Exhibit 10.10
EXECUTION VERSION
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
Intercreditor Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of July 28, 2014, among JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, with its successors and assigns, and as more specifically defined below, the “First Priority Representative”) for the First Priority Secured Parties (as defined below), CORTLAND CAPITAL MARKET SERVICES LLC, as Administrative Agent (in such capacity, with its successors and assigns, and as more specifically defined below, the “Second Priority Representative”) for the Second Priority Secured Parties (as defined below), AMEDISYS, INC. and AMEDISYS HOLDING, L.L.C. (collectively, the “Borrower”) and each of the other Loan Parties (as defined below) party hereto.
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the First Priority Representative and certain financial institutions and other entities are parties to that certain Credit Agreement among the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and the First Priority Representative as Administrative Agent dated as of October 26, 2012 (as amended, the “Existing First Priority Agreement”), pursuant to which such financial institutions and other entities have agreed to make loans and extend other financial accommodations to the Borrower; and
WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Second Priority Representative and certain financial institutions and other entities are parties to that certain Second Lien Credit Agreement among the Borrower, the Lenders party thereto and the Second Priority Representative as Administrative Agent dated as of the date hereof (the “Existing Second Priority Agreement”), pursuant to which such financial institutions and other entities have agreed to make loans to the Borrower; and
WHEREAS, the Borrower and the other Loan Parties have granted to the First Priority Representative security interests in the Common Collateral as security for payment and performance of the First Priority Obligations; and
WHEREAS, the Borrower and the other Loan Parties propose to grant to the Second Priority Representative junior security interests in the Common Collateral as security for payment and performance of the Second Priority Obligations; and
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:
“Additional First Priority Agreement” means any agreement approved for designation as such by the First Priority Representative and the Second Priority Representative.
“Additional Second Priority Agreement” means any agreement approved for designation as such by the First Priority Representative and the Second Priority Representative.
“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.
“Buyout Proceeding” means (1) any case commenced by or against a Borrower or any other Loan Party under the Bankruptcy Code or any other bankruptcy law, any other proceeding for the reorganization, recapitalization or adjustment or marshalling of the assets or liabilities of a Borrower or any other Loan Party, any receivership or assignment for the benefit of creditors relating to a Borrower or any other Loan Party or any similar case or proceeding relative to a Borrower or any other Loan Party or its creditors, as such, in each case whether or not voluntary, provided in the case of any involuntary proceeding commenced against a Borrower or any other Loan Party, such proceeding remains undismissed for a period of 60 days, (2) any liquidation, dissolution, marshalling of assets or liabilities or other winding up of or relating to a Borrower or any other Loan Party, in each case whether or not voluntary and whether or not involving bankruptcy or insolvency, other than such liquidations and dissolutions of Loan Parties as may be permitted by the First Priority Agreement or (3) any other proceeding of any type or nature in which substantially all claims of creditors of any Borrower or any other Loan Party are determined and any payment or distribution is or may be made on account of such claims.
“Cash Management Obligations” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any obligations of such Loan Party owed to any First Priority Secured Party (or any of its affiliates) in respect of treasury management arrangements, depositary or other cash management services.
“Common Collateral” means all assets that are both First Priority Collateral and Second Priority Collateral.
“Comparable Second Priority Security Document” means, in relation to any Common Collateral subject to any First Priority Security Document, that Second Priority Security Document that creates a security interest in the same Common Collateral, granted by the same Loan Party, as applicable.
“DIP Financing” has the meaning set forth in Section 5.2.
“Effective Yield” has the meaning set forth in the First Priority Agreement.
“Enforcement Action” means, with respect to the First Priority Obligations or the Second Priority Obligations, any demand for payment or acceleration thereof, the exercise of any rights and remedies securing such obligations or the commencement or prosecution of enforcement of any of the rights and remedies with respect to the Common Collateral under, as applicable, the First Priority Documents or the Second Priority Documents, or applicable law, including without limitation the exercise of any rights of set-off or recoupment, and the exercise of any rights or remedies of a secured creditor under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction or under the Bankruptcy Code.
“Existing First Priority Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the first WHEREAS clause of this Agreement.
“Existing Second Priority Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the second WHEREAS clause of this Agreement.
“First Priority Agreement” means the collective reference to (a) the Existing First Priority Agreement, (b) any Additional First Priority Agreement and (c) any other credit agreement, loan agreement, note agreement, promissory note, indenture or other agreement or instrument evidencing or governing the terms of any indebtedness or other financial accommodation that has been incurred to extend, replace, refinance or refund in whole or in part the indebtedness and other obligations outstanding under the Existing First Priority Agreement, any Additional First Priority Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to in this clause (c) unless such agreement or instrument expressly provides that it is not intended to be and is not a First Priority Agreement hereunder (a “Replacement First Priority Agreement”). Any reference to the First Priority Agreement hereunder shall be deemed a reference to any First Priority Agreement then extant.
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“First Priority Collateral” means all assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, in which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted to any First Priority Secured Party as security for any First Priority Obligation.
“First Priority Creditors” means the “Lenders” as defined in the First Priority Agreement, or any Persons that are designated under the First Priority Agreement as the “First Priority Creditors” for purposes of this Agreement.
“First Priority Documents” means the First Priority Agreement, each First Priority Security Document and each First Priority Guarantee.
“First Priority Guarantee” means any guarantee by any Loan Party of any or all of the First Priority Obligations.
“First Priority Lien” means any Lien created by the First Priority Security Documents.
“First Priority Obligations” means the “Obligations” as defined in the First Priority Agreement, and shall also include to the extent not otherwise included (a) all principal of and interest (including without limitation any Post-Petition Interest) and premium (if any) on all loans made pursuant to the First Priority Agreement, (b) all reimbursement obligations (if any) and interest thereon (including without limitation any Post-Petition Interest) with respect to any letter of credit or similar instruments issued pursuant to the First Priority Agreement, (c) all Hedging Obligations, (d) all Cash Management Obligations and (e) all guarantee obligations, fees, expenses and other amounts payable from time to time pursuant to the First Priority Documents, in each case whether or not allowed or allowable in an Insolvency Proceeding. To the extent any payment with respect to any First Priority Obligation (whether by or on behalf of any Loan Party, as proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise) is declared to be a fraudulent conveyance or a preference in any respect, set aside or required to be paid to a debtor in possession, any Second Priority Secured Party, receiver or similar Person, then the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall, for the purposes of this Agreement and the rights and obligations of the First Priority Secured Parties and the Second Priority Secured Parties, be deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not occurred.
“First Priority Obligations Payment Date” means the first date on which (a) the First Priority Obligations (other than those that constitute Unasserted Contingent Obligations) have been indefeasibly paid in cash in full (or cash collateralized or defeased in accordance with the terms of the First Priority Documents), (b) all commitments to extend credit under the First Priority Documents have been terminated, (c) there are no outstanding letters of credit or similar instruments issued under the First Priority Documents (other than such as have been cash collateralized or defeased in accordance with the terms of the First Priority Security Documents), and (d) the First Priority Representative has delivered a written notice to the Second Priority Representative stating that the events described in clauses (a), (b) and (c) have occurred to the satisfaction of the First Priority Secured Parties.
“First Priority Representative” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof. In the case of any Replacement First Priority Agreement, the First Priority Representative shall be the Person identified as such in such Agreement.
“First Priority Secured Parties” means the First Priority Representative, the First Priority Creditors and any other holders of the First Priority Obligations.
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“First Priority Security Documents” means the “Security Documents” as defined in the First Priority Agreement, and any other documents that are designated under the First Priority Agreement as “First Priority Security Documents” for purposes of this Agreement.
“Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Loan Party, any obligations of such Loan Party owed to any First Priority 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.
“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 of the Borrower that is now or hereafter becomes a party to any First Priority Document or Second Priority Document. All references in this Agreement to any Loan Party shall include such Loan Party as a debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for such Loan Party in any Insolvency Proceeding.
“Person” means any person, individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint venture, corporation, limited liability company, unincorporated organization, association, institution, entity, party, including any government and any political subdivision, agency or instrumentality thereof.
“Post-Petition Interest” means any interest or entitlement to fees or expenses or other charges that accrues after the commencement of any Insolvency Proceeding, whether or not allowed or allowable in any such Insolvency Proceeding.
“Replacement First Priority Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the definition of “First Priority Agreement”.
“Second Priority Agreement” means the collective reference to (a) the Existing Second Priority Agreement, (b) any Additional Second Priority Agreement and (c) any other credit agreement, loan agreement, note agreement, promissory note, indenture, or other agreement or instrument evidencing or governing the terms of any indebtedness or other financial accommodation that has been incurred to extend, replace, refinance or refund in whole or in part the indebtedness and other obligations outstanding under the Existing Second Priority Agreement, any Additional Second Priority Agreement or any other agreement or instrument referred to in this clause (c). Any reference to the Second Priority Agreement hereunder shall be deemed a reference to any Second Priority Agreement then extant.
“Second Priority Collateral” means all assets, whether now owned or hereafter acquired by the Borrower or any other Loan Party, in which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted to any Second Priority Secured Party as security for any Second Priority Obligation.
“Second Priority Creditors” means the “Lenders” as defined in the Second Priority Agreement, or any Persons that are designated under the Second Priority Agreement as the “Second Priority Creditors” for purposes of this Agreement.
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“Second Priority Documents” means each Second Priority Agreement, each Second Priority Security Document and each Second Priority Guarantee.
“Second Priority Guarantee” means any guarantee by any Loan Party of any or all of the Second Priority Obligations.
“Second Priority Lien” means any Lien created by the Second Priority Security Documents.
“Second Priority Obligations” means (a) all principal of and interest (including without limitation any Post-Petition Interest) and premium (if any) on all indebtedness under the Second Priority Agreement, and (b) all guarantee obligations, fees, expenses and other amounts payable from time to time pursuant to the Second Priority Documents, in each case whether or not allowed or allowable in an Insolvency Proceeding. To the extent any payment with respect to any Second Priority Obligation (whether by or on behalf of any Loan Party, as proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise) is declared to be a fraudulent conveyance or a preference in any respect, set aside or required to be paid to a debtor in possession, any First Priority Secured Party, receiver or similar Person, then the obligation or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall, for the purposes of this Agreement and the rights and obligations of the First Priority Secured Parties and the Second Priority Secured Parties, be deemed to be reinstated and outstanding as if such payment had not occurred.
“Second Priority Representative” has the meaning set forth in the introductory paragraph hereof, but shall also include any Person identified as a “Second Priority Representative” in any Second Priority Agreement other than the Existing Second Priority Agreement.
“Second Priority Secured Party” means the Second Priority Representative, the Second Priority Creditors and any other holders of the Second Priority Obligations.
“Second Priority Security Documents” means the “Security Documents” as defined in the Second Priority Agreement and any documents that are designated under the Second Priority Agreement as “Second Priority Security Documents” for purposes of this Agreement.
“Secured Parties” means the First Priority Secured Parties and the Second Priority Secured Parties.
“Unasserted Contingent Obligations” shall mean, at any time, First Priority Obligations for taxes, costs, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities (excluding (a) the principal of, and interest and premium (if any) on, and fees and expenses relating to, any First Priority Obligation and (b) 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 First Priority Obligations for indemnification, no notice for indemnification has been issued by the indemnitee) at such time.
“Uniform Commercial Code” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the applicable jurisdiction.
1.2Amended 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.
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SECTION 2. Lien Priorities.
2.1Subordination of Liens. (a) Any and all Liens now existing or hereafter created or arising in favor of any Second Priority Secured Party securing the Second Priority Obligations, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise are expressly junior in priority, operation and effect to any and all Liens now existing or hereafter created or arising in favor of the First Priority Secured Parties securing the First Priority Obligations, notwithstanding (i) anything to the contrary contained in any agreement or filing to which any Second Priority Secured Party may now or hereafter be a party, and regardless of the time, order or method of grant, attachment, recording or perfection of any financing statements or other security interests, assignments, pledges, deeds, mortgages and other liens, charges or encumbrances or any defect or deficiency or alleged defect or deficiency in any of the foregoing, (ii) any provision of the Uniform Commercial Code or any applicable law or any First Priority Document or Second Priority Document or any other circumstance whatsoever and (iii) the fact that any such Liens in favor of any First Priority Secured Party securing any of the First Priority Obligations are (x) subordinated to any Lien securing any obligation of any Loan Party other than the Second Priority Obligations or (y) otherwise subordinated, voided, avoided, invalidated or lapsed.
(b) No First Priority Secured Party or Second Priority Secured Party shall object to or contest, or support any other Person in contesting or objecting to, in any proceeding (including without limitation, any Insolvency Proceeding), the validity, extent, perfection, priority or enforceability of any security interest in the Common Collateral granted to the other. Notwithstanding any failure by any First Priority Secured Party or Second Priority Secured Party to perfect its security interests in the Common Collateral or any avoidance, invalidation or subordination by any third party or court of competent jurisdiction of the security interests in the Common Collateral granted to the First Priority Secured Parties or the Second Priority Secured Parties, the priority and rights as between the First Priority Secured Parties and the Second Priority Secured Parties with respect to the Common Collateral shall be as set forth herein.
2.2Nature of First Priority Obligations. The Second Priority Representative on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties acknowledges that a portion of the First Priority Obligations represents debt that is revolving in nature and that the amount thereof that may be outstanding at any time or from time to time may be increased or reduced and subsequently reborrowed, and that the terms of the First Priority Obligations may be modified, extended or amended from time to time, and that the aggregate amount of the First Priority Obligations may be increased, replaced or refinanced, in each event, without notice to or consent by the Second Priority Secured Parties and without affecting the provisions hereof. The lien priorities provided in Section 2.1 shall not be altered or otherwise affected by any such amendment, modification, supplement, extension, repayment, reborrowing, increase, replacement, renewal, restatement or refinancing of either the First Priority Obligations or the Second Priority Obligations, or any portion thereof.
2.3Agreements Regarding Actions to Perfect Liens. (a) The Second Priority Representative on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties agrees that UCC-1 financing statements, patent, trademark or copyright filings or other filings or recordings filed or recorded by or on behalf of the Second Priority Representative shall be in form satisfactory to the First Priority Representative.
(b) The Second Priority Representative agrees on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties that all mortgages, deeds of trust, deeds and similar instruments (collectively, “mortgages”) now or thereafter filed against real property in favor of or for the benefit of the Second Priority Representative shall be in form satisfactory to the First Priority Representative and shall contain the following notation: “The lien created by this mortgage on the property described herein is junior and subordinate to the lien on such property created by any mortgage, deed of trust or similar instrument now or hereafter granted to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent, and its successors and assigns, in such property, in accordance with the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement dated as of July 28, 2014 among JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Administrative Agent for the First Priority Secured Parties referred to therein, Cortland Capital Market Services LLC, as Administrative Agent for the Second Priority Secured Parties referred to therein, and the Loan Parties referred to therein, as amended from time to time.”
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(c) The First Priority Representative hereby acknowledges that, to the extent that it holds, or a third party holds on its behalf, physical possession of or “control” (as defined in the Uniform Commercial Code) over Common Collateral pursuant to the First Priority Security Documents, such possession or control is also for the benefit of the Second Priority Representative and the other Second Priority Secured Parties solely to the extent required to perfect their security interest in such Common Collateral. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall be construed to impose any duty on the First Priority Representative (or any third party acting on its behalf) with respect to such Common Collateral or provide the Second Priority Representative or any other Second Priority Secured Party with any rights with respect to such Common Collateral beyond those specified in this Agreement and the Second Priority Security Documents,provided that subsequent to the occurrence of the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, the First Priority Representative shall (i) deliver to the Second Priority Representative, at the Borrower’s sole cost and expense, the Common Collateral in its possession or control together with any necessary endorsements to the extent required by the Second Priority Documents or (ii) direct and deliver such Common Collateral as a court of competent jurisdiction otherwise directs, andprovided,further, that the provisions of this Agreement are intended solely to govern the respective Lien priorities as between the First Priority Secured Parties and the Second Priority Secured Parties and shall not impose on the First Priority Secured Parties any obligations in respect of the disposition of any Common Collateral (or any proceeds thereof) that would conflict with prior perfected Liens or any claims thereon in favor of any other Person that is not a Secured Party.
2.4No New Liens. So long as the First Priority Obligations Payment Date has not occurred, the parties hereto agree that (a) there shall be no Lien, and no Loan Party shall have any right to create any Lien, on any assets of any Loan Party securing any Second Priority Obligation if these same assets are not subject to, and do not become subject to, a Lien securing the First Priority Obligations and (b) if any Second Priority Secured Party shall acquire or hold any Lien on any assets of any Loan Party securing any Second Priority Obligation which assets are not also subject to the first-priority Lien of the First Priority Representative under the First Priority Documents, then the Second Priority Representative, upon demand by the First Priority Representative, will without the need for any further consent of any other Second Priority Secured Party, notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any other Second Priority Document either (i) release such Lien or (ii) assign it to the First Priority Representative as security for the First Priority Obligations (in which case the Second Priority Representative may retain a junior lien on such assets subject to the terms hereof). To the extent that the foregoing provisions are not complied with for any reason, without limiting any other rights and remedies available to the First Priority Secured Parties, the Second Priority Representative and the other Second Priority Secured Parties agree that any amounts received by or distributed to any of them pursuant to or as a result of Liens granted in contravention of this Section 2.4 shall be subject to Section 4.1.
SECTION 3.Enforcement Rights.
3.1Exclusive Enforcement. Until the First Priority Obligations Payment Date has occurred, whether or not an Insolvency Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Loan Party, the First Priority Secured Parties shall have the exclusive right to take and continue any Enforcement Action, without any consultation with or consent of any Second Priority Secured Party, but subject to the provisos set forth in Sections 3.2 and 5.1. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of a default or an event of default under the First Priority Documents, the First Priority Representative and the other First Priority Secured Parties may take and continue any Enforcement Action with respect to the First Priority Obligations and the Common Collateral in such order and manner as they may determine in their sole discretion.
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3.2Standstill and Waivers. The Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties, agrees that, until the First Priority Obligations Payment Date has occurred, subject to the provisos set forth in this Section 3.2 and Section 5.1:
(a) they will not take or cause to be taken any Enforcement Action;
(b) they will not take or cause to be taken any action, the purpose or effect of which is to make any Lien in respect of any Second Priority Obligation pari passu with or senior to, or to give any Second Priority Secured Party any preference or priority relative to, the Liens with respect to the First Priority Obligations or the First Priority Secured Parties with respect to any of the Common Collateral;
(c) they will not contest, oppose, object to, interfere with, hinder or delay, in any manner, whether by judicial proceedings (including without limitation the filing of an Insolvency Proceeding) or otherwise, any foreclosure, sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Common Collateral by any First Priority Secured Party or any other Enforcement Action taken (or any forbearance from taking any Enforcement Action) by or on behalf of any First Priority Secured Party;
(d) they have no right to (i) direct either the First Priority Representative or any other First Priority Secured Party to exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to the Common Collateral or pursuant to the First Priority Security Documents or (ii) consent or object to the exercise by the First Priority Representative or any other First Priority Secured Party of any right, remedy or power with respect to the Common Collateral or pursuant to the First Priority Security Documents or to the timing or manner in which any such right is exercised or not exercised (or, to the extent they may have any such right described in this clause (d), whether as a junior lien creditor or otherwise, they hereby irrevocably waive such right);
(e) they will not institute any suit or other proceeding or assert in any suit, Insolvency Proceeding or other proceeding any claim against any First Priority Secured Party seeking damages from or other relief by way of specific performance, instructions or otherwise, with respect to, and no First Priority Secured Party shall be liable for, any action taken or omitted to be taken by any First Priority Secured Party with respect to the Common Collateral or pursuant to the First Priority Documents; and
(f) they will not seek, and hereby waive any right, to have the Common Collateral or any part thereof marshaled upon any foreclosure or other disposition of the Common Collateral.
provided that, notwithstanding the foregoing, any Second Priority Secured Party may exercise its rights and remedies in respect of the Common Collateral under the Second Priority Security Documents or applicable law after the passage of a period of 180 days (the “Standstill Period”) from the date of delivery of a notice in writing to the First Priority Representative of its intention to exercise such rights and remedies, which notice may only be delivered following the occurrence of and during the continuation of an “Event of Default” under and as defined in the Second Priority Agreement;provided,further, however, that, notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall any Second Priority Secured Party exercise or continue to exercise any such rights or remedies if, notwithstanding the expiration of the Standstill Period, (i) any First Priority Secured Party shall have commenced and be diligently pursuing the exercise of any of its rights and remedies with respect to any of the Common Collateral (prompt notice of such exercise to be given to the Second Priority Representative) or (ii) an Insolvency Proceeding in respect of any Loan Party shall have been commenced; andprovided,further, that in any Insolvency Proceeding commenced by or against any Loan Party, the Second Priority Representative and the Second Priority Secured Parties may take any action expressly permitted by Section 5.
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3.3Judgment Creditors. In the event that any Second Priority Secured Party becomes a judgment lien creditor as a result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor, such judgment lien shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement for all purposes (including in relation to the First Priority Liens and the First Priority Obligations) to the same extent as all other Liens securing the Second Priority Obligations are subject to the terms of this Agreement.
3.4Cooperation. The Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties, agrees that each of them shall take such actions as the First Priority Representative shall request in connection with the exercise by the First Priority Secured Parties of their rights set forth herein.
3.5Purchase Right. Without prejudice to the enforcement of the First Priority Secured Parties’ remedies, the First Priority Representative, on behalf of the First Priority Secured Parties, agrees that following (i) the acceleration of the First Priority Obligations in accordance with the terms of the First Priority Documents or (ii) the commencement of a Buyout Proceeding (each, a “Purchase Event”), within thirty (30) days of the Purchase Event, one or more of the Second Priority Secured Parties may request, and the First Priority Secured Parties shall offer the Second Priority Secured Parties the option, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the aggregate amount of outstanding First Priority Obligations outstanding at the time of purchase at par, without warranty or representation or recourse (except for representations and warranties required to be made by assigning lenders pursuant to the Assignment and Assumption (as such term is defined in the First Priority Agreement));provided that the following conditions are satisfied:
| (a) | each First Priority Secured Party shall receive payment of an amount equal to the outstanding principal amount of its loans and participations in L/C Disbursements and Swingline Loans (as each such term is defined in the First Priority Agreement) (including, in the case of the Swingline Lender (as defined in the First Priority Agreement), the outstanding principal amount of its Swingline Loans), accrued interest thereon, accrued fees and all other amounts payable to it under the First Priority Documents, together with all other First Priority Obligations owed to it, including, without limitation, such First Priority Obligations owed in respect of Specified Cash Management Agreements (as defined in the First Priority Agreement), but excluding, at such First Priority Secured Party’s option, First Priority Obligations owed in respect of Specified Swap Agreements (as defined in the First Priority Agreement), which may remain outstanding and secured in accordance with the terms of the First Priority Documents; |
| (b) | the Second Priority Secured Parties shall have appointed a successor agent that shall, effective as of the purchase of the First Priority Obligations, succeed to the rights, powers and duties of the First Priority Representative, in its capacity as administrative agent under the First Priority Documents and in its capacity as “First Priority Representative” hereunder, and the former First Priority Representative’s rights, powers and duties as administrative agent under First Priority Documents and as First Priority Representative hereunder shall be terminated (other than such rights that continue to inure to its benefit as expressly provided in the First Priority Documents), and the First Priority Representative shall have no further obligations under the First Priority Documents or hereunder, in each case, without any other or further act or deed on the part of such former First Priority Representative or any other Person; and |
| (c) | the Issuing Lender (as such term is defined in the First Priority Agreement) shall have received an amount of cash collateral equal to 105% of the L/C Obligations (as such term is defined in the First Priority Agreement) of any letters of credit outstanding under the First Priority Agreement at such time, to be held as security for payment of the Borrowers’ obligations to reimburse the Issuing Lender for amounts drawn on such letters of credit. |
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If such right is exercised, the parties shall endeavor to close promptly thereafter but in any event within ten (10) Business Days of the request. If one or more of the Second Priority Secured Parties exercise such purchase right, it shall be exercised pursuant to documentation mutually acceptable to each of the First Priority Representative and the Second Priority Representative, subject to any consent rights of the Borrowers under the First Priority Agreement or any applicable First Priority Document. Such documentation shall include a release in favor of the First Priority Secured Parties from the Second Priority Secured Parties of any and all claims, demands, damages, actions, cross-actions, causes of action, costs and expenses (including legal expenses), of any kind or nature whatsoever, arising directly or indirectly out of the First Priority Documents, or any other documents, instruments or any other transactions relating thereto, except those based on any representations and warranties expressly set forth in the Assignment and Assumption. If none of the Second Priority Secured Parties timely exercise such right, the First Priority Secured Parties shall have no further obligations pursuant to this Section 3.5 for such Purchase Event and may take any further actions in their sole discretion in accordance with the First Priority Documents and this Agreement.
3.6No Additional Rights For the Loan Parties Hereunder. Except as provided in Section 3.7, if any First Priority Secured Party or Second Priority Secured Party shall enforce its rights or remedies in violation of the terms of this Agreement, no Loan Party shall be entitled to use such violation as a defense to any action by any First Priority Secured Party or Second Priority Secured Party, nor to assert such violation as a counterclaim or basis for set off or recoupment against any First Priority Secured Party or Second Priority Secured Party.
3.7Actions Upon Breach. (a) If any Second Priority Secured Party, contrary to this Agreement, commences or participates in any action or proceeding against any Loan Party or the Common Collateral, such Loan Party, with the prior written consent of the First Priority Secured Representative, may interpose as a defense or dilatory plea the making of this Agreement, and any First Priority Secured Party may intervene and interpose such defense or plea in its or their name or in the name of such Loan Party.
(b) Should any Second Priority Secured Party, contrary to this Agreement, in any way take, attempt to or threaten to take any action with respect to the Common Collateral (including, without limitation, any attempt to realize upon or enforce any remedy with respect to this Agreement), or fail to take any action required by this Agreement, any First Priority Secured Party (in its own name or in the name of the relevant Loan Party) or the relevant Loan Party may obtain relief against such Second Priority Secured Party by injunction, specific performance and/or other appropriate equitable relief, it being understood and agreed by the Second Priority Representative on behalf of each Second Priority Secured Party that (i) the First Priority Secured Parties’ damages from its actions may at that time be difficult to ascertain and may be irreparable, and (ii) each Second Priority Secured Party waives any defense that the Loan Parties and/or the First Priority Secured Parties cannot demonstrate damage and/or be made whole by the awarding of damages.
SECTION 4.Application Of Proceeds Of Common Collateral; Dispositions And Releases Of Common Collateral; Inspection and Insurance.
4.1Application of Proceeds; Turnover Provisions.All proceeds of Common Collateral (including without limitation any interest earned thereon) resulting from the sale, collection or other disposition of Common Collateral, whether or not pursuant to an Insolvency Proceeding, shall be distributed as follows:first to the First Priority Representative for application to the First Priority Obligations in accordance with the terms of the First Priority Documents, until the First Priority Obligations Payment Date has occurred andthereafter, to the Second Priority Representative for application in accordance with the Second Priority Documents. Until the occurrence of the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, any Common Collateral, including without limitation any such Common Collateral constituting proceeds, that may be received by any Second Priority Secured Party in violation
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of this Agreement shall be segregated and held in trust and promptly paid over to the First Priority Representative, for the benefit of the First Priority Secured Parties, in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements, and each Second Priority Secured Party hereby authorizes the First Priority Representative to make any such endorsements as agent for the Second Priority Representative (which authorization, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable).
4.2Releases of Second Priority Lien. (a) Upon any release, sale or disposition of Common Collateral permitted pursuant to the terms of the First Priority Documents that results in the release of the First Priority Lien on any Common Collateral (excluding any sale or other disposition that is expressly prohibited by the Second Priority Agreement as in effect on the date hereof unless such sale or disposition is consummated in connection with an Enforcement Action or consummated after the institution of any Insolvency Proceeding), the Second Priority Lien on such Common Collateral (excluding any portion of the proceeds of such Common Collateral remaining after the First Priority Obligations Payment Date occurs) shall be automatically and unconditionally released with no further consent or action of any Person.
(b) The Second Priority Representative shall promptly execute and deliver such release documents and instruments and shall take such further actions as the First Priority Representative shall request to evidence any release of the Second Priority Lien described in paragraph (a). The Second Priority Representative hereby appoints the First Priority Representative and any officer or duly authorized person of the First Priority Representative, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power of attorney in the place and stead of the Second Priority Representative and in the name of the Second Priority Representative or in the First Priority Representative’s own name, from time to time, in the First Priority Representative’s sole discretion, for the purposes of carrying out the terms of this Section 4.2, to take any and all appropriate action and to execute and deliver any and all documents and instruments as may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of this Section 4.2, including, without limitation, any financing statements, endorsements, assignments, releases or other documents or instruments of transfer (which appointment, being coupled with an interest, is irrevocable).
4.3Inspection Rights and Insurance. (a) Any First Priority Secured Party and its representatives and invitees may at any time inspect, repossess, remove and otherwise deal with the Common Collateral, and the First Priority Representative may advertise and conduct public auctions or private sales of the Common Collateral, in each case without notice to, the involvement of or interference by any Second Priority Secured Party or liability to any Second Priority Secured Party.
(b) Until the First Priority Obligations Payment Date has occurred, the First Priority Representative 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 Second Priority Representative shall have the right to be named as additional insured and loss payee so long as its second lien status is identified in a manner satisfactory to the First Priority Representative); (ii) to adjust or settle any insurance policy or claim covering the Common Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and (iii) to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the Common Collateral.
SECTION 5.Insolvency Proceedings.
5.1Filing of Motions. Until the First Priority Obligations Payment Date has occurred, the Second Priority Representative agrees on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties that no Second Priority Secured Party shall, in or in connection with any Insolvency Proceeding, file any pleadings or motions, take any position at any hearing or proceeding of any nature, or otherwise take any action whatsoever, in each case that (a) violates, or is prohibited by, this Section 5 (or, in the absence of an Insolvency Proceeding, otherwise would violate or be prohibited by this Agreement), (b) asserts any
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right, benefit or privilege that arises in favor of the Second Priority Representative or Second Priority Secured Parties, in whole or in part, as a result of their interest in the Common Collateral or in the Second Priority Lien (unless the assertion of such right is expressly permitted by this Agreement) or (c) challenges the validity, priority, enforceability or voidability of any Liens or claims held by the First Priority Representative or any other First Priority Secured Party, or the extent to which the First Priority Obligations constitute secured claims under Section 506(a) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise;provided that the Second Priority Representative may file a proof of claim in an Insolvency Proceeding, subject to the limitations contained in this Agreement and only if consistent with the terms and the limitations on the Second Priority Representative imposed hereby.
5.2Financing Matters.If any Loan Party becomes subject to any Insolvency Proceeding, and if the First Priority Representative or the other First Priority Secured Parties desire to consent (or not object) to the use of cash collateral under the Bankruptcy Code or to provide financing to any Loan Party under the Bankruptcy Code or to consent (or not object) to the provision of such financing to any Loan Party by any third party (any such financing, “DIP Financing”), then the Second Priority Representative agrees, on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties, that each Second Priority Secured Party (a) will be deemed to have consented to, will raise no objection to, nor support any other Person objecting to, the use of such cash collateral or to such DIP Financing, (b) will not request or accept adequate protection or any other relief in connection with the use of such cash collateral or such DIP Financing except as set forth in paragraph 5.4 below and (c) will subordinate (and will be deemed hereunder to have subordinated) the Second Priority Liens (i) to such DIP Financing on the same terms as the First Priority Liens are subordinated thereto (and such subordination will not alter in any manner the terms of this Agreement), (ii) to any adequate protection provided to the First Priority Secured Parties and (iii) to any “carve-out” agreed to by the First Priority Representative or the other First Priority Secured Parties, and (d) agrees that notice received two calendar days prior to the entry of an order approving such usage of cash collateral or approving such financing shall be adequate notice.
5.3Relief From the Automatic Stay. The Second Priority Representative agrees, on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties, that none of them will seek relief from the automatic stay or from any other stay in any Insolvency Proceeding or take any action in derogation thereof, in each case in respect of any Common Collateral, without the prior written consent of the First Priority Representative.
5.4Adequate Protection. The Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties, agrees that none of them shall object, contest, or support any other Person objecting to or contesting, (a) any request by the First Priority Representative or the other First Priority Secured Parties for adequate protection or any adequate protection provided to the First Priority Representative or the other First Priority Secured Parties or (b) any objection by the First Priority Representative or any other First Priority Secured Parties to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on a claim of a lack of adequate protection or (c) the payment of interest, fees, expenses or other amounts to the First Priority Representative or any other First Priority Secured Party under Section 506(b) or 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section and in Section 5.2(b) (but subject to all other provisions of this Agreement, including, without limitation, Sections 5.2(a) and 5.3), in any Insolvency Proceeding, (i) if the First Priority Secured Parties (or any subset thereof) are granted adequate protection consisting of additional collateral (with replacement liens on such additional collateral) and superpriority claims in connection with any DIP Financing or use of cash collateral, and the First Priority Secured Parties do not object to the adequate protection being provided to them, then in connection with any such DIP Financing or use of cash collateral the Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and any of the Second Priority Secured Parties, may seek or accept adequate protection consisting solely of (x) a replacement Lien on the same additional collateral, subordinated to the Liens securing the First Priority Obligations and such DIP Financing on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second Priority Obligations are so subordinated to the First Priority Obligations under this Agreement, (y) superpriority claims junior in all respects to the superpriority
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claims granted to the First Priority Secured Parties and (z) subject to the right of the First Priority Secured Parties to object thereto, the payment of post-petition interest at the pre-default rate (provided, in the case of this clause (z), that the First Priority Secured Parties have been granted adequate protection in the form of post-petition interest at a rate no lower than the pre-default rate),provided,however, that the Second Priority Representative shall have irrevocably agreed, pursuant to Section 1129(a)(9) of the Bankruptcy Code, on behalf of itself and the Second Priority Secured Parties, in any stipulation and/or order granting such adequate protection, that such junior superpriority claims may be paid under any plan of reorganization in any combination of cash, debt, equity or other property having a value on the effective date of such plan equal to the allowed amount of such claims and (ii) in the event the Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and the Second Priority Secured Parties, seeks or accepts adequate protection in accordance with clause (i) above and such adequate protection is granted in the form of additional collateral, then the Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself or any of the Second Priority Secured Parties, agrees that the First Priority Representative shall also be granted a senior Lien on such additional collateral as security for the First Priority Obligations and any such DIP Financing and that any Lien on such additional collateral securing the Second Priority Obligations shall be subordinated to the Liens on such collateral securing the First Priority Obligations and any such DIP Financing (and all Obligations relating thereto) and any other Liens granted to the First Priority Secured Parties as adequate protection, with such subordination to be on the same terms that the other Liens securing the Second Priority Obligations are subordinated to such First Priority Obligations under this Agreement. The Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties, agrees that except as expressly set forth in this Section none of them shall seek or accept adequate protection.
5.5Avoidance Issues. If any First Priority Secured Party is required in any Insolvency Proceeding or otherwise to disgorge, turn over or otherwise pay to the estate of any Loan Party, 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 set-off or otherwise, then the First Priority Obligations shall be reinstated to the extent of such Recovery and deemed to be outstanding as if such payment had not occurred and the First Priority Obligations Payment Date shall be deemed not to have occurred. If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties hereto. The Second Priority Secured Parties 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.
5.6Asset Dispositions in an Insolvency Proceeding. In an Insolvency Proceeding, neither the Second Priority Representative nor any other Second Priority Secured Party shall oppose any sale or disposition of any assets of any Loan Party that is supported by the First Priority Secured Parties, and the Second Priority Representative and each other Second Priority Secured Party will be deemed to have consented under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code (and otherwise) to any sale supported by the First Priority Secured Parties and to have released their Liens on such assets.
5.7Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classification. Each Secured Party acknowledges and agrees that (a) the grants of Liens pursuant to the First Priority Security Documents and the Second Priority Security Documents constitute two separate and distinct grants of Liens and (b) because of, among other things, their differing rights in the Common Collateral, the First Priority Obligations and the Second Priority Obligations are fundamentally different from each other and must be separately classified in any plan of reorganization proposed or adopted in an Insolvency Proceeding. To further effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the immediately preceding sentence, if it is held that the claims of the First Priority Secured Parties and Second Priority Secured Parties in respect of the
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Common Collateral constitute only one secured claim (rather than separate classes of senior and junior secured claims), then the Second Priority Secured Parties 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 Common Collateral, with the effect being that, to the extent that the aggregate value of the Common Collateral is sufficient (for this purpose ignoring all claims held by the Second Priority Secured Parties), the First Priority Secured Parties shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts owing in respect of Post-Petition Interest before any distribution is made in respect of the claims held by the Second Priority Secured Parties. The Second Priority Secured Parties hereby acknowledge and agree to turn over to the First Priority Secured Parties amounts otherwise received or receivable by them to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of the preceding sentence, even if such turnover has the effect of reducing the claim or recovery of the Second Priority Secured Parties.
5.8No Waivers of Rights of First Priority Secured Parties. Nothing contained herein shall prohibit or in any way limit the First Priority Representative or any other First Priority Secured Party from objecting in any Insolvency Proceeding or otherwise to any action taken by any Second Priority Secured Party not expressly permitted hereunder, including the seeking by any Second Priority Secured Party of adequate protection (except as provided in Section 5.4).
5.9Plans of Reorganization. No Second Priority Secured Party shall support or vote in favor of any plan or reorganization (and each shall be deemed to have voted to reject any plan of reorganization) unless such Plan (a) pays off, in cash in full, all First Priority Obligations or (b) is accepted by the class of holders of First Priority Obligations voting thereon and is supported by the First Priority Representative.
5.10Other Matters. To the extent that the Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Secured Party has or acquires rights under Section 363 or Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any of the Common Collateral, the Second Priority Representative agrees, on behalf of itself and the other Second Priority Secured Parties not to assert any of such rights without the prior written consent of the First Priority Representative, provided that if requested by the First Priority Representative, the Second Priority Representative shall timely exercise such rights in the manner requested by the First Priority Representative, including any rights to payments in respect of such rights.
5.11Effectiveness in Insolvency Proceedings. This Agreement, which the parties hereto expressly acknowledge is a “subordination agreement” under Section 510(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall be effective before, during and after the commencement of an Insolvency Proceeding.
SECTION 6.Amendments; Security Documents.
(a) The Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and the Second Priority Secured Parties, agrees that it shall not at any time execute or deliver any amendment or other modification to any of the Second Priority Agreement or the Second Priority Security Documents inconsistent with or in violation of this Agreement or that has the effect of: (a) increasing the principal amount of the Second Priority Obligations to an amount greater than $100,000,000 above the total principal amount of the Second Priority Obligations on the date of this Agreement, (b) increasing the Effective Yield of the Second Priority Obligations to an amount greater than 3.00% per annum above the Effective Yield of the Second Priority Obligations that is in effect on the date of this Agreement, excluding the imposition of a default rate of up to 2.00% per annum, (c) amending the amortization provisions thereof (if any), (d) shortening the cure periods or times for performance contained therein, (e) shortening the maturity date of the Second Priority Obligations or the scheduled payment date for any payment thereunder or time for performance of any material obligation or condition, (f) adding events of default, (g) adding any Loan Party other than the Borrower as a borrower under the Second Priority Obligations unless such Loan Party also becomes a borrower under the First Priority Obligations or (h) causing the covenants or events
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of default set forth in the Second Priority Documents (where analogous covenants and events of default exist) to be more restrictive on the Loan Parties unless the analogous covenants or events of default under the First Priority Documents are modified to be more restrictive in a proportionate manner so that the “cushion” between the applicable covenants and events of default in the Second Priority Documents and the First Priority Documents remains the same.
(b) In the event the First Priority Representative enters into any amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the First Priority Security Documents for the purpose of adding to, or deleting from, or waiving or consenting to any departures from any provisions of, any First Priority Security Document or changing in any manner the rights of any parties thereunder, then such amendment, waiver or consent shall apply automatically to any comparable provision of the Comparable Second Priority Security Document without the consent of or action by any Second Priority Secured Party (with all such amendments, waivers and modifications subject to the terms hereof);provided that (other than with respect to amendments, modifications or waivers that secure additional extensions of credit and add additional secured creditors and do not violate the express provisions of the Second Priority Agreements), (a) no such amendment, waiver or consent shall have the effect of removing assets subject to the Lien of any Second Priority Security Document, except to the extent that a release of such Lien is permitted by Section 4.2 and provided there is a corresponding release of the Lien securing the First Priority Obligations, (b) any such amendment, waiver or consent that materially and adversely affects the rights of the Second Priority Secured Parties and does not affect the First Priority Secured Parties in a like or similar manner shall not apply to the Second Priority Security Documents without the consent of the Second Priority Representative and (c) notice of such amendment, waiver or consent shall be given to the Second Priority Representative no later than 30 days after its effectiveness, provided that the failure to give such notice shall not affect the effectiveness and validity thereof.
SECTION 7.Reliance; Waivers; etc.
7.1Reliance. The First Priority Documents are deemed to have been executed and delivered, and all extensions of credit thereunder are deemed to have been made or incurred, in reliance upon this Agreement. The Second Priority Representative, on behalf of it itself and the Second Priority Secured Parties, expressly waives all notice of the acceptance of and reliance on this Agreement by the First Priority Secured Parties. The Second Priority Documents are deemed to have been executed and delivered and all extensions of credit thereunder are deemed to have been made or incurred, in reliance upon this Agreement. The First Priority Representative expressly waives all notices of the acceptance of and reliance by the Second Priority Representative and the Second Priority Secured Parties.
7.2No Warranties or Liability. The Second Priority Representative and the First Priority Representative acknowledge and agree that neither has made any representation or warranty with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectibility or enforceability of any other First Priority Document or any Second Priority Document. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the Second Priority Representative and the First Priority Representative will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective extensions of credit to any Loan Party in accordance with law and their usual practices, modified from time to time as they deem appropriate.
7.3No Waivers. No right or benefit of any party hereunder shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of such party or any other party hereto or by any noncompliance by any Loan Party with the terms and conditions of any of the First Priority Documents or the Second Priority Documents.
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SECTION 8.Obligations Unconditional.
8.1First Priority Obligations Unconditional. All rights and interests of the First Priority Secured Parties hereunder, and all agreements and obligations of the Second Priority Secured Parties (and, to the extent applicable, the Loan Parties) hereunder, shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any First Priority Document;
(b) any change in the time, place or manner of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any portion of the First Priority Obligations, or any amendment, waiver or other modification, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, or any refinancing, replacement, refunding or restatement of any First Priority Document;
(c) prior to the First Priority Obligations Payment Date, any exchange, release, voiding, avoidance ornon-perfection of any security interest in any Common Collateral or any other collateral, or any release, amendment, waiver or other modification, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, or any refinancing, replacement, refunding or restatement of all or any portion of the First Priority Obligations or any guarantee or guaranty thereof; or
(d) any other circumstances that otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Loan Party in respect of the First Priority Obligations, or of any of the Second Priority Representative, or any Loan Party, to the extent applicable, in respect of this Agreement.
8.2Second Priority Obligations Unconditional. All rights and interests of the Second Priority Secured Parties hereunder, and all agreements and obligations of the First Priority Secured Parties (and, to the extent applicable, the Loan Parties) hereunder, shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:
(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Second Priority Document;
(b) any change in the time, place or manner of payment of, or in any other term of, all or any portion of the Second Priority Obligations, or any amendment, waiver or other modification, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, or any refinancing, replacement, refunding or restatement of any Second Priority Document;
(c) any exchange, release, voiding, avoidance ornon-perfection of any security interest in any Common Collateral or any other collateral, or any release, amendment, waiver or other modification, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, or any refinancing, replacement, refunding or restatement of all or any portion of the Second Priority Obligations or any guarantee or guaranty thereof; or
(d) any other circumstances that otherwise might constitute a defense available to, or a discharge of, any Loan Party in respect of the Second Priority Obligations or any First Priority Secured Party in respect of this Agreement.
SECTION 9. Miscellaneous.
9.1Conflicts. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any First Priority Document or any Second Priority Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern.
9.2Continuing Nature of Provisions. This Agreement shall continue to be effective, and shall not be revocable by any party hereto, until the First Priority Obligation Payment Date shall have occurred. This is a continuing agreement and the First Priority Secured Parties and the Second Priority Secured Parties may continue, at any time and without notice to the other parties hereto, to extend credit and other financial accommodations, lend monies and provide indebtedness to, or for the benefit of, Borrower or any other Loan Party on the faith hereof.
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9.3Amendments; Waivers. (a) No amendment or modification of any of the provisions of this Agreement shall be effective unless the same shall be in writing and signed by the First Priority Representative and the Second Priority Representative, and, in the case of amendments or modifications of Sections 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 9.5 or 9.6 that directly affect the rights or duties of any Loan Party, such Loan Party.
(b) It is understood that the First Priority Representative and the Second Priority Representative, without the consent of any other First Priority Secured Party or Second Priority Secured Party, may in their discretion determine that a supplemental agreement (which make 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 First Priority Obligations or Second Priority Obligations, as the case may be, under this Agreement, which supplemental agreement shall specify whether such Additional Debt constitutes First Priority Obligations or Second Priority Obligations,provided, that such Additional Debt is permitted to be incurred by the First Priority Agreement and Second Priority Agreement then extant, and is permitted by said Agreements to be subject to the provisions of this Agreement as First Priority Obligations or Second Priority Obligations, as applicable.
9.4Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Borrower and the other Loan Parties. Each of the Second Priority Representative and the First Priority Representative 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 First Priority Obligations or the Second Priority Obligations. The Second Priority Representative and the First Priority Representative hereby agree that no party shall have any duty to advise any other party of information known to it regarding such condition or any such circumstances. In the event the Second Priority Representative or the First Priority Representative, in its sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to time to provide any information to any other party to this Agreement, it shall be under no obligation (a) to provide any such information to such other party or any other party on any subsequent occasion, (b) to undertake any investigation not a part of its regular business routine, or (c) to disclose any other information.
9.5Governing Law. This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York, except as otherwise required by mandatory provisions of law and except to the extent that remedies provided by the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York are governed by the laws of such jurisdiction.
9.6Submission to Jurisdiction. (a) Each First Priority Secured Party, each Second Priority Secured Party and each Loan Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its property, to the nonexclusive jurisdiction of the Supreme Court of the State of New York sitting in New York County and of the United States District Court of the Southern District of New York, and any appellate court from any thereof, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, or for recognition or enforcement of any judgment, and each such party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all claims in respect of any such action or proceeding may be heard and determined in such New York State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each such party agrees that a final judgment in any such action or proceeding shall be conclusive and may be enforced in other jurisdictions by suit on the judgment or in any other manner provided by law. Nothing in this Agreement shall affect any right that the any First Priority Secured Party or Second Priority Secured Party may otherwise have to bring any action or proceeding against any Loan Party or its properties in the courts of any jurisdiction.
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(b) Each First Priority Secured Party, each Second Priority Secured Party and each Loan Party hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent it may legally and effectively do so (i) any objection it may now or hereafter have to the laying of venue of any suit, action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any court referred to in paragraph (a) of this Section and (ii) the defense of an inconvenient forum to the maintenance of such action or proceeding.
(c) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner provided for notices in Section 9.7. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
9.7Notices. 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 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.
9.8Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto and each of the First Priority Secured Parties and Second Priority Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns, and nothing herein is intended, or shall be construed to give, any other Person any right, remedy or claim under, to or in respect of this Agreement or any Common Collateral.
9.9Headings. Section headings used herein are for convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and shall not affect the construction of, or be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
9.10Severability. Any provision of this Agreement held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall, as to such jurisdiction, be ineffective to the extent of such invalidity, illegality or unenforceability without affecting the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions hereof; and the invalidity of a particular provision in a particular jurisdiction shall not invalidate such provision in any other jurisdiction.
9.11Counterparts; 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.
9.12WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND FOR ANY COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.
[SIGNATURE PAGES FOLLOW]
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of the date first written above.
| JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as First Priority Representative for and on behalf of the First Priority Secured Parties | ||
| By: | /s/ John Kushnerick | |
| Name: John Kushnerick | ||
| Title: Vice President | ||
| Address for Notices: | ||
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | ||
| 10 South Dearborn, Floor 7 | ||
| IL-0010 | ||
| Chicago, Illinois 60603 | ||
| Attention: Muoy Lim | ||
| Telephone: (312) 732-2024 | ||
| Telecopy: (888) 303-9732 | ||
| with a copy to: | ||
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. | ||
| 712 Main Street, Floor 8 North | ||
| Houston, Texas 77002 | ||
| Attention: John Kushnerick | ||
| Telephone: (713) 216-6031 | ||
| Telecopy: (713) 216-6710 | ||
| Andrews Kurth LLP | ||
| 600 Travis Street, Suite 4200 | ||
| Houston, Texas 77002 | ||
| Attention: Martha Smith DeBusk | ||
| Telephone: (713) 220-4372 | ||
| Telecopy: (713) 238-7202 | ||
[Signature Page to Intercreditor Agreement]
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| CORTLAND CAPITAL MARKET SERVICES LLC, as Second Priority Representative for and on behalf of the Second Priority Secured Parties | ||
| By: | /s/ Emily Ergang Papas | |
| Name: Emily Ergang Papas | ||
| Title: Associate Counsel | ||
| Address for Notices: | ||
| Cortland Capital Market Services LLC | ||
| 225 West Washington Street, Suite 2100 | ||
| Chicago, Illinois 60606 | ||
| Attention: Aslam Azeem and Legal Department | ||
| Telecopy No.: (312) 371-0751 | ||
[Signature Page to Intercreditor Agreement]
| AMEDISYS, INC. | ||
| By: | /s/ Ronald A. LaBorde | |
| Name: Ronald A. LaBorde | ||
| Title: President and Interim Chief Executive Officer | ||
| AMEDISYS HOLDING, L.L.C. | ||
| By: | /s/ Ronald A. LaBorde | |
| Name: Ronald A. LaBorde | ||
| Title: President | ||
| Address for Notices: | ||
| Amedisys, Inc. | ||
| Amedisys Holding, L.L.C. | ||
| 5959 South Sherwood Forest Blvd. | ||
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70816 | ||
| Attention: Chief Financial Officer | ||
| Telephone: (225) 292-2031 | ||
| Telecopy: (225) 292-8163 | ||
| with a copy to: | ||
| Kantrow Spaht Weaver & Blitzer (APLC) | ||
| P. O. Box 2997 | ||
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821-2997 | ||
| Attention: Diane L. Crochet | ||
| Telephone: (225) 383-4703 | ||
| Telecopy: (225) 343-0630 | ||
[Signature Page to Intercreditor Agreement]
| ADVENTA HOSPICE SERVICES OF FLORIDA, INC., | ||
| AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH, INC. OF ALABAMA, | ||
| AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH, INC. OF SOUTH CAROLINA, | ||
| AMEDISYS HOME HEALTH, INC. OF VIRGINIA, | ||
| HMR ACQUISITION, INC., | ||
| ACCUMED GENPAR, L.L.C., | ||
| ACCUMED HOLDING, L.L.C., | ||
| ACCUMED HOME HEALTH OF GEORGIA, L.L.C., | ||
| ACCUMED HOME HEALTH OF NORTH TEXAS, L.L.C.; | ||
| ADVENTA HOSPICE, L.L.C., | ||
| ALBERT GALLATIN HOME CARE AND HOSPICE SERVICES, LLC, | ||
| AMEDISYS AIR, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS ALABAMA, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS ALASKA, LLC, | ||
| AMEDISYS ARIZONA, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS ARKANSAS, LLC, | ||
| AMEDISYS BA, LLC, | ||
| AMEDISYS CALIFORNIA, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS COLORADO, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS CONNECTICUT, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS DELAWARE, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS FLORIDA, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS GEORGIA, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS HOSPICE, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS IDAHO, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS ILLINOIS, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS INDIANA, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS IOWA, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS KANSAS, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS LA ACQUISITIONS, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS LOUISIANA, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS MAINE, P.L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS MARYLAND, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS MASSACHUSETTS, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS MICHIGAN, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS MINNESOTA, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS MISSISSIPPI, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS MISSOURI, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS NEBRASKA, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS NEVADA, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS NEW HAMPSHIRE, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS NEW JERSEY, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS NEW MEXICO, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS NORTH CAROLINA, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS NORTH DAKOTA, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS NORTHWEST, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS OHIO, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS OKLAHOMA, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS OREGON, L.L.C., | ||
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| AMEDISYS PENNSYLVANIA, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS PROPERTY, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS PUERTO RICO, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS QUALITY OKLAHOMA, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS RHODE ISLAND, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS SC, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS SOUTH DAKOTA, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS SOUTH FLORIDA, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS SPECIALIZED MEDICAL SERVICES, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS SP-IN, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS SP-KY, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS SP-OH, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS SP-TN, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS TENNESSEE, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS TEXAS, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS TLC, ACQUISITION, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS UTAH, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS VENTURES, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS VIRGINIA, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS WASHINGTON, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS WESTERN, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS WEST VIRGINIA, L.L.C., | ||
| AMEDISYS WISCONSIN, L.L.C., | ||
| ANMC VENTURES, L.L.C., | ||
| AVENIR VENTURES, L.L.C., | ||
| BEACON HOSPICE, L.L.C., | ||
| BROOKSIDE HOME HEALTH, LLC, | ||
| COMPREHENSIVE HOME HEALTHCARE SERVICES, L.L.C., | ||
| EMERALD CARE, L.L.C., | ||
| FAMILY HOME HEALTH CARE, L.L.C., | ||
| HHC, L.L.C., | ||
| HOME HEALTH OF ALEXANDRIA, L.L.C., | ||
| HORIZONS HOSPICE CARE, L.L.C., | ||
| HOUSECALL, L.L.C., | ||
| HOUSECALL HOME HEALTH, L.L.C., | ||
| HOUSECALL MEDICAL RESOURCES, L.L.C., | ||
| HOUSECALL MEDICAL SERVICES, L.L.C., | ||
| HOUSECALL SUPPORTIVE SERVICES, L.L.C., | ||
| MC VENTURES, LLC, | ||
| M.M. ACCUMED VENTURES, L.L.C., | ||
| TENDER LOVING CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES INTERNATIONAL, LLC, | ||
| TENDER LOVING CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES MIDWEST, LLC, | ||
| TENDER LOVING CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES OF BROWARD, LLC, | ||
| TENDER LOVING CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES OF DADE, LLC, | ||
| TENDER LOVING CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES OF ERIE NIAGARA, LLC, | ||
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| TENDER LOVING CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES OF GEORGIA, LLC, | ||
| TENDER LOVING CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES OF LONG ISLAND, LLC, | ||
| TENDER LOVING CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES OF MICHIGAN, LLC, | ||
| TENDER LOVING CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES OF NASSAU SUFFOLK, LLC, | ||
| TENDER LOVING CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES OF NEW ENGLAND, LLC, | ||
| TENDER LOVING CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES OF WEST VIRGINIA, LLC, | ||
| TENDER LOVING CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES SOUTHEAST, LLC, | ||
| TENDER LOVING CARE HEALTH CARE SERVICES WESTERN, LLC, | ||
| TLC HOLDINGS I, L.L.C., | ||
| TLC HEALTH CARE SERVICES, L.L.C., | ||
| ACCUMED HEALTH SERVICES, L.L.C., | ||
| NINE PALMS 1, L.L.C., | ||
| NINE PALMS 2, LLP, | ||
| By: MC VENTURES, LLC, its general partner | ||
| By: | /s/ Ronald A. LaBorde | |
| Name: | Ronald A. LaBorde | |
| Title: | President | |
| Address for Notices: | ||
| Amedisys, Inc. | ||
| Amedisys Holding, L.L.C. | ||
| 5959 South Sherwood Forest Blvd. | ||
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70816 | ||
| Attention: Chief Financial Officer | ||
| Telephone: (225) 292-2031 | ||
| Telecopy: (225) 292-8163 | ||
| with a copy to: | ||
| Kantrow Spaht Weaver & Blitzer (APLC) | ||
| P. O. Box 2997 | ||
| Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821-2997 | ||
| Attention: Diane L. Crochet | ||
| Telephone: (225) 383-4703 | ||
| Telecopy: (225) 343-0630 | ||
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