INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
Exhibit 4.4
EXECUTION VERSION
Intercreditor Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of October 4, 2010,
among JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, with its successors
and assigns, and as more specifically defined below, the “First Priority Representative”)
for the First Priority Secured Parties (as defined below), Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National
Association, as Collateral Agent (in such capacity, with its successors and assigns, and as more
specifically defined below, the “Second Priority Representative”) for the Second
Priority Secured Parties (as defined below), Roadhouse Financing Inc., a Delaware corporation (to
be merged with and into Xxxxx’x Roadhouse, Inc., a Tennessee corporation, with Xxxxx’x Roadhouse,
Inc. as the surviving entity) (the “Borrower”) and each of the other Loan Parties (as
defined below) party hereto.
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the First Priority Representative and certain financial institutions
and other entities are parties to the Credit Agreement, dated as the date hereof, among Roadhouse
Merger Inc., a Delaware corporation (to be merged with and into LRI Holdings, Inc., a Delaware
corporation, with LRI Holdings, Inc. as the surviving entity) (“Holdings”), the
Borrower, the lenders named therein, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent and the
other agents named therein (the “Existing First Priority Agreement”), pursuant to
which such financial institutions and other entities have agreed to make loans and extend other
financial accommodations to the Borrower; and
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Second Priority Representative, Holdings and certain Subsidiaries
of the Borrower are or will be parties to the Indenture dated as of the date hereof (the
“Existing Second Priority Agreement”), pursuant to which the Borrower has issued
senior secured second lien notes (the “Second Lien
Notes”); and
WHEREAS, the Borrower and certain other Loan Parties have granted, and the remaining Loan
Parties will grant, to the First Priority Representative security interests in the Common
Collateral as security for payment and performance of the First Priority Obligations; and
WHEREAS, the Borrower and certain other Loan Parties have granted, and the remaining Loan
Parties will grant, to the Second Priority Representative junior security interests in the
Common Collateral as security for payment and performance of the Second Priority Obligations;
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants herein contained and
other good and valuable consideration, the existence and sufficiency of which are expressly
recognized by all of the parties hereto, the parties agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Definitions.
1.1. Defined Terms. The following terms, as used herein, have the following meanings:
“Additional First Priority Agreement” means any agreement permitted to be
designated as such by the First Priority Agreement and the Second Priority Agreement.
“Additional First Priority Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.3(b).
“Additional Second Priority Agreement” means any agreement permitted to be
designated as such by the First Priority Agreement and the Second Priority Agreement.
“Additional Second Priority Debt” has the meaning set forth in Section 9.3(b).
“Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Bankruptcy Code” means the United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §
101 et seq.), as amended from time to time.
“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.
“Borrower” has the meaning set forth in the introductory
paragraph hereof.
“Cash Collateral” has the meaning set
forth in Section 3.7.
“Common Collateral” means all assets that are both First Priority Collateral and
Second Priority Collateral.
“Comparable Second Priority Security Document” means, in relation to any Common
Collateral subject to any First Priority Security Document, that Second Priority Security Document
that
creates a security interest in the same Common Collateral, granted by the same Loan Party, as
applicable.
“DIP Financing” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.
“Enforcement Action” means, with respect to the First Priority Obligations or the
Second Priority Obligations, the exercise of any rights and remedies with respect to any Common
Collateral securing such obligations or the commencement or prosecution of enforcement of any of
the rights and remedies with respect to the Common Collateral under, as applicable, the First
Priority Documents or the Second Priority Documents, or applicable law, including without
limitation the exercise of any rights of set-off or recoupment, and the exercise of any rights or
remedies of a secured creditor under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction or
under the Bankruptcy Code.
“Enforcement Notice” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7.
“Existing First Priority Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the first WHEREAS
clause of this Agreement.
“Existing Second Priority Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the second
WHEREAS clause of this Agreement.
“First Priority Agreement” means the collective reference to (a) the Existing
First Priority Agreement, (b) any Additional First Priority Agreement and (c) any other credit
agreement, loan agreement, note agreement, promissory note, indenture or other agreement or
instrument evidencing or governing the terms of any indebtedness or other financial accommodation
that has been incurred to extend, increase, renew, refund, replace (whether upon or after
termination or otherwise) or refinance (including by means of sales of debt securities to
institutional investors) in whole or in part from time to time the indebtedness and other
obligations outstanding under the Existing First Priority Agreement, any Additional First Priority
Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to in this clause (c) unless such
agreement or instrument expressly provides that it is not intended to be and is not a First
Priority Agreement hereunder (a “Replacement First Priority
Agreement”). Any reference
to the First Priority Agreement hereunder shall be deemed a reference to any First Priority
Agreement then extant.
“First Priority Collateral” means all assets, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, in which a Lien is granted or purported to be
granted to any First Priority Secured Party as security for any First Priority Obligation.
“First Priority Creditors” means each “Secured Party” as defined in the First
Priority Agreement, or any Persons that are designated under the First Priority Agreement as
the “First Priority Creditors” for purposes of this Agreement.
“First Priority Documents” means the First Priority Agreement, each First
Priority Security Document and each First Priority Guarantee.
“First Priority Guarantee” means any guarantee by any Loan Party of any or
all of the First Priority Obligations.
“First Priority Lien” means any Lien created by the First Priority Security Documents.
“First Priority Obligations” means (a) with respect to the Existing First Priority
Agreement, all “Obligations” of each Loan Party as defined in the Existing First Priority Agreement
and (b) with respect to each other First Priority Agreement, (i) all principal of and interest
(including without limitation any Post-Petition Interest) and premium (if any) on all
loans made or other indebtedness issued or incurred pursuant to such First Priority Agreement, (ii)
all reimbursement obligations (if any) and interest thereon (including without limitation any
Post-Petition Interest) with respect to any letter of credit or similar instruments issued pursuant
to such First Priority Agreement, (iii) all Specified Swap Agreements, (iv) all Specified Cash
Management Agreements and (v) all guarantee obligations, fees, expenses and other amounts payable
from time to time pursuant to the applicable First Priority Documents, in each case whether or not
allowed or allowable in an Insolvency Proceeding. To the extent any payment with respect to any
First Priority Obligation (whether by or on behalf of any Loan Party, as proceeds of security,
enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise) is declared to be a fraudulent conveyance or a
preference in any respect, set aside or required to be paid to a debtor in possession, any Second
Priority Secured Party, receiver or similar Person, then the obligation or part thereof originally
intended to be satisfied shall, for the purposes of this Agreement and the rights and obligations
of the First Priority Secured Parties and the Second Priority Secured Parties, be deemed to be
reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not occurred.
“First Priority Obligations Payment Date” means the first date on which (a) all of
the First Priority Liens have been released in accordance with the terms of the First Priority
Documents and (b) the First Priority Representative has delivered a written notice to the Second
Priority Representative stating that the event described in clause (a) has occurred to the
satisfaction of the First Priority Secured Parties, which notice shall be delivered by the First
Priority Representative promptly after the occurrence of the event described in clause (a).
“First Priority Representative” has the meaning set forth in the introductory
paragraph hereof. In the case of any Replacement First Priority Agreement, the First Priority
Representative shall be the Person identified as such in such Agreement.
“First Priority Secured Parties” means the First Priority Representative,
the First Priority Creditors and any other holders of the First Priority Obligations.
“First Priority Security Documents” means the “Security Documents” as defined
in the First Priority Agreement, and any other documents that are designated under the First
Priority Agreement as “First Priority Security Documents” for purposes of this Agreement.
“Holdings” has the meaning set forth in the first WHEREAS clause of this
Agreement.
“Insolvency Proceeding” means any proceeding in respect of
bankruptcy, insolvency, winding up, receivership, dissolution or assignment for the benefit of
creditors, in each of the foregoing events whether under the Bankruptcy Code or any similar
federal, state or foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership or similar law.
“Lien” means any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement,
encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge or other security interest or any preference,
priority or other security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever
(including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement and any capital lease having
substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing).
“Loan Party” means the Borrower, Holdings, and each direct or indirect subsidiary,
affiliate or shareholder (or equivalent) of the Borrower or any of its affiliates that is now or
hereafter becomes a party to any First Priority Document or Second Priority Document. All
references in this Agreement to any Loan Party shall include such Loan Party as a
debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for such Loan Party in any Insolvency Proceeding.
“Person” means any person, individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint
venture, corporation, limited liability company, unincorporated organization, association,
institution, entity, party, including any government and any political subdivision, agency or
instrumentality thereof.
“Post
Petition Interest” means any interest or entitlement to fees or
expenses or other charges that accrues after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding,
whether or not allowed or allowable in any such Insolvency Proceeding.
“Purchase” has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7.
“Purchase Notice” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.7.
“Purchase Price” has the meaning
set forth in Section 3.7.
“Purchasing Parties”
has the meaning set forth in Section 3.7.
“Real Property” means any right, title or interest in and to real property,
including any fee interest, leasehold interest, easement, or license and any other right to
use or occupy real property, including any right arising by contract.
“Recovery” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.5.
“Replacement First Priority Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the
definition of “First Priority Agreement.”
“Second Lien Notes” has the meaning set forth in the second “WHEREAS”
clause of this Agreement.
“Second Priority Agreement” means the collective reference to (a) the Existing
Second Priority Agreement, (b) any Additional Second Priority Agreement and (c) any other credit
agreement, loan agreement, note agreement, promissory note, indenture, or other agreement or
instrument evidencing or governing the terms of any indebtedness or other financial accommodation
that has been incurred to
extend, increase, renew, refund, replace (whether upon or after termination or otherwise) or
refinance (including by means of sales of debt securities to institutional investors) in whole or
in part from time to time the indebtedness and other obligations outstanding under the Existing
Second Priority Agreement, any Additional Second Priority Agreement or any other agreement or
instrument referred to in this clause (c). Any reference to the Second Priority Agreement
hereunder shall be deemed a reference to any Second Priority Agreement then extant.
“Second Priority Collateral” means all assets, whether now owned or hereafter
acquired by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, in which a Lien is granted or purported to be
granted to any Second Priority Secured Party as security for any Second Priority Obligation.
“Second Priority Creditors” means the “Holders” as defined in the Second
Priority Agreement and any holder of a Second Lien Note, the Second Priority Representatives or
any Persons that are designated under the Second Priority Agreement as the “Second Priority
Creditors” for purposes of this Agreement.
“Second Priority Documents” means each Second Priority Agreement, each Second
Priority Security Document and each Second Priority Guarantee.
“Second Priority Guarantee” means any guarantee by any Loan Party of any or
all of the Second Priority Obligations.
“Second Priority Lien” means any Lien created by the Second Priority Security
Documents.
“Second Priority Obligations” means (a) with respect to the Existing Second
Priority Agreement, all “Secured Obligations” of each Loan Party as defined in the “Security
Agreement” referred to in the Existing Second Priority Agreement and (b) with respect to each other
Second Priority Agreement, (i) all principal of and interest (including without limitation any
Post-Petition Interest) and premium (if any) on all indebtedness under such Second Priority
Agreement, and (ii) all guarantee obligations, fees, expenses and other amounts payable from time
to time pursuant to the applicable Second Priority Documents, in each case whether or not allowed
or allowable in an Insolvency Proceeding. To the extent any payment with respect to any Second
Priority Obligation (whether by or on behalf of any Loan Party, as proceeds of security,
enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise) is declared to be a fraudulent conveyance or a
preference in any respect, set aside or required to be paid to a debtor in possession, any First
Priority Secured Party, receiver or similar Person, then the obligation or part thereof originally
intended to be satisfied shall, for the purposes of this Agreement and the rights and obligations
of the First Priority Secured Parties and the Second Priority Secured Parties hereunder, be deemed
to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not occurred.
“Second Priority Representative” has the meaning set forth in the introductory
paragraph hereof, but shall also include any Person identified as a “Second Priority
Representative” in any Second Priority Agreement other than the Existing Second Priority
Agreement.
“Second Priority Secured Parties” means the Second Priority Representative,
the Second Priority Creditors and any other holders of the Second Priority Obligations.
“Second Priority Security Documents” means the “Collateral Documents” as defined
in the Second Priority Agreement and any documents that are designated under the Second Priority
Agreement as “Second Priority Security Documents” for purposes of this Agreement.
“Secured Parties” means the First Priority Secured Parties and the Second
Priority Secured
Parties.
“Specified Cash Management Agreement”: any agreement providing for treasury,
depositary, purchasing card or cash management services, including in connection with any automated
clearing house transfers of funds or any similar transactions between any Loan Party and any holder
of First Priority Obligations (other than under the Specified Cash Management Agreement), or an
affiliate thereof.
“Specified Swap Agreement”: means any Swap Agreement in respect of interest rates,
currency exchange rates or commodity prices entered into by any Loan Party and any Person that is
holder of First Priority Obligations (other than under the Specified Swap Agreement) or an
affiliate thereof, at the time such Swap Agreement is entered into.
“Standstill Period” has the meaning set forth in
Section 3.2.
“Surviving Obligations” has the
meaning set forth in Section 3.7.
“Swap Agreement” means any agreement with respect to any swap, forward, future or
derivative transaction or option or similar agreement involving, or settled by reference to, one or
more rates, currencies, commodities, equity or debt instruments or securities, or economic,
financial or pricing indices or measures of economic, financial or pricing risk or value or any
similar transaction or any combination of these transactions; provided that no
phantom stock or similar plan providing for payments only on account of services provided by
current or former directors, officers, employees or consultants of the Borrower or any of its
subsidiaries shall be a “Swap Agreement”; provided further that no agreement
relating to the purchase of food at a fixed price entered into by the Borrower or its Affiliates
shall be a “Swap Agreement”.
“Uniform Commercial Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect
from time to time in the applicable jurisdiction.
1.2 Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein 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 (i) 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 or otherwise modified, (ii) any reference herein to any Person
shall be construed to include such Person’s successors or permitted assigns, (iii) 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, (iv) all references
herein to Sections shall be construed to refer to Sections of this Agreement and (v) 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.
SECTION 2. Lien Priorities.
2.1 Subordination of Liens. (a) Any and all Liens on the Common Collateral now existing
or hereafter created or arising in favor of any Second Priority Secured Party securing the Second
Priority Obligations, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law,
subrogation or
otherwise are expressly junior in priority, operation and effect to any and all Liens on the Common
Collateral now existing or hereafter created or arising in favor of the First Priority Secured
Parties securing the First Priority Obligations, notwithstanding (i) anything to the contrary
contained in any agreement or filing to which any Second Priority Secured Party may now or
hereafter be a party, and regardless of the time, order or method of grant, attachment, recording
or perfection of any financing statements or other security interests, assignments, pledges, deeds,
mortgages and other Liens, or any defect or deficiency or alleged defect or deficiency in any of
the foregoing, (ii) any provision of the Uniform Commercial Code or any applicable law or any First
Priority Document or Second Priority Document or any other circumstance whatsoever and (iii) the
fact that any such Liens in favor of any First Priority Secured Party securing any of the First
Priority Obligations are (x) subordinated to any Lien securing any obligation of any Loan Party
other than the Second Priority Obligations or (y) otherwise subordinated, voided, avoided,
invalidated or lapsed.
(b) No First Priority Secured Party or Second Priority Secured Party shall object to or
contest, or support any other Person in contesting or objecting to, in any proceeding (including
without limitation, any Insolvency Proceeding), the validity, extent, perfection, priority or
enforceability of any security interest in the Common Collateral granted to the other.
Notwithstanding any failure by any First Priority Secured Party or Second Priority Secured Party
to perfect its security interests in the Common Collateral or any avoidance, invalidation or
subordination by any third party or court of competent jurisdiction of the security interests in
the Common Collateral granted to the First Priority Secured Parties or the Second Priority Secured
Parties, the priority and rights as between the First Priority Secured Parties and the Second
Priority Secured Parties with respect to the Common Collateral shall be as set forth herein.
2.2 Nature of First Priority Obligations. The Second Priority
Representative on behalf of
itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties acknowledges that the First Priority
Obligations currently represent debt that is revolving in nature and that the amount thereof that
may be outstanding at any time or from time to time may be increased or reduced and subsequently
reborrowed, and that the terms of the First Priority Obligations may be modified, extended or
amended from time to time, and that the aggregate amount of the First Priority Obligations may be
increased, replaced or refinanced, in each event, without notice to or consent by the Second
Priority Secured Parties and without affecting the provisions hereof, but only so long as, except
in the case of any DIP Financing, any such obligations are permitted to be incurred pursuant to
the Second Priority Documents as in effect on the date of this Agreement. The lien priorities
provided in Section 2.1 shall not be altered or otherwise affected by any such amendment,
modification, supplement, extension, repayment, reborrowing, increase, replacement, renewal,
restatement or refinancing of either the First Priority Obligations or the Second Priority
Obligations, or any portion thereof.
2.3 Agreements Regarding Actions to Perfect Liens. (a) The Second
Priority Representative
on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties agrees that UCC-1 financing
statements, patent, trademark or copyright filings or other filings or recordings filed or recorded
by or on behalf of the Second Priority Representative with respect to the Common Collateral shall
be in form satisfactory to the First Priority Representative.
(b) The Second Priority Representative agrees on behalf of itself and the other Second
Priority Secured Parties that all mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds and similar instruments
(collectively, “mortgages”) now or hereafter filed against Real Property that constitutes Common
Collateral in favor of or for the benefit of the Second Priority Representative and the other
Second Priority Secured Parties shall be in form satisfactory to the First Priority Representative
and shall contain the following notation: “The lien created by this mortgage on the property
described herein is junior and subordinate to the lien on such property created by any mortgage,
deed of trust or similar instrument now or hereafter granted to the First
Priority Representative, and its successors and assigns, in such property, in accordance with
the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of October 4, 2010 among JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent,
Roadhouse Financing Inc., a Delaware corporation (to be merged with and into Xxxxx’x Roadhouse,
Inc., a Tennessee corporation, with Xxxxx’x Roadhouse, Inc. as the surviving entity), as Borrower,
and the other Loan Parties referred to therein, as amended, modified or supplemented from time to
time.”
(c) The First Priority Representative hereby acknowledges that, to the extent that it holds,
or a third party holds on its behalf, physical possession of or “control” (as defined in the
Uniform Commercial Code) over Common Collateral pursuant to the First Priority Security Documents,
such possession or control is also for the benefit of and on behalf of, and the First Priority
Representative or such third party holds such possession or control as bailee and agent for, the
Second Priority Representative and the other Second Priority Secured Parties solely to the extent
required to perfect their security interest in such Common Collateral (such bailment and agency for
perfection being intended, among other things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections 8-301(a)(2)
and 9-313(c) of the Uniform Commercial Code).
Nothing in the preceding sentence shall be construed to impose any duty on the First Priority
Representative (or any third party acting on its behalf) with respect to such Common Collateral or
provide the Second Priority Representative or any other Second Priority Secured Party with any
rights with respect to such Common Collateral beyond those specified in this Agreement and the
Second Priority Security Documents, provided that subsequent to the occurrence of
the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, the First Priority Representative shall (i) deliver to
the Second Priority Representative, at the Borrower’s sole cost and expense, the Common Collateral
in its possession or control together with any necessary endorsements to the extent required by the
Second Priority Documents (and to the extent not so required, such delivery shall be made to the
Borrower) or (ii) direct and deliver such Common Collateral as a court of competent jurisdiction
otherwise directs, and provided, further, that the provisions of this Agreement
are intended solely to govern the respective Lien priorities as between the First Priority Secured
Parties and the Second Priority Secured Parties and shall not impose on the First Priority Secured
Parties any obligations in respect of the disposition of any Common Collateral (or any proceeds
thereof) that would conflict with prior perfected Liens or any claims thereon in favor of any other
Person that is not a Secured Party.
2.4 No New Liens. So long as the First Priority Obligations Payment Date
has not occurred,
the parties hereto agree that (a) there shall be no Lien, and no Loan Party shall have any right to
create any Lien, on any assets of any Loan Party securing any Second Priority Obligation if these
same assets are not subject to, and do not become subject to, a Lien securing the First Priority
Obligations and (b) if any Second Priority Secured Party shall acquire or hold any Lien on any
assets of any Loan Party securing any Second Priority Obligation which assets are not also subject
to the first-priority Lien of the First Priority Representative under the First Priority Documents,
then the Second Priority Representative, upon demand by the First Priority Representative, will
without the need for any further consent of any other Second Priority Secured Party,
notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other Second Priority Document either (i) release
such Lien or (ii) assign it to the First Priority Representative as security for the First Priority
Obligations (in which case the Second Priority Representative may retain a junior Lien on such
assets subject to the terms hereof). To the extent that the foregoing provisions are not complied
with for any reason, without limiting any other rights and remedies available to the First Priority
Secured Parties, the Second Priority Representative and the other Second Priority Secured Parties
agree that any amounts received by or distributed to any of them pursuant to or as a result of
Liens granted in contravention of this Section 2.4 shall be subject to Section 4.1.
SECTION 3. Enforcement Rights.
3.1 Exclusive Enforcement. Until the First Priority Obligations Payment Date has occurred,
whether or not an Insolvency Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Loan Party, the
First Priority Secured Parties shall have the exclusive right to take and continue any
Enforcement Action with respect to the Common Collateral, without any consultation with or
consent of any Second Priority Secured Party, but subject to the provisos set forth in Sections
3.2 and 5.1. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a default or an event of default
under the First Priority Documents, the First Priority Representative and the other First
Priority Secured Parties may take and continue any Enforcement Action with respect to the First
Priority Obligations and the Common Collateral in such order and manner as they may determine in
their sole discretion.
3.2 Standstill and Waivers. The Second Priority Representative, on
behalf of itself and the
other Second Priority Secured Parties, agrees that, until the First Priority Obligations Payment
Date has occurred, subject to the proviso set forth in Section 5.1:
(a) they will not take or cause to be taken any Enforcement Action with respect to
the Common Collateral;
(b) they will not take or cause to be taken any action, the purpose or effect of which
is to make any Lien in respect of any Second Priority Obligation pari passu with or senior
to, or to give any Second Priority Secured Party any preference or priority relative to,
the Liens with respect to the First Priority Obligations or the First Priority Secured
Parties with respect to any of the Common Collateral;
(c) they will not contest, oppose, object to, interfere with, hinder or delay, in any
manner, whether by judicial proceedings (including without limitation the filing of an
Insolvency Proceeding) or otherwise, any foreclosure, sale, lease, exchange, transfer or
other disposition of the Common Collateral by any First Priority Secured Party or any other
Enforcement Action taken with respect to the Common Collateral (or any forbearance from
taking any Enforcement Action with respect to the Common Collateral) by or on behalf of any
First Priority Secured Party;
(d) they have no right to (i) direct either the First Priority Representative or any
other First Priority Secured Party to exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to
the Common Collateral or pursuant to the First Priority Security Documents or (ii) consent
or object to the exercise by the First Priority Representative or any other First Priority
Secured Party of any right, remedy or power with respect to the Common Collateral or
pursuant to the First Priority Security Documents or to the timing or manner in which any
such right is exercised or not exercised (or, to the extent they may have any such right
described in this clause (d), whether as a junior lien creditor or otherwise, they hereby
irrevocably waive such right);
(e) they will not institute any suit or other proceeding or assert in any suit,
Insolvency Proceeding or other proceeding any claim against any First Priority Secured
Party seeking damages from or other relief by way of specific performance, injunction or
otherwise, with respect to, and no First Priority Secured Party shall be liable for, any
action taken or omitted to be taken by any First Priority Secured Party with respect to the
Common Collateral or pursuant to the First Priority Documents; and
(0 they will not seek, and hereby waive any right, to have the Common Collateral or any
part thereof marshaled upon any foreclosure or other disposition of the Common Collateral.
provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any Second Priority Secured Party
may exercise its rights and remedies in respect of the Common Collateral under the Second Priority
Security Documents or applicable law after the passage of a period of 180 days (the
“Standstill Period”) from the date of delivery of a notice in writing by the Second
Priority Representative to the First Priority Representative of its intention to exercise such
rights and remedies, which notice may only be delivered following the occurrence of and during the
continuation of an “Event of Default” under and as defined in the Second Priority Agreement;
provided, further, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event
shall any Second Priority Secured Party exercise or continue to exercise any such rights or
remedies if, notwithstanding the expiration of the Standstill Period, (i) any First Priority
Secured Party shall have commenced and be diligently pursuing the exercise of any of its rights and
remedies with respect to any of the Common Collateral (prompt notice of such exercise to be given
to the Second Priority Representative) or (ii) an Insolvency Proceeding in respect of any Loan
Party shall have been
commenced; and provided, further, that in any Insolvency Proceeding commenced
by or against any Loan Party, the Second Priority Representative and the Second Priority Secured
Parties may take any action expressly permitted by Section 5.
3.3 Judgment Creditors. In the event that any Second Priority
Secured Party becomes a
judgment lien creditor as a result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor to
the extent permitted by applicable law, any such judgment lien on the Common Collateral shall
be subject to the terms of this Agreement for all purposes (including in relation to the First
Priority Liens and the First Priority Obligations) to the same extent as other Liens on the
Common Collateral securing the Second Priority Obligations are subject to the terms of this
Agreement.
3.4 Cooperation. The Second Priority Representative, on behalf of
itself and the other
Second Priority Secured Parties, agrees that each of them shall take such actions as the
First Priority Representative shall reasonably request in connection with the exercise by
the First Priority Secured Parties of their rights set forth herein.
3.5 No Additional Rights For the Loan Parties Hereunder. Except as
provided in Section 3.6,
if any First Priority Secured Party or Second Priority Secured Party shall enforce its rights or
remedies in violation of the terms of this Agreement, no Loan Party shall be entitled to use such
violation as a defense to any action by any First Priority Secured Party or Second Priority
Secured Party, nor to assert such violation as a counterclaim or basis for set off or recoupment
against any First Priority Secured Party or Second Priority Secured Party.
3.6 Actions Upon Breach. (a) If any Second Priority Secured Party,
contrary to this
Agreement, commences or participates in any action or proceeding against the Borrower or any
Loan Party or the Common Collateral, such Loan Party, with the prior written consent of the
First Priority Secured Representative, may interpose as a defense or dilatory plea the making
of this Agreement, and any First Priority Secured Party may intervene and interpose such
defense or plea in its or their name.
(b) Should any Second Priority Secured Party, contrary to this Agreement, in any way take,
attempt to or threaten to take any action with respect to the Common Collateral (including,
without limitation, any attempt to realize upon or enforce any remedy with respect to this
Agreement), or fail to take any action required by this Agreement, any First Priority Secured
Party (in its own name) or the Borrower or the relevant Loan Party may obtain relief against such
Second Priority Secured Party by injunction, specific performance and/or other appropriate
equitable relief, it being understood and agreed by the Second Priority Representative on behalf
of each Second Priority Secured Party that (i) the First Priority Secured Parties’ damages from
its actions may at that time be difficult to ascertain and may be irreparable, and (ii) each
Second Priority Secured Party waives any defense that the Loan Parties and/or
the First Priority Secured Parties cannot demonstrate damage and/or be made whole by the
awarding of damages.
3.7 Option to Purchase. (a) The First Priority Representative agrees that
it will give the Second Priority Representative written notice (the “Enforcement Notice”)
within five Business Days after commencing any Enforcement Action with respect to Common
Collateral (which notice shall be effective for all Enforcement Actions taken after the date of
such notice so long as the First Priority Representative is diligently pursuing in good faith the
exercise of its default or enforcement rights or remedies against, or diligently attempting in good
faith to vacate any stay of enforcement rights of its senior Liens on a material portion of the
Common Collateral, including, without limitation, all Enforcement Actions identified in such
notice). Any Second Priority Secured Party shall have the option upon receipt of the Enforcement
Notice by the Second Priority Representative, by irrevocable written notice (the “Purchase
Notice”) delivered by the Second Priority Representative to the First Priority
Representative no later than five Business Days after receipt by the Second Priority Representative
of the Enforcement Notice, to purchase all (but not less than all) of the First Priority
Obligations from the First Priority Secured Parties. If the Second Priority Representative so
delivers the Purchase Notice, the First Priority Representative shall terminate any existing
Enforcement Actions and shall not take any further Enforcement Actions,
provided, that the Purchase (as defined below) shall have been consummated on
the date specified in the Purchase Notice in accordance with this Section 3.7.
(b) On the date specified by the Second Priority Representative in the Purchase Notice (which
shall be a Business Day not less than five Business Days, nor more than ten Business Days, after
receipt by the First Priority Representative of the Purchase Notice), the First Priority Secured
Parties shall, subject to any required approval of any court or other governmental authority then
in effect, sell to the Second Priority Secured Parties electing to purchase pursuant to Section
3.7(a) (the “Purchasing Parties”), and the Purchasing Parties shall purchase (the
“Purchase”) from the First Priority Secured Parties, the First Priority Obligations;
provided, that the First Priority Obligations purchased shall not
include any rights of First Priority Secured Parties with respect to indemnification and other
obligations of the Loan Parties under the First Priority Documents that are expressly stated to
survive the termination of the First Priority Documents (the “Surviving Obligations”).
(c) Without limiting the obligations of the Loan Parties under the First Priority
Documents to the First Priority Secured Parties with respect to the Surviving Obligations (which
shall not be transferred in connection with the Purchase), on the date of the Purchase, the
Purchasing Parties shall (i) pay to the First Priority Secured Parties as the purchase price (the
“Purchase Price”) therefor the full amount of all First Priority Obligations then
outstanding and unpaid (including principal, accrued and unpaid interest at the contract rate,
fees, breakage costs, attorneys’ fees and expenses, and, in the case of any Specified Swap
Agreements, the amount that would be payable by the relevant Loan Party thereunder if it were to
terminate such Specified Swap Agreements on the date of the Purchase or, if not terminated, an
amount determined by the relevant First Priority Secured Party to be necessary to collateralize its
credit risk arising out of such Specified Swap Agreements), (ii) furnish cash collateral (the
“Cash Collateral”) to the First Priority Secured Parties in such amounts as the
relevant First Priority Secured Parties determine is reasonably necessary to secure such First
Priority Secured Parties in connection with any outstanding letters of credit (not to exceed 103%
of the aggregate undrawn face amount of such letters of credit), (iii) agree to reimburse the First
Priority Secured Parties for any loss, cost, damage or expense (including attorneys’ fees and
expenses) in connection with any fees, costs or expenses related to any checks or other payments
provisionally credited to the First Priority Obligations or as to which the First Priority Secured
Parties have not yet received final payment and (iv) agree, after written request from the First
Priority Representative, to reimburse the First Priority Secured Parties in respect of
indemnification obligations of the Loan Parties under the First Priority Documents as to matters or
circumstances known to the
Purchasing Parties at the time of the Purchase which could reasonably be expected to result in
any loss, cost, damage or expense to any of the First Priority Secured Parties,
provided that, in no event shall any Purchasing Party have any liability for
such amounts in excess of proceeds of Common Collateral received by the Purchasing Parties.
(d) The Purchase Price and Cash Collateral shall be remitted by wire transfer in immediately
available funds to such account of the First Priority Representative as it shall designate to the
Purchasing Parties. The First Priority Representative shall, promptly following its receipt
thereof, distribute the amounts received by it in respect of the Purchase Price to the First
Priority Secured Parties in accordance with the First Priority Agreement. Interest shall be
calculated to but excluding the day on which the Purchase occurs if the amounts so paid by the
Purchasing Parties to the account designated by the First Priority Representative are received in
such account prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, and interest shall be calculated to and
including such day if the amounts so paid by the Purchasing Parties to the account designated by
the First Priority Representative are received in such account later than 12:00 noon, New York
City time.
(e) The Purchase shall be made without representation or warranty of any kind by the First
Priority Secured Parties as to the First Priority Obligations, the Common Collateral or otherwise
and without recourse to the First Priority Secured Parties, except that the First Priority
Secured Parties shall represent and warrant: (i) the amount of the First Priority Obligations
being purchased, (ii) that the First Priority Secured Parties own the First Priority Obligations
free and clear of any Liens and (iii) that the First Priority Secured Parties have the right to
assign the First Priority Obligations and the assignment is duly authorized.
(f) For the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto hereby acknowledge and agree that in no
event shall the Second Priority Representative (i) be deemed to be a Purchasing Party for
purposes of this Section 3.7, (ii) be subject to or liable for any obligations of a Purchasing
Party pursuant to this Section 3.7 or (iii) incur any liability to any First Priority Secured
Party or any other Person in connection with any Purchase pursuant to this Section 3.7.
SECTION 4. Application of Proceeds of Common Collateral; Dispositions and
Releases of Common Collateral; Inspection and Insurance.
4.1 Application of Proceeds: Turnover Provisions. All
proceeds of Common Collateral
(including without limitation any interest earned thereon) resulting from the sale, collection or
other disposition of Common Collateral in connection with an Enforcement Action, whether or not
pursuant to an Insolvency Proceeding, shall, subject to Section 9.14 hereof, be distributed as
follows: first to the First Priority Representative for application to the First Priority
Obligations in accordance with the terms of the First Priority Documents, until the First Priority
Obligations Payment Date has occurred and thereafter, to the Second Priority
Representative for application in accordance with the Second Priority Documents. Until the
occurrence of the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, any Common Collateral, including without
limitation any such Common Collateral constituting proceeds, that may be received by any Second
Priority Secured Party in violation of this Agreement shall be segregated and held in trust and
promptly paid over to the First Priority Representative, for the benefit of the First Priority
Secured
Parties, in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements, and each Second Priority
Secured Party hereby authorizes the First Priority Representative to make any such endorsements as
agent for the Second Priority Representative (which authorization, being coupled with an interest,
is irrevocable).
4.2 Releases of Second Priority Lien. (a) Upon any release, sale or
disposition of Common
Collateral permitted pursuant to the terms of the First Priority Documents that results in the
release of the
First Priority Lien on any Common Collateral (excluding (i) any sale or other disposition that is
expressly prohibited by the Second Priority Agreement as in effect on the date hereof unless such
sale or disposition is consummated in connection with an Enforcement Action or consummated after
the institution of any Insolvency Proceeding and (ii) the release of all First Priority Liens in
connection with
the payment in full of all First Priority Obligations), the Second Priority Lien on such Common
Collateral (excluding any portion of the proceeds of such Common Collateral remaining after the
First Priority Obligations Payment Date occurs) shall be automatically and unconditionally released
with no further consent or action of any Person.
(b) The Second Priority Representative shall promptly execute and deliver such release
documents and instruments (which shall be prepared by the First Priority Representative) at the
expense of the Borrower and shall take such further actions as the First Priority Representative
shall request to evidence any release of the Second Priority Lien described in paragraph (a). The
Second Priority Representative hereby appoints the First Priority Representative and any officer or
duly authorized person of the First Priority Representative, with full power of substitution, as
its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power of attorney in the place and stead
of the Second Priority Representative and in the name of the Second Priority Representative or in
the First Priority Representative’s own name, from time to time, in the First Priority
Representative’s sole discretion, for the purposes of carrying out the terms of this Section 4.2,
to take any and all appropriate action and to execute and deliver any and all documents and
instruments as may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 4.2,
including, without limitation, any financing statements, endorsements, assignments, releases or
other documents or instruments of transfer (which appointment, being coupled with an interest, is
irrevocable).
4.3 Inspection Rights and Insurance. (a) Any First Priority Secured
Party and its
representatives may at any time inspect, repossess, remove and otherwise deal with the Common
Collateral in accordance with the terms of the First Priority Agreements, and the First
Priority Representative may advertise and conduct public auctions or private sales of the
Common Collateral in accordance with the terms of the First Priority Agreements, in each case
without notice to, the involvement of or interference by any Second Priority Secured Party or
liability to any Second Priority Secured Party.
(b) Proceeds of Common Collateral include insurance proceeds in respect of such Common
Collateral and therefore the lien priorities provided in Section 2.1 shall govern the ultimate
disposition of casualty insurance proceeds. If the First Priority Representative and Second
Priority Representative are to be named as loss payees with respect to insurance policies relating
to Common Collateral, pursuant to the terms of the First Priority Agreements and the Second
Priority Agreements, as applicable, the First Priority Representative will be a loss payee until
the First Priority Obligations Payment Date and thereafter the Second Priority Representative will
be a loss payee until the Second Priority Obligations are paid in full. Until the First Priority
Obligations Payment Date has occurred, the First Priority Representative shall have the sole and
exclusive right, as against the Second Priority Representative, to adjust or settle any insurance
claims in the event of any covered loss, theft or destruction of Common Collateral to the extent
provided for, and in accordance with, the First Priority Agreements. All proceeds of such insurance
shall be remitted to the First Priority Representative or the Second Priority Representative, as
the case may be, and each of the Second Priority Representative and First Priority Representative
shall cooperate (if necessary) in a reasonable manner in effecting the payment of insurance
proceeds in accordance with Section 4.1.
SECTION 5. Insolvency Proceedings.
5.1 Filing of Motions. Until the First Priority Obligations Payment Date has occurred, the
Second Priority Representative agrees on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured
Parties that no Second Priority Secured Party shall, in or in connection with any Insolvency
Proceeding, file any pleadings or motions, take any position at any hearing or proceeding of any
nature, or otherwise take any action whatsoever, in each case that (a) violates, or is prohibited
by, this Section 5 (or, in the absence of an Insolvency Proceeding, otherwise would violate or be
prohibited by this Agreement), (b) asserts any right, benefit or privilege that arises in favor of
the Second Priority Secured Parties, in whole or in part, as a result of their interest in the
Common Collateral (unless the assertion of such right is expressly permitted by this Agreement) or
(c) challenges the validity, priority, enforceability or voidability of any Liens or claims held by
the First Priority Representative or any other First Priority Secured Party with respect to the
Common Collateral, or the extent to which the First Priority Obligations constitute secured claims
or the value thereof under Section 506(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise;
provided that the Second Priority Representative may (i) file a proof of claim
in an Insolvency Proceeding and (ii) file any necessary responsive or defensive pleadings in
opposition to any motion or other pleadings made by any Person objecting to or otherwise seeking
the disallowance of any claims of the Second Priority Secured Parties on the Common Collateral,
subject to the limitations contained in this Agreement and only if consistent with the terms and
the limitations on the Second Priority Representative imposed hereby.
5.2 Financing Matters. If any Loan Party becomes subject to any
Insolvency Proceeding at
any time prior to the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, and if the First Priority
Representative or the other First Priority Secured Parties desire to consent (or not object) to
the use of cash collateral under the Bankruptcy Code or to provide financing to any Loan Party
under the Bankruptcy Code or to consent (or not object) to the provision of such financing to any
Loan Party by any third party (any such financing, “DIP Financing”), then the Second
Priority Representative agrees, on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties,
that each Second Priority Secured Party (a) will be deemed to have consented to, will raise no
objection to, nor support any other Person objecting to, the use of such cash collateral or to
such DIP Financing, (b) will not request or accept adequate protection or any other relief in
connection with the use of such cash collateral or such DIP Financing except as set forth in
Section 5.4 below, (c) will subordinate (and will be deemed hereunder to have
subordinated) the Second Priority Liens on any Common Collateral (i) to such DIP Financing on the
same terms as the First Priority Liens are subordinated thereto (and such subordination will not
alter in any manner the terms of this Agreement), (ii) to any adequate protection provided to the
First Priority Secured Parties and (iii) to any “carve-out” agreed to by the First Priority
Representative or the other First Priority Secured Parties, and (d) agrees that notice received
two calendar days prior to the entry of an order approving such usage of cash collateral or
approving such financing shall be adequate notice so long as (A) the Second Priority
Representative retains its Lien on the Common Collateral to secure the Second Priority Obligations
(in each case, including proceeds thereof arising after the commencement of the case under the
Bankruptcy
Code) and (B) all Liens on Common Collateral securing any such DIP Financing shall be senior to or
on a parity with the Liens of the First Priority Representative and the First Priority Creditors on
Common Collateral securing the First Priority Obligations.
5.3 Relief From the Automatic Stay. Until the First Priority Obligations
Payment Date has
occurred, the Second Priority Representative agrees, on behalf of itself and the other Second
Priority Secured Parties, that none of them will seek relief from the automatic stay or from any
other stay in any Insolvency Proceeding or take any action in derogation thereof, in each case
in respect of any Common Collateral, without the prior written consent of the First Priority
Representative.
5.4 Adequate Protection. The Second Priority Representative, on behalf
of itself and the
other Second Priority Secured Parties, agrees that, prior to the First Priority Obligations Payment
Date, none of them shall object, contest, or support any other Person objecting to or contesting,
(a) any request by the First Priority Representative or the other First Priority Secured Parties
for adequate protection of its interest in the Common Collateral or any adequate protection
provided to the First Priority Representative or the other First Priority Secured Parties, (b) any
objection by the First Priority Representative or any other First Priority Secured Parties to any
motion, relief, action or proceeding based on a claim of a lack of adequate protection in the
Common Collateral or (c) the payment of interest, fees, expenses or other amounts to the First
Priority Representative or any other First Priority Secured Party under Section 506(b) or 506(c) of
the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise. The Second Priority
Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties, further agrees
that, prior to the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, none of them shall assert or enforce
any claim under Section 506(b) or 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise that is senior to or
on a parity with the First Priority Liens for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any
Common Collateral. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth in this
Section and in Section 5.2(c)(ii), but subject to all other
provisions of this Agreement (including, without limitation, Section 5.2(c)(i)
and Section 5.3), in any Insolvency Proceeding, (i) if the First Priority
Secured Parties (or any subset thereof) are granted adequate protection consisting of additional
collateral (with replacement Liens on such additional collateral) and superpriority claims in
connection with any DIP Financing or use of cash collateral with respect to the Common Collateral,
and the First Priority Secured Parties do not object to the adequate protection being provided to
them, then in connection with any such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral the Second Priority
Representative, on behalf of itself and any of the Second Priority Secured Parties, may, as
adequate protection of their interests in the Common Collateral, seek or accept (and the First
Priority Representative and the First Priority Secured Parties shall not object to) adequate
protection consisting solely of (x) a replacement Lien on the same additional collateral,
subordinated to the Liens securing the First Priority Obligations and such DIP Financing on the
same basis as the other Second Priority Liens on the Common Collateral are so subordinated to the
First Priority Obligations under this Agreement and (y) superpriority claims junior in all respects
to the superpriority claims granted to the First Priority Secured Parties, provided, however, that
the Second Priority Representative shall have irrevocably agreed, pursuant to Section 1129(a)(9) of
the Bankruptcy Code, on behalf of itself and the Second Priority Secured Parties, in any
stipulation and/or order granting such adequate protection, that such junior superpriority claims
may be paid under any plan of reorganization in any combination of cash, debt, equity or other
property having a value on the effective date of such plan equal to the allowed amount of such
claims and (ii) in the event the Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and the Second
Priority Secured Parties, seeks or accepts adequate protection in accordance with clause (i) above
and such adequate protection is granted in the form of additional collateral, then the Second
Priority Representative, on behalf of itself or any of the Second Priority Secured Parties, agrees
that the First Priority Representative shall also be granted a senior Lien on such additional
collateral as security for the First Priority Obligations and any such DIP Financing and that any
Lien on such additional collateral securing the Second Priority Obligations shall be subordinated
to the Liens on such collateral securing the First Priority Obligations and any such DIP Financing
(and all Obligations relating thereto) and any other Liens granted to the First Priority Secured
Parties as adequate protection, with such subordination to be on the same terms that the other
Liens securing the Second Priority Obligations are subordinated to such First Priority Obligations
under this Agreement. The Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Second
Priority Secured Parties, agrees that except as expressly set forth in this Section none of them
shall seek or accept adequate protection with respect to their interests in the Common Collateral
without the prior written consent of the First Priority Representative.
5.5 Avoidance Issues. If any First Priority Secured Party is required in
any Insolvency
Proceeding or otherwise to disgorge, turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of any Loan Party any
amount (a
“Recovery”), whether received as proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of
set-off or otherwise, because such amount was avoided or ordered to be paid or disgorged for any
reason, including without limitation because it was found to be a fraudulent or preferential
transfer, then the First Priority Obligations shall be reinstated to the extent of such Recovery
and deemed to be outstanding as if such payment had not occurred and the First Priority Obligations
Payment Date shall be deemed not to have occurred. 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. The Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each of the Second
Priority Secured Parties, agrees that none of them shall be entitled to benefit from any avoidance
action affecting or otherwise relating to any distribution or allocation made in accordance with
this Agreement, whether by preference or otherwise, it being understood and agreed that the benefit
of such avoidance action otherwise allocable to them shall instead be allocated and turned over for
application in accordance with the priorities set forth in this Agreement.
5.6 Asset Dispositions in an Insolvency Proceeding. In an
Insolvency Proceeding or
otherwise, neither the Second Priority Representative nor any other Second Priority Secured
Party shall oppose any sale or disposition of any Common Collateral that is supported by the
First Priority Secured Parties, and the Second Priority Representative and each other Second
Priority Secured Party will be deemed to have consented under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code
(and otherwise) to any sale supported by the First Priority Secured Parties and to have released
their Liens on such assets.
5.7 Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classification. Each
Secured Party
acknowledges and agrees that (a) the grants of Liens pursuant to the First Priority Security
Documents and the Second Priority Security Documents constitute two separate and distinct grants
of Liens and (b) because of, among other things, their differing rights in the Common Collateral,
the First Priority Obligations and the Second Priority Obligations are fundamentally different
from each other and must be separately classified in any plan of reorganization proposed or
adopted in an Insolvency Proceeding. To further effectuate the intent of the parties as provided
in the immediately preceding sentence, if it is held that the claims of the First Priority Secured
Parties and Second Priority Secured Parties in respect of the Common Collateral constitute only
one secured claim (rather than separate classes of senior and junior secured claims), then the
Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties,
hereby acknowledges and agrees that all distributions shall be made as if there were separate
classes of senior and junior secured claims against the Loan Parties in respect of the Common
Collateral, with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the Common
Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose ignoring all claims held by the Second Priority Secured
Parties), the First Priority Secured Parties shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts
distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts
owing in respect of Post-Petition Interest before any distribution is made in respect of the
claims held by the Second Priority Secured Parties. The Second Priority Representative, on behalf
of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties, hereby acknowledges and agrees to turn
over to the First Priority Representative amounts otherwise received or receivable by them to the
extent necessary to effectuate the intent of the preceding sentence, even if such turnover has the
effect of reducing the claim or recovery of the Second Priority Secured Parties.
5.8 No Waivers of Rights of First Priority Secured Parties. Nothing
contained herein shall
prohibit or in any way limit the First Priority Representative or any other First Priority
Secured Party from objecting in any Insolvency Proceeding or otherwise to any action taken by any
Second Priority Secured Party not expressly permitted hereunder, including the seeking by any
Second Priority Secured Party of adequate protection with respect to its interests in the Common
Collateral (except as provided in Section 5.4).
5.9 Other Matters. To the extent that the Second Priority
Representative or any Second
Priority Secured Party has or acquires rights under Section 363 or Section 364 of the
Bankruptcy Code with respect to any of the Common Collateral, the Second Priority
Representative agrees, on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties not to
assert any of such rights without the prior written consent of the First Priority
Representative unless expressly permitted to do so hereunder.
5.10 Effectiveness in Insolvency Proceedings. This Agreement, which
the parties hereto expressly acknowledge is a “subordination agreement” under section 510(a)
of the Bankruptcy Code, shall be effective before, during and after the commencement of an
Insolvency Proceeding.
SECTION 6. Security Documents.
(a) Each Loan Party and the Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and
the Second Priority Secured Parties, agrees that it shall not at any time execute or deliver
any amendment or other modification to any of the Second Priority Documents in violation of
this Agreement.
(b) Each Loan Party and the First Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and the First
Priority Secured Parties, agrees that it shall not at any time execute or deliver any amendment or
other modification to any of the First Priority Documents in violation of this Agreement.
(c) In the event the First Priority Representative enters into any amendment, waiver or
consent in respect of any of the First Priority Security Documents for the purpose of adding to, or
deleting from, or waiving or consenting to any departures from any provisions of, any First
Priority Security Document or changing in any manner the rights of any parties thereunder, in each
case solely with respect to any Common Collateral, then such amendment, waiver or consent shall
apply automatically to any comparable provision of the Comparable Second Priority Security Document
without the consent of or action by any Second Priority Secured Party (with all such amendments,
waivers and modifications subject to the terms hereof); provided that (other
than with respect to amendments, modifications or waivers that secure additional extensions of
credit and add additional secured creditors and do not violate the express provisions of the Second
Priority Agreements), (i) no such amendment, waiver or consent shall have the effect of removing
assets subject to the Lien of any Second Priority Security Document, except to the extent that a
release of such Lien is permitted by Section 4.2, (ii) any such amendment, waiver or consent that
adversely affects the rights of the Second Priority Secured Parties and does not affect the First
Priority Secured Parties in a like or similar manner shall not apply to the Second Priority
Security Documents without the consent of the Second Priority Representative, (iii) no such
amendment, waiver or consent with respect to any provision applicable to the collateral agent under
the Second Priority Documents shall be made without the prior written consent of such collateral
agent and (iv) notice of such amendment, waiver or consent shall be given to the Second Priority
Representative no later than 30 days after its effectiveness, provided that the
failure to give such notice shall not affect the effectiveness and validity thereof.
(d) The First Priority Obligations and the Second Priority Obligations may be refinanced or
replaced, in whole or in part, in each case, without notice to, or the consent (except to the
extent a consent is otherwise required to permit the refinancing transaction under any First
Priority Agreement or any Second Priority Agreement) of any First Priority Secured Party or any
Second Priority Secured Party, all without affecting the Lien priorities provided for herein or the
other provisions hereof; provided, however, that the holders of any such
refinancing or replacement indebtedness (or an authorized agent or trustee on their behalf) bind
themselves in writing to the terms of this Agreement pursuant to such documents or agreements
(including amendments or supplements to this Agreement) as the First Priority Representative or the
Second Priority Representative, as the case may be, shall reasonably request and in
form and substance reasonably acceptable to the First Priority Representative or the
Second Priority Representative, as the case may be; provided that such
documents or agreements shall comply with Section 6(a) and Section 6(b).
(e) If at any time in connection with or after the discharge of all First Priority
Obligations, the Borrower enters into any replacement First Priority Agreement secured by all or a
portion of the First Priority Collateral on a first-priority basis, then such prior discharge of
First Priority Obligations shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for the purposes of
this Agreement, and the obligations under such replacement First Priority Agreement shall
automatically be treated as First Priority Obligations for all purposes of this Agreement,
including for purposes of the Lien priorities and rights in respect of the First Priority
Collateral (or such portion thereof) set forth therein. The termination of the Existing First
Priority Agreement in connection with any such replacement shall not be deemed to be the First
Priority Obligations Payment Date.
(f) In connection with any refinancing or replacement contemplated by Section 6(d) or 6(e),
this Agreement may be amended at the request and sole expense of the Borrower, and without the
consent of the First Priority Representative, the First Priority Secured Parties, or the Second
Priority Representative or the Second Priority Secured Parties (a) to add parties (or any
authorized agent or trustee therefor) providing any such refinancing or replacement indebtedness,
(b) to establish that Liens on any First Priority Collateral securing such refinancing or
replacement indebtedness shall have the same priority (or junior priority) as the Liens on any
First Priority Collateral securing the indebtedness being refinanced or replaced and (c) to
establish that Liens on any Second Priority Collateral securing such refmancing or replacement
indebtedness shall have the same priority as the Liens on any Second Priority Collateral securing
the indebtedness being refinanced or replaced, all on the terms provided for immediately prior to
such refinancing or replacement.
SECTION 7. Reliance; Waivers; etc.
7.1 Reliance. All extensions of credit under the First Priority Documents made after the date
hereof are deemed to have been made or incurred, in reliance upon this Agreement. The Second
Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and the Second Priority Secured Parties, expressly
waives all notice of the acceptance of and reliance on this Agreement by the First Priority
Representative and the First Priority Secured Parties. The Second Priority Documents are deemed to
have been executed and delivered and all extensions of credit thereunder are deemed to have been
made or incurred, in reliance upon this Agreement. The First Priority Representative, on behalf of
itself and the First Priority Secured Parties, expressly waives all notices of the acceptance of
and reliance on this Agreement by the Second Priority Representative and the Second Priority
Secured Parties.
7.2 No Warranties or Liability. The Second Priority Representative
and the First Priority
Representative acknowledge and agree that neither has made any representation or warranty with
respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectibility or enforceability of
any First Priority Document or any Second Priority Document. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, the Second Priority Representative and the First Priority Representative will be
entitled to manage and supervise their respective extensions of credit to any Loan Party in
accordance with law and their usual practices, modified from time to time as they deem
appropriate.
7.3 No Waivers. No right or benefit of any party hereunder shall at
any time in any way be
prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of such party or any other party
hereto or by any noncompliance by any Loan Party with the terms and conditions of any of the First
Priority Documents or the Second Priority Documents.
SECTION 8. Obligations Unconditional.
8.1 First Priority Obligations Unconditional. All rights and interests of the First Priority
Secured Parties hereunder, and all agreements and obligations of the Second Priority Secured
Parties (and, to the extent applicable, the Loan Parties) hereunder, shall remain in full
force and effect irrespective of:
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any First Priority Document;
(b) any change in the time, place or manner of payment of, or in any other term of,
all or any portion of the First Priority Obligations, or any amendment, waiver or other
modification, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, or any refinancing, replacement,
refunding or restatement of any First Priority Document;
(c) prior to the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, any exchange, release,
voiding, avoidance or non-perfection of any security interest in any Common Collateral or
any other collateral, or any release, amendment, waiver or other modification, whether by
course of conduct or otherwise, or any refinancing, replacement, refunding or restatement of
all or any portion of the First Priority Obligations or any guarantee thereof; or
(d) any other circumstances that otherwise might constitute a defense available to,
or a discharge of, any Loan Party in respect of the First Priority Obligations, or of any
of the Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Secured Party, or any Loan
Party, to the extent applicable, in respect of this Agreement (other than the occurrence
of the First Priority Obligations Payment Date).
8.2 Second Priority Obligations Unconditional. All rights and
interests of the Second
Priority Secured Parties hereunder, and all agreements and obligations of the First Priority
Secured Parties (and, to the extent applicable, the Loan Parties) hereunder, shall remain in full
force and effect irrespective of:
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Second Priority Document;
(b) any change in the time, place or manner of payment of, or in any other term of,
all or any portion of the Second Priority Obligations, or any amendment, waiver or other
modification, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, or any refinancing, replacement,
refunding or restatement of any Second Priority Document;
(c) any exchange, release, voiding, avoidance or non-perfection of any security
interest in any Common Collateral or any other collateral, or any release, amendment,
waiver or other modification, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, or any
refinancing, replacement, refunding or restatement of all or any portion of the Second
Priority Obligations or any guarantee thereof; or
(d) any other circumstances that otherwise might constitute a defense available to,
or a discharge of, any Loan Party in respect of the Second Priority Obligations or any
First Priority Secured Party in respect of this Agreement.
SECTION 9. Miscellaneous.
9.1 Conflicts. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the
provisions of any First Priority Document or any Second Priority Document, the provisions of this
Agreement shall govern. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto acknowledge that the
terms of this Agreement are not intended to and shall not, as between the Loan Parties and the
Secured Parties, negate, impair, waive or cancel any rights granted to, or carry liability or
obligation of, any Loan Party in the First Priority Documents and the Second Priority Documents or
impose any additional obligations on the Loan Parties (other than as expressly set forth herein).
9.2 Continuing Nature of Provisions. This Agreement shall continue
to be effective, and
shall not be revocable by any party hereto, until the First Priority Obligation Payment Date shall
have occurred subject to the reinstatement as expressly set forth herein. This is a continuing
agreement and the First Priority Secured Parties and the Second Priority Secured Parties may
continue, at any time and without notice to the other parties hereto, to extend credit and other
financial accommodations, lend monies and provide indebtedness to, or for the benefit of, Borrower
or any other Loan Party on the faith hereof.
9.3 Amendments: Waivers. (a) No amendment or modification of any of
the provisions of
this Agreement shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the First
Priority Representative (in accordance with the First Priority Agreement) and the Second Priority
Representative (in accordance with the Second Priority Agreement), and, in the case of amendments
or modifications of Sections 3.5, 3.6, 5.2, 5.4, 6(c), 6(d), 6(e), 6(f), 9.3, 9.5 or 9.6, the Loan
Parties, and each waiver, if any, shall be a waiver only with respect to the specific instance
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. Anything
herein to the contrary notwithstanding, no consent of any Loan Party shall be required for
amendments, modifications or waivers of any other provisions of this Agreement other than those
that (i) affect any obligation or right of the Loan Parties hereunder or under the First Priority
Documents or the Second Priority Documents or that would impose any additional obligations on the
Loan Parties or (ii) change the rights of the Loan Parties to refinance the First Priority
Obligations or the Second Priority Obligations.
(b) It is understood that this Agreement may be amended from time to time at the request of
the Borrower, at the Borrower’s sole expense, and without the consent of the First Priority
Representative, Second Priority Representative, any First Priority Secured Party or any Second
Priority Secured Party to (i) add other parties holding additional Indebtedness or obligations that
constitute First Priority Obligations (“Additional First Priority Debt”) or Second
Priority Obligations (“Additional Second Priority Debt”) (or any agent or trustee
thereof) in each case to the extent such Indebtedness or obligation is permitted to be incurred by
the First Priority Agreement and Second Priority Agreement then extant, (ii) in the case of
Additional Second Priority Debt, (1) establish that the Lien on the Common Collateral securing such
Additional Second Priority Debt shall be junior and subordinate in all respects to all Liens on the
Common Collateral securing any First Priority Obligations and shall share in the benefits of the
Common Collateral equally and ratably with all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any Second
Priority Obligations, and (2) provide to the holders of such Additional Second Priority Debt (or
any agent or trustee thereof) the comparable rights and benefits (including any improved rights and
benefits that have been consented to by the First Priority Representative for the benefit of all
Second Priority Debt) as are provided to the holders of Second Priority Obligations under this
Agreement, and (iii) in the case of Additional First Priority Debt, (1) establish that the Lien on
the Common Collateral securing such Additional First Priority Debt shall be superior in all
respects to all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any Second Priority Obligations and shall
share in the benefits of the Common
Collateral equally and ratably with all Liens on the Common Collateral securing any First Priority
Lien Obligations, and (2) provide to the holders of such Additional First Priority Debt (or any
agent or trustee thereof) the comparable rights and benefits as are provided to the holders of
First Priority Lien Obligations under this Agreement, in each case so long as such modifications do
not expressly violate the provisions of any First Priority Agreement or Second Priority Agreement.
Any such additional party and each First Priority Representative and Second Priority Representative
shall be entitled to rely on the determination of the Borrower that such modifications do not
violate any First Priority Agreement or Second Priority Agreement if such determination is set
forth in an Officers’ Certificate and an opinion of counsel delivered to such party, the First
Priority Representative and the Second Priority Representative. Any amendment to this Agreement
that is proposed to be effected without the consent of any First Priority Representative shall be
submitted to such First Priority Representative reasonably promptly after the effectiveness of such
amendment, and no such First Priority Representative shall be deemed to have knowledge of any such
amendment until it receives a copy of such amendment. Any amendment to this Agreement that is
proposed to be effected without the consent of any Second Priority Representative shall be
submitted to such Second Priority Representative reasonably promptly after the effectiveness of
such amendment, and no such Second Priority Representative shall be deemed to have knowledge of any
such amendment until it receives a copy of such amendment.
9.4 Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Borrower and the other Loan
Parties.
Neither the Second Priority Representative nor the First Priority Representative hereby assumes
responsibility for keeping each other informed of the financial condition of the Borrower and each
of the other Loan Parties and all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the
First Priority Obligations or the Second Priority Obligations. The Second Priority Representative
and the First Priority Representative hereby agree that no party shall have any duty to advise any
other party of information known to it regarding such condition or any such circumstances. In the
event the Second Priority Representative or the First Priority Representative, in its sole
discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any information to any other
party to this Agreement, it shall be under no obligation (a) to provide or update any such
information to such other party or any other party on any subsequent occasion, (b) to undertake
any investigation not a part of its regular business routine, or (c) to disclose any other
information. Neither the First Priority Representative nor the Second Priority Representative
shall have any responsibility to monitor or verify the financial condition of the Borrower or
other Loan Parties.
9.5 Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and
governed by
the law of the State of New York, except as otherwise required by mandatory provisions of law
and except to the extent that remedies provided by the laws of any jurisdiction other than the
State of New York are governed by the laws of such jurisdiction.
9.6 Submission to Jurisdiction. (a) Each First Priority Secured Party, each
Second Priority
Secured Party and each Loan Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and
its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York and of the
United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any
thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or for
recognition or enforcement of any judgment with respect to this Agreement, and each such party
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or
proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law,
in such Federal court. Each such party agrees that a final judgment in any such action or
proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment
or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that any
First Priority Secured Party or Second Priority Secured Party may otherwise
have to bring any action or proceeding against any Loan Party or its properties in the
courts of any jurisdiction.
(b) Each First Priority Secured Party, each Second Priority Secured Party and each Loan Party
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively
do so (i) any objection it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or
proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in the first
sentence of paragraph (a) of this Section and (ii) the defense of an inconvenient forum to the
maintenance of such action or proceeding.
(c) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner
provided for notices in Section 9.7. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any
party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
9.7 Notices. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any
notice or other
communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and shall be delivered
by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or registered mail or sent by facsimile.
All such notices and other communications (i) sent by hand or overnight courier service, or mailed
by certified or registered mail, shall be deemed to have been given when received or (ii) sent by
facsimile shall be deemed to have been given when sent, provided that if not
given during normal business hours for the recipient, shall be deemed to have been given at the
opening of business on the next Business Day for the recipient. For the purposes hereof, the
addresses of the parties hereto (until notice of a change thereof is delivered as provided in this
Section) shall be as set forth below each party’s name on the signature pages hereof, 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.
9.8 Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit
of each of the parties hereto and each of the First Priority Secured Parties and Second Priority
Secured Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing herein is
intended, or shall be construed to give, any other Person any right, remedy or claim under, to or
in respect of this Agreement or any Common Collateral.
9.9 Headings. Section headings used herein are for convenience of
reference only, are not
part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into
consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
9.10 Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be
invalid, illegal or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent
of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and
enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision
in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
9.11 Counterparts; Integration; Effectiveness. This Agreement may
be executed in
counterparts (and by different parties hereto on 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 by email or telecopy
shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of this Agreement. This
Agreement shall become effective when it shall have been executed by each party hereto.
9.12 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND
UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM
THEREIN.
9.13 Additional Loan Parties. Each Person that becomes a Loan
Party after the date hereof
shall become a party to this Agreement upon execution and delivery by such Person of an
Assumption Agreement in the form of Annex 1 to the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement referred
to in the First Priority Agreement.
9.14 Concerning the Second Priority Representative. Each of the parties
hereto acknowledges that Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association is entering into this Agreement
upon direction of the Second Priority Creditors and solely in its capacity as Collateral Agent
under the Collateral Documents (as defined in the Existing Second Priority Agreement) and not in
its individual capacity and in no event shall Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association incur any
liability in connection with this Agreement or be personally liable for or on account of the
statements, representations, warranties, covenants or obligations stated to be those of the Second
Priority Representative or the Second Priority Secured Parties hereunder (including action taken on
its behalf pursuant to Section 4.2(b)), all such liability, if any, being expressly waived by the
parties hereto and any Person claiming by, though or under such party. Each party hereto hereby
acknowledges and agrees that all of the rights, privileges, protections, indemnities and immunities
afforded Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association as Collateral Agent under the Existing Second
Priority Agreement and the Collateral Documents (as defined therein) are hereby incorporated herein
as if set forth herein in full. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the fees, expenses
and indemnities owing to Xxxxx Fargo Bank, National Association, as Collateral Agent, by any Loan
Party, shall not be subordinated to any First Priority Obligation.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date
first written above.
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as First Priority Representative for and on behalf of the First Priority Secured Parties |
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By: | /s/ Xxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxx | ||||
Title: Vice President | ||||
Address for Notices: |
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00xx Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 ATTN: Xxxx Xxxx Telephone: (000) 000-0000 Telecopy: (000) 000-0000 |
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XXXXX FARGO BANK, National Association, as Second Priority Representative for and on behalf of the Second Priority Secured Parties |
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By: | /s/ STEFAN VICTORY | |||
Name: STEFAN VICTORY | ||||
Title: VICE PRESIDENT | ||||
Address for Notices: |
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0000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxx XX, Xxxxx 000 Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 ATTN: Stefan Victory Telephone: (000) 000-0000 Telecopy: (000) 000-0000 |
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ROADHOUSE FINANCING INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx de X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx de X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | President | |||
ROADHOUSE MERGER INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxxx de X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxxx de X. Xxxxxxx | |||
Title: | President | |||
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EXECUTION VERSION
JOINDER
TO INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
TO INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
THIS JOINDER AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”), dated as of October 4, 2010, is made by LRI
Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, Xxxxx’x Roadhouse, Inc., a Tennessee corporation, Xxxxx’x
Roadhouse of Texas, Inc., a Texas corporation, and Xxxxx’x Roadhouse of Kansas, Inc., a Kansas
corporation (each, a “New Loan Party” and together, the “New Loan Parties”) in
favor of JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (“First Priority Representative”) and XXXXX FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (“Second Priority Representative”), in their capacities as First
Priority Representative and Second Priority Representative, respectively, under that certain
Intercreditor Agreement (the “Intercreditor Agreement”), dated as of October 4, 2010 among
the First Priority Representative, the Second Priority Representative, Roadhouse Merger Inc., a
Delaware corporation (“Holdings”), Roadhouse Financing Inc., a Delaware corporation (the
“Borrower”) and each of the other Loan Parties party thereto. All capitalized terms used
herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings set forth in the Intercreditor Agreement.
W I T N E S S E T H
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of August 27, 2010, Roadhouse
Merger Inc. acquired LRI Holdings, Inc. through a merger transaction, with LRI Holdings, Inc. as
the surviving corporation (the “Acquisition Merger”) and immediately upon the consummation
of the Acquisition Merger, Roadhouse Financing Inc. merged with and into Xxxxx’x Roadhouse, Inc.,
with Xxxxx’x Roadhouse, Inc. as the surviving corporation (the “Finance Merger”, and
together with the Acquisition Merger, the “Merger”);
WHEREAS, in connection with the Merger, Xxxxx’x Roadhouse, Inc. has assumed by operation of
law all rights and obligations of Roadhouse Financing Inc. under the Credit Agreement, LRI
Holdings, Inc. has assumed by operation of law all rights and obligations of Roadhouse Merger Inc.
under the Credit Agreement, and each of Xxxxx’x Roadhouse of Texas, Inc., a Texas corporation and
Xxxxx’x Roadhouse of Kansas, Inc., a Kansas corporation has agreed to unconditionally guarantee all
of the Borrower’s Obligations under the Credit Agreement and the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
on the terms and conditions set forth herein; and
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and other good and valuable consideration,
the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, each of the New Loan Parties, for the benefit of the
First Priority Representative and the Second Priority Representative, hereby agrees as follows:
1. Each of the New Loan Parties hereby acknowledges the Intercreditor Agreement and
acknowledges, agrees and confirms that, by its execution and delivery of this Agreement, each New
Loan Party will be deemed to be a Loan Party under the Intercreditor Agreement and shall have all
of the obligations of a Loan Party thereunder as if it had executed and delivered the Intercreditor
Agreement. Each New Loan Party hereby ratifies, as of the date hereof, and agrees to be bound by,
all of the terms, provisions and conditions contained in the Intercreditor Agreement applicable to
a Loan Party.
2. The address of the New Loan Parties for purposes of Section 9.7 of the Intercreditor
Agreement is as follows:
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LRI Holdings, Inc.;
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0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxx. 000 | |
Xxxxx’s Roadhouse, Inc.;
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Xxxxxxxxx, XX 00000 | |
Xxxxx’x Roadhouse of Texas, Inc.; and
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Attention: Xxx Xxxxxxxxx, Chief Financial Officer | |
Xxxxx’x Roadhouse of Kansas, Inc.:
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Email: xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx | |
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 | ||
with a copy to
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Xxxxx & Company, L.P. | |
000 Xxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx | ||
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000 | ||
Attention: Xxxxx Xxxxxxx | ||
Email: xxxxxxxx@xxxxx.xxx | ||
Telecopy: (000) 000-0000 | ||
Telephone: (000) 000-0000 |
3. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE NEW LOAN PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL
BE GOVERNED BY AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
4. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all
of such counterparts shall constitute one and the same instrument. Delivery of an executed
signature page of this Agreement via facsimile or email shall constitute an original for purposes
hereof.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each New Loan Party has caused this Agreement to be duly executed by its
authorized officer, as of the day and year first above written.
LRI HOLDINGS, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx | |||
Title: | President & CEO | |||
XXXXX’X ROADHOUSE, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | CFO | |||
XXXXX’X ROADHOUSE OF TEXAS, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxx Xxxxxxxxx | |||
Title: | Asst. Treasurer | |||
XXXXX’X ROADHOUSE OF KANSAS, INC. |
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By: | /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Name: | Xxxxxx Xxxxxx | |||
Title: | Secretary | |||
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