May 15, 2008
Exhibit 10.19
EXECUTION COPY
May 15, 2008
Fingerhut Direct Marketing, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Chief Financial Officer
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 23, 2006, as
amended by that certain letter agreement dated as of June 21, 2007 (the “Purchase Agreement”),
between Fingerhut Direct Marketing, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the
purchasers named on the Purchaser Schedule attached thereto (the “Purchasers”). Capitalized terms
used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the
Purchase Agreement.
In order to provide financing for, among other things, the working capital needs of the Company and
its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and to refinance certain existing Indebtedness,
the Company is about to enter into a new receivables facility.
The Company has requested that the Purchasers agree to certain modifications to the Purchase
Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, and effective upon the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth herein, and provided that the Company agrees to the modifications of the
Purchase Agreement set forth below, the Purchasers are willing to agree to such request.
Accordingly, and in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 12C of the Purchase Agreement, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Amendments to the Purchase Agreement. Upon the Effective Date (as defined in
Section 3 hereof), each Purchaser and the Company agree that, the Purchase Agreement and the
Subordinated Notes shall be amended as follows:
1.01 The table of exhibits is hereby amended by deleting the reference to “Securitization
Intercreditor Agreement” contained therein and inserting “Receivables Intercreditor Agreement” in
lieu thereof.
1.02 Clauses (ii), (iii) and (vi) of Paragraph 5A of the Purchase Agreement are hereby amended by
inserting “, at the request of the Required Holder(s) at their sole discretion,”
immediately following each reference to “consolidated and” contained therein.
1.03 Paragraph 5A of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by (a) deleting the “and” at the end
of clause (ix) thereof, (b) deleting the “,” at the end of clause (x) thereof and
inserting “; and” in lieu thereof and (c) inserting a new clause (xi) immediately
following clause (x) which shall read as follows:
(xi) within 5 Business Days after the last day of each fiscal month, a Monthly Servicing
Report for such month.
1.04 Paragraph 5I of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the proviso “;
provided, however, the Company may wind down and dissolve the Securitization SPE” at the end
thereof.
1.05 Clause (i) of Paragraph 5M of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the words
“other than Fingerhut SPV” immediately following the phrase “in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement” contained in clause (a) thereof.
1.06 Clause (ii) of Paragraph 5M of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the words
“and Fingerhut SPV” immediately following the words “the Securitization SPE” contained therein.
1.07 Article 5 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by inserting a new Paragraph 5Q at the
end thereof which shall read as follows:
5Q. Payments from Fingerhut SPV. The Company shall require all payments from Fingerhut
SPV and all payments to otherwise pay for Purchased Assets to be directly deposited into Account
758660021 or such other accounts as reasonably acceptable to the Subordinated Collateral Agent.
1.08 Paragraph 6A of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by (a) amending and restating clause
(ix) in its entirety to read as follows:
(ix) Liens on Receivables Property and other Purchased Assets transferred by an Obligor to, and any
property and assets of, Fingerhut SPV;
(b) deleting the “.” at the end of clause (x) and inserting “; and” in lieu
thereof and (c) adding a new clause (xi) which shall read as follows:
(xi) Liens on Fingerhut SPV Stock (as defined in the Receivables Intercreditor Agreement) to the
extent such Liens solely secure the obligations of the Company under the Holdings Guaranty and the
Holdings Letter Agreement, each as in effect on the Second Amendment Effective Date.
1.09 Paragraph 6B of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by (a) amending and restating clause
(f) of clause (vi) thereof to read as follows:
(f) if the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended was subordinated in right of
payment to the Obligations, then the terms and conditions of the refinancing, renewal, or extension
Indebtedness must include subordination terms or be subject to an intercreditor agreement
satisfactory to the Required Holder(s) and conditions that are at least as favorable to the
Subordinated Collateral Agent and the holders of the
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Subordinated Notes as those that were applicable to the refinanced, renewed, or extended
Indebtedness
and (b) amending and restating clause (xii) thereof in its entirety to read as follows:
(xii) any Indebtedness in respect of the SPV Credit Documents in a principal amount not to
exceed $450,000,000 (excluding capitalized interest, fees, expenses
and other Obligations (as defined in the SPV Credit Documents (as in effect on the Second Amendment
Effective Date)) related thereto).
1.10 Xxxxxxxxx 0X of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by (a) deleting the words
“Securitization Facility” referred to in clause (i) thereof and inserting “SPV Credit Documents” in
lieu thereof; (b) deleting the words “and are not Securitization SPEs” contained in clauses (iii)
and (iv) thereof; (c) inserting the words “in the aggregate” immediately following the reference to
“$2,500,000” contained in clauses (iii) and (iv) thereof; (d) deleting the “and” at the end of
clause (x) thereof; (e) deleting the “.” at the end of clause (xi) thereof and inserting
“; and” in lieu thereof and (f) inserting a new clause (xii) immediately following clause
(xi) which shall read as follows:
(xii) (a) investments in the form of contributions of Receivables Property, in exchange for equity
interests in Fingerhut SPV made pursuant to the terms of the SPV Credit Documents as in effect on
the Second Amendment Effective Date, and Contribution Amounts (as defined in the SPV Revolving
Credit Agreement (as in effect on the Second Amendment Effective Date)) required to be made
pursuant to the terms of the SPV Revolving Credit Agreement as in effect on the Second Amendment
Effective Date, and (b) as long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or
would be caused thereby, investments in Fingerhut SPV, to the extent that such investments are
required to be made pursuant to the terms of the SPV Credit Documents as in effect on the Second
Amendment Effective Date, provided, that the restrictions in this clause (b) shall in no event
prohibit investments permitted under clause (a) of this paragraph 6C(xii).
1.11 Paragraph 6E of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by (a) amending and restating clause
(ii) thereof in its entirety to read as follows:
(ii) sales of Receivables Property and other Purchased Assets to Fingerhut SPV;
(b) deleting the “and” at the end of clause (vii), (c) inserting “and” at the end of clause (viii)
and (d) adding a new clause (ix) which shall read as follows:
(ix) as long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused
therefore, dispositions by Fingerhut SPV, to the extent that such dispositions are permitted to be
made pursuant to the terms of the SPV Credit Documents as in effect on the Second Amendment
Effective Date;
1.12 Clause (i) of Paragraph 6F of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by amending and
restating clause (d) thereof to read as follows:
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(d) the Company may pay cash dividends on its Preferred Stock or Series B Preferred Stock with
proceeds of an initial public offering of its Common Stock upon the conversion of such preferred
stock to Common Stock, pursuant to Section 4.2.1 of the Company’s certificate of incorporation
1.13 Clause (a) of Paragraph 6G of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the words
“, any SPV Credit Document” immediately following the words “any Transaction Document”
contained therein.
1.14 Paragraph 6H of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to read
as follows
6H. Amendment to Material Documents. The Company will not, nor will it permit any
Subsidiary to, amend, modify or waive any of its rights under (i) the SPV Credit Documents in any
manner which would (a) increase the principal amount thereof to an amount in excess of the amount
permitted pursuant to paragraph 6B(xii), (b) shorten the term thereof, (c) increase the interest
rate margins with respect to the Indebtedness thereunder by more than 200 basis points per annum
(exclusive of increases up to 300 basis points resulting from the accrual of interest at the
default rate), including recurring, periodic fee payments, (d) decrease the advance rates
thereunder (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, impositions or adjustments of any reserves
pursuant to the terms of the SPV Credit Documents) or (e) make more restrictive or add any
financial covenant to the SPV Credit Documents related to the financial condition or results of
operations of the Company unless, in the case of this clause (e), the holders of Subordinated Notes
are offered the opportunity to amend this Agreement in a corresponding manner or (ii) its
certificate of incorporation, by-laws, operating, management or partnership agreement or other
organizational documents except, in the case of this clause (ii), after reasonable prior notice to
the Subordinated Collateral Agent (other than the amendments effective as of the Second Amendment
Effective Date in connection with entry by the Company or Fingerhut SPV in the SPV Credit
Documents).
1.15 Paragraph 6J of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following new
clauses at the end thereof:
(iii) Minimum Net Liquidity 1. The Company’s Net Liquidity 1 shall be equal to or greater than (i)
$22,500,000 (measured as of the last day of each fiscal month of the Servicer other than the
December and January fiscal months) and (ii) $13,500,000 (measured as of the last day of the
December and January fiscal months of the Servicer), in each case after giving effect to any
payments under the SPV Revolving Credit Agreement on such date of measurement.
(iv) Minimum Net Liquidity 2. The Company’s Net Liquidity 2 shall be equal to or greater than (i)
$9,000,000 (measured as of the last day of each fiscal month of the Servicer other than the
December and January fiscal months) and (ii) $6,750,000 (measured as of the last day of the January
and December fiscal months of the Servicer), in each case after giving effect to any payments under
the SPV Revolving Credit Agreement on such date of measurement.
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(v) Net Worth. The Company and its Subsidiaries shall have a Tangible Net Worth equal to or greater
than the sum of (i) $94,500,000, plus (ii) 75% of its Consolidated Net Income (if positive) for
each full Fiscal Year after the Second Amendment Effective Date plus (iii) 85% of the gross
proceeds of any issuance of Equity Interests by the Company or any Subsidiary after the Second
Amendment Effective Date (measured as of the last day of each Fiscal Quarter).
(vi) Minimum LTM EBITDA Margin. The LTM EBITDA Margin for the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be
equal to or greater than 7.7% (measured as of the last day of each fiscal quarter of the Company).
(vii) Minimum Availability. The Company shall maintain, at all times, Availability (under and as
defined in the Credit Agreement) of not less than $3,600,000.
1.16 Paragraph 6K of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by (a) amending and restating clause
(iii) thereof in its entirety to read as follows:
(iii) any investment permitted by paragraph 6C(iii), 6C(iv) or 6C(xii), and (b) amending and
restating clause (viii) thereof in its entirety to read as follows:
(viii) transactions involving the transfer of Receivables Property and other Purchased Assets to
and by Fingerhut SPV in connection with the SPV Credit Documents and other transactions
permitted thereunder
1.17 Article 6 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by inserting a new Paragraph 6S at the
end thereof which shall read as follows:
6S. Receivables Property Payments. The Company shall not make any payments to purchase Receivables
Property from CIT Bank or any successor thereto, except from an account subject to either (i) a
springing Account Control Agreement in favor of the Subordinated Collateral Agent or (ii) so long
as the Bank Agent has agreed to exercise control over depository accounts as to which it enters
into control agreements on behalf of the holders of Subordinated Notes as set forth in Section 4.6
of the Intercreditor Agreement, a springing account control agreement in favor of the Bank Agent.
1.18 Clause (xvi) of Paragraph 7A of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by inserting after
the words “or any Security Document” the following: “or the Receivables Intercreditor Agreement”.
1.19 Paragraph 7A of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting clause (xvii) thereof in
its entirety.
1.20 Paragraph 11B of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following new
definitions in the appropriate alphabetical order to read as follows:
“Account Control Agreement” shall mean an agreement, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Subordinated Collateral Agent, among any Obligor, a banking
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institution holding such Obligor’s
funds, and the Subordinated Collateral Agent with respect to collection and control of all deposits
and balances held in an account maintained by any Obligor with such banking institution.
“Cash” shall mean money, currency or a credit balance in any demand or deposit account.
“Cash Equivalents” shall mean, as at any date of determination, (a) marketable securities
(i) issued or directly and unconditionally guaranteed as to interest and principal by the United
States Government, or (ii) issued by any agency of the United States the obligations of which are
backed by the full faith and credit of the United States, in each case maturing within one year
after such date; (b) marketable direct obligations issued by any state of the United States of
America or any political subdivision of any such state or any public instrumentality thereof, in
each case maturing within one year after such date and having, at the time of the acquisition
thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from Standard & Poor’s or at least P-1 from Xxxxx’x; (c)
commercial paper maturing no more than one year from the date of creation thereof and having, at
the time of the acquisition thereof, a rating of at least A-1 from Standard & Poor’s or at least
P-1 from Xxxxx’x; (d) certificates of deposit or bankers’ acceptances maturing within one year after such date and issued
or accepted by any commercial bank organized under the laws of the United States of America or any
state thereof or the District of Columbia that (i) is at least
“adequately capitalized” (as defined
in the regulations of its primary Federal banking regulator), and (ii) has Tier 1 capital (as
defined in such regulations) of not less than $100,000,000; and (e) shares of any money market
mutual fund that (i) has substantially all of its assets invested continuously in the types of
investments referred to in clauses (a) and (b) above, (ii) has net assets of not less than
$500,000,000, and (iii) has the highest rating obtainable from either Standard & Poor’s or Xxxxx’x.
“CIT Bank” shall mean CIT Bank, a Utah industrial Bank.
“Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” shall mean, for any period, Net Income for such period plus (a)
without duplication and to the extent deducted in determining Net Income for such period, the sum
of (i) Interest Expense for such period, (ii) income tax expense for such period net of tax
refunds, (iii) all amounts attributable to depreciation and amortization expense for such period,
(iv) fees or expenses paid to the agents and lenders under the SPV Revolving Credit Agreement in
connection with the SPV Credit Documents on or prior to the Second Amendment Effective Date, (v)
other fees or expenses in an amount not to exceed $2,400,000 paid in connection with the SPV Credit
Documents and the transactions contemplated therein, (vi) with the consent of the Required
Holder(s), any other extraordinary non-cash charges for such period and (vii) with the consent of
the Required Holder(s), any other non-cash charges for such period (but excluding any non-cash
charge in respect of an item that was included in Net Income in a prior period and any non-cash
charge that relates to the write-down or write-off of inventory), minus (b) without duplication and
to the extent included in Net Income, (i) any cash payments made during such period in respect of
non-cash charges described in clause (a)(vii) taken in a prior period and (ii) any extraordinary
gains and any non-cash
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items of income for such period, all calculated for the Company and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Contingent Fee Letter” shall mean that certain Contingent Fee Letter dated May 15, 2008 from the
Company and accepted by Xxxxxxx Sachs & Co. and Fortress Credit Corp. as such letter may be
amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Fingerhut SPV” shall mean Fingerhut Receivables I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company.
“Fiscal Quarter” shall mean, for the Company and its Subsidiaries, a fiscal quarter of a Fiscal
Year.
“Fiscal Year” shall mean the fiscal year of the Company and its Subsidiaries ending on the Friday
nearest to January 31st of each calendar year.
“Holdings Guaranty” shall mean that certain Holdings Guaranty dated as of May 15, 2008 by and among
the Company and the SPV Collateral Agent, on behalf of the lenders under the SPV Revolving Credit
Agreement, as may be further amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with
the terms thereof.
“Holdings Letter Agreement” shall mean that certain Holdings Letter Agreement dated as of May 15,
2008, by and between the Company and the SPV Collateral Agent, as may be further amended, modified,
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Intangible Assets” shall mean assets that are considered to be intangible assets under GAAP,
including customer lists, goodwill, computer software, copyrights, trade names, trademarks,
patents, franchises, licenses, unamortized deferred charges, unamortized debt discount and
capitalized research and developmental costs.
“LTM EBITDA Margin” shall mean, for any date of determination, an amount (expressed as a
percentage) calculated by dividing (i) the Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA of the Company and its
Subsidiaries for the previous twelve months by (ii) the net sales of the Company and its
Subsidiaries for the previous twelve months.
“Monthly Servicing Report” shall mean the Monthly Servicing Report in the form attached as Exhibit
B to the Servicing Agreement as in effect on the Second Amendment Effective Date.
“Net Liquidity 1” shall mean, for any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of (a)
unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Company and its Subsidiaries, plus (b) Revolving
Availability (under and as defined in the SPV Revolving Credit Agreement), plus (c) availability
under the Credit Agreement; provided, that all conditions to funding under (b) or (c), as the case
may be, have been fully satisfied (other than delivery of prior notice of funding and post-funding
notices, opinions or certificates).
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“Net Liquidity 2” shall mean, for any date of determination, an amount equal to the sum of (a)
unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Company and its Subsidiaries, plus (b) Revolving
Availability (under and as defined in the SPV Revolving Credit Agreement); provided, that all
conditions to funding under (b) have been fully satisfied (other than delivery of prior notice of
funding and post-funding notices, opinions or certificates).
“Purchased Assets” shall mean (i) Underlying Receivables and (ii) other “Purchased Assets” (as such
term is defined in Section 2.1(a) of the Receivables Contribution and Purchase Agreement as in
effect on the Second Amendment Effective Date).
“Receivables Contribution and Purchase Agreement” shall mean that certain Receivables Contribution
and Purchase Agreement dated as of May 15, 2008, by and between the Company and Fingerhut
SPV, as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance
with the terms thereof.
“Receivables Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of May
15, 2008 among the Subordinated Collateral Agent, the SPV Collateral Agent, Fingerhut SPV
and the Company in the form of Exhibit Q hereto, as amended, restated or otherwise
modified from time to time in accordance with its terms.
“Receivables Property” has the meaning set forth in the Security Agreement.
“Receivables Sale Agreement” shall mean that certain Amended and Restated Receivables Sale
Agreement, dated as of May 15, 2008, by and between CIT Bank and the Company, as such agreement may
be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Revolving Loan Product Program Agreement” shall mean that certain Revolving Loan Product Program
Agreement, dated as of May 15, 2008 by and between CIT Bank and the
Company, as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance
with the terms thereof.
“Second Amendment Effective Date” shall mean May 15, 2008.
“Series B Preferred Stock” shall mean the Company’s Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, par value
0.00001 per share.
“Servicer” has the meaning set forth in the SPV Revolving Credit Agreement (as in effect on the
Second Amendment Effective Date).
“Servicing Agreement” shall mean the Servicing Agreement dated as of May 15, 2008 by and
among Fingerhut SPV, the Company, as Servicer, and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Specialty Lending Group, L.P. and
Fortress Credit Corp., as Lead Lenders, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
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“SPV Collateral Agent” shall mean Xxxxxxx Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P., as collateral
agent under the SPV Security Agreement or such other collateral agent under the SPV Security
Agreement pursuant to the terms thereof.
“SPV Credit Documents” shall mean the SPV Revolving Credit Agreement, the Receivables Contribution
and Purchase Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the SPV Security Agreement, the Holdings Guaranty,
the Holdings Letter Agreement and each additional Credit Document (as defined in the SPV Revolving
Credit Agreement as in effect on the Second Amendment Effective Date).
“SPV Revolving Credit Agreement” shall mean the Revolving Credit Agreement, dated as of May
15, 2008, between Fingerhut SPV, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Specialty Lending Group, L.P., as
administrative agent, collateral agent, syndication agent, documentation agent, lead arranger and
lead lender, and Fortress Credit Corp., as lead lender, as such agreement may be amended, modified
or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“SPV Secured Parties” shall mean the SPV Collateral Agent (both for the benefit of the other
secured parties and in its individual capacity), the other Agents, the Lead Lenders, the Lenders
and the Lender Counterparties (each as defined under the SPV Revolving Credit Agreement (as in
effect on the date hereof) and shall include, without limitation, all former Agents, Lenders and
Lender Counterparties to the extent that any Secured Obligations (as defined under the SPV Security
Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof)) owing to such Persons were incurred while such Persons
were Agents, Lenders or Lender Counterparties and such Secured Obligations have not been paid or
satisfied in full.
“SPV Security Agreement” shall mean the Security Agreement, dated as of May 15, 2008,
between Fingerhut SPV and the SPV Collateral Agent, as such agreement may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“SPV Share Pledge” shall mean the Equity Pledge Agreement dated as of May 15, 2008
between the Company and the SPV Collateral Agent, as such agreement may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Tangible Net Worth” shall mean, with respect to a Person, as of any date of determination, the
result of (a) such Person’s total stockholder’s or other equity, minus (b) the sum of (i) all
Intangible Assets of such Person, (ii) all of such Person’s prepaid expenses and (iii) all amounts
due to such Person from its Affiliates.
1.21 Paragraph 11B of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the
following definitions contained therein to read as follows:
“Credit Agreement” shall mean the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement dated as of May 15,
2008, among the Company, the Bank Agent and the Banks, as
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amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement.
“Equity Interests” shall mean shares of capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests
in a limited liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity ownership interests
in a Person, and any warrants, options or other rights entitling the holder thereof to purchase or
acquire any such equity interest.
“Fixed Charges” shall mean, with reference to any period, without duplication, cash Interest
Expense, plus scheduled principal payments on Indebtedness made during such period (not including
principal payments under the SPV Revolving Credit Agreement or under the Credit Agreement), plus
expense for income and franchise taxes paid in cash, plus dividends or distributions paid in cash,
all calculated for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
“Material Indebtedness” shall mean (i) any Indebtedness under the SPV Credit Documents and (ii)
Indebtedness (other than the Obligations), or obligations in respect of one or more Swap
Agreements, of any one or more of the Company and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate principal amount
exceeding $5,000,000. For purposes of determining Material Indebtedness, the “obligations” of the
Company or any Subsidiary in respect of any Swap Agreement at any time shall be the maximum
aggregate amount (giving effect to any netting agreements) that the Company or such Subsidiary
would be required to pay if such Swap Agreement were terminated at such time.
“Obligors” shall mean the Company, the Company’s domestic Subsidiaries (other than Fingerhut SPV)
and any other Person that now or hereafter guarantees or grants a Lien in any of its assets to
secure any of the Obligations and their successors and assigns.
“Restricted Payment” shall mean (i) any dividend or other distribution (whether in cash, securities
or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the Company or any Subsidiary, or any
payment (whether in cash, securities or other property), including any
sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition,
cancellation or termination of any such Equity Interests in the Company or of any option, warrant
or other right to acquire any such Equity Interests in the Company or (ii) any payment of a
Contingent Financing Fee (as defined in the Contingent Fee Letter) or similar fee under the
Contingent Fee Letter.
“Securitization SPE” shall mean Fingerhut Funding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
“Security Agreement” shall mean that certain Second Amended and Restated Pledge and Security
Agreement dated as of May 15, 2008 by the Company for the benefit of the holders of the
Subordinated Notes in the form of Exhibit G hereto, as the same may be amended, modified, or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the provisions thereof.
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1.22 Paragraph 11B of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the following
definitions:
“Indenture Trustee”
“Securitization Documents”
“Securitization Facility”
“Securitization Intercreditor Agreement”
“Securitization Receivables”
“Securitization Trust”
“Transfer and Servicing Agreement”
1.23 Exhibit G to the Purchase Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety to read as set
forth on Exhibit G attached to this letter agreement.
1.24 Exhibit Q to the Purchase Agreement is amended and restated in its entirety to read
as set forth on Exhibit Q attached to this letter agreement.
SECTION 2. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to the
Purchasers that, after giving effect hereto (a) each representation and warranty set forth in
paragraph 8 of the Purchase Agreement is true and correct as of the date of the execution and
delivery of this letter by the Company with the same effect as if made on such date (except to the
extent such representations and warranties expressly refer to an earlier date, in which case they
were true and correct as of such earlier date) and (b) no Event of Default or Default exists.
SECTION 3. Effectiveness. The amendments described in Section 1 above shall become
effective upon the date (the “Effective Date”) that each of the following conditions has been
satisfied in a manner satisfactory in form and substance to the Required Holder(s):
(a) the Required Holder(s) have received the following documents:
(i) a counterpart of this letter agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) certified copies of the SPV Revolving Credit Agreement and each other SPV Credit Document each
duly executed by the parties thereto and all agreements, instruments and other documents executed
in connection therewith or delivered pursuant thereto, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Required Holder(s), and all conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the SPV Revolving Credit
Agreement and the other SPV Credit Documents shall have been satisfied and the Company shall have
applied the proceeds thereof in accordance with the terms of the SPV Revolving Credit Agreement;
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(iii) certified copies of the CIT Documents each duly executed by the parties thereto and all
agreements, instruments and other documents executed in connection therewith or delivered pursuant
thereto, in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holder(s), and all conditions precedent
to the effectiveness of the CIT Documents shall have been satisfied;
(iv) certified copies of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement duly executed by the parties
thereto and all agreements, instruments and other documents executed in connection therewith or
delivered pursuant thereto, in form and substance satisfactory to the Required Holder(s), and all
conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the Amended and Restated Credit Agreement shall have
been satisfied;
(v) a counterpart of the Amended and Restated Security Agreement duly executed by the Company;
(vi) counterparts of the Receivables Intercreditor Agreement duly executed by all parties thereto;
(vii) evidence satisfactory to the Required Holder(s) that the Company and its Subsidiaries shall
have (a) caused all notes in respect of all indebtedness and other obligations outstanding under
the Securitization Documents (as defined in the Purchase Agreement immediately prior to giving
effect to this letter agreement (“Existing Securitization Indebtedness”) to be cancelled by
Fingerhut Funding LLC, (b) terminated any commitments to lend or make other extensions of credit in
respect of Existing Securitization Indebtedness, and (c) delivered to each Purchaser evidence that
all Liens securing Existing Securitization Indebtedness or other obligations of the Company and its
Subsidiaries thereunder being repaid on the Second Amendment Effective Date;
(viii) a legal opinion of the Company’s in-house counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Required Holder(s);
(ix) a Secretary’s Certificate of the Company certifying, among other things (1) as to the name,
titles and true signatures of the officers of the Company authorized to sign this letter agreement
and the other documents to be delivered in connection with this letter agreement, (2) that attached
thereto is a true, accurate and complete copy of the certificate of incorporation or other
formation document of the Company, certified by the Secretary of State of the state of organization
of the
Company as of a recent date, (3) that attached thereto is a true, accurate and complete copy of the
by-laws, operating agreement or other organizational document of the Company, (4) that attached
thereto is a true, accurate and complete copy of the resolutions of the board of directors or other
managing body of the Company, duly adopted at a meeting or by unanimous written consent of such
board of directors or other managing body, authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of
this letter agreement and the other documents to be delivered by the Company in connection with
this letter agreement, and that such
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resolutions have not been amended, modified, revoked or
rescinded, are in full force and effect and are the only resolutions of the shareholders, partners
or members of the Company or of such board of directors or other managing body or any committee
thereof relating to the subject matter thereof; and
(x) a certificate of good standing for the Company from the Secretary of State of the state of
organization of the Company dated as of a recent date;
(b) the Company shall have received proceeds of $55,930,000 from the issuance of 750,839,038 shares
of Series B Convertible Preferred Stock, 67,123,104 shares of which shall have been issued to the
Purchasers for a purchase price not to exceed $5,000,000, all pursuant to documentation in form and
substance satisfactory to the Purchasers;
(c) each Purchaser shall have received payment of an amendment fee equal to 50 basis points of the
aggregate principal amount of Subordinated Notes held by such Purchaser;
(d) all corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions contemplated by this
letter agreement shall be satisfactory to the Required Holder(s) and its counsel, and the Required
Holder(s) shall have received all such counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such
documents as they may reasonably request;
(e) the Purchasers have received payment of all costs and expenses of the Purchasers (including
reasonable fees and disbursements of special counsel to the Purchasers) in connection with this
letter agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby;
(f) as of the date hereof and after giving effect to this letter agreement, no Default or Event of
Default has occurred which is continuing; and
(g) all the representations and warranties contained in Paragraph 8 of the Purchase Agreement are
true and correct in all material respects with the same force and effect as if made by the Company
on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent such representation and warranties, by their
terms, specifically are made as of a certain date prior to the date hereof.
SECTION 4. Reference to and Effect on Purchase Agreement. Upon the effectiveness of this
letter agreement, each reference in the Purchase Agreement or any other document, instrument or
agreement to the “Purchase Agreement” shall mean and be a reference to the Purchase Agreement as
modified by this letter agreement. Except as specifically set forth in Section 1 hereof, the
Purchase Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in
all respects.
SECTION 5. Expenses. The Company hereby confirms its obligations under the Purchase
Agreement, whether or not the transactions hereby contemplated are consummated, to pay, promptly
after request by the Purchasers, all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including
attorneys’ fees and expenses, incurred by the Purchasers in connection with this letter
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agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby, in enforcing any rights under this letter
agreement, or in responding to any subpoena or other legal process or informal investigative demand
issued in connection with this letter agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The
obligations of the Company under this Section 5 shall survive transfer by the Purchasers of any
Subordinated Note and payment of any Subordinated Note.
SECTION 6. Governing Law. THIS LETTER AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICT OF LAWS OF SUCH STATE WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE CAUSE THIS LETTER AGREEMENT TO BE CONSTRUED OR
ENFORCED OTHER THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
SECTION 7. Counterparts; Section Titles. This letter agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when
so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together shall
constitute but one and the same instrument. The section titles contained in this letter agreement
are and shall be without substance, meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not a part of
the agreement between the parties hereto.
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Very truly yours, PRUDENTIAL CAPITAL PARTNERS II, L.P. |
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By: | Stetson Street Partners, L.P., its general partner | ||||
By: | /s/ [ILLEGIBLE] | ||||
Vice President | |||||
PRUDENTIAL CAPITAL PARTNERS MANAGEMENT
FUND II, L.P. |
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By: | Mulberry Street Holdings, LLC, its general partner | ||||
By: | Prudential Investment Management, Inc., its managing member | ||||
By: | /s/ [ILLEGIBLE] | ||||
Vice President | |||||
PRUDENTIAL CAPITAL PARTNERS (PARALLEL
FUND) II, L.P. |
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By: | Stetson Street Partners, L.P., its general partner | ||||
By: | /s/ [ILLEGIBLE] | ||||
Vice President | |||||
AGREED AND ACCEPTED:
FINGERHUT DIRECT MARKETING, INC.
By: | ||||
Title: | ||||
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Letter Agreement to Securities Purchase Agreement
Letter Agreement to Securities Purchase Agreement
Very truly yours, PRUDENTIAL CAPITAL PARTNERS II, L.P. |
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By: | Stetson Street Partners, L.P., its general partner |
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PRUDENTIAL CAPITAL PARTNERS MANAGEMENT
FUND II, L.P. |
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By: | Mulberry Street Holdings, LLC, its general partner |
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By: | Prudential Investment Management, Inc., its managing member |
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PRUDENTIAL CAPITAL PARTNERS (PARALLEL
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AGREED AND ACCEPTED:
FINGERHUT DIRECT MARKETING, INC.
By: | /s/ [ILLEGIBLE] | |||
Title: | EVP and CFO | |||
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Letter Agreement to Securities Purchase Agreement
Letter Agreement to Securities Purchase Agreement
EXHIBIT G
FORM OF SECURITY AGREEMENT
EXECUTION COPY
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (as it may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”) is
entered into as of May 15, 2008 by and between Fingerhut Direct Marketing, Inc., a Delaware
corporation (the “Grantor”), and Prudential Capital Partners II, L.P., as collateral agent for the
Holders referenced below (in such capacity, the “Subordinated Collateral Agent”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
A. The Grantor entered into that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 23,
2006 (as amended by that certain letter agreement dated as of June 21, 2007 (the “First Amendment”)
and that certain letter agreement dated as of May 15, 2008 (the “Second Amendment”) and as the same
may from time to time hereafter be further amended, modified, supplemented or restated, the
“Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Grantor and the purchasers party thereto (collectively, the
“Purchasers” and, together with any person who becomes a holder of any Subordinated Note (as
defined below) the “Holders”), pursuant to which the Purchasers, among other things, purchased
$30,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the 13.00% Senior Subordinated Secured Notes due March
24, 2013 (the “Subordinated Notes”) of the Grantor on the terms and subject to the conditions, set
forth in the Purchase Agreement.
B. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Grantor entered into that certain Security
Agreement, dated as of March 23, 2006 with the Subordinated Collateral Agent (the “Original
Security Agreement”) to secure the Secured Obligations in order to induce the Purchasers to
enter into the Purchase Agreement and purchase the Subordinated Notes. In order to induce the
Purchasers to enter into the First Amendment and amend the Purchase Agreement as set forth therein,
the Grantor and the Subordinated Collateral Agent amended and restated the Original Security
Agreement to be the Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of June 21, 2007
(the “Amended Security Agreement”).
C. In order to induce the Purchasers to enter into the Second Amendment and amend the Purchase
Agreement as set forth therein, the Grantor is willing to amend and restate the Amended Security
Agreement pursuant to this Security Agreement.
ACCORDINGLY, the Grantor and the Subordinated Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Holders,
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS
1.1. Terms Defined in Purchase Agreement. All capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
1.2. Terms Defined in UCC. Terms defined in the UCC which are not otherwise defined
in this Security Agreement are used herein as defined in the UCC.
1.3. Definitions of Certain Terms Used Herein. As used in this Security Agreement, in
addition to the terms defined in the Preliminary Statement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
“Accounts” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Amended Security Agreement” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
the Preamble.
“Article” means a numbered article of this Security Agreement, unless another document is
specifically referenced.
“Chattel Paper” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“CIT Bank” means CIT Bank, a Utah Industrial Bank.
“CIT Documents” means the Amended and Restated Receivables Sale Agreement dated as of
the date hereof, by and between CIT Bank and Grantor (as it may be amended or modified from time
to time) and the Amended and Restated Revolving Loan Product Program Agreement dated as of the
date hereof, by and between CIT Bank and Grantor (as it may be amended or modified from time to
time).
“Collateral” shall have the meaning set forth in Article II.
“Collateral Access Agreement” means any landlord waiver or other agreement, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Subordinated Collateral Agent, between the Subordinated
Collateral Agent and any third party (including any bailee, consignee, customs broker, or other
similar Person) in possession of any Collateral or any landlord of the Grantor or any Subsidiary
for any real property where any Collateral is located, as such landlord waiver or other agreement
may be amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Collateral Deposit Account” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1 (a).
“Collateral Report” means any certificate, report or other document delivered by the
Grantor to the Subordinated Collateral Agent or any Holder with respect to the Collateral pursuant
to any Note Document.
“Commercial Tort Claim” means any “commercial tort claim,” as such term is defined in
Section 9-102(a)(13) of the UCC (or any other then applicable provision of the UCC).
“Contracts” means all contracts, undertakings, franchise agreements or other agreements
(other than rights evidenced by Chattel Paper, Documents or Instruments) in or under which the
Grantor may now or hereafter have any right, title or interest, including, without limitation,
with respect to an Account, any agreement relating to the terms of payment or the terms of
performance thereof.
“Control” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 8 or, if applicable, in Section 9-104,
9-105, 9-106 or 9-107 of Article 9 of the UCC.
“Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which upon
notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
“Deposit Account Control Agreement” means an agreement, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Subordinated Collateral Agent, among any Obligor, a banking institution
holding such Obligor’s funds, and the Subordinated Collateral Agent with respect to collection and
control of all deposits and balances held in a deposit account maintained by any Obligor with such
banking institution.
“Deposit Accounts” shall have the meaning set forth in Article
9 of the UCC.
“Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Equipment” means any “equipment,” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(33) of the UCC
(or any other then applicable provision of the UCC), now or hereafter owned or acquired by the
Grantor or in which the Grantor now holds or hereafter acquires any interest and, in any event,
shall include, without limitation, all machinery, equipment, fixtures, furniture, furnishings,
trade fixtures, vehicles, trucks, mainframe, personal and other computers, terminals and printers
and related components and accessories, all copiers, telephonic, video, electronic data-processing,
data storage equipment and other equipment of any nature whatsoever, and any and
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all additions, substitutions and replacements of any of the foregoing, wherever located, together
with all attachments, components, parts, equipment and accessories installed thereon or affixed
thereto.
“Event of Default” means an event described in Section 5.1.
“Excluded Payments” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.6(d)(iii).
“Exhibit” refers to a specific exhibit to this Security Agreement, unless another document is
specifically referenced.
“Fingerhut SPV” means Fingerhut Receivables I, LLC.
“Fingerhut
SPV Stock” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 11.1.
“General Intangibles” shall have the meaning set forth in
Article 9 of the UCC.
“Grantor” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
the Preamble.
“Holdings Guaranty” means that certain Holdings Guaranty dated as of May 15, 2008 by
and among Grantor and the SPV Collateral Agent, on behalf of the lenders under the SPV Revolving
Credit Agreement, as may be further amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof.
“Holdings Letter Agreement” means that certain Holdings Letter Agreement dated as of
May 15, 2008, by and between Grantor and the SPV Collateral Agent, as may be further amended,
modified, supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Instruments” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Intercreditor Agreement” means the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of May 15, 2008,
by and among SPV Collateral Agent, Subordinated Collateral Agent, Fingerhut SPV and Grantor, as
the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof.
“Inventory” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Investment Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“Letter-of-Credit Rights” shall have the meaning set forth in Article
9 of the UCC.
“Lock Box Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in
Section 7.1 (a).
“Lock Boxes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1 (a).
“Merchant Deposit Account” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.1
(a).
“Note Documents” means Transaction Documents (as defined in the
Purchase Agreement).
“Payment Intangibles” shall have the meaning set forth
in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Pledged Collateral” means all Securities consisting of Equity Interests of
Subsidiaries of the Grantor, whether or not physically delivered to the Subordinated Collateral
Agent pursuant to this Security Agreement.
“Proceeds” means “proceeds,” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the UCC (or
any other then applicable provision of the UCC), and, in any event, shall include, without
limitation, (a) any and all Accounts, Chattel Paper, Instruments, cash or other forms of money or
currency or other proceeds payable to the
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Grantor from time to time in respect of the Collateral, (b) any and all proceeds of any insurance,
indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable to the Grantor from time to time with respect to any of
the Collateral, (c) any and all payments (in any form whatsoever) made or due and payable to the
Grantor from time to time in connection with any requisition, confiscation, condemnation, seizure
or forfeiture of all or any part of the Collateral by any governmental authority (or any Person
acting under color of governmental authority), (d) all certificates, dividends, cash, Instruments
and other property received or distributed in respect of or in exchange for any Investment
Property, and (e) any and all other amounts from time to time paid or payable under or in
connection with any of the Collateral.
“Purchase Agreement” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Preamble.
“Purchased Assets” means (i) Underlying Receivables and (ii) other “Purchased Assets”
(as such term is defined in Section 2.1(a) of the Receivables Contribution and Purchase Agreement
(as in effect on the date hereof)).
“Receivables Account” means each consumer revolving credit account established
pursuant to a Receivables Account Agreement (as defined in the Servicing Agreement as in effect on
the Second Amendment Effective Date) between CIT Bank and any Receivables Obligor (as defined in
the Servicing Agreement as in effect on the Second Amendment Effective Date).
“Receivables Contribution and Purchase Agreement” means that certain Receivables
Contribution and Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof among the Grantor and the
Fingerhut SPV, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, in
accordance with the terms thereof.
“Receivables Property” means Receivables Accounts, Underlying Receivables and
Purchased Assets.
“Retained Receivables” means all rights to payment of any kind arising directly or
indirectly from the sale or other disposition of Inventory, including Accounts, Chattel Paper,
Instruments, Payment Intangibles, Letter of Credit Rights, Supporting Obligations, and general
intangibles related to the foregoing, but excluding Receivables Property transferred pursuant to
the Receivables Contribution and Purchase Agreement.
“Sales Receivables” means Payment Intangibles owing to the Grantor and arising from
sales of Underlying Receivables and other Purchased Assets to Fingerhut SPV pursuant to the
Receivables Contribution and Purchase Agreement.
“Section” means a numbered section of this Security Agreement, unless another document is
specifically referenced.
“Secured Obligations” shall mean and include (a) the Obligations and (b) all
liabilities and obligations, howsoever arising, owed by the Grantor to Subordinated Collateral
Agent or the Holders (excluding the Warrants, the Investor Rights Agreement, the Stockholders
Agreement, the Equityholder Agreement and the VCOC Letter) or any one or more of them of every
kind and description (whether evidenced by any note or instrument and whether or not for the
payment of money), direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing
or hereafter arising pursuant to the terms of this Security Agreement.
“Securities Account” means “securities account,” as such term is defined in Section
8-501(a) of the UCC (or any other then applicable provision of the UCC).
“Security” has the meaning set forth in Article 8 of the UCC.
“Servicing Accounts” means Accounts owing to Grantor and arising from services
provided by it under the Servicing Agreement.
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“Servicing Agreement” means the Servicing Agreement dated as of May 15, 2008 by and
among Fingerhut SPV, Grantor, as Servicer, and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Specialty Lending Group, L.P. and
Fortress Credit Corp., as Lead Lenders, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“SPV Collateral Agent” means Xxxxxxx Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P., together
with any successors or assigns, as collateral agent under the SPV Security Agreement.
“SPV Credit Documents” means the SPV Revolving Credit Agreement, the Receivables
Contribution and Purchase Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the SPV Security Agreement and each
additional Credit Document (as defined in the SPV Revolving Credit Agreement as in effect on the
Second Amendment Effective Date).
“SPV Security Agreement” means that certain Security Agreement (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof) between
Fingerhut SPV and the SPV Collateral Agent dated May 15, 2008.
“SPV Share Pledge” means that certain Equity Pledge Agreement dated as of May 15,
2008, by and between Grantor and the SPV Collateral Agent, as may be further amended, modified and
supplemented in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Supporting Obligations” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time, of the State of
Illinois or of any other state the laws of which are required as a result thereof to be applied in
connection with the attachment, perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, the
Subordinated Collateral Agent’s or any Holder’s Lien on any Collateral.
“Underlying Receivables” means all amount payable by a Receivables Obligor (as
defined in the Servicing Agreement as in effect on the Second Amendment Effective Date) on the
related Receivables Account from time to time, and purchased by or contributed to Fingerhut SPV
from the Grantor under the Receivables Contribution and Purchase Agreement.
The foregoing definitions shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms
of the defined terms.
ARTICLE II
GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
To secure payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, the Grantor hereby confirms its
prior grant under the Original Security Agreement and the Amended Security Agreement, as amended
and restated hereby, and pledges, assigns and grants to the Subordinated Collateral Agent, on
behalf of and for the ratable benefit of the Holders, a security interest in all of its right,
title and interest in, to and under certain personal property and other assets, whether now owned
by or owing to, or hereafter acquired by or arising in favor of the Grantor (including under any
trade name or derivations thereof), and whether owned or consigned by or to, or leased from or to,
the Grantor, and regardless of where located (all of which will be collectively referred to as the
“Collateral”), consisting of:
(a) All Accounts;
(b) All Chattel Paper;
(c) All Commercial Tort Claims;
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(d) All Contracts;
(e) All Deposit Accounts;
(f) All Documents;
(g) All Equipment;
(h) All General Intangibles (including Payment Intangibles);
(i) All Instruments;
(j) All Inventory;
(k) All Investment Property;
(l) All Letter-of-Credit Rights;
(m) All Securities Accounts;
(n) All Supporting Obligations;
(o) All property of the Grantor held by Subordinated Collateral Agent or any
Holder, including, without limitation, all property of every description now or hereafter in the
possession or custody of or in transit to the Subordinated Collateral Agent or any Holder for any
purpose, including, without limitation, safekeeping, collection or pledge, for the account of the
Grantor, or as to which the Grantor may have any right or power;
(p) All other goods and personal property of the Grantor whether tangible or
intangible and whether now or hereafter owned or existing, leased, consigned by or to, or acquired
by the Grantor and wherever located; and
(q) To the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds of each of the foregoing and all
accessions to, substitutions and replacements for, and rents, profits and products of each of the
foregoing;
excluding, however, in each case, the Receivables Property now existing or hereafter arising and
all books, records (including electronic records), documents, instruments, ledger cards, files,
correspondence, computer programs, tapes, disks and related data that evidence or contain
information relating to the Receivables Property. To the extent that any security interest arises
in any Receivables Account or in any asset under this Security Agreement prior to its becoming
Receivables Property, such security interest is deemed to have terminated automatically on the date
it becomes a Receivables Account or Receivables Property; provided that such, security interest
shall be automatically reinstated on the date when any such Receivables Property is reconveyed to
the Grantor and ceases to be Receivables Property pursuant to the terms of the SPV Credit
Documents.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Grantor represents and warrants to the Subordinated Collateral Agent and each Holder
that:
3.1.
Title, Perfection and Priority. The Grantor has good and valid rights in or the
power to transfer the Collateral and title to the Collateral with respect to which it has
purported to grant a security interest hereunder, free and clear of all Liens except for Liens
permitted under Section 4.1(e), and has full power and
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authority to grant to the Subordinated Collateral Agent the security interest in such
Collateral pursuant hereto. When financing statements have been filed in the appropriate offices
against the Grantor in the locations listed on Exhibit E, the Subordinated Collateral
Agent will have a fully perfected security interest in that Collateral in which a security
interest may be perfected by filing, subject only to Liens permitted under Section 4.1(e).
3.2.
Type and Jurisdiction of Organization, Organizational and Identification Numbers.
The type of entity of the Grantor, its state of organization, the organizational number issued to
it by its state of organization and its federal employer identification number are set forth on
Exhibit A.
3.3. Principal Location. The Grantor’s mailing address and the location of its place
of business (if it has only one) or its chief executive office (if it has more than one place of
business), are disclosed in Exhibit A; the Grantor has no other places of business except those set
forth in Exhibit A.
3.4. Collateral Locations. All of the Grantor’s locations where Collateral is
located are listed on Exhibit A. All of said locations are owned by the Grantor except
for locations (i) which are leased by the Grantor as lessee and designated in Part VII(b)
of Exhibit A and (ii) at which Inventory is held in a public warehouse or is otherwise held
by a bailee or on consignment as designated in
Part VII(c) of Exhibit A.
3.5.
Deposit Accounts. All of the Grantor’s Deposit Accounts
are listed on Exhibits B.
3.6. Exact Names. The Grantor’s name in which it has executed this Security
Agreement is the exact name as it appears in the Grantor’s organizational documents, as amended, as
filed with the Grantor’s jurisdiction of organization. The Grantor has not, during the past five
years, been known by or used any other corporate or fictitious name, or been a party to any merger
or consolidation, or been a party to any acquisition.
3.7.
Letter of Credit Rights and Chattel Paper. Exhibit C lists all Letter of Credit
Rights and Chattel Paper of the Grantor. All action by the Grantor necessary or desirable to
protect and perfect the Subordinated Collateral Agent’s Lien on
each item listed on Exhibit C (including the delivery of all originals and the placement of a legend on all Chattel Paper
as required hereunder) has been duly taken. The Subordinated Collateral Agent will have a fully
perfected security interest in the Collateral listed on Exhibit C, subject only to Liens
permitted under Section 4.1(e).
3.8. Commercial Tort Claims. Commercial Torts Claims of the Grantor are set forth on
Exhibit F.
3.9. Inventory. With respect to any Inventory scheduled or listed on the most recent
Collateral Report, (a) such Inventory (other than Inventory in transit) is located at one of the
Grantor’s locations set forth on Exhibit A, (b) no Inventory (other than Inventory in
transit) is now, or shall at any time or times hereafter be stored at any other location except as
permitted by Section 4.1(g), (c) the Grantor has good, indefeasible and merchantable title to such
Inventory and such Inventory is not subject to any Lien or security interest or document whatsoever
except for the Lien granted to the Subordinated Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
Subordinated Collateral Agent and the Holders, and except as permitted under the Purchase
Agreement, (d) except as specifically disclosed in the most recent Collateral Report, such
Inventory is of good and merchantable quality, free from any defects, (e) such Inventory is not
subject to any licensing, patent, royalty, trademark, trade name or copyright agreements with any
third parties which would require any consent of any third party upon sale or other disposition of
that Inventory or the payment of any monies to any third party upon such sale or other disposition,
and (f) sale or other disposition of such Inventory by the Subordinated Collateral Agent following
an Event of Default shall not require the consent of any Person and shall not constitute a breach
or default under any contract or agreement to which the Grantor is a party or to which such
property is subject.
3.10. Filing Requirements. None of the Collateral is of a type for which security
interests or liens may be perfected by filing under any federal statute.
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3.11. No Financing Statements, Security Agreements. No financing statement or security
agreement describing all or any portion of the Collateral which has not lapsed or been terminated
naming the Grantor as debtor has been filed or is of record in any jurisdiction except (a) for
financing statements or security agreements naming the Subordinated Collateral Agent on behalf of
the Holders as the secured party and (b) as permitted by Section 4.1(e).
3.12. Pledged Collateral.
(a) Exhibit D sets forth a complete and accurate list of all of the Pledged
Collateral. The Grantor is the direct, sole beneficial owner and sole holder of record of the
Pledged Collateral listed on Exhibit D as being owned by it, free and clear of any Liens,
except for (i) with respect to the Fingerhut SPV Stock only, the security interest of the SPV
Collateral Agent and (ii) with respect to all Pledged Collateral (including the Fingerhut SPV
Stock) the security interest granted to the Subordinated Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
Holders hereunder and security interest granted to the Bank Agent. The Grantor further represents
and warrants that (i) all Pledged Collateral constituting an Equity Interest has been (to the
extent such concepts are relevant with respect to such Pledged Collateral) duly authorized, validly
issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, (ii) with respect to any certificates delivered to the
Subordinated Collateral Agent representing an Equity Interest, either such certificates are
Securities as defined in Article 8 of the UCC as a result of actions by the issuer or otherwise,
or, if such certificates are not Securities, the Grantor has so informed the Subordinated
Collateral Agent so that the Subordinated Collateral Agent may take steps to perfect its security
interest therein as a General Intangible, and (iii) all Pledged Collateral held by a securities
intermediary is covered by a control agreement among the Grantor, the securities intermediary and
the Subordinated Collateral Agent pursuant to which the Subordinated Collateral Agent has Control.
(b) In addition, (i) none of the Pledged Collateral has been issued or transferred in
violation of the securities registration, securities disclosure or similar laws of any jurisdiction
to which such issuance or transfer may be subject, (ii) there are existing no options, warrants,
calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to the Pledged Collateral or which
obligate the issuer of any Equity Interest included in the Pledged Collateral to issue additional
Equity Interests, and (iii) no consent, approval, authorization, or other action by, and no giving
of notice to or, filing with, any governmental authority or any other Person is required for the
pledge by the Grantor of the Pledged Collateral pursuant to this Security Agreement or for the
execution, delivery and performance of this Security Agreement by the Grantor, or for the exercise
by the Subordinated Collateral Agent of the voting or other rights provided for in this Security
Agreement or for the remedies in respect of the Pledged Collateral pursuant to this Security
Agreement, except as may be required in connection with such disposition by laws affecting the
offering and sale of securities generally.
(c) Except
as set forth in Exhibit D, the Grantor owns 100% of the issued and
outstanding Equity Interests which constitute Pledged Collateral.
3.13. Securities Accounts. The names and addresses of all institutions at which the
Grantor maintains its Securities Accounts and the account numbers and account names of such
Securities Accounts are listed on Exhibit G. The Company
shall amend Exhibit G from time to time within twenty (20) Business Days after opening any additional Securities Account
or closing or changing the account number or account name on any existing Securities Account.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
COVENANTS
From the date of this Security Agreement, and thereafter until this Security Agreement is
terminated, the Grantor agrees that:
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4.1. General.
(a) Collateral Records. The Grantor will maintain complete and accurate books and
records with respect to the Collateral, and furnish to the Subordinated Collateral Agent, with
sufficient copies for each of the Holders, such reports relating to the Collateral as the
Subordinated Collateral Agent shall from time to time request.
(b) Authorization to File Financing Statements; Ratification. The Grantor
hereby authorizes the Subordinated Collateral Agent to file, and if requested will deliver to the
Subordinated Collateral Agent, all financing statements and other documents and take such other
actions as may from time to time be requested by the Subordinated Collateral Agent in order to
maintain a first perfected security interest in and, if applicable, Control of, the Collateral. Any
financing statement filed by the Subordinated Collateral Agent may be filed in any filing office in
any UCC jurisdiction and may (i) indicate the Collateral by any description which reasonably
approximates the description contained in this Security Agreement, and (ii) contain any other
information required by part 5 of Article 9 of the UCC for the sufficiency or filing office
acceptance of any financing statement or amendment, including whether the Grantor is an
organization, the type of organization and any organization identification number issued to the
Grantor. The Grantor also agrees to furnish any such information to the Subordinated Collateral
Agent promptly upon request. The Grantor also ratifies its authorization for the Subordinated
Collateral Agent to have filed in any UCC jurisdiction any initial financing statements or
amendments thereto if filed prior to the date hereof.
(c) Further Assurances. The Grantor will, if so requested by the Subordinated
Collateral Agent, furnish to the Subordinated Collateral Agent, as often as the Subordinated
Collateral Agent requests, statements and schedules further identifying and describing the
Collateral and such other reports and information in connection with the Collateral as the
Subordinated Collateral Agent may reasonably request, all in such detail as the Subordinated
Collateral Agent may specify. The Grantor also agrees to take any and all actions necessary to
defend title to the Collateral against all persons and to defend the security interest of the
Subordinated Collateral Agent in the Collateral and the priority thereof against any Lien not
expressly permitted hereunder.
(d) Disposition of Collateral. The Grantor will not sell, lease or otherwise dispose
of the Collateral except for dispositions specifically permitted pursuant to paragraph 6E of the
Purchase Agreement.
(e) Liens. The Grantor will not create, incur, or suffer to exist any Lien on the
Collateral except (i) the security interest created by this Security Agreement, and (ii) other
Liens permitted under the terms of the Purchase Agreement.
(f) Other Financing Statements. The Grantor will not authorize the filing of any
financing statement naming it as debtor covering all or any portion of the Collateral, except as
permitted by Section 4. 1(e). The Grantor acknowledges that it is not authorized to file
any financing statement or amendment or termination statement with respect to any financing
statement without the prior written consent of the Subordinated Collateral Agent, subject to the
Grantor’s rights under Section 9-509(d)(2) of the UCC.
(g) Locations. The Grantor will not (i) maintain any Collateral at any location other
than those locations listed on Exhibit A, (ii) otherwise change, or add to, such locations
without the Subordinated Collateral Agent’s prior written consent (and if the Subordinated
Collateral Agent gives such consent, the Grantor will concurrently therewith obtain a Collateral
Access Agreement for each such location), or (iii) change its principal place of business or chief
executive office from the location identified on
Exhibit A, other than as permitted by the
Purchase Agreement.
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(h) Compliance with Terms. The Grantor will perform and comply with all obligations
in respect of the Collateral and all agreements to which it is a party or by which it is bound
relating to the Collateral.
(i) Commercial Tort Claims and Letter of Credit Rights. The Grantor shall amend (i)
Exhibit F from time to time within twenty (20) Business Days after obtaining any
additional Commercial Tort Claims and (ii) Exhibit C from time to time within twenty (20)
Business Days after obtaining any additional Letter-of-Credit Rights.
(j) Contracts. The Grantor shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to secure
all consents and approvals necessary or appropriate for the grant of a security interest to the
Subordinated Collateral Agent in any Contract or license held by the Grantor or in which the
Grantor has any rights not heretofore assigned.
4.2. Retained Receivables.
(a) Certain Agreements on Retained Receivables. The Grantor will not make or agree to
make any discount, credit, rebate or other reduction in the original amount owing on a Retained
Receivable or accept in satisfaction of a Retained Receivable less than the original amount
thereof, except that, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Grantor may reduce the
amount of Retained Receivables in accordance with its present policies and in the ordinary course
of business.
(b) Collection of Retained Receivables. Except as otherwise provided in this
Security Agreement, the Grantor will collect and enforce, at the Grantor’s sole expense, all
amounts due or hereafter due to the Grantor under the Retained Receivables.
(c) Electronic Chattel Paper. The Grantor shall take all steps necessary to grant
the Subordinated Collateral Agent Control of all electronic Chattel Paper in accordance with the
UCC and all “transferable records” as defined in each of the Uniform Electronic Transactions Act
and the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
4.3. Inventory.
(a) Maintenance of Inventory. The Grantor will do all things necessary to maintain,
preserve, protect and keep the Inventory in saleable condition, except for damaged or defective
goods arising in the ordinary course of the Grantor’s business.
(b) Returned Inventory. If an Account Debtor returns any Inventory to the Grantor
when no Event of Default exists, then the Grantor shall promptly determine the reason for such
return and shall issue a credit memorandum to the Account Debtor in the appropriate amount. All
returned Inventory shall be subject to the Subordinated Collateral Agent’s Liens thereon.
(c) Perpetual Inventory System. The Grantor will maintain a perpetual inventory
reporting system at all times.
4.4.
Delivery of Instruments, Securities, Chattel Paper and Documents. As to all
Chattel Paper and Instruments constituting part of the Collateral, the Grantor will (a) deliver to
the Subordinated Collateral Agent immediately upon execution of this Security Agreement the
originals of all Chattel Paper, Securities (other than the Fingerhut SPV Stock, while the
Intel-creditor Agreement and the SPV Credit Documents are in effect) and Instruments constituting
Collateral (if any then exist), (b) hold in trust for the Subordinated Collateral Agent upon
receipt and immediately thereafter deliver to the Subordinated Collateral Agent any Chattel Paper,
Securities (other than the Fingerhut SPV Stock, while the Intercreditor Agreement and the SPV
Credit Documents are in effect) and Instruments constituting Collateral, and (c) upon the
Subordinated Collateral
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Agent’s request, deliver to the Subordinated Collateral Agent (and thereafter hold in trust for
the Subordinated Collateral Agent upon receipt and immediately deliver to the Subordinated
Collateral Agent) any Document evidencing or constituting Collateral. The Grantor hereby
authorizes the Subordinated Collateral Agent to attach each Amendment to this Security Agreement
and agrees that all additional Collateral set forth in such Amendments shall be considered to be
part of the Collateral.
4.5. Uncertificated Pledged Collateral. The Grantor will permit the Subordinated
Collateral Agent from time to time to cause the appropriate issuers (and, if held with a securities
intermediary, such securities intermediary) of uncertificated securities or other types of Pledged
Collateral not represented by certificates to xxxx their books and records with the numbers and
face amounts of all such uncertificated securities or other types of Pledged Collateral not
represented by certificates and all rollovers and replacements therefor to reflect the Lien of the
Subordinated Collateral Agent granted pursuant to this Security Agreement. The Grantor will take
any actions necessary to cause (a) the issuers of uncertificated securities which are Pledged
Collateral and (b) any securities intermediary which is the holder of any Pledged Collateral, to
cause the Subordinated Collateral Agent to have and retain Control over such Pledged Collateral.
Without limiting the foregoing, the Grantor will, with respect to Pledged Collateral held with a
securities intermediary, cause such securities intermediary to enter into a control agreement with
the Subordinated Collateral Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to the Subordinated
Collateral Agent, giving the Subordinated Collateral Agent Control.
4.6. Pledged Collateral.
(a) Changes in Capital Structure of Issuers. The Grantor will not (i) permit or suffer
any issuer of an Equity Interest constituting Pledged Collateral to dissolve, merge, liquidate or
retire any of its Equity Interests, or (ii) vote any Pledged Collateral in favor of any of the
foregoing.
(b) Issuance of Additional Securities. The Grantor will not permit or suffer the
issuer of an Equity Interest constituting Pledged Collateral to issue additional Equity Interests,
any right to receive the same or any right to receive earnings, except to the Grantor.
(c) Registration of Pledged Collateral. The Grantor will permit any registerable
Pledged Collateral to be registered in the name of the Subordinated Collateral Agent or its nominee
at any time at the option of the Required Holder(s).
(d) Exercise of Rights in Pledged Collateral.
(i) Without in any way limiting the foregoing and subject to clause (ii) below, the
Grantor shall have the right to exercise all voting rights or other rights relating to the
Pledged Collateral for all purposes not inconsistent with this Security Agreement, the
Purchase Agreement or any other Note Document; provided however, that no vote or other
right shall be exercised or action taken which would have the effect of impairing the
rights of the Subordinated Collateral Agent in respect of the Pledged Collateral.
(ii) The Grantor will permit the Subordinated Collateral Agent or its nominee at any
time after the occurrence of an Event of Default, without notice, to exercise all voting
rights or other rights relating to Pledged Collateral, including, without limitation,
exchange, subscription or any other rights, privileges, or options pertaining to any Equity
Interest or Investment Property constituting Pledged Collateral as if it were the absolute
owner thereof.
(iii) The Grantor shall be entitled to collect and receive for its own use all cash
dividends and interest paid in respect of the Pledged Collateral to the extent not in
violation of the Purchase Agreement other than any of the following distributions
and payments (collectively referred to as the “Excluded Payments”): (A) dividends and
interest paid or payable other than in cash in respect of any Pledged Collateral, and
instruments and other property received, receivable or otherwise distributed
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in respect of, or in exchange for, any Pledged Collateral; (B) dividends and other
distributions paid or payable in cash in respect of any Pledged Collateral in connection
with a partial or total liquidation or dissolution or in connection with a reduction of
capital, capital surplus or paid-in capital of an issuer; and (C) cash paid, payable or
otherwise distributed, in respect of principal of, or in redemption of, or in exchange for,
any Pledged Collateral; provided however, that until actually paid, all rights to such
distributions shall remain subject to the Lien created by this Security Agreement; and
(iv) All Excluded Payments and all other distributions in respect of any of the
Pledged Collateral, whenever paid or made, shall be delivered to the Subordinated
Collateral Agent to hold as Pledged Collateral and shall, if received by the Grantor, be
received in trust for the benefit of the Subordinated Collateral Agent, be segregated from
the other property or funds of the Grantor, and be forthwith delivered to the Subordinated
Collateral Agent as Pledged Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary
endorsement).
4.7. No Interference. The Grantor agrees that it will not interfere with any right,
power and remedy of the Subordinated Collateral Agent provided for in this Security Agreement or
now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise, or the exercise or
beginning of the exercise by the Subordinated Collateral Agent of any one or more of such rights,
powers or remedies.
4.8.
Insurance. (a) In the event any Collateral is located in any area that has been
designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a “Special Flood Hazard Area”, the Grantor
shall purchase and maintain flood insurance on such Collateral (including any personal property
which is located on any real property leased by the Grantor within a “Special Flood Hazard Area”).
The amount of flood insurance required by this Section shall be in an amount equal to the lesser of
the total outstanding principal amount of the Subordinated Notes or the total replacement cost
value of the Inventory at such location.
(b) All insurance policies required hereunder and under paragraph 5F of the Purchase Agreement
shall name the Subordinated Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Subordinated Collateral Agent
and the Holders) as an additional insured or as loss payee, as applicable, and shall contain loss
payable clauses or mortgagee clauses, through endorsements in form and substance satisfactory to
the Subordinated Collateral Agent, which provide that: (i) all proceeds thereunder with respect to
any Collateral shall be payable to the Subordinated Collateral Agent; (ii) no such insurance shall
be affected by any act or neglect of the insured or owner of the property described in such policy;
and (iii) such policy and loss payable or mortgagee clauses may be canceled, amended, or terminated
only upon at least thirty days prior written notice given to the Subordinated Collateral Agent.
(c) All premiums on such insurance shall be paid when due by the Grantor, and copies of the
policies delivered to the Subordinated Collateral Agent. If the Grantor fails to obtain any
insurance as required by this Section, the Subordinated Collateral Agent may obtain such insurance
at the Grantor’s expense. By purchasing such insurance, the Subordinated Collateral Agent shall not
be deemed to have waived any Default arising from the Grantor’s failure to maintain such insurance
or pay any premiums therefor.
4.9. Collateral Access Agreements. The Grantor shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain a Collateral Access Agreement, from the lessor of each leased property, mortgagee
of owned property or bailee or consignee with respect to any warehouse, processor or converter
facility or other location where Collateral is stored or located, which agreement or letter shall
provide access rights, contain a waiver or subordination of all Liens or claims that the landlord,
mortgagee, bailee or consignee may assert against the Collateral at that location, and shall
otherwise be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Subordinated Collateral Agent.
After the First Amendment Effective Date, no real property or warehouse space shall be leased by
the Grantor and no Inventory shall be shipped to a processor or converter under arrangements
established after the First Amendment Effective Date, unless and until a satisfactory Collateral
Access Agreement shall first have been obtained with respect to such location. The Grantor shall
timely and fully pay and perform its obligations under all leases and other agreements with respect
to each leased location or third party warehouse where any
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Collateral is or may be located.
4.10. Change of Name or Location; Change of Fiscal Year. The Grantor shall not (a)
change its name as it appears in official filings in the state of its incorporation or
organization, (b) change its chief executive office, principal place of business, mailing address,
corporate offices or warehouses or locations at which Collateral is held or stored, or the location
of its records concerning the Collateral as set forth in this Security Agreement, (c) change the
type of entity that it is, (d) change its organization identification number, if any, issued by its
state of incorporation or other organization, or (e) change its state of incorporation or
organization, in each case, unless the Subordinated Collateral Agent shall have received at least
thirty days prior written notice of such change and the Subordinated Collateral Agent shall have
acknowledged in writing that either (1) such change will not adversely affect the validity,
perfection or priority of the Subordinated Collateral Agent’s security interest in the Collateral,
or (2) any reasonable action requested by the Subordinated Collateral Agent in connection therewith
has been completed or taken (including any action to continue the perfection of any Liens in favor
of the Subordinated Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Holders, in any Collateral), provided that,
any new location shall be in the continental U.S. The Grantor shall not change its fiscal year
which currently ends on the Friday closest to January 31st of each year.
4.11. Securities Accounts. The Grantor shall use its commercially reasonable efforts
to assist the Subordinated Collateral Agent in obtaining control under the UCC with respect to any
Collateral consisting of Securities Accounts (with investment or other assets that currently exceed
or are at any time expected to exceed $25,000).
ARTICLE V
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
5.1. Events of Default. The occurrence of any one or more of the following
events shall constitute an Event of Default hereunder:
(a) Any representation or warranty made by or on behalf of the Grantor under or in connection
with this Security Agreement shall be materially false as of the date on which made.
(b) The breach by the Grantor of any of the terms or provisions of Article IV or
Article VII.
(c) The breach by the Grantor (other than a breach which constitutes an Event of Default under
any other Section of this Article V) of any of the terms or provisions of this Security
Agreement which is not remedied within ten days after such breach.
(d) The occurrence of any “Event of Default” under, and as defined in, the Purchase Agreement.
(e) Any Equity Interest which is included within the Collateral shall at any time constitute a
Security or the issuer of any such Equity Interest shall take any action to have such interests
treated as a Security unless (i) all certificates or other documents constituting such Security
have been delivered to the Subordinated Collateral Agent and such Security is properly defined as
such under Article 8 of the UCC of the applicable jurisdiction, whether as a result of actions by
the issuer thereof or otherwise, or (ii) the Subordinated Collateral Agent has entered into a
control agreement with the issuer of such Security or with a securities intermediary relating to
such Security and such Security is defined as such under Article 8 of the UCC of the applicable
jurisdiction, whether as a result of actions by the issuer thereof or otherwise.
5.2. Remedies.
(a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Subordinated Collateral Agent may
exercise any or all of the following rights and remedies:
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(i) those rights and remedies provided in this Security Agreement, the Purchase
Agreement, or any other Note Document; provided that, this Section 5.2(a) shall not be
understood to limit any rights or remedies available to the Subordinated Collateral Agent
and the Holders prior to an Event of Default;
(ii) those rights and remedies available to a secured party under the UCC (whether or
not the UCC applies to the affected Collateral) or under any other applicable law
(including, without limitation, any law governing the exercise of a bank’s right of setoff
or bankers’ lien) when a debtor is in default under a security agreement;
(iii) give notice of sole control or any other instruction under any Deposit Account
Control Agreement or and other control agreement with any securities intermediary and take
any action therein with respect to such Collateral;
(iv) without notice (except as specifically provided in Section 8.1 or elsewhere
herein), demand or advertisement of any kind to the Grantor or any other Person, enter the
premises of the Grantor where any Collateral is located (through self-help and without
judicial process) to collect, receive, assemble, process, appropriate, sell, lease, assign,
grant an option or options to purchase or otherwise dispose of, deliver, or realize upon,
the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale or sales
(which sales may be adjourned or continued from time to time with or without notice and may
take place at the Grantor’s premises or elsewhere), for cash, on credit or for future
delivery without assumption of any credit risk, and upon such other terms as the
Subordinated Collateral Agent may deem commercially reasonable; and
(v) except as limited by Section 11.1, concurrently with written notice to the
Grantor, transfer and register in its name or in the name of its nominee the whole or any
part of the Pledged Collateral, to exchange certificates or instruments representing or
evidencing Pledged Collateral for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger
denominations, to exercise the voting and all other rights as a holder with respect
thereto, to collect and receive all cash dividends, interest, principal and other
distributions made thereon and to otherwise act with respect to the Pledged Collateral as
though the Subordinated Collateral Agent was the outright owner thereof.
(b) The Subordinated Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Holders, may comply with any
applicable state or federal law requirements in connection with a disposition of the Collateral and
compliance will not be considered to adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of
the Collateral.
(c) The Subordinated Collateral Agent shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales
and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase for the
benefit of the Subordinated Collateral Agent and the Holders, the whole or any part of the
Collateral so sold, free of any right of equity redemption, which equity redemption the Grantor
hereby expressly releases.
(d) Until the Subordinated Collateral Agent is able to effect a sale, lease, or other
disposition of Collateral, the Subordinated Collateral Agent shall have the right to hold or use
Collateral, or any part thereof, to the extent that it deems appropriate for the purpose of
preserving Collateral or its value or for any other purpose deemed appropriate by the Subordinated
Collateral Agent. The Subordinated Collateral Agent may, if it so elects, seek the appointment of
a receiver or keeper to take possession of Collateral and to enforce any of the Subordinated
Collateral Agent’s remedies (for the benefit of the Subordinated Collateral Agent and Holders),
with respect to such appointment without prior notice or hearing as to such appointment.
(e) [Intentionally Omitted].
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(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Subordinated Collateral Agent nor the Holders
shall be required to (i) make any demand upon, or pursue or exhaust any of their rights or remedies
against, the Grantor, any other obligor, guarantor, xxxxxxx or any other Person with respect to the
payment of the Secured Obligations or to pursue or exhaust any of their rights or remedies with
respect to any Collateral therefor or any direct or indirect guarantee thereof, (ii) marshal the
Collateral or any guarantee of the Secured Obligations or to resort to the Collateral or any such
guarantee in any particular order, or (iii) effect a public sale of any Collateral.
(g) The Grantor recognizes that the Subordinated Collateral Agent may be unable to effect a
public sale of any or all the Pledged Collateral and may be compelled to resort to one or more
private sales thereof in accordance with clause (a) above. The Grantor also acknowledges
that any private sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable to the seller than if
such sale were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private
sale shall not be deemed to have been made in a commercially unreasonable manner solely by virtue
of such sale being private. The Subordinated Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to
delay a sale of any of the Pledged Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit the
Grantor or the issuer of the Pledged Collateral to register such securities for public sale under
the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under applicable state securities laws, even if the
Grantor and the issuer would agree to do so.
5.3. Grantor’s Obligations Upon Default. Upon the request of the Subordinated
Collateral Agent after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the
Grantor will:
(a) assemble and make available to the Subordinated Collateral Agent the Collateral and all
books and records relating thereto at any place or places specified by the Subordinated Collateral
Agent, whether at the Grantor’s premises or elsewhere;
(b) permit the Subordinated Collateral Agent, by the Subordinated Collateral Agent’s
representatives and agents, to enter, occupy and use any premises where all or any part of the
Collateral, or the books and records relating thereto, or both, are located, to take possession of
all or any part of the Collateral or the books and records relating thereto, or both, to remove all
or any part of the Collateral or the books and records relating thereto, or both, and to conduct
sales of the Collateral, without any obligation to pay the Grantor for such use and occupancy;
(c) prepare and file, or cause an issuer of Pledged Collateral to prepare and file, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission or any other applicable government agency, registration
statements, a prospectus and such other documentation in connection with the Pledged Collateral as
the Subordinated Collateral Agent may request, all in form and substance satisfactory to the
Subordinated Collateral Agent, and furnish to the Subordinated Collateral Agent, or cause an issuer
of Pledged Collateral to furnish to the Subordinated Collateral Agent, any information regarding
the Pledged Collateral in such detail as the Subordinated Collateral Agent may specify;
(d) take, or cause an issuer of Pledged Collateral to take, any and all actions necessary to
register or qualify the Pledged Collateral to enable the Subordinated Collateral Agent to
consummate a public sale or other disposition of the Pledged Collateral; and
(e) at its own expense, cause the independent certified public accountants then engaged by the
Grantor to prepare and deliver to the Subordinated Collateral Agent and each Holder, at any time,
and from time to time, promptly upon the Subordinated Collateral Agent’s request, the following
reports with respect to the Grantor: (i) a reconciliation of all Accounts; (ii) an aging of all
Accounts; (iii) trial balances; and (iv) a test verification of such Accounts.
5.4. Grant of Intellectual Property License. For the purpose of enabling the
Subordinated Collateral Agent to exercise the rights and remedies under this Article V at
such time as the Subordinated Collateral Agent
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shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, the Grantor hereby (a) grants to
the Subordinated Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Subordinated Collateral Agent and the
Holders, an irrevocable, nonexclusive license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other
compensation to the Grantor) to use, license or sublicense any intellectual property rights now
owned or hereafter acquired by the Grantor, and wherever the same may be located, and including in
such license access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and
to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof and (b)
irrevocably agrees that the Subordinated Collateral Agent may sell any of the Grantor’s Inventory
directly to any person, including without limitation persons who have previously purchased the
Grantor’s Inventory from the Grantor and in connection with any such sale or other enforcement of
the Subordinated Collateral Agent’s rights under this Security Agreement, may sell Inventory which
bears any trademark owned by or licensed to the Grantor and any Inventory that is covered by any
copyright owned by or licensed to the Grantor and the Subordinated Collateral Agent may finish any
work in process and affix any trademark owned by or licensed to the Grantor and sell such
Inventory as provided herein.
ARTICLE VI
ACCOUNT VERIFICATION; ATTORNEY IN FACT; PROXY
ACCOUNT VERIFICATION; ATTORNEY IN FACT; PROXY
6.1. Account Verification. The Subordinated Collateral Agent may at any time, in the
Subordinated Collateral Agent’s own name, in the name of a nominee of the Subordinated Collateral
Agent, or in the name of the Grantor communicate (by mail, telephone, facsimile or otherwise) with
the Account Debtors of such Grantor, parties to contracts with the Grantor and obligors in respect
of Instruments of the Grantor to verify with such Persons, to the Subordinated Collateral Agent’s
satisfaction, the existence, amount, terms of, and any other matter relating to, Retained
Receivables subject to applicable laws.
6.2. Authorization for Subordinated Collateral Agent to Take Certain Action.
(a) The Grantor irrevocably authorizes the Subordinated Collateral Agent at any time and from
time to time in the sole discretion of the Subordinated Collateral Agent and appoints the
Subordinated Collateral Agent as its attorney in fact (i) to execute on behalf of the Grantor as
debtor and to file financing statements necessary or desirable in the Subordinated Collateral
Agent’s sole discretion to perfect and to maintain the perfection and priority of the Subordinated
Collateral Agent’s security interest in the Collateral, (ii) to endorse and collect any cash
proceeds of the Collateral, (iii) to file a carbon, photographic or other reproduction of this
Security Agreement or any financing statement with respect to the Collateral as a financing
statement and to file any other financing statement or amendment of a financing statement (which
does not add new collateral or add a debtor) in such offices as the Subordinated Collateral Agent
in its sole discretion deems necessary or desirable to perfect and to maintain the perfection and
priority of the Subordinated Collateral Agent’s security interest in the Collateral, (iv) to
contact and enter into one or more agreements with the issuers of uncertificated securities which
are Pledged Collateral or with securities intermediaries holding Pledged Collateral as may be
necessary or advisable to give the Subordinated Collateral Agent Control over such Pledged
Collateral, (v) to apply the proceeds of any Collateral received by the Subordinated Collateral
Agent to the Secured Obligations as provided in Section 7.2, (vi) to discharge past due taxes,
assessments, charges, fees or Liens on the Collateral (except for such Liens as are specifically
permitted hereunder), (vii) to contact Account Debtors for any reason, (viii) to demand payment or
enforce payment of the Retained Receivables in the name of the Subordinated Collateral Agent or
the Grantor and to endorse any and all checks, drafts, and other instruments for the payment of
money relating to the Retained Receivables, (ix) to sign the Grantor’s name on any invoice or xxxx
of lading relating to the Retained Receivables, drafts against any Account Debtor of the Grantor,
assignments and verifications of Retained Receivables, (x) to exercise all of the Grantor’s rights
and remedies with respect to the collection of the Retained Receivables and any other Collateral,
(xi) to settle, adjust, compromise, extend or renew the Retained Receivables, (xii) to settle,
adjust or compromise any legal proceedings brought to collect Retained Receivables, (xiii) to
prepare, file and sign the Grantor’s name on a proof of claim in bankruptcy or similar document
against any Account Debtor of the Grantor, (xiv) to prepare, file and sign the Grantor’s name on
any notice of Lien, assignment or satisfaction of Lien or similar document in connection with the
Retained Receivables, (xv) to change the address for delivery of mail addressed to the
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Grantor to such address as the Subordinated Collateral Agent may designate and to receive, open and
dispose of all mail addressed to the Grantor, and (xvi) to do all other acts and things necessary
to carry out this Security Agreement; and the Grantor agrees to reimburse the Subordinated
Collateral Agent on demand for any payment made or any expense incurred by the Subordinated
Collateral Agent in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that, this authorization shall
not relieve the Grantor of any of its obligations under this Security Agreement or under the
Purchase Agreement.
(b) All acts of said attorney or designee are hereby ratified and approved. The powers
conferred on the Subordinated Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Subordinated Collateral
Agent and Holders, under this Section 6.2 are solely to protect the Subordinated Collateral
Agent’s interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Subordinated Collateral
Agent or any Holder to exercise any such powers. The Subordinated Collateral Agent agrees that,
except for the powers granted in Section 6.2(a)(i)-(vi) and Section 6.2(a)(xvi), it shall not
exercise any power or authority granted to it unless an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing.
6.3. Proxy. THE GRANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSTITUTES AND APPOINTS THE SUBORDINATED
COLLATERAL AGENT AS THE PROXY AND ATTORNEY-IN-FACT (AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 6.2 ABOVE) OF
THE GRANTOR WITH RESPECT TO THE PLEDGED COLLATERAL, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO VOTE SUCH
PLEDGED COLLATERAL, WITH FULL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION TO DO SO. IN ADDITION TO THE RIGHT TO VOTE ANY
SUCH PLEDGED COLLATERAL, THE APPOINTMENT OF THE SUBORDINATED COLLATERAL AGENT AS PROXY AND
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT SHALL INCLUDE THE RIGHT TO EXERCISE ALL OTHER RIGHTS, POWERS, PRIVILEGES AND
REMEDIES TO WHICH A HOLDER OF SUCH PLEDGED COLLATERAL WOULD BE ENTITLED (INCLUDING GIVING
OR WITHHOLDING WRITTEN CONSENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS, CALLING SPECIAL MEETINGS OF
SHAREHOLDERS AND VOTING AT SUCH MEETINGS). SUCH PROXY SHALL BE EFFECTIVE, AUTOMATICALLY AND
WITHOUT THE NECESSITY OF ANY ACTION (INCLUDING ANY TRANSFER OF ANY SUCH PLEDGED COLLATERAL ON THE
RECORD BOOKS OF THE ISSUER THEREOF) BY ANY PERSON (INCLUDING THE ISSUER OF SUCH PLEDGED COLLATERAL
OR ANY OFFICER OR AGENT THEREOF), UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF A DEFAULT.
6.4.
Nature of Appointment; Limitation of Duty. THE APPOINTMENT
OF THE SUBORDINATED COLLATERAL AGENT AS PROXY AND ATTORNEY-IN-FACT IN THIS ARTICLE VI IS
COUPLED WITH AN INTEREST AND SHALL BE IRREVOCABLE UNTIL THE DATE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY
AGREEMENT IS TERMINATED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.14.
NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING
CONTAINED HEREIN, NEITHER THE SUBORDINATED COLLATERAL AGENT, NOR ANY HOLDER, NOR ANY OF
THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES SHALL HAVE
ANY DUTY TO EXERCISE ANY RIGHT OR POWER GRANTED HEREUNDER OR OTHERWISE OR TO PRESERVE THE SAME AND
SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY FAILURE TO DO SO OR FOR ANY DELAY IN DOING SO, EXCEPT IN RESPECT OF
DAMAGES ATTRIBUTABLE SOLELY TO THEIR OWN GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR WILLFUL MISCONDUCT. AS FINALLY
DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION; PROVIDED THAT, IN NO EVENT SHALL THEY BE
LIABLE FOR ANY PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
ARTICLE VII
COLLECTION AND APPLICATION OF COLLATERAL PROCEEDS; DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS
COLLECTION AND APPLICATION OF COLLATERAL PROCEEDS; DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS
7.1. Collection of Retained Receivables.
(a) On or before the First Amendment Effective Date, the Grantor shall execute and deliver to
the Subordinated Collateral Agent a Deposit Account Control Agreement for Merchant Deposit Account
maintained by the Grantor at U.S. Bank National Association (the “Merchant Deposit Account”),
which
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Merchant Deposit Account is identified as such on Exhibit B. The Grantor shall cause to be
deposited in that Merchant Deposit Account on each Business Day all proceeds of Collateral other
than proceeds of Sales Receivables and Servicing Accounts and Retained Receivables. On or before
the First Amendment Effective Date, the Grantor shall execute and deliver to the Subordinated
Collateral Agent a Deposit Control Account Agreement for a deposit account (the “Collateral
Deposit Account”) maintained with the Bank Agent. Grantor shall cause to be deposited in the
Collateral Deposit Account on each Business Day all proceeds of Servicing Accounts, Sales
Receivables and settlement payments from the CIT Bank under the CIT Documents and Retained
Receivables. On each Business Day, all funds on deposit in the Merchant Deposit Account shall be
transferred to the Collateral Deposit Account. On or before the First Amendment Effective Date,
the Grantor will establish lock box service (the “Lock Boxes”) with the bank(s) set forth in
Exhibit B, which lock boxes shall be subject to irrevocable lockbox agreements in a form
acceptable to the Subordinated Collateral Agent designating the Subordinated Collateral Agent as
the secured party (a “Lock Box Agreement”).
(b) The Grantor shall direct all of its Account Debtors to forward payments directly to Lock
Boxes subject to Lock Box Agreements. The Subordinated Collateral Agent shall have sole access to
the Lock Boxes at all times and the Grantor shall take all actions necessary to grant the
Subordinated Collateral Agent such sole access. At no time shall the Grantor remove any item from
the Lock Box without the Subordinated Collateral Agent’s prior written consent or from the
Collateral Deposit Account without the Subordinated Collateral Agent’s consent. If notwithstanding
the foregoing instructions, the Grantor receives any proceeds of any Underlying Receivables, the
Grantor shall receive such payments as the Subordinated Collateral Agent’s trustee, and shall
immediately deposit all cash, checks or other similar payments related to or constituting payments
made in respect of Retained Receivables received by it to a Lock Box. At any time the Subordinated
Collateral Agent is the “Controlling Secured Party” (as defined in the Collateral Deposit Account
Control Agreement), the Subordinated Collateral Agent shall hold and apply funds received into the
Collateral Deposit Account as provided by the terms of Section 7.2.
7.2.
Application of Proceeds; Deficiency. All amounts deposited in the Collateral
Deposit Account shall be applied by the Subordinated Collateral Agent against the Secured
Obligations. Any such proceeds of the Collateral shall be applied as determined by the Holders. The
balance, if any, after all of the Secured Obligations have been satisfied, shall be deposited by
the Subordinated Collateral Agent into the Grantor’s general operating account. The Grantor shall
remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral
are insufficient to pay all Secured Obligations, including any attorneys’ fees and other expenses
incurred by the Subordinated Collateral Agent or any Holder to collect such deficiency.
ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
GENERAL PROVISIONS
8.1. Waivers. The Grantor hereby waives notice of the time and place of any public
sale or the time after which any private sale or other disposition of all or any part of the
Collateral may be made. To the extent such notice may not be waived under applicable law, any
notice made shall be deemed reasonable if sent to the Grantor, addressed as set forth in
Article IX, at least ten days prior to (i) the date of any such public sale or (ii) the
time after which any such private sale or other disposition may be made. To the maximum extent
permitted by applicable law, the Grantor waives all claims, damages, and demands against the
Subordinated Collateral Agent or any Holder arising out of the repossession, retention or sale of
the Collateral, except such as arise solely out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of
the Subordinated Collateral Agent or such Holder as finally determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction. To the extent it may lawfully do so, the Grantor absolutely and irrevocably waives
and relinquishes the benefit and advantage of, and covenants not to assert against the
Subordinated Collateral Agent or any Holder, any valuation, stay, appraisal, extension,
moratorium, redemption or similar laws and any and all rights or defenses it may have as a surety
now or hereafter existing which, but for this provision, might be applicable to the sale of any
Collateral made under the judgment, order or decree of any court, or privately under the power of
sale conferred by this Security Agreement, or otherwise. Except as otherwise specifically provided
herein, the Grantor hereby waives presentment, demand, protest or
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any notice (to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law) of any kind in connection with this
Security Agreement or any Collateral.
8.2. Limitation on Subordinated Collateral Agent’s and Holders’ Duty with Respect to
the Collateral. The Subordinated Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to clean-up or
otherwise prepare the Collateral for sale. The Subordinated Collateral Agent and each Holder shall
use reasonable care with respect to the Collateral in its possession or under its control. Neither
the Subordinated Collateral Agent nor any Holder shall have any other duty as to any Collateral in
its possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or nominee of the
Subordinated Collateral Agent or such Holder, or any income thereon or as to the preservation of
rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto. To the extent that applicable
law imposes duties on the Subordinated Collateral Agent to exercise remedies in a commercially
reasonable manner, the Grantor acknowledges and agrees that it is commercially reasonable for the
Subordinated Agent (i) to fail to incur expenses deemed significant by the Subordinated Collateral
Agent to prepare Collateral for disposition or otherwise to transform raw material or work in
process into finished goods or other finished products for disposition, (ii) to fail to obtain
third party consents for access to Collateral to be disposed of, or to obtain or, if not required
by other law, to fail to obtain governmental or third party consents for the collection or
disposition of Collateral to be collected or disposed of, (iii) to fail to exercise collection
remedies against Account Debtors or other Persons obligated on Collateral or to remove Liens on or
any adverse claims against Collateral, (iv) to exercise collection remedies against Account Debtors
and other Persons obligated on Collateral directly or through the use of collection agencies and
other collection specialists, (v) to advertise dispositions of Collateral through publications or
media of general circulation, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature, (vi) to
contact other Persons, whether or not in the same business as the Grantor, for expressions of
interest in acquiring all or any portion of such Collateral, (vii) to hire one or more professional
auctioneers to assist in the disposition of Collateral, whether or not the Collateral is of a
specialized nature, (viii) to dispose of Collateral by utilizing internet sites that provide for
the auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that have the reasonable capacity
of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets, (ix) to dispose of assets in wholesale
rather than retail markets, (x) to disclaim disposition warranties, such as title, possession or
quiet enjoyment, (xi) to purchase insurance or credit enhancements to insure the Subordinated
Collateral Agent against risks of loss, collection or disposition of Collateral or to provide to
the Subordinated Collateral Agent a guaranteed return from the collection or disposition of
Collateral, or (xii) to the extent deemed appropriate by the Subordinated Collateral Agent, to
obtain the services of other brokers, investment bankers, consultants and other professionals to
assist the Subordinated Collateral Agent in the collection or disposition of any of the Collateral.
The Grantor acknowledges that the purpose of this Section 8.2 is to provide non-exhaustive
indications of what actions or omissions by the Subordinated Collateral Agent would be
commercially reasonable in the Subordinated Collateral Agent’s exercise of remedies against the
Collateral and that other actions or omissions by the Subordinated Collateral Agent shall not be
deemed commercially unreasonable solely on account of not being indicated in this Section 8.2.
Without limitation upon the foregoing, nothing contained in this Section 8.2 shall be construed to
grant any rights to the Grantor or to impose any duties on the Subordinated Collateral Agent that
would not have been granted or imposed by this Security Agreement or by applicable law in the
absence of this Section 8.2.
8.3. Compromises and Collection of Collateral. The Grantor and the Subordinated
Collateral Agent recognize that setoffs, counterclaims, defenses and other claims may be asserted
by obligors with respect to certain of the Retained Receivables, that certain of the Retained
Receivables may be or become uncollectible in whole or in part and that the expense and probability
of success in litigating a disputed Retained Receivable may exceed the amount that reasonably may
be expected to be recovered with respect to a Retained Receivable. In view of the foregoing, the
Grantor agrees that the Subordinated Collateral Agent may at any time and from time to time, if an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, compromise with the obligor on any Retained
Receivable, accept in full payment of any Retained Receivable such amount as the Subordinated
Collateral Agent in its sole discretion shall determine or abandon any Retained Receivable, and any
such action by the Subordinated Collateral Agent shall be commercially reasonable so long as the
Subordinated Collateral Agent acts in good faith based on information known to it at the time it
takes any such action.
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8.4. Secured Party Performance of Debtor Obligations. Without having any obligation to
do so, the Subordinated Collateral Agent may perform or pay any obligation which the Grantor has
agreed to perform or pay in this Security Agreement and the Grantor shall reimburse the
Subordinated Collateral Agent for any amounts paid by the Subordinated Collateral Agent pursuant to
this Section 8.4. The Grantor’s obligation to reimburse the Subordinated Collateral Agent
pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be a Secured Obligation payable on demand.
8.5. Specific Performance of Certain Covenants. The Grantor acknowledges and agrees
that a breach of any of the covenants contained in Sections 4.1(d), 4.1(e), 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7,
4.8, 4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 5.3, or 8.7 or in Article VII will cause irreparable injury to the
Subordinated Collateral Agent and the Holders, that the Subordinated Collateral Agent and the
Holders have no adequate remedy at law in respect of such breaches and therefore agrees, without
limiting the right of the Subordinated Collateral Agent or the Holders to seek and obtain specific
performance of other obligations of the Grantor contained in this Security Agreement, that the
covenants of the Grantor contained in the Sections referred to in this Section 8.5 shall be
specifically enforceable against the Grantor.
8.6. Dispositions Not Authorized. The Grantor is not authorized to sell or otherwise
dispose of the Collateral except as set forth in Section 4.1(d) and notwithstanding any course of
dealing between the Grantor and the Subordinated Collateral Agent or other conduct of the
Subordinated Collateral Agent, no authorization to sell or otherwise dispose of the Collateral
(except as set forth in Section 4.1(d)) shall be binding upon the Subordinated Collateral Agent or
the Holders unless such authorization is in writing signed by the Subordinated Collateral Agent
with the consent or at the direction of the Required Holder(s).
8.7.
No Waiver; Amendments, Cumulative Remedies. No delay or omission of the
Subordinated Collateral Agent or any Holder to exercise any right or remedy granted under this
Security Agreement shall impair such right or remedy or be construed to be a waiver of any Default
or an acquiescence therein, and any single or partial exercise of any such right or remedy shall
not preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy. No
waiver, amendment or other variation of the terms, conditions or provisions of this Security
Agreement whatsoever shall be valid unless in writing signed by the Subordinated Collateral Agent
(with the written approval of the Required Holder(s) or such other Person, if such approval is
required under the Purchase Agreement). All rights and remedies contained in this Security
Agreement or by law afforded shall be cumulative and all shall be available to the Subordinated
Collateral Agent and the Holders until the Secured Obligations have been paid in full.
8.8.
Limitation by Law, Severability of Provisions. All rights, remedies and powers
provided in this Security Agreement may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof
does not violate any applicable provision of law, and all the provisions of this Security Agreement
are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of law that may be controlling
and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they shall not render this Security Agreement
invalid, unenforceable or not entitled to be recorded or registered, in whole or in part. Any
provision in this Security Agreement that is held to be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid in
any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid without
affecting the remaining provisions in that jurisdiction or the operation, enforceability, or
validity of that provision in any other jurisdiction, and to this end the provisions of this
Security Agreement are declared to be severable.
8.9. Reinstatement. This Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and
continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Grantor for liquidation or
reorganization, should the Grantor become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of any
creditor or creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part
of the Grantor’s assets, and shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be,
if at any time payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, or any part thereof, is,
pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or
returned by any obligee of the Secured Obligations, whether as a “voidable preference,”
“fraudulent conveyance,” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made.
In the event that any
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payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the Secured Obligations
shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so rescinded, reduced,
restored or returned.
8.10. Benefit of Agreement. The terms and provisions of this Security Agreement shall
be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Grantor, the Subordinated Collateral Agent and the
Holders and their respective successors and assigns (including all persons who become bound as a
debtor to this Security Agreement), except that the Grantor shall not have the right to assign its
rights or delegate its obligations under this Security Agreement or any interest herein, without
the prior written consent of the Subordinated Collateral Agent. No sales of participations,
assignments, transfers, or other dispositions of any agreement governing the Secured Obligations or
any portion thereof or interest therein shall in any manner impair the Lien granted to the
Subordinated Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Subordinated Collateral Agent and the
Holders, hereunder.
8.11. Survival of Representations. All representations and warranties of the Grantor
contained in this Security Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this Security
Agreement.
8.12. Taxes and Expenses. Any taxes (including income taxes) payable or ruled payable
by Federal or State authority in respect of this Security Agreement shall be paid by the Grantor,
together with interest and penalties, if any. The Grantor shall reimburse the Subordinated
Collateral Agent for any and all out-of-pocket expenses and internal charges (including reasonable
attorneys’, auditors’ and accountants’ fees and reasonable time charges of attorneys, paralegals,
auditors and accountants who may be employees of the Subordinated Collateral Agent) paid or
incurred by the Subordinated Collateral Agent in connection with the preparation, execution,
delivery, administration, collection and enforcement of this Security Agreement and in the audit,
analysis, administration, collection, preservation or sale of the Collateral (including the
expenses and charges associated with any periodic or special audit of the Collateral). Any and all
costs and expenses incurred by the Grantor in the performance of actions required pursuant to the
terms hereof shall be borne solely by the Grantor.
8.13. Headings. The title of and section headings in this Security Agreement are for
convenience of reference only, and shall not govern the interpretation of any of the terms and
provisions of this Security Agreement.
8.14. Termination. This Security Agreement shall continue in effect (notwithstanding
the fact that from time to time there may be no Secured Obligations outstanding) until (i) the
Purchase Agreement has terminated pursuant to its express terms and (ii) all of the Secured
Obligations have been indefeasibly paid and performed in full and no commitments of the
Subordinated Collateral Agent or the Holders which would give rise to any Secured Obligations are
outstanding.
8.15. Entire Agreement. This Security Agreement embodies the entire agreement and
understanding between the Grantor and the Subordinated Collateral Agent relating to the Collateral
and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the Grantor and the Subordinated
Collateral Agent relating to the Collateral.
8.16.
CHOICE OF LAW. THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS (AND NOT THE LAW OF CONFLICTS) OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
8.17. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. THE GRANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY
SUBMITS TO THE NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY U.S. FEDERAL OR ILLINOIS STATE COURT SITTING IN
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING
OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER NOTE DOCUMENT AND THE GRANTOR HEREBY
IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND
DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AS
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THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A COURT OR THAT SUCH COURT IS AN
INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF THE SUBORDINATED COLLATERAL AGENT OR
ANY HOLDER TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE GRANTOR IN THE COURTS OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. ANY
JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BY THE GRANTOR AGAINST THE SUBORDINATED COLLATERAL AGENT OR ANY HOLDER OR ANY
AFFILIATE OF THE SUBORDINATED COLLATERAL AGENT OR ANY HOLDER INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY,
ANY MATTER IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED WITH THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY
OTHER NOTE DOCUMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN A COURT IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
8.18.WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THE GRANTOR, THE SUBORDINATED COLLATERAL AGENT AND EACH
HOLDER HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY
MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR
CONNECTED WITH THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER NOTE DOCUMENT OR THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED
THEREUNDER.
8.19. Indemnity. The Grantor hereby agrees to indemnify the Subordinated Collateral
Agent and the Holders, and their respective successors, assigns, agents and employees, from and
against any and all liabilities, damages, penalties, suits, costs, and expenses of any kind and
nature (including, without limitation, all expenses of litigation or preparation therefor whether
or not the Subordinated Collateral Agent or any Holder is a party thereto) imposed on, incurred by
or asserted against the Subordinated Collateral Agent or the Holders, or their respective
successors, assigns, agents and employees, in any way relating to or arising out of this Security
Agreement, or the manufacture, purchase, acceptance, rejection, ownership, delivery, lease,
possession, use, operation, condition, sale, return or other disposition of any Collateral
(including, without limitation, latent and other defects, whether or not discoverable by the
Subordinated Collateral Agent or the Holders or the Grantor, and any claim for trademark
infringement).
8.20. Counterparts. This Security Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one agreement, and any of the parties
hereto may execute this Security Agreement by signing any such counterpart.
8.21. Effect of Changes in SPV Credit Documents. The SPV Credit Documents may be
amended, modified, supplemented, restated or extended from time to
time (each, a “change”),
provided that, for purposes of this Agreement, no such change shall affect the defined terms in the
SPV Credit Documents as such terms have been incorporated herein by reference in a manner which
impairs or diminishes the Collateral. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, and for the
avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto expressly agree that any conveyance, assignment,
reconveyance or reassignment executed in accordance with the provisions of any such SPV Credit
Document shall not be considered to be a change to such SPV Credit Document.
8.22. Springing Account Agreement. To the extent the Subordinated Collateral Agent
enters into a springing account control agreement with U.S. Bank National Association pertaining
to Account No. 104757791017, the Subordinated Collateral Agent will not deliver a written notice
pursuant thereto terminating Grantor’s access to, and granting the Subordinated Collateral Agent
exclusive control over, such account until the occurrence and continuance of an Event Default.
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ARTICLE IX
NOTICES
NOTICES
Except as otherwise specified herein, all notices, requests, demands, consents, instructions
or other communications to or upon the Grantor or Subordinated Collateral Agent under this Security
Agreement shall be given as provided in paragraph 12I of the Purchase Agreement.
ARTICLE X
SUBORDINATED COLLATERAL AGENT
SUBORDINATED COLLATERAL AGENT
Prudential Capital Partners II, L.P. has been appointed Subordinated Collateral Agent for the
Purchasers pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement. It is expressly understood and agreed by
the parties to this Security Agreement that any authority conferred upon the Subordinated
Collateral Agent hereunder is subject to the terms of the delegation of authority made by the
Purchasers to the Subordinated Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement, and
that the Subordinated Collateral Agent has agreed to act (and any successor Subordinated
Collateral Agent shall act) as such hereunder only on the express conditions contained in the
Collateral Agency Agreement. Any successor Subordinated Collateral Agent appointed pursuant to the
Collateral Agency Agreement shall be entitled to all the rights, interests and benefits of the
Subordinated Collateral Agent hereunder.
ARTICLE XI
STOCK OF FINGERHUT SPV; LIMITATION ON ACTIONS
STOCK OF FINGERHUT SPV; LIMITATION ON ACTIONS
11.1 The parties hereto acknowledge that the pledge hereunder of the membership interests
(the “Fingerhut SPV Stock”) of Grantor in the Fingerhut SPV is (i) junior in priority to the
pledge of the Fingerhut SPV Stock to the SPV Secured Parties under the SPV Share Pledge and (ii)
prohibited by the terms of the Receivables Contribution and Purchase Agreement, unless certain
limitations with respect to the pledge of the Fingerhut SPV Stock as set forth herein are
observed. Accordingly, in order to induce the SPV Collateral Agent to permit the pledge of the
Fingerhut SPV Stock, the parties hereto agree to the following limitations relating only to the
pledge of the Fingerhut SPV Stock and not to any other Pledged Collateral.
To induce the SPV Collateral Agent to permit the pledge of the Fingerhut SPV Stock, the
parties hereto agree to the following limitations:
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein:
(i) Prior to the date that is one year and one day after all Obligations under (and as
defined in) the SPV Revolving Credit Agreement have been paid in full, the Subordinated Collateral
Agent, for itself and for the Holders, agrees that, with respect to the Fingerhut SPV Stock, it
will not, without the prior written consent of the SPV Collateral Agent take any action adverse to
the SPV Collateral Agent or the SPV Secured Parties, including, without limitation, (A) causing the
Fingerhut SPV to violate or breach any term or provision in any SPV Credit Document, (B) amending
or altering any of the Fingerhut SPV’s organizational documents, (C) causing the Fingerhut SPV to
incur any debt, other than, in each case, as may be allowed in the SPV Credit Documents or (D)
otherwise take any action which would compromise or call into question the intended bankruptcy
remote structure of the transactions contemplated by the Receivables Contribution and Purchase
Agreement and the other SPV Credit Documents; provided, that any termination of the Receivables
Contribution and Purchase Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof shall not be deemed to be
adverse to the interests of the SPV Collateral Agent or the SPV Secured Parties;
(ii) Prior to the date on which the Obligations under (and as defined in) the SPV
Credit Documents have been paid in full, in the event that the Subordinated Collateral Agent
receives any payments or funds constituting Receivables Property, the Subordinated Collateral Agent
shall hold such
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payments or funds in trust for the benefit of the SPV Collateral Agent, and shall
promptly transfer such payments or funds to the SPV Collateral Agent;
(iii) Prior to the date on which the Obligations under (and as defined in) the SPV
Credit Documents have been paid in full, (A) this Article XI shall not be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified without the prior written consent of the SPV Collateral Agent
and the provisions of this Article XI shall be contained in any agreement that amends and restates
this Security Agreement and (B) the Subordinated Collateral Agent for itself and for the Holders
agrees that no such party shall enter into any additional agreement that would adversely affect
the rights of any SPV Secured Party under the SPV Revolving Credit Agreement set forth in Article
XI hereof;
(iv) Prior to the date that is one year and one day after all Obligations under (and as
defined in) the SPV Credit Documents have been paid in full, neither the Subordinated Collateral
Agent nor any Holder shall object to or contest in any administrative, legal or equitable action
or proceeding (including, without limitation, any insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership,
liquidation, reorganization, winding up, readjustment, composition or other similar proceeding
relating to the Grantor or the Fingerhut SPV or their respective property) or object to or contest
in any other manner (1) the interests of the Fingerhut SPV and its successors and assigns in any
of the assets transferred (or purported to be transferred) by Grantor to the Fingerhut SPV
pursuant to the Receivables Contribution and Purchase Agreement and/or (2) the interests of the
SPV Collateral Agent, and/or any SPV Secured Party in the Receivables Property or otherwise take
any action which would compromise or call into question the intended bankruptcy remote structure
of the transactions contemplated by the SPV Credit Documents. Neither the Subordinated Collateral
Agent nor any Holder shall object to or contest in any manner the receipt of any payment by the
SPV Collateral Agent with respect to the Receivables Property in accordance with the terms of the
SPV Credit Documents; and
(v) Prior to the date that is ninety-five (95) days after all Obligations under (and as
defined in) the SPV Credit Documents have been paid in full, neither the Subordinated Collateral
Agent nor any Holder shall exercise or seek to exercise any rights or remedies, including any
action of foreclosure, with respect to the Fingerhut SPV Stock or institute any action or
proceeding with respect to such rights or remedies, including any action of foreclosure.
The provisions of this Article XI shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the
case may be, if at any time any payment made pursuant to the Receivables Contribution and Purchase
Agreement is rescinded or must otherwise be returned by the SPV Collateral Agent or any of the
lenders upon the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Grantor or the Fingerhut SPV or
otherwise, all as though such payment had not been made.
(b) The SPV Collateral Agent shall be a third-party beneficiary with respect to this Article
XI.
(c) The provisions of this Article XI provide for relative rights of the Subordinated
Collateral Agent and the SPV Collateral Agent, respectively, and are not intended for the benefit
of the Grantor or the Fingerhut SPV, nor shall such provisions limit or modify the obligations of
the Grantor under the Note Documents or the SPV Credit Documents, respectively.
ARTICLE XII
AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT
AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT
This Security Agreement is intended to and does amend and restate the Amended Security
Agreement in its entirety and the Liens under the Amended Security Agreement shall be continuing in
all respects.
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ARTICLE XIII
COLLATERAL HELD BY BANK AGENT
COLLATERAL HELD BY BANK AGENT
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein, any Collateral that constitutes Pledged
Collateral that is held by, or required to be delivered to, the Subordinated Collateral Agent
hereunder shall be deemed to be held by, or such requirement shall be deemed to be satisfied by
delivery to, the Bank Agent in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement.
ARTICLE XIV
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest in the
Fingerhut SPV Stock granted to the Subordinated Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Holders,
pursuant to this Security Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy in respect of the
Fingerhut SPV Stock by the Subordinated Collateral Agent and the Holders hereunder are subject to
the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency
between a provision of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Security Agreement that relates solely
to the rights or obligations of, or relationships between, the SPV Secured Parties and the
Subordinated Collateral Agent, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall control.
ARTICLE XV
CONFIRMATION OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
CONFIRMATION OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
The Grantor hereby confirms the grant to the Subordinated Collateral Agent, for the ratable
benefit of the Holders, after giving effect to this Security Agreement, under the Original Security
Agreement and the Amended Security Agreement.
[Signature Page Follows]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Grantor and the Subordinated Collateral Agent have executed this
Security Agreement as of the date first above written.
GRANTOR: | ||||
FINGERHUT DIRECT MARKET, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxx X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | EVP and CFO | |||
SUBORDINATED COLLATERAL AGENT: | ||||
PRUDENTIAL CAPITAL PARTNERS II, L.P., as Subordinated Collateral Agent | ||||
By: | Stetson Street Partners, L.P., its general partner | |||
By: | /s/ ILLEGIBLE | |||
Vice President |
EXHIBIT A
(See Sections 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.9 and 9.1 of Security Agreement)
(See Sections 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.9 and 9.1 of Security Agreement)
GRANTOR’S INFORMATION AND COLLATERAL LOCATIONS
I. | Name of Grantor: Fingerhut Direct Marketing, Inc. | |
II. | State of Incorporation or Organization: Delaware | |
III. | Type of Entity: Corporation | |
IV. | Organizational Number assigned by State of Incorporation or Organization: 3567832 | |
V. | Federal Employer Identification Number: 00-0000000 | |
VI. | Place of Business (if it has only one) or Chief Executive Office (if more than one place of business) and Mailing Address: | |
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attention: Chief Financial Officer |
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VII. | Locations of Collateral: |
(a) | Properties Owned by the Grantor: | ||
None. | |||
(b) | Properties Leased by the Grantor (Include Landlord’s Name): |
Address | Landlord | |||
1 . Warehouse
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0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx Xx. Xxxxx, XX |
Welsh Fingerhut MN, LLC | ||
2. Returns Center
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00 XxXxxxxx Xxxx Xx. Xxxxx, XX |
Albo, LLC | ||
3. Data Center
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0000 Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx, XX |
Time Warner Telecom Inc. | ||
4. Secondary Data Center
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000 00xx Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX |
Time Warner Telecom, Inc. | ||
5. Corporate Headquarters
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0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx, XX |
Liberty Property Limited Partnership | ||
6. Corporate Headquarters
|
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx, XX |
Superior Eden Prairie Holdings LLC |
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Address | Landlord | |||
7. Call Center
|
00 XxXxxxxx Xxxx Xx. Xxxxx, XX |
Sundance III, LLC | ||
8. Call Center
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1250 Industrial Park Road, Eveleth Industrial Park Eveleth, MN |
Xxxxx X. Tini, Xxxx X. Xxxx and Xxxxx Xxxx |
(c) | Public Warehouses or other Locations pursuant to Bailment or Consignment Arrangements (include name of Warehouse Operator or other Bailee or Consignee): | ||
None. |
EXHIBIT B
(See Section 3.5 of Security Agreement)
(See Section 3.5 of Security Agreement)
DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS
FINGERHUT BANK ACCOUNTS
Bank Name | Account Number | Reason for Account | Source of Funding | |||||
DEPOSIT |
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US Bank
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104757791017 | Main operating account | Main operating account. No funds flow from this account to JPM unless significant amount of excess cash. If excess cash, then line would be paid down from this account. | |||||
US Bank
|
204790175432 | Operating disbursement account | N/A | |||||
US Bank
|
152100018984 | Controlled disbursement account | N/A | |||||
US Bank
|
104774082853 | Restricted account used for payments on sales/order | Payments into this account are related to non-CIT credit sales (i.e., merchant credit cards). Cash is swept from this account on a periodic basis by JPM. | |||||
US Bank
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104757791504 | Zero balance account — Non-credit sales | N/A | |||||
US Bank
|
104774083463 | Payments of CIT accounts — Miscellaneous customer payments | Payments into this account flow into the Huntington Lockbox. Can be trust and non-trust. Generally customer payments sent to St. Cloud and not directly to the Lockbox. Daily cash receipts from non-trust account. | |||||
US Bank
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10457791009 | Fingerhut Fulfillment, Inc. zero balance account | N/A | |||||
XX Xxxxxx Chase
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758660021 | Inventory loan account — Collection account | N/A | |||||
XX Xxxxxx Xxxxx
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737302588 | Funding account — Money is swept from this account to US Bank operating account — Funding Account | N/A | |||||
CIT Bank
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9003 | Cash collateral account | Daily sales wire is sent from CIT to JPM to paydown inventory line. Fingerhut purchases receivables from CIT two days later. | |||||
LOCKBOX |
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Huntington Bank
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01661780221 | Lockbox account for collection of customer payments. | Daily cash receipts in respect of credit card receivables. |
EXHIBIT C
(See Section 3.7 of Security Agreement)
(See Section 3.7 of Security Agreement)
LETTER
OF CREDIT RIGHTS
None.
CHATTEL PAPER
None.
EXHIBIT D
(See Section 3.12 of Security Agreement and Definition of “Pledged Collateral”)
(See Section 3.12 of Security Agreement and Definition of “Pledged Collateral”)
LIST OF PLEDGED COLLATERAL, SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENT PROPERTY
STOCKS
Percentage of | ||||||||||||||||
Certificate | Number of | Class of | Outstanding | |||||||||||||
Issuer | Number(s) | Shares | Stock | Shares | ||||||||||||
Fingerhut Receivables I, LLC |
1 | N/A | Limited Liability Company Interests | 100 | % | |||||||||||
Fingerhut Fulfillment, Inc. |
N/A | N/A | Common Stock | 100 | % |
EXHIBIT E
(See Section 3.1 of Security Agreement)
(See Section 3.1 of Security Agreement)
OFFICES IN WHICH FINANCING STATEMENTS HAVE BEEN FILED)
Delaware Secretary of State
EXHIBIT F
(See Section 3.8 of Security Agreement)
(See Section 3.8 of Security Agreement)
COMMERCIAL TORT CLAIMS
None.
EXHIBIT G
(See Section 3.13 of Security Agreement)
(See Section 3.13 of Security Agreement)
SECURITIES ACCOUNTS
None.
EXHIBIT Q
FORM OF RECEIVABLES INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
EXECUTION VERSION
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
THIS INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, this “Agreement”) is entered into as of May 15,
2008, by and among Xxxxxxx Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P., as collateral agent under the SPV
Security Agreement and as collateral agent under the SPV Share Pledge (each, as defined below) (in
such capacities, together with its successors and assigns, the “SPV Collateral Agent”), Prudential
Capital Partners II, L.P., as collateral agent for the Purchasers party to the Holdings Securities
Purchase Agreement (as defined below) (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns,
the “Notes Collateral Agent”), Fingerhut Receivables I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(“Fingerhut SPV”), and Fingerhut Direct Marketing, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Fingerhut” or
the “Borrower”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
A. The Borrower and the purchasers party thereto (the “Purchasers”) have entered into that
certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 23, 2006 and amended as of the date hereof
(as the same and each of the other transaction documents related thereto may be further amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Holdings Securities Purchase
Agreement” and collectively, the “Note Facility”), pursuant to which the Borrower issued, and the
Purchasers purchased, $30,000,000 aggregate principal amount of the 13.00% Senior Subordinated
Secured Notes due March 24, 2013 (the “Subordinated Notes”). In connection with the Note Facility,
to secure all of the obligations of the Borrower to the Purchasers and the Notes Collateral Agent,
the Borrower and the Notes Collateral Agent are concurrently herewith entering into that certain
Second Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of May 15, 2008 (as the same may
be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Holdings
Securities Security Agreement”) pursuant to which the Borrower has granted to the Notes Collateral
Agent a security interest in the Note Collateral (as defined below). The Holdings Securities
Security Agreement amends and restates that certain Amended and Restated Pledge and Security
Agreement dated as of June 21, 2007 between the Borrower and the Notes Collateral Agent.
B. Pursuant to the SPV Revolving Credit Agreement (as defined in Exhibit A hereto), the
lenders thereunder have agreed to extend a revolving credit facility to Fingerhut SPV, in an
aggregate principal amount of up to $280,000,000, the proceeds of which will be used to acquire
certain Underlying Receivables pursuant to the Receivables Contribution and Purchase Agreement
(each as defined in Exhibit A hereto).
C. Pursuant to the Receivables Contribution and Purchase Agreement, Fingerhut has agreed to
sell or contribute to Fingerhut SPV, from time to time, all of its right, title and interest in and
to Underlying Receivables and other Purchased Assets arising from all Receivables Accounts (each as
defined in Exhibit A hereto).
D. Pursuant to that certain Security Agreement (as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof,
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the
“SPV Security Agreement”) between Fingerhut
SPV and the SPV Collateral Agent, Fingerhut SPV has
pledged all of its right, title and interest in the Receivables Property (as defined in Exhibit A
hereto) and has granted a first priority perfected security interest
therein to the SPV Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the SPV Secured Parties.
E. Pursuant to that certain Equity Pledge Agreement (as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof, the “SPV Share Pledge”)
between the Borrower and the SPV Collateral Agent, the Borrower has pledged all of its right, title
and interest in the Fingerhut SPV Stock (as defined in Exhibit A hereto) and has granted a first
priority perfected security interest therein to the SPV Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
SPV Secured Parties, solely to secure the obligations of the Borrower under the Holdings Guaranty
and the Holdings Letter Agreement (each as defined in Exhibit A hereto) (such obligations, the
“Holdings Obligations”).
F. The parties are entering into this Agreement to set forth their understandings with respect
to the Receivables Property and the Note Collateral.
G. Except as otherwise defined herein, all defined terms herein shall have the meanings
ascribed thereto in Exhibit A hereto or in the UCC or incorporated herein by reference to the SPV
Credit Documents as in effect on the date hereof. For purposes of this Agreement, the term “Note
Collateral” means the following:
(i) | All Accounts; | ||
(ii) | All Chattel Paper; | ||
(iii) | All Commercial Tort Claims; | ||
(iv) | All Contracts; | ||
(v) | All Deposit Accounts; | ||
(vi) | All Documents; | ||
(vii) | All Equipment; | ||
(viii) | All General Intangibles (including Payment Intangibles); | ||
(xi) | All Instruments; | ||
(x) | All Inventory; | ||
(xi) | All Investment Property; | ||
(xii) | All Letter-of-Credit Rights; | ||
(xiii) | All Securities Accounts; |
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(xiv) | All Supporting Obligations; | ||
(xv) | All property of Borrower held by the Notes Collateral Agent or any Holder (as defined in the Holdings Securities Security Agreement), including, without limitation, all property of every description now or hereafter in the possession or custody of or in transit to the Notes Collateral Agent or any Holder for any purpose, including, without limitation, safekeeping, collection or pledge, for the account of the Borrower, or as to which Borrower may have any right or power; | ||
(xvi) | All other goods and personal property of the Borrower whether tangible or intangible and whether now or hereafter owned or existing, leased, consigned by or to, or acquired by Borrower and wherever located; and | ||
(xvii) | To the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds of each of the foregoing and all accessions to, substitutions and replacements for, and rents, profits and products of each of the foregoing; |
excluding, however, in each case, the Receivables Property now existing or hereafter arising and
all books, records, ledger cards, files, correspondence, computer programs, tapes, disks and
related data that evidence or contain information relating to the Receivables Property. To the
extent that any security interest arises in any Receivables Account or in any asset under the
Holdings Securities Security Agreement prior to its becoming Receivables Property, such security
interest is deemed to have terminated automatically on the date it becomes a Receivables Account or
Receivables Property; provided that such security interest shall be automatically
reinstated on the date when any such Receivables Property is reconveyed to Fingerhut and ceases to
be Receivables Property pursuant to the terms of the SPV Credit Documents.
Accordingly, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants hereinafter set
forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Security Interests.
(a) Pursuant to the Holdings Securities Security Agreement, the Borrower has granted a
perfected security interest (subject only to (x) the first priority security interest of the SPV
Collateral Agent in the Fingerhut SPV Stock and (y) certain Liens securing the Senior Debt (as
defined in the Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement) as set forth in the Subordination and
Intercreditor Agreement) in the Note Collateral to the Notes Collateral Agent, for the benefit of
itself and the Purchasers (the “Note Facility Secured
Parties”). In accordance with the Holdings
Securities Security Agreement, the Notes Collateral Agent has agreed that the Note Collateral does
not and will not include or constitute at any time Receivables Property, and the Notes Collateral
Agent hereby releases automatically, without any further action by any party, any and all liens,
security interests and any other interest or claim in or to the Receivables Property.
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(b) Pursuant to the Receivables Contribution and Purchase Agreement, Fingerhut shall
transfer to Fingerhut SPV all of its right, title and interest in the Receivables Property.
(c) Pursuant to the SPV Security Agreement, Fingerhut SPV has granted a first priority
perfected security interest in the Receivables Property to the SPV Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the SPV Secured Parties. The SPV Collateral Agent agrees that the Receivables Property
does not and will not include or constitute at any time Note Collateral.
(d) Pursuant to the SPV Share Pledge, solely to secure the Holdings Obligations, the
Borrower has granted a first priority perfected security interest in the Fingerhut SPV Stock to the
SPV Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the SPV Secured Parties.
(e) Each of the parties hereto hereby acknowledges that the SPV Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the SPV Secured Parties, has a first priority perfected security interest in (i) the
Fingerhut SPV Stock, solely to secure the Holdings Obligations, and (ii) all of the Receivables
Property, including remittances relating thereto, and agrees not to object or contest in any
administrative, legal or equitable action or proceeding (including, without limitation, any
insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization, winding up, readjustment,
composition or other similar proceeding relating to Fingerhut, Fingerhut SPV or their respective
property) or object to or contest in any other manner the validity, priority or perfection of such
security interest or otherwise take any action which would compromise or call into question the
intended bankruptcy remote structure of the transactions contemplated by the SPV Credit Documents.
The Notes Collateral Agent hereby expressly acknowledges that pursuant to the Holdings Securities
Security Agreement, the Notes Collateral Agent has (x) a junior, subordinated security
interest in the Fingerhut SPV Stock, which is, to the extent the lien of the SPV Collateral Agent
on such Fingerhut SPV Stock secures the Holdings Obligations, junior and subordinate to such liens,
and (y) no interest in any of the Receivables Property; provided, however, that at any time
that any of the Receivables Property ceases to be Receivables Property and is reconveyed to
Fingerhut, then at such time (i) such assets shall no longer be deemed to be Receivables Property,
(ii) the security interest of the Notes Collateral Agent therein shall automatically attach, (iii)
such reconveyed assets shall be deemed to be Note Collateral, and (iv) any remittance which is not
proceeds of Receivables Property will be deemed Note Collateral.
(f) Each of the parties hereto hereby acknowledges that the Notes Collateral Agent, for the
benefit of the Note Facility Secured Parties, has a perfected security interest in all of the Note
Collateral (subject only to certain Liens securing the Senior Debt (as defined in the Subordination
and Intercreditor Agreement) as set forth in the Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement and,
with respect to the Fingerhut SPV Stock only, the Lien created pursuant to the SPV Share Pledge),
including remittances relating thereto, and agrees not to object to or contest in any
administrative, legal or equitable action or proceeding (including, without limitation, any
insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization, winding up, readjustment,
composition or other similar proceeding relating to the Borrower or any of its property) or object
to or contest in any other manner the validity, priority or perfection of such security interest.
The SPV Collateral Agent hereby expressly acknowledges that the SPV Collateral Agent has no
interest in any of the Note Collateral (including remittances relating thereto), except its first
priority security interest in the Fingerhut SPV Stock.
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(g) Nothing herein shall be deemed to waive any rights of the Notes Collateral Agent or the
SPV Collateral Agent in the event of any transfer or other disposition of the Note Collateral or
Receivables Property, as the case may be, in violation of the agreements relating thereto or to
preclude the exercise by the Notes Collateral Agent or the SPV Collateral Agent of rights and
remedies provided for under the Note Facility or the SPV Credit Documents (referred to collectively
herein as, the “Credit Documents”), as applicable.
(h) The SPV Collateral Agent hereby agrees that: (i) Fingerhut may pledge to the Notes
Collateral Agent all of its right, title and interest in and to its equity interests in Fingerhut
SPV, together with all dividends and other rights relating thereto pursuant to the Holdings
Securities Security Agreement or such other pledge agreement if such other pledge agreement
contains provisions consistent with the provisions set forth in Article XI of the Holdings
Securities Security Agreement, (ii) Borrower and each of Borrower’s other subsidiaries (excluding,
in any event, Fingerhut SPV) (a “Guarantor”) may grant to the Notes Collateral Agent a security
interest in the Note Collateral, (iii) a Guarantor may grant to the Notes Collateral Agent a
security interest in all of its personal property, (iv) the security interests granted under the
Holdings Securities Security Agreement, other than with respect to the Receivables Property may
continue to secure the obligations of Borrower to the Notes Collateral Agent and (v) the SPV
Collateral Agent shall not take a lien, pledge or other encumbrance on the Fingerhut SPV Stock
other than to secure the Holdings Obligations..
(i) The Notes Collateral Agent, the Purchasers and the Note Facility Secured Parties hereby
acknowledge that they have not entered into the Holdings Securities Purchase Agreement, the
Holdings Securities Security Agreement or this Agreement in reliance on the creditworthiness of
Fingerhut SPV and are relying solely on the assets of Borrower to secure the obligations of the
Borrower thereunder and hereunder. The SPV Collateral Agent, the lenders under the SPV Revolving
Credit Agreement and the SPV Secured Parties hereby acknowledge that they have not entered into
the SPV Credit Documents or this Agreement in reliance on the creditworthiness of the Borrower and
are relying solely on the assets of Fingerhut SPV to secure the obligations of Fingerhut SPV
thereunder and hereunder.
Section 2. Cooperation.
(a) In the event that the SPV Collateral Agent gets written notice or has actual knowledge
that the SPV Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have a perfected security interest in any of the
Note Collateral (except the Fingerhut SPV Stock) at any time hereafter, the SPV Collateral Agent
shall (i) promptly notify all other parties to this Agreement, and (ii) take any and all steps
necessary, at the direction of the Borrower, to have such perfected security interest released or
assigned to the Notes Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Note Facility Secured Parties.
(b) In the event that the Notes Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have a perfected security
interest in any of the Receivables Property at any time hereafter, the Notes Collateral Agent shall
(i) promptly notify all other parties to this Agreement, and (ii) take any and all steps necessary
to have such perfected security interest released or assigned to the SPV Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the SPV Secured Parties.
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(c) The Notes Collateral Agent hereby agrees promptly to transfer and return to, or in
accordance with the written direction of, the SPV Collateral Agent, at such account or other place
as the SPV Collateral Agent may so instruct, any funds or other property that are received by the
Notes Collateral Agent and that are identified to the Notes Collateral Agent in writing as not
constituting Note Collateral but instead constituting Receivables Property or Fingerhut SPV Stock.
For purposes of maintaining the perfection of the SPV Collateral Agent’s interest therein, the SPV
Collateral Agent hereby appoints the Notes Collateral Agent as its agent in respect of such funds
or other property and the Notes Collateral Agent accepts such appointment; provided, that
the Notes Collateral Agent’s sole duty as such agent shall be to hold such funds and other property
in trust for the benefit of the SPV Collateral Agent and to transfer such funds or other property
to or at the written direction of the SPV Collateral Agent as aforesaid.
(d) Subject to the SPV Collateral Agent’s obligations under the JPM Intercreditor
Agreement, the SPV Collateral Agent hereby agrees promptly to transfer and return to, or in
accordance with the directions of, the Notes Collateral Agent, at such account or other place as
the Notes Collateral Agent may instruct, any funds or other property (excluding Fingerhut SPV
Stock) that are received by the SPV Collateral Agent and that are identified to the SPV Collateral
Agent, in writing by Fingerhut or the Notes Collateral Agent, as not constituting Receivables
Property but instead constituting Note Collateral. For purposes of maintaining the perfection of
the Notes Collateral Agent’s interest therein, the Notes Collateral Agent hereby appoints the SPV
Collateral Agent as its agent in respect of such funds and other property and the SPV Collateral
Agent accepts such appointment; provided, that the SPV Collateral Agent’s sole duty as such
agent shall be to hold such funds or other property in trust for the benefit of the Notes.
Collateral Agent and to transfer such funds or other property to the Notes Collateral Agent’s
Collection Account at the direction of the Notes Collateral Agent or Fingerhut as aforesaid.
(e) The Borrower and the SPV Collateral Agent hereby agree that they shall not modify the
provisions of the Holdings Guaranty, the Holdings Letter Agreement or
the SPV Share Pledge in any
manner that adversely affects the Notes Collateral Agent and the Purchasers party to the Holdings
Securities Purchase Agreement, without the consent of the Notes Collateral Agent, such consent not
to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed.
Section 3. Sales Receivables and Servicing Accounts.
Fingerhut hereby directs Fingerhut SPV to pay the portion of the cash consideration
that is paid by Fingerhut SPV to Fingerhut pursuant to the Receivables Contribution and Purchase
Agreement to the Collection Account established by Fingerhut.
Section 4. Representations.
Each of the parties hereto represents and warrants to the other parties that (a) its
execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly authorized by all necessary
corporate proceedings, (b) the execution, delivery and performance by it of this Agreement is
within its corporate powers and does not conflict with its charter, by-laws or operating agreement
or with any law, rule, regulation, writ or order binding upon it or its
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properties, and (c) this Agreement constitutes its legally valid and enforceable obligation,
enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited by
applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights generally or by general principles of equity.
Section 5. Notices.
All notices required to be given hereunder shall be given in writing and shall be effective
when received at the address for the recipient as set forth beneath its signature on the signature
pages hereof. Any party may change its address for notice by written notice to the other parties
hereto.
Section 6. No Proceedings.
Each of the parties hereto (other than the SPV Collateral Agent) agrees that it will
not institute against Fingerhut SPV or join any person in instituting against Fingerhut SPV, any
case or other proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, debt
arrangement, dissolution or other similar law now or hereafter in effect so long as one year and
one day shall not have elapsed since the Obligations under the SPV Revolving Credit Agreement (as
defined therein) have been paid in full.
Section 7. Miscellaneous.
(a) Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this Agreement, nor
consent to any departure by any party herefrom, shall in any event be effective unless the same
shall be in writing and signed by all of the parties hereto, and, in the case of a waiver, shall be
effective only in the specific instance and for the specific purpose for which given.
(b) Conflict. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement
and the provisions of any of the Credit Documents, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern
and prevail.
(c) Termination. In the event that all obligations secured by the Note Collateral
shall have been paid in full and the Note Facility and liens created thereunder shall have been
terminated or released, then the Notes Collateral Agent shall promptly notify the other parties
hereto, and the Notes Collateral Agent thereafter shall no longer have any rights or obligations
hereunder. In the event that the Obligations under the SPV Revolving Credit Agreement (as defined
therein) have been paid in full and the other SPV Credit Documents and liens created thereunder
shall have been terminated or released, then the SPV Collateral Agent shall promptly notify the
other parties hereto, and the SPV Collateral Agent thereafter shall no longer have any rights or
obligations hereunder.
(d) Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been
executed and delivered by each of the parties hereto and thereafter shall be binding upon and inure
to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns.
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(e) No Benefit To Third Parties. The terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be
for the sole benefit of the Notes Collateral Agent and the Note Facility Secured Parties under the
Note Facility and the SPV Collateral Agent and the SPV Secured Parties under the SPV Credit
Documents, the other parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns, and no other
person, firm, entity or corporation shall have any right, benefit, priority, or interest under, or
because of this Agreement. This Agreement shall define the relative rights of the Notes Collateral
Agent and the Note Facility Secured Parties, on the one hand, and the SPV Collateral Agent and the
SPV Secured Parties, on the other hand. Nothing in this Agreement shall (i) impair or otherwise
affect, as among Fingerhut, and the Notes Collateral Agent and the Note Facility Secured Parties,
on the one hand, and as between Fingerhut SPV and Fingerhut, and the SPV Collateral Agent and the
SPV Secured Parties, on the other hand, the obligation of (x) Fingerhut to the Notes Collateral
Agent and the Note Facility Secured Parties pursuant to and under the Note Facility or (y) either
Fingerhut SPV or Fingerhut to the SPV Collateral Agent and the SPV Secured Parties pursuant to and
under the SPV Credit Documents or (ii) affect the relative rights of the Notes Collateral Agent,
the Note Facility Secured Parties, the SPV Collateral Agent or the SPV Secured Parties with respect
to any other creditors of either Fingerhut SPV or Fingerhut.
(f) GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION. THIS AGREEMENT
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT
REFERENCE TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS (OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL
OBLIGATIONS LAW). EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY AGREES TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE
COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK LOCATED IN NEW YORK AND OF THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR
THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY ACTION OR
PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES
ANY OBJECTION BASED ON FORUM NON CONVENIENS, AND ANY OBJECTION TO VENUE OF ANY ACTION INSTITUTED
HEREUNDER IN ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS AND CONSENTS TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH LEGAL OR
EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY SUCH COURT.
(g) Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an original and all of which
when taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement. Delivery of an executed
counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or by e-mail transmission shall be
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement.
(h) Effect of Changes in SPV Credit Documents. The SPV Credit Documents may be amended,
modified, supplemented, restated or extended from time to time (each, a “change”);
provided, for the purposes of this Agreement, no such change shall affect the defined
terms in the SPV Credit Documents as such terms have been incorporated herein by reference in a
manner which impairs or diminishes the Note Collateral. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, and for the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto expressly agree that any conveyance,
assignment, reconveyance or reassignment executed in accordance with the
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provisions of any such SPV Credit Document shall not be considered to be a change to such SPV
Credit Document.
(i) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, EACH OF THE
PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO HAVE A JURY PARTICIPATE IN RESOLVING ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER
SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE BETWEEN THE PARTIES HERETO ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED
WITH, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANY OF THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THIS
AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. INSTEAD, ANY SUCH DISPUTE RESOLVED IN COURT
WILL BE RESOLVED IN A BENCH TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY.
(j) Intercreditor Agreement Governs. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency
between a provision of this Agreement and any of (i) the Note Facility, (ii) the Holdings
Securities Security Agreement and (iii) the SPV Credit Documents, that relates solely to the
rights or obligations of, or relationships between, the SPV Secured Parties and the Note Facility
Secured Parties, the provisions of this Agreement shall control.
(k) Agent for Perfection. If the SPV Collateral Agent takes possession of share
certificates evidencing the Fingerhut SPV Stock, SPV Collateral Agent shall be deemed to be holding
the Fingerhut SPV Stock as agent and “representative” (as such term is used in the Uniform
Commercial Code as in effect in each applicable jurisdiction) for the Note Facility Secured Parties
as well as the SPV Secured Parties; provided that Notes Collateral Agent and each Note
Facility Secured Party hereby waives and releases SPV Collateral Agent from all claims and
liabilities arising pursuant to its role as such representative, except for claims and liabilities
arising from gross negligence or willful misconduct as finally determined pursuant to a final order
of a court of competent jurisdiction. Promptly following the date on which all Obligations under
and as defined in the SPV Revolving Credit Agreement are paid in full, SPV Collateral Agent shall,
subject to the provisions of the JPM Intercreditor Agreement and the Subordination and
Intercreditor Agreement, deliver the Fingerhut SPV Stock, if any, in its possession to the Notes
Collateral Agent (except as may otherwise be required by applicable law or court order).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
XXXXXXX XXXXX SPECIALTY LENDING GROUP, L.P., | ||||||
as SPV Collateral Agent | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
Address: 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx | ||||||
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000 | ||||||
Attention: Account Manager | ||||||
Facsimile: | ||||||
PRUDENTIAL CAPITAL PARTNERS II, L.P., | ||||||
as Notes Collateral Agent | ||||||
By: | Stetson Street Partners, L.P., its general partner | |||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
Address: x/x Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx | ||||||
Xxx Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxx 0000 |
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000 X. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx |
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Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000 |
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Attention: Managing Director |
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Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 |
Signature Page to | ||||
Prudential Intercreditor Agreement |
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FINGERHUT RECEIVABLES I, LLC, | ||||||
as Fingerhut SPV | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief | |||||
Financial Officer | ||||||
Address: 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx | ||||||
Xxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
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Attention: Chief Financial Officer |
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Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 | ||||||
FINGERHUT DIRECT MARKETING, INC., | ||||||
as Borrower | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | Executive Vice President and Chief | |||||
Financial Officer | ||||||
Address: 0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx | ||||||
Xxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 |
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Attention: Chief Financial Officer |
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Facsimile: (000) 000-0000 |
Signature Page to | ||||
Prudential Intercreditor Agreement |
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EXHIBIT A
“Accounts” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Chattel Paper” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Collateral Deposit Account” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(a) of
the Holdings Securities Security Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.
“Collection Account” means deposit account No. 758660021 of Fingerhut maintained with
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
“Commercial Tort Claim” means any “commercial tort claim,” as such term is defined in
Section 9-102(a)(13) of the UCC (or any other then applicable provision of the UCC) which is set
forth on Schedule II of the Holdings Securities Security Agreement.
“Contracts” means all contracts, undertakings, franchise agreements or other agreements (other
than rights evidenced by Chattel Paper, Documents or Instruments) in or under which the Borrower
may now or hereafter have any right, title or interest, including, without limitation, with respect
to an Account, any agreement relating to the terms of payment or the terms of performance thereof.
“Control” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 8 or, if applicable, in Section 9-104,
9-105, 9-106 or 9-107 of Article 9 of the UCC.
“Deposit Accounts” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Equipment” means any “equipment,” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(33) of the UCC
(or any other then applicable provision of the UCC), now or hereafter owned or acquired by the
Borrower or in which the Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires any interest and, in any event,
shall include, without limitation, all machinery, equipment, fixtures, furniture, furnishings,
trade fixtures, vehicles, trucks, mainframe, personal and other computers, terminals and printers
and related components and accessories, all copiers, telephonic, video, electronic data-processing,
data storage equipment and other equipment of any nature whatsoever, and any and all additions,
substitutions and replacements of any of the foregoing, wherever located, together with all
attachments, components, parts, equipment and accessories installed thereon or affixed thereto.
“Fingerhut SPV Stock” means the SPV Pledged Equity; and all SPV Proceeds, dividends,
cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable or otherwise
distributed in respect or exchange for any and all of the SPV Pledged Equity.
“General Intangibles” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
Exhibit A-1
“Holdings Guaranty” means that certain Guaranty dated as of May 15, 2008 by and among
Borrower and the SPV Collateral Agent, on behalf of the lenders under the SPV Revolving Credit
Agreement, as may be further amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance
with the terms thereof.
“Holdings Letter Agreement” means that certain Letter Agreement dated as of May 15,
2008, by and between Borrower and the SPV Collateral Agent, and as may be further amended, modified
or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Instruments” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Inventory” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Investment Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“JPM Intercreditor Agreement” means the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of May 15,
2008 among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the SPV Collateral Agent on
behalf of secured lenders under the SPV Credit Documents, as the same may be amended or modified
from time to time.
“Letter-of-Credit Rights” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Payment Intangibles” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Purchased Assets” means (i) Underlying Receivables and (ii) other “Purchased Assets”
(as such term is defined in Section 2.1(a) of the Receivables Contribution and Purchase
Agreement).
“Receivables Account” shall mean each consumer revolving credit account established
pursuant to a Receivables Account Agreement (as defined in the Servicing Agreement) between CIT
Bank and any Receivables Obligor (as defined in the Servicing Agreement).
“Receivables Contribution and Purchase Agreement” means that certain Receivables
Contribution and Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof among Fingerhut Direct Marketing,
Inc. and Fingerhut Receivables I, LLC, as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from
time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Receivables Property” means Receivables Accounts, Underlying Receivables and
Purchased Assets.
“Sales Receivables” means Payment Intangibles owing to Fingerhut and arising from
sales of Underlying Receivables and other Purchased Assets to Fingerhut SPV pursuant to the
Receivables Contribution and Purchase Agreement.
Exhibit A-2
“Securities Account” means “securities account,” as such term is defined in Section
8-501(a) of the UCC (or any other then applicable provision of the UCC).
“Servicing Agreement” means the Servicing Agreement dated as of May 15, 2008 by and
among Fingerhut SPV, Fingerhut, as Servicer, and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Specialty Lending Group, L.P. and
Fortress Credit Corp., as Lead Lenders, as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“SPV Credit Documents” means the SPV Revolving Credit Agreement, the Receivables
Contribution and Purchase Agreement, the SPV Security Agreement, the SPV Share Pledge, the
Servicing Agreement, the Holdings Guaranty, the Holdings Letter Agreement and each additional
Credit Document (as defined in the SPV Revolving Credit Agreement).
“SPV Pledged Equity” means all membership interests in Fingerhut SPV, now owned or
hereafter acquired by the Borrower, and the certificates, if any, representing such membership
interests and any other interest of the Borrower in the entries on the books of Fingerhut SPV or
on the books of any securities intermediary pertaining to such membership interests, and all
dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights (including, but not limited to, voting rights),
options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received,
receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such membership
interests.
“SPV Proceeds” means: (i) all “proceeds” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC, (ii) dividends
or distributions made with respect to any SPV Pledged Equity and (iii) whatever is receivable or
received when SPV Pledged Equity or proceeds are sold, exchanged, collected or otherwise disposed
of, whether such disposition is voluntary or involuntary.
“SPV Revolving Credit Agreement” means that certain Revolving Credit Agreement, dated
as of the date hereof (as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time in accordance with the terms thereof), by and among Fingerhut SPV, the Lenders party
thereto from time to time, Xxxxxxx Sachs Specialty Lending Group, L.P., as Administrative Agent,
SPV Collateral Agent, Lead Arranger, Syndication Agent, Documentation Agent and Lead Lender, and
Fortress Credit Corp., as Lead Lender.
“SPV Secured Parties” means the Collateral Agent (both for the benefit of the other
secured parties and in its individual capacity), the other Agents, the Lead Lenders, the Lenders
and the Lender Counterparties (each as defined under the SPV Revolving Credit Agreement and shall
include, without limitation, all former Agents, Lenders and Lender Counterparties to the extent
that any Secured Obligations (as defined under the SPV Security Agreement) owing to such Persons
were incurred while such Persons were Agents, Lenders or Lender Counterparties and such Secured
Obligations have not been paid or satisfied in full.
Exhibit A-3
“Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement” means the Subordination and Intercreditor
Agreement dated as of June 21, 2007 among the Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as
administrative agent, and the Purchasers, as the same may be amended or modified from time to
time.
“Supporting Obligations” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time, of the State of
Minnesota or of any other state the laws of which are required as a result thereof to be applied in
connection with the attachment, perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, the Notes
Collateral Agent’s or any Purchaser’s Lien on any Note Collateral or the SPV Collateral Agent’s
lien on any Receivables Property.
“Underlying Receivables” means all amounts payable by a Receivables Obligor (as
defined in the Servicing Agreement) on the related Receivables Account from time to time, and
purchased by or contributed to Fingerhut SPV from Fingerhut under the Receivables Contribution and
Purchase Agreement.
Exhibit A-4