August 20, 2010
Exhibit 10.21
August 20, 2010
Bluestem Brands, Inc.
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000 Attn: Chief Financial Officer
Ladies and Gentlemen:
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxx 00000 Attn: Chief Financial Officer
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 23, 2006,
as amended by that certain letter agreement dated as of June 21, 2007, that certain letter
agreement dated as of May 15, 2008 and that certain letter agreement dated as of July 31, 2009 (the
“Purchase Agreement”), between Bluestem Brands, Inc. (formerly known as Fingerhut Direct Marketing,
Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the “Company”), and the purchasers named on the Purchaser Schedule
attached thereto (the “Purchasers”). Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
In order to provide financing for, among other things, the working capital needs of the
Company and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business and to refinance certain existing
Indebtedness (1) a Subsidiary of the Company intends to enter into a new receivables facility and
(2) the Company intends to amend and restate its credit facility.
The Company has requested that the Purchasers agree to certain modifications to the Purchase
Agreement. Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, and effective upon the satisfaction of the
conditions set forth herein, and provided that the Company agrees to the modifications of the
Purchase Agreement set forth below, the Purchasers are willing to agree to such request.
Accordingly, and in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 12C of the Purchase Agreement, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
SECTION 1. Amendments to the Purchase Agreement. Upon the Effective Date (as defined
in Section 3 hereof), each Purchaser and the Company agree that, the Purchase Agreement and the
Subordinated Notes shall be amended as follows:
1.01 Each reference to “Fingerhut SPV” in the Purchase Agreement is replaced by the phrase
“Bluestem SPV”.
1.02 Each reference to “SPV Revolving Credit Agreement” in the Purchase Agreement is
replaced by the phrase “SPV Credit Agreement”.
1.03 Each reference to “Fingerhut Direct Marketing, Inc.” in the Purchase Agreement is
replaced by the phrase “Bluestem Brands, Inc.”
1.04 Paragraphs 1A and 4A of the Purchase Agreement are hereby amended by deleting the
references to “March 24, 2013” and inserting “November 21, 2013” in lieu thereof.
1.05 Clause (i) of paragraph 5A of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by inserting
“(or, following an Initial Public Offering, 90 days or such longer period in which the Company is
permitted to submit its form 10-K with the Securities and Exchange Commission)” immediately
following the reference to “120 days” contained therein.
1.06 Clauses (ii) and (iii) of paragraph 5A of the Purchase Agreement are hereby amended
by, in each case, deleting the reference to “and, at the request of the Required Holder(s) at their
sole discretion, consolidating balance sheet and related statements of operations, stockholders’
equity and cash flows” contained therein and inserting “balance sheet and related statements of
operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows (and at the request of the Required Holder(s) in
their sole discretion, consolidating balance sheets)” in lieu thereof.
1.07 Clause (iii) of paragraph 5A of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
the reference to “20 days” contained therein and inserting “30 days” in lieu thereof.
1.08 Clause (vi) of paragraph 5A of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by (a)
deleting the words “income statement and funds flow statement” contained therein, (b) inserting the
words “balance sheet, income statement and funds flow statement” immediately following the words
“projected consolidated” and (c) deleting the phrase “Required Holder(s) at their sole discretion”
contained therein and inserting “Required Holder(s) in their sole discretion” in lieu thereof.
1.09 Clause (viii) of paragraph 5A of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety to read as follows: “[Intentionally omitted];”
1.10 Paragraph 5A of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following
paragraph at the end thereof:
Notwithstanding the foregoing, after an Initial Public Offering, the
obligations in clauses (i) or (ii) of paragraph 5A may be satisfied with respect to
financial information by furnishing the Company’s Form 10-K or 10-Q, as applicable,
to the extent filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Documents required
to be delivered pursuant to clauses (i) or (ii) of paragraph 5A may be delivered
electronically and if so delivered, shall be deemed to have been delivered on the
date on which the Company posts such documents, or provides a link thereto, on the
Company’s website on the Internet; provided that the Company shall notify (which may
be by facsimile or electronic mail) the holders of the Subordinated Notes of the
posting of any such documents.
1.11 Paragraph 5I of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by (a) deleting the phrase
“wind down and dissolve the Securitization SPE” and (b) replacing such phrase with the words
“liquidate, wind down or dissolve Bluestem Fulfillment, Inc”.
1.12 Paragraph 5J of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the phrase “date
of closing” contained therein and inserting “Fourth Amendment Effective Date” in lieu thereof.
1.13 Paragraph 5M of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by (a) deleting the phrase
“First Amendment Effective Date” contained in clause (i) thereof and inserting “Fourth Amendment
Effective Date” in lieu thereof, (b) deleting the reference to “Fingerhut SPV” contained in clause
(i) thereof and replacing it with the words “Bluestem SPV and Bluestem Fulfillment, Inc.”, and (c)
deleting the reference to “the Securitization SPE and Fingerhut SPV” contained in clause (ii)
thereof and inserting “Bluestem SPV but excluding the Equity Interests in Bluestem Fulfillment,
Inc.” in lieu thereof.
1.14 Paragraph 5O of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety
and shall read as follows:
5O. Amendments to Credit Agreement. Upon entering into any amendment or
other modification of the Credit Agreement (or any other agreement relating to the
Senior Debt) the effect of which is to add or make more restrictive any event of
default or any covenant (other than portfolio covenants) contained in the Credit
Agreement (or any other agreement relating to the Senior Debt) or make any change to
any event of default or any such covenant that would have the effect of making such
event of default or covenant more restrictive, the Company shall (1) promptly, and
in any event within 3 Business Days provide written notice thereof to each holder of
Subordinated Notes describing such amendment in reasonable detail and (2) offer to
enter into an amendment of this Agreement within 10 Business Days of consummating
such amendment or modification to make corresponding changes or additions herein in
respect of such covenants and events of default; provided, that, as to covenants or
events of default which set forth any requisite ratio or compliance amounts such
ratios and compliance amounts may, if so required by the terms of the Credit
Agreement or the Intercreditor Agreement, be less restrictive on the Company to the
same extent as the applicable covenant or event of default is prior to the time of
such change.
1.15 Clause (ii)(b) of paragraph 5P of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by
inserting the words “to enjoin the Company from conducting any material part of its business” at
the end thereof.
1.16 Clause (ii)(g) of paragraph 5P of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by
inserting the words “which involves any material amount of products sold” at the end thereof.
1.17 Paragraph 5Q of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety
and shall read as follows:
5Q. Payments from Bluestem SPV. The Company shall require all payments from
Bluestem SPV and all payments to otherwise pay for Purchased Assets to be directly
deposited into the Collateral Deposit Account.
1.18 Clause (iii) of paragraph 6A of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by (a)
deleting the reference to “First Amendment Effective Date” contained therein and inserting “Fourth
Amendment Effective Date” in lieu thereof, (b) inserting “(or in the case of any
replacement or additional Receivables Account Owner, security interests in deposit accounts to
secure obligations under Receivables Account Agreements)” immediately following the reference to
“Schedule 6A” contained therein and (c) deleting the reference to “date hereof” contained therein
and inserting “Fourth Amendment Effective Date” in lieu thereof.
1.19 Clause (iv) of paragraph 6A of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by (a)
deleting the “and” immediately before “(d)” inserting a comma in lieu thereof and (b) inserting
“and (e) any such Liens incurred in connection with the acquisition of the St. Cloud Warehouse
solely that encumber the real property fixtures related thereto” at the end thereof.
1.20 Clause (v) of paragraph 6A of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
the reference to “date hereof” contained therein and inserting “Fourth Amendment Effective Date” in
lieu thereof.
1.21 Clause (viii) of paragraph 6A of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and
restated in its entirety to read as follows:
(viii) Liens granted by a Subsidiary that is not an Obligor in favor of the
Company or another Subsidiary in respect of Indebtedness owed by such Subsidiary;
1.22 Clause (xi) of paragraph 6A of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated in
its entirety to read as follows:
(xi) Liens on Bluestem SPV Stock (as defined in the Receivables
Intercreditor Agreement) to the extent such Liens solely secure the obligations of
the Company under the Holdings Bad Acts Guaranty and the Holdings Letter Agreement.
1.23 The last paragraph of paragraph 6A of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by adding
”, (v)” immediately after “clauses (i), (ii)” therein.
1.24 Clause (ii) of paragraph 6B of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the
reference to “First Amendment Effective Date” contained therein and inserting “Fourth Amendment
Effective Date” in lieu thereof.
1.25 Clause (v) of paragraph 6B of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the
following at the end thereof:
(the “St. Cloud Warehouse”) (provided that any Liens incurred in connection with
such acquisition shall only encumber real property and fixtures comprising the St.
Cloud Warehouse)
1.26 Clause (vi) of paragraph 6B of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated
in its entirety as follows:
(vi) Indebtedness which represents an extension, refinancing, or renewal of
any of the Indebtedness described in clauses (ii) and (v) hereof;
provided that, (a) the principal amount or interest rate of such Indebtedness is not increased, (b)
any Liens securing such Indebtedness are not extended to any additional property of
any Obligor, (c) no Obligor that is not originally obligated with respect to
repayment of such Indebtedness is required to become obligated with respect thereto,
(d) such extension, refinancing or renewal does not result in a shortening of the
average weighted maturity of the Indebtedness so extended, refinanced or renewed,
(e) the other terms of any such extension, refinancing, or renewal are not
materially less favorable to the obligor thereunder than the original terms of such
Indebtedness and (f) if the Indebtedness that is refinanced, renewed, or extended
was subordinated in right of payment to the Obligations, then the terms and
conditions of the refinancing, renewal, or extension Indebtedness must include
subordination terms and conditions that are at least as favorable to the
Subordinated Collateral Agent and the holders of the Subordinated Notes as those
that were applicable to the refinanced, renewed, or extended Indebtedness or be
subject to an intercreditor agreement pursuant to which such refinanced, renewed or
extended Indebtedness is subordinated to the Obligations on terms and conditions
satisfactory to the Required Holder(s);
1.27 Clause (ix) of paragraph 6B of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
the reference to “date hereof” contained therein and inserting “Fourth Amendment Effective Date” in
lieu thereof.
1.28 Clause (xii) of paragraph 6B of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
the reference to “Second Amendment Effective Date” contained therein and inserting “Fourth
Amendment Effective Date” in lieu thereof.
1.29 Clause (i) of paragraph 6C of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by (a)
inserting the phrase “, in the case of an Obligor,” immediately following the word “subject”
contained in the first line thereof and (b) inserting the words “as in effect on the Fourth
Amendment Effective Date” at the end thereof.
1.30 Clause (ii) of paragraph 6C of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
the phrase “First Amendment Effective Date” contained therein and inserting “Fourth Amendment
Effective Date” in lieu thereof.
1.31 Clause (iii) of paragraph 6C of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by (a)
inserting the words “Bluestem SPV, Bluestem Fulfillment, Inc. and” immediately before the words
“common stock of a foreign Subsidiary” and (b) inserting “(other than Bluestem SPV to the extent
otherwise permitted hereunder)” immediately following the reference to “Subsidiaries that are not
Obligors” contained in clause (b) thereof.
1.32 Clause (iv) of paragraph 6C of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by inserting
“(other than Bluestem SPV to the extent otherwise permitted hereunder)” immediately following the
reference to “Subsidiaries that are not Obligors” contained in clause (b) thereof.
1.33 Clause (v) of paragraph 6C of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by inserting
the words “in the aggregate” immediately following the words “exceed $2,500,000”.
1.34 Clause (vi) of paragraph 6C of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated
in its entirety to read as follows:
(vi) loans or advances or other investments made by an Obligor to or for
the benefit of its employees on an arms-length basis in the ordinary course of
business consistent with past practices (or as otherwise disclosed to the Holders
prior to the Fourth Amendment Effective Date) for travel and entertainment expenses,
relocation costs and similar purposes up to a maximum of $1,000,000 to any employee
and up to a maximum of $3,000,000 in the aggregate at any one time outstanding;
1.35 Clause (xii) of paragraph 6C of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated in
its entirety as follows:
(xii) (a) investments in the form of contributions of Receivables Property, in exchange for
equity interests in Bluestem SPV made pursuant to the terms of the SPV Credit Documents, and
Contribution Amounts (as defined in the SPV Credit Agreement) required to be made pursuant to the
terms of the SPV Credit Agreement, (b) the Holdings Bad Acts Guaranty, (c) investments by the
Company in Bluestem SPV pursuant to the terms of the SPV Credit Documents, including investments in
Bluestem SPV following an Initial Public Offering for the purpose of Bluestem SPV making
prepayments and related amounts under the SPV Credit Agreement and (d) as long as no Default or
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or would be caused thereby, investments in Bluestem
SPV, to the extent that such investments are required to be made pursuant to the terms of the SPV
Credit Documents, provided, that the restrictions in this clause (d) shall in no event prohibit
investments permitted under clause (a), (b) or (c) of this paragraph 6C(xii); and
1.36 Xxxxxxxxx 0X of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by inserting a new clause
(xiii) at the end thereof which shall read as follows:
(xiii) investments by Bluestem SPV permitted under Section 6.4 of the SPV
Credit Agreement as in effect on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date and
acquisitions permitted under Section 6.6 of the SPV Credit Agreement as in effect on
the Fourth Amendment Effective Date.
1.37 Paragraph 6D of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by (a) amending and
restating paragraph (i) thereof to read as follows:
(i) The Company will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, merge into or
consolidate with any other Person, or permit any other Person to merge into or
consolidate with it, or liquidate or dissolve, except that, if at the time thereof
and immediately after giving effect thereto no Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing (a) any Subsidiary of the Company may merge into the Company in a
transaction in which the Company is the surviving corporation, (b) any Obligor
(other than the Company) may merge into any other Obligor in a transaction in which
the surviving entity is an Obligor, (c) any Subsidiary that is
not an Obligor may merge with and into any other Subsidiary and (d) any Subsidiary
that is not an Obligor may liquidate or dissolve if the Company determines in good
faith that such liquidation or dissolution is in the best interests of the Company
and is not materially disadvantageous to the holders of the Subordinated Notes;
provided that any such merger involving a Person that is not a Wholly-Owned
Subsidiary immediately prior to such merger shall not be permitted unless also
permitted by paragraph 6C.
and (b) deleting the reference to “First Amendment Effective Date” contained in paragraph
(ii) thereof and inserting “Fourth Amendment Effective Date” in lieu thereof.
1.38 The opening paragraph of paragraph 6E of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by
(a) inserting the words “(provided for the avoidance of doubt that the issuance of Equity Interests
by the Company will not constitute a sale, transfer or disposition)” immediately following the
phrase “including any Equity Interests owned by it”, and (b) by inserting the words “, as the case
may be” immediately following the phrase “any additional Equity Interest in such Subsidiary”.
1.39 Clause (v) of paragraph 6E of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by inserting
the words “Permitted Investments and other” immediately following the phrase “and dispositions of”.
1.40 Paragraph 6E is hereby amended by (a) deleting the “and” at the end of clause (viii)
thereof, (b) amending and restating clause (ix) thereof in its entirety to read as follows:
(ix) as long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing or would be caused thereby, sales, transfers, leases or other
dispositions by Bluestem SPV, to the extent that such sales, transfers, leases or
other dispositions are permitted to be made pursuant to the terms of the SPV Credit
Documents as in effect on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date; and
and (c) inserting a new clause (x) thereof which shall read as follows:
(x) sales, transfers and other dispositions of assets acquired pursuant to
paragraph 6C(vi);
1.41 The final proviso contained in paragraph 6E is hereby amended by (a) deleting the
reference to “clauses (ii) and (vi)” contained therein and inserting “clauses (ii), (v), (vi),
(vii) and (ix)” in lieu thereof and (b) inserting the following provision at the end thereof “or,
in the case of clause (v), consideration in the form of other Permitted Investments and/or cash”.
1.42 Clause (i) of paragraph 6F of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated
in its entirety as follows:
(i) The Company will not, nor will it permit any Subsidiary to, declare or
make, or agree to pay or make, directly or indirectly, any Restricted Payment, or
incur any obligation (contingent or otherwise) to do so, except (a) the Company
may make, declare and pay dividends with respect to its common stock payable in
additional shares of its common stock, and, with respect to its preferred stock,
payable in additional shares of such preferred stock or in shares of its common
stock or make cash payments in lieu of fractional shares, (b) the Company may make
Restricted Payments, of up to $1,000,000 per Fiscal Year, pursuant to and in
accordance with equity incentive plans of the Company and its Subsidiaries, (c) so
long as there exists no Event of Default, the Company may pay cash dividends on its
Preferred Stock or Series B Preferred Stock with proceeds of an Initial Public
Offering upon the conversion of such preferred stock to Common Stock, pursuant to
Section 4.2.1 of the Company’s certificate of incorporation, (d) following an
Initial Public Offering by the Company, the Company may pay cash dividends with
respect to its capital stock in an aggregate amount in any Fiscal Year of the
Company not to exceed 10% of Consolidated Net Income for the immediately preceding
Fiscal Year of the Company so long as after giving effect to any such payment, the
Company has Net Liquidity of at least $40,000,000, (e) following an Initial Public
Offering by the Company, the Company may effect repurchases, redemptions or other
pro rata Restricted Payments on any series of its capital stock in an aggregate
amount in any Fiscal Year of the Company not to exceed 3% of Tangible Net Worth of
the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the end of the Fiscal Quarter most recently
ended prior to the date of such Restricted Payment so long as after giving effect to
any such payment, the Company has Net Liquidity of at least $40,000,000, (f)
following an Initial Public Offering by the Company, the Company and its
Subsidiaries may make Restricted Payments consisting of the repurchase or other
acquisition of shares of, or options to purchase shares of, capital stock of the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries from employees, former employees, directors or
former directors of the Company or any Subsidiary (or their permitted transferees),
in each case pursuant to stock option plans, stock plans, employment agreements or
other employee benefit plans approved by the board of directors of the Company
(provided that the aggregate amount of such Restricted Payments in any Fiscal Year
of the Company shall not exceed 3% of the Tangible Net Worth of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of the end of the fiscal quarter most recently ended prior to the
date of such Restricted Payment) so long as after giving effect to any such payment,
the Company has Net Liquidity of at least $40,000,000 and (g) Subsidiaries may
declare and pay dividends ratably with respect to their Equity Interests in
accordance with the applicable Organizational Documents;
1.43 Clause (ii)(b) of paragraph 6F of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated
in its entirety as follows:
(b) payments (1) of the Senior Debt; (2) by Bluestem SPV in respect of the
SPV Credit Documents or (3) by the Company under the Holdings Bad Acts Guaranty;
1.44 Paragraph 6G of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by (a) deleting the words
“First Amendment Effective Date identified on Schedule 6K” in clause (b) and inserting
“Fourth Amendment Effective Date identified on Schedule 6G” in lieu thereof; (b) deleting
the
word “expanding” in clause (b) and inserting the phrase “, in each case which expands” in lieu
thereof and (c) inserting the phrase “of the Company or any Subsidiary” after the word “leases” in
clause (e) thereof.
1.45 Paragraph 6H of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety
as follows:
6H. Amendment of Material Documents. The Company will not, nor will it
permit any Subsidiary to, amend, modify or waive any of the provisions of (i) the
SPV Credit Documents in any manner which would (a) increase the principal amount
thereof to an amount in excess of the amount permitted pursuant to paragraph
6B(xii), (b) shorten the term thereof, (c) increase the interest rate margins with
respect to the Indebtedness thereunder by more than 200 basis points per annum
(exclusive of increases up to 300 basis points resulting from the accrual of
interest at the default rate), including recurring, periodic fee payments, (d)
decrease the advance rates thereunder (excluding, for the avoidance of doubt,
impositions or adjustments of any reserves pursuant to the terms of the SPV Credit
Documents), (e) make more restrictive or add any financial covenant (other than
portfolio covenants) to the SPV Credit Documents related to the financial condition
or results of operations of the Company unless, in the case of this clause (e), the
holders of Subordinated Notes are offered the opportunity to amend this Agreement in
a corresponding manner or (f) in any other manner which would adversely affect the
interests of the Company or any holder of any Subordinated Note in any material
respect or (ii) its certificate of incorporation, by-laws, operating, management or
partnership agreement or other organizational documents except, in the case of this
clause (ii), after reasonable prior notice to the Subordinated Collateral Agent
(other than the amendments effective as of the Fourth Amendment Effective Date in
connection with entry by the Company or Bluestem SPV in the SPV Credit Documents).
1.46 Paragraph 6J of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety
as follows:
6J. Financial Covenants.
(i) Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. The Company will not permit the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio for the Company and its Subsidiaries (measured as of the last day of each
Fiscal Quarter) to be:
Relevant period | Fixed Charge Coverage ratio | |
Fourth Amendment Effective Date through and including the Fiscal Quarter ending on or about October 31, 20100 | Less than 0.95x |
Relevant period | Fixed Charge Coverage ratio | |
Following the Fiscal Quarter ending on or about October 31, 2011, through and including the Fiscal Quarter ending on or about October 31, 2010 | Less than 0.95x | |
Following the Fiscal Quarter ending on or about October 31, 2012 | Less than 1.00x |
(ii) Minimum Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA. The Company shall not permit
Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA for any fiscal year set forth below to be less than the amount
set forth below for such fiscal year:
Fiscal Year | Amount | |
2010 | $57,500,000 | |
2011 | $52,250,000 | |
2012 and each fiscal year therafter | $57,000,000 |
(iii) Minimum Net Liquidity. The Company’s Net Liquidity shall be equal to or
greater than (i) for each fiscal month of the Company other than December and January fiscal
months, $22,500,000 (measured as of the last day of such fiscal month of the Company and
(ii) for the December and January fiscal months of the Company $18,000,000 (measured as of
the last day of each such fiscal month of the Company), in each case after giving effect to
any payments under the Credit Agreement or the SPV Credit Agreement on such date of
measurement.
(iv) Net Worth. The Company and its Subsidiaries shall have a Tangible Net Worth
(measured as of the last day of each Fiscal Quarter) equal to or greater than the sum of (i)
$108,000,000, plus (ii) 75% of its Consolidated Net Income (if positive) for each full
Fiscal Year after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, plus (iii) 85% of the gross
proceeds actually received in cash by the Company and its Subsidiaries from the proceeds of
any issuance of Equity Interests by the Company or any Subsidiary after the Fourth Amendment
Effective Date.
(v) Minimum LTM EBITDA Margin. The LTM EBITDA Margin for the Company and its
Subsidiaries shall be equal to or greater than 7.7% (measured as of the last day of each
fiscal quarter of the Company).
1.47 Clauses (iii), (iv) and (vii) of paragraph 6K are hereby amended and restated in
their entirety as follows:
(iii) any investment permitted by paragraph 6C(iii), 6C(iv), 6C(v) or
6C(xii),
(iv) any Indebtedness permitted under xxxxxxxxx 0X(x), 0X(xxx), 0X(xx),
0X(x) or 6B(xii),
(vii) the payment of reasonable fees to directors of the Company or any
Subsidiary who are not employees of the Company or any Subsidiary approved by the
board of directors of the Company, and compensation and employee benefit
arrangements paid to, and indemnities provided for the benefit of, directors,
officers or employees of the Company or its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of
business, including without limitation those paid pursuant to matters described in
Schedule 6K,
1.48 Paragraph 6R of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the reference to
“Fingerhut Fulfillment, Inc.” contained therein and inserting “Bluestem Fulfillment, Inc.” in lieu
thereof.
1.49 Article 6 of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by inserting a new paragraph 6T
at the end thereof:
6T. IPO Proceeds. The Company may use the net proceeds of an Initial Public
Offering for general corporate purposes (including, without limitation, to repay in
whole or in part the Obligations) not otherwise prohibited hereby and for (i)
Capital Expenditures which are excluded from the calculation of Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio pursuant to clause (a)(ii) of the definition thereof and (ii) to
repay in whole and in part the term loan portion of the loans outstanding under the
SPV Credit Agreement, other than in accordance with the Holdings Bad Acts Guaranty
(clauses (i) and (ii) being referred to as the “Specified Uses”). Notwithstanding
any provision contained herein to the contrary, the aggregate amount expended by the
Company on the Specified Uses will not exceed the net proceeds of the Initial Public
Offering.
1.50 Clause (iii) of paragraph 7A of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting
the reference to “the lapse of time or both” contained in clause (c) thereof and inserting “but
without any further lapse of time” in lieu thereof.
1.51 Clause (xiii) of paragraph 7A of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended to insert
the following after the phrase “or any combination thereof”:
to the extent not (1) paid, (2) covered by a third party indemnity agreement as to
which such third party is solvent (after giving effect to the payment of such
indemnification) and has accepted liability, or (3) adequately covered by
insurance (as to which a solvent and unaffiliated insurance company has not denied
coverage).
1.52 Clause (ii) of paragraph 8A(2) of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by
deleting the “The” at the beginning thereof and inserting “On the date of closing, immediately
after giving effect to the transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents, the” in lieu
thereof.
1.53 Paragraph 8E of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the reference to
“January 28, 2005 referred to in paragraph 8B” contained therein and inserting “January 29, 2010”
in lieu thereof.
1.54 Paragraph 11B of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by inserting the following
new definitions in the appropriate alphabetical order to read as follows:
“Bluestem SPV” shall mean Fingerhut Receivables I, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company.
“Collateral Deposit Account” shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the Security Agreement.
“Fourth Amendment Effective Date” shall mean August 20, 2010.
“Holdings Bad Acts Guaranty” shall mean that certain Guaranty Agreement dated
as of August 20, 2010, by and between the Company and the SPV Collateral Agent, on
behalf of the lenders under the SPV Credit Agreement.
Initial Public Offering” shall mean a registered public offering of the
Company’s common stock resulting in gross proceeds of at least $75,000,000.
“Net Liquidity” shall mean, for any date of determination, an amount equal to
the sum of (a) unrestricted Cash and Cash Equivalents of the Company and its
Subsidiaries, plus (b) Revolving Availability (under and as defined in the SPV
Credit Agreement), plus (c) availability under the Credit Agreement; provided, that
all conditions to funding under (b) or (c), as the case may be, have been fully
satisfied (other than delivery of prior notice of funding and post-funding notices,
opinions or certificates).
“Petters Group” shall mean Petters Group Worldwide LLC and its Affiliates or
any receiver or trustee therefor or any successor or transferee thereof.
“Receivables Account Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in the
Servicing Agreement.
“Receivables Purchase Agreement” shall mean that certain Receivables Purchase
Agreement dated as of August 20, 2010, by and between the Company and Bluestem SPV,
as such agreement may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof.
“Specified Uses” shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 6T.
“SPV Credit Agreement” shall mean the Credit Agreement, dated as of August 20,
2010, between Bluestem SPV, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA, as administrative agent,
collateral agent, joint lead arranger, joint bookrunner, syndication agent and
document agent, including any extension, refinancing or replacement thereof.
“SPV Fee Letter” shall mean that certain Contingent Fee Letter dated May 15,
2008 from the Company and accepted by Xxxxxxx Sachs & Co. et alia, as such letter
may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the
terms thereof.
“St. Cloud Warehouse” shall have the meaning specified in paragraph 6B(v).
1.55 Paragraph 11B of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by amending and restating the
following definitions contained therein to read as follows:
“Bank Collateral” shall mean the “Collateral” as such term is defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement (as in effect on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date).
“Change of Control” shall mean:
(A) prior to an Initial Public Offering, (i) the Control Parties and any of
their Affiliates shall cease to beneficially own and control in the aggregate at
least 42.5% on a fully diluted basis of the economic and voting interests in the
Equity Interests of the Company, (ii) the Control Parties and any of their
Affiliates shall cease to beneficiallyown and control in the aggregate at least 66
2/3% of the Series B Preferred Stock of the Company (or other series of Equity
Interests senior to or pari passu with the Series B Preferred Stock with voting
rights substantially similar to the voting rights of holders of the Series B
Preferred Stock) or (iii) any Person or “group” (within the meaning of Rules 13d-3
and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) other than the Control Parties and any of their
Affiliates (a) shall have acquired beneficial ownership of 20% or more on a fully
diluted basis of the voting and/or economic interest in the Equity Interests of the
Company or (b) shall have obtained the power (whether or not exercised) to elect a
majority of the members of the board of directors (or similar governing body) of the
Company; provided, however, that, with respect to clause (iii)(a), (y) an
increase in the beneficial ownership by the Petters Group of the voting and/or
economic interest in the Equity Interests of the Company to more than 20% on a fully
diluted basis solely as a result of the issuance of dividends shall not constitute a
“Change of Control” hereunder and (z) the acquisition by any Person of 20% or more,
on a fully diluted basis, of the voting and/or economic interests in the Equity
Interests of the Company solely as a result of transfers of Equity Interests
beneficially owned by the Petters Group shall not constitute a “Change of Control”
hereunder; or
(B) following an Initial Public Offering, any Person or “group” (within the
meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) other than the Control
Parties and any of their Affiliates (a) shall have acquired beneficial ownership of
35% or more on a fully diluted basis of the voting and/or economic interest in the
Equity Interests of the Company or (b) shall have obtained the power (whether or not
exercised) to elect a majority of the members of the board of directors (or similar
governing body) of the Company.
“Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA” shall mean, for any period, Consolidated Net
Income for such period plus (a) without duplication and to the extent deducted in
determining Consolidated Net Income for such period, the sum of (i) Consolidated
Interest Expense for such period, (ii) income tax expense for such period net of tax
refunds, (iii) all amounts attributable to depreciation and amortization expense for
such period, (iv) for any period including the period in which such amounts were
paid, fees or expenses of the administrative agent and any lender or arranger in
connection with the SPV Credit Documents or the Bank Agent or any Bank in connection
with the Credit Agreement, in each case paid on or prior to the Fourth Amendment
Effective Date, (v) for any period (other than the period specified in the following
clause (vi)) including the period in which such amounts were paid, other fees or
expenses in an amount not to exceed $1,000,000 paid in connection with the SPV
Credit Documents, the Credit Agreement or the Transaction Documents and the
transactions contemplated therein, (vi) for the period from, and including, the
Fourth Amendment Effective Date to, and including, the last day of the first Fiscal
Quarter to end after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, other fees and expenses in
an amount not to exceed $6,500,000 paid in connection with the SPV Credit Documents
and the transactions contemplated therein and the refinancing or replacement of
credit facilities existing prior to the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, (vii) any
other non-cash charges for such period (but excluding any non-cash charge in respect
of an item that was included in Consolidated Net Income in a prior period and any
non-cash charge that relates to the write-down or write-off of inventory) in an
amount not to exceed $2,000,000, (viii) reasonable fees and expenses in connection
with an Initial Public Offering by the Company in an amount not to exceed the lesser
of (A) 12.5% of the gross proceeds thereof and (B) the actual fees and expenses
incurred in connection therewith, or any additional amounts approved by the Required
Holder(s) and (ix) the amount of any prepayment premiums or other similar fees paid
in connection with the Credit Agreement or the SPV Credit Documents, minus (b)
without duplication and to the extent included in Consolidated Net Income, (i) any
cash payments made during such period in respect of non-cash charges described in
clause (a)(vii) taken in a prior period and (ii) any extraordinary gains and any
non-cash items of income for such period, all calculated for the Company and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP.
“Consolidated Fixed Charges” shall mean, for any period, without duplication,
Consolidated Cash Interest Expense, plus any administration fees owed pursuant to
paragraph 2 of the Fee Letter (as defined in the SPV Credit
Agreement) and any fees owed pursuant to Section 2.8(a) of the SPV Credit
Agreement, plus scheduled principal payments on Indebtedness made during such period
(not including principal payments under the SPV Credit Agreement or under the Credit
Agreement), plus the amount of any prepayment premiums or other similar fees paid in
connection with the Credit Agreement or the SPV Credit Documents, plus income and
franchise taxes paid in cash net of income and franchise tax refunds (but not less
than zero), plus (x) dividends or distributions paid in cash and (y), any other
restricted payments permitted under paragraph 6F(i)(c), (d), (e) and (f) and paid in
cash, all calculated for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.
“Control Parties” shall mean one or more of (i) Xxxx Capital Venture Fund,
L.P., BCIP Associates III, LLC, BCIP Associates III-B, LLC and Brookside Capital
Partners Fund, L.P. and (ii) Battery Venture VI, L.P. and Battery Investment
Partners VI, LLC.
“Credit Agreement” shall mean the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
dated as of August 20, 2010, among the Company, the Bank Agent and the Banks, as
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified or replaced from time to time
in accordance with the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.
“Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio” shall mean the ratio, determined as of the end of
each Fiscal Quarter of the Company for the most-recently ended four Fiscal Quarters,
of (a) Consolidated Adjusted EBITDA minus Capital Expenditures (excluding the
portion thereof funded with (i) long-term debt financing provided by third parties
or (ii) for the period from the date of an Initial Public Offering to the first
anniversary thereof, proceeds from such Initial Public Offering in an amount not to
exceed $20,000,000 (provided that, such exclusions shall not cause Capital
Expenditures to be less than zero)) to (b) Consolidated Fixed Charges, all
calculated for the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in
accordance with GAAP.
“Holdings Letter Agreement” shall mean that certain Holdings Letter Agreement
dated as of August 20, 2010, by and between the Company and the SPV Collateral
Agent.
“Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean the Amended and Restated Subordination and
Intercreditor Agreement dated as of August 20, 2010, among the Bank Agent and the
Purchasers, as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with its terms.
“Monthly Servicing Report” shall mean the Monthly Servicing Report in the form
attached as Exhibit B to the Servicing Agreement.
“Receivables Account Owner” shall mean any of (i) MetaBank, (ii) WebBank and
(iii) any other entity selected by the Company and approved
pursuant to the terms of the SPV Credit Agreement and identified in a notice
from the Company to the holders of the Subordinated Notes as a Receivables Account
Owner (as defined in the SPV Credit Agreement).
“Receivables Intercreditor Agreement” shall mean the Amended and Restated
Intercreditor Agreement dated as of August 20, 2010 among the Subordinated
Collateral Agent, the SPV Collateral Agent, Bluestem SPV and the Company in the form
of Exhibit Q hereto, as amended, restated or otherwise modified from time to time in
accordance with its terms.
“Restricted Payment” shall mean (i) any dividend or other distribution (whether
in cash, securities or other property) with respect to any Equity Interests in the
Company or any Subsidiary, or any payment (whether in cash, securities or other
property), including any sinking fund or similar deposit, on account of the
purchase, redemption, retirement, acquisition, cancellation or termination of any
such Equity Interests in the Company or of any option, warrant or other right to
acquire any such Equity Interests in the Company or (ii) any payment of the Fee (as
defined in the SPV Fee Letter) or similar fee under the SPV Fee Letter.
“Security Agreement” shall mean that certain Third Amended and Restated Pledge
and Security Agreement dated as of August 20, 2010 by the Company for the benefit of
the holders of the Subordinated Notes in the form of Exhibit G hereto, as the same
may be amended, modified, or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the
provisions thereof.
“Security Documents” shall mean the Security Agreement, the IP Security
Agreement, the Subsidiary Guaranty, the Subsidiary Security Agreement and any other
agreement, document or instrument in effect on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date
or executed by the Company or any Subsidiary after the Fourth Amendment Effective
Date under which the Company or such Subsidiary has granted a lien upon or security
interest in any property or assets to the Subordinated Collateral Agent to secure
all or any part of the obligations of the Company under this Agreement or the
Subordinated Notes or of any Subsidiary Guarantor under the Subsidiary Guaranty, and
all financing statements, certificates, documents and instruments relating thereto
or executed or provided in connection therewith, each as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Servicing Agreement” shall mean the Servicing Agreement dated as of August 20,
2010, by and among Bluestem SPV, the Company, as Servicer, Xxxxxxx Sachs Bank, USA,
as Bank Agent and collateral agent, as the same may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Specified Event” shall mean the consummation of (i) an Initial Public Offering
or (ii) a Company Sale.
“SPV Collateral Agent” shall mean Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA, as collateral agent
under the SPV Security Agreement or such other collateral agent under the SPV
Security Agreement pursuant to the terms thereof.
“SPV Credit Documents” shall mean the SPV Credit Agreement, the Receivables
Purchase Agreement, the SPV Security Agreement, the Holdings Bad Acts Guaranty, the
Holdings Letter Agreement and each additional Credit Document (as defined in the SPV
Credit Agreement as in effect on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date).
“SPV Secured Parties” shall mean the SPV Collateral Agent (both for the benefit
of the other secured parties and in its individual capacity), the other Agents
(including former Agents), the Lenders, the Lender Counterparties and their
respective successors and permitted assigns (each as defined under the SPV Credit
Agreement (as in effect on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date).
“SPV Security Agreement” shall mean the Security Agreement, dated as of August
20, 2010, between Bluestem SPV and the SPV Collateral Agent, as such agreement may
be amended, restated, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time
in accordance with the terms thereof.
1.56 Paragraph 11B of the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the following
definitions:
“Contingent Fee Letter”
“Fingerhut SPV” “Net Income”
“Net Liquidity 1”
“Net Liquidity 2”
“Qualified IPO”
“Receivables Contribution and Purchase Agreement”
“Receivables Sale Agreement”
“Revolving Loan Product Program Agreement”
“Securitization SPV”
“Servicer”
“SPV Revolving Credit Agreement”
1.57 Schedules 6A, 6B, 6C, 6G and 6K to the Purchase Agreement are hereby amended and
restated in their entirety to read as set forth on Schedules 6A, 6B, 6C, 6G and 6K to this letter
agreement, respectively.
1.58 Exhibit A to the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to
read as set forth on Exhibit A attached to this letter agreement.
1.59 Exhibit G to the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to
read as set forth on Exhibit G attached to this letter agreement.
1.60 Exhibit Q to the Purchase Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety to
read as set forth on Exhibit Q attached to this letter agreement.
SECTION 2. Representations and Warranties. The Company represents and warrants to the
Purchasers that, after giving effect hereto (a) each representation and warranty set forth in
paragraph 8 of the Purchase Agreement is true and correct as of the date of the execution and
delivery of this letter by the Company with the same effect as if made on such date (except to the
extent such representations and warranties expressly refer to an earlier date, in which case they
were true and correct as of such earlier date) and (b) no Event of Default or Default exists.
SECTION 3. Effectiveness. The amendments described in Section 1 above shall become
effective upon the date (the “Effective Date”) that each of the following conditions has been
satisfied in a manner satisfactory in form and substance to the Required Holder(s):
(a) the Required Holder(s) have received the following documents:
(i) a counterpart of this letter agreement duly executed by the Company;
(ii) certified copies of the SPV Credit Agreement and each other SPV Credit
Document to be executed on the Effective Date each duly executed by the parties
thereto and all agreements, instruments and other documents executed in connection
therewith or delivered pursuant thereto, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Required Holder(s), and all conditions precedent to the effectiveness of the SPV
Credit Agreement and the other SPV Credit Documents shall have been satisfied and
the Company shall have applied the proceeds thereof that are funded on the Effective
Date in accordance with the terms of the SPV Credit Agreement;
(iii) certified copies of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement
duly executed by the parties thereto and all agreements, instruments and other
documents executed in connection therewith or delivered pursuant thereto, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Required Holder(s), and all conditions precedent
to the effectiveness of the Second Amended and Restated Credit Agreement shall have
been satisfied;
(iv) a counterpart of the Third Amended and Restated Security Agreement
duly executed by the Company and the Subordinated Collateral Agent;
(v) counterparts of the Intercreditor Agreement duly executed by all
parties thereto;
(vi) counterparts of the Amended and Restated Receivables Intercreditor
Agreement duly executed by all parties thereto;
(vii) a legal opinion of the Company’s counsel, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Required Holder(s);
(viii) a Secretary’s Certificate of the Company certifying, among other
things (1) as to the name, titles and true signatures of the officers of the Company
authorized to sign this letter agreement and the other documents to be delivered in
connection with this letter agreement, (2) that attached thereto is a true, accurate
and complete copy of the certificate of incorporation or other formation document of
the Company, certified by the Secretary of State of the state of organization of the
Company as of a recent date, (3) that attached thereto is a true, accurate and
complete copy of the by-laws, operating agreement or other organizational document
of the Company, (4) that attached thereto is a true, accurate and complete copy of
the resolutions of the board of directors or other managing body of the Company,
duly adopted at a meeting or by unanimous written consent of such board of directors
or other managing body, authorizing the execution, delivery and performance of this
letter agreement and the other documents to be delivered by the Company in
connection with this letter agreement, and that such resolutions have not been
amended, modified, revoked or rescinded, are in full force and effect and are the
only resolutions of the shareholders, partners or members of the Company or of such
board of directors or other managing body or any committee thereof relating to the
subject matter thereof; and
(ix) a certificate of good standing for the Company from the Secretary of
State of the state of organization of the Company dated as of a recent date;
(b) each Purchaser shall have received a PDF of an executed Subordinated Note with
an original to follow, evidencing in a principal amount equal to the principal amount of
Subordinated Notes held by it on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date;
(c) all corporate and other proceedings in connection with the transactions
contemplated by this letter agreement shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Required
Holder(s) and its counsel, and the Required Holder(s) shall have received all such
counterpart originals or certified or other copies of such documents as they may reasonably
request;
(d) the Purchasers have received payment of all costs and expenses of the
Purchasers (including reasonable fees and disbursements of special counsel to the
Purchasers) in connection with this letter agreement and the transactions contemplated
hereby;
(e) as of the date hereof and after giving effect to this letter agreement, no
Default or Event of Default has occurred which is continuing; and
(f) all the representations and warranties contained in paragraph 8 of the Purchase
Agreement are true and correct in all material respects with the same force and effect as if
made by the Company on and as of the date hereof, except to the extent such representation
and warranties, by their terms, specifically are made as of a certain date prior to the date
hereof.
SECTION 4. Reference to and Effect on Purchase Agreement. Upon the effectiveness of
this letter agreement, each reference in the Purchase Agreement or any other document, instrument
or agreement to the “Purchase Agreement” shall mean and be a reference to the Purchase Agreement as
modified by this letter agreement. Except as specifically set forth in Section 1 hereof, the
Purchase Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and is hereby ratified and confirmed in
all respects.
Upon the reasonable request of, and at the sole expense of, the Company after the Effective
Date, the Purchasers agree to cooperate in the preparation of a conformed convenience copy of the
Purchase Agreement incorporating letter agreements dated June 21, 2007, May 15, 2008, July 31, 2009
and this letter agreement.
SECTION 5. Expenses. The Company hereby confirms its obligations under the Purchase
Agreement, whether or not the transactions hereby contemplated are consummated, to pay, promptly
after request by the Purchasers, all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including
attorneys’ fees and expenses, incurred by the Purchasers in connection with this letter agreement
or the transactions contemplated hereby, in enforcing any rights under this letter agreement, or in
responding to any subpoena or other legal process or informal investigative demand issued in
connection with this letter agreement or the transactions contemplated hereby. The obligations of
the Company under this Section 5 shall survive transfer by the Purchasers of any Subordinated Note
and payment of any Subordinated Note.
SECTION 6. Governing Law. THIS LETTER AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, WITHOUT REGARD TO PRINCIPLES OF
CONFLICT OF LAWS OF SUCH STATE WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE CAUSE THIS LETTER AGREEMENT TO BE CONSTRUED OR
ENFORCED OTHER THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
SECTION 7. Counterparts; Section Titles. This letter agreement may be executed in
any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts, each of which
when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original and all of which taken together
shall constitute but one and the same instrument. The section titles contained in this letter
agreement are and shall be without substance, meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and are not
a part of the agreement between the parties hereto.
Very truly yours, PRUDENTIAL CAPITAL PARTNERS II, L.P. By: Stetson Street Partners, L.P., its general partner |
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PRUDENTIAL CAPITAL PARTNERS MANAGEMENT FUND II, L.P. By: Mulberry Street Holdings, LLC, its general partner By: Prudential Investment Management, Inc., its managing member |
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PRUDENTIAL CAPI AL PARTNERS (PARALLEL FUND) II, L.P. By: Stetson Street Partners, L.P., its general partner |
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AGREED AND ACCEPTED: BLUESTEM BRANDS, INC. |
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Schedule 6A
Existing Liens
MetaBank: Bluestem’s grant to MetaBank of a security interest in the MetaBank-controlled
non-interest bearing deposit account (the “Reserve Account”) and the funds therein or proceeds
thereof.
WebBank: Bluestem’s grant to WebBank of a security interest in a segregated deposit account that
shall hold only the funds provided by Bluestem to WebBank as collateral (the “Collateral Account”)
and the funds therein or proceeds thereof.
Schedule 6B
Existing Indebtedness
None.
Schedule 6C
Existing Investments
None, other than “loans/advances” to customers in the form of revolving credit accounts and
closed-end loan accounts.
Schedule 6G
Restrictive Agreements
1. | Amended and Restated Program Agreement dated August 20, 2010, by and between MetaBank and Bluestem Brands, Inc. | |
2. | Amended and Restated Receivables Sale Agreement dated August 20, 2010, by and between MetaBank and Bluestem Brands, Inc. | |
3. | Amended and Restated Revolving Loan Product Program Agreement dated August 20, 2010, by and between WebBank and Bluestem Brands, Inc. | |
4. | Amended and Restated Receivables Sale Agreement dated August 20, 2010, by and between WebBank and Bluestem Brands, Inc. | |
5. | Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of Fingerhut Receivables I, LLC, dated August 20, 2010. | |
6. | See agreements listed on Schedule 6K. |
Schedule 6K
Affiliate Transactions
1. | Fourth Amended and Restated Certificate of Incorporation, as amended through August 20, 2010. | |
2. | Amended and Restated Investor Rights Agreement, dated as of May 15, 2008, among Fingerhut Direct Marketing, Inc. and other investors. | |
3. | Amended and Restated Stockholders Agreement, dated as of May 15, 2008, among the Fingerhut Direct Marketing, Inc. and certain investors and stockholders. | |
4. | Executive Summary/Overview; Executive Life and Disability Benefits for Xxxxx Xxxxx, CEO/President; Prepared by Xxxxxxx X. Xxxx; approved by Board on April 25, 2007. | |
5. | Independent Director — Total Compensation Summary. | |
6. | Amended and Restated 2005 Non-Employee Directors Equity Compensation Plan. | |
7. | 2003 Equity Incentive Plan. | |
8. | 2007 Incentive Plan. | |
9. | 2007 Vision of Quality Growth Special Incentive Program. | |
10. | Bluestem Brands, Inc. makes periodic purchases of services from related parties. In fiscal 2009 the total amount of purchases was approximately $0.1 million. | |
11. | Marketing Partner Agreement dated June 26, 2007, by and between Fingerhut Direct Marketing, Inc. and Dotomi, Inc. for delivery of online banner ads to certain Fingerhut customers and prospects. | |
12. | Licensing Agreement dated November 1, 2003, by and between Fingerhut Direct Marketing, Inc. and Petters Group Worldwide, LLC for use of the trademarks MASTER CRAFT and MASTER CRAFT PRO. |
13. | Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated February 18, 2004, issued to Xxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. | |
14. | Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated February 24, 2004, issued to CIGPF I Corp. | |
15. | Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated November 1, 2004, issued to CIGPF I Corp. | |
16. | Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated February 18, 2004, issued to Cherry Tree Companies. | |
17. | Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated February 18, 2004, issued to Xxxxxx Charitable Trust. | |
18. | Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated May 15, 2008, issued to Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Specialty Lending Group, L.P. | |
19. | Common Stock Purchase Warrant, dated May 15, 2008, issued to Fortress Credit Corp. | |
20. | Stock Purchase Agreement, dated May 15, 2008, by and among Fingerhut Direct Marketing, Inc., Xxxx Capital Venture Fund 2007, L.P., Battery Ventures VI, L.P., Prudential Capital Partners II, L.P., and the other purchasers listed therein. | |
21. | Fingerhut Direct Marketing, Inc. (now known as Bluestem Brands, Inc.) 2008 Equity and Incentive Plan. | |
22. | 2010 Bluestem Brands, Inc. Incentive Plan. | |
23. | 2010 Executive Supplemental Incentive Plan. |
EXHIBIT A TO LETTER AGREEMENT
[FORM OF SUBORDINATED NOTE]
BLUESTEM BRANDS, INC.
13.00% AMENDED AND RESTATED SENIOR SUBORDINATED SECURED NOTE DUE
NOVEMBER 21, 2013
NOVEMBER 21, 2013
No. | [Date] | |
$ |
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, BLUESTEM BRANDS, INC., a corporation organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (herein called the “Company”), hereby promises to
pay to , or registered assigns, the principal sum of DOLLARS on
November
21, 2013, with interest (computed on the basis of a 360-day year–30-day month) (a) on the unpaid
balance thereof at the rate of 13.00% per annum (or, during any period when an Event of Default
shall be in existence, at the election of the Required Holder(s) at the Default Rate (as defined
below)) from the date hereof, payable quarterly on the 24th day of March, June, September and
December in each year, commencing with the March, June, September or December next succeeding the
date hereof, until the principal hereof shall have become due and payable, and (b) on any overdue
payment (including any overdue prepayment) of principal, any overdue payment of Yield-Maintenance
Amount, Prepayment Amount and Specified Event Prepayment Amount and, to the extent permitted by
applicable law, any overdue payment of interest, payable quarterly as aforesaid (or, at the option
of the registered holder hereof, on demand), at a rate per annum from time to time equal to the
Default Rate. The “Default Rate” shall mean a rate per annum from time to time equal to the greater
of (i) 23.00% or (ii) 10.00% over the rate of interest publicly announced by JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A., from time to time in New York City as its Prime Rate; provided, that in no event shall the
Default Rate exceed the maximum rate of interest allowed under applicable law.
Payments of principal of, interest on and any Yield-Maintenance Amount, Prepayment Amount and
Specified Event Prepayment Amount payable with respect to this Subordinated Note are to be made at
the main office of JPMorgan Chase Bank in New York City or at such other place as the holder hereof
shall designate to the Company in writing, in lawful money of the United States of America.
This Subordinated Note is one of a series of Senior Subordinated Notes (herein called the
“Subordinated Notes”) issued pursuant to a Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 23,
2006 (as amended, restated, supplemented or other modified from time to time, herein called the
“Agreement”), among the Company and the original purchasers of the Subordinated Notes named in the
Purchaser Schedule attached thereto and is entitled to the benefits thereof.
This Subordinated Note is a registered Subordinated Note and, as provided in the Agreement,
upon surrender of this Subordinated Note for registration of transfer, duly endorsed, or
accompanied by a written instrument of transfer duly executed, by the registered holder hereof
or such holder’s attorney duly authorized in writing, a new Subordinated Note for a like
principal amount will be issued to, and registered in the name of, the transferee. Prior to due
presentment for registration of transfer, the Company may treat the person in whose name this
Subordinated Note is registered as the owner hereof for the purpose of receiving payment and for
all other purposes, and the Company shall not be affected by any notice to the contrary.
This Subordinated Note is subject to optional prepayment, in whole or from time to time in
part, on the terms specified in the Agreement.
This Subordinated Note is secured by, and entitled to the benefits of, the Security Documents
and is guaranteed pursuant to the Subsidiary Guaranty executed by certain guarantors. Reference is
made to the Security Documents for a statement concerning the terms and conditions governing the
collateral security for the obligations of the Company hereunder and reference is made to such
Subsidiary Guaranty for a statement concerning the terms and conditions governing such guarantee of
the obligations of the Company hereunder.
In case an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the principal of this Subordinated
Note may be declared or otherwise become due and payable in the manner and with the effect provided
in the Agreement.
The Company and any and all endorsers, guarantors and sureties severally waive grace, demand,
presentment for payment, notice of dishonor or default, notice of intent to accelerate, notice of
acceleration (except to the extent required in the Agreement), protest and diligence in collecting
in connection with this Subordinated Note, whether now or hereafter required by applicable law.
This Subordinated Note (i) merely re-evidences the Indebtedness previously evidenced by the
Company’s 13.00% Senior Subordinated Secured Note due March 24, 2013 (the “Existing Note”), (ii) is
given in exchange for, and not as payment of, the Existing Note and (iii) is in no way intended to
constitute a novation of the Existing Note.
Capitalized terms used herein which are defined in the Agreement and not otherwise defined
herein shall have the meanings as defined in the Agreement.
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THIS SUBORDINATED NOTE IS INTENDED TO BE PERFORMED IN THE STATE OF ILLINOIS AND SHALL BE
CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAW OF SUCH STATE (EXCLUDING ANY CONFLICTS OF LAW
RULES WHICH WOULD OTHERWISE CAUSE THIS NOTE TO BE CONSTRUED OR ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE LAWS
OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION).
BLUESTEM BRANDS, INC. | ||||||||
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Title: |
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EXHIBIT G TO LETTER AGREEMENT
[FORM OF THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT]
PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT]
THIS THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (as it may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Security Agreement”) is entered
into as of August 20, 2010 by and between Bluestem Brands, Inc. (f/k/a Fingerhut Direct Marketing,
Inc.), a Delaware corporation (the “Grantor”), and Prudential Capital Partners II, L.P., as
collateral agent for the Holders referenced below (in such capacity, the “Subordinated
Collateral Agent”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
A. The Grantor entered into that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 23,
2006 (as amended by that certain letter agreement dated as of June 21, 2007 (the “First
Amendment”), that certain letter agreement dated as of May 15, 2008 (the “Second
Amendment”), that certain letter agreement dated as of July 31, 2009 (the “Third
Amendment”), that certain letter agreement dated as of August 20, 2010 (the “Fourth
Amendment”) and as the same may from time to time hereafter be further amended, modified,
supplemented or restated, the “Purchase Agreement”), by and among the Grantor and the
purchasers party thereto (collectively, the “Purchasers” and, together with any person who
becomes a holder of any Subordinated Note (as defined below) the “Holders”), pursuant to
which the Purchasers, among other things, purchased $30,000,000 initial aggregate principal amount
of the 13.00% Senior Subordinated Secured Notes due November 21, 2013 (the “Subordinated
Notes”) of the Grantor on the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Purchase
Agreement.
B. Pursuant to the Purchase Agreement, the Grantor entered into that certain Security
Agreement, dated as of March 23, 2006 with the Subordinated Collateral Agent (the “Original
Security Agreement”) to secure the Secured Obligations in order to induce the Purchasers to
enter into the Purchase Agreement and purchase the Subordinated Notes. In order to induce the
Purchasers to enter into the First Amendment and amend the Purchase Agreement as set forth therein,
the Grantor and the Subordinated Collateral Agent amended and restated the Original Security
Agreement to be the Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of June 21, 2007
(the “Amended Security Agreement”). In order to induce the Purchasers to enter into the
Second Amendment and amend the Purchase Agreement as set forth therein, the Grantor and the
Subordinated Collateral Agent amended and restated the Amended Security Agreement to be the Second
Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of May 15, 2008 (the “Second
Amended Security Agreement”).
C. In order to induce the Purchasers to enter into the Fourth Amendment and amend the Purchase
Agreement as set forth therein, the Grantor is willing to amend and restate the Second Amended
Security Agreement pursuant to this Security Agreement.
ACCORDINGLY, the Grantor and the Subordinated Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Holders,
hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
DEFINITIONS
1.1. Terms Defined in Purchase Agreement. All capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the Purchase Agreement.
1.2. Terms Defined in UCC. Terms defined in the UCC which are not otherwise defined
in this Security Agreement are used herein as defined in the UCC.
1.3. Definitions of Certain Terms Used Herein. As used in this Security Agreement, in
addition to the terms defined in the Preliminary Statement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
“Accounts” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Amended Security Agreement” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Preamble.
“Article” means a numbered article of this Security Agreement, unless another document
is specifically referenced.
“Bluestem SPV” means Fingerhut Receivables I, LLC.
“Bluestem SPV Stock” has the meaning ascribed thereto in
Section 11.1.
“Chattel Paper” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9
of the UCC.
“Collateral” shall have the meaning set forth in Article II.
“Collateral Access Agreement” means any landlord waiver or other agreement, in form
and substance satisfactory to the Subordinated Collateral Agent, between the Subordinated
Collateral Agent and any third party (including any bailee, consignee, customs broker, or other
similar Person) in possession of any Collateral or any landlord of the Grantor or any Subsidiary
for any real property where any Collateral is located, as such landlord waiver or other agreement
may be amended, restated, or otherwise modified from time to time.
“Collateral Deposit Account” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(a).
“Collateral Report” means any certificate, report or other document delivered by the
Grantor to the Subordinated Collateral Agent or any Holder with respect to the Collateral pursuant
to any Note Document.
“Commercial Tort Claim” means any “commercial tort claim,” as such term is defined in
Section 9-102(a)(13) of the UCC (or any other then applicable provision of the UCC).
“Contracts” means all contracts, undertakings, franchise agreements or other
agreements (other than rights evidenced by Chattel Paper, Documents or Instruments) in or under
which the Grantor may now or hereafter have any right, title or interest, including, without
limitation, with respect to an Account, any agreement relating to the terms of payment or the terms
of performance thereof.
“Control” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 8 or, if applicable, in Section
9-104, 9-105, 9-106 or 9-107 of Article 9 of the UCC.
“Default” means any event or condition which constitutes an Event of Default or which
upon notice, lapse of time or both would, unless cured or waived, become an Event of Default.
“Deposit Account Control Agreement” means an agreement, in form and substance
satisfactory to the Subordinated Collateral Agent, among any Obligor, a banking institution holding
such Obligor’s funds, and the Subordinated Collateral Agent with respect to collection and control
of all deposits and balances held in a deposit account maintained by any Obligor with such banking
institution.
“Deposit Accounts” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
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“Equipment” means any “equipment,” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(33) of
the UCC (or any other then applicable provision of the UCC), now or hereafter owned or acquired by
the Grantor or in which the Grantor now holds or hereafter acquires any interest and, in any event,
shall include, without limitation, all machinery, equipment, fixtures, furniture, furnishings,
trade fixtures, vehicles, trucks, mainframe, personal and other computers, terminals and printers
and related components and accessories, all copiers, telephonic, video, electronic data-processing,
data storage equipment and other equipment of any nature whatsoever, and any and all additions,
substitutions and replacements of any of the foregoing, wherever located, together with all
attachments, components, parts, equipment and accessories installed thereon or affixed thereto.
“Event of Default” means an event described in Section 5.1.
“Excluded Payments” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 4.6(d)(iii).
“Exhibit” refers to a specific exhibit to this Security Agreement, unless another
document is specifically referenced.
“General Intangibles” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Grantor” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Preamble.
“Instruments” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Intercreditor Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Intercreditor Agreement dated
as of August 20, 2010, by and among SPV Collateral Agent, Subordinated Collateral Agent, Bluestem
SPV and Grantor, as the same may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified
from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Inventory” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Investment Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9
of the UCC.
“Letter-of-Credit Rights” shall have the meaning set forth in
Article 9 of the UCC.
“Lock Box Agreement” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.1(a).
“Lock Boxes” shall have the meaning set forth in Section 7.1(a).
“Merchant Deposit Account” has the meaning ascribed thereto in Section 7.1(a).
“Note Documents” means Transaction Documents (as defined in the Purchase
Agreement).
“Payment Intangibles” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Pledged Collateral” means all Securities consisting of Equity Interests of
Subsidiaries of the Grantor, whether or not physically delivered to the Subordinated Collateral
Agent pursuant to this Security Agreement.
“Proceeds” means “proceeds,” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(64) of the
UCC (or any other then applicable provision of the UCC), and, in any event, shall include, without
limitation, (a) any and all Accounts, Chattel Paper, Instruments, cash or other forms of money or
currency or other proceeds payable to the Grantor from time to time in respect of the Collateral,
(b) any and all proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty payable to the Grantor
from time to time with respect to any of the Collateral, (c) any and all payments (in any form
whatsoever) made or due and payable to the Grantor from time to time in connection with any
requisition, confiscation, condemnation, seizure or forfeiture of all or any part of the Collateral
by any governmental authority (or any Person acting under color of governmental authority), (d) all
certificates,
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dividends, cash, Instruments and other property received or distributed in respect of or in
exchange for any Investment Property, and (e) any and all other amounts from time to time paid or
payable under or in connection with any of the Collateral.
“Purchase Agreement” has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Preamble.
“Purchased Assets” means (i) Underlying Receivables and (ii) other “Purchased Assets”
(as such term is defined in Section 2.1(a) of the Receivables Purchase Agreement as in effect on
the Fourth Amendment Effective Date or in any other Receivables Purchase Agreement or similar
agreement entered into after the Fourth Amendment Effective Date which is substantially in the form
of the Receivables Purchase Agreement as in effect on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, mutatis
mutandis, or otherwise reasonably acceptable to the Required Holder(s).
“Receivables Account” means each consumer revolving credit account established
pursuant to a Receivables Account Agreement (as defined in the Servicing Agreement as in effect on
the Fourth Amendment Effective Date) between a Receivables. Account Owner and any Receivables
Obligor (as defined in the Servicing Agreement as in effect on the Fourth Amendment Effective
Date).
“Receivables Account Owner Documents” means (i) with respect to WebBank, the Amended
and Restated Receivables Sale Agreement dated as of August 20, 2010, by and between WebBank and the
Grantor (as it may be amended or modified from time to time) and the Amended and Restated Revolving
Loan Product Program Agreement, dated as of August 20, 2010, by and between WebBank and the Grantor
(as it may be amended or modified from time to time) (ii) with respect to MetaBank, the Amended and
Restated Program Agreement, dated as of August 20, 2010, by and between MetaBank and the Grantor (as
it may be amended or modified from time to time) and the Amended and Restated Receivables Sale
Agreement, dated as of August 20, 2010, by and between MetaBank and the Grantor (as it may be
amended or modified from time to time) and (iii) with respect to any other Receivables Account
Owner, each receivables sales agreement, product program agreement and any other similar agreements
between such Receivables Account Owner and the Grantor (as such agreements may be amended or
modified from time to time).
“Receivables Purchase Agreement” means that certain Receivables Purchase Agreement
dated as of the date hereof among the Grantor and Bluestem SPV, as the same may be amended,
modified or supplemented from time to time, in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Receivables Property” means Receivables Accounts and Purchased Assets, and all books,
records, ledger cards, files, correspondence, computer programs, tapes, disks and related data that
evidence or contain information relating to the Receivables Account and Purchased Assets, and all
proceeds and products thereof (specifically excluding proceeds and products received by the Grantor
from the transfer of assets to Bluestem SPV pursuant to the SPV Credit Documents).
“Retained Receivables” means all rights to payment of any kind arising from the sale
or other disposition of Inventory (including (i) all Accounts, Chattel Paper, Instruments and
General Intangibles constituting the foregoing and (ii) all Letter of Credit Rights and all other
Supporting Obligations supporting the payment and performance of the foregoing) but excluding any
such rights to payment that are effectively transferred (whether by sale or pledge) pursuant to the
Receivables Purchase Agreement.
“Sales Receivables” all rights under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, including
without limitation all the Payment Intangibles owing to Grantor and arising from sales of
Underlying Receivables and other Purchased Assets to Bluestem SPV pursuant to the Receivables
Purchase Agreement
“Section” means a numbered section of this Security Agreement, unless another document
is specifically referenced.
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“Secured Obligations” shall mean and include (a) the Obligations and (b) all
liabilities and obligations, howsoever arising, owed by the Grantor to Subordinated Collateral
Agent or the Holders (excluding the Warrants, the Investor Rights Agreement, the Stockholders
Agreement, the Equityholder Agreement and the VCOC Letter) or any one or more of them of every kind
and description (whether evidenced by any note or instrument and whether or not for the payment of
money), direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, due or to become due, now existing or hereafter
arising pursuant to the terms of this Security Agreement.
“Securities Account” means “securities account,” as such term is defined in Section
8-501(a) of the UCC (or any other then applicable provision of the UCC).
“Security” has the meaning set forth in Article 8 of the UCC.
“Servicing Accounts” means all rights under the Servicing Agreement, including without
limitation, all Accounts owing to Grantor and arising for services rendered or to be rendered by it
under the Servicing Agreement.
“Servicing Agreement” means the Servicing Agreement dated as of August 20, 2010 by and
among Bluestem SPV, Grantor, as Servicer, and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA, as the same may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms
thereof.
“SPV Collateral Agent” means Xxxxxxx Sachs Bank USA, together with any successors or
assigns, as collateral agent under the SPV Security Agreement.
“SPV Credit Documents” means the SPV Credit Agreement, the Receivables Purchase
Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the SPV Security Agreement, the Holdings Bad Acts Guaranty, the
Holdings Letter Agreement and each additional Credit Document (as defined in the SPV Credit
Agreement as in effect on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date).
“SPV Security Agreement” means that certain Security Agreement (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof) between
Bluestem SPV and the SPV Collateral Agent dated August 20, 2010.
“SPV Share Pledge” means that certain Equity Pledge Agreement dated as of August 20,
2010, by and between Grantor and the SPV Collateral Agent, as may be further amended, modified and
supplemented in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Supporting Obligations” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time, of the State
of Illinois or of any other state the laws of which are required as a result thereof to be applied
in connection with the attachment, perfection or priority of, or remedies with respect to, the
Subordinated Collateral Agent’s or any Holder’s Lien on any Collateral.
“Underlying Receivables” means all amount payable by a Receivables Obligor (as defined
in the Servicing Agreement as in effect on the Fourth Amendment Effective Date) on the related
Receivables Account from time to time, and purchased by or contributed to Bluestem SPV from the
Grantor under the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
The foregoing definitions shall be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of
the defined terms.
ARTICLE II
GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
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To secure payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, the Grantor hereby confirms its
prior grant under the Original Security Agreement, the Amended Security Agreement and the Second
Amended Security Agreement, as amended and restated hereby, and pledges, assigns and grants to the
Subordinated Collateral Agent, on behalf of and for the ratable benefit of the Holders, a security
interest in all of its right, title and interest in, to and under certain personal property and
other assets, whether now owned by or owing to, or hereafter acquired by or arising in favor of the
Grantor (including under any trade name or derivations thereof), and whether owned or consigned by
or to, or leased from or to, the Grantor, and regardless of where located (all of which will be
collectively referred to as the “Collateral”), consisting of:
(a) All Accounts;
(b) All Chattel Paper;
(c) All Commercial Tort Claims;
(d) All Contracts;
(e) All Deposit Accounts;
(f) All Documents;
(g) All Equipment;
(h) All General Intangibles (including Payment Intangibles);
(i) All Instruments;
(j) All Inventory;
(k) All Investment Property;
(l) All Letter-of-Credit Rights;
(m) All Securities Accounts;
(n) All Supporting Obligations;
(o) All property of the Grantor held by Subordinated Collateral Agent or any Holder,
including, without limitation, all property of every description now or hereafter in the possession
or custody of or in transit to the Subordinated Collateral Agent or any Holder for any purpose,
including, without limitation, safekeeping, collection or pledge, for the account of the Grantor,
or as to which the Grantor may have any right or power;
(p) All other goods and personal property of the Grantor whether tangible or intangible and
whether now or hereafter owned or existing, leased, consigned by or to, or acquired by the Grantor
and wherever located; and
(q) All Proceeds of each of the foregoing and all accessions to, substitutions and
replacements for, and rents, profits and products of each of the foregoing;
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excluding, however, in each case, the Receivables Property now existing or hereafter arising.
To the extent that any security interest arises in any Receivables Account or in any asset under
this Security Agreement prior to its becoming Receivables Property, such security interest is
deemed to have terminated automatically on the date it becomes a Receivables Account or Receivables
Property; provided that such security interest shall be automatically reinstated on the date when
any such Receivables Property is reconveyed to the Grantor and ceases to be Receivables Property
pursuant to the terms of the SPV Credit Documents.
ARTICLE III
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
The Grantor represents and warrants to the Subordinated Collateral Agent and each Holder
that:
3.1. Title, Perfection and Priority. The Grantor has good and valid rights in or the
power to transfer the Collateral and title to the Collateral with respect to which it has purported
to grant a security interest hereunder, free and clear of all Liens except for Liens permitted
under Section 4.1(e), and has full power and authority to grant to the Subordinated Collateral
Agent the security interest in such Collateral pursuant hereto. When financing statements have been
filed in the appropriate offices against the Grantor in the locations listed on Exhibit E,
as such exhibit may be amended with the consent of the Required Holder(s), not to be unreasonably
withheld or delayed, the Subordinated Collateral Agent will have a fully perfected security
interest in that Collateral in which a security interest may be perfected by filing, subject only
to Liens permitted under Section 4.1(e).
3.2. Type and Jurisdiction of Organization, Organizational and Identification Numbers.
The type of entity of the Grantor, its state of organization, the organizational number issued to
it by its state of organization and its federal employer identification number are set forth on
Exhibit A, as such exhibit may be amended with the consent of the Required Holder(s), not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed.
3.3. Principal Location. The Grantor’s mailing address and the location of its place
of business (if it has only one) or its chief executive office (if it has more than one place of
business), are disclosed in Exhibit A, as such exhibit may be amended with the consent of the
Required Holder(s), not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed; the Grantor has no other places of
business except those set forth in Exhibit A.
3.4. Collateral Locations. All of the Grantor’s locations where Collateral is located
are listed on Exhibit A, as such exhibit may be amended with the consent of the Required Holder(s),
not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed. All of said locations are owned by the Grantor except
for locations (i) which are leased by the Grantor as lessee and designated in Part VII(b)
of Exhibit A and (ii) at which Inventory is held in a public warehouse or is otherwise held
by a bailee or on consignment as designated in Part VII(c) of Exhibit A.
3.5. Deposit Accounts. All of the Grantor’s Deposit Accounts are listed on Exhibit
B, as such exhibit may be amended with the consent of the Required Holder(s), not to be
unreasonably withheld or delayed.
3.6. Exact Names. The Grantor’s name in which it has executed this Security Agreement
is, as of the date hereof, the exact name as it appears in the Grantor’s organizational documents,
as amended, as filed with the Grantor’s jurisdiction of organization. Except for its former name
“Fingerhut Direct Marketing, Inc.”, the Grantor has not, during the past five years, been known by
or used any other corporate or fictitious name, or been a party to any merger or consolidation, or
been a party to any acquisition.
3.7. Letter of Credit Rights and Chattel Paper. Exhibit C, as such exhibit may
be amended with the consent of the Required Holder(s), not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed,
lists all Letter of Credit Rights and Chattel Paper of the Grantor. All action by the Grantor
necessary or desirable to protect and perfect the Subordinated Collateral Agent’s Lien on each item
listed on Exhibit C (including the delivery of all originals and the placement of a legend
on all Chattel Paper as required hereunder) has been duly taken. The
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Subordinated Collateral Agent will have a fully perfected security interest in the
Collateral listed on Exhibit C, subject only to Liens
permitted under Section 4.1(e).
3.8. Commercial Tort Claims. Commercial Torts Claims of the Grantor are set forth
on Exhibit F.
3.9. Inventory. With respect to any Inventory scheduled or listed on the most recent
Collateral Report, (a) such Inventory (other than Inventory in transit) is located at one of the
Grantor’s locations set forth on Exhibit A, (b) no Inventory (other than Inventory in
transit) is now, or shall at any time or times hereafter be stored at any other location except as
permitted by Section 4.1(g), (c) the Grantor has good, indefeasible and merchantable title to such
Inventory and such Inventory is not subject to any Lien or security interest or document whatsoever
except for the Lien granted to the Subordinated Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the
Subordinated Collateral Agent and the Holders, and except as permitted under the Purchase
Agreement, (d) except as specifically disclosed in the most recent Collateral Report, such
Inventory is of good and merchantable quality, free from any defects, (e) such Inventory is not
subject to any licensing, patent, royalty, trademark, trade name or copyright agreements with any
third parties which would require any consent of any third party upon sale or other disposition of
that Inventory or the payment of any monies to any third party upon such sale or other disposition,
and (f) sale or other disposition of such Inventory by the Subordinated Collateral Agent following
an Event of Default shall not require the consent of any Person and shall not constitute a breach
or default under any contract or agreement to which the Grantor is a party or to which such
property is subject.
3.10. Filing Requirements. None of the Collateral is of a type for which security
interests or liens may be perfected by filing under any federal statute.
3.11.
No Financing Statements, Security Agreements. No financing statement or security
agreement describing all or any portion of the Collateral which has not lapsed or been terminated
naming the Grantor as debtor has been filed or is of record in any jurisdiction except (a) for
financing statements or security agreements naming the Subordinated Collateral Agent on behalf of
the Holders as the secured party and (b) as permitted by Section 4.1(e).
3.12. Pledged Collateral.
(a) Exhibit D, as such exhibit may be amended with the consent of the Required
Holder(s), not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, sets forth a complete and accurate list of
all of the Pledged Collateral. The Grantor is the direct, sole beneficial owner and sole holder of
record of the Pledged Collateral listed on Exhibit D as being owned by it, free and clear
of any Liens, except for (i) with respect to the Bluestem SPV Stock only, the security interest of
the SPV Collateral Agent and (ii) with respect to all Pledged Collateral (including the Bluestem
SPV Stock) the security interest granted to the Subordinated Collateral Agent for the benefit of
the Holders hereunder and security interest granted to the Bank Agent. The Grantor further
represents and warrants that (i) all Pledged Collateral constituting an Equity Interest has been
(to the extent such concepts are relevant with respect to such Pledged Collateral) duly authorized,
validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable, (ii) with respect to any certificates delivered
to the Subordinated Collateral Agent representing an Equity Interest, either such certificates are
Securities as defined in Article 8 of the UCC as a result of actions by the issuer or otherwise,
or, if such certificates are not Securities, the Grantor has so informed the Subordinated
Collateral Agent so that the Subordinated Collateral Agent may take steps to perfect its security
interest therein as a General Intangible, and (iii) all Pledged Collateral held by a securities
intermediary is covered by a control agreement among the Grantor, the securities intermediary and
the Subordinated Collateral Agent pursuant to which the Subordinated Collateral Agent has Control.
(b) In addition, (i) none of the Pledged Collateral has been issued or transferred in
violation of the securities registration, securities disclosure or similar laws of any jurisdiction
to which such issuance or transfer may be subject, (ii) there are existing no options, warrants,
calls or commitments of any character whatsoever relating to the Pledged Collateral or which
obligate the issuer of any Equity Interest included in the Pledged Collateral to issue additional
Equity Interests, and (iii) no consent, approval, authorization, or other
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action by, and no giving of notice to or, filing with, any governmental authority or
any other Person is required for the pledge by the Grantor of the Pledged Collateral pursuant to
this Security Agreement or for the execution, delivery and performance of this Security Agreement
by the Grantor, or for the exercise by the Subordinated Collateral Agent of the voting or other
rights provided for in this Security Agreement or for the remedies in respect of the Pledged
Collateral pursuant to this Security Agreement, except as may be required in connection with such
disposition by laws affecting the offering and sale of securities generally.
(c) Except as set forth in Exhibit D, as such exhibit may be amended with the consent
of the Required Holder(s), not to be unreasonably withheld or delayed, the Grantor owns 100% of the
issued and outstanding Equity Interests which constitute Pledged Collateral.
3.13. Securities Accounts. The names and addresses of all institutions at which the
Grantor maintains its Securities Accounts and the account numbers and account names of such
Securities Accounts are listed on Exhibit G. The Company shall amend Exhibit G from
time to time within twenty (20) Business Days after opening any additional Securities Account or
closing or changing the account number or account name on any existing Securities Account.
ARTICLE IV
COVENANTS
COVENANTS
From the date of this Security Agreement, and thereafter until this Security Agreement
is terminated, the Grantor agrees that:
4.1. General.
(a) Collateral Records. The Grantor will maintain complete and accurate books and
records with respect to the Collateral, and furnish to the Subordinated Collateral Agent, with
sufficient copies for each of the Holders, such reports relating to the Collateral as the
Subordinated Collateral Agent shall from time to time request.
(b) Authorization to File Financing Statements; Ratification. The Grantor hereby
authorizes the Subordinated Collateral Agent to file, and if requested will deliver to the
Subordinated Collateral Agent, all financing statements and other documents and take such other
actions as may from time to time be requested by the Subordinated Collateral Agent in order to
maintain a first perfected security interest in and, if applicable, Control of, the Collateral. Any
financing statement filed by the Subordinated Collateral Agent may be filed in any filing office in
any UCC jurisdiction and may (i) indicate the Collateral by any description which
reasonably approximates the description contained in this Security Agreement or may contain an
indication or description of collateral that describes such property in any other manner as the
Subordinated Collateral Agent may determine, including describing such property as “all
assets” or “all personal property” and may add thereto “whether now owned or hereafter
acquired” or words of similar import, and (ii) contain any other information required by part 5 of
Article 9 of the UCC for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing
statement or amendment, including whether the Grantor is an organization, the type of organization
and any organization identification number issued to the Grantor. The Grantor also agrees to
furnish any such information to the Subordinated Collateral Agent promptly upon request. The
Grantor also ratifies its authorization for the Subordinated Collateral Agent to have filed in any
UCC jurisdiction any initial financing statements or amendments thereto if filed prior
to the date hereof.
(c) Further Assurances. The Grantor will, if so requested by the Subordinated
Collateral Agent, furnish to the Subordinated Collateral Agent, as often as the Subordinated
Collateral Agent requests, statements and schedules further identifying and describing the
Collateral and such
other reports and information in connection with the Collateral as the Subordinated Collateral
Agent may reasonably request, all in such detail as the Subordinated Collateral Agent may specify.
The Grantor also agrees to take any and all actions necessary to defend title to the Collateral
against all persons and to defend the security interest of the
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Subordinated Collateral Agent in the Collateral and the priority thereof against any Lien not
expressly permitted hereunder.
(d) Disposition of Collateral. The Grantor will not sell, lease or otherwise dispose
of the Collateral except for dispositions specifically permitted pursuant to paragraph 6E of the
Purchase Agreement.
(e) Liens. The Grantor will not create, incur, or suffer to exist any Lien on the
Collateral except (i) the security interest created by this Security Agreement, and (ii) other
Liens permitted under the terms of the Purchase Agreement.
(f) Other Financing Statements. The Grantor will not authorize the filing of any
financing statement naming it as debtor covering all or any portion of the Collateral, except as
permitted by Section 4.1(e). The Grantor acknowledges that it is not authorized to file any
financing statement or amendment or termination statement with respect to any financing statement
without the prior written consent of the Subordinated Collateral Agent, subject to the Grantor’s
rights under Section 9-509(d)(2) of the UCC.
(g) Compliance with Terms. The Grantor will perform and comply with all
obligations in respect of the Collateral and all agreements to which it is a party or by which it
is bound relating to the Collateral.
(h) Commercial Tort Claims and Letter of Credit Rights. The Grantor shall amend (i)
Exhibit F from time to time within twenty (20) Business Days after obtaining any additional
Commercial Tort Claims and (ii) Exhibit C from time to time within twenty (20) Business
Days after obtaining any additional Letter-of-Credit Rights.
(i) Contracts. The Grantor shall use its commercially reasonable efforts
to secure all consents and approvals necessary or appropriate for the grant of a security interest
to the Subordinated Collateral Agent in any Contract or license held by the Grantor or in which the
Grantor has any rights not heretofore assigned.
4.2. Retained Receivables.
(a) Certain
Agreements on Retained Receivables. The Grantor will not make or agree to
make any discount, credit, rebate or other reduction in the original amount owing on a Retained
Receivable or accept in satisfaction of a Retained Receivable less than the original amount
thereof, except that, prior to the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Grantor may reduce the
amount of Retained Receivables in accordance with its present policies and in the ordinary course
of business.
(b) Collection of Retained Receivables. Except as otherwise provided in this Security
Agreement, the Grantor will collect and enforce, at the Grantor’s sole expense, all amounts due or
hereafter due to the Grantor under the Retained Receivables.
(c) Electronic Chattel Paper. The Grantor shall take all steps necessary to grant the
Subordinated Collateral Agent Control of all electronic Chattel Paper in accordance with the
UCC and all “transferable records” as defined in each of the Uniform Electronic
Transactions Act and the Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act.
4.3. Inventory.
(a) Maintenance of Inventory. The Grantor will do all things necessary to maintain,
preserve, protect and keep the Inventory in saleable condition, except for damaged or defective
goods arising in the ordinary course of the Grantor’s business.
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(b) Returned Inventory. If an Account Debtor returns any Inventory to the Grantor when
no Event of Default exists, then the Grantor shall promptly determine the reason for such return
and shall issue a credit memorandum to the Account Debtor in the appropriate amount. All returned
Inventory shall be subject to the Subordinated Collateral Agent’s Liens thereon.
(c) Perpetual Inventory System. The Grantor will maintain a perpetual
inventory reporting system at all times.
4.4.
Delivery of Instruments, Securities, Chattel Paper and Documents. As to all
Chattel Paper and Instruments constituting part of the Collateral, the Grantor will (a) deliver to
the Subordinated Collateral Agent immediately upon execution of this Security Agreement the
originals of all Chattel Paper, Securities (other than the Bluestem SPV Stock, while the
Intercreditor Agreement and the SPV Credit Documents are in effect) and Instruments constituting
Collateral (if any then exist), (b) hold in trust for the Subordinated Collateral Agent upon
receipt and immediately thereafter deliver to the Subordinated Collateral Agent any Chattel Paper,
Securities (other than the Bluestem SPV Stock, while the Intercreditor Agreement and the SPV
Credit Documents are in effect) and Instruments constituting Collateral, and (c) upon the
Subordinated Collateral Agent’s request, deliver to the Subordinated Collateral Agent (and
thereafter hold in trust for the Subordinated Collateral Agent upon receipt and immediately deliver
to the Subordinated Collateral Agent) any Document evidencing or constituting Collateral. The
Grantor hereby authorizes the Subordinated Collateral Agent to attach each Amendment to this
Security Agreement and agrees that all additional Collateral set forth in such Amendments shall be
considered to be part of the Collateral.
4.5.
Uncertificated Pledged Collateral. The Grantor will permit the Subordinated
Collateral Agent from time to time to cause the appropriate issuers (and, if held with a securities
intermediary, such securities intermediary) of uncertificated securities or other types of Pledged
Collateral not represented by certificates to xxxx their books and records with the numbers and
face amounts of all such uncertificated securities or other types of Pledged Collateral not
represented by certificates and all rollovers and replacements therefor to reflect the Lien of the
Subordinated Collateral Agent granted pursuant to this Security Agreement. The Grantor will take
any actions necessary to cause (a) the issuers of uncertificated securities which are Pledged
Collateral and (b) any securities intermediary which is the holder of any Pledged Collateral, to
cause the Subordinated Collateral Agent to have and retain Control over such Pledged Collateral.
Without limiting the foregoing, the Grantor will, with respect to Pledged Collateral held with a
securities intermediary, cause such securities intermediary to enter into a control agreement with
the Subordinated Collateral Agent, in form and substance satisfactory to the Subordinated
Collateral Agent, giving the Subordinated Collateral Agent Control.
4.6. Pledged Collateral.
(a) Changes in Capital Structure of Issuers. The Grantor will not (i) permit or suffer
any issuer of an Equity Interest constituting Pledged Collateral to dissolve, merge, liquidate or
retire any of its Equity Interests, or (ii) vote any Pledged Collateral in favor of any of the
foregoing.
(b) Issuance
of Additional Securities. The Grantor will not permit or suffer the
issuer of an Equity Interest constituting Pledged Collateral to issue additional Equity Interests,
any right to receive the same or any right to receive earnings, except to the Grantor.
(c) Registration
of Pledged Collateral. The Grantor will permit any registerable
Pledged Collateral to be registered in the name of the Subordinated Collateral Agent or its nominee
at any time at the option of the Required Holder(s).
(d) Exercise of Rights in Pledged Collateral.
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(i) Without in any way limiting the foregoing and subject to clause (ii) below, the
Grantor shall have the right to exercise all voting rights or other rights relating to the
Pledged Collateral for all purposes not inconsistent with this Security Agreement, the
Purchase Agreement or any other Note Document; provided however, that no vote or other right
shall be exercised or action taken which would have the effect of impairing the rights of
the Subordinated Collateral Agent in respect of the Pledged Collateral.
(ii) The Grantor will permit the Subordinated Collateral Agent or its nominee at any
time after the occurrence of an Event of Default, without notice, to exercise all voting
rights or other rights relating to Pledged Collateral, including, without limitation,
exchange, subscription or any other rights, privileges, or options pertaining to any Equity
Interest or Investment Property constituting Pledged Collateral as if it were the absolute
owner thereof.
(iii) The Grantor shall be entitled to collect and receive for its own use all cash
dividends and interest paid in respect of the Pledged Collateral to the extent not in
violation of the Purchase Agreement other than any of the following distributions and
payments (collectively referred to as the “Excluded
Payments”): (A) dividends and interest
paid or payable other than in cash in respect of any Pledged Collateral, and instruments and
other property received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of, or in exchange
for, any Pledged Collateral; (B) dividends and other distributions paid or payable in cash
in respect of any Pledged Collateral in connection with a partial or total liquidation or
dissolution or in connection with a reduction of capital, capital surplus or paid-in capital
of an issuer; and (C) cash paid, payable or otherwise distributed, in respect of
principal of, or in redemption of, or in exchange for, any Pledged Collateral; provided
however, that until actually paid, all rights to such distributions shall remain subject to
the Lien created by this Security Agreement; and
(iv) All Excluded Payments and all other distributions in respect of any of the Pledged
Collateral, whenever paid or made, shall be delivered to the Subordinated Collateral Agent
to hold as Pledged Collateral and shall, if received by the Grantor, be received in trust
for the benefit of the Subordinated Collateral Agent, be segregated from the other property
or funds of the Grantor, and be forthwith delivered to the Subordinated Collateral Agent as
Pledged Collateral in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement).
4.7. No Interference. The Grantor agrees that it will not interfere with any right,
power and remedy of the Subordinated Collateral Agent provided for in this Security Agreement or
now or hereafter existing at law or in equity or by statute or otherwise, or the exercise or
beginning of the exercise by the Subordinated Collateral Agent of any one or more of such rights,
powers or remedies.
4.8. Insurance. (a) In the event any Collateral is located in any area
that has been designated by the Federal Emergency Management Agency as a “Special Flood Hazard
Area”, the Grantor shall purchase and maintain flood insurance on such Collateral (including any
personal property which is located on any real property leased by the Grantor within a “Special
Flood Hazard Area”). The amount of flood insurance required by this Section shall be in an amount
equal to the lesser of the total outstanding principal amount of the Subordinated Notes or the
total replacement cost value of the Inventory at such location.
(b) All insurance policies required hereunder and under paragraph 5F of the Purchase Agreement
shall name the Subordinated Collateral Agent (for the benefit of the Subordinated Collateral Agent
and the Holders) as an additional insured or as loss payee, as applicable, and shall contain loss
payable clauses or mortgagee clauses, through endorsements in form and substance satisfactory to
the Subordinated Collateral Agent, which provide that: (i) all proceeds
thereunder with respect to any Collateral shall be payable to the Subordinated Collateral
Agent; (ii) no such insurance shall be affected by any act or neglect of the insured or owner of
the property described in such policy; and (iii) such policy and loss payable or mortgagee clauses
may be canceled, amended, or terminated only upon at least thirty days prior written notice given
to the Subordinated Collateral Agent.
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(c) All premiums on such insurance shall be paid when due by the Grantor, and copies of the
policies delivered to the Subordinated Collateral Agent upon request. If the Grantor fails to
obtain any insurance as required by this Section, the Subordinated Collateral Agent may obtain such
insurance at the Grantor’s expense. By purchasing such insurance, the Subordinated Collateral Agent
shall not be deemed to have waived any Default arising from the Grantor’s failure to maintain such
insurance or pay any premiums therefor.
4.9. Collateral Access Agreements. The Grantor shall use commercially reasonable
efforts to obtain a Collateral Access Agreement, from the lessor of each leased
property, mortgagee of owned property or bailee or consignee with respect to any warehouse,
processor or converter facility or other location where Collateral is stored or located, which
agreement or letter shall provide access rights, contain a waiver or subordination of all Liens or
claims that the landlord, mortgagee, bailee or consignee may assert against the Collateral at that
location, and shall otherwise be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Subordinated
Collateral Agent. After the First Amendment Effective Date, no real property or warehouse space
shall be leased by the Grantor and no Inventory shall be shipped to a processor or converter under
arrangements established after the First Amendment Effective Date, unless and until a satisfactory
Collateral Access Agreement shall first have been obtained with respect to such location. The
Grantor shall timely and fully pay and perform its obligations under all leases and other
agreements with respect to each leased location or third party warehouse where any Collateral is or
may be located.
4.10. Change of Name or Location. The Grantor shall not (a) change (i) its name as it
appears in official filings in the state of its incorporation or organization, (ii) the type of
entity that it is, or (iii) its organization identification number, if any, issued by its state of
incorporation or other organization, in each case, which would make any financing statement or
continuation statement filed in connection herewith seriously misleading within the meaning of
Section 9-506 of the UCC as in effect in the State of Delaware, unless the Subordinated Collateral
Agent shall have received notice of any such change and file such financing statements or
amendments as may be necessary to continue the perfection of any Liens in favor of the
Subordinated Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Holders, in any Collateral within thirty days after
any such change, or (b) change its (i) chief executive office, principal place of business, mailing
address, corporate offices or warehouses or locations at which Collateral is held or stored, or the
location of its records concerning the Collateral as set forth in this Security Agreement or (ii)
state of incorporation or organization, in each case, without giving the Subordinated Collateral
Agent prompt written notice of any such change and whether, as a result of such relocation, the
applicable provisions of the UCC would require the filing of any amendment of any
previously filed financing or continuation statement or of any new financing statement and shall
file such financing statements or amendments as may be necessary to continue the perfection of any
Liens in favor of the Subordinated Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Holders, in any Collateral
and will execute any documents necessary to perfect or preserve the validity, perfection or
priority of such security interest, provided that, any new location shall be in the continental
U.S.
4.11. Securities Accounts. The Grantor shall use its commercially reasonable efforts
to assist the Subordinated Collateral Agent in obtaining control under the UCC with respect to any
Collateral consisting of Securities Accounts (with investment or other assets that currently exceed
or are at any time expected to exceed $25,000).
ARTICLE V
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
EVENTS OF DEFAULT AND REMEDIES
5.1.
Events of Default. The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall
constitute an Event of Default hereunder:
(a) Any representation or warranty made by or on behalf of the Grantor under or in connection
with this Security Agreement shall be materially false as of the date on which made.
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(b) The breach by the Grantor of any of the terms or provisions of Article
IV or Article VII.
(c) The breach by the Grantor (other than a breach which constitutes an Event of Default under
any other Section of this Article V) of any of the terms or provisions of this Security
Agreement which is not remedied within ten days after such breach.
(d) The occurrence of any “Event of Default” under, and as defined in, the Purchase Agreement.
(e) Subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement, any Equity Interest which is
included within the Collateral shall at any time constitute a Security or the issuer of any such
Equity Interest shall take any action to have such interests treated as a Security unless (i) all
certificates or other documents constituting such Security have been delivered to the Subordinated
Collateral Agent and such Security is properly defined as such under Article 8 of the UCC of the
applicable jurisdiction, whether as a result of actions by the issuer thereof or otherwise, or (ii)
the Subordinated Collateral Agent has entered into a control agreement with the issuer of such
Security or with a securities intermediary relating to such Security and such Security is defined
as such under Article 8 of the UCC of the applicable jurisdiction, whether as a result of actions
by the issuer thereof or otherwise.
5.2. Remedies.
(a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Subordinated Collateral Agent may exercise
any or all of the following rights and remedies:
(i) those rights and remedies provided in this Security Agreement, the
Purchase Agreement, or any other Note Document; provided that,
this Section 5.2(a) shall
not be understood to limit any rights or remedies available to the Subordinated Collateral
Agent and the Holders prior to an Event of Default;
(ii) those rights and remedies available to a secured party under the UCC
(whether or not the UCC applies to the affected Collateral) or under any other applicable
law (including, without limitation, any law governing the exercise of a bank’s right of
setoff or bankers’ lien) when a debtor is in default under a security agreement;
(iii) give notice of sole control or any other instruction under any
Deposit Account Control Agreement or and other control agreement with any securities
intermediary and take any action therein with respect to such Collateral;
(iv) without notice (except as specifically provided in Section 8.1 or elsewhere
herein), demand or advertisement of any kind to the Grantor or any other Person, enter the
premises of the Grantor where any Collateral is located (through self-help and without
judicial process) to collect, receive, assemble, process, appropriate, sell, lease, assign,
grant an option or options to purchase or otherwise dispose of, deliver, or realize upon,
the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale or
sales (which sales may be adjourned or continued from time to time with or without notice
and may take place at the Grantor’s premises or elsewhere), for cash, on credit or for
future delivery without assumption of any credit risk, and upon such other terms as the
Subordinated Collateral Agent may deem commercially reasonable; and
(v) except as limited by Section 11.1, concurrently with written notice to the
Grantor, transfer and register in its name or in the name of its nominee the whole or any
part of the Pledged Collateral, to exchange certificates or instruments representing
or evidencing Pledged
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Collateral for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger denominations, to
exercise the voting and all other rights as a holder with respect thereto, to collect and
receive all cash dividends, interest, principal and other distributions made thereon and to
otherwise act with respect to the Pledged Collateral as though the Subordinated Collateral
Agent was the outright owner thereof.
(b) The Subordinated Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Holders, may comply with any
applicable state or federal law requirements in connection with a disposition of the Collateral and
compliance will not be considered to adversely affect the commercial reasonableness of any sale of
the Collateral.
(c) The Subordinated Collateral Agent shall have the right upon any such public sale or sales
and, to the extent permitted by law, upon any such private sale or sales, to purchase for the
benefit of the Subordinated Collateral Agent and the Holders, the whole or any part of the
Collateral so sold, free of any right of equity redemption, which equity redemption the Grantor
hereby expressly releases.
(d) Until the Subordinated Collateral Agent is able to effect a sale, lease, or other
disposition of Collateral, the Subordinated Collateral Agent shall have the right to hold or use
Collateral, or any part thereof, to the extent that it deems appropriate for the purpose of
preserving Collateral or its value or for any other purpose deemed appropriate by the Subordinated
Collateral Agent. The Subordinated Collateral Agent may, if it so elects, seek the appointment of a
receiver or keeper to take possession of Collateral and to enforce any of the Subordinated
Collateral Agent’s remedies (for the benefit of the Subordinated Collateral Agent and Holders),
with respect to such appointment without prior notice or hearing as to such appointment.
(e) [Intentionally Omitted].
(f) Notwithstanding the foregoing, neither the Subordinated Collateral Agent nor the Holders
shall be required to (i) make any demand upon, or pursue or exhaust any of their rights or remedies
against, the Grantor, any other obligor, guarantor, pledgor or any other Person with respect to the
payment of the Secured Obligations or to pursue or exhaust any of their rights or remedies with
respect to any Collateral therefor or any direct or indirect guarantee thereof, (ii) marshal the
Collateral or any guarantee of the Secured Obligations or to resort to the Collateral or any such
guarantee in any particular order, or (iii) effect a public sale of any Collateral.
(g) The Grantor recognizes that the Subordinated Collateral Agent may be unable to effect a
public sale of any or all the Pledged Collateral and may be compelled to resort to one or more
private sales thereof in accordance with clause (a) above. The Grantor also acknowledges that any
private sale may result in prices and other terms less favorable to the seller than if such sale
were a public sale and, notwithstanding such circumstances, agrees that any such private sale shall
not be deemed to have been made in a commercially unreasonable manner solely by virtue of such sale
being private. The Subordinated Collateral Agent shall be under no obligation to delay a sale of
any of the Pledged Collateral for the period of time necessary to permit the Grantor or the issuer
of the Pledged Collateral to register such securities for public sale under the Securities Act of
1933, as amended, or under applicable state securities laws, even if the Grantor and the issuer
would agree to do so.
5.3. Grantor’s Obligations Upon Default. Upon the request of the Subordinated
Collateral Agent after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the
Grantor will:
(a) assemble and make available to the Subordinated Collateral Agent the Collateral and all
books and records relating thereto at any place or places specified by the Subordinated Collateral
Agent, whether at the Grantor’s premises or elsewhere;
(b) permit the Subordinated Collateral Agent, by the Subordinated Collateral Agent’s
representatives and agents, to enter, occupy and use any premises where all or any part of the
Collateral, or the books and records relating thereto, or both, are located, to take possession of
all or any part of the Collateral or
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the books and records relating thereto, or both, to remove all or any part of the Collateral
or the books and records relating thereto, or both, and to conduct
sales of the Collateral, without
any obligation to pay the Grantor for such use and occupancy;
(c) prepare
and file, or cause an issuer of Pledged Collateral to prepare and file, with the
Securities and Exchange Commission or any other applicable government agency, registration
statements, a prospectus and such other documentation in connection with the Pledged Collateral as
the Subordinated Collateral Agent may request, all in form and substance satisfactory to the
Subordinated Collateral Agent, and furnish to the Subordinated Collateral Agent, or cause an issuer
of Pledged Collateral to furnish to the Subordinated Collateral Agent, any information regarding
the Pledged Collateral in such detail as the Subordinated Collateral Agent may specify;
(d) take, or cause an issuer of Pledged Collateral to take, any and all actions necessary to
register or qualify the Pledged Collateral to enable the Subordinated Collateral Agent to
consummate a public sale or other disposition of the Pledged Collateral; and
(e) at its own expense, cause the independent certified public accountants then engaged by the
Grantor to prepare and deliver to the Subordinated Collateral Agent and each Holder, at any time,
and from time to time, promptly upon the Subordinated Collateral Agent’s request, the following
reports with respect to the Grantor: (i) a reconciliation of all Accounts; (ii) an aging of all
Accounts; (iii) trial balances; and (iv) a test verification of such Accounts.
5.4. Grant of Intellectual Property License. For the purpose of enabling the
Subordinated Collateral Agent to exercise the rights and remedies
under this Article V at such time
as the Subordinated Collateral Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and
remedies, the Grantor hereby (a) grants to the Subordinated Collateral Agent, for the benefit of
the Subordinated Collateral Agent and the Holders, an irrevocable, nonexclusive license
(exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to the Grantor) to use, license or
sublicense any intellectual property rights now owned or hereafter acquired by the Grantor, and
wherever the same may be located, and including in such license access to all media in which any of
the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the
compilation or printout thereof and (b) irrevocably agrees that the Subordinated Collateral Agent
may sell any of the Grantor’s Inventory directly to any person,
including without limitation
persons who have previously purchased the Grantor’s Inventory from the Grantor and in connection
with any such sale or other enforcement of the Subordinated Collateral Agent’s rights under this
Security Agreement, may sell Inventory which bears any trademark owned by or licensed to the
Grantor and any Inventory that is covered by any copyright owned by or licensed to the Grantor and
the Subordinated Collateral Agent may finish any work in process and affix any trademark owned by
or licensed to the Grantor and sell such Inventory as provided herein.
ARTICLE VI
ACCOUNT VERIFICATION; ATTORNEY IN FACT; PROXY
ACCOUNT VERIFICATION; ATTORNEY IN FACT; PROXY
6.1. Account Verification. The Subordinated Collateral Agent may at any time,
in the Subordinated Collateral Agent’s own name, in the name of a nominee of the Subordinated
Collateral Agent, or in the name of the Grantor communicate (by mail, telephone, facsimile or
otherwise) with the Account Debtors of such Grantor, parties to contracts with the Grantor and
obligors in respect of Instruments of the Grantor to verify with such Persons, to the Subordinated
Collateral Agent’s satisfaction, the existence, amount, terms of, and any other matter relating to,
Retained Receivables subject to applicable laws.
6.2. Authorization for Subordinated Collateral Agent to Take Certain Action.
(a) The Grantor irrevocably authorizes the Subordinated Collateral Agent at any time and from
time to time in the sole discretion of the Subordinated Collateral Agent and appoints the
Subordinated Collateral Agent as its attorney in fact (i) to execute on behalf of the Grantor as
debtor and to file financing
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statements necessary or desirable in the Subordinated Collateral Agent’s sole discretion to
perfect and to maintain the perfection and priority of the Subordinated Collateral Agent’s security
interest in the Collateral, (ii) to endorse and collect any cash proceeds of the Collateral, (iii)
to file a carbon, photographic or other reproduction of this Security Agreement or any financing
statement with respect to the Collateral as a financing statement and to file any other financing
statement or amendment of a financing statement (which does not add new collateral or add a debtor)
in such offices as the Subordinated Collateral Agent in its sole discretion deems necessary or
desirable to perfect and to maintain the perfection and priority of the Subordinated Collateral
Agent’s security interest in the Collateral, (iv) to contact and enter into one or more agreements
with the issuers of uncertificated securities which are Pledged Collateral or with securities
intermediaries holding Pledged Collateral as may be necessary or advisable to give the Subordinated
Collateral Agent Control over such Pledged Collateral, (v) to apply the proceeds of any Collateral
received by the Subordinated Collateral Agent to the Secured Obligations as provided in Section
7.2, (vi) to discharge past due taxes, assessments, charges, fees or Liens on the Collateral
(except for such Liens as are specifically permitted hereunder), (vii) to contact Account Debtors
for any reason, (viii) to demand payment or enforce payment of the Retained Receivables in the name
of the Subordinated Collateral Agent or the Grantor and to endorse any and all checks, drafts, and
other instruments for the payment of money relating to the Retained Receivables, (ix) to sign the
Grantor’s name on any invoice or xxxx of lading relating to the Retained Receivables, drafts
against any Account Debtor of the Grantor, assignments and verifications of Retained Receivables,
(x) to exercise all of the Grantor’s rights and remedies with respect to the collection of the
Retained Receivables and any other Collateral, (xi) to settle, adjust, compromise, extend or renew
the Retained Receivables, (xii) to settle, adjust or compromise any legal proceedings brought to
collect Retained Receivables, (xiii) to prepare, file and sign the Grantor’s name on a proof of
claim in bankruptcy or similar document against any Account Debtor of the Grantor, (xiv) to
prepare, file and sign the Grantor’s name on any notice of Lien, assignment or satisfaction of Lien
or similar document in connection with the Retained Receivables, (xv) to change the address for
delivery of mail addressed to the Grantor to such address as the Subordinated Collateral Agent may
designate and to receive, open and dispose of all mail addressed to the Grantor, and (xvi) to do
all other acts and things necessary to carry out this Security Agreement; and the Grantor agrees to
reimburse the Subordinated Collateral Agent on demand for any payment made or any expense incurred
by the Subordinated Collateral Agent in connection with any of the foregoing; provided that, this
authorization shall not relieve the Grantor of any of its obligations under this Security Agreement
or under the Purchase Agreement.
(b) All acts of said attorney or designee are hereby ratified and approved. The powers
conferred on the Subordinated Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Subordinated Collateral
Agent and Holders, under this Section 6.2 are solely to protect the Subordinated Collateral Agent’s
interests in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Subordinated Collateral Agent or
any Holder to exercise any such powers. The Subordinated Collateral Agent agrees that, except for
the powers granted in Section 6.2(a)(i)-(vi) and Section 6.2(a)(xvi), it shall not exercise any
power or authority granted to it unless an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing.
6.3. Proxy. THE GRANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY CONSTITUTES AND APPOINTS THE SUBORDINATED
COLLATERAL AGENT AS THE PROXY AND ATTORNEY-IN-FACT (AS SET FORTH IN SECTION 6.2 ABOVE) OF THE
GRANTOR WITH RESPECT TO THE PLEDGED COLLATERAL, INCLUDING THE RIGHT TO VOTE SUCH PLEDGED
COLLATERAL, WITH FULL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION TO DO SO. IN ADDITION TO THE RIGHT TO VOTE ANY SUCH
PLEDGED COLLATERAL, THE APPOINTMENT OF THE SUBORDINATED COLLATERAL AGENT AS PROXY AND
ATTORNEY-IN-FACT SHALL INCLUDE THE RIGHT TO EXERCISE ALL OTHER RIGHTS, POWERS, PRIVILEGES AND
REMEDIES TO WHICH A HOLDER OF SUCH PLEDGED COLLATERAL WOULD BE ENTITLED (INCLUDING GNING OR
WITHHOLDING WRITTEN CONSENTS OF SHAREHOLDERS, CALLING SPECIAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS AND VOTING
AT
SUCH MEETINGS). SUCH PROXY SHALL BE EFFECTIVE, AUTOMATICALLY AND WITHOUT THE NECESSITY OF ANY
ACTION (INCLUDING ANY TRANSFER OF ANY SUCH PLEDGED COLLATERAL ON THE RECORD BOOKS OF THE ISSUER
THEREOF) BY ANY PERSON (INCLUDING THE ISSUER OF SUCH PLEDGED COLLATERAL OR ANY OFFICER OR AGENT
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THEREOF), UPON THE OCCURRENCE OF A DEFAULT, SUBJECT TO THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT.
6.4. Nature of Appointment; Limitation of Duty. THE APPOINTMENT OF THE SUBORDINATED
COLLATERAL AGENT AS PROXY AND ATTORNEY-IN-FACT IN THIS ARTICLE VI IS COUPLED WITH AN INTEREST AND
SHALL BE IRREVOCABLE UNTIL THE DATE ON WHICH THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT IS TERMINATED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH SECTION 8.14. NOTWITHSTANDING ANYTHING CONTAINED HEREIN, NEITHER THE SUBORDINATED COLLATERAL
AGENT, NOR ANY HOLDER, NOR ANY OF THEIR RESPECTIVE AFFILIATES, OFFICERS, DIRECTORS, EMPLOYEES,
AGENTS OR REPRESENTATIVES SHALL HAVE ANY DUTY TO EXERCISE ANY RIGHT OR POWER GRANTED HEREUNDER OR
OTHERWISE OR TO PRESERVE THE SAME AND SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY FAILURE TO DO SO OR FOR ANY DELAY
IN DOING SO, EXCEPT IN RESPECT OF DAMAGES ATTRIBUTABLE SOLELY TO THEIR OWN GROSS NEGLIGENCE OR
WILLFUL MISCONDUCT AS FINALLY DETERMINED BY A COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION; PROVIDED THAT, IN NO
EVENT SHALL THEY BE LIABLE FOR ANY PUNITIVE, EXEMPLARY, INDIRECT OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.
ARTICLE VII
COLLECTION AND APPLICATION OF COLLATERAL PROCEEDS; DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS
COLLECTION AND APPLICATION OF COLLATERAL PROCEEDS; DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS
7.1. Collection of Retained Receivables.
(a) On or before the Fourth Amendment Effective Date, the Grantor shall execute and deliver to
the Subordinated Collateral Agent a Deposit Account Control Agreement for account number
000000000000, in the name of the Grantor maintained by the Grantor at U.S. Bank National
Association (such account, or such other accounts as are reasonably acceptable to the Subordinated
Collateral Agent, the “Merchant Deposit Account”), which Merchant Deposit Account is
identified as such on Exhibit B. The Grantor shall cause to be deposited in
that Merchant Deposit Account on each Business Day all proceeds of Collateral other than proceeds
of Sales Receivables and Servicing Accounts and Retained Receivables. On or before the Fourth
Amendment Effective Date, the Grantor shall execute and deliver to the Subordinated Collateral
Agent a Deposit Control Account Agreement for a deposit account with account number 758660021 in
the name of the Grantor maintained with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (such account, or such other
accounts as are reasonably acceptable to the Subordinated Collateral Agent, the “Collateral
Deposit Account”). The Grantor shall cause to be deposited in the Collateral Deposit Account on
each Business Day all proceeds of Servicing Accounts, Sales Receivables and settlement payments
from each Receivables Account Owner under the Receivables Account Owner Documents and Retained
Receivables. On each Business Day, all funds on deposit in the Merchant Deposit Account shall be
transferred to the Collateral Deposit Account.
(b) At any time after the “Senior Debt” has been “Paid in Full” (as each such term
is defined in the Intercreditor Agreement (as defined in the Purchase Agreement)), the Subordinated
Collateral Agent shall hold and apply funds received into the Collateral Deposit Account as
provided by the terms of Section 7.2.
7.2. Application of Proceeds; Deficiency. All amounts deposited in the Collateral
Deposit Account shall be applied by the Subordinated Collateral Agent against the Secured
Obligations. Any such proceeds of the Collateral shall be applied as determined by the Holders. The
balance, if any, after all of the Secured Obligations have been satisfied, shall be deposited by
the Subordinated Collateral Agent into the Grantor’s general operating account. The Grantor shall
remain liable for any deficiency if the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of the Collateral
are insufficient to pay all
Secured Obligations, including any attorneys’ fees and other expenses incurred by the
Subordinated Collateral Agent or any Holder to collect such
deficiency.
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ARTICLE VIII
GENERAL PROVISIONS
GENERAL PROVISIONS
8.1. Waivers. The Grantor hereby waives notice of the time and place of any
public sale or the time after which any private sale or other disposition of all or any part of the
Collateral may be made. To the extent such notice may not be waived under applicable law, any
notice made shall be deemed reasonable if sent to the Grantor,
addressed as set forth in Article
IX, at least ten days prior to (i) the date of any such public sale or (ii) the time after which
any such private sale or other disposition may be made. To the maximum extent permitted by
applicable law, the Grantor waives all claims, damages, and demands against the Subordinated
Collateral Agent or any Holder arising out of the repossession, retention or sale of the
Collateral, except such as arise solely out of the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the
Subordinated Collateral Agent or such Holder as finally determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction. To the extent it may lawfully do so, the Grantor absolutely and irrevocably waives
and relinquishes the benefit and advantage of, and covenants not to assert against the Subordinated
Collateral Agent or any Holder, any valuation, stay, appraisal, extension, moratorium, redemption
or similar laws and any and all rights or defenses it may have as a surety now or hereafter
existing which, but for this provision, might be applicable to the sale of any Collateral made
under the judgment, order or decree of any court, or privately under the power of sale conferred by
this Security Agreement, or otherwise. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, the
Grantor hereby waives presentment, demand, protest or any notice (to the maximum extent permitted
by applicable law) of any kind in connection with this Security Agreement or any Collateral.
8.2. Limitation on Subordinated Collateral Agent’s and Holders’ Duty with Respect to the
Collateral. The Subordinated Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to clean-up or otherwise
prepare the Collateral for sale. The Subordinated Collateral Agent and each Holder shall use
reasonable care with respect to the Collateral in its possession or under its control. Neither the
Subordinated Collateral Agent nor any Holder shall have any other duty as to any Collateral in its
possession or control or in the possession or control of any agent or nominee of the Subordinated
Collateral Agent or such Holder, or any income thereon or as to the preservation of rights against
prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto. To the extent that applicable law imposes
duties on the Subordinated Collateral Agent to exercise remedies in a commercially reasonable
manner, the Grantor acknowledges and agrees that it is commercially reasonable for the Subordinated
Collateral Agent (i) to fail to incur expenses deemed significant by the Subordinated Collateral
Agent to prepare Collateral for disposition or otherwise to transform raw material or work in
process into finished goods or other finished products for disposition, (ii) to fail to obtain
third party consents for access to Collateral to be disposed of, or to obtain or, if not required
by other law, to fail to obtain governmental or third party consents for the collection or
disposition of Collateral to be collected or disposed of, (iii) to fail to exercise collection
remedies against Account Debtors or other Persons obligated on Collateral or to remove Liens on or
any adverse claims against Collateral, (iv) to exercise collection remedies against Account Debtors
and other Persons obligated on Collateral directly or through the use of collection agencies and
other collection specialists, (v) to advertise dispositions of Collateral through publications or
media of general circulation, whether or not the Collateral is of a specialized nature, (vi) to
contact other Persons, whether or not in the same business as the Grantor, for expressions of
interest in acquiring all or any portion of such Collateral, (vii) to hire one or more professional
auctioneers to assist in the disposition of Collateral, whether or not the Collateral is of a
specialized nature, (viii) to dispose of Collateral by utilizing internet sites that provide for
the auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral or that have the reasonable capacity
of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets, (ix) to dispose of assets in wholesale
rather than retail markets, (x) to disclaim disposition warranties, such as title, possession or
quiet enjoyment, (xi) to purchase insurance or credit enhancements to insure the Subordinated
Collateral Agent against risks of loss, collection or disposition of Collateral or to provide to
the Subordinated Collateral Agent a guaranteed return from the collection or disposition of
Collateral, or (xii) to the extent deemed appropriate by the Subordinated Collateral Agent, to
obtain the services of other brokers, investment bankers, consultants
and other professionals to assist the Subordinated Collateral Agent in the collection or
disposition of any of the Collateral. The Grantor acknowledges that the purpose of this Section 8.2
is to provide non-exhaustive indications of what actions or omissions by the Subordinated
Collateral Agent would be commercially reasonable in the Subordinated Collateral Agent’s exercise
of remedies against the Collateral and that other actions or omissions by the Subordinated
Collateral Agent shall not be deemed commercially
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unreasonable solely on account of not being indicated in this Section 8.2. Without limitation upon
the foregoing, nothing contained in this Section 8.2 shall be construed to grant any rights to the
Grantor or to impose any duties on the Subordinated Collateral Agent that would not have been
granted or imposed by this Security Agreement or by applicable law in the absence of this Section
8.2.
8.3. Compromises and Collection of Collateral. The Grantor and the Subordinated
Collateral Agent recognize that setoffs, counterclaims, defenses and other claims may be asserted
by obligors with respect to certain of the Retained Receivables, that certain of the Retained
Receivables may be or become uncollectible in whole or in part and that the expense and probability
of success in litigating a disputed Retained Receivable may exceed the amount that reasonably may
be expected to be recovered with respect to a Retained Receivable. In view of the foregoing, the
Grantor agrees that the Subordinated Collateral Agent may at any time and from time to time, if an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, compromise with the obligor on any Retained
Receivable, accept in full payment of any Retained Receivable such amount as the Subordinated
Collateral Agent in its sole discretion shall determine or abandon any Retained Receivable, and any
such action by the Subordinated Collateral Agent shall be commercially reasonable so long as the
Subordinated Collateral Agent acts in good faith based on information known to it at the time it
takes any such action.
8.4. Secured Party Performance of Debtor Obligations. Without having any obligation to
do so, the Subordinated Collateral Agent may perform or pay any obligation which the Grantor has
agreed to perform or pay in this Security Agreement and the Grantor shall reimburse the
Subordinated Collateral Agent for any amounts paid by the Subordinated Collateral Agent pursuant to
this Section 8.4. The Grantor’s obligation to reimburse the Subordinated Collateral Agent pursuant
to the preceding sentence shall be a Secured Obligation payable on demand.
8.5. Specific Performance of Certain Covenants. The Grantor acknowledges and agrees
that a breach of any of the covenants contained in Sections 4.1(d), 4.1(e), 4.4, 4.5, 4.6, 4.7, 4.8,
4.9, 4.10, 4.11, 5.3, or 8.7 or in Article VII will cause irreparable injury to the Subordinated
Collateral Agent and the Holders, that the Subordinated Collateral Agent and the Holders have no
adequate remedy at law in respect of such breaches and therefore agrees, without limiting the right
of the Subordinated Collateral Agent or the Holders to seek and obtain specific performance of
other obligations of the Grantor contained in this Security Agreement, that the covenants of the
Grantor contained in the Sections referred to in this Section 8.5 shall be specifically enforceable
against the Grantor.
8.6. Dispositions Not Authorized. The Grantor is not authorized to sell or otherwise
dispose of the Collateral except as set forth in Section 4.1 (d) and notwithstanding
any course of dealing between the Grantor and the Subordinated Collateral Agent or other conduct of
the Subordinated Collateral Agent, no authorization to sell or otherwise dispose of the Collateral
(except as set forth in Section 4.1(d)) shall be binding upon the Subordinated Collateral Agent or
the Holders unless such authorization is in writing signed by the Subordinated Collateral Agent
with the consent or at the direction of the Required Holder(s).
8.7. No Waiver; Amendments; Cumulative Remedies. No delay or omission of the
Subordinated Collateral Agent or any Holder to exercise any right or remedy granted under this
Security Agreement shall impair such right or remedy or be construed to be a waiver of any Default
or an acquiescence therein, and any single or partial exercise of any such right or remedy shall
not preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy. No
waiver, amendment or other variation of the terms, conditions or provisions of this Security
Agreement whatsoever shall be valid unless in writing signed by the Subordinated Collateral Agent
(with the written approval of the Required Holder(s) or such other Person, if such approval is
required under the Purchase Agreement). All rights and remedies contained in this Security
Agreement or by law
afforded shall be cumulative and all shall be available to the Subordinated Collateral Agent
and the Holders until the Secured Obligations have been paid in full.
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8.8. Limitation by Law; Severability of Provisions. All rights, remedies and powers
provided in this Security Agreement may be exercised only to the extent that the exercise thereof
does not violate any applicable provision of law, and all the provisions of this Security Agreement
are intended to be subject to all applicable mandatory provisions of law that may be controlling
and to be limited to the extent necessary so that they shall not render this Security Agreement
invalid, unenforceable or not entitled to be recorded or registered, in whole or in part. Any
provision in this Security Agreement that is held to be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid in
any jurisdiction shall, as to that jurisdiction, be inoperative, unenforceable, or invalid without
affecting the remaining provisions in that jurisdiction or the operation, enforceability, or
validity of that provision in any other jurisdiction, and to this end
the provisions of this
Security Agreement are declared to be severable.
8.9. Reinstatement. This Security Agreement shall remain in full force and effect and
continue to be effective should any petition be filed by or against the Grantor for liquidation or
reorganization, should the Grantor become insolvent or make an assignment for the benefit of any
creditor or creditors or should a receiver or trustee be appointed for all or any significant part
of the Grantor’s assets, and shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case may be,
if at any time payment and performance of the Secured Obligations, or any part thereof, is,
pursuant to applicable law, rescinded or reduced in amount, or must otherwise be restored or
returned by any obligee of the Secured Obligations, whether as a “voidable preference,” “fraudulent
conveyance,” or otherwise, all as though such payment or performance had not been made. In the
event that any payment, or any part thereof, is rescinded, reduced, restored or returned, the
Secured Obligations shall be reinstated and deemed reduced only by such amount paid and not so
rescinded, reduced, restored or returned.
8.10. Benefit of Agreement. The terms and provisions of this Security Agreement shall
be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Grantor, the Subordinated Collateral Agent and the
Holders and their respective successors and assigns (including all persons who become bound as a
debtor to this Security Agreement), except that the Grantor shall not have the right to assign its
rights or delegate its obligations under this Security Agreement or any interest herein, without
the prior written consent of the Subordinated Collateral Agent. No sales of participations,
assignments, transfers, or other dispositions of any agreement governing the Secured Obligations or
any portion thereof or interest therein shall in any manner impair the Lien granted to the
Subordinated Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Subordinated Collateral Agent and the
Holders, hereunder.
8.11. Survival of Representations. All representations and warranties of the Grantor
contained in this Security Agreement shall survive the execution and delivery of this
Security Agreement.
8.12. Taxes and Expenses. Any taxes (including income taxes) payable or ruled payable
by Federal or State authority in respect of this Security Agreement shall be paid by the Grantor,
together with interest and penalties, if any. The Grantor shall reimburse the Subordinated
Collateral Agent for any and all out-of-pocket expenses and internal charges (including reasonable
attorneys’, auditors’ and accountants’ fees and reasonable time charges of attorneys, paralegals,
auditors and accountants who may be employees of the Subordinated Collateral Agent) paid or
incurred by the Subordinated Collateral Agent in connection with the preparation, execution,
delivery, administration, collection and enforcement of this Security Agreement and in the audit,
analysis, administration, collection, preservation or sale of the Collateral (including the
expenses and charges associated with any periodic or special audit of the Collateral). Any and all
costs and expenses incurred by the Grantor in the performance of actions required pursuant to the
terms hereof shall be borne solely by the Grantor.
8.13. Headings. The title of and section headings in this Security Agreement are for
convenience of reference only, and shall not govern the interpretation of any of the terms and
provisions of this Security Agreement.
8.14. Termination. This Security Agreement shall continue in effect (notwithstanding
the fact that from time to time there may be no Secured Obligations outstanding) until (i) the
Purchase Agreement has terminated pursuant to its express terms and (ii) all of the Secured
Obligations have been indefeasibly paid and
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performed in full and no commitments of the Subordinated Collateral Agent or the Holders which
would give rise to any Secured Obligations are outstanding.
8.15. Entire Agreement. This Security Agreement embodies the entire agreement and
understanding between the Grantor and the Subordinated Collateral Agent relating to the Collateral
and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings between the Grantor and the Subordinated
Collateral Agent relating to the Collateral.
8.16. CHOICE OF LAW. THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE INTERNAL LAWS (AND NOT THE LAW OF CONFLICTS) OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS.
8.17. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. THE GRANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBMITS TO THE
NON-EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY U.S. FEDERAL OR ILLINOIS STATE COURT SITTING IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
IN ANY ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER NOTE
DOCUMENT AND THE GRANTOR HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AGREES THAT ALL CLAIMS IN RESPECT OF SUCH ACTION OR
PROCEEDING MAY BE HEARD AND DETERMINED IN ANY SUCH COURT AND IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION IT
MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER HAVE AS TO THE VENUE OF ANY SUCH SUIT, ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN SUCH A
COURT OR THAT SUCH COURT IS AN INCONVENIENT FORUM. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL LIMIT THE RIGHT OF THE
SUBORDINATED COLLATERAL AGENT OR ANY HOLDER TO BRING PROCEEDINGS AGAINST THE GRANTOR IN THE COURTS
OF ANY OTHER JURISDICTION. ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING BY THE GRANTOR AGAINST THE SUBORDINATED
COLLATERAL AGENT OR ANY HOLDER OR ANY AFFILIATE OF THE SUBORDINATED COLLATERAL AGENT OR ANY HOLDER
INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY MATTER IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR CONNECTED
WITH THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER NOTE DOCUMENT SHALL BE BROUGHT ONLY IN A COURT IN
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
8.18. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. THE GRANTOR, THE SUBORDINATED COLLATERAL AGENT AND EACH
HOLDER HEREBY WAIVE TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY JUDICIAL PROCEEDING INVOLVING, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, ANY
MATTER (WHETHER SOUNDING IN TORT, CONTRACT OR OTHERWISE) IN ANY WAY ARISING OUT OF, RELATED TO, OR
CONNECTED WITH THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER NOTE DOCUMENT OR THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED
THEREUNDER.
8.19. Indemnity. The Grantor hereby agrees to indemnify the Subordinated Collateral
Agent and the Holders, and their respective successors, assigns, agents and employees, from and
against any and all liabilities, damages, penalties, suits, costs, and expenses of any kind and
nature (including, without limitation, all expenses of litigation or preparation therefor whether
or not the Subordinated Collateral Agent or any Holder is a party thereto) imposed on, incurred by
or asserted against the Subordinated Collateral Agent or the Holders, or their respective
successors, assigns, agents and employees, in any way relating to or arising out of this Security
Agreement, or the manufacture, purchase, acceptance, rejection, ownership, delivery, lease,
possession, use, operation, condition, sale, return or other disposition of any Collateral
(including, without limitation, latent and other defects, whether or not discoverable by the
Subordinated Collateral Agent or the Holders or the Grantor, and any claim for trademark
infringement).
8.20. Counterparts. This Security Agreement may be executed in any number of
counterparts, all of which taken together shall constitute one agreement, and any of the parties
hereto may execute this Security Agreement by signing any such counterpart.
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8.21. Effect of Changes in SPV Credit Documents. The SPV Credit Documents may be
amended, modified, supplemented, restated, refinanced or extended from time to time (each, a
“change”); provided that, for purposes of this Agreement, no such change shall affect the
defined terms in the SPV Credit Documents as such terms have been incorporated herein by reference
in a manner which impairs or diminishes the Collateral in any material respect. Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, and for the avoidance of doubt, the parties hereto expressly agree
that any conveyance, assignment, reconveyance or reassignment executed in accordance with the
provisions of any such SPV Credit Document shall not be considered to be a change to such SPV
Credit Document.
8.22. Springing Account Agreement. To the extent the Subordinated Collateral Agent
enters into a springing account control agreement with U.S. Bank National Association pertaining to
Account No. 104757791017 (or such other account as is reasonably acceptable to the Subordinated
Collateral Agent), the Subordinated Collateral Agent will not deliver a written notice pursuant
thereto terminating Grantor’s access to, and granting the Subordinated Collateral Agent exclusive
control over, such account until the occurrence and continuance of an Event Default.
ARTICLE IX
NOTICES
NOTICES
Except as otherwise specified herein, all notices, requests, demands, consents,
instructions or other communications to or upon the Grantor or Subordinated Collateral Agent under
this Security Agreement shall be given as provided in paragraph 121 of the Purchase Agreement.
ARTICLE X
SUBORDINATED COLLATERAL AGENT
SUBORDINATED COLLATERAL AGENT
Prudential Capital Partners II, L.P. has been appointed Subordinated Collateral Agent
for the Purchasers pursuant to the Collateral Agency Agreement. It is expressly
understood and agreed by the parties to this Security Agreement that any authority conferred upon
the Subordinated Collateral Agent hereunder is subject to the terms of the delegation of authority
made by the Purchasers to the Subordinated Collateral Agent pursuant to the Collateral Agency
Agreement, and that the Subordinated Collateral Agent has agreed to act (and any successor
Subordinated Collateral Agent shall act) as such hereunder only on the express conditions contained
in the Collateral Agency Agreement. Any successor Subordinated Collateral Agent appointed pursuant
to the Collateral Agency Agreement shall be entitled to all the rights, interests and benefits of
the Subordinated Collateral Agent hereunder.
ARTICLE XI
STOCK OF BLUESTEM SPV; LIMITATION ON ACTIONS
STOCK OF BLUESTEM SPV; LIMITATION ON ACTIONS
11.1 The parties hereto acknowledge that the pledge hereunder of the membership
interests (the “Bluestem SPV Stock”) of Grantor in the Bluestem SPV is (i) junior in
priority to the pledge of the Bluestem SPV Stock to the SPV Secured Parties under the SPV Share
Pledge and (ii) prohibited by the terms of the Receivables Purchase Agreement, unless certain
limitations with respect to the pledge of the Bluestem SPV Stock as set forth herein are observed.
Accordingly, in order to induce the SPV Collateral Agent to permit the pledge of the Bluestem SPV
Stock, the parties hereto agree to the following limitations relating only to the pledge of the
Bluestem SPV Stock and not to any other Pledged Collateral.
To induce the SPV Collateral Agent to permit the pledge of the Bluestem SPV Stock, the parties
hereto agree to the following limitations:
(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein:
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(i) Prior to the date that is one year and one day after all Obligations under (and as
defined in) the SPV Credit Agreement have been paid in full, the Subordinated Collateral Agent, for
itself and for the Holders, agrees that, with respect to the Bluestem SPV Stock, it will not,
without the prior written consent of the SPV Collateral Agent, take any action adverse to the SPV
Collateral Agent or the SPV Secured Parties, including, without limitation, (A) causing the
Bluestem SPV to violate or breach any term or provision in any SPV Credit Document, (B) amending or
altering any of the Bluestem SPV’s organizational documents, (C) causing the Bluestem SPV to incur
any debt, other than, in each case, as may be allowed in the SPV Credit Documents or (D) otherwise
take any action which would compromise or call into question the intended bankruptcy remote
structure of the transactions contemplated by the Receivables Purchase Agreement and the other SPV
Credit Documents; provided, that any termination of the Receivables Purchase Agreement in
accordance with the terms thereof shall not be deemed to be adverse to the interests of the SPV
Collateral Agent or the SPV Secured Parties;
(ii) Prior to the date on which the Obligations under (and as defined in) the SPV Credit
Documents have been paid in full, in the event that the Subordinated Collateral Agent receives any
payments or funds constituting Receivables Property, the Subordinated Collateral Agent shall hold
such payments or funds in trust for the benefit of the SPV Collateral Agent, and shall promptly
transfer such payments or funds to the SPV Collateral Agent;
(iii) Prior to the date on which the Obligations under (and as defined in) the SPV Credit
Documents have been paid in full, (A) this Article XI shall not be amended, restated, supplemented
or otherwise modified without the prior written consent of the SPV Collateral Agent and the
provisions of this Article XI shall be contained in any agreement that amends and restates this
Security Agreement and (B) the Subordinated Collateral Agent for itself and for the Holders agrees
that no such party shall enter into any additional agreement that would adversely affect the rights
of any SPV Secured Party under the SPV Credit Agreement set forth in Article XI hereof;
(iv) Prior to the date that is one year and one day after all Obligations under (and as
defined in) the SPV Credit Documents have been paid in full, neither the Subordinated Collateral
Agent nor any Holder shall object to or contest in any administrative, legal or equitable action or
proceeding (including, without limitation, any insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation,
reorganization, winding up, readjustment, composition or other similar proceeding relating to the
Grantor or the Bluestem SPV or their respective property) or object to or contest in any other
manner (1) the interests of the Bluestem SPV and its successors and assigns in any of the assets
transferred (or purported to be transferred) by Grantor to the Bluestem SPV pursuant to the
Receivables Purchase Agreement and/or (2) the interests of the SPV Collateral Agent, and/or any SPV
Secured Party in the Receivables Property or otherwise take any action which would compromise or
call into question the intended bankruptcy remote structure of the transactions contemplated by the
SPV Credit Documents. Neither the Subordinated Collateral Agent nor any Holder shall object to or
contest in any manner the receipt of any payment by the SPV Collateral Agent with respect to the
Receivables Property in accordance with the terms of the SPV Credit Documents; and
(v) Prior to the date that is ninety-five (95) days after all Obligations under (and as
defined in) the SPV Credit Documents have been paid in full, neither the Subordinated Collateral
Agent nor any Holder shall exercise or seek to exercise any rights or remedies, including any
action of foreclosure, with respect to the Bluestem SPV Stock or institute any action or proceeding
with respect to such rights or remedies, including any action of foreclosure.
The provisions of this Article XI shall continue to be effective or be reinstated, as the case
may be, if at any time any payment made pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement is rescinded
or must otherwise be returned by the SPV Collateral Agent or any of the lenders upon the
insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Grantor or the Bluestem SPV or otherwise, all as
though such payment had not been made.
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(b) The SPV Collateral Agent shall be a third-party beneficiary with respect to this
Article XI.
(c) The provisions of this Article XI provide for relative rights of the Subordinated
Collateral Agent and the SPV Collateral Agent, respectively, and are not intended for the benefit
of the Grantor or the Bluestem SPV, nor shall such provisions limit or modify the obligations of
the Grantor under the Note Documents or the SPV Credit Documents, respectively.
ARTICLE XII
AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT
AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT
This Security Agreement is intended to and does amend and restate the Second Amended Security
Agreement in its entirety and the Liens under the Second Amended Security Agreement shall be
continuing in all respects.
ARTICLE XIII
COLLATERAL HELD BY BANK AGENT
COLLATERAL HELD BY BANK AGENT
Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary herein, any Collateral that constitutes Pledged
Collateral that is held by, or required to be delivered to, the Subordinated Collateral Agent
hereunder shall be deemed to be held by, or such requirement shall be deemed to be satisfied by
delivery to, the Bank Agent in accordance with the Intercreditor Agreement.
ARTICLE XIV
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest in the
Bluestem SPV Stock granted to the Subordinated Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Holders,
pursuant to this Security Agreement and the exercise of any right or remedy in respect of the
Bluestem SPV Stock by the Subordinated Collateral Agent and the Holders hereunder are subject to
the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency
between a provision of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Security Agreement that relates solely
to the rights or obligations of, or relationships between, the SPV Secured Parties and the
Subordinated Collateral Agent, the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement shall control.
ARTICLE XV
CONFIRMATION OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
CONFIRMATION OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST
The Grantor hereby confirms the grant to the Subordinated Collateral Agent, for the ratable
benefit of the Holders, after giving effect to this Security Agreement, under the Original Security
Agreement, the Amended Security Agreement and the Second Amended Security Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Grantor and the Subordinated Collateral Agent have executed this
Security Agreement as of the date first above written.
GRANTOR: | ||||||
BLUESTEM BRANDS, INC. | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
SUBORDINATED COLLATERAL AGENT: | ||||||
PRUDENTIAL CAPITAL PARTNERS II, L.P., as Subordinated Collateral Agent |
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By: | Stetson Street Partners, L.P., its general partner | |||||
By: | ||||||
Vice President |
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EXHIBIT A
(See Sections 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.9 and 9.1 of Security Agreement)
(See Sections 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 3.9 and 9.1 of Security Agreement)
GRANTOR’S INFORMATION AND COLLATERAL LOCATIONS
I. | Name of Grantor: Bluestem Brands, Inc. | |
II. | State of Incorporation or Organization: Delaware | |
III. | Type of Entity: Corporation | |
IV. | Organizational Number assigned by State of Incorporation or Organization: 3567832 | |
V. | Federal Employer Identification Number: 00-0000000 | |
VI. | Place of Business (if it has only one) or Chief Executive Office (if more than one place of business) and Mailing Address: | |
0000 Xxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx Xxxxxxx, XX 00000 Attention: Chief Financial Officer |
VII. | Locations of Collateral: |
(a) | Properties Owned by the Grantor: | ||
None. | |||
(b) | Properties Leased by the Grantor (Include Landlord’s Name): |
Address | Landlord | |||
1. Warehouse
|
0000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxx | Xxxxx Xxxxxxxxx XX, LLC | ||
St. Cloud, MN | ||||
2. Returns Center
|
00 XxXxxxxx Xxxx | Xxxx, XXX | ||
Xx. Xxxxx, XX | ||||
3. Data Center
|
0000 Xxxxx Xxxx | Time Warner Telecom Inc. | ||
Minnetonka, MN | ||||
4. Secondary Data Center
|
000 00xx Xxxxxx Xxxxx | Time Warner Telecom, Inc. | ||
Minneapolis, MN | ||||
5. Corporate Headquarters
|
6509 Flying Cloud Drive | Superior Eden Prairie Holdings LLC | ||
Eden Prairie, MN | ||||
6. Call Center
|
00 XxXxxxxx Xxxx | Sundance III, LLC | ||
St. Cloud, MN |
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(c) | Public Warehouses or other Locations pursuant to Bailment or Consignment Arrangements (include name of Warehouse Operator or other Bailee or Consignee): | |
None. |
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EXHIBIT B
(See Section 3.5 of Security Agreement)
(See Section 3.5 of Security Agreement)
DEPOSIT ACCOUNTS
BLUESTEM BANK ACCOUNTS
Bank Name | Account Number | Reason for Account | Source of Funding | |||
DEPOSIT |
||||||
US Bank
|
104757791017 | Main operating account | Main operating account. No funds flow from this account
to JPM unless significant amount of excess cash. If
excess cash, then line would be paid down from this
account. |
|||
US Bank
|
104774082853 | “Merchant Deposit Account” Restricted account used
for payments on sales/order
|
Payments into this account are related to non-CIT
credit sales (i.e., merchant credit cards). Cash is
swept from this account on a periodic basis by JPM. |
|||
US Bank
|
152100019321 | Operating Controlled Disbursement | Check clearing account | |||
US Bank
|
152100019313 | Health Care Reimbursement Controlled Disbursement
|
Check clearing account | |||
US Bank
|
152100019263 | A/R Refunds Controlled Disbursement | Check clearing account | |||
US Bank
|
152100019644 | Gettington Refunds Account Controlled Disbursement
|
Check clearing account | |||
US Bank
|
104757791504 | AR Refunds Account Controlled Disbursement | Check clearing account | |||
XX Xxxxxx Chase
|
758660021 | “Cash Collateral Account” Inventory loan account — Collection account
|
N/A | |||
XX Xxxxxx Xxxxx
|
737302588 | Funding account — Money is swept from this account
to US Bank operating account — Funding Account
|
N/A | |||
MetaBank
|
1700015966 | Cash collateral account | Cash collateral account related to MetaBank Agreements |
|||
WebBank
|
00000000 | Cash collateral account | Cash collateral account related to WebBank Agreements |
G-29
EXHIBIT C
(See Section 3.7 of Security Agreement)
(See Section 3.7 of Security Agreement)
LETTER OF CREDIT RIGHTS
None.
CHATTEL PAPER
None.
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EXHIBIT D
(See Section 3.12 of Security Agreement and Definition of “Pledged Collateral”)
(See Section 3.12 of Security Agreement and Definition of “Pledged Collateral”)
LIST OF PLEDGED COLLATERAL, SECURITIES AND OTHER INVESTMENT PROPERTY
STOCKS
Percentage | ||||||||||||
Certificate | Number of | Class of | of Outstanding | |||||||||
Issuer | Number(s) | Shares | Stock | Shares | ||||||||
Fingerhut Receivables I, LLC
|
2 | N/A | Limited Liability Company Interests | 100 | % |
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EXHIBIT E
(See Section 3.1 of Security Agreement)
(See Section 3.1 of Security Agreement)
OFFICES IN WHICH FINANCING STATEMENTS HAVE BEEN FILED
Delaware Secretary of State
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EXHIBIT F
(See Section 3.8 of Security Agreement)
(See Section 3.8 of Security Agreement)
COMMERCIAL TORT CLAIMS
None.
G-33
EXHIBIT G
(See Section 3.13 of Security Agreement)
(See Section 3.13 of Security Agreement)
SECURITIES ACCOUNTS
None.
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EXHIBIT Q TO LETTER AGREEMENT
[SEE ATTACHED]
EXECUTION VERSION
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
THIS INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof, this “Agreement”) is
entered into as of August 20, 2010, by and among Xxxxxxx Sachs Bank USA, as collateral
agent under the SPV Security Agreement and as collateral agent under the SPY Share
Pledge (each, as defined below) (in such capacities, together with its successors and
assigns, the “SPY Collateral Agent”), Prudential Capital Partners II, L.P., as
collateral agent for the Purchasers party to the Bluestem Securities Purchase Agreement
(as defined below) (in such capacity, together with its successors and assigns, the
“Notes Collateral Agent”), Fingerhut Receivables I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (“Bluestem SPV”), and Bluestem Brands, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“Bluestem”
or the “Borrower”).
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
A. The Borrower and the purchasers party thereto (the “Purchasers”) have
entered into that certain Securities Purchase Agreement, dated as of March 23, 2006
(as amended
by that certain First Amendment to Securities Purchase Agreement dated as of June
21, 2007, as
further amended by that certain Letter Agreement, dated May 15, 2008, that certain
Letter
Agreement, dated July 31, 2009, and by that certain Letter Agreement, dated as of
the date hereof
(the “2010 Letter Agreement”), and as the same and each of the other transaction
documents
related thereto may be further amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time
to time in accordance with the terms thereof, or otherwise extended, replaced or
refinanced, the
“Bluestem Securities Purchase Agreement” and collectively, the “Note Facility”),
pursuant to
which the Borrower issued, and the Purchasers purchased, $30,000,000 aggregate
principal
amount of the 13.00% Senior Subordinated Secured Notes originally due March 24,
2013 (as
extended to November 21, 2013 pursuant to the 2010 Letter Agreement, the
“Subordinated Notes”). In connection with the Note Facility, to secure all of the obligations of
the Borrower to
the Purchasers and the Notes Collateral Agent, the Borrower and the Notes
Collateral Agent are
concurrently herewith entering into that certain Third Amended and Restated Pledge
and Security
Agreement dated as of August 20, 2010 (as the same may be further amended,
restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, or otherwise replaced, in
accordance with
the terms thereof, the “Bluestem Securities Security Agreement”), pursuant to which
the
Borrower has granted to the Notes Collateral Agent a security interest in the Note
Collateral (as
defined below). The Bluestem Securities Security Agreement amends and restates
that certain
Second Amended and Restated Pledge and Security Agreement dated as of June 21, 2007
(as
amended by the certain amendment dated as of July 31, 2009 and as the same may be
further
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, or
otherwise replaced,
in accordance with the terms thereof) between the Borrower and the Notes Collateral
Agent.
B. Pursuant to the SPV Credit Agreement (as defined in Exhibit A
hereto), as of the date of this Agreement the lenders thereunder have agreed to
extend credit
facilities to Bluestem SPV, in an aggregate principal amount of up to $365,000,000,
the
proceeds of which will be used to repay existing indebtedness, acquire certain
Underlying
Receivables pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement (each as defined in
Exhibit A
hereto) and to pay related fees and expenses.
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C. Pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, Bluestem has agreed
to sell or contribute to Bluestem SPV, from time to time, all of its right, title
and interest in
and to Underlying Receivables and other Purchased Assets arising from all
Receivables
Accounts (each as defined in Exhibit A hereto).
D. Pursuant to that certain Security Agreement (as amended, restated,
supplemented or modified, or otherwise replaced, from time to time in accordance
with the
terms thereof, the “SPV Security Agreement”) between Bluestem SPV and the SPV
Collateral Agent, Bluestem SPV has pledged all of its right, title and interest in
all of the
property of Bluestem SPV described therein, including the Receivables Property (as
defined
in Exhibit A hereto) and has granted a first priority perfected security interest
therein to the
SPV Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the SPV Secured Parties.
E. Pursuant to that certain Equity Pledge Agreement (as amended, restated,
supplemented or modified, or otherwise replaced, from time to time in accordance
with the
terms thereof, the “SPV Share Pledge”) between the Borrower and the SPV Collateral
Agent,
the Borrower has pledged all of its right, title and interest in the Bluestem SPV
Stock (as defined
in Exhibit A hereto) and has granted a first priority perfected security interest
therein to the SPV
Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the SPV Secured Parties, solely to secure the
obligations of
the Borrower under the Bluestem Guaranty and the Bluestem Letter Agreement (each, as
defined in Exhibit A hereto) (such obligations, the “Bluestem Obligations”).
F. The parties are entering into this Agreement to set forth their
understandings with respect to the Receivables Property and the Note Collateral.
G. Except as otherwise defined herein, all defined terms herein shall have the
meanings ascribed thereto in Exhibit A hereto or in the UCC or incorporated herein
by reference
to the SPV Credit Documents as in effect on the date hereof. For purposes of this
Agreement,
the term “Note Collateral” means the following:
(i) | All Accounts; | ||
(ii) | All Chattel Paper; | ||
(iii) | All Commercial Tort Claims; | ||
(iv) | All Contracts; | ||
(v) | All Deposit Accounts; | ||
(vi) | All Documents; | ||
(vii) | All Equipment; | ||
(viii) | All General Intangibles (including Payment Intangibles); | ||
(xi) | All Instruments; |
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(x) | All Inventory; | ||
(xi) | All Investment Property; | ||
(xii) | All Letter-of-Credit Rights; | ||
(xiii) | All Securities Accounts; | ||
(xiv) | All Supporting Obligations; | ||
(xv) | All property of Borrower held by the Notes Collateral Agent or any Holder (as defined in the Bluestem Securities Security Agreement), including, without limitation, all property of every description now or hereafter in the possession or custody of or in transit to the Notes Collateral Agent or any Holder for any purpose, including, without limitation, safekeeping, collection or pledge, for the account of the Borrower, or as to which Borrower may have any right or power; | ||
(xvi) | All other goods and personal property of the Borrower whether tangible or intangible and whether now or hereafter owned or existing, leased, consigned by or to, or acquired by Borrower and wherever located; and | ||
(xvii) | To the extent not otherwise included, all Proceeds of each of the foregoing and all accessions to, substitutions and replacements for, and rents, profits and products of each of the foregoing; |
excluding, however, in each case, the Receivables Property now existing or hereafter
arising. To the extent that any security interest arises in any Receivables Account or
in any asset under the Bluestem Securities Security Agreement prior to its becoming
Receivables Property, such security interest is deemed to have terminated automatically
on the date it becomes a Receivables Account or Receivables Property; provided
that such security interest shall be automatically reinstated on the date when any such
Receivables Property is reconveyed to Bluestem and ceases to be Receivables Property
pursuant to the terms of the SPV Credit Documents.
Accordingly, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants
hereinafter set forth, the parties hereto agree as follows:
Section 1. Security Interests.
(a) Pursuant to the Bluestem Securities Security Agreement, the Borrower has
granted a perfected security interest (subject only to (x) the first priority security
interest of the SPV Collateral Agent in the Bluestem SPV Stock and (y) certain Liens
securing the Senior Debt (as defined in the Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement)
as set forth in the Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement) in the Note Collateral
to the Notes Collateral Agent, for the benefit of itself and the Purchasers (the “Note
Facility Secured Parties”). In accordance with the Bluestem Securities Security
Agreement, the Notes Collateral Agent has agreed that the Note Collateral does not and
will not include or constitute at any time Receivables Property, and the
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Notes Collateral Agent hereby releases automatically, without any further action by any
party, any and all liens, security interests and any other interest or claim in or to
the Receivables Property.
(b) Pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement, Bluestem shall transfer
to Bluestem SPV all of its right, title and interest in the Receivables Property.
(c) Pursuant to the SPV Security Agreement, Bluestem SPV has granted a
first priority perfected security interest in the Receivables Property to the SPV
Collateral Agent,
for the benefit of the SPV Secured Parties. The SPV Collateral Agent agrees that the
Receivables
Property does not and will not include or constitute at any time Note Collateral.
(d) Pursuant to the SPV Share Pledge, solely to secure the Bluestem
Obligations, the Borrower has granted a first priority perfected security interest
in the Bluestem
SPV Stock to the SPV Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the SPV Secured Parties.
(e) Each of the parties hereto hereby acknowledges that the SPV Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the SPV Secured Parties, has a first priority perfected
security interest in
(i) the Bluestem SPV Stock, solely to secure the Bluestem Obligations, and (ii) all
of the
Receivables Property, including remittances relating thereto, and agrees not to
object or contest
in any administrative, legal or equitable action or proceeding (including, without
limitation, any
insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization, winding up,
readjustment,
composition or other similar proceeding relating to Bluestem, Bluestem SPV, or any
other
Person or their respective property) or object to or contest in any other manner the
validity,
priority or perfection of such security interest, the validity or effectiveness of
the acquisition of
the Receivables Property by Bluestem SPV from Bluestem pursuant to the SPV Credit
Documents, or otherwise take any action which would compromise or call into question
the
intended bankruptcy remote structure of the transactions contemplated by the SPV
Credit
Documents. The Notes Collateral Agent hereby expressly acknowledges that pursuant to
the
Bluestem Securities Security Agreement, the Notes Collateral Agent has (x)
a junior,
subordinated security interest in the Bluestem SPV Stock, which is, to the extent
the lien of the
SPV Collateral Agent on such Bluestem SPV Stock secures the Bluestem Obligations,
junior and
subordinate to such lien, and (y) no interest in any of the Receivables Property;
provided,
however, that at any time that any of the Receivables Property ceases to be
Receivables Property
and is reconveyed to Bluestem, then at such time (i) such assets shall no longer be
deemed to be
Receivables Property, (ii) the security interest of the Notes Collateral Agent
therein shall
automatically attach, (iii) such reconveyed assets shall be deemed to be Note
Collateral, and (iv)
any remittance which is not proceeds of Receivables Property will be deemed Note
Collateral.
(f) Each of the parties hereto hereby acknowledges that the Notes Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Note Facility Secured Parties, has a perfected
security interest in all
of the Note Collateral (subject only to certain Liens securing the Senior Debt (as
defined in the
Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement) as set forth in the Subordination and
Intercreditor
Agreement and, with respect to the Bluestem SPV Stock only, the Lien created
pursuant to the
SPV Share Pledge), including remittances relating thereto, and agrees not to object
to or contest
in any administrative, legal or equitable action or proceeding (including, without
limitation, any
insolvency, bankruptcy, receivership, liquidation, reorganization, winding up,
readjustment,
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composition or other similar proceeding relating to the Borrower or any of its property)
or object to or contest in any other manner the validity, priority or perfection of such
security interest. The SPV Collateral Agent hereby expressly acknowledges that the SPV
Collateral Agent has no interest in any of the Note Collateral (including remittances
relating thereto), except its first priority security interest in the Bluestem SPV
Stock.
(g) Nothing herein shall be deemed to waive any rights of the Notes Collateral
Agent or the SPV Collateral Agent in the event of any transfer or other disposition of
the Note Collateral or Receivables Property, as the case may be, in violation of the
agreements relating thereto or to preclude the exercise by the Notes Collateral Agent or
the SPV Collateral Agent of rights and remedies provided for under the Note Facility or
the SPV Credit Documents, as applicable.
(h) The SPV Collateral Agent hereby agrees that: (i) Bluestem may pledge to the
Notes Collateral Agent all of its right, title and interest in and to its equity
interests in Bluestem SPV, together with all dividends and other rights relating thereto
pursuant to the Bluestem Securities Security Agreement or such other pledge agreement if
such other pledge agreement is subject to this Agreement and contains provisions
consistent with the provisions set forth in Article XI of the Bluestem Securities
Security Agreement, (ii) Borrower and each of Borrower’s other subsidiaries (excluding,
in any event, Bluestem SPV) (a “Guarantor”) may grant to the Notes Collateral Agent a
security interest in the Note Collateral, (iii) a Guarantor may grant to the Notes
Collateral Agent a security interest in all of its personal property, (iv) the security
interests granted under the Bluestem Securities Security Agreement, other than with
respect to the Receivables Property may continue to secure the obligations of Borrower
to the Notes Collateral Agent and (v) the SPV Collateral Agent shall not take a lien,
pledge or other encumbrance on the Bluestem SPV Stock other than to secure the Bluestem
Obligations.
(i) The Notes Collateral Agent, the Purchasers and the Note Facility Secured Parties
hereby acknowledge that they have not entered into the Bluestem Securities Purchase
Agreement, the Bluestem Securities Security Agreement or this Agreement in reliance on
the creditworthiness of Bluestem SPV or on the Receivables Property (for the avoidance of
doubt, after such Receivables Property are transferred or sold to Bluestem SPV pursuant
to the SPV Credit Documents) and are relying solely on the assets of Borrower to secure
the obligations of the Borrower thereunder and hereunder. The SPV Collateral Agent, the
lenders under the SPV Credit Agreement and the SPV Secured Parties hereby acknowledge
that they have not entered into the SPV Credit Documents or this Agreement in reliance on
the creditworthiness of the Borrower, except to the extent of Borrower’s obligations
under the Bluestem Guaranty, the Bluestem Letter Agreement, the SPV Share Pledge and the
Receivables Purchase Agreement, and are otherwise relying on the assets of Bluestem SPV
to secure the obligations of Bluestem SPV thereunder and hereunder.
Section 2. Cooperation.
(a) In the event that the SPV Collateral Agent receives written notice or has
actual knowledge that the SPV Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have a perfected
security interest in any of the Note Collateral (except the Bluestem SPV Stock) at any
time hereafter, the SPV Collateral Agent shall (i) promptly notify all other parties to
this Agreement, and (ii) take
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any and all steps necessary, at the direction of the Borrower, to have such perfected
security interest released or assigned to the Notes Collateral Agent, on behalf of the
Note Facility Secured Parties.
(b) In the event that the Notes Collateral Agent shall be deemed to have a
perfected security interest in any of the Receivables Property at any time
hereafter, the Notes
Collateral Agent shall (i) promptly notify all other parties to this Agreement, and
(ii) take any
and all steps necessary to have such perfected security interest released or
assigned to the SPV
Collateral Agent for the benefit of the SPV Secured Parties.
(c) The Notes Collateral Agent hereby agrees promptly to transfer and return
to the SPV Collateral Agent, at such account or other place as the SPV Collateral
Agent may so
instruct, any funds or other property that are received by the Notes Collateral
Agent and that are
identified to the Notes Collateral Agent in writing as not constituting Note
Collateral but instead
constituting Receivables Property or Bluestem SPV Stock. For purposes of maintaining
the
perfection of the SPV Collateral Agent’s interest therein, the SPV Collateral Agent
hereby
appoints the Notes Collateral Agent as its agent in respect of such funds or other
property and the
Notes Collateral Agent accepts such appointment; provided, that the Notes
Collateral Agent’s
sole duty as such agent shall be to hold such funds and other property in trust for
the benefit of
the SPV Collateral Agent and to transfer such funds or other property to or at the
written
direction of the SPV Collateral Agent as aforesaid.
(d) Subject to the SPV Collateral Agent’s obligations under the JPM
Intercreditor Agreement, the SPV Collateral Agent hereby agrees promptly to transfer
and return
to the Notes Collateral Agent, at such account or other place as the Notes
Collateral Agent may
instruct, any funds or other property (excluding Bluestem SPV Stock) that are
received by the
SPV Collateral Agent and that are identified to the SPV Collateral Agent, in writing
by Bluestem
or the Notes Collateral Agent, as not constituting Receivables Property but instead
constituting
Note Collateral. For purposes of maintaining the perfection of the Notes Collateral
Agent’s
interest therein, the Notes Collateral Agent hereby appoints the SPV Collateral
Agent as its agent
in respect of such funds and other property and the SPV Collateral Agent accepts
such
appointment; provided, that the SPV Collateral Agent’s sole duty as such
agent shall be to hold
such funds or other property in trust for the benefit of the Notes Collateral Agent
and to transfer
such funds or other property to the Notes Collateral Agent’s Collection Deposit
Account at the
direction of the Notes Collateral Agent or Bluestem as aforesaid.
(e) The Borrower and the SPV Collateral Agent hereby agree that they shall
not modify the provisions of the Bluestem Guaranty, the SPV Share Pledge or the
Bluestem
Letter Agreement in any manner that adversely affects the Notes Collateral Agent and
the
Purchasers party to the Bluestem Securities Purchase Agreement, without the consent
of the
Notes Collateral Agent, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, conditioned or
delayed.
The Borrower and the Notes Collateral Agent hereby agree that they shall not modify
the
provisions of the Bluestem Securities Purchase Agreement or Bluestem Securities
Security
Agreement (or any document related to the transactions contemplated hereby) in any
manner that
adversely affects the SPV Collateral Agent and the Lenders under the SPV Credit
Agreement,
without the consent of the SPV Collateral Agent, such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld,
conditioned or delayed.
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Section 3. Sales Receivables and Servicing Accounts.
Bluestem hereby directs Bluestem SPV to pay the portion of the cash consideration
that is paid by Bluestem SPV to Bluestem pursuant to the Receivables Purchase Agreement
to the Collection Deposit Account established by Bluestem.
Section 4. Representations.
Each of the parties hereto represents and warrants to the other parties that (a)
its execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement has been duly authorized by
all necessary corporate proceedings, (b) the execution, delivery and performance by it
of this Agreement is within its corporate powers and does not conflict with its
charter, by-laws or operating agreement or with any law, rule, regulation, writ or
order binding upon it or its properties, and (c) this Agreement constitutes its legally
valid and enforceable obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms,
except as enforceability may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, moratorium or similar laws affecting the enforcement of creditors’
rights generally or by general principles of equity.
Section 5. Notices.
All notices required to be given hereunder shall be given in writing and shall be
effective when received at the address for the recipient as set forth beneath its
signature on the signature pages hereof. Any party may change its address for notice by
written notice to the other parties hereto.
Section 6. No Proceedings.
Each of the parties hereto (other than the SPV Collateral Agent) agrees that it
will not institute against Bluestem SPV or join any person in instituting against
Bluestem SPV, any case or other proceeding under any applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization, debt arrangement, dissolution or other similar law now or hereafter in
effect so long as one year and one day shall not have elapsed since the Obligations
under the SPV Credit Agreement (as defined therein) have been paid in full.
Section 7. Miscellaneous.
(a) Amendments, Etc. No amendment or waiver of any provision of this
Agreement, nor consent to any departure by any party herefrom, shall in any event
be effective
unless the same shall be in writing and signed by all of the parties hereto, and,
in the case of a
waiver, shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the specific
purpose for which
given.
(b) Termination. In the event that all obligations secured by the Note
Collateral shall have been paid in full and the Note Facility and liens created
thereunder shall
have been terminated or released, then the Notes Collateral Agent shall promptly
notify the other
parties hereto, and the Notes Collateral Agent thereafter shall no longer have any
rights or
obligations hereunder. In the event that the Obligations under the SPV Credit
Agreement (as
defined therein) have been paid in full and the other SPV Credit Documents and
liens created
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thereunder shall have been terminated or released, then the SPV Collateral Agent shall
promptly notify the other parties hereto, and the SPV Collateral Agent thereafter shall
no longer have any rights or obligations hereunder.
(c) Binding Effect. This Agreement shall become effective when it shall have
been executed and delivered by each of the parties hereto and thereafter shall be
binding upon
and inure to the benefit of the parties and their respective successors and assigns.
(d) No Benefit To Third Parties. The terms and provisions of this Agreement
shall be for the sole benefit of the Notes Collateral Agent and the Note Facility
Secured Parties
under the Note Facility and the SPV Collateral Agent and the SPV Secured Parties
under the
SPV Credit Documents, the other parties hereto and their respective successors and
assigns, and
no other person, firm, entity or corporation shall have any right, benefit,
priority, or interest
under, or because of this Agreement. This Agreement shall define the relative rights
of the Notes
Collateral Agent and the Note Facility Secured Parties, on the one hand, and the SPV
Collateral
Agent and the SPV Secured Parties, on the other hand. Nothing in this Agreement
shall (i) impair
or otherwise affect, as among Bluestem, and the Notes Collateral Agent and the Note
Facility
Secured Parties, on the one hand, and as between Bluestem SPV and Bluestem, and the
SPV
Collateral Agent and the SPV Secured Parties, on the other hand, the obligation of
(x) Bluestem
to the Notes Collateral Agent and the Note Facility Secured Parties pursuant to and
under the
Note Facility or (y) either Bluestem SPV or Bluestem to the SPV Collateral Agent and
the SPV
Secured Parties pursuant to and under the SPV Credit Documents or (ii) affect the
relative rights
of the Notes Collateral Agent, the Note Facility Secured Parties, the SPV Collateral
Agent or the
SPV Secured Parties with respect to any other creditors of either Bluestem SPV or
Bluestem.
(e) GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION. THIS AGREEMENT
SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT REFERENCE TO CONFLICTS
OF LAWS (OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK
GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW). EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY
AGREES TO THE NONEXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF ANY STATE OR FEDERAL
COURT OF COMPETENT JURISDICTION IN THE STATE, COUNTY AND CITY OF
NEW YORK, AND ANY APPELLATE COURT FROM ANY THEREOF, IN ANY
ACTION OR PROCEEDING ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS
AGREEMENT. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ANY
OBJECTION BASED ON FORUM NON CONVENIENS, AND ANY OBJECTION TO
VENUE OF ANY ACTION INSTITUTED HEREUNDER IN ANY OF THE
AFOREMENTIONED COURTS AND CONSENTS TO THE GRANTING OF SUCH
LEGAL OR EQUITABLE RELIEF AS IS DEEMED APPROPRIATE BY SUCH
COURT.
(f) Execution in Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any
number of counterparts, each of which when so executed shall be deemed to be an
original and
all of which when taken together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
Delivery of an
executed counterpart of a signature page to this Agreement by facsimile or by
e-mail
transmission shall be effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of
this Agreement.
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(g) Effect of Changes in SPV Credit Documents. The SPV Credit Documents may
be amended, modified, supplemented, restated, refinanced or extended from time to time
(each, a “change”); provided, for the purposes of this Agreement, no such change
shall affect the defined terms in the SPV Credit Documents as such terms have been
incorporated herein by reference in a manner which impairs or diminishes the Note
Collateral. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, and for the avoidance of
doubt, the parties hereto expressly agree that any conveyance, assignment, reconveyance
or reassignment executed in accordance with the provisions of any such SPV Credit
Document shall not be considered to be a change to such SPV Credit Document.
(h) WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE
LAW, EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVES ANY RIGHT TO HAVE A JURY PARTICIPATE IN
RESOLVING ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUNDING IN CONTRACT, TORT, OR OTHERWISE BETWEEN THE
PARTIES HERETO ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THE
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ANY OF THEM IN CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR THE TRANSACTIONS
CONTEMPLATED HEREBY. INSTEAD, ANY SUCH DISPUTE RESOLVED IN COURT WILL BE RESOLVED IN A
BENCH TRIAL WITHOUT A JURY.
(i) Intercreditor Agreement Governs. In the event of any conflict or
inconsistency between a provision of this Agreement and any of (i) the Note Facility,
(ii) the Bluestem Securities Security Agreement and (iii) the SPV Credit Documents,
that relates solely to the rights or obligations of, or relationships between, the SPV
Secured Parties and the Note Facility Secured Parties, the provisions of this Agreement
shall control.
(j) Agent for Perfection. If the SPV Collateral Agent takes possession of
share certificates evidencing the Bluestem SPV Stock, SPV Collateral Agent shall be
deemed to be holding the Bluestem SPV Stock as agent and “representative” (as such term
is used in the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in each applicable jurisdiction) for
the Note Facility Secured Parties as well as the SPV Secured Parties; provided
that Notes Collateral Agent and each Note Facility Secured Party hereby waives and
releases SPV Collateral Agent from all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to its
role as such representative, except for claims and liabilities arising from gross
negligence or willful misconduct as finally determined pursuant to a final order of a
court of competent jurisdiction. Promptly following the date on which all Obligations
under and as defined in the SPV Credit Agreement are paid in full, SPV Collateral Agent
shall, subject to the provisions of the JPM Intercreditor Agreement and the
Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement, deliver the Bluestem SPV Stock, if any, in
its possession to the Notes Collateral Agent (except as may otherwise be required by
applicable law or court order).
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be executed by
their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first above written.
XXXXXXX XXXXX BANK USA, | ||||||
as SPV Collateral Agent | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | Senior Vice President | |||||
Address: | 0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx | |||||
Xxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000 | ||||||
Attention: | Account Manager — Bluestem | |||||
Telephone: | 000-000-0000 | |||||
Facsimile: | 000-000-0000 |
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PRUDENTIAL CAPITAL PARTNERS II, L.P., | ||||||
as Notes Collateral Agent | ||||||
By: Stetson Street Partners, L.P., its general partner | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
Address: | ||||||
Attention: | ||||||
Facsimile: |
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FINGERHUT RECEIVABLES I, LLC, | ||||||
as Bluestem SPV | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
Address: | ||||||
Attention: | ||||||
Facsimile: |
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BLUESTEM BRANDS, INC., | ||||||
as Borrower | ||||||
By: | ||||||
Name: | ||||||
Title: | ||||||
Address: | ||||||
Attention: | Chief Financial Officer | |||||
Facsimile: |
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EXHIBIT A
“Accounts” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Bluestem Guaranty” means that certain Guaranty dated as of the date
hereof by and among Borrower and the SPV Collateral Agent, on behalf of the SPV Secured
Parties, as may be amended, modified or supplemented, or otherwise replaced, from time
to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Bluestem Letter Agreement” means that certain Letter Agreement dated as of
the date hereof, by and between Borrower and the SPV Collateral Agent, and as may be
further amended, modified or supplemented, or otherwise replaced, from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof.
“Bluestem SPV Stock” means the SPV Pledged Equity; and all SPV Proceeds,
dividends, cash, instruments and other property from time to time received, receivable
or otherwise distributed in respect or exchange for any and all of the SPV Pledged
Equity.
“Chattel Paper” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the UCC.
“Collateral Deposit Account” shall have the meaning set forth in Section
7.1 (a) of the Bluestem Securities Security Agreement as in effect on the date hereof.
“Collection Deposit Account” means deposit account No. 758660021 Bluestem
maintains with JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
“Commercial Tort Claim” means any “commercial tort claim,” as such term is
defined in Section 9-102(a)(13) of the UCC (or any other then applicable provision of
the UCC) which is set forth on Schedule II of the Bluestem Securities Security
Agreement.
“Contracts” means all contracts, undertakings, franchise agreements or other
agreements (other than rights evidenced by Chattel Paper, Documents or Instruments) in
or under which the Borrower may now or hereafter have any right, title or interest,
including, without limitation, with respect to an Account, any agreement relating to
the terms of payment or the terms of performance thereof.
“Control” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 8 or, if applicable, in
Section 9-104, 9-105, 9-106 or 9-107 of Article 9 of the UCC.
“Deposit Accounts” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of
the UCC.
“Documents” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“Equipment” means any “equipment,” as such term is defined in Section 9-102(a)(33)
of the UCC (or any other then applicable provision of the UCC), now or hereafter owned
or acquired by the Borrower or in which the Borrower now holds or hereafter acquires
any interest and, in any event, shall include, without limitation, all machinery,
Exhibit A-1
equipment, fixtures, furniture, furnishings, trade fixtures, vehicles, trucks,
mainframe, personal and other computers, terminals and printers and related components
and accessories, all copiers, telephonic, video, electronic data-processing, data
storage equipment and other equipment of any nature whatsoever, and any and all
additions, substitutions and replacements of any of the foregoing, wherever located,
together with all attachments, components, parts, equipment and accessories installed
thereon or affixed thereto.
“General Intangibles” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“Instruments” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“Inventory” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“Investment Property” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“JPM Intercreditor Agreement” means the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of
the date hereof among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the SPV
Collateral Agent on behalf of secured lenders under the SPV Credit Documents, as the
same may be amended or modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof.
“Letter-of-Credit Rights” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of
the UCC.
“Payment Intangibles” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of the
UCC.
“Purchased Assets” means (i) Underlying Receivables and (ii) other
“Purchased Assets” (as such term is defined in Section 2.1(a) of the Receivables
Purchase Agreement).
“Receivables Account” shall mean each consumer revolving credit account or
closed-end installment loan account established pursuant to a Receivables Account
Agreement (as defined in the Servicing Agreement) between the applicable Receivables
Account Owner (as defined in the Servicing Agreement) and any Receivables Obligor (as
defined in the Servicing Agreement).
“Receivables Property” means Receivables Accounts and Purchased Assets, and
all books, records, ledger cards, files, correspondence, computer programs, tapes, disks
and related data that evidence or contain information relating to the Receivables
Accounts and Purchased Assets, and all proceeds and products thereof (specifically
excluding proceeds and products received by the Borrower from the transfer of assets to
Bluestem SPV pursuant to the SPV Credit Documents).
“Receivables Purchase Agreement” means that certain Receivables Purchase
Agreement dated as of the date hereof among Bluestem and Bluestem SPV, as the same may
Exhibit A-2
be amended, modified or supplemented, or otherwise replaced, from time to time, in
accordance with the terms thereof.
“Securities Account” means “securities account,” as such term is defined in
Section 8-501(a) of the UCC (or any other then applicable provision of the UCC).
“Servicing Agreement” means the Servicing Agreement dated as of the date
hereof by and among Bluestem SPV, Bluestem, as Servicer, and Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Bank USA, as
Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent, as the same may be amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified, or otherwise replaced, from time to time in
accordance with the terms thereof.
“SPV Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of the
date hereof (as it may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, or
otherwise extended, replaced or refinanced, from time to time in accordance with the
terms thereof), by and among Bluestem SPV, the Lenders party thereto from time to time,
Xxxxxxx Sachs Bank USA, as Administrative Agent, SPV Collateral Agent, Joint Lead
Arranger, Joint Bookrunner, Syndication Agent and Documentation Agent and X.X. Xxxxxx
Securities Inc., as Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Bookrunner.
“SPV Credit Documents” means the SPV Credit Agreement, the Receivables
Purchase Agreement, the SPV Security Agreement, the SPV Share Pledge, the Servicing
Agreement, the Bluestem Guaranty, the Bluestem Letter Agreement and each additional
Credit Document (as defined in the SPV Credit Agreement).
“SPV Pledged Equity” means all membership interests in Bluestem SPV, now
owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower, and the certificates, if any, representing
such membership interests and any other interest of the Borrower in the entries on the
books of Bluestem SPV or on the books of any securities intermediary pertaining to such
membership interests, and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights
(including, but not limited to, voting rights), options, instruments, securities and
other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise
distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such membership interests.
“SPV Proceeds” means: (i) all “proceeds” as defined in Article 9 of the UCC, (ii)
dividends or distributions made with respect to any SPV Pledged Equity and (iii)
whatever is receivable or received when SPV Pledged Equity or proceeds are sold,
exchanged, collected or otherwise disposed of, whether such disposition is voluntary or
involuntary.
“SPV Secured Parties” means the Collateral Agent (both for the benefit of
the other secured parties and in its individual capacity), the other Agents, the
Lenders, the Lender Counterparties, the Backup Servicer and the Successor Servicer and
their respective successors and permitted assigns (each as defined under the SPV Credit
Agreement and shall include, without limitation, all former Agents, Lenders and Lender
Counterparties to the extent that any Secured Obligations (as defined under the SPV
Security Agreement)
Exhibit A-3
owing to such Persons were incurred while such Persons were Agents, Lenders or Lender
Counterparties and such Secured Obligations have not been paid or satisfied in full.
“Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement” means the Amended and Restated
Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement dated as of August [•], 2010 among the
Borrower, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as administrative agent, and the Purchasers, as
the same may be amended or modified from time to time.
“Supporting Obligations” shall have the meaning set forth in Article 9 of
the UCC.
“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code, as in effect from time to time, of the
State of New York or of any other state the laws of which are required as a result
thereof to be applied in connection with the attachment, perfection or priority of, or
remedies with respect to, the Notes Collateral Agent’s or any Purchaser’s Lien on any
Note Collateral or the SPV Collateral Agent’s lien on any Receivables Property.
“Underlying Receivables” means all amounts payable by Receivables Obligors
(as defined in the Servicing Agreement) on the related Receivables Accounts from time
to time, and purchased by or contributed to Bluestem SPV from Bluestem under the
Receivables Purchase Agreement.
Exhibit A-4