EQUITY COMMITMENT AGREEMENT AMONG VISTEON CORPORATION AND THE INVESTORS PARTY HERETO Dated as of May 6, 2010
EXECUTION VERSION
AMONG
VISTEON CORPORATION
AND
THE INVESTORS PARTY
HERETO
Dated as of May 6,
2010
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CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS
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1
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Section 1.1
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Definitions
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1
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Section 1.2
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Additional Defined Terms
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14
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Section 1.3
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Construction
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16
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ARTICLE II
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RIGHTS
OFFERING
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17
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Section 2.1
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The Rights
Offering
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Section 2.2
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Procedure of Rights
Offering
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17
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ARTICLE III
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THE
COMMITMENTS
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20
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Section 3.1
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The Direct Purchase
Commitment
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20
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Section 3.2
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The Stock Right
Commitment
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21
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Section 3.3
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Alternative
Financing
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21
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Section 3.4
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Notice of Unsubscribed
Shares
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23
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Section 3.5
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Issuance and Delivery of Investor
Shares
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23
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Section 3.6
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Transfer, Designation and
Assignment Rights
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23
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ARTICLE IV
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PREMIUMS AND EXPENSES
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25
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Section 4.1
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Premiums and Damages Payable by
the Company
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25
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Section 4.2
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Payment of Premiums and
Damages
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26
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Section 4.3
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Transaction
Expenses
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26
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ARTICLE V
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE COMPANY
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28
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Section 5.1
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Organization and
Qualification
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29
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Section 5.2
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Corporate Power and
Authority
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29
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Section 5.3
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Execution and Delivery;
Enforceability
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30
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Section 5.4
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Authorized and Issued Capital
Stock
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30
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Section 5.5
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Issuance
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31
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Section 5.6
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No Conflict
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Section 5.7
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Consents and
Approvals
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31
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Section 5.8
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Arm’s Length
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32
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Section 5.9
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Financial
Statements
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32
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Section
5.10
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Company SEC Documents and
Disclosure Statement
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32
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Section
5.11
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Absence of Certain
Changes
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33
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Section
5.12
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No Violation or Default;
Compliance with Laws
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34
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Section
5.13
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Legal Proceedings
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34
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Section
5.14
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Labor
Relations
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34
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Section
5.15
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Intellectual
Property
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35
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Section
5.16
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Title to Real and Personal
Property
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36
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Section
5.17
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No Undisclosed
Relationships
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36
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Section
5.18
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Licenses and
Permits
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Section
5.19
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Compliance With Environmental
Laws
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37
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Section
5.20
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Tax Matters
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38
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Section
5.21
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Company
Plans
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39
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Section
5.22
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Internal Control Over Financial
Reporting
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41
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Section
5.23
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Disclosure Controls and
Procedures
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41
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Section
5.24
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Material
Contracts
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42
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Section
5.25
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No Unlawful
Payments
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42
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Section
5.26
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Compliance with Money Laundering
Laws
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42
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Section
5.27
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Compliance with Sanctions
Laws
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42
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Section
5.28
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No Broker’s Fees
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43
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Section
5.29
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No Registration
Rights
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43
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Section
5.30
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Takeover
Statutes
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43
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Section 5.31
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No Off-Balance Sheet
Liabilities
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43
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ARTICLE VI
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
THE INVESTORS
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43
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Section 6.1
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Incorporation
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43
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Section 6.2
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Corporate Power and
Authority
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43
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Section 6.3
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Execution and
Delivery
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44
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Section 6.4
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No Conflict
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44
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Section 6.5
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Consents and
Approvals
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44
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Section 6.6
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No
Registration
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44
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Section 6.7
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Purchasing
Intent
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45
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Section 6.8
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Sophistication;
Investigation
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45
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Section 6.9
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No Holdings Under the Credit
Facility
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45
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Section
6.10
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No Broker’s Fees
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45
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ARTICLE VII
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ADDITIONAL
COVENANTS
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45
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Section 7.1
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Approval Motion and Approval
Order
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45
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Section 7.2
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Plan, Disclosure Statement and
Other Documents
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46
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Section 7.3
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Securities
Laws
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47
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Section 7.4
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Listing
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47
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Section 7.5
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Earnings
Statement
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47
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Section 7.6
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Notification
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48
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Section 7.7
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Funding
Approval
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48
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Section 7.8
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Use of
Proceeds
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48
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Section 7.9
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Conduct of
Business
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48
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Section
7.10
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Access to
Information
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51
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Section
7.11
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Financial
Information
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51
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Section
7.12
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Takeover
Statutes
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52
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Section 7.13
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Notice of Alternate
Transaction
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52
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Section
7.14
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Commercially Reasonable
Efforts
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53
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Section
7.15
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Antitrust
Approval
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53
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Section
7.16
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Plan
Support
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55
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Section
7.17
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Exit
Financing
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55
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Section
7.18
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Ford
Agreement
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55
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Section
7.19
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VIHI
Restructuring
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56
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Section
7.20
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UK Pension
Notice
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56
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ARTICLE
VIII
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CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF
THE PARTIES
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56
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Section 8.1
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Conditions to the Obligation of
the Investors
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56
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Section 8.2
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Waiver of Conditions to Obligation
of Investors
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60
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Section 8.3
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Conditions to the Obligation of the
Company
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60
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Section 8.4
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Failure of Closing
Conditions
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61
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Section 8.5
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Regulatory
Reallocation
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61
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ARTICLE IX
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INDEMNIFICATION AND
CONTRIBUTION
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62
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Section 9.1
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Indemnification
Obligations
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62
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Section 9.2
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Indemnification
Procedure
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62
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Section 9.3
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Settlement of Indemnified
Claims
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63
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Section 9.4
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Contribution
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Section 9.5
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Treatment of Indemnification
Payments
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64
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Section 9.6
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Limitation on
Liabilities
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64
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Section 9.7
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Survival of Representations and
Warranties
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64
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ARTICLE X
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TERMINATION
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65
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Section
10.1
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Termination
Rights
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65
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Section
10.2
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Alternate Transaction
Termination
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67
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Section
10.3
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Effect of
Termination
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68
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ARTICLE XI
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GENERAL
PROVISIONS
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68
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Section
11.1
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Notices
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68
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Section
11.2
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Assignment; Third Party
Beneficiaries
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70
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Section 11.3
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Prior Negotiations; Entire
Agreement
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70
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Section
11.4
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GOVERNING LAW;
VENUE
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71
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Section
11.5
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WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL
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71
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Section
11.6
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Counterparts
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71
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Section
11.7
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Waivers and Amendments; Rights
Cumulative
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72
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Section
11.8
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Headings
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72
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Section
11.9
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Specific Performance; Limitations on
Remedies
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73
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Section
11.10
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Approval by Requisite Receiving
Co-Investors
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74
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Section
11.11
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No Reliance
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75
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Section
11.12
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Publicity
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75
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Section
11.13
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Effectiveness
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75
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SCHEDULES AND
EXHIBITS
Schedule 1
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Equity Commitment, Premium and
Damages Allotments
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Schedule 2
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Arrangement Premium
Allotment
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Schedule 3
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Transaction Expenses
Estimate
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Schedule 4
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Consents
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Schedule 5
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Lead Investors; Notice
Information
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Schedule 6
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Co-Investors; Notice
Information
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Exhibit A
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Form of Approval
Motion
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Exhibit B
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Attached Disclosure
Statement
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Exhibit C
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Attached
Plan
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Exhibit D
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Form of
Bylaws
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Exhibit E
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Form of Certificate of
Incorporation
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Exhibit F
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Form of Commitment Joinder
Agreement
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Exhibit G
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Management Equity Incentive
Plan
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Exhibit H
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Plan Support
Agreement
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Exhibit I
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Form of Registration Rights
Agreement
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Exhibit J
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Rights Offering
Procedures
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Exhibit K
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VIHI Restructuring Term
Sheet
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Exhibit L
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Employee Benefits Term
Sheet
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THIS EQUITY COMMITMENT AGREEMENT (this
“Agreement”), dated as of May 6, 2010, is made by
and among Visteon Corporation (as a debtor in possession and a reorganized
debtor, as applicable, the “Company”), on the one hand, and the Investors
set forth on Schedule
1 hereto (each referred to herein
individually as an “Investor” and collectively as the “Investors”), on the other hand. The
Company and each Investor is referred to herein as a “Party” and collectively, the “Parties”. Capitalized terms used
herein have the meanings
ascribed thereto in Article
I.
RECITALS
WHEREAS, on May 28, 2009 (the
“Petition
Date”), the Company and certain of its
Subsidiaries and Affiliates (each individually, a “Debtor” and collectively, the “Debtors”) commenced jointly administered
proceedings, styled
In re
Visteon Corporation, et al., Case no. 09-11786 (CSS) (the
“Proceedings”) under Title 11 of the United States
Code, 11 U.S.C. §§
101-1532, as may be amended from time to time (the “Bankruptcy
Code”) in the United States Bankruptcy
Court for the District of
Delaware (the “Bankruptcy
Court”); and
WHEREAS, the Company intends to propose
and submit the Plan to the Bankruptcy Court for its approval; and WHEREAS,
within seven (7) days following the execution of this Agreement, the
Company will file a motion
and supporting papers (which shall be in the form of Exhibit
A attached hereto, the
“Approval
Motion”) seeking the entry of an order of the
Bankruptcy Court (the “Approval
Order”) (i) approving and authorizing the
Company to enter into this
Agreement, and (ii) authorizing the Company and the other Debtors to perform
their respective obligations hereunder, including the payment, in accordance
with, and subject to, the terms and conditions hereof, of the Stock Right
Premium, the Arrangement Premium and Transaction Expenses
provided for herein; and
WHEREAS, the Company has requested that
the Investors, severally and not jointly, participate in the Plan, and the
Investors are willing to participate in the Plan, on the terms and subject to
the conditions contained in
this Agreement and the Plan Support Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
mutual promises, agreements, representations, warranties and covenants contained
herein, each of the Parties hereby agrees as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Definitions. Except as otherwise
expressly provided in this Agreement, or unless the context otherwise requires,
whenever used in this Agreement (including any Exhibits and Schedules hereto),
the following terms shall have the respective meanings specified
therefor below.
“12.25%
Notes” means the 12.25% senior unsecured notes
due December 31, 2016 issued by the Company under that certain second
supplemental indenture dated as of June 18, 2008, by and among the Company,
the guarantors party
thereto, and the Bank of New York Trust Company, as trustee in the original
amount of two hundred six million, three hundred eighty-six thousand dollars
($206,386,000).
“12.25%
Warrants” means the warrants to purchase shares
of New Common Stock to be
issued pursuant to the Plan to the holders of the 12.25%
Notes.
“Ad Hoc Group
of Noteholders” means the informal committee of
Noteholders of the Company.
“Ad Hoc
Counsel” means Akin Gump Xxxxxxx Xxxxx &
Xxxx LLP, acting in its capacity as counsel to the Ad Hoc Group of
Noteholders.
“Affiliate” has the meaning ascribed to such term
in Rule 12b-2 promulgated pursuant to the Exchange Act as in effect on the date
hereof.
“Aggregate
Commitment” means, collectively, the sum of (i) the
product of (A) the Purchase
Price multiplied by (B) the aggregate number of Shares offered in the Rights
Offering and (ii) the product of (A) the Purchase Price multiplied by (B) the
aggregate number of Direct Subscription Shares.
“Allotted
Portion” means, with respect to any Investor, such
Investor’s percentage of the Equity Commitment as
set forth opposite such Investor’s name under the column titled
“Aggregate Commitment
Percentage” on Schedule
1 (as it may be amended
from time to time in accordance with this Agreement).
“Allowed
Senior Notes Claim” has the meaning ascribed to such term
in the Plan.
“Alternate
Transaction” means, except for those transactions
contemplated by the VIHI Restructuring, any restructuring, reorganization,
merger, consolidation,
share exchange, business combination, recapitalization or similar transaction
involving the Company or its Subsidiaries comprising at least twenty-five
percent (25%) of the Company’s assets on a consolidated basis that is
inconsistent with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the
Rights Offering Sub-Plan; provided, that the Claims Conversion Sub-Plan
shall not be an Alternate Transaction if implemented or consummated pursuant to
and substantially in accordance with the Plan and not in violation of this
Agreement.
“Antitrust
Authorities” means the United States Federal Trade
Commission, the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of Justice,
the attorneys general of the several states of the United States, and any other
Governmental Entity having
jurisdiction pursuant to the Antitrust Laws and “Antitrust Authority” means any of them.
“Antitrust
Laws” mean the Xxxxxxx Act, as amended, the
Xxxxxxx Act, as amended, the HSR Act, the Federal Trade Commission Act, and any
other Law governing
agreements in restraint of trade, monopolization, pre-merger notification, the
lessening of competition through merger or acquisition or anti-competitive
conduct.
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“Approved
Annual Incentive Program” means the Annual Incentive Program of
the Company approved by the
Bankruptcy Court on February 18, 2010.
“Attached
Disclosure Statement” means the disclosure statement for the
Plan, including any exhibits and schedules thereto, that is attached hereto as
of the date hereof as Exhibit
B, and
excluding any amendments,
supplements, changes or modifications thereto.
“Attached
Plan” means the chapter 11 plan of
reorganization that is attached hereto as of the date hereof as Exhibit
C, and excluding any
amendments, supplements, changes or modifications thereto.
“Available
Investor Shares” means the Investor Shares that any
Investor fails to purchase as a result of an Investor Default by such
Investor.
“Bankruptcy
Rules” means the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy
Procedure, as amended from time to time and applicable to the Proceedings, and the
general, local and xxxxxxxx rules of the Bankruptcy Court.
“Board” means the board of directors of the
Company.
“Business
Day” means any day, other than a Saturday,
Sunday or legal holiday, as defined in Bankruptcy Rule 9006(a).
“Business
Intellectual Property” means all Intellectual Property (i)
owned by the Company or its Subsidiaries or (ii) used by the Company or its
Subsidiaries subject to valid and enforceable rights held by the Company or its
Subsidiaries.
“Business
Plan” means the four (4)-year business plan
for the Company and its Subsidiaries, dated March 2010, a copy of which has been
made available for review by the Lead Investors and their respective
Representatives.
“Bylaws” means the amended and restated bylaws of the Company as of the
Effective Date, which shall be in the form attached as Exhibit
D hereto, with only such
amendments, supplements, changes and modifications that (i) if not adverse to
any Investor, or if required by the Bankruptcy Court, are reasonably acceptable to
Requisite Investors or (ii) if demonstrated by any Investor to be reasonably
likely to be adverse to such Investor, are acceptable to Requisite Investors in
their sole discretion.
“Cash
Amount” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the
Plan.
“Cash
Recovery Backstop Agreement” means that certain Cash Recovery
Backstop Agreement, dated as of the date hereof, among the Company and certain
of the Investors party thereto.
“Cash
Recovery Backstop Amount” means an amount in cash equal to the sum of (i) the Cash
Recovery Subscription Equity multiplied by the Purchase Price and (ii) the
aggregate Cash Amount.
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“Cash
Recovery Subscription Equity” means the aggregate Shares that the
Non-Eligible Recipients would have been entitled to subscribe for pursuant to their
Basic Subscription Rights had such Non-Eligible Recipients been Rights
Holders.
“Certificate
of Incorporation” means the amended and restated
certificate of incorporation of the Company as of the Effective Date,
which shall be in the form
attached as Exhibit
E hereto, with only such
amendments, supplements, changes and modifications that (i) if not adverse to
any Investor, or if required by the Bankruptcy Court, are reasonably acceptable
to Requisite Investors or (ii) if demonstrated by any Investor to be
reasonably likely to be adverse to such Investor, are acceptable to Requisite
Investors in their sole discretion.
“Change of
Recommendation” means (i) the Company or the Board or
any committee thereof shall have withdrawn, qualified or modified, in a
manner adverse to the Investors and inconsistent with the obligations of the
Company under this Agreement, its approval or recommendation of this Agreement
or the Rights Offering Sub-Plan or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby or (ii) the Company
or the Board or any committee thereof shall have approved or recommended, or
resolved to approve or recommend (including by filing any pleading or document
with the Bankruptcy Court seeking Bankruptcy Court approval of) any Alternate Transaction or
Alternate Transaction Agreement.
“Claim” means any claim (as such term is
defined in section 101(5) of the Bankruptcy Code) against any
Debtor.
“Claims
Conversion Sub-Plan” has the meaning ascribed to such term
in the Plan.
“Class” means either, as the case may be, (i)
the class of Allowed 12.25% Senior Note Claims or (ii) the class of Allowed
7.00% Senior Note Claims and Allowed 8.25% Senior Note Claims, taken together as
one class (as such terms are defined in the Attached Plan).
“Co-Investor” means any Investor that is not a Lead
Investor or an Affiliate of a Lead Investor.
“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of
1986, as amended, and the regulations promulgated and the rulings issued
thereunder.
“Collective
Bargaining
Agreements” means any and all written agreements,
memoranda of understanding, contracts, letters, side letters and contractual
obligations of any kind, nature and description, that have been entered into
between or that involve or apply to any employer and any Employee
Representative.
“Commitment
Joinder Agreement” means a joinder agreement substantially
in the form attached as Exhibit
F
hereto.
“Company SEC
Documents” means all of the reports, schedules,
forms, statements and other documents (including exhibits and other information
incorporated therein) filed with the SEC by the Company on or after the Petition
Date.
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“Confirmation
Hearing” means the hearing before the Bankruptcy
Court pursuant to section 1128 of the Bankruptcy Code.
“Confirmation
Order” means the order entered by the
Bankruptcy Court confirming the Plan, which shall be in such form and substance
as is reasonably acceptable to both the Company and Requisite
Investors.
“Contract” means any binding agreement, contract
or instrument, including
any loan, note, bond, mortgage, indenture, guarantee, deed of trust, license,
franchise, commitment, lease, franchise agreement, letter of intent, memorandum
of understanding or other obligation, and any amendments
thereto.
“Credit
Facility” means that certain amended and restated
credit agreement, dated as of April 10, 2007, as such may be amended,
supplemented, or modified from time to time to the date hereof, among the
Company, as borrower thereunder, the Lenders (as defined therein) party thereto from time to time, Credit
Suisse Securities (USA) LLC and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation, as
co-documentation agents, Citicorp USA, Inc., as syndication agent and JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent.
“DIP Credit
Agreement” means that certain Senior Secured Super
Priority Priming Debtor In Possession Credit And Guaranty Agreement, dated as of
November 18, 2009, as amended, supplemented, or modified from time to time, by
and among the Company and certain of its Subsidiaries, as guarantors, the lenders party
thereto from time to time, and Wilmington Trust FSB, as administrative agent for
such lenders, in the form as approved by the Bankruptcy Court on November 12,
2009.
“DIP
Lender” means any lender party to the DIP
Credit Agreement and the
administrative agent under the DIP Credit Agreement.
“Disclosure
Statement” means a disclosure statement for the
Plan, including all exhibits and schedules thereto, in substantially the form
attached as Exhibit
B hereto, with any such
amendments, supplements,
changes and modifications thereto, which Disclosure Statement shall be in such
form and substance as is reasonably satisfactory to Requisite Investors and with
any changes or modifications required by the Bankruptcy
Court.
“Effective
Date” means the date on which the Rights
Offering Sub-Plan becomes effective in accordance with its
terms.
“Election
Form” has the meaning ascribed to such term
in the Plan.
“Election
Form Deadline” has the meaning ascribed to such term
in the Plan.
“Eligible
Recipient” means any holder of a Note as of the
Rights Offering Record Date (as defined in the Rights Offering Procedures) that
is an “accredited
investor” within the
meaning of Rule 501 of the Securities Act and that timely delivers to the
Subscription Agent a
certificate in a form reasonably acceptable to the Company certifying to that
effect in accordance with the Rights Offering Procedures.
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“Equity
Commitment” means, collectively, the Direct
Commitment and the Stock Right Commitment.
“Event” means any event, development,
occurrence, circumstance or change.
“Excess
Shares” means Shares offered in the Rights
Offering (including Available Direct Subscription Shares) that are not purchased
pursuant to Basic Subscription Rights, but excluding any Cash Recovery Subscription
Equity.
“Exchange
Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended, and the rules and regulation of the SEC
thereunder.
“Excluded
Consent Event” means any election, decision,
determination, approval, consent, waiver or other action with respect to (i)
determinations of rounding for fractional shares as set forth in the last
sentence of Sections
3.1(a) and 3.1(b)(ii) and the first sentence of Section
3.2, (ii) Section
3.3(a) (Alternative
Financing), (iii)
Section
7.9 (Conduct of
Business), (iv)
Section
7.18 (Ford
Agreement), (v)
Section
7.19 (VIHI
Restructuring), (vi)
Section
8.1(s) (Ford), (vii) Section
8.5 (Regulatory
Reallocations) or (viii)
the exercise or non-exercise of any rights under Section
10.1 (Termination Rights).
“Expiration
Time” means the deadline by which holders of
claims or interests are entitled to vote on the Plan or such later date as the
Company may specify in a notice provided to the Investors before 9:00 a.m. New
York City time on the Business Day immediately prior to the
then-effective Expiration Time.
“Final
Order” means an order or judgment of the
Bankruptcy Court, or other court of competent jurisdiction with respect to the
subject matter, which has not been reversed, stayed, modified, or amended, and as to which the time to
appeal or seek certiorari has expired and no appeal or petition for certiorari
has been timely taken, or as to which any appeal that has been taken or any
petition for certiorari that has been or may be filed has been resolved by the highest court to which
the order or judgment was appealed or from which certiorari was sought;
provided, however, that the possibility that a motion
under Rule 60 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, or any analogous rule
under the Bankruptcy Rules,
may be filed relating to such order shall not prevent such order from being a
Final Order; provided, further, that either the Company or Requisite
Investors may waive any appeal period.
“GLCA/Sagent
Engagement Letter” means that certain letter agreement between the Ad Hoc Group of
Noteholders and GLCA/Sagent Advisors dated as of November 1, 2009, as amended in
the form delivered to the Company on April 28, 2010.
“GLCA/Sagent
Advisors” means, collectively, GLC Advisors &
Co. LLC and Sagent Advisors, Inc.
“Good Faith
Consultation” means consultation by the Company and
the Lead Investors (provided, that if the underlying election,
decision, determination, approval, consent, waiver or other action to which any
requirement of Good Faith Consultation is applicable hereunder can be
taken unilaterally by Lead Investors constituting Requisite Investors in
accordance herewith (including exercise of the termination rights by Lead
Investors constituting
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Requisite Investors pursuant to
Section
10.1(b)-(c) and waiver by Lead Investors
constituting Requisite Investors of conditions pursuant to Section
8.2), the consultation
shall be by such Lead Investors constituting Requisite Investors only) with the
Ad Hoc Counsel acting in good faith, including without limitation: (i) providing a copy to
the Ad Hoc Group of any relevant documents and a reasonable opportunity to
review and comment on such documents prior to such documents being approved or
consented to and prior to such documents being executed or delivered or filed with the Bankruptcy
Court, as applicable and (ii) considering, in good faith, any comments of the Ad
Hoc Counsel consistent with this Agreement, and any other reasonable comments
made by the Ad Hoc Counsel on behalf of the Co-Investors; provided, however, that in no event shall the failure of
the Lead Investors or Requisite Investors, as applicable, to engage in such Good
Faith Consultation in any way (including the actions contemplated in clauses (i)
and (ii) above) in and of itself (w) prevent the Company from relying upon any
election, determination, waiver or decision in connection herewith by the Lead
Investors or Requisite Investors or the exercise of the Lead Investors or
Requisite Investors of any their respective rights under this Agreement, (x) relieve the Lead Investors
or Requisite Investors from complying with any of their respective obligations
under this Agreement, (y) affect the validity and enforceability of any approval
given by the Lead Investors or Requisite Investors or (z) cause any election, decision,
determination or other action to be deemed to be a Material Discriminatory
Effect; provided, further, nothing in the preceding proviso shall
limit the availability of the consent rights of the Co-Investors with respect to
an Investor Consent Action
that has or would, if implemented, have a Material Discriminatory Effect. The Ad
Hoc Counsel shall promptly notify the Lead Investors or the Company, as the case
may be, in writing whenever the Ad Hoc Counsel believes that such Person or Persons are not complying with
any obligation to conduct Good Faith Consultations.
“Governmental
Entity” means any U.S. or non-U.S. federal,
state, municipal, local, judicial, administrative, legislative or regulatory
agency, department, commission, court, or tribunal of competent
jurisdiction (including any branch, department or official
thereof).
“Guaranty
Equity Amount” has the meaning ascribed to such term
in the Plan.
“HSR
Act” means the Xxxx-Xxxxx-Xxxxxx Antitrust
Improvements Act of 1976, as amended.
“Intellectual
Property” means any of the following, whether
foreign or domestic: (i) trade names, trademarks and service marks,
certification marks, trade dress, internet domain names, corporate names,
business names, slogans, logos and all other indicia of origin, whether
registered or unregistered, and all registrations and applications to register
any of the foregoing (including all translations, adaptations, derivations, and
combinations of the foregoing), together with all associated goodwill; (ii) inventions (whether or not
patentable or reduced to practice), issued patents and patent applications and
patent disclosures and improvements thereto together with all reissues,
continuations, continuations in part, divisions, extensions or reexaminations thereof; (iii) copyright
registrations, copyright applications, works of authorship, unregistered
copyrights and all associated moral rights; (iv) Trade Secrets; (v) computer
software (including source code and object code), data, databases
and documentation thereof; (vi) rights of
privacy and publicity; (vii) all other intellectual property and proprietary
rights; (viii) rights to xxx for past, present and future infringement or
misappropriation of the foregoing; and (ix) all proceeds
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of any of the forgoing including license
royalties and other income and damages and other proceeds of
suit.
“Investor
Consent Event” means an election, decision,
determination, approval, consent, waiver or other action that this Agreement
expressly requires to be
taken or made by (i) all of the Lead Investors and is expressly specified in
this Agreement as subject to a Material Discriminatory Effect qualification or
(ii) Requisite Investors; provided, that in no event shall any Excluded
Consent Event be deemed to
be an Investor Consent Event.
“Investor
Default” means the failure by any Investor to
purchase any Investor Shares that such Investor is obligated to purchase under
this Agreement.
“Investor
Shares” means, collectively, (i) the
Unsubscribed Shares and
(ii) the Direct Subscription Shares.
“IRS” means the United States Internal
Revenue Service.
“Joint
Venture” means, with respect to any Person, any
corporation, partnership, joint venture or other legal entity of which such
Person (either alone or through or together with any other
subsidiary) owns, directly or indirectly, fifty percent (50%) of the stock or
other equity interests.
“Knowledge of
the Company” means the actual knowledge, after a
reasonable inquiry of their direct reports, of the chief executive officer, chief financial
officer and general counsel of the Company.
“Last Trading
Price” means, as of any time of determination,
with respect to shares of common stock of the Company the closing price as
quoted by OTCQX on the immediately previous trading day.
“Law” means any law (statutory or common),
statute, regulation, rule, code or ordinance enacted, adopted, issued or
promulgated by any Governmental Entity.
“Lead
Investor” means an Investor set forth on
Schedule
5; provided, that such Investor shall cease to be a Lead
Investor and shall be deemed to be a Co-Investor for all purposes of this
Agreement if such Investor and its Affiliates, in the aggregate, hold less than
fifty percent (50%) of the Allotted Portions, measured as of the date hereof, of the Equity Commitment of
such Investor and its Affiliates.
“Lien” means any lease, lien, adverse claim,
charge, option, right of first refusal, servitude, security interest, mortgage,
pledge, deed of trust, easement, encumbrance, restriction on transfer, conditional sale or
other title retention agreement, defect in title or other restrictions of a
similar kind.
“Management
Agreements” means, collectively, the (i) Change In
Control Agreement, (ii) Executive Officer Change In Control Agreement and (iii) Employment Agreement to
be entered into with Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx, in each case, (x) in the form delivered
by Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP, in its capacity as counsel to the Company, to White
& Case LLP, as
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counsel to the Lead Investors, and
attached to a letter dated
the date hereof and (y) with only such amendments, supplements, changes and
modifications that are acceptable to Requisite Investors in their sole
discretion.
“Management
Equity Incentive Plan” means the post-Effective Date
management equity incentive
program as set forth in Exhibit
G attached
hereto.
“Material
Adverse Effect” means a material adverse effect on (i)
the business, assets, liabilities, properties, results of operations or
financial condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as a whole, or (ii) the
ability of the Company, subject to receipt of the consents, approvals and other
authorizations set forth in Section
5.7, to consummate the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the Rights Offering Sub-Plan;
provided, that the following shall not
constitute a Material Adverse Effect and shall not be taken into account in
determining whether or not there has been, or would reasonably be expected to
be, a Material Adverse Effect: (A) any change in general economic or political conditions or conditions
generally affecting the industries in which the Company and its Subsidiaries
operate (including those resulting from acts of terrorism or war (whether or not
declared) or other calamity, crisis or geopolitical Event); (B) any change or prospective change in
any Law or GAAP, or any interpretation thereof; (C) any change in currency,
exchange or interest rates or the financial or securities markets generally; (D)
any matter identified or described in (1) the Company SEC Documents (excluding any risk factor
disclosure and disclosure included in any “forward-looking statements” disclaimer or other statements included
in such Company SEC Documents that are predictive, forward-looking, non-specific
or primarily cautionary in nature (but including any specific
factual information contained therein)) filed with the SEC prior to the date
hereof, (2) the Disclosure Letter or (3) the Attached Disclosure Statement
(excluding any risk factor disclosure and disclosure included in any “forward-looking statements” disclaimer or other statements included
in the Attached Disclosure Statement that are predictive, forward-looking,
non-specific or primarily cautionary in nature (but including any specific
factual information contained therein)) (but not including any amendments,
supplements, changes or modifications thereto), in each case to the extent that
the effect or potential effect on the Company and its Subsidiaries of such
disclosed matter is reasonably apparent on its face, (E) any change in the market price or trading
volume of the common stock of the Company or the Notes, as the case may be;
provided, that any Event that caused or
contributed to such change in market price or trading volume shall not be
excluded; (F) any change to the extent resulting from the announcement
or pendency of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement; and (G) any
change resulting from actions of the Company or its Subsidiaries expressly
agreed to or requested in writing by Requisite Investors; except in the cases of (A) through (C) to the
extent such change or Event is disproportionately adverse with respect to the
Company and its Subsidiaries when compared to other companies in the industry in
which the Company and its Subsidiaries operate.
“Material
Discriminatory Effect” means an effect that is material and
discriminatorily adverse to the Co-Investors, as a group, relative to the Lead
Investors, as a group; provided, that in no event shall any Excluded
Consent Event be deemed to have a Material Discriminatory Effect.
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“New Common
Stock” means the common stock of the Company
as a reorganized debtor, par value $0.01 per share.
“Non-Eligible
Recipient” means any holder of a Note that is not
an Eligible Recipient.
“Notes” means, collectively, (i) the 8.25% senior unsecured notes due
August 1, 2010 issued by the Company under that certain indenture dated as of
June 23, 2000, by and between the Company and Bank One Trust Company, N.A., as
trustee, in the original amount of seven hundred million dollars ($700,000,000), (ii) the 7.0% senior
unsecured notes due March 10, 2014 issued by the Company under that certain
supplemental indenture dated as of March 10, 2004, by and between the Company
and X.X. Xxxxxx Trust Company, as trustee, in the original amount of four hundred fifty million
dollars ($450,000,000) and (iii) the 12.25% Notes.
“Order” means any judgment, order, award,
injunction, writ, permit, license or decree of any Governmental Entity or
arbitrator.
“Owned Real
Property” means all real property owned, in whole or in part,
directly or indirectly by the Company, except to the extent such real property
is residential real property that is not material to the
Company.
“Pension
Protection Fund” means the statutory fund established
under the UK Pensions Xxx
0000, as amended.
“Permitted
Liens” means (i) real estate taxes,
assessments, and other governmental levies, fees or charges imposed with respect
to any Owned Real Property that (A) are not due and payable or (B) are being
contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves have been made with
respect thereto; (ii) mechanics liens and similar liens for labor, materials or
supplies provided with respect to any Owned Real Property or personal property
incurred in the ordinary course of business,
consistent with past practice and as otherwise not prohibited under this
Agreement, for amounts that (A) do not materially detract from the value of, or
materially impair the use of, any of the Owned Real Property or personal property of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or (B) are being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings; (iii) zoning, building codes and other land use Laws regulating the
use or occupancy of any Owned Real Property or the activities conducted thereon that are imposed by
any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over such real property;
provided, that no such zoning, building codes
and other land use Laws prohibit the use or occupancy of such Owned Real
Property; (iv) easements, covenants, conditions, restrictions and
other similar matters affecting title to any Owned Real Property and other title
defects that do not or would not materially impair the use or occupancy of such
real property or the operation of the Company’s or any of its Subsidiaries’ business; and (v) Liens that, pursuant
to the Confirmation Order, will not survive beyond the Effective
Date.
“Person” means an individual, firm, corporation
(including any non-profit corporation), partnership, limited liability
company, joint venture,
associate, trust, Governmental Entity or other entity or
organization.
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“Plan” means the chapter 11 plan of
reorganization, including all exhibits, schedules and annexes, attached as
Exhibit
C hereto, with only such
amendments, supplements
(including any Plan Supplement), changes and modifications that (i) if not
adverse to any Investor, or if submitted by the Company in accordance with
Section 7.1(f) of the Plan Support Agreement, or if required by the Bankruptcy
Court, are reasonably acceptable to Requisite Investors; (ii) if
constituting a change or modification to the manner in which the Claims of
holders of Notes belonging to any specific Class are treated under either the
Rights Offering Sub-Plan (including the terms and conditions of the Guaranty Equity Amount) or the
Claims Conversion Sub-Plan, are acceptable to Lead Investors holding at least
sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 3%) of the aggregate Allotted Portions held
by those Lead Investors holding Claims that are of the affected Class after Good Faith Consultation;
provided, that to the extent Lead Investors
cease to hold at least fifteen percent (15%) of the aggregate amount of Notes in
such Class (as per the most recent updated holdings information provided
pursuant to the Plan
Support Agreement, or as requested by the Debtors pursuant thereto), such change
or modification must be acceptable to Investors holding more than fifty percent
(50%) of the Notes held by those Investors holding Claims in that Class; or
(iii) if otherwise demonstrated by any Investor to be
reasonably likely to be adverse to such Investor, are acceptable to Requisite
Investors in their sole discretion (it being agreed that any amendment,
supplement, change or modification which provides for a distribution to any stakeholder junior to the
holders of Notes, including existing interests in the Company, shall be deemed
adverse without any such demonstration being required to be made; provided, that without limiting the rights and
obligations of the Parties hereunder, it is acknowledged that nothing
in this parenthetical shall derogate the Company's fiduciary obligations);
provided, further, that notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, no change or modification may be made to the
treatment of Claims of
holders of Notes belonging to any specific Class under either the Rights
Offering Sub-Plan (including the terms and conditions of the Guaranty Equity
Amount) or the Claims Conversion Sub-Plan, which disproportionately affects the
recoveries of claimholders in such Class as compared to
any other noteholder Class, without the reasonable consent of Investors holding
more than fifty percent (50%) of the Notes (as per the most recent updated
holdings information provided pursuant to the Plan Support Agreement or as requested by the Debtors
pursuant thereto) held by those Investors holding Claims in any such
disproportionately affected Class.
“Plan
Supplement” has the meaning ascribed to such term
in the Plan, and shall be reasonably acceptable to Requisite Investors. For the purposes of
this Agreement, the term Plan Supplement does not include any document attached
as an Exhibit to this Agreement.
“Plan Support
Agreement” means the agreement among the Company
and each Investor to support the Plan, attached as Exhibit
H
hereto.
“Priority
Oversubscription Right” means the priority right of the
Investors with respect to oversubscription of Excess Shares described in
Section
2.2(e).
“Proposal
Letter” means that certain letter, dated
February 1, 2010, from
certain of the Investors to the Company and executed by such
Investors.
“Real
Property Leases” means those leases, subleases,
licenses, concessions and other agreements, as amended, modified or restated,
pursuant to which the Company or one of its
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Subsidiaries or Joint Ventures holds a
leasehold or subleasehold estate in, or is granted the right to use or occupy,
any land, buildings, structures, improvements, fixtures or other interest in
real property used in the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ or Joint Ventures’ business.
“Receiving
Co-Investor” means a Co-Investor, at the time of
determination with respect to a specific Investor Consent Event, for whom,
following prior written request, the Ad Hoc Counsel promptly certifies in
writing to the Company and
the Lead Investors based upon information provided by such Co-Investor acting in
good faith, (i) does not hold (A) Term Loan Facility Claims (as defined in the
Plan) in an aggregate principal amount in excess of ten million dollars
($10,000,000) or (B) a number of shares of common stock
of the Company that when multiplied by the Last Trading Price results in a
product in excess of ten percent (10%) of the principal amount of the Notes held
by such Co-Investor as of the time of the determination, and (ii) has either (A) agreed as of the
time of determination to receive all relevant information regarding either (1)
the specific Investor Consent Event being considered or (2) Investor Consent
Events generally or (B) arranged to have a Representative of such Co-Investor (which may include, for
the avoidance of doubt, the Ad Hoc Counsel) review such information on its
behalf.
“Registration
Rights Agreement” means a registration rights agreement
among the Company and the Investors, their Related Purchasers and Ultimate Purchasers, in the form
attached as Exhibit
I hereto, with only such
amendments, supplements, changes and modifications that (i) if not adverse to
any Investor, or if required by the Bankruptcy Court, are reasonably acceptable
to Requisite Investors or
(ii) if demonstrated by any Investor to be reasonably likely to be adverse to
such Investor, are acceptable to Requisite Investors in their sole
discretion.
“Related
Party” means, with respect to any Person, (i)
any former, current or future director, officer, agent, Affiliate,
employee, general or limited partner, member, manager or stockholder of such
Person and (ii) any former, current or future director, officer, agent,
Affiliate, employee, general or limited partner, member, manager or
stockholder of any of the
foregoing.
“Representatives” means, with respect to any Person, such
Person’s directors, officers, employees,
investment bankers, attorneys, accountants or other advisors,
collectively.
“Requisite
Investors” means Lead Investors holding at least sixty-six and two-thirds
percent (66 3%) of the aggregate Allotted Portions held by the Lead Investors;
provided, that with respect to any Investor
Consent Event that has or would, if implemented, have a Material Discriminatory
Effect, “Requisite Investors” also requires Requisite Receiving
Co-Investor Approval in accordance with Section
11.10; provided, further, that in no event shall (i) any
Investor Consent Event that has the same effect on the Allotted Portions and the
rights and obligations
derived therefrom held on the one hand by the Lead Investors and on the other
hand by the Co-Investors or (ii) any Excluded Consent Event, in either case, be
deemed to have a Material Discriminatory Effect; provided, further, that for purposes of this definition, each Investor shall be
deemed to hold the Allotted Portions held by such Investor’s Related Purchasers. Moreover, the
amount originally paid by any Co-Investor to acquire its individual Notes shall
not, under any circumstance, provide an independent basis for the assertion of a
Material Discriminatory Effect.
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“Rights
Holder” means an Eligible Recipient that is the
holder of a Right.
“Rights
Offering Sub-Plan” has the meaning ascribed to such term
in the Plan. “Rights
Offering Procedures” means the procedures for conducting the
Rights Offering attached as Exhibit
J hereto, with only such
amendments, supplements, changes and modifications that (i) if not adverse to
any Investor, or if required by the Bankruptcy Court, are reasonably acceptable
to Requisite Investors or
(ii) if demonstrated by any Investor to be reasonably likely to be adverse to
such Investor, are acceptable to Requisite Investors in their sole
discretion.
“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
“Securities
Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as
amended, and the rules and regulations of the SEC
thereunder.
“Signatory
Default” means the failure of any Investor to
purchase any Available Distributable Securities that such Investor is obligated
to purchase under the Cash
Recovery Backstop Agreement.
“Significant
Subsidiary” means a Subsidiary that satisfies the
definition contained in Article 1, Rule 1-02 of Regulation S-X promulgated
pursuant to the Securities Act.
“Subscription
Agent” means a subscription agent reasonably acceptable to both the
Company and Requisite Investors.
“Subsidiary” means, with respect to any Person, any
corporation, partnership, joint venture or other legal entity of which such
Person (either alone or through or together with any other subsidiary), (i) owns, directly or
indirectly, more than fifty percent (50%) of the stock or other equity
interests, (ii) has the power to elect a majority of the board of directors or
similar governing body or (iii) has the power to direct the business and policies.
“Superior
Transaction” means an Alternate Transaction, which
the Board, after consultation with its outside legal counsel and its independent
financial advisors, determines in good faith to be more favorable to the
bankruptcy estate of the
Company and the estates of the other Debtors than the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and the Rights Offering Sub-Plan, taking into account all
aspects of such Alternate Transaction and the Board’s good-faith estimation of the
likelihood of consummating the Alternate
Transaction.
“Taxes” means all taxes, assessments, charges,
duties, fees, levies or other governmental charges, including all federal,
state, local, foreign and other income, franchise, profits, gross receipts,
capital gains, capital
stock, transfer, property, sales, use, value-added, occupation, excise,
severance, windfall profits, stamp, license, payroll, social security,
withholding and other taxes, assessments, charges, duties, fees, levies or other
governmental charges of any kind whatsoever (whether payable
directly or by withholding and whether or not requiring the filing of a Tax
Return), all estimated taxes, deficiency assessments, additions to tax,
penalties and interest and shall include any liability for such amounts
as a result either of being
a
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member of a combined, consolidated,
unitary or affiliated group or of a contractual obligation to indemnify any
Person, and any liability therefor as a transferee, successor or
otherwise.
“Trade
Secret” means any and all trade secrets or other proprietary and
confidential information, which are subject to reasonable efforts to maintain
its secrecy from third parties, including ideas, formulas, compositions,
unpatented inventions (whether patentable or unpatentable and whether or not reduced to practice), invention
disclosures, financial and accounting data, technical data, personal
information, customer lists, supplier lists, business plans, know-how, formulae,
methods (whether or not patentable), designs, processes, merchandising processes, procedures, source
code, object code, and techniques, research and development information,
industry analyses, drawings, data collections and related
information.
“Transfer” means sell, transfer, assign, pledge,
hypothecate, participate, donate or otherwise encumber or dispose
of.
“UK Pension
Plan” means any Company Plan which is a
retirement benefit scheme administered in the UK.
“UK Pensions
Regulator” means the body corporate by that name
established under Part 1 of the UK Pensions Act 2004 (as
amended).
“Unsubscribed
Shares” means the Shares, other than (i) the
Shares issuable pursuant to the Rights that were properly exercised by the
Rights Holders during the Rights Exercise Period pursuant to the Basic
Subscription Right and the
Oversubscription Right (but excluding any Available Direct Subscription Shares)
and (ii) Cash Recovery Subscription Equity.
“VIHI
Restructuring” means the reorganizations and other
transactions involving Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures of the Company
that may be undertaken on
or prior to the Effective Date in the manner set forth in Exhibit
K attached
hereto.
Section 1.2 Additional
Defined Terms. In addition to the terms
defined in Section
1.1, additional defined
terms used herein shall have the respective meanings assigned thereto in the
Sections indicated in the table below.
Defined
Term
|
Section
|
Additional Investor
Agreements
|
Section
3.6(b)
|
Agreement
|
Preamble
|
Alternate Transaction
Agreement
|
Section
8.1(d)
|
Alternate Transaction
Damages
|
Section 10.2(a)
|
Alternative
Financing
|
Section
3.3(a)
|
Approval
Conditions
|
Section
10.1(b)(iii)
|
Approval
Motion
|
Recitals
|
Approval
Order
|
Recitals
|
Arrangement
Premium
|
Section
4.1(b)
|
Available Direct Subscription
Shares
|
Section
3.1(b)(ii)
|
Bankruptcy
Code
|
Recitals
|
Bankruptcy
Court
|
Recitals
|
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Defined
Term
|
Section
|
Basic Subscription
Right
|
Section
2.2(b)
|
Breaching
Investor
|
Section
9.1(b)
|
Company
|
Preamble
|
Company
Plans
|
Section
5.21(a)
|
Confirmed
Plan
|
Section
8.1(b)
|
Debtor
|
Recitals
|
Determination
Date
|
Section 2.2(f)
|
Direct
Commitment
|
Section
3.1(a)
|
Direct Subscription
Shares
|
Section
3.1(a)
|
Disclosure
Letter
|
Article
V
|
Discrimination
Notice
|
Section
11.10
|
Dispute
Notice
|
Section
11.10
|
Employee
Representatives
|
Section
5.14(a)
|
Environmental
Laws
|
Section
5.19(a)
|
ERISA
|
Section
5.21(a)
|
Exit
Financing
|
Section
7.17
|
Expedited
Proceedings
|
Section
11.10
|
Filing
Party
|
Section
7.15(b)
|
Financial
Reports
|
Section
7.11(a)
|
Financial
Statements
|
Section
5.9
|
Ford
|
Section
7.18
|
Ford
Agreement
|
Section
7.18
|
Fully Exercising Holder
|
Section
2.2(c)
|
Funding Approval
Certificate
|
Section
7.7
|
GAAP
|
Section
5.9
|
Indemnified
Claim
|
Section
9.2
|
Indemnified
Person
|
Section
9.2
|
Indemnifying
Party
|
Section
9.2
|
Investor
|
Preamble
|
Joint Filing
Party
|
Section
7.15(c)
|
Legal
Proceedings
|
Section 5.13
|
Losses
|
Section
9.1(a)
|
Material
Contracts
|
Section
5.24
|
Money Laundering
Laws
|
Section
5.26
|
Multiemployer
Plans
|
Section
5.21(b)
|
Offered Direct Subscription
Shares
|
Section
3.1(b)
|
Offering
Investor
|
Section
3.1(b)
|
OPEB Order
|
Section
5.11(f)
|
Outside Date
|
Section
10.1(b)(iii)
|
Over-Allotted
Investor
|
Section
8.5
|
Over-Subscribed
Shares
|
Section
2.2(e)
|
Oversubscription
Right
|
Section
2.2(c)
|
Party
|
Preamble
|
Petition
Date
|
Recitals
|
Pre-Closing
Period
|
Section
7.9
|
15
Defined
Term
|
Section
|
Proceedings
|
Recitals
|
Purchase
Notice
|
Section
2.2(f)
|
Purchase
Price
|
Section
2.1
|
Regulatory
Cure
|
Section
8.5
|
Regulatory
Reallocation
|
Section
8.5
|
Related
Purchaser
|
Section
3.6(a)
|
Removed Allotted
Portion
|
Section
8.5
|
Requisite Receiving Co-Investor
Approval
|
Section
11.10
|
Right
|
Section
2.1
|
Rights Distribution
Date
|
Section
2.2(b)
|
Rights Exercise
Period
|
Section
2.2(d)
|
Rights
Offering
|
Section
2.1
|
ROFR
Investors
|
Section
3.6(c)
|
Share
|
Section
2.1
|
Stock Right
Commitment
|
Section
3.2
|
Stock Right
Deposit
|
Section
4.2
|
Stock Right
Premium
|
Section
4.1(a)
|
Takeover
Statute
|
Section
5.30
|
Tax Return
|
Section
5.20(a)
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Transaction
Agreements
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Section
5.2(a)
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Transaction
Expenses
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Section
4.3(a)
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Transfer
Notice
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Section
3.6(c)
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Transferring
Investor
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Section
3.6(c)
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Ultimate
Purchaser
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Section
3.6(b)
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Section 1.3 Construction. In this Agreement, unless the context
otherwise requires:
(a) references to Articles, Sections,
Exhibits and Schedules are references to the articles and sections or subsections
of, and the exhibits and schedules attached to, this Agreement;
(b) the descriptive headings of the Articles
and Sections of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only, do not
constitute a part of this Agreement and shall not affect in any way the meaning or interpretation of
this Agreement;
(c) references in this Agreement to
“writing” or comparable expressions include a reference to a written
document transmitted by means of electronic mail in portable document format (.pdf), facsimile
transmission or comparable means of communication;
(d) words expressed in the singular number
shall include the plural and vice versa; words expressed in the masculine
shall include the feminine and neuter gender and vice versa;
(e) the words “hereof”, “herein”, “hereto” and “hereunder”, and words of similar import, when u sed in this
Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole,
including
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all Exhibits and Schedules attached to
this Agreement, and not to any provision of this Agreement;
(f) the term this “Agreement” shall be construed as a reference to this Agreement as the same may
have been, or may from time to time be, amended, modified, varied, novated or
supplemented;
(g) “include”, “includes” and “including” are deemed to be followed by
“without
limitation” whether or not
they are in fact followed by such words;
(h) references to “day” or “days” are to calendar days;
(i) references to “the date hereof” means as of the date of this Agreement;
(j) unless otherwise specified,
references to a statute means such statute as amended from time to time and includes any successor
legislation thereto and any regulations promulgated thereunder in effect on the
date of this Agreement; and
(k) references to “dollars” or “$” are to United States of America
dollars.
ARTICLE II
RIGHTS OFFERING
Section 2.1 The Rights
Offering. The
Company proposes to offer and sell shares of New Common Stock pursuant to a
rights offering (the “Rights
Offering”) whereby the Company will distribute to
each Eligible Recipient, including, to the extent applicable, the
Investors, that number of
rights (each, a “Right”) that will enable Rights Holders to
purchase an aggregate of up to the sum of (i) thirty-four million three hundred
ten thousand two hundred (34,310,200) shares of New Common Stock (each, a
“Share”), minus (ii) the Cash Recovery Subscription Equity
and plus (iii) as applicable, Available Direct Subscription Shares, in each
case, at a purchase price of twenty-seven dollars and sixty-nine cents ($27.69)
per share (the “Purchase
Price”). The Company will conduct
the Rights Offering in
accordance with this Agreement, the Rights Offering Sub-Plan and the Rights
Offering Procedures in all material respects.
Section 2.2 Procedure of
Rights Offering. The Rights Offering will be
conducted as follows:
(a) On the terms and subject to the conditions of this
Agreement (including Bankruptcy Court approval) and pursuant to the Rights
Offering Procedures, the Company shall offer the Shares (less the Cash Recovery
Subscription Equity) for subscription by Rights Holders.
(b) The Company shall, no later than ten
(10) days after the Bankruptcy Court has entered an order approving the
Disclosure Statement, mail Election Forms to all holders of Allowed Senior Notes
Claims as of the Rights Offering Record Date to determine whether or not such holders of Allowed Senior
Notes Claims are Eligible Recipients. As soon as practicable
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after the approval by the Bankruptcy
Court of the Disclosure Statement, the Company shall distribute the ballot
form(s) in connection with the solicitation of acceptances of the Plan. As soon as
practicable after the Election Form Deadline, the Company shall issue to each
Eligible Recipient (the date of such issuance, the “Rights
Distribution Date”) sufficient Rights to purchase its pro
rata share (based on the
Allowed Senior Notes Claims held by such Eligible Recipient in relation to the
aggregate amount of Allowed Senior Notes Claims held by all holders of Allowed
Senior Notes Claims) of thirty-four million three hundred ten thousand two
hundred (34,310,200) Shares in the aggregate (the
“Basic
Subscription Right”). The Company will be responsible for
effecting the distribution of the Election Forms and any related materials to
each holder of an Allowed Senior Notes Claim. Each holder of Allowed Senior
Notes Claims as of the
Rights Offering Record Date that properly delivers a completed Election Form to
the Subscription Agent shall, (i) if such holder properly certifies that it is
an Eligible Recipient, be permitted to participate in the Rights Offering and
shall receive the Rights Offering
Procedures, a subscription form and any related materials and (ii) if such
holder properly certifies that it is not an Eligible Recipient, have the right
to receive a distribution in accordance with the Plan.
(c) Subject to the Priority Oversubscription Right
set forth in Section
2.2(e), each Rights Holder
that exercises in full its Basic Subscription Right (a “Fully
Exercising Holder”) shall be entitled to subscribe for
Excess Shares on the same terms as the Basic Subscription Right, to the extent that any
Excess Shares are available for purchase (the “Oversubscription
Right”). (d) The Rights may be exercised
during a period (the “Rights
Exercise Period”) commencing on the Rights Distribution
Date and ending at the Expiration Time. Subject to the approval of this
Agreement by the Bankruptcy Court, the Rights Offering Sub-Plan shall provide
that to exercise a Right, a Rights Holder shall, during the Rights Exercise
Period, (i) return a duly executed subscription document to the Subscription Agent (A) electing to
exercise all or a portion of the Rights held by such Rights Holder and (B) if
such Rights Holder is a Fully Exercising Holder, indicating the number of Excess
Shares, if any, such Fully Exercising Holder desires to purchase pursuant to its Oversubscription
Right and (ii) pay an amount equal to the aggregate Purchase Price for the
number of Shares and Excess Shares that such Rights Holder elects to purchase
pursuant to its Basic Subscription Right and Oversubscription Right by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to an escrow account established by the Company for the Rights
Offering.
(e) As promptly as reasonably
practicable following the Expiration Time, the Company shall determine the
aggregate number of Excess
Shares that the Fully Exercising Holders elected to purchase pursuant to their
Oversubscription Rights (the “Over-Subscribed Shares”) and the number of Excess Shares that
were available for purchase. Subject to Section
3.1(b), if the number of
Over-Subscribed Shares
exceeds the number of Excess Shares, then the Company shall apportion, pro rata
relative to the number of Excess Shares each Fully Exercising Holder elected to
purchase pursuant to its Oversubscription Right, the number of Excess Shares (i)
first, to the Lead Investors and their
Related Purchasers (other than any Lead Investor and Related Purchaser that
elected to include Available Direct Subscription Shares in the Rights Offering
pursuant to Section
3.1(b)) and their
respective Affiliates that
are Fully Exercising Holders (ii) second, to the Co-Investors and their Related
Purchasers (other than any Co-Investor and Related Purchaser that elected to
include Available Direct Subscription Shares
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in the Rights Offering pursuant to
Section
3.1(b)) and their
respective Affiliates that are Fully Exercising Holders and (iii) last, to all
other Fully Exercising Holders, in each case pursuant to its Oversubscription
Right such that the aggregate number of Excess Shares the Fully Exercising
Holders shall receive pursuant to their
Oversubscription Rights shall equal the number of Excess Shares available. As
promptly as practicable after such adjustment, the Company shall notify each
affected Fully Exercising Holder of such adjustment and remit, by wire
transfer of immediately available funds,
an amount equal to the aggregate Purchase Price for the shares such Fully
Exercising Holder shall not be allowed to purchase pursuant to this Section
2.2(e).
(f) No later than the fifth (5th)
Business Day following the
date on which the Expiration Time occurs (the “Determination
Date”), the Company shall deliver to each
Investor a written certification by an executive officer of the Company of (i)
the number of Shares elected to be purchased by Rights Holders
pursuant to the Basic
Subscription Right and the aggregate Purchase Price therefor, (ii) the number of
Shares elected to be purchased by Rights Holders pursuant to the
Oversubscription Rights and the aggregate Purchase Price therefor, (iii) any
Available Direct Subscription Shares not purchased pursuant
to the Oversubscription Rights and (iv) the number of Unsubscribed Shares, if
any, and the aggregate Purchase Price therefor (a “Purchase
Notice”). The Company shall promptly provide
any written backup, information and documentation relating to the
information contained in the Purchase Notice as any Investor may reasonably
request in writing.
(g) On the Effective Date, the Company
will issue (and deliver as promptly as reasonably practicable thereafter) to
each Rights Holder that
validly exercised Rights the number of Shares and, if applicable, Excess Shares
to which such Rights Holder is entitled based on such exercise. All
such Shares and, if applicable, Excess Shares will be delivered with all issue,
stamp, transfer, sales and use, or similar Taxes or
duties that are due and payable (if any) in connection with such delivery duly
paid by the Company.
(h) All funds paid by the Rights Holders
to the Company in connection with the exercise of their rights pursuant
to the Rights Offering
shall be held for the benefit of the Rights Holders in an escrow account
established by the Company with an escrow agent reasonably acceptable to
Requisite Investors. The escrow agreement establishing such escrow account shall
be on market terms reasonably acceptable to
both the Company and Requisite Investors and shall provide for all fees and
expenses in connection therewith to be paid by the Company. The funds held in
such escrow account shall only be released to the Company upon the occurrence of the Effective Date and
contemporaneously with the issuance of the Shares by the Company to the Rights
Holders. If this Agreement is terminated in accordance with its
terms, the Company shall cause the escrow agent to, as promptly as
practicable following such termination,
return all such funds (and any interest or other income earned thereon) by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to the Rights
Holders.
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ARTICLE III
THE COMMITMENTS
Section 3.1 The Direct
Purchase Commitment.
(a) On the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth in this Agreement, each Investor agrees, severally and not
jointly, to subscribe for and purchase, or cause one or more Related Purchasers
to subscribe for and purchase, and the Company agrees to sell and issue to such Investor and its
Related Purchasers, if applicable, on the Effective Date for the Purchase Price
per share, such Investor’s Allotted Portion of ten million eight
hundred thirty-four thousand eight hundred (10,834,800) shares of New
Common Stock (the “Direct
Subscription Shares”), rounded among the Investors solely to
avoid fractional shares as Requisite Investors may determine in their sole
discretion (such obligation to purchase the Direct Subscription Shares, the
“Direct
Commitment”).
(b) Each Investor may elect to request
that the Company first offer all or any portion of the Direct Subscription
Shares that such Investor has committed to purchase pursuant to Section
3.1(a) in the Rights
Offering for purchase by Rights Holders. Such election must be made by providing
written notice to the Company and each other Investor at least five (5) Business
Days prior to the Rights Distribution Date specifying the number of Direct
Subscription Shares (the “Offered
Direct Subscription Shares”) such Investor (the “Offering
Investor”) elects to cause the Company to offer
in the Rights Offering and the identity of the Offering
Investor.
(i) Each Lead Investor and its Related
Purchasers (other than any Offering Investor or any of its Related
Purchasers) may elect, upon
written notice to the Company and the Offering Investor at least two (2)
Business Days prior to the Rights Distribution Date, to assume the obligation to
purchase all or any portion of the Offered Direct Subscription Shares from the
Offering Investor; provided, that if Lead Investors and their
Related Purchasers in the aggregate elect to assume more than the number of
Offered Direct Subscription Shares available, the Offered Direct Subscription
Shares shall be allocated by the Company among the electing Lead Investors and
Related Purchasers pro rata relative to the number of Offered Direct
Subscription Shares each Lead Investor and Related Purchaser elected to assume
the obligation to purchase, such that the aggregate number of Direct
Subscription Shares the electing Lead
Investors and Related Purchasers shall assume the obligation to purchase shall
equal the number of Offered Direct Subscription Shares made available by the
Offering Investor. Any Offered Direct Subscription Shares that
Lead Investors and their Related
Purchasers have elected to purchase pursuant to this Section
3.1(b)(i) shall be
purchased by such electing Lead Investors and Related Purchasers on the terms
and subject to the conditions of this Agreement and shall not be offered for issuance in the Rights
Offering. The Company shall distribute to the Lead Investors and their Related
Purchasers a revised Schedule
1 accurately reflecting the
changes to the allocated amounts of Direct Subscription Shares required by the
transactions contemplated
by this Section
3.1(b)(i).
(ii) Any Offered Direct Subscription
Shares that the Lead Investors and their Related Purchasers do not elect to
assume the obligation to purchase pursuant to
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Section
3.1(b)(i) shall be included
in the Rights Offering and
shall be available for purchase by Rights Holders (such included Offered Direct
Subscription Shares, the “Available
Direct Subscription Shares”). The Investors acknowledge
and agree that (A) Available Direct Subscription Shares may be purchased by Rights Holders pursuant to the
exercise of their Rights only if all Shares offered in the Rights Offering
(other than Available Direct Subscription Shares) are first purchased in the
Rights Offering pursuant to the exercise of the Basic Subscription Rights or the Oversubscription Rights
and (B) that if more than one (1) Offering Investor includes Available Direct
Subscription Shares in the Rights Offering, then the number of Direct
Subscription Shares each such Offering Investor is obligated to purchase pursuant to this Agreement shall
be reduced by such Offering Investor’s pro rata portion of the Available
Direct Subscription Shares actually purchased pursuant to the exercise of
Oversubscription Rights based on the number of Available Direct
Subscription Shares such Offering Investor
included in the Rights Offering relative to the total number of Available Direct
Subscription Shares all such Offering Investors included in the Rights Offering,
which pro rata portion shall be rounded by Requisite Investors in their sole discretion solely to
avoid fractional shares.
(iii) Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement, the election of an Investor to enable the
Company to offer Direct Subscription Shares in the Rights Offering
shall not release such
Investor from its obligation hereunder to purchase such Direct Subscription
Shares unless, and only to the extent that, (A) the obligation to purchase such
Direct Subscription Shares is assumed by Lead Investors and their Related
Purchasers pursuant to Section
3.1(b)(i) and such Direct
Subscription Shares are actually purchased by such Investor(s) or (B) such
Direct Subscription Shares are validly purchased by Fully Exercising Holders
pursuant to their Oversubscription Rights.
Section 3.2 The Stock
Right Commitment. On the
terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement, each Investor
agrees, severally and not jointly, to purchase or cause one or more Related
Purchasers to purchase, and the Company agrees to sell to such Investor or its designated Related
Purchasers, if applicable, on the Effective Date for the Purchase Price per
Share, such Investor’s Allotted Portion of the Unsubscribed
Shares, rounded among the Investors solely to avoid fractional shares as
Requisite Investors may determine in their sole
discretion; provided, that Requisite Investors notify the
Company of any such rounding prior to or on the Effective Date (such obligation
to purchase the Unsubscribed Shares, the “Stock Right
Commitment”). For the avoidance of doubt, Unsubscribed Shares shall
not, under any circumstances, include any Available Direct Subscription Shares,
and any Investor that included Available Direct Subscription Shares in the
Rights Offering shall remain obligated to purchase such Available Direct Subscription Shares to the
extent not purchased by Rights Holders pursuant to their Oversubscription
Rights. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, no Investor
shall have any obligation under this Agreement to purchase any Cash Recovery Subscription
Equity.
Section 3.3 Alternative
Financing.
(a) Upon the occurrence of an Investor
Default or a Signatory Default, the Lead Investors (other than any Lead Investor
whose breach is the cause of such Investor Default
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or Signatory Default) shall have the right, but
shall not be obligated to, within five (5) Business Days after receipt of
written notice from the Company to all Lead Investors on behalf of the Investors
of such Investor Default or Signatory Default to make arrangements for one or more of such Lead
Investors, their Related Purchasers, Ultimate Purchasers or any combination
thereof to purchase all or any portion of the Available Investor Shares or Cash
Recovery Subscription Equity, as the case may be, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in
this Agreement and in such amounts as may be agreed upon by such Lead Investors;
provided, that if such Lead Investors, Related
Purchasers and Ultimate Purchasers do not, in the aggregate, agree to purchase
all of the Available
Investor Shares or Cash Recovery Subscription Equity, as the case may be, on the
terms and subject to the conditions of this Agreement or the Cash Recovery
Backstop Agreement, as the case may be, the Co-Investors (other than any
Co-Investor whose breach is the cause of such Investor
Default or Signatory Default) shall have the right, but shall not be obligated
to, within two (2) Business Days after the expiration of such five (5) Business
Day period, to make arrangements for one or more of such Co-Investors, their Related Purchasers,
Ultimate Purchasers or any combination thereof to purchase all or any portion of
the remaining Available Investor Shares or Cash Recovery Subscription Equity, as
the case may be, on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in
such amounts as may be agreed upon by such Co-Investors and any Lead Investors
participating in the Alternative Financing (such arrangement pursuant to which
all Available Investor Shares or all of the Cash Recovery Subscription Equity, as the case may
be, are purchased, an “Alternative
Financing”). If an Investor Default or Signatory
Default occurs, the Effective Date and the Outside Date shall each be delayed
only to the extent necessary to allow for an Alternative Financing to be completed within the
time frame established in this Section
3.3(a); provided, that in no event shall the Effective
Date or the Outside Date be delayed more than eight (8) Business Days without
the prior written consent of the Company and all Lead Investors (other than any
Investor whose breach is the cause of such Investor Default or Signatory
Default). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
(i) if the Investor Default or Signatory Default occurs on the date that
would have been the Effective Date, then each
condition set forth in Section
8.1 that was satisfied as
of such date (including any condition that had been waived by Requisite
Investors) shall be deemed to be satisfied at all times after the date of such
Investor Default or
Signatory Default, and (ii) in the event that an Alternative Financing has not
been consummated prior to the expiration of the eight (8) Business Day period
(or such longer period as agreed among the Company and the Investors) set forth
in the preceding sentence, the Company shall be
entitled to terminate this agreement pursuant to Section
10.1(d)(i).
(b) Each Investor agrees that if such
Investor causes an Investor Default or Signatory Default, such Investor shall,
within two (2) Business Days of receiving written notice by the
Company that an Alternative Financing has been consummated, repay its Allotted
Portion of the Stock Right Premium to the extent received from the Company by
wire transfer of immediately available funds to the non-defaulting Investors pro rata based on their
Allotted Portions whether or not the Effective Date occurs.
(c) Nothing in this Agreement shall be
deemed to require an Investor to purchase more than its Allotted Portion of (i)
the Direct Subscription Shares and (ii) the Unsubscribed
Shares.
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Section 3.4 Notice of
Unsubscribed Shares. On the
Determination Date, the Company will provide a Purchase Notice to each Investor
as provided in Section
2.2(f), setting forth a
true and accurate determination of the aggregate number of Unsubscribed Shares, if
any.
Section 3.5 Issuance and
Delivery of Investor Shares.
(a) Issuance of the Investor Shares will
be made by the Company to the account of each Investor (or to such other
accounts as any Investor may designate in accordance with this Agreement) at 10:00
a.m., New York City time, on the Effective Date, or such other date and time as
the Company and Requisite Investors may agree in writing, contemporaneously
against payment on the Effective Date of the aggregate Purchase Price for the Investor Shares by wire
transfer of immediately available funds in U.S. dollars to the account specified
by the Company to the Investors in writing at least five (5) days prior to the
Effective Date, and such Investor Shares shall be delivered on the Effective Date or as promptly
as reasonably practicable thereafter.
(b) All Investor Shares will be
delivered with all issue, stamp, transfer, sales and use, or similar Taxes or
duties that are due and payable (if any) in connection with such delivery duly paid by the
Company.
(c) The documents to be delivered on the
Effective Date by or on behalf of the Parties and the Investor Shares will be
delivered at the offices of Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx LLP, 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 on the
Effective Date. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, unless an Investor (on
behalf of itself or its Related Purchasers or Ultimate Purchasers) requests in
writing delivery of a physical stock certificate, the entry of any Investor
Shares to be delivered pursuant to Section
3.5(a) into the account of
an Investor pursuant to the Company’s book entry procedures shall be deemed
delivery of such Investor Shares for purposes of this Agreement. The
Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to make all shares of New Common Stock issued
pursuant to the Plan (including Shares and Investor Shares) Depository Trust
Company eligible as of the Effective Date.
Section 3.6 Transfer,
Designation and Assignment Rights.
(a) Each Investor shall have the
right to designate by
written notice to the Company no later than five (5) Business Days prior to the
Effective Date that some or all of its Investor Shares be issued in the name of
and delivered to, one or more of its Affiliates (each a “Related
Purchaser”) upon receipt by the Company of payment
therefor in accordance with the terms hereof, which notice of designation shall
(i) be addressed to the Company and signed by such Investor and each Related
Purchaser, (ii) specify the number of Investor Shares to be delivered to or issued in the name of
such Related Purchaser and (iii) contain a confirmation by such Related
Purchaser of the accuracy of the representations set forth in Sections
6.6 through 6.8 as applied to such Related Purchaser;
provided, that no such designation pursuant to this
Section
3.6(a) shall relieve such
Investor from its obligations under this Agreement. Additionally, each Investor
may assign all or any portion of its Allotted Portion of the Equity Commitment
to a Related Purchaser who agrees in writing to be bound by this
Agreement by executing and delivering to the Company and each other Investor a
Commitment Joinder Agreement, including a revised Schedule
1 to reflect such
assignment; provided, that no such
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assignment pursuant to this Section
3.6(a) shall relieve such
Investor from its obligations under this Agreement without giving effect to such
revised Schedule
1; provided, further, that such Investor shall provide
written notice to the Company and each other Investor in advance of
such assignment and no
later than five (5) Business Days prior to the Effective
Date.
(b) The Company acknowledges and agrees
that certain of the Investors may enter into one or more additional agreements
(the “Additional
Investor Agreements”) with one or more Persons (other than Related
Purchasers) (each an “Ultimate
Purchaser”) pursuant to which (subject to
Section
3.6(c)) the Ultimate
Purchasers agree to purchase all or any portion of an Investor’s Investor Shares and/or Allotted
Portion of the Equity Commitment and may designate by written
notice to the Company that some or all of its Investor Shares be issued in the
name of and delivered directly to, such Ultimate Purchasers; provided, that no such Additional Investor
Agreement shall relieve such Investor from its obligations under this
Agreement; provided, further, that such Investor shall provide
written notice to the Company and each other Investor a copy of such Additional
Investor Agreement no later than three (3) Business Days prior to the
Effective Date and each
such Additional Investor Agreement shall contain such Ultimate
Purchaser’s representations and warranties as to
itself to the effect set forth in Sections
6.6 through 6.8 and such Ultimate Purchaser’s agreement to be bound by the covenants
contained in Section
7.16.
(c) Each Investor and its Related
Purchasers, severally and not jointly, agrees that, from the date hereof until
the Effective Date, prior to entering into any Additional Investor Agreement
with an Ultimate Purchaser pursuant to Section
3.6(b), such Investor and
its Related Purchasers (the “Transferring
Investor”) shall provide to all other Investors
and their Related Purchasers (the “ROFR
Investors”) a written notice (a “Transfer
Notice”) specifying (i) the number of Investor
Shares or amount of the
Allotted Portion of the Equity Commitment, as the case may be, that the
Transferring Investor is proposing to Transfer to an Ultimate Purchaser and (ii)
the material terms and conditions of such transfer, including the consideration
to be paid for such Investor Shares or
Allotted Portion, as the case may be. Each ROFR Investor may elect, by giving
written notice to the Transferring Investor and the other ROFR Investors within
three (3) Business Days after the delivery of the Transfer Notice, to assume the obligation to
purchase all or any portion of such Investor Shares or such Allotted Portion, as
the case may be, subject to the conditions and on the terms set forth in the
Transfer Notice. If the ROFR Investors in the aggregate
elect to assume more than the Investor Shares
or Allotted Portion, as the case may be, specified in the Transfer Notice, such
Investor Shares or Allotted Portion, as the case may be, shall be allocated
among the electing ROFR Investors as follows: (x) first, among the electing ROFR Investors that are
also Lead Investors or Related Purchasers of Lead Investors pro rata relative to
the number of Investor Shares or amount of the Allotted Portion, as the case may
be, that each ROFR Investor that is also a Lead Investor or a Related Purchaser of a Lead
Investor elected to assume the obligation to purchase, and (y) second, among the
electing ROFR Investors that are also Co-Investors or Related Purchasers of
Co-Investors pro rata relative to the number of Investor Shares or amount of the Allotted Portion, as
the case may be, that each ROFR Investor that is also a Co-Investor or a Related
Purchaser of a Co-Investor elected to assume the obligation to purchase, such
that the aggregate number of Investor Shares or amount of the Allotted Portion, as the case may
be, that the electing ROFR Investors assume the obligation to purchase shall
equal the number of Investor Shares or the Allotted Portion, as the case may be,
specified in the Transfer Notice. If, within the three (3) Business Day election period referred
to
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above, the ROFR Investors in the
aggregate elect to assume less than all of the Investor Shares or Allotted
Portion, as the case may be, specified in the Transfer Notice, then all such
elections shall be void and the Transferring Investor shall have the
right, during the thirty (30) day period immediately following the expiration of
such three (3) Business Day election period (but in no event after the date that
is three (3) Business Days prior to the Effective Date), to enter into Additional Investor
Agreements to Transfer all, but not less than all, of the Investors Shares or
Allotted Portion, as the case may be, specified in the Transfer Notice to one or
more Ultimate Purchasers on terms and conditions not less favorable to the Transferring Investor
than those set forth in the Transfer Notice and in any event in accordance with
Section
3.6(b). The Company and the
Investors agree that in the event that both (i) the ROFR Investors in the
aggregate elect to assume all of the Investor Shares or Allotted
Portion, as the case may be, specified in a Transfer Notice, and (ii) each
electing ROFR Investor delivers a Funding Approval Certificate to the Company
for the aggregate amount of such ROFR Investor’s Allotted Portion (including the amount of the Transferring
Investor’s Allotted Portion assumed by such ROFR
Investor pursuant to this Section
3.6(c)) either
simultaneously with such Transfer or in accordance with Section
7.7, (x) the Transferring
Investor shall be relieved of its obligations hereunder with
respect to such Investor Shares or Allotted Portion, as the case may be, and the
electing ROFR Investors shall assume such obligations in the proportions that
such Investor Shares or Allotted Portion, as the case may be, were allocated amongst the ROFR Investors
and (y) the Investors shall provide written notice to the Company containing a
revised Schedule
1 accurately reflecting any
changes required by the transactions contemplated by this Section
3.6(c).
(d) Each Investor, severally and not jointly, agrees
that it will not, directly or indirectly, assign, at any time prior to the
Effective Date or earlier termination of this Agreement in accordance with its
terms, its rights and obligations under this Agreement or to Investor Shares or any interest or
participation therein to any Person other than in accordance with this
Section
3.6. Each Investor,
severally and not jointly, agrees that with respect to any offer or Transfer to
an Ultimate Purchaser prior to the Effective Date, it has not offered and shall not
offer any Investor Shares to, and it has not entered into and shall not enter
into an Additional Investor Agreement or Commitment Joinder Agreement with any
Person that is not an “accredited investor” within the meaning of Rule 501(a) of the Securities Act;
provided, that nothing in this Agreement shall
limit or restrict in any way any Investor’s ability to Transfer any of its
Investor Shares or any interest therein after the Effective Date pursuant to an
effective registration
statement under the Securities Act or an exemption from the registration
requirements thereunder and pursuant to applicable state securities
Laws.
ARTICLE IV
PREMIUMS AND
EXPENSES
Section 4.1 Premiums and
Damages Payable by the Company. The Company shall pay to the Investors the
following premiums and damages, in accordance with and subject to Sections
4.2 and 10.2, in the following manner:
(a) a nonrefundable (except as set forth
in Section
4.2) aggregate premium in
an amount equal to forty-three million seven hundred fifty
thousand dollars ($43,750,000), in accordance with Section
4.2, to the Investors in
the proportions set forth in Schedule
1 to
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compensate the Investors for their
agreement to purchase the Investor Shares (the “Stock
Right Premium”); and
(b) a nonrefundable aggregate
arrangement premium in an amount equal to sixteen million six hundred
twenty-five thousand dollars ($16,625,000), in accordance with Section
4.2, to those Persons set
forth in Schedule
2 in the proportions
set forth therein to
compensate such Persons for arranging the transactions contemplated hereby (the
“Arrangement Premium”); and
(c) in the event that this Agreement is
terminated, the Alternate Transaction Damages, if any, which shall be paid by
the Company to the
Investors as provided in Section
10.2.
Section 4.2 Payment of
Premiums and Damages. (a) Twenty-five percent
(25%) of the Stock Right Premium (the “Stock Right
Deposit”) shall be earned by the Investors and
paid by the Company to the Investors in the proportions set forth on Schedule
1 on the first (1st)
Business Day following the date on which the Approval Order is entered and (b)
the remainder of the Stock Right Premium and the Arrangement Premium shall
become earned by the Persons specified in Sections
4.1(a) and 4.1(b) and paid by the Company simultaneously
with the delivery of the Investor Shares on the Effective Date. Payment of the
Stock Right Premium, the Arrangement Premium and the Alternate Transaction
Damages, if any, will be made by wire transfer of immediately available funds
in U.S. dollars to the account specified by each Investor to the Company in
writing at least five (5) Business Days prior to such payment. The Stock Right
Premium, the Arrangement Premium and the Alternate Transaction Damages, if any, will be nonrefundable
and non-avoidable when paid; provided, that in the event that this Agreement
is terminated pursuant to Section
10.1(d)(i), each Investor
shall refund such Investor’s portion of the Stock Right Deposit
received by it pursuant to
this Section
4.2 to the Company by wire
transfer of immediately available funds in U.S. dollars to the account specified
by the Company in the Company’s notice of such
termination.
Section 4.3 Transaction
Expenses.
(a) The Company will reimburse or pay, as the case may be, the
documented out-of-pocket costs and expenses reasonably incurred by each of the
Investors and their respective Affiliates, so long as such Investor is
obligated, under the Plan Support Agreement, to support the Plan and has not breached such obligation, in
connection with (w) the exploration and discussion of the Proposal Letter, this
Agreement and the Plan and the transactions contemplated hereby (including any
expenses related to obtaining required consents of Governmental Entities and other Persons), (x)
any due diligence related to this Agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby, (y) the preparation and negotiation of the Proposal Letter, this
Agreement, the Plan (and related documents) and the proposed documentation of the transactions contemplated
hereby and thereby and (z) the implementation of the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and the Plan (including any legal proceedings (A) in
connection with the confirmation of the Plan and approval of the Disclosure Statement, and objections
thereto (other than objections of any Investor or any Affiliate of an Investor),
and any other actions in the Proceedings related thereto and (B) to enforce the
Investors’ rights against the Company (but not
against any other Investor, any Related Purchaser
or any Ultimate Purchaser)
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under this Agreement, the Plan and any
Transaction Agreement, but only to the extent such Investor prevails on the
merits of their underlying claim in such proceedings) and any other
judicial and regulatory
proceedings in furtherance of this Agreement, the Plan and any Transaction
Agreement, including, in each case, the reasonable fees, costs, and expenses of
(1) the individual outside counsel of each Lead Investor (as well as White &
Case LLP, as counsel to all the Lead
Investors), (2) the Ad Hoc Counsel (but not any fees, costs or expenses of any
counsel for any Co-Investors (except to the extent provided in Section
4.3(a)(iv)) other than the
Ad Hoc Counsel and (3) any other professionals reasonably retained by any Investor
(including GLCA/Sagent Advisors, OHorizons LLC and Xxxxxx XxxXxxxxx, Inc.), but
specifically excluding any fees, costs, or expenses of any Co-Investor incurred
or required to be paid in connection with any filings required to be made by such Co-Investor or
its Affiliates under the HSR Act or any other Antitrust Laws (collectively,
“Transaction
Expenses”) in the following manner:
(i) to the extent Transaction Expenses
(including any monthly fees and reasonable expenses paid or payable to GLCA/Sagent Advisors
pursuant to the terms of the GLCA/Sagent Engagement Letter, but excluding any
success or transaction fee) are or were incurred prior to the date of this
Agreement, and the Investors have delivered, at least three (3) Business Days prior to the date hereof, a
good faith estimate, with reasonably detailed support, of such Transaction
Expenses, which estimate shall be attached hereto as Schedule
3, such Transaction
Expenses shall be paid by the Company promptly upon the Bankruptcy Court’s entry of the Approval Order;
(ii) to the extent Transaction Expenses
(including any monthly fees and reasonable expenses paid or payable to
GLCA/Sagent Advisors pursuant to the terms of the GLCA/Sagent Engagement Letter,
but excluding any success or transaction fee (any such fee
to be payable only in accordance with clause (iii) below)) are incurred on or
after the date of this Agreement, such Transaction Expenses shall be paid upon
submission to the Company of summary statements therefor within fifteen (15) days of the
submission of such statements, in each case, without (A) the need to file an
application or notice with the Bankruptcy Court, (B) Bankruptcy Court (or any
other Person’s) review or (C) further Bankruptcy
Court order, whether or not the transactions contemplated
hereby are consummated; provided, that no such statements may be
submitted until the Approval Order has been entered;
(iii) to the extent any success or
transaction fee is payable to GLCA/Sagent under the terms of the GLCA/Sagent Engagement Letter, such
success or transaction fee shall be paid only upon the effective date of the
Plan;
(iv) the fees and expenses of counsel
for any Co-Investor whose Allotted Portion of the Aggregate Commitment
(including, for this purpose, the Allotted Portions held by such
Co-Investor’s Related Purchasers) exceeds fifty
million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be included as Transaction Expenses;
provided, that the Company shall not be required
to reimburse or pay any such fees and expenses pursuant to this Section
4.3(a)(iv) in excess of two
hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) in the aggregate for all Co-Investors;
and
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(v) the filing fee, if any, required to
be paid in connection with any filings required to be made by any Lead Investor
or its Affiliates under the
HSR Act or any other Antitrust Laws shall be paid by the Company on behalf of
the Lead Investors when filings under the HSR Act or any other Antitrust Laws
are made, together with all expenses of the Lead Investors incurred to
comply therewith.
(b) The obligation of the Company to pay
Transaction Expenses shall not be conditioned or contingent upon the
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or the
Plan.
(c) The provision for the payment of
Transaction Expenses is
(and the Approval Order should so provide that payment of Transaction Expenses
is) an integral part of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
without this provision the Investors would not have entered into this Agreement
and such Transaction Expenses shall constitute an
allowed administrative expense of the Company under sections 503(b)(1) and
507(a)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
COMPANY
Except as set forth in (i) the
disclosure letter delivered
by the Company to the Lead Investors and the Ad Hoc Counsel on the date hereof
(the “Disclosure
Letter”), (ii) the Company SEC Documents filed
prior to the date hereof (excluding any risk factor disclosure and disclosure
included in any “forward-looking statements” disclaimer or other statements included
in such Company SEC Documents that are predictive, forward-looking, non-specific
or primarily cautionary in nature (but including any specific factual
information contained therein)) or (iii) in the Attached Disclosure Statement
(excluding (A) any risk factor disclosure and disclosure of risks included in
any “forward-looking
statements” disclaimer or
other statements included in the Attached Disclosure Statement that are
predictive, forward-looking, non-specific or primarily cautionary
in nature (but including any specific factual information contained therein) and
(B) any amendments, updates or modifications thereto), the Company represents
and warrants to, and agrees with, each of the Investors as set forth below. Any disclosure in the
Company SEC Documents or the Attached Disclosure Statement that is deemed to
qualify a representation or warranty shall only so qualify a representation or
warranty to the extent that it is made in such a way as to make the relevance of such disclosure to
these representations and warranties reasonably apparent on its face. Any item
disclosed in a section of the Disclosure Letter shall be deemed disclosed for
purposes of all other Sections of this Article
V to the extent the relevance of such disclosure or
item to such Section of this Article
V is reasonably apparent on
its face. Except for representations, warranties and agreements that are
expressly limited as to their date, each representation, warranty and
agreement shall be deemed
made as of the date hereof and as of the Effective Date. For the purposes of
this Article
V, references to
Subsidiaries (other than such references in Sections
5.2(b), 5.3(a) and 5.16(b), and for purposes of Section
7.9(j),
other than
Section 5.11) are also deemed to include
Joint Ventures; provided, that the representations and
warranties contained in this Article
V made with respect to any
aspect of the Joint Ventures (including their Real Property Leases or other
assets, operations or condition) are made only as to the
Knowledge of the Company.
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Section 5.1 Organization
and Qualification. The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries is a legal entity duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing (or the equivalent thereof) under the Laws of its respective jurisdiction
of incorporation or organization and, subject to any necessary authority from
the Bankruptcy Court, has all requisite power and authority to own, lease and
operate its properties and to carry on its business as currently conducted. Each of the Company and
its Subsidiaries is duly qualified or licensed to do business and is in good
standing (or the equivalent thereof) under the Laws of each other jurisdiction
in which it owns, leases or operates properties or conducts any business, in each case except to the
extent that the failure to be so qualified or licensed or be in good standing
has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.2 Corporate Power
and Authority.
(a) The Company has or, to the extent
executed in the future, shall have when executed the requisite corporate power
and authority to enter into, execute and deliver this Agreement and the Plan
Supplement and other agreements to which it will be a party as contemplated
by this Agreement and the Plan (this Agreement and the Plan Supplement and other
agreements collectively, the “Transaction
Agreements”) and, subject to entry of the
Confirmation Order and the expiration, or waiver by the Bankruptcy Court, of the fourteen
(14)-day period set forth in Bankruptcy Rules 6004(h) and 3020(e), respectively,
to perform its obligations hereunder and thereunder, including the issuance of
the Rights, the Shares and the Investor Shares. The Company has or, to the extent executed in
the future, shall have when executed, taken all necessary corporate action
required for the due authorization, execution, delivery and performance by it of
this Agreement, including the issuance of the Rights, the Shares and the Investor
Shares.
(b) Each of the Company’s Subsidiaries has or, to the extent
executed in the future, shall have when executed the requisite power and
authority (corporate or otherwise) to enter into, execute and deliver each
Transaction Agreement to
which such Subsidiary is a party and, subject to entry of the Confirmation Order
and the expiration, or waiver by the Bankruptcy Court, of the fourteen (14)-day
period set forth in Bankruptcy Rules 6004(h) and 3020(e), respectively, to
perform its obligations thereunder. Each of the
Company’s Subsidiaries has or, to the extent
executed in the future, shall have when executed, taken all necessary corporate
action required for the due authorization, execution, delivery and performance
by it of each Transaction Agreement to which such
Subsidiary is a party.
(c) Prior to the execution by the
Company and filing with the Bankruptcy Court of the Plan, the Company and each
of the other Debtors executing the Plan will have the requisite power and
authority (corporate or
otherwise) to execute the Plan and to file the Plan with the Bankruptcy Court
and, subject to entry of the Confirmation Order and the expiration, or waiver by
the Bankruptcy Court, of the fourteen (14)-day period set forth in Bankruptcy
Rule 3020(e), to perform its obligations
thereunder, and will have taken all necessary actions (corporate or otherwise)
required for the due authorization, execution, delivery and performance by it of
the Plan.
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Section 5.3 Execution
and Delivery; Enforceability.
(a) This Agreement and each Transaction
Agreement has been, or prior to its execution and delivery will be, duly and
validly executed and delivered by the Company and each of its Subsidiaries party
thereto, and, upon the entry of the Approval Order and the expiration, or waiver by the
Bankruptcy Court, of the fourteen (14)-day period set forth in Bankruptcy Rule
6004(h), each such document will constitute the valid and binding obligations of
the Company and each of its Subsidiaries party thereto, enforceable against the Company and each of
its Subsidiaries party thereto in accordance with their respective
terms.
(b) The Plan will be duly and validly
filed with the Bankruptcy Court by the Company and each of the other Debtors
executing the Plan and, upon the entry of the Confirmation Order
and the expiration, or waiver by the Bankruptcy Court, of the fourteen (14)-day
period set forth in Bankruptcy Rule 3020(e), will constitute the valid and
binding obligation of the Company and such Debtors, enforceable against the Company and such Debtors
in accordance with its terms.
Section 5.4 Authorized
and Issued Capital Stock.
(a) As of the Effective Date, the
authorized capital stock of the Company will consist of two hundred fifty
million (250,000,000) shares of New Common Stock and fifty
million (50,000,000) shares of preferred stock, par value $0.01 per share. As of
the Effective Date, (i) forty-nine million three hundred eleven thousand six
hundred sixty-seven (49,311,667) shares of New Common Stock will be issued and outstanding, (ii) no
shares of the preferred stock will be issued and outstanding, (iii) other than
the 12.25% Warrants, no warrants to purchase shares of New Common Stock will be
issued and outstanding, (iv) no shares of New Common Stock will be held by the Company in its
treasury, (v) three million eight hundred eighty-eight thousand eight hundred
eighty-nine (3,888,889) shares of New Common Stock will be reserved for issuance
upon exercise of stock options and other rights to purchase or acquire shares of New Common Stock
granted under any Company Plan, and (vi) other than shares of New Common Stock
reserved for issuance upon the exercise of the 12.25% Warrants, no shares of New
Common Stock will be reserved for issuance upon the exercise of warrants to purchase shares of New
Common Stock.
(b) As of the Effective Date, all issued
and outstanding shares of capital stock of the Company and each of its
Subsidiaries will have been duly authorized and validly issued and will be fully
paid and non-assessable,
and will not be subject to any preemptive rights.
(c) Except as set forth in this
Section
5.4, as of the Effective
Date, no shares of capital stock or other equity securities or voting interest
in the Company will have been issued, reserved for issuance or
outstanding.
(d) Except as described in this
Section
5.4, and except as required
by the Plan, as of the Effective Date, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries will be party to or otherwise bound by or subject to any
outstanding option,
warrant, call, right, security, commitment, contract, arrangement or undertaking
(including any preemptive right) that (i) obligates the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to issue, deliver, sell or transfer, or
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repurchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire, or cause
to be issued, delivered, sold or transferred, or repurchased, redeemed or
otherwise acquired, any shares of the capital stock of, or other equity or
voting interests in, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any security
convertible or exercisable for or exchangeable into
any capital stock of, or other equity or voting interest in, the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries, (ii) obligates the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to
issue, grant, extend or enter into any such option, warrant, call, right, security, commitment,
contract, arrangement or undertaking, (iii) restricts the transfer of any shares
of capital stock of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (iv) relates to
the voting of any shares of capital stock of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
Section 5.5 Issuance. The Investor Shares and the Shares to
be issued and sold by the Company to the Investors and the Rights Holders
hereunder, respectively, when such Investor Shares and Shares are issued and
delivered against payment
therefor by the Investors and the Rights Holders in accordance with this
Agreement, the Plan and the subscription documents contemplated hereby and
thereby, respectively, shall have been duly and validly authorized, issued and
delivered and shall be fully paid and non-assessable, and
free and clear of all Taxes, Liens, preemptive rights, subscription and similar
rights, other than any rights set forth in the Certificate of
Incorporation.
Section 5.6 No
Conflict. Provided that the
consents described in
Section
5.7 are obtained, the
execution and delivery by the Company and, to the extent relevant, its
Subsidiaries of this Agreement, the Plan and the Transaction Agreements, the
compliance by the Company and, to the extent relevant, its Subsidiaries
with all of the provisions
hereof and thereof and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein
and therein (including compliance by each Investor with its obligations
hereunder and thereunder) (a) will not conflict with, or result in a breach
or violation of, any of the terms or
provisions of, or constitute a default under (with or without notice or lapse of
time, or both), or result, except to the extent specified in the Attached Plan,
in the acceleration of, or the creation of any Lien under, any Contract to which the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, (b) will not result in any violation of the provisions of the
certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or comparable constituent documents) of
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or the Certificate of Incorporation or
Bylaws and (c) will not result in any material violation of any Law or Order applicable to the Company or
any of its Subsidiaries or any of their properties, except in any such case
described in clause (a) for any conflict, breach, violation, default,
acceleration or Lien which has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.7 Consents and
Approvals. No
consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of or
with any Governmental Entity having jurisdiction over the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or any
of their properties is required for the execution and delivery by the Company
and, to the extent relevant, its Subsidiaries of this Agreement, the Plan and
the Transaction Agreements, the compliance by the Company and, to the extent relevant, its
Subsidiaries with all of the provisions hereof and thereof and the consummation
of the transactions contemplated herein and therein (including compliance by
each Investor with its obligations hereunder and thereunder), except (a) the approval by the Bankruptcy
Court of the Company’s authority to enter into and implement
this Agreement, (b) the entry of the
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Confirmation Order and the expiration,
or waiver by the Bankruptcy Court, of the fourteen (14)-day period set forth in
Bankruptcy Rules 6004(h)
and 3020(e), as applicable, (c) filings, if any, pursuant to the HSR Act and the
expiration or termination of all applicable waiting periods thereunder or any
applicable notification, authorization, approval or consent under any
other Antitrust Laws in connection with
the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, (d) the filing with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware of the Certificate of Incorporation
to be applicable to the Company from and after the Effective Date and (e) such consents, approvals,
authorizations, registrations or qualifications (i) if applicable, as may be
required under the rules and regulations of the New York Stock Exchange or the
Nasdaq Stock Exchange to consummate the transactions contemplated herein or (ii) as may be required under
state securities or Blue Sky laws in connection with the purchase of the
Investor Shares by the Investors and the issuance of the Rights and the Shares
pursuant to the exercise of the Rights.
Section 5.8 Arm’s
Length. The Company acknowledges
and agrees that (a) each of the Investors is acting solely in the capacity of an
arm’s length contractual counterparty to the
Company with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby (including in
connection with determining
the terms of the Rights Offering) and not as a financial advisor or a fiduciary
to, or an agent of, the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (b) no Investor
is advising the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as to any legal, tax,
investment, accounting or regulatory matters in any
jurisdiction.
Section 5.9 Financial
Statements. The
consolidated financial statements of the Company included or incorporated by
reference in the Company SEC Documents, and to be included or incorporated by
reference in the Disclosure
Statement (collectively, the “Financial Statements”), comply or will comply, as the case
may be, in all material respects with the applicable requirements of the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act and the Bankruptcy Code, and present fairly and
will present fairly in all
material respects the financial position, results of operations and cash flows
of the Company and its consolidated subsidiaries, taken as a whole, as of the
dates indicated and for the periods specified. The Financial
Statements have been prepared in conformity with
U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) applied on a consistent basis
throughout the periods covered thereby, subject to (a) in the case of any
unaudited Financial Statements, the absence of footnote disclosures and (b) in the case of any
Financial Statements other than year-end Financial Statements, changes resulting
from normal period-ending adjustment.
Section 5.10 Company SEC
Documents and Disclosure Statement. Since the Petition Date, the Company
has filed all material
required reports, schedules, forms and statements with the SEC. As of their
respective dates, and giving effect to any amendments or supplements thereto
filed prior to the date of this Agreement, each of the Company SEC Documents
complied in all material respects with the
requirements of the Securities Act or the Exchange Act applicable to such
Company SEC Documents. The Company has filed with the SEC all “material contracts” (as such term is defined in Item
601(b)(10) of Regulation S-K under the Exchange Act) that are
required to be filed as exhibits to the Company SEC Documents. No Company SEC
Document, after giving effect to any amendments or supplements thereto, and to
any subsequently filed Company SEC Documents, in each case filed prior to the date of this Agreement,
contained any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein,
in light of the
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circumstances under which they were
made, not misleading. The
Attached Disclosure Statement conforms in all material respects to the
requirements of the Bankruptcy Code and complies in all material respects with
section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code; provided, that any amendments, supplements,
changes or modifications to
the Attached Disclosure Statement that are incorporated into the Disclosure
Statement shall not, in and of themselves, constitute a presumption that the
Attached Disclosure Statement does not conform in all material respects to
the requirements of the Bankruptcy Code or
comply in all material respects with section 1125 of the Bankruptcy
Code. The Disclosure Statement, when submitted to the Bankruptcy
Court, when approved thereby and upon confirmation and effectiveness, will
conform in all material respects to the
requirements of the Bankruptcy Code and will comply in all material respects
with section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code.
Section 5.11 Absence of
Certain Changes. Since
December 31, 2009, except for actions required to be taken pursuant to this Agreement or the
Rights Offering Sub-Plan:
(a) no Event has occurred or exists
which has had or would reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect;
(b) neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries has amended its certificate
of incorporation, bylaws or comparable constituent documents;
(c) the Company has not made any
material changes with respect to its accounting policies or procedures, except
as required by Law or changes in GAAP;
(d) neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has (i) made, changed or revoked any material Tax election, (ii)
entered into any settlement or compromise of any material Tax liability, (iii)
filed any amended Tax Return with respect to any material Tax, (iv) changed any annual Tax accounting
period, (v) entered into any closing agreement relating to any material Tax or
(vi) made material changes to their Tax accounting methods or principles;
(e) other than in the ordinary course of
business in compliance with all applicable Laws, neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries has entered into any transaction or engaged
in layoffs or employment terminations which would trigger application of the
Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act of 1988 (or any similar foreign, state or local
Law) or would be considered as a collective dismissal, mass termination or
reduction in force under applicable foreign Law;
(f) other than (i) the approval of the
Approved Annual Incentive Program, (ii) in accordance with the Approved Annual Incentive
Program, or (iii) relating to the Bankruptcy Court’s December 22, 2009 order granting in
part Certain Debtors’ Motion for Order Authorizing Them to
Amend or Terminate Post-Employment Health Care and Life Insurance
Benefits for Certain Employees and Retirees and
Their Surviving Spouses, Spouses, Domestic Partners and Dependents (the
“OPEB
Order”), there has not been (A) any increase
in the compensation payable or to become payable to any officer or employee of
the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries with annual base compensation in excess of two hundred fifty
thousand dollars ($250,000) (except for compensation increases in the ordinary
course of business and consistent with past practice), (B) any establishment,
adoption, renewal, entry into or material
amendment
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or supplement of any bonus, profit
sharing, thrift, compensation, employment, termination, severance or other plan,
agreement, trust, fund, policy or arrangement for the benefit of (1) any
individual officer or employee with annual base compensation in
excess of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) or (2) any director or
(C) any establishment, adoption, renewal, entry into or material amendment or
supplement of any Collective Bargaining Agreement; and
(g) neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries have sold, transferred, leased, licensed or otherwise disposed of
any assets or properties material to the Company and its Subsidiaries, taken as
a whole, except for (i) sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice and (ii) leases or licenses entered into in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practice that do not, individually, require annual
payments by or to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of ten million dollars ($10,000,000)
and (iii) dispositions approved by the Bankruptcy Court or in which the
aggregate consideration received did not exceed ten million dollars
($10,000,000).
Section 5.12 No Violation
or Default; Compliance with Laws. The Company is not in violation of its
charter or bylaws and none of the Company’s Subsidiaries are in violation of their
respective charters or bylaws or similar organizational documents in any
material respect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries are, except as a result of the
Proceedings, in default, and no Event has occurred or exists that, with notice
or lapse of time or both, would constitute such a default, in the due
performance or observance of any term, covenant or condition contained in any Contract to which the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or by which the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries is bound or to which any of the property or assets of the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries is subject, except for any such default that has not had and would not
reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect. Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is or has been
at any time since January 1, 2008 in violation of any Law or Order, except for any such violation that
has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. There is and since January 1, 2008 has
been no failure on the part of the Company to comply in all material respects with the
Xxxxxxxx-Xxxxx Act of 2002, as amended, and the rules and regulations
promulgated by the SEC thereunder.
Section 5.13 Legal
Proceedings. There are no
legal, governmental or regulatory investigations, actions, suits,
arbitrations or proceedings
(“Legal
Proceedings”) pending to which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is a party or to which any property of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is the subject that, individually or in the aggregate, has had
or would reasonably be
expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect, and, to the Knowledge of the
Company, no such Legal Proceedings are either (a) threatened or contemplated by
any Governmental Entity or (b) threatened by any other
Person.
Section 5.14 Labor
Relations.
(a) There is no labor or
employment-related audit, inspection or Legal Proceeding pending or threatened
between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and any of their respective
employees or such employees’ labor organization, works council,
European Works Council, workers’ committee, union representatives or any
other type of employees’
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representatives appointed for collective
bargaining purposes (collectively “Employee Representatives”) that would reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a party to, or is bound by, any Collective Bargaining Agreement
applicable to persons employed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, and to
the Knowledge of the Company, no union organizing efforts or Employee
Representatives’ elections are underway with respect to
any such employees. There is no strike, slowdown, work stoppage, lockout or, to
the Knowledge of the Company, threat thereof, by or with respect to any
employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
(c) The Company and each of its
Subsidiaries has complied in all respects with its payment obligations to all
employees of the Company, its Subsidiaries in respect of all wages, salaries,
fees, commissions, bonuses, overtime pay, holiday pay, sick pay, benefits and all
other compensation, remuneration and emoluments due and payable to such
employees under any Company or Subsidiary policy, practice, agreement, plan,
program or any applicable Collective Bargaining Agreement or Law,
except to the extent that any noncompliance
has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.15 Intellectual
Property.
(a) Except as has not resulted in and
would not reasonably be
expected to result in, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect, (i) the Company and its Subsidiaries own or possess valid and
enforceable rights, free and clear of all Liens (except for Permitted Liens), to
use all Intellectual Property necessary for the conduct of their
respective businesses as currently conducted and (ii) there is no Intellectual
Property other than the Business Intellectual Property that is necessary for the
conduct of the businesses of the Company and its Subsidiaries as currently
conducted.
(b) All registrations with and
applications to Governmental Entities in respect of material Business
Intellectual Property owned by the Company are valid and in full force and
effect, have not lapsed, expired (other than expirations in accordance with their
statutory terms) or been abandoned (subject to the vulnerability of a
registration for trademarks to cancellation for lack of use) and are not the
subject of any opposition filed with the United States Patent and
Trademark Office or any other applicable
Intellectual Property registry, except where such lapse, expiration, abandonment
or opposition would not have or reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect. The consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and by the Plan will not
(i) result in the loss or impairment of any rights to use any material Business
Intellectual Property or (ii) obligate any of the Investors to pay any royalties
or other amounts to any third party in excess of the amounts that would have been payable by
Company and its Subsidiaries absent the consummation of such
transactions.
(c) To the Knowledge of the Company, the
Company and its Subsidiaries are not in default (or with the giving of notice or
lapse of time or both,
would be in default) under any Contract relating to any material Business
Intellectual Property. To the Knowledge of the Company, (i) no material Business
Intellectual Property rights owned by the Company or its Subsidiaries are being
infringed by any other Person and (ii) the conduct of
the businesses of the
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Company and its Subsidiaries as
presently conducted does not violate, infringe or misappropriate any
Intellectual Property rights of other Persons, except to the extent such
conflict, infringement or
misappropriation has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have,
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.16 Title to
Real and Personal Property.
(a) Real
Property. The Company or
one of its Subsidiaries, as
the case may be, has good title in fee simple to each Owned Real Property, free
and clear of all Liens, except (i) Liens that are described in the Company SEC
Documents filed prior to the date hereof, the Attached Plan or the Attached
Disclosure Statement or (ii) Permitted Liens. All Real
Property Leases are valid, binding and enforceable by and against the Company or
its relevant Subsidiary (except (A) those which are cancelled, rescinded or
terminated after the date of this Agreement in accordance with their terms and this Agreement and (B)
as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent transfer,
reorganization, moratorium and other laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles
of equity), except where the failure to be valid, binding or enforceable has
not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and no written notice to terminate, in
whole or part, any Real Property Lease has been delivered to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries
(nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, has there been any indication that any
such notice of termination will be served). Other than as a result of the filing
of the Proceedings, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the Knowledge of the
Company, any other party to any Real Property Lease is in default or breach
under the terms thereof except for such instances of default or breach that have
not had and would not be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect.
(b) Personal
Property. The Company or
one of its Subsidiaries has good title or, in the case of leased assets, a valid
leasehold interest, free and clear of all Liens, to all of the tangible and
intangible personal
property and assets that are material to the business of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, except (i) Liens that are described in the Company SEC Documents
filed prior to the date hereof, the Attached Plan or the Attached Disclosure
Statement or (ii) Permitted
Liens.
Section 5.17 No
Undisclosed Relationships. As of the date hereof, no
relationship, direct or indirect, exists between or among the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, on the one hand, and the directors, officers,
stockholders, customers or
suppliers of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the other, that is
required by the Exchange Act to be described in the Company SEC Documents and
that are not so described in the Company SEC Documents filed prior to the date
hereof, except for the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement.
Section 5.18 Licenses and
Permits. The Company and
its Subsidiaries possess all licenses, certificates, permits and other
authorizations issued by, and have made all declarations and filings
with, the appropriate
Governmental Entities that are necessary for the ownership or lease of their
respective properties or the conduct of their respective businesses as described
in the Company SEC Documents filed prior to the date hereof, in each case,
except as, individually or in the aggregate,
has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. Except as, individually and in the aggregate, has not had and would
not
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reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect,
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries (i) has received notice of any
revocation or modification of any such license, certificate, permit or
authorization or (ii) has any reason to believe that any such license,
certificate, permit or authorization will not be renewed in the ordinary
course.
Section 5.19 Compliance
With Environmental Laws.
(a) The Company and its Subsidiaries
have complied and are in compliance with all applicable Laws relating to the
protection of the environment or to the management, use, transportation, storage
or disposal of hazardous or toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or
contaminants (collectively, “Environmental
Laws”), except for such noncompliance that
would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(b) the Company and its Subsidiaries (i)
have received and are in compliance with all permits, licenses or other
approvals required of them under applicable Environmental Laws to conduct their
respective businesses, (ii) are not subject to any action to revoke, terminate, cancel, limit,
amend or appeal any such permits, licenses or approvals, and (iii) have paid all
fees, assessments or expenses due under any such permits, licenses or approvals
except for such failures to receive and comply with permits, licenses or approvals, or any such
actions, or failure to pay any such fees, assessments or expenses that would not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(c) except with respect to matters that
have been settled or resolved, the Company and its Subsidiaries have not
received written notice of any actual or potential liability of the Company for
the investigation or remediation of any disposal or release of hazardous or
toxic substances or wastes, pollutants or contaminants, or for any violation of Environmental Laws,
where such investigation or remediation would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect;
(d) there are no facts, circumstances or
conditions relating to the past or present business or operations of the
Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their
predecessors (including the disposal of any hazardous or toxic substances or
wastes, pollutants or contaminants), or to any real property currently or
formerly owned, leased or operated by the Company, its Subsidiaries or any of their predecessors, that
would reasonably be expected to give rise to any claim, proceeding or action, or
to any liability, under any Environmental Law, where such claim, proceeding,
action or liability would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(e) neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has agreed by Contract to assume or accept responsibility for any
liability of any other Person under Environmental Laws, where such assumption or
acceptance of responsibility would reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect;
(f) to the Knowledge of the Company,
none of the transactions contemplated under this Agreement will give rise to any
obligations to obtain the consent of or provide notice to any Governmental
Entity under any Environmental Laws;
and
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(g) neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has manufactured, distributed or sold asbestos or any products
containing asbestos, except as would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.20 Tax
Matters.
(a) The Company has timely filed or
caused to be timely filed (taking into account any applicable extension of time
within which to file) with the appropriate taxing authorities all income and
other material tax returns, statements, forms and reports (including
elections, declarations, disclosures, schedules, estimates and information Tax
Returns) for Taxes (“Tax
Returns”) that are required to be filed by, or
with respect to, the Company and its Subsidiaries. The Tax Returns accurately reflect all material liability
for Taxes of the Company and its Subsidiaries for the periods covered
thereby.
(b) All material Taxes and Tax
liabilities due by or with respect to the income, assets or operations of the
Company and its Subsidiaries for all taxable years or other
taxable periods that end on or before the Effective Date have been paid in full
or will be paid in full pursuant to the Plan or, to the extent not yet due,
accrued and fully provided for in accordance with GAAP on the financial statements of the Company
included in the Company SEC Documents.
(c) Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has received any written notices from any taxing authority relating
to any issue that could materially affect the Tax liability of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
(d) All material Taxes that the Company
and each of its Subsidiaries is (or was) required by Law to withhold or collect
in connection with amounts paid or owing to any employee, independent
contractor, creditor, stockholder or other third party have
been duly withheld or collected, and have been timely paid to the proper
authorities to the extent due and payable.
(e) Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has been included in any “consolidated,” “unitary” or “combined” Tax Return provided for under any Law
with respect to Taxes for any taxable period for which the statute of
limitations has not expired (other than a group of which the Company and/or its
Subsidiaries are the only members).
(f) There are no tax sharing, allocation,
indemnification or similar agreements in effect as between the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries or any predecessor or Affiliate thereof and any other party
(including any predecessors or Affiliates thereof) under which the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries could be
liable for any material Taxes or other claims of any party.
(g) The Company has not been a
“United States real
property holding corporation” within the meaning of Section 897(c)(2)
of the Code at any time during the five (5)-year period ending on the
date hereof.
(h) Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries is a party to any agreement that would require the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective
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Affiliates to make any material
payment that would
constitute an “excess
parachute payment” for
purposes of Sections 280G and 4999 of the Code.
(i) Neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has (A) engaged in a “listed transaction” within the meaning of Treasury
Regulations Section 1.6011-4(b)(2) or (B) engaged in a
“reportable
transaction” within the
meaning of Treasury Regulation Section 1.6011-4(b) for tax years prior to
2009.
Section 5.21 Company
Plans.
(a) Correct and complete copies of the
following documents, with respect to all material domestic and foreign
benefit and compensation plans, programs, contracts, commitments, practices,
policies, arrangements and agreements, whether written or oral, including, but
not limited to, “employee
benefit plans” within the
meaning of Section 3(3) of the Employee Retirement
Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), whether or not subject to ERISA,
arrangements for the provision of pension, lump sum or other benefits payable
on, in anticipation of, or following retirement, death, reaching a particular age, illness or
disability, or in similar circumstances, and employment, deferred compensation
(whether qualified or nonqualified), stock option, stock purchase, restricted
stock, stock appreciation rights, stock based, incentive and bonus plans and agreements, that are
currently maintained or contributed to (or with respect to which an obligation
to contribute has been undertaken) or with respect to which the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries has liability or any potential liability (the “Company
Plans”), have been delivered upon request or
made available to the Investors by the Company, to the extent applicable: (i)
all Company Plan documents currently in effect, together with all amendments and
attachments thereto (including, in the case of any Company Plan not set
forth in writing, a written description thereof); (ii) all trust documents,
declarations of trust and other documents establishing other funding
arrangements currently in effect, and all amendments thereto currently in
effect and the latest financial
statements thereof; (iii) the annual report on IRS Form 5500 for each of the
past three (3) years and all schedules (other than Schedule SSA) thereto; (iv)
the most recent IRS determination letter; (v) summary plan descriptions and summaries of material
modifications currently in effect; and (vi) the two (2) most recently prepared
actuarial valuation reports.
(b) Except as has not resulted in and
would not reasonably be expected to result in, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material
Adverse Effect: (i) each Company Plan, other than any “multiemployer plans” within the meaning of Section 3(37) of
ERISA (“Multiemployer
Plans”), is in compliance with ERISA, the
Code, other applicable Laws and its governing documents; (ii) each Company Plan that is intended to be a
qualified plan under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable
determination letter from the IRS covering all Tax law changes prior to the
Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 or has applied to the IRS for such favorable
determination within the applicable remedial amendment period under Section
401(b) of the Code, and, to the Knowledge of the Company, nothing has occurred
that is reasonably likely to result in the loss of the qualification of such Company Plan under Section
401(a) of the Code; (iii) no Company Plan (other than any Multiemployer Plan,
the Visteon Pension Plan and the Visteon Systems Connersville and Bedford
Pension Plan) subject to Section 412 of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA has failed to satisfy the
minimum funding standard within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or
Section
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302 of ERISA, or obtained a waiver of
any minimum funding standard or an extension of any amortization period under
Section 412 of the Code or
Section 303 or 304 of ERISA; (iv) no Company Plan covered by Title IV of ERISA
has been terminated and no proceedings have been instituted to terminate or
appoint a trustee under Title IV of ERISA to administer any such Company Plan;
(v) neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries
have incurred any unsatisfied liability under Title IV of ERISA or Section 412
of the Code or Section 302 of ERISA by reason of being treated as a single
employer together with any other person under Section 4001 of ERISA or Section 414 of the Code; (vi) the
projected benefit obligations (whether or not vested) under each Company Plan
that is a pension plan (within the meaning of Section 3(2) of ERISA) as of the
close of its most recent plan year did not exceed the market value of the assets allocable thereto
by more than, as applicable, (A) the amount shown in the most recent actuarial
valuation report for such Company Plan provided or made available to Investors
pursuant to Section 5.21(a)(vi) hereof or (B) the amount shown in the Attached Plan or Attached
Disclosure Statement; (vii) the Company and its Subsidiaries have not incurred
any withdrawal liability with respect to a Multiemployer Plan under Subtitle E
of Title IV of ERISA other than (A) with respect to the Central States, Southeast and Southwest
Areas Pension Plan and the Teamsters Pension Trust Fund of Philadelphia and
Vicinity, as set forth in the Attached Plan or Attached Disclosure Statement, or
(B) that has not been satisfied in full, and no condition or circumstance exists that presents a
reasonable risk of the occurrence of any other withdrawal from or, to the
Knowledge of the Company, the partition, termination, reorganization or
insolvency of any such Multiemployer Plan; (viii) the aggregate
liabilities of the Company and its Subsidiaries to
any Multiemployer Plans not described in Section
5.21(b)(vii)(A) in the
event of a complete withdrawal by the Company and its Subsidiaries therefrom, as
of the close of the most recent fiscal year of each Multiemployer Plan ended prior to the date hereof,
would not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000); (ix) no “reportable event,” within the meaning of Section 4043 of
ERISA has occurred or is expected to occur for any Company Plan covered by Title
IV of ERISA other than as a result of the Proceedings; (x)
all contributions required to be made under the terms of any Company Plan have
been timely made or have been (A) reflected in the financial statements of the
Company included in the Company SEC Reports filed prior to the date hereof or (B) described in the
Attached Plan or Attached Disclosure Statement; (xi) there has been no amendment
to, announcement by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries relating to, or
change in employee participation or coverage under, any Company Plan which would increase the
expense of maintaining such plan above the level of the expense incurred
therefor for the most recent fiscal year; (xii) no Company Plan provides for
post-employment or retiree health, life insurance or other welfare
benefits, except for (A) death benefits or
retirement benefits under any “employee pension benefit
plan” (as such term is
defined in Section 3(2) of ERISA), (B) benefits required by Section 4980B of the
Code or similar Law, (C) benefits for which the covered individual pays the full premium cost, or
(D) benefits described in the documents filed with the Bankruptcy Court in
connection with the OPEB Order; (xiii) neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries, nor any of their respective directors, officers or employees, nor, to the Knowledge of the
Company, any other “disqualified person” or “party in interest” (as defined in Section 4975(e)(2) of
the Code and Section 3(14) of ERISA, respectively) has engaged in any
transaction, act or omission to act in connection with any Company Plan that would
reasonably be expected to result in the imposition of a material penalty or fine
to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 502 of ERISA,
damages to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries pursuant to Section 409 of ERISA or a tax to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries
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pursuant to Section 4975 of the Code;
(xiv) no liability, claim, action, litigation, audit, examination, investigation
or administrative proceeding has been made, commenced or, to the Knowledge of the Company, threatened
with respect to any Company Plan (other than (A) routine claims for benefits
payable in the ordinary course, (B) in relation to the OPEB Order, (C) otherwise
in relation to the Proceedings or (D) any that, individually, could not reasonably be expected to
result in a liability of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in excess of
fifty thousand dollars ($50,000)); (xv) each Company Plan that is a
“nonqualified deferred
compensation plan” (within
the meaning of Section 409A of the Code) has been operated
and administered since January 1, 2005 in good faith compliance with Section
409A of the Code, and is currently in compliance with Section 409A of the Code;
(xvi) neither the execution of this Agreement, stockholder approval of this Agreement nor the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will (A) entitle any
employees of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to severance pay or any
increase in severance pay upon any termination of employment after the
date hereof, (B) accelerate the time of
payment or vesting or result in any payment or funding (through a grantor trust
or otherwise) of compensation or benefits under, increase the amount payable or
result in any other material obligation pursuant to, any of the Company Plans, or (C) limit or
restrict the right of the Company to merge, amend or terminate any of the
Company Plans; (xvii) except as required to maintain the tax-qualified status of
any Company Plan intended to qualify under Section 401(a) of the Code, no condition or circumstance
exists that would prevent the amendment or termination of any Company Plan other
than a Company Plan between the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, on the one
hand, and an individual employee or director thereof on the other; and (xviii) the UK Pensions
Regulator, as of the date of this Agreement, has not issued any of the
following: (A) an improvement notice under section 13 of the UK Pensions Act
2004 (as amended); (B) third party notice under section 14 of the UK
Pensions Act 2004 (as amended); (C) a
contribution notice under section 38 or section 47 of the UK Pensions Act 2004
(as amended); (D) a financial support direction under section 43 of the UK
Pensions Act 2004 (as amended); (E) a restoration order under section 52 of the UK Pensions Act 2004 (as
amended); or (F) a warning notice in relation to any of clauses (A), (B), (C),
(D) or (E) above.
Section 5.22 Internal
Control Over Financial Reporting. The Company maintains, and
has maintained since January 1, 2008, a system of internal control over
financial reporting (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-15 under the Exchange
Act) that (a) complies in all material respects with the requirements of the
Exchange Act, (b) has been designed by the Company’s principal executive officer and principal financial
officer (or under their supervision) to provide reasonable assurance regarding
the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and (c) is
effected by the Board and the Company’s management and other personnel to
provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles. The Company is not aware of any material weaknesses in
its internal control over financial reporting.
Section 5.23 Disclosure
Controls and Procedures. The Company maintains
disclosure controls and
procedures required by Rule 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act. Such
disclosure controls and procedures have been designed to ensure that information
required to be disclosed by the Company is recorded, processed, summarized and
reported on a
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timely basis to the individuals
responsible for the preparation of the Company’s filings with the SEC and other public
disclosure documents.
Section 5.24 Material
Contracts. All Contracts
that are “material
contracts” (as such term is
defined in Item 601(b)(10)
of Regulation S-K of the SEC as applied to the Company on a consolidated basis)
to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries is a party or is bound (the
“Material
Contracts”) are valid, binding and enforceable by
and against the Company or
its relevant Subsidiary (except those which are cancelled, rescinded or
terminated after the date of this Agreement in accordance with their terms and
this Agreement and as may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent transfer, reorganization, moratorium and other laws
affecting creditors’ rights generally and general principles
of equity), except where the failure to be valid, binding or enforceable has not
had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect, and no
written notice to terminate, in whole or part, any Material Contract has been
delivered to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries except where such
termination has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a
Material Adverse Effect. Other than as a result of the filing of the
Proceedings, neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor, to the
Knowledge of the Company, any other party to any Material Contract, is in
default or breach under the terms thereof
except, in each case, for such instances of default or breach that have not had
and would not be reasonably expected to have, individually or in the aggregate,
a Material Adverse Effect.
Section 5.25 No Unlawful
Payments. Since January 1, 2008,
neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective
directors, officers or employees nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any agent
or other Person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, has: (a) used any funds of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries for any unlawful contribution, gift,
entertainment or other unlawful expense, in each case relating to political
activity; (b) made any direct or indirect unlawful payment to any foreign or domestic government official
or employee from corporate funds; (c) violated or is in violation of any
provision of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977; or (d) made any bribe,
rebate, payoff, influence payment, kickback or other similar unlawful payment.
Section 5.26 Compliance
with Money Laundering Laws.
The operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries are, and since January 1,
2008 have been at all times, conducted in compliance in all material respects
with applicable financial recordkeeping and reporting requirements of the
Currency and Foreign Transactions Reporting Act of 1970, as amended, the money
laundering statutes of all jurisdictions, the rules and regulations thereunder
and any related or similar Laws (collectively, the “Money Laundering
Laws”) and no action, suit or proceeding by
or before any Governmental Entity or any arbitrator involving the Company or any
of its Subsidiaries with respect to Money Laundering Laws is pending or, to the
Knowledge of the Company, threatened.
Section 5.27 Compliance
with Sanctions Laws.
Neither the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries nor any of their respective
directors, officers or employees nor, to the Knowledge of the Company, any agent
or other Person acting on behalf of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, is currently
subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by the Office of Foreign Assets
Control of the U.S. Treasury Department. The Company will not directly or
indirectly use the proceeds of the Rights Offering or the sale of the
Investor Shares, or
lend,
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contribute or otherwise make available
such proceeds to any Subsidiary, joint venture partner or other Person, for the
purpose of financing the activities of any Person that, to the Knowledge of the
Company, is currently subject to any U.S. sanctions administered by
the Office of Foreign Assets Control of the U.S. Treasury
Department.
Section 5.28 No
Broker’s
Fees. Neither
the Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is a party to any Contract with any
Person (other than this Agreement) that would give rise to a valid
claim against the Investors for a brokerage commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with
the Rights Offering or the sale of the Investor Shares.
Section 5.29 No
Registration Rights. Except as
provided for pursuant to
the Registration Rights Agreement, no Person has the right to require the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries to register any securities for sale under the
Securities Act.
Section 5.30 Takeover
Statutes. The Board has
taken all such action
necessary to render the restrictions contained in Section 203 of the General
Corporation Law of the State of Delaware inapplicable to the sale and issuance
of New Common Stock to the Investors in accordance with the Plan. Except for
Section 203 of the General Corporation Law of the State of
Delaware (which has been rendered inapplicable), no other “fair price,” “moratorium,” “control share acquisition”, “business combination” or other similar anti-takeover statute
or regulation (a “Takeover
Statute”) is applicable to the Company, the New Common
Stock, the Shares, the sale and issuance of New Common Stock in accordance with
the Plan.
Section 5.31 No
Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities. Except for liabilities incurred in the
ordinary course of business, since December 31, 2009, neither the Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries has any material off balance sheet liabilities, except
as set forth in (a) the statement of financial affairs filed by the Debtors with
the Bankruptcy Court on August 26, 2009, (b) the amended schedule of assets and liabilities
filed by the Debtors with the Bankruptcy Court on November 16, 2009, (c) the
Debtors’ monthly operating report filed with the
Bankruptcy Court on February 26, 2010, (d) the Financial Statements or (e) the
Company SEC Documents filed prior to the date
hereof.
ARTICLE VI
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE
INVESTORS
Each Investor represents and warrants
(except with respect to the representations and warranties contained in
Section
6.9, as to which only the
Lead Investors represent
and warrant) as to itself only, and agrees with, as of the date hereof, the
Company, severally and not jointly, as set forth below.
Section 6.1 Incorporation. Such Investor is a legal
entity duly organized, validly existing and, if applicable, in good standing (or the
equivalent thereof) under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization.
Section 6.2 Corporate
Power and Authority. Such
Investor has the requisite corporate, limited partnership or limited liability
company power and authority
to enter into, execute and deliver this Agreement and to perform its obligations
hereunder and has taken all
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necessary corporate, limited partnership
or limited liability company action required for the due authorization,
execution, delivery and
performance by it of this Agreement.
Section 6.3 Execution
and Delivery. This Agreement and each
Transaction Agreement to which such Investor is a party (a) has been, or prior
to its execution and delivery will be, duly and validly executed and delivered by such Investor and (b)
upon the entry of the Approval Order and the expiration, or waiver by the
Bankruptcy Court of the fourteen (14)-day period set forth in Bankruptcy Rule
6004(h), will constitute the valid and binding obligations of such Investor, enforceable against such
Investor in accordance with their respective terms.
Section 6.4 No
Conflict. Provided that the consents,
approvals and authorizations described in Section
6.5 are obtained, the
execution and delivery by such Investor of this Agreement, the Plan and, to
the extent applicable, the Transaction Agreements, the compliance by such
Investor with all of the provisions hereof and thereof and the consummation of
the transactions contemplated herein and therein (including compliance by each other Party with its
obligations hereunder and thereunder) (a) will not conflict with, or result in a
breach or violation of, any of the terms or provisions of, or constitute a
default under (with or without notice or lapse of time, or both), or result in the acceleration of, or
the creation of any Lien under, any Contract to which such Investor is a party
or by which such Investor is bound or to which any of the property or assets of
such Investor is subject, (b) will not result in any violation of the provisions of the
certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or comparable constituent documents) of
such Investor and (c) will not result in any material violation of any Law or
Order applicable to such Investor or any of its properties, except in any such case described in clause (a)
for any conflict, breach, violation, default, acceleration or Lien which has not
and would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to
prohibit, materially delay or materially and adversely impact such Investor’s performance of its obligations under
this Agreement, the Plan and, to the extent applicable, the Transaction
Agreements.
Section 6.5 Consents and
Approvals. No
consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification of
or with any Governmental
Entity having jurisdiction over such Investor or any of its properties is
required for the execution and delivery by such Investor of this Agreement, the
Plan and, to the extent applicable, the Transaction Agreements, the
compliance by such Investor with all of the
provisions hereof and thereof and the consummation of the transactions
(including the purchase by such Investor of its Allocated Portion of the
Investor Shares) contemplated herein and therein (including compliance by
each other Party with its obligations
hereunder and thereunder), except (a) filings, if any, pursuant to the HSR Act
and the expiration or termination of all applicable waiting periods thereunder
or any applicable notification, authorization, approval or consent under any other Antitrust Laws in
connection with the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, and (b) any
consent, approval, authorization, order, registration or qualification which, if
not made or obtained, has not and would not reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate,
to prohibit, materially delay or materially and adversely impact such
Investor’s performance of its obligations under
this Agreement, the Plan and, to the extent applicable, the Transaction
Agreements.
Section 6.6 No
Registration. Such Investor understands
that the Investor Shares have not been registered under the Securities Act by
reason of a specific exemption from the registration provisions of the
Securities Act, the availability of which depends on, among
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other things, the bona fide nature of
the investment intent and the accuracy of such Investor’s representations as expressed herein or
otherwise made pursuant hereto.
Section 6.7 Purchasing
Intent. Such Investor is
acquiring the Investor Shares for its own account, not as a nominee or agent,
and not with the view to, or for resale in connection with, any distribution
thereof not in compliance with applicable securities Laws, and such Investor has
no present intention of selling, granting any participation in, or otherwise distributing the
same, except in compliance with applicable securities Laws.
Section 6.8 Sophistication;
Investigation. Such
Investor has such knowledge and experience in financial and business matters
that it is capable of evaluating the merits and risks of its investment
in the Investor Shares being acquired hereunder. Such Investor is an
“accredited
investor” within the
meaning of Rule 501(a) of the Securities Act. Such Investor understands and is
able to bear any economic risks associated with such investment (including
the necessity of holding the Investor Shares for an indefinite period of time).
Such Investor has conducted and relied on its own independent investigation of,
and judgment with respect to, the Company and its Subsidiaries and Joint Ventures and the advice
of its own legal, tax, economic, and other advisors.
Section 6.9 No Holdings
Under the Credit Facility.
Such Lead Investor and each of its Affiliates (a) is not a Lender (as such term
is defined in the Credit Facility) or a Participant (as such term is
defined in the Credit Facility) or an Affiliate thereof and (b) is not an
assignee under any Assignment and Assumption (as such term is defined in the
Credit Facility) that as of the date hereof is not yet effective. There are no Obligations (as such term
is defined in the Credit Facility) owing to such Lead Investor or any of its
Affiliates and such Lead Investor and its Affiliates do not hold any right or
option to acquire or purchase any Obligations (as such term is defined in the Credit
Facility). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein,
(i) Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. is only making the representations contained
in this Section
6.9 with respect to, and
Section
6.9 shall only apply to,
the Distressed Products
Group of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., and not to any other business or
Affiliate of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and (ii) Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co. is
only making the representations contained in this Section
6.9 with respect to, and
Section
6.9 shall only apply to, the High Yield
Distressed Investing Group of Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co., and not to any other
business or Affiliate of Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx & Co.
Section 6.10 No
Broker’s
Fees. Such Investor is not
a party to any Contract with any Person (other than this Agreement) that would give
rise to a valid claim against the Company, other than pursuant to Section
4.3, for a brokerage
commission, finder’s fee or like payment in connection with
the Rights Offering or the sale of the Investor Shares.
ARTICLE VII
ADDITIONAL COVENANTS
Section 7.1 Approval
Motion and Approval Order.
The Company agrees that it shall use commercially reasonable efforts to (a)
obtain the entry of the Approval Order (including filing supporting affidavits
on behalf of the Company
and its financial advisor) and
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(b) cause the Approval Order to become a
Final Order (including by requesting that such Approval Order be a Final Order
immediately upon its entry by the Bankruptcy Court pursuant to a waiver of
Bankruptcy Rule 6004(h)),
in each case as soon as practicable following the filing of the Approval
Motion.
Section 7.2 Plan,
Disclosure Statement and Other Documents.
(a) The Company shall authorize, execute
and file with the Bankruptcy Court the Disclosure Statement and the Plan, and shall seek approval of the
Disclosure Statement and seek confirmation of the Plan.
(b) The Company shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to, and shall cause the other Debtors to use commercially
reasonable efforts to:
(i) file a motion seeking entry of the Approval Order on or
before 5:00 pm (New York time) on May 13, 2010;
(ii) obtain from the Bankruptcy Court
the Approval Order on or before 5:00 pm (New York time) on June 20, 2010;
(iii) file the Disclosure Statement on
or before 5:00 pm (New York time) on May 21, 2010;
(iv) obtain from the Bankruptcy Court an
order approving the Disclosure Statement on or before 5:00 pm (New York time) on
June 20, 2010;
(v) file the Plan on or before 5:00 pm
(New York time) on May 26, 2010; and
(vi) obtain from the Bankruptcy Court the
Confirmation Order on or before 5:00 pm (New York time) on September 3,
2010.
(c) The Company shall (i) provide to the
Lead Investors and the Ad Hoc Counsel a copy of (A) any proposed amendments,
supplements, changes or modifications to the Plan, the Disclosure
Statement, the Certificate of Incorporation, the Bylaws, the Registration Rights
Agreement and the Rights Offering Procedures and (B) the proposed form of
Confirmation Order, the proposed form of any Plan Supplement and any proposed amendments,
supplements, changes or modifications to any of the foregoing, (ii) provide a
reasonable opportunity to the Lead Investors and the Ad Hoc Counsel to review
and comment on such documents prior to authorizing, agreeing to,
entering into, implementing, executing or, if
applicable, filing with the Bankruptcy Court or seeking Bankruptcy Court
approval or confirmation of, any such documents, and (iii) consider, in good
faith, any comments consistent with this Agreement and the Plan, and any other reasonable comments of the
Lead Investors, their respective counsel and the Ad Hoc Counsel. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, at all times prior to the
Effective Date the Company shall not: authorize, approve, agree to, enter into, implement,
execute or, if applicable, file with the Bankruptcy Court or seek Bankruptcy
Court approval or confirmation of (w) any plan of reorganization for any Debtor,
disclosure statement, confirmation order, certificate of
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incorporation or bylaws of the Company,
registration rights agreement, rights offering procedures or Plan Supplement
other than a Plan, Disclosure Statement, Confirmation Order, Certificate of
Incorporation, Bylaws, Registration Rights Agreement, Rights Offering Procedures or Plan Supplement which
conforms with the requirements therefor set forth in Section
1.1; (x) any management
equity incentive program that is inconsistent with or does not conform with the
requirements and criteria set forth in Exhibit
G as attached hereto as of the date hereof;
(y) any incentive program, non-qualified benefit program or severance program
that is inconsistent with or does not conform with the requirements and criteria
under the headings “Incentive Programs”, “Non-Qualified Benefit Programs” and “Severance Programs” in Exhibit
L as attached hereto as of
the date hereof, subject to adjustments only for changes in seniority level of
participating employees and arrival of new employees and departure of current
employees; provided, that such changes shall not result in
a change in the aggregate amount of payments to be paid under such program or
the performance metrics, as applicable, of such program; and (z) any employment
agreement with Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx or any “change in control” agreement with any employee other than
a Management Agreement that conforms with the requirements therefor set forth in
Section
1.1.
(d) If at any time prior to the
Expiration Time, to the Knowledge of the Company, any Event occurs as a result
of which the Disclosure
Statement, as then amended or supplemented, would not meet the requirements of
section 1125 of the Bankruptcy Code, or if it shall be necessary to amend or
supplement the Disclosure Statement to comply with applicable Law, the Company
will promptly notify the Investors of any
such Event and prepare an amendment or supplement to the Disclosure Statement
that is reasonably acceptable in form and substance to Requisite Investors that
will correct such statement or omission or effect such compliance.
Section 7.3 Securities
Laws. The
Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to take all action as may
be necessary or advisable so that the Rights Offering and the issuance and sale
of the Investor Shares and the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement will be
effected in accordance with this Agreement, the Rights Offering Sub-Plan, the
Securities Act, the Exchange Act and any state or foreign securities or Blue Sky
laws. The Company shall use commercially reasonable efforts to, and shall cause the other Debtors to
use commercially reasonable efforts to, commence the Rights Offering on or
before the date that is ten (10) days after the Bankruptcy Court has entered an
order approving the Disclosure Statement.
Section 7.4 Listing. The Company shall not, until the
earlier of the date that (a) is the three (3) month anniversary of the Effective
Date and (b) the SEC declares effective the Shelf Registration Statement (as
defined in the Registration Rights Agreement), list the New Common Stock on the New York Stock
Exchange, the Nasdaq Stock Market or any other national securities exchange;
provided, that until such date, the Company
shall, upon the written request of Requisite Investors, use commercially
reasonable effort to list and maintain the listing of the New Common
Stock on the New York Stock Exchange, the Nasdaq Stock Market or any other
national securities exchange as requested by Requisite
Investors.
Section 7.5 Earnings
Statement. The Company
shall, until the first anniversary of the Effective Date, timely
file such reports pursuant to the Exchange Act as are necessary
to
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make generally available to its security
holders as soon as practicable an earnings statement complying with Section
11(a) of the Securities Act and the rules and regulations thereunder
(including, at the option of the Company, Rule 158 under the Securities Act);
provided that the Company’s obligation under this Section
7.5 shall be deemed
satisfied by the Company’s filing of its annual report on Form
10-K pursuant to the
Exchange Act within the time periods permitted thereunder.
Section 7.6 Notification. The Company shall notify, or cause the
Subscription Agent to notify the Investors, on each Friday during the Rights
Exercise Period and on each Business Day during the five (5) Business
Days prior to the Expiration Time (and any extensions thereto), or more
frequently if reasonably requested by any of the Investors, of the aggregate
number of Rights known by the Company to have been exercised pursuant to the Rights Offering as of the close
of business on the preceding Business Day or the most recent practicable time
before such request, as the case may be.
Section 7.7 Funding
Approval. Each Investor
shall deliver to the Company, on the later of the date that is (x) ten (10) Business Days
prior to the date scheduled for the Confirmation Hearing and (y) five (5)
Business Days after delivery of the Purchase Notice by the Company to the
Investors, a certificate (a “Funding
Approval Certificate”) from an officer or a duly authorized agent of
such Investor certifying that (a) such Investor’s credit committee (or such similar
governing entity that is responsible for approving such matters in accordance
with such Investor’s normal operations) has approved,
subject only to the terms and conditions of
this Agreement and the Plan, the funding by such Investor of an amount equal to
the sum of (i) such Investor’s Allotted Portion of the amount by
which the Aggregate Commitment exceeds the sum of (A) the aggregate
amount of payments received by the Company
in respect of Direct Commitment purchase obligations as of such date, (B) the
aggregate amount of payments received by the Company or deposited into an escrow
account for subsequent delivery to the Company as of such date for exercised Rights and (C) the
Cash Recovery Backstop Amount plus (ii) for each Investor that is party to the
Cash Recovery Backstop Agreement, an amount equal to such Investor’s Distributable Commitment Percentage
(as defined in the Cash Recovery Backstop Agreement) of the aggregate
Cash Recovery Backstop Amount and (b) such Investor is not aware, as of the date
of such Funding Approval Certificate, of any breaches of any representations,
warranties, or covenants of this Agreement that would cause any condition under Section
8.1 to not be satisfied;
provided, that notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Agreement, no Investor shall be required to make the
certification set forth in clause (b) above unless the Company
simultaneously delivers to
each Investor a certificate from the chief executive officer or the chief
financial officer of the Company certifying that the Company is not aware, as of
the date of delivery of such certificate, of any breaches of any
representations, warranties, or covenants of this Agreement
that would cause any condition under Section
8.3 to not be
satisfied.
Section 7.8 Use of
Proceeds. The Company will
apply the net proceeds from the exercise of the Rights and the sale of the
Investor Shares to effect
the Plan as provided in the Plan.
Section 7.9 Conduct of
Business. Except as
otherwise (v) required by Law, (w) disclosed in the Attached Disclosure
Statement, but only to the extent that the relevance of
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such disclosure to these covenants is
reasonably apparent on its
face, (x) required by this Agreement or the Plan, (y) necessary to implement the
VIHI Restructuring or (z) consented to in writing by Requisite Investors (such
consent not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), during
the period from the date of this Agreement
to the earlier of the Effective Date and the date on which this Agreement is
terminated in accordance with its terms (the “Pre-Closing
Period”) (except as otherwise expressly
provided or permitted by the terms of this Agreement, including the Disclosure
Letter), the Company and its Subsidiaries shall use their respective
commercially reasonable best efforts to carry on their businesses in the usual,
regular and ordinary course in substantially the same manner as conducted at the date of this Agreement, but
only to the extent consistent with the Business Plan, and, to the extent
consistent therewith, use commercially reasonable efforts to (i) preserve intact
their current business organizations, (ii) keep available the services of their current officers and
(iii) preserve their relationships with material customers, suppliers,
distributors and others having material business dealings with the Company or
its Subsidiaries or Joint Ventures, in each case consistent with past practice as conducted prior to the
date of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, except
as set forth in the Disclosure Letter, as otherwise expressly provided or
permitted by this Agreement, or as otherwise required by Law (including, for the avoidance of doubt, any
Law relating to fiduciary duties), during the Pre-Closing Period, the Company
shall not, and shall cause its Subsidiaries not to, without the prior written
consent of Requisite Investors (not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned):
(a) (i) declare, set aside or pay any
dividends on, or make any other distributions in respect of, any of its capital
stock other than dividends and distributions in respect of the capital stock of
any direct or indirect Subsidiary of the Company to the Company or
another Subsidiary not in excess of twenty five million dollars ($25,000,000) in
the aggregate during the Pre-Closing Period or (ii) purchase, redeem or
otherwise acquire, except in connection with the Plan, any shares of capital stock of the Company or
any other securities thereof or any rights, warrants or options to acquire any
such shares or other securities;
(b) issue, deliver, grant, sell, pledge,
dispose of or otherwise encumber any of its capital stock or any securities convertible into, or any
rights, warrants or options to acquire, any such capital stock at less than fair
market value;
(c) acquire or agree to acquire (i) by
merging or consolidating with, or by purchasing a substantial portion of the
stock, or other ownership interests in, or
substantial portion of assets of, or by any other manner, any business or any
corporation, partnership, association, joint venture, limited liability company
or other entity or division thereof, except for any acquisition of any interest in a joint venture in an
amount not to exceed five million dollars ($5,000,000) for any individual
acquisition or twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) in the aggregate during the
Pre-Closing Period or (ii) any assets in excess of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) in any
individual transaction or twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) in the aggregate
during the Pre-Closing Period, except purchases of supplies, equipment and
inventory in the ordinary course of business consistent with past
practice;
(d) (i) incur any indebtedness for
borrowed money or guarantee any such indebtedness of another individual or
entity, issue or sell any debt securities or warrants or other rights to acquire
any debt securities of the Company, guarantee any debt securities of another
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individual or entity, enter into any
“keep well” or other agreement to maintain any
financial statement condition of another Person or enter into any arrangement
having the economic effect of any of the foregoing, except for (A)
borrowings and increases in
letters of credit permitted under the DIP Credit Agreement and (B) indebtedness
existing solely between the Company and its wholly owned Subsidiaries or between
such Subsidiaries or (ii) make any loans, advances or capital
contributions to, or investments in, any other
individual or entity, except for (A) loans, advances or capital contributions
(1) between the Company and its Subsidiaries, (2) between such Subsidiaries, or
(3) by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any joint venture in an amount not to exceed five
million dollars ($5,000,000) for any individual loan, advance, contribution, or
investment or twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) in the aggregate during the
Pre-Closing Period and (B) customary immaterial advances in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice;
(e) other than as set forth in the
Business Plan or in connection with the repair or replacement of the plant and
equipment at the manufacturing facilities of the Company or its Subsidiaries
in the ordinary course of business
consistent with past practice, make or incur any capital expenditure involving
the expenditure of no more than five million dollars ($5,000,000) in any
individual expenditure or fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) in
the aggregate during the Pre-Closing Period;
(f) make, change or rescind any material
election relating to Taxes, except elections that are consistent with past
practice, settle or compromise any material Tax liability for an amount greater
than the amount reserved for such liability on the most
recent Financial Statements, or amend any material Tax Return;
(g) adopt, or enter into any new, or
renew, or materially amend or supplement any existing, Collective Bargaining
Agreement;
(h) fail to comply in any
material respect with any information,
consultation, or bargaining obligations to the extent relating to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and required under any applicable
Law or Collective Bargaining Agreement;
(i) enter into any new, or amend
or terminate (other than amendments
required to maintain the tax qualified status of such plans under the Code in
the ordinary course of business consistent with past practices) any existing,
Company Plans, arrangements or programs, severance agreement, deferred compensation arrangement or
employment agreement with any officers, directors or employees or in accordance
with the OPEB Order, the Plan or the Attached Disclosure Statement, (ii) take
any other action in connection with the UK Pensions Plans which may materially prejudice the issuance of
a transfer notice by the Pension Protection Fund under section 161(1) of the UK
Pensions Act 2004 (as amended), (iii) grant any increases in employee
compensation, other than in the ordinary course or pursuant to promotions, in each case consistent with
past practice (which shall include normal individual periodic performance
reviews and related compensation and benefit increases and bonus payments
consistent with past practices), (iv) grant any stock options or stock awards or (v) make any annual or
long-term incentive awards, other than, in the case of clauses (iv) and (v), in
accordance with the Approved Annual Incentive Program; or
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(j) take any action that, if taken prior
to the date hereof, would have constituted a breach of the Company’s representations and warranties in
Section
5.11. Section 7.10
Access to
Information. Subject to applicable Law,
upon reasonable notice, the Company shall (and shall cause its Subsidiaries to)
afford (i) the Lead Investors and their Representatives and (ii) the Ad
Hoc Counsel and any Co-Investors and/or their Representatives that sign a
customary confidentiality agreement with the Company on terms reasonably
acceptable to the Company and such party, reasonable access, during
normal business hours and without
unreasonable disruption or interference with the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ business or operations, throughout the
Pre-Closing Period, to the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ senior managers, properties, books,
contracts and records and, during the Pre-Closing
Period, the Company shall (and shall cause its Subsidiaries to) furnish promptly
to such parties all information concerning the Company’s and its Subsidiaries’ business, properties and personnel as
may reasonably be requested by any such party,
provided, that the foregoing shall not require
the Company (a) to permit any inspection, or to disclose any information, that
in the reasonable judgment of the Company would cause the Company to violate any
of its obligations with
respect to confidentiality to a third party if the Company shall have used its
commercially reasonable efforts to obtain, but failed to obtain, the consent of
such third party to such inspection or disclosure, (b) to disclose any legally
privileged information of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or (c) to violate any Laws; provided, further, that the Company shall deliver to the
Lead Investors, the Ad Hoc Counsel and any Co-Investors and/or their
Representatives that sign a customary confidentiality agreement with the Company on terms
reasonably acceptable to the Company and such party, a schedule setting forth a
description of any information not provided to the Lead Investors, the Ad Hoc
Counsel, any Co-Investors and their Representatives that sign a customary confidentiality agreement
with the Company pursuant to clauses (a) through (c) above (in the case of
clause (a), to the extent not prohibited from doing so). All requests for
information and access made pursuant to this Section
7.10 shall be directed to an executive officer of the
Company or such person as may be designated by the Company’s executive officers. All information
acquired by any Investor or its Representatives pursuant to this Section
7.10 shall be subject to
any confidentiality agreement between the Company and such
Investor.
Section 7.11 Financial
Information.
(a) At all times prior to the Effective
Date, the Company shall deliver to (i) GLCA/Sagent Advisors as financial
advisors to the Lead Investors and the Co-Investors and (ii) the Ad Hoc Counsel, all
statements and reports the Company is required to deliver to any DIP Lender
pursuant to Sections 5.2(a) and 5.2(b) of the DIP Credit Agreement (the
“Financial Reports”) in accordance with the terms thereof
(as in effect on the date
hereof). From and after the Effective Date, during any time that the Company is
not subject to the periodic reporting requirement under Section 13(a) or 15(d)
of the Exchange Act, the Company shall deliver the Financial Reports to
GLCA/Sagent Advisors and the Ad Hoc Counsel as if the DIP
Credit Facility was still in effect (whether or not it actually is in effect).
Neither any waiver by the DIP Lenders of their right to receive the Financial
Reports nor any amendment or termination of the DIP Credit Agreement shall affect the
Company’s obligation to deliver the Financial
Reports to GLCA/Sagent Advisors and the Ad Hoc Counsel in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement and the DIP Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date
hereof).
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(b) All Financial Reports shall be complete and
correct in all material respects and shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP
applied (except as approved by such accountants or officer, as the case may be,
and disclosed in reasonable detail therein) consistently throughout the periods reflected therein and
with prior periods. Information required to be delivered pursuant to
Section 5.2(b) of the DIP Credit Agreement (as in effect on the date hereof)
shall be deemed to have been delivered in accordance with Section
7.11(a) on the date on which the Company
provides written notice to (i) GLCA/Sagent Advisors as financial advisors to the
Lead Investors and the Co-Investors and (ii) the Ad Hoc Counsel that such
information has been posted on the Company’s website on the internet at xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxx.xxx or is
available via the XXXXX system of the SEC on the internet (to the extent such
information has been posted or is available as described in such notice).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, any breach of the first sentence of this
Section
7.11(b) shall be deemed a
breach of a representation and warranty, and not a breach of a covenant, for
purposes of Section
8.1.
Section 7.12 Takeover
Statutes. The Company and
the Board shall (a) take all reasonable action to prevent a Takeover Statute
from becoming applicable to this Agreement or the sale or issuance of New Common
Stock to Investors in accordance with the Plan and (b) if any Takeover Statute
is or would reasonably be expected to become applicable to the sale or issuance of New Common
Stock to Investors in accordance with the Plan, the Company and the Board shall
grant such approvals and take such actions as are necessary so that such
transactions may be consummated as promptly as practicable on the terms contemplated by this Agreement and
the Plan and otherwise act to eliminate or minimize the effects of such statute
or regulation on such transactions.
Section 7.13 Notice of
Alternate Transaction.
(a) The Company shall notify the Lead
Investors and the Ad Hoc
Counsel promptly (but in any event within two (2) Business Days) of any bona
fide, written proposals or offers received after the date of this Agreement by
the Company, any of its Subsidiaries or any of their respective Representatives,
relating to any Alternate Transaction, which
such notice shall indicate the identity of such Person and contain a summary of
the material terms of such proposal or offer for an Alternate Transaction. The
Company shall keep the Lead Investors and the Ad Hoc Counsel informed, on a reasonably prompt
basis, of the status and material terms of any such proposals or offers and the
status of any material developments in respect of any such discussions or
negotiations.
(b) The Company, in response to an
unsolicited, bona fide
written third party proposal or offer for an Alternate Transaction that is made
after the date of this Agreement shall be permitted to: (i) provide access to
non-public information to the Person making such proposal or offer pursuant to
and in accordance with an executed confidentiality
agreement (provided, that such agreement shall not contain
terms which prevent the Company from complying with its obligations under this
Section
7.13); provided, that all such information provided to
such Person has previously
been provided to the Investors or is provided to the Investors prior to or
substantially concurrent with the time it is provided to such Person; and (ii)
participate in discussions or negotiations with respect to such proposal or
offering with the Person making such proposal or offer
if the Board has determined in good faith after consultation with
its
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financial advisors and outside counsel
that such proposal or offer could reasonably be expected to result in a Superior
Transaction.
Section 7.14 Commercially
Reasonable Efforts.
(a) Without in any way limiting any
other respective obligation of the Company or any Investor in this Agreement,
the Company shall use (and shall cause its Subsidiaries to use), and each
Investor shall use, commercially reasonable efforts to take or
cause to be taken all actions, and do or cause to be done all things, reasonably
necessary, proper or advisable in order to consummate and make effective the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Rights Offering Sub-Plan, including using
commercially reasonable efforts in:
(i) timely preparing and filing all
documentation reasonably necessary to effect all necessary notices, reports and
other filings of such party and to obtain as promptly as practicable
all consents, registrations, approvals,
permits and authorizations necessary or advisable to be obtained from any third
party or Governmental Entity; and
(ii) defending any Legal Proceedings
challenging this Agreement, the Rights Offering Sub-Plan or any Transaction Agreement or the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, including seeking to have any
stay or temporary restraining order entered by any Governmental Entity vacated
or reversed.
(b) Subject to applicable Laws relating
to the exchange of
information, the Investors and the Company shall have the right to review in
advance, and to the extent practicable each will consult with the other on all
of the information relating to Investors or the Company, as the case may be, and
any of their respective Subsidiaries,
that appears in any filing made with, or written materials submitted to, any
third party and/or any Governmental Entity in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement or the Rights Offering Sub-Plan. In exercising the foregoing
rights, each of the Company and the Investors shall act reasonably and as
promptly as practicable.
(c) Nothing contained herein this
Section
7.14 shall limit the
ability of any Investor to consult with the Debtors, to appear and be heard, or to file objections,
concerning any matter arising in the Proceedings, so long as such consultation,
appearance or objection is not inconsistent with (i) such Investor’s obligations hereunder or (ii) the
terms of the Rights Offering Sub-Plan and the other transactions
contemplated by and in accordance with this Agreement and the Rights Offering
Sub-Plan.
Section 7.15 Antitrust
Approval.
(a) Each Party agrees to use
commercially reasonable efforts to take, or cause to be taken, all
actions and to do, or cause
to be done, all things necessary to consummate and make effective the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the other Transaction Agreements
and the Rights Offering Sub-Plan, including (i) if applicable, filing, or
causing to be filed, the Notification and Report
Form pursuant to the HSR Act with respect to the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement with the Antitrust Division of the United States Department of
Justice and the United States Federal Trade Commission and any filings under any
other
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Antitrust Laws that are necessary to
consummate and make effective the transactions contemplated by this Agreement as
soon as reasonably practicable following the date on which the Approval Order is
entered and (ii) promptly furnishing documents or information
requested by any Antitrust Authority.
(b) The Company and each Investor
subject to an obligation pursuant to the Antitrust Laws to notify any
transaction contemplated by this Agreement, the Rights Offering Sub-Plan or the
Transaction Agreements that
has notified the Company in writing of such obligation (each such Investor, a
“Filing
Party”) agree to reasonably cooperate with
each other as to the appropriate time of filing such notification and its
content. The Company and each Filing Party shall, to the extent
permitted by applicable Law: (i) promptly notify each other of, and if in
writing, furnish each other with copies of (or, in the case of material oral
communications, advise each other orally of) any communications from or with an Antitrust Authority; (ii)
not participate in any meeting with an Antitrust Authority unless it consults
with each other Filing Party and the Company, as applicable, in advance and, to
the extent permitted by the Antitrust Authority and applicable Law, give each other Filing Party
and the Company, as applicable, a reasonable opportunity to attend and
participate thereat; (iii) furnish each other Filing Party and the Company, as
applicable, with copies of all correspondence, filings and communications between such Filing Party or the
Company and the Antitrust Authority; (iv) furnish each other Filing Party with
such necessary information and reasonable assistance as may be reasonably
necessary in connection with the preparation of necessary filings or submission of information to the
Antitrust Authority; and (v) not withdraw its filing, if any, under the HSR Act
without the prior written consent of Requisite Investors and the
Company.
(c) Should a Filing Party be subject to
an obligation under the
Antitrust Laws to jointly notify with one or more other Filing Parties (each, a
“Joint Filing
Party”) a transaction contemplated by this
Agreement, the Rights Offering Sub-Plan or the Transaction Agreements, such
Joint Filing Party shall promptly notify each other Joint Filing Party of, and if
in writing, furnish each other Joint Filing Party with copies of (or, in the
case of material oral communications, advise each other Joint Filing Party
orally of) any communications from or with an Antitrust Authority.
(d) The Company and each Filing Party
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to cause the waiting periods under the
applicable Antitrust Laws to terminate or expire at the earliest possible date
after the date of filing. The communications contemplated by this Section
7.15 may be made by the
Company or a Filing Party on an outside counsel-only basis or subject to other
agreed upon confidentiality safeguards. The obligations in this
Section
7.15 shall not apply to
filings, correspondence, communications or meetings with Antitrust
Authorities unrelated to the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, the
Rights Offering Sub-Plan and the Transaction Agreements.
(e) Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement to the contrary, nothing shall require the Company, any Investor or any of
their respective Affiliates to (i) dispose of, license or hold separate any of
its or its Subsidiaries’ or Affiliates’ assets or the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ assets, (ii) limit its freedom of
action with respect to any of its or its
Subsidiaries’ businesses, the Company’s or its Subsidiaries’ businesses or make any other behavioral
commitments, (iii) divest any of its Subsidiaries, its Affiliates or any of the
Company’s
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Subsidiaries, or (iv) commit or agree to
any of the foregoing.
Without the prior written consent of Requisite Investors (such consent not to be
unreasonably withheld, conditioned or delayed), neither the Company nor any of
its Subsidiaries shall commit or agree to (i) dispose of, license or hold
separate any of its assets or (ii) limit
its freedom of action with respect to any of its businesses or commit or agree
to any of the foregoing, in each case, in order to secure any necessary consent
or approvals for the transactions contemplated hereby under the Antitrust Laws. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, neither the Investors, nor any of their
Affiliates, nor the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, shall be required as a
result of this Agreement, to initiate any legal action against, or defend any litigation brought by, the
United States Department of Justice, the United States Federal Trade Commission,
or any other Governmental Entity in order to avoid the entry of, or to effect
the dissolution of, any injunction, temporary restraining order or other order in any suit or
proceeding which would otherwise have the effect of preventing or materially
delaying the transactions contemplated hereby, or which may require any
undertaking or condition set forth in the preceding
sentence.
Section 7.16 Plan
Support. Each Investor and
the Company shall be obligated to support the Plan as required by and in
accordance with and subject to the terms and conditions of the Plan Support
Agreement. For the avoidance of doubt, nothing in this Agreement
shall restrict or prohibit
any Investor from Transferring its Notes in accordance with the Plan Support
Agreement.
Section 7.17 Exit
Financing. The
Lead Investors (after Good Faith Consultation) shall use their commercially
reasonable efforts to work with Rothschild Inc. in its efforts to obtain
for and on behalf of the Company debt financing from financing sources
reasonably acceptable to the Lead Investors and the Company after Good Faith
Consultation providing for proceeds to be funded to the Company on or prior to the Effective Date in an
aggregate amount of not less than four hundred fifty million dollars
($450,000,000), such debt financing to be on then-prevailing market terms that
are reasonably acceptable to the Lead Investors and the Company after
Good Faith Consultation (the “Exit
Financing”). The Company shall reasonably
cooperate with the Lead Investors in connection with arranging and obtaining of
the Exit Financing, including by (a) participating in a reasonable number of
meetings, due diligence sessions, management presentations and
rating agency sessions, (b) assisting the Lead Investors with preparation of
materials required in connection with the Exit Financing and (c) executing and
delivering any customary and reasonable commitment letters, underwriting or placement agreements,
registration statements, pledge and security documents, other customary and
reasonable definitive financing documents, or requested certificates or
documents reasonably necessary or desirable to obtain the Exit
Financing, in each case, after Good Faith
Consultation. The Company agrees that under no circumstances shall the execution
of this Agreement or any act of the Lead Investors pursuant to this Section
7.17 commit or be deemed a
commitment by any of the Lead Investors (or any their Affiliates) or any
Co-Investor (or any of their Affiliates) to provide or arrange the Exit
Financing.
Section 7.18 Ford
Agreement. The
Company shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to enter into an agreement
(the “Ford
Agreement”) among the Company, Ford Motor Company
(“Ford”) and their respective Subsidiaries with
respect to (a) any claims (i) held by Ford and its Subsidiaries against the
Company and any of its Subsidiaries and (ii) held by the Company and its
Subsidiaries against Ford
and any of its Subsidiaries and (b) the relationships
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and business arrangements that will be
in place after the Effective Date between the Company and its Subsidiaries, on
the one hand, and Ford and its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, that is
consistent with the Rights
Offering Sub-Plan and reasonably acceptable to Requisite Investors. The Company
will (x) provide to the Lead Investors, their respective counsel and the Ad Hoc
Counsel a copy of the Ford Agreement and a reasonable opportunity to
review and comment on such documents prior
to such documents being executed or delivered or filed with the Bankruptcy
Court, and (y) consider, in good faith, any comments consistent with this
Agreement, and any other reasonable comments of Requisite Investors, their respective counsel and the Ad
Hoc Counsel. Other than the Ford Agreement, neither the Company nor any of its
Subsidiaries has entered into, or will enter into, any material written
agreements between or among the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and Ford or any of its Subsidiaries
directly relating to the Plan, this Agreement or the Ford Agreement.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company and its Subsidiaries may enter into,
modify, or amend its commercial agreements with Ford in the ordinary
course of business.
Section 7.19 VIHI
Restructuring. The Company
and the Lead Investors agree to reasonably cooperate, following Good Faith
Consultation, with each other to structure and implement the VIHI Restructuring
in a commercially reasonable manner advantageous to the Company and the
Investors. The Company (a) shall provide to the Lead Investors, their
respective counsel and the Ad Hoc Counsel any proposed changes to the VIHI
Restructuring and shall provide to the Lead Investors a reasonable
opportunity to review and comment on such
proposed changes prior to implementing such changes, (b) shall consider, in good
faith, any reasonable changes proposed by and suggestions of the Lead Investors,
their respective counsel and the Ad Hoc Counsel with respect to the VIHI Restructuring and (c)
shall not make any amendments, supplements, changes or modifications to the VIHI
Restructuring as set forth in Exhibit
K unless such amendments,
supplements, changes or modifications are reasonably acceptable to
Requisite Investors, in
each case, after Good Faith Consultation.
Section 7.20 UK Pension
Notice. To the extent that
the UK Pensions Regulator issues any notices and/or directions and/or orders as
set out in clauses (A) through (F) of Section
5.21(b)(xviii)
during the Pre-Closing
Period, the Company shall notify the Investors promptly and shall cooperate by
allowing the counsel for the Lead Investors and the Ad Hoc Counsel an
opportunity to review and comment on the preparation of any responses to, or
inquiries with, the UK Pensions Regulator regarding
any such notices and/or directions and/or orders.
ARTICLE VIII
CONDITIONS TO THE OBLIGATIONS OF THE
PARTIES
Section 8.1 Conditions
to the Obligation of the Investors. Subject to Section
8.2, the obligations
of each of the Investors
hereunder to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby shall be subject to
(unless waived by Requisite Investors in accordance with Section
8.2) the satisfaction on or
prior to the Effective Date of each of the following conditions:
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(a) Approval
Order and Confirmation Order. The Approval Order and the
Confirmation Order shall each have become a Final Order.
(b) Bankruptcy
Approval of Plan and Disclosure Statement. The Disclosure Statement shall have
been approved by the Bankruptcy Court, which Disclosure
Statement, and the Order approving it, shall be in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to Requisite Investors. The Plan confirmed by the
Bankruptcy Court in the Confirmation Order (the “Confirmed
Plan”) and any amendments, supplements, changes and
modifications thereto shall, in each case, meet the requirements set forth in
the definition of the Plan in Section
1.1. The Confirmation Order
and the Orders entered by the Bankruptcy Court for any amendments, supplements,
changes or modifications to
the Confirmed Plan shall be in form and substance reasonably acceptable to
Requisite Investors; provided, that Requisite Investors shall have
the same approval rights over any amendments, supplements, changes or
modifications to the
Confirmed Plan that Requisite Investors have with respect to the Plan as set
forth in the definition of the Plan in Section
1.1. The Orders entered by
the Bankruptcy Court referred to above approving the Disclosure Statement and
any amendments, supplements, changes and modifications to the
Confirmed Plan shall, in each case, have become Final
Orders.
(c) Plan of
Reorganization. The Company
and all of the other Debtors shall have complied in all material respects with
the terms and conditions of the Rights Offering Sub-Plan that are to be
performed by the Company and the other Debtors prior to the Effective
Date.
(d) Alternate
Transaction. Neither the
Company nor any of its Subsidiaries shall have entered into any Contract or
written agreement in principle providing for the consummation of
any Alternate Transaction (an “Alternate
Transaction Agreement”) (or proposed or resolved to do so,
which proposal or resolution has not been withdrawn or
terminated).
(e) Change of
Recommendation. There shall not
have been a Change of
Recommendation.
(f) Conditions
to Plan. The conditions to
the occurrence of the Effective Date of the Rights Offering Sub-Plan as set
forth in the Confirmed Plan shall have been satisfied or waived in accordance
with the Plan.
(g) Rights
Offering. The Rights
Offering shall have been conducted in all material respects in accordance with
this Agreement and the Rights Offering Sub-Plan, and the Expiration Time shall
have occurred.
(h) Antitrust
Approvals. All terminations
or expirations of waiting
periods imposed by any Governmental Entity necessary for the consummation of the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including under the HSR Act and any
other Antitrust Laws, shall have occurred and all other notifications,
consents, authorizations and approvals required
to be made or obtained from any Governmental Entity under any Antitrust Law
shall have been made or obtained for the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement.
(i) Consents. All governmental and third
party notifications,
filings, consents, waivers and approvals set forth on Schedule
4 and required for the
consummation of
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the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the Rights Offering Sub-Plan shall have been made or
received.
(j) No Legal
Impediment to
Issuance. No Law
or Order shall have been enacted, adopted or issued by any Governmental Entity
that prohibits the implementation of the Rights Offering Sub-Plan or the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(k) Good
Standing. The Investors
shall have received on and
as of a date no earlier than ten (10) Business Days prior to the Effective Date
satisfactory evidence of the good standing of the Company and its Significant
Subsidiaries in their respective jurisdictions of incorporation or
organization, in each case in writing or any
standard form of telecommunication from the appropriate Governmental Entity of
such jurisdictions.
(l) Representations
and Warranties.
(i) The representations and warranties
in Sections
5.3 (Execution and
Delivery;
Enforceability),
5.4 (Authorized and
Issued Capital Stock),
5.11(a) (No Material Adverse
Effect) and 5.30 (Takeover
Statutes) shall be true and
correct in all respects as of the date hereof and at and as of the Effective
Date with the same effect as if made on and as of the Effective Date
(except for such representations and warranties made as of a specified date,
which shall be true and correct only as of the specified
date).
(ii) The other representations and
warranties of the Company contained in this Agreement shall be true and correct
(disregarding all materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifiers) (A) as of
the date hereof and (B) at and as of the Effective Date with the same effect as
if made on and as of the Effective Date (except for such representations and warranties made as of a
specified date, which shall be true and correct only as of the specified date),
except, in the case of (A) and (B), where the failure to be so true and correct,
individually or in the aggregate, has not had and would not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(iii) The representations and warranties
of each Investor (other than the Investor asserting the failure of this
condition) contained in this Agreement and in any other Transaction Agreement
shall be true and correct
(disregarding all materiality or Material Adverse Effect qualifiers) as of the
date hereof and at and as of the Effective Date with the same effect as if made
on and as of the Effective Date (except for such representations and
warranties made as of a specified date,
which shall be true and correct only as of the specified date), except where the
failure to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, has not and
would not reasonably be expected to prohibit, materially delay or materially and adversely
impact such Investor’s performance of its obligations under
this Agreement, the Rights Offering Sub-Plan and, to the extent applicable, the
Transaction Agreements.
(m) Covenants. The Company and each
Investor (other than the
Investor asserting the failure of this condition) shall have performed and
complied with all of its respective covenants and agreements contained in this
Agreement that contemplate, by their terms, performance or compliance prior to
the Effective Date, in all material
respects.
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(n) Officer’s
Certificate. The Investors
shall have received on and as of the Effective Date a certificate of the chief
financial officer or chief accounting officer of the Company confirming (without
personal liability) that
the conditions set forth in Sections
8.1(l)(i) and (l)(ii), (m), (o), (q) and (r) have been satisfied, other than any
such conditions in Section
8.1(m) relating to the
Investors.
(o) No Material
Adverse Effect. There shall
not have occurred after the date of this Agreement any Event that,
individually or in the aggregate, has had or would reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(p) Certificate
and Bylaws. The
Company shall have (i) adopted the Certificate of Incorporation and the
Bylaws and (ii) entered
into the Registration Rights Agreement.
(q) Consolidated
Net Cash. The
amount of the Company’s actual consolidated cash and cash
equivalents, including restricted cash, less foreign indebtedness, in each case
determined in accordance
with GAAP, shall be no less than five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) as
of June 30, 2010; provided, that the Company shall not have drawn
any available amounts under the DIP Credit Agreement in excess of or incremental
to the seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) drawn and
outstanding under the DIP Credit Agreement as of the date hereof, and the
proceeds of any such draw shall not be considered in calculating the amount of
cash and cash equivalents for this purpose.
(r) Consolidated
Net Sales and
Adjusted EBITDA Forecasts.
(i) No more than three (3) days prior to
the Effective Date, the Company shall have provided guidance, in a manner that
is compliant with Regulation FD, with respect to consolidated net sales for each
of the years ending December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2011
that is consistent with the forecasts for consolidated net sales contained in
the Attached Disclosure Statement, and in no event shall the consolidated net
sales guidance be more than three hundred fifty million dollars ($350,000,000) lower, in either such
year, than the consolidated net sales set forth in the Attached Disclosure
Statement. The calculation of such consolidated net sales shall be in accordance
with GAAP and consistent with the methodology used by the Company to calculate consolidated net
sales set forth in the Attached Disclosure Statement.
(ii) No more than three (3) days prior
to the Effective Date, the Company shall have provided guidance, in a manner
that is compliant with Regulation FD, which discloses the Company’s forecasted consolidated adjusted
EBITDA for each of the years ending December 31, 2010 and December 31, 2011,
which shall be consistent with the forecasts for consolidated adjusted EBITDA
for such years contained in the Business Plan, and in no event shall the consolidated
adjusted EBITDA guidance in either such year be more than seventy-five million
dollars ($75,000,000) lower than the consolidated adjusted EBITDA for such year
set forth in the Business Plan. The calculation of such consolidated adjusted EBITDA shall be
consistent with the methodology used by the Company to calculate consolidated
adjusted EBITDA as disclosed in the Company SEC Documents filed on or after
January 1, 2009.
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(s) Ford. The Ford Agreement shall be
reasonably acceptable to
Requisite Investors, and nothing in the Ford Agreement shall be inconsistent
with this Agreement or the Rights Offering Sub-Plan. The Ford Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect and shall not have been rescinded, terminated,
challenged or repudiated by any party thereto
and shall not have been amended or modified in any material
respect. None of the parties to the Ford Agreement shall have been in
material breach of any of their respective covenants and agreements contained in
the Ford Agreement.
Section 8.2 Waiver of
Conditions to Obligation of Investors. All or any of the conditions set forth
in Section
8.1 may only be waived in
whole or in part with respect to all Investors by a written instrument executed
by Requisite Investors in
their sole discretion and if so waived, all Investors shall be bound by such
waiver; provided, that with respect to the condition set
forth in Section
8.1(b), if any amendment,
supplement, change or modification to the Plan or the Confirmed Plan
requires the approval of
Investors of any particular Class as set forth in the definition of
“Plan” in Section
1.1, then any waiver of
Section
8.1(b) shall require the
prior written consent of Investors of such Class as set forth in the definition
of “Plan”.
Section 8.3 Conditions
to the Obligation of the Company. The obligation of the Company to
consummate the transactions contemplated hereby is subject to (unless waived by
the Company) the satisfaction on or prior to the Effective Date of each of the
following conditions:
(a) Approval
Order and Confirmation Order. The Approval Order and the
Confirmation Order shall each have become a Final Order.
(b) Bankruptcy
Approval of Plan and Disclosure Statement. The Disclosure Statement shall have
been approved by the
Bankruptcy Court. The Confirmation Order and the Order entered by the Bankruptcy
Court approving the Disclosure Statement shall, in each case, have become Final
Orders.
(c) Conditions
to Plan. The conditions to
the occurrence of the Effective Date of the Confirmed Plan shall have been
satisfied or waived in accordance with the Plan.
(d) Antitrust
Approvals. All terminations
or expirations of waiting periods imposed by any Governmental Entity necessary
for the consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement, including under
the HSR Act and any other Antitrust Laws, shall have occurred and all other
notifications, consents, authorizations and approvals required to be made or
obtained from any Governmental Entity under any Antitrust Law shall have been made or obtained for the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement.
(e) No Legal
Impediment to Issuance. No Law or Order shall have
been enacted, adopted or issued by any Governmental Entity that prohibits the
implementation of the Rights Offering Sub-Plan or the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement.
(f) Representations
and Warranties. The representations and
warranties of each Investor contained in this Agreement shall be true and
correct (disregarding all materiality qualifiers) as of the date hereof and at and as
of the Effective Date with the same effect as if made on and as of the Effective
Date (except for such representations and warranties made as
of
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a specified date, which shall be true
and correct only as of the specified date), except where the failure
to be so true and correct, individually or in the aggregate, has not and would
not reasonably be expected to prohibit, materially delay or materially and
adversely impact such Investor’s performance of its
obligations under this Agreement, the Rights
Offering Sub-Plan and, to the extent applicable, the Transaction
Agreements.
(g) Covenants. Each Investor shall have performed and
complied with all of its covenants and agreements contained in this Agreement
and in any other document
delivered pursuant to this Agreement (including in any Transaction Agreement) in
all material respects.
(h) Cash
Recovery Backstop Agreement. The Company shall have received the
full proceeds of the sale of Cash Recovery Subscription Equity pursuant to the Cash Recovery Backstop
Agreement in accordance with its terms in an amount equal to the aggregate Cash
Recovery Backstop Amount.
Section 8.4 Failure of
Closing Conditions. No
Party may rely on the failure of any condition set forth in Section
8.1 or Section
8.3, as applicable, to be
satisfied, and such condition shall be deemed to be satisfied with respect to
such Party if such failure was caused by such Party’s failure, to act in good faith or
fulfill any of its obligations contained in this Agreement.
Section 8.5 Regulatory
Reallocation. If
(a) an Investor (an “Over-Allotted Investor”) is required to obtain any consent,
waiver or approval of a Governmental Entity (pursuant to Antitrust Laws or
otherwise) for the Approval Conditions to be satisfied and such Investor has not
obtained such consent, waiver or approval prior to the entry of the Confirmation
Order and (b) Requisite Investors determine (after Good Faith Consultation to
the extent the Over-Allotted Investor is a Co-Investor) that a reduction or elimination of such
Investor’s Allotted Portion would either obviate
the need for such Investor to obtain such consent, waiver or approval or result
in such consent, waiver or approval being obtained (a “Regulatory
Cure”), the Lead Investors (other than the Over-Allotted
Investor) shall have the right, but shall not be obligated, to, prior to the
date that is five (5) Business Days before the Effective Date, (x) reduce the
Over-Allotted Investor’s Allotted Portion only to the extent
necessary (in such Lead Investors’ good-faith judgment) to achieve a
Regulatory Cure (the amount by which the Over-Allotted Investor’s Allotted Portion is reduced, the
“Removed
Allotted Portion”) and (y) to make arrangements for one
or more of the Lead Investors (other than any Over-Allotted
Investors) to assume all of the Removed Allotted Portion on the terms and
subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and in such amounts as may
be agreed upon by such Lead Investors (but in no event less than the total Removed Allotted Portion, such
that the Aggregate Commitment of the Investors is not reduced) (such
arrangement, a “Regulatory
Reallocation”). Notwithstanding anything
to the contrary contained in this Agreement, a reduction and reallocation of an
Over-Allotted
Investor’s Allotted Portion of the Equity
Commitment (and revision of Schedule
1 to reflect such reduction
and reallocation) pursuant to a Regulatory Reallocation in accordance with this
Section
8.5 shall not require the
consent of such Over-Allotted Investor.
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ARTICLE IX
INDEMNIFICATION AND
CONTRIBUTION
Section 9.1 Indemnification
Obligations.
(a) Indemnification
by the Company. Subject to
the entry of the Approval Order by the Bankruptcy Court, following the date
hereof, the Company shall
indemnify and hold harmless each Investor, their respective Affiliates,
shareholders, general partners, members, managers, equity holders and their
respective Representatives, agents and controlling persons from and against any
and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities and reasonable
expenses (including any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred in
connection with defending or investigating any action or claim as to which it is
entitled to indemnification hereunder as such expenses are incurred), joint or several (collectively,
“Losses”) that such Person incurred arising out
of or in connection with any third party claim (not including, for the avoidance
of doubt, any claim by any other Investor, any Related Purchaser, any Ultimate
Purchaser or any of their
respective Affiliates, but including, for the avoidance of doubt, any claim by
any Affiliate of the Company other than any of the foregoing) against any such
Person (in every case, other than any third party claim arising out of or in
connection with any action taken by any Investor
in opposition to (x) the Plan or (y) the Company’s pursuit of the Claims Conversion
Sub-Plan) in connection with (a) the Rights Offering, this Agreement, any
amendment, supplement, change or modification hereto or the transactions contemplated by the
Rights Offering or this Agreement, (b) the failure of any representation or
warranty made by the Company in this Agreement to be true and correct as of the
date of this Agreement and as of the Effective Date, or (c) any breach by the Company of any covenant or
agreement contained in this Agreement, in each case, whether or not the Rights
Offering, the Plan or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
the Plan are consummated or this Agreement is terminated. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Company shall not be obligated to indemnify any Investor pursuant to this
Section
9.1(a) that has breached
its obligations under the Plan Support Agreement.
(b) Indemnification
by the Investors. Subject
to the entry of the
Approval Order by the Bankruptcy Court, following the date hereof, each Investor
(the “Breaching Investor”) shall indemnify and hold harmless the
other Investors and their respective Affiliates, shareholders, general partners,
members, managers, equity holders and their respective
Representatives, agents and controlling persons from and against any and all
Losses that such Person incurred arising out of or in connection with any third
party claim (not including, for the avoidance of doubt, any claim by
any other Investor, any Related Purchaser,
any Ultimate Purchaser or any of their respective Affiliates) against any such
Person in connection with (a) the failure of any representation or warranty made
by the Breaching Investor in this Agreement to be true and correct as of the date of this
Agreement and as of the Effective Date, or (b) any breach by the Breaching
Investor of any covenant or agreement contained in this Agreement, in each case,
whether or not the Rights Offering, the Plan or the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or
the Plan are consummated or this Agreement is terminated.
Section 9.2 Indemnification
Procedure. Promptly after receipt by a
Person entitled to indemnification under Section
9.1 (such Person, an
“Indemnified
Person”) of notice of the commencement of any
claim, litigation, investigation or proceeding (an “Indemnified
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Claim”) by any Person other than the Party
obligated to provide indemnification under Section
9.1 (such Person, the
“Indemnifying
Party”), such Indemnified Person will, if a claim is to be
made hereunder against the Indemnifying Party in respect thereof, notify the
Indemnifying Party in writing of the commencement thereof; provided, that the omission to so notify the
Indemnifying Party will not relieve the Indemnifying Party from any
liability that it may have hereunder except to the extent it has been materially
prejudiced by such failure. In case any such Indemnified Claims are brought
against any Indemnified Person and it notifies the Indemnifying Party of the commencement thereof, the
Indemnifying Party will be entitled to participate therein, and, to the extent
that it may elect by written notice delivered to such Indemnified Person, to
assume the defense thereof, with counsel reasonably acceptable to such Indemnified Person;
provided, that if the parties (including any
impleaded parties) to any such Indemnified Claims include both such Indemnified
Person and the Indemnifying Party and based on advice of such Indemnified
Person’s counsel there are legal defenses available to such
Indemnified Person that are different from or additional to those available to
the Indemnifying Party, such Indemnified Person shall have the right to select
separate counsel to assert such legal defenses and to otherwise participate in the defense of such
Indemnified Claims on behalf of such Indemnified Person. Upon receipt of notice
from the Indemnifying Party to such Indemnified Person of its election so to
assume the defense of such Indemnified Claims with counsel reasonably acceptable to the Indemnified
Person, the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable to such Indemnified Person
for expenses incurred by such Indemnified Person in connection with the defense
thereof (other than reasonable costs of investigation) unless (w) such Indemnified Person shall have
employed separate counsel (in addition to any local counsel) in connection with
the assertion of legal defenses in accordance with the proviso to the
immediately preceding sentence (it being understood, however, that the Indemnifying Party shall not be liable
for the expenses of more than one separate counsel representing the Indemnified
Persons who are parties to such Indemnified Claims (in addition to one local
counsel in each jurisdiction in which local counsel is required) and that all such expenses shall
be reimbursed as they occur), (x) the Indemnifying Party shall not have employed
counsel reasonably acceptable to such Indemnified Person to represent such
Indemnified Person within a reasonable time after notice of commencement of the Indemnified Claims,
(y) the Indemnifying Party shall have failed or is failing to defend such claim,
and is provided written notice of such failure by the Indemnified Person and
such failure is not reasonably cured within fifteen (15) Business Days of receipt of such notice,
or (z) the Indemnifying Party shall have authorized in writing the employment of
counsel for such Indemnified Person.
Section 9.3 Settlement
of Indemnified Claims. The
Indemnifying Party shall not be liable for any settlement of any Indemnified Claims
effected without its written consent. If any settlement of any Indemnified
Claims is consummated with the written consent of the Indemnifying Party or if
there is a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such Indemnified Claims, the Indemnifying Party agrees
to indemnify and hold harmless each Indemnified Person from and against any and
all Losses by reason of such settlement or judgment to the extent such Losses
are otherwise subject to indemnification by the Indemnifying Party hereunder in accordance with,
and subject to the limitations of, the provisions of this Article
IX. Notwithstanding
anything in this Article
IX to the contrary, if at
any time an Indemnified Person shall have requested the Indemnifying Party to
reimburse such Indemnified
Person for legal or other expenses in excess of fifty thousand dollars ($50,000)
connection with investigating, responding to or defending any Indemnified Claims
as contemplated by this Article
IX, the
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Indemnifying Party shall be liable for any settlement of any
Indemnified Claims effected without its written consent if (a) such settlement
is entered into more than (i) sixty (60) days after receipt by the Indemnifying
Party of such request for reimbursement and (ii) thirty (30) days after receipt by the Indemnified
Party of the material terms of such settlement and (b) the Indemnifying Party
shall not have reimbursed such Indemnified Person in accordance with such
request prior to the date of such settlement. The Indemnifying Party shall not, without the prior written
consent of an Indemnified Person, effect any settlement of any pending or
threatened Indemnified Claims in respect of which indemnity or contribution has
been sought hereunder by such Indemnified Person unless such settlement (x) includes an unconditional
release of such Indemnified Person in form and substance satisfactory to such
Indemnified Person from all liability on the claims that are the subject matter
of such Indemnified Claims and (y) does not include any statement as to or any admission of fault,
culpability or a failure to act by or on behalf of any Indemnified
Person.
Section 9.4 Contribution. If for any reason the foregoing
indemnification is unavailable to any Indemnified Person or insufficient to
hold it harmless from
Losses that are subject to Indemnification pursuant to Section
9.1, then the Indemnifying
Party shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by such Indemnified Person
as a result of such Loss in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits
received by the Indemnifying Party on the one hand and such Indemnified Person
on the other hand but also the relative fault of the Indemnifying Party, on the
one hand, and such Indemnified Person, on the other hand, as well as any relevant equitable
considerations. It is hereby agreed that the relative benefits to the
Indemnifying Party on the one hand and all Indemnified Persons on the other hand
shall be deemed to be in the same proportion as (a) the total value
received or proposed to be received by the
Company pursuant to the sale of Investor Shares and Shares in the Rights
Offering contemplated by this Agreement bears to (b) the Stock Right Premium
and/or Arrangement Premium paid or proposed to be paid to the Investors.
Section 9.5 Treatment of
Indemnification Payments.
All amounts paid by the Indemnifying Party to an Indemnified Person under this
Article
IX shall, to the extent
permitted by applicable Law, be treated as adjustments to Purchase Price for all
Tax purposes.
Section 9.6 Limitation
on Liabilities. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this Agreement, the indemnification provided in this
Article
IX will not, as to any
Indemnified Person, apply to Losses to the extent that they are
finally judicially
determined to have resulted from (a) any material breach of this Agreement by
such Indemnified Person; or (b) the willful misconduct or gross negligence of
such Indemnified Person.
Section 9.7 Survival of
Representations and Warranties. Notwithstanding any investigation at any
time made by or on behalf of any Party, all representations, warranties and
agreements made in this Agreement will survive the execution and delivery of
this Agreement, except that the representations made in Sections
5.6 through 5.31 will survive only for a period of two
(2) years after the Effective Date.
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ARTICLE X
TERMINATION
Section 10.1 Termination
Rights. This Agreement may
be terminated and the transactions contemplated hereby may be abandoned at any
time prior to the Effective
Date:
(a) by mutual written consent of the
Company and Requisite Investors;
(b) by the Company by written notice to
each Investor or by Requisite Investors by written notice to the Company if:
(i) any Law or Order shall have been
enacted, adopted or issued by any
Governmental Entity, that prohibits the implementation of the Rights Offering
Sub-Plan or the Rights Offering or the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement;
(ii) the Bankruptcy Court shall
determine not to approve the Rights Offering Sub-Plan;
(iii) the Effective Date has not
occurred by 11:59 p.m., New York City time on the date that is thirty (30) days
after the entry of the Confirmation Order by the Bankruptcy Court or, if such
Confirmation Order is stayed (other than pursuant to Rule 6004(h) of the Bankruptcy
Rules), by 11:59 p.m. New York City time on the date that is thirty (30) days,
less that number of days that elapsed during the period after the Confirmation
Order was entered and before such Confirmation Order was stayed, but in no event less than five
(5) Business Days following the date that such stay is vacated (the
“Outside
Date”); provided, that (A) the Outside Date may be
extended in accordance with Section
3.3(a) in connection with
an Alternative Financing and (B) if (1) all of the conditions set
forth in Sections
8.1(h), 8.1(i) and 8.1(j) (collectively, the “Approval Conditions”) have not been satisfied but still
could be satisfied and (2) the Requisite Investors deliver to the Company a
written request for an
extension of the Outside Date to satisfy the Approval Conditions, the Outside
Date may be extended until 11:59 p.m., New York City time on the date that is
sixty (60) days after the entry of the Confirmation Order by the Bankruptcy
Court or, if such Confirmation Order is stayed (other than
pursuant to Rule 6004(h) of the Bankruptcy Rules), until 11:59 p.m. New York
City time on the date that is sixty (60) days, less that number of days that
elapsed during the period after the Confirmation Order was entered and before such Confirmation Order was
stayed, but in no event less than five (5) Business Days following the date that
such stay is vacated;
(iv) any of the Proceedings shall have
been dismissed or converted to a case under chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy
Code, or the Bankruptcy Court has entered
an order in any of the Proceedings appointing an examiner with expanded powers
or a trustee under chapter 7 or chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code; provided, however, that the appointment of an examiner
pursuant to the motion of
that certain ad hoc committee of equityholders as filed
with the Bankruptcy Court on April 2, 2010 shall not give rise to a right to
terminate this Agreement;
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(v) (A) the Exit Financing is not
consummated and the proceeds thereof have not been received by the Company by the Outside
Date and (B) all of the conditions set forth in Section
8.1 and Section
8.3 (except for those
conditions that by their nature are intended to be fulfilled on the Effective
Date) have been either satisfied or waived in accordance with the provisions of
Article
VIII;
or
(vi) subject to the right of the
Investors to arrange Alternative Financing in accordance with Section
3.3, any Investor shall
have breached its obligation under the Cash Recovery Backstop Agreement
to purchase shares of New
Common Stock in accordance with the terms thereof or otherwise pay to the
Company such Investor’s Distributable Commitment Percentage
(as defined in the Cash Recovery Backstop Agreement) of Cash Recovery Backstop
Amount;
(c) by Requisite Investors upon written notice to
the Company (other than clause (iv) below which may be excused by action of all
non-breaching Investors):
(i) if the Bankruptcy Court has not
entered the Approval Order on or before 5:00 pm (New York time) on the
date that is thirty (30) days after the
date hereof; provided, that the Requisite Investors shall not
be entitled to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section
10.1(c)(i) at any time
after the entry of the Approval Order;
(ii) if the Bankruptcy Court
has not entered an order
approving the Disclosure Statement on or before 5:00 pm (New York time) on the
date that is thirty (30) days after the date hereof; provided, that the Requisite Investors shall not
be entitled to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section
10.1(c)(ii) at any time
after the entry of such order by the Bankruptcy Court;
(iii) if the Election Forms are not
mailed to the holders of Allowed Senior Notes Claims within ten (10) days after
the Bankruptcy Court has entered an order approving the Disclosure Statement;
provided, that the Requisite Investors shall not
be entitled to terminate this Agreement pursuant to this Section
10.1(c)(iii) at any time
after such Election Forms have been mailed to the holders of Allowed Senior
Notes Claims;
(iv) if the Company or any Investor
shall have breached any provision of this Agreement, which breach would cause
the failure of any condition set forth in Section
8.1(l) or 8.1(m) to be satisfied, which failure cannot
be or has not been cured on the earlier of (A) the tenth (10th) Business
Day after the giving of written notice thereof to the Company or such Investor
by any Investor and (B) the third (3rd) Business Day prior to the Outside Date;
provided, that the right to terminate this
Agreement under this
Section
10.1(c)(iv) shall not be
available to any Investor whose breach is the cause of the failure of the
condition in Section
8.1(l) or 8.1(m) to be satisfied;
(v) if the Bankruptcy Court terminates
the Debtor’s exclusive right to propose a plan
of reorganization;
(vi) there shall have been a Change of
Recommendation, or the Company shall have entered into an Alternate Transaction
Agreement;
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(vii) at any time after the date which
is one hundred sixty (160) days after the date of this Agreement;
(viii) the Plan Support Agreement is
terminated pursuant to Section
7.1(c)(2), 7.1(c)(4)
or 7.1(f) thereof; or
(ix) the Company shall have breached its
obligation under the Cash Recovery Backstop Agreement to issue shares of New
Common Stock in accordance with the terms thereof;
(d) by the Company upon written notice
to each Investor:
(i) subject to the right of the
Investors to arrange Alternative Financing in accordance with Section
3.3, if any Investor shall
have breached any provision of this Agreement, which breach would cause the failure of
any condition set forth in Section
8.3(f) or 8.3(g) to be satisfied, which failure cannot
be or has not been cured on the earlier of (A) the tenth (10th) Business Day
after the giving of written notice thereof to the Company or such Investor by any
Investor and (B) the third (3rd) Business Day prior to the Outside Date;
(ii) if the Company enters into any
Alternate Transaction Agreement; provided, that the Company may only terminate
this Agreement under the circumstances set forth in this Section
10.1(d)(ii) if: (A) the
Board has determined in good faith, after having consulted with its outside
legal counsel and its independent financial advisors, that such Alternate
Transaction is a Superior Transaction and the failure to enter into such an Alternate
Transaction Agreement would be reasonably likely to result in a breach of the
applicable fiduciary duties of the Board; or
(iii) subject to the rights of the
Investors to arrange Alternative Financing in accordance with Section
3.3, upon any breach of
Section
7.7 (Funding
Approvals).
Section 10.2 Alternate
Transaction Termination.
(a) If this Agreement is terminated
pursuant to Section
10.1(c)(vi) or Section
10.1(d)(ii), the Company,
subject to the approval of the Bankruptcy Court (which approval the Company
shall seek at the earliest date following such termination), shall pay
liquidated damages for the destruction of a capital asset in an amount equal to
forty-three million, seven hundred fifty thousand dollars ($43,750,000) (the “Alternate
Transaction Damages”) to the Investors in such proportions
as are set forth on Schedule
1, and, in any case, the
Company shall pay to the Investors any Transaction Expenses incurred prior to
such termination that are due and payable hereunder that have not been paid
theretofore.
(b) If this Agreement is terminated
pursuant to Section
10.1(c)(iv) as a result of
a willful and knowing breach of this Agreement by the Company, and if within the
period ending one (1) year after the date such termination becomes effective the
Company (i) enters into an Alternate Transaction Agreement or (ii) approves or
consummates an Alternate Transaction, to the extent the Alternate Transaction
Damages were not already paid in accordance with
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Section
10.2(a), the Company, subject to the approval
of the Bankruptcy Court (which approval the Company shall seek at the earliest
date following such termination), shall pay the Alternate Transaction Damages to
the Investors in such proportions as are set forth on Schedule
1 and, in any case, the
Company shall pay to the Investors any Transaction Expenses that have not been
paid theretofore.
(c) Payment of the Alternate Transaction
Damages due under this Section
10.2 will be made no later
than the close of business
on the next Business Day following approval by the Bankruptcy Court of such
payment, which approval shall be sought (i) at the earliest date following such
termination in the case of a termination by Requisite Investors pursuant to
Section
10.1(c)(vi) or in the case of a termination by the
Company pursuant to Section
10.1(d)(ii) or (ii) as
specified in Section
10.2(b) in the
circumstances described in Section
10.2(b). The
provision for the payment of the Alternate Transaction Damages is an integral
part of the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and without such provision the Investors would
not have entered into this Agreement, and the Alternate Transaction Damages
shall, subject to Bankruptcy Court approval and to the extent payable in
accordance herewith, constitute an allowed
administrative expense of the Company.
Section 10.3 Effect of
Termination. Upon
termination under this Article
X, all rights and
obligations of the Parties shall terminate without any liability of any Party to
any other Party except that
the provisions of the covenants and agreements made by the Parties herein under
Article
IV, Section
7.16, this Article
X and Article
XI will survive
indefinitely in accordance with their terms.
ARTICLE XI
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 11.1 Notices. All notices and other communications
in connection with this Agreement will be in writing and will be deemed given
(and will be deemed to have been duly given upon receipt) if delivered
personally, sent via electronic facsimile (with confirmation), mailed by registered or certified
mail (return receipt requested) or delivered by an express courier (with
confirmation) to the Parties at the following addresses (or at such other
address for a Party as will be specified by like notice):
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(a)
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If to the
Company:
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Visteon Corporation
Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
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Xxx Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000
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Facsimile:
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(000)
000-0000
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Attention:
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Chief Financial
Officer
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with a copy (which shall not constitute
notice) to:
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxxx
LLP
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000-0000
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Facsimile:
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(000)
000-0000
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Attention:
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Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxx
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Xxxxx X. X’Xxxxx
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Xxxx X.
Billion
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and
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx
LLP
000 Xxxxx XxXxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx
00000
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Facsimile:
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(000) 000-0000
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Attention:
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Xxxxx X. X. Xxxxxxxxxx,
P.C.
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Xxxxx X. Xxxxx,
Xx.
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx,
P.C.
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
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and
Xxxxxxxx & Xxxxx
LLP
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
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Facsimile:
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(000)
000-0000
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Attention:
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx,
P.C.
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Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
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(b)
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If to any Lead
Investor:
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To the address set forth opposite such
Investor’s name on Schedule
5
with a copy (which shall not constitute
notice) to:
White & Case LLP
Wachovia Financial
Center
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxx 0000
Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxxx X
Xxxxxx
Facsimile: (000)
000-0000
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and
White & Case LLP
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx
Xxxxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
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Facsimile:
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(000)
000-0000
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Attention:
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Xxxxxx
Xxxx
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
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(c)
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If to any
Co-Investor:
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To the address set forth opposite such
Co-Investor’s name on Schedule
6
with a copy (which shall not constitute
notice) to:
Akin Gump Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxx
LLP
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
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Attention:
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Xxxx
Xxxxx
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Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
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Facsimile:
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(000)
000-0000
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(d)
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If to the Ad Hoc
Counsel:
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Akin Gump Xxxxxxx Xxxxx & Xxxx
LLP
Xxx Xxxxxx Xxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx
00000
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Attention:
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Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Xxxx
Xxxxx
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Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxxx
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Facsimile:
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Section 11.2 Assignment; Third
Party Beneficiaries. Neither this Agreement nor
any of the rights, interests or obligations under this Agreement shall be
assigned by any Party (whether by operation of Law or otherwise) without the
prior written consent of the Company and Requisite Investors, other than an
assignment by an Investor in accordance with Section
3.6. Except as provided in
Article
XI with respect to the
Indemnified Persons, this Agreement (including the documents and instruments
referred to in this Agreement) is not intended to and does not confer upon
any Person other than the Parties any rights or remedies under this
Agreement.
Section 11.3 Prior
Negotiations; Entire Agreement.
(a) This Agreement (including the
agreements attached as Exhibits to and the documents and instruments referred to in this
Agreement) constitutes the entire agreement of the Parties and supersedes all
prior agreements, arrangements or understandings, whether written
or
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oral, among the Parties with respect to
the subject matter of this
Agreement, except that the Parties hereto acknowledge that any confidentiality
agreements heretofore executed among the Parties will continue in full force and
effect.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary in the Plan (including any amendments, supplements or modifications thereto) or
the Confirmation Order (and any amendments, supplements or modifications
thereto) or an affirmative vote to accept the Plan submitted by any Investor,
nothing contained in the Plan (including any amendments, supplements or modifications thereto) or
Confirmation Order (including any amendments, supplements or modifications
thereto) shall alter, amend or modify the rights of the Investors under this
Agreement unless such alteration, amendment or modification has been
agreed to in writing by Requisite
Investors to the extent required under the definition of “Plan” in Section
1.1 or by such portion of
the Investors as required pursuant to clause (ii) thereunder to the extent such
clause (ii) is applicable.
Section 11.4 GOVERNING
LAW; VENUE. THIS AGREEMENT
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF
DELAWARE, WITHOUT REGARD TO THE CONFLICT OF LAWS RULES THEREOF. THE PARTIES
CONSENT AND AGREE THAT ANY ACTION TO ENFORCE THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SUCH DISPUTES ARISE
IN LAW OR EQUITY, ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND THE
AGREEMENTS, INSTRUMENTS AND DOCUMENTS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY SHALL BE BROUGHT
EXCLUSIVELY IN THE BANKRUPTCY COURT. THE PARTIES CONSENT TO AND
AGREE TO SUBMIT TO THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION
OF THE BANKRUPTCY COURT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HEREBY WAIVES AND AGREES
NOT TO ASSERT IN ANY SUCH DISPUTE, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW, ANY CLAIM THAT (I) SUCH PARTY IS NOT PERSONALLY SUBJECT TO THE JURISDICTION OF THE BANKRUPTCY
COURT, (II) SUCH PARTY AND SUCH PARTY’S PROPERTY IS IMMUNE FROM ANY LEGAL
PROCESS ISSUED BY THE BANKRUPTCY COURT OR (III) ANY LITIGATION OR OTHER
PROCEEDING COMMENCED IN THE BANKRUPTCY COURT IS BROUGHT IN AN
INCONVENIENT FORUM. THE PARTIES HEREBY AGREE THAT
MAILING OF PROCESS OR OTHER PAPERS IN CONNECTION WITH ANY SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING TO AN ADDRESS PROVIDED IN WRITING BY THE RECIPIENT OF SUCH MAILING,
OR IN SUCH OTHER MANNER AS MAY BE PERMITTED BY LAW, SHALL BE VALID AND SUFFICIENT SERVICE THEREOF AND
HEREBY WAIVE ANY OBJECTIONS TO SERVICE ACCOMPLISHED IN THE MANNER HEREIN
PROVIDED.
Section 11.5 WAIVER OF
JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY
HEREBY WAIVES ALL RIGHTS TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JURISDICTION IN ANY ACTION,
SUIT, OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT
TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE AMONG THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, WHETHER SOUNDING
IN CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE.
Section 11.6 Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, all of which will be considered one and the same agreement and will become
effective when counterparts have been signed by each of the Parties and
delivered to each other
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Party (including via facsimile or other
electronic transmission), it being understood that each Party need not sign the
same
counterpart.
Section 11.7 Waivers and
Amendments; Rights Cumulative. This Agreement may be amended,
modified, superseded, cancelled, renewed or extended only by a written
instrument signed by (a) the Company and all of the Lead Investors following,
in each case, Good Faith
Consultation, or (b) to the extent such action has a Material Discriminatory
Effect, the Company, all of the Lead Investors and all of the Receiving
Co-Investors, and subject in each case, to the extent required, to the approval
of the Bankruptcy Court; provided, that Section
11.3, this Section
11.7, Section
11.10, Schedule
1 and the definitions of
“Excluded Consent
Event”, “Good Faith Consultation”, “Investor Consent Event”, “Material Discriminatory
Effect”, “Plan”, “Receiving Co-Investors”, “Requisite Investors”, “Requisite Receiving Co-Investor
Approval” and “Last Trading Price” may be amended or modified only by a
written instrument signed by all Investors affected by such amendment or
modification. The terms and conditions of this Agreement (other than the conditions
set forth in Sections
8.1 and 8.3, the waiver of which shall be governed
solely by Article
VIII) may be waived (x) by
the Company only by a written instrument executed by the Company and (y) by the
Investors only by a written
instrument executed by (1) all of the Lead Investors or (2) to the extent such
waiver has a Material Discriminatory Effect, all of the Lead Investors and all
of the Receiving Co-Investors, and subject in each case, to the extent required,
to the approval of the Bankruptcy Court;
provided, however, with respect to any waiver of the
terms or conditions of Section
11.3, this Section
11.7, Section
11.10, Schedule
1 or the definition of
“Excluded Consent
Event”, “Good Faith Consultation”, “Investor Consent Event”, “Material Discriminatory
Effect”, “Plan”, “Receiving Co-Investors”, “Requisite Investors”, “Requisite Receiving Co-Investor
Approval” or “Last Trading Price”, such waiver must be by a written
instrument signed by all Investors affected by such waiver. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Investors may agree,
among themselves, to reallocate their Allotted Portions, without any consent or
approval of any other Party; provided, however, for the avoidance of doubt any such agreement among the
Investors (other than pursuant to a Regulatory Reallocation) shall require the
consent or approval of all Investors affected by such reallocation. No delay on
the part of any Party in exercising any right, power or privilege pursuant to this Agreement will
operate as a waiver thereof, nor will any waiver on the part of any Party of any
right, power or privilege pursuant to this Agreement, nor will any single or
partial exercise of any right, power or privilege pursuant to this Agreement, preclude any other or
further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege
pursuant to this Agreement. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement
(including Section
11.9), the rights and
remedies provided pursuant
to this Agreement are cumulative and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies
which any Party otherwise may have at law or in
equity. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, any amendment, modification, revision or reallocation of Schedule
1 pursuant to a Regulatory
Reallocation shall not require the approval or consent by the Over-Allotted
Investor or any other Investor other than the Lead Investors arranging the
Regulatory Reallocation and any Investor whose Allotted Portion is affected thereby (other than
the Over-Allotted Investor).
Section 11.8 Headings. The headings in this
Agreement are for reference purposes only and will not in any way affect the
meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
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Section 11.9 Specific
Performance; Limitations on Remedies.
(a) The Company and each Investor
acknowledges and agrees that, in the event any provision of this Agreement is
not performed by the Company in accordance with its specific terms or is
otherwise breached by the
Company (including any provision requiring the payment of all or a portion of
the Stock Right Premium, the Arrangement Premium, the Alternative Transaction
Damages and/or Transaction Expenses), (i) the Investors may not have an adequate
remedy at law in the form of money damages and (ii) in
addition to any other rights and remedies existing in its favor, the Investors
shall have the right to bring an action to enforce specifically the terms and
provisions of this Agreement and to obtain an injunction, injunctions or any form of equitable relief
to prevent breaches of this Agreement.
(b) The Company hereby (i) waives, on
behalf of itself and its Affiliates, any and all common law, statutory or other
remedies the Company or any of its Affiliates may have against any Investor in respect of any
claims or causes of actions arising out of or relating to the Rights Offering,
this Agreement and any of the transactions contemplated thereby and hereby,
except for the remedy expressly set forth in Section
11.9(c)(ii), which the Company agrees shall be its
sole and exclusive remedy for any such claims or causes of action and (ii)
agrees that, to the extent it or any of its Affiliates incur Losses arising from
or in connection with a breach by any Investor of its representations, warranties, covenants and
agreements contained in this Agreement, in no event shall the Company or its
Affiliates seek to recover any money damages from (or seek any other remedy
based on any legal, contractual or equitable theory against) such Investor or any of its Affiliates
except as otherwise expressly provided in Section
11.9(c)(ii).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the
Company acknowledges and agrees that (i) the liability of the Investors under
this Agreement shall be
several and not joint and (ii) under no circumstance shall the Investors and
their respective Affiliates be liable for any punitive, special, indirect or
consequential damages.
(c) Each of the Company and the
Investors hereby agree that:
(i) the sole and exclusive remedy
available to any Investor against the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or
Affiliates under this Agreement or in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby shall be (A) the remedy set forth in Section
11.9(a), (B) pursuant to
Article
IX and (C) as specifically
provided for in the Plan Support Agreement;
(ii) the sole and exclusive remedy
available to the Company against the Investors or any of their respective
Affiliates under this Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby
shall be (A) enforcement of the last sentence of Section
4.2 and (B) as specifically
provided for in the Plan Support Agreement;
(iii) the sole and exclusive remedy
available to any Investor against any other Investor or any of their respective Affiliates
under this Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby
shall be pursuant to Article
IX; and
(iv) in the event any provision of this
Agreement is not performed by any Investor in accordance with its specific terms or is otherwise
breached, (A) the
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remedy set forth in Section
11.9(c)(ii) will provide
the Company with an adequate remedy and (B) no Party or any of its Affiliates
shall have any right to enforce specifically with respect to any Investor the terms and provisions of
this Agreement and shall not be entitled to an injunction, injunctions or any
form of equitable relief to prevent breaches by any Investor of this
Agreement.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this
Agreement, the Company acknowledges and agrees that no Person other than the
Investors and their permitted assignees shall have any obligation under this
Agreement and that, notwithstanding that the Investors (or any of their
permitted assignees) may be a partnership or limited liability
company, no recourse under this Agreement (other than with respect to the return
of the Stock Right Deposit to the extent required under Section
4.2), the Plan or any
documents or instruments delivered in connection herewith or therewith shall be had against
any Related Party of the Investors (or any of their permitted assignees) based
upon the relationship of such Related Party to any Investor, whether by or
through attempted piercing of the corporate (or limited liability company or limited liability
partnership) veil the enforcement of any assessment or by any legal or equitable
proceeding, or by virtue of any applicable Law, or otherwise, it being expressly
agreed and acknowledged that no personal liability whatsoever shall attach to, be imposed on or
otherwise be incurred by any such Related Party, as such, for any obligations of
the Investors (or any of their permitted assignees) under this Agreement, the
Plan or any documents or instruments delivered in connection herewith or therewith or for any claim
based on, in respect of, or by reason of such obligation or their
creation.
Section 11.10 Approval by
Requisite Receiving Co-Investors. Any Investor Consent Event
with respect to which Lead Investors (and their Related Purchasers) constituting at least
sixty-six and two-thirds percent (66 3%) of the aggregate Allotted Portions of
the Lead Investors (and their Related Purchasers) is required in order to take
action shall be deemed not to have a Material Discriminatory Effect to the extent the Ad Hoc Counsel
(following Good Faith Consultation with respect to such Investor Consent Event)
(a) does not deliver a written notice (at the direction of the Receiving
Co-Investors) to the Lead Investors and the Company asserting that the relevant Investor Consent Event
has or, if implemented, would have a Material Discriminatory Effect (a
“Discrimination
Notice”) within three (3) Business Days
following receipt of a written request from the Company or any Lead Investor to
determine whether it
believes the Investor Consent Event has a Material Discriminatory Effect, or (b)
withdraws such Discrimination Notice (at the direction of the Receiving
Co-Investors). In the event an Investor Consent Event has or would, if
implemented, have a Material Discriminatory Effect, such
Investor Consent Event shall require the written approval of Receiving
Co-Investors holding, as of the time of the determination, at least sixty-six
and two-thirds percent (66 3%) of the aggregate Allotted Portions held by the Receiving Co-Investors (such
approval of the Receiving Co-Investors being referred to as a “Requisite
Receiving Co-Investor Approval”). If the Ad Hoc Counsel delivers a
Discrimination Notice to the Company and the Lead Investors, either the
Company or Lead Investors
(and their Related Purchasers) constituting at least sixty-six and two-thirds
percent (66 3%) of the aggregate Allotted Portions of the Lead Investors (and
their Related Purchasers) shall have three (3) Business Days to provide notice
(such notice, the “Dispute
Notice”) to the Ad Hoc Counsel and the
Receiving Co-Investors of their intent to commence expedited proceedings in the
Bankruptcy Court to determine whether an Investor Consent Event has or would
have, if implemented, a Material Discriminatory Effect
(the
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“Expedited
Proceedings”). The Co-Investors hereby agree to
consent to the commencement of the Expedited Proceedings upon receipt of a
Dispute Note with respect to an Investor Consent Notice and the Company and the
Lead Investors agree not to
implement the Investor Consent Event until either (i) a Final Order has been
entered determining that such Investor Consent does not have and would not, if
implemented, have a Material Discriminatory Effect or (ii) the Requisite
Receiving Co-Investor Approval has been
received.
Section 11.11 No
Reliance. No Investor or
any of its Related Parties shall have any duties or obligations to the other
Investors in respect of this Agreement, the Plan or the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby, except those expressly set forth
herein. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (a) no Investor or any
of its Related Parties shall be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties
to the other Investors, (b) no Investor or any of its Related Parties shall have any duty to take
any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers on behalf of any
other Investor, (c) (i) no Investor or any of its Related Parties shall have any
duty to the other Investors to obtain, through the exercise of diligence or otherwise, to
investigate, confirm, or disclose to the other Investors any information
relating to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or Joint Ventures that may
have been communicated to or obtained by such Investor or any of its
Affiliates in any capacity and (ii) no
Investor may rely, and confirms that it has not relied, on any due diligence
investigation that any other Investor or any Person acting on behalf of such
other Investor may have conducted with respect to the Company or any of its Affiliates or any of their
respective securities and (d) each Investor acknowledges that no other Investor
is acting as a placement agent, initial purchaser, underwriter, broker or finder
with respect to its Investor Shares or Allotted Portion of its Equity
Commitment.
Section 11.12 Publicity. At all times prior to the Effective
Date or the earlier termination of this Agreement in accordance with its terms,
the Company and Requisite Investors shall consult with each other prior to
issuing any press releases
(and provide each other a reasonable opportunity to review and comment upon such
release) or otherwise making public announcements with respect to the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Plan.
Section 11.13 Effectiveness. This Agreement is expressly contingent
on, and shall automatically become effective on such date as both (a) the
Approval Order has been entered by the Bankruptcy Court and (b) each Party to
this Agreement has executed this Agreement; provided, that no Party has rejected, terminated or
repudiated this Agreement prior to the entry of the Approval Order by the
Bankruptcy Court; provided, further, that the Company’s obligations under Sections
7.1, 7.2(b)(i) and 7.2(b)(ii) shall be effective and in full force
and effect upon the
execution of this Agreement by the Parties.
[Signature Pages
Follow]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Parties have
duly executed this Agreement as of the date first above
written.
VISTEON CORPORATION
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxx
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Title: EVP and
CFO
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[Company Signature
Page]
CQS CONVERTIBLE AND
QUANTITATIVE
STRATEGIES MASTER FUND
LIMITED
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Name: Xxxxx
Xxxxx
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Title: Authorized
Signatory
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[Lead Investor
Signature Page]
CQS DIRECTIONAL
OPPORTUNITIES
MASTER FUND LIMITED
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxx Xxxxx
|
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Name: Xxxxx
Xxxxx
|
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Title: Authorized
Signatory
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[Lead Investor
Signature Page]
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
(Solely with Respect to the Distressed
Products Group)
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By:
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/s/
Xxx Xxxxx
|
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Name: Xxx
Xxxxx
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Title: Managing
Director
|
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By:
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/s/
Xxxxxxx X. Lanketree
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Name: Xxxxxxx X.
Lanketree
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Title: Managing
Director
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[Lead Investor
Signature Page]
ELLIOT
INTERNATIONAL, L.P.
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By:
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Elliot
International Capital Advisors Inc.,
as
|
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Attorney-in-Fact
|
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
|
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Title:
Vice President
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[Lead Investor
Signature Page]
XXXXXXX,
XXXXX & CO.,
Solely
with respect to the
High
Yield Distressed Investing Group
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx
Xxxxxx
|
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Name:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxx
|
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Title:
Managing Director
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[Lead Investor
Signature Page]
KIVU
INVESTMENT FUND LIMITED
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By:
|
/s/ [signatory
illegible]
|
|
Name:
[signatory illegible]
|
|
Title:
Director
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[Lead
Investor Signature
Page]
MONARCH
MASTER FUNDING LTD
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By:
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MONARCH
ALTERNATIVE CAPITAL
|
|
LP,
its investment advisor
|
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
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Name:
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
|
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Title:
Managing Principal
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[Lead Investor
Signature Page]
OAK HILL
ADVISORS, L.P., on behalf of
certain
private funds and separate accounts
that it
manages
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X.
Xxxxx
|
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Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
|
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Title:
Authorized Signatory
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[Lead Investor
Signature Page]
SOLUS
ALTERNATIVE ASSET
MANAGEMENT
LP, as investment advisor to its
private
funds
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By:
|
/s/ Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
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Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
|
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Title:
Authorized Signatory
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[Lead Investor
Signature Page]
THE
LIVERPOOL LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
|
By:
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Liverpool
Associates, Ltd., as General
|
|
Partner
|
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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[Lead Investor
Signature Page]
ALDEN
GLOBAL DISTRESSED
OPPORTUNITIES
FUND, L.P.
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By:
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Alden
Global Distressed Opportunities
Fund
|
|
GP,
LLC, its general partner
|
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By:
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/s/ Xxx
Xxxxx
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Name:
Xxx Xxxxx
|
|
Title:
Vice President
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
XXXXX
ARBITRAGE, L.P.
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By:
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/s/ Tal
Gurion
|
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Name:
Tal Gurion
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Title:
Managing Director of Investment
|
|
Manager
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
XXXXX
ARBITRAGE OFFSHORE
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By:
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/s/ Tal
Gurion
|
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Name:
Tal Gurion
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Title:
Managing Director of Investment
|
|
Manager
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
ARMORY
ADVISORS LLC
Investment
Manager of
Armory
Master Fund, Ltd.
and
separately Managed Accounts
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By:
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/s/ Xxx
Xxxxxxx
|
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Name:
Xxx Xxxxxxx
|
|
Title:
Manager
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
ARMORTY
MASTER FUND LTD.
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By:
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Armory
Advisors LLC, its investment
|
|
Manager
|
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By:
|
/s/ Xxx
Xxxxxxx
|
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Name:
Xxx Xxxxxxx
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|
Title:
Manager
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
THE
SEAPORT GROUP LLC PROFIT SHARING
PLAN
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By:
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Armory
Advisors LLC, its investment
|
|
Advisor
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By:
|
/s/ Xxx
Xxxxxxx
|
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Name:
Xxx Xxxxxxx
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|
Title:
Manager
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
CAPITAL
VENTURES INTERNATIONAL
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By:
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Susquehanna
Advisors Group, Inc.,
|
|
its
authorized agent
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Title:
Vice President
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
CASPIAN
CAPITAL PARTNERS, L.P.
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By:
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Mariner
Investment Group, as Investment
|
|
Advisor
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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Title:
Principal
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
CASPIAN
SELECT CREDIT MASTER FUND,
LTD.
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By:
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Mariner
Investment Group, as Investment
|
|
Advisor
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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|
Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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|
Title:
Principal
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
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Title:
Authorized Signatory
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
CSS,
LLC
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx
Xxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Title:
Partner
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
CUMBERLAND
PARTNERS
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By:
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CUMBERLAND
GP LLC, its General
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|
Partner
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx
Xxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Title:
Member
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
CUMBERLAND
BENCHMARKED PARTNERS,
L.P.
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By:
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CUMBERLAND
BENCHMARKED GP
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LLC,
its General Partner
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx
Xxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Title:
Member
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
LONGVIEW
PARTNERS B, L.P.
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By:
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LONGVIEW
B GP LLC, its General Partner
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx
Xxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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|
Title:
Member
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
XXXXXX
INTERNATIONAL S.A.
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By:
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CUMBERLAND
ASSOCIATES LLC, as
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|
Investment
Adviser
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx
Xxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Title:
Member
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
CYRUS
EUROPE MASTER FUND LTD.
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By:
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Cyrus
Capital Partners, L.P. as
Investment
|
|
Manager
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
Chief Operating Officer
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
CYRUS
SELECT OPPORTUNITIES
MASTER
FUND, LTD.
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By:
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Cyrus
Capital Partners, LP as Investment
|
|
Manager
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
Chief Operating Officer
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
CRESCENT
1 L.P.
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By:
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Cyrus
Capital Partners, L.P. as
Investment
|
|
Manager
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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Title:
Chief Operating Officer
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
CRS FUND
LTD.
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By:
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Cyrus
Capital Partners, L.P. as
Investment
|
|
Manager
|
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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|
Title:
Chief Operating Officer
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
CRS
OPPORTUNITIES MASTER
FUND II,
LTD.
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By:
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Cyrus
Capital Partners, L.P. as
Investment
|
|
Manager
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By:
|
/s/ Xxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
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|
Name:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxxx
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|
Title:
Chief Operating Officer
|
[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
HALBIS
DISTRESSED OPPORTUNITIES
MASTER
FUND, LTD.
|
By:
|
/s/ Xxxxx
Sakon
|
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Name:
Xxxxx Sakon
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|
Title:
VP
|
[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
MARINER
LDC
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By:
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Mariner
Investment Group, as Investment
|
|
Adviser
|
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
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|
Title:
Principal
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
MARINER
LDC
|
By:
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Riva
Ridge Capital Management LP,
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as
Investment Manager
|
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By:
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Riva
Ridge GP LLC, GP to the Investment
|
|
Manager
|
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
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Title:
Managing Member
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
MERCED
PARTNERS LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
|
By:
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Global
Capital Management, Inc., General
|
|
Partner
|
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X.
Rock
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Name:
Xxxxxx X. Rock
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|
Title:
Authorized Representative
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
MERCED
PARTNERS II, L.P.
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By:
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Lydiard
Partners, L.P., General Partner
|
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By:
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Tanglewood
Capital Management, Inc.,
|
|
General
Partner
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Xxxxxx X.
Rock
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Name:
Xxxxxx X. Rock
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Title:
Authorized Representative
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
NEWFINANCE
ALDEN SPV
By: | Alden Global Capital, its Trading Advisor | |
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By:
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/s/ Xxx
Xxxxx
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|
Name:
Xxx Xxxxx
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|
Title:
Vice President
|
[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
QVT FUND
LP
|
By:
|
QVT
Associates GP LLC, its general
partner
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Xxxx
Xxxxx
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|
Name:
Xxxx Xxxxx
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|
Title:
Managing Member
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
QUINTESSENCE
FUND L.P.
|
By:
|
QVT
Associates GP LLC, its general
partner
|
|
By:
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/s/ Xxxx
Xxxxx
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|
Name:
Xxxx Xxxxx
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|
Title:
Managing Member
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
RIVA
RIDGE MASTER FUND, LTD.
|
By:
|
Riva
Ridge Capital Management LP,
|
|
as
Investment Manager
|
|
By:
|
Riva
Ridge GP LLC, GP to the Investment
|
|
Manager
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
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|
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx
|
|
Title:
Managing Member
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
SENECA
CAPITAL, L.P.
|
By:
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/s/ Xxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
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Name:
Xxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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|
Title:
CFO
|
[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
SILVER
POINT CAPITAL, L.P. on behalf of its
affiliates
and related funds
|
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
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Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxx
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|
Title:
Authorized Person
|
[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
SPECTRUM
INVESTMENT PARTNERS, L.P.
|
By:
|
Spectrum
Group Management LLC, its
|
|
general
partner
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx
|
|
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
|
|
Title:
Managing Member
|
[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
SIPI
MASTER LTD.
|
By:
|
Spectrum
Investment Management LLC,
|
|
its
investment manager
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx
|
|
Name:
Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxx
|
|
Title:
Managing Member
|
[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
XXXXX
CRITERION MASTER FUND LTD.
|
By:
|
Xxxxx
Criterion Management LLC
|
|
Its:
|
Investment
Manager
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxx
|
|
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
|
|
Title:
Authorized Signatory
|
[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
XXXXX
MASTER FUND LTD.
|
By:
|
Xxxxx
Offshore Management LLC
|
|
Its:
|
Investment
Manager
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxx
|
|
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
|
|
Title:
Authorized Signatory
|
|
[Co-Investor
Signature Page]
|
UBS
Securities LLC (solely with respect to the Distressed Debt Trading
Group)
|
By:
|
/s/ Xxxxxx X.
Xxxxx
|
|
Name:
Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
|
|
Title:
Managing Director
|
UBS
Securities LLC (solely with respect to the Distressed Debt Trading
Group)
|
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx
Teach
|
|
Name:
Xxxxxxx Teach
|
|
Title:
MD
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
VENOR
CAPITAL MASTER FUND LTD.
|
By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
|
Name:
Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
|
|
Title:
Authorized Signatory
|
[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
WHITEBOX
HEDGED HIGH YIELD
PARTNERS,
L.P.
|
By:
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Whitebox
Hedged High Yield Advisors,
|
|
LLC,
its General Partner
|
|
By:
|
Whitebox
Advisors, LLC, its Managing
|
|
Member
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx
|
|
Name:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
|
|
Title:
COO/CFO
|
[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
WHITEBOX
COMBINED PARTNERS, L.P.
|
By:
|
Whitebox
Combined Advisors, LLC, its
|
|
General
Partner
|
|
By:
|
Whitebox
Advisors, LLC, its Managing
|
|
Member
|
|
By:
|
/s/ Xxxxxxxx
Xxxx
|
|
Name:
Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
|
|
Title:
COO/CFO
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[Co-Investor Signature
Page]
[REDACTED]
SCHEDULE 1
EQUITY COMMITMENT, PREMIUM AND DAMAGES
ALLOTMENTS
Investor
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Direct
Subscription
Shares
|
Direct
Subscription
Shares Purchase
Price
|
Stock Right
Commitment
Percentage
|
Aggregate
Commitment
Percentage
|
Stock Right
Premium
Percentage
|
Alternate
Transaction
Damages
Percentage
|
Alden Global Distressed
Opportunities Fund, X.X.
|
||||||
Xxxxx Arbitrage,
X.X.
|
||||||
Xxxxx Arbitrage
Offshore
|
||||||
Armory Master Fund
Ltd.
|
||||||
Capital Ventures
International
|
||||||
Caspian Capital Partners,
L.P.
|
||||||
Caspian Select Credit Master Fund,
Ltd.
|
||||||
CQS Convertible and Quantitative
Strategies Master Fund
Limited
|
||||||
CQS Directional Opportunities
Master Fund Limited
|
||||||
Crescent 1
L.P.
|
||||||
CRS Fund
Ltd.
|
||||||
CSS, LLC
|
||||||
Xxxxxx International
S.A.
|
||||||
Cumberland Benchmarked Partners,
L.P.
|
||||||
Cumberland
Partners
|
||||||
Cyrus Europe Master Fund
Ltd.
|
||||||
Cyrus Opportunities Master Fund
II, Ltd.
|
||||||
Cyrus Select Opportunities Master
Fund, Ltd.
|
||||||
Deutsche Bank Securities Inc.
(Solely with respect to the Distressed Products
Group)
|
||||||
Xxxxxxx International,
X.X.
|
||||||
Xxxxxxx, Sachs & Co. (Solely with
respect to the High Yield Distressed
Investing Group)
|
||||||
Halbis Distressed Opportunities
Master Fund Ltd.
|
1
SCHEDULE
1
Investor
|
Direct
Subscription
Shares
|
Direct
Subscription
Shares Purchase
Price
|
Stock Right
Commitment
Percentage
|
Aggregate
Commitment
Percentage
|
Stock Right
Premium
Percentage
|
Alternate
Transaction
Damages
Percentage
|
Kivu Investment Fund
Limited
|
||||||
LongView Partners B,
L.P.
|
||||||
Mariner LDC (Caspian)
|
||||||
Mariner LDC (Riva
Ridge)
|
||||||
Merced Partners II,
L.P.
|
||||||
Merced Partners Limited
Partnership
|
||||||
Monarch Master Funding
Ltd.
|
||||||
NewFinance Alden
SPV
|
||||||
Oak Hill Advisors,
L.P.
|
||||||
Quintessence Fund
L.P.
|
||||||
QVT Fund LP
|
||||||
Riva Ridge Master Fund,
Ltd.
|
||||||
Seneca Capital
LP
|
||||||
Silver Point Capital,
L.P.
|
||||||
SIPI Master
Ltd.
|
||||||
Solus Alternative Asset Management
LP
|
||||||
Spectrum Investment Partners,
X.X.
|
||||||
Xxxxx Criterion Master Fund
Ltd.
|
||||||
Xxxxx Master Fund Ltd.
|
||||||
The Liverpool Limited
Partnership
|
||||||
The Seaport Group LLC Profit
Sharing Plan
|
||||||
UBS Securities
LLC
|
||||||
Venor Capital Master Fund
Ltd.
|
||||||
Whitebox Combined Partners,
L.P.
|
||||||
Whitebox Hedged High Yield
Partners, L.P.
|
||||||
TOTAL
|
10,834,800
|
$300,015,612.00
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
100.00%
|
2
[REDACTED]
SCHEDULE 2
ARRANGEMENT PREMIUM
ALLOTMENTS
Arranger
|
Arrangement
Premium
Percentage
|
Deutsche Bank Securities,
Inc.
|
|
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx &
Co.
|
|
GLCA/Sagent
Advisors
|
SCHEDULE 3
TRANSACTIONS EXPENSES
ESTIMATE
Deutsche
Bank
|
$0.00
|
Xxxxxxx
Sachs
|
$385,000.00
|
Solus LP
|
$381,000.00
|
Monarch
Capital
|
$0.00
|
Xxxxxxx
Management
|
$50,000.00
|
Oak Hill
|
$10,000.00
|
CQS
|
$1,000.00
|
White & Case
LLP
|
$4,250,000.00
|
OHorizons
|
$1,580,000.00
|
Xxxxxx
XxxXxxxxx
|
$1,400,000.00
|
Sagent/GLC
|
$1,125,000.00
|
Akin Gump
|
$1,250,000.00
|
SCHEDULE 4
CONSENTS
None.
SCHEDULE 5
LEAD INVESTORS; NOTICE
INFORMATION
Lead
Investor
|
Notice
Information
|
|
CQS Convertible and
Quantitative
|
c/o CQS (US),
LLC
|
|
Strategies Master Fund
Limited
|
000 Xxxx 00xx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
|
|
Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000
|
||
CQS Directional Opportunities
Master
|
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
Fund
Limited
|
Attention:
|
Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
Xxx
XxXxxxx
|
||
Kivu Investment Fund Limited
|
||
Deutsche Bank Securities
Inc.
|
00 Xxxx
Xxxxxx
|
|
(solely with respect to the
Distressed
|
Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000
|
|
Products
Group)
|
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
Attention:
|
Xxx
Xxxxxx
|
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
|
||
Xxxxx
XxxXxxxx
|
||
Xxxxxxx International,
L.P.
|
c/x Xxxxxxx Management
Corporation
|
|
000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
|
||
The Liverpool Limited
Partnership
|
00xx Xxxxx
|
|
Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000
|
||
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxxx-Xxxxxxxx
|
|
Xxxx
Xxxxx
|
||
Xxxxxxx, Sachs &
Co.
|
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx
|
|
(solely with respect to the High
Xxxxx
|
Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000
|
|
Distressed Investing
Group)
|
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
Attention:
|
Xxx
Xxxxxx
|
|
Monarch Master Funding
Ltd
|
Monarch Alternative Capital
LP
|
|
000 Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
|
||
Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000
|
||
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxx Xxxxx, General
Counsel
|
|
Oak Hill Advisors,
L.P.
|
1114 Avenue of the
Xxxxxxxx
|
|
00xx Xxxxx
|
||
Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000
|
||
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxxx
Xxxx
|
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxx
|
||
Solus Alternative Asset Management
LP
|
000 Xxxx
Xxxxxx
|
|
Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000
|
||
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxx
Xxx
|
SCHEDULE 6
CO-INVESTORS; NOTICE
INFORMATION
Co-Investor
|
Notice
Information
|
|
Alden Global Distressed
Opportunities
|
x/x Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
|
Xxxx, X.X.
|
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
|
|
Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000
|
||
NewFinance Alden
SPV
|
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
Attention:
|
General
Counsel
|
|
Xxxxx Arbitrage,
X.X.
|
Xxxxx & Company
LLC
|
|
000 Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
|
||
Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
|
Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000
|
|
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
Attention:
|
Tal
Gurion
|
|
Armory Master Fund
Ltd.
|
Armory
Advisors
|
|
000 Xxxxx Xxx., Xxxxx
000
|
||
The Seaport Group LLC Profit
Sharing
|
Xxx Xxxxxx, XX
00000
|
|
Plan
|
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
Attention:
|
Xxx
Xxxxxxx
|
|
Capital Ventures
International
|
c/o Susquehanna Advisors Group,
Inc.
|
|
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
000
|
||
Xxxx Xxxxxx, XX
00000
|
||
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
(000) 000-0000
|
||
Attention:
|
Legal
Department
|
|
Caspian Capital Partners,
L.P.
|
000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxx, Xxxxx
000
|
|
Xxxxxxxx, XX
00000
|
||
Caspian Select Credit Master Fund,
Ltd.
|
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx
|
|
Mariner LDC
|
||
Citadel Securities
LLC
|
||
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
|
||
Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000
|
||
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
Attention:
|
Xxxx
Xxxxxxx
|
|
Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx
|
||
CSS, LLC
|
CSS, LLC
|
|
000 X Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxxxx
000
|
||
Xxxxxxx, XX
00000
|
||
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxx
|
|
Xxxx
Xxxxx
|
-1-
SCHEDULE 6
Co-Investor
|
Notice
Information
|
|
Cumberland
Partners
|
Cumberland Associates
LLC
|
|
0000 Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx,
00xx
Xxxxx
|
||
Xxxxxxxxxx Benchmarked Partners,
L.P.
|
Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000
|
|
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
LongView Partners B,
L.P.
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxx
|
Xxxxxx International
S.A.
|
||
Cyrus Europe Master Fund
Ltd.
|
Cyrus Capital Partners,
L.P.
|
|
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
|
||
Cyrus Select
Opportunities
|
Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000
|
|
Master Fund,
Ltd.
|
Facsimile:
|
000-000-0000
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxx
|
|
Crescent 1
L.P.
|
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
|
|
CRS Fund
Ltd.
|
||
Cyrus Opportunities Master Fund
II, Ltd.
|
||
Halbis Distressed
Opportunities
|
HSBC Global Asset
Management
|
|
Master Fund,
Ltd.
|
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
|
|
Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000
|
||
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
Attention:
|
Xxxx X. Xxx, CFA, Vice
President
|
|
Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx
|
||
Merced Partners Limited
Partnership
|
c/o EBF & Associates,
L.P.
|
|
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx
000
|
||
Merced Partners II,
L.P.
|
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX
00000
|
|
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxx X.
Rock
|
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
|
||
QVT Fund LP
|
c/o QVT Financial
LP
|
|
1177 Avenue of the Americas, 9th
Floor
|
||
Quintessence Fund
L.P.
|
Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000
|
|
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
|
|
Riva Ridge Master Fund,
Ltd.
|
c/o Riva Ridge Capital Management
LP
|
|
00 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
|
||
Xxxxxxx XXX
|
Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000
|
|
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
|
-2-
SCHEDULE 6
Co-Investor
|
Notice
Information
|
|
Seneca Capital,
L.P.
|
Seneca Capital
L.P.
|
|
000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx – 9th
floor
|
||
Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000
|
||
Facsimile:
|
(000) 000-0000
|
|
Attention:
|
Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx
|
|
Xxxxx
Xxxxx
|
||
Silver Point Capital,
L.P.
|
Silver Point Capital,
L.P.
|
|
0 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx
|
||
Xxxxxxxxx, XX
00000
|
||
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
Attention:
|
Xxxx
Xxxxxxxx
|
|
Spectrum Investment Partners,
L.P.
|
c/o Spectrum Group Management
LLC
|
|
0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx
000
|
||
SIPI Master
Ltd.
|
Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000
|
|
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxxxx
|
|
Xxxxx X.X.
Xxxxxxx
|
||
With a copy
to:
|
||
Spectrum Group Management
LLC
|
||
0000 Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxx
000
|
||
Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000
|
||
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxxx X.
Xxxxxx
|
|
Xxxxx Criterion Master Fund
Ltd.
|
c/x Xxxxx Criterion Management
LLC
|
|
0000 X. Xxxx
Xxxxx
|
||
Xx. Xxxxxxx, XX
00000
|
||
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
Attention:
|
Xxx
Xxxxx
|
|
Xxxxx Master Fund
Ltd.
|
c/x Xxxxx Offshore Management
LLC
|
|
0000 X. Xxxx
Xxxxx
|
||
Xx. Xxxxxxx, XX
00000
|
||
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
Attention:
|
Xxx
Xxxxx
|
|
UBS Securities
LLC
|
UBS Securities
LLC
|
|
000 Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
|
||
Xxxxxxxx, XX
00000
|
||
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
Attention:
|
Fixed Income
Legal
|
-3-
SCHEDULE 6
Co-Investor
|
Notice
Information
|
|
Venor Capital Master Fund Ltd.
|
Venor Capital Management
LP
|
|
Times Square
Tower
|
||
0 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxx
0000
|
||
Xxx Xxxx, XX
00000
|
||
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
|
Attention:
|
Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx
|
|
Whitebox Hedged High
Yield
|
Whitebox
Advisors
|
|
Partners,
L.P.
|
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx
000
|
|
Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX
00000
|
||
Whitebox Combined Partners,
L.P.
|
Facsimile:
|
(000)
000-0000
|
Attention:
|
Xxxx
Xxxxx
|
-4-