrative Agent as
bondholder and mandatary with respect to any bond or other title of indebtedness
that may be issued by any Credit Party and pledged from time to time for the
benefit of the Creditors, the Persons (including any Lenders) that make
available Additional Loans, any Affiliates of the Tranche A Lenders that enter
into Swap Agreements and the Issuing Bank and any Affiliate of the Issuing Bank
that issues letters of credit shall be deemed to have been ratified and
confirmed as follows:
(i) by any assignee of a Creditor or of the Issuing Bank and any
Affiliate of the Issuing Bank that issues letters of credit,
by the execution of an Assignment and Assumption under the
relevant Restated Debt Instruments;
(ii) by any Person that provides Additional Loans, by the execution
of a supplemental agreement to the relevant Restated Debt
Instruments; and
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(iii) by any Affiliate of a Tranche A Lender that enters into a Swap
Agreement, by the execution of the relevant Swap Agreement.
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 32 of the An Act respecting the
special powers of legal persons (Quebec), the Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent may purchase, acquire and be the holder of any bond or other
title of indebtedness issued by the Borrower or any other Credit Party (i.e. the
fonde de pouvoir may acquire and hold the first bond issued under any deed of
hypothec by the Borrower or any Credit Party). The Borrower and each Credit
Party hereby acknowledge that any such bond shall constitute a title of
indebtedness, as such term is used in Article 2692 of the Civil Code of Quebec.
The Collateral Agent herein appointed as fonde de pouvoir shall have the same
rights, powers and immunities as the Agents as stipulated herein, including
under this Section 3, which shall apply mutatis mutandis. Without limitation,
the provisions of Section 3.10 shall apply mutatis mutandis to the resignation
and appointment of a successor Collateral Agent acting as fonde de pouvoir.
3.19 ENTIRE AGREEMENT. This Agreement together with the Lien Priority Agreement
contain the entire understanding of the parties hereto with respect to the
subject matter hereof and supersedes any prior agreements, undertakings,
declarations, representations and understandings, both written and verbal, in
respect of the subject matter hereof, provided, however, that nothing in this
Agreement is to be construed as effecting any novation of any of the rights of
the Collateral Agent and the Creditors under any of the Security Documents and
the security constituted thereby, all such rights being hereby expressly
reserved. There are no restrictions, agreements, promises, warranties, covenants
or undertakings relating to the subject matter hereof other than those set forth
in this Agreement. This Agreement amends and restates the 2003 Intercreditor
Agreement in its entirety.
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INTERCREDITOR AND COLLATERAL AGENCY AGREEMENT
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF the parties hereto have executed this Agreement
as of the date first above written.
BORROWER PARENT
MICROCELL SOLUTIONS INC. MICROCELL TELECOMMUNICATIONS INC.
By: _____________________________ By: _____________________________
Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxx Name: Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Title: Vice-President, Legal Affairs Title: Vice-President, Legal Affairs
and Assistant Secretary and Assistant Secretary
AGENTS
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK TORONTO
BRANCH, as Administrative Agent under
the Tranche A Exit Facility Agreement, the
Tranche B-Term Loan A Credit Agreement
and the Tranche B-Term Loan B Credit
Agreement, and as Collateral Agent and
Fonde de Pouvoir
By: _____________________________
Name: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx
Title: Vice-President
TRUSTEES
COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY COMPUTERSHARE TRUST COMPANY OF CANADA,
OF CANADA, as trustee for the as trustee for the holders of the
holders of the First Units Second Units
By: _____________________________ By: _____________________________
By: _____________________________ By: _____________________________
INTERCREDITOR AND COLLATERAL AGENCY AGREEMENT
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TRANCHE A LENDERS
ADDRESS: (Please complete)
_____________________________________
(Type or print name of Lender) Street Address: ______________________
______________________
By: _________________________________ City: ______________________
Name: _______________________________ Province/State: ______________________
Title: ______________________________ Postal/Zip Code:______________________
By: _________________________________ Country: ______________________
Name: _______________________________ Contact: ______________________
Title:_______________________________ Phone: ______________________
Fax: ______________________
E-mail: ______________________
INTERCREDITOR AND COLLATERAL AGENCY AGREEMENT
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TRANCHE B-TERM LOAN A LENDERS
ADDRESS: (Please complete)
_____________________________________
(Type or print name of Lender) Street Address: ______________________
______________________
By: _________________________________ City: ______________________
Name: _______________________________ Province/State: ______________________
Title: ______________________________ Postal/Zip Code:______________________
By: _________________________________ Country: ______________________
Name: _______________________________ Contact: ______________________
Title:_______________________________ Phone: ______________________
Fax: ______________________
E-mail: ______________________
INTERCREDITOR AND COLLATERAL AGENCY AGREEMENT
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TRANCHE B- TERM LOAN B LENDERS
ADDRESS: (Please complete)
_____________________________________
(Type or print name of Lender) Street Address: ______________________
______________________
By: _________________________________ City: ______________________
Name: _______________________________ Province/State: ______________________
Title: ______________________________ Postal/Zip Code:______________________
By: _________________________________ Country: ______________________
Name: _______________________________ Contact: ______________________
Title:_______________________________ Phone: ______________________
Fax: ______________________
E-mail: ______________________
SCHEDULE "A"
1. Inukshuk Internet Inc. and Telcom Investments Inc. are "Unrestricted
Subsidiaries" under the Tranche A Exit Facility Agreement, the Tranche B-Term
Loan A Credit Agreement and the Tranche B-Term Loan B Credit Agreement and
therefore are not "Credit Parties".
2. The Collateral Agent has not made any real estate filings against any cell
sites or any retail locations.
3. The Collateral Agent has not made any real estate filings against any
leased premises to the extent that a consent of the relevant landlord is
required under the relevant lease, and such consent has not been provided to the
Collateral Agent (it being expressly acknowledged that the Collateral Agent is
under no duty to seek such consent).
4. See the other security qualifications in the opinion of counsel to the
Credit Parties delivered on the date hereof.
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INTRODUCTORY STATEMENTS......................................................................................... 1
ARTICLE 1 INTERPRETATION............................................................................ 3
1.1 Definitions................................................................................... 3
1.2 Other Usages.................................................................................. 11
1.3 Plural and Singular........................................................................... 11
1.4 Headings...................................................................................... 11
1.5 Governing Law................................................................................. 11
1.6 Time of the Essence........................................................................... 11
1.7 Paramountcy................................................................................... 11
1.8 No Rights Conferred on Borrower............................................................... 11
1.9 Currency...................................................................................... 11
ARTICLE 2 SUBORDINATIONS; PRO RATA SHARING; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS........................................ 12
2.1 Subordinations................................................................................ 12
2.2 Mandatory Prepayments......................................................................... 12
2.3 Permitted Payments............................................................................ 18
2.4 Consent of Creditors.......................................................................... 18
2.5 Pledged Shares................................................................................ 18
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ARTICLE 3 THE COLLATERAL AGENT; MISCELLANEOUS....................................................... 18
3.1 Authorization of Collateral Agent............................................................. 19
3.2 Reliance on Writings and Legal Advice......................................................... 19
3.3 Costs and Expenses............................................................................ 19
3.4 Authority of Collateral Agent to Act.......................................................... 20
3.5 Disclaimer.................................................................................... 20
3.6 Indemnification............................................................................... 20
3.7 Acknowledgement of Creditors.................................................................. 21
3.8 Duty of Collateral Agent to Deliver Documents................................................. 21
3.9 No Association among Creditors................................................................ 22
3.10 Successor Collateral Agent.................................................................... 22
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3.11 No Third Party Rights Established............................................................. 22
3.12 Waivers and Amendments........................................................................ 22
3.13 Severability.................................................................................. 22
3.14 Successors and Assigns........................................................................ 23
3.15 Counterparts; Binding Nature.................................................................. 23
3.16 Further Assurances............................................................................ 23
3.17 Communication................................................................................. 23
3.18 Quebec Security............................................................................... 24
3.19 Entire Agreement.............................................................................. 25
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