INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
Exhibit
10.3
EXECUTION
COPY
This
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) is
dated as of September 28, 2007, and entered into by and among
SPECTRUM BRANDS, INC., a Wisconsin corporation (the
“Company”); certain Subsidiaries of the Company
party hereto
(the “Subsidiary Loan Parties” and, together with the Company,
the “Loan Parties”); XXXXXXX XXXXX CREDIT PARTNERS
L.P. (“GSCP”), in its capacity as collateral agent for
the Term Secured Parties (as defined below), including its successors and
assigns from time to time (the “Term Collateral Agent”); and
WACHOVIA BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
(“Wachovia”), in its capacity as collateral agent for the
Revolving Secured Parties (as defined below), including its successors and
assigns from time to time (the “Revolving Collateral
Agent”). Capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the
meanings assigned to them in Section 1 below.
RECITALS
The
Company, the lenders party thereto and GSCP, as Administrative Agent and
Collateral Agent, have entered into a Credit Agreement dated as of
March 30, 2007 (as amended, restated, supplemented, extended, waived,
modified, replaced or refinanced from time to time, the “Term Credit
Agreement”).
The
Company, the Subsidiary Loan Parties, the lenders party thereto, Wachovia,
as
Administrative Agent, Collateral Agent and an LC Issuer, and GSCP, as
Syndication Agent, have entered into a Credit Agreement dated as of the date
hereof (as amended, restated, supplemented, extended, waived, modified, replaced
or refinanced from time to time, the “Revolving Credit
Agreement”).
Pursuant
to the Term Credit Agreement, certain current and future Subsidiaries have
guaranteed or will in the future guarantee the Term
Obligations. Pursuant to the Revolving Credit Agreement, certain
current and future Subsidiaries have guaranteed or will in the future guarantee
the Revolving Obligations.
The
Term Obligations are secured under the Term Collateral Documents by Liens on
the
ABL Collateral and the Non-ABL Collateral. The Revolving
Obligations are being secured on the date hereof under the Revolving Collateral
Documents by Liens on the ABL Collateral. The Term Secured
Parties and the Revolving Secured Parties have authorized and directed the
Term
Collateral Agent and the Revolving Collateral Agent, respectively, to enter
into
this Agreement, pursuant to which (a) the Revolving Obligations will be secured
on a first-priority basis by liens on the ABL Collateral and (b) the Term
Obligations will be secured on a second priority basis by Liens on the
ABL Collateral (as well as on a first-priority basis by Liens on the
Non-ABL Collateral).
AGREEMENT
In
consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants and obligations herein
set forth and for other good and valuable consideration, the sufficiency and
receipt of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to
be
legally bound, hereby agree as follows:
SECTION
1. Definitions.
1.1
Defined Terms.
Capitalized
terms used and not defined in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to
them
in the Term Credit Agreement as initially executed by the parties thereto on
March 30, 2007. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
“ABL Collateral” means
any and all of the following Collateral: (a) all Accounts (other
than Accounts arising under contracts for the sale of Non-ABL Collateral)
and related Records; (b) all Chattel Paper; (c) all Deposit Accounts
and all cash, checks and other negotiable instruments, funds and other evidences
of payment held therein (but not any identifiable Proceeds of
Non-ABL Collateral); (d) all Inventory; (e) solely to the extent
evidencing, governing, securing or otherwise related to the items referred
to in
the preceding clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d), all Documents, General
Intangibles (other than Intellectual Property), Instruments, Investment Property
and Letter of Credit Rights; (f) all books and records related to the
foregoing; and (g) all Proceeds, including insurance Proceeds, of any and
all of the foregoing and all collateral, security and guarantees given by any
Person with respect to any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding clause
(g) of the immediately preceding sentence, “ABL Collateral” shall not
include any assets referred to in clauses (a) through (j) and (l) of the
definition of “Non-ABL Collateral” that are not included in clause (e)
above, and shall further not include any assets excluded from being collateral
pursuant to the terms of the Revolving Collateral Documents. All
capitalized terms used in this definition and not defined elsewhere in this
Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in the UCC as in effect in the
State of New York.
“Affiliate”
means, with respect to a specified Person, another Person that directly, or
indirectly through one or more intermediaries, controls or is controlled by
or
is under common control with the Person specified. For purposes of
this definition, a Person shall be deemed to “control” or be
“controlled by” a Person if such Person possesses, directly
or
indirectly, power to direct or cause the direction of the management or policies
of such Person whether through ownership of equity interests, by contract or
otherwise.
“Agents”
means the Term Collateral Agent and the Revolving Collateral Agent.
“Agreement”
means this Intercreditor Agreement, as amended, restated, replaced, renewed,
extended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified in writing from time to
time.
“Bankruptcy
Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code entitled
“Bankruptcy,” as now and hereafter in effect, or any successor
statute.
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“Bankruptcy
Law” means the Bankruptcy Code and any similar federal, state or
foreign law for the relief of debtors.
“Business
Day” means a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which
commercial banks in New York City are authorized or required by law to
close.
“Cash
Collateral” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 6.1.
“Collateral”
means all of the assets and property of any Grantor, whether real, personal
or
mixed, that are subject to Liens under the Collateral Documents or any of
them.
“Collateral
Documents” means the Revolving Collateral Documents and the Term
Collateral Documents.
“Company”
has the meaning assigned to that term in the Preamble to this
Agreement.
“Comparable
Term Collateral Document” means, in relation to any Collateral subject
to any Lien created under any Revolving Collateral Document, the Term Document
which creates a Lien on the same Collateral, granted by the same
Grantor.
“Credit
Documents” means this Agreement, the Revolving Documents and the Term
Documents.
“Currency
Agreement” means any foreign exchange contract, currency swap
agreement, futures contract, option contract, synthetic cap or other similar
agreement or arrangement of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
“DIP Financing”
has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 6.1.
“Discharge
of Revolving Obligations” means, except to the extent otherwise
expressly provided in Section 5.5:
(a) payment
in full in cash of the principal of and interest (including interest accruing
on
or after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether
or not such interest would be allowed in such Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding) on all Revolving Obligations;
(b) payment
in full in cash of all other Revolving Obligations that are due and payable
or
otherwise accrued and owing at or prior to the time such principal and interest
are paid;
(c) termination
or expiration of all commitments, if any, to extend credit that would constitute
Revolving Obligations; and
(d) termination
or cash collateralization of all letters of credit the reimbursement obligations
in respect of which constitute Revolving Obligations.
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“Disposition”
has the meaning assigned to that term in Section 5.1(a)(2).
“Governmental
Authority” means any federal, state, municipal, national or other
government, governmental department, commission, board, bureau, court, agency
or
instrumentality or political subdivision thereof or any entity or officer
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or administrative
functions of or pertaining to any government or any court, in each case whether
associated with a State of the United States, the United States, or a foreign
entity or government.
“Grantors”
means the Company, each of the Subsidiary Loan Parties and each other Person
that has executed and delivered or may from time to time hereafter execute
and
deliver a Revolving Collateral Document or a Term Collateral Document as a
“Grantor” (or the equivalent thereof).
“Hedge
Agreement” means
an
Interest Rate Agreement or a Currency Agreement entered into with a Lender
Party
in order to satisfy the requirements of the Revolving Credit Agreement or the
Term Credit Agreement.
“Indebtedness”
means and includes all obligations that constitute “Indebtedness” within the
meaning of the Revolving Credit Agreement or the Term Credit
Agreement.
“Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceeding” means:
(a) any
voluntary or involuntary case or proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code with
respect to any Grantor;
(b) any
other voluntary or involuntary insolvency, reorganization or bankruptcy case
or
proceeding, or any receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar
case or proceeding with respect to any Grantor or with respect to a material
portion of its respective assets;
(c) any
liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or winding up of any Grantor whether
voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy;
or
(d) any
assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of assets
and
liabilities of any Grantor;
provided
that, in the case of any involuntary case or proceeding, such case or proceeding
shall have continued for sixty days without having been dismissed, bonded or
discharged.
“Interest
Rate Agreement” means any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate
cap agreement, interest rate collar agreement, interest rate hedging agreement
or other similar agreement or arrangement of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries.
“Lender
Party” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Revolving Guarantee
and Collateral Agreement or the Term Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement.
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“Lien”
means any lien, mortgage, pledge, assignment, security interest, charge or
encumbrance of any kind (including any agreement to give any of the foregoing,
any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, and any lease in the
nature thereof) and any option, trust, UCC financing statement or other
preferential arrangement having the practical effect of any of the
foregoing.
“Loan
Parties” has the meaning assigned to that term in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“New
Revolving Collateral Agent” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 5.5.
“New
Revolving Credit Debt Notice” has the meaning assigned to that term in
Section 5.5.
“Non-ABL Collateral” means
any and all of the following Collateral: (a) all Investment Property; (b) all
Documents; (c) all General Intangibles; (d) all Intellectual Property; (e)
all
Equipment; (f) all real property (including both fee and leasehold interests)
and fixtures; (g) all Instruments; (h) all insurance; (i) all Letter of Credit
Rights; (j) all Commercial Tort Claims; (k) all other Collateral not
constituting ABL Collateral; (l) all books and records related to the
foregoing; and (m) all Proceeds, including insurance Proceeds, of any and
all of the foregoing and all collateral security and guarantees given by any
Person with respect to any of the foregoing. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, “Non-ABL Collateral” shall not include any property or assets
included in clause (e) of the definition of “ABL Collateral”, or any
property or assets excluded from being collateral pursuant to the terms of
the
Term Collateral Documents. All capitalized terms used in this
definition and not defined elsewhere in this Agreement have the meanings
assigned to them in the UCC as in effect in the State of New York.
“Person”
means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint
venture, association, company, partnership, governmental authority or other
entity.
“Pledged
Collateral” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.4.
“Recovery”
has the meaning set forth in Section 6.5.
“Refinance”
means, in respect of any Indebtedness, to refinance, extend, renew, defease,
amend, modify, supplement, restructure, replace, refund or repay, or to issue
other indebtedness, in exchange or replacement for, such Indebtedness in whole
or in part. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing”
shall have correlative meanings.
“Revolving
Collateral Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble
to this Agreement.
“Revolving
Collateral Documents” means the Revolving Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement and any other documents now existing or entered into after the date
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hereof
that create Liens on any ABL Collateral of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries to secure any Revolving Obligations.
“Revolving
Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals
to this Agreement.
“Revolving
Credit Cap Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in the
definition of “Revolving Obligations”.
“Revolving
Credit Excess Amounts” has the meaning assigned to such term in the
definition of “Revolving Obligations.”
“Revolving
Documents” means the Revolving Credit Agreement and the Revolving
Collateral Documents.
“Revolving
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement” means the ABL Guarantee and
Collateral Agreement dated as of September 28, 2007, among the Company, the
Subsidiary Loan Parties and the Revolving Collateral Agent, as amended,
restated, replaced, renewed, extended, supplemented, waived or otherwise
modified in writing from time to time.
“Revolving
Liens” means Liens on the ABL Collateral created under the
Revolving Collateral Documents and securing the Revolving Obligations and any
Liens incurred in connection with any Refinancing of Revolving Obligations
that
are deemed to be “Revolving Liens” under Section 5.5.
“Revolving
Obligations” means all “Obligations” under and as defined in the
Revolving Collateral Documents and all Refinancings of such
Obligations. “Revolving Obligations” shall include all interest
accrued or accruing (or which would, absent commencement of an Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding, accrue) after commencement of any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding in accordance with the rate specified in the relevant
Revolving Document, whether or not the claim for such interest is allowed as
a
claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
Notwithstanding
the foregoing or any other provision of this Agreement, if the sum of the
Revolving Obligations consisting of (a) Indebtedness constituting principal
of loans under the Revolving Credit Agreement and the other Revolving Documents
plus (b) the aggregate face amount of all outstanding letters of
credit issued under the Revolving Credit Agreement and the other Revolving
Documents plus (c) all other obligations in the nature of principal
obligations, including obligations under any Hedge Agreement, under the
Revolving Credit Agreement and the other Revolving Documents, shall be in excess
of the lesser of (i) $300,000,000 and (ii) the Facilities Reduction Amount
(as
defined in the Term Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof) (the
“Revolving Credit Cap Amount”), then that portion of such
Indebtedness and face amount of letters of credit in excess of the Revolving
Credit Cap Amount (the “Revolving Credit Excess Amounts”), and
all interest and reimbursement obligations in respect of such Revolving Credit
Excess Amounts, shall be secured by the Revolving Collateral Documents but
shall
not constitute “Revolving Obligations” under this Agreement, and the Liens
created by the Revolving Collateral
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Documents
on the ABL Collateral, insofar as they secure such Revolving Credit Excess
Amounts, shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to the Term Liens
on
such ABL Collateral.
“Revolving
Secured Parties” means the “Secured Parties” as defined in the
Revolving Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
“Secured
Parties” means the Revolving Secured Parties and the Term Secured
Parties.
“Standstill
Period” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.1.
“Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any Person, any corporation, partnership, limited
liability company, association, joint venture or other business entity of which
more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of stock or other ownership
interests entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to
vote
in the election of the Person or Persons (whether directors, managers, trustees
or other Persons performing similar functions) having the power to direct or
cause the direction of the management and policies thereof is at the time owned
or controlled, directly or indirectly, by that Person or one or more of the
other Subsidiaries of that Person or a combination thereof. Unless
the context indicates otherwise, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or
“Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the
Company.
“Subsidiary
Loan Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble to
this Agreement.
“Term
Collateral Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the preamble
to this Agreement.
“Term
Collateral Documents” means the Term Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement, each Term Mortgage and any other documents now existing or entered
into after the date hereof that create Liens on any assets or properties of
the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries to secure any Term Obligations.
“Term
Credit Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the Recitals
to this Agreement.
“Term
Documents” means the Term Credit Agreement and the Term Collateral
Documents.
“Term
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement” means the Guarantee and Collateral
Agreement dated as of March 30, 2007, among the Company, the Subsidiary
Loan Parties and the Term Collateral Agent, as amended, restated, replaced,
renewed, extended, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified in
writing from time to time.
“Term
Liens” means Liens on the Collateral created under the Term Collateral
Documents and securing the Term Obligations and any judgment Liens referred
to
in Section 3.1(e).
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“Term
Mortgage” means each mortgage, deed of trust and other document or
instrument under which any Lien on real property owned or leased by any Grantor
is granted to secure any Term Obligations or under which rights or remedies
with
respect to such Liens are governed.
“Term
Obligations” means all “Obligations” under and as defined in the Term
Collateral Documents and all Refinancings of such Obligations. “Term
Obligations” shall include all interest accrued or accruing (or which would,
absent commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, accrue) after
commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in accordance with
the
rate specified in the relevant Term Document, whether or not the claim for
such
interest is allowed as a claim in such Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding.
“Term
Secured Parties” means the “Secured Parties” as defined in the Term
Guarantee and Collateral Agreement.
“UCC”
means the Uniform Commercial Code (or any similar or equivalent legislation)
as
in effect in any applicable jurisdiction.
1.2 Terms
Generally. The
definitions of terms in this Agreement shall apply equally to the singular
and
plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the context may require,
any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter
forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall be
deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word
“will” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word
“shall.” Unless the context requires otherwise:
(a) any
definition of or reference to any agreement, instrument or other document herein
shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument or other document
as from time to time amended, restated, supplemented, modified, renewed or
extended;
(b) any
reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s
permitted successors and assigns;
(c) the
words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be
construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular
provision hereof;
(d) all
references herein to Sections shall be construed to refer to Sections of this
Agreement; and
(e) the
words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and
effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and
properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract
rights.
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SECTION
2.
Lien Priorities.
2.1 Relative
Priorities. Notwithstanding
the date, time, method, manner or order of grant, attachment or perfection
of
any Term Liens granted on the ABL Collateral or of any Revolving Liens
granted on the ABL Collateral and notwithstanding any provision of the UCC
or any other applicable law or the Term Documents or the Revolving Documents
or
any defect or deficiencies in, or failure to perfect, the Revolving Liens or
any
other circumstance whatsoever, the Term Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself
and the Term Secured Parties, and the Revolving Collateral Agent, on behalf
of
itself and the Revolving Secured Parties, hereby agree that:
(a) any
Revolving Lien on any ABL Collateral now or hereafter held by or on behalf
of the Revolving Collateral Agent, any Revolving Secured Parties or any agent
or
trustee therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, possession,
statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be senior in all
respects and prior to any Term Lien on such ABL Collateral;
(b) any
Term Lien on any ABL Collateral now or hereafter held by or on behalf of
the Term Collateral Agent, any Term Secured Parties or any agent or trustee
therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, possession, statute,
operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and subordinate
in
all respects to all Revolving Liens on such ABL Collateral;
and
(c) notwithstanding
any other provision contained in this Agreement, any Liens on
ABL Collateral created by the Revolving Documents, insofar as they secure
Revolving Credit Excess Amounts, shall be junior and subordinate in all respects
to the Term Liens on such ABL Collateral.
2.2
Prohibition on Contesting Liens. The
Term Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of each Term Secured Party,
agrees that it will not (and hereby waives any right to) contest or support
any
other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding), the perfection, priority, validity or enforceability
of
any applicable Revolving Lien on any ABL Collateral or the provisions of
this Agreement.
SECTION
3. Enforcement.
3.1 Exercise
of Remedies.
(a) Until
the Discharge of Revolving Obligations has occurred, whether or not any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against the
Company or any other Grantor, the Term Collateral Agent and the Term Secured
Parties:
(i) will
not exercise or seek to exercise any rights or remedies with respect to any
ABL Collateral subject to any Revolving Lien (including the exercise of any
right of setoff or any right under any lockbox agreement, account control
agreement, landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or similar agreement or
arrangement to which the Term Collateral Agent or any Term Secured Party is
a
party) or institute any action or proceeding with respect to such rights or
remedies
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(including
any action of foreclosure); provided, however, that the Term
Collateral Agent or any Term Secured Party may exercise any or all such rights
or remedies after a period of 180 days has elapsed since the first date on
which
the Term Collateral Agent shall have (A) declared the existence of any Event
of
Default under the Term Documents, (B) demanded the repayment of all the
principal amount of the Term Obligations and (C) notified the Revolving
Collateral Agent of such declaration of an Event of Default and demand (the
“Standstill Period”); provided further, however,
that notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in no event shall the
Term
Collateral Agent or any Term Secured Party exercise any rights or remedies
with
respect to any ABL Collateral subject to any Revolving Lien,
notwithstanding the expiration of the Standstill Period, if the Revolving
Collateral Agent or Revolving Secured Parties shall have commenced and be
diligently pursuing the exercise of rights or remedies with respect to all
or
any material portion of such ABL Collateral (prompt notice of such exercise
to be given to the Term Collateral Agent); provided further,
however, that the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that this
Section 3.1(a)(i) shall not in any way prohibit the Term Collateral Agent
or any Term Secured Party from exercising any of its rights during an Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceeding to the extent permitted by the other provisions
hereof;
(ii) subject
to Section 2.1(c), will not contest, protest or object to any foreclosure
proceeding or action brought by the Revolving Collateral Agent or any Revolving
Secured Party or any other exercise by the Revolving Collateral Agent or any
Revolving Secured Party of any rights and remedies relating to any
ABL Collateral, whether under the applicable Revolving Documents or
otherwise; and
(iii) subject
to clause (a)(i) above and except as may be permitted in
Section 3.1(c), will not object to the forbearance by the Revolving
Collateral Agent or any Revolving Secured Party from bringing or pursuing any
foreclosure proceeding or action or any other exercise of any rights or remedies
relating to any ABL Collateral subject to any Revolving Lien;
provided
that, in the case of clauses (i), (ii) and (iii) above, the Liens granted
on the ABL Collateral to secure the Term Obligations shall attach to any
Proceeds resulting from actions taken by the Revolving Collateral Agent or
any
Revolving Secured Party in accordance with this Agreement after application
of
such Proceeds to the extent necessary to meet the requirements of a Discharge
of
Revolving Obligations.
(b) Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, until the Discharge of Revolving
Obligations has occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding has been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor,
subject to Section 3.1(a)(i), the Revolving Collateral Agent and the
Revolving Secured Parties shall have the exclusive right to enforce rights,
exercise remedies (including the exercise of any right of set-off, any right
under any lockbox agreement, account control agreement, landlord waiver or
bailee’s letter or similar agreement or arrangement and the right to credit bid
their debt) and, in the course of such exercise,
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make
related determinations regarding the release, disposition or restrictions
with
respect to any ABL Collateral subject to Revolving Liens without any
consultation with or the consent of the Term Collateral Agent or any Term
Secured Party; provided that the Liens on any ABL Collateral
securing any Term Obligations shall remain on the Proceeds of such Collateral
so
released or disposed of, subject to the relative priorities described in
Section 2. In exercising rights and remedies with respect to the
ABL Collateral subject to the Revolving Liens, the Revolving Collateral
Agent and each Revolving Secured Party may enforce the provisions of the
applicable Revolving Documents and exercise remedies thereunder, all in such
order and in such manner as they may determine in their sole
discretion. Such exercise and enforcement shall include the right of
any agent appointed by them to sell or otherwise dispose of such
ABL Collateral upon foreclosure, to incur expenses in connection with such
sale or disposition and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured
creditor under the UCC and of a secured creditor under Bankruptcy Laws of
any
applicable jurisdiction.
(c) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the Term Collateral Agent and any Term Secured Party
may:
(i) file
a claim or statement of interest with respect to the applicable Term
Obligations; provided that an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has
been commenced by or against the Company or any other Grantor;
(ii) take
any action (not adverse to the priority status of any Revolving Liens on the
ABL Collateral or the rights of the Revolving Collateral Agent or any
Revolving Secured Party to exercise remedies in respect thereof) in order to
create, perfect, preserve or protect its Term Liens on the
ABL Collateral;
(iii) file
any necessary responsive or defensive pleadings in opposition to any motion,
claim, adversary proceeding or other pleading made by any Person objecting
to or
otherwise seeking the disallowance of the claims of the Term Secured Parties,
including any claims secured by the ABL Collateral, in each case in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement;
(iv) file
any pleadings, objections, motions or agreements to assert rights or interests
that are available to unsecured creditors of the Grantors arising under any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or any applicable law and that, in each
case, are not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement;
(v) vote
on any plan of reorganization, file any proof of claim, make other filings
and
make any arguments and motions that are, in each case, in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, with respect to the Term Obligations and the
Collateral; and
(vi) exercise
any of its rights or remedies with respect to the ABL Collateral after the
termination of the Standstill Period to the extent permitted by
Section 3.1(a)(i).
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The Term Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Term Secured Parties,
agrees that it will not take or receive any ABL Collateral subject to any
Revolving Lien or any Proceeds of any such ABL Collateral in connection
with the exercise of any right or remedy (including set-off) with respect to
such ABL Collateral in its capacity as a creditor in violation of this
Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless
and until the Discharge of Revolving Obligations has occurred, except as
expressly provided in Sections 3.1(a), Section 6.3(b) and this
Section 3.1(c), the sole right of the Term Collateral Agent and the Term
Secured Parties with respect to any ABL Collateral subject to any Revolving
Lien is to hold a Lien on such ABL Collateral pursuant to the applicable
Term Collateral Documents for the period and to the extent granted therein
and
to receive a share of the Proceeds thereof, if any, after the Discharge of
Revolving Obligations has occurred.
(d) Subject
to Sections 3.1(a), 3.1(c) and 6.3(b):
(i) the
Term Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Term Secured Parties,
agrees that it and the Term Secured Parties will not take any action that would
hinder or delay any exercise of remedies with respect to the ABL Collateral
under the applicable Revolving Documents or the realization of the full value
of
any ABL Collateral in which the Revolving Collateral Agent has Liens or
would otherwise be prohibited hereunder, including any sale, lease, exchange,
transfer or other disposition of any ABL Collateral subject to any
Revolving Lien, whether by foreclosure or otherwise;
(ii) the
Term Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Term Secured Parties,
hereby waives any and all rights it or the Term Secured Parties may have as
junior lien creditors or otherwise to object to the manner in which the
Revolving Collateral Agent or any Revolving Secured Party seeks to enforce
or
realize on the Revolving Liens on the ABL Collateral in accordance with
this Agreement, regardless of whether any action or failure to act by or on
behalf of the Revolving Collateral Agent or such Revolving Secured Party is
adverse to the interests of the Term Secured Parties;
and
(iii) the
Term Collateral Agent hereby acknowledges and agrees that no covenant, agreement
or restriction contained in the Term Collateral Documents or any other Term
Document (other than this Agreement) shall be deemed to restrict in any way
the
rights and remedies of the Revolving Collateral Agent or any Revolving Secured
Party with respect to the ABL Collateral subject to their Revolving Liens
as set forth in this Agreement and the Revolving Documents.
(e) Except
as otherwise specifically set forth in Sections 3.1(a) and 3.1(d), the Term
Collateral Agent and the Term Secured Parties may exercise rights and remedies
as unsecured creditors against the Company or any other Person that has
guaranteed or granted Liens to secure the Term Obligations in accordance with
the terms of the Term Documents and applicable law; provided that in the
event that any Term Secured Party becomes a judgment Lien creditor in respect
of
any ABL Collateral subject to any Revolving Lien as a result of its
enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor with
respect to the applicable Term Obligations, such judgment Lien shall be subject
to the terms of this Agreement for all purposes of this
Agreement.
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(f) Nothing
in this Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by the Term Collateral Agent or
any
Term Secured Party of the required or permitted payments of interest, principal
and other amounts owed in respect of the applicable Term Obligations so long
as
such receipt is not the direct or indirect result of the exercise by the Term
Collateral Agent or any Term Secured Party of rights or remedies against the
ABL Collateral as a secured creditor (including set-off) or enforcement in
contravention of this Agreement of any Term Lien on ABL Collateral held by
any of them. Nothing in this Agreement impairs or otherwise adversely
affects any rights or remedies the Revolving Collateral Agent or any Revolving
Secured Party may have with respect to any ABL Collateral subject to its
Revolving Liens.
SECTION
4. Payments.
4.1 Application
of Proceeds.
So long as the Discharge of Revolving Obligations has not occurred, whether
or
not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against
the Company or any other Grantor, ABL Collateral or Proceeds thereof
received in connection with the sale or other disposition of, or collection
on,
such ABL Collateral upon the exercise of remedies by the Revolving
Collateral Agent or any Revolving Secured Parties shall be applied by the
Revolving Collateral Agent to the applicable Revolving
Obligations. Upon the Discharge of Revolving Obligations, the
Revolving Collateral Agent shall deliver to the Term Collateral Agent any
ABL Collateral and Proceeds thereof held by the Revolving Collateral Agent
in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements, or as a court
of
competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct, to be applied by the Term
Collateral Agent to the Term Obligations.
4.2 Payments
Over in Violation of Agreement.
So long as the Discharge of Revolving Obligations has not occurred, whether
or
not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against
the Company or any other Grantor, if the Term Collateral Agent or any Term
Secured Party receives any ABL Collateral subject to any Revolving Lien or
any Proceeds thereof in connection with (i) the exercise of any right or
remedy (including set-off) relating to such ABL Collateral in contravention
of this Agreement or (ii) the transfer of such ABL Collateral or
Proceeds to the Term Collateral Agent or the Term Secured Party (pursuant to
this paragraph or otherwise) by any Person holding a Lien on such
ABL Collateral that is subordinate to the Lien of the Term Collateral Agent
or the Term Secured Party, such ABL Collateral or Proceeds shall be
segregated and held in trust and forthwith paid over to the Revolving Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the applicable Revolving Secured Parties in the same
form as received, with any necessary endorsements or as a court of competent
jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The Revolving Collateral Agent is
hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for the Term Collateral
Agent or the Term Secured Parties (such authorization being coupled with an
interest and irrevocable until the Discharge of Revolving
Obligations).
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SECTION 5. Other Agreements.
5.1 Releases.
(a) If
in connection with the exercise of the Revolving Collateral Agent’s remedies in
respect of any ABL Collateral subject to its Revolving Liens as provided
for in Section 3.1, the Revolving Collateral Agent, for itself or on behalf
of any of the Revolving Secured Parties, releases any of its Liens on any part
of such ABL Collateral, then the Term Liens of the Term Collateral Agent,
for itself or for the benefit of the Term Secured Parties, on such
ABL Collateral shall be automatically, unconditionally and simultaneously
released. The Term Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the
Term Secured Parties, promptly shall execute and deliver to the
Revolving Collateral Agent such termination statements, releases and
other documents as the Revolving Collateral Agent may request to effectively
confirm such release.
(b) If
in connection with any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition
of
any ABL Collateral (collectively, a “Disposition”)
permitted under the terms of both the Revolving Documents and the Term Documents
(other than in connection with the exercise of the Revolving Collateral Agent’s
remedies in respect of any ABL Collateral as provided for in
Section 3.1) the Revolving Collateral Agent, for itself or on behalf of any
of the Revolving Secured Parties, releases any of its Revolving Liens on any
part of ABL Collateral other than (A) in connection with the Discharge
of Revolving Obligations or (B) after the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Event of Default under and as defined in the Term Documents,
then the Term Liens of the Term Collateral Agent on such Collateral shall be
automatically, unconditionally and simultaneously released. The Term
Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Term Secured Parties, promptly
shall execute and deliver to the Revolving Collateral Agent such termination
statements, releases and other documents as the Revolving Collateral Agent
may
request to effectively confirm such release.
(c) Until
the Discharge of Revolving Obligations occurs, the Term Collateral Agent, for
itself and on behalf of the Term Secured Parties, hereby irrevocably constitutes
and appoints the Revolving Collateral Agent and any officer or agent of the
Revolving Collateral Agent, with full power of substitution, as its true and
lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority in the place
and stead of the Term Collateral Agent or the Term Secured Parties or in the
Revolving Collateral Agent’s own name, from time to time in the Revolving
Collateral Agent’s discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of this
Section 5.1, to take any and all action and to execute any and all
documents and instruments which may be necessary or appropriate to accomplish
the purposes of this Section 5.1, including any endorsements or other
instruments of transfer or release.
(d) Until
the Discharge of Revolving Obligations occurs, to the extent that the Revolving
Collateral Agent or the Revolving Secured Parties (i) have released any
Revolving Lien on any ABL Collateral and such Lien is later reinstated or
(ii) obtain any new Liens from any Grantor, then the Term Collateral Agent,
for itself and for the Term Secured Parties, shall be granted a Lien on any
such
Collateral, subject, if such Collateral is ABL Collateral, to the Lien
subordination provisions of this Agreement.
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5.2 Insurance.
Unless and until the Discharge of Revolving Obligations has occurred, subject
to
the terms of, and the rights of the Grantors under, the applicable Revolving
Documents, the Revolving Collateral Agent and Revolving Secured Parties shall
have the right, in consultation with and subject to the consent of the Company
(unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and except
as
otherwise provided in the Revolving Documents), to adjust settlement for any
insurance policy covering any ABL Collateral subject to the Revolving Liens
in the event of any loss thereunder and, in consultation with and subject to
the
consent of the Company (unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and
be
continuing and except as otherwise provided in the Revolving Documents), to
approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding (or any
deed
in lieu of condemnation) affecting such ABL Collateral. Unless
and until the Discharge of Revolving Obligations has occurred, and subject
to
the rights of the Grantors under the Revolving Documents, all Proceeds of any
such policy and any such award (or any payments with respect to a deed in lieu
of condemnation) if with respect to such ABL Collateral shall be paid to
the Revolving Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Revolving Secured Parties
to the extent required under the Revolving Documents (including for purposes
of
cash collateralization of letters of credit) and thereafter, to the extent
no
Revolving Obligations are outstanding, and subject to the rights of the Grantors
under the Term Documents, to the Term Collateral Agent for the benefit of the
Term Secured Parties to the extent required under the Term Documents and then,
to the extent no Term Obligations are outstanding, to the owner of the subject
property, such other Person as may be entitled thereto or as a court of
competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. Until the Discharge of
Revolving Obligations has occurred, if the Term Collateral Agent or any Term
Secured Party shall, at any time, receive any Proceeds of any such insurance
policy or any such award or payment, in each case with respect to such
ABL Collateral, in contravention of this Agreement, it shall segregate and
hold in trust and forthwith pay such Proceeds over to the Revolving Collateral
Agent in accordance with the terms of Section 4.2.
5.3 Amendments
to Revolving Documents and Term Documents. (a)
Each of the Revolving Documents and the Term Documents may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with the terms thereof, and
all
Indebtedness under the Revolving Credit Agreement and the Term Credit Agreement
may be Refinanced in accordance with the terms thereof, except, in each case,
as
prohibited under the Revolving Credit Agreement or the Term Credit Agreement,
each as in effect on the date hereof and as amended from time to time (but
without giving effect to any amendment, supplement or modification that
prohibits or restricts the amendment or modification of the Revolving Credit
Agreement or the Term Credit Agreement or the Refinancing of any Indebtedness
under either such agreement to a greater extent than the provisions in effect
on
the date hereof). The Revolving Collateral Agent, on behalf of the
Revolving Secured Parties, and the Company agree that the Revolving Documents
will not restrict the amendment, supplement or modification of the Term
Documents to a greater extent than the Term Credit Agreement, as in effect
on
the date hereof, restricts the amendment, supplement or modification of the
Revolving Documents. In the event any Indebtedness under the
Revolving Credit Agreement or the Term Credit Agreement is Refinanced, the
holders of such Refinancing debt shall bind themselves in a writing addressed
to
the Term Collateral Agent or the Revolving Collateral Agent, as the case may
be,
for the benefit of the Term
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Secured
Parties or the Revolving Secured Parties, as applicable, to the terms of this
Agreement. No amendment, supplement or other modification of any
Revolving Document or any Term Document shall affect the Lien subordination
or
other provisions of this Agreement.
(b) In
the event the Revolving Collateral Agent or Revolving Secured Parties and any
Grantor enter into any amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any Revolving
Collateral Document for the purpose of adding to, or deleting from, or waiving
or consenting to any departures from any provisions of, any such Revolving
Collateral Document or changing in any manner the rights of the Revolving
Collateral Agent, such Revolving Secured Parties, the Company or any other
Grantor thereunder, then such amendment, waiver or consent, solely insofar
as it
relates to ABL Collateral and the rights of the Revolving Collateral Agent
with respect thereto, shall apply automatically to any comparable provision
of
each Comparable Term Collateral Document without the consent of the Term
Collateral Agent or the Term Secured Parties and without any action by the
Term
Collateral Agent, the Company or any other Grantor, provided
that:
(i) no such
amendment, waiver or consent shall have the effect of:
(A) removing
or releasing assets subject to the Lien of the Term Collateral Document, except
to the extent that a release of such Lien is permitted or required by
Section 5.1 or consented to by the Term Collateral Agent or the Term
Secured Parties and provided that there is a corresponding release of the
Liens securing the applicable Revolving Obligations;
(B) imposing
duties on the Term Collateral Agent without its consent;
(C) permitting
other Liens on the Collateral not permitted under the terms of the Term
Documents or Section 6; or
(D) being
prejudicial to the interests of the Term Secured Parties to a greater extent
than the Revolving Secured Parties; and
(ii) notice
of such amendment, waiver or consent shall have been given to the Term
Collateral Agent within ten (10) Business Days after the effective date of
such
amendment, waiver or consent.
5.4 Bailee
for Perfection. (a) The
Revolving Collateral Agent agrees to hold that part of the ABL Collateral
that is in its possession or control (or in the possession or control of its
agents or bailees) to the extent that possession or control thereof is taken
to
perfect a Lien thereon under the UCC (such ABL Collateral being the
“Pledged Collateral”), as collateral agent for the Revolving
Secured Parties and as bailee for the Term Collateral Agent (such bailment
being
intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections
8-301(a)(2) and 9-313(c) of the UCC), solely for the purpose of
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perfecting
the security interest granted under the applicable Revolving Documents and
Term
Documents, respectively, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Section 5.4.
(b) The
Revolving Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Term
Collateral Agent or any Term Secured Party to ensure that the Pledged Collateral
is genuine or owned by any of the Grantors or to preserve rights or benefits
of
any Person except as expressly set forth in this
Section 5.4. The duties or responsibilities of the Revolving
Collateral Agent under this Section 5.4 shall be limited solely to holding
the Pledged Collateral as bailee in accordance with this Section 5.4 and
delivering the Pledged Collateral upon the applicable Discharge of Revolving
Obligations as provided in paragraph (d) below.
(c) The
Revolving Collateral Agent acting pursuant to this Section 5.4 shall not
have by reason of the Revolving Collateral Documents, the Term Collateral
Documents, this Agreement or any other document a fiduciary relationship in
respect of the Term Collateral Agent or any Term Secured Party or any liability
to the Term Collateral Agent or any Term Secured Party absent gross negligence
or willful misconduct on the part of the Revolving Collateral
Agent.
(d) Upon
the Discharge of Revolving Obligations, the Revolving Collateral Agent shall
deliver the remaining Pledged Collateral held or controlled by it (if any),
together with any necessary endorsements, first, to the Term Collateral
Agent to the extent Term Obligations remain outstanding, and second, to
the Company to the extent no Revolving Obligations or Term Obligations remain
outstanding (in each case, so as to allow such Person to obtain possession
or
control of such Pledged Collateral). The Revolving Collateral Agent
further agrees, upon the Discharge of Revolving Obligations, to take all other
action reasonably requested by any Term Collateral Agent in connection with
the
Term Collateral Agent obtaining a first-priority interest in such Pledged
Collateral or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise
direct.
(e) Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, so long as the Discharge of Revolving
Obligations has not occurred, the Revolving Collateral Agent shall be entitled
to deal with the Pledged Collateral or ABL Collateral within its “control”
in accordance with the terms of this Agreement and the Revolving
Documents.
5.5 When
Discharge of Revolving Obligations Deemed Not to Have Occurred. If
the Company enters into any Refinancing of any Revolving Document evidencing
Revolving Obligations which Refinancing is permitted by the Term Documents,
then
a Discharge of Revolving Obligations shall be deemed not to have occurred for
all purposes of this Agreement and, from and after the date on which the New
Revolving Credit Debt Notice is delivered to the Term Collateral Agent in
accordance with the next sentence, the obligations under such Refinancing of
the
Revolving Document shall automatically be treated as Revolving Obligations,
and
the Liens securing such Revolving Obligations shall be treated as Revolving
Liens, for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien
priorities and rights in respect of ABL Collateral set forth herein, and
the Revolving Collateral Agent under such Revolving Documents shall be the
Revolving Collateral Agent for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon
receipt of a notice (the “New
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Revolving
Credit Debt Notice”) stating that the Company has entered into a new
Revolving Document (which notice shall include the identity of the new Revolving
Collateral Agent, such agent, the “New Revolving Collateral
Agent”), the Revolving Collateral Agent and the Term Collateral Agent
shall promptly (a) enter into such documents and agreements (including
amendments or supplements to this Agreement) as the Company or such New
Revolving Collateral Agent shall reasonably request in order to provide to
the
New Revolving Collateral Agent the rights contemplated hereby, in each case
consistent in all material respects with the terms of this Agreement, and
(b) deliver to the New Revolving Collateral Agent any Pledged Collateral
held by it together with any necessary endorsements (or otherwise allow the
New
Revolving Collateral Agent to obtain control of such Pledged
Collateral). The New Revolving Collateral Agent shall agree in a
writing addressed to the Term Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Term
Secured Parties to be bound by the terms of this Agreement. If the
new Revolving Obligations under the new Revolving Documents are secured by
assets of the Grantors that do not also secure any Term Obligations, then such
Term Obligations shall be secured at such time by a Lien on such assets to
the
same extent provided in the applicable Term Collateral Documents and this
Agreement.
5.6 Purchase
Right. Without
prejudice to the enforcement of the Revolving Secured Parties’ remedies, the
Revolving Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Revolving Secured
Parties, agrees that at any time following an acceleration of any Revolving
Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Revolving Documents, the
Revolving Secured Parties will offer the Term Secured Parties in writing (with
a
copy of such notice to the Company simultaneously therewith) the option to
purchase for cash the entire aggregate amount of such accelerated Revolving
Obligations (including unfunded commitments under the applicable Revolving
Documents, if any) at par plus accrued interest, fees and expenses (without
regard to any prepayment penalty or premium), without warranty or representation
or recourse, on a pro rata basis from the Revolving Secured
Parties. The Term Secured Parties shall irrevocably accept or reject
such offer within ten (10) Business Days of the receipt thereof and the parties
shall endeavor to close promptly thereafter using the applicable assignment
forms set forth in the Revolving Documents. If the Term Secured
Parties accept such offer, it shall be exercised pursuant to documentation
mutually acceptable to the Revolving Collateral Agent and the Term Collateral
Agent. If the Term Secured Parties reject such offer (or do not so
irrevocably accept such offer within the required period), the Revolving Secured
Parties shall have no further obligations under this
Section 5.6.
5.7 Rights
of Access and Use. (a) In the event that the Term Collateral Agent
shall acquire control or possession of any of the Non-ABL Collateral or
shall, through the exercise of remedies under the Term Collateral Documents
or
otherwise, sell any of the Non-ABL Collateral to any third party (a
“Third Party Purchaser”), the Term Collateral Agent shall
permit the Revolving Collateral Agent (or require as a condition of such sale
to
the Third Party Purchaser that the Third Party Purchaser agree to permit the
Revolving Collateral Agent), at its option and in accordance with applicable
law, and at the expense of the Revolving Secured Parties: (i) to
enter any or all of the Non-ABL Collateral under such control or possession
(or sold to a Third Party Purchaser) consisting of real property during normal
business hours or in order to inspect, remove or take any action with respect
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to
the ABL Collateral or to enforce the Revolving Collateral Agent’s rights
with respect thereto, including, but not limited to, the examination and
removal
of ABL Collateral and the examination and duplication of the books and
records of any Grantor related to the ABL Collateral, or to otherwise
handle, deliver, ship, transport, deal with or dispose of any
ABL Collateral, such right to include, without limiting the generality of
the foregoing, the right to conduct one or more public or private sales or
auctions thereon; and (ii) use any of the Non-ABL Collateral under such
control or possession (or sold to a Third Party Purchaser) consisting of
equipment (including computers or other data processing equipment related
to the
storage or processing of records, documents or files pertaining to the
ABL Collateral) to handle, deal with or dispose of any ABL Collateral
pursuant to the rights of the Revolving Collateral Agent and Revolving Secured
Parties as set forth in the Revolving Documents, the UCC of any applicable
jurisdiction and other applicable law. The Term Collateral Agent
shall not have any responsibility or liability for the acts or omissions
of the
Revolving Collateral Agent or any Revolving Secured Parties, and
the Revolving Collateral Agent and the Revolving Secured Parties
shall not have any responsibility or liability for the acts or omissions
of
the Term Collateral Agent, in each case arising in connection with such
other Person’s use and/or occupancy of any of the
Non-ABL Collateral. The rights of the Revolving Collateral Agent
set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above as to the Non-ABL Collateral shall
be irrevocable and shall continue at the Revolving Collateral Agent’s option for
a period of one hundred and eighty (180) days from the date on which the
Term Collateral Agent has notified the Revolving Collateral Agent that the
Term
Collateral Agent has acquired possession or control of any of the
Non-ABL Collateral.
(b) During
the period of actual occupation, use and/or control by the Revolving Collateral
Agent of any Non-ABL Collateral (or any assets or property subject to a
leasehold interest constituting Non-ABL Collateral), the Revolving Secured
Parties shall be obligated (i) to reimburse the Term Secured Parties for their
pro rata share of all utilities, taxes, insurance and all other operating costs
of such Non-ABL Collateral used by them during any such period of actual
occupation, use and/or control to the extent the same are actually paid by
the
Term Secured Parties, (ii) to repair at their expense any physical damage to
such Non-ABL Collateral resulting from such occupancy, use or control, and
to leave such Non-ABL Collateral in substantially the same condition as it
was at the commencement of such occupancy, use or control, (iii) to deliver
to
the Term Collateral Agent a certificate of insurance showing property and
liability coverage reasonably satisfactory to the Term Collateral Agent on
such
Non-ABL Collateral during any such period of actual occupation, use and/or
control thereof by the Revolving Collateral Agent and naming the Term Collateral
Agent as an additional named insured and (iv) to indemnify and hold harmless
the
Term Secured Parties from and against any third party claims against the Term
Secured Parties resulting from actions or omissions by the Revolving Secured
Parties or their agents or representatives during the period of such occupancy,
use or control by the Revolving Collateral Agent. Without limiting
the rights granted in this paragraph, the Revolving Collateral Agent and the
Revolving Secured Parties shall cooperate with the Term Secured Parties in
connection with any efforts made by the Term Collateral Agent or the Term
Secured Parties to sell the Non-ABL Collateral.
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(c) In
addition to and not in limitation of Section 5.7(a), in connection with any
enforcement action by the Revolving Collateral Agent, the Term Collateral Agent
hereby grants to the Revolving Collateral Agent a non-exclusive, irrevocable
royalty free license with respect to any intellectual property necessary to
realize upon any ABL Collateral for the purpose of effecting such
realization.
SECTION 6. Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceedings.
6.1 Finance
and Sale Issues. Until
the Discharge of Revolving Obligations has occurred, if the Company or any
other
Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and the
Revolving Collateral Agent shall desire to permit the use of “Cash Collateral”
(as such term is defined in Section 363(a) of the Bankruptcy Code) which
constitutes ABL Collateral or to permit the Company or any other Grantor to
obtain financing from the Revolving Secured Parties under Section 364 of
the Bankruptcy Code or any similar Bankruptcy Law
(“DIP Financing”), then the Term Collateral Agent, on
behalf of itself and the Term Secured Parties, agrees that it will raise no
objection to such Cash Collateral use or DIP Financing, insofar as its
rights with respect to the ABL Collateral are affected, so long as
(i) such Cash Collateral use or DIP Financing is on commercially
reasonable terms and, if required by applicable law, is approved by the
Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over such Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding, (ii) the Term Collateral Agent and the Term Secured Parties
retain the right to object to any ancillary agreements or arrangements regarding
such Cash Collateral use or DIP Financing that are materially prejudicial
to their interests and (iii) such DIP Financing does not compel the
Company to seek confirmation of a specific plan of reorganization for which
all
or substantially all of the material terms are set forth in the
DIP Financing documentation or a related document and the
DIP Financing documentation or Cash Collateral order does not expressly
require the liquidation of Collateral prior to a default under the
DIP Financing documentation or Cash Collateral order. To the
extent the Revolving Liens are subordinated to or pari passu with such
DIP Financing which meets the requirements of clauses (i) through
(iii) above, the Term Collateral Agent will subordinate its Term Liens in the
ABL Collateral to the Liens securing such DIP Financing (and all
obligations relating thereto) and will not request adequate protection or any
other relief in connection with its rights as a holder of Liens on the
ABL Collateral (except as expressly agreed by the Revolving Collateral
Agent or to the extent permitted by Section 6.3).
6.2 Relief
from the Automatic Stay.
Until the Discharge of Revolving Obligations has occurred, the Term Collateral
Agent, on behalf of itself and the Term Secured Parties, agrees that none of
them shall seek (or support any other Person seeking) relief from the automatic
stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect
of
the ABL Collateral in which it holds Revolving Liens, without the prior
written consent of the Revolving Collateral Agent, unless a motion for adequate
protection permitted under Section 6.3 has been denied by the Bankruptcy
Court. The Term Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Term
Secured Parties, agrees that none of them shall oppose (or support any other
Person opposing) any motion the Revolving Collateral Agent seeking relief from
the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the ABL Collateral in which it holds
Revolving Liens.
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6.3 Adequate
Protection.
(a) The
Term Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Term Secured Parties, agrees
that none of them shall contest (or support any other Person
contesting):
(i) any
request by the Revolving Collateral Agent or Revolving Secured Parties for
adequate protection with respect to Revolving Liens in ABL Collateral;
or
(ii) any
objection by the Revolving Collateral Agent or Revolving Secured Parties to
any
motion, relief, action or proceeding based on the Revolving Collateral Agent
or
Revolving Secured Parties claiming a lack of adequate protection with respect
to
Revolving Liens in ABL Collateral.
(b) Notwithstanding
Section 6.3(a), in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding:
(i) if
the Revolving Secured Parties (or any subset thereof) are granted adequate
protection in the form of additional collateral in connection with any Cash
Collateral use or DIP Financing and such additional collateral is the type
of asset or property that would constitute ABL Collateral, then (A) the
Term Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself or any of the Term Secured Parties,
may seek or request adequate protection in the form of a Lien on such additional
collateral, which Lien will be subordinated to the Liens securing the Revolving
Obligations and such Cash Collateral use or DIP Financing (and all
obligations relating thereto) on the same basis as the other Liens on
ABL Collateral securing the Term Obligations are so subordinated to the
Liens on ABL Collateral securing the Revolving Obligations under this
Agreement and (B) subject to clause (ii) below, the Revolving Collateral Agent,
on behalf of itself and the Revolving Secured Parties, agrees that none of
them
shall contest (or support any other Person contesting) (1) any request by the
Term Collateral Agent or any Term Secured Party for adequate protection pursuant
to the preceding clause (A) or (2) any objection to any motion, relief, action
or proceeding in support of a request for adequate protection pursuant to the
preceding clause (A); and
(ii) in
the event the Term Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself or any Term Secured
Parties, seeks or requests adequate protection in respect of Term Obligations
and such adequate protection is granted in the form of additional collateral
of
a type of asset or property that would constitute ABL Collateral, then the
Term Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Term Secured Parties, agrees
that the Revolving Collateral Agent shall also be granted a Lien on such
additional collateral as security for the Revolving Obligations and for any
Cash
Collateral use or DIP Financing provided by the Revolving Secured Parties
and that any Lien on such additional collateral securing the applicable Term
Obligations shall be
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subordinated
to the Lien on such collateral securing the Revolving Obligations and any
such
DIP Financing provided by the Revolving Secured Parties (and all
obligations relating thereto) and to any other Liens granted to the Revolving
Secured Parties as adequate protection on the same basis as the other Liens
on
ABL Collateral securing the Term Obligations are so subordinated to the
Liens on ABL Collateral securing the Revolving Obligations under this
Agreement. Except in connection with the exercise of remedies with
respect to the ABL Collateral, nothing herein shall limit the rights of the
Term Collateral Agent or any Term Secured Parties from seeking adequate
protection with respect to their rights in the Collateral in any Insolvency
or
Liquidation Proceeding (including adequate protection in the form of a cash
payment, periodic cash payments or otherwise).
6.4 No
Waiver. Subject
to Sections 3.1(a) 3.1(d) and 6.3(b), nothing contained herein shall
prohibit or in any way limit the Revolving Collateral Agent or any Revolving
Secured Party from objecting in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or
otherwise to any action taken by the Term Collateral Agent or any Term Secured
Parties in respect of the ABL Collateral, including the seeking by the Term
Collateral Agent or any Term Secured Parties of adequate protection or the
asserting by the Term Collateral Agent or any Term Secured Parties of any rights
and remedies under the applicable Term Documents or otherwise, in each case
to
the extent affecting (i) the Revolving Collateral Agent’s or such Revolving
Secured Parties’ rights in ABL Collateral or (ii) the amount of
Indebtedness that is secured by a Lien on ABL Collateral that is senior to
that of the Revolving Collateral Agent or such Revolving Secured
Parties. Except as otherwise contemplated by the other provisions of
this Agreement, nothing contained in this Agreement shall prohibit or in any
way
limit the Term Collateral Agent or any Term Secured Party from objecting in
an
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or objecting to any action taken by the
Revolving Collateral Agent or any Revolving Secured Party.
6.5 Avoidance
Issues. If
any Revolving Secured Party is required in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding or otherwise to turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of the
Company or any other Grantor any amount paid in respect of Revolving Obligations
(a “Recovery”), then such Revolving Secured Party
shall be entitled to a reinstatement of the applicable Revolving Obligations
with respect to all such recovered amounts. If this Agreement shall
have been terminated prior to such Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated
in full force and effect, and such prior termination shall not diminish,
release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties
hereto from such date of reinstatement.
6.6 Post-Petition
Interest. (a) Neither
the Term Collateral Agent nor any Term Secured Party shall oppose or seek to
challenge any claim by the Revolving Collateral Agent or any Revolving Secured
Party for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of Revolving
Obligations consisting of post-petition interest, fees or expenses to the extent
of the value of any applicable Revolving Secured Party’s Lien on the
ABL Collateral, without regard to the existence of the Term Lien of the
Term Collateral Agent on behalf of the Term Secured Parties on the
ABL Collateral.
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(b) Neither
the Revolving Collateral Agent nor any Revolving Secured Party shall oppose
or
seek to challenge any claim by the Term Collateral Agent or any Term Secured
Party for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of Term
Obligations consisting of post-petition interest, fees or expenses to the extent
of the value of the Lien of the Term Collateral Agent on behalf of the Term
Secured Parties on the Collateral (after taking into account any Lien of the
Revolving Collateral Agent on behalf of the Revolving Secured Parties in any
ABL Collateral).
6.7 Waiver. Except
as otherwise contemplated by the other provisions of this Agreement, the Term
Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Term Secured Parties, waives
any claim it may hereafter have against any Revolving Secured Party arising
out
of the election by any Revolving Secured Party of the application of
Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code, and/or out of any cash
collateral or financing arrangement or out of any grant of a security interest
in connection with the ABL Collateral in any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding.
6.8 Separate
Grants of Security and Separate Classification. Each
of the Revolving Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the Revolving
Secured Parties, and the Term Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of
the
Term Secured Parties, acknowledges and agrees that (a) the grants of Liens
pursuant to the Revolving Collateral Documents and the Term Collateral Documents
constitute separate and distinct grants of Liens; and (b) because of, among
other things, their differing rights in the ABL Collateral, the Revolving
Obligations and the Term Obligations are fundamentally different from one
another and must be separately classified in any plan of reorganization proposed
or adopted in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (other than any such
plan
of reorganization that provides for the payment in full and in cash of the
aggregate amount of (and accrued interest, fees and expenses under) the
Revolving Obligations and Term Obligations). To further effectuate
the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding sentence,
if
it is held that the claims of the Revolving Secured Parties and the Term Secured
Parties or any of them in respect of any ABL Collateral constitute only one
secured claim (rather than separate classes of secured claims), then each of
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parties hereto hereby acknowledges and agrees that, subject to Sections 2.1
and
4.1, all distributions shall be made as if there were separate classes of
secured claims against the Grantors in respect of such ABL Collateral (with
the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of such
ABL Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose ignoring all claims held by
the Term Secured Parties), the Revolving Secured Parties shall be entitled
to
receive, in addition to amounts otherwise distributed to them in respect of
principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts owing in respect
of post-petition interest, including any additional interest payable pursuant
to
the applicable Revolving Documents arising from or related to a default, which
is disallowed as a claim in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding before
any
distribution in respect of ABL Collateral is made in respect of the claims
held by the Term Secured Parties, with the Term Collateral Agent, for itself
and
on behalf of the Term Secured Parties, hereby acknowledging and agreeing to
turn
over to the Revolving Collateral Agent, for itself and on behalf of the
Revolving Secured Parties, amounts otherwise received or receivable by them
to
the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this sentence (with respect
to
the payment of post-petition interest),
even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the claim or recovery of the
Term Secured Parties.
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6.9 Voting. Each
of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the Term Collateral Agent
and
each Term Secured Party shall not be required to vote to approve any plan of
reorganization for any reason. Except as otherwise contemplated by
(i) the applicable plan of reorganization and mutually agreed to by the parties
thereto or (ii) the other provisions of the Credit Documents, the Credit
Documents shall not require any Secured Party to agree that any provision of
any
Credit Document shall survive the effectiveness of a plan of reorganization
in
an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
SECTION 7. Reliance; Waivers; Etc.
7.1 Reliance. Other
than any reliance on the terms of this Agreement, the Revolving Collateral
Agent, on behalf of itself and the Revolving Secured Parties, acknowledges
that
it and the Revolving Secured Parties have, independently and without reliance
on
the Term Collateral Agent or Term Secured Parties, and based on documents and
information deemed by them appropriate, made their own credit analysis and
decision to enter into the Revolving Documents and be bound by the terms of
this
Agreement and they will continue to make their own credit decision in taking
or
not taking any action under the Revolving Documents or this
Agreement. The Term Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the
Term Secured Parties, acknowledges that it and the Term Secured Parties have,
independently and without reliance on the Revolving Collateral Agent or any
Revolving Secured Party, and based on documents and information deemed by them
appropriate, made their own credit analysis and decision to enter into each
of
the Term Documents and be bound by the terms of this Agreement and they will
continue to make their own credit decision in taking or not taking any action
under the Term Documents or this Agreement.
7.2 No
Warranties or Liability. The
Revolving Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Revolving Secured
Parties, acknowledges and agrees that the Term Collateral Agent and the Term
Secured Parties have made no express or implied representation or warranty,
including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness,
collectibility or enforceability of any of the Term Documents, the ownership
of
any Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens
thereon. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Term Secured
Parties will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective loans and
extensions of credit under the Term Documents in accordance with law and as
they
may otherwise, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate. Except as
otherwise provided herein, the Term Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and
the Term Secured Parties, acknowledges and agrees that the Revolving Collateral
Agent and the Revolving Secured Parties have made no express or implied
representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity,
legality, completeness, collectibility or enforceability of any of the Revolving
Documents, the ownership of any Collateral or the perfection or priority of
any
Liens thereon. Except as otherwise provided herein, the Revolving
Secured Parties will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective loans
and extensions of credit under the applicable Revolving Documents in accordance
with law and as they may otherwise, in their sole discretion, deem
appropriate. None of the Term
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Collateral
Agent or the Term Secured Parties shall have any duty to the Revolving
Collateral Agent or the Revolving Secured Parties, and none of the Revolving
Collateral Agent or the Revolving Secured Parties shall have any duty to any
Term Collateral Agent or the Term Secured Parties, to act or refrain from
acting
in a manner which allows, or results in, the occurrence or continuance of
an
event of default or default under any agreements with the Company or any
other
Grantor (including any Revolving Documents and Term Documents), regardless
of
any knowledge thereof which they may have or be charged with.
7.3 No
Waiver of Lien Priorities. (a) No right of any Revolving Secured
Parties, the Revolving Collateral Agent or any of them to enforce any provision
of this Agreement or any Revolving Document shall at any time in any way be
prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of the Company
or any other Grantor or by any act or failure to act by any Revolving Secured
Party or the Revolving Collateral Agent, or by any noncompliance by any Person
with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Agreement, any of the Revolving
Documents or any of the Term Documents, regardless of any knowledge thereof
which the Revolving Collateral Agent or any Revolving Secured Parties, or any
of
them, may have or be otherwise charged with.
(b) Without
in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph (but subject
to
the rights of the Company and the other Grantors under the Revolving Documents
and subject to the provisions of Section 5.3(a)), any Revolving Secured
Parties, the Revolving Collateral Agent and any of them may, at any time and
from time to time in accordance with the applicable Revolving Documents and/or
applicable law, without the consent of, or notice to, the Term Collateral Agent
or any Term Secured Parties, without incurring any liabilities to the Term
Collateral Agent or any Term Secured Parties and without impairing or releasing
the Lien priorities and other benefits provided in this Agreement (even if
any
right of subrogation or other right or remedy of the Term Collateral Agent
or
any Term Secured Parties is affected, impaired or extinguished thereby) do
any
one or more of the following:
(i) change
the manner, place or terms of payment or change or extend the time of payment
of, or amend, renew, exchange, increase or alter, the terms of any of the
Revolving Obligations or any Revolving Lien on any Collateral or guarantee
thereof or any liability of the Company or any other Grantor, or any liability
incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof (including any increase
in or
extension of the applicable Revolving Obligations, without any restriction
as to
the tenor or terms of any such increase or extension) or otherwise amend, renew,
exchange, extend, modify or supplement in any manner any Revolving Liens held
by
the Revolving Collateral Agent or any such Revolving Secured Parties, the
applicable Revolving Obligations or any of the applicable Revolving Documents;
provided that any such increase in such Revolving Obligations shall not
increase the sum of the Indebtedness constituting principal under the Revolving
Credit Agreement and the face amount of any letters of credit issued under
the
Revolving Credit Agreement to an amount in excess of the Revolving Credit Cap
Amount;
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(ii) sell,
exchange, release, surrender, realize upon, enforce or otherwise deal with
in
any manner and in any order any part of the ABL Collateral subject to its
Revolving Lien or any liability of the Company or any other Grantor to such
Revolving Secured Parties or the Revolving Collateral Agent, or any liability
incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof;
(iii) settle
or compromise any Revolving Obligation or any other liability of the Company
or
any other Grantor or any security therefor or any liability incurred directly
or
indirectly in respect thereof and apply any sums by whomsoever paid and however
realized to any liability (including the applicable Revolving Obligations)
in
any manner or order; and
(iv) exercise
or delay in or refrain from exercising any right or remedy against the Company
or any security or any other Grantor or any other Person, elect any remedy
and
otherwise deal freely with the Company, any other Grantor or any
ABL Collateral subject to its Revolving Lien and any security and any
guarantor or any liability of the Company or any other Grantor to the applicable
Revolving Secured Parties or any liability incurred directly or indirectly
in
respect thereof.
(c) Except
as otherwise provided herein, the Term Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself
and
the Term Secured Parties, also agrees that the Revolving Secured Parties and
the
Revolving Collateral Agent shall have no liability to the Term Collateral Agent
or any Term Secured Parties, and the Term Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself
and the Term Secured Parties, hereby waives any claim against any Revolving
Secured Party or the Revolving Collateral Agent arising out of any and all
actions which such Revolving Secured Parties or the Revolving Collateral Agent
may take or permit or omit to take with respect to:
(i) the
Revolving Documents (other than as provided in this Agreement);
(ii) the
collection of the Revolving Obligations; or
(iii) the
foreclosure upon, or sale, liquidation or other disposition of, any
ABL Collateral subject to the Revolving Liens. The Term
Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Term Secured Parties, agrees
that
the Revolving Secured Parties and the Revolving Collateral Agent have no duty
to
them in respect of the maintenance or preservation of any Collateral subject
to
the Revolving Liens, the Revolving Obligations or otherwise.
(d) Until
the Discharge of Revolving Obligations, the Term Collateral Agent, on behalf
of
itself and the Term Secured Parties, agrees not to assert and hereby waives,
to
the fullest extent permitted by law, any right to demand, request, plead or
otherwise assert or otherwise claim the benefit of, any marshalling, appraisal,
valuation or other similar right that may otherwise be available under
applicable law with respect to any
ABL Collateral subject to any Revolving Lien or any other similar rights a
junior secured creditor may have under applicable law.
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7.4 Obligations
Unconditional. All
rights, interests, agreements and obligations of the Revolving Collateral Agent
and Revolving Secured Parties and the Term Collateral Agent and Term Secured
Parties hereunder shall remain in full force and effect irrespective
of:
(a) any
lack of validity or enforceability of any Revolving Documents or any Term
Documents;
(b) except
as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, any change in the time,
manner or place of payment of, or in any other terms of, all or any of the
Revolving Obligations or Term Obligations, or any amendment or waiver or other
modification, including any increase in the amount thereof, whether by course
of
conduct or otherwise, of the terms of any Revolving Document or any Term
Document;
(c) except
as otherwise expressly set forth in this Agreement, any exchange of any security
interest in any Collateral or any other collateral, or any amendment, waiver
or
other modification, whether in writing or by course of conduct or otherwise,
of
all or any of the Revolving Obligations or Term Obligations or any guarantee
thereof;
(d) the
commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of the
Company or any other Grantor; or
(e) any
other circumstances that otherwise might constitute a defense available to,
or a
discharge of, the Company or any other Grantor in respect of the Revolving
Collateral Agent, any Revolving Obligations, any Revolving Secured Party, the
Term Collateral Agent, any Term Obligations or any Term Secured Party in respect
of this Agreement.
SECTION 8. Miscellaneous.
8.1 Conflicts. In
the event of any express conflict between the provisions of this Agreement
and
the provisions of the Revolving Documents or the Term Documents, the provisions
of this Agreement shall govern and control.
8.2 Effectiveness;
Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability. This
Agreement shall become effective when executed and delivered by the parties
hereto. This is a continuing agreement of Lien subordination and the
Revolving Secured Parties may continue, at any time and without notice to the
Term Collateral Agent or any Term Secured Party, to extend credit and other
financial accommodations and lend monies to or for the benefit of the Company
or
any Grantor constituting Revolving Obligations in reliance
hereon. The Term Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Term
Secured Parties, hereby waives any right it may have under applicable law to
revoke this Agreement or any of the provisions of this Agreement. The
terms of this Agreement shall survive, and shall continue in full force and
effect, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Any
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provision
of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction
shall
not invalidate the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition
or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction. All
references to the Company or any other Grantor shall include the Company
or such
Grantor as debtor and debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for
the
Company or any other Grantor (as the case may be) in any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding.
8.3 Amendments;
Waivers.
No amendment, modification or waiver of any of the provisions of this Agreement
shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed on behalf
of
each party hereto or its authorized agent and each waiver, if any, shall be
a
waiver only with respect to the specific matter involved and shall in no way
impair the rights of the parties making such waiver or the obligations of the
other parties to such party in any other respect or at any other
time. Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Company nor any
other Grantor shall have any right to consent to or approve any amendment,
modification or waiver of any provision of this Agreement except to the extent
its rights or obligations are affected; provided that the Company shall
be provided with prior written notice of all amendments, modifications and
waivers of any provision of this Agreement, which prior written notice shall
be
accompanied by copies of drafts of the applicable amendments, modifications
and
waivers.
8.4 Information
Concerning Financial Condition of the Company and its
Subsidiaries.
Each of (a) the Revolving Collateral Agent and the Revolving Secured
Parties and (b) the Term Collateral Agent and the Term Secured Parties
shall be responsible for keeping themselves informed of (i) the financial
condition of the Company and its Subsidiaries and all endorsers and/or
guarantors of the Revolving Obligations or the Term Obligations and
(ii) all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the
Revolving Obligations or the Term Obligations. Neither the Revolving
Collateral Agent nor any Revolving Secured Party shall have any duty to advise
the Term Collateral Agent or any Term Secured Party of information known to
it
regarding such condition or any such circumstances or otherwise. In
the event the Revolving Collateral Agent or a Revolving Secured Party, in its
sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any
such
information to the Term Collateral Agent or any Term Secured Party, it shall
be
under no obligation:
(a) to
make, and neither the Revolving Collateral Agent nor any Revolving Secured
Party
shall make, any express or implied representation or warranty, including with
respect to the accuracy, completeness, truthfulness or validity of any such
information so provided;
(b) to
provide any additional information or to provide any such information on any
subsequent occasion;
(c) to
undertake any investigation; or
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(d) to
disclose any information, which pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial
finance practices, such party wishes to maintain confidential or is otherwise
required to maintain confidential.
8.5 Subrogation.
With respect to the value of any payments or distributions in cash, property
or
other assets that any of the Term Secured Parties or the Term Collateral Agent
pays over to the Revolving Collateral Agent or any Revolving Secured Parties
under the terms of this Agreement, the Term Secured Parties and Term Collateral
Agent shall be subrogated to the rights of the Revolving Collateral Agent and
the Revolving Secured Parties; provided that, the Term Collateral Agent,
on behalf of itself and the Term Secured Parties, hereby agrees not to assert
or
enforce all such rights of subrogation it may acquire as a result of any payment
hereunder until the Discharge of Revolving Obligations has
occurred. The Company and each other Grantor acknowledge and agree
that the value of any payments or distributions in cash, property or other
assets received by the Term Collateral Agent or any Term Secured Parties that
are paid over to the Revolving Collateral Agent or Revolving Secured Parties
pursuant to this Agreement shall not reduce any of the applicable Term
Obligations.
8.6 Application
of Payments.
All payments received by the Revolving Collateral Agent or any Revolving Secured
Parties may be applied, reversed and reapplied, in whole or in part, to such
part of the Revolving Obligations as shall be provided in the applicable
Revolving Documents. The Term Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself
and the Term Secured Parties, assents to any extension or postponement of the
time of payment, subject to Section 5.3(a), of the applicable Revolving
Obligations or any part thereof and to any other indulgence with respect
thereto, to any substitution, exchange or release of any security which may
at
any time secure any part of the Revolving Obligations and to the addition or
release of any other Person primarily or secondarily liable
therefor.
8.7 SUBMISSION
TO JURISDICTION; WAIVERS.
(a) ALL JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS BROUGHT AGAINST ANY PARTY
ARISING HEREUNDER OR RELATING HERETO MAY BE BROUGHT IN ANY STATE OR FEDERAL
COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN XXX XXXXX, XXXXXX XXX XXXX XX XXX
XXXX. BY EXECUTING AND DELIVERING THIS AGREEMENT, EACH PARTY, FOR
ITSELF AND IN CONNECTION WITH ITS PROPERTIES, IRREVOCABLY:
(1) ACCEPTS
GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION AND VENUE OF SUCH
COURTS;
(2) WAIVES
ANY DEFENSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS;
(3) AGREES
THAT SERVICE OF ALL PROCESS IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH COURT MAY BE
MADE
BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, TO THE APPLICABLE
PARTY AT ITS ADDRESS PROVIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH SECTION 8.8;
AND
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(4) AGREES
THAT SERVICE AS PROVIDED IN CLAUSE (3) ABOVE IS SUFFICIENT TO CONFER PERSONAL
JURISDICTION OVER THE APPLICABLE PARTY IN ANY SUCH PROCEEDING IN ANY SUCH
COURT, AND OTHERWISE CONSTITUTES EFFECTIVE AND BINDING SERVICE IN EVERY
RESPECT.
(b) EACH
OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY AGREES TO WAIVE ITS RESPECTIVE RIGHTS TO A JURY
TRIAL OF ANY CLAIM OR CAUSE OF ACTION BASED UPON OR ARISING
HEREUNDER. THE SCOPE OF THIS WAIVER IS INTENDED TO BE
ALL-ENCOMPASSING OF ANY AND ALL DISPUTES THAT MAY BE FILED IN ANY COURT AND
THAT
RELATE TO THE SUBJECT MATTER HEREOF, INCLUDING CONTRACT CLAIMS, TORT CLAIMS,
BREACH OF DUTY CLAIMS AND ALL OTHER COMMON LAW AND STATUTORY
CLAIMS. EACH PARTY HERETO ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THIS WAIVER IS A MATERIAL
INDUCEMENT TO ENTER INTO A BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP, THAT EACH HAS ALREADY
RELIED ON THIS WAIVER IN ENTERING INTO THIS AGREEMENT, AND THAT EACH WILL
CONTINUE TO RELY ON THIS WAIVER IN ITS RELATED FUTURE DEALINGS. EACH
PARTY HERETO FURTHER WARRANTS AND REPRESENTS THAT IT HAS REVIEWED THIS
WAIVER WITH ITS LEGAL COUNSEL AND THAT IT KNOWINGLY AND VOLUNTARILY WAIVES
ITS
JURY TRIAL RIGHTS FOLLOWING CONSULTATION WITH LEGAL COUNSEL. THIS
WAIVER IS IRREVOCABLE, MEANING THAT IT MAY NOT BE MODIFIED EITHER ORALLY OR
IN
WRITING (OTHER THAN BY A MUTUAL WRITTEN WAIVER SPECIFICALLY REFERRING TO THIS
SECTION 8.7(b) AND EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO), AND THIS WAIVER
SHALL APPLY TO ANY SUBSEQUENT AMENDMENTS, RENEWALS, SUPPLEMENTS OR MODIFICATIONS
HERETO. IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE FILED AS A
WRITTEN CONSENT TO A TRIAL BY THE COURT.
8.8 Notices.
All notices to the Revolving Secured Parties and the Term Secured Parties
permitted or required under this Agreement shall also be sent to the Revolving
Collateral Agent and the Term Collateral Agent, respectively. Unless
otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice hereunder shall be in writing
and may be personally served or sent by facsimile or United States mail or
courier service and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person
or by courier service and signed for against receipt thereof, or upon receipt
if
sent by facsimile or United States mail. For the purposes hereof, the
addresses of the parties hereto shall be as set forth below each party’s name on
the signature pages hereto, or, as to each party, at such other address as
may
be designated by such party in a written notice to all of the other
parties.
8.9 Further
Assurances.
The Revolving Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Revolving Secured
Parties, and the Term Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Term Secured
Parties, and the Company and each other Grantor agree that each of them shall
take such further action and shall execute and deliver such additional documents
and instruments (in recordable form, if requested) as the Revolving Collateral
Agent or the Term
Collateral Agent may reasonably request to effectuate the terms of and the
Lien
priorities contemplated by this Agreement.
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8.10 APPLICABLE
LAW. THIS
AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
8.11 Binding
on Successors and Assigns. This
Agreement shall be binding upon the Revolving Collateral Agent, the Revolving
Secured Parties, the Term Collateral Agent and the Term Secured Parties, the
Company, the other Grantors and their respective successors and
assigns.
8.12 Specific
Performance. Each
of the Revolving Collateral Agent and the Term Collateral Agent may demand
specific performance of this Agreement. Each of the Revolving
Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Revolving Secured Parties, and
the
Term Collateral Agent, on behalf of itself and the Term Secured Parties, hereby
irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law and
any
other defense which might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific performance
in any action which may be brought by the Revolving Collateral Agent or the
Revolving Secured Parties or the Term Collateral Agent or the Term Secured
Parties, as the case may be.
8.13 Headings. Section headings
in this Agreement are included herein for convenience of reference only and
shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose or be given
any substantive effect.
8.14 Counterparts. This
Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and by different parties hereto
in
different counterparts), each of which shall constitute an original, but all
of
which when taken together shall constitute a single
contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of
this Agreement or any document or instrument delivered in connection herewith
by
facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be effective as delivery of
a
manually executed counterpart of this Agreement or such other document or
instrument, as applicable.
8.15 Authorization. By
its signature, each Person executing this Agreement on behalf of a party hereto
represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it is duly authorized
to execute this Agreement.
8.16 No
Third Party Beneficiaries. This
Agreement and the rights and benefits hereof shall inure to the benefit of
each
of the parties hereto and its respective successors and assigns and shall inure
to the benefit of each of the Revolving Secured Parties and the Term Secured
Parties. Nothing in this Agreement shall impair, as between the
Company and the other Grantors and the Revolving Collateral Agent, the Revolving
Secured Parties, the Term Collateral Agent and the Term Secured Parties, the
obligations of the Company and the other Grantors to pay principal, interest,
fees and other amounts as provided in the Revolving Documents and the Term
Documents, respectively.
8.17 Provisions
Solely to Define Relative Rights. The
provisions of this Agreement are and are intended solely for the purpose of
defining the relative rights of
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(a) the
Revolving Collateral Agent and the Revolving Secured Parties and (b) the
Term Collateral Agent and the Term Secured Parties. Nothing in this
Agreement is intended to or shall impair the obligations of the Company or
any
other Grantor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay the Revolving
Obligations and the Term Obligations as and when the same shall become due
and
payable in accordance with their terms.
8.18 Reciprocity. The
Revolving Collateral Agent agrees, for itself and on behalf of the Revolving
Secured Parties, that if it or any Revolving Secured Party, or any agent or
trustee therefor, shall obtain any Lien on Non-ABL Collateral securing any
Revolving Obligations, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, possession,
statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, such Lien shall be junior
and subordinate in all respects to all Term Liens on such
Non-ABL Collateral, and neither the Revolving Collateral Agent nor any
Revolving Secured Party shall take any action with respect to such
Non-ABL Collateral or with respect to Term Liens on such
Non-ABL Collateral or the Term Obligations insofar as they are secured by
such Liens that the Term Collateral Agent or the Term Secured Parties would
be
prohibited by this Agreement from taking with respect to the ABL Collateral
or with respect to Revolving Liens on such ABL Collateral or the Revolving
Obligations.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of
the
date first above written.
WACHOVIA
BANK, NATIONAL
ASSOCIATION,
as
Revolving Collateral
Agent,
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx |
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | ||
Title: | Director |
[ABL
Intercreditor
Agreement]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of
the
date first above written.
XXXXXXX
XXXXX CREDIT PARTNERS
L.P.,
as
Term Collateral
Agent,
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx |
Name: | Xxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx | ||
Title: | Authorized Signatory |
[ABL
Intercreditor
Agreement]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of
the
date first above written.
SPECTRUM
BRANDS, INC.,
as the
Borrower
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of
the
date first above written.
ROV
HOLDING, INC.,
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Title: | Vice President and Treasurer |
[ABL
Intercreditor
Agreement]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of
the
date first above written.
ROVCAL,
INC.,
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By:
|
/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Title: | Vice President and Treasurer |
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of
the
date first above written.
UNITED
INDUSTRIES CORPORATION,
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: | Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer |
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of
the
date first above written.
SPECTRUM
NEPTUNE US
HOLDCO CORPORATION,
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx |
Name: | Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxxx | ||
Title: | Vice President, Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer |
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of
the
date first above written.
XXXXXXX
COMPANY,
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By:
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/s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx |
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Title: | Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer |
[ABL
Intercreditor
Agreement]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of
the
date first above written.
UNITED
PET GROUP,
INC.,
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By:
|
/s/ Xxx Xxx |
Name: | Xxx Xxx | ||
Title: | Vice President Finance and Treasurer |
[ABL
Intercreditor Agreement]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of
the
date first above written.
DB
ONLINE, LLC,
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By:
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United Pet Group, Inc., its Managing Member | ||
By:
|
/s/ Xxx Xxx |
Name: | Xxx Xxx | ||
Title: | Vice President Finance and Treasurer |
[ABL
Intercreditor Agreement]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of
the
date first above written.
SOUTHERN
CALIFORNIA
FOAM, INC.,
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By:
|
/s/ Xxx Xxx |
Name: | Xxx Xxx | ||
Title: | Vice President Finance and Treasurer |
[ABL
Intercreditor Agreement]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of
the
date first above written.
AQUARIA,
INC.,
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By:
|
/s/ Xxx Xxx |
Name: | Xxx Xxx | ||
Title: | Vice President Finance and Treasurer |
[ABL
Intercreditor Agreement]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of
the
date first above written.
AQUARIUM
SYSTEMS,
INC.,
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By:
|
/s/ Xxx Xxx |
Name: | Xxx Xxx | ||
Title: | Vice President Finance and Treasurer |
[ABL
Intercreditor Agreement]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of
the
date first above written.
PERFECTO
MANUFACTURING,
INC.,
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By:
|
/s/ Xxx Xxx |
Name: | Xxx Xxx | ||
Title: | Vice President Finance and Treasurer |
[ABL
Intercreditor Agreement]
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have duly executed this Agreement as of
the
date first above written.
TETRA
HOLDING
(US),
INC.,
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By:
|
/s/ Xxx Xxx |
Name: | Xxx Xxx | ||
Title: | Vice President Finance and Treasurer |
[ABL
Intercreditor Agreement]