SUBORDINATION AND INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
EXHIBIT
10.2
EXECUTION
VERSION
This
Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement dated as of December 15, 2010 (this
“Agreement”), among (i)
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, with its
successors and assigns, and as more specifically defined below, the “Senior Agent”) for the Senior
Creditors (as defined below), (ii) HOLLYWOOD MEDIA CORP., as the subordinated
lender (the “Subordinated
Lender”) under the Existing Subordinated Agreement referred to herein,
and (iii) KEY BRAND ENTERTAINMENT INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Borrower”).
WHEREAS,
the Borrower, the Senior Agent and certain financial institutions and other
entities are parties to a Credit, Security, Pledge and Guaranty Agreement dated
as of January 23, 2008 (as amended and as in effect on the date hereof, the
“Existing Senior Credit
Agreement”), pursuant to which such financial institutions and other
entities have agreed to make revolving loans and extend other financial
accommodations to the Borrower in a principal amount of up
$28,000,000;
WHEREAS,
the Borrower, the Subordinated Lender and other entities are parties to a Second
Lien Credit, Security and Pledge Agreement dated as of December 15, 2010 (the
“Existing Subordinated
Agreement”), pursuant to which the Subordinated Lender has agreed to make
a secured term loan to the Borrower in the aggregate amount of up to $8,500,000,
which loan will be secured by, inter alia, the capital stock
and assets of TDI (as defined below), a Subsidiary (as defined below) of the
Borrower; and
WHEREAS,
the Senior Creditors have consented to the acquisition by the Borrower of all of
the capital stock of TDI, on the condition that the Subordinated Lender
subordinates its security interests and rights of payment on the terms and
conditions of this Agreement;
NOW
THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and the mutual covenants herein
contained and other good and valuable consideration, the existence and
sufficiency of which is expressly recognized by all of the parties hereto, the
parties agree as follows:
SECTION
1. Definitions.
1.1 Defined
Terms. The following terms, as used herein, have the following
meanings:
“Bankruptcy Code” means the
United States Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. §101 et seq.), as amended from time to
time.
“Borrower” has the meaning set
forth in the introductory paragraph hereof.
“Business Day” shall mean any
day other than a Saturday, Sunday or other day on which banks are required or
permitted to close in the State of New York.
“Collateral” means, at any time
of determination, the Senior Collateral and all other property of any Loan Party
in which each of the Senior Agent and the Subordinated Lender purportedly has,
pursuant to the Senior Security Documents and the Subordinated Security
Documents, respectively, a valid and perfected Lien (which Lien has not been
avoided, disallowed, set aside, invalidated, or subordinated pursuant to Chapter
5 of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise) securing payment of Senior Obligations or
Subordinated Obligations, respectively, and including any Liens granted pursuant
to Section 7 (Insolvency Proceedings) to secure both Senior Obligations and
Subordinated Obligations.
“Combined Senior Collateral
Sale” has the meaning set forth in Section 6.1(b).
“DIP Financing” has the meaning
set forth in Section 7.2.
“Enforcement Action” means,
with respect to the Senior Obligations or the Subordinated Obligations, the
exercise of any rights and remedies with respect to any Senior Collateral or TDI
Collateral, as applicable, securing such obligations or the commencement or
prosecution of enforcement of any of the rights and remedies under, as
applicable, the Senior Documents or the Subordinated Documents, or applicable
law, including without limitation the exercise of any rights of setoff or
recoupment, the exercise of any rights or remedies of a secured creditor under
the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction or under the
Bankruptcy Code, the seeking of relief from the automatic stay or from any other
stay in any Insolvency Proceeding, the conversion of any subsequent case under
Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code involving the Borrower or any other Loan Party
to a case under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy Code, the dismissal of any case
under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code under Section 1112 of the Bankruptcy
Code or otherwise, and the appointment of a trustee under Chapter 7 or Chapter
11 of the Bankruptcy Code or of a responsible officer or an examiner with
enlarged powers relating to the operation of the business (powers beyond those
set forth in Section 1106(a)(3) and (4) of the Bankruptcy Code) under Section
1106(d) of the Bankruptcy Code.
“Equity Interests” means shares
of the capital stock, partnership interests, membership interests in a limited
liability company, beneficial interests in a trust or other equity interests in
any Person or any warrants, options or other rights to acquire such
interests.
“Existing Senior Credit
Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the first recital paragraph at
the head of this Agreement.
“Existing Subordinated
Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the second recital paragraph at
the head of this Agreement.
“Hedging Obligation” means,
with respect to any Loan Party, any obligations of such Loan Party owed to any
Senior Creditor (or any of its affiliates) in respect of any swap agreement or
hedge agreement in respect of interest rates, currency exchange rates or
commodity prices.
“Insolvency Proceeding” means
any proceeding in respect of bankruptcy, insolvency, winding up, receivership,
dissolution or assignment for the benefit of creditors, in each of the foregoing
events whether under the Bankruptcy Code or any similar federal, state or
foreign bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, receivership or similar
law.
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“Lien” means, with respect to
any asset, (a) any mortgage, deed of trust, deed to secure debt, lien, pledge,
hypothecation, assignment, encumbrance, charge or security interest in, on or of
such asset, (b) the interest of a vendor or a lessor under any conditional sale
agreement, capital lease or title retention agreement (or any financing lease
having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing) relating
to such asset and (c) in the case of securities, any purchase option, call or
similar right of a third party with respect to such securities.
“Loan Party” means the Borrower
and each direct or indirect subsidiary (or equivalent) of the Borrower that is
now or hereafter becomes a party to any Senior Document (including, without
limitation, the TDI Group Parties). All references in this Agreement
to any Loan Party shall include such Loan Party as a debtor-in-possession and
any receiver or trustee for such Loan Party in any Insolvency
Proceeding.
“Permitted Subordinated
Payments” means payments by the Borrower of (i) interest on the
Subordinated Obligations upon the terms set forth in the Subordinated Agreement;
and (ii) fees and expenses due at signing to the Subordinated Lender or any
Subordinated Creditor.
“Person” means any person,
individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation,
limited liability company, unincorporated organization, association,
institution, entity, party, including any government and any political
subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof.
“Post-Petition Interest” means
interest, fees, expenses and other charges that pursuant to the Senior Credit
Agreement or the Subordinated Agreement, continue to accrue after the
commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding, whether or not such interest, fees,
expenses and other charges are allowed or allowable under the Bankruptcy Code or
in any such Insolvency Proceeding.
“Secured Parties” means the
Senior Creditors and the Subordinated Creditors.
“Senior Agent” has the meaning
set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof and any successor, assign or
replacement thereof as administrative agent under a Senior Credit
Agreement.
“Senior Collateral” means all
assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower or any other
Loan Party, in which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted to any Senior
Creditor as security for any Senior Obligation, including, without limitation,
the TDI Collateral.
“Senior Credit Agreement” means
the collective reference to (i) the Existing Senior Credit Agreement and (ii)
any other credit agreement, loan agreement, note agreement, promissory note,
indenture or other agreement or instrument evidencing or governing the terms of
any indebtedness or other financial accommodation that has been incurred to
extend, replace, refinance or refund in whole or in part the indebtedness and
other obligations outstanding under the Existing Senior Credit Agreement or any
other agreement or instrument referred to in this clause (ii). Any
reference to the Senior Credit Agreement hereunder shall be deemed a reference
to any Senior Credit Agreement then extant.
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“Senior Creditors” means the
Senior Agent and the “Issuing Bank” and the “Lenders”, both as defined in the
Senior Credit Agreement, and any other Persons that are designated under the
Senior Credit Agreement as the “Senior Creditors” for purposes of this
Agreement.
“Senior Default” means an Event
of Default arising under the Senior Credit Agreement.
“Senior Documents” means the
Senior Credit Agreement, each Senior Security Document and each Senior
Guarantee.
“Senior Guarantee” means any
guarantee by any Loan Party of any or all of the Senior Obligations, whether
contained in the Senior Credit Agreement or separately documented.
“Senior Lien” means any Lien
created by the Senior Security Documents.
“Senior Obligations” means,
subject to Section
11.3 hereof, all monetary obligations under the Senior Documents
(including in respect of any Hedging Obligations and amounts payable to JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A. or its Affiliates in connection with any bank account
maintained by the Borrower or any other Loan Party at JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
or its Affiliates or any other banking services provided to the Borrower or any
other Loan Party by JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. or its Affiliates) and any funding
obligations of the Senior Agent (on behalf of the Senior Creditors) to any third
party, in each case whether or not allowed or allowable in an Insolvency
Proceeding including, without limitation, the disbursements and reasonable fees
of counsel to the Senior Agent or the Senior Creditors, all obligations to
reimburse or indemnify any Senior Creditor in any way, and all renewals,
extensions, increases, restructurings, refinancings or refunding of any
indebtedness under the Senior Documents in the nature of a “workout” or
otherwise. To the extent any payment with respect to any Senior
Obligation (whether by or on behalf of any Loan Party, as proceeds of security,
enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise) is declared to be fraudulent or
preferential in any respect, avoided, set aside or required to be paid to a
debtor in possession, trustee, receiver or similar Person, then the obligation
or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall, be deemed to be
reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not occurred. To
the extent that any interest, fees, expenses or other charges (including,
without limitation, Post-Petition Interest) to be paid pursuant to the Senior
Credit Agreement are disallowed by order of any court, including, without
limitation, by order of a Bankruptcy Court in any Insolvency Proceeding, such
interest, fees, expenses and charges (including, without limitation,
Post-Petition Interest) shall, as between the Senior Creditors and the
Subordinated Creditors, be deemed to continue to accrue and be added to the
amount to be calculated as the “Senior Obligations”.
“Senior Obligations Repayment
Date” means the first date on which (i) the Senior Obligations (other
than those that constitute Unasserted Contingent Obligations) have been paid in
full (or cash collateralized or defeased in accordance with the terms of the
Senior Documents), (ii) all commitments to extend credit under the Senior
Documents have been terminated, and (iii) there are no outstanding letters of
credit or similar instruments issued under the Senior Documents that are not
otherwise cash collateralized or backed by other credit support, in either case,
in a manner acceptable to the Senior Agent in its sole
discretion. The expressions “prior payment in full”, “payment in
full, “paid in full” or any other similar term(s) or phrase(s) when used herein
with respect to Senior Documents shall mean the occurrence of all events
described in clauses (i) through (iii) of the definition of “Senior Obligations
Repayment Date.”
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“Senior Security Documents”
means the “Fundamental Documents,” as defined in the Existing Senior Credit
Agreement, as any of the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time, any documents evidencing or securing
Hedging Obligations and any other documents from time to time securing the
payment of the Senior Obligations.
“Senior TDI Collateral Limit”
means, subject to the final sentence of Section 7.2(a), an amount equal to (x)
the interest due and payable on $15,000,000 of the principal of the Senior
Obligations plus
(y) a principal amount of Senior Obligations of up to $15,000,000, or such
higher amount that may be agreed to in writing by the Subordinated Lender (in
its sole discretion).
“Subordinated Agreement” means
the collective reference to (i) the Existing Subordinated Agreement and (ii) any
other credit agreement, loan agreement, securities purchase agreement, note
purchase agreement, note agreement, promissory note, indenture, any other
agreement or instrument evidencing or governing the terms of any indebtedness or
other financial accommodation that has been incurred to extend, replace,
refinance or refund in whole or in part the indebtedness and other obligations
outstanding under the Existing Subordinated Agreement or any other agreement or
instrument referred to in this clause (ii). Any reference to the
Subordinated Agreement hereunder shall be deemed a reference to any Subordinated
Agreement then extant.
“Subordinated Collateral” means
all of the property of the Borrower and any TDI Group Party, whether real or
personal, or mixed, as to which a Lien is granted as security for the
Subordinated Obligations.
“Subordinated Creditors” means
the Subordinated Lender, its successors and assigns, and any other holder from
time to time of any Subordinated Obligations or any interest
therein.
“Subordinated Documents” means
each Subordinated Agreement, each Subordinated Security Document, each guarantee
of the Subordinated Obligations by any TDI Group Party and each other document
from time to time evidencing, securing or entered into in connection with the
Subordinated Obligations.
“Subordinated Lender” has the
meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof but shall also include
any Person identified as a lender or a creditor in any Subordinated Agreement
other than the Existing Subordinated Agreement.
“Subordinated Lien” means any
Lien created by the Subordinated Security Documents.
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“Subordinated Obligations”
means all monetary obligations of the Borrower or the TDI Group Parties under
the Subordinated Documents, in each case whether or not allowed or allowable in
an Insolvency Proceeding. To the extent any payment with respect to
any Subordinated Obligation (whether by or on behalf of the Borrower or any TDI
Group Party, as proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff or
otherwise) is declared to be fraudulent or preferential in any respect, avoided,
set aside or required to be paid to a debtor in possession, trustee, receiver or
similar Person, then the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be
satisfied shall be deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment
had not occurred. Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary
hereof, (i) the term “Subordinated Obligations”
will include accrued interest, fees, costs, and other charges incurred under the
Subordinated Agreement and the other Subordinated Documents, whether incurred
before or after commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding, and whether or not
allowable in an Insolvency Proceeding, provided, that (ii) the term
“Subordinated Obligations” will not include any purchase price, earnout,
indemnification or other payments required to be made to Hollywood Media Corp.,
in its capacity as a “Selling Stockholder” under and pursuant to the Hollywood
SPA.
“Subordinated Security
Documents” means the “Fundamental Documents,” as defined in the Existing
Subordinated Agreement, as any of the same may be amended, supplemented,
restated or otherwise modified from time to time, and any other documents from
time to time securing the payment of the Subordinated Obligations.
“Subsidiary” means, with
respect to any Person, any corporation, association, joint venture, partnership,
limited liability company or other business entity (whether now existing or
hereafter organized) of which at least a majority of the voting stock or other
ownership interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors
(or the equivalent) is, at the time as of which any determination is being made,
owned or controlled by such Person or one or more subsidiaries of such Person or
by such Person and one or more subsidiaries of such Person.
“TDI” means Theatre Direct NY,
Inc.
“TDI Collateral” means all
assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by any TDI Group Party, in which
a Lien is granted or purported to be granted to any Senior Creditor or
Subordinated Creditor as security for any Senior Obligation or Subordinated
Obligation including, without limitation, all Equity Interests owned by the
Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries in any TDI Group Party.
“TDI Group Parties” means,
collectively, TDI and the TDI Subsidiaries and each, individually is, a “TDI Group Party”.
“TDI Subsidiaries” means,
collectively, all of the wholly-owned Subsidiaries of TDI.
“Unasserted Contingent
Obligations” means, at any time, Senior Obligations for taxes, costs,
indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities (excluding (i)
the principal of, and interest and premium (if any) on, and fees and expenses
relating to, any Senior Obligation and (ii) contingent reimbursement obligations
in respect of amounts that may be drawn under outstanding letters of credit) in
respect of which no assertion of liability (whether oral or written) and no
claim or demand for payment (whether oral or written) has been made (and, in the
case of Senior Obligations for indemnification, no notice for indemnification
has been issued by the indemnitee) at such time.
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“Uniform Commercial Code” means
the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New
York.
1.2 Amended
Agreements. All references in this Agreement to agreements or
other contractual obligations shall, unless otherwise specified, be deemed to
refer to such agreements or contractual obligations as amended, supplemented,
restated or otherwise modified from time to time.
SECTION
2. Override.
2.1 This Agreement
Prevails. Each Senior Creditor and Subordinated Creditor, as
applicable, hereby agrees that to the extent there is any inconsistency between
the terms of any Senior Document or Subordinated Document, as applicable, and
this Agreement, this Agreement shall prevail.
SECTION
3. Payment
Priorities.
3.1 Agreement to
Subordinate. Each Subordinated Creditor agrees that the
Subordinated Obligations are and shall be, except as provided herein,
subordinate, junior and subject in right of payment, to the extent and in the
manner hereinafter set forth, to the prior payment in full of the Senior
Obligations. The expressions “prior payment in full”, “payment in
full, “paid in full” or any other similar term(s) or phrase(s) when used herein
with respect to Senior Documents shall mean the occurrence of all events
described in clauses (i) through (iii) of the definition of “Senior Obligations
Repayment Date.”
3.2 Restrictions on Payment of
the Subordinated Obligations, etc. (a) Except as otherwise
expressly permitted herein, no Subordinated Creditor will ask, demand, xxx for,
take or receive, directly or indirectly, from a Loan Party, in cash or other
property, by setoff, by realizing upon collateral, foreclosing on any lien or
otherwise, by exercise of any remedies or rights under the Subordinated
Documents or at law or by executions, garnishments, levies, attachments or by
any other action relating to the Subordinated Obligations, or in any other
manner, payment of, or additional security for (unless the Senior Creditors
shall have received or shall also receive a corresponding senior security
interest), all or any part of the Subordinated Obligations unless and until the
Senior Obligations shall have been paid, provided that each
Subordinated Creditor may receive, and the Borrower may pay (but not prepay)
Permitted Subordinated Payments.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Borrower
may not make and Subordinated Creditors may not receive any Permitted
Subordinated Payments or any other amount due with respect to the Subordinated
Obligations if, at the time of such payment, (1) Borrower and Subordinated
Lender shall have received written notice from Senior Agent stating that a
Senior Default then exists and is continuing, (2) each such Senior Default shall
not have been cured or waived in accordance with the terms of the Senior
Documents and (3) 180 days shall not have elapsed since the date such notice was
received (the period during which such conditions exists being referred to as a
“Limited Blockage
Period”).
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(b) Borrower
may resume making Permitted Subordinated Payments (and make any Permitted
Subordinated Payments missed due to the existence of a Limited Blockage Period)
in respect of the Subordinated Obligations upon the expiration of the Limited
Blockage Period, whether by cure or waiver of the applicable Senior Default or
expiration of the 180 day period with respect to the Limited Blockage
Period.
(c) Notwithstanding
any provision of this Section 3.2 to the contrary, the failure of Borrower to
make any payment with respect to the Subordinated Obligations by reason of the
operation of this subsection 3.2 shall not be construed as preventing the
Subordinated Creditors from declaring an Event of Default under the applicable
Subordinated Documents in connection with such payment.
(d) Except
as expressly permitted in Section 3.2(a) above, Borrower will not (and it will
not allow any other Loan Party to) make any payment of any of the Subordinated
Obligations, or take any other action, in contravention of the provisions of
this Agreement.
3.3 Additional Provisions
Concerning Payment Subordination. Each Subordinated Creditor and the
Borrower agrees as follows:
(a) In
the event of (x) any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of
any TDI Group Party (whether voluntary or involuntary and whether in bankruptcy,
insolvency or receivership proceedings, or upon an assignment for the benefit of
creditors or proceedings for voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution
or other winding up of that Loan Party, whether or not involving insolvency or
bankruptcy, or any other marshalling of the assets and liabilities of that TDI
Group Party or otherwise); or (y) any Event of Default (as defined in the Senior
Documents) or an event which with notice and/or passage of time would constitute
an Event of Default (as such term is defined in the Senior Documents), or any
default, demand for payment or acceleration of maturity regarding the
Subordinated Obligations:
(i) Senior
Obligations in an amount up to the Senior TDI Collateral Limit shall first be
paid to the Senior Agent for the benefit of the Senior Creditors before any
payment or distribution is made upon or in connection with the Subordinated
Obligations; and
(ii) Any
payment or distribution of assets of any such TDI Group Party, whether in cash,
property or securities to which any Subordinated Creditor would be entitled
except for the provisions hereof, shall be paid or delivered by that TDI Group
Party, or any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, disbursing
agent, agent or other Person making such payment or distribution, directly to
the Senior Agent for the benefit of the Senior Creditors, to the extent
necessary to pay an amount of the Senior Obligations remaining unpaid up to the
Senior TDI Collateral Limit, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or
distribution to the Senior Creditors before any payment or distribution is made
to any Subordinated Creditor;
in each
case, to be applied as specified in Section 6.1;
(b) In
any proceeding referred to or resulting from any event referred to in subsection
(a) of this Section 3.3 commenced by or against that TDI Group
Party:
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(i) Senior
Agent may, and is hereby irrevocably authorized and empowered (in its own name
or in the name of any Subordinated Creditor or otherwise), but shall have no
obligation to, (A) demand, xxx for, collect and receive every payment or
distribution referred to in subsection (a) of this Section 3.3 and give
acquittance therefor, (B) file claims and proofs of claim in respect of the
Subordinated Obligations; provided, that the
Senior Agent agrees not to file (and it shall have no right to file or vote)
such proofs of claim without giving at least five (5) Business Days’ prior
written notice to the Subordinated Lender, and (C) take such other action as the
Senior Agent may deem necessary or advisable for the exercise or enforcement of
any of the rights or interests of the Senior Creditors hereunder;
(ii) Each
Subordinated Creditor will duly and promptly take such action as the Senior
Agent may reasonably request to accelerate and/or foreclose upon the
Subordinated Obligations, to file appropriate claims or proofs of claim with
respect thereto, to execute and deliver to the Senior Agent such powers of
attorney, assignments or other instruments as the Senior Agent may reasonably
request in order to enable it to enforce any and all claims with respect to the
Subordinated Obligations, and to collect and receive any and all payments or
distributions which may be payable or deliverable upon or with respect to the
Subordinated Obligations for the account of the Senior Creditors;
(c) In
the event of (x) any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of a
the Borrower or any other Loan Party (other than a TDI Group Party) (whether
voluntary or involuntary and whether in bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership
proceedings, or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors or proceedings
for voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or other winding up of
that Loan Party, whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy, or any other
marshalling of the assets and liabilities of that Loan Party or otherwise); or
(y) any Event of Default (as defined in the Senior Documents) or an event which
with notice and/or passage of time would constitute an Event of Default (as such
term is defined in the Senior Documents), or any default, demand for payment or
acceleration of maturity regarding the Subordinated Obligations:
(i) All
Senior Obligations shall first be paid to the Senior Agent for the benefit of
the Senior Creditors in full before any payment or distribution is made upon or
in connection with the Subordinated Obligations; and
(ii) Any
payment or distribution of assets of any such Loan Party, whether in cash,
property or securities to which any Subordinated Creditor would be entitled
except for the provisions hereof, shall be paid or delivered by that Loan Party,
or any receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, disbursing agent,
agent or other person making such payment or distribution, directly to the
Senior Agent for the benefit of the Senior Creditors, to the extent necessary to
pay in full all Senior Obligations remaining unpaid, after giving effect to any
concurrent payment or distribution to the Senior Creditors before any payment or
distribution is made to any Subordinated Creditor;
notwithstanding
the foregoing, with respect to any of the events described in the first
paragraph of clause (c) above, with respect to that portion of the Borrower’s
Collateral that is TDI Collateral, the proceeds of that portion of any such
payment or distribution that is derived from the TDI Collateral shall be applied
as specified in Section 6.1;
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(d) In
any proceeding referred to or resulting from any event referred to in subsection
(c) of this Section 3.3 commenced by or against the Borrower or any other Loan
Party (other than a TDI Group Party) and subject, in the case of the Borrower,
to Section 6.1:
(i) Senior
Agent may, and is hereby irrevocably authorized and empowered (in its own name
or in the name of any Subordinated Creditor or otherwise), but shall have no
obligation to, (A) demand, xxx for, collect and receive every payment or
distribution referred to in subsection (c) of this Section 3.3 and give
acquittance therefor, (B) file claims and proofs of claim in respect of the
Subordinated Obligations; provided, that the
Senior Agent agrees not to file or vote (and it shall have no right to file or
vote) such proofs of claim without giving at least five (5) Business Days’ prior
written notice to the Subordinated Lender, and (C) take such other action as the
Senior Agent may deem necessary or advisable for the exercise or enforcement of
any of the rights or interests of the Senior Creditors hereunder;
(ii) Each
Subordinated Creditor will duly and promptly take such action as the Senior
Agent may reasonably request to accelerate and/or foreclose upon the
Subordinated Obligations, to file appropriate claims or proofs of claim with
respect thereto, to execute and deliver to the Senior Agent such powers of
attorney, assignments or other instruments as the Senior Agent may reasonably
request in order to enable it to enforce any and all claims with respect to the
Subordinated Obligations, and to collect and receive any and all payments or
distributions which may be payable or deliverable upon or with respect to the
Subordinated Obligations for the account of the Senior Creditors;
(e) All
payments or distributions upon or with respect to the Subordinated Obligations
which are received by any Subordinated Creditor contrary to the provisions of
this Agreement shall be deemed to be the property of the Senior Creditors, shall
be received in trust for the benefit of the Senior Creditors, shall be
segregated from other funds and property held by such Subordinated Creditor and
shall be forthwith paid over to the Senior Agent for the benefit of the Senior
Creditors in the same form as so received (with any necessary endorsement) to be
applied to the payment or prepayment of the Senior Obligations until the Senior
Obligations shall have been paid in full;
(f) Any
Subordinated Creditor hereby waives any requirement for marshalling of assets by
the Senior Agent in connection with any foreclosure of any lien of the Senior
Creditors under the Senior Documents;
(g) No
Subordinated Creditor shall take any action to impair or otherwise adversely
affect the foreclosure of, or other realization of the Senior Agent’s or the
Senior Creditors’ rights under the Senior Documents; and
(h) Senior
Agent is hereby authorized to demand specific performance of this Agreement at
any time when any Subordinated Creditor shall have failed to comply with any of
the provisions of this Agreement, and each Subordinated Creditor hereby
irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law which
might be asserted as a bar to such remedy of specific performance.
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3.4 Legend on Subordinated
Documents; Transfer.
(a) The
Borrower will cause each Subordinated Document to include the following language
(or language to similar effect approved by the Senior Agent) and any other
language Senior Agent reasonably requests to reflect the subordination of the
Subordinated Liens effected hereby:
“Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, the payment of and security for the principal
amount of the indebtedness evidenced by this instrument and the interest
accruing thereon is subject to the provisions of the Subordination and
Intercreditor Agreement dated as of December 15, 2010 (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “Intercreditor Agreement”) by
and among Key Brand Entertainment Inc., as Borrower, Hollywood Media Corp., as
Subordinated Lender and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Senior
Agent. If there is a conflict between the terms of the Intercreditor
Agreement and this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement will
control.”
(b) Upon
any sale, assignment or other transfer of the Subordinated Agreement or any
interest therein, the transferor shall (i) provide a copy of this Agreement and
the then applicable Senior Credit Agreement to the transferee and (ii) provide a
written instrument to Senior Agent evidencing the transferee’s agreement to be
bound hereby.
SECTION
4. Lien Priorities.
4.1 Seniority of Liens Securing
Senior Obligations. (a) A Senior Lien on the TDI Collateral
securing any Senior Obligation will at all times be senior and prior in all
respect to a Subordinated Lien on such TDI Collateral securing any Subordinated
Obligation, and a Subordinated Lien on TDI Collateral securing any Subordinated
Obligation will at all times be junior and subordinate in all respects to a
Senior Lien on such TDI Collateral securing any Senior Obligation.
(b) Except
as otherwise expressly provided herein, the priority of the Senior Liens
securing Senior Obligations and the rights and obligations of the parties will
remain in full force and effect irrespective of:
(i)
how a Lien was
acquired (whether by grant, possession, statute, operation of law, subrogation
or otherwise);
(ii) the
time, manner or order of the grant, attachment, or perfection of a
Lien;
(iii) any
conflicting provision of the Uniform Commercial Code, or other applicable
law;
(iv) the
modification of a Senior Obligation or a Subordinated Obligation;
(v) the
modification of a Senior Document or a Subordinated Document;
(vi) the
subordination of a Lien on Collateral securing a Senior Obligation to a Lien
securing another obligation of a Loan Party or other Person that is permitted
under the Senior Documents as in effect on the date hereof or secures a DIP
Financing deemed consented by the Subordinated Creditors pursuant to Section
7.2;
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(vii) the
exchange of a security interest in any Collateral for a security interest in
other Collateral; or
(viii) the
commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding.
4.2 Acquisition of Liens and
Guarantees. (a) No Subordinated Creditor shall,
without the prior written consent of the Senior Agent, accept any Lien (other
than Liens on the TDI Collateral) securing the Subordinated Debt, acquire any
right or interest in or to any property of the Borrower or any other Loan Party
(other than Liens on the TDI Collateral) or accept any guaranties of the
Subordinated Debt from the Borrower or any Loan Party (other than guaranties
from the TDI Group Parties existing on the date of this
Agreement). To the extent that any Lien on any property of the
Borrower or any other Loan Party is obtained by any Subordinated Creditor by
operation of law or in violation hereof, such Subordinated Creditor shall hold
such Lien in trust for the Senior Agent and the Senior Creditors and shall,
promptly upon demand by the Senior Agent on behalf of the Senior Creditors,
assign all of its rights in respect of such Lien to Senior Agent on behalf of
the Senior Creditors or, if directed by Senior Agent, release such
Lien. Further, for so long as any such Lien may exist, it shall be
expressly subordinated to any Lien securing the Senior Obligations.
(b) Until
the Senior Obligations Repayment Date, and whether or not an Insolvency
Proceeding has commenced, the Subordinated Creditors will not accept any Lien
securing the Subordinated Debt, acquire any right or interest in or to any
property of any TDI Group Party or accept any guaranties of the Subordinated
Debt from any TDI Group Party unless such TDI Group Party grants to the Senior
Creditors a Senior Lien or interest on such property to secure the Senior
Obligations or a senior guaranty of the Senior Obligations, as
applicable.
(c) Until
the Senior Obligations Repayment Date, and whether or not an Insolvency
Proceeding has commenced, the Senior Creditors will not accept any Lien securing
the Senior Debt, acquire any right or interest in or to any property of any TDI
Group Party or accept any guaranties of the Senior Debt from any TDI Group Party
unless such TDI Group Party grants to the Subordinated Creditors a Subordinated
Lien or interest on such property to secure the Subordinated Obligations or a
junior guaranty of the Subordinated Obligations, as applicable.
4.3 No
Senior Creditor shall object to or contest, or support any other Person in
contesting or objecting to, in any proceeding (including without limitation, any
Insolvency Proceeding), the validity, extent, perfection, priority or
enforceability of any security interest in the TDI Collateral granted to the
Subordinated Lender. No Subordinated Creditor shall object to or
contest, or support any other Person in contesting or objecting to, in any
proceeding (including without limitation, any Insolvency Proceeding), the
validity, extent, perfection, priority or enforceability of any security
interest in the Senior Collateral (including, without limitation, any TDI
Collateral) granted to the Senior Agent. Notwithstanding any failure
by any Senior Creditor or Subordinated Creditor to perfect its security
interests in the Senior Collateral or the TDI Collateral, respectively, or any
avoidance, invalidation or subordination by any third party or court of
competent jurisdiction of the security interests in the Senior Collateral or TDI
Collateral granted to the Senior Creditors or the Subordinated Creditors,
respectively, the priority and rights as between the Senior Creditors and the
Subordinated Creditors, respectively, with respect to the Senior Collateral and
the TDI Collateral shall be as set forth herein.
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4.4 Nature of Senior
Obligations. The Subordinated Lender on behalf of itself and
the other Subordinated Creditors acknowledges that all or a portion of the
Senior Obligations represents the principal amount of a debt that is revolving
in nature and that the amount thereof that may be outstanding at any time or
from time to time may be increased and reduced and subsequently reborrowed, and
also includes obligations for reimbursement of drawings under letters of credit,
and that the terms of the Senior Obligations may be modified, extended or
amended from time to time in accordance with their terms and in accordance with
the terms of the Subordinated Agreement, and that, subject to the proviso in the
next sentence of this Section 4.4, the aggregate amount of the Senior
Obligations may be increased, replaced or refinanced and without notice to or
consent by the Subordinated Creditors and without affecting the provisions
hereof; provided that the
holders of any such increased, replaced or refinanced indebtedness (or their
agent) bind themselves in a writing addressed to Subordinated Creditors to the
terms of this Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Senior Obligations may, without the consent of the Subordinated
Creditors, be increased to an amount in excess of the maximum amount available
to be borrowed under the Existing Senior Credit Agreement or any other Senior
Credit Agreement, and the Senior Liens may be increased in each case without
affecting the provisions hereof; provided that the subordination
of the Subordinated Liens to the Senior Liens provided in this Agreement shall
not apply to the portion of any Senior Liens securing any amount due under loans
included in the Senior Obligations in excess of the Senior TDI Collateral
Limit.
4.5 Nature of Subordinated
Obligations. Without limiting or superseding any restrictions
in the Senior Documents from time to time, the Senior Agent on behalf of itself
and the other Senior Creditors acknowledges that (a) the terms of the
Subordinated Obligations may be modified, extended or amended from time to time
in accordance with their terms, and that the aggregate amount of the
Subordinated Obligations may be increased, replaced or refinanced and without
notice to or consent by the Senior Creditors and without affecting the
provisions hereof; provided, that the holders of any such increased, replaced or
refinanced indebtedness (or their agent) bind themselves in a writing addressed
to Senior Creditors to the terms of this Agreement and (b) the Subordinated
Obligations may, without the consent of the Senior Creditors, be increased to an
amount in excess of the maximum amount available to be borrowed under the
Existing Subordinated Agreement or any other Subordinated Agreement, and the
Subordinated Liens may be increased in each case without affecting the
provisions hereof.
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SECTION
5. Enforcement
Rights.
5.1 Exclusive
Enforcement.
(a) Exclusive Enforcement of
Senior Collateral. No Subordinated Creditor shall take,
exercise or otherwise prosecute any action as an unsecured creditor with respect
to the Senior Collateral (subject to the proviso at the end of Section
5.2(a)). The Senior Creditors shall have the exclusive right to take,
continue, oppose, or otherwise prosecute, defend, settle or consent to any
Enforcement Action with respect to the Senior Collateral, without any
consultation with or consent of any Subordinated Creditor and the Subordinated
Creditors shall not take any position contrary to the Senior Creditors, or
support any other Person who takes any position contrary to the Senior
Creditors, with respect to such Enforcement Action, but subject to the proviso
set forth in Section 7.1. Upon the occurrence and during the
continuance of a default or an event of default under the Senior Documents, the
Senior Agent and the other Senior Creditors may take and continue any
Enforcement Action with respect to the Senior Obligations and the Senior
Collateral in such order and manner as they may determine in their sole
discretion.
(b) Each
of the parties hereto acknowledges and agrees that the Senior Collateral is a
unique asset of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties the value of which is
not readily ascertainable. In particular, the parties hereto
acknowledge and agree that it will be commercially reasonable and sufficient for
purposes of Article 9 of the UCC and applicable law for the Senior Agent to
commence an Enforcement Action based upon any valuations or other financial
information prepared by a third party and passed on by the Borrower to the
Senior Agent.
5.2 Standstill and
Waivers.
(a) Standstill and Waivers by
Subordinated Lender and the Subordinated Creditors. The
Subordinated Lender, on behalf of itself and the other Subordinated Creditors,
agrees that, until the Senior Obligations Repayment Date, subject to the proviso
set forth in Section 7.1:
(i) Without
the prior written consent of the Senior Agent, they will not take or cause to be
taken any action, the purpose or effect of which is to make any Lien in respect
of any Subordinated Obligation pari passu with or senior to, or to give any
Subordinated Creditor any preference or priority relative to, the Liens with
respect to the Senior Obligations or the Senior Creditors with respect to any of
the Senior Collateral;
(ii) Without
the prior written consent of the Senior Agent, they will not contest, oppose,
object to, interfere with, hinder or delay, in any manner, whether by judicial
proceedings (including without limitation the filing of an Insolvency
Proceeding) or otherwise, any foreclosure, sale, lease, exchange, transfer or
other disposition of the Senior Collateral by any Senior Creditor or any other
Enforcement Action taken (or any forbearance from taking any Enforcement Action)
by or on behalf of any Senior Creditor with respect to the Senior
Collateral;
(iii) They
have no right to (x) direct either the Senior Agent or any other Senior Creditor
to exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to the Senior Collateral or
pursuant to the Senior Security Documents or (y) consent or object to the
exercise by the Senior Agent or any other Senior Creditor of any right, remedy
or power with respect to the Senior Collateral or pursuant to the Senior
Security Documents or to the timing or manner in which any such right is
exercised or not exercised (or, to the extent they may have any such right
described in this clause (a)(iii), whether as a junior lien creditor or
otherwise, they hereby irrevocably waive such right);
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(iv) Without
the prior written consent of the Senior Agent, they will not institute any suit
or other proceeding or otherwise assert in any suit, Insolvency Proceeding or
other proceeding any claim against any Senior Creditor seeking damages from or
other relief by way of specific performance, injunction or otherwise, with
respect to, and no Senior Creditor shall be liable for, any action taken or
omitted to be taken by any Senior Creditor with respect to the Senior Collateral
or pursuant to the Senior Documents with respect to the Senior Collateral;
and
(v) Without
the prior written consent of the Senior Agent, they will not make any judicial
or nonjudicial claim or demand or commence any judicial or non-judicial
proceedings or otherwise assert any remedy against any Loan Party or any of its
subsidiaries or affiliates under or with respect to any Subordinated Security
Document seeking payment or damages from or other relief by way of specific
performance, injunction or otherwise under or with respect to any Subordinated
Security Document (other than filing a proof of claim) or exercise any right,
remedy or power under or with respect to, or otherwise take any action to
enforce, other than filing a proof of claim, any Subordinated Security Document;
provided, that
in the case of any act by the Borrower constituting dishonesty or diversion or
misappropriation of funds, the Subordinated Lender may to the extent permitted
by the Subordinated Security Documents bring an action for damages, recovery of
funds, specific performance or injunction in respect of such act (but not an
action to foreclose any Subordinated Lien), provided, further, that any sum
recovered or collected in any such action shall be segregated and held in trust
and promptly paid over to the Senior Agent, for the benefit of the Senior
Creditors pursuant to the terms of Section 6.1.
(vi) Without
the prior written consent of the Senior Agent, they will not commence judicial
or nonjudicial foreclosure proceedings with respect to, seek to have a trustee,
receiver, liquidator or similar official appointed for or over, attempt any
action to take possession of any Senior Collateral, exercise any right, remedy
or power with respect to, or otherwise take any action to enforce their interest
in or realize upon, the Senior Collateral or pursuant to the Subordinated
Security Documents; and
(vii) Without
the prior written consent of the Senior Agent, they will not seek, and hereby
waive, any right, to have the Senior Collateral or any part thereof marshaled
upon any foreclosure or other disposition of the Senior Collateral;
provided that
notwithstanding the foregoing, any Subordinated Creditor may exercise its rights
and remedies in respect of the TDI Collateral under the Subordinated Security
Documents or applicable law after the passage of a period of 180 days (the
“Standstill Period”)
from the date of delivery of a notice in writing to the Senior Agent of such
Subordinated Lender’s intention to exercise such rights and remedies, which
notice may only be delivered following the occurrence of and during the
continuation of an “Event of Default” under and as defined in the Subordinated
Agreement; provided, further, however,
that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any Subordinated Creditor
exercise or continue to exercise any such rights or remedies if, notwithstanding
the expiration of the Standstill Period, (i) any Senior Creditor shall have
commenced and be diligently pursuing the exercise of any of its rights and
remedies with respect to any of the TDI Collateral (prompt notice of such
exercise to be given to the Subordinated Lender), (ii) an Insolvency Proceeding
in respect of any TDI Group Party shall have been commenced or (iii) the
acceleration of the Subordinated Obligations shall be rescinded in accordance
with the terms of the Subordinated Agreement; and provided, further, that in any
Insolvency Proceeding commenced by or against any TDI Group Party, the
Subordinated Creditors may take any action expressly permitted by Section
7.
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5.3 Judgment
Creditors. In the event that any Subordinated Creditor becomes a
judgment lien creditor in respect of Senior Collateral as a result of its
enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor, such judgment lien shall be
subject to the terms of this Agreement for all purposes (including in relation
to the Senior Liens and the Senior Obligations) to the same extent as all other
Liens securing the Subordinated Obligations subject to the terms of this
Agreement.
5.4 Cooperation.
Each Subordinated Creditor agrees that it shall take such actions as the Senior
Agent shall reasonably request (at the Borrower’s expense) in connection with
the exercise by the Senior Creditors of their rights set forth
herein.
5.5 No Additional Rights For the
Loan Parties Hereunder. Except as provided in Section 5.6, if any
Secured Party shall enforce its rights or remedies in violation of the terms of
this Agreement, no Loan Party shall be entitled to use such violation as a
defense to any action by any Senior Creditor or Subordinated Creditor, nor to
assert such violation as a counterclaim or basis for set off or recoupment
against any Senior Creditor or Subordinated Creditor.
5.6 Actions Upon
Breach. (a) If any Subordinated Creditor, contrary to
this Agreement, commences or participates in any action or proceeding against
any Loan Party or any Senior Collateral, such Loan Party, with the prior written
consent of the Senior Agent, may interpose as a defense, or the basis for an
equitable or legal claim, or a dilatory plea the making of this Agreement, and
any Senior Creditor may intervene and interpose such defense or plea in its or
their name or in the name of such Loan Party.
(b) Should
any Subordinated Creditor, contrary to this Agreement, in any way take, attempt
to or threaten to take any action with respect to the Senior Collateral
(including, without limitation, any attempt to realize upon or enforce any
remedy with respect to this Agreement), or fail to take any action required by
this Agreement (in its own name or in the name of the relevant Loan Party) this
Agreement shall create an irrebutable presumption and admission by such
Subordinated Creditor that relief against such Subordinated Creditor by
injunction, specific performance and/or other appropriate equitable relief is
necessary to prevent irreparable harm to the Senior Creditors, it being
understood and agreed by the Subordinated Lender on behalf of each Subordinated
Creditor that (i) the Senior Creditors’ damages from its actions may at that
time be difficult to ascertain and may be irreparable, and (ii) each
Subordinated Creditor waives any defense that the Loan Parties and/or the Senior
Creditors cannot demonstrate damage and/or be made whole by the awarding of
damages.
5.7 No Consequential or Punitive
Damages. Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, under
no event shall any party hereto be entitled to any consequential or punitive
damages in connection with any action commenced hereunder or in connection with
any of the Senior Obligations or Subordinated Obligations.
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SECTION 6.
Application Of Proceeds Of
Collateral; Inspection and Insurance.
6.1 Proceeds of TDI
Collateral.
(a) Proceeds
obtained from the sale or disposition of the TDI Collateral shall be allocated
in the following order of priority (at the election of the Senior Lender the TDI
Collateral may be used to repay the Senior Obligations before any other Senior
Collateral is used to repay Senior Obligations):
(i) first, to Senior Agent for
the benefit of the Senior Creditors until the Senior Agent has received an
amount equal to the Senior TDI Collateral Limit;
(ii) second, to Subordinated
Lender until the Subordinated Obligations are paid in full;
(iii) third, to Senior Agent for
the benefit of the Senior Creditors until the Senior Obligations are paid in
full; and
(iv) fourth, any remainder to the
Borrower.
(b) In
the event of any sale of Senior Collateral together with TDI Collateral in a
single sale (a “Combined Senior
Collateral Sale”), the proceeds of the TDI Collateral for purposes of
this Section 6.1 shall be determined as follows:
(i)
If the terms of the Combined Senior
Collateral Sale allocate the purchase price thereof between the TDI Collateral
included in the Combined Senior Collateral Sale and the other Senior Collateral
included in the Combined Senior Collateral Sale, such allocation (net of
transactions costs) shall be used for purposes of Section 6.1(a).
(ii) If
the Senior Agent notifies the Subordinated Lender in writing that it has elected
to do so, Senior Agent may appoint a nationally recognized appraiser or
valuation consultant, not affiliated with Senior Agent, to determine the
relative value of the TDI Collateral as a percentage of the value of all assets
included in the Combined Senior Collateral Sale and the percentage of the net
proceeds of the Combined Senior Collateral Sale shall be used for purposes of
Section 6.1(a).
(iii) If
neither Section 6.1(b)(i) nor Section 6.1(b)(ii) shall apply, the portion of the
proceeds of the Combined Senior Collateral Sale attributable to the TDI
Collateral shall equal the net proceeds of the Combined Senior Collateral Sale
multiplied by a fraction, the numerator of which is the Senior TDI Collateral
Limit and the denominator of which is the sum of the Senior Obligations and the
Subordinated Obligations immediately prior to the Combined Senior Collateral
Sale.
6.2 Turnover
Provisions. Until the occurrence of the Senior Obligations
Repayment Date, any Senior Collateral, including without limitation any such
Senior Collateral constituting proceeds, that may be received by any
Subordinated Creditor contrary to or in violation of this Agreement shall be
segregated and held in trust and promptly paid over to the Senior Agent, for the
benefit of the Senior Creditors (in accordance with Section 6.1), in the same
form as received, with any necessary endorsements, and each Subordinated
Creditor hereby authorizes the Senior Agent to make any such endorsements as
agent for the Subordinated Lender (which authorization, being coupled with an
interest, is irrevocable).
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6.3 Inspection Rights and
Insurance. (a) The Subordinated Lender and the Subordinated
Creditors agree that the Senior Creditors and their representatives and invitees
may at any time inspect, repossess, remove and otherwise deal with the Senior
Collateral, and the Senior Agent may advertise and conduct public auctions or
private sales of the Senior Collateral, in each case without notice to, the
involvement of or interference by the Subordinated Lender or any Subordinated
Creditor or liability to the Subordinated Lender or any Subordinated
Creditor.
(b) Until
the Senior Obligations Repayment Date has occurred, the Senior Agent will have
the sole and exclusive right (i) to be named as additional insured and loss
payee under any insurance policies maintained from time to time by any Loan
Party (except that the Subordinated Lender shall have the right to be named as
additional insured and loss payee so long as its subordinated status is
identified in a manner satisfactory to the Senior Agent); (ii) to reasonably
adjust or settle any insurance policy or claim covering the Senior Collateral in
the event of any loss thereunder; and (iii) to approve any award granted in any
condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the Senior Collateral.
SECTION
7. Insolvency
Proceedings.
7.1 Filing of
Motions. Until the Senior Obligations Repayment Date has occurred,
the Subordinated Lender agrees on behalf of itself and the other Subordinated
Creditors that no Subordinated Creditor shall, in or in connection with any
Insolvency Proceeding, file any pleadings or motions, take any position at any
hearing or proceeding of any nature, or otherwise take any action whatsoever, in
each case in respect of any of the Senior Collateral, including, without
limitation, with respect to the determination of any Liens or claims held by the
Senior Agent (including the validity and enforceability thereof) or any other
Senior Creditor or the value of any claims of such parties under Section 506(a)
of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise; provided that the
Subordinated Lender may file a proof of claim in an Insolvency Proceeding
involving a Loan Party, subject to the limitations contained in this Agreement
and only if consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the limitations on
the Subordinated Lender imposed hereby.
7.2 Financing
Matters. (a) If any Loan Party becomes subject to any Insolvency
Proceeding, and if the Senior Agent or the other Senior Creditors desire to
consent (or not object) to the use of cash collateral under the Bankruptcy Code
or to provide financing to any Loan Party under the Bankruptcy Code or to
consent (or not object) to the provision of such financing to any Loan Party by
any third party (any such financing, “DIP Financing”) then the
Subordinated Lender agrees, on behalf of itself and the other Subordinated
Creditors, that each Subordinated Creditor (i) will take no position
contrary to the Senior Creditors, nor support any Person who takes a position
contrary to the Senior Creditors with respect to the use of such cash collateral
or to such DIP Financing, (ii) will be deemed to have consented to, will
raise no objection to, nor support any other Person objecting to, the use of
such cash collateral or to such DIP Financing, (iii) will not request or accept
adequate protection or any other relief in connection with the use of such cash
collateral or such DIP Financing except as set forth in paragraph 7.4 below,
(iv) will subordinate (and will be deemed hereunder to have subordinated)
the Subordinated Liens (x) to such DIP Financing on the same terms as the Senior
Liens are subordinated thereto (and such subordination will not alter in any
manner the terms of this Agreement), (y) to any adequate protection provided to
the Senior Creditors and (z) to any “carve-out” agreed to by the Senior Agent or
the other Senior Creditors and (v) agrees that notice received two (2) calendar
days prior to the entry of an order approving such usage of cash collateral or
approving such financing shall be adequate notice. For the avoidance of
doubt, any amounts advanced to a Loan Party as part of a DIP Financing shall not
apply toward or be restricted by the Senior TDI Collateral Limit and shall not
be subject to Section 6.1.
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(b) If
any Loan Party becomes subject to any Insolvency Proceeding, and if the Senior
Agent or the other Senior Creditors objects to (or does not affirmatively
consent to or support) the use of cash collateral under the Bankruptcy Code or
to the provision of any DIP Financing, the Subordinated Lender agrees, on behalf
of itself and the other Subordinated Creditors, that each Subordinated Creditor
(i) will take no position contrary to the Senior Creditors, nor support any
Person who takes a position contrary to the Senior Creditors with respect to the
use of such cash collateral or to such DIP Financing, (ii) will not consent
to, and upon request will join in any objection by the Senior Agent or other
Senior Creditors to, the use of such cash collateral or to such DIP Financing,
(iii) will not provide information to or otherwise act in concert with and, to
the extent it may lawfully do so, permit any Person that it controls, is
controlled by or is under common control with, to provide or participate in any
such DIP Financing (provided, that an
affiliate of any Subordinated Creditor or affiliate thereof who is also a Senior
Creditor will not be precluded from participating in such DIP Financing to the
extent that (1) such Subordinated Creditor or such affiliate remains a Senior
Creditor at the time such Insolvency Proceeding is commenced and (2) the
opportunity to so participate is generally offered to the Senior Creditors by
the Senior Agent or an affiliate thereof) and (iv) agrees that notice received
three (3) business days prior to the filing of any objection to such usage of
cash collateral or approving such financing shall be adequate notice and
sufficient time for the Subordinated Lender and the other Subordinated Creditors
to join therein.
7.3 Relief From the Automatic
Stay. The Subordinated Lender agrees, on behalf of itself and the
other Subordinated Creditors, that none of them will seek relief from the
automatic stay or from any other stay in any Insolvency Proceeding or take any
action in derogation thereof in each case in respect of any Senior Collateral,
without the prior written consent of the Senior Agent.
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7.4 Adequate
Protection. The Subordinated Lender, on behalf of itself and the
other Subordinated Creditors, agrees that none of them shall object, contest, or
support any other Person objecting to or contesting, (i) any request by the
Senior Agent or the other Senior Creditors for adequate protection or any
adequate protection provided to the Senior Agent or the other Senior Creditors
or (ii) any objection by the Senior Agent or the other Senior Creditors to any
motion, relief, action or proceeding based on a claim of a lack of adequate
protection or (iii) the payment of interest, fees, expenses or other amounts to
the Senior Agent or any other Senior Creditor under Section 506(b) or 506(c) of
the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything contained in
this Section and in Section 7.2(a)(ii) (but subject to all other provisions of
this Agreement, including, without limitation, Sections 7.2(a)(i) and 7.3), in
any Insolvency Proceeding, (x) if the Senior Creditors (or any subset thereof)
are granted adequate protection consisting of additional collateral (with
replacement liens on such additional collateral) and superpriority claims in
connection with any DIP Financing or use of cash collateral, and the Senior
Creditors do not object to the adequate protection being provided to the Senior
Creditors, then in connection with any such DIP Financing or use of cash
collateral the Subordinated Lender, on behalf of itself and any of the
Subordinated Creditors, may seek or accept adequate protection consisting solely
of (A) a replacement Lien on the same additional collateral, subordinated to the
Liens securing the Senior Obligations and such DIP Financing on the same basis
as the other Liens securing the Subordinated Obligations are so subordinated to
the Senior Obligations under this Agreement and (B) superpriority claims junior
in all respects to the superpriority claims granted to the Senior Creditors, and
(y) in the event the Subordinated Lender, on behalf of itself and the
Subordinated Creditors, seeks or accepts adequate protection in accordance with
clause (x) above and such adequate protection is granted in the form of
additional collateral, then the Subordinated Lender, on behalf of itself or any
of the Subordinated Creditors, agrees that the Senior Agent shall also be
granted a senior Lien on such additional collateral as security for the Senior
Obligations and any such DIP Financing and that any Lien on such additional
collateral securing the Subordinated Obligations shall be subordinated to the
Liens on such collateral securing the Senior Obligations and any such DIP
Financing (and all obligations relating thereto) and any other Liens granted to
the Senior Creditors as adequate protection, with such subordination to be on
the same terms that the other Liens securing the Subordinated Obligations are
subordinated to such Senior Obligations under this Agreement. The
Subordinated Lender on behalf of itself and the other Subordinated Creditors,
agrees that except as expressly set forth in his Section none of them shall seek
or accept adequate protection without the prior written consent of the Senior
Agent.
7.5 Avoidance
Issues. (a) If any Senior Creditor is required in any Insolvency
Proceeding or otherwise to disgorge, turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of
any Loan Party, because such amount was avoided or ordered to be paid or
disgorged for any reason, including without limitation because it was found to
be a fraudulent or preferential transfer, any amount (a “Recovery”), whether received
as proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise, then
the Senior Obligations shall be reinstated to the extent of such Recovery and
deemed to be outstanding as if such payment had not occurred and the Senior
Obligations Repayment Date shall be deemed not to have occurred. If this
Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such Recovery, this Agreement
shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior termination shall
not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of
the parties hereto. The Subordinated Creditors agree that none of them
shall be entitled to benefit from any avoidance action affecting or otherwise
relating to any distribution or allocation made in accordance with this
Agreement, whether by preference or otherwise, it being understood and agreed
that the benefit of such avoidance action otherwise allocable to them shall
instead be allocated and turned over for application in accordance with the
priorities set forth in this Agreement.
7.6 Asset Dispositions in an
Insolvency Proceeding. Neither the Subordinated Lender nor any
other Subordinated Creditor shall, in an Insolvency Proceeding, oppose any sale
or disposition of any assets of any Loan Party that is supported by the Senior
Creditors; provided, that the
proceeds of such sale are applied as required by Section 6.1. No
Subordinated Creditor shall exercise its rights under Section 363 of the
Bankruptcy Code (and otherwise) with respect to any sale supported by the Senior
Creditors in a manner which is inconsistent with the terms and conditions of
this Agreement. Each Subordinated Creditor will be deemed to have
consented to the consummation of any such sale approved by the Senior Creditors
and shall be deemed to have released any Liens on such assets upon the
consummation of any such sale.
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7.7 Separate Grants of Security
and Separate Classification. Each Secured Party acknowledges and
agrees that (i) the grants of Liens pursuant to the Senior Security Documents
and the Subordinated Security Documents constitute two separate and distinct
grants of Liens and (ii) because of, among other things, their differing rights
in the Senior Collateral and the TDI Collateral, respectively, the Senior
Obligations and the Subordinated Obligations are fundamentally different and
must be separately classified in any plan of reorganization proposed or adopted
in an Insolvency Proceeding. To further effectuate the intent of the
parties as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, if it is held that
the claims of the Senior Creditors and Subordinated Creditors in respect of the
Senior Collateral and the TDI Collateral, respectively, constitute only one
secured claim (rather than separate classes of senior and junior secured
claims), then the Subordinated Creditors hereby acknowledge and agree that all
distributions shall be made as if there were separate classes of senior and
junior secured claims against the Loan Parties in respect of the TDI Collateral
(with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the TDI
Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose ignoring all claims held by the
Subordinated Creditors), the Senior Creditors shall be entitled to receive from
the TDI Collateral, in addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of
principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts owing in respect
of Post-Petition Interest up to the Senior TDI Collateral Limit before any
distribution is made in respect of the claims held by the Subordinated
Creditors, with the Subordinated Creditors hereby acknowledging and agreeing to
turn over to the Senior Creditors amounts otherwise received or receivable by
them to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this sentence, even if
such turnover has the effect of reducing the claim or recovery of the
Subordinated Creditors).
7.8 No Waivers of Rights of
Senior Creditors. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit or in any
way limit the Senior Agent or any other Senior Creditor from objecting in any
Insolvency Proceeding or otherwise to any action taken by any Subordinated
Creditor not permitted hereunder, including the seeking by any Subordinated
Creditor of adequate protection (except as provided in Section
7.4).
7.9 Plans of
Reorganization. Unless the Senior Agent consents in writing
otherwise, no Subordinated Creditor shall support or vote in favor of any plan
of reorganization (and each shall vote to reject or have their votes designated
as rejections of any plan of reorganization) unless such plan (i) results in a
payment in cash from the proceeds of TDI Collateral of the Senior Obligations in
an amount equal to at least the Senior TDI Collateral Limit or (ii) is accepted
by the class of holders of Senior Obligations voting thereon and is supported by
the Senior Agent.
7.10 Other Matters.
To the extent that the Subordinated Lender or any Subordinated Creditor has or
acquires rights under Section 363 or Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code with
respect to any of the Senior Collateral, the Subordinated Lender agrees, on
behalf of itself and the other Subordinated Creditors not to assert any of such
rights without the prior written consent of the Senior Agent; provided that if requested by
the Senior Agent, the Subordinated Lender shall timely exercise such rights in
any manner reasonably requested by the Senior Agent, including any rights to
payments in respect of such rights.
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7.11 Effectiveness in Insolvency
Proceedings. This Agreement, which the parties hereto expressly
acknowledge is a “subordination agreement” under section 510(a) of the
Bankruptcy Code, has been entered into for good and valid consideration, and
shall be effective before, during and after the commencement of any subsequently
commenced Insolvency Proceeding.
SECTION
8. Additional
Covenants.
8.1 Negative Covenants of
Subordinated Creditors. Except as otherwise permitted herein, no
Subordinated Creditor will, prior to the Senior Obligations Repayment Date,
without the prior written consent of the Senior Agent:
(a) Sell,
assign, pledge, encumber or otherwise dispose of any instrument evidencing the
indebtedness owed to such Subordinated Creditor or any collateral securing the
Subordinated Obligations unless such sale, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or
other disposition is made expressly subject to this Agreement and the other
party to such sale, assignment, pledge, encumbrance or other disposition
consents in writing to be bound by the terms hereof;
(b) Permit
the terms of the Subordinated Documents to be changed in any way that would
increase the principal amount thereof, increase the interest payable thereon,
accelerate or shorten any payment date thereunder, accept any additional
collateral (unless the Senior Creditors shall have received or will receive a
corresponding security interest in such collateral) or otherwise materially and
adversely limit or impair the rights of the Senior Creditors or the obligations
of the Subordinated Creditors hereunder;
(c) Declare
all or any portion of the Subordinated Obligations due and payable prior to the
date fixed therefor or realize upon, or otherwise exercise any remedies with
respect to, any collateral securing the Subordinated Obligations or take any
other action described in Section 3.2 hereof; or
(d) Commence,
or join with any creditor other than the Senior Creditors in commencing any
Insolvency Proceeding.
8.2 Effect of Senior Document
Amendments. (a) Subject to Section 11.3 hereof, in the event that
the Senior Agent enters into any amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any
of the Senior Security Documents for the purpose of adding to, or deleting from,
or waiving or consenting to any departures from any provisions of, any Senior
Security Document or changing in any manner the rights of any parties
thereunder, then such amendment, waiver or consent shall apply automatically to
any comparable provision of the Subordinated Security Documents without the
consent of or action by any Subordinated Creditor (with all such amendments,
waivers and modifications subject to the terms hereof); provided that (other
than with respect to amendments, modifications or waivers that secure additional
extensions of credit and add additional secured creditors), (A) no such
amendment, waiver or consent shall have the effect of removing assets subject to
the Lien of any Subordinated Security Documents, except to the extent that a
release of such Lien is otherwise permitted under this Agreement, (B) any such
amendment, waiver or consent that materially and adversely affects the rights of
the Subordinated Creditors and does not affect the Senior Creditors in a like or
similar manner shall not apply to the Subordinated Security Documents without
the consent of the Subordinated Lender and (C) notice of such amendment, waiver
or consent shall be given to the Subordinated Lender no later than thirty (30)
days after its effectiveness, provided that the failure to give such notice
shall not affect the effectiveness and validity thereof.
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(b) Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Agreement to the contrary (including, without
limitation, this Section 8.2) or the rights of the Senior Agent to take actions
which bind the Subordinated Creditors under the Existing Subordinated Agreement,
none of the Subordinated Lender or any of the Subordinated Creditors shall be
bound by or be required to consent to any additional agreement or any amendment
or modification to an existing agreement which has the effect of (i) requiring
the Subordinated Lender or any of the Subordinated Creditors to fund any
additional amounts (including out-of-pocket expenditures), or (ii) adding any
additional liabilities or obligations of a monetary nature to or on the
Subordinated Lender or any of the Subordinated Creditors or (iii) adding any
other obligation which would require prior regulatory approvals or filings (as
opposed to ex post
facto notifications to or filings with applicable regulators) or unlawful
acts with respect to a Subordinated Creditor or its affiliates without the prior
written consent of each such party who will be responsible for such additional
amount, liability or obligation.
SECTION 9.
Reliance; Waivers;
etc.
9.1 Reliance. All
extensions of credit under the Senior Documents are deemed to have been made or
incurred, in reliance upon this Agreement. Each Subordinated Creditor
expressly waives all notice of the acceptance of and reliance on this Agreement
by the Senior Creditors. The Subordinated Documents are deemed to have
been executed and delivered and all extensions of credit thereunder are deemed
to have been made or incurred, in reliance upon this Agreement. The Senior
Agent, for itself and on behalf of each other Senior Creditor, expressly waives
all notices of the acceptance of and reliance by the Subordinated
Creditors.
9.2 No Warranties or
Liability. The Subordinated Lender and the Senior Agent acknowledge
and agree that neither has made any representation or warranty with respect to
the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectibility or
enforceability of any Senior Document or any Subordinated Document or the value
of any collateral, including but not limited to the Senior Collateral and the
TDI Collateral. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the
Subordinated Lender and the Senior Agent will be entitled to manage and
supervise their respective extensions of credit to any Loan Party in accordance
with law and their usual practices, modified from time to time as they deem
appropriate.
9.3 No Waivers. No
right or benefit of any party hereunder shall at any time in any way be
prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of such party or
any other party hereto or by any noncompliance by any Loan Party with the terms
and conditions of any of the Senior Documents or the Subordinated
Documents.
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9.4 No Duty to Subordinated
Creditors. (a) Nothing contained herein shall operate to create a
fiduciary duty on the part of any Senior Creditor for the benefit of any
Subordinated Creditor or the Borrower. The Subordinated Creditors
acknowledge and agree that the Senior Creditors have the right to take action
adverse to the interests of the Subordinated Creditors hereunder and are
authorized to do so and shall not thereby incur any liability to the
Subordinated Creditors to the extent such action is consistent with the terms of
this Agreement.
(b) Without
limiting the generality of Section 9.4(a), the Subordinated Creditors agree that
none of the Senior Creditors shall have any liability or obligation to the
Subordinated Creditors on account of exercise of the rights and remedies of the
Senior Agent and/or the other Senior Creditors under any Senior Document.
The Subordinated Creditors waive the right to commence or pursue any legal
action (whether suit, counterclaim, cross claim or other action) on account of
exercise of the rights and remedies of the Senior Creditors under any Senior
Document alleging, or based on a theory of, breach of fiduciary obligations of
the Senior Agent and/or the other Senior Creditors, equitable subordination of
claims of the Senior Creditors against the Borrower or any Loan Party, conflicts
of interest by the Senior Creditors or similar theories premised in any such
case on the exercise of control or influence on management by the Senior Agent
and/or the other Senior Creditors, actual management or control of the Borrower
or any Loan Party by the Senior Agent and/or the other Senior Creditors, or
other pursuit of rights or remedies by the Senior Agent and/or the Senior
Creditors under any Senior Document.
(c) The
Subordinated Creditors hereby waive, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any
right to equitable subordination of the Senior Lien or the Senior Creditors’
claims in respect of the Senior Obligations or rights in respect of the Senior
Lien (whether under or pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 510 or otherwise) and any right
to assert that the Senior Agent or Senior Creditors have in any way failed to
comply with the provisions of the Uniform Commercial Code, including the
provisions of Article 9 thereof, notwithstanding a determination by a court of
competent jurisdiction that the Subordinated Creditors shall be so
entitled.
9.5 No Additional Subordinated
Collateral. The Subordinated Creditors hereby (a) represent and
warrant that they hold no Senior Collateral that is not TDI Collateral and (b)
other than as permitted hereunder agree not to acquire any Senior Collateral
that is not TDI Collateral until the Senior Obligations Repayment Date has
occurred.
SECTION 10.
Obligations
Unconditional.
10.1 Senior Obligations
Unconditional. All rights and interests of the Senior Creditors
hereunder, and all agreements and obligations of the Subordinated Creditors
(and, to the extent applicable, the Loan Parties) hereunder, shall remain in
full force and effect irrespective of:
(i) any
lack of validity or enforceability of any Senior Document;
(ii) any
change in the time, place or manner of payment of, or in any other term of, all
or any portion of the Senior Obligations, or any amendment, waiver or other
modification, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, or any refinancing,
replacement, refunding or restatement of any Senior Document;
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(iii) prior
to the Senior Obligations Repayment Date, any exchange, release, voiding,
avoidance or non-perfection of any security interest in any Senior Collateral or
any other collateral, or any release, amendment, waiver or other modification,
whether by course of conduct or otherwise, or any refinancing, replacement,
refunding or restatement of all or any potion of the Senior Obligations or any
guarantee or guaranty thereof;
(iv) the
commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding; or
(v) any
other circumstances that otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a
discharge of, any Loan Party in respect of the Senior Obligations, or of any of
the Subordinated Lender or any Subordinated Creditor, or any Loan Party, to the
extent applicable, in respect of this Agreement.
10.2 Subordinated Obligations
Unconditional. All rights and interests of the Subordinated
Creditors hereunder, and all agreements and obligations of the Senior Creditors
(and, to the extent applicable, the Loan Parties) hereunder, shall remain in
full force and effect irrespective of:
(i) any
lack of validity or enforceability of any Subordinated Document;
(ii) any
change in the time, place or manner of payment of, or in any other term of, all
or any portion of the Subordinated Obligations, or any amendment, waiver or
other modification, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, or any
refinancing, replacement, refunding or restatement of any Subordinated
Document;
(iii) any
exchange, release, voiding, avoidance or non-perfection of any security interest
in any TDI Collateral or any other collateral, or any release, amendment, waiver
or other modification, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, or any
refinancing, replacement, refunding or restatement of all or any portion of the
Subordinated Obligations or any guarantee or guaranty thereof;
(iv) the
commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding; or
(v) any
other circumstances that otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a
discharge of any Loan Party in respect of the Subordinated Obligations, or any
Senior Creditor in respect of this Agreement.
SECTION 11.
Miscellaneous.
11.1 Conflicts. In
the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the
provisions of any Senior Document or any Subordinated Document, the provisions
of this Agreement shall govern.
11.2 Continuing Nature of
Provisions. This Agreement shall continue to be effective, and
shall not be revocable by any party hereto, until the Senior Obligations
Repayment Date shall have occurred. This is a continuing agreement and the
Senior Creditors and the Subordinated Creditors may continue, at any time and
without notice to the other parties hereto, to extend credit and other financial
accommodations, lend monies and provide indebtedness to, or for the benefit of,
Borrower or any other Loan Party on the faith hereof.
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11.3 Amendments;
Waivers. (a) No amendment or modification of any of the provisions
of this Agreement shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and
signed by the Senior Agent and the Subordinated Lender and the Borrower (to the
extent such amendment or modification would adversely affect the Borrower’s
right or obligations thereunder). No waiver of any provision hereof shall
be effective unless made in writing by the waiving party.
(b) The
Senior Creditors may at any time and from time to time without the consent of or
notice to the Subordinated Creditors, without incurring liability to the
Subordinated Creditors and without impairing or releasing the obligations of the
Subordinated Creditors under this Agreement, change the manner or place of
payment or extend the time of payment of or renew or alter any of the terms of
the Senior Obligations, or amend, modify, refinance or restructure in any manner
the Senior Documents.
(c) Without
limiting the Senior Creditors’ right hereunder to amend the Senior Documents and
increase the amount of the Senior Obligations without the consent of the
Subordinated Creditors, it is understood that the Senior Agent, without the
consent of any Subordinated Creditor, may in the its discretion determine that a
supplemental agreement (which may take the form of an amendment and restatement
of this Agreement) is necessary or appropriate to facilitate having additional
indebtedness or other obligations (“Additional Debt”) of any of
the Loan Parties become Senior Obligations under this Agreement; provided, that
such Additional Debt is permitted to be incurred by the Senior Credit Agreement
then extant and is permitted by said Senior Credit Agreement to be subject to
the provisions of this Agreement as Senior Obligations.
11.4 Further
Assurances. Each Subordinated Creditor and the Borrower will (in
each case, solely at the expense of the Borrower) and at any time and from time
to time, promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and
take all further action that the Senior Agent may reasonably request, in order
to perfect or otherwise protect any right or interest granted or purported to be
granted hereby or to enable the Senior Agent to exercise and enforce its rights
and remedies hereunder. Each Subordinated Creditor further authorizes the
Senior Agent to file UCC financing statements and any amendments thereto or
continuations thereof with regard to the Subordinated Obligations without any
Subordinated Creditor’s signature.
11.5 Expenses. The
Borrower agrees to pay to the Senior Agent and the Subordinated Lender, upon
demand, the amount of any and all reasonable expenses, including the reasonable
fees and expenses of counsel for the Senior Agent or the Subordinated Lender, as
the case may be, which the Senior Agent or the Subordinated Lender, as the case
may be, may incur in connection with the exercise or enforcement of any of the
rights or interests hereunder of the Senior Agent or the Senior Creditors on the
one hand and the Subordinated Lender or the Subordinated Creditors on the
other.
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11.6 Information Concerning
Financial Condition of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties.
Each of the Subordinated Lender and the Senior Agent hereby assume
responsibility for keeping itself informed of the financial condition of the
Borrower and each of the other Loan Parties and all other circumstances bearing
upon the risk of nonpayment of the Senior Obligations or the Subordinated
Obligations. The Subordinated Lender and the Senior Agent hereby agree
that no party shall have any duty to advise any other party of information known
to it regarding such condition or any such circumstances. In the event the
Subordinated Lender or the Senior Agent, in its sole discretion, undertakes at
any time or from time to time to provide any information to any other party to
this Agreement, it shall be under no obligation (i) to provide any such
information to such other party or any other party on any subsequent occasion,
(ii) to undertake any investigation not a part of its regular business routine,
or (iii) to disclose any other information.
11.7 Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of
the State of New York, except as otherwise required by mandatory provisions of
law and except to the extent that remedies provided by the laws of any
jurisdiction other than the State of New York are governed by the laws of such
jurisdiction.
11.8 Consent to Jurisdiction;
Service of Process. (a) The Subordinated Lender, each Subordinated
Creditor and the Borrower (i) each hereby irrevocably submits to the
jurisdiction of the state courts of the State of New York and the jurisdiction
of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, for
the purpose of any suit, action or other proceeding arising out of or based upon
this Agreement or the subject matter hereof brought by the Senior Agent or its
successors or assigns and (ii) hereby waives and agrees not to assert, by way of
motion, as a defense, or otherwise, in any such suit, action or proceeding, any
claim that it is not subject personally to the jurisdiction of the above-named
courts, that its property is exempt or immune from attachment or execution, that
the suit, action or proceeding is brought in an inconvenient forum, that the
venue of the suit, action or proceeding is improper or that this Agreement or
the subject matter hereof may not be enforced in or by such court, and (iii)
each hereby waives in any such action, suit or proceeding any offsets or
counterclaims which are unrelated to the transactions contemplated
herein.
(b) The
Subordinated Lender, each Subordinated Creditor and the Borrower each hereby
consents to service of process by registered mail at the address to which
notices are to be given. The Subordinated Lender, each Subordinated
Creditor and the Borrower each agrees that its submission to jurisdiction and
its consent to service of process by mail are made for the express benefit of
the Senior Agent and the Senior Creditors. Final judgment against any of
the Subordinated Lender, a Subordinated Creditor or a Loan Party in any such
action, suit or proceeding shall be conclusive, and may be enforced in other
jurisdictions (i) by suit, action or proceeding on the judgment, a certified or
true copy of which shall be conclusive evidence of the fact and of the amount of
any indebtedness or liability of the Subordinated Lender, a Subordinated
Creditor or a Loan Party therein described or (ii) in any other manner provided
by or pursuant to the laws of such other jurisdiction; provided, however, that the
Senior Agent may at its option bring suit, or institute other judicial
proceedings against any of the Subordinated Lender, a Subordinated Creditor or a
Loan Party or any of their respective assets in any state or Federal court of
the United States or of any country or place where such party or their
respective assets may be found.
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(c) The
Subordinated Lender, each Subordinated Creditor and the Borrower further each
covenants and agrees that so long as this Agreement shall be in effect, each
shall maintain a duly appointed agent for the receipt and acceptance on its
behalf of service of summons and other legal processes, and upon failure to do
so the clerk of each court to whose jurisdiction it has submitted shall be
deemed to be its respective designated agent upon whom such process may be
served on its behalf, and notification by the attorney for plaintiff,
complainant or petitioner therein by mail or telegraph to such Subordinated
Creditor or the Borrower of the filing of each suit, action or proceeding shall
be deemed sufficient notice thereof.
11.9 WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL. BECAUSE DISPUTES ARISING IN CONNECTION WITH COMPLEX
FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS ARE MOST QUICKLY AND ECONOMICALLY RESOLVED BY AN
EXPERIENCED AND EXPERT PERSON AND THE PARTIES WISH APPLICABLE STATE AND FEDERAL
LAWS TO APPLY (RATHER THAN ARBITRATION RULES), THE PARTIES DESIRE THAT THEIR
DISPUTES BE RESOLVED BY A JUDGE APPLYING SUCH APPLICABLE LAWS. THEREFORE,
TO ACHIEVE THE BEST COMBINATION OF THE BENEFITS OF THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM AND OF
ARBITRATION, THE PARTIES HERETO WAIVE ALL RIGHT TO TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY ACTION,
SUIT, OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT TO RESOLVE ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUNDING IN
CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, AMONG ANY OF THE PARTIES HERETO ARISING OUT OF,
CONNECTED WITH, RELATED TO, OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP ESTABLISHED AMONG
THEM IN CONNECTION WITH, THIS AGREEMENT.
11.10 Notices. Unless
otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication herein
required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and may be personally
served, telecopied, or sent by overnight express courier service or United
States mail and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or
by courier service, upon receipt of a telecopy or five (5) days after deposit in
the United States mail (certified, with postage prepaid and properly
addressed). For the purposes hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto
(until notice of a change thereof is delivered as provided in this Section)
shall be as set forth below each party’s name on the signature pages hereof, or,
as to each party, at such other address as may be designated by such party in a
written notice to all of the other parties.
11.11 Successors and
Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of each of the parties hereto and each of the Senior Creditors and
Subordinated Creditors and their respective successors and assigns, and nothing
herein is intended, or shall be construed to give, any other Person any right,
remedy or claim under, to or in respect of this Agreement or any Senior
Collateral or TDI Collateral.
11.12 Headings.
Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part
of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, to be taken into
consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
11.13 Severability.
Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in
any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of
such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity,
legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the
invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not
invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
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11.14 Counterparts; Integration;
Effectiveness. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts (and
by different parties hereto on different counterparts), each of which shall
constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a
single contract. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page
of this Agreement by telecopy shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart of this Agreement. This Agreement shall become
effective when it shall have been executed by each party hereto.
11.15 Acknowledgments.
Subordinated Lender agrees that any payments of Senior Obligations made by TDI
shall not be considered a distribution to Borrower. In addition, Senior
Agent has charged a fee for consenting to the acquisition of TDI which Borrower
has paid. TDI shall reimburse Borrower for such fee, and such
reimbursement shall not be deemed a distribution to Borrower. Further, TDI
shall pay all attorneys’ fees and costs incurred by Senior Agent which are
payable by Borrower under the Existing Senior Credit Agreement in connection
with the consent of the Senior Creditors or the Senior Agent to the acquisition
of TDI, including, without limitation, all attorneys’ fees and costs incurred in
connection with Amendment No. 4 to the Existing Senior Credit Agreement which
are payable by Borrower (if any of such attorneys’ fees and costs have been paid
by Borrower, TDI shall reimburse Borrower for such attorneys’ fees and costs and
such reimbursement shall not be deemed a distribution to Borrower).
11.16 Acknowledgment of
Consent. The Senior Agent hereby acknowledges and confirms that the
Senior Creditors have consented to the acquisition by the Borrower of all of the
capital stock of TDI subject to the execution by the Subordinated Lender of this
Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto
have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
JPMORGAN
CHASE BANK, N.A., as Senior Agent for and on behalf of the Senior
Creditors
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HOLLYWOOD
MEDIA CORP., as Subordinated Lender for and on behalf of the Subordinated
Creditors
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Weil,
Gotshal & Xxxxxx LLP
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000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
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Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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Telecopy
No.: (000) 000-0000
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Attention: S.
Xxxxx Xxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxx
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[Signature
pages to Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement]
KEY
BRAND ENTERTAINMENT INC.,
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as
Borrower
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By:
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/s/ Xxxx Xxxx
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Address
for Notices:
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Key
Brand Entertainment Inc.
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0000
Xxxxxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx
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Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 0000
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Attention: Xxxx
Xxxx and Xxxx Xxxxx
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Telecopy
No.: (000) 000-0000
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With
a copy to:
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Key
Brand Entertainment Inc.
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00000
Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
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Xxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
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Attention:
Xxx XxXxxxx and Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx, Esq.
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Telecopy
No.: (000)
000-0000
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[Signature
pages to Subordination and Intercreditor Agreement]