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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): February 22, 2011
CVR ENERGY, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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2277 Plaza Drive, Suite 500
Sugar Land, Texas 77479
(Address of principal executive
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Registrants telephone number, including area code: (281) 207-3200
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement
Overview
On February 22, 2011, Coffeyville Resources, LLC (CRLLC), Coffeyville Resources
Refining & Marketing, LLC, Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizers, LLC, Coffeyville Resources
Pipeline, LLC, Coffeyville Resources Crude Transportation, LLC and Coffeyville Resources Terminal,
LLC (collectively, together with CRLLC, the Borrowers), and certain of CRLLCs holding
companies and other subsidiaries (collectively, together with the Borrowers, the Credit
Parties) entered into a credit agreement (the ABL Credit Facility) with a group of
lenders and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (Deutsche Bank) as administrative agent
and collateral agent.
The ABL Credit Facility is a senior secured asset based revolving credit facility in an
aggregate principal amount of up to $250.0 million with an incremental facility, which permits an
increase in borrowings of up to $250.0 million in the aggregate subject to additional lender
commitments and certain other conditions. The proceeds of the loans may be used for capital
expenditures and working capital and general corporate purposes of CRLLC and its subsidiaries. The
ABL Credit Facility provides for loans and letters of credit in an amount up to the aggregate
availability under the facility, subject to meeting certain borrowing base conditions, with
sub-limits of 10% of the total facility commitment for swingline loans and 90% of the total
facility commitment for letters of credit.
The borrowing base at any time equals the lesser of
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the sum of (without duplication): |
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the aggregate amount of unrestricted cash and qualified cash
equivalents held in deposit accounts or securities accounts that are subject to
a control agreement and a first priority lien, plus |
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85% of eligible accounts, plus |
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85% of eligible unbilled accounts, plus |
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80% of eligible refinery hydrocarbon inventory (subject to
increase on the basis of a fixed charge coverage ratio test), plus |
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the lesser of (i) 80% of the eligible exchange agreement
positive balance and (ii) $10.0 million, plus |
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prior to the disposition of the fertilizer business of certain
Credit Parties, the lesser of (i) 65% of eligible fertilizer inventory and (ii)
$10 million or, if an appraisal has been provided within the six months prior
to any such date of determination, 85% of such appraised net orderly
liquidation value of all eligible fertilizer inventory, plus |
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80% of eligible in-transit crude oil, plus |
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100% of the value of paid but unexpired standby letters of credit, minus |
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the aggregate amount of reserves then established, |
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a borrowing base under the indentures governing the outstanding first lien notes and
second lien notes of CRLLC and Coffeyville Finance Inc., in an amount equal to (i) 90%
of all accounts receivables and (ii) 85% of the book value of all inventory. |
Furthermore, all borrowings under the ABL Credit Facility are subject to the satisfaction of
customary conditions, including absence of a default and accuracy of representations and
warranties.
Interest Rate and Fees
At the Borrowers option, loans under the ABL Credit Facility initially bear interest at an
annual rate equal to (i) 3.00% plus LIBOR or (ii) 2.00% plus a base rate, subject to a 0.25%
step-down based on the previous quarters excess availability.
The Borrowers must also pay a commitment fee to the lenders under the ABL Credit Facility
equal to: (i) 0.375% per annum if utilization under the facility is equal to or greater than 66% of
the total commitments, (ii) 0.50% per annum if utilization under the facility is equal to or
greater than 33% but less than 66.0% of the total commitments, and (ii) 0.625% per annum if
utilization under the facility is less than 33.0% of the total commitments. The Borrowers must also
pay customary letter of credit fees equal to the applicable margin on LIBOR loans on the maximum
amount available to be drawn under, and customary facing fees equal to 0.125% of the face amount
of, each letter of credit.
Mandatory and Voluntary Repayments
We are required to repay amounts outstanding under the ABL Credit Facility under specified
circumstances, including with the proceeds of certain asset sales. In addition, we are permitted
to voluntarily prepay amounts outstanding under the ABL Credit Facility at any time.
Amortization and Final Maturity
There is no scheduled amortization under the ABL Credit Facility. All outstanding loans under
the facility are due and payable in full on August 22, 2014.
Guarantees and Security
The obligations under the ABL Credit Facility and related guarantees are secured by a first
priority security interest in the Credit Parties inventory, accounts receivable and
related assets and a second priority security interest in substantially all of the Credit
Parties other assets, in each case subject to exceptions.
In connection with the entering into the ABL Credit Facility, on February 22, 2011, the, (i)
the Credit Parties and Deutsche Bank, as collateral agent for the secured parties in respect of the
ABL Credit Facility, entered into an ABL pledge and security agreement (the ABL Security
Agreement) and (ii) Deutsche Bank, as collateral agent for the secured parties in respect of
the ABL Credit Facility, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as collateral trustee for the
secured parties in respect of the outstanding first lien notes, and the outstanding second lien
notes and certain subordinated liens, respectively, and the Credit Parties entered into an
intercreditor agreement (the Intercreditor Agreement), which agreement, among other
things, sets forth the relative priority of the respective liens in the collateral and the rights
with respect thereto.
Restrictive Covenants and Other Matters
The ABL Credit Facility requires CRLLC in certain circumstances to comply with a minimum fixed
charge coverage ratio test, and contains other restrictive covenants that limit CRLLCs ability and
the ability of its subsidiaries to, among other things, incur liens, engage in a consolidation,
merger, purchase or sale of assets, pay dividends, incur indebtedness, make advances, investment
and loans, enter into affiliate transactions, issue equity interests, or create subsidiaries and
unrestricted subsidiaries.
The ABL Credit Facility contains certain customary representations and warranties, affirmative
covenants and events of default.
The descriptions of the ABL Credit Facility, the ABL Security Agreement and the Intercreditor
Agreement above are qualified in their entirety by reference to the full text of the agreements,
attached hereto as exhibits 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3, respectively, each of which is incorporated herein by
reference.
Item 1.02. Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement.
In connection with the entering into the ABL Credit Facility, on February 22, 2011, CRLLC
repaid in full its obligations and terminated the commitments under its existing credit facility,
pursuant to the Second Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement dated as of December 28,
2006, as amended, among CRLLC, as borrower, certain of its affiliates, as guarantors party thereto,
Credit Suisse AG, Cayman Islands Branch, as the administrative agent, the collateral agent named
therein, the lenders party thereto from time to time and the other parties thereto.
Item 2.03. Creation of a Direct Financial Obligation or an Obligation Under an Off-Balance Sheet
Arrangement of a Registrant.
The disclosure required by this item and included in Item 1.01 above is incorporated by
reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits.
The following exhibits are being furnished as part of this Current Report on Form 8-K:
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ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of February 22, 2011, among Coffeyville
Resources, LLC, Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing, LLC, Coffeyville Resources
Nitrogen Fertilizers, LLC, Coffeyville Resources Pipeline, LLC, Coffeyville Resources
Crude Transportation, LLC and Coffeyville Resources Terminal, LLC, the Holdings
Companies (as defined therein), the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined therein), certain
other Subsidiaries of the Holding Companies or Coffeyville Resources, LLC from time to
time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto, Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as
Co-ABL Collateral Agents, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Administrative
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ABL Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of February 22, 2011, among
Coffeyville Resources, LLC, Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing, LLC,
Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizers, LLC, Coffeyville Resources Pipeline, LLC,
Coffeyville Resources Crude Transportation, LLC and Coffeyville Resources Terminal,
LLC, the Holdings Companies (as defined therein), certain other Subsidiaries of the
Holding Companies party thereto from time to time, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas, as Collateral Agent. |
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ABL Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of February 22, 2011, among Coffeyville
Resources, LLC, Coffeyville Finance Inc., Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as
collateral agent for the secured parties, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
collateral trustee for the secured parties in respect of the outstanding first lien
notes, and the outstanding second lien notes and certain subordinated liens,
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly
caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
Date: February 28, 2011
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CVR ENERGY, INC.
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/s/ Edward A. Morgan
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Edward A. Morgan |
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Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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EXHIBIT 1.1
EXECUTION COPY
ABL CREDIT AGREEMENT
among
COFFEYVILLE PIPELINE, INC.,
COFFEYVILLE REFINING & MARKETING, INC.,
COFFEYVILLE NITROGEN FERTILIZERS, INC.,
COFFEYVILLE CRUDE TRANSPORTATION, INC.,
COFFEYVILLE TERMINAL, INC.
and
CL JV HOLDINGS, LLC,
as Holding Companies,
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES, LLC,
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES NITROGEN FERTILIZERS, LLC,
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES REFINING & MARKETING, LLC,
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES PIPELINE, LLC,
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES CRUDE TRANSPORTATION, LLC and
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES TERMINAL, LLC,
as Borrowers,
CERTAIN OTHER SUBSIDIARIES OF THE HOLDING COMPANIES
AND/OR COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES, LLC
FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
VARIOUS LENDERS,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,
as SYNDICATION AGENT,
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as COLLATERAL AGENT and ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT,
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
and
WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC,
as CO-ABL COLLATERAL AGENTS,
and
THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND PLC,
SUNTRUST BANK
and
WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC,
as Co-Documentation Agents
Dated as of February 22, 2011
DEUTSCHE BANK SECURITIES INC.
and
J.P. MORGAN SECURITIES LLC,
as JOINT LEAD ARRANGERS and JOINT BOOK RUNNERS
ABL CREDIT AGREEMENT, dated as of February 22, 2011, among COFFEYVILLE PIPELINE, INC., a
Delaware corporation (Pipeline), COFFEYVILLE REFINING & MARKETING, INC., a Delaware
corporation (Refining Inc),
COFFEYVILLE NITROGEN FERTILIZERS, INC., a Delaware corporation (Fertilizer Inc),
COFFEYVILLE CRUDE TRANSPORTATION, INC., a Delaware corporation (Transportation),
COFFEYVILLE TERMINAL, INC., a Delaware corporation (Terminal), CL JV HOLDINGS, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (CL JV and, together with Pipeline, Refining Inc,
Fertilizer Inc, Transportation and Terminal, each a Holding Company and, collectively,
the Holding Companies), COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
(the Company), COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES NITROGEN FERTILIZERS, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (Fertilizer LLC), COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES REFINING & MARKETING, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (Refining LLC), COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES PIPELINE, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (Pipeline LLC), COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES CRUDE
TRANSPORTATION, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Transportation LLC),
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES TERMINAL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (Terminal LLC),
each other entity that becomes a Borrower pursuant to Section 10.12(a) (together with the
Company, Refining LLC, Fertilizer LLC, Pipeline LLC, Transportation LLC and Terminal LLC, each, a
Borrower and, collectively, the Borrowers), CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES OF THE HOLDING
COMPANIES AND/OR THE COMPANY party hereto from time to time as Subsidiary Guarantors, the Lenders
party hereto from time to time, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Syndication Agent, DEUTSCHE BANK
TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. and WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC, as Co-ABL
Collateral Agents, and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as Administrative Agent and Collateral
Agent. All capitalized terms used herein and defined in Section 1.01 are used herein as
therein defined.
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, on or prior to the date hereof, the Company intends to repay in full all outstandings
and terminate all commitments under the existing credit facility of the Holding Companies, the
Company and their Subsidiaries pursuant to that certain Second Amended and Restated Credit and
Guaranty Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2006, entered into among the Company, the Holding
Companies, certain other Subsidiaries of the Holding Companies and/or the Company party thereto,
Credit Suisse, as administrative agent, certain other agents named therein and the lenders party
thereto (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time prior to the
date hereof, the Existing Credit Agreement);
WHEREAS, the sources of funds needed to effect the Refinancing and to pay fees and expenses
incurred in connection with the Transaction (the Transaction Costs) and to provide for
the working capital needs and general corporate requirements of the Company and its Subsidiaries
after giving effect to the Transaction shall be provided partially through the senior secured
revolving credit facility provided herein;
WHEREAS, in order to effect the Refinancing, to pay the Transaction Costs and to provide for
the general corporate purposes and working capital of the Company and its Subsidiaries, the Holding
Companies and the Borrowers have requested that the Lead Arrangers arrange, and the Lenders
provide, a senior secured revolving credit facility in the form of this Agreement; and
WHEREAS, subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Lead Arrangers
have arranged, and the Lenders are willing to make available to the Borrowers, the senior secured
revolving credit facility provided for herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS AGREED:
SECTION 1. Definitions and Accounting Terms.
1.01. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings (such meanings to be equally applicable to both the singular and plural forms of
the terms defined):
ABL Priority Collateral shall have the meaning provided in the Intercreditor
Agreement.
Account shall mean an account as such term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC, and
any and all supporting obligations in respect thereof.
Account Debtor shall mean each Person who is obligated on an Account.
Acquired Entity or Business shall mean either (x) the assets constituting a
business, division or product line of any Person not already a Subsidiary or Unrestricted
Subsidiary of a Holding Company or (y) more than 50% of the Equity Interests of any such Person,
which Person shall, as a result of the acquisition of such Equity Interests, become a Borrower or a
Subsidiary Guarantor (or shall be merged with and into a Borrower or a Subsidiary Guarantor, with
such Borrower or such Subsidiary Guarantor being the surviving or continuing Person).
Additional Margin shall have the meaning provided in
Section 2.15(a).
Additional Security Documents shall have the meaning provided in
Section 9.12.
Adjustable Applicable Margins shall have the meaning provided in the definition of
Applicable Margin.
Administrative Agent shall mean Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, in its
capacity as Administrative Agent for the Lenders hereunder and under the other Credit Documents,
and shall include any successor to the Administrative Agent appointed pursuant to
Section 12.09.
Affiliate shall mean, with respect to any Person, any other Person directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under direct or indirect common control with, such
Person. A Person shall be deemed to control another Person if such Person possesses, directly or
indirectly, the power (i) to vote 10% or more of the securities having ordinary voting power for
the election of directors (or equivalent governing body) of such Person or (ii) to direct or cause
the direction of the management and policies of such other Person, whether through the ownership of
voting securities, by contract or otherwise; provided, however, (x) that none of
the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any of their respective Affiliates shall be considered an
Affiliate of any Credit Party or any Subsidiary thereof and (y) that for the purposes of the
definitions of Eligible Accounts, Exchange Agreement and Exchange Agreement Positive Balance
only, no operating portfolio company of any Sponsor (other than the Credit Parties and their
respective Subsidiaries) shall constitute an Affiliate of any Holding Company or any of its
Subsidiaries so long as the underlying transaction giving rise to the respective Eligible Account
and such Eligible Account itself, the respective Exchange Agreement and such Exchange Agreement
Positive Balance satisfy the introductory paragraph of Section 10.06.
Agent Advance shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.01(e).
Agent Advance Amount shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.01(e).
Agent Advance Period shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.01(e).
Agents shall mean, collectively, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and
the Co-ABL Collateral Agents, and individually, shall mean any one of the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent or a Co-ABL Collateral Agent
Aggregate Exposure shall mean, at any time, the sum of (a) the aggregate principal
amount of all Revolving Loans then outstanding, (b) the aggregate amount of all Letter of Credit
Outstandings at such time (exclusive of Letter of Credit Outstandings which are repaid with the
proceeds of, and simultaneously with the incurrence of, the respective incurrence of Loans) and (c)
the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans then outstanding (exclusive of Swingline
Loans which are repaid with the proceeds of, and simultaneously with the incurrence of, the
respective incurrence of Revolving Loans).
Agreement shall mean this credit agreement, as modified, supplemented, amended,
restated (including any amendment and restatement hereof), extended or renewed from time to time.
Anti-Terrorism Laws shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.23(a).
Applicable Commitment Commission Percentage shall mean for each calendar month (or,
if shorter, the period from the Effective Date to the last day of such calendar month), (i) if for
the immediately preceding calendar month (or such shorter period, as the case may be) the daily
average Aggregate Exposure is equal to or greater than 66% of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment,
0.375% per annum, (ii) if for the immediately preceding calendar month (or such shorter period, as
the case may be) the daily average Aggregate Exposure is equal to or greater than 33% but less than
66% of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment, 0.50% per annum, and (iii) if for the immediately
preceding calendar month (or such shorter period, as the case may be) the daily average Aggregate
Exposure is less than 33% of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment, 0.625%. From and after the
Extension, with respect to any Extended Revolving Loan Commitments and Extended Loans, the
Applicable Commitment Commission Percentage specified for such Extended Revolving Loan Commitments
and Extended Loans shall be those set forth in the applicable definitive documentation thereof.
Applicable Margin initially shall mean a percentage per annum equal to (i) in the
case of Revolving Loans maintained as (A) Base Rate Loans, 2.00%, and (B) LIBOR Loans, 3.00%, and
(ii) in the case of Swingline Loans, 2.00%. From and after each day of delivery of any certificate
delivered in accordance with the first sentence of the following paragraph indicating an
entitlement to a different margin for any Loans than that described in the immediately preceding
sentence (each, a Start Date) to and including the applicable End Date described below,
the Applicable Margins for such Loans (hereinafter, the Adjustable Applicable Margins)
shall be those set forth below opposite the Historical Excess Availability indicated to have been
achieved in any certificate delivered in accordance with the following sentence:
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The Historical Excess Availability used in a determination of Adjustable Applicable Margins
shall be determined based on the delivery of a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Company
(each, a Quarterly Pricing Certificate) to the Administrative Agent (with a copy to be
sent by the Administrative Agent to each Lender), within 5 days after the last day of any Fiscal
Quarter of the Company, which Quarterly Pricing Certificate shall set forth the calculation of the
Historical Excess Availability as at the last day of the Fiscal Quarter ended immediately prior to
the relevant Start Date. The Adjustable Applicable Margins so determined shall apply, except as
set forth in the succeeding sentence, from the relevant Start Date to the earlier of (x) the date
on which the next Quarterly Pricing Certificate is delivered to the Administrative Agent and (y)
the date which is 5 days following the last day of the Fiscal Quarter in which the previous Start
Date occurred (such earlier date, the End Date), at which time, if no Quarterly Pricing
Certificate has been delivered to the Administrative Agent indicating an entitlement to new
Adjustable Applicable Margins (and thus commencing a new Start Date), the Adjustable Applicable
Margins shall be those that correspond to a Historical Excess Availability at Level II (such
Adjustable Applicable Margins as so determined, the Highest Adjustable Applicable
Margins). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this definition, (i)
the Adjustable Applicable Margins shall be the Highest Adjustable Applicable Margins at all times
during which there shall exist any Event of Default, (ii) at all times prior to the date of
delivery of the Quarterly Pricing Certificate for the Fiscal Quarter of the Company ending
September 30, 2011, the Adjustable Applicable Margins shall be maintained at Level II above, (iii)
from and after the most recent Incremental Commitment Date for any Incremental Commitment Agreement
pursuant to which the Applicable Margins and Adjustable Applicable Margins have been increased
above the Applicable Margins and the Adjustable Applicable Margins in effect immediately prior to
such Incremental Commitment Date, each of the Applicable Margins and the Adjustable Applicable
Margins shall be increased to those respective percentages per annum set forth in the
applicable Incremental Commitment Agreement, and (iv) from and after the Extension, with respect to
any Extended Loans, the Applicable Margins and Adjustable Applicable Margins specified for such
Extended Loans shall be those specified in the applicable definitive documentation thereof.
Asset Sale shall mean any sale, transfer or other disposition by any Holding Company
or any of its respective Subsidiaries to any Person (including by way of redemption by such
Person), other than to any Holding Company or a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of any Holding Company, of
any asset (including any capital stock or other securities of, or Equity Interests in, another
Person), but excluding sales of assets pursuant to Sections 10.02(b), (c),
(g), (h), (i), (j), (k), (m), (n),
(o), (p)(ii)(x) and (q).
Asset Sale Proceeds Account shall mean one or more deposit accounts or securities
accounts holding solely the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of any Notes Priority
Collateral (and only such Collateral) that are required to be held in such account or accounts
pursuant to the terms of the First Lien Notes Indenture, the Refinancing First Lien Notes Indenture
and/or any Qualified Secured Debt Document (in each case, to the extent that (x) any such
Indebtedness has a Lien on the Notes Priority Collateral that is senior to the Lien of the
Obligations on such Notes Priority Collateral and (y) any such deposit accounts or securities
accounts are subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement and are being held for the benefit
of the Secured Parties as well).
Assignment and Assumption Agreement shall mean an Assignment and Assumption
Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit J (appropriately completed).
Authorized Officer shall mean, with respect to (i) delivering Notices of Borrowing,
Notices of Conversion/Continuation, Letter of Credit Requests and similar notices, any person or
persons that has or have been authorized
by the board of directors of the Company or the respective
other Borrower (and any person or persons authorized by any such person or persons) to deliver such
notices pursuant to this Agreement and that has or have appropriate signature cards on file with
the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender or the respective Issuing Lender, (ii) delivering
financial information and officers certificates pursuant to this Agreement, the chief financial
officer, the treasurer or the principal accounting officer of the Company, and (iii) any other
matter in connection with this Agreement or any other Credit Document, any officer (or a person or
persons so designated by any officer) of the Company or the respective other Borrower.
Availability at any time shall mean the lesser of (i) the Borrowing Base at such
time and (ii) the Total Revolving Loan Commitment at such time.
Back Stop Arrangements shall mean, collectively, Letter of Credit Back Stop
Arrangements and Swingline Back Stop Arrangements.
Bank Product Reserve shall mean a reserve established by the Co-ABL Collateral
Agents from time to time in respect of the Credit Parties liabilities (or potential liabilities)
as part of their cash management system such as, but not limited to, reserves for returned items,
customary charges for maintaining Deposit Accounts and similar items.
Bankruptcy Code shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.05.
Base Rate shall mean, at any time, the highest of (i) the Prime Lending Rate at such
time, (ii) 1/2 of 1% per annum in excess of the overnight Federal Funds Rate at such time, and (iii)
the LIBO Rate for a LIBOR Loan denominated in Dollars with a one month Interest Period commencing
on such day plus 1.00%. For purposes of this definition, the LIBO Rate shall be determined using
the LIBO Rate as otherwise determined by the Administrative Agent in accordance with the definition
of LIBO Rate, except that (x) if a given day is a Business Day, such determination shall be made on
such day (rather than two Business Days prior to the commencement of an Interest Period) or (y) if
a given day is not a Business Day, the LIBO Rate for such day shall be the rate determined by the
Administrative Agent pursuant to preceding
clause (x) for the most recent Business Day preceding such day. Any change in the Base Rate
due to a change in the Prime Lending Rate, the Federal Funds Rate or such LIBO Rate shall be
effective as of the opening of business on the day of such change in the Prime Lending Rate, the
Federal Funds Rate or such LIBO Rate, respectively.
Base Rate Loan shall mean (i) each Swingline Loan and (ii) each Revolving Loan
designated or deemed designated as such by the relevant Borrower at the time of the incurrence
thereof or conversion thereto.
Bi-Weekly Borrowing Base Period shall mean any period (a) commencing on the date on
which (x) Excess Availability is less than 65.0% of Availability for a period of three consecutive
Business Days or (y) Excess Availability is less than 50.0% of Availability and (b) ending on the
first date thereafter on which Excess Availability has been equal to or greater than 65.0% of
Availability for 30 consecutive days; provided that during any Weekly Borrowing Base Period, a
Bi-Weekly Borrowing Base Period shall be deemed not to exist.
Board shall mean the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System of the United
States.
Borrower and Borrowers shall have the meaning provided in the first
paragraph of this Agreement; provided that Borrower shall not include Fertilizer LLC, for all
purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, from and after the release of Fertilizer
LLC pursuant to Section 15(a) in connection with the Permitted Fertilizer Event.
Borrowing shall mean the borrowing of one Type of Revolving Loan from all the
Lenders, or from the Swingline Lender in the case of Swingline Loans, on a given date (or resulting
from a conversion or conversions on such date) having in the case of LIBOR Loans the same Interest
Period, provided that Base Rate Loans incurred pursuant to Section 2.10(b) shall be
considered part of the related Borrowing of LIBOR Loans.
Borrowing Base shall mean, as of any date, the amount equal to the lesser of:
(a) the sum of (without duplication) (i) the aggregate amount of Unrestricted cash and
Qualified Cash Equivalents of the Borrowers held in Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts in each
case subject to a Cash Management Control Agreement and in which the Collateral Agent has a First
Priority Lien, plus (ii) 85.0% of Eligible Accounts, plus (iii) 85.0% of Eligible Unbilled
Accounts, plus (iv) 80.0% of Eligible Refinery Hydrocarbon Inventory, provided that, if the
Company shall be in compliance with a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of not less than 1.50:1.00 for
the Test Period then most recently ended, the amount under this clause (iv) shall be increased by
the lesser of (A) 5.0% of Eligible Refinery Hydrocarbon Inventory stored at the Cushing Storage
Facility and (B) $10,000,000, plus (v) the lesser of (A) 80.0% of the Eligible Exchange Agreement
Positive Balance and (B) $10,000,000, plus (vi) prior to the Permitted Fertilizer Event, the lesser
of (A) 65.0% of Eligible Fertilizer Inventory and (B) $10,000,000 or, if an appraisal satisfactory
to the Co-ABL Collateral Agents of the Net Orderly Liquidation
Value of all Eligible Fertilizer
Inventory has been provided upon request of the Company in its sole discretion within the six
months prior to any such date of determination, 85.0% of such appraised Net Orderly Liquidation
Value of all Eligible Fertilizer Inventory, plus (vii) 80.0% of Eligible In-Transit Crude Oil, plus
(viii) 100% of the value of Paid but Unexpired Standby Letters of Credit, minus (ix) the aggregate
amount of the Reserves then established by the Co-ABL Collateral Agents; and
(b) to the extent that the Company or any of the other Borrowers are required to comply with
Section 4.09(b)(2) of the First Lien Notes Indenture or Section 4.09(b)(2) of the
Second Lien Notes Indenture, the Note Indenture Borrowing Base at such time.
For any purpose under any Credit Documents requiring the determination of the Borrowing Base,
such Borrowing Base shall be the Borrowing Base as set forth in the most recently delivered
Borrowing Base Certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent in accordance with Section
9.01(j); provided that the Borrowing Base determined pursuant to clause (a)
above shall be adjusted on a daily basis to reflect the aggregate amount under clause (a)(i) above
as of the open of business on each Business Day as verified by the Administrative Agent. The Co-ABL
Collateral Agents shall have the right (but not the obligation) to review such computations and if,
in their Permitted Discretion, such computations have not been calculated in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, the Co-ABL Collateral Agents shall have the right to correct any such
errors in such manner they shall determine in their Permitted Discretion.
Borrowing Base Certificate shall have the meaning provided in Section
9.01(j).
Business shall mean any corporation, limited liability company, partnership or other
business entity (or the adjectival form thereof, where appropriate) or the equivalent of the
foregoing in any foreign jurisdiction.
Business Day shall mean (i) for all purposes other than as covered by clause (ii)
below, any day except Saturday, Sunday and any day which shall be in New York, New York, a legal
holiday or a day on which banking institutions are authorized or required by law or other
government action to close and (ii) with respect to all notices and determinations in connection
with, and payments of principal and interest on, LIBOR Loans, any day which is a Business Day
described in clause (i) above and which is also a day for trading by and between banks in U.S.
dollar deposits in the London interbank market.
Calculation Period shall mean, with respect to any Permitted Acquisition, any
Significant Asset Sale or any other event expressly required to be calculated on a Pro
Forma Basis pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, the Test Period most recently ended
prior to the date of such Permitted Acquisition, Significant Asset Sale or other event for which
financial statements have been delivered to the Lenders pursuant to this Agreement.
Canadian Governmental Authority shall mean the government of Canada or any political
subdivision thereof, whether provincial, territorial or local, and any agency, authority,
instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising executive,
legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or pertaining to
government.
Canadian Insolvency Laws shall mean any of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act
(Canada), the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada), and the Winding-Up and Restructuring
Act (Canada), each as now and hereafter in effect, and any successors to such statutes and any
proceeding under applicable corporate law seeking an arrangement of, or stay of proceedings to
enforce, some or all of the debts of the corporation.
Canadian Priority Payables shall mean, at any time, with respect to any Credit
Party:
(a) the amount past due and owing by such Credit Party, or the accrued amount for
which such Credit Party has an obligation to remit, to a Canadian Governmental Authority or other
Person pursuant to any applicable law, rule or regulation, in respect of (i) pension fund
obligations, (ii) Canada Pension Plan and Québec Pension Plan, (iii) employment insurance, (iv)
harmonized sales taxes, provincial sales taxes; excise taxes; employee income taxes, and other
taxes payable or to be remitted or withheld, (v) workers compensation, (vi) wages, (vii) vacation
pay and (ix) other like charges and demands, in each case, in respect of which any Canadian
Governmental Authority or other Person may claim a Lien, trust or other claim ranking or capable of
ranking in priority to or pari passu with one or more of the Liens granted in the Security
Documents;
(b) the aggregate of any other amounts for which provision for payment is required
to be made pursuant to Section 6 of the Companies Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) or Section 60
of the Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act (Canada) (as such provisions may be amended, supplemented or
replaced from time to time), in order to obtain courts sanction or approval of an arrangement,
compromise or proposal; and
(c) the aggregate amount of any other liabilities of such Credit Party (i) in
respect of which a trust has
been or may be imposed on any Collateral to provide for payment or
(ii) which are secured by a Lien, right or other claim on any Collateral which has not been
subordinated to the Liens securing the Obligations under the Security Documents on a basis
satisfactory to the Co-ABL Collateral Agents or (iii) the holder of which enjoys a right, in each
case, pursuant to any applicable law, rule or regulation and which trust, Lien, right or claim
ranks or is capable of ranking in priority to or pari passu with one or more of the Liens granted
in the Security Documents.
Capital Expenditures shall mean, with respect to any Person, all expenditures by
such Person which should be capitalized in accordance with GAAP and, without duplication, the
amount of all Capitalized Lease Obligations incurred by such Person.
Capitalized Lease Obligations shall mean, with respect to any Person, all rental
obligations of such Person which, under GAAP, are or will be required to be capitalized on the
books of such Person, in each case taken at the amount thereof accounted for as indebtedness in
accordance with such principles.
Cash Equivalents shall mean, as to any Person, (i) securities issued or directly and
fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality
thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support
thereof) having maturities of not more than two years from the date of acquisition, (ii) time
deposits, demand deposits, money market deposits, certificates of deposit and eurodollar time
deposits with maturities of one year or less from the date of acquisition, bankers acceptances
with maturities not exceeding one year from the date of acquisition and overnight bank deposits, in
each case, with any domestic commercial bank having capital and surplus in excess of $250,000,000
(or $100,000,000 in the case of a non-U.S. bank), (iii) repurchase obligations for underlying
securities of the types set forth in clauses (i), (ii) and (vi) of this definition entered into
with any financial institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (ii) above, (iv)
commercial paper rated at least P-1 by Moodys or at least A-1 by S&P (or, if at any time neither
Moodys nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another rating agency)
and in each case maturing within two years after the date of acquisition, (v) marketable short-term
money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either Moodys or
S&P, respectively, or liquidity funds or other similar money market mutual funds, with a rating of
at least Aaa by Moodys or AAAm by S&P (or, if at any time neither Moodys nor S&P shall be rating
such obligations, an equivalent rating from another rating agency), (vi) securities issued by any
state, commonwealth or territory of the United States or any political subdivision or taxing
authority of any such state, commonwealth or territory or any public instrumentality thereof,
maturing within two years from the date of acquisition thereof and having an investment grade
rating from Moodys or S&P, (vii) money market funds (or other investment funds) at least 95% of
the assets of which constitute Cash Equivalents of the kinds set forth in clauses (ii) through (vi)
of this definition, (viii) Euros or any national currency of any participating member state of the
EMU, (ix) local currency held by any Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof from time to time in the
ordinary course of business, (x) securities issued or directly and fully guaranteed by the
sovereign nation or any agency thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of such sovereign
nation is pledged in support thereof) in which any Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof is organized
or is conducting business having maturities of not more than one year from the date of acquisition
and (xi) investments of the type and maturity set forth in clauses (ii) through (vi) above of
foreign obligors, which investments or obligors satisfy the requirements and have ratings set forth
in such clauses.
Cash Management Control Agreement shall mean a control agreement in form and
substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
Cash Management Services shall mean treasury, depositary or cash management services
(including overnight overdraft services), automated clearinghouse transfers of funds and
purchasing, credit and debit card services.
Change in Tax Law shall mean the enactment, promulgation, execution or ratification
of, or any change in or amendment to, any law (including the Code), treaty, regulation or rule (or
in the
official application or interpretation of any law, treaty, regulation or rule, including a
holding, judgment or order by a court of competent jurisdiction) relating to taxation.
Change of Control shall mean, at any time, (i) any Person or group (within the
meaning of Rules 13d-3 and 13d-5 under the Exchange Act) shall have acquired (a) beneficial
ownership of 35% or more on a fully diluted basis of the voting Equity Interests of Parent, in the
aggregate, or (b) the power (whether or not exercised) to elect a majority of the members of the
board of directors (or similar governing body) of Parent; (ii) Parent shall cease to beneficially
own and control, directly or indirectly (including through any Holding Company), 100% on a fully
diluted basis of the economic and voting interest in the Equity Interests of each Borrower (other
than (i) Fertilizer LLC upon the consummation of the Permitted Fertilizer Event and (ii) prior to
the Permitted Fertilizer Event, the ownership by CVR GP of incentive distribution rights in the MLP
as provided in the Partnership Agreement (as in effect on the Effective Date)); (iii) the Holding
Companies (on a collective basis) shall cease to beneficially own and control 100% on a fully
diluted basis of the economic and voting interest in the Equity Interests of each Borrower (other
than (i) Fertilizer LLC upon the consummation of the Permitted Fertilizer Event and (ii) prior to
the Permitted Fertilizer Event, the ownership by CVR GP of existing incentive distribution rights
in the MLP as provided in the Partnership Agreement (as in effect on the Effective Date)); (iv) the
majority of the seats (other than vacant seats) on the board of directors (or similar governing
body) of Parent cease to be occupied by Persons who either
(a) were members of the board of
directors (or similar governing body) of Parent on the Effective Date or (b) were nominated for
election by the board of directors (or similar governing body) of Parent, a majority of whom were
directors on the Effective Date or whose election or nomination for election was previously
approved by a majority of such directors; or (v) a change of control (or similarly defined event)
shall occur under the First Lien Notes Indenture, the Second Lien Notes Indenture, the Refinancing
First Lien Notes Indenture or the Refinancing Second Lien Notes Indenture.
Chattel Paper shall mean chattel paper (as such term is defined in Article 9 of
the UCC).
Chief Executive Office shall mean, with respect to any Person, the location from
which such Person manages the main part of its business operations or other affairs.
Co-ABL Collateral Agents shall mean Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC in their capacity as co-ABL collateral agents
pursuant to this Agreement.
Code shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to time.
Coffeyville Nitrogen Plant shall mean the nitrogen fertilizer plant located at 701
East Martin Street in Coffeyville, Kansas which is owned and operated by a Borrower.
Coffeyville Refinery shall mean the full coking medium-sour crude oil refinery
located at 400 N. Linden Street in Coffeyville, Kansas which is owned and operated by a Borrower.
Collateral shall mean all property (whether real or personal) with respect to which
any security interests have been granted (or purported to be granted) pursuant to any Security
Document, including all Pledge and Security Agreement Collateral, all Mortgaged Properties and all
cash and Cash Equivalents delivered as collateral pursuant to Section 5.02 or 11.
Collateral Agent shall mean Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas in its capacity as
collateral agent for the Secured Parties pursuant to the Security Documents, and shall include any
successor to the Collateral Agent as provided in Section 12.09.
Collateral Questionnaire shall mean a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the
Company in form reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent that provides information with
respect to the personal or mixed property of each Credit Party.
Collection Account shall mean each account established at a Collection Bank subject
to a Cash Management Control Agreement.
Collection Banks shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.03(b).
Commingled Inventory shall mean Inventory of any Borrower that is commingled (whether
pursuant to a consignment, a toll manufacturing agreement or otherwise) with Inventory of another
Person (other than another Borrower) at a location owned or leased by a Borrower to the extent that
such Inventory of such Borrower is not readily identifiable.
Commitment Commission shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.01(a).
Commodity Agreement shall mean any commodity exchange, swap, forward, cap, floor
collar or other similar agreement or arrangement each of which is for the purpose of hedging the
exposure of the Company and its Subsidiaries to fluctuations in the price of nitrogen fertilizers,
hydrocarbons and refined products in their operations and not for speculative purposes.
Company shall have the meaning provided in the first paragraph of this Agreement.
Compliance Period shall mean any period (a) commencing on the date on which Excess
Availability is less than the greater of (i) 15.0% of Availability or (ii) $25,000,000 and (b)
ending on the first date thereafter on which Excess Availability has been equal to or greater than
the greater of (i) 15.0% of Availability and (ii) $25,000,000 in either case for 30 consecutive
days.
Concentration Account shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.03(c).
Consent Decree shall mean the Consent Decree entered into by the United States of
America, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment ex rel State of Kansas, Coffeyville
Resources Refining & Marketing, LLC, and
Coffeyville Resources Terminal, LLC entered by the United
States District Court for the District of Kansas on July 13, 2004, including any subsequent
amendments thereto.
Consolidated EBITDA shall mean, for any period, Consolidated Net Income for such
period (without giving effect to (x) any extraordinary gains or losses, (y) any non-cash income,
and (z) any gains or losses from sales of assets other than inventory sold in the ordinary course
of business) adjusted by (A) adding thereto (in each case to the extent deducted in determining
Consolidated Net Income for such period), without duplication, the amount of (i) total interest
expense (inclusive of that portion attributable to Capitalized Lease Obligations, net costs under
Interest Rate Protection Agreements and amortization of deferred financing fees and other original
issue discount and banking fees, charges and commissions (e.g., letter of credit fees and
commitment fees)) of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis for such
period, (ii) provision for taxes based on income and foreign withholding taxes for the Company and
its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis for such period, (iii) all depreciation and
amortization expense of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis for
such period, (iv) the amount of all fees and expenses incurred by the Company and its Subsidiaries
in connection with the Transaction during such period, (v) the amount of all other non-cash charges
or losses of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis for such period,
(vi) any expenses or charges incurred by the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with any
acquisition (including a Permitted Acquisition) or disposition of assets outside the ordinary
course of business, any issuance of Indebtedness or equity securities of the Company and its
Subsidiaries or any refinancing or recapitalization transaction for such period, (vii) any unusual
or non-recurring charges incurred by the Company and its Subsidiaries during such period and the
amount of any integration costs or other business optimization expenses or costs incurred by the
Company and its Subsidiaries for such period, including any one-time costs incurred in connection
with acquisitions and costs related to the closure and/or consolidation of facilities, in an
aggregate amount not to exceed 7.5% of the amount of Consolidated EBITDA prior to the adjustment
provided for in this clause (vii) as determined in such period, (viii) any net after-tax loss from
disposed or discontinued operations and any net after-tax losses on disposal of disposed or
discontinued operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period, (ix) Major
Scheduled Turnaround Expenses for such fiscal period, (x) for the purposes of the calculation of
the ratios (and compliance therewith) in Section 10.07 only, any FIFO Adjustment reducing
Consolidated Net Income for such period, (xi) any losses realized by the Company and its
Subsidiaries in connection with any extinguishment of Indebtedness for such period, and (xii) any
losses incurred by the Company and its Subsidiaries attributable to minority equity interests in
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries for such period, and (B) subtracting therefrom (to the
extent not otherwise deducted in determining Consolidated Net Income for such period), without
duplication, the amount of (i) all cash payments or cash charges made (or incurred) by the Company
or any of its Subsidiaries for such period on account of any non-cash charges or losses added back
to Consolidated EBITDA pursuant to preceding sub clause (A)(v) in a previous period, (ii) for the
purposes of the calculation of the ratios (and compliance therewith) in Section 10.07 only,
any FIFO Adjustment increasing Consolidated Net Income, (iii) any unusual or non-recurring gains by
the Company and its Subsidiaries during such period, (iv
) any net after-tax gain from disposed or
discontinued operations and any net after-tax gain on disposal of disposed or discontinued
operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period, (v) the aggregate amount of all
Dividends paid pursuant to Section 10.03(c) for such period, (vi) any gains realized by the
Company and its Subsidiaries in connection with any extinguishment of Indebtedness for such period,
and (vii) any income increasing Consolidated Net Income for such period attributable to minority
equity interests in the Company or any of its Subsidiaries. For the avoidance of doubt, it is
understood and agreed that, to the extent any amounts are excluded from Consolidated Net Income by
virtue of the proviso to the definition thereof contained herein, any add backs to Consolidated Net
Income in determining Consolidated EBITDA as provided above shall be limited (or denied) in a
fashion consistent with the proviso to the definition of Consolidated Net Income contained herein.
Consolidated Indebtedness shall mean, as at any date of determination, the remainder
of (A) the sum of (without duplication) (i) the aggregate stated balance sheet amount of all
Indebtedness (including Indebtedness as would be required to be treated as Capitalized Lease
Obligations, but excluding Indebtedness under clauses (iv), (vi) (but only in respect of undrawn
amounts) and (x) of the definition thereof) of the Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a
consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP, (ii) the aggregate amount of all unpaid drawings under
all letters of credit issued for the account of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and (iii)
the aggregate amount of all guaranties by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries of Indebtedness of
another Person of the type that would otherwise be included in the calculation of Consolidated
Indebtedness minus (B) the aggregate amount, but not to exceed $60,000,000, of all
Unrestricted cash and Cash Equivalents of the Qualified Credit Parties that is subject to a Cash
Management Control Agreement and in which the Collateral Agent has a First Priority Lien.
Consolidated Interest Expense shall mean, for any period, the total interest expense
(including that portion attributable to Capitalized Lease Obligations in accordance with GAAP and
capitalized interest) of the Company and its Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis with respect to
all outstanding Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries for such period, including all
commissions, discounts and other fees and charges owed with respect to letters of credit and net
costs under Interest Rate Protection Agreements.
Consolidated Net Income shall mean, for any period, the net income (or loss) of the
Company and its Subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis for such period (taken as a single
accounting period) in accordance with GAAP (after any deduction for minority interests);
provided that the following items shall be excluded (except to the extent provided below)
in computing Consolidated Net Income (without duplication): (i) the net income (or loss) of any
Subsidiary of the Company in which a Person or Persons other than the Company and its Subsidiaries
has an Equity Interest or Equity Interests to the extent of such Equity Interests held by Persons
other than the Company and its Subsidiaries in such Subsidiary, (ii) the net income (or loss) of
(A) any Fertilizer Entity from and after the Permitted Fertilizer Event, (B) any Unrestricted
Subsidiary and (C) any other Person (other than a Subsidiary of the Company) in which a Person or
Persons other than the Company and its Subsidiaries has an Equity Interest or Equity Interests to
the extent of such Equity Interests held by Persons other than the Company and its Subsidiaries in
such Person, provided that (in the case of each of preceding clauses (A), (B) and (C)) (x) the
Consolidated Net Income of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be increased to the extent
of the amount of cash dividends or cash distributions actually paid to the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries by such Fertilizer Entity, Unrestricted Subsidiary or other Person during such period,
and (y) the Consolidated Net Income of the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be reduced to the
extent of the amount of cash contributed by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to any such
Fertilizer Entity, Unrestricted Subsidiary or other Person during such period, (iii) except for
determinations expressly required to be made on a Pro Forma Basis, the net income (or loss) of any
Person accrued prior to the date it becomes a Subsidiary or all or substantially all of the
property or assets of such Person are acquired by a Subsidiary and (iv) the net income of any
Subsidiary of the Company to the extent that the declaration or payment of cash dividends or
similar cash distributions by such Subsidiary of such net income is not at the time permitted by
the operation of the terms of its charter or any agreement, instrument, judgment, decree, order,
statute, rule or governmental regulation applicable to such Subsidiary.
Consolidated Total Assets shall mean, as of any date, the amount which, in
accordance with GAAP, would be set forth under the caption Total Assets (or any like caption) on
a consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries (excluding the assets of
Unrestricted Subsidiaries and, after the Permitted Fertilizer Event, the assets of the Fertilizer
Entities, but including the residual equity value of the Equity Interests of the Unrestricted
Subsidiaries and, after the Permitted Fertilizer Event, the residual equity value of the Equity
Interests of the Fertilizer Entities), as at the end of the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter of
the Company for which internal financial statements are available (giving pro forma effect to any
acquisitions or dispositions of assets or properties that have been made by the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries subsequent to the date of such balance sheet, including through mergers or
consolidations).
Contractual Obligation shall mean, as applied to any Person, any provision of any
Equity Interests issued by that Person or of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, contract,
undertaking, agreement or other instrument to which that Person is a party or by which it or any of
its properties is bound or to which it or any of its properties is subject.
Controlled Foreign Corporation shall mean any direct or indirect Subsidiary of any
Holding Company and/or the Company which is a controlled foreign corporation within the meaning
of Section 957 of the Code.
Credit Account shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.03(e).
Credit Documents shall mean this Agreement, the Pledge and Security Agreement, the
Intercreditor Agreement and, after the execution and delivery thereof pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement, each Note, each Joinder Agreement, each Incremental Commitment Agreement, each Mortgage
and each other Security Document.
Credit Event shall mean the making of any Loan or the issuance, amendment, extension
or renewal of any Letter of Credit (other than any amendment, extension or renewal that does not
increase the maximum Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit).
Credit Party shall mean each Holding Company, the Company, the other Borrowers and
each Subsidiary Guarantor.
Crude Intermediation Agreement shall mean each of (i) that certain crude
intermediation agreement, dated as of December 2, 2008, between Refining LLC and Vitol (as in
effect on the Effective Date and as the same may be thereafter amended, modified, supplemented or
renewed from time to time) and (ii) each other crude intermediation agreement entered into from
time to time by a Borrower and a counterparty thereto (as any such agreement may be amended,
modified, supplemented or renewed from time to time).
Cushing Storage Facility shall mean the storage facility located at each of (i)
Plains Marketing L.P., 740430 S. 3510 Rd., Cushing, Oklahoma 74023 and (ii) Enterprise Crude
Pipeline, 740120 S. 3510 Rd., Cushing, Oklahoma 74023.
CVR GP shall mean CVR GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
CVR Special GP shall mean CVR Special GP, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company.
DB Account shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.03(d).
Default shall mean any event, act or condition which with notice or lapse of time,
or both, would constitute an Event of Default.
Defaulting Lender shall mean any Lender with respect to which a Lender Default is in
effect.
Deposit Account shall mean a demand, time, savings, passbook or like account with a
bank, savings and loan association, credit union or like organization.
Disbursement Account shall mean each checking and/or disbursement account maintained
by each Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor for their respective general corporate purposes,
including for the purpose of paying their trade payables and other operating expenses.
Dividend shall mean, with respect to any Person, that such Person has paid a
dividend, distribution or returned any equity capital to its stockholders, partners or members or
authorized or made any other distribution, payment or delivery of property (other than common
Equity Interests of such Person) or cash to its stockholders, partners or members in their capacity
as such, or redeemed, retired, purchased or otherwise acquired, directly or indirectly, for a
consideration any shares of any class of its capital stock or any other Equity Interests
outstanding on or after the Effective Date (or any options or warrants issued by such Person with
respect to its capital stock or other Equity Interests), or shall have permitted any of its
Subsidiaries to purchase or otherwise acquire for a consideration any shares of any class of the
capital stock or any other Equity Interests of such Person outstanding on or after the Effective
Date (or any options or warrants issued by such Person with respect to its capital stock or other
Equity Interests).
Dollars and the sign $ shall each mean freely transferable lawful money of
the United States.
Domestic Subsidiary of any Person shall mean any Subsidiary of such Person
incorporated or organized in the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
Dominion Period shall mean any period (a) commencing on the date on which (x) an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (y) Excess Availability is less than the greater
of (i) 17.5% of Availability or (ii) $30,000,000 in either case for a period of three consecutive
Business Days, or (z) Excess Availability is less than the greater of (i) 15.0% of Availability or
(ii) $25,000,000 and (b) ending on the first date thereafter on which (x) in the case of a Dominion
Period commencing as a result of clause (a)(x) above, no Event of Default exists and (y) in the
case of a Dominion Period commencing as a result of clause (a)(y) or (z) above, Excess Availability
has been equal to or greater than (i) 17.5% of Availability at such time and (ii) $30,000,000 in
either case under this sub-clause (y) for 60 consecutive days (or, if a Crude Intermediation
Agreement is in full force and effect during such period, 30 consecutive days); provided
that, notwithstanding clause (b) above, to the extent that more than three Dominion Periods have
occurred as a result of clause (a)(y) or (z) above during the immediately preceding twelve (12)
month period, a Dominion Period shall be deemed to exist at such time.
Drawing shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.05(b).
Effective Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.10.
Eligible Accounts shall mean those Accounts created by one of the Borrowers in the
ordinary course of their business, that arise out of their sale of goods or rendition of services,
that comply with each of the representations and warranties respecting Eligible Accounts made in
the Credit Documents and that are not excluded as ineligible by virtue of one or more of the
excluding criteria set forth below; provided, however, that such criteria may be
revised from time to time by the Co-ABL Collateral Agents in their Permitted Discretion to address
the results of any audit or other collateral examination performed by or on behalf the
Administrative Agent or the Co-ABL Collateral Agents from time to time after the Effective Date,
and other due diligence or information with respect to the Borrowers business or assets of which
any of the Co-ABL Collateral Agents became aware after the Effective Date. The Co-ABL Collateral
Agents shall have the right to establish, modify or eliminate Reserves against Eligible Accounts
from time to time in their Permitted Discretion. In determining the amount to be included,
Eligible Accounts shall be calculated net of customer deposits, unapplied cash, bonding subrogation
rights to the extent not cash collateralized, any and all returns, accrued rebates, discounts
(which may, at the Co-ABL Collateral Agents option, be calculated on shortest terms), credits,
allowances or sales or excise taxes of any nature at any time issued, owing, claimed by Account
Debtors, granted, outstanding or payable in connection with such Accounts at such time. Eligible
Accounts shall not include the following:
(a) Accounts which either are 60 days or more past due or are unpaid more than 90 days after
the
original invoice date;
(b) Accounts owed by an Account Debtor where 50% or more of the total amount of all Accounts
owed by that Account Debtor are deemed ineligible hereunder;
(c) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is an Affiliate of a Borrower;
(d) Accounts arising in a transaction wherein goods are placed on consignment or are sold
pursuant to a guaranteed sale, a sale or return, a sale on approval, a bill and hold, or any other
terms by reason of which the payment by an Account Debtor may be conditional;
(e) Accounts that are not payable in Dollars;
(f) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is a non-Governmental Authority
unless: (i) the Account Debtor either (A) maintains its Chief Executive Office in the United
States, or (B) is organized under the laws of the United States, or any state or subdivision
thereof; or (ii) (A) the Account is supported by an irrevocable letter of credit satisfactory to
the Co-ABL Collateral Agents, in their Permitted Discretion (as to form, substance, and issuer or
domestic confirming bank), that has been delivered to the Administrative Agent and is directly
drawable by the Administrative Agent, or (B) the Account is covered by credit insurance in form,
substance, and amount, and by an insurer, satisfactory to the Co-ABL Collateral Agents, in their
Permitted Discretion;
(g) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is the government of any foreign
country or sovereign state (other than Canada), or of any state, province, municipality, or other
political subdivision thereof (other than provincial or territorial governments within Canada), or
of any department, agency, public corporation, or other instrumentality thereof, unless (i) the
Account is supported by an irrevocable letter of credit satisfactory to the Co-ABL Collateral
Agents, in their Permitted Discretion (as to form, substance, and issuer or domestic confirming
bank), that has been delivered to the Administrative Agent and is directly drawable by the
Administrative Agent, or (ii) the Account is covered by credit insurance in form, substance, and
amount, and by an insurer, satisfactory to the Co-ABL Collateral Agents, in their Permitted
Discretion;
(h) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is the federal government of the
United States or any department, agency or instrumentality of the United States (exclusive,
however,
of Accounts with respect to which a Borrower has complied, to the reasonable satisfaction of
the Administrative Agent, with the Assignment of Claims Act, 31 USC § 3727);
(i) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is (x) the federal government of
Canada or any department, agency or instrumentality of Canada or the provincial government of New
Brunswick or any department, agency, or instrumentality of New Brunswick; or (y) the provincial
government of Alberta or Manitoba or the territorial government of the Northwest Territories,
Nunavut or the Yukon or any other Canadian provincial or territorial government which restricts the
assignment of Crown debts, unless (i) the applicable Borrower has obtained the consent of the
requisite Governmental Authority to the assignment of the Account to the Collateral Agent and
otherwise complied to the reasonable satisfaction of the Co-ABL Collateral Agents with the
applicable Canadian provincial and territorial law relating to financial administration and
assignment of Crown obligations, and (ii) the Account is either (A) supported by an irrevocable
letter of credit satisfactory to the Co-ABL Collateral Agents, in their Permitted Discretion (as to
form, substance, and issuer or domestic confirming bank), that has been delivered to the
Administrative Agent and is directly drawable by the Administrative Agent, or (B) covered by credit
insurance in form, substance, and amount, and by an insurer, satisfactory to the Co-ABL Collateral
Agents, in their Permitted Discretion;.
(j) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is a creditor of the Company or any
Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company and such Account Debtor has or has asserted a
right of setoff, or has disputed its obligation to pay all or any portion of the Account, to the
extent (including with respect to rebates) of such claim, right of setoff, or dispute;
provided, that such Accounts shall be ineligible only to the extent of such right of
setoff, dispute or claim;
(k) Accounts with respect to an Account Debtor (and its Affiliates) whose total obligations
owing to the Company or any Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company exceed 15% (or, in
the case of those Account Debtors (and their respective Affiliates) listed on Schedule
1.01(b), exceed the respective percentages set forth opposite the names of such Account Debtors
on such Schedule 1.01(b)) (such percentages set forth in Schedule 1.01(b) as
applied to a particular Account Debtor (and its Affiliates) being subject to reduction by the
Co-ABL Collateral Agents, in their Permitted Discretion, if the creditworthiness of such Account
Debtor (and its Affiliates) deteriorates) of all Accounts owed to the Company and its Subsidiaries
and Unrestricted Subsidiaries, to the extent of the obligations owing by such Account Debtor (and
its Affiliates) in excess of such percentages; provided, however, that (i) in each
case, the amount of Eligible Accounts that are excluded because they exceed the foregoing
percentages shall be determined by the Co-ABL Collateral Agents based on
all of the total
obligations owing by Account Debtors (and their respective Affiliates) to the Company or any
Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company prior to giving effect to any eliminations
based upon the foregoing concentration limit; and (ii) at the request of the Company, and with the
consent of the Co-ABL Collateral Agents (acting in their Permitted Discretion) Account Debtors (and
corresponding concentration limits) may be added to, and/or removed from, Schedule 1.01(b)
from time to time;
(l) Accounts with respect to which the Account Debtor is subject to an Insolvency
Proceeding, has gone out of business, or as to which any Borrower has received notice of an
imminent insolvency proceeding or a material impairment of the financial condition of such Account
Debtor unless (x) such Account is supported by a letter of credit satisfactory to the Co-ABL
Collateral Agents, in their Permitted Discretion (as to form, substance, and issuer or domestic
confirming bank), that has been delivered to the Administrative Agent and is directly drawable by
the Administrative Agent or (y) such Account Debtor has received debtor-in-possession financing
sufficient as determined by the Co-ABL Collateral Agents in their Permitted Discretion to finance
its ongoing business activities;
(m) Accounts that are not subject to a valid and perfected First Priority Lien in favor of
the Collateral Agent pursuant to the relevant Security Document as provided in the Intercreditor
Agreement;
(n) Accounts with respect to which (i) the goods giving rise to such Account have not been
shipped and billed (excluding Eligible Unbilled Accounts) to the Account Debtor, or (ii) the
services giving rise to such Account have not been performed and billed (excluding Eligible
Unbilled Accounts) to the Account Debtor;
(o) Accounts that represent the right to receive progress payments or other advance billings
that are due prior to the completion of performance by a Borrower of the subject contract for goods
or services (other than customary maintenance contracts);
(p) Accounts with respect to which any return, rejection or repossession of any of the
merchandise giving rise to such Account has occurred, but only to the extent of the value of the
goods returned, rejected or repossessed;
(q) Accounts that are evidenced by Chattel Paper;
(r) Any Account that has not been invoiced, has not been billed (excluding Eligible Unbilled
Accounts) and has not been recognized as received by the applicable Account Debtor;
(s) Any Account with respect to which a partial payment of such Account has been made by the
respective Account Debtor; provided that to the extent such Account consists of multiple
separate line-items, only the line items that have been partially paid shall be excluded;
(t) Accounts that are not payable to a Borrower;
(u) Accounts to the extent representing service charges or late fees; provided, that
such Accounts shall be ineligible only to the extent of such service charges or late fees;
(v) Accounts to the extent representing unapplied cash balances; or
(x) Accounts with respect to which the goods or services giving rise to such Account
are sold or performed on terms of cash on delivery or cash in advance.
Eligible Carrier shall mean any of the pipeline companies listed on Schedule
1.01(g) or otherwise approved by the Co-ABL Collateral Agents in their Permitted Discretion.
Eligible Exchange Agreement Positive Balance shall mean, at any date of
determination, the amount of Exchange Agreement Positive Balance, which shall be determined after
(a) adjusting the Exchange Agreement Positive Balance upward or downward, as applicable, to account
for discounts, allowances, rebates, credits and other adjustments in respect of such Exchange
Agreement Positive Balances and (b) deducting from the Exchange Agreement Positive Balance the
amount billed for or representing retainage, if any, by counterparties to Exchange Agreements. The
Eligible Exchange Agreement Positive Balance shall not include any Exchange Agreement Positive
Balance (a) to the extent that the Collateral Agent does not have a valid First Priority perfected
security interest in the Exchange Agreement Positive Balance and in the Petroleum Inventory to
which such Exchange Agreement Positive Balance relates, or (b) with respect to which (i) any
representation, warranty or covenant contained in this Agreement or any other Credit Document has
been breached, (ii) the contract counterparty has disputed liability, or made any claim to any
Borrower with respect to such Exchange Agreement Positive Balance or with respect to any other
Exchange Agreement Positive Balance due from such contract counterparty, other than for a minimal
adjustment in the ordinary course of business and in accordance with regular commercial practice,
or
(iii) any Insolvency Proceeding has occurred with respect to the contract counterparty, or the
contract counterparty has suspended normal business operations; provided that the value of
the Eligible Exchange Positive Balance shall be subject to Reserves as determined by the Co-ABL
Collateral Agents in their Permitted Discretion.
Eligible Fertilizer Inventory shall mean, at any date of determination, the
aggregate value (which shall be the lower of the cost thereof computed on a first-in first-out
basis in accordance with GAAP (net of any intercompany profit) and the market value thereof of all
nitrogen fertilizers residuals owned by any Borrower which constitute Eligible Inventory.
Eligible In-Transit Crude Oil shall mean, at any date of determination, In-Transit
Crude Oil owned by a Borrower that satisfies the criteria set forth in the definition of Eligible
Inventory (other than the requirements as to location of such Inventory as set forth in clauses
(b) and (u) of the definition of Eligible Inventory). Without limiting the foregoing,
unless otherwise agreed by the Co-ABL Collateral Agents, In-Transit Crude Oil shall not be Eligible
In-Transit Crude Oil unless (a) the purchase price of such In-Transit Crude Oil has been paid or is
supported by a Letter of Credit and (b) the In-Transit Crude Oil is with or in an Eligible Carrier.
Eligible In-Transit Crude Oil shall be valued at market value determined in accordance with
Schedule 1.01(c), and determined after, if required by the Co-ABL Collateral Agents, taking
into account transportation and handling charges that affect the value thereto as determined by the
Co-ABL Collateral Agent in their Permitted Discretion.
Eligible Inventory shall mean, in the case of Eligible Refinery Hydrocarbon
Inventory, Eligible In-Transit Crude Oil and Eligible Fertilizer Inventory, as applicable, all of
such Inventory owned by one of the Borrowers and reflected in the most recent Borrowing Base
Certificate delivered by the Company to the Administrative Agent and not excluded as ineligible
inventory by virtue of one or more of the exclusionary criteria set forth below; provided,
however, that such criteria may be revised from time to time by the Co-ABL Collateral
Agents in their Permitted Discretion to address the results of any field examination or appraisal
performed by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent or the Co-ABL Collateral Agents from time to
time after the Effective Date, and other due diligence or information with respect to the
Borrowers business or assets of which any of Co-ABL Collateral Agents became aware after the
Effective Date. The Co-ABL Collateral Agents shall have the right to establish, modify or
eliminate Reserves against Eligible Inventory from time to time in their Permitted Discretion.
Eligible Inventory shall not include any Inventory of a Borrower that:
(a) is not owned by a Borrower free and clear of all Liens and rights of any other Person
(including the rights of a purchaser that has made progress payments and the rights of a surety
that has issued a bond to assure a Borrowers performance with respect to that Inventory), except
(w) the First Priority Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Secured Parties, (x)
the junior Permitted Liens under Section 10.01(d) in favor of (i) the First Lien Notes
Agent on behalf of the First Lien Notes Secured Parties, (ii) the Refinancing First Lien Notes
Agent on behalf of the Refinancing First Lien Notes Secured Parties, (iii) the Second Lien Notes
Agent on behalf of the Second Lien Notes Secured Parties, (iv) the Refinancing Second Lien Notes
Agent on behalf of the Refinancing Second Lien Notes Secured Parties, and (v) any Qualified Secured
Debt Agent on behalf of the respective Qualified Secured Debt Secured Parties, (y) statutory Liens
securing First Purchase Crude Payables that are not delinquent and (z) Permitted Liens in favor of
landlords, bailees and freight carriers and forwarders to the extent permitted in the provisions of
this Agreement (subject to Reserves established by the Co-ABL Collateral Agents in accordance with
the provisions of this Agreement);
(b) (i) is not located on premises owned, leased or rented by a Borrower and set forth on
Schedule 1.01(h) (or such other location approved by the Co-ABL Collateral Agents in their
Permitted Discretion) and, in the case of leased or rented premises, unless either (x) if requested
by the Administrative Agent a reasonably satisfactory landlord waiver has been delivered to the
Administrative Agent or (y) Reserves reasonably satisfactory to the Co-ABL Collateral Agents have
been established with respect thereto or (ii) is stored with a bailee at a leased location, unless
either (x) a reasonably satisfactory landlord waiver has been delivered to the Administrative
Agent, or (y) Reserves reasonably satisfactory to the Co-ABL Collateral Agents have been
established with respect thereto, or (iii) is stored with a bailee or warehouseman, unless either
(x) a reasonably satisfactory, acknowledged bailee letter has been received by the Administrative
Agent or (y) Reserves reasonably satisfactory to the Co-ABL Collateral Agents have been established
with respect thereto;
(c) is placed on consignment unless Reserves reasonably satisfactory to the Co-ABL
Collateral Agents have been established with respect thereto;
(d) is in transit, except inventory that is in transit (A) in the case of In-Transit Crude
Oil, in pipelines to one of the locations in the United States or Canada listed on Schedule
1.01(d) (or
other locations in the United States or Canada identified to the Administrative Agent in
writing by the Company and acceptable to the Co-ABL Collateral Agents in their Permitted
Discretion) if the operator of such pipeline has delivered to the Administrative Agent an agreement
that is in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and which, in any
event, includes a lien waiver or lien subordination reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent, or with respect to which Reserves reasonably satisfactory to the Co-ABL Collateral Agents
and determined in the Co-ABL Collateral Agents Permitted Discretion have been established with
respect thereto and is not consigned to any Person or (B) except in the case of In-Transit Crude
Oil, within the United
States, is under the control of one or more Borrowers and is in route to one
of the locations set forth on Schedule 1.01(h) (or such other location approved by the
Co-ABL Collateral Agents in their Permitted Discretion) and, in the case of clause (B), with
respect to which Reserves reasonably satisfactory to the Co-ABL Collateral Agents and determined in
the Co-ABL Collateral Agents Permitted Discretion have been established with respect thereto;
(e) is covered by a negotiable document of title, unless, at the Administrative Agents
request, such document has been delivered to the Collateral Agent or an agent thereof and such
Borrower takes such other actions as the Administrative Agent requests in order to create a
perfected First Priority security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent in such Inventory with
all necessary endorsements, free and clear of all Liens except those in favor of the Collateral
Agent and junior Permitted Liens under Section 10.01(d), and the amount of any shipping
fees, costs and expenses shall be reflected in Reserves;
(f) is obsolete or otherwise defective or unfit for sale;
(g) consists of goods that are slow moving or constitute spare parts (not intended for
sale), packaging and shipping materials, promotional products (not intended for sale), supplies
used or consumed in a Borrowers business;
(h) consists of any gross profit mark-up in connection with the sale and distribution
thereof to any division of any Borrower or Subsidiary of such Borrower;
(i) consists of goods that have been returned or rejected by the buyer and are not in
salable condition;
(j) is not of a type held for sale in the ordinary course of any Borrowers business;
(k) is not subject to a First Priority Lien in favor of the Collateral Agent on behalf of
the Secured Parties as provided in the Intercreditor Agreement; provided that no Inventory
subject to a Permitted Lien shall be Eligible Inventory to the extent, but only to the extent, such
Permitted Lien primes the First Priority Lien granted to the Collateral Agent, as determined by the
Co-ABL Collateral Agents in their Permitted Discretion;
(l) breaches in any material respect any of the representations or warranties pertaining to
Inventory set forth in the Credit Documents;
(m) does not conform to all standards imposed by any governmental agency, division or
department thereof which has regulatory authority over such goods or the use or sale thereof;
(n) is Commingled Inventory (except to the extent that it constitutes Eligible In-Transit
Crude Oil);
(o) the Inventory is located outside of the United States of America (other than Eligible-In
Transit Crude Oil located in Canada);
(p) the Inventory is subject to a license agreement or other arrangement with a third party
which, in the Co-ABL Collateral Agents Permitted Discretion, restricts the ability of the
Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent to exercise its rights under the Credit Documents with
respect
to such Inventory unless such third party has entered into an agreement in form and substance
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent permitting the Administrative Agent or the
Collateral Agent to exercise its rights with respect to such Inventory or the Co-ABL Collateral
Agents have otherwise agreed to allow such Inventory to be eligible in the Co-ABL Collateral
Agents Permitted Discretion;
(q) consists of any costs associated with freight-in charges;
(r) is not covered by casualty insurance as required by the terms of this Agreement;
(s) consists of tank heels; or
(t) consists of work-in-process (excluding intermediate feedstocks that otherwise constitute
Eligible Refinery Hydrocarbon Inventory).
The Borrowers expressly acknowledge and agree that, notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained above in this definition or elsewhere in this Agreement, the Administrative Agents or
the Collateral Agents entering into of a third party landlord-lendor or bailee agreement shall
not, in and of itself, indicate that such agreement is otherwise in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent or preclude the Co-ABL Collateral Agents, in their
Permitted Discretion, from establishing Reserves as contemplated by this Agreement.
Eligible Refinery Hydrocarbon Inventory shall mean, at any date of determination,
the aggregate market value as determined in accordance with the methods prescribed in Schedule
1.01(c) of all readily marketable, saleable and useful Petroleum Inventory owned by a Borrower
and that otherwise constitutes Eligible Inventory.
Eligible Transferee shall mean and include a commercial bank, an insurance company,
a finance company, a financial institution, any fund that invests in loans or any other accredited
investor (as defined in Regulation D of the Securities Act), but in any event excluding the
Holding Companies, the Company and their respective Subsidiaries and Affiliates; provided,
however, to the extent that any of the Persons listed on Schedule 1.01(i) are
deemed to be an Affiliate of any Holding Company, the Company or any of their respective
Subsidiaries, each such Person shall not be excluded to the extent such Person (i) invests in
commercial bank loans in the ordinary course of its business, (ii) is otherwise an Eligible
Transferee and (iii) maintains management and operations independent in all respects from the
Sponsors, the Holdings Companies, the Company and each of their respective Subsidiaries.
Eligible Unbilled Accounts shall mean any Account of a Borrower which would
otherwise constitute an Eligible Account other than that an invoice or bill has not been delivered
with respect thereto for a period of no more than three Business Days after such Borrower has
shipped the goods giving rise to such Account or performed the services giving rise to such
Account.
End Date shall have the meaning provided in the definition of Applicable Margin.
Environmental Claims shall mean any and all administrative, regulatory or judicial
actions, suits, demands, demand letters, directives, claims, liens and/or notices of noncompliance
or violation, investigations and/or proceedings relating in any way to any noncompliance with, or
liability arising under, Environmental Law or to any permit issued, or any approval given, under
any Environmental Law (hereafter, Claims), including (a) any and all Claims by
governmental or regulatory authorities for enforcement, cleanup, removal, response, remedial or
other actions or damages pursuant to any Environmental Law, and (b) any and all Claims by any third
party seeking damages, contribution, indemnification, cost recovery, compensation or injunctive
relief arising out of or relating to an alleged injury or threat of injury to human health, safety
or the environment due to the presence of Hazardous Materials.
Environmental Law shall mean any Federal, state, foreign or local statute, law
(including principles of common law), rule, regulation, ordinance, code, directive, judgment,
order, or any other requirements of Governmental Authorities (including the Consent Decree), now or
hereafter in effect and in each case as amended, and any binding judicial or administrative
interpretation thereof, relating to the protection of the environment, or of human health (as it
relates to the exposure to Hazardous Materials) or to the presence, Release or threatened Release,
or the manufacture, use, transportation, treatment, storage, disposal or recycling of Hazardous
Materials, or the arrangement for any such activities.
Equity Interests of any Person shall mean any and all shares, interests, rights to
purchase, warrants, options, participation or other equivalents of or interest in (however
designated) equity of such Person, including any common stock, preferred stock, any limited or
general partnership interest and any limited liability company membership interest.
ERISA shall mean the U.S. Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended from time to time, and the regulations promulgated and rulings issued thereunder. Section
references to ERISA are to ERISA, as in effect at the date of this Agreement and any subsequent
provisions of ERISA, amendatory thereof, supplemental thereto or substituted therefor.
ERISA Affiliate shall mean any person that for purposes of Title I or Title IV of
ERISA or Section 412 of the Code would be deemed at any relevant time to be a single employer or
otherwise aggregated with any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries and
Unrestricted Subsidiaries under Section 414 of the Code or Section 4001 of ERISA.
ERISA Event shall mean any one or more of the following:
(a) any Reportable Event;
(b) the filing of a notice of intent to terminate any Plan, if such termination would
require material additional contributions in order to be considered a standard termination within
the meaning of Section 4041(b) of ERISA, the filing under Section 4041(c) of ERISA of a notice of
intent to terminate any Plan or the termination of any Plan under Section 4041(c) of ERISA;
(c) the institution of proceedings, or the occurrence of an event or condition which would
reasonably be expected to constitute grounds for the institution of proceedings by the PBGC under
Section 4042 of ERISA for the termination of, or the appointment of a trustee to administer, any
Plan;
(d) the failure to make a required contribution to any Plan that would result in the
imposition of a lien or other encumbrance or the provision of security under Section 430 of the
Code or Section 303 or 4068 of ERISA, or the arising of such a lien or encumbrance; there being or
arising any unpaid minimum required contribution or accumulated funding deficiency (as defined
or otherwise set forth in Section 4971 of the Code or Part 3 of Subtitle B of Title I of ERISA),
whether or not waived; or the filing of any request for or receipt of a minimum funding waiver
under Section 412 of the Code with respect to any Plan, or that such filing may be made or a
determination that any Plan is, or is expected to be, considered an at-risk plan or in endangered
or critical status within the meaning of Sections 430, 431 and 432 of the Code or Sections 303, 304
or 305 of ERISA;
(e) engaging in a non-exempt prohibited transaction within the meaning of Section 4975 of
the Code or Section 406 of ERISA;
(f) the complete or partial withdrawal of any Holding Company or any of their respective
Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate from a Multiemployer Plan, the
reorganization or insolvency under Title IV of ERISA of any Multiemployer Plan; or the receipt by
any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiaries or any
ERISA Affiliate, of any notice, or the receipt by any Multiemployer Plan from any of any Holding
Company, any
of their respective Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate of any
notice, that a Multiemployer Plan is in endangered or critical status under Section 305 of ERISA;
or
(g) any Holding Company, any of their respective Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiaries
or an ERISA Affiliate incurring any liability under Title IV of ERISA with respect to any Plan
(other than premiums due and not delinquent under Section 4007 of ERISA).
Event of Default shall have the meaning provided in Section 11.
Excess Availability shall mean, as of any date of determination, the amount by which
Availability at such time exceeds the Aggregate Exposure at such time.
Exchange Agreement shall mean an agreement under which a Borrower undertakes to
deliver goods on behalf of a Person that is not an Affiliate of any Borrower to a customer of such
Person in exchange for such Persons delivery of similar goods to a customer of such Borrower.
Exchange Agreement Positive Balance shall mean, at any date of determination, with
respect to a Borrower that is a party to an Exchange Agreement, the amount of the positive balance,
valued on a mark-to-market basis in accordance with Schedule 1.01(c), of Petroleum
Inventory that such Borrower has the right to receive in the ordinary course of business from a
counterparty to such Exchange Agreement (other than an Affiliate of such Borrower) or money owing
to such Borrower in connection with an exchange of Petroleum Inventory under such Exchange
Agreement, net of any offsets or counterclaims.
Excluded Accounts shall mean (x) Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts the balance
of which consist exclusively of (i) withheld income taxes and federal, state, local or foreign
employment taxes in such amounts as are required in the reasonable judgment of any Borrower to be
paid to the Internal Revenue Service or any other U.S., federal, state or local or foreign
government agencies within the following two months with respect to employees of any of the Credit
Parties, (ii) amounts required to be paid over to an employee benefit plan pursuant to DOL Reg.
Sec. 2510.3-102 or any foreign plan on behalf of or for the benefit of employees of one or more
Credit Parties, (iii) amounts which are required to be pledged or otherwise provided as security
pursuant to any law, other requirements of any Governmental Authority or foreign pension
requirement, (iv) any accounts opened and amounts or deposits relating to Liens permitted by
Section 10.01(l), (n), (u) and/or (z), in each case which are
permitted hereunder, and (v) amounts to be used to fund payroll obligations, (y) all other Deposit
Accounts or Securities Accounts established (or otherwise maintained) by any Holding Company or any
of their respective Domestic Subsidiaries (excluding Collection Accounts, Concentration Accounts
and DB Accounts) that do not have balances (including the value of Cash Equivalents and other
securities) at any time exceeding $1,000,000 for any individual Deposit Account or Securities
Account or $5,000,000 in the aggregate for all such Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts and
(z) each Asset Sale Proceeds Account.
Excluded Taxes shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.04(a).
Executive Order shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.23(a).
Existing Credit Agreement shall have the meaning provided in the recitals to this
Agreement.
Existing Indebtedness shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.21.
Existing Indebtedness Agreements shall have the meaning provided in Section
6.05(d).
Expenses shall mean all present and future reasonable and invoiced out-of-pocket
expenses incurred by or on behalf of the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Co-ABL
Collateral Agent or any Issuing Lender in connection with this Agreement, any other Credit Document
or otherwise in its capacity as the Administrative Agent, a Co-ABL Collateral Agent or an Issuing
Lender under this Agreement or the Collateral Agent under any Security Document, whether incurred
heretofore or
hereafter, which expenses shall include the expenses set forth in Section 13.01, the
cost of record searches, the reasonable fees and expenses of attorneys and paralegals, all
reasonable and invoiced out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by the Administrative Agent (and
the Collateral Agent) in opening bank accounts, depositing checks, electronically or otherwise
receiving and transferring funds, and any other charges imposed on the Administrative Agent (and
the Collateral Agent) due to insufficient funds of deposited checks and the standard fee of the
Administrative Agent (and the Collateral Agent) relating thereto, collateral examination fees and
expenses, reasonable fees and expenses of accountants, appraisers or other consultants, experts or
advisors employed or retained by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Co-ABL
Collateral Agent in accordance with (or to the extent permitted by) the terms of this Agreement or
any other Credit Documents, fees and taxes related to the filing of financing statements,
out-of-pocket costs of preparing and recording any other Credit Documents, all expenses, costs and
fees set forth in this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, all other fees and expenses
required to be paid pursuant to any other letter agreement and all out-of-pocket fees and expenses
incurred in connection with releasing Collateral and the amendment or termination of any of the
Credit Documents.
Extended Loan shall mean each Revolving Loan and each Swingline Loan pursuant to an
Extended Revolving Commitment.
Extended Revolving Commitment Termination Date shall mean, with respect to any
Extended Loan or Extended Revolving Loan Commitment, the agreed upon date occurring after the
Initial Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
Extended Revolving Loan Commitment shall have the meaning provided in Section
2.16.
Extension shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.16(a).
Extension Offer shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.16(a).
Facing Fee shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.01(c).
Fair Market Value shall mean, with respect to any asset (including any Equity
Interests of any Person), the price at which a willing buyer under no compulsion to buy, not an
Affiliate of the seller, and a willing seller under no compulsion to sell, would agree to purchase
and sell such asset, as determined in good faith by the board of directors or other governing body
or, pursuant to a specific delegation of authority by such board of directors or governing body, a
designated senior executive officer, of the Company or the Subsidiary of a Holding Company selling
such asset.
FATCA shall mean Sections 1471 through 1474 of the Code as enacted on the Effective
Date, or any regulation promulgated thereunder or published administrative guidance implementing
such Sections or regulations (whether or not such regulations or administrative guidance is
promulgated, issued, implemented or is in effect on the Effective Date).
Federal Funds Rate shall mean, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate equal for
each day during such period to the weighted average of the rates on overnight Federal Funds
transactions with members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal Funds brokers, as
published for such day (or, if such day is not a Business Day, for the next preceding Business Day)
by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for any day which is
a Business Day, the average of the quotations for such day on such transactions received by the
Administrative Agent from three Federal Funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the
Administrative Agent.
Fees shall mean all amounts payable pursuant to or referred to in Section
4.01.
FEMA shall mean the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Fertilizer Entities shall mean Fertilizer LLC, MLP and all of their respective
Subsidiaries.
Fertilizer LLC shall have the meaning provided in the first paragraph of this
Agreement.
FIFO Adjustment shall mean, with respect to any period (which shall be a period of
four Fiscal Quarters and which period, with respect to any Fiscal Quarter (the Reference
Fiscal Quarter), shall begin on the first day of the third preceding Fiscal Quarter and end on
the last day of the Reference Fiscal Quarter), to the extent changes in the inventory value
of any
item of hydrocarbon inventory included in the inventory amount shown in the financial statements of
the Company (each an Item) reduce or increase Consolidated Net Income, for each such
Item, an amount equal to 75% of the sum of the products of (i) the inventory volume of each Item at
the beginning of such period and (ii) the amount determined by subtracting (a) the inventory value
of such Item at the beginning of such period from (b) the inventory value of such Item at the end
of such period, such that if the result is negative, it represents a loss, and if the result is
positive, it represents a gain.
FinCo shall mean Coffeyville Finance Inc., a Delaware corporation.
First Lien Notes shall mean the 9% First Lien notes due 2015, issued by the Company
and FinCo pursuant to the First Lien Notes Indenture, as in effect on the Effective Date and as the
same may be amended, modified and/or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms
hereof and thereof.
First Lien Notes Agent shall mean Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, together
with its successors and assigns in such capacity.
First Lien Notes Documents shall mean the First Lien Notes, the First Lien Notes
Indenture, the First Lien Notes Security Documents and all other documents executed and delivered
in connection therewith, each as in effect on the Effective Date and as the same may be amended,
modified and/or supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
First Lien Notes Indenture shall mean the Indenture, dated as of April 6, 2010,
among the Company and FinCo, as issuers, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee
thereunder, as in effect on the Effective Date and as the same may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
First Lien Notes Reserve shall mean, from and after December 31, 2014, a reserve in
an amount equal to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all First Lien Notes which have
any maturity, mandatory redemption, mandatory repayment or prepayment or similar requirement on or
prior to the date that is 90 days after the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, plus any accrued
and unpaid interest payable under the First Lien Notes Documents in respect of such outstanding
principal amount.
First Lien Notes Secured Parties shall mean the Secured Parties as defined in the
First Lien Security Documents.
First Lien Notes Security Documents shall mean the Amended and Restated First Lien
Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2006, as amended, among the Grantors (as
defined therein) and the First Lien Notes Agent and as it may be further amended, restated or
modified from time to time, and any other documents, agreements or instruments now existing or
entered into after the date hereof that create (or purport to create) Liens on any assets or
properties of any Grantor (as defined therein) to secure any obligations under the First Lien Notes
Documents.
First Priority shall mean, with respect to any Lien purported to be created on any
Collateral pursuant to any Security Document, that such Lien is prior in right to any other Lien
thereon, other than any Permitted Liens (excluding Specified Permitted Liens) applicable to such
Collateral which
as a matter of law (and giving effect to any actions taken pursuant to the last paragraph of
Section 10.01) have priority over the respective Liens on such Collateral created pursuant
to the relevant Security Document.
First Purchase Crude Payables shall mean, at any time, the unpaid amount of any
obligation of any Borrower or any of its Subsidiaries as a first purchaser of crude oil, which is
secured by a statutory first purchaser Lien created under the laws of any state, including
Colorado, Kansas, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas, to
the extent such obligation is not covered by a Letter of Credit issued hereunder.
First Purchaser Reserve shall mean the aggregate amount of reserves (if any)
established by the Co-ABL Collateral Agents from time to time in their Permitted Discretion in
respect of First Purchase Crude Payables owed by the Borrowers or any of its Subsidiaries; it being
understood that (i) in respect of the state of Oklahoma, such reserves shall be in an amount equal
to 100% of the respective First Purchase Crude Payables, (ii) in respect of the states of Kansas,
Colorado and North Dakota, such reserves initially shall be in an amount equal to 0% of the
respective First Purchase Crude Payables; provided, however, (I) if either (x) the
Consolidated Net Income (but, for this purpose, determined prior to provision for income taxes) of
the Company and its Subsidiaries for the most recently ended Test Period is less than $0 or (y) at
any time the remainder of (A) Excess Availability minus (B) 100% of the aggregate amount of
all First Purchase Crude Payables of the Borrowers and their respective Subsidiaries due (and not
just those in respect of the state of Oklahoma) and not otherwise subject to Reserves in the
Borrowing Base is less than $60,000,000, the Co-ABL Collateral Agents shall be permitted to
establish Reserves of up to 50% of the aggregate amount of the First Purchase Crude Payables owed
by the Borrower or any of
its Subsidiaries in respect of the state of Kansas, and (II) if there is
any change in law or regulation (or any change in the interpretation or administration thereof,
whether through any applicable judicial decision or otherwise) or any change in facts or
circumstances in relation to the first purchaser Lien laws created under the laws of the state of
Kansas, Colorado or North Dakota, the Co-ABL Collateral Agents may in their Permitted Discretion
establish reserves in respect of the respective First Purchase Crude Payables of up to 100% and
(iii) in respect of any other state in respect of such First Purchase Crude Payables, an amount of
reserves established by the Co-ABL Collateral Agents in their Permitted Discretion from time to
time in respect of such First Purchase Crude Payables.
Fiscal Quarter shall mean, for any Fiscal Year of the Company, (i) the fiscal period
commencing on January 1 of such Fiscal Year and ending on March 31 of such Fiscal Year, (ii) the
fiscal period commencing on April 1 of such Fiscal Year and ending on June 30 of such Fiscal Year,
(iii) the fiscal period commencing on July 1 of such Fiscal Year and ending on September 30 of such
fiscal year and (iv) the fiscal period commencing on October 1 of such Fiscal Year and ending on
December 31 of such Fiscal Year.
Fiscal Year shall mean the fiscal period commencing on January 1 of a calendar year
and ending on December 31 of such calendar year.
Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio shall mean, for any period, the ratio of (a)(i)
Consolidated EBITDA for such period minus (ii) the aggregate amount of all Capital
Expenditures made by the Company and its Subsidiaries during such period (other than Capital
Expenditures to the extent financed with the proceeds of any sale or issuance of Equity Interests,
the proceeds of any asset sale (other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of business),
the proceeds of any Recovery Event or the proceeds of any incurrence of Indebtedness (other than
the incurrence of any Loans or any loans under any other revolving credit (or similar) facility),
but including Capital Expenditures to the extent financed with proceeds of Loans and loans under
any other revolving credit (or similar) facility, minus (iii) the aggregate amount of all
cash payments (including cash Dividends pursuant to Section 10.03(d)) made by the Company
and its Subsidiaries in respect of income taxes or income tax liabilities (net of cash income tax
refunds) during such period (excluding such cash payments related to asset sales not in the
ordinary course of business) to (b) Fixed Charges for such period.
Fixed Charges shall mean, for any period, the sum of (a) any amortization or other
scheduled payments made during such period on all Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries
for such period (including the principal component of all obligations in respect of all Capitalized
Lease Obligations), plus (b) Consolidated Interest Expense of the Company and its
Subsidiaries for such period, plus (c) the aggregate amount of all cash Dividends paid by
the Company and its Subsidiaries as permitted under Section 10.03 for such period (other
than cash Dividends (x) paid to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (y) cash Dividends paid
pursuant to Sections 10.03(c) and (d) (but in the case of such clause (d), only in
respect of income taxes or income tax liabilities)).
Foreign Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.04(b).
Foreign Pension Plan shall mean any plan, fund (including any superannuation fund)
or other similar program established or maintained outside the United States by one or more Holding
Companies or any one or more of their respective Subsidiaries primarily for the benefit of
employees of such Holding Companies or such Subsidiaries residing outside the United States, which
plan, fund or other similar program provides, or results in, retirement income, a deferral of
income in contemplation of retirement or payments to be made upon termination of employment, and
which plan is not subject to ERISA or the Code.
Foreign Subsidiary of any Person shall mean any Subsidiary of such Person that is
not a Domestic Subsidiary of such Person.
GAAP shall mean generally accepted accounting principles in the United States as in
effect from time to time; provided that determinations in accordance with GAAP for purposes
of Sections 9.13 and 10 and the calculation of the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and
the Total Leverage Ratio, including defined terms as used therein, are subject (to the extent
provided therein) to Section 13.07(a).
Governmental Authority shall mean the government of the United States of America,
any other nation or any political subdivision thereof, whether state, provincial or local, and any
agency, authority, instrumentality, regulatory body, court, central bank or other entity exercising
executive, legislative, judicial, taxing, regulatory or administrative powers or functions of or
pertaining to government.
Guaranteed Creditors shall mean and include each of the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent, the Co-ABL Collateral Agents, the Issuing Lenders, the Lenders, the Swingline
Lender, each Lender Counterparty and each Treasury Services Creditor.
Guaranteed Obligations shall mean (i) the full and prompt payment when due (whether
at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all Obligations of any Borrower to the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Co-ABL Collateral Agents, the Issuing Lenders, the
Swingline Lender and the Lenders (or any of them) now existing or hereafter incurred under, arising
out of or in connection with this Agreement and each other Credit Document and the due performance
and compliance by such Borrower with all the terms, conditions and agreements contained in this
Agreement and in each such other Credit Document, (ii) the full and prompt payment when due
(whether at the stated maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of all Secured Hedging Obligations
of any Borrower or any Subsidiary thereof to any Secured Hedging Creditor now existing or hereafter
incurred under, arising out of or in connection with any Secured Hedging Agreement to which such
Secured Hedging Creditor is a party, and the due performance and compliance by such Borrower or
such Subsidiary with all terms, conditions and agreements contained in such Secured Hedging
Agreement, and (iii) the full and prompt payment when due (whether at the stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise) of all Secured Cash Management Obligations of any Borrower or any
Subsidiary thereof to any Secured Cash Management Creditor now existing or hereafter incurred
under, arising out of or in connection with any Secured Cash Management Agreement to which such
Secured Cash Management Creditor is a party, and the due performance and compliance by such
Borrower or such Subsidiary with all terms, conditions and agreements contained in such Secured
Cash Management Agreement.
Guarantor shall mean and include each Holding Company, each Borrower (in its
capacity as a guarantor under the Guaranty) and each Subsidiary Guarantor.
Guaranty shall mean the guaranty of the Guarantors pursuant to Section 16.
Hazardous Materials shall mean any chemicals, materials, wastes, pollutants,
contaminants, or substances in any form that is prohibited, limited or regulated pursuant to any
Environmental Law by virtue of their toxic or otherwise deleterious characteristics, including any
petroleum or petroleum products, radioactive materials, asbestos in any form that is or could
become friable, urea formaldehyde foam insulation, dielectric fluid containing levels of
polychlorinated biphenyls, and radon gas.
Highest Adjustable Applicable Margins shall have the meaning provided in the
definition of Applicable Margin.
Historical Excess Availability shall mean, for the purposes of the definition of
Applicable Margin, in the case of each Start Date, an amount equal to (x) the sum of each days
Excess Availability during the most recently ended Fiscal Quarter divided by (y) the number
of days in such Fiscal Quarter; provided that Excess Availability shall be determined on a
Pro Forma Basis in accordance with the requirements of the definition of
Pro Forma Basis contained herein.
Holding Company and Holding Companies shall have the meaning provided in
the first paragraph of this Agreement.
Holding Company Common Stock shall have the meaning provided in Section
8.13(a).
Incremental Commitment shall mean, for any Lender, any Revolving Loan Commitment
provided by such Lender after the Effective Date in an Incremental Commitment Agreement delivered
pursuant to Section 2.15; it being understood, however, that on each date upon which an
Incremental Commitment of any Lender becomes effective, such Incremental Commitment of such Lender
shall be added to (and thereafter become a part of) the Revolving Loan Commitment of such Lender
for all purposes of this Agreement as contemplated by Section 2.15.
Incremental Commitment Agreement shall mean each Incremental Commitment Agreement in
substantially the form of Exhibit P (appropriately completed, and with such modifications
as may be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) executed and delivered in accordance
with Section 2.15.
Incremental Commitment Date shall mean each date upon which an Incremental
Commitment under an Incremental Commitment Agreement becomes effective as provided in Section
2.15(b).
Incremental Commitment Requirements shall mean, with respect to any provision of an
Incremental Commitment on a given Incremental Commitment Date, the satisfaction of each of the
following conditions on the Incremental Commitment Date of the respective Incremental Commitment
Agreement: (i) no Default or Event of Default exists or would exist after giving effect thereto;
(ii) all of the representations and warranties contained in the Credit Documents shall be true and
correct in all material respects at such time (unless stated to relate to a specific earlier date,
in which case such representations and warranties shall have been true and correct in all material
respects as of such earlier date) (it being understood and agreed that any representation or
warranty that is qualified by materiality, Material Adverse Effect or similar language shall be
true and correct in all respects as of any such date); (iii) the delivery by the Company to the
Administrative Agent of an acknowledgment, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent and executed by
each Credit Party, acknowledging that such Incremental Commitment and all
Revolving Loans subsequently incurred, and Letters of Credit issued, as applicable, pursuant to
such Incremental Commitment shall constitute Obligations under the Credit Documents and secured on
a pari passu basis with the Obligations under the Security Documents; (iv) the
Company shall have delivered a certificate executed by an Authorized Officer of the Company,
certifying to the best of such officers knowledge, compliance with the requirements of preceding
clauses (i) and (ii) and shall have delivered a Borrowing Base Certificate pursuant to Section
9.01(j); and (v) the completion by
each Credit Party of (x) such other actions as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request in connection with such Incremental Commitment in order
to create, continue or maintain the security interests of the Collateral Agent in the Collateral
and the perfection thereof (including any amendments to Security Documents, additional Security
Documents, any mortgage amendments, title insurance policies and such other documents reasonably
requested by the Administrative Agent to be delivered in connection therewith) and (y) such other
conditions that may be specified in the applicable Incremental Commitment Agreement.
Incremental Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.15(b).
Incremental Security Documents shall have the meaning provided in Section
2.15(b).
Indebtedness as applied to any Person shall mean, without duplication, (i) all
indebtedness for borrowed money; (ii) that portion of obligations with respect to Capitalized Lease
Obligations that is classified as a liability on a balance sheet in conformity with GAAP; (iii)
notes payable and drafts accepted representing extensions of credit whether or not representing
obligations for borrowed money; (iv) any obligation owed for all or any part of the deferred
purchase price of property or services (excluding (x) trade payables and accrued expenses arising
in the ordinary course of business and (y) obligations incurred under ERISA), which purchase price
is (a) due more than six months from the date of incurrence of the obligation in respect thereof or
(b) evidenced by a note or similar written instrument; (v) all indebtedness secured by any Lien on
any property or asset owned or held by that Person regardless of whether the indebtedness secured
thereby shall have been assumed by that Person or is non-recourse to the credit of that Person;
provided however, in the case of non-recourse Indebtedness, the amount of such
Indebtedness shall be limited to the value of the assets securing such indebtedness; (vi) the face
amount of any letter of credit issued for the account of that Person or as to which that Person is
otherwise liable for reimbursement of drawings; (vii) the direct or indirect guaranty, endorsement
(otherwise than for collection or deposit in the ordinary course of business), co-making,
discounting with recourse or sale with recourse by such Person of the Indebtedness of another;
(viii) any obligation of such Person the primary purpose or intent of which is to provide assurance
to an obligee that the obligation of the obligor thereof will be paid or discharged, or any
agreement relating thereto will be complied with, or the holders thereof will be protected (in
whole or in part) against loss in respect thereof; provided that such obligation shall not
be deemed Indebtedness unless the underlying obligation would be deemed Indebtedness; (ix) any
liability of such Person for an obligation of another through any agreement (contingent or
otherwise) (a) to purchase, repurchase or otherwise acquire such obligation or any security
therefor, or to provide funds for the payment or discharge of such obligation (whether in the form
of loans, advances, stock purchases, capital contributions or otherwise) or (b) to maintain the
solvency or any balance sheet item, level of income or financial condition of another if, in the
case of any agreement described under subclauses (a) or (b) of this clause (ix), the primary
purpose or intent thereof is as described in clause (viii) above; provided that such
obligation shall not be deemed Indebtedness unless the underlying obligation would be deemed
Indebtedness; (x) all net obligations of such Person in respect of any exchange traded or over the
counter derivative transaction, including any Interest Rate Protection Agreement or Other Hedging
Agreement, whether entered into for hedging or speculative purposes; and (xi) all Off-Balance Sheet
Liabilities of such Person. The Indebtedness of any Person shall include the Indebtedness of any
other entity (including any partnership in which such Person is a general partner) to the extent
such Person is directly liable therefore as a result of such Persons ownership interest in or
other relationship with such entity, except to the extent the terms of such Indebtedness provide
that such Person is not liable therefor.
Indemnified Person shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.01(a).
Individual Exposure of any Lender shall mean, at any time, the sum of (a) the
aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans made by such Lender and then outstanding, (b)
such Lenders RL Percentage of the aggregate principal amount of all Swingline Loans then
outstanding and (c) such Lenders RL Percentage of the aggregate amount of all Letter of Credit
Outstandings at such time.
Initial Revolving Commitment Termination Date means August 22, 2015.
Insolvency Proceeding shall mean any proceeding commenced by or against any Person
under any provision of the Bankruptcy Code or under any state or foreign bankruptcy or insolvency
law (including any Canadian Insolvency Law), assignments for the benefit of creditors, formal or
informal moratoria, compositions, extensions generally with creditors, or proceedings seeking
reorganization, arrangement, or other similar relief.
Intercompany Debt shall mean any Indebtedness, payables or other obligations,
whether now existing or hereafter incurred, owed by any Holding Company or Subsidiary of a Holding
Company to any Holding Company or any
Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary of a Holding Company.
Intercompany Loans shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.05(h).
Intercompany Note shall mean a promissory note (which may be a global promissory
note) evidencing Intercompany Loans, duly executed and delivered substantially in the form of
Exhibit K (or such other form as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent), with blanks completed in conformity herewith.
Intercreditor Agreement shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.09.
Interest Determination Date shall mean, with respect to any LIBOR Loan, the second
Business Day prior to the commencement of any Interest Period relating to such LIBOR Loan.
Interest Period shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.09.
Interest Rate Protection Agreement shall mean any interest rate swap agreement,
interest rate cap agreement, interest collar agreement, interest rate hedging agreement or other
similar agreement or arrangement.
In-Transit Crude Oil shall mean crude oil purchased by any Borrower for delivery to
such Borrower via pipeline from a vendor or supplier.
Inventory shall mean inventory as such term is defined in Article 9 of the UCC.
Inventory Reserve shall mean reserves established by the Co-ABL Collateral Agents in
their Permitted Discretion to reflect declines in market value or to reflect factors that may
negatively impact the value of Inventory, including change in salability, obsolescence,
seasonality, change in composition or mix, markdowns and vendor chargebacks.
Investment Grade Securities shall mean (i) securities issued or directly and fully
guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or instrumentality thereof
(provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in support thereof), (ii)
debt securities or debt instruments with an investment grade rating (but not including any debt
securities or instruments of any Holding Company or any Subsidiary, Unrestricted Subsidiary or
Affiliate thereof), (iii) investments in any fund that invests exclusively in investments of the
type set forth in clauses (i) and (ii) above which fund may also hold immaterial amounts of cash
pending investment or distribution, and (iv) corresponding instruments in countries other than the
United States customarily utilized for high quality investments.
Investments shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.05.
Issuing Lender shall mean each of (i) Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas (except
as otherwise provided in Section 12.09), (ii) JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., and (iii) any
other Lender reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent which agrees to issue Letters of
Credit hereunder; provided that, if the Extension is effected in accordance with
Section 2.16, then on the occurrence of the
Initial Revolving Commitment Termination Date, each Issuing Lender shall have the right to
resign as such on, or on any date within twenty (20) Business Days after, the Initial Revolving
Commitment Termination Date, upon not less than ten (10) days prior written notice thereof to the
Company and the Administrative Agent and, in the event of any such resignation and upon the
effectiveness thereof, the resigning Issuing Lender shall retain all of its rights hereunder and
under the other Credit Documents as Issuing Lender with respect to all Letters of Credit
theretofore issued by it (which Letters of Credit shall remain outstanding in accordance with the
terms hereof until their respective expirations) but shall not be required to issue any further
Letters of Credit hereunder. If at any time and for any reason (including as a result of
resignations as contemplated by the last proviso to the preceding sentence), an Issuing Lender has
resigned in such capacity in accordance with the preceding sentence and no Issuing Lenders exist at
such time, then no Person shall be an Issuing Lender hereunder obligated to issue Letters of Credit
unless and until (and only for so long as) a Lender (or Affiliate of a Lender) reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Company agrees to act as Issuing Lender hereunder.
Any Issuing Lender may, in its discretion, arrange for one or more Letters of Credit to be issued
by one or more Affiliates of such Issuing Lender (and such Affiliate shall be deemed to be an
Issuing Lender for all purposes of the Credit Documents).
Issuing Lender Sublimit shall mean (x) with respect to Deutsche Bank Trust Company
Americas (and its Affiliates), Letter of Credit Outstandings at any time not to exceed in the
aggregate $125,000,000 (as such amount may be adjusted as provided below), (y) with respect to
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (and its Affiliates), Letter of Credit Outstandings at any time not to
exceed in the aggregate $100,000,000 (as such amount may be adjusted as provided below) and (z)
with respect to each other Issuing Lender party hereto from time to time, Letter of Credit
Outstandings at any time not to exceed in the aggregate an amount to be agreed between the Company
and such Issuing Lender (upon notice to the Administrative Agent) (as such amount may be adjusted
as provided below) and, in any case of clause (x), (y) or (z), such other amount to be
agreed in
writing between the Company and such Issuing Lender (in its sole discretion).
Joinder Agreement shall mean, collectively, (i) a Joinder Agreement substantially in
the form of Exhibit M, (ii) a joinder or counterpart agreement in the form attached to the
Pledge and Security Agreement and (iii) a joinder or counterpart agreement in the form attached to
the Intercreditor Agreement (in each case, appropriately completed).
Landlord Personal Property Collateral Access Agreement shall mean a Landlord Waiver and
Consent Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit L, with such amendments,
modifications or supplements thereto as may be approved by the Administrative Agent.
L/C Supportable Obligations shall mean (i) obligations of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries with respect to workers compensation, surety bonds and other similar statutory
obligations and (ii) such other obligations of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries as are
reasonably acceptable to the respective Issuing Lender and otherwise permitted to exist pursuant to
the terms of this Agreement (other than obligations in respect of (s) the First Lien Notes, (t) the
Refinancing First Lien Notes, (u) the Second Lien Notes, (v) the Refinancing Second Lien Notes, (w)
any Qualified Debt, (x) obligations in respect of Indebtedness permitted under Section
10.04(p), (y) any Indebtedness or other obligations that are subordinated in right of payment
to the Obligations and (z) any Equity Interests).
Lead Arranger shall mean each of Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. and J.P. Morgan
Securities LLC, each in its capacity as a Joint Lead Arranger and Joint Book Runner for the credit
facilities hereunder, and any successors thereto.
Leaseholds of any Person shall mean all the right, title and interest of such Person
as lessee or licensee in, to and under leases or licenses of land, improvements and/or fixtures.
Lender shall mean each financial institution listed on Schedule 1.01(a), as
well as any Person that becomes a Lender hereunder pursuant to Section 2.13, Section
2.15 or Section 13.04(b).
Lender Default shall mean, as to any Lender, (i) the wrongful refusal (which has not
been retracted) of such Lender or the failure of such Lender (which has not been cured) to make
available its portion of any Borrowing (including any Mandatory Borrowing) or to fund its portion
of any unreimbursed payment with respect to a Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 3.04(c),
which refusal or failure is not cured within two Business Days after the date of such refusal or
failure unless subject to a good faith dispute, (ii) such Lender having been deemed insolvent or
having become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding or a takeover by a regulatory
authority, or (iii) such Lender having notified the Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender, any
Issuing Lender and/or any Credit Party (x) that it does not intend to comply with its obligations
under Section 2.01(a) or (c), Section 2.04 or Section 3, as the
case may be, in circumstances where such non-compliance would constitute a breach of such Lenders
obligations under the respective Section (unless such notice, in the case of this sub-clause (x),
has been retracted by such Lender) or (y) of the events described in preceding clause (ii),
provided that, for purposes of (and only for purposes of) Sections 2.01(b),
3.03(b) and 5.02(g) and any documentation entered into pursuant to the Back Stop
Arrangements (and the term Defaulting Lender as used therein), the term Lender Default shall
also include, as to any Lender, (i) any Affiliate of such Lender that has control (within the
meaning provided in the definition of Affiliate) of such Lender having been deemed insolvent or
having become the subject of a bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding or a takeover by a regulatory
authority, (ii) any previously cured Lender Default of such Lender under this Agreement, unless
such Lender Default has ceased to exist for a period of at least 90 consecutive days, (iii) any
default by such Lender with respect to its funding obligations under any other credit facility to
which it is a party and which the Swingline Lender, any Issuing Lender or the Administrative Agent
believes in good faith has occurred and is continuing after notice thereof to such Lender, unless
subject to a good faith dispute, and (iv) the failure of such Lender to make available its portion
of any Borrowing (including any Mandatory Borrowing) or to fund its portion of any unreimbursed
payment with respect to a Letter of Credit pursuant to Section 3.04(c) within two Business
Days of the date (x) the Administrative Agent (in its capacity as a Lender) or (y) Lenders
constituting the Required Lenders with Revolving Loan Commitments has or have, as applicable,
funded its or their portion thereof; provided, however, a Lender shall not be
deemed in Lender Default solely as a result of the acquisition or maintenance of an ownership in
such Lender or any Person controlling such Lender or the exercise of control over such Lender or
any Person controlling such Lender by a Governmental Authority or an instrumentality thereof.
Letter of Credit shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.01(a).
Letter of Credit Back-Stop Arrangements shall have the meaning provided in
Section 3.03(b).
Letter of Credit Fee shall have the meaning provided in Section 4.01(b).
Letter of Credit Outstandings shall mean, at any time, the sum of (i) the Stated
Amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit at such time and (ii) the aggregate amount of all
Unpaid Drawings in respect of all Letters of Credit at such time.
Letter of Credit Request shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.03(a).
LIBO Rate shall mean, with respect to any Borrowing of LIBOR Loans for any Interest
Period, (a) the rate per annum determined by the Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m.
(London time) on the date that is two Business Days prior to the commencement of such Interest
Period by reference to the Reuters Screen LIBOR01 for deposits in Dollars (or such other comparable
page as may, in the opinion of the Administrative Agent, replace such page for the purpose of
displaying such rates) for a period equal to such Interest Period; provided that to the
extent that an interest rate is not ascertainable pursuant to the foregoing provisions of this
definition, the LIBO Rate shall be the interest rate per annum determined by the Administrative
Agent to be the average of the rates per annum at which deposits in Dollars are offered for such
relevant Interest Period to major banks in the London interbank market in London, England by the
Administrative Agent at approximately 11:00 a.m. (London time) on the date that is two Business
Days prior to the beginning of such Interest Period, divided by (b) a percentage equal to 100%
minus the then stated maximum rate of all reserve requirements (including any marginal, emergency,
supplemental, special or other reserves required by applicable law) applicable to any member
bank of the Federal Reserve System in respect of Eurocurrency funding or liabilities as defined in
Regulation D (or any successor category of liabilities under Regulation D).
LIBOR Loan shall mean each Loan (other than a Swingline Loan) designated as such by
the applicable Borrower at the time of the incurrence thereof or conversion thereto.
Lien shall mean any mortgage, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), preference, priority or other security
agreement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, any financing or similar statement or notice filed under the UCC, PPSA or any other
similar recording or notice statute, and any lease having substantially the same effect as any of
the foregoing).
Loan shall mean each Revolving Loan and each Swingline Loan.
Major Scheduled Turnaround shall mean (i) with respect to the Coffeyville Refinery,
a scheduled shutdown of refinery process units primarily for purposes of conducting maintenance of
at least twenty (20) consecutive days, which shutdown shall occur no more than two times prior to
the Initial Revolving Commitment Termination Date and (ii) prior to the Permitted Fertilizer Event,
with respect to the Coffeyville Nitrogen Plant, a scheduled shutdown primarily for purposes of
conducting maintenance of at least seven (7) consecutive days, which shutdown shall not occur more
than two times in any twenty-four (24) month period.
Major Scheduled Turnaround Expenses shall mean expenses which have been incurred by
the Company or its Subsidiaries to complete a Major Scheduled Turnaround but only to the extent
such amounts are included in determining Consolidated Net Income for the respective period.
Management Agreements shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.05(b).
Mandatory Borrowing shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.01(c).
Margin Stock shall have the meaning provided in Regulation U.
Material Adverse Effect shall mean (a) a material adverse change in, or a material
adverse effect on, the business, operations, property, assets, liabilities (actual or contingent)
or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Credit Parties taken as a whole or (b) a material
impairment of the rights and remedies of the Lenders, the Administrative Agent or the Collateral
Agent hereunder or under any other Credit Document or of the ability of any Credit Party to perform
its obligations hereunder or under any other Credit Document to which it is a party or (c) a
material adverse effect upon the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability against any
Credit Party of any Credit Document to which it is a party. The Permitted Fertilizer Event (in and
of itself) is not a Material Adverse Effect.
Material Contract shall mean (i) any contract or other arrangement to which any
Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries is a party (other than the Credit
Documents) for which breach, nonperformance, cancellation or failure to renew could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and (ii) for purposes of Section 4.5 of the Pledge and
Security Agreement, any contract or agreement relating to ABL Priority Collateral.
Material Real Property shall mean (i) (a) all Real Property set forth in
Schedule 1.01(e), (ii) any other fee-owned Real Property having a fair market value in
excess of $10,000,000 as of the date of the acquisition thereof (other than the Real Property set
forth on Schedule 1.01(f)) and (b) all other Leaseholds other than those with respect to
which the aggregate annual payments under the term of the lease are less than $10,000,000 per
annum, (iii) any Real Property that the Collateral Agent has determined in its reasonable judgment
after consultation with the Company is material to the properties,
assets, liabilities, condition
(financial or otherwise) or results of operation of the Holding Companies and each of
their Subsidiaries, including the Company, or (iv) any Real Property in which any Lien is
granted (or required to be granted) in respect of any other Indebtedness subject to the
Intercreditor Agreement.
Maximum Letter of Credit Amount shall mean, at any time, an amount equal to 90% of
the Total Revolving Loan Commitment at such time.
Maximum Rate shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.20.
Maximum Swingline Amount shall mean, at any time, an amount equal to the lesser of
(i) $25,000,000 and (ii) 10% of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment at such time.
Minimum Borrowing Amount shall mean (i) for Revolving Loans, $500,000, and (ii) for
Swingline Loans (x) at all times when a Dominion Period is not in existence, $100,000, and (y) at
all other times, there shall be no Minimum Borrowing Amount.
Minimum Extension Condition shall have the meaning provided in Section
2.16(d).
MLP shall mean CVR Partners, LP, a Delaware limited partnership.
MLP IPO shall mean the initial public offering of MLP contemplated by the form S-1,
filed with the SEC on December 20, 2010, as amended from time to time.
Monthly Payment Date shall mean the last Business Day of each calendar month
occurring after the Effective Date.
Moodys shall mean Moodys Investors Service, Inc.
Mortgage shall mean a mortgage, leasehold mortgage, deed of trust, leasehold deed of
trust, deed to secure debt, leasehold deed to secure debt, debenture or similar security
instrument.
Mortgage Policy shall mean a Lenders title insurance policy (Form 1992).
Mortgaged Property shall mean any Real Property owned or leased by any Credit Party
which is encumbered (or required to be encumbered) by a Mortgage pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement or any Security Document.
Multiemployer Plan shall mean any Plan that is a multiemployer plan as defined in
Section 4001(a)(3) of ERISA.
NAIC shall mean the National Association of Insurance Commissioners.
Net Insurance Proceeds shall mean, with respect to any Recovery Event, the cash
proceeds received by the respective Person in connection with such Recovery Event (net of (a)
reasonable costs and taxes incurred in connection with such Recovery Event and (b) required
payments of any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness secured pursuant to the Security Documents
and Indebtedness secured by a junior Lien on the ABL Priority Collateral) which is secured by the
respective assets which are the subject of such Recovery Event).
Net Orderly Liquidation Value shall mean, for any Eligible Fertilizer Inventory, the
net orderly liquidation value determined by an unaffiliated valuation company reasonably
acceptable to the Co-ABL Collateral Agents after performance of an Inventory valuation to be done
at the Borrowers request and expense, which shall be net of the amount of sales costs and expenses
of such Inventory.
Net Sale Proceeds shall mean, for any sale or other disposition of assets, the gross
cash proceeds (including any cash received by way of deferred payment pursuant to a promissory
note, receivable or otherwise, but only as and when received) received from such sale or other
disposition of
assets, net of (i) reasonable transaction costs (including any underwriting, brokerage or
other customary selling commissions, reasonable legal, advisory and other fees and expenses
(including title and recording expenses), associated therewith and sales, VAT and transfer taxes
arising therefrom), (ii) payments of unassumed liabilities relating to the assets sold or otherwise
disposed of, (iii) the amount of such gross cash proceeds required to be used to permanently repay
any Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness secured pursuant to the Security Documents and
Indebtedness secured by a junior Lien on the ABL Priority Collateral), which is secured by the
respective assets which were sold or otherwise disposed of, and (iv) the estimated net marginal
increase in income taxes which will be payable by the Holding Companies consolidated group or any
Subsidiary of any Holding Company with respect to the Fiscal
Year of the Company in which the sale
or other disposition occurs as a result of such sale or other disposition; provided,
however, that such gross proceeds shall not include any portion of such gross cash proceeds
which the Company determines in good faith should be reserved for post-closing adjustments (to the
extent the Company delivers to the Administrative Agent a certificate signed by an Authorized
Officer of the Company as to such determination), it being understood and agreed that on the day
that all such post-closing adjustments have been determined, the amount (if any) by which the
reserved amount in respect of such sale or disposition exceeds the actual post-closing adjustments
payable by any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall constitute Net Sale
Proceeds on such date received by any Holding Company and/or any of their respective Subsidiaries
from such sale or other disposition.
Non-Defaulting Lender shall mean and include each Lender, other than a Defaulting
Lender.
Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary shall mean, as to any Person, each Subsidiary of such
Person which is not a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of such Person.
Note shall mean each Revolving Note and the Swingline Note.
Note Indenture Borrowing Base shall have the meaning given to the term Borrowing
Base in the First Lien Notes Indenture and the Second Lien Notes Indenture, as such term is
amended from time to time under (and in accordance with the terms of) the First Lien Notes
Indenture and the Second Lien Notes Indenture.
Notes Priority Collateral shall mean any and all Collateral other than the ABL
Priority Collateral.
Notice Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.16(a).
Notice of Borrowing shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.03(a).
Notice of Conversion/Continuation shall have the meaning provided in Section
2.06.
Notice Office shall mean (i) for credit notices, the office of the Administrative
Agent located at 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 1500, Houston, Texas 77002, Attention: David E.
Sisler, Telephone No.: (832) 239-4627, and Telecopier No.: (832)-239-4693, and (ii) for operational
notices, the office of the Administrative Agent located at 5022 Gate Parkway #200, Jacksonville,
Florida 32256, Attention: Pam Wedenfeller, Telephone No.: (904) 527-6516, and Telecopier No.:
(732) 380-3355, or (in either case) such other office or person as the Administrative Agent may
hereafter designate in writing as such to the other parties hereto.
Obligations shall mean (x) the principal of, premium, if any, and interest on the
Notes issued by, and the Loans made to, the Borrowers under this Agreement, and all reimbursement
obligations and Unpaid Drawings with respect to Letters of Credit and (y) all other payment
obligations (including obligations which, but for the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the
Bankruptcy Code, would become due), indebtedness and liabilities owing by the Borrowers and the
other Credit Parties to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Co-ABL Collateral
Agent, any Issuing Lender, the Swingline Lender or any Lender under this Agreement and each other
Credit Document to which any Borrower or other Credit
Party is a party (including indemnities, expenses (including Expenses), Fees and interest
thereon (including in each case any interest, Fees or expenses (including Expenses) accruing after
the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding at the rate
provided for in this Agreement, whether or not such interest, Fees or expenses (including Expenses)
are an allowed claim in any such proceeding)), whether now existing or hereafter incurred under,
arising out of or in connection with each such Credit Document and including all guaranties of the
foregoing obligations, indebtedness and liabilities (but shall in any event exclude any Secured
Hedging Obligations and Secured Cash Management Obligations).
OFAC shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.24(a).
Off-Balance Sheet Liabilities of any Person shall mean (i) any repurchase obligation
or liability of such Person with respect to accounts or notes receivable sold by such Person, (ii)
any liability of such Person under any sale and leaseback transactions that does not create a
liability on the balance sheet of such Person, (iii) any obligation under a Synthetic Lease or (iv)
any obligation arising with respect to any other transaction which is the functional equivalent of
or takes the place of borrowing but which does not constitute a liability on the balance sheet of
such Person (but excluding, for the avoidance of doubt, any operating leases).
Other Hedging Agreements shall mean any foreign exchange contracts, currency swap
agreements, commodity agreements (including Commodity Agreements) or other similar arrangements, or
arrangements designed to protect against fluctuations in currency values or commodity prices.
Paid but Unexpired Standby Letters of Credit shall mean, during a Post Supplier
Payment Period, the
amount available for drawing under an outstanding standby Letter of Credit
issued to support the purchase of Petroleum Inventory of the Borrowers as of such date of
determination where the supplier of such Petroleum Inventory in connection with which such standby
Letter of Credit was specifically issued has been paid in full and therefore is not otherwise
entitled to draw on such standby Letter of Credit, in whole or in part.
Parent shall mean CVR Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation.
Participant shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.04(a).
Participant Register shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.04(a).
Partnership Agreement shall mean the Limited Partnership Agreement of MLP, dated as
of October 24, 2007, together with the Contribution, Conveyance and Assumption Agreement, dated as
of October 24, 2007, among the Company, MLP, and the other parties thereto, as each may be amended,
restated, modified, supplemented and/or replaced from time to time in accordance with the terms
thereof and hereof.
Patriot Act shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.17.
Payment Conditions shall mean that each of the following conditions are satisfied at
the time of each action or proposed action and immediately after giving effect thereto: (i) there
is no Default or Event of Default existing immediately before or after the action or proposed
action, (ii) Excess Availability on the date of the action or proposed action (calculated after
giving effect to the Borrowing of any Loans or issuance of any Letters of Credit in connection with
the action or proposed action) and Projected Excess Availability at all times during the 12-month
period following the date of the action or proposed action shall exceed (A) in the case of
Sections 9.13(a), 10.02(e) and 10.05(u), 17.5%, and (B) in the case of
Sections 10.03(h) and 10.08(a), 20.0%, in each case of Availability as then in
effect, (iii) the Company shall be in compliance with a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of not less
than (A) in the case of Sections 9.13(a), 10.02(e) and 10.05(u), 1.00:1.00,
(B) in the case of Section 10.03(h), 1.15:1.00, and (C) in the case of Section
10.08(a), 1.10:1.00, in each case for the Test Period then most recently ended on a Pro Forma
Basis as if such action or proposed action had occurred on the first day of such Test Period, and
(iv)
the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized
Officer of the Company certifying as to compliance with preceding clauses (i) through (iii) and
demonstrating (in reasonable detail) the calculations required by preceding clauses (ii) and (iii).
Payment Office shall mean the office of the Administrative Agent located at 60 Wall
Street, New York, New York 10005 or such other office as the Administrative Agent may hereafter
designate in writing as such to the other parties hereto.
PBGC shall mean the U.S. Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
Permitted Acquisition shall mean the acquisition by a Qualified Credit Party of an
Acquired Entity or Business; provided that (in each case) (a) the consideration paid or to
be paid by the Qualified Credit Party consists solely of cash (including proceeds of Loans), Equity
Interests of Parent, Equity Interests of MLP (but only following the MLP IPO), the issuance or
incurrence of Indebtedness otherwise permitted by Section 10.04 and the
assumption/acquisition of any Indebtedness (calculated at face value) which is permitted to remain
outstanding in accordance with the requirements of Section 10.04, (b) the Acquired Entity
or Business acquired pursuant to the respective Permitted Acquisition is in a business permitted by
Section 10.11, (c) the Acquired Entity or Business acquired pursuant to the respective
Permitted Acquisition is acquired in a non-hostile transaction approved by the board of directors
(or similar body) of such Acquired Entity or Business and (d) all requirements of Sections
9.13, 10.02 and 10.12 applicable to Permitted Acquisitions are satisfied.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the immediately preceding sentence, an
acquisition which does not otherwise meet the requirements set forth above in the definition of
Permitted Acquisition shall constitute a Permitted Acquisition if, and to the extent, the
Required Lenders agree in writing, prior to the consummation thereof, that such acquisition shall
constitute a Permitted Acquisition for purposes of this Agreement.
Permitted Discretion shall mean the commercially reasonable exercise of the Co-ABL
Collateral Agents good faith credit judgment exercised in accordance with customary business
practices for comparable asset-based lending transactions in consideration of any factor which is
reasonably likely to (i) adversely affect the value of any Collateral, the enforceability or
priority of the Liens thereon or the amount that the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent,
the Issuing Lenders and the Lenders would be likely to receive (after giving consideration to
delays in payment and costs of enforcement) in the liquidation thereof, (ii) suggest that any
collateral report or financial information delivered to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent, any Co-ABL Collateral Agent or the Lender, by any Person on behalf of any Credit Party is
incomplete, inaccurate or misleading in any material respect, or (iii) materially increase the
likelihood that the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Co-
ABL Collateral Agent, the
Issuing Lenders and the Lenders would not receive payment in full in cash for all of the
Obligations. Subject to the proviso in the definition of Reserves, in exercising such judgment,
the
Co-ABL Collateral Agents may consider such factors already included in or tested by the
definition of Eligible Accounts or Eligible Inventory, as well as any of the following: (i)
material changes in collection history and dilution or collectability with respect to the Accounts;
(ii) material changes in demand for, pricing of, or product mix of, Inventory; and (iii) any other
factors that materially change the credit risk of lending to any Borrower on the security of any
Borrowers Accounts or Inventory.
Permitted Encumbrance shall mean, with respect to any Mortgaged Property, such
exceptions to title as are set forth in the Mortgage Policy delivered with respect thereto, all of
which exceptions must be acceptable to the Administrative Agent in its reasonable discretion.
Permitted Fertilizer Event shall mean the sale, transfer, spin-off, conveyance or
other disposition of the nitrogen fertilizer business of the Fertilizer Entities and all
transactions related thereto (whether effectuated through the sale, assignment, transfer,
conveyance or other disposition of MLP or its existing Subsidiaries, or any Equity Interests
thereof, in whole or in part, or whether through an initial public offering or spin-off thereof or
otherwise). The MLP IPO is a Permitted Fertilizer Event. The Permitted Fertilizer Event may only
occur if the requirements of Section 10.14 have been satisfied.
Permitted Liens shall have the meaning provided in Section 10.01.
Person shall mean any individual, partnership, joint venture, firm, corporation,
association, limited liability company, trust or other enterprise or any Governmental Authority.
Petroleum Inventory shall mean Inventory consisting of refined petroleum products,
crude oil, condensate, natural gas liquids, liquefied petroleum gases, asphalt or any blend
thereof.
Plan shall mean an employee benefit plan as defined in Section 3 of ERISA (other
than a Multiemployer Plan) maintained or contributed to by any Holding Company, any of their
respective Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates or any Unrestricted
Subsidiaries that are ERISA Affiliates or with respect to which any Holding Company, any of their
respective Subsidiaries or any of their respective ERISA Affiliates or any Unrestricted
Subsidiaries that are ERISA Affiliates has any obligation to contribute or any liability.
Pledge and Security Agreement shall have the meaning provided in Section
6.10.
Pledge and Security Agreement Collateral shall mean all Collateral as defined in
the Pledge and Security Agreement.
Post Supplier Payment Period shall mean the period commencing on the date on which a
Borrower shall have paid in full all amounts owed for the purchase of Petroleum Inventory (the
Full Payment Date), the payment for which was supported by a standby Letter of Credit
issued specifically for such purpose and ending on the earlier of (a) three Business Days after the
Full Payment Date and (b) the date the original of such standby Letter of Credit is returned to the
applicable Issuing Lender for cancellation with such instructions for cancellation as such Issuing
Lender may require.
PPSA shall mean the Personal Property Security Act (Alberta) (or any successor
statute) and similar legislation of any other Canadian jurisdiction, including the Civil Code of
Québec, the laws of which are required by such legislation to be applied in connection with the
grant, perfection, enforcement, opposability, priority, validity or effect of security interests in
the Pledge and Security Agreement Collateral.
Preferred Equity, as applied to the Equity Interests of any Person, means Equity
Interests of such Person (other than common Equity Interests of such Person) of any class or
classes (however designed) that ranks prior, as to the payment of dividends or as to the
distribution of assets upon any voluntary or involuntary liquidation, dissolution or winding up of
such Person, to shares of Equity Interests of any other class of such Person, and shall include any
Qualified Preferred Stock.
Prime Lending Rate shall mean the rate which the Administrative Agent announces from
time to time as its prime lending rate, the Prime Lending Rate to change when and as such prime
lending rate changes. The Prime Lending Rate is a reference rate and does not necessarily
represent the lowest or best rate actually charged to any customer by the Administrative Agent,
which may make commercial loans or other loans at rates of interest at, above or below the Prime
Lending Rate.
Pro Forma Basis shall mean, in connection with any calculation of compliance with
any financial covenant or financial term, the calculation thereof after giving effect on a pro
forma basis to (x) the incurrence of any Indebtedness (other than revolving Indebtedness,
except to the extent same is incurred to refinance other outstanding Indebtedness, to finance a
Permitted Acquisition or other Investment or to finance a Dividend) after the first day of the
relevant Calculation
Period or Test Period, as the case may be, as if such Indebtedness had been
incurred (and the proceeds thereof applied) on the first day of such Test Period or Calculation
Period, as the case may be, (y) the permanent repayment of any Indebtedness (other than revolving
Indebtedness, except to the extent accompanied by a corresponding permanent commitment reduction)
after the first day of the relevant Test Period or Calculation Period, as the case may be, as if
such Indebtedness had been retired or repaid on the first day of such Test Period or Calculation
Period, as the case may be, and (z) any Permitted Acquisition or any Significant Asset Sale then
being consummated as well as any other Permitted Acquisition or any other Significant Asset Sale if
consummated after the first day of the relevant Test Period or Calculation Period, as the case
may be, and on or prior to the date of the respective Permitted Acquisition or Significant Asset
Sale, as the case may be, then being effected, with the following rules to apply in connection
therewith:
(i) all Indebtedness (x) (other than revolving Indebtedness, except to the extent
same is incurred to refinance other outstanding Indebtedness, to finance Permitted Acquisitions or
other Investments or to finance a Dividend) incurred or issued after the first day of the relevant
Test Period or Calculation Period (whether incurred to finance a Permitted Acquisition, to
refinance Indebtedness or otherwise) shall be deemed to have been incurred or issued (and the
proceeds thereof applied) on the first day of such Test Period or Calculation Period, as the case
may be, and remain outstanding through the date of determination and (y) (other than revolving
Indebtedness, except to the extent accompanied by a corresponding permanent commitment reduction)
permanently retired or redeemed after the first day of the relevant Test Period or Calculation
Period, as the case may be, shall be deemed to have been retired or redeemed on the first day of
such Test Period or Calculation Period, as the case may be, and remain retired through the date of
determination;
(ii) all Indebtedness assumed to be outstanding pursuant to preceding clause (i)
shall be deemed to have borne interest at (x) the rate applicable thereto, in the case of fixed
rate indebtedness, or (y) the rates which would have been applicable thereto during the respective
period when same was deemed outstanding, in the case of floating rate Indebtedness (although
interest expense with respect to any Indebtedness for periods while same was actually outstanding
during the respective period shall be calculated using the actual rates applicable thereto while
same was actually outstanding); provided that all Indebtedness (whether actually
outstanding or deemed outstanding) bearing interest at a floating rate of interest shall be tested
on the basis of the rates applicable at the time the determination is made pursuant to said
provisions; and
(iii) in making any determination of Consolidated EBITDA on a Pro Forma Basis, pro forma
effect shall be given to any Permitted Acquisition or any Significant Asset Sale if effected during
the respective Calculation Period or Test Period as if same had occurred on the first day of the
respective Calculation Period or Test Period, as the case may be, and taking into account, in the
case of any Permitted Acquisition, any Pro Forma Cost Savings, as if such cost savings or expenses
were realized on the first day of the respective period.
Pro Forma Cost Savings shall mean, with respect to any period, the reduction in net
costs, integration and other synergies (including improvements to gross margins) and related
adjustments that (i) are directly attributable to an acquisition that occurred during the
four-quarter period or after the end of the four-quarter period and on or prior to the respective
Calculation Period and calculated on a basis that is consistent with Regulation S-X under the
Securities Act, (ii) were actually implemented with respect to any acquisition within 12 months
after the date of the acquisition and prior to the respective Calculation Period that are
supportable and quantifiable by underlying accounting records or (iii) the Company reasonably
determines are expected to be realized within 12 months of the respective Calculation Period and,
in each case are set forth, as provided below, in an officers certificate of an Authorized Officer
of the Company, as if all such reductions in costs and integration and other synergies had been
effected as of the beginning of such period. Pro Forma Cost Savings set forth above shall be
established by a certificate delivered to the Administrative Agent from an Authorized Officer of
the Company that outlines the specific actions taken or to be taken and the benefit achieved or to
be achieved from each such action and, in the case of clause (iii) above, that states such benefits
have been determined to be probable.
Projected Excess Availability shall mean, with respect to the 12-month period
following the date of the respective action or proposed action, Excess Availability at all times
during such 12-month period based on good faith and reasonable projections prepared by or on behalf
of the Company for the relevant 12-month period at the time that such projections are prepared and
at the time such projections are delivered to the Administrative Agent.
Projections shall mean the projections that were prepared by or on behalf of the
Company in connection with the Transaction and delivered to the Administrative Agent and the
Lenders prior to the Effective Date.
Qualified Cash Equivalents shall mean, as to any Person, (i) securities issued or
directly and fully guaranteed or insured by the United States government or any agency or
instrumentality thereof (provided that the full faith and credit of the United States is pledged in
support thereof) having maturities of not more than six months from the date of acquisition, (ii)
commercial paper rated at least P-1 by Moodys or at least A-1 by S&P (or, if at any time neither
Moodys nor S&P shall be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another rating agency)
and in each case maturing within six
months after the date of acquisition, (iii) marketable
short-term money market and similar securities having a rating of at least P-2 or A-2 from either
Moodys or S&P, respectively, or liquidity funds or other similar money market mutual funds, with a
rating of at least Aaa by Moodys or AAAm by S&P (or, if at any time neither Moodys nor S&P shall
be rating such obligations, an equivalent rating from another rating agency), (iv) money market
funds at least 95% of the assets of which constitute Qualified Cash Equivalents of the kinds set
forth in clauses (i), (ii), (iii), (v) and (vi) of this definition, (v) Dollar denominated time
deposits, demand deposits, money market deposits, certificates of deposit and eurodollar time
deposits in each case with maturities of six months or less from the date of acquisition and Dollar
denominated overnight bank deposits, in each case maintained with any domestic commercial bank
(including domestic commercial banks that are Subsidiaries of non-U.S. banks) having capital and
surplus in excess of $250,000,000, (vi) securities issued by any state of the United States or any
political subdivision or taxing authority of any such state, or any public instrumentality thereof,
maturing within six months from the date of acquisition thereof and having one of the three highest
ratings obtainable from Moodys or S&P and (vii) repurchase obligations for underlying securities
of the types set forth in clauses (i) and (v) of this definition entered into with any financial
institution meeting the qualifications specified in clause (v) above and having a term of no more
than seven days.
Qualified Credit Party shall mean each Borrower and each Subsidiary Guarantor.
Qualified Debt shall mean Indebtedness permitted to be incurred pursuant to
Sections 10.04(g) (but, in the case of such clause (g), only to the extent such
Indebtedness is in excess of $25,000,000 in the aggregate), (o), (q) and
(r).
Qualified Debt Conditions shall mean that each of the following conditions are
satisfied: (i) such Indebtedness is not a working capital facility; (ii) except as provided in
clause (v) below, such Indebtedness does not have any maturity, redemption, mandatory repayment or
prepayment or similar requirements earlier than six months after the Revolving Commitment
Termination Date (other than customary mandatory prepayments or offers to prepay pursuant to
customary asset sale and insurance or condemnation recovery event provisions (other than with
respect to ABL Priority Collateral) and change of control provisions; (iii) such Indebtedness is
either (x) not secured by a Lien on any ABL Priority Collateral or (y) if secured by a Lien on ABL
Priority Collateral, such Lien is junior and subordinate to any Liens purported to be created on
any ABL Priority Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents and the Collateral Agent (on behalf
of the Secured Parties) has been granted a Lien on any collateral (that is not otherwise
Collateral) securing (or purporting to secure) such Indebtedness; (iv) if such Indebtedness is
secured, the holders of such Indebtedness (or the collateral (or similar) agent for such holders),
each Credit Party that is an obligor under such Indebtedness and the Collateral Agent shall have
entered into the Intercreditor Agreement establishing the relative rights and priorities (and
related creditor rights) with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral and such other Collateral; (v)
such Indebtedness does not have any interim annual scheduled amortization, redemption, maturity,
repayment or similar requirement in excess of 2.00% of the aggregate principal amount of such
Indebtedness unless the Company shall be in compliance with a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio at the
time of the incurrence of such Indebtedness of not less than 1.00:1.00 for the Test Period then
most recently ended on a Pro Forma Basis as if such Indebtedness had been incurred on the first day
of such Test Period; (vi) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom; and
(vii) prior to the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, the Company shall have delivered to
the Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Company certifying as
to compliance with preceding clauses (i) through (vi) and demonstrating (in reasonable detail)
the calculations required by preceding clause (v).
Qualified Debt Documents shall mean any indenture, purchase agreement, credit
agreement, loan agreement or similar agreement or arrangement evidencing or governing any Qualified
Debt, and also shall include all guarantee agreements and other documents, agreements or
instruments from time to time relating thereto.
Qualified Preferred Stock shall mean any Preferred Equity of any Holding Company so
long as the terms of any such Preferred Equity (and the terms of any Equity Interests into which
such Preferred Equity is convertible or for which it is exchangeable, either mandatorily or at the
option of the holder thereof) (x) do not contain any mandatory put, redemption, repayment, sinking
fund or other similar provision, (y) do not require the cash payment of dividends or distributions
that would otherwise be prohibited by the terms of this Agreement or any other agreement or
contract of any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, and (z) are otherwise
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
Qualified Secured Debt shall mean any Qualified Debt that is secured by a Lien on
any asset or property of any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries.
Qualified Secured Debt Agent shall mean any collateral agent, collateral trustee or
similar representative for any issue of Qualified Secured Debt.
Qualified Secured Debt Documents shall mean any Qualified Debt Documents evidencing
or governing any Qualified Secured Debt, and also shall include all pledge agreements, security
agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, collateral documents and other documents, agreements or
instruments from time to time creating (or purporting to create)
Liens on any assets or properties
of any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries to secure any obligations under any
Qualified Secured Debt Documents.
Qualified Secured Debt Secured Parties shall mean and include any Qualified Secured
Debt Agent, any other agent, trustee, representative or similar Person for the holders of any
Qualified Secured Debt and the holders from time to time of any Qualified Secured Debt.
Quarterly Payment Date shall mean the last Business Day of each Fiscal Quarter
occurring after the Effective Date.
Quarterly Pricing Certificate shall have the meaning provided in the definition of
Applicable Margin.
RCRA Administrative Orders shall mean (a) the Administrative Order on Consent
between the Coffeyville Group Holdings, LLC and the EPA dated October 21, 1994 pursuant to RCRA
Docket No. VII-94-H-0020; and (b) the Administrative Order on Consent between the Coffeyville Group
Holdings, LLC and the EPA dated January 12, 1996 pursuant to RCRA Docket No. VII-95-H-0011, in each
case including any subsequent amendments thereto.
Real Property of any Person shall mean all the right, title and interest of such
Person in and to land, improvements and fixtures, including Leaseholds.
Recovery Event shall mean any event that gives rise to the receipt by any Holding
Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries of any cash insurance proceeds or condemnation
awards payable (i) by reason of theft, loss, physical destruction, damage, taking or any other
similar event with respect to any property or assets of any Holding Company or any of their
respective Subsidiaries or (ii) under any policy of insurance maintained by any of them.
Refinancing shall mean the refinancing transactions described in Section
6.06, and Refinanced shall have a corresponding meaning.
Refinancing First Lien Notes shall mean any Indebtedness of the Company and FinCo
(which may be guaranteed by the other Borrowers and Guarantors) the net cash proceeds of which are
used to refinance, replace, defease, discharge or refund all then outstanding First Lien Notes so
long as (a) such Indebtedness does not have any maturity, amortization, mandatory redemption,
mandatory repayment or prepayment, mandatory sinking fund or similar requirement earlier than six
months after the Revolving Commitment Termination Date (other than customary mandatory offers to
prepay pursuant to customary asset sale and insurance or condemnation recovery event provisions
(other than with respect to ABL Priority Collateral) and change of control provisions), (b) such
Indebtedness has a weighted average life to maturity greater than the weighted average life to
maturity of the First Lien Notes, (c) such Indebtedness does not (i) exceed the aggregate principal
amount of the First Lien Notes being refinanced, replaced, defeased, discharged or refunded other
than as a result of the refinancing of accrued and unpaid interest and premiums (including
applicable prepayment premiums) and the fees and the costs of issuing such refinancing Indebtedness
or (ii) add guarantors, obligors (unless they are Borrowers or Guarantors) or security from that
which applied to the First Lien Notes, (d) if such Indebtedness is secured, such Indebtedness shall
be subject to the terms and conditions of the Intercreditor Agreement on the same basis (or on less
favorable terms to the holders of such Refinancing First Lien Notes) than the First Lien Notes, and
(e) the terms of such Indebtedness are on market terms (or more favorable terms to the Company and
its Subsidiaries) for first lien senior secured debt securities or loans for similar issuers,
provided that a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Company delivered to the
Administrative Agent in good faith prior to the incurrence of such Indebtedness certifying that the
Company has determined in good faith that such terms satisfy the requirements of this clause (e)
shall be conclusive evidence that such terms satisfy such requirements.
Refinancing First Lien Notes Agent shall mean the respective collateral agent,
collateral trustee or similar Person for the holders of the Refinancing First Lien Notes.
Refinancing First Lien Notes Documents shall mean the Refinancing First Lien Notes
Indenture, the Refinancing First Lien Security Documents, all guarantee agreements relating to the
Refinancing First Lien Notes and all other documents, agreements or instruments from time to time
relating thereto.
Refinancing First Lien Notes Indenture shall mean any indenture, purchase agreement,
credit agreement, loan agreement or similar agreement or arrangement evidencing or governing the
Refinancing First Lien Notes.
Refinancing Fist Lien Notes Secured Parties shall mean the Refinancing First Lien
Notes Agent and any other agent, trustee, representative or similar Person for the holders of any
Refinancing First Lien Notes and the holders from time to time of any Refinancing First Lien Notes.
Refinancing First Lien Notes Security Documents shall mean all pledge agreements,
security agreements,
mortgages, deeds of trust, collateral documents and other documents,
agreements or instruments from time to time that create (or purport to create) Liens on any assets
or properties of any Credit Party to secure any obligations under the Refinancing First Lien Notes
Documents.
Refinancing Second Lien Notes shall mean any Indebtedness of the Company and FinCo
(which may be guaranteed by the other Borrowers and Guarantors) the net cash proceeds of which are
used to refinance, replace, defease, discharge or refund all then outstanding Second Lien Notes
and/or First Lien Notes so long as (a) such Indebtedness does not have any maturity, amortization,
mandatory redemption, mandatory repayment or prepayment, mandatory sinking fund or similar
requirement earlier than six months after the Revolving Commitment Termination Date (other than
customary mandatory offers to prepay pursuant to customary asset sale and insurance or condemnation
recovery event provisions (other than with respect to ABL Priority Collateral) and change of
control provisions), (b) such Indebtedness has a weighted average life to maturity greater than the
weighted average life to maturity of
the Second Lien Notes, (c) such Indebtedness does not (i) exceed the aggregate principal
amount of the Second Lien Notes and/or First Lien Notes being refinanced, replaced, defeased,
discharged or refunded other than as a result of the refinancing of accrued and unpaid interest and
premiums (including applicable prepayment premiums) and the fees and the costs of issuing such
refinancing Indebtedness or (ii) add guarantors, obligors (unless they are Borrowers or Guarantors)
or security from that which applied to the Second Lien Notes, (d) if such Indebtedness is secured,
such Indebtedness shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the Intercreditor Agreement on
the same basis (or on less favorable terms to the holders of such Refinancing Second Lien Notes)
than the Second Lien Notes, and (e) the terms of such Indebtedness are on market terms (or more
favorable terms to the Company and its Subsidiaries) for second lien senior secured debt securities
or loans for similar issuers, provided that a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the
Company delivered to the Administrative Agent in good faith prior to the incurrence of such
Indebtedness certifying that the Company has determined in good faith that such terms satisfy the
requirements of this clause (e) shall be conclusive evidence that such terms satisfy such
requirements.
Refinancing Second Lien Notes Agent shall mean the respective collateral agent,
collateral trustee or similar Person for the holders of the Refinancing Second Lien Notes.
Refinancing Second Lien Notes Documents shall mean the Refinancing Second Lien Notes
Indenture, the Refinancing Second Lien Security Documents, all guarantee agreements relating to the
Refinancing Second Lien Notes and all other documents, agreements or instruments from time to time
relating thereto.
Refinancing Second Lien Notes Indenture shall mean any indenture, purchase
agreement, credit agreement, loan agreement or similar agreement or arrangement evidencing or
governing the Refinancing Second Lien Notes.
Refinancing Fist Lien Notes Secured Parties shall mean the Refinancing Second Lien
Notes Agent and any other agent, trustee, representative or similar Person for the holders of any
Refinancing Second Lien Notes and the holders from time to time of any Refinancing Second Lien
Notes.
Refinancing Second Lien Notes Security Documents shall mean all pledge agreements,
security agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust, collateral documents and other documents,
agreements or instruments from time to time that create (or purport to create) Liens on any assets
or properties of any Credit Party to secure any obligations under the Refinancing Second Lien Notes
Documents.
Refinery Revenue Bonds shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.16.
Register shall have the meaning provided in Section 13.15.
Regulation D shall mean Regulation D of the Board as from time to time in effect and
any successor to all or a portion thereof establishing reserve requirements.
Regulation T shall mean Regulation T of the Board as from time to time in effect and
any successor to all or a portion thereof.
Regulation U shall mean Regulation U of the Board as from time to time in effect and
any successor to all or a portion thereof.
Release shall mean actively or passively disposing, discharging, injecting,
spilling, pumping, leaking, leaching, dumping, emitting, escaping, emptying, pouring, seeping,
migrating or the like, into or upon any land or water or air, or otherwise entering into the
environment.
Rent and Costs Reserve shall mean a reserve established by the Co-ABL Collateral Agents
in respect of (a) all past due rent and other amounts owing by a Borrower to any landlord,
warehouseman, processor, repairman, mechanic, freight forwarder,
shipper, pipeline or barge owner or operator, or other Person who possesses or handles any ABL
Priority Collateral or could assert a Lien on any ABL Priority Collateral and (b) rent payments
(not to exceed three months rent) made by a Borrower for each location at which Inventory of a
Borrower is located that is not subject to a Landlord Personal Property Collateral Access Agreement
(as reported to the Co-ABL Collateral Agents by the Company from time to time as requested by the
Co-ABL Collateral Agents), in each case as adjusted from time to time by the Co-ABL Collateral
Agents in their Permitted Discretion.
Replaced Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.13.
Replacement Lender shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.13.
Reportable Event shall mean an event described in Section 4043(c) of ERISA with
respect to a Plan that is subject to Title IV of ERISA other than those events as to which the
30-day notice period is waived under applicable regulations.
Required Lenders shall mean, at any time, Non-Defaulting Lenders the sum of whose
outstanding Revolving Loan Commitments at such time (or, after the termination thereof, outstanding
Revolving Loans and RL Percentages of (x) outstanding Swingline Loans at such time and (y) Letter
of Credit Outstandings at such time) represents at least a majority of the sum of the Total
Revolving Loan Commitment in effect at such time less the Revolving Loan Commitments of all
Defaulting Lenders at such time (or, after the termination thereof, the sum of then total
outstanding Revolving Loans of Non-Defaulting Lenders and the aggregate RL Percentages of all
Non-Defaulting Lenders of the total outstanding Swingline Loans and Letter of Credit Outstandings
at such time).
Reserves shall mean reserves, if any, established by the Co-ABL Collateral Agents
from time to time hereunder in their Permitted Discretion against the Borrowing Base, including (i)
Bank Product Reserves, (ii) Rent and Costs Reserves, (iii) potential dilution related to Accounts,
(iv) Inventory Reserves, (v) sums that the Borrowers are or will be required to pay (such as taxes,
assessments and insurance premiums) and have not yet paid, (vi) amounts owing by any Borrower to
any Person to the extent secured by a Lien on, or trust over, any Collateral (including Canadian
Priority Payables), (vii) amounts which pursuant to applicable insolvency legislation must be paid
in priority to or pari passu with any obligations (such as Canadian Priority Payables), (viii) the
First Purchaser Reserve, (ix) the First Lien Notes Reserve, (x) the Second Lien Notes Reserves and
(xi) such other events, conditions or contingencies as to which the Co-ABL Collateral Agents, in
their Permitted Discretion, determine reserves should be established from time to time hereunder;
provided, however, that (i) the Co-ABL Collateral Agents may not implement reserves
with respect to matters which are already specifically reflected as ineligible Accounts or
Inventory and (ii) the establishment of any new reserve category by the Co-ABL Collateral Agents
shall only become effective three Business Days after the date of written notice by any of the
Co-ABL Collateral Agents to the Company of such establishment.
Restricted shall mean, when referring to cash, Cash Equivalents or Qualified Cash
Equivalents of any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, that such cash, Cash
Equivalents or Qualified Cash Equivalents (i) appears (or would be required to appear) as
restricted on a consolidated balance sheet of any such Holding Company or of any such Subsidiary
(unless such appearance is related to the Liens permitted under Section 10.01(d)), (ii) are
subject to any Lien in favor of any Person other than (x) the Collateral Agent for the benefit of
the Secured Parties and (y) the other Liens permitted in Section 10.01(d) or (iii) are not
otherwise generally available for use by such Holding Company or such Subsidiary.
Returns shall have the meaning provided in Section 8.09.
Revolving Commitment Termination Date shall mean the Initial Revolving Commitment
Termination Date; provided that, with respect to any Extended Loans and any Extended
Revolving Loan Commitments, the Revolving Commitment Termination Date with respect thereto instead
shall be the Extended Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
Revolving Loan shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.01(a).
Revolving Loan Commitment shall mean, for each Lender, the amount set forth opposite
such Lenders name in Schedule 1.01(a) directly below the column entitled Revolving Loan
Commitment, as same may be (x) reduced from time to time or terminated pursuant to Sections
4.02, 4.03 and/or 11, as applicable, (y) adjusted from time to time as a result
of assignments to or from such Lender pursuant to Section 2.13 or Section 13.04(b)
or (z) increased from time to time pursuant to Section 2.15. In addition, the Revolving
Loan Commitment of each Lender shall include, subject to the consent of such Lender, any Extended
Revolving Loan Commitment of such Lender.
Revolving Note shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.05(a).
RL Percentage of any Lender at any time shall mean a fraction (expressed as a
percentage) the numerator of which is the Revolving Loan Commitment of such Lender at such time and
the denominator of which is the Total Revolving Loan Commitment at such time, provided that
if the RL Percentage of any Lender is to be determined after the Total Revolving Loan Commitment
has been terminated, then the RL Percentages of such Lender shall be determined immediately prior
(and without giving effect) to such termination.
S&P shall mean Standard & Poors Ratings Services, a division of McGraw-Hill, Inc.
Sale Leaseback shall mean any transaction or series of related transactions
consummated pursuant to which the Company or any of its Subsidiaries (a) sells, transfers or
otherwise disposes of any property, real or personal, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, and
(b) as part of such transaction, thereafter rents or leases such property or other property that it
intends to use for substantially the same purpose or purposes as the property being sold,
transferred or disposed.
SEC shall have the meaning provided in Section 9.01(h).
Second Lien Notes shall mean the 10 7/8% Second Lien notes due 2017, issued by the
Company and FinCo pursuant to the Second Lien Notes Indenture, as in effect on the Effective Date
and as the same may be amended, modified and/or supplemented from time to time in accordance with
the terms hereof and thereof.
Second Lien Notes Agent shall mean Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, together
with its successors and assigns in such capacity.
Second Lien Notes Documents shall mean the Second Lien Notes, the Second Lien Notes
Indenture, the Second Lien Notes Security Documents and all other documents executed and delivered
with respect to the Second Lien Notes or Second Lien Notes Indenture, as in effect on the Effective
Date and as the same may be amended, modified and/or supplemented from time to time in accordance
with the terms hereof and thereof.
Second Lien Notes Indenture shall mean the Indenture, dated as of April 6, 2010,
among the Company and FinCo, as issuers, and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee
thereunder, as in effect on the Effective Date and as the same may be amended, modified or
supplemented from time to time in accordance with the terms hereof and thereof.
Second Lien Notes Reserve shall mean, from and after December 31, 2016, a reserve in
an amount equal to the aggregate outstanding principal amount of all Second Lien Notes which have
any maturity, mandatory redemption, mandatory repayment or prepayment or similar requirement on or
prior to the date that is 90 days after the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, plus any accrued
and unpaid interest payable under the Second Lien Notes Documents in respect of such outstanding
principal amount.
Second Lien Notes Secured Parties shall mean the Secured Parties as defined in the
Second Lien Security Documents.
Second Lien Notes Security Documents shall mean the Second Lien Pledge and Security
Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2010, among the Grantors (as defined therein) and the Second Lien
Notes Agent and as it may be further amended, restated or modified from time to time, and any other
documents, agreements or instruments now existing or entered into after the date hereof that create
(or purport to create) Liens on any assets or properties of any Grantor (as defined therein) to
secure any obligations under the Second Lien Notes Documents.
Second Priority shall mean, with respect to any Lien purported to be created on any
Collateral pursuant to the Security Documents, that such Lien is prior in right to any other Lien
thereon, other than (x) Specified Permitted Liens and (y) Permitted Liens permitted to be prior to
the Liens on the Collateral in accordance with the definition First Priority contained herein;
provided that in no event shall any such Permitted Lien be permitted (on a consensual
basis) to be junior and subordinate to any Permitted Liens as described in clause (x) above and
senior in priority to the relevant Liens created pursuant to the Security Documents.
Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate shall have the meaning provided in Section
5.04(b)(ii).
Secured Cash Management Agreement shall mean each written agreement among one or
more Credit Parties and a Secured Cash Management Creditor evidencing arrangements to provide Cash
Management Services to the Company and its Subsidiaries (where such Secured Cash Management
Agreements may be evidenced by standard account terms of such Secured Cash Management Creditor).
Secured Cash Management Creditor shall mean the Administrative Agent and/or any
Lender (and/or one or more of banking affiliates of the Administrative Agent or any Lender) that
provides Cash Management Services to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries.
Secured Cash Management Obligations shall mean all payment obligations (including
obligations which, but for the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, would
become due), indebtedness and liabilities (including any interest, fees and expenses accruing after
the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding at the rate
provided for in the respective Secured Cash Management Agreements, whether or not such interest,
fees or expenses is an allowed claim in any such proceeding) owing by a Credit Party under each
Secured Cash Management Agreement to which any Secured Cash Management Creditor is a party, whether
now in existence or hereafter arising in each case under any Secured Cash Management Agreement.
Secured Hedging Agreement shall mean each Interest Rate Protection Agreement and/or
Other Hedging Agreements entered into by a Credit Party with a Secured Hedging Creditor provided
that (i) such Interest Rate Protection Agreement and/or Other Hedging Agreement expressly states
that (x) it constitutes a Secured Hedging Agreement for purposes of this Agreement and the other
Credit Documents and (y) does not constitute a Secured Hedging Agreement (or substantially
similar definition) for purposes of any other Indebtedness subject to the Intercreditor Agreement,
(ii) the Company and the other parties thereto shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a
written notice specifying that such Interest Rate Protection Agreement and/or Other Hedging
Agreement (x) constitutes a Secured Hedging Agreement for purposes of this Agreement and the
other Credit Documents, (y) does not constitute a Secured Hedging Agreement (or substantially
similar definition) for purposes of any other Indebtedness subject to the Intercreditor Agreement
and (z) in the case of the Company, that such Interest Rate Protection Agreement and/or Other
Hedging Agreement and the obligations of the Company and its Subsidiaries thereunder have been, and
will be, incurred in compliance with this Agreement and (iii) on the effective date of such
Interest Rate Protection Agreement and/or Other Hedging Agreement and from time to time thereafter,
at the request of the Administrative Agent, the Company and the other parties thereto shall have
notified the Administrative Agent in writing of the aggregate amount of exposure under such
Interest Rate Protection Agreement and/or Other Hedging Agreement.
Secured Hedging Creditor shall mean any counterparty to an Interest Rate Protection
Agreement and/or Other Hedging Agreement that is the Administrative Agent, a Lender or an affiliate
of the Administrative Agent or a Lender, in each case at the time such Person enters into such
Interest Rate Protection Agreement and/or Other Hedging Agreement (even if the Administrative Agent
or such Lender subsequently ceases to be the Administrative Agent or a Lender, as the case may be,
under this Agreement for any reason), so long as the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such
affiliate participates in such Interest Rate Protection Agreement and/or Other Hedging Agreement.
Secured Hedging Obligations shall mean all payment obligations (including
obligations which, but for the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, would
become due), indebtedness and liabilities (including any interest, fees and expenses accruing
after the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding at the
rate provided for in the respective Secured Hedging Agreements, whether or not such interest, fees
or expenses is an allowed claim in any such proceeding) owing by a Credit Party under each Secured
Hedging Agreement to which any Secured Hedging Creditor is a party, whether now in existence or
hereafter arising in each case under any Secured Hedging Agreement.
Secured Parties shall have the meaning assigned that term in the respective Security
Documents.
Securities Account shall mean a securities account (as that term is defined in the
UCC).
Securities Act shall mean the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the rules and
regulations promulgated thereunder.
Security Document shall mean and include each of the Pledge and Security Agreement,
each Mortgage, after the execution and delivery thereof, each Additional Security Document and each
Incremental Security Document and any other related document, agreement or grant pursuant to which
any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries grants, perfects or continues a
security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties;
provided that any cash collateral or other agreements entered into pursuant to the
Back-Stop Arrangements shall constitute Security Documents solely for purposes of (x)
Sections 8.03 and 10.01(d) and (y) the term Credit Documents as used in
Sections 10.04(a), 10.12 and 13.01.
Settlement Date shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.04(b)(i).
Shareholder Subordinated Note shall mean an unsecured junior subordinated note
issued by any Holding Company and not guaranteed by any Subsidiary of any Holding Company in the
form of Exhibit E and issued pursuant to Section 10.03(e), as the same may be
modified, amended or supplemented from time to time pursuant to the terms hereof and thereof.
Shareholders Agreements shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.05(a).
Significant Asset Sale shall mean any Asset Sale or series of related Assets Sales
(i.e., separate assets being sold, transferred or otherwise disposed of as part of an identifiable
group of assets and within a reasonably limited time period) where the aggregate consideration
therefor is equal to, or in excess of, $25,000,000.
Specified Permitted Liens shall mean Liens permitted pursuant to clauses
(w), (x), (y) and (z) of Section 10.01.
Sponsors shall mean each of (i) GS Capital Partners V Fund, L.P. and its Affiliates
and (ii) Kelso & Company, L.P. and its Affiliates, and Sponsors shall refer collectively to the
Persons referred to in clauses (i) and (ii).
Start Date shall have the meaning provided in the definition of Applicable Margin.
Stated Amount of each Letter of Credit shall mean, at any time, the maximum amount
available to be drawn thereunder in each case determined (x) as if any future automatic increases
in the maximum amount available that are provided for in any such Letter of Credit had in fact
occurred at such time and (y) without regard to whether any conditions to drawing could then be met
but after giving effect to all previous drawings made thereunder.
Subsidiary shall mean, as to any Person, (i) any corporation more than 50% of whose
stock of any class or classes having by the terms thereof ordinary voting power to elect a majority
of the directors of such corporation (irrespective of whether or not at the time stock of any class
or classes of such corporation shall have or might have voting power by reason of the happening of
any contingency) is at the time owned by such Person and/or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person
or (ii) any partnership, limited liability company, association, joint venture or other entity in
which such Person and/or one or more Subsidiaries of such Person has more than a 50% equity
interest at the time. Unless otherwise qualified, all references to a Subsidiary or to
Subsidiaries in this Agreement shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of any Holding
Company. Notwithstanding the foregoing (except for the purposes of Sections8.09,
8.10, 8.15, 9.05, 9.06, 9.07, 9.10 and
11.06 and the definition of Unrestricted Subsidiary contained herein), no Unrestricted
Subsidiary shall be deemed to be a Subsidiary of any Holding Company or any of their other
Subsidiaries for the purposes of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents. It is agreed and
understood that notwithstanding any provision in this Agreement to the contrary (but subject to
Section 15(a)), as of the Effective Date (but prior to the Permitted Fertilizer Event), the
Fertilizer Entities shall each be deemed to be Domestic Subsidiaries of the Company for so long as
their financial results are consolidated with the Companys financial results but will cease to be
deemed Subsidiaries of the Company upon the occurrence of the Permitted Fertilizer Event.
Subsidiary Guarantor shall mean each direct and indirect Domestic Subsidiary of any
Holding Company (other than a Borrower), whether existing on the Effective Date or established,
created or acquired after the Effective Date, unless and until such time as such Domestic
Subsidiary is released from all of its obligations under the Guaranty in accordance with the terms
and provisions thereof.
Supermajority Lenders shall mean those Non-Defaulting Lenders which would constitute
the Required Lenders under, and as defined in, this Agreement, if the reference to a majority
contained therein were changed to 75%.
Swingline Back-Stop Arrangements shall have the meaning provided in Section
2.01(b).
Swingline Expiry Date shall mean that date which is five Business Days prior to the
Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
Swingline Lender shall mean the Administrative Agent, in its capacity as Swingline
Lender hereunder; provided that, if the Extension is effected in accordance with
Section 2.16, then on the occurrence of the Initial Revolving Commitment Termination Date,
the Swingline Lender at such time shall have the right to resign as the Swingline Lender on, or on
any date within twenty (20) Business Days after, the Initial Revolving Commitment Termination Date,
upon not less than ten (10) days prior written notice thereof to the Company and the
Administrative Agent and, in the event of any such resignation and upon the effectiveness thereof,
the applicable Borrowers shall repay any outstanding Swingline Loans made by the respective entity
so resigning and such entity shall not be required to make any further Swingline Loans hereunder.
If at any time and for any reason (including as a result of resignations as contemplated by the
proviso to the preceding sentence), the Swingline Lender has resigned in such capacity in
accordance with the preceding sentence, then no Person shall be the Swingline Lender hereunder
obligated to make Swingline Loans unless and until (and only for so long as) a Lender reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Company agrees to act as the Swingline Lender
hereunder.
Swingline Loan shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.01(b).
Swingline Note shall have the meaning provided in Section 2.05(a).
Synthetic Lease shall mean a lease transaction under which the parties intend that
(i) the lease will be treated as an operating lease by the lessee and (ii) the lessee will be
entitled to various tax and other benefits ordinarily available to owners (as opposed to lessees)
of like property.
Tax Benefit shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.04(c).
Tax Sharing Agreements shall have the meaning provided in Section 6.05(c).
Taxes shall have the meaning provided in Section 5.04(a).
Test Period shall mean each period of twelve consecutive fiscal months of the
Company then last ended, in each case taken as one accounting period.
Total Leverage Ratio shall mean, on any date of determination, the ratio of (x)
Consolidated Indebtedness on such date to (y) Consolidated EBITDA for the Test Period most recently
ended on or prior to such date; provided that for purposes of any calculation of the Total
Leverage Ratio pursuant to this Agreement, Consolidated EBITDA and Indebtedness shall be determined
on a Pro Forma Basis in accordance with the requirements of the definition of
Pro Forma Basis contained herein.
Total Revolving Loan Commitment shall mean, at any time, the sum of the Revolving
Loan Commitments of each of the Lenders at such time.
Total Unutilized Revolving Loan Commitment shall mean, at any time, an amount equal
to the remainder of (x) the Total Revolving Loan Commitment in effect at such time less (y)
the sum of (i) the aggregate principal amount of all Revolving Loans and Swingline Loans
outstanding at such time plus (ii) the aggregate amount of all Letter of Credit
Outstandings at such time.
Transaction shall mean, collectively, (a) the consummation of the Refinancing, (b)
the execution, delivery and performance by each Credit Party of the Credit Documents to which it is
a party, and (c) the payment of all Transaction Costs.
Transaction Costs shall have the meaning provided such term in the recitals to this
Agreement.
Type shall mean the type of Loan determined with regard to the interest option
applicable thereto, i.e., whether a Base Rate Loan or a LIBOR Loan.
UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the
relevant jurisdiction.
Unfunded Pension Liability of any Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA shall mean the
amount, if any, by which the value of the accumulated plan benefits under such Plan determined on a
plan termination basis in accordance with actuarial assumptions at such time consistent with those
prescribed by the PBGC for purposes of Section 4044 of ERISA, exceeds the Fair Market Value of all
plan assets allocable to such liabilities under Title IV of ERISA (excluding any accrued but unpaid
contributions).
United States and U.S. shall each mean the United States of America.
Unpaid Drawing shall have the meaning provided in Section 3.05(a).
Unrestricted shall mean, when referring to cash, Cash Equivalents or Qualified Cash
Equivalents of any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, that such cash, Cash
Equivalents or Qualified Cash Equivalents are not Restricted.
Unrestricted Subsidiary shall mean any Subsidiary of the Company (other than a
Subsidiary of the Company that is a Qualified Credit Party as of the Effective Date) that is
designated by the Company at the time of the acquisition or creation thereof as an Unrestricted
Subsidiary hereunder by written notice to the Administrative Agent and shall include any Subsidiary
of such Unrestricted Subsidiary; provided that the Company shall only be permitted to
designate a Subsidiary as an Unrestricted Subsidiary so long as (a) no Default or Event of Default
then exists or would result therefrom and the other Payment Conditions exist both immediately
before and after giving effect to such designation, (b) such Unrestricted Subsidiary does not own
any Equity Interests in, or have any Lien on any property of, any Holding Company or
any Subsidiary of any Holding Company, other than a Subsidiary of the Unrestricted Subsidiary, (c)
any Indebtedness and other obligations of such Unrestricted Subsidiary are not recourse to any
Holding Company and their other Subsidiaries (other than Unrestricted Subsidiaries) and to any of
their respective assets, (d) each Holding Companys and its other Subsidiaries aggregate
Investments in all Unrestricted Subsidiaries made after the Effective Date have been made pursuant
to Section 10.05(t) or (u) and (e) the Company has designated such Subsidiary as an
Unrestricted Subsidiary also for purposes of the First Lien Notes, the Second Lien Notes, the
Refinancing First Lien Notes, the Refinancing Second Lien Notes and any Qualified Debt to the
extent that such concept is applicable to any such Indebtedness and such Indebtedness is
outstanding.
Unutilized Revolving Loan Commitment shall mean, with respect to any Lender at any
time, such Lenders Revolving Loan Commitment at such time less the sum of (a) the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of all Revolving Loans made by such Lender at such time and (b) such
Lenders RL Percentage of the Letter of Credit Outstandings at such time.
Vitol shall mean Vitol Inc., a Delaware corporation, and its successors and assigns.
Weekly Borrowing Base Period shall mean any period (a) commencing on the date on
which (i) a Default or an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or (ii) Excess
Availability is less than 25.0% of Availability and (b) ending on the first date thereafter on
which (i) no Default or Event of Default exists and (ii) Excess Availability has been equal to or
greater than 25.0% of Availability for 30 consecutive days.
Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary shall mean, as to any Person, any Domestic
Subsidiary of such Person that is a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary.
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary shall mean, as to any Person, (i) any corporation 100% of
whose capital stock is at the time owned by such Person and/or one or more Wholly-Owned
Subsidiaries of such Person and (ii) any partnership, limited liability company, association, joint
venture or other entity in which such Person and/or one or more Wholly-Owned Subsidiaries of such
Person has a 100% equity interest at such time (other than, in the case of a Foreign Subsidiary of
the Company with respect to the preceding clauses (i) and (ii), directors qualifying shares and/or
other nominal amounts of shares required to be held by Persons other than the Company and its
Subsidiaries under applicable law).
1.02. Other Definitional Provisions. (a) Unless otherwise specified therein, all
terms defined in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in the other Credit
Documents or any certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto.
(b) As used herein and in the other Credit Documents, and any certificate or other document
made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, (i) accounting terms not defined in Section
1.01 shall have the respective meanings given to them under GAAP, (ii) the words include,
includes and including shall be deemed to be followed by the phrase without limitation, (iii)
the word incur shall be construed to mean incur, create, issue, assume, become liable in respect
of or suffer to exist (and the words incurred and incurrence shall have correlative meanings),
(iv) unless the context otherwise requires, the words asset and property shall be construed to
have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and
properties, including cash, Equity Interests, securities, revenues, accounts, leasehold interests
and contract rights, (v) the word will shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as
the word shall, and (vi) unless the context otherwise requires, any reference herein (A) to any
Person shall be construed to include such Persons successors and assigns and (B) to any Holding
Company, the Company or any other Credit Party shall be construed to include such Holding Company,
the Company or such Credit Party as debtor and debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for
any Holding Company, the Company or any other Credit Party, as the case may be, in any insolvency
or liquidation proceeding.
(c) The words hereof, herein and hereunder and words of similar import, when used in
this Agreement, shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of
this Agreement, and Section, Schedule and Exhibit references are to this Agreement unless otherwise
specified.
(d) The meanings given to terms defined herein shall be equally applicable to both the
singular and plural forms of such terms.
SECTION 2. Amount and Terms of Credit.
2.01. The Commitments. (a) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth
herein, each Lender severally agrees to make, at any time and from time to time on or after the
Effective Date and prior to the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, a revolving loan or
revolving loans (each, a Revolving Loan and, collectively, the Revolving Loans)
to the Borrowers (on a joint and several basis), which Revolving Loans (i) shall be denominated in
Dollars, (ii) shall, at the option of the respective Borrower, be incurred and maintained as,
and/or converted into, Base Rate Loans or LIBOR Loans; provided that, except as otherwise
specifically provided in Section 2.10(b), all Revolving Loans comprising the same Borrowing
shall at all times be of the same Type, (iii) may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the
provisions hereof, (iv) shall not be made (and shall not be required to be made) by any Lender in
any instance where the incurrence thereof (after giving effect to the use of the proceeds thereof
on the date of the incurrence thereof to repay any amounts theretofore outstanding pursuant to this
Agreement) would cause the Individual Exposure of such Lender to exceed the amount of its Revolving
Loan Commitment at such time and (v) shall not be made (and shall not be required to be made) by
any Lender in any instance where the incurrence thereof (after giving effect to the use of the
proceeds thereof on the date of the incurrence thereof to repay any amounts theretofore outstanding
pursuant to this Agreement) would cause (A) the Aggregate Exposure to exceed the Total Revolving
Loan Commitment as then in effect or (B) the Aggregate Exposure to exceed the Borrowing Base at
such time.
(b) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Swingline Lender
agrees to make, at any time and from time to time on or after the Effective Date and prior to the
Swingline Expiry Date, a revolving loan or revolving loans (each, a Swingline Loan and,
collectively, the Swingline Loans) to the Borrowers (on a joint and several basis), which
Swingline Loans (i) shall be denominated in Dollars, (ii) shall be incurred and maintained as Base
Rate Loans; (iii) may be repaid and reborrowed in accordance with the provisions hereof, (iv) shall
not be made (and shall not be required to be made) by the Swingline Lender in any instance where
the incurrence thereof (after giving effect to the use of the proceeds thereof on the date of the
incurrence thereof to repay any amounts theretofore outstanding pursuant to this Agreement) would
cause (A) the Aggregate Exposure to exceed the Total Revolving Loan Commitment as then in effect or
(B) the Aggregate Exposure to exceed the Borrowing Base at such time, and (v) shall not exceed in
aggregate principal amount at any time outstanding the Maximum Swingline Amount. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Section 2.01(b), (i) the Swingline Lender shall
not be obligated to make any Swingline Loans at a time when a Lender Default exists unless the
Swingline Lender has entered into arrangements satisfactory to it and the Company to eliminate the
Swingline Lenders risk with respect to the Defaulting Lenders or Defaulting Lenders
participation in such Swingline Loans (which arrangements are hereby consented to by the Lenders),
including by cash collateralizing such Defaulting Lenders or Defaulting Lenders RL Percentage of
the outstanding Swingline Loans (such arrangements, the Swingline Back-Stop Arrangements)
and (ii) the Swingline Lender shall not make any Swingline Loan after it has received written
notice from any Borrower, any other Credit Party or the Required Lenders stating that a Default or
an Event of Default exists and is continuing until such time as the Swingline Lender shall have
received written notice (A) of rescission of all such notices from the party or parties originally
delivering such notice or notices or (B) of the waiver of such Default or Event of Default by the
Required Lenders.
(c) On any Business Day, the Swingline Lender may, in its sole discretion give notice to the
Lenders that the Swingline Lenders outstanding Swingline Loans shall be funded with one or more
Borrowings of Revolving Loans (provided that such notice shall be deemed to have been
automatically given upon the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default under Section
11.05 or upon the exercise of any of the remedies provided in the last paragraph of Section
11), in which case one or more Borrowings of Revolving Loans constituting Base Rate Loans (each
such Borrowing, a Mandatory Borrowing) shall be made on the immediately succeeding
Business Day by all Lenders pro rata based on each such Lenders RL Percentage
(determined before giving effect to any termination of the Revolving Loan Commitments pursuant to
the last paragraph of Section 11) and the proceeds thereof shall be applied directly by the
Swingline Lender to repay the Swingline Lender for such outstanding Swingline Loans. Each Lender
hereby irrevocably agrees to make Revolving Loans upon one Business Days notice pursuant to each
Mandatory Borrowing in the amount and in the manner specified in the preceding sentence and on the
date specified in writing by the Swingline Lender notwithstanding (i) the amount of the Mandatory
Borrowing may not comply with the Minimum Borrowing Amount otherwise required hereunder, (ii)
whether any conditions specified in Section 7 are then satisfied, (iii) whether a Default
or an Event of Default then exists, (iv) the date of such Mandatory Borrowing, and (v) the amount
of the Borrowing Base or the Total Revolving Loan Commitment at such time. In the event that any
Mandatory Borrowing cannot for any reason be made on the date otherwise required above (including
as a result of the commencement of a proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code with respect to any
Borrower), then each Lender hereby agrees that it shall forthwith purchase (as of the date the
Mandatory Borrowing would otherwise have occurred, but adjusted for any payments received from any
Borrower on or after such date and prior to such purchase) from the Swingline Lender such
participations in the outstanding Swingline Loans as shall be necessary to cause the Lenders to
share in such Swingline Loans ratably based upon their respective RL Percentages (determined before
giving effect to any termination of the Revolving Loan Commitments pursuant to the last paragraph
of Section 11), provided that (x) all interest payable on the Swingline Loans shall
be for the account of the Swingline Lender until the date as of which the respective participation
is required to be purchased and, to the extent attributable to the purchased participation, shall
be payable to the participant from and after such date and (y) at the time any purchase of
participations pursuant to this sentence is actually made, the purchasing Lender shall be required
to pay the Swingline Lender interest on the principal amount of participation purchased for each
day from and including the day upon which the Mandatory Borrowing would otherwise have occurred to
but excluding the date of payment for such participation, at the overnight Federal Funds Rate for
the first three days and at the interest rate otherwise applicable to Revolving Loans maintained as
Base Rate Loans hereunder for each day thereafter.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Section 2.01(a) or elsewhere in this
Agreement, the Co-ABL Collateral Agents shall have the right to establish Reserves, subject to the
proviso in the definition thereof, in such amounts, and with respect to such matters, as the Co-ABL
Collateral Agents in their Permitted Discretion shall deem necessary or appropriate, against the
Borrowing Base (which reserves shall reduce the then existing Borrowing Base in an amount equal to
such reserves).
(e) (i) In the event that the Borrowers are unable to comply with the Borrowing Base
limitations set forth in Section 2.01(a) or (ii) the Borrowers are unable to comply with
the conditions precedent to the making of Revolving Loans set forth in Section 7, in either
case, the Lenders, subject to the immediately succeeding proviso, hereby authorize the
Administrative Agent, for the account of the Lenders, to make Revolving Loans to the Borrowers (on
a joint and several basis), in either case solely in the event that the Co-ABL Collateral Agents in
their Permitted Discretion deem necessary or desirable (A) to preserve or protect the Collateral,
or any portion thereof, (B) to enhance the likelihood of repayment of the Obligations, or (C) to
pay any other amount chargeable to the Borrowers pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, including
Expenses and Fees, which Revolving Loans may only be made as Base Rate Loans (each, an Agent
Advance) for a period commencing on the date the Administrative Agent first receives a Notice
of Borrowing requesting an Agent Advance until the earliest of (x) the twentieth (20th) Business
Day after such date, (y) the date the respective Borrowers are again able to comply with the
Borrowing Base limitations and the conditions precedent to the making of Revolving Loans, or obtain
an amendment or waiver with respect thereto, and (z) the date the Required Lenders instruct the
Administrative Agent to cease making Agent Advances (in each case, the Agent Advance
Period); provided that the Administrative Agent shall not make any Agent Advance to
the extent that at the time of the making of such Agent Advance, the amount of such Agent Advance
(I) when added to the aggregate outstanding amount of all other Agent Advances made to the
Borrowers at such time, would exceed 5.0% of the Borrowing Base at such time (the Agent
Advance Amount) or (II) when added to the Aggregate Exposure as then in effect (immediately
prior to the incurrence of such Agent Advance), would exceed the Total Revolving Loan Commitment at
such time. Agent Advances may be made by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion and the
Borrowers shall have no right whatsoever to require that any Agent Advances be made. Agent
Advances will be subject to periodic settlement with the Lenders pursuant to Section
2.04(b).
(f) If the Initial Revolving Commitment Termination Date shall have occurred at a time when
Extended Revolving Loan Commitments are in effect, then on the Initial Revolving Commitment
Termination Date all then outstanding Swingline Loans shall be repaid in full on such date (and
there shall be no adjustment to the participations in such Swingline Loans as a result of the
occurrence of such Initial Revolving Commitment Termination Date); provided that, if on the
occurrence of the Initial Revolving Commitment Termination Date (after giving effect to any
repayments of Revolving Loans and any reallocation of Letter of Credit participations as
contemplated in Section 3.07), there shall exist sufficient unutilized Extended Revolving
Loan Commitments so that the respective outstanding Swingline Loans could be incurred pursuant the
Extended Revolving Loan Commitments which will remain in effect after the occurrence of the Initial
Revolving Commitment Termination Date, then there shall be an automatic adjustment on such date of
the participations in such Swingline Loans and same shall be deemed to have been incurred solely
pursuant to the Extended Revolving Loan Commitments and such Swingline Loans shall not be so
required to be repaid in full on the Initial Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
2.02. Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing. The aggregate principal amount of each
Borrowing of Loans of a specific Type shall not be less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount
applicable thereto. More than one Borrowing may occur on the same date, but at no time shall there
be outstanding more than ten Borrowings of LIBOR Loans (or such greater number of Borrowings of
LIBOR Loans as may be agreed to from time to time by the Administrative Agent).
2.03. Notice of Borrowing. (a) Whenever a Borrower desires to incur (x) LIBOR Loans
hereunder, such Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent at the Notice Office notice thereof,
which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior to 1:00 P.M. (New York City time)
at least three Business Days prior to the date that such LIBOR Loan is to be incurred hereunder
(otherwise such notice shall be deemed to have been given on the immediately succeeding Business
Day) and (y) Base Rate Loans hereunder (including Agent Advances, but excluding Swingline Loans and
Revolving Loans made pursuant to a Mandatory Borrowing), such Borrower shall give the
Administrative Agent at the Notice Office notice thereof, which notice must be received by the
Administrative Agent prior to 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on the Business Day that such Base
Rate Loan is to be incurred hereunder (otherwise such notice shall be deemed to have been given on
the immediately succeeding Business Day). Each such notice (each, a Notice of
Borrowing), except as otherwise expressly provided in Section 2.10, shall be
irrevocable and shall be in writing, or by telephone promptly confirmed in writing, in the form of
Exhibit A-1, appropriately completed to specify: (i) the aggregate principal amount of the
Revolving Loans to be incurred pursuant to such Borrowing, (ii) the date of such Borrowing (which
shall be a Business Day), (iii) whether the Revolving Loans made pursuant to such Borrowing
constitute Agent Advances (it being understood that the Administrative Agent shall be under no
obligation to make such Agent Advances) and (iv) whether the Revolving Loans being incurred
pursuant to such Borrowing are to be initially maintained as Base Rate Loans or, to the extent
permitted hereunder, LIBOR Loans and, if LIBOR Loans, the initial Interest Period to be applicable
thereto. Except as provided in Section 2.04(b), the Administrative Agent shall promptly
give each Lender notice of such proposed Borrowing, of such Lenders proportionate
share thereof and of the other matters required by the immediately preceding sentence to be
specified in the Notice of Borrowing.
(b) (i) Whenever a Borrower desires to incur Swingline Loans hereunder, such Borrower shall
give the Swingline Lender no later than 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the date that a Swingline
Loan is to be incurred, written notice or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing of each
Swingline Loan to be incurred hereunder. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and specify in each
case (A) the date of Borrowing (which shall be a Business Day) and (B) the aggregate principal
amount of the Swingline Loans to be incurred pursuant to such Borrowing.
(ii) Mandatory Borrowings shall be made upon the notice specified in Section
2.01(c), with the respective Borrower irrevocably agreeing, by its incurrence of any Swingline
Loan, to the making of the Mandatory Borrowings as set forth in Section 2.01(c).
(c) Without in any way limiting the obligation of any Borrower to confirm in writing any
telephonic notice of any Borrowing or prepayment of Loans, the Administrative Agent or the
Swingline Lender, as the case may be, may act without liability upon the basis of telephonic notice
of such Borrowing or prepayment, as the case may be, believed by the Administrative Agent or the
Swingline Lender, as the case may be, in good faith to be from an Authorized Officer of such
Borrower, prior to receipt of written confirmation. In each such case, such Borrower hereby waives
the right to dispute the Administrative Agents or the Swingline Lenders record of the terms of
such telephonic notice of such Borrowing or prepayment of Loans, as the case may be, absent
manifest error.
2.04. Disbursement of Funds. (a) No later than 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the
date specified in each Notice of Borrowing (or (x) in the case of Revolving Loans that are Base
Rate Loans that are to be made on same day notice, no later than 3:00 P.M. (New York City time) on
the date specified pursuant to Section 2.03(a), (y) in the case of Swingline Loans, no
later than 4:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the date specified in Section 2.03(b) or (z)
in the case of Mandatory Borrowings, no later than 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the date
specified in Section 2.01(c)), each Lender will make available its pro rata portion
(determined in accordance with Section 2.07) of each such Borrowing requested to be made on
such date (or in the case of Swingline Loans, the Swingline Lender will make available the full
amount thereof). All such amounts will be made available in Dollars and in immediately available
funds at the Payment Office, and the Administrative Agent will make available to the relevant
Borrower at the Payment Office, or to such other account at the relevant Borrower may specify in
writing prior to the Initial Borrowing Date, the aggregate of the amounts so made available by the
Lenders; provided that, if, on the date of a Borrowing of Revolving Loans (other than a
Mandatory Borrowing), there are Unpaid Drawings or Swingline Loans then outstanding, then the
proceeds of such Borrowing shall be applied, first, to the payment in full of any such
Unpaid Drawings with respect to Letters of Credit, second, to the payment in full of any
such Swingline Loans, and third, to the relevant Borrower as otherwise provided above.
Unless the Administrative Agent shall have been notified by any Lender prior to the date of
Borrowing that such Lender does not intend to make available to the Administrative Agent such
Lenders portion of any Borrowing to be made on such date, the Administrative Agent may assume that
such Lender has made such amount available to the Administrative Agent on such date of Borrowing
and the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated to), in reliance upon such assumption,
make available to the relevant Borrower a corresponding amount. If such corresponding amount is
not in fact made available to the Administrative Agent by such Lender, the Administrative Agent
shall be entitled to recover such corresponding amount on demand from such Lender. If such Lender
does not pay such corresponding amount forthwith upon the Administrative Agents demand therefor,
the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the relevant Borrower, and the relevant Borrower
shall immediately pay such corresponding amount to the Administrative Agent. The Administrative
Agent also shall be entitled to recover on demand from such Lender or the relevant Borrower, as the
case may be, interest on such corresponding amount in respect of each day from the date such
corresponding amount was made available by the Administrative Agent to the relevant Borrower until
the date such corresponding amount is recovered by the Administrative Agent, at a rate per annum
equal to (i) if recovered from such Lender, the overnight Federal Funds Rate for the first three
days and at the interest rate otherwise applicable to such Loans for each day thereafter and (ii)
if recovered from the relevant Borrower or Borrowers, the rate of interest applicable to the
respective Borrowing, as determined pursuant to Section 2.08. Nothing in this Section
2.04 shall be deemed to relieve any Lender from its obligation to make Loans hereunder or to
prejudice any rights which any Borrower may have against any Lender as a result of any failure by
such Lender to make Loans hereunder.
(b) Unless the Required Lenders have instructed the Administrative Agent to the contrary,
the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders may, but shall not be obligated to, make
Revolving Loans to the Borrower that are maintained as Base Rate Loans under Section
2.01(a) without prior notice of the proposed Borrowing to the Lenders as follows:
(i) The amount of each Lenders RL Percentage of Revolving Loans shall be computed
weekly (or more frequently in the Administrative Agents sole discretion) and shall be
adjusted upward or downward on the basis of the amount of outstanding Revolving Loans as of
5:00 P.M. (New York time) on the last Business Day of each week, or such other period
specified by the Administrative Agent (each such date, a Settlement Date). The
Lenders shall transfer to the Administrative Agent, or the Administrative Agent shall
transfer to the Lenders, such amounts as are necessary so that (after giving effect to all
such transfers) the amount of Revolving Loans made by each Lender shall be equal to such
Lenders RL Percentage of the aggregate amount of Revolving Loans outstanding as of such
Settlement Date. If a notice from the Administrative Agent of any such necessary transfer
is received by a Lender on or prior to 12:00 Noon (New York time) on any Business Day, then
such Lender shall make transfers described above in immediately available funds no later
than 3:00 P.M. (New York time) on the day such notice was received; and if such notice is
received by a Lender after 12:00 Noon (New York time) on any Business Day, such Lender
shall make such transfers no later than 1:00 P.M. (New York time) on the next succeeding
Business Day. The obligation of each of the Lenders to transfer such funds shall be
irrevocable and unconditional and without recourse to, or without representation or
warranty by, the Administrative Agent. Each of the Administrative Agent and each Lender
agrees and the Lenders agree to mark their respective books and records on each Settlement
Date to show at all times the dollar amount of their respective RL Percentage of the
outstanding Revolving Loans on such date.
(ii) To the extent that the settlement described in preceding clause (i) shall not yet have
occurred with respect to any particular Settlement Date, upon any repayment of Revolving Loans by
any Borrower prior to such settlement, the Administrative Agent may apply such amounts repaid
directly to the amounts that would otherwise be made available by the Administrative Agent pursuant
to this Section 2.04(b).
(iii) Because the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders may be advancing and/or may
be repaid Revolving Loans prior to the time when the Lenders will actually advance and/or be repaid
Revolving Loans, interest with respect to Revolving Loans shall be allocated by the Administrative
Agent to each Lender and the Administrative Agent in accordance with the amount of Revolving Loans
actually advanced by and repaid to each Lender and the Administrative Agent and shall accrue from
and including the date such Revolving Loans are so advanced to but excluding the date such
Revolving Loans are either repaid by the Borrower in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or
actually settled by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Lender as described in this
Section 2.04(b).
2.05. Notes. (a) Each Borrowers joint and several obligation to pay the principal
of, and interest on, the Loans made by each Lender shall be evidenced in the Register maintained by
the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 13.15 and shall, if requested by such Lender,
also be evidenced (i) in the case of Revolving Loans, by a promissory note duly executed and
delivered by each Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit B-1, with blanks
appropriately completed in conformity herewith (each, a Revolving Note and, collectively,
the Revolving Notes), and (ii) in the case of Swingline Loans, by a promissory note duly
executed and delivered by each Borrower substantially in the form of Exhibit B-2, with
blanks appropriately completed in conformity herewith (the Swingline Note).
(b) Each Lender will note on its internal records the amount of each Loan made by it and
each payment in respect thereof and prior to any transfer of any of its Notes will endorse on the
reverse side thereof the outstanding principal amount of Loans evidenced thereby. Failure to make
any such notation or any error in such notation shall not affect any Borrowers obligations in
respect of such Loans.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this Section 2.05 or
elsewhere in this Agreement, Notes shall only be delivered to Lenders which at any time
specifically request the delivery of such Notes. No failure of any Lender to request, obtain,
maintain or produce a Note evidencing its Loans to any Borrower shall affect, or in any manner
impair, the obligations of any Borrower to pay the Loans (and all related Obligations) incurred by
such Borrower which would otherwise be evidenced thereby in accordance with the requirements of
this Agreement, and shall not in any way affect the security or guaranties therefor provided
pursuant to any Credit Document. Any Lender which does not have a Note evidencing its outstanding
Loans shall in no event be required to make the notations otherwise described in preceding clause
(b). At any time when any Lender requests the delivery of a Note to evidence any of its Loans, the
respective Borrower shall promptly execute and deliver to the respective Lender the requested Note
in the appropriate amount or amounts to evidence such Loans.
2.06. Conversions. Each Borrower shall have the option to convert, on any Business
Day, all or a portion equal to at least the Minimum Borrowing Amount of the outstanding principal
amount of Revolving Loans made pursuant to one or more Borrowings of one or more Types of Revolving
Loans into a Borrowing of another Type of Revolving Loan; provided that, (a) except as
otherwise provided in Section 2.10(b), LIBOR Loans may be converted into Base Rate Loans
only on the last day of an Interest Period applicable to the Revolving Loans being converted and no
such partial conversion of LIBOR Loans shall reduce the outstanding principal amount of such LIBOR
Loans made pursuant to a single Borrowing to less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount applicable
thereto, (b) unless the Required Lenders otherwise agree, Base Rate Loans may only be converted
into LIBOR Loans if no Event of Default is in existence on the date of the conversion, and (c) no
conversion pursuant to this Section 2.06 shall result in a greater number of Borrowings of
LIBOR Loans than is permitted under Section 2.02. Each such conversion shall be effected
by the respective Borrower by giving the Administrative Agent at
the Notice Office notice thereof, which notice must be received by the Administrative Agent prior
to 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) at least (i) in the case of conversions of Base Rate Loans into
LIBOR Loans, three Business Days prior notice and (ii) in the case of conversions of LIBOR Loans
into Base Rate Loans, one Business Days prior notice (each, a Notice of
Conversion/Continuation), in each case in the form of Exhibit A-2, appropriately
completed to specify the Revolving Loans to be so converted, the Borrowing or Borrowings pursuant
to which such Revolving Loans were incurred and, if to be converted into LIBOR Loans, the Interest
Period to be initially applicable thereto. The Administrative Agent shall give each Lender prompt
notice of any such proposed conversion affecting any of its Revolving Loans.
2.07. Pro Rata Borrowings. All Borrowings of Revolving Loans under this Agreement
shall be incurred from the Lenders pro rata on the basis of their Revolving Loan
Commitments, provided that all Mandatory Borrowings shall be incurred from the Lenders
pro rata on the basis of their RL Percentages. It is understood that no Lender
shall be responsible for any default by any other Lender of its obligation to make Loans hereunder
and that each Lender shall be obligated to make the Loans provided to be made by it hereunder,
regardless of the failure of any other Lender to make its Loans hereunder.
2.08. Interest. (a) Each Borrower jointly and severally agrees to pay interest in
respect of the unpaid principal amount of each Base Rate Loan from the date of Borrowing thereof
until the earlier of (i) the maturity thereof (whether by acceleration or otherwise) and (ii) the
conversion of such Base Rate Loan to a LIBOR Loan pursuant to Section 2.06 or 2.09,
as applicable, at a rate per annum which shall be equal to the sum of the relevant Applicable
Margin plus the Base Rate, each as in effect from time to time.
(b) Each Borrower jointly and severally agrees to pay interest in respect of the unpaid
principal amount of each LIBOR Loan from the date of Borrowing thereof until the earlier of (i) the
maturity thereof (whether by acceleration or otherwise) and (ii) the conversion of such LIBOR Loan
to a Base Rate Loan pursuant to Section 2.06, 2.09 or 2.10, as applicable,
at a rate per annum which shall, during each Interest Period applicable thereto, be equal to the
sum of the relevant Applicable Margin as in effect from time to time during such Interest Period
plus the LIBO Rate for such Interest Period.
(c) (i) Overdue principal and, to the extent permitted by law, overdue interest in respect
of each Loan shall, in each case, bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the rate which is 2%
in excess of the rate then borne by such Loans, and (ii) all other overdue amounts payable
hereunder and under any other Credit Document shall bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the
rate which is 2% in excess of the rate applicable to Base Rate Loans from time to time. Interest
that accrues under this Section 2.08(c) shall be payable on demand.
(d) Accrued (and theretofore unpaid) interest shall be payable (i) in respect of each Base
Rate Loan, (x) monthly in arrears on each Monthly Payment Date, (y) on the date of any repayment or
prepayment in full of all outstanding Base Rate Loans, and (z) at maturity (whether by acceleration
or otherwise) and, after such maturity, on demand, and (ii) in respect of each LIBOR Loan, (x) on
the last day of each Interest Period applicable thereto and, in the case of an Interest Period in
excess of one month, on each date occurring at one month intervals after the first day of such
Interest Period, and (y) on the date of any repayment or prepayment (on the amount repaid or
prepaid), at maturity (whether by acceleration or otherwise) and, after such maturity, on demand.
(e)Upon each Interest Determination Date, the Administrative Agent shall determine the LIBO
Rate for each Interest Period applicable to the respective LIBOR Loans and shall promptly notify
the Company and the Lenders thereof. Each such determination shall, absent manifest error, be
final and conclusive and binding on all parties hereto.
2.09. Interest Periods. At the time any Borrower gives any Notice of Borrowing or
Notice of Conversion/Continuation in respect of the making of, or conversion into, any LIBOR Loan
(in the case of the initial Interest Period applicable thereto) or prior to 1:00 P.M. (New York
City time) on the third Business Day prior to the expiration of an Interest Period applicable to
such LIBOR Loan (in the case of any subsequent Interest Period), such Borrower shall have the right
to elect the interest period (each, an Interest Period) applicable to such LIBOR Loan,
which Interest Period shall, at the option of the Borrower, be a one, two, three or six month
period; provided that (in each case):
(a) all LIBOR Loans comprising a Borrowing shall at all times have the same Interest Period;
(b) the initial Interest Period for any LIBOR Loan shall commence on the date of Borrowing
of such LIBOR Loan (including the date of any conversion thereto from a Base Rate Loan) and each
Interest Period occurring thereafter in respect of such LIBOR Loan shall commence on the day on
which the next preceding Interest Period applicable thereto expires;
(c) if any Interest Period for a LIBOR Loan begins on a day for which there is no
numerically corresponding day in the calendar month at the end of such Interest Period, such
Interest Period shall end on the last Business Day of such calendar month;
(d) if any Interest Period for a LIBOR Loan would otherwise expire on a day which is not a
Business Day, such Interest Period shall expire on the next succeeding Business Day;
provided, however, that if any Interest Period for a LIBOR Loan would otherwise
expire on a day which is not a Business Day but is a day of the month after which no further
Business Day occurs in such month, such Interest Period shall expire on the next preceding Business
Day;
(e) unless the Required Lenders otherwise agree, no Interest Period may be selected at any
time when an Event of Default is then in existence; and
(f) no Interest Period in respect of any Borrowing shall be selected which extends beyond
the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
If by 1:00 P.M. (New York City time) on the third Business Day prior to the expiration of any
Interest Period applicable to a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans, any Borrower has failed to elect, or is
not permitted to elect, a new Interest Period to be applicable to such LIBOR Loans as provided
above, such Borrower shall be deemed to have elected to convert such LIBOR Loans into Base Rate
Loans effective as of the expiration date of such current Interest Period.
2.10. Increased Costs, Illegality, etc. (a) In the event that any Lender shall have
determined (which determination shall, absent manifest error, be final and conclusive and binding
upon all parties hereto but, with respect to clause (i) below, may be made only by the
Administrative Agent):
(i) on any Interest Determination Date that, by reason of any changes arising after the date
of this Agreement affecting the London interbank market, adequate and fair means do not exist for
ascertaining the applicable interest rate on the basis provided for in the definition of LIBO Rate;
or
(ii) at any time, that such Lender shall incur increased costs or reductions in the amounts
received or receivable hereunder with respect to any LIBOR Loan because of (A) any change since the
Effective Date in any applicable law or governmental rule, regulation, order, guideline or request
(whether or not having the force of law) or in the interpretation or administration thereof and
including the introduction of any new law or governmental rule, regulation, order, guideline or
request, such as, but not limited to: (1) a change in the basis of taxation of payment to any
Lender of the principal of or interest on the Loans or the Notes or any other amounts payable
hereunder (but excluding, for these purposes, any Taxes payable or subject to indemnification or
reimbursement under Section 5.04 and the imposition of or change in the rate of Excluded
Taxes) or (2) a change in official reserve requirements, but, in all events, excluding reserves
required under Regulation D to the extent included in the computation of the LIBO Rate and/or (B)
other circumstances arising since the Effective Date affecting such Lender, the London interbank
market or the position of such Lender in such market (including that the LIBO Rate with respect to
such LIBOR Loan does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Lender of funding such
LIBOR Loan); or
(iii) at any time, that the making or continuance of any LIBOR Loan has been made (A)
unlawful by any law or governmental rule, regulation or order, (B) impossible by compliance by any
Lender in good faith with any governmental request (whether or not having force of law) or (C)
impracticable as a result of a contingency occurring after the Effective Date which materially and
adversely affects the London interbank market;
then, and in any such event, such Lender (or the Administrative Agent, in the case of clause (i)
above) shall promptly give notice (by telephone promptly confirmed in writing) to the Company and,
except in the case of clause (i) above, to the Administrative Agent of such determination (which
notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the other Lenders). Thereafter
(x) in the case of clause (i) above, LIBOR Loans shall no longer be available until such time as
the Administrative Agent notifies the Company and the Lenders that the circumstances giving rise to
such notice by the Administrative Agent no longer exist, and any Notice of Borrowing or Notice of
Conversion/Continuation given by any Borrower with respect to LIBOR Loans which have not yet been
incurred (including by way of conversion) shall be deemed rescinded by such Borrower, (y) in the
case of clause (ii) above, the Borrowers jointly and severally agree to pay to such Lender, upon
such Lenders written request therefor, such additional amounts (in the form of an increased rate
of, or a different method of calculating, interest or otherwise as such Lender in its sole
discretion shall determine) as shall be required to compensate such Lender for such increased costs
or reductions in amounts received or receivable hereunder (a written notice as to the additional
amounts owed to such Lender, showing in reasonable detail the basis for the calculation thereof,
submitted to the Company by such Lender shall, absent manifest error, be final and conclusive and
binding on all the parties hereto) and (z) in the case of clause (iii) above, the respective
Borrower or Borrowers shall take one of the actions specified in Section 2.10(b) as
promptly as possible and, in any event, within the time period required by law.
(b) At any time that any LIBOR Loan is affected by the circumstances described in
Section 2.10(a)(ii), the affected Borrower may, and in the case of a LIBOR Loan affected by
the circumstances described in Section 2.10(a)(iii), the affected Borrower shall, either
(i) if the affected LIBOR Loan is then being made initially or pursuant to a conversion, cancel
such
Borrowing by giving the Administrative Agent telephonic notice (confirmed in writing) on the same
date that such Borrower was notified by the affected Lender or the Administrative Agent pursuant to
Section 2.10(a)(ii) or (iii) or (ii) if the affected LIBOR Loan is then
outstanding, upon at least three Business Days written notice to the Administrative Agent, require
the affected Lender to convert such LIBOR Loan into a Base Rate Loan; provided that, if
more than one Lender is affected at any time, then all affected Lenders must be treated the same
pursuant to this Section 2.10(b).
(c) If any Lender determines that after the Effective Date the introduction of or any change
in any applicable law or governmental rule, regulation, order, guideline, directive or request
(whether or not having the force of law) concerning capital adequacy, or any change in
interpretation or administration thereof by the NAIC or any Governmental Authority, central bank or
comparable agency, will have the effect of increasing the amount of capital required or expected to
be maintained by such Lender or any corporation controlling such Lender based on the existence of
such Lenders Revolving Loan Commitment hereunder or its obligations hereunder, then the Borrowers
jointly and severally agree to pay to such Lender, upon its written demand therefor, such
additional amounts as shall be required to compensate such Lender or such other corporation for the
increased cost to such Lender or such other corporation or the reduction in the rate of return to
such Lender or such other corporation as a result of such increase of capital. In determining such
additional amounts, each Lender will act reasonably and in good faith and will use averaging and
attribution methods which are reasonable; provided that such Lenders determination of
compensation owing under this Section 2.10(c) shall, absent manifest error, be final and
conclusive and binding on all the parties hereto. Each Lender, upon determining that any
additional amounts will be payable pursuant to this Section 2.10(c), will give prompt
written notice thereof to the Company, which notice shall show in reasonable detail the basis for
calculation of such additional amounts.
(d) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and
Consumer Protection Act and all requests, rules, guidelines, requirements and directives
thereunder, issued in connection therewith or in implementation thereof, shall be deemed to be a
change after the date hereof in a requirement of law or governmental rule, regulation or order,
regardless of the date enacted, adopted, issued or implemented for all purposes under or in
connection with this Agreement (including this Section 2.10 and Section 3.06).
2.11. Compensation. Each Borrower jointly and severally agrees to compensate each
Lender, upon its written request (which request shall set forth in reasonable detail the basis for
requesting such compensation), for all losses, expenses and liabilities (including any loss,
expense or liability incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of deposits or other
funds required by such Lender to fund its LIBOR Loans but excluding loss of anticipated profits)
which such Lender may sustain: (a) if for any reason (other than a default by such Lender or the
Administrative Agent) a Borrowing of, or conversion from or into, LIBOR Loans does not occur on a
date specified therefor in a Notice of Borrowing or Notice of Conversion/Continuation (whether or
not withdrawn by the respective Borrower or Borrowers or deemed withdrawn pursuant to Section
2.10(a)); (b) if any prepayment or repayment (including any prepayment or repayment made
pursuant to Section 5.01, Section 5.02 or as a result of an acceleration of the
Loans pursuant to Section 11) or conversion of any of its LIBOR Loans occurs on a date
which is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect thereto; (c) if any prepayment of any
of its LIBOR Loans is not made on any date specified in a notice of prepayment given by any
Borrower; or (d) as a consequence of (i) any other default by any Borrower to repay LIBOR Loans
when required by the terms of this Agreement or any Note held by such Lender or (ii) any election
made pursuant to Section 2.10(b).
2.12. Change of Lending Office. Each Lender and each Issuing Lender agrees that on
the occurrence of any event giving rise to the operation of Section 2.10(a)(ii) or
(iii), Section 2.10(c), Section 3.06 or Section 5.04 with respect
to such Lender or such Issuing Lender, it will, if requested by the Company, use reasonable efforts
(subject to overall policy considerations of such Lender or such Issuing Lender) to designate
another lending office for any Loans or Letters of Credit affected by such event; provided
that such designation is made on such terms that such Lender or such Issuing Lender and its lending
office suffer no legal, regulatory or unreimbursed economic disadvantage, with the object of
avoiding the consequence of the event giving rise to the operation of such Section. Nothing in
this Section 2.12 shall affect or postpone any of the obligations of any Borrower or the
right of any Lender provided in Sections 2.10, 3.06 and 5.04.
2.13. Replacement of Lenders. (a) If any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender, (b) if
any Lender or Issuing Lender requests payment of additional amounts under Section
2.10(a)(ii) or (iii), Section 2.10(c), Section 3.06 or Section
5.04 or if any Borrower is required to pay any additional amount to any Lender, any Issuing
Lender or any Governmental Authority for the account of any Lender or any Issuing Lender pursuant
to such Sections, (c) in the case of a refusal by a Lender to consent to a proposed change, waiver,
discharge or termination with respect to this Agreement which has been approved by the Required
Lenders as (and to the extent) provided in Section 13.12(b) or (d) in the case of rejection
(or deemed rejection) by a Lender of the Extension under Section 2.16(a) which Extension
has been accepted under Section 2.16(a) by the Required Lenders, the Company shall have the
right, in accordance with Section 13.04(b), if no Default or Event of Default would exist
after giving effect to such replacement, to replace such Lender or Issuing Lender (the
Replaced Lender) with one or more other Eligible Transferees, none of whom shall
constitute a Defaulting Lender at the time of such replacement (collectively, the Replacement
Lender) and each of which shall be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent and each
Issuing Lender; provided that:
(i) at the time of any replacement pursuant to this Section 2.13, the Replacement
Lender shall enter into one or more Assignment and Assumption Agreements pursuant to Section
13.04(b) (and with all fees payable pursuant to said Section 13.04(b) to be paid by the
Borrowers) pursuant to which the Replacement Lender shall acquire the entire Revolving Loan
Commitment and all outstanding Revolving Loans of, and all participations in Letters of Credit by,
the Replaced Lender and, in connection therewith, shall pay to (i) the Replaced Lender in respect
thereof an amount equal to the sum of (A) an amount equal to the principal of, and all accrued
interest on, all outstanding Revolving Loans of the respective Replaced Lender, (B) an amount equal
to all Unpaid Drawings that have been funded by (and not reimbursed to) such Replaced Lender,
together with all then unpaid interest with respect thereto at such time and (C) an amount equal to
all accrued, but theretofore unpaid, Fees owing to the Replaced Lender pursuant to Section
4.01, (ii) each Issuing Lender an amount equal to such Replaced Lenders RL Percentage of any
Unpaid Drawing relating to Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender (which at such time
remains an Unpaid Drawing) to the extent such amount was not theretofore funded by such Replaced
Lender and (iii) the Swingline Lender an amount equal to such Replaced Lenders RL Percentage of
any Mandatory Borrowing to the extent such amount was not theretofore funded by such Replaced
Lender to the Swingline Lender; and
(ii) all obligations of the Borrowers then owing to the Replaced Lender (other than those
specifically described in clause (i) above in respect of which the assignment purchase price has
been, or is concurrently being, paid, but including all amounts, if any, owing under Section
2.11) shall be paid in full to such Replaced Lender concurrently with such replacement.
(b) Upon receipt by the Replaced Lender of all amounts required to be paid to it pursuant to
this Section 2.13, the Administrative Agent shall be entitled (but not obligated) and is
authorized (which authorization is coupled with an interest) to execute an Assignment and
Assumption Agreement on behalf of such Replaced Lender, and any such Assignment and Assumption
Agreement so executed by the Administrative Agent and the Replacement Lender shall be effective for
purposes of this Section 2.13 and Section 13.04. Upon the execution of the
respective Assignment and Assumption Agreement, the payment of amounts referred to in clauses (i)
and (ii) above, recordation of the assignment on the Register by the Administrative Agent pursuant
to Section 13.15 and, if so requested by the Replacement Lender, delivery to the
Replacement Lender of the appropriate Note or Notes executed by the relevant Borrowers, (x) the
Replacement Lender shall become a Lender hereunder and the Replaced Lender shall cease to
constitute a Lender hereunder, except with respect to indemnification provisions under this
Agreement (including Sections 2.10, 2.11, 3.06, 5.04,
12.06, 13.01 and 13.06), which shall survive as to such Replaced Lender and
(y) the RL Percentages of the Lenders shall be automatically adjusted at such time to give effect
to such replacement.
2.14. Company as Agent for Borrowers. Each Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints the
Company as its agent and attorney-in-fact for all purposes under this Agreement and each other
Credit Document, which appointment shall remain in full force and effect unless and until the
Administrative Agent shall have received prior written notice signed by the respective appointing
Borrower that such appointment has been revoked. Each Borrower hereby irrevocably appoints and
authorizes the Company (i) to provide the Administrative Agent with all notices with respect to
Loans and Letters of Credit obtained for the benefit of any Borrower and all other notices and
instructions under this Agreement or any other Credit Document and (ii) to take such action as the
Company deems appropriate on its behalf to obtain Loans and Letters of Credit and to exercise such
other powers as are reasonably incidental thereto to carry out the purposes of this Agreement and
the other Credit Documents. It is understood that the handling of the Credit Account and the
Collateral of the Borrowers in a combined fashion, as more fully set forth herein, is done solely
as an accommodation to the Borrowers in order to utilize the collective borrowing powers of the
Borrowers in the most efficient and economical manner and at their request, and that the
Administrative Agent, each Issuing Lender and each Lender shall not incur liability to any Borrower
as a result hereof. Each Borrower expects to derive benefit, directly or indirectly, from the
handling of the Credit Account and the Collateral in a combined fashion since the successful
operation of each Borrower is dependent on the continued successful performance of the consolidated
group. To induce the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Lender and each Lender to do so, and in
consideration thereof, each Borrower hereby jointly and severally agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Lender and each Lender against any and all
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, actions, judgments, costs, expenses,
or disbursements of whatsoever kind or nature made against the Administrative Agent, any Issuing
Lender or any Lender by any Borrower or by any third party whosoever, arising from or incurred by
reason of (a) the handling of the Credit Account and Collateral of the Borrowers as herein
provided, (b) the Administrative Agents, the Issuing Lenders or the Lenders relying on any
instructions of the Company, or (c) any other action taken by the Lenders hereunder or under the
other Credit Documents; provided that no Borrower shall be liable for any portion of such
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, actions, judgments, costs, expenses,
or disbursements resulting from (i) the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the
Administrative Agent, such Issuing Lender, such Lender or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be
(as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision), and
(ii) any disputes solely among the Administrative Agent, any Issuing Lender and/or any Lender
(other than (A) any disputes relating to any act or omission of any Holding Company or its
Affiliates and (B) any claim against the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Co-ABL
Collateral Agent or any Issuing Lender in its capacity or in fulfilling such roles under or
pursuant to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents).
2.15. Incremental Commitments. (a) The Borrowers shall have the right, without
requiring the consent of the Administrative Agent (except as otherwise provided in this Section
2.15) or the Lenders (except for the Issuing Lenders as provided below), to request at any time
and from time to time after the Effective Date and prior to the Revolving Commitment Termination
Date that one or more Lenders (and/or one or more other Persons which are Eligible Transferees and
which will become Lenders) provide Incremental Commitments and, subject to the applicable terms and
conditions contained in this Agreement and the relevant Incremental Commitment Agreement, make
Revolving Loans and participate in Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans pursuant thereto;
provided that (i) no Lender shall be obligated to provide an Incremental Commitment, and
until such time, if any, as such Lender has agreed in its sole discretion to provide an Incremental
Commitment and has executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent, the Company and the other
Borrowers an Incremental Commitment Agreement as provided in clause (b) of this Section
2.15, such Lender shall not be obligated to fund any Revolving Loans in excess of its Revolving
Loan Commitment (if any) or participate in any Letters of Credit or Swingline Loans in excess of
its RL Percentage, in each case, as in effect prior to giving effect to such Incremental Commitment
provided pursuant to this Section 2.15; provided that the Lenders shall have at
least 10 Business Days following the Borrowers request for Incremental Commitments to decide
whether or not to provide any such Incremental Commitments (and, to the extent that any such Lender
fails to respond within such 10 Business Day period, such Lender shall be deemed to have rejected
to provide an Incremental Commitment), (ii) any Lender (including any Person which is an Eligible
Transferee who will become a Lender) may so provide an Incremental Commitment without the consent
of the Administrative Agent or any other Lender; provided that any Person that is not a
Lender prior to the effectiveness of its Incremental Commitment shall require the consent of the
Administrative Agent and each Issuing Lender (each of which consents shall not be unreasonably
withheld) to provide an Incremental Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.15, (iii) the
aggregate amount of each request (and provision therefor) for Incremental Commitments shall be in a
minimum aggregate amount for all Lenders which provide an Incremental Commitment pursuant to a
given Incremental Commitment Agreement pursuant to this Section 2.15 (including Persons
who are Eligible Transferees and will become Lenders) of at least $25,000,000 (or such lesser
amount that is acceptable to the Administrative Agent), (iv) the aggregate amount of all
Incremental Commitments permitted to be provided pursuant to this Section 2.15 shall not
exceed in the aggregate $250,000,000, (v) the Borrowers shall not increase the Total Revolving Loan
Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.15 more than five times, (vi) if the Applicable
Margins with respect to Revolving Loans to be incurred pursuant to an Incremental Commitment shall
be higher in any respect than those applicable to any other Revolving Loans, the Applicable Margins
for such other Revolving Loans and extension of credit hereunder shall be automatically increased
as and to the extent needed to eliminate any deficiencies in accordance with the definition of
Applicable Margin contained herein (such increase, the Additional Margin), (vii) all
Revolving Loans incurred pursuant to an Incremental Commitment (and all interest, fees and other
amounts payable thereon) shall be Obligations under this Agreement and the other applicable Credit
Documents and shall be secured by the relevant Security Documents, and guaranteed under the
Guaranty, on a pari passu basis with all other Obligations secured by each relevant
Security Document and guaranteed under the Guaranty, and (viii) each Lender (including any Person
which is an Eligible Transferee who will become a Lender) agreeing to provide an Incremental
Commitment pursuant to an Incremental Commitment Agreement shall, subject to the satisfaction of
the relevant conditions set forth in this Agreement, participate in Swingline Loans and Letters of
Credit pursuant to Sections 2.01(b) and 3.04, respectively, and make Revolving
Loans as provided in Section 2.01(a) and such Revolving Loans shall constitute Revolving
Loans for all purposes of this Agreement and the other applicable Credit Documents.
(b) At the time of the provision of Incremental Commitments pursuant to this Section
2.15, (I) the Holding Companies, the Company, each other Borrower, each Subsidiary Guarantor,
the Administrative Agent and each such Lender or other Eligible Transferee which agrees to provide
an Incremental Commitment (each, an Incremental Lender) shall execute and deliver to the
Borrowers and the Administrative Agent an Incremental Commitment Agreement, appropriately completed
(with the effectiveness of the Incremental Commitment provided therein to occur on the date set
forth in such Incremental Commitment Agreement, which date in any event shall be no earlier than
the date on which (i) all fees required to be paid in connection therewith at the time of such
effectiveness shall have been paid, (ii) all Incremental Commitment Requirements have been
satisfied, (iii) all conditions set forth in this Section 2.15 shall have been satisfied
and (iv) all other conditions precedent that may be set forth in such Incremental Commitment
Agreement shall have been satisfied) and (II) the Holding Companies, the Company, each other
Borrower, each Subsidiary Guarantor and the Collateral Agent and each Incremental Lender (as
applicable) shall execute and deliver to the Administrative Agent such additional Security
Documents and/or amendments to the Security Documents which are necessary to ensure that all Loans
incurred pursuant to the Incremental Commitments and any Additional Margin are secured by each
relevant Security Document (the Incremental Security Documents). The Administrative
Agent shall promptly notify each Lender as to the effectiveness of each Incremental Commitment
Agreement and, at such time, Schedule 1.01(a) shall be deemed modified to reflect the
Incremental Commitments of such Incremental Lenders.
(c) It is understood and agreed that the Incremental Commitments provided by an Incremental
Lender or Incremental Lenders, as the case may be, pursuant to each Incremental Commitment
Agreement shall constitute part of, and be added to, the Total Revolving Loan Commitment and each
Incremental Lender shall constitute a Lender for all purposes of this Agreement and each other
applicable Credit Document.
(d) At the time of any provision of Incremental Commitments pursuant to this Section
2.15, each Borrower shall, in coordination with the Administrative Agent, repay outstanding
Revolving Loans of certain of the Lenders, and incur additional Revolving Loans from certain other
Lenders (including the Incremental Lenders), in each case to the extent necessary so that all of
the Lenders participate in each outstanding Borrowing of Revolving Loans pro rata
on the basis of their respective Revolving Loan Commitments (after giving effect to any increase in
the Total Revolving Loan Commitment pursuant to this Section 2.15) and with the Borrowers
being obligated to pay to the respective Lenders any costs of the type referred to in Section
2.11 in connection with any such repayment and/or Borrowing.
(e) At the time of any provision of Incremental Commitments pursuant to this Section
2.15, all dollar thresholds included in any determination made with respect to Excess
Availability shall be increased automatically in an amount equal to the percentage by which the
Incremental Commitments increase the Total Revolving Loan Commitments.
2.16. Extensions of Loans and Commitments.(a) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
in this Agreement, subject to the terms of this Section 2.16, the Borrowers may extend the
maturity date, and otherwise modify the terms of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment, or any
portion thereof (including by increasing the interest rate or fees payable in respect of any Loans
and/or Revolving Loan Commitments or any portion thereof (and related outstandings) (the
Extension) pursuant to a written offer (the Extension Offer) made by the
Company to all Lenders, in each case on a pro rata basis (based on the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the respective outstanding Revolving Loans and unfunded Revolving
Loan Commitments) and on the same terms to each such Lender. In connection with the Extension, the
Company will provide notification to the Administrative Agent (for distribution to the Lenders).
In connection with the Extension, each Lender, acting in its sole and individual discretion,
wishing to participate in the Extension shall, prior to the date (the Notice Date) that
is 30 days after delivery of notice by the Administrative Agent to such Lender, provide the
Administrative Agent with a written notice thereof in a form reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent. Any Lender that does not respond to the Extension Offer by the Notice Date
shall be deemed to have rejected such Extension. The Administrative Agent shall promptly notify the
Company of each Lenders determination under this Section 2.16(a). The election of any
Lender to agree to the Extension shall not obligate any other Lender to so agree. After giving
effect to the Extension, the Revolving Loan Commitments so extended shall cease to be a part of the
tranche of the Revolving Loan Commitments they were a part of immediately prior to the Extension
and shall be a new tranche of Extended Revolving Loan Commitments hereunder.
(b) The Company shall have the right to replace each Lender that shall have rejected (or be
deemed to have rejected) the Extension under Section 2.16(a) with, and add as Lenders
under this Agreement in place thereof, one or more Replacement Lenders as provided in Section
2.13; provided that each of such Replacement Lenders shall enter into an Assignment and
Assumption Agreement pursuant to which such Replacement Lender shall, effective as of a closing
date selected by the Administrative Agent in consultation with the Company (which shall occur no
later than 30 days following the Notice Date and shall occur on the same date as the effectiveness
of the Extension as to the Lenders which have consented thereto pursuant to Section
2.16(a)), undertake the Revolving Loan Commitment of such Replaced Lender (and, if any such
Replacement Lender is already a Lender, its Revolving Loan Commitment shall be in addition to such
Lenders Revolving Loan Commitment hereunder on such date).
(c) The Extension shall be subject to the following:
(i) no Default or Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing at the time any
offering document in respect of the Extension Offer is delivered to the Lenders and at the time of
the Extension;
(ii) except as to interest rates, utilization fees, unused fees and final maturity, the
Revolving Loan Commitment of any Lender extended pursuant to the Extension (the Extended
Revolving Loan Commitment), and the related outstandings, shall be a Revolving Loan Commitment
(or related outstandings, as the case may be) with the same terms as the original Revolving Loan
Commitments (and related outstandings); provided that, subject to the provisions of
Sections 3.07 and 2.01(f) to the extent dealing with Swingline Loans and Letters of
Credit which mature or expire after the Initial Revolving Commitment Termination Date, all
Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit shall be participated in on a pro rata basis
by all Lenders with Revolving Loan Commitments and/or Extended Revolving Loan Commitments in
accordance with their RL Percentages (and except as provided in Sections 3.07 and
2.01(f), without giving effect to changes thereto on the Initial Revolving Commitment
Termination Date with respect to Swingline Loans and Letters of Credit theretofore incurred or
issued) and all borrowings under Revolving Loan Commitments and Extended Revolving Loan Commitments
and repayments thereunder shall be made on a pro rata basis (except for (x) payments of interest
and fees at different rates on Extended Revolving Loan Commitments (and related outstandings) and
(y) repayments required upon any Revolving Commitment Termination Date of any tranche of Revolving
Loan Commitments or Extended Revolving Loan Commitments);
(iii) if the aggregate principal amount of Revolving Loan Commitments in respect of which
Lenders shall have accepted the Extension Offer shall exceed the maximum aggregate principal amount
of Revolving Loan
Commitments offered to be extended by the Company pursuant to the Extension Offer, then the
Revolving Loan Commitments of such Lenders shall be extended ratably up to such maximum amount
based on the respective principal amounts (but not to exceed actual holdings of record) with
respect to which such Lenders have accepted the Extension Offer;
(iv) all documentation in respect of the Extension shall be consistent with the foregoing,
and all written communications by the Borrowers generally directed to the Lenders in connection
therewith shall be in form and substance consistent with the foregoing and otherwise reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(v) the Minimum Extension Condition shall be satisfied; and
(vi) the Extension shall not become effective unless, on the proposed effective date of the
Extension, (x) the Company shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized
Officer of each Credit Party dated the applicable date of the Extension and executed by an
Authorized Officer of such Credit Party certifying and attaching the resolutions adopted by such
Credit Party approving or consenting to such Extension and (y) the conditions set forth in
Section 7 shall be satisfied (with all references in such Section to any Credit Event being
deemed to be references to the Extension on the applicable date of the Extension) and the
Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate to that effect dated the applicable date of
the Extension and executed by an Authorized Officer of the Company.
(d) With respect to the Extension consummated by the Borrowers pursuant to this Section
2.16, (i) the Extension shall not constitute voluntary or mandatory payments or prepayments for
purposes of Sections 5.01, 5.02, 5.03, 13.02 or 13.06, (ii)
the Extension Offer shall contain a condition (a Minimum Extension Condition) to
consummating the Extension that at least 50% of the aggregate amount of the Revolving Loan
Commitments in effect immediately prior to the Initial Revolving Commitment Termination Date
(unless another amount is agreed to by the Administrative Agent) shall be in effect immediately
following the Initial Revolving Commitment Termination Date, (iii) if the amount extended is less
than the Maximum Letter of Credit Amount, the Maximum Letter of Credit Amount shall be reduced upon
the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the Initial Revolving Commitment Termination Date
(to the extent needed so that the Maximum Letter of Credit Amount does not exceed the aggregate
Revolving Loan Commitments which would be in effect after the Initial Revolving Commitment
Termination Date), and, if applicable, the Borrowers shall cash collateralize obligations under any
issued Letters of Credit in an amount equal to 105% of the Stated Amount of such Letters of Credit,
and (iv) if the amount extended is less than the Maximum Swingline Amount, the Maximum Swingline
Amount shall be reduced upon the date that is five (5) Business Days prior to the Initial Revolving
Commitment Termination Date (to the extent needed so that the Maximum Swingline Amount does not
exceed the aggregate Revolving Loan Commitments which would be in
effect after the Initial Revolving Commitment Termination Date), and, if applicable, the
Borrowers shall prepay any outstanding Swingline Loans. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders
hereby consent to the Extension and the other transactions contemplated by this Section
2.16 (including, for the avoidance of doubt, payment of any interest or fees in respect of any
Extended Revolving Loan Commitments on such terms as may be set forth in the Extension Offer) and
hereby waive the requirements of any provision of this Agreement (including Sections 5.01,
5.02, 5.03, 13.02 or 13.06) or any other Credit Document that may
otherwise prohibit the Extension or any other transaction contemplated by this Section
2.16, provided that such consent shall not be deemed to be an acceptance of the
Extension Offer.
(e) The Lenders hereby irrevocably authorize the Administrative Agent to enter into
amendments to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents with the Credit Parties as may be
necessary in order establish new tranches in respect of Revolving Loan Commitments so extended and
such technical amendments as may be necessary in connection with the establishment of such new
tranches, in each case on terms consistent with this Section 2.16. Without limiting the
foregoing, in connection with the Extension, the respective parties shall (at the expense of the
Credit Parties) amend (and the Administrative Agent is hereby authorized to amend) any Mortgage
that has a maturity date prior to the Extended Revolving Commitment Termination Date so that such
maturity date is extended to the Extended Revolving Commitment Termination Date (or such later date
as may be advised by local counsel to the Administrative Agent).
(f) In connection with the Extension, the Company shall provide the Administrative Agent at
least ten (10) Business Days (or such shorter period as may be agreed by the Administrative Agent)
prior written notice thereof, and shall agree to such procedures, if any, as may be reasonably
established by, or reasonably acceptable to, the Administrative Agent, in each case acting
reasonably to accomplish the purposes of this Section 2.16.
SECTION 3. Letters of Credit.
3.01. Letters of Credit. (a) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth
herein, any Borrower may request that an Issuing Lender issue, at any time and from time to time on
and after the Effective Date and prior to the 10th day prior to the Revolving Commitment
Termination Date, for the joint and several account of the Borrowers and for the benefit of (x) any
holder (or any trustee, agent or other similar representative for any such holders) of L/C
Supportable Obligations, an
irrevocable standby letter of credit, in a form customarily used by such Issuing Lender or in such
other form as is reasonably acceptable to such Issuing Lender, and (y) sellers of goods to the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries, an irrevocable trade letter of credit, in a form customarily
used by such Issuing Lender or in such other form as has been approved by such Issuing Lender (each
such letter of credit, a Letter of Credit and, collectively, the Letters of
Credit) (although without limiting the joint and several nature of the Borrowers obligations
in respect of the Letters of Credit, any particular Letter of Credit may name only one or more
Borrowers as the account party therein). All Letters of Credit shall be issued on a sight basis
only.
(b) Subject to and upon the terms and conditions set forth herein, each Issuing Lender
agrees that it will, at any time and from time to time on and after the Effective Date and prior to
the 10th day prior to the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, following its receipt of the
respective Letter of Credit Request, issue for the joint and several account of the Borrowers, one
or more Letters of Credit as are permitted to remain outstanding hereunder without giving rise to a
Default or an Event of Default; provided that no Issuing Lender shall be under any
obligation to issue any Letter of Credit of the types described above if at the time of such
issuance:
(i) any order, judgment or decree of any Governmental Authority or arbitrator shall purport
by its terms to enjoin or restrain such Issuing Lender from issuing such Letter of Credit or any
requirement of law applicable to such Issuing Lender or any request or directive (whether or not
having the force of law) from any Governmental Authority with jurisdiction over such Issuing Lender
shall prohibit, or request that such Issuing Lender refrain from, the issuance of letters of credit
generally or such Letter of Credit in particular or shall impose upon such Issuing Lender with
respect to such Letter of Credit any restriction or reserve or capital requirement (for which such
Issuing Lender is not otherwise compensated hereunder) not in effect with respect to such Issuing
Lender on the date hereof, or any unreimbursed loss, cost or expense which was not applicable or in
effect with respect to such Issuing Lender as of the date hereof and which such Issuing Lender
reasonably and in good faith deems material to it; or
(ii) such Issuing Lender shall have received from such Borrower, any other Credit Party or
the Required Lenders prior to the issuance of such Letter of Credit notice of the type described in
the second sentence of Section 3.03(b).
3.02. Maximum Letter of Credit Outstandings; Final Maturities. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, (a) no Letter of Credit shall be issued (or
required to be issued) if the Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit, when added to the Letter of
Credit Outstandings (exclusive of Unpaid Drawings which are repaid on the date of, and prior to the
issuance of, the respective Letter of Credit) at such time, would exceed the Maximum Letter of
Credit Amount at such time, (b) no Letter of Credit shall be issued (or required to be issued) at
any time when the Aggregate Exposure exceeds (or would after giving effect to such issuance exceed)
either (i) the Total Revolving Loan Commitment at such time or (ii) the Borrowing Base at such
time, (c) no Letter of Credit shall be issued (or required to be issued) by any particular Issuing
Lender if the aggregate Letter of Credit Outstandings for such Issuing Lender (after giving effect
to the requested Letter of Credit) would exceed the Issuing Lender Sublimit for such Issuing
Lender, (d) each Letter of Credit shall be denominated in Dollars, (e) each standby Letter of
Credit shall by its terms terminate on or before the earlier of (i) the date which occurs 12 months
after the date of the issuance thereof (although any such standby Letter of Credit may be
extendible for successive periods of up to 12 months, but, in each case, not beyond the fifth
Business Day prior to the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, on terms acceptable to the
respective Issuing Lender)) and (ii) five Business Days prior to the Revolving Commitment
Termination Date and (f) each trade Letter of Credit shall by its terms terminate on or before the
earlier of (i) the date which occurs 365 days after the date of issuance thereof and (ii) 20 days
prior to the Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
3.03. Letter of Credit Requests. (a) Whenever any Borrower desires that a Letter of
Credit be issued for its account, such Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent and the
respective Issuing Lender at least two Business Days (or such shorter period as is acceptable to
such Issuing Lender) written notice thereof (including by way of facsimile); provided that
any such notice shall be deemed to have been given on a certain day only if received by the
Administrative Agent and the respective Issuing Lender before 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) on
such day. Each notice shall be in the form of Exhibit C, appropriately completed (each, a
Letter of Credit Request).
(b) The making of each Letter of Credit Request shall be deemed to be a representation and
warranty by the respective Borrower to the Lenders that such Letter of Credit may be issued in
accordance with, and will not violate the requirements of, Section 3.02. Unless the
respective Issuing Lender has received notice from any Borrower, any other Credit Party or the
Required Lenders before it issues a Letter of Credit that one or more of the conditions specified
in Section 6 or 7 are not then satisfied, or that the issuance of such Letter of
Credit would violate Section 3.02, then such Issuing Lender shall, subject to the terms and
conditions of this Agreement, issue the requested Letter of Credit for the account of the
respective Borrower in accordance with such Issuing Lenders usual and customary practices. Upon
the issuance of or modification or amendment to any standby Letter of Credit, each Issuing Lender
shall promptly notify the respective Borrower and the Administrative Agent, in writing of such
issuance, modification or amendment and such notice shall be accompanied by a
copy of such Letter of Credit or the respective modification or amendment thereto, as the case may
be. Promptly after receipt of such notice the Administrative Agent shall notify the Participants,
in writing, of such issuance, modification or amendment. On the first Business Day of each week,
each Issuing Lender shall furnish the Administrative Agent with a written (including via facsimile)
report of the daily aggregate outstandings of trade Letters of Credit issued by such Issuing Lender
for the immediately preceding week. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Agreement, in the event that a Lender Default exists with respect to a Lender, no Issuing Lender
shall be required to issue, renew, extend or amend any Letter of Credit unless such Issuing Lender
has entered into arrangements satisfactory to it and the Company to eliminate such Issuing Lenders
risk with respect to the participation in Letters of Credit by the Defaulting Lender (which
arrangements are hereby consented to by the Lenders), including by cash collateralizing such
Defaulting Lenders or Lenders RL Percentage of the Letter of Credit Outstandings with respect to
such Letters of Credit (such arrangements, the Letter of Credit Back-Stop Arrangements).
3.04. Letter of Credit Participations. (a) Immediately upon the issuance by an
Issuing Lender of any Letter of Credit, such Issuing Lender shall be deemed to have sold and
transferred to each Lender, and each such Lender (in its capacity under this Section 3.04,
a Participant) shall be deemed irrevocably and unconditionally to have purchased and
received from such Issuing Lender, without recourse or warranty, an undivided interest and
participation, to the extent of such Participants RL Percentage, in such Letter of Credit, each
drawing or payment made thereunder and the obligations of the Borrowers under this Agreement with
respect thereto, and any security therefor or guaranty pertaining thereto. Upon any change in the
Revolving Loan Commitments or RL Percentages of the Lenders pursuant to Section 2.13,
2.15 or 13.04(b), it is hereby agreed that, with respect to all outstanding Letters
of Credit and Unpaid Drawings relating thereto, there shall be an automatic adjustment to the
participations pursuant to this Section 3.04 to reflect the new RL Percentages of the
assignor and assignee Lender, as the case may be.
(b) In determining whether to pay under any Letter of Credit, no Issuing Lender shall have
any obligation relative to the other Lenders other than to confirm that any documents required to
be delivered under such Letter of Credit appear to have been delivered and that they appear to
substantially comply on their face with the requirements of such Letter of Credit. Any action
taken or omitted to be taken by an Issuing Lender under or in connection with any Letter of Credit
issued by it shall not create for such Issuing Lender any resulting liability to any Borrower, any
other Credit Party, any Lender or any other Person unless such action is taken or omitted to be
taken with gross negligence or willful misconduct on the part of such Issuing Lender (as determined
by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision).
(c) In the event that an Issuing Lender makes any payment under any Letter of Credit issued
by it and the Borrowers shall not have reimbursed such amount in full to such Issuing Lender
pursuant to Section 3.05(a), such Issuing Lender shall promptly notify the Administrative
Agent, which shall promptly notify each Participant of such failure, and each Participant shall
promptly and unconditionally pay to such Issuing Lender the amount of such Participants RL
Percentage of such unreimbursed payment in Dollars and in same day funds. If the Administrative
Agent so notifies, on or prior to 12:00 Noon (New York City time) on any Business Day, any
Participant required to fund a payment under a Letter of Credit, such Participant shall make
available to the respective Issuing Lender in Dollars such Participants Percentage of the amount
of such payment on such Business Day in same day funds, provided that if any such notice is
given to any Participant after 12:00 Noon (New York City time) on such Business Day, such payment
will be made available by such Participant to such Issuing Lender on the immediately succeeding
Business Day. If and to the extent such Participant shall not have so made its RL Percentage of
the amount of such payment available to the respective Issuing Lender, such Participant agrees to
pay to such Issuing Lender, forthwith on demand such amount, together with interest thereon, for
each day from such date until the date such amount is paid to such Issuing Lender at the overnight
Federal Funds Rate for the first three days and at the interest rate applicable to Loans that are
maintained as Base Rate Loans for each day thereafter. The failure of any Participant to make
available to an Issuing Lender its RL Percentage of any payment under any Letter of Credit issued
by such Issuing Lender shall not relieve any other Participant of its obligation hereunder to make
available to such Issuing Lender its RL Percentage of any payment under any Letter of Credit on the
date required, as specified above, but no Participant shall be responsible for the failure of any
other Participant to make available to such Issuing Lender such other Participants RL Percentage
of any such payment.
(d) Whenever an Issuing Lender receives a payment of a reimbursement obligation as to which
it has received any payments from the Participants pursuant to clause (c) above, such Issuing
Lender shall pay to each such Participant which has paid its RL Percentage thereof, in Dollars and
in same day funds, an amount equal to such Participants share (based upon the proportionate
aggregate amount originally funded by such Participant to the aggregate amount funded by all
Participants) of the principal amount of such reimbursement obligation and interest thereon
accruing after the purchase of the respective participations.
(e) Upon the request of any Participant, each Issuing Lender shall furnish to such
Participant copies of any standby Letter of Credit issued by it and such other documentation as may
reasonably be requested by such Participant.
(f) The obligations of the Participants to make payments to each Issuing Lender with respect
to Letters
of Credit shall be irrevocable and not subject to any qualification or exception whatsoever and
shall be made in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Agreement under all
circumstances, including any of the following circumstances:
(i) any lack of validity or enforceability of this Agreement or any of the other Credit
Documents;
(ii) the existence of any claim, setoff, defense or other right which any Holding Company or
any of their respective Subsidiaries may have at any time against a beneficiary named in a Letter
of Credit, any transferee of any Letter of Credit (or any Person for whom any such transferee may
be acting), the Administrative Agent, any Participant, or any other Person, whether in connection
with this Agreement, any Letter of Credit, the transactions contemplated herein or any unrelated
transactions (including any underlying transaction between any Holding Company or any Subsidiary of
any Holding Company and the beneficiary named in any such Letter of Credit);
(iii) any draft, certificate or any other document presented under any Letter of Credit
proving to be forged, fraudulent, invalid or insufficient in any respect or any statement therein
being untrue or inaccurate in any respect;
(iv) the surrender or impairment of any security for the performance or observance of any of
the terms of any of the Credit Documents; or
(v) the occurrence of any Default or Event of Default.
3.05. Agreement to Repay Letter of Credit Drawings. (a) Each Borrower hereby jointly
and severally agrees to reimburse each Issuing Lender, by making payment to the Administrative
Agent in Dollars in immediately available funds at the Payment Office, for any payment or
disbursement made by such Issuing Lender under any Letter of Credit issued by it (each such amount,
so paid until reimbursed by the respective Borrower, an Unpaid Drawing), not later than
one Business Day following receipt by the respective Borrower of notice of such payment or
disbursement (provided that no such notice shall be required to be given if a Default or an
Event of Default under Section 11.05 shall have occurred and be continuing, in which case
the Unpaid Drawing shall be due and payable immediately without presentment, demand, protest or
notice of any kind (all of which are hereby waived by the Borrowers)), with interest on the amount
so paid or disbursed by such Issuing Lender, to the extent not reimbursed prior to 12:00 Noon (New
York City time) on the date of such payment or disbursement from and including the date paid or
disbursed to but excluding the date such Issuing Lender was reimbursed by the respective Borrower
therefor at a rate per annum equal to the Base Rate as in effect from time to time plus the
Applicable Margin as in effect from time to time for Loans that are maintained as Base Rate Loans;
provided, however, to the extent such amounts are not reimbursed prior to 12:00
Noon (New York City time) on the third Business Day following the receipt by the respective
Borrower of notice of such payment or disbursement or following the occurrence of a Default or an
Event of Default under Section 11.05, interest shall thereafter accrue on the amounts so
paid or disbursed by such Issuing Lender (and until reimbursed by the Borrowers) at a rate per
annum equal to the Base Rate as in effect from time to time plus the Applicable Margin for Loans
that are maintained as Base Rate Loans as in effect from time to time plus 2%, with such interest
to be payable on demand. Each Issuing Lender shall give the respective Borrower prompt written
notice of each Drawing under any Letter of Credit issued by it; provided that the failure
to give any such notice shall in no way affect, impair or diminish the Borrowers obligations
hereunder.
(b) The joint and several obligations of the Borrowers under this Section 3.05 to
reimburse each Issuing Lender with respect to drafts, demands and other presentations for payment
under Letters of Credit issued by it (each, a Drawing) (including, in each case, interest
thereon) shall be absolute and unconditional under any and all circumstances and irrespective of
any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment which any Holding Company or any Subsidiary of any
Holding Company may have or have had against any Lender (including in its capacity as an Issuing
Lender or as a Participant), including any defense based upon the failure of any drawing under a
Letter of Credit to conform to the terms of the Letter of Credit or any nonapplication or
misapplication by the beneficiary of the proceeds of such Drawing; provided,
however, that no Borrower shall be obligated to reimburse any Issuing Lender for any
wrongful payment made by such Issuing Lender under a Letter of Credit issued by it as a result of
acts or omissions constituting willful misconduct or gross negligence on the part of such Issuing
Lender (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision).
3.06. Increased Costs. If at any time after the Effective Date, the introduction of
or any change in any applicable law, rule, regulation, order, guideline or request or in the
interpretation or administration thereof by the NAIC or any Governmental Authority charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance by any Issuing Lender or any Participant
with any request or directive by the NAIC or by any such Governmental Authority (whether or not
having the force of law), shall either (a) impose, modify or make applicable any reserve, deposit,
capital adequacy or similar requirement against letters of credit issued by any Issuing Lender or
participated in by any Participant, or (b) impose on any Issuing Lender or any Participant any
other conditions relating, directly or indirectly, to this Agreement or any Letter of Credit; and
the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to any Issuing Lender or any Participant
of issuing, maintaining or participating
in any Letter of Credit, or reduce the amount of any sum received or receivable by any Issuing
Lender or any Participant hereunder or reduce the rate of return on its capital with respect to
Letters of Credit (but excluding, for these purposes, any Taxes payable or subject to
indemnification or reimbursement under Section 5.04 and the imposition of or a change in
the rate of Excluded Taxes), then, upon the delivery of the certificate referred to below to the
Company by any Issuing Lender or any Participant (a copy of which certificate shall be sent by such
Issuing Lender or such Participant to the Administrative Agent), the Borrowers jointly and
severally agree to pay to such Issuing Lender or such Participant such additional amount or amounts
as will compensate such Issuing Lender or such Participant for such increased cost or reduction in
the amount receivable or reduction on the rate of return on its capital. Any Issuing Lender or any
Participant, upon determining that any additional amounts will be payable to it pursuant to this
Section 3.06, will give prompt written notice thereof to the Company, which notice shall
include a certificate submitted to the Company by such Issuing Lender or such Participant (a copy
of which certificate shall be sent by such Issuing Lender or such Participant to the Administrative
Agent), setting forth in reasonable detail the basis for the calculation of such additional amount
or amounts necessary to compensate such Issuing Lender or such Participant. The certificate
required to be delivered pursuant to this Section 3.06 shall, absent manifest error, be
final and conclusive and binding on the Borrowers.
3.07. Extended Commitments. If the Initial Revolving Commitment Termination Date
shall have occurred at a time when Extended Revolving Loan Commitments are in effect, then such
Letters of Credit shall automatically be deemed to have been issued (including for purposes of the
obligations of the Lenders to purchase participations therein and to make payments in respect
thereof pursuant to Sections 3.04 and 3.05) under (and ratably participated in by
Lenders under the applicable tranche pursuant to) the Extended Revolving Loan Commitments up to an
aggregate amount not to exceed the aggregate principal amount of the unutilized Extended Revolving
Loan Commitments thereunder at such time (it being understood that no partial face amount of any
Letter of Credit may be so reallocated). Except to the extent of reallocations of participations
pursuant to the prior sentence, the occurrence of the Initial Revolving Commitment Termination Date
shall have no effect upon (and shall not diminish) the percentage participations of the Lenders in
any Letter of Credit issued before the Initial Revolving Commitment Termination Date.
SECTION 4. Commitment Commission; Fees; Reductions of Commitment.
4.01. Fees. (a) The Borrowers jointly and severally agree to pay to the
Administrative Agent for distribution to each Non-Defaulting Lender a commitment commission (the
Commitment Commission) for the period from and including the Effective Date to and
including the Revolving Commitment Termination Date (or such earlier date on which the Total
Revolving Loan Commitment has been terminated) computed at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable
Commitment Commission Percentage of the Unutilized Revolving Loan Commitment of such Non-Defaulting
Lender as in effect from time to time. Accrued Commitment Commission shall be due and payable
monthly in arrears on each Monthly Payment Date and on the date upon which the Total Revolving Loan
Commitment is terminated.
(b) The Borrowers jointly and severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent for
distribution to each Lender (based on each such Lenders respective RL Percentage) a fee in respect
of each Letter of Credit (the Letter of Credit Fee) for the period from and including the
date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to and including the date of termination or expiration of
such Letter of Credit, computed at a rate per annum equal to the Applicable Margin as in effect
from time to time during such period with respect to Revolving Loans that are maintained as LIBOR
Loans on the daily Stated Amount of each such Letter of Credit. Accrued Letter of Credit Fees
shall be due and payable quarterly in arrears on each Quarterly Payment Date and on the first day
on or after the termination of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment upon which no Letters of Credit
remain outstanding.
(c) The Borrowers jointly and severally agree to pay to each Issuing Lender, for its own
account, a facing fee in respect of each Letter of Credit issued by it (the Facing Fee)
for the period from and including the date of issuance of such Letter of Credit to and including
the date of termination or expiration of such Letter of Credit, computed at a rate per annum equal
to 1/8 of 1% on the daily Stated Amount of such Letter of Credit. Accrued Facing Fees shall be due
and payable quarterly in
arrears on each Quarterly Payment Date and upon the first day on or after the termination of
the Total Revolving Loan Commitment, upon which no Letters of Credit remain outstanding.
(d) The Borrowers jointly and severally agree to pay to each Issuing Lender, for its own
account, upon each payment under, issuance of, or amendment to, any Letter of Credit issued by it,
such amount as shall at the time of such event be the administrative charge and the reasonable
expenses which such Issuing Lender is generally imposing in connection with such occurrence with
respect to letters of credit.
(e) The Borrowers jointly and severally agree to pay to the Administrative Agent such fees
as may have been, or are hereafter, agreed to in writing from time to time by any Holding Company
or any of their respective Subsidiaries and the Administrative Agent.
4.02. Voluntary Termination of Unutilized Commitments. (a) Upon at least three
Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent at the Notice Office (which notice
the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the Lenders), the Company shall have
the right, at any time or from time to time, without premium or penalty to terminate the Total
Unutilized Revolving Loan Commitment in whole, or reduce it in part, pursuant to this Section
4.02(a), in an integral multiple of $1,000,000 in the case of partial reductions to the Total
Unutilized Revolving Loan Commitment; provided that (i) each such reduction shall apply
proportionately to permanently reduce the Revolving Loan Commitment of each Lender and (ii) after
giving effect to such termination (x) the aggregate amount of the Letter of Credit Outstandings
shall not exceed the Maximum Letter of Credit Amount and (y) the aggregate principal amount of
Swingline Loans then outstanding shall not exceed the Maximum Swingline Amount.
(b) In the event of certain refusals by a Lender to consent to certain proposed changes,
waivers, discharges or terminations with respect to this Agreement which have been approved by the
Required Lenders as (and to the extent) provided in Section 13.12(b), the Company shall
have the right, subject to obtaining the consents required by Section 13.12(b), upon five
Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent at the Notice Office (which notice
the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the Lenders), to terminate the entire
Revolving Loan Commitment of such Lender, so long as all Loans, together with accrued and unpaid
interest, Fees and all other amounts, owing to such Lender (including all amounts, if any, owing
pursuant to Section 2.11) are repaid concurrently with the effectiveness of such
termination (at which time Schedule 1.01(a) shall be deemed modified to reflect such
changed amounts) and such Lenders RL Percentage of all outstanding Letters of Credit is cash
collateralized in a manner satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the respective Issuing
Lenders, and at such time such Lender shall no longer constitute a Lender for purposes of this
Agreement, except with respect to indemnifications under this Agreement (including Sections
2.10, 2.11, 3.06, 5.04, 12.06, 13.01 and
13.06), which shall survive as to such repaid Lender.
4.03. Mandatory Reduction of Commitments. The Total Revolving Loan Commitment (and
the Revolving Loan Commitment of each Lender) shall terminate in its entirety upon the Revolving
Commitment Termination Date.
SECTION 5. Prepayments; Payments; Taxes.
5.01. Voluntary Prepayments. (a) Each Borrower shall have the right to prepay the
Loans, without premium or penalty, in whole or in part at any time and from time to time on the
following terms and conditions: (i) such Borrower shall give the Administrative Agent prior to
12:00 Noon (New York City time) (or 11:00 A.M. (New York City time) in the case of succeeding
clause (A)) at the Notice Office (A) same day written notice (or telephonic notice promptly
confirmed in writing) of its intent to prepay Base Rate Loans and (B) at least three Business Days
prior written notice (or telephonic notice promptly confirmed in writing) of its intent to prepay
LIBOR Loans, which notice (in each case) shall specify whether Revolving Loans or Swingline Loans
shall be prepaid, the amount of such prepayment and the Types of Loans to be prepaid and, in the
case of LIBOR Loans, the specific Borrowing or Borrowings pursuant to which such LIBOR Loans were
made, and which notice the Administrative Agent shall, except in the case of a prepayment of
Swingline Loans, promptly transmit to each of the Lenders; (ii) (x) each partial prepayment of
Revolving Loans pursuant to this Section 5.01(a) shall be in an aggregate principal
amount of at least $250,000 (or such lesser amount as is acceptable to the Administrative Agent)
and (y) each partial prepayment of Swingline Loans pursuant to this Section 5.01(a) shall
be in an aggregate principal amount of at least $100,000 (or such lesser amount as is acceptable to
the Administrative Agent in any given case); provided that if any partial prepayment of
LIBOR Loans made pursuant to any Borrowing shall reduce the outstanding principal amount of LIBOR
Loans made pursuant to such Borrowing to an amount less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount
applicable thereto, then such Borrowing may not be continued as a Borrowing of LIBOR Loans (and
same shall automatically be converted into a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans) and any election of an
Interest Period with respect thereto given by such Borrower shall have no force or effect; and
(iii) each prepayment pursuant to this Section 5.01(a) in respect of any Revolving Loans
made pursuant to a Borrowing shall be applied pro rata among such Revolving Loans; provided
that at such Borrowers election in connection with any prepayment of Revolving Loans pursuant to
this Section 5.01(a), such prepayment shall not, so long as no Default or Event of Default
then exists, be
applied to any Revolving Loan of a Defaulting Lender (it being understood and agreed that, if
at any time thereafter any such Defaulting Lender ceases to be a Defaulting Lender under this
Agreement, each Borrower shall, in coordination with the Administrative Agent, repay outstanding
Revolving Loans of certain of the Lenders, and incur additional Revolving Loans from certain other
Lenders, in each case to the extent necessary so that all of the Lenders participate in each
outstanding Borrowing of Revolving Loans pro rata on the basis of their respective
Revolving Loan Commitments and with the Borrowers being obligated to pay to the respective Lenders
any costs of the type referred to in Section 2.11 in connection with any such repayment
and/or Borrowing).
(b) In the event of certain refusals by a Lender to consent to certain proposed changes,
waivers, discharges or terminations with respect to this Agreement which have been approved by the
Required Lenders as (and to the extent) provided in Section 13.12(b), the Borrowers may,
upon five Business Days prior written notice to the Administrative Agent at the Notice Office
(which notice the Administrative Agent shall promptly transmit to each of the Lenders), repay all
Revolving Loans of such Lender, together with accrued and unpaid interest, Fees and all other
amounts then owing to such Lender (including all amounts, if any, owing pursuant to Section
2.11) in accordance with, and subject to the requirements of, Section 13.12(b), so long
as (i) (A) the Revolving Loan Commitment of such Lender is terminated concurrently with such
repayment pursuant to Section 4.02(b) (at which time Schedule 1.01(a) shall be
deemed modified to reflect the changed Revolving Loan Commitments) and (B) such Lenders RL
Percentage of all outstanding Letters of Credit is cash collateralized in a manner satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent and the respective Issuing Lenders and (ii) the consents, if any, required
by Section 13.12(b) in connection with the repayment pursuant to this clause (b) shall have
been obtained.
5.02. Mandatory Repayments; Cash Collateralization. (a) (i) On any day on which the
Aggregate Exposure exceeds (A) 100% (or, during an Agent Advance Period, 105%) of the Borrowing
Base at such time and/or (B) the Total Revolving Loan Commitment at such time, then in each case,
the Borrowers jointly and severally shall repay on such day the principal of Swingline Loans and,
after all Swingline Loans have been repaid in full or if no Swingline Loans are outstanding,
Revolving Loans in an amount equal to such excess. If, after giving effect to the repayment of all
outstanding Swingline Loans and Revolving Loans, the aggregate amount of the Letter of Credit
Outstandings exceeds (A) the Borrowing Base at such time and/or (B) the Total Revolving Loan
Commitment at such time, then in each case, the Borrowers jointly and severally shall pay to the
Administrative Agent at the Payment Office on such day an amount of cash and/or Cash Equivalents
equal to the amount of such excess (up to a maximum amount equal to the Letter of Credit
Outstandings at such time), such cash and/or Cash Equivalents to be held as security for all
Obligations of the Borrowers to each applicable Issuing Lender and the Lenders hereunder in a cash
collateral account to be established by, and under the sole dominion and control of, the
Administrative Agent.
(ii) On any day on which either (x) the aggregate amount of the Letter of Credit
Outstandings exceeds the Maximum Letter of Credit Amount or (y) the aggregate amount of Letter of
Credit Outstandings in respect of Letters of Credit issued by a particular Issuing Lender exceeds
the Issuing Lender Sublimit for such Issuing Lender, the Borrowers jointly and severally shall pay
to the Administrative Agent at the Payment Office on such day an amount of cash and/or Cash
Equivalents equal to the amount of either such excess, such cash and/or Cash Equivalents to be held
as security for all Obligations of the Borrowers to each applicable Issuing Lender and the Lenders
hereunder in a cash collateral account to be established by, and under the sole dominion and
control of, the Administrative Agent.
(iii) On any day on which the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans then
outstanding exceeds the Maximum Swingline Amount, the Borrowers jointly and severally shall repay
on such day the principal of Swingline Loans in an amount equal to such excess.
(b) In addition to any other mandatory repayments pursuant to this Section 5.02, on
each date on or after the Effective Date upon which any Holding Company or any of its Subsidiaries
receives any cash proceeds from any Asset Sale of ABL Priority Collateral (other than Assets Sales
or series of related Asset Sales where the Net Sale Proceeds therefrom do not exceed $2,500,000 in
any Fiscal Year), an amount equal to 100% of the Net Sale Proceeds therefrom shall be applied
within three Business Days of receipt thereof as a mandatory repayment in accordance with the
requirements of Sections 5.02(d) and (e).
(c) In addition to any other mandatory repayments pursuant to this Section 5.02, on
each date on or after the Effective Date upon which any Holding Company or any of its Subsidiaries
receives any cash proceeds from any Recovery Event in respect of ABL Priority Collateral (other
than Recovery Events where the Net Insurance Proceeds therefrom do not exceed $2,500,000 in any
Fiscal Year), an amount equal to 100% of the Net Insurance Proceeds from such Recovery Event shall
be applied within three Business Days of receipt thereof as a mandatory repayment in accordance
with the requirements of Sections 5.02(d) and (e).
(d) Each amount required to be applied pursuant to Sections 5.02 (b) and (c)
in accordance with this Section 5.02(d) shall be applied (i) first, to repay the
outstanding principal amount of Swingline Loans without any reduction in the Total Revolving Loan
Commitment, (ii) second, if no Swingline Loans are or remain outstanding, to repay the
outstanding principal amount of Revolving Loans without any reduction in the Total Revolving Loan
Commitment and (iii) third, if no Swingline Loans or
Revolving Loans are or remain outstanding and a Default or an Event of Default then exists, to
cash collateralize Letters of Credit (such cash collateral to be held by the Administrative Agent
in a cash collateral account to be established by, and under the sole dominion and control of, the
Administrative Agent and applied to the Obligations of the applicable Borrowers to the Issuing
Lenders and/or Lenders in respect of any Drawings made under any such Letters of Credit).
(e) With respect to each repayment of Loans required by this Section 5.02, the
Borrowers may designate the Types of Loans which are to be repaid and, in the case of LIBOR Loans,
the specific Borrowing or Borrowings pursuant to which such LIBOR Loans were made; provided
that: (i) repayments of LIBOR Loans pursuant to this Section 5.02 made on a day other than
the last day of an Interest Period applicable thereto shall be subject to Section 2.11; (ii) if any
repayment of LIBOR Loans made
pursuant to a single Borrowing shall reduce the outstanding LIBOR Loans made pursuant to such
Borrowing to an amount less than the Minimum Borrowing Amount applicable thereto, such Borrowing
shall be automatically converted into a Borrowing of Base Rate Loans; and (iii) each repayment of
any Revolving Loans made pursuant to a Borrowing shall be applied pro rata among the Lenders
holding such Revolving Loans. In the absence of a designation by a Borrower as described in the
preceding sentence, the Administrative Agent shall, subject to the above, make such designation in
its sole discretion.
(f) In addition to any other mandatory repayments pursuant to this Section 5.02, (i)
all then outstanding Swingline Loans shall be repaid in full on the earlier of (x) the tenth
Business Day following the date the incurrence of such Swingline Loans and (y) Swingline Expiry
Date, and (ii) all then outstanding Revolving Loans shall be repaid in full on the Revolving
Commitment Termination Date.
(g) If any Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender at any time that any Letter of Credit issued
by any Issuing Lender is outstanding, the Borrower shall enter into the applicable Letter of Credit
Back Stop Arrangements with such Issuing Lender no later than 10 Business Days after the date such
Lender becomes a Defaulting Lender.
5.03. Method and Place of Payment. (a) Except as otherwise specifically provided
herein, all payments under this Agreement and under any Note shall be made to the Administrative
Agent for the account of the Lender or Lenders entitled thereto not later than 12:00 Noon (New York
City time) on the date when due and shall be made in Dollars in immediately available funds at the
Payment Office. Whenever any payment to be made hereunder or under any Note shall be stated to be
due on a day which is not a Business Day, the due date thereof shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day and, with respect to payments of principal, interest shall be payable at
the applicable rate during such extension.
(b) Each Borrower and each Guarantor shall, along with the Collateral Agent and certain
financial institutions with which the Borrowers and Guarantors maintain Deposit Accounts (the
Collection Banks), enter into on or prior to the 90th day following the Effective Date
(as such date may be extended from time to time by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion)
and thereafter maintain separate Cash Management Control Agreements with respect to all Deposit
Accounts (other than Excluded Accounts). Each Credit Party shall instruct all Account Debtors of
the Credit Parties to remit all payments to the applicable P.O. Boxes or Lockbox Addresses of
the applicable Collection Bank (or to remit such payments to the applicable Collection Bank by
electronic settlement) with respect to all Accounts of such Account Debtor, which remittances shall
be collected by the applicable Collection Bank and deposited in the applicable Collection Account.
All amounts received by any Credit Party and any Collection Bank in respect of any Account, in
addition to all other cash received from any other source, shall upon receipt be deposited into a
Collection Account or directly into a Concentration Account or, to the extent permitted hereunder
in the case of amounts not constituting payments in respect of Accounts of a Credit Party, an
Excluded Account. Each Credit Party shall, along with the Collateral Agent and each of those banks
or other Persons in which any other Deposit Accounts (other than Excluded Accounts) and Securities
Accounts (other than Excluded Accounts) are maintained, enter into on or prior to the 90th day
following the Effective Date (as such date may be extended from time to time by the Administrative
Agent in its sole discretion) and thereafter maintain separate Cash Management Control Agreements.
(c) All amounts held in all of the Collection Accounts and Disbursement Accounts (but not
Excluded Accounts) with respect to each Credit Party shall be wired by the close of business on
each Business Day into one or more concentration accounts (each, a Concentration Account)
with the Collateral Agent, one or more Lenders and/or one or more other institutions reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent (it being understood that any institution with which the
Company or any other Credit Party maintains a Deposit Account as of the Effective Date shall be
reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent) unless such amounts are otherwise required or
permitted to be applied pursuant to Section 5.02. All of the Collection Accounts and
Disbursement Accounts (other than an Excluded Account) shall be zero balance accounts. So long
as no Dominion Period then exists, the Borrowers and the Subsidiary Guarantors shall be permitted
to transfer cash from the Concentration Accounts to the Disbursement Accounts to be used for
working capital and general corporate purposes, all subject to the requirements of this Section
5.03(c) and pursuant to procedures and arrangements to be determined by the
Administrative Agent. If a Dominion Period exists, all collected amounts held in the
Concentration Accounts shall be applied as provided in Section 5.03(d).
(d) Each Cash Management Control Agreement relating to a Concentration Account and each
Securities Account shall (unless otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent in its reasonable
discretion) include provisions that allow, during any Dominion Period, for all collected and other
amounts held in such Concentration Account and such Securities Account from and after the date
requested by the Administrative Agent, to be sent by ACH or wire transfer or similar electronic
transfer no less frequently than once per Business Day to one or more accounts maintained with the
Administrative Agent (each, a DB Account). Subject to the terms of the respective
Security Document, all amounts received in a DB Account shall be applied (and allocated) by the
Administrative Agent on a daily basis in the following order (in each case, to the extent the
Administrative Agent has actual knowledge of the amounts owing or outstanding as described below
and after giving effect to the application of any such amounts otherwise required to be applied
pursuant to Section 5.02(b) or (c) constituting proceeds from any Collateral
otherwise required to be applied pursuant to the terms of the respective Security Document): (i)
first, to the payment (on a ratable basis) of any outstanding Expenses actually due and
payable to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent or any Co-ABL Collateral Agent under any
of the Credit Documents and to repay
or prepay outstanding Loans advanced by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Lenders pursuant
to Sections 2.01(e) and 2.04(b); (ii) second, to the extent all amounts
referred to in preceding clause (i) have been paid in full, to pay (on a ratable basis) all
outstanding Expenses actually due and payable to each Issuing Lender under any of the Credit
Documents and to repay all outstanding Unpaid Drawings and all interest thereon; (iii)
third, to the extent all amounts referred to in preceding clauses (i) and (ii) have been
paid in full, to pay (on a ratable basis) all accrued and unpaid interest actually due and payable
on the Loans and all accrued and unpaid Fees actually due and payable to the Administrative Agent,
the Issuing Lenders and the Lenders under any of the Credit Documents; (iv) fourth, to the
extent all amounts referred to in preceding clauses (i) through (iii), inclusive, have been paid in
full, to repay (on a ratable basis) the outstanding principal of Revolving Loans (whether or not
then due and payable); and (v) fifth, to the extent all amounts referred to in preceding
clauses (i) through (iv), inclusive, have been paid in full, to pay (on a ratable basis) all other
outstanding Obligations then due and payable to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the
Co-ABL Collateral Agents and the Lenders under any of the Credit Documents.
(e) Without limiting the provisions set forth in Section 13.15, the Administrative
Agent shall maintain accounts on its books in the name of each Borrower (collectively, the
Credit Account) in which each Borrower will be charged with all loans and advances made
by the Lenders to the respective Borrower for the respective Borrowers account, including the
Loans, the Letter of Credit Outstandings, and the Fees, Expenses and any other Obligations relating
thereto. Each Borrower will be credited, in accordance with this Section 5.03, with all
amounts received by the Lenders from such Borrower or from others for its account, including, as
set forth above, all amounts received by the Administrative Agent and applied to the Obligations.
In no event shall prior recourse to any Accounts or other Collateral be a prerequisite to the
Administrative Agents right to demand payment of any Obligation upon its maturity. Further, the
Administrative Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to perform in any respect any of the
Borrowers or the Subsidiary Guarantors contracts or obligations relating to the Accounts.
5.04. Net Payments. (a) All payments made by the Borrowers hereunder and under any
Note will be made without setoff, counterclaim or other defense. All such payments will be made
free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for, any present or future taxes, levies,
imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other charges of whatever nature now or hereafter imposed by
any jurisdiction or by any political subdivision or taxing authority thereof or therein with
respect to such payments (but excluding, (i) any tax imposed on or measured by the net income or
net profits of a Lender or Issuing Lender pursuant to the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is
organized or the jurisdiction in which the principal office or applicable lending office of such
Lender or such Issuing Lender is located or any subdivision thereof or therein, (ii) any United
States federal withholding tax imposed under FATCA, (iii) any branch profits tax imposed by the
United States or any comparable tax imposed by any foreign jurisdiction, and (iv) in the case of a
Foreign Lender (as defined in Section 5.04(b)), any tax imposed, deducted or withheld on or from
any payments made by the Borrowers hereunder and under any Note that are attributable to such
Foreign Lenders failure, inability or ineligibility at any time during which such Foreign Lender
is a party to this Agreement to deliver the Internal Revenue Service forms described in Section
5.04(b) and the Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate (as applicable), except to the extent such failure,
inability or ineligibility is due to a Change in Tax Law occurring after the date on which such
Foreign Lender became a party to this Agreement (except, in the case of an assignment, to the
extent that such Foreign Lenders assignor was entitled, at the time of such assignment, to receive
additional payments from a Borrower with respect to such tax) (all such excluded taxes being
referred to collectively as Excluded Taxes), and all interest, penalties or similar
liabilities with respect to such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or
other charges (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts, duties, fees, assessments or other
charges being referred to collectively as Taxes), unless such withholding or deduction is
required by applicable law. If any Taxes are so levied or imposed, the Borrowers jointly and
severally agree to pay the full amount of such Taxes, and such additional amounts as may be
necessary so that every payment of all amounts due under this Agreement or under any Note, will not
be less than the amount provided for herein or in such Note after withholding or deduction for or
on account of any such Taxes The Borrowers will furnish to the Administrative Agent within 45 days
after the date the payment of any Taxes is due pursuant to applicable law certified copies of tax
receipts evidencing such payment by such Borrowers. The Borrowers jointly and severally agree to
indemnify and hold harmless each Lender and each Issuing
Lender and reimburse such Lender and such Issuing Lender upon its written request, for the
amount of any Taxes so levied or imposed and paid by such Lender or such Issuing Lender, within 15
days of receipt of such written request.
(b) Each Lender and each Issuing Lender that is not a United States person (as such term is
defined in Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) (a Foreign Lender) agrees to deliver to the
Company and the Administrative Agent on or prior to the date such Foreign Lender becomes a party to
this Agreement, when a lapse in time or change in circumstances renders the previous certification
obsolete or inaccurate in any material respect, and upon the request of a Borrower or the
Administrative Agent, whichever of the following is applicable: (i) two accurate and complete
original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with respect to a
complete exemption under an income tax treaty) (or successor forms) certifying to such Lenders or
such Issuing Lenders entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States
withholding tax with respect to payments to be made under this Agreement and under any Note, or
(ii) if the Lender or Issuing Lender is not a bank within the meaning of Section 881(c)(3)(A) of
the Code and cannot deliver either Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN (with
respect to a complete exemption under an income tax treaty)
(or any successor forms) pursuant to clause (i) above, (x) a certificate substantially in the form
of Exhibit D (any such certificate, a Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate) and (y)
two accurate and complete original signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN (with
respect to the portfolio interest exemption) (or successor form) certifying to such Lenders or
such Issuing Lenders entitlement as of such date to a complete exemption from United States
withholding tax with respect to payments of interest to be made under this Agreement and under any
Note. In addition, each Foreign Lender shall, in the case of any payment made after December 31,
2012 in respect of any Loan, Letters of Credit, Note or Obligation that was not treated as
outstanding for purposes of FATCA on March 18, 2012, provide any forms, documentation, or other
information as shall be prescribed by the IRS to demonstrate that the relevant Lender or Issuing
Lender has complied with the applicable reporting requirements of FATCA (including those contained
in Sections 1471(b) or 1472(b) of the Code, as applicable), so that such payments made to such
Lender or such Issuing Lender hereunder would not be subject to U.S. federal withholding taxes
imposed by FACTA. Each Lender or Issuing Lender that is a United States person (as defined in
Section 7701(a)(30) of the Code) shall deliver to the Company and the Administrative Agent on or
before the date on which it becomes a party to this Agreement two accurate and complete original
signed copies of Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or any successor form) certifying that such
Lender or Issuing Lender is exempt from U.S. federal backup withholding.
(c) If any Borrower pays any additional amounts or makes any indemnity payments pursuant to
this Section 5.04 with respect to the Administrative Agent, any Lender or any Issuing
Lender and the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Lender, as the case may be,
determines in its sole discretion that it has actually received in connection therewith any refund
of its Tax liabilities in or with respect to the taxable year in which the additional amount is
paid (a Tax Benefit), the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Lender shall pay to
such Borrower an amount that the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Lender shall
determine, in its sole discretion, is equal to the net benefit, after tax, which was obtained by
the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Lender in such year as a consequence of such
Tax Benefit; provided, however, that (i) the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing
Lender may determine, in its sole discretion consistent with its policies, whether to seek a Tax
Benefit; (ii) any Taxes that are imposed on the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing
Lender as a result of a disallowance or reduction of any Tax Benefit with respect to which the
Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Lender has made a payment to such Borrower
pursuant to this Section 5.04(c) shall be treated as a Tax for which such Borrower is
obligated to indemnify the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Lender pursuant to
this Section 5.04 without any exclusions or defenses; (iii) nothing in this Section
5.04(c) shall require the Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Lender to disclose
any confidential information to such Borrower (including its tax returns); and (iv) the
Administrative Agent, such Lender or such Issuing Lender shall not be required to pay any amounts
pursuant to this Section 5.04(c) at any time which an Event of Default exists or any
Default under Section 11.01 or 11.05 exists.
SECTION 6. Conditions Precedent to Credit Events on the Effective Date. The
occurrence of the Effective Date and the obligation of each Lender to make Loans, and the
obligation of each Issuing Lender to issue Letters of Credit, on the Effective Date, are subject to
the satisfaction of the following conditions:
6.01. Effective Date; Notes. On or prior to the Effective Date, (a) this Agreement
shall have been executed and delivered as provided in Section 13.10 and (b) there shall
have been delivered to the Administrative Agent for the account of each of the Lenders that has
requested same the appropriate Revolving Notes executed by the Borrowers and if requested by the
Swingline Lender, the appropriate Swingline Notes executed by the Borrowers, in each case, in the
amount, maturity and as otherwise provided herein.
6.02. Officers Certificate. On the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall
have received a certificate, dated the Effective Date and signed on behalf of the Company by an
Authorized Officer of the Company, certifying on behalf of the Company that all of the conditions
in Sections 6.06 through 6.08, inclusive, and 7.01 have been satisfied on
such date.
6.03. Opinions of Counsel. On the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall have
received (a) from Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP, special counsel to the Credit
Parties, an opinion, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent,
addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each of the Lenders and dated the
Effective Date covering such matters incident to the transactions contemplated herein as the
Administrative Agent may reasonably request, (b) from McCarthy Tetrault LLP, Canadian counsel to
the Credit Parties, an opinion, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative
Agent, addressed to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each of the Lenders and
dated the Effective Date covering such matters incident to the transactions contemplated herein as
the Administrative Agent may reasonably request and (c) without duplication, from such local
counsel, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in each jurisdiction where a Credit
Party is located for purposes of Section 9-307 of the UCC and/or organized, in each case, an
opinion in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent addressed to the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and each of the Lenders and dated the Effective Date
covering such matters incident to the transactions contemplated herein as the Administrative Agent
may reasonably request.
6.04. Company Documents; Proceedings; etc. (a) On the Effective Date, the
Administrative Agent shall have received a certificate from each Credit Party, dated the Effective
Date, signed by the chairman of the board, the chief executive officer, the chief financial
officer, the president or any vice president of such Credit Party, and attested to by the secretary
or any assistant secretary of such Credit Party, in the form of Exhibit F with appropriate
insertions, together with copies of the certificate or articles of incorporation and by-laws (or
other equivalent organizational documents), as applicable, of such Credit Party and the resolutions
of such Credit Party referred to in such certificate, and each of the foregoing shall be in form
and substance reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
(b) On the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received all information and
copies of all documents and papers, including board (or equivalent) resolutions, governmental
approvals, good standing certificates and bring-down telegrams or facsimiles, if any, which the
Administrative Agent reasonably may have requested in connection therewith, such documents and
papers where appropriate to be certified by proper Business or Governmental Authorities.
6.05. Shareholders Agreements; Management Agreements; Tax Sharing Agreements; Existing
Indebtedness Agreements. On or prior to the Effective Date, there shall have been delivered to
the Administrative Agent true and correct copies of the following documents, certified as such by
an Authorized Officer of the Company:
(a) all agreements entered into by any Holding Company or any of their respective
Subsidiaries governing the terms and relative rights of its equity interests and any agreements
entered into by its shareholders relating to any such entity with respect to its equity interests
(collectively, the Shareholders Agreements);
(b) all material agreements with members of, or with respect to, the management of any
Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries (other than employment agreements)
(collectively, the Management Agreements);
(c) all tax sharing, tax allocation and other similar agreements (if any) entered into by
any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries (collectively, the Tax Sharing
Agreements); and
(d) all agreements evidencing or relating to Existing Indebtedness in excess of $25,000,000
(other than (i) agreements relating to Capitalized Lease Obligations, purchase money Indebtedness
and intercompany Indebtedness, (ii) the First Lien Notes Documents and (iii) the Second Lien Notes
Documents) (the Existing Indebtedness Agreements).
6.06. Consummation of the Refinancing. (a) On or prior to the Effective Date, all
Indebtedness and other obligations in respect of the Existing Credit Agreement shall have been
repaid in full, together with all fees and other amounts owing thereon, all commitments thereunder
shall have been terminated and all letters of credit issued pursuant thereto shall have been
terminated (or, to the extent provided herein, incorporated as an Existing Letter of Credit
hereunder).
(b) On the Effective Date, all security interests in respect of, and Liens securing, the
Existing Credit Agreement created pursuant to the security documentation relating thereto shall
have been terminated and released in respect of the Existing Credit Agreement, and the
Administrative Agent shall have received all such releases as may have been requested by the
Administrative Agent, which releases shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
(c) The Administrative Agent shall have received evidence in form, scope and substance
reasonably satisfactory to it that the matters set forth in this Section 6.06 have been
satisfied on the Effective Date.
6.07. Material Adverse Change, Approvals. (a) Since December 31, 2009, nothing shall
have occurred which has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) On or prior to the Effective Date, all necessary governmental (domestic and foreign) and
material third party approvals and/or consents in connection with the Transaction, the other
transactions contemplated hereby and the granting of Liens under the Credit Documents shall have
been obtained and remain in effect, and all applicable waiting periods with respect thereto shall
have expired without any action being taken by any competent authority which restrains, prevents or
imposes materially adverse conditions upon the consummation of the Transaction or the other
transactions contemplated by the Documents or otherwise referred to herein or therein. On the
Effective Date, there shall not exist any judgment, order, injunction or other restraint issued or
filed or a hearing seeking injunctive relief or other restraint pending or notified prohibiting or
imposing materially adverse conditions upon the Transaction or the other transactions contemplated
by the Documents or otherwise referred to herein or therein.
6.08. Litigation. On the Effective Date, there shall be no actions, suits or
proceedings pending or threatened (i) with respect to the Transaction, this Agreement or any other
Credit Document, or (ii) which has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, either
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
6.09. Intercreditor Agreement. On the Effective Date, each Credit Party, the
Collateral Agent (for and on behalf of the Secured Parties), the First Lien Notes Agent (for and on
behalf of the First Lien Notes Secured Parties) and the Second Lien Notes Agent (for and on behalf
of the Second Lien Notes Secured Parties) shall have duly authorized, executed and delivered the
Intercreditor Agreement in the form of Exhibit O (as amended, modified, restated and/or
supplemented from time to time, the Intercreditor Agreement), and the Intercreditor
Agreement shall be in full force and effect.
6.10. Pledge and Security Agreement. On the Effective Date, each Credit Party shall
have duly authorized, executed and delivered the Pledge and Security Agreement in the form of
Exhibit G (as amended, modified, restated and/or supplemented from time to time, the
Pledge and Security Agreement), together with:
(a) proper financing statements (Form UCC-1 or the equivalent) fully authorized for filing
under the UCC, the PPSA or other appropriate filing offices of each jurisdiction as may be
necessary or, in the reasonable opinion of the Collateral Agent, desirable, to perfect the security
interests purported to be created by the Pledge and Security Agreement;
(b) subject to the Intercreditor Agreement, delivery of (x) all certificates or other
instruments (to the extent issuable, including by amending any applicable governing documents, in
certificate form) representing all such Equity Interests required to be delivered to the Collateral
Agent pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement, together with undated stock powers or other
instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank and (y) all promissory notes
required to be delivered to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Pledge and Security Agreement,
together with undated instruments of transfer with respect thereto endorsed in blank;
(c) delivery of a completed Collateral Questionnaire dated the Effective Date and executed
by an Authorized Officer of each Credit Party, together with all attachments contemplated thereby,
including the results of a recent search, by a Person reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral
Agent, of all effective UCC and PPSA financing statements (or equivalent filings) made with respect
to any personal or mixed property the creation of security interests in which is governed by the
UCC or PPSA of any Credit Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries in the jurisdictions
specified in the Collateral Questionnaire or, in the case of such Subsidiaries which are not Credit
Parties as reasonably determined by the Administrative Agent, together with copies of all such
filings disclosed by such search;
(d) evidence of the completion of all other recordings and filings of, or with respect to,
the Pledge and Security Agreement as may be necessary to perfect and protect the security interests
intended to be created by the Pledge and Security Agreement; and
(e) evidence that all other actions necessary to perfect and protect the security interests
purported to be created by the Pledge and Security Agreement have been taken, and the Pledge and
Security Agreement shall be in full force and effect.
6.11. First Lien Notes Documents and Second Lien Notes Documents. On or prior to the
Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received true and correct copies of all First
Lien Notes Documents and Second Lien Notes Documents, in each case certified as such by an
Authorized Officer of the Company.
6.12. Financial Statements; Pro Forma Balance Sheet; Projections. On or prior to the
Effective Date, the Administrative Agent shall have received true and correct copies of the
historical financial statements, the pro forma financial statements and the Projections referred to
in Sections 8.05(a) and (d), which historical financial statements, pro forma
financial statements and Projections shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent.
6.13. Solvency Certificate; Insurance Certificates. On the Effective Date, the
Administrative Agent shall have received:
(a) a solvency certificate from the chief financial officer of the Company in the form of
Exhibit H; and
(b) certificates of insurance complying with the requirements of Section 9.03 for
the business and properties of the Credit Parties, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent and naming the Collateral Agent as an additional insured and/or as loss
payee, as applicable, and stating that such insurance shall not be canceled without at least 30
days prior written notice by the insurer to the Collateral Agent.
6.14. Fees, etc. On the Effective Date, the Borrowers shall have paid to the
Administrative Agent, the Lead Arrangers, the Collateral Agent and each Lender all costs, fees and
expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses) and other compensation contemplated hereby
payable to the Administrative Agent, the Lead Arrangers, the Collateral Agent or such Lender to the
extent then due.
6.15. Initial Borrowing Base Certificate; Excess Availability. (a) On the Effective
Date, the Administrative Agent and the Co-ABL Collateral Agents shall have received the initial
Borrowing Base Certificate meeting the requirements of Section 9.01(j).
(b) On the Effective Date and after giving effect to the Transaction (and the Credit Events
hereunder on such date), Excess Availability shall equal or exceed $100,000,000 and the Company
shall have delivered an officers certificate from its chief financial officer demonstrating in
reasonable detail such Excess Availability.
6.16. Field Examinations; etc. On or prior to the Effective Date, the Company shall
have provided to the Administrative Agent and the Co-ABL Collateral Agents a collateral examination
of the Accounts and Inventory and related accounts, in each case, in scope, and from a third-party
consultant, reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Co-ABL Collateral Agents,
and the results of such collateral examination shall be in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and the Co-ABL Collateral Agents.
6.17. PATRIOT Act. On or prior to the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent and
the Lenders shall have received all documentation and other information required by regulatory
authorities under applicable know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations,
including the PATRIOT Act.
6.18. Federal Reserve Board. All Loans and all other financings to the Borrowers (and
all guaranties thereof and security therefor), as well as the Transaction and the consummation
thereof, shall be in compliance with all applicable requirements of law, including Regulations T, U
and X of the Federal Reserve Board.
SECTION 7. Conditions Precedent to All Credit Events. The obligation of each Lender
to make Loans (including Loans made on the Effective Date), and the obligation of each Issuing
Lender to issue Letters of Credit (including Letters of Credit issued on the Effective Date), are
subject, at the time of each such Credit Event (except as hereinafter indicated), to the occurrence
of the Effective Date and the satisfaction of the following conditions:
7.01. No Default; Representations and Warranties. At the time of each such Credit
Event and also after giving effect thereto (a) there shall exist no Default or Event of Default and
(b) all representations and warranties contained herein and in the other Credit Documents shall be
true and correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and
warranties had been made on the date of such Credit Event (it being understood and agreed that (x)
any representation or warranty which by its terms is made as of a specified date shall be required
to be true and correct in all material respects only as of such specified date and (y) any
representation or warranty that is qualified as to materiality, Material Adverse Effect or
similar language shall be true and correct in all respects on any such date).
7.02. Notice of Borrowing; Letter of Credit Request. (a) Prior to the making of each
Loan (other than a Swingline Loan or a Revolving Loan made pursuant to a Mandatory Borrowing), the
Administrative Agent shall have received a Notice of Borrowing meeting the requirements of
Section 2.03(a). Prior to the making of each Swingline Loan, the Swingline Lender shall
have received the notice referred to in Section 2.03(b)(i).
(b) Prior to the issuance of each Letter of Credit, the Administrative Agent and the
respective Issuing Lender shall have received a Letter of Credit Request meeting the requirements
of Section 3.03(a).
7.03. Borrowing Base Limitations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set forth
herein (but subject to Section 2.01(e)), it shall be a condition precedent to each Credit
Event that after giving effect thereto (and the use of the proceeds thereof):
(i) the Aggregate Exposure would not exceed 100% (or, during an Agent Advance Period 105%)
of the Borrowing Base at such time; and
(ii) the Aggregate Exposure at such time would not exceed the Total Revolving Loan
Commitment at such time.
The acceptance of the benefits of each Credit Event shall constitute a representation and
warranty by the Credit Parties to the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders that all the
conditions specified in Section 6 (with respect to the occurrence of the Effective Date and
Credit Events on the Effective Date) and in this Section 7 (with respect to the occurrence
of the Effective Date and Credit Events on or after the Effective Date) and applicable to the
occurrence on the Effective Date and such Credit Event are satisfied as of that time. All of the
Notes, certificates, legal opinions and other documents and papers referred to in Section 6
and in this Section 7, unless otherwise specified, shall be delivered to the Administrative
Agent at the Notice Office for the account of each of the Lenders and, shall be in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements. In order to induce the Lenders
to enter into this Agreement and to make the Loans, and issue (or participate in) the Letters of
Credit as provided herein, each Credit Party makes the following representations, warranties and
agreements, in each case after giving effect to the Transaction, all of which shall survive the
execution and delivery of this Agreement and the Notes and the making of the Loans and the issuance
of the Letters of Credit, with the occurrence of the Effective Date and each Credit Event on or
after the Effective Date being deemed to constitute a representation and warranty that the matters
specified in this Section 8 are true and correct in all material respects on and as of the
Effective Date and on the date of each Credit Event (it being understood and agreed that (x) any
representation or warranty which by its terms is made as of a specified date shall be required to
be true and correct in all material respects only as of such specified date and (y) any
representation or warranty that is qualified by materiality, Material Adverse Effect or similar
language shall be true and correct in all respects).
8.01. Company Status. Each of the Holding Companies and each of their respective
Subsidiaries (i) is a duly organized and validly existing Business in good standing under the laws
of the jurisdiction of its organization, (ii) has the Business power and authority to own its
property and assets and to transact the business in which it is engaged and presently proposes to
engage and (iii) is duly qualified and is authorized to do business and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction where the ownership, leasing or operation of its property or the conduct of its
business requires such qualifications except, in the case of this clause (iii), for failures to be
so qualified or authorized which, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
8.02. Power and Authority. Each Credit Party has the Business power and authority to
execute, deliver and perform the terms and provisions of each of the Credit Documents to which it
is party and has taken all necessary Business action to authorize the execution, delivery and
performance by it of each of such Credit Documents. Each Credit Party has duly executed and
delivered each of the Credit Documents to which it is party, and each of such Credit Documents
constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except to the extent that the enforceability thereof may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other similar laws generally affecting creditors rights
and by equitable principles (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in equity or at law).
8.03. No Violation. Neither the execution, delivery or performance by any Credit
Party of the Credit Documents to which it is a party, nor compliance by it with the terms and
provisions thereof, (i) will contravene any provision of any law, statute, rule or regulation or
any order, writ, injunction or decree of any court or Governmental Authority, except for
contraventions which, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect, (ii) will conflict with or result in any breach of any of the
terms, covenants, conditions or provisions of, or constitute a default under, or result in the
creation or imposition of (or the obligation to create or impose) any Lien (except pursuant to the
Security Documents, the First Lien Notes Security Documents and the Second Lien Notes Security
Documents) upon any of the property or assets of any Credit Party or any of their respective
Subsidiaries pursuant to the terms of any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, credit agreement or
loan agreement, or any other agreement, contract or instrument, in each case to which any Credit
Party or any of their respective Subsidiaries is a party or by which it or any its property or
assets is bound or to which it may be subject including the First Lien Notes Indenture or the
Second Lien Notes Indenture, except for conflicts, breaches, defaults or impositions of Liens
which, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, or (iii) will violate any provision of the certificate or articles of
incorporation, certificate of formation, limited liability company agreement or by-laws (or
equivalent organizational documents), as applicable, of any Credit Party or any of their respective
Subsidiaries.
8.04. Approvals. No material order, consent, approval, license, authorization or
validation of, or filing, recording or registration with (except for (x) those that have otherwise
been obtained or made on or prior to the Effective Date and which remain in full force and effect
on the Effective Date and (y) filings which are necessary to perfect the security interests created
or intended to be created under the Security Documents, which filings will be made within ten days
following the Effective
Date), or exemption by, any Governmental Authority is required to be obtained or made by, or
on behalf of, any Credit Party to authorize, or is required to be obtained or made by, or on behalf
of, any Credit Party in connection with, (i) the execution, delivery and performance of any Credit
Document or (ii) the legality, validity, binding effect or enforceability of any such Credit
Document.
8.05. Financial Statements; Financial Condition; Undisclosed Liabilities; Projections.
(a) (i) (I) The audited consolidated balance sheet of the Company at December 31, 2009, December
31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows and
changes in shareholders equity of the Company for the Fiscal Years of December 31, 2009, December
31, 2008 and December 31, 2007 ended on such dates, in each case furnished to the Lenders prior to
the Effective Date, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial position of
the Company at the date of said financial statements and the results for the respective periods
covered thereby and (II) the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the Company at September 30,
2010 and the related consolidated statements of income and cash flows and changes in shareholders
equity of the Company for the nine-month period ended on such date, furnished to the Lenders prior
to the Effective Date, present fairly in all material respects the consolidated financial condition
of the Company at the date of said financial statements and the results for the period covered
thereby, subject to normal year end adjustments. All such financial statements have been prepared
in accordance with GAAP consistently applied except to the extent provided in the
notes to said financial statements and subject, in the case of the unaudited financial statements,
to normal year-end audit adjustments (all of which are of a recurring nature and none of which,
individually or in the aggregate, would be material) and the absence of footnotes.
(ii) The pro forma consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of December 31, 2010 (after giving effect to the Transaction and the financing
therefor), a copy of which has been furnished to the Lenders prior to the Effective Date, presents
a good faith estimate of the pro forma consolidated financial position of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as of such date.
(b) (i) The sum of the fair value of the assets, at a fair valuation, of the Credit Parties
(taken as a whole) will exceed its or their respective debts, (ii) the sum of the present fair
saleable value of the assets of the Credit Parties (taken as a whole) will exceed its or their
respective debts, (iii) the Credit Parties (taken as a whole) have not incurred and do not intend
to incur, and do not believe that they will incur, debts beyond their respective ability to pay
such debts as such debts mature, and (iv) the Credit Parties (taken as a whole) will have
sufficient capital with which to conduct their respective businesses. For purposes of this
Section 8.05(b), debt means any liability on a claim, and claim means (A) right to
payment, whether or not such a right is reduced to judgment, liquidated, unliquidated, fixed,
contingent, matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, legal, equitable, secured, or unsecured or
(B) right to an equitable remedy for breach of performance if such breach gives rise to a payment,
whether or not such right to an equitable remedy is reduced to judgment, fixed, contingent,
matured, unmatured, disputed, undisputed, secured or unsecured. The amount of contingent
liabilities at any time shall be computed as the amount that, in the light of all the facts and
circumstances existing at such time, represents the amount that can reasonably be expected to
become an actual or matured liability.
(c) Except as fully disclosed in the financial statements delivered pursuant to Section
8.05(a), there were as of the Effective Date no liabilities or obligations with respect to the
Holding Companies or any of their respective Subsidiaries of any nature whatsoever (whether
absolute, accrued, contingent or otherwise and whether or not due) which, either individually or in
the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to be material to the Holding Companies and their
respective Subsidiaries taken as a whole. As of the Effective Date, no Credit Party knows of any
basis for the assertion against it or any of its Subsidiaries of any liability or obligation of any
nature whatsoever that is not fully disclosed in the financial statements delivered pursuant to
Section 8.05(a) or referred to in the immediately preceding sentence which, either
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to be material to the Holding
Companies and their respective Subsidiaries taken as a whole.
(d) The Projections delivered to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders prior to the
Effective Date have been prepared in good faith and are based on reasonable assumptions, and there
are no statements or conclusions in the Projections which are based upon or include information
known to any Credit Party to be misleading in any material respect or which fail to take into
account material information known to any Credit Party regarding the matters reported therein. On
the Effective Date, the Credit Parties believe that the Projections are reasonable and attainable,
it being recognized by the Lenders, however, that projections as to future events are not to be
viewed as facts and that the actual results during the period or periods covered by the Projections
may differ from the projected results included in such Projections and such differences may be
material.
(e) After giving effect to the Transaction (but for this purpose assuming that the
Transaction and the related financing had occurred prior to December 31, 2009), since December 31,
2009, nothing has occurred that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, either
individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
8.06. Litigation. Except as (and to the extent) disclosed in Schedule 8.06,
there are no actions, suits or proceedings pending or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party,
threatened (i) with respect to the Transaction or any Credit Document or (ii) that has had, or
could reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse
Effect.
8.07. True and Complete Disclosure. All factual information (taken as a whole)
furnished by or on behalf of any Credit Party in writing to the Administrative Agent or any Lender
(including all information contained in the Credit Documents) for purposes of or in connection with
this Agreement, the other Credit Documents or any transaction contemplated herein or therein is,
and all other such factual information (taken as a whole) hereafter furnished by or on behalf of
any Credit Party in writing to the Administrative Agent or any Lender will be, true and accurate in
all material respects on the date as of which such information is dated or certified and not
incomplete by omitting to state any fact necessary to make such information (taken as a whole) not
misleading in any material respect at such time in light of the circumstances under which such
information was provided, it being understood and agreed that for purposes of this Section
8.07, such factual information shall not include the Projections or any pro forma financial
information.
8.08. Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations. (a) All proceeds of the Loans will be
used for Capital Expenditures and the working capital and general corporate purposes of the Company
and its Subsidiaries; provided that the proceeds of Swingline Loans shall not be used to
refinance then outstanding Swingline Loans.
(b) No part of any Credit Event (or the proceeds thereof) will be used to purchase or carry
any Margin Stock or to extend credit for the purpose of purchasing or carrying any Margin Stock.
Neither the making of any Loan nor the use of the proceeds thereof nor the occurrence of any other
Credit Event will violate or be inconsistent with the provisions of Regulation T, U or X.
8.09. Tax Returns and Payments. Except as (and to the extent) set forth on
Schedule 8.09, (i) each of the Holding Companies and each of their respective Subsidiaries
has timely filed or caused to be timely filed with the appropriate taxing authority all federal and
other material returns, statements, forms and reports for taxes (the Returns) required to
be filed by, or with respect to the income, properties or operations of, any Holding Company and/or
any of their respective Subsidiaries, (ii) the Returns accurately reflect in all material respects
all liability for taxes of the Holding Companies and their respective Subsidiaries, as applicable,
for the periods covered thereby, (iii) each of the Holding Companies and each of their respective
Subsidiaries has paid or caused to be paid all taxes and assessments payable by it which have
become due, other than those that are immaterial or those that are being contested in good faith
and adequately disclosed and fully provided for on the financial statements of the Holding
Companies and their respective Subsidiaries in accordance with GAAP, and (iv) there is no material
action, suit, proceeding, investigation, audit or claim now pending or threatened in writing by any
taxing authority regarding any material taxes relating to any Holding Company or any of their
respective Subsidiaries. As of the Effective Date, no Credit Party nor any of their respective
Subsidiaries has entered into an agreement or waiver or been requested to enter into an agreement
or waiver extending any statute of limitations relating to the payment or collection of taxes of
any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries.
8.10. Compliance with ERISA. (a) Except as could not reasonably be expected to have,
either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect: (i) each Plan is in compliance
in form and operation with its terms and with ERISA and the Code (including the Code provisions
compliance with which is necessary for any intended favorable tax treatment) and all other
applicable laws and regulations; (ii) each Plan (and each related trust, if any) which is intended
to be qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code has received a favorable determination letter from
the IRS to the effect that it meets the requirements of Sections 401(a) and 501(a) of the Code
covering all applicable tax law changes or is comprised of a master or prototype plan that has
received a favorable opinion letter from the IRS, and to the knowledge of any Holding Company or
any of their respective Subsidiaries, nothing has occurred since the date of such determination
that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect such determination (or, in the case of a Plan
with no determination, to the knowledge of any Holding Company or any of their respective
Subsidiaries, nothing has occurred that would reasonably be expected to adversely affect the
issuance of a favorable determination letter or otherwise adversely affect such qualification); and
(iii) no ERISA Event has occurred, or is reasonably expected to occur.
(b) There exists no Unfunded Pension Liability with respect to any Plan, which either
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Except as could not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect: (i) no Multiemployer Plan is insolvent or in reorganization;
(ii) none of the Holding Companies or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate
has incurred a complete or partial withdrawal from any Multiemployer Plan; and (iii) none of the
Holding Companies, any of their respective Subsidiaries, or any of their respective ERISA
Affiliates would incur any withdrawal liability if any of them were to withdraw in a complete
withdrawal as of the date this assurance is given or deemed given.
(d) There are no actions, suits or claims pending against or involving a Plan (other than
routine claims for benefits) or, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, which would reasonably be
expected to be asserted successfully against any Plan and, if so asserted successfully, could
reasonably be expected either singly or in the aggregate to result in material liability.
(e) The Holding Companies, their respective Subsidiaries and any ERISA Affiliate have made
all material contributions to or under each Plan and Multiemployer Plan required by law within the
applicable time limits prescribed thereby, the terms of such Plan or Multiemployer Plan,
respectively, or any contract or agreement requiring contributions to a Plan or Multiemployer Plan
save where any failure to comply, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to result in material liability.
(f) Except as could not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect: (i) no Plan which is subject to Section 412 of the Code or
Section 302 of ERISA has applied for or received an extension of any amortization period, within
the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or Section 303 or 304 of ERISA; (ii) the Holding Companies,
their respective Subsidiaries and any ERISA Affiliate have not ceased operations at a facility so
as to become subject to the provisions of Section
4068(a) of ERISA, withdrawn as a substantial employer so as to become subject to the provisions of
Section 4063 of ERISA or ceased making contributions to any Plan subject to Section 4064(a) of
ERISA to which it made contributions; (iii) none of the Holding Companies, their respective
Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate have incurred or reasonably expect to incur liability to the
PBGC; (iv) no lien imposed under the Code or ERISA on the assets of the Holding Companies, their
respective Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate exists or is likely to arise on account of any Plan;
and (v) none of the Holding Companies, their respective Subsidiaries or any ERISA Affiliate has any
liability under Section 4069 or 4212(c) of ERISA.
(g) Except as could not reasonably be expected to have, either individually or in the
aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect: (i) each Foreign Pension Plan has been maintained in
compliance with its terms and with the requirements of any and all applicable laws, statutes,
rules, regulations and orders and has been maintained, where required, in good standing with
applicable regulatory authorities; (ii) all contributions required to be made with respect to a
Foreign Pension Plan have been timely made; (iii) neither any Holding Company nor any of their
respective Subsidiaries has incurred any obligation in connection with the termination of, or
withdrawal from, any Foreign Pension Plan; and (iv) the present value of the accrued benefit
liabilities (whether or not vested) under each Foreign Pension Plan, determined as of the end of
the Holding Companies most recently ended fiscal year on the basis of actuarial assumptions, each
of which is reasonable, did not exceed the current value of the assets of such Foreign Pension Plan
allocable to such benefit liabilities.
8.11. Security Documents. (a) The provisions of the Pledge and Security Agreement
are effective to create in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a
legal, valid and enforceable security interest in all right, title and interest of the Credit
Parties in all of the Pledge and Security Collateral described therein, and the Collateral Agent,
for the benefit of the Secured Parties, has (or within 10 days following the Effective Date will
have) a fully perfected security interest in all right, title and interest in all of the Pledge and
Security Collateral described therein, subject to no Liens other than Permitted Liens (it being
understood that the Permitted Liens described in Section 10.01(d) are subject to the terms
of the Intercreditor Agreement).
(b) Each Mortgage creates, as security for the obligations purported to be secured thereby,
a valid and enforceable perfected security interest in and mortgage lien on the respective
Mortgaged Property in favor of the Collateral Agent (or such other trustee as may be required or
desired under local law) for the benefit of the Secured Parties, subject to no Liens other than
Permitted Liens (it being understood that the Permitted Liens described in Section 10.01(d)
are subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement).
8.12. Properties. (a) All Real Property owned or leased by any Holding Company or any
of their respective Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date, and the nature of the interest therein,
is correctly set forth in Schedule 8.12. Each of the Holding Companies and each of their
respective Subsidiaries has good and indefeasible title to all material properties (and to all
buildings, fixtures and improvements located thereon) owned by it, including all material property
reflected in the most recent historical balance sheets referred to in Section 8.05(a)
(except as sold or otherwise disposed of since the date of such balance sheet in the ordinary
course of business or as permitted by the terms of this Agreement), free and clear of all Liens,
other than Permitted Liens. Each of the Holding Companies and each of their respective
Subsidiaries has a valid and indefeasible leasehold interest in the material properties leased by
it free and clear of all Liens other than Permitted Liens.
(b) All pipelines, pipeline easements, utility lines, utility easements and other easements,
servitudes and rights-of-way burdening or benefiting the Real Property will not, as of the
Effective Date, materially interfere with or prevent any operations conducted at the Real Property
by any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries in the manner operated on the date
of this Agreement, except for any Permitted Liens. Except for Permitted Liens, with respect to any
pipeline, utility, access or other easements, servitudes, and licenses located on or directly
serving the Real Property and owned or used by any Holding Company or any of their respective
Subsidiaries in connection with its operations at the Real Property, to Credit Partys knowledge,
such agreements are in full force and effect
other than agreements that, individually or in the aggregate are not material to the Holding
Companies and their respective Subsidiaries, taken as a whole and no defaults exist thereunder and
no events or conditions exist which, with or without notice or lapse of time or both, would
constitute a default thereunder or result in a termination, except for such failures, defaults,
terminations and other matters that, individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
8.13. Capitalization. (a) On the Effective Date, the authorized capital stock of the
Holding Companies consists of the number of shares of common stock, at a par value per share, with
the number of which shares are issued and outstanding, in each case as set forth on Schedule
8.13 (such authorized shares of common stock, together with any subsequently authorized shares
of common stock of the Holding Companies, the Holding Company Common Stock). All such
outstanding shares have been duly and validly issued, are fully paid and non-assessable and have
been issued free of preemptive rights. As of the Effective Date, except as set forth on
Schedule 8.13 hereto, no Holding Company has outstanding any capital stock or other
securities convertible into or exchangeable for its capital stock or any rights to subscribe for or
to purchase, or any options for the purchase of, or any agreement providing for the issuance
(contingent or otherwise) of, or any calls, commitments or claims of any character relating to, its
capital stock or any stock appreciation or similar rights.
(b) On the Effective Date, the authorized capital stock of the Borrowers consists of the
number of shares of common stock, at a par value per share, with the number of which shares are
issued and outstanding, in each case as set forth on Schedule 8.13 and owned by the Holding
Companies. All such outstanding Equity Interests of the Borrowers (i) have been duly and validly
issued, (ii) are fully paid and non-assessable and (iii) have been issued free of preemptive
rights. The Borrowers do not have outstanding any Equity Interests or other securities convertible
into or exchangeable for its Equity Interests or any rights to subscribe for or to purchase, or any
options for the purchase of, or any agreement providing for the issuance (contingent or otherwise)
of, or any calls, commitments or claims of any character relating to, its Equity Interests or any
appreciation or similar rights.
8.14. Subsidiaries. On and as of the Effective Date, the Holding Companies have no
Subsidiaries other than those Subsidiaries listed on Schedule 8.14. Schedule 8.14
sets forth, as of the Effective Date, the percentage ownership (direct and indirect) of the Holding
Companies in each class of capital stock or other Equity Interests of each of their respective
Subsidiaries and also identifies the direct owner thereof. All outstanding shares of Equity
Interests of each Subsidiary of any Holding Company have been duly and validly issued, are fully
paid and non-assessable and have been issued free of preemptive rights. No Subsidiary of any
Holding Company has outstanding any securities convertible into or exchangeable for its Equity
Interests or outstanding any right to subscribe for or to purchase, or any options or warrants for
the purchase of, or any agreement providing for the issuance (contingent or otherwise) of or any
calls, commitments or claims of any character relating to, its Equity Interests or any stock
appreciation or similar rights, except that (i) CVR GP has a right to require the Company to
acquire the managing general partner interest of the MLP as, and to the extent, set forth in the
Partnership Agreement (as in effect on the Effective Date), (ii) the Company and any of its
Subsidiaries may acquire CVR GP or any Equity Interests thereof so long as the aggregate
consideration for such purchase does not exceed $26,100,000 and (iii) the Company has a right to
require CVR GP to sell the managing general partner interest of the MLP as, and to the extent, set
forth in the Partnership Agreement (as in effect on the Effective Date).
8.15. Compliance with Statutes, etc. Except as (and to the extent) set forth on
Schedule 8.15, each of the Holding Companies and each of their respective Subsidiaries is
in compliance with all applicable statutes, regulations and orders of, and all applicable
restrictions imposed by, all Governmental Authorities in respect of the conduct of its business and
the ownership of its property, except such non-compliances as could not, either individually or in
the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
8.16. Governmental Regulation. No Holding Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is
subject to regulation under the Federal Power Act or the Investment Company Act or under other
federal or state statute or regulation which may limit its ability to incur Indebtedness or which
may otherwise render all or any portion of the Obligations unenforceable. No Holding Company nor
any of its Subsidiaries is an investment company or a company controlled by an investment
company, within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
8.17. Borrowing Base Calculation. The calculation by the Company of the Borrowing
Base and the valuation thereunder is complete and accurate.
8.18. Environmental Matters. (a) Except as could not reasonably be expected to have,
either individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect and except as (and to the
extent) set forth on Schedule 8.18: (i) each of the Holding Companies and each of their
respective Subsidiaries is in compliance with all applicable Environmental Laws (including the
Consent Decree and the RCRA Administrative Orders) and has obtained and is in compliance with the
terms of any permits required under such Environmental Laws (Environmental Permits); (ii)
there are no Environmental Claims pending or to the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened,
against any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries; (iii) no Lien, other than a
Permitted Lien, has been recorded or to the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened under any
Environmental Law with respect to any Real Property owned by any Holding Company or any Subsidiary
of any Holding Company; (iv) no Holding Company nor any of their respective Subsidiaries has agreed
in writing to assume or accept responsibility for any liability of any
other Person under any Environmental Law; and (v) there are no facts, circumstances,
conditions or occurrences with respect to the past or present business, operations, properties or
facilities of any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or any of their
respective predecessors, that could reasonably be expected to give rise to any Environmental Claim
or any liability under any Environmental Law.
(b)No Holding Company nor any of their respective Subsidiaries has received any letter or
request for information under Section 104(e) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response,
Compensation, and Liability Act (42 U.S.C. § 9601, et seq.) or any comparable state law with regard
to any matter that could reasonably be expected, individually or in the aggregate, to result in a
Material Adverse Effect.
8.19. Employment and Labor Relations. No Holding Company nor any of their respective
Subsidiaries is engaged in any unfair labor practice that could reasonably be expected, either
individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect. There is (i) no unfair labor
practice complaint pending against any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries or,
to the knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened against any of them, before the National Labor
Relations Board, and no grievance or arbitration proceeding arising out of or under any collective
bargaining agreement is so
pending against any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries or, to the knowledge of
any Credit Party, threatened against any of them, (ii) no strike, labor dispute, slowdown or
stoppage pending against any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries or, to the
knowledge of any Credit Party, threatened against any Holding Company or any of their respective
Subsidiaries, (iii) no union representation question exists with respect to the employees of any
Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (iv) no equal employment opportunity
charges or other claims of employment discrimination are pending or, to any Credit Partys
knowledge, threatened against any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, and (v)
no wage and hour department investigation has been made of any Holding Company or any of their
respective Subsidiaries, except (with respect to any matter specified in clauses (i) (v) above,
either individually or in the aggregate) such as could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
8.20. Intellectual Property, etc. Each of the Holding Companies and each of their
respective Subsidiaries owns or has the right to use all the patents, trademarks, permits, domain
names, service marks, trade names, copyrights, licenses, franchises, inventions, trade secrets,
proprietary information and know-how of any type, whether or not written (including, but not
limited to, rights in computer programs and databases) and formulas, or rights with respect to the
foregoing, used in the conduct of its business, without any known conflict with the rights of
others which, or the failure to own or have which, as the case may be, could reasonably be
expected, either individually or in the aggregate, to have a Material Adverse Effect.
8.21. Indebtedness. Schedule 8.21 sets forth a list of all Indebtedness of
the Holding Companies and their respective Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date and which is to
remain outstanding after giving effect to the Transaction (excluding (i) the Obligations, (ii) the
First Lien Notes and (iii) the Second Lien Notes) (all such non-excluded Indebtedness,
Existing Indebtedness), in each case showing the aggregate principal amount thereof and
the name of the respective borrower and guarantors thereof.
8.22. Insurance. Schedule 8.22 sets forth a listing of all insurance
maintained by the Company and its Subsidiaries as of the Effective Date, with the amounts insured
(and any deductibles) set forth therein.
8.23. Anti-Terrorism Law. (a) No Holding Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in
violation (other than immaterial violations) of any legal requirement relating to any laws with
respect to terrorism or money laundering (Anti-Terrorism Laws), including Executive Order No.
13224 on Terrorist Financing effective September 24, 2001 (the Executive Order) and the Patriot
Act. No Holding Company nor any of its Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of any Credit Party, no
agent of any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries acting on behalf of any
Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, as the case may be, is any of the
following:
(i) a Person that is listed in the annex to, or it otherwise subject to the provisions of,
the Executive Order;
(ii) a Person owned or controlled by, or acting for or on behalf of, any Person that is
listed in the annex to, or is otherwise subject to the provisions of, the Executive Order;
(iii) a Person with which any Lender is prohibited from dealing or otherwise engaging in any
transaction by any Anti-Terrorism Law;
(iv) a Person that commits, threatens or conspires to commit or supports terrorism as
defined in the Executive Order; or
(v) a Person that is named as a specially designated national and blocked person on the
most current list published by the U.S. Treasury Department Office of Foreign Assets Control
(OFAC) at its official website or any replacement website or other replacement official
publication of such list.
(b) No Holding Company nor any of their respective Subsidiaries and, to the knowledge of any
Credit Party, no agent of any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries acting on
behalf of any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, as the case may be, (i)
conducts any business or engages in making or receiving any contribution of funds, goods or
services to or for the benefit of a Person described in Section 8.23(a), (ii) deals in, or
otherwise engages in any transaction relating to, any property or interests in property blocked
pursuant to the Executive Order, or (iii) engages in or conspires to engage in any transaction that
evades or avoids, or has the purpose of evading or avoiding, or attempts to violate, any of the
prohibitions set forth in any Anti-Terrorism Law.
8.24. Material Contracts. All Material Contracts in effect on the Effective Date are
in full force and effect and no defaults currently exist thereunder other than defaults the
consequence of which, either individually or in the aggregate, could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
8.25. No Defaults. No Holding Company nor any of its Subsidiaries is in default in
the performance, observance or fulfillment of any of the obligations, covenants or conditions
contained in any of its Contractual Obligations, and no condition exists which, with the giving of
notice or lapse of time or both, could constitute such default, except where the consequences,
direct or indirect, of such default or defaults, if any, individually or in aggregate had not had,
or could not be reasonably expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
8.26. Relevant States; etc. As of the Effective Date, (i) the only states in which
any Credit Party is the first Person who takes, receives or purchases oil or gas from an interest
owner at the time the oil or gas is severed from the applicable real estate are Oklahoma, Nebraska,
Missouri and Kansas, and (ii) except as set forth on Schedule 8.26, there is no other
Person from whom any Credit Party is the first Person who takes, receives or purchases oil or gas
from an interest owner at the time the oil and gas is severed from the applicable real estate.
8.27. First Lien Notes and Second Lien Notes. All Obligations hereunder and under the
other Credit Documents (including the Guaranty and the Security Documents) are expressly permitted
under the First Lien Notes Documents, the Second Lien Notes Documents, Refinancing First Lien
Notes Documents, if any, the Refinancing Second Lien Notes Documents, if any, and any Qualified
Debt Documents.
SECTION 9. Affirmative Covenants. Each Credit Party hereby covenants and agrees that
on and after the Effective Date and until the Total Revolving Loan Commitment and all Letters of
Credit have terminated and the Loans, Notes and Unpaid Drawings (in each case together with
interest thereon), Fees and all other Obligations (other than indemnities and expense reimbursement
obligations which, in either case, are not then due and payable) incurred hereunder and thereunder,
are paid in full:
9.01. Information Covenants. The Company will furnish to the Administrative Agent
(for delivery to each Lender):
(a) Monthly Reports. Within 30 days after the end of each fiscal month (other than
each fiscal month ending March 31st, June 30th, September 30th and December 31st) of the Company
(commencing with the fiscal month ending January 31, 2011), the consolidated balance sheet of the
Company and its Subsidiaries (which, for the purposes of this Section 9.01(a), may include
the Fertilizer Entities after the Permitted Fertilizer Event and any Unrestricted Subsidiaries in
each case to the extent that such Persons are required to be consolidated with the Company and its
Subsidiaries in the Companys consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP) as at the
end of such fiscal month and the related consolidated statements of income and stockholders equity
and statement of cash flows for such fiscal month and for the elapsed portion of the Fiscal Year
ended with the last day of such fiscal month, in each case setting forth comparative figures for
the corresponding fiscal month in the prior Fiscal Year and comparable budgeted figures for such
fiscal month as set forth in the respective budget delivered pursuant to Section 9.01(e),
all of which shall be certified by an Authorized Officer of the Company that they fairly present in
all material respects in accordance with GAAP the financial condition of the Company and its
Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations for the periods
indicated, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes.
(b) Quarterly Financial Statements. Within 45 days after the close of each of the
first three Fiscal Quarters in each Fiscal Year of the Company (commencing with the Fiscal Quarter
ending March 31, 2011), (i) the consolidated balance sheet of the Company and its Subsidiaries
(which, for the purposes of this Section 9.01(b), may include the Fertilizer Entities after
the Permitted Fertilizer Event and any Unrestricted Subsidiaries in each case to the extent that
such Persons are required to be consolidated with the Company and its Subsidiaries in the Companys
consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP) as at the end of such Fiscal Quarter and
the related consolidated statements of income and stockholders equity and statement of cash flows
for such Fiscal Quarter and for the elapsed portion of the Fiscal Year ended with the last day of
such Fiscal Quarter, in each case setting forth comparative figures for the corresponding Fiscal
Quarter in the prior Fiscal Year and (x) comparable budgeted figures for such
Fiscal Quarter as set forth in the respective budget delivered pursuant to Section
9.01(e), all of which shall be certified by an Authorized Officer of the Company that they
fairly present in all material respects in accordance with GAAP the financial condition of the
Company and its Subsidiaries as of the dates indicated and the results of their operations for the
periods indicated, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments and the absence of footnotes, and
(ii) managements discussion and analysis of the important operational and financial developments
during such Fiscal Quarter; provided that if Parent has filed with the SEC its quarterly
report on Form 10-Q for the respective Fiscal Quarter containing managements discussion and
analysis of financial condition and results of operations (which includes the financial condition
and results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries) as required by Item 303 of
Regulation S-K, such report shall be deemed to meet the requirement that the Company provide
managements discussion and analysis of the important operational and financial developments as
otherwise required above for the respective Fiscal Quarter.
(c) Annual Financial Statements. Within 90 days after the close of each Fiscal Year
of the Company (commencing with its Fiscal Year ending December 31, 2010), (i) the consolidated
balance sheet of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (which, for the purposes of this Section 9.01(c), may include the Fertilizer
Entities after the Permitted Fertilizer Event and any Unrestricted Subsidiaries in each case to the
extent that such Persons are required to be consolidated with the Company and its Subsidiaries in
the Companys consolidated financial statements in accordance with GAAP) as at the end of such
Fiscal Year and the related consolidated statements of income and stockholders equity and
statement of cash flows for such Fiscal Year setting forth, comparative figures for the preceding
Fiscal Year and audited by KPMG LLP or other independent certified public accountants of recognized
national standing, accompanied by a report of such accounting firm (which report shall be
unqualified as to going concern and scope of audit, and shall state that such consolidated
financial statements fairly present, in all material respects, the consolidated financial position
of Company and its Subsidiaries as at the dates indicated and the results of their operations and
their cash flows for the periods indicated in conformity with GAAP applied on a basis consistent
with prior years (except as otherwise disclosed in such financial statements) and that the audit by
such accountants in connection with such consolidated financial statements has been made in
accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States and, concurrently with
the delivery of the financial statements referred to in this Section 9.01(c), a report of
the independent auditors reporting on such financial statements stating that in connection with
their audit, nothing came to their attention that caused them to believe that the Company failed to
comply with the terms, covenants, provisions or conditions of Section 10.07(a), insofar as
they relate to accounting matters, except as may be specified in such report (it being understood
that such report shall be limited to the items that the independent auditors are permitted to cover
in such reports pursuant to their professional standards), and (ii) managements discussion and
analysis of the important operational and financial developments during such Fiscal Year;
provided that if Parent has filed with the SEC its annual report on Form 10-K for the
respective Fiscal Year containing managements discussion and analysis of financial condition and
results of operations (which includes the financial condition and results of operations of the
Company and its Subsidiaries) as required by Item 303 of Regulation S-K, such report shall be
deemed to meet the requirement that the Company provide managements discussion and analysis of the
important operational and financial developments as otherwise required above for the respective
Fiscal Year.
(d) Management Letters. If requested by the Administrative Agent or any Lender,
promptly after the Companys or any of its Subsidiaries receipt thereof, a copy of any management
letter received from its certified public accountants and managements response thereto.
(e) Budgets. No later than the 60th day of each Fiscal Year of the Company, a
budget in form reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent (including (x) budgeted
statements of income, sources and uses of cash and balance sheets for the Company and its
Subsidiaries on a consolidated basis and (y) expected timing and duration of any Major Scheduled
Turnaround) for each of the twelve months of such Fiscal Year prepared in detail setting forth,
with appropriate discussion, the principal assumptions upon which such budget is based.
(f) Officers Certificates. At the time of the delivery of the financial statements
provided for in Sections 9.01(a), (b) and (c), a compliance certificate
from an Authorized Officer of the Company in the form of Exhibit I certifying on behalf of
the Company that, to such officers knowledge after due inquiry, no Default or Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing or, if any Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing,
specifying the nature and extent thereof, which certificate shall set forth in reasonable detail
the calculations required to establish whether the Company and its Subsidiaries were in compliance
with the provisions of Section 10.07, at the end of such fiscal month (but only to the
extent that a Compliance Period then exists), Fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year, as the case may be
(setting forth, for the purposes of such certificate, calculations setting forth the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio for the Test Period ended on the last day of such fiscal period irrespective of
whether a Compliance Period exists at such time (other than to the extent set forth above)), at the
end of such fiscal month, Fiscal Quarter or Fiscal Year, as the case may be.
(g) Notice of Default, Litigation, Refinery Disruption and Material Adverse Effect.
Promptly, and in any event within three Business Days after any officer of any Holding Company or
any of their respective Subsidiaries obtains knowledge thereof (or, in the case succeeding clause
(iii), no later than the time by which the Company issues a public press release or files a Form
8-K with the SEC),
notice of (i) the occurrence of any event which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default,
(ii) any litigation or governmental investigation or proceeding pending against any Holding Company
or any of their respective Subsidiaries (x) which, either individually or in the aggregate, has
had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect or (y) with respect to any
Credit Document, (iii) any event at the Coffeyville Refinery which halts or materially disrupts
production for a period of greater than 10 days, or (iv) any other event, change or circumstance
that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect.
(h) Other Reports and Filings. Promptly after the filing or delivery thereof,
copies of all financial information, proxy materials and reports, if any, which any Holding Company
or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall (i) publicly file with the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any successor thereto (the SEC) or (ii) deliver to holders (or any trustee,
agent or other representative therefor) of any First Lien Notes, any Second Lien Notes or any of
its other material Indebtedness pursuant to the terms of the documentation governing the same.
(i) Environmental Matters. Promptly after any officer of any Holding Company or any
of their respective Subsidiaries obtains knowledge thereof, notice of the following environmental
developments to the extent that such environmental developments, either individually or when
aggregated with all such other environmental developments, could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect:
(a) any pending or threatened Environmental Claim against any Holding Company or any
of their respective Subsidiaries or any Real Property owned, leased or operated by any Holding
Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries;
(b) any condition or occurrence on any Real Property owned, leased or operated by
any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries that could reasonably be expected to
cause such Real Property to be subject to any restrictions on the ownership, lease, occupancy, use
or transferability by any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries of such Real
Property under any Environmental Law; or
(c) the taking of any removal or remedial action to the extent required by any
Environmental Law or any Governmental Authority in response to the Release or threatened Release of
any Hazardous Materials on any Real Property owned, leased or operated by any Holding Company or
any of their respective Subsidiaries.
All such notices shall describe in reasonable detail the nature of the claim, investigation,
condition, occurrence or removal or remedial action and the Holding Companys or such Subsidiarys
response thereto.
(j) Borrowing Base Certificate. (i) On the Effective Date, (ii) unless clause (iii)
or (iv) below applies, each month, not later than 5:00 P.M. (New York time) on or before the 10th
Business Day of each such month, (iii) during any period in which a Bi-Weekly Borrowing Base Period
is in effect, every second week, not later than 5:00 p.m. (New York time) on or before the third
Business Day of the first week of such Bi-Weekly Borrowing Base Period and each such second week
thereafter, (iv) during any period in which a Weekly Borrowing Base Period is in effect, each week,
not later than 5:00 P.M. (New York time) on or before the third Business Day of each such week (or
at such other times as the Administrative Agent may request), (v) at the time of the consummation
of a Permitted Acquisition and (vi) at the time of the consummation of the Permitted Fertilizer
Event or any Asset Sale involving ABL Priority Collateral, a borrowing base certificate setting
forth the Borrowing Base (in each case with supporting calculations in reasonable detail)
substantially in the form of Exhibit N (each, a Borrowing Base Certificate),
which shall be prepared (A) as of January 31, 2011 in the case of the initial Borrowing Base
Certificate and (B) as of the last Business Day of the preceding month in the case of each
subsequent Borrowing Base Certificate (or, if any such Borrower Base Certificate is delivered more
frequently than monthly, as of the last Business Day of the week preceding such delivery). Each
such Borrowing Base Certificate shall include such supporting information as may be reasonably
requested from time to time by the Administrative Agent or the Co-ABL Collateral Agents.
(k) Notice of Dominion Period or Compliance Period. Promptly after any Authorized
Officer of any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries obtains knowledge thereof,
notice of the commencement of a Dominion Period or a Compliance Period.
(l) Past Due Accounts. At least monthly at the time of delivery of a Borrowing Base
Certificate pursuant to Section 9.01(j), and at any other time promptly upon, and in any
event within 10 Business Days after, any request therefor by the Administrative Agent or the Co-ABL
Collateral Agents: (i) a detailed aged trial balance and a detailed summary of all Accounts
indicating which Accounts are thirty, sixty and ninety days past due and listing the names of all
Account Debtors, (ii) a detailed listing and a detailed summary of the Borrowers accounts payable
indicating which accounts payable are more than thirty days past due, (iii) detailed inventory
listings and a detailed inventory listing summary, and (iv) a reconciliation of Accounts, accounts
payable and inventory to the financial statements delivered pursuant
to clause (b) of this Section 9.01 and to the Borrowing Base Certificate delivered
pursuant to clause (j) of this Section 9.01 (for each fiscal month which is the last fiscal
month of a Fiscal Quarter of the Company).
(m) Annual Collateral Verification. Each year, at the time of delivery of annual
financial statements with respect to the preceding Fiscal Year pursuant to Section 9.01(c),
an officers certificate of an Authorized Officer of the Company (i) either confirming that there
has been no material change in such information since the date of the Collateral Questionnaire
delivered on the Effective Date or the date of the most recent certificate delivered pursuant to
this Section 9.01(m) and/or identifying such material changes and (ii) certifying that all
Uniform Commercial Code and PPSA financing statements (including fixtures filings, as applicable)
or other appropriate filings, recordings or registrations, have been filed of record in each
governmental, municipal or other appropriate office in each jurisdiction identified pursuant to
clause (i) above to the extent necessary to protect and perfect the security interests under the
Security Documents for a period of not less than 18 months after the date of such certificate
(except as noted therein with respect to any continuation statements to be filed within such
period).
(n) UCC Searches. Each month, not later than 5:00 P.M. (New York time) on or before
the 10th day of each such month (or, for so long as Excess Availability is less than 50.0% of
Availability, each week, not later than 5:00 P.M.
(New York time) on or before the third Business Day of each such week), copies of results of a
recent search (not to be more than five Business Days prior to the date of delivery of such
search), by a Person reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, of all effective UCC
financing statements (or equivalent filings) made with respect to any personal or mixed property
the creation of security interests in which is governed by the UCC of any Credit Party in such
Credit Partys jurisdiction of incorporation.
(o) Patriot Act. Promptly following the Administrative Agents or any Lenders
request therefor, all documentation and other information that the Administrative Agent or such
Lender reasonably requests in order to comply with its ongoing obligations under the applicable
know your customer and anti-money laundering rules and regulations, including the Patriot Act.
(p) Reconciliation. If the Company has designated any of its Subsidiaries as
Unrestricted Subsidiaries or after the Permitted Fertilizer Event, the monthly, quarterly and
annual financial information required by Sections 9.01(a), (b) and (c) will
then include a reasonably detailed presentation prepared by the Company of the financial condition
and results of operations of the Company and its Subsidiaries separate from the financial condition
and results of operations of the Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company and/or the Fertilizer
Entities, as applicable.
(q) First Purchaser of Crude Oil. Promptly after the occurrence of any event in
succeeding clause (i) or (ii), (i) notice that any Credit Party has become a first Person who
takes, receives or purchases oil or gas from an interest owner at the time the oil or gas is
severed from the applicable real estate in any state other than Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska,
Missouri, North Dakota and Colorado and the name of such other state, and (ii) notice of the name
of any Person from whom any Credit Party has become a first Person who takes, receives or purchases
oil or gas from an interest owner at the time the oil or gas is severed from the applicable real
estate to the extent such Person is not listed on Schedule 8.26.
(r) Other Information. From time to time, such other information or documents
(financial or otherwise) with respect to any Holding Company or any of their respective
Subsidiaries as the Administrative Agent, any Co-ABL Collateral Agent or any Lender (through the
Administrative Agent) may reasonably request.
9.02. Books, Records and Inspections; and Field Examinations and Appraisals. (a) Each
of the Holding Companies will, and will cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to, keep proper
books of record and accounts in which full, true and correct entries in conformity with GAAP and
all requirements of law shall be made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business
and activities. Each of the Holding Companies will, and will cause each of their respective
Subsidiaries to, permit officers and designated representatives of the Administrative Agent, any
other Agent and, upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, any Lender
(a) to visit and inspect, under guidance of officers of such Holding Company or such Subsidiary,
any of the properties of such Holding Company or such Subsidiary, (b) to examine the books of
account of such Holding Company or such Subsidiary and discuss the affairs, finances and accounts
of such Holding Company or such Subsidiary with, and be advised as to the same by, its and their
officers and independent accountants and (c) to verify Eligible Accounts and/or Eligible Inventory,
all upon reasonable prior notice and at such reasonable times and intervals and to such reasonable
extent as the Administrative Agent, any such other Agent or any such Lender may reasonably request.
(b) In the case of sub-clauses (x) and (y) below, (i) up to one time in each Fiscal Year of
the Company, (ii) if, for any period of 15 consecutive Business Days in any twelve month period,
Excess Availability has been less than 50% of Availability, up to two times in each Fiscal Year of
the Company during which any such Business Day was included, (iii) if any Dominion Period is in
effect, (A) in the case of sub-clause (x) below, up to two times in each Fiscal Year of the
Company, and (B) in the case of sub-clause (y) below, up to three times in each Fiscal Year of the
Company, and (iv) at any time that any Event of Default exists, as often as the Administrative
Agent or the Co-ABL Collateral Agents may reasonably request, the Company will, and will cause each
of its Subsidiaries to, permit officers and designated representatives of the Administrative Agent
and/or the Co-ABL Collateral Agents or any third-party appraiser or consultant engaged by, and
reasonably satisfactory to, the Administrative Agent and the
Co-ABL Collateral Agents, to visit and inspect (at the Borrowers joint and several expense),
and the Administrative Agent and/or the Co-ABL Collateral Agents shall so visit and inspect, under
guidance of officers of the Company or such Subsidiary, any of the properties of the Company or
such Subsidiary and to verify the Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory in order to complete (x)
an appraisal of the Inventory constituting fertilizer of the Borrowers and (y) collateral
examination of the Inventory and Accounts and related accounts of the Borrowers, and the results of
such appraisal and collateral examination shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent and the Co-ABL Collateral Agents, and in connection therewith the Company
shall provide the Administrative Agent, the Co-ABL Collateral Agents and any field examiner or
appraiser reasonable access to the books and records and the Collateral and shall cooperate with
such field examiner or appraiser with respect to the foregoing.
9.03. Maintenance of Property; Insurance. (a) Each of the Holding Companies will,
and will cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to, (i) keep all property necessary to the
business of the Holding Companies and their respective Subsidiaries in good working order and
condition, ordinary wear and tear excepted and subject to the occurrence of casualty
events, (ii) maintain with financially sound and reputable insurance companies insurance on all
such property and against all such risks as is consistent and in accordance with industry practice
for companies similarly situated owning similar properties and engaged in similar businesses as the
Holding Companies and their respective Subsidiaries, and (iii) furnish to the Administrative Agent,
upon its request therefor, full information as to the insurance carried. In addition to the
requirements of the immediately preceding sentence, the Credit Parties will at all times cause
insurance of the types described in Schedule 8.22 to be maintained (with the same scope of
coverage as that described in Schedule 8.22) at levels which are consistent with their
practices immediately before the Effective Date. Such insurance shall include physical damage
insurance on all real and personal property (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) on an all
risk basis and business interruption insurance. The provisions of this Section 9.03 shall
be deemed supplemental to, but not duplicative of, the provisions of any Security Documents that
require the maintenance of insurance.
(b) Each of the Holding Companies will, and will cause each of their respective Subsidiaries
to, at all times keep its property insured in favor of the Collateral Agent, and all policies or
certificates (or certified copies thereof) with respect to such insurance (and any other insurance
maintained by such Holding Company and/or such Subsidiaries) (i) shall be endorsed to the
Collateral Agents satisfaction for the benefit of the Collateral Agent (including by naming the
Collateral Agent as loss payee and/or additional insured), (ii) shall state that such insurance
policies shall not be canceled without at least 30 days prior written notice thereof by the
respective insurer to the Collateral Agent, (iii) shall provide that the respective insurers
irrevocably waive any and all rights of subrogation with respect to the Collateral Agent and the
other Secured Parties, and (iv) shall be deposited with the Collateral Agent.
(c) If any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall fail to maintain
insurance in accordance with this Section 9.03, or if any Holding Company or any of their
respective Subsidiaries shall fail to so endorse and deposit all policies or certificates with
respect thereto, the Administrative Agent shall have the right (but shall be under no obligation)
to procure such insurance and the Credit Parties jointly and severally agree to reimburse the
Administrative Agent for all costs and expenses of procuring such insurance.
9.04. Existence; Franchises. Each of the Holding Companies will, and will cause each
of their respective Subsidiaries to, do or cause to be done, all things necessary to preserve and
keep in full force and effect its existence and its material rights, franchises, licenses, permits,
copyrights, trademarks and patents; provided, however, that nothing in this
Section 9.04 shall prevent (i) sales of assets and other transactions by any Holding
Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries otherwise permitted hereunder or (ii) the
withdrawal by any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries of its qualification as a
foreign Business in any jurisdiction if such withdrawal could not, either individually or in the
aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
9.05. Compliance with Statutes, etc. Each of the Holding Companies will, and will
cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to, comply with all applicable statutes, regulations
and orders of, and all applicable restrictions imposed by, all Governmental Authorities in respect
of the conduct of its business and the ownership of its property, except such non-compliances as
could not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
9.06. Compliance with Environmental Laws. (a) Each of the Holding Companies (i) will
comply, and will cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to comply, with all Environmental Laws
and permits applicable to, or required in respect of the conduct of its business or operations or
by, the ownership, lease or use of any Real Property now or hereafter owned, leased or operated by
any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, except for such noncompliances as
could not, either individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, and will promptly pay or cause to be paid all costs and expenses incurred in
connection with such compliance, and will keep or cause to be kept all such Real Property free and
clear of any Liens imposed pursuant to such Environmental Laws, other than Permitted Liens, and
(ii) take, and will cause each of its Subsidiaries to take, any reasonable actions necessary to
materially comply with the terms and conditions of the Consent
Decree and the RCRA Administrative Orders, as such decree and orders have been, or may in the
future be, modified or replaced.
(b) Subject to Section 9.06(c), the Company will deliver to the Administrative Agent
and the Lenders with reasonable promptness, such documents and information as from time to time may
be reasonably requested by Administrative Agent in relation to any matters addressed by this
Section 9.06.
(c) Right of Access and Inspection.
(i) After the receipt by the Administrative Agent or any Lender of any
notice of the type described in Section 9.01(i), or (ii) if an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing, then, at the reasonable request of the
Administrative Agent, the Company will prepare an environmental report with respect
to any matter disclosed pursuant to Section 9.01(i) or, if an Event of
Default has occurred and is continuing with respect to any facility of any Holding
Company or any Subsidiary thereof (the Environmental Report);
provided, however, that any such
Environmental Report shall not include the taking of samples of air, soil, surface water,
groundwater, effluent, and building materials, in, on or under any owned or operated facilities
unless the Administrative Agent reasonably concludes that such sampling is commercially reasonable
and necessary. Any such sampling shall be conducted by a qualified environmental consulting firm
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent. If an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing, or if the Company does not prepare an Environmental Report or conduct the requested
tests and investigations in a reasonably timely manner, the Administrative Agent may, upon prior
notice to the Company, retain an environmental consultant, at the Credit Parties expense, to
prepare an Environmental Report and conduct such sampling as it reasonably concludes is
commercially reasonable and necessary. The Holding Companies and their respective Subsidiaries
will provide the Administrative Agent and its consultants with access to the facilities during
normal business hours in order to complete any necessary inspections or sampling in accordance with
this Section 9.06(c). The Administrative Agent will make commercially reasonable efforts
to conduct any such investigations so as to avoid interfering with the operation of the facility.
(ii) The exercise of the Administrative Agents rights under Section 9.06(c)(i)
shall not constitute a waiver of any default by the Holding Companies or their respective
Subsidiaries and shall not impose any liability on the Administrative Agent or any of the Lenders.
In no event will any site visit, observation, test or investigation by the Administrative Agent be
deemed a representation that Hazardous Materials are or are not present in, on or under any of the
facilities, or that there has been or will be compliance with any Environmental Law, and the
Administrative Agent shall not be deemed to have made any representation or warranty to any party
regarding the truth, accuracy or completeness of any report or findings with regard thereto.
Without express written authorization, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, no Holding Company
nor any other party shall be entitled to rely on any site visit observation, test or investigation
by the Administrative Agent. The Administrative Agent and the Lenders owe no duty of care to
protect any Holding Company or any other party against, or to inform any Holding Company or any
other party of, any Hazardous Materials or any other adverse Environmental Condition affecting any
of the facilities. The Administrative Agent may in its reasonable discretion disclose to any
Holding Company or, if so required by law, to any third party, any report or findings made as a
result of, or in connection with, any site visit, observation, testing or investigation by the
Administrative Agent. If the Administrative Agent reasonably believes that it is legally required
to disclose any such report or finding to any third party, then the Administrative Agent shall use
its reasonable efforts to give the Company prior notice of such disclosure and afford the Company
the opportunity to object or defend against such disclosure at its own and sole cost; provided,
that the failure of the Administrative Agent to give any such notice or afford the Company the
opportunity to object or defend against such disclosure shall not result in any liability to the
Administrative Agent. Each Holding Company acknowledges that it or its Subsidiaries may be
obligated to notify relevant Governmental Authorities regarding the results of any site visit,
observation, testing or investigation by the Administrative Agent and that such reporting
requirements are site and fact-specific, and are to be evaluated by such Holding Company without
advice or assistance from the Administrative Agent. Nothing contained in this Section
9.06(c)(ii) shall be construed as releasing the Administrative Agent or the Lenders from any
liability to the extent incurred as a result of their gross negligence or willful misconduct (as
determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision).
(iii) If counsel to any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries reasonably
determines that provision to the Administrative Agent of a document otherwise required to be
provided pursuant to this Section 9.06 (or any other provision of this Agreement or any
other Credit Document relating to environmental matters) would jeopardize an applicable
attorney-client or work product privilege pertaining to such document, then the Holding Companies
or their respective Subsidiaries shall not be obligated to deliver such document to the
Administrative Agent but shall provide the Administrative Agent with a notice identifying the
author and recipient of such document and generally describing the contents of the document.
Upon request of the Administrative Agent, the Holding Companies and their respective Subsidiaries
shall take all reasonable steps necessary to provide the Administrative Agent with the factual
information contained in any such privileged document.
9.07. ERISA. The Company shall supply to the Administrative Agent (in sufficient
copies for all Lenders, if the Administrative Agent so requests);
(a) promptly and in any event within 15 days after receiving a request from the Agent a copy
of IRS Form 5500 (including the Schedule B) with respect to a Plan subject to Title IV of ERISA;
(b) promptly and in any event within 30 days after any Holding Company, any Subsidiary of
any Holding Company or any ERISA Affiliate knows or has reason to know that any ERISA Event has
occurred that would reasonably be expected to result in material liability to any Holding Company
or any Subsidiaries of any Holding Company, a certificate of the chief financial officer of the
Borrower describing such ERISA Event and the action, if any, proposed to be taken with respect to
such ERISA Event and a copy of any notice filed with the PBGC or the IRS pertaining to such ERISA
Event and any notices received by any Holding Company, any Subsidiary of any Holding Company or
ERISA Affiliate from the PBGC or any other governmental agency with respect thereto; provided that,
in the case of ERISA Events under paragraph
(d) of the definition thereof, the 30-day period set forth above shall be a 10-day period,
and, in the case of ERISA Events under paragraph (b) of the definition thereof, in no event shall
notice be given later than 10 days after the occurrence of the ERISA Event; and
(c) promptly, and in any event within 30 days, after becoming aware that any of the
following has occurred if such event is reasonably expected to result in material liability to any
Holding Company, any Subsidiary or any ERISA Affiliate, (i) an increase in Unfunded Pension
Liabilities (taking into account only Plans with positive Unfunded Pension Liabilities) since the
date the representations hereunder are given or deemed given, or from any prior notice, as
applicable, (ii) an increase since the date the representations hereunder are given or deemed
given, or from any prior notice, as applicable, in potential withdrawal liability under Section
4201 of ERISA, if any Holding Company, any Subsidiary of any Holding Company and the ERISA
Affiliates were to withdraw completely from any and all Multiemployer Plans, (iii) any contribution
required to made with respect to a Foreign Pension Plan has not been timely made or (iv) the
adoption of any amendment to a Plan which results in an increase in contribution obligations of any
Holding Company or any Subsidiary of any Holding Company, a detailed written description thereof
from the chief financial officer of the Company.
9.08. End of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters. The Company will cause (i) its and each
of its Subsidiaries Fiscal Years to end on the last day of the period described in the definition
of Fiscal Year and (ii) its and each of their respective Subsidiaries fiscal quarters to end on
the last day of each period described in the definition of Fiscal Quarter.
9.09. Performance of Obligations. Each of the Holding Companies will, and will cause
each of their respective Subsidiaries to, perform all of its obligations under the terms of each
Contractual Obligation by which it is bound, except such non-performances as could not, either
individually or in the aggregate, reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
9.10. Payment of Taxes. Each of the Holding Companies will pay and discharge, and
will cause each of their respective Subsidiaries to pay and discharge, all federal and other
material taxes, assessments and governmental charges or levies imposed upon it or upon its income
or profits or upon any properties belonging to it prior to the date on which penalties attach
thereto, and all lawful claims (including claims for labor, services, materials and supplies) for
sums that have become due and payable and that by law have or may become a Lien upon any of its
properties or assets, prior to the time when any penalty or fine shall be incurred with respect
thereto; provided that no Holding Company nor any of their respective Subsidiaries shall be
required to pay any such tax, assessment, charge, levy or claim which is being contested in good
faith and by proper proceedings if it has maintained adequate reserves with respect thereto in
accordance with GAAP.
9.11. Use of Proceeds. The Borrowers will use the proceeds of the Loans only as
provided in Section 8.08.
9.12. Additional Security; Further Assurances; etc. (a) Each of the Holding
Companies will, and will cause each other Credit Party to, grant to the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties security interests and Mortgages in such assets and Real Property of
such Holding Company and such other Credit Party as are not covered by the original Security
Documents and as may be reasonably requested from time to time by the Administrative Agent (or
otherwise required at such time pursuant to the Intercreditor Agreement) (collectively, the
Additional Security Documents). All such security interests and Mortgages shall be
granted pursuant to documentation reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the Collateral
Agent and shall constitute valid and enforceable perfected security interests, hypothecations and
Mortgages subject to no Liens (except for Permitted Liens, it being understood that Liens permitted
by Section 10.01(d) shall be subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement). The
Additional Security Documents or instruments related thereto shall have been duly recorded or filed
in such manner and in such places as are required by law to establish, perfect, preserve and
protect the Liens in favor of the Collateral Agent required to be granted pursuant to the
Additional Security Documents and all taxes, fees and other charges payable in connection therewith
shall have been paid in full. Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Section 9.12(a) shall
not apply to (and the Company and the other Credit Parties shall
not be required to grant a Mortgage in) any Real Property which does not constitute a Material
Real Property unless, in either case, a Mortgage is granted (or requested to be granted) in respect
of such Real Property pursuant to the terms of the First Lien Notes Documents, the Second Lien
Notes Documents, the Refinancing First Lien Notes Documents, the Refinancing Second Lien Notes
Documents or any Qualified Secured Debt Documents. In the event that any Credit Party acquires a
Material Real Property or any Real Property owned or leased on the Effective Date or thereafter
becomes a Material Real Property and such interest has not otherwise been made subject to the Lien
of the Security Documents in favor of the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties,
then such Credit Party, contemporaneously with such Real Property becoming a Material Real Property
(or, in the case of acquired Material Real Property, within 90 days of such acquisition), shall
take all such actions and execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and delivered, all such
mortgages, documents, title policies, surveys, instruments, agreements, opinions and certificates
similar to those described in Section 13.19 with respect to each such Material Real
Property that the Collateral Agent shall reasonably request to create in favor of the Collateral
Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties, a valid and, subject to any filing and/or recording
referred to herein, perfected Second Priority security interest in such Material Property.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall not be obligated to grant a security interest in
any Material Real Properties which are Leaseholds (unless otherwise granted under or pursuant to
the First Lien Notes Documents, the Second
Lien Notes Documents, Refinancing First Lien Notes Documents (if applicable), the Refinancing
Second Lien Notes Documents (if applicable) or any Qualified Secured Debt Document) if the Company
was not able to obtain a landlord consent, despite the use of its commercially reasonable efforts.
(b) Each of the Holding Companies will, and will cause each of the other Credit Parties to,
at the expense of the Credit Parties, make, execute, endorse, acknowledge, file and/or deliver to
the Collateral Agent from time to time such vouchers, invoices, schedules, confirmatory
assignments, conveyances, financing statements, transfer endorsements, powers of attorney,
certificates, real property surveys, flood determinations, reports, landlord waivers, bailee
agreements, control agreements and other assurances or instruments and take such further steps
relating to the Collateral covered by any of the Security Documents as the Collateral Agent may
reasonably require. Furthermore, each of the Holding Companies will, and will cause the other
Credit Parties to, deliver to the Collateral Agent such opinions of counsel, title insurance, flood
insurance (if applicable) and other related documents as may be reasonably requested by the
Collateral Agent to assure itself that this Section 9.12 has been complied with.
(c) If the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that it or any of the Lenders are
required by law or regulation to have appraisals prepared in respect of any Real Property of the
Holding Companies and the other Credit Parties constituting Collateral, each Credit Party will, at
its own expense, provide to the Administrative Agent appraisals which satisfy the applicable
requirements of the Real Estate Appraisal Reform Amendments of the Financial Institution Reform,
Recovery and Enforcement Act of 1989, as amended, and which shall otherwise be in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
(d) Each Credit Party agrees that each action required by clauses (a) through (c) of this
Section 9.12 shall be completed as soon as possible, but in no event later than 90 days
after such action is requested to be taken by the Administrative Agent (as such date may be
extended by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion); provided that, in no event
will any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries be required to take any action,
other than using its commercially reasonable efforts, to obtain consents from third parties with
respect to its compliance with this Section 9.12.
(e) Each Borrower and each Guarantor shall, within 90 days following the Effective Date (as
such date may be extended from time to time by the Administrative Agent in its sole discretion),
enter into one or more Cash Management Control Agreements as, and to the extent, required by
Section 5.03(b).
9.13. Permitted Acquisitions. (a) Subject to the provisions of this Section
9.13 and the requirements contained in the definition of Permitted Acquisition, the Qualified
Credit Parties may from time to time effect Permitted Acquisitions, so long as (in each case except
to the extent the Required Lenders otherwise specifically agree in writing in the case of a
specific Permitted Acquisition): (i) the Company shall have given to the Administrative Agent at
least 10 Business Days prior written notice of any Permitted Acquisition (or such shorter period
of time as may be reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent), which notice shall describe
in reasonable detail the principal terms and conditions of such Permitted Acquisition; (ii) all
representations and warranties contained herein and in the other Credit Documents shall be true and
correct in all material respects with the same effect as though such representations and warranties
had been made on and as of the date of such Permitted Acquisition (both before and after giving
effect thereto), unless stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such
representations and warranties shall be true and correct in all material respects as of such
earlier date (it being understood and agreed that any representation or warranty that is qualified
by materiality, Material Adverse Effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all
respects as of any such date); (iii) the Payment Conditions are satisfied both before and after
giving effect to such Permitted Acquisition; (iv) the Company shall have delivered to the
Administrative Agent a Borrowing Base Certificate, completed on a Pro Forma Basis giving effect to
the respective Permitted Acquisition; and (v) the Company shall have delivered to the
Administrative Agent and each Lender a certificate executed by an Authorized Officer of the
Company, certifying to the best of such officers knowledge, compliance with the requirements of
preceding clauses (i) through (iii), inclusive, and containing the calculations (in reasonable
detail) required by the preceding clause (iii).
(b) At the time of each Permitted Acquisition involving the creation or acquisition of a
Subsidiary, or the acquisition of capital stock or other Equity Interest of any Person, the capital
stock or other Equity Interests thereof created or acquired in connection with such Permitted
Acquisition shall be pledged for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to (and to the extent
required by) the Pledge and Security Agreement.
(c) The Company will cause each Subsidiary which is formed to effect, or is acquired
pursuant to, a Permitted Acquisition to comply with, and to execute and deliver all of the
documentation as and to the extent required by, Sections 9.12 and 10.12, to the
reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent.
(d) The consummation of each Permitted Acquisition shall be deemed to be a representation
and warranty by each Credit Party that the certifications pursuant to this Section 9.13 are
true and correct and that all conditions thereto have been satisfied and that same is permitted in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, which representation
and warranty shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty for all purposes hereunder,
including Sections 8 and 11.
9.14. Landlords Agreements, Mortgages Agreements, Bailee Letters and Storage
Agreements. Each Credit Party shall use its reasonable efforts to obtain a landlords
agreement, mortgagee agreement or bailee letter, as applicable, from the lessor of each leased
property, mortgagee of owned property or bailee with respect to any warehouse, processor, converter
facility or pipeline or other location where Inventory of a Credit Party with a market value
(determined in accordance with Schedule 1.01(c) in the case of In-Transit Crude Oil) in
excess of $1,000,000 is stored, located or transported, which agreement or letter shall (unless
otherwise agreed to in writing by the Administrative Agent) contain a waiver or subordination of
all Liens or claims that the landlord, mortgagee, bailee or pipeline owner may assert against the
Collateral at that location, and shall otherwise be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance
to the Administrative Agent. Each Credit Party shall timely and fully pay and perform its
obligations under all leases and other agreements with respect to each leased location, public
warehouse or pipeline where any Collateral is or may be located or transmitted except to the extent
that the same are being contested in good faith. Each Credit Party shall, and shall cause its
Subsidiaries to, provide to the Administrative Agent and the Co-ABL Collateral Agents, promptly
after execution thereof, copies of all material storage, pipeline and similar agreements and
material amendments and modifications thereto, between any Borrower or any other Credit Party and
any landlord, warehouseman, processor, shipper, bailee or other Person that owns or operates any
premises or facility where any assets constituting the Borrowing Base having a market value
(determined in accordance with Schedule 1.01(c) in the case of In-Transit Crude Oil) in
excess of $2,500,000 are located.
9.15. Corporate Separateness. Each Holding Company will take, and will cause each of
its Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries to take, all action as is necessary to ensure that
all customary formalities regarding their respective corporate existence, including holding regular
board of directors and shareholders meetings and maintenance of corporate offices and records,
are followed. All financial statements provided to creditors shall clearly evidence the corporate
separateness of the Holding Companies and their Subsidiaries from any Unrestricted Subsidiaries,
and the Holding Companies and their Subsidiaries will maintain their own respective payroll and
separate books of account and bank accounts from Unrestricted Subsidiaries. Neither any Holding
Company nor any of their Subsidiaries or Unrestricted Subsidiaries will take any action, or conduct
its affairs in a manner, which is likely to result in the corporate existence of any Unrestricted
Subsidiary being ignored, or in the assets and liabilities of any Unrestricted Subsidiary being
substantively consolidated with those of any Holding Company or any of their Subsidiaries in a
bankruptcy, reorganization or other insolvency proceeding.
9.16. Coffeyville Refinery Revenue Bonds. (a) Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents to the contrary, the Company and the other Credit
Parties (other than any Holding Company) may, for the purpose of obtaining tax credits or other tax
abatement from the State of Kansas and Montgomery County, Kansas, pursuant to Kansas Statutes
Annotated (K.S.A.) Sections 79-201, et seq. (the Property Tax Exemption
Statute), (i) lease the site of the Coffeyville Refinery constituting a portion of the
Mortgaged Properties and described in the Boundary Survey (the Coffeyville Refinery Site)
to Montgomery County, Kansas or any Affiliate of Montgomery County, Kansas (the County),
(ii) sell the Coffeyville Refinery to the County and (iii) lease the Coffeyville Refinery Site and
the Coffeyville Refinery from the County, all in connection with the issuance of revenue bonds (the
Refinery Revenue Bonds) issued by the County pursuant to the Kansas Economic Development
Revenue Bond Act, as amended and codified in K.S.A. 12-1740 et seq. (the Revenue Bond
Act), in each case, so long as (I) the Company would otherwise have been permitted to issue
Qualified Debt at such time pursuant to the requirements of Section 10.04(r) and determined
as if the Refinery Revenue Bonds were Indebtedness of the Company and (ii) the transactions
contemplated by this Section 9.16 are otherwise permitted by the terms of the other
Indebtedness subject to the Intercreditor Agreement. The Company or any of its Subsidiaries may
enter into such agreements and take such actions, in each case approved by the Administrative Agent
(such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) as the Company may consider to be necessary to
consummate the issuance of the Refinery Revenue Bonds and the related transactions, including the
execution and delivery of any payment-in-lieu-of-taxes or similar agreement
between any Credit Party and the County relating to the payment of property taxes on the
Coffeyville Refinery, the Coffeyville Refinery Site, or both.
(b) The principal amount of the Refinery Revenue Bonds shall be that amount determined by
the Company, and approved by the Administrative Agent (such approval not to be unreasonably
withheld) (but otherwise subject to the limitations in Section 10.04(r)), as being
necessary to achieve the maximum amount of tax credits or other tax abatement for the Coffeyville
Refinery Site and the Coffeyville Refinery pursuant to the Property Tax Exemption Statute. The
initial amount of the Refinery Revenue Bonds issued and outstanding may be reduced and cancelled,
from time to time, at the request of the Administrative Agent, to the minimal amount required to
remain outstanding and achieve the tax benefits provided therefor.
(c) The Refinery Revenue Bonds shall be purchased by the Holding Companies or any of their
Subsidiaries and shall be pledged to the Lenders pursuant to the applicable Security Documents.
(d) Except to the extent provided in this Section 9.16, the issuance of the
Refinery Revenue Bonds and
the execution and delivery of all agreements described or referred to in this Section 9.16
in connection therewith shall not require any additional approval of the Lenders and shall be
deemed to comply with all provisions of this Agreement, including the provisions of Section
10.
(e) The obligation of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries to make payments to the County
with respect to the Refinery Revenue Bonds, whether such payments consist of lease payments, loan
payments or any other form of payment, the corresponding right of the County to receive such
payments and all other security provided by the Holding Companies or any of their Subsidiaries with
respect to the Refinery Revenue Bonds shall in all respects be junior and subordinate to the
Mortgages and the rights of the Lenders to receive payment hereunder. The Holding Companies or any
of their Subsidiaries, as applicable, shall enter into, and shall cause the County to enter into,
such agreements as the Administrative Agent shall reasonably require to reflect such subordination.
The Holding Companies and any of their Subsidiaries shall enter into any modifications of
Mortgages, additional Mortgages (whether leasehold or otherwise) and other documentation (including
assignments of payment in lieu of tax agreements and other assignments) all as reasonably required
by Administrative Agent in connection with the transactions contemplated by this Section
9.16.
SECTION 10. Negative Covenants. Each Credit Party hereby covenants and agrees that on
and after the Effective Date and until the Total Revolving Loan Commitment and all Letters of
Credit have terminated and the Loans, Notes and Unpaid Drawings (in each case, together with
interest thereon), Fees and all other Obligations (other than any indemnities and expense
reimbursement obligations which, in either case are not then due and payable) incurred hereunder
and thereunder, are paid in full:
10.01. Liens. Each Holding Company will not, and will not permit any of their
respective Subsidiaries to, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect
to any property or assets (real or personal, tangible or intangible) of any Holding Company or any
of their respective Subsidiaries, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, or sell any such
property or assets subject to an understanding or agreement, contingent or otherwise, to repurchase
such property or assets (including sales of accounts receivable with recourse to any Holding
Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries), or assign any right to receive income or permit
the filing of any financing statement under the UCC, the PPSA or any other similar notice of Lien
under any similar recording or notice statute; provided that the provisions of this
Section 10.01 shall not prevent the creation, incurrence, assumption or existence of the
following (Liens described below are herein referred to as Permitted Liens):
(a) inchoate Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies not yet due and
Liens for taxes, assessments or governmental charges or levies being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings for which adequate reserves have been established in accordance with GAAP;
(b) Liens in respect of property or assets of any Holding Company or any of their respective
Subsidiaries imposed by law, which were incurred in the ordinary course of business and do not
secure Indebtedness for borrowed money, such as carriers, warehousemens, materialmens and
mechanics liens and other similar Liens arising in the ordinary course of business, and (i) which
do not in the aggregate materially detract from the value of such Holding Companys or such
Subsidiarys property or assets or materially impair the use thereof in the operation of the
business of such Holding Company or such Subsidiary or (ii) which are being contested in good faith
by appropriate proceedings, which proceedings have the effect of preventing the forfeiture or sale
of the property or assets subject to any such Lien;
(c) Liens in existence on the Effective Date which are listed, and the property subject
thereto described, in Schedule 10.01, plus renewals, replacements and extensions of such
Liens; provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness, if any,
secured by such Liens does not increase from that amount outstanding at the time of any such
renewal, replacement or extension and (ii) any such renewal, replacement or extension does not
encumber any additional assets or properties of any Holding Company or any of their respective
Subsidiaries;
(d) (u) Liens created by or pursuant to this Agreement and the Security Documents, (v) Liens
created by or pursuant to the First Lien Notes Indenture and the First Lien Notes Security
Documents, (w) Liens created by or pursuant to the Refinancing First Lien Notes Indenture and the
Refinancing First Lien Notes Security Documents, (x) Liens created by or pursuant to the Second
Lien Notes Indenture and the Second Lien Notes Security Documents, (y) Liens created by or
pursuant to the Refinancing Second Lien Notes Indenture and the Refinancing Second Lien Notes
Security Documents and (z) Liens created by or pursuant to the Qualified Secured Debt Documents (in
each case in respect of preceding clauses (v), (w), (x), (y) and (z), subject to the terms of the
Intercreditor Agreement);
(e) (i) licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases granted by any Holding Company or any of
their respective Subsidiaries to other Persons not materially interfering with the conduct of the
business of any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries and (ii) any interest or
title of a lessor, sublessor or licensor under any lease or license agreement (including any Sale
Leaseback permitted by Section 10.02(q)) permitted by this Agreement to which the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries is a party;
(f) Liens upon assets of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries subject to Capitalized Lease
Obligations to the extent such Capitalized Lease Obligations are permitted by Section
10.04(d); provided that (i) such Liens only serve to secure the payment of Indebtedness
arising under such Capitalized Lease Obligation and (ii) the Lien encumbering the asset giving rise
to the Capitalized Lease Obligation does not encumber any other asset of the Company or any
Subsidiary of the Company;
(g) Liens placed upon equipment or machinery improved or acquired after the Effective Date
and used in the ordinary course of business of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries and pledged
at the time of the improvement or acquisition thereof by the Company or such Subsidiary or within
90 days thereafter to secure Indebtedness incurred to pay all or a portion of the purchase price
thereof or cost to improve or to secure Indebtedness incurred solely for the purpose of financing
the improvement or acquisition of any such equipment or machinery or extensions, renewals or
replacements of any of the foregoing for the same or a lesser amount; provided that (i) the
Indebtedness secured by such Liens is permitted by Section 10.04(d) and (ii) in all events,
the Lien encumbering the equipment or machinery so improved or acquired does not encumber any other
asset of the Company or such Subsidiary;
(h) easements, rights-of-way, restrictions, encroachments and other similar charges or
encumbrances, and minor title deficiencies, in each case not securing Indebtedness and not
materially interfering with the conduct of the business of any Holding Company or any of their
respective Subsidiaries;
(i) protective Liens granted in connection with sales permitted hereunder that are
intended to be true sales, or bailment, storage or similar arrangements in which a counterparty
holds title to the assets that are the subject of such transaction, including liens granted by the
Company or any of its Subsidiaries to the counterparty in In-Transit Crude Oil, which Liens are
intended to protect such counterparty in the event that such transaction is recharacterized as a
secured financing and attach only to the assets that are subject of such transaction;
provided that (x) no assets encumbered by such Liens are commingled with any Eligible
Accounts or Eligible Inventory, (y) no proceeds of sales of such assets are comingled with proceeds
of sales of Eligible Accounts or Eligible Inventory, and (z) no assets encumbered by such Liens
constitute Eligible Accounts or Eligible Inventory;
(j) Liens arising out of the existence of judgments or awards not constituting an Event of
Default so long as such Liens are adequately bonded, provided that the aggregate amount of
all cash and the Fair Market Value of all other property subject to such Liens does not exceed
$35,000,000 at any time outstanding;
(k) statutory and common law landlords liens under leases to which the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries is a party;
(l) Liens (other than Liens imposed under ERISA) incurred in the ordinary course of business
in connection with workers compensation claims, unemployment insurance and social security benefits
and Liens securing the performance of bids, tenders, leases and contracts in the ordinary course of
business, statutory obligations, surety bonds, performance bonds and other obligations of a like
nature incurred in the ordinary course of business and consistent with past practices (exclusive of
obligations in respect of the payment for borrowed money);
(m) Permitted Encumbrances;
(n) Liens on property or assets acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition, or on property
or assets of a Subsidiary in existence at the time such Subsidiary is acquired pursuant to a
Permitted Acquisition; provided that (i) any Indebtedness that is secured by such Liens is
permitted to exist hereunder, and (ii) such Liens are not incurred in connection with, or in
contemplation or anticipation of, such Permitted Acquisition and do not attach to any asset of any
Holding Company or any other asset of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(o) Liens arising out of any conditional sale, title retention, consignment or other similar
arrangements for the sale of goods entered into by the Company or any of its Subsidiaries in the
ordinary course of business to the extent such Liens do not attach to any assets other than the
goods subject to such arrangements;
(p) Liens (i) incurred in the ordinary course of business in connection with the purchase or
shipping of goods or assets (or the related assets and proceeds thereof), which Liens are in favor
of the seller or shipper of such goods or assets and only attach to such goods or assets, and (ii)
in favor of customs and revenue authorities arising as a matter of law to secure payment of customs
duties in connection with the importation of goods;
(q) subject to the terms of any Cash Management Control Agreement, bankers Liens, rights of
setoff and other similar Liens existing solely with respect to cash and Cash Equivalents on deposit
in one or more accounts maintained by any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries,
in each case granted in the ordinary course of
business in favor of the bank or banks with which such accounts are maintained, securing amounts
owing to such bank or banks with respect to cash management and operating account arrangements;
(r) Liens granted in the ordinary course of business on the unearned portion of insurance
premiums securing the financing of insurance premiums to the extent the financing is permitted
under Section 10.04;
(s) Liens on earnest money deposits made in connection with any letter of intent or purchase
agreement permitted hereunder;
(t) Liens which arise by operation of law in favor of a Person that is an interest owner
that provides crude oil or gas products to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries;
(u) Liens on cash or Cash Equivalents securing obligations under Interest Rate Protection
Agreements and Other Hedging Agreements permitted hereunder, provided that such cash and
Cash Equivalents are held in accounts segregated from any cash, Cash Equivalents or other assets
constituting ABL Priority Collateral;
(v) Liens on metals and the right to receive metals arising out of a Sale Leaseback
permitted under Section 10.02(q) of a catalyst necessary or useful for the operation of
refinery assets of the Company and its Subsidiaries, securing obligations of the Company or such
Subsidiary in respect of such Sale Leaseback, provided that such Liens do not encumber any
assets other than the catalyst and the related metals and proceeds of the foregoing;
(w) any customary encumbrance or restriction (including customary put and call arrangements)
with respect to Equity Interests of any joint venture (other than in respect of the Equity
Interests of a Credit Party) or similar arrangement pursuant to any joint venture or similar
agreement permitted hereunder;
(x) Liens encumbering reasonable customary initial deposits and margin deposits and similar
Liens attaching to commodity trading accounts or other brokerage accounts incurred in the ordinary
course of business and not for speculative purposes;
(y) Liens permitted by the Cross Easement Agreement, dated as of October 25, 2007, between
Fertilizer LLC and Refining LLC, as such agreement is in effect on the Effective Date and as the
same may be amended, restated, modified, supplemented and/or replaced from time to time thereafter
so long as any such amendment, restatement, modification, supplement or replacement is not adverse
to the interests of the Lenders in any material respect;
(z) Liens on cash and Cash Equivalents securing Indebtedness permitted under Section
10.04(v), provided that (i) the aggregate amount of all cash and Cash Equivalents
subject to such Liens do not exceed 105% of the aggregate principal amount of all such outstanding
Indebtedness at any time and (ii) such cash and Cash Equivalents are held in accounts segregated
from any cash, Cash Equivalents or other assets constituting ABL Priority Collateral;
(aa) Liens deemed to exist in connection with Investments in repurchase agreements permitted
hereunder; provided that such Liens do not extend to any assets other than the Cash
Equivalents that are the subject of such repurchase agreement;
(bb) Liens arising from precautionary UCC financing statement filings regarding operating
leases entered into in the ordinary course of business; and
(cc) additional Liens (other than over ABL Priority Collateral) of the Company or any of its
Subsidiaries not otherwise permitted by this Section 10.01 that do not secure obligations
in excess of $25,000,000 in the aggregate for all such Liens at any time.
In connection with the granting of Liens of the type described in clauses (c), (f),
(g), (i) and (n) of this Section 10.01 by the Company of any of its
Subsidiaries, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent shall be authorized to take any
actions deemed appropriate by it in connection therewith (including by executing appropriate lien
releases or lien subordination agreements in favor of the holder or holders of such Liens, in
either case solely with respect to the item or items of equipment or other assets subject to such
Liens).
10.02. Consolidation, Merger, Purchase or Sale of Assets, etc. Each Holding Company
will not, and will not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, wind up, liquidate or
dissolve its affairs or enter into any partnership, joint venture, or transaction of merger or
consolidation, or convey, sell, lease or otherwise dispose of all or any part of its property or
assets, or enter into any Sale Leaseback, or purchase or otherwise acquire (in one or a series of
related transactions) any part of the property or assets (other than purchases or other
acquisitions of inventory, materials, equipment, goods and services in the ordinary course of
business) of any Person (or agree to do any of the foregoing at any future time), except that:
(a) Capital Expenditures by the Company and its Subsidiaries shall be permitted (other than
Capital Expenditures constituting a Permitted Acquisition);
(b) the Company and its Subsidiaries may sell inventory in the ordinary course of business;
(c) the Company and its Subsidiaries may liquidate or otherwise dispose of obsolete or
worn-out property in the ordinary course of business;
(d) Investments may be made to the extent permitted by Section 10.05;
(e) the Company and its Subsidiaries may sell assets (other than the capital stock or other
Equity Interests of any Borrower or any Subsidiary Guarantor, unless, in the case of a Borrower
(other than the Company) or a Subsidiary Guarantor, all of the capital stock or other Equity
Interests of such Borrower or Subsidiary Guarantor are sold in accordance with this clause (e)), so
long as (i) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, (ii) each such
sale is in an arms-length transaction and the Company or the respective Subsidiary receives at
least Fair Market Value, (iii) the consideration received by the Company or such Subsidiary
consists of at least 75% (or, in the case of ABL Priority Collateral, 100%) cash or Cash
Equivalents and is paid at the time of the closing of such sale, (iv) the Net Sale Proceeds
therefrom are applied as (and to the extent) required by Section 5.02(c) and (v) unless the
Payment Conditions are satisfied both before and after giving effect to such sale, the aggregate
amount of the cash and non-cash proceeds received from all assets sold pursuant to this clause (e)
shall not exceed $35,000,000 in any Fiscal Year of the Company; provided, however,
notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall (i) the Equity Interests of the Company be sold
pursuant to this clause (e), (ii) all or substantially all of the assets of the Company and its
Subsidiaries (taken as a whole) be sold pursuant to this clause (e) or (iii) the Coffeyville
Refinery be sold pursuant to this clause (e);
(f) the Company and its Subsidiaries may lease (as lessee) or license (as licensee) real or
personal property (so long as any such lease or license does not create a Capitalized Lease
Obligation except to the extent permitted by Section 10.04(d));
(g) the Company and its Subsidiaries may sell or discount, in each case without recourse and
in the ordinary course of business, accounts receivable arising in the ordinary course of business,
but only in connection with the compromise or collection thereof and not as part of any financing
transaction;
(h) the Company and its Subsidiaries may grant licenses, sublicenses, leases or subleases to
other Persons not materially interfering with the conduct of the business of the Company or any of
its Subsidiaries, in each case so long as no such grant otherwise affects the Collateral Agents
security interest in the asset or property subject thereto;
(i) the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company may convey, sell or otherwise transfer all
or any part of its business, properties and assets to any Qualified Credit Party (except that
Qualified Credit Parties that are not Fertilizer Entities may not transfer assets to Qualified
Credit Parties that are Fertilizer Entities other than in the ordinary course of business and on a
basis consistent with past practices), so long as any security interests granted to the Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Security Documents in the assets so
transferred shall remain in full force and effect and perfected (to at least the same extent as in
effect immediately prior to such transfer) and all actions required to maintain said perfected
status have been taken;
(j) any Subsidiary of the Company may merge or consolidate with and into, or be dissolved or
liquidated into, any Qualified Credit Party (except that (x) ABL Priority Collateral may only be
transferred among Borrowers and (y) Fertilizer Entities may only merge and consolidate with, or be
dissolved or liquidated into, other Fertilizer Entities), so long as (i) in the case of any such
merger, consolidation, dissolution or liquidation involving the Company, the Company is the
surviving or continuing entity of any such merger, consolidation, dissolution or liquidation, (ii)
in the case of any such
merger, consolidation, dissolution or liquidation involving another Borrower, such Borrower is
the surviving or continuing entity of any such merger, consolidation, dissolution or liquidation,
(iii) in all other cases, a Qualified Credit Party is the surviving or continuing corporation of
any such merger, consolidation, dissolution or liquidation, and (iv) any security interests granted
to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Security Documents
in the assets of such Subsidiary shall remain in full force and effect and perfected (to at least
the same extent as in effect immediately prior to such merger, consolidation, dissolution or
liquidation) and all actions required to maintain said perfected status have been taken;
(k) any Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Credit Party may merge or consolidate with
and into, or be dissolved or liquidated into, any other Subsidiary of the Company that is not a
Credit Party, so long as (i) in the case of any such merger, consolidation, dissolution or
liquidation involving a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company, a Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the
Company is the surviving or continuing entity of any such merger, consolidation, dissolution or
liquidation, and (ii) to the extent that the Collateral Agent has a pledge of the Equity Interests
of either of the Subsidiaries subject to such transaction pursuant to the Pledge and Security
Agreement, such pledge shall continue in the Equity Interests of the surviving or continuing entity
of any such merger, consolidation, dissolution or liquidation and all actions required to maintain
said pledge have been taken;
(l) Permitted Acquisitions may be consummated in accordance with the requirements of
Section 9.13;
(m) the Holding Companies and their respective Subsidiaries may liquidate or otherwise
dispose of Cash Equivalents in the ordinary course of business, in each case for cash at Fair
Market Value;
(n) subject to Section 10.14, the Permitted Fertilizer Event may be consummated;
(o) following the Permitted Fertilizer Event, the Company may from time to time sell common
units or other Equity Interests which it owns in the MLP;
(p) (i) the Company and any of its Subsidiaries may acquire CVR GP or any Equity Interests
thereof in connection with the Permitted Fertilizer Event so long as the aggregate consideration
for such purchase does not exceed $26,100,000 and (ii) the Company and CVR Special GP may exchange
the special units that they hold in the MLP for common units and/or other Equity Interests in the
MLP so long as no cash or other asset consideration is given in connection therewith; and
(q) the Company and its Subsidiaries may engage in Sale Leasebacks (other than in respect of
ABL Priority Collateral) so long as (i) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result
therefrom, (ii) each such Sale Leaseback is in an arms-length transaction and the Company or the
respective Subsidiary receives at least Fair Market Value, (iii) the consideration received by the
Company or such Subsidiary consists of at least 75% cash and is paid at the time of the closing of
such Sale Leaseback and (iv) the aggregate amount the cash and non-cash proceeds received from all
Sale Leasebacks pursuant to this clause (q) shall not exceed $20,000,000.
To the extent the Required Lenders waive the provisions of this Section 10.02 with respect
to the sale of any Collateral, or any Collateral is sold as permitted by this Section 10.02
(other than to any Holding Company or a Subsidiary thereof), such Collateral shall be sold free and
clear of the Liens created by the Security Documents, and the Administrative Agent and the
Collateral Agent shall be authorized to take any actions deemed appropriate in order to effect
and/or evidence the foregoing.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this Section 10.02 or
elsewhere in this Agreement, the Holding Companies and any of their respective Subsidiaries shall
not be permitted to sell or transfer the Equity Interests of, or all or substantially all of the
assets of, any Borrower, unless all Obligations owing by such Borrower have been paid in full in
cash or such Obligations shall have been assumed by the other Borrowers pursuant to an agreement in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent.
10.03. Dividends. Each Holding Company will not, and will not permit any of their
respective Subsidiaries to, authorize, declare or pay any Dividends with respect to any Holding
Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, except that:
(a) (i) any Subsidiary of the Company may pay cash Dividends to the Company or to any
Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company and (ii) any Holding Company may pay cash Dividends to any
other Holding Company;
(b) any Non-Wholly-Owned Subsidiary of the Company may pay cash Dividends to its
shareholders, members or partners generally, so long as the Company or its respective Subsidiary
which owns the Equity Interest in the Subsidiary paying such Dividends receives at least its
proportionate share thereof (based upon its relative holding of the Equity Interest in the
Subsidiary paying such
Dividends and taking into account the relative preferences, if any, of the various classes of
Equity Interests of such Subsidiary);
(c) the Company may pay cash Dividends to any Holding Company (and such Holding Company may
pay cash Dividends to Parent), so long as the proceeds thereof are promptly used by such Holding
Company (or Parent) to pay legal, accounting and reporting expenses in the ordinary course of
business, reasonable and customary general administrative costs and expenses and to pay reasonable
and customary directors fees and expenses in the ordinary course of business and directly related
to the Holding Companies (or Parents) ownership of the Company and its Subsidiaries and fees and
expenses related to any equity or debt offering or acquisition;
(d) the Company may pay cash Dividends to any Holding Company (and such Holding Company may
pay cash Dividends to Parent) at the times and in the amounts necessary to enable such Holding
Company (or Parent) to pay its tax obligations; provided that (x) the amount of cash
Dividends paid pursuant to this clause (d) to enable such Holding Company (or Parent) to pay
Federal and state income taxes at any time shall not exceed the lesser of (i) the amount of such
Federal and state income taxes actually owing by such Holding
Company at such time for the respective period based on the results of operations of the Company
and its Subsidiaries and (ii) to the extent that any portion of such cash Dividend is to be paid to
Parent for its tax obligations, the amount of such Federal and state income taxes actually owing by
Parent at such time for the respective period and (y) any refunds received by such Holding Company
(or Parent) shall promptly be returned by such Holding Company (or Parent) to the Company;
(e) the Company may pay cash Dividends to any Holding Company (and such Holding Company may
pay cash Dividends to Parent) in an aggregate amount for all such Dividends (together with the
aggregate amount of all Intercompany Loans made pursuant to Section 10.05(h) for such
purpose) not to exceed the sum of (I) $10,000,000 in any Fiscal Year of the Company plus (II) the
cash proceeds of key man life insurance policies received after the Effective Date to the extent
utilized for the purposes described in this clause (e), in each case for the purpose of (i)
enabling such Holding Company (or Parent) to redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire for value, and
such Holding Company may redeem, repurchase or otherwise acquire for value (and such Holding
Company may pay a cash Dividend to Parent for the purpose of enabling Parent to redeem, repurchase
or otherwise acquire for value), outstanding shares of capital stock of such Holding Company (or
Parent) (or options or warrants to purchase capital stock of such Holding Company (or Parent))
following the death, disability or termination of employment of officers, directors or employees of
any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries and (ii) such Holding Company to make
payments on Shareholder Subordinated Notes theretofore issued as permitted by this Section
10.03(e), provided that (x) the only consideration paid by such Holding Company in
respect of such redemptions, purchases or other payments shall be cash and Shareholder Subordinated
Notes, and (y) at the time of any cash Dividend, purchase or payment permitted to be made pursuant
to this Section 10.03(e), including any cash payment made under a Shareholder Subordinated
Note, no Default or Event of Default shall then exist or result therefrom;
(f) each Holding Company may pay regularly scheduled Dividends on its Preferred Equity
pursuant to the terms thereof solely through the issuance of additional shares of such Preferred
Equity (but not in cash), provided that in lieu of issuing additional shares of such
Preferred Equity as Dividends, such Holding Company may increase the liquidation preference of the
shares of Preferred Equity in respect of which such Dividends have accrued;
(g) any Holding Company may pay Dividends in exchange for, or out of the cash proceeds of
the substantially concurrent sale for cash of, Equity Interests of any Holding Company or any
direct or indirect parent of any Holding Company (other than Equity Interests sold to another
Holding Company, the Company or a Subsidiary or an Unrestricted Subsidiary of the Company or to an
employee stock ownership plan or any trust established by Company, any Holding Company or any
Subsidiary or Unrestricted Subsidiary thereof);
(h) the Company and each Holding Company may pay additional cash Dividends so long as the
Payment Conditions are satisfied both before and after giving effect to the payment of such
Dividends;
(i) so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom, the
Company may pay cash Dividends to one or more of the Holding Companies in an aggregate amount for
all such Dividends not to exceed $20,000,000 in any Fiscal Year of the Company (and such Holding
Companies may pay cash Dividends to Parent) to the extent necessary to permit Parent to make
regularly scheduled payments of interest (and solely to make such payments as and when due) under
any Indebtedness issued by Parent;
(j) the Company and each Holding Company may pay Dividends within 60 days after the date of
declaration thereof if at said date of declaration such Dividend would have complied with the
provisions of this Section 10.03; and
(k) any Holding Company may repurchase its Equity Interests that may be deemed to occur (i)
upon the exercise of options or warrants if such Equity Interests represent all or a portion of the
exercise price thereof and (ii) in connection with the withholding of a portion of the Equity
Interests granted or awarded to a director or an employee to pay for the taxes payable by such
director or employee upon such grant or award shall be permitted so long as in any such case, no
cash is paid by any Holding Company or Subsidiary thereof in respect of the repurchase of any such
Equity Interests.
10.04. Indebtedness. Each Holding Company will not, and will not permit any of
their respective Subsidiaries to, contract, create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any
Indebtedness, except:
(a) Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this Agreement and the other Credit Documents;
(b) Existing Indebtedness outstanding on the Effective Date and listed on Schedule
8.21, plus subsequent extensions, renewals or refinancings thereof; provided that the
aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness to be extended, renewed or refinanced does not
increase from that amount outstanding at the time of any such extension, renewal or refinancing
and, provided further, that any Intercompany Debt listed on Schedule 8.21
(and subsequent extensions,
refinancings, renewals, replacements and refundings thereof shall be subject to the requirements of
Section 10.05(h);
(c) Indebtedness (i) of the Company under Interest Rate Protection Agreements entered into
with respect to other Indebtedness permitted under this Section 10.04 and (ii) of the
Company and its Subsidiaries under Other Hedging Agreements entered into in the ordinary course of
business and providing protection to the Company and its Subsidiaries against fluctuations in
currency values or commodity prices in connection with the Companys or any of its Subsidiaries
operations, in either case so long as the entering into of such Interest Rate Protection Agreements
or Other Hedging Agreements are bona fide hedging activities and are not for speculative purposes;
(d) (x) Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries evidenced by Capitalized Lease
Obligations and purchase money Indebtedness described in Sections 10.01(f) and (g)
and (y) Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of any obligations under
Synthetic Leases; provided that in no event shall the sum of the aggregate principal amount
of all such Indebtedness permitted by this clause (d) exceed the greater of (i) 2.0% of
Consolidated Total Assets at the time of incurrence of such Indebtedness and (ii) $30,000,000 at
any time outstanding;
(e) Indebtedness constituting Intercompany Loans to the extent permitted by Sections
10.05(h);
(f) Indebtedness consisting of unsecured guaranties by the Qualified Credit Parties of each
others Indebtedness and lease and other contractual obligations permitted under this Agreement;
(g) Indebtedness of a Subsidiary of the Company acquired pursuant to a Permitted Acquisition
(or Indebtedness assumed at the time of a Permitted Acquisition of an asset securing such
Indebtedness), plus subsequent extensions, renewals or refinancings thereof; provided that
the aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness to be extended, renewed or refinanced does not
increase from that amount outstanding at the time of any such extension, renewal or refinancing;
provided, further, that (i) such Indebtedness was not incurred in connection with, or in
anticipation or contemplation of, such Permitted Acquisition and (ii) the aggregate principal
amount of all Indebtedness permitted by this clause (g) shall not exceed, unless the Qualified Debt
Conditions are satisfied at the time that any Indebtedness is incurred, extended, renewed or
refinanced pursuant to this clause (g), $25,000,000 at any one time outstanding;
(h) Indebtedness arising from the honoring by a bank or other financial institution of a
check, draft or similar instrument drawn against insufficient funds in the ordinary course of
business, so long as such Indebtedness is extinguished within four Business Days of the incurrence
thereof;
(i) Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries with respect to performance bonds,
surety bonds, appeal bonds or customs bonds required in the ordinary course of business or in
connection with the enforcement of rights or claims of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or in
connection with judgments that do not result in a Default or an Event of Default;
(j) Indebtedness of any Holding Company under Shareholder Subordinated Notes so long as the
aggregate principal amount of all such Shareholder Subordinated Notes does not exceed $5,000,000 at
any time outstanding;
(k) Indebtedness owed to any Person providing property, casualty, liability or other
insurance to the Company or any of its Subsidiaries, so long as the amount of such Indebtedness is
not in excess of the amount of the unpaid cost of, and shall be incurred only to defer the cost of
such insurance for the period in which such Indebtedness is incurred and such Indebtedness is
outstanding only for a period not exceeding twelve months;
(l) Indebtedness of the Company or any of its Subsidiaries which may be deemed to exist in
connection with agreements providing for indemnification, purchase price adjustments and similar
obligations in connection with the acquisition or disposition of assets in accordance with the
requirements of this Agreement, so long as any such obligations are those of the Person making the
respective acquisition or sale, and are not guaranteed by any other Person except as permitted by
Section 10.04(f);
(m) Indebtedness of the Company, the other Borrowers and the Guarantors under (x) the First
Lien Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $247,500,000 (as reduced by any
repayments or prepayments of principal thereof made on or after the Effective Date) and (y) the
Refinancing First Lien Notes (as reduced by any repayments or prepayments of principal thereof made
after the incurrence thereof);
(n) Indebtedness of the Company, the other Borrowers and the Guarantors under (x) the Second
Lien Notes in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $225,000,000 (as reduced by any
repayments or prepayments of principal thereof made on or after the Effective Date) and (y) the
Refinancing Second Lien Notes (as reduced by any repayments or prepayments of principal thereof
made after the incurrence thereof);
(o) so long as the Qualified Debt Conditions are satisfied at the time of the incurrence
thereof, Indebtedness of the Company the proceeds of which are concurrently used to finance a
Permitted Acquisition and to pay the fees and expenses related thereto, plus subsequent extensions,
renewals or refinancings thereof; provided that (i) the aggregate principal amount of the
Indebtedness to be extended, renewed or refinanced does not increase from that amount outstanding
at the time of any such extension, renewal or refinancing and (ii) the Qualified Debt Conditions
are satisfied at the time of the subsequent extension, renewal or refinancing;
(p) so long as no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom,
unsecured Indebtedness incurred by the Company and its Subsidiaries, including unsecured
extensions, renewals and refinancings thereof by the Company and its Subsidiaries, in an aggregate
principal amount for all such Indebtedness not to exceed the greater of (i) 3.5% of Consolidated
Total Assets at the time of the incurrence of any such Indebtedness and (ii) $50,000,000 at any
time outstanding; provided, however, if, at the time of any subsequent extension,
renewal or refinancing of any Indebtedness theretofore incurred and outstanding in accordance with
this clause (p), the aggregate principal amount of all Indebtedness that would be outstanding under
this clause (p) would exceed 3.5% of Consolidated Total Assets at such time, then such extended,
renewed or refinanced Indebtedness may be incurred so long as (A) no Default or Event of Default
then exists or would result therefrom, (B) the aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness to be
so extended, renewed or refinanced shall not increase from that aggregate principal amount
outstanding at the time of any such extension, renewal or refinancing and (C) such Indebtedness as
so extended, renewed or refinanced shall not have a final maturity that is earlier than, or a
weighted average life to maturity that is shorter than, the final maturity or remaining weighted
average life to maturity, as applicable, of the Indebtedness to be so extended, renewed or
refinanced;
(q) unsecured Indebtedness incurred by the Company and the other Credit Parties, including
unsecured extensions, renewals and refinancings thereof by the Company and the other Credit
Parties, so long as (i) clauses (i), (ii), (v), (vi) and (vii) of the definition of Qualified Debt
Conditions are satisfied, (ii) the Company shall be in compliance with a Total Leverage Ratio of
not greater than 4.50:1.00 for the Test Period then most recently ended on a Pro Forma Basis as if
such incurrence of Indebtedness had occurred on the first day of (and had remained outstanding
throughout) such Test Period and (iii) prior to the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness,
the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer
of the Company certifying as to compliance with preceding clauses (i) and (ii) and demonstrating
(in reasonable detail) the calculations required by preceding clause (ii); provided,
however, if, at the time of any subsequent extension, renewal or refinancing of any
Indebtedness theretofore incurred and outstanding in accordance with this clause (q), the aggregate
principal amount of all Indebtedness that would be outstanding under this clause (q) would cause
the Total Leverage Ratio for the respective Test Period to exceed 4.50:1.00, then such extended,
renewed or refinanced Indebtedness may be incurred so long as (A) the other conditions set forth
above in this clause (q) are satisfied at such time, (B) the aggregate principal amount of the
Indebtedness to be so extended, renewed or refinanced shall not increase from that aggregate
principal amount outstanding at the time of any such extension, renewal or refinancing and (C) such
Indebtedness as so extended, renewed or refinanced shall not have a final maturity that is earlier
than, or a weighted average life to maturity that is shorter than, the final maturity or remaining
weighted average life to maturity, as applicable, of the Indebtedness to be so extended, renewed or
refinanced;
(r) additional Indebtedness (including, for this purpose, the aggregate principal amount of
outstanding Refinery Revenue Bonds) incurred by the Company and the other Credit Parties, including
extensions, renewals and refinancings thereof by the Company and the other Credit Parties, so long
as (i) the Qualified Debt Conditions are satisfied, (ii) the aggregate principal amount of all
Indebtedness incurred pursuant to this clause (r) shall not exceed at any time outstanding the
greater of (x) $450,000,000 and (y) that amount of Indebtedness that may be incurred by the Company
at such time such that the Total Leverage Ratio shall not exceed (A) at any time prior to April 1,
2012, 2.00:1.00 or (B) at any time from and after April 1, 2012, 1.75:1.00, in either case for the
Test Period then most recently ended on a Pro Forma Basis as if such incurrence of Indebtedness had
occurred on the first day of (and had remained outstanding throughout) such Test Period and (iii)
prior to the date of the incurrence of such Indebtedness, the Company shall have delivered to the
Administrative Agent a certificate of an Authorized Officer of the
Company certifying as to compliance with preceding clauses (i) and (ii) and demonstrating (in
reasonable detail) the calculations required by preceding clause (ii); provided,
however, if, at the time of any subsequent extension, renewal or refinancing of any
Indebtedness theretofore incurred and outstanding in accordance with this clause (r), the aggregate
principal amount of all Indebtedness that would be outstanding under this clause (r) would cause
the Total Leverage Ratio for the respective Test Period to exceed 2.00:1.00 (if prior to April 1,
2012) or 1.75:1.00 (if from and after April 1, 2012), as applicable, then such extended, renewed or
refinanced Indebtedness may be incurred so long as (A) the other conditions set forth above in this
clause (r) are satisfied at such time, (B) the aggregate principal amount of the Indebtedness to be
so extended, renewed or refinanced shall not increase from that aggregate principal amount
outstanding at the time of any such extension, renewal or refinancing and (C) such Indebtedness as
so extended, renewed or refinanced shall not have a final maturity that is earlier than, or a
weighted average life to maturity that is shorter than, the final maturity or remaining weighted
average life to maturity, as applicable, of the Indebtedness to be so extended, renewed or
refinanced;
(s) Indebtedness of the Company or any Subsidiary of the Company consisting of take-or-pay
obligations contained in supply arrangements incurred in the ordinary course of business and on a
basis consistent with past practice;
(t) unsecured guarantees incurred by the Company and its Subsidiaries in the ordinary course
of business in respect of obligations of suppliers, customers, franchisees, lessors and licensees
of the Company and its Subsidiaries that, in each case, are non-Affiliates of any Holding Company
or Subsidiary thereof;
(u) Capitalized Lease Obligations incurred by the Company and its Subsidiaries in connection
with any Sale and Leaseback Transaction permitted under Section 10.02(q) in an aggregate
amount not to exceed $20,000,000; and
(v) Indebtedness of the Company and its Subsidiaries in respect of letters of credit issued
to support crude oil purchases (other than Letters of Credit) in an aggregate amount (including
unpaid drawings in respect thereof) not to exceed $50,000,000 at any time outstanding.
10.05. Advances, Investments and Loans. Each Holding Company will not, and will not
permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly, lend money or credit or
make advances to any Person, or purchase or acquire any stock, obligations or securities of, or any
other Equity Interest in, or make any capital contribution to, any other Person, or purchase or own
a futures contract or otherwise become liable for the purchase or sale of currency or other
commodities at a future date in the nature of a futures contract, or hold any cash or Cash
Equivalents (each of the foregoing an Investment and, collectively,
Investments), except that the following shall be permitted:
(a) the Company and its Subsidiaries may acquire and hold accounts receivables owing to any
of them, if created or acquired in the ordinary course of business and payable or dischargeable in
accordance with customary trade terms of the Company or such Subsidiary;
(b) the Holding Companies and their respective Subsidiaries may acquire and hold cash and
Cash Equivalents;
(c) the Holding Companies and their respective Subsidiaries may hold the Investments held by
them on the Effective Date and described on Schedule 10.05; provided that any
additional Investments made with respect thereto shall be permitted only if permitted under the
other provisions of this Section 10.05;
(d) the Company and its Subsidiaries may acquire and own investments (including debt
obligations) received in connection with the bankruptcy or reorganization of suppliers and
customers and in good faith settlement of delinquent obligations of, and other disputes with,
customers and suppliers arising in the ordinary course of business;
(e) the Company and its Subsidiaries may make loans and advances to their officers,
directors and employees for moving, relocation and travel expenses and other similar expenditures,
in each case in the ordinary course of business in an aggregate amount not to exceed $5,000,000 at
any time (determined without regard to any write-downs or write-offs of such loans and advances);
(f) the Holding Companies and their respective Subsidiaries may acquire and hold obligations
of their officers and employees in connection with such officers and employees acquisition of
shares of any Holding Company Common Stock (so long as no cash is actually advanced by any Holding
Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries in connection with the acquisition of such
obligations);
(g) the Company and its Subsidiaries may enter into Interest Rate Protection Agreements and
Other Hedging Agreements to the extent permitted by Section 10.04(c);
(h) (i) any Credit Party may make cash intercompany loans and advances to any other Credit
Party (other than any Holding Company), (ii) any Subsidiary of the Company which is not a Credit
Party may make cash intercompany loans and advances to any Credit Party or any other Subsidiary
which is not a Credit Party, (iii) any Credit Party may make cash intercompany loans and advances
to any Subsidiary which is not a Credit Party, (iv) any Holding Company may make cash intercompany
loans and advances to any other Holding Company and (v) in lieu of paying Dividends pursuant to
Sections 10.03(c), (d) and (e), any Qualified Credit Party may make
intercompany loans and advances to any Holding Company (and any Holding Company may make
intercompany loans and advances to Parent) for the purposes of, and subject to the same terms,
conditions and limitations contained in, such Sections 10.03(c), (d) and
(e) (such intercompany loans and advances referred to in preceding clauses (i) through (v),
collectively, the Intercompany Loans); provided, that (A) the Intercompany Loans
made pursuant to preceding subclause (iii) of this clause (h) shall not exceed, when added to the
aggregate amount of Investments made pursuant to Section 10.05(i)(iv), $15,000,000 in the
aggregate at any time outstanding (determined without regard to any write-offs or write-downs
thereof) and may not be made at any time during the existence of a Default or an Event of Default,
(B) each Intercompany Loan shall be evidenced by an Intercompany Note, (C) each such
Intercompany Note owned or held by a Credit Party shall be pledged to the Collateral Agent pursuant
to the Pledge Agreement, (D) each Intercompany Loan made to a Credit Party shall be subject to the
subordination provisions attached as an Annex to the respective Intercompany Note and (E) any
Intercompany Loans made to any Credit Party or other Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to this
clause (h) shall cease to be permitted by this clause (h) if such Credit Party or other Subsidiary
of the Company ceases to constitute a Credit Party or a Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may
be;
(i) (i) any Holding Company may make cash capital contributions to any other Holding Company
or to the Company, (ii) the Qualified Credit Parties may make cash capital contributions to, or
acquire Equity Interests of, any other Qualified Credit Party (other than the Company), (iii) any
Subsidiary of the Company that is not a Credit Party may make cash capital contributions to, or
acquire Equity Interests of, other Subsidiaries of the Company that are not Credit Parties and (iv)
any Qualified Credit Party may make cash capital contributions to, or acquire Equity Interests of,
any Subsidiary that is not a Credit Party; provided that (A) the aggregate amount of any
contributions to, or acquisition of the Equity Interests of, Subsidiaries of the Company that are
not Credit Parties by Qualified Credit Parties, when added to the aggregate amount of outstanding
Intercompany Loans under Section 10.05(h)(iii), shall not exceed $15,000,000 (determined
without regard to any write-offs or write-downs thereof) and may not be made at any time during the
existence of a Default or an Event of Default, (B) any security interest granted to the Collateral
Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the Security Documents in any assets so
contributed shall remain in full force and effect and perfected (to at least the same extent as in
effect immediately prior to such contribution) and all actions required to maintain said perfected
status have been taken and (C) any Investment made in or to any Qualified Credit Party or any other
Subsidiary of the Company pursuant to this clause (i) shall cease to be permitted hereunder if such
Qualified Credit Party or other Subsidiary of the Company ceases to constitute a Qualified Credit
Party or a Subsidiary of the Company, as the case may be;
(j) the Holding Companies and their respective Subsidiaries may own the Equity Interests of
their respective Subsidiaries created or acquired in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
(so long as all amounts invested in such Subsidiaries are independently justified under another
provision of this Section 10.05);
(k) guarantees permitted hereunder to the extent constituting Investments;
(l) (i) Permitted Acquisitions shall be permitted in accordance with the requirements of
Section 9.13 and (ii) Investments then held by any Person acquired in a Permitted
Acquisition to the extent that such Investments were not made in contemplation of or in connection
with such Permitted Acquisition;
(m) the Company and its Subsidiaries may receive and hold promissory notes and other
non-cash consideration received in connection with any asset sale permitted by Sections
10.02(e) and (q);
(n) the Company and its Subsidiaries may make advances in the form of a prepayment of
expenses to vendors, suppliers and trade creditors consistent with their past practices, so long as
such expenses were incurred in the ordinary course of business of the Company or such Subsidiary;
(o) the Company and its Subsidiaries may acquire and hold Investment Grade Securities;
(p) the Company and/or its Subsidiaries may (i) effect the purchase set forth, and in
accordance with the terms of, Section 10.02(p) and (ii) continue to hold Investments
received by them from the Permitted Fertilizer Event, including common units and other Equity
Interests which the Company and its Subsidiaries will receive in the MLP;
(q) the Company and its Subsidiaries may make Investments to the extent acquired in exchange
for the issuance of Equity Interests of any Holding Company, Parent or any direct or indirect
parent of any Holding Company;
(r) the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Investments consisting of the
licensing or contribution of intellectual property pursuant to joint marketing arrangements with
other Persons;
(s) the Company and its Restricted Subsidiaries may make Capital Expenditures consisting of
purchases and acquisitions of inventory, supplies, material or equipment in the ordinary course of
business;
(t) the Company and its Subsidiaries may make other Investments in any Person having an
aggregate Fair Market Value (measured on the date such Investment was made and without giving
effect to subsequent changes in value), when taken together with all other Investments made
pursuant to this clause (t) since the Effective Date, not to exceed $25,000,000; and
(u) so long as the Payment Conditions are satisfied both before and after giving effect to
such Investments, the Company and its Subsidiaries may make additional Investments not otherwise
permitted under this Section 10.05.
10.06. Transactions with Affiliates. Each Holding Company will not, and will not
permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, enter into any transaction or series of related
transactions with any Affiliate of any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries,
other than in the ordinary course of business and on terms and conditions substantially as
favorable to such Holding Company or such Subsidiary as would reasonably be obtained by such
Holding Company or such Subsidiary at that time in a comparable arms-length transaction with a
Person other than an Affiliate, except that the following in any event shall be permitted:
(a) Dividends may be paid to the extent provided in Section 10.03;
(b) loans may be made and other transactions may be entered into by the Holding Companies
and their respective Subsidiaries to the extent permitted by Sections 10.02, 10.04
and/or 10.05;
(c) customary fees, indemnities and reimbursements may be paid to non-officer directors of
the Holding Companies and their respective Subsidiaries;
(d) each of the Holding Companies may issue shares of its Equity Interests otherwise
permitted to be issued hereunder;
(e) the Holding Companies and their respective Subsidiaries may enter into, and may make
payments under, employment, consulting, service or termination agreements, employee benefits plans,
stock option plans, indemnification provisions and other similar compensatory arrangements with
current, former or future officers, employees and directors of the Holding Companies and their
respective Subsidiaries in the ordinary course of business;
(f) Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries of the Company may pay management fees,
licensing fees and similar fees to the Company;
(g) subject to Section 10.14, the Permitted Fertilizer Event;
(h) any contracts, instruments or other agreements or arrangements in each case as in effect
on the Effective Date as set forth on Schedule 10.06(h), and any transactions pursuant
thereto or in the ordinary course of business, or any amendment, modification or supplement thereto
or any replacement thereof entered into from time to time, so long as such agreement or arrangement
as so amended, modified, supplemented or replaced, taken as a whole, is not more disadvantageous in
any material respect to the Holding Companies and their respective Subsidiaries at the time
executed than the original agreement or agreement as in effect on the Effective Date;
(i) any contracts, agreements or other arrangements solely among Qualified Credit Parties to
the extent that such underlying transactions are otherwise permitted under this Agreement;
(j) any guarantee by Parent or any other direct or indirect parent company of any Holding
Company of Indebtedness of any Holding Company or any of its Subsidiaries otherwise permitted
hereunder so long as (i) no cash or other consideration is given by any Holding Company or any
Subsidiary thereof in exchange for such guarantee and (ii) any rights of subrogation of the Parent
or such other direct or indirect parent company in respect thereto shall be subordinated to the
Obligations on a basis reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and may not be exercised
until all Obligations have been paid in full; and
(k) any transaction between the Borrowers and the Holding Companies, on the one hand, and
MLP and its Subsidiaries, on the other hand, in accordance with the agreements set out in
Schedule 10.06(k) so long as such transactions are not otherwise prohibited by this
Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained above in this Section 10.06, in no event
shall any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries pay any management, consulting or
similar fee to any of their respective Affiliates except as specifically provided in clause (f) of
this Section 10.06.
10.07. Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio. (a) During each Compliance Period, the Company
shall not permit (i) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for the last Test Period ended prior to the
beginning of such Compliance Period for which financial statements are available to be less than
1.00:1.00, (ii) the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio for any Test Period for which financial statements
first become available during such Compliance Period to be less than 1.00:1.00 or (iii) the Fixed
Charge Coverage Ratio for any Test Period ending during such Compliance Period (or before such
Compliance Period and after the Test Period referenced in clause (i) above) to be less than
1.00:1.00. Within three Business Days after the beginning of a Compliance Period, the Company
shall provide to the Administrative Agent a compliance certificate (whether or not a Compliance
Period is in effect on the date such compliance certificate is required to be delivered)
calculating the Fixed Charge
Coverage Ratio for the Test Period for which financial statements are required to be delivered
ended immediately prior to the beginning of such Compliance Period based on the most recent
financial statements required to be delivered pursuant to Section 9.01(a), 9.01(b)
or 9.01(c), as the case may be.
(b) Right to Cure. (A) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
Section 10.07(a), in the event that the Company shall fail to comply with the requirements
of such Section 10.07(a) in respect of any Test Period, until the expiration of the 10th
day subsequent to the due date for delivery of the financial statements and related compliance
certificate for such Test Period pursuant to Section 9.01(a), 9.01(b) or
9.01(c), as the case may be, and Section 9.01(f), the Holding Companies shall have
the right to issue to Parent shares of its Equity Interests permitted to be issued hereunder for
cash or otherwise receive from Parent or any other direct or indirect parent company of any Holding
Company cash common contributions to its capital (which, or the cash proceeds of which, shall be
contributed to the Company). Subject to the limitations set forth in clause (b)(B) below, such
amounts shall be added to Consolidated EBITDA for the last fiscal month of the Company for the
applicable Test Period and then solely for purposes of determining compliance with Section
10.07(a) for such Test Period and any subsequent Test Period which includes such fiscal month
and not for any other purpose under this Agreement (including for calculations testing pro
forma compliance with the financial covenant set forth in Section 10.07(a) (whether
in connection with the Payment Conditions or otherwise) or the Total Leverage Ratio). If after
giving effect to the foregoing recalculation, the Company shall then be in compliance with the
requirements of Section 10.07(a) for the applicable Test Period, then the Company shall be
deemed to have satisfied the requirements of Section 10.07(a) as of the relevant date of
determination with the same effect as though there had been no failure to comply therewith at such
date, and the applicable Event of Default which had occurred as a result of such failure shall be
deemed cured for all purposes of the Credit Documents.
(B) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) in no event shall the Holding
Companies or the Company be entitled to exercise the right described in clause (b)(A) above (x)
more than once in any twelve-month period or (y) more than four times in the aggregate, (ii) any
cash contribution or issuance of stock described in clause (b)(A) above shall be permitted in an
unlimited amount, provided, that the amount added to Consolidated EBITDA for such fiscal
month shall be no greater than the amount required to cause the Company to be in compliance with
Section 10.07(a) for the applicable Test Period and (iii) to the extent that any cash
proceeds received in connection with any exercise of the right described in clause (b)(A) above is
used to repay Indebtedness, such Indebtedness shall not be deemed to have been repaid for purposes
of calculating the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio or the Total Leverage Ratio for the period with
respect to which such compliance certificate applies or any other compliance certificate including
such period or the fiscal month in respect of which Consolidated EBITDA had been so increased
10.08. Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws and Certain Other
Agreements; Limitations on Voluntary Payments, etc. Each Holding Company will not, and will
not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to:
(a) make (or give any notice in respect of) any voluntary or optional payment or prepayment
on or redemption, repurchase or acquisition for value of, or any prepayment or redemption as a
result of any change of control or similar event, asset sale, insurance or condemnation event, debt
issuance, equity issuance, capital contribution or similar required repurchase event of
(including, in each case by way of depositing with the trustee with respect thereto or any other
Person money or securities before due for the purpose of paying when due), any First Lien Note,
Second Lien Note, Refinancing First Lien Note, Refinancing Second Lien Note or Qualified Debt;
provided, however, (v) the Company may deposit proceeds of Notes Priority
Collateral in an Asset Sales Proceeds Account and may redeem outstanding First Lien Notes,
Refinancing First Lien Notes and Qualified Secured Debt (in each case to the extent that any such
Indebtedness has a Lien on the Notes Priority Collateral that is senior to the Lien of the
Obligations on such Notes Priority Collateral) in each case as, and to the extent, required by the
terms of the First Lien Notes Documents, the Refinancing First Lien Notes Documents or the
Qualified Secured Debt Documents, as the case may be, (w) the Company may make any payment or
prepayment on, or redemption or acquisition for value of, any First Lien Notes, Second Lien Notes,
Refinancing First Lien Notes, the Refinancing Second Lien Notes and Qualified Debt not otherwise
permitted under this Section 10.08, so
long as the Payment Conditions are satisfied both before and after giving effect to such
payment, prepayment, redemption or acquisition for value, (x) the Company may refinance all
outstanding First Lien Notes and/or Refinancing First Lien Notes with Refinancing First Lien Notes
or Refinancing Second Lien Notes and/or may refinance all outstanding Second Lien Notes and
Refinancing Second Lien Notes with Refinancing Second Lien Notes, (y) the Company may refinance
outstanding Qualified Debt with other Qualified Debt permitted to be incurred hereunder and (z) the
Company may offer to purchase (and may purchase) First Lien Notes and Second Lien Notes as (and to
the extent) required under the First Lien Notes Documents and the Second Lien Notes Documents, as
applicable (and each as in effect on the Effective Date), in connection with the Permitted
Fertilizer Event and, after the Permitted Fertilizer Event, in the event common units or other
Equity Interests of the MLP are sold or otherwise disposed of;
(b) amend, modify, change or waive any term or provision of any First Lien Notes Document,
any Second Lien Notes Document, any Refinancing First Lien Notes Document, any Refinancing Second
Lien Notes Document or
any Qualified Debt Document, in each in a manner which is (i) adverse to the interests of the
Lenders in any material respect or (ii) otherwise prohibited by the terms of this Agreement or the
Intercreditor Agreement, provided that the First Lien Notes Indenture and the Second Lien
Notes Indenture may be amended to modify the Note Indenture Borrowing Base and certain related
provisions;
(c) amend, modify or change its certificate or articles of incorporation (including by the
filing or modification of any certificate or articles of designation), certificate of formation,
limited liability company agreement or by-laws (or the equivalent organizational documents), as
applicable, or any agreement entered into by it with respect to its capital stock or other Equity
Interests (including any Shareholders Agreement), or enter into any new agreement with respect to
its capital stock or other Equity Interests, unless such amendment, modification, change or other
action contemplated by this clause (c) could not reasonably be expected to be adverse to the
interests of the Lenders in any material respect, except that, in connection with the Permitted
Fertilizer Event, any of the Fertilizer Entities may so amend, modify or change any such
organizational documents and other documents so long as same are not otherwise prohibited by the
terms of this Agreement; or
(d) amend, modify or change any provision of any Tax Sharing Agreement or enter into any new
tax sharing agreement, tax allocation agreement or similar agreement without the prior written
consent of the Administrative Agent (other than, in either case, any Tax Sharing Agreement solely
among the Company and its Subsidiaries); or
(e) on and after the execution and delivery thereof, amend, modify or waive, or permit the
amendment, modification or waiver of, any provision of any Shareholder Subordinated Note; or
(f) make (or give any notice in respect of) any principal or interest payment on, or any
redemption or acquisition for value of, any Shareholder Subordinated Note, except (x) to the extent
permitted by (and subject to the dollar limitations set forth in) Section 10.03(e) or (y)
if the Payment Conditions are satisfied both before and after giving effect to such payment,
redemption or acquisition for value.
10.09. Limitation on Certain Restrictions on Subsidiaries. Each Holding Company
will not, and will not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, directly or indirectly,
create or otherwise cause or suffer to exist or become effective any encumbrance or restriction on
the ability of any such Subsidiary to (a) pay dividends or make any other distributions on its
capital stock or any other Equity Interest or participation in its profits owned by any Holding
Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, or pay any Indebtedness owed to any Holding
Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, (b) make loans or advances to any Holding Company
or any of their respective Subsidiaries or (c) transfer any of its properties or assets to any
Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, except for such encumbrances or
restrictions existing under, by reason of or with respect to (i) applicable law, rule, regulation
or administrative or court order, (ii) this Agreement and the other Credit Documents, (iii) (v) the
First Lien Notes Indenture and the other First Lien Notes Documents, (w) the Second Lien Notes
Indenture and the other Second Lien Notes Documents, (x) the Refinancing First Lien Notes Indenture
and the other Refinancing First Lien Notes Documents (y) the Refinancing Second Lien Notes
Indenture and the other Refinancing Second Lien Notes Documents and (z) the Qualified Debt
Documents with respect to Qualified Debt incurred under Sections 10.04(o), (q) and
(r) so long as the respective restrictions in such Qualified Debt Documents are no more
restrictive in any material respect than the comparable provisions under this Agreement, (iv)
customary provisions restricting transfers, subletting or assignment of any property or asset that
is a lease governing any leasehold interest of any Holding Company or any of their respective
Subsidiaries, (v) customary provisions restricting assignment of any licensing agreement (in which
any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries is the licensee) or other contract
entered into by any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries in the ordinary course
of business, (vi) restrictions on the transfer of any asset pending the close of the sale of such
asset, (vii) restrictions on the transfer of any asset subject to a Lien permitted by Section
10.01(c), (f), (g), (n), (u) or (z), (viii) any
agreement or instrument governing Indebtedness incurred under Section 10.04(g), which
encumbrance or restriction is not applicable to any Person or the properties or assets of any
Person, other than the Person or the properties or assets of the Person acquired pursuant to the
respective
Permitted Acquisition and so long as the respective encumbrances or restrictions were not
created (or made more restrictive) in connection with or in anticipation of the respective
Permitted Acquisition, (ix) customary provisions in joint venture agreements and other similar
agreements applicable to joint ventures permitted hereunder and applicable solely to such joint
venture, (x) restrictions or encumbrances restricting cash or other deposits or net worth imposed
by customers under contracts entered into in the ordinary course of business and (xi) the
Partnership Agreement, so long as such restrictions apply only to the MLP, Subsidiaries of the MLP,
and the Equity Interests of MLP and its Subsidiaries.
10.10. Limitation on Issuance of Equity Interests. (a) Each Holding Company will
not, and will not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to, issue (i) any Preferred Equity or
(ii) any redeemable common stock or other redeemable common Equity Interests other than (x) common
stock or other redeemable common Equity Interests that is or are redeemable at the sole option of
such Holding Company or such Subsidiary, as the case may be, (y) Qualified Preferred Stock of a
Holding Company issued to Parent and (z) for issuances by the Fertilizer Entities in connection
with the Permitted Fertilizer Event.
(b) The Holding Companies will not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to issue any
capital stock or other Equity Interests (including by way of sales of treasury stock) or any
options or warrants to purchase, or securities convertible into, capital stock or other Equity
Interests, except (i) for transfers and replacements of then outstanding shares of capital stock or
other Equity Interests, (ii) for stock splits, stock dividends and other issuances which do not
decrease the percentage ownership of any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries in
any class of the capital stock or other Equity Interests of such Subsidiary, (iii) in the case of
Foreign Subsidiaries of any Holding Company, to qualify directors to the extent required by
applicable law and for other nominal share issuances to Persons other than the Holding Companies
and their respective Subsidiaries to the extent required under applicable law, (iv) for issuances
by Subsidiaries of the Company which are newly created or acquired in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement and (v) for issuances by the Fertilizer Entities in connection with the Permitted
Fertilizer Event.
10.11. Business; etc. (a) Each Holding Company will not, and will not permit any
of their respective Subsidiaries to, engage directly or indirectly in any business other than the
businesses engaged in by the Holding Companies and their respective Subsidiaries as of the
Effective Date and reasonable extensions thereof and businesses ancillary or complimentary thereto.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything else in this Agreement to the contrary, no
Holding Company will engage in any business or own any significant assets or have any material
liabilities other than (i) (x) its ownership of the Equity Interests of any other Holding Company
or the Company and (y) holding cash and Cash Equivalents at any time (together with any investment
income thereon), so long as the same are promptly paid, distributed, contributed and/or on lent to
other Persons as permitted hereunder, (ii) those liabilities which it is responsible for under the
Credit Documents to which it is a party to, provided that each Holding Company may engage
in those activities that are incidental to (x) the maintenance of its existence in compliance with
applicable law and (y) legal, tax and accounting matters in connection with any of the foregoing
activities, (iii) the execution of, and performance under, any Credit Documents, (iv) the issuance
of any Equity Interests and payment of Dividends, in each case to the extent permitted hereunder,
(v) the imposition of Liens permitted under Section 10.01, (vi) opening and maintaining
bank accounts, (vii) other activities of any Holding Company that are expressly contemplated or
permitted in any Credit Document and (viii) the Holding Companies may become obligors or guarantors
under any Indebtedness permitted hereunder issued by the Company, any other Borrower or any
Subsidiary Guarantor, and may engage in the execution, delivery and performance of its obligations
under all security documents and intercreditor agreements permitted hereunder directly related
thereto or necessary in connection therewith, provided that the net proceeds of such Indebtedness
is not retained by such Holding Company.
(c) FinCo may not hold any assets, become liable for any obligations or engage in any
business activities or operations; provided that FinCo may (A) be a co-obligor with respect
to the First Lien Notes and Second Lien Notes or any other Indebtedness permitted to be issued by
the Company or any other Credit Party hereunder, and may engage in any activities directly related
thereto or necessary in connection therewith and (B) engage in those activities that are incidental
to (i) the maintenance of its existence in compliance with applicable law, (ii) legal, tax and
accounting matters in connection with any of the foregoing activities, (iii) the execution of, and
performance under, any Credit Documents, (iv) the issuance of any equity interests and payment of
Dividends, in each case to the extent permitted hereunder, (v) the imposition of Liens permitted to
be issued by it under Section 10.01, (vi) opening and maintaining bank accounts and (vii)
other activities of FinCo that are expressly contemplated or permitted in any Credit Document.
10.12. Limitation on Creation of Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries. (a)
Each Holding Company will not, and will not permit any of their respective Subsidiaries to,
establish, create or acquire after the Effective Date any Subsidiary, provided that the
Company and its Subsidiaries shall be permitted to establish, create and acquire Subsidiaries to
the extent permitted under this Agreement, so long as, in each case, (i) the capital stock or other
Equity Interests of such new Subsidiary are promptly pledged pursuant to (but only to the extent
required by) the Pledge and Security Agreement and the certificates, if any, representing such
stock or other Equity Interests, together with stock or other
appropriate powers duly executed in blank, are delivered to the Collateral Agent (but
otherwise subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement); provided, that no such
pledge shall be required in respect of any of the outstanding capital stock or other Equity
Interests of a Controlled Foreign Corporation in excess of 65% of the total combined voting power
of all classes of capital stock of such Controlled Foreign Corporation entitled to vote, (ii) each
such new Domestic Subsidiary becomes a party to each of the Pledge and Security Agreement, the
Intercreditor Agreement, this Agreement (either as a Subsidiary Guarantor or Borrower as determined
by the Administrative Agent) and, to the extent that such Domestic Subsidiary becomes a Borrower
hereunder (which only shall be permitted if the same is a Wholly-Owned Domestic Subsidiary and the
prior consent of the Administrative Agent is obtained), each Note, in each case by executing and
delivering to the Administrative Agent a counterpart of a Joinder Agreement and (iii) each such new
Domestic Subsidiary, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, takes all actions
required pursuant to Section 9.12. In addition, each new Domestic Subsidiary that is
required to execute any Credit Document shall execute and deliver, or cause to be executed and
delivered, all other relevant documentation (including opinions of counsel) of the type described
in Section 6 as such new Domestic Subsidiary would have had to deliver if such new Domestic
Subsidiary were a Credit Party on the Effective Date.
(b) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Company will
not, and will not permit any of its Subsidiaries to, establish, create or acquire after the
Effective Date any Unrestricted Subsidiary, except to the extent that (i) such establishment,
creation or acquisition constitutes an Investment permitted under Section 10.05(t) or
(u), (ii) such Unrestricted Subsidiary meets all of the requirements of the definition
thereof and (iii) the Equity Interests of such Unrestricted Subsidiary, to the extent owned by a
Credit Party, are promptly pledged pursuant to (but only to the extent required by) the Pledge and
Security Agreement and the certificates, if any, representing such Equity Interests, together with
stock or other appropriate powers duly executed in blank, are delivered to the Collateral Agent.
10.13. No Additional Deposit Accounts; etc. Each of the Holding Companies will not,
and will not permit any other Credit Party to, directly or indirectly, open, maintain or otherwise
have any checking, savings, deposit, securities or other accounts at any bank or other financial
institution where cash, Cash Equivalents or other securities are or may be deposited or maintained
with any Person, other than (a) the Concentration Accounts set forth on Part A of Schedule
10.13, (b) the Collection Accounts set forth on Part B of Schedule 10.13, (c) the
Disbursement Accounts set forth on Part C of Schedule 10.13, (d) the other Deposit Accounts
set forth on Part D of Schedule 10.13, (e) the Securities Accounts set forth on Part E of
Schedule 10.13, and (f) the Excluded Accounts set forth on Part F of Schedule
10.13; provided that the Company or any other Credit Party may open a new Concentration
Account, Collection Account, Disbursement Account, other Deposit Account, Securities Account or
Excluded Account not set forth in such Schedule 10.13, so long as prior to opening any such
account (i) the Company has delivered an updated Schedule 10.13 to the Administrative Agent
listing such new account and (ii) in the case of any new Concentration Account, Collection Account,
Disbursement Account, other Deposit Account (other than an Excluded Account) or Securities Account
(other than an Excluded Account), the financial institution with which such account is opened,
together with the applicable Credit Party which has opened such account and the Collateral Agent
have executed and delivered to the Administrative Agent a Cash Management Control Agreement
reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent.
10.14. Permitted Fertilizer Event. The Borrowers, each Holding Company and each of
their respective Subsidiaries shall be permitted to engage in any transaction constituting a
Permitted Fertilizer Event notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Agreement or any other
Credit Document so long as (at the time of such Permitted Fertilizer Event (and all transactions
related thereto) and immediately after giving effect thereto) each of the following conditions are
satisfied:
(a) no Default or Event of Default then exists or would result therefrom;
(b) Excess Availability on the date of such Permitted Fertilizer Event (calculated after
giving effect to the Borrowing of any Loans or issuance of any Letters of Credit in connection with
such Permitted Fertilizer Event) and Projected Excess Availability shall exceed 20.0% of
Availability;
(c) the Company shall be in compliance with a Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio of not less than
1.15:1.00 for the Test Period then most recently ended on a Pro Forma Basis as if such Permitted
Fertilizer Event had occurred on the first day of such Test Period;
(d) the Company shall have complied with all requirements in the First Lien Notes Documents
and the Second Lien Notes Documents (other than making the offer to purchase First Lien Notes and
Second Lien Notes to the extent that such offer is permitted to be made after the consummation of
the Permitted Fertilizer Event) relating to such disposition, and the Fertilizer Entities (i) shall
have been released (or concurrently with the consummation of the Permitted Fertilizer Event shall
be released) from their obligations in respect of the First Lien Notes and the Second Lien Notes or
(ii) in the case of CVR GP, if not released, shall become a Credit Party hereunder; and
(e) the Company shall have delivered to the Administrative Agent a certificate of an
Authorized Officer of the Company certifying as to compliance with preceding clauses (a) through
(d) and demonstrating (in reasonable detail) the calculations required by preceding clauses (b) and
(c).
SECTION 11. Events of Default.
Upon the occurrence of any of the following specified events (each, an Event of
Default):
11.01. Payments. Any Borrower shall (i) default in the payment when due of any
principal of any Loan or any Note or any Unpaid Drawing, or (ii) default, and such default shall
continue unremedied for three or more Business Days, in the payment when due of any interest on any
Loan, Note or any Unpaid Drawing or any Fees or any other amounts owing hereunder or under any
other Credit Document; or
11.02. Representations, etc. Any representation, warranty or statement made or
deemed made by any Credit Party herein or in any other Credit Document or in any certificate
delivered to the Administrative Agent or any Lender
pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to be untrue in any material respect on the date as of which
made or deemed made (it being understood and agreed that any representation or warranty that is
qualified by materiality, Material Adverse Effect or similar language shall be true and correct
in all respects as of any such date); or
11.03. Covenants. Any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall
(i) default in the due performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement contained
in Section 5.03(d), 9.01(g)(i), 9.01(j)(v), 9.01(p),
9.03(a)(ii), 9.03(b)(i) or (ii), 9.04, 9.11, 9.13
or Section 10, (ii) default in the due performance or observance by it of any term,
covenant or agreement contained in Sections 9.01(j)(iii), (iv) and (vi) and
such default shall continue unremedied for a period of one Business Day, (iii) default in the due
performance or observance by it of any term, covenant or agreement contained in Section
9.01(j)(ii) and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of two Business Days, or
(iv) default in the due performance or observance by it of any other term, covenant or agreement
contained in this Agreement (other than those set forth in Sections 11.01 and
11.02) and such default shall continue unremedied for a period of 30 days after the earlier
of (a) the date on which such default shall first become known to any officer of or any Credit
Party or (b) the date on which written notice thereof is given to the defaulting party by the
Administrative Agent or the Required Lenders; or
11.04. Default Under Other Agreements. (a) Any Holding Company or any of their
respective Subsidiaries shall (i) default in any payment of any Indebtedness (other than the
Obligations) beyond the period of grace, if any, provided in an instrument or agreement under which
such Indebtedness was created or (ii) default in the observance or performance of any agreement or
condition relating to any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) or contained in any instrument
or agreement evidencing, securing or relating thereto, or any other event shall occur or condition
exist, the effect of which default or other event or condition is to cause, or to permit the holder
or holders of such Indebtedness (or a trustee or agent on behalf of such holder or holders) to
cause (determined without regard to whether any notice is required), any such Indebtedness to
become due prior to its stated maturity, or (b) any Indebtedness (other than the Obligations) of
any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall be declared to be (or shall
become) due and payable, or required to be prepaid other than by a regularly scheduled required
prepayment, prior to the stated maturity thereof; provided that it shall not be a Default
or an Event of Default under this Section 11.04 unless the aggregate principal amount of
all Indebtedness as described in preceding clauses (a) and (b) is at least $35,000,000; or
11.05. Bankruptcy, etc. Any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries
shall commence a voluntary case concerning itself under Title 11 of the United States Code entitled
Bankruptcy, as now or hereafter in effect, or any successor thereto (the Bankruptcy
Code); or an involuntary case is commenced against any Holding Company or any of their
respective Subsidiaries, and the petition is not controverted within 10 days, or is not dismissed
within 60 days after the filing thereof, provided, however, that during the
pendency of such period, each Lender shall be relieved of its obligation to extend credit
hereunder; or a custodian (as defined in the Bankruptcy Code) is appointed for, or takes charge of,
all or substantially all of the property of any Holding Company or any of their respective
Subsidiaries, to operate all or any substantial portion of the business of any Holding Company or
any of their respective Subsidiaries, or any Holding Company or any of their respective
Subsidiaries commences any other proceeding under any reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of
debt, relief of debtors, dissolution, insolvency, bankruptcy or liquidation or similar law of any
jurisdiction whether now or hereafter in effect relating to any Holding Company or any of their
respective Subsidiaries (including any Canadian Insolvency Law), or there is commenced against any
Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries any such proceeding which remains
undismissed for a period of 60 days after the filing thereof, or any Holding Company or any of
their respective Subsidiaries is adjudicated insolvent or bankrupt; or any order of relief or other
order approving any such case or proceeding is entered; or a receiver, receiver manager,
administrator, custodian, monitor, trustee or other similar official is appointed for it or for any
substantial portion of its assets; or any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries
makes a general assignment for the benefit of creditors; or any Business action is taken by any
Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries for the purpose of effecting any of the
foregoing; or
11.06. ERISA. (a) One or more ERISA Events shall have occurred:
(b) there is or arises an Unfunded Pension Liability (taking into account only Plans with
positive Unfunded Pension Liability);
(c) any material contribution required to made with respect to a Foreign Pension Plan has
not been timely made; or
(d) there is or arises any potential withdrawal liability under Section 4201 of ERISA, if
any Holding Company, any Subsidiary of any Holding Company or the ERISA Affiliates were to withdraw
completely from any and all Multiemployer Plans;
and the liability of any or all of any Holding Company, any Subsidiary of any Holding Company and
the ERISA Affiliates contemplated by the foregoing clauses (a), (b), (c) and (d), either
individually or in the aggregate, has had, or could be reasonably expected to have, a Material
Adverse Effect; or
11.07. Security Documents. Any of the Security Documents shall cease to be in full
force and effect, or shall cease to give the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured
Parties the Liens, rights, powers and privileges purported to be created thereby (including a
perfected security interest in, and Lien on, all of the Collateral, in favor of the Collateral
Agent, superior to and prior to the rights of all third Persons (except as permitted by Section
10.01), and subject to no other Liens (except as permitted by Section 10.01), or any
Credit Party shall default in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or agreement
on its part to be performed or observed pursuant to any such Security Document and such default
shall continue beyond the period of grace, if any, specifically applicable thereto pursuant to the
terms of such Security Document; or
11.08. Guaranty. The Guaranty or any provision thereof shall cease to be in full
force or effect as to any Guarantor (except as a result of a release of any Guarantor in accordance
with the terms thereof), or any Guarantor or any Person acting for or on behalf of such Guarantor
shall deny or disaffirm such Guarantors obligations under the Guaranty to which it is a party or
any Guarantor shall default in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or agreement
on its part to be performed or observed pursuant to the Guaranty to which it is a party; or
11.09. Judgments. One or more judgments or decrees shall be entered against any
Holding Company or any Subsidiary of any Holding Company involving in the aggregate for the Holding
Companies and their respective Subsidiaries a liability (to the extent not paid or not covered by a
reputable and solvent insurance company) and such judgments and decrees either shall be final and
non-appealable or shall not be vacated, discharged or stayed or bonded pending appeal for any
period of 60 consecutive days, and the aggregate amount of all such judgments equals or exceeds
$35,000,000; or
11.10. Change of Control. A Change of Control shall occur; or
11.11. Intercreditor Agreement. The Intercreditor Agreement or any provision
thereof shall cease to be in full force and effect (except in accordance with its terms), any
Credit Party shall deny or disaffirm its obligations thereunder or any Credit Party shall default
in the due performance or observance of any term, covenant or agreement on its part to be performed
or observed pursuant to the terms thereof,
then, and in any such event, and at any time thereafter, if any Event of Default shall then be
continuing, the Administrative Agent, upon the written request of the Required Lenders, shall by
written notice to the Company, take any or all of the following actions, without prejudice to the
rights of the Administrative Agent, any Lender or the holder of any Note to enforce its claims
against any Credit Party (provided that, if an Event of Default specified in Section
11.05 shall occur with respect to any Borrower, the result which would occur upon the giving of
written notice by the Administrative Agent as specified in clauses (a) and (b) below, shall occur
automatically without the giving of any such notice): (a) declare the Total Revolving Loan
Commitment terminated, whereupon the Revolving Loan Commitment of each Lender shall forthwith
terminate immediately and any Commitment Commission shall forthwith become due and payable without
any other notice of any kind; (b) declare the principal of and any accrued interest in respect of
all Loans and the Notes and all Obligations owing hereunder and thereunder to be, whereupon the
same shall become, forthwith due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or other notice
of any kind, all of which are hereby waived by each Credit Party; (c) terminate any Letter of
Credit which may be terminated in accordance with its terms; (d) direct the Borrowers to pay (and
the Borrowers jointly and severally agree that upon receipt of such notice, or upon the occurrence
of an Event of Default specified in Section 11.05 with respect to any Borrower, they will
pay) to the Collateral Agent at the Payment Office such additional amount of cash or Cash
Equivalents, to be held as security by the Collateral Agent, as is equal to the aggregate Stated
Amount of all Letters of Credit issued for the account of the Company and then outstanding; (e)
enforce, as Collateral Agent, all of the Liens and security interests created pursuant to the
Security Documents; (f) enforce the Guaranty; and (g) apply any cash collateral held by the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 5.02 to the repayment of the Obligations.
SECTION 12. The Agents
12.01. Appointment. The Lenders hereby irrevocably designate and appoint (i)
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as Administrative Agent (for purposes of this Section
12 and Section 13.01, the term Administrative Agent also shall include Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Americas in its capacity as Co-ABL Collateral Agent under this Agreement and as
Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents and the Intercreditor Agreement) and (ii) each
of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC as Co-ABL Collateral Agents, in
each case to act as specified herein and in the other Credit Documents. Each Lender hereby
irrevocably authorizes, and each holder of any Note by the acceptance of such Note shall be deemed
irrevocably to authorize each Agent to take such action on its behalf under the provisions of this
Agreement, the other Credit Documents and any other instruments and agreements referred to herein
or therein and to exercise such powers and to perform such duties hereunder and thereunder as are
specifically delegated to or required of such Agent by the terms hereof and thereof and such other
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto. Each Agent may perform any of its duties hereunder or
under the other Credit Documents by or through its officers, directors, agents, employees or
affiliates.
12.02. Nature of Duties. (a) Each Agent in its capacity as such shall not have any
duties or responsibilities except those expressly set forth in this Agreement and in the other
Credit Documents. No Agent in its capacity as such nor any of its officers, directors, agents,
employees or affiliates shall be liable for any action taken or omitted by it or them hereunder or
under any other Credit Document or in connection herewith or therewith, unless caused by its or
their gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in
a final and non-appealable decision). The duties of each Agent shall be mechanical and
administrative in nature; no Agent shall have by reason of this Agreement or any other Credit
Document a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender or the holder of any Note; and nothing
in this Agreement or in any other Credit Document, expressed or implied, is intended to or shall be
so construed as to impose upon any Agent any obligations in respect of this Agreement or any other
Credit Document except as expressly set forth herein or therein.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement or any provision of any other
Credit Document, each Lead Arranger and the Persons listed on the title page hereof as Syndication
Agent and Co-Documentation Agents are named as such for recognition purposes only, and in its
capacity as such shall have no powers, duties, responsibilities or liabilities with respect to this
Agreement or the other Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby; it
being understood and agreed that each Lead Arranger and each such other Person shall be entitled to
all indemnification and reimbursement rights in favor of the Administrative Agent as, and to the
extent, provided for under Sections 12.06 and 13.01. Without limitation of the
foregoing, neither any Lead Arranger nor any such other Person shall, solely by reason of this
Agreement or any other Credit Document, have any fiduciary relationship in respect of any Lender or
any other Person.
12.03. Lack of Reliance on the Administrative Agent. Independently and without
reliance upon any Agent, each Lender and the holder of each Note, to the extent it deems
appropriate, has made and shall continue to make (a) its own independent investigation of the
financial condition and affairs of the Holding Companies and their respective Subsidiaries in
connection with the making and the continuance of the Loans and the taking or not taking of any
action in connection herewith and (b) its own appraisal of the creditworthiness of the Holding
Companies and their respective Subsidiaries and, except as expressly provided in this Agreement, no
Agent shall have any duty or responsibility, either initially or on a continuing basis, to provide
any Lender or the holder of any Note with any credit or other information with respect thereto,
whether coming into its possession before the making of the Loans or at any time or times
thereafter. No Agent shall be responsible to any Lender or the holder of any Note for any
recitals, statements, information, representations or warranties herein or in any document,
certificate or other writing delivered in connection herewith or for the execution, effectiveness,
genuineness, validity, enforceability, perfection, collectability, priority or sufficiency of this
Agreement or any other Credit Document or the financial condition of any Holding Company or any of
their respective Subsidiaries or be required to make any inquiry concerning either the performance
or observance of any of the terms, provisions or conditions of this Agreement or any other Credit
Document, or the financial condition of any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries
or the existence or possible existence of any Default or Event of Default.
12.04. Certain Rights of the Agents. If any Agent shall request instructions from
the Required Lenders with respect to any act or action (including failure to act) in connection
with this Agreement or any other Credit Document, such Agent shall be entitled to refrain from such
act or taking such action unless and until such Agent shall have received instructions from the
Required Lenders; and no Agent shall incur liability to any Lender by reason of so refraining.
Without limiting the foregoing, neither any Lender nor the holder of any Note shall have any right
of action whatsoever against any Agent as a result of such Agent acting or refraining from acting
hereunder or under any other Credit Document in accordance with the instructions of the Required
Lenders.
12.05. Reliance. Each Agent shall be entitled to rely, and shall be fully protected
in relying, upon any note, writing, resolution, notice, statement, certificate, telex, teletype or
telecopier message, cablegram, radiogram, order or other document or telephone message signed, sent
or made by any Person that such Agent believed to be the proper Person, and, with respect to all
legal matters pertaining to
this Agreement and any other Credit Document and its duties hereunder and thereunder, upon
advice of counsel selected by such Agent.
12.06. Indemnification. To the extent any Agent (or any affiliate thereof) is not
reimbursed and indemnified by the Borrowers, the Lenders will reimburse and indemnify such Agent
(and any affiliate thereof) in proportion to their respective percentage as used in determining
the Required Lenders (determined as if there were no Defaulting Lenders) for and against any and
all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, actions, judgments, costs,
expenses or disbursements of whatsoever kind or nature which may be imposed on, asserted against or
incurred by such Agent (or any affiliate thereof) in performing its duties hereunder or under any
other Credit Document or in any way relating to or arising out of this Agreement or any other
Credit Document; provided that no Lender shall be liable for any portion of such
liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, claims, actions, judgments, suits, costs,
expenses or disbursements resulting from such Agents (or such affiliates) gross negligence or
willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and
non-appealable decision).
12.07. Each Agent in its Individual Capacity. With respect to its obligation to
make Loans, or issue or participate in Letters of Credit, under this Agreement, each Agent shall
have the rights and powers specified herein for a Lender and may exercise the same rights
and powers as though it were not performing the duties specified herein; and the term
Lender, Required Lenders, Supermajority Lenders or any similar terms
shall, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise, include each Agent in its individual
capacity. Each Agent and its affiliates may accept deposits from, lend money to, and generally
engage in any kind of banking, investment banking, trust or other business with, or provide debt
financing, equity capital or other services (including financial advisory services) to any Credit
Party or any Affiliate of any Credit Party (or any Person engaged in a similar business with any
Credit Party or any Affiliate thereof) as if they were not performing the duties specified herein,
and may accept fees and other consideration from any Credit Party or any Affiliate of any Credit
Party for services in connection with this Agreement and otherwise without having to account for
the same to the Lenders.
12.08. Holders. The Administrative Agent may deem and treat the payee of any Note
as the owner thereof for all purposes hereof unless and until a written notice of the assignment,
transfer or endorsement thereof, as the case may be, shall have been filed with the Administrative
Agent. Any request, authority or consent of any Person who, at the time of making such request or
giving such authority or consent, is the holder of any Note shall be conclusive and binding on any
subsequent holder, transferee, assignee or endorsee, as the case may be, of such Note or of any
Note or Notes issued in exchange therefor.
12.09. Resignation by the Administrative Agent or a Co-ABL Collateral Agent. (a)
The Administrative Agent may resign from the performance of all its functions and duties hereunder
and/or under the other Credit Documents at any time by giving 15 Business Days prior written
notice to the Lenders and, unless a Default or an Event of Default under Section 11.05 then
exists, the Company. Any such resignation by the Administrative Agent hereunder shall also
constitute its resignation as an Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender, in which case the
resigning Administrative Agent (x) shall not be required to issue any further Letters of Credit or
make any additional Swingline Loans hereunder and (y) shall maintain all of its rights as Issuing
Lender or Swingline Lender, as the case may be, with respect to any Letters of Credit issued by it,
or Swingline Loans made by it, prior to the date of such resignation. Such resignation shall take
effect upon the appointment of a successor Administrative Agent pursuant to clauses (b) and (c)
below or as otherwise provided below.
(b) Upon any such notice of resignation by the Administrative Agent, the Required Lenders
shall appoint a successor Administrative Agent hereunder or thereunder who shall be a commercial
bank or trust company reasonably acceptable to the Company, which acceptance shall not be
unreasonably withheld or delayed (provided that the Companys approval shall not be
required if an Event of Default then exists).
(c) If a successor Administrative Agent shall not have been so appointed within such 15
Business Day period, the Administrative Agent, with the consent of the Company (which consent shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, provided that the Companys consent shall not be required
if an Event of Default then exists), shall then appoint a successor Administrative Agent who shall
serve as Administrative Agent hereunder or thereunder until such time, if any, as the Required
Lenders appoint a successor Administrative Agent as provided above.
(d) If no successor Administrative Agent has been appointed pursuant to clause (b) or (c)
above by the 20th Business Day after the date such notice of resignation was given by the
Administrative Agent, the Administrative Agents resignation shall become effective and the
Required Lenders shall thereafter perform all the duties of the Administrative Agent hereunder
and/or under any other Credit Document until such time, if any, as the Required Lenders appoint a
successor Administrative Agent as provided above.
(e) Upon a resignation of the Administrative Agent pursuant to this Section 12.09,
the Administrative Agent shall remain indemnified to the extent provided in this Agreement and the
other Credit Documents and the provisions of this Section 12 (and the analogous provisions
of the other Credit
Documents) shall continue in effect for the benefit of the Administrative Agent for all of its
actions and inactions while serving as an Agent hereunder.
(f) Any Co-ABL Collateral Agent may resign at any time upon written notice to the Company,
the Administrative Agent and each Lender and the resignation of such Co-ABL Collateral Agent shall
become effective immediately upon the delivery of such written notice.
(g) Upon any such resignation of a Co-ABL Collateral Agent, at the option of the Company,
the Administrative Agent shall appoint a successor Co-ABL Collateral Agent hereunder who shall be a
Lender hereunder who has agreed to act in such capacity and who shall be reasonably acceptable to
the Company.
(h) Upon a resignation of any Co-ABL Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 12.09(f),
any Co-ABL Collateral Agent shall remain indemnified to the extent provided in this Agreement and
the other Credit Documents and the
provisions of this Section 12 (and the analogous provisions of the other Credit Documents)
shall continue in effect for the benefit of such Co-ABL Collateral Agent for all of its actions and
inactions while serving as such Co-ABL Collateral Agent hereunder and under the other Credit
Documents.
12.10. Collateral Matters. (a) Each Lender authorizes and directs the Collateral
Agent to enter into the Security Documents (which, for purposes of this Section 12, also
shall include all Cash Management Control Agreements, Landlord Personal Property Collateral Access
Agreements, bailee agreements and similar agreements) and the Intercreditor Agreement for the
benefit of the Lenders and the other Secured Parties. Each Lender hereby agrees, and each holder
of any Note by the acceptance thereof will be deemed to agree, that, except as otherwise set forth
herein, any action taken by the Required Lenders in accordance with the provisions of this
Agreement, the Security Documents or the Intercreditor Agreement, and the exercise by the Required
Lenders of the powers set forth herein or therein, together with such other powers as are
reasonably incidental thereto, shall be authorized and binding upon all of the Lenders. The
Collateral Agent is hereby authorized on behalf of all of the Lenders, without the necessity of any
notice to or further consent from any Lender, from time to time prior to an Event of Default, to
take any action with respect to any Collateral or Security Documents which may be necessary to
perfect and maintain perfected the security interest in and liens upon the Collateral granted
pursuant to the Security Documents.
(b) The Lenders hereby authorize the Collateral Agent, at its option and in its discretion,
to release any Lien granted to or held by the Collateral Agent upon any Collateral (i) upon
termination of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment (and all Letters of Credit) and payment and
satisfaction of all of the Obligations (other than inchoate indemnification obligations) at any
time arising under or in respect of this Agreement or the Credit Documents or the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby, (ii) constituting property being sold or otherwise disposed of (to
Persons other than the Company and its Subsidiaries) upon the sale or other disposition thereof in
compliance with Section 10.02, (iii) if approved, authorized or ratified in writing by the
Required Lenders (or all of the Lenders hereunder, to the extent required by Section 13.12)
or (iv) as otherwise may be expressly provided in the relevant Security Documents, the last
sentence of each of Sections 10.01 and 10.02 or in the Intercreditor Agreement.
(c) The Collateral Agent shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Lenders or to any other
Person to assure that the Collateral exists or is owned by any Credit Party or is cared for,
protected or insured or that the Liens granted to the Collateral Agent herein or pursuant hereto
have been properly or sufficiently or lawfully created, perfected, protected or enforced or are
entitled to any particular priority, or to exercise or to continue exercising at all or in any
manner or under any duty of care, disclosure or fidelity any of the rights, authorities and powers
granted or available to the Collateral Agent in this Section 12.10 or in any of the
Security Documents, it being understood and agreed that in respect of the Collateral, or any act,
omission or event related thereto, the Collateral Agent may act in any manner it may deem
appropriate, in its sole discretion, given the Collateral Agents own interest in the Collateral as
one of the Lenders and that the Collateral Agent shall have no duty or liability whatsoever to the
Lenders, except for its gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision).
12.11. Delivery of Information. The Administrative Agent shall not be required to
deliver to any Lender originals or copies of any documents, instruments, notices, communications or
other information received by the Administrative Agent from any Credit Party, any Subsidiary
thereof, the Required Lenders, any Lender or any other Person under or in connection with this
Agreement or any other Credit Document except (a) as specifically provided in this Agreement or any
other Credit Document and (b) as specifically requested from time to time in writing by any Lender
with respect to a specific document, instrument, notice or other written communication received by
and in the possession of the Administrative Agent at the time of receipt of such request and then
only in accordance with such specific request.
12.12. Co-ABL Collateral Agents. If a Co-ABL Collateral Agent proposes an
adjustment or revision to Borrowing Base eligibility standards, advance rates applicable to the
Borrowing Base or Reserves, or makes any other proposal regarding a determination or action which
may be made by the Co-ABL Collateral Agents pursuant to this Agreement or any Credit Document, the
other Co-ABL
Collateral Agents shall respond to such proposal within three Business Days of its receipt of
such written proposal. In the event that the Co-ABL Collateral Agents cannot agree on Borrowing
Base eligibility standards, advance rates applicable to the Borrowing Base or Reserves or any other
action or determination which may be made by the Co-ABL Collateral Agents pursuant to the Agreement
or any Credit Document, the consenting vote of two of the three Co-ABL Collateral Agents shall be
required; provided that if there are only two Co-ABL Collateral Agents at the time of such
determination, the determination shall be made by the individual Co-ABL Collateral Agent either
asserting the more conservative credit judgment, the numerically larger Reserve or declining to
permit the requested action for which consent is being sought by the relevant Borrowers, as
applicable; provided further in the event an issue cannot be resolved by either the more
conservative credit judgment, the numerically larger Reserve or declining to permit a requested
action by the Borrowers (such as the selection or replacement of an appraisal firm), then the
decision of the Administrative Agent shall be final.
SECTION 13. Miscellaneous.
13.01. Payment of Expenses, etc. The Borrowers hereby jointly and severally agree
to: (a) pay all reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses (including Expenses) of the Agents
(including the reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel to the Agents, and expenses in
connection with the appraisals and collateral examinations required pursuant to Section
9.02(b)) in connection with the preparation, execution, delivery and administration of this
Agreement and the other Credit Documents and the documents and instruments referred to herein and
therein and any amendment, waiver or consent relating hereto or thereto, of the Administrative
Agent and its Affiliates in connection with its or their syndication efforts with respect to this
Agreement and of the Administrative Agent, each Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender in
connection with the Back Stop Arrangements entered into by such Persons (provided, that in the case
of legal fees, unless the Company otherwise agrees, the Administrative Agent shall be limited to
reimbursement for the reasonable fees and disbursements of White & Case LLP and one local counsel
in each relevant jurisdiction) and, after the occurrence of an Event of Default, each of the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Issuing Lenders and Lenders in connection with the
enforcement of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents and the documents and instruments
referred to herein and therein or in connection with any refinancing or restructuring of the credit
arrangements provided under this Agreement in the nature of a work-out or pursuant to any
insolvency or bankruptcy proceedings (including, in each case, the reasonable fees and
disbursements of one counsel, one consultant and one local counsel in each relevant jurisdiction,
for the Administrative Agent and, after the occurrence of an Event of Default, one counsel and one
financial advisor for the group of Issuing Lenders and one counsel and one financial advisor for
the group of Lenders and, solely in the case of a conflict of interest as determined by the
affected Person, one additional counsel in each applicable jurisdiction to the affected Person);
(b) pay and hold the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each Co-ABL Collateral Agent,
each of the Issuing Lenders and each of the Lenders harmless from and against any and all present
and future stamp, transfer, sales and use, value added, excise and other similar documentary taxes
with respect to the foregoing matters and save the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each
Co-ABL Collateral Agent, each of the Issuing Lenders and each of the Lenders harmless from and
against any and all liabilities with respect to or resulting from any delay or omission (other than
to the extent attributable to the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Lender or such Lender) to pay
such taxes; and (c) indemnify the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, each Co-ABL
Collateral Agent, each Issuing Lender and each Lender, and each of their respective officers,
directors, employees, representatives, agents, affiliates, trustees and investment advisors (each,
an Indemnified Person) from and hold each of them harmless against any and all
liabilities, obligations (including removal or remedial actions), losses, damages, penalties,
claims, actions, judgments, suits, costs, expenses and disbursements (including reasonable
attorneys and consultants fees and disbursements) incurred by, imposed on or assessed against any
of them as a result of, or arising out of, or in any way related to, or by reason of, (i) any
investigation, litigation or other proceeding (whether or not the Administrative Agent, the
Collateral Agent, any Co-ABL Collateral Agent, any Issuing Lender or any Lender is a party thereto
and whether or not such investigation, litigation or other proceeding is brought by or on behalf of
any Credit Party) related to the entering into and/or performance of this Agreement or any other
Credit Document or the use of any Letter of Credit or the proceeds of any Loans hereunder or the
consummation of the Transaction or any other transactions contemplated herein or in any other
Credit Document or the exercise of any of their rights or remedies provided herein or in the other
Credit Documents, or (ii) the actual or alleged presence of Hazardous Materials in the air, surface
water or groundwater or on the surface or subsurface of any Real Property at any time owned, leased
or operated by any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, the generation,
storage, transportation, handling or disposal of Hazardous Materials by any Holding Company or any
of their respective Subsidiaries at any location, whether or not owned, leased or operated by any
Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, the non-compliance by any Holding Company
or any of their respective Subsidiaries with any Environmental Law (including applicable
Environmental Permits thereunder), or any Environmental Claim asserted against any Holding Company,
any of their respective Subsidiaries or any Real Property at any time owned, leased or operated by
any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries, including, in each case, the
reasonable fees and disbursements of counsel and other consultants incurred in connection with any
such investigation, litigation or other proceeding (but excluding (x) any losses, liabilities,
claims, damages or expenses to the extent incurred by reason of the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of the Indemnified Person to be indemnified (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable
decision), (y) any disputes solely among Indemnified Persons (other than (A) any disputes relating
to any act or omission of any Holding Company or its Affiliates and (B) any claim against the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Co-ABL Collateral Agent, any Lead Arranger or any
Issuing Lender in its capacity or in fulfilling such roles under or pursuant to this Agreement) and
(z) any losses, liabilities, claims, damages or expenses relating to the matters referred to in
Sections 2.10, 2.11, 3.06 and 5.04 (which shall be the sole remedy
in respect of the matters set forth therein)). To the extent that the undertaking to indemnify,
pay or hold harmless the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Co-ABL Collateral Agent,
any Issuing Lender or any Lender set forth in the preceding sentence may be unenforceable because
it is violative of any law or public policy, the Borrowers jointly and severally shall make the
maximum contribution to the payment and satisfaction of each of the indemnified liabilities which
is permissible under applicable law.
To the full extent permitted by applicable law, each Credit Party shall not assert, and hereby
waives, any claim against any Indemnified Person, on any theory of liability, for special,
indirect, consequential or incidental damages (as opposed to direct or actual damages) arising out
of, in connection with, or as a result of, this Agreement, any other Credit Document or any
agreement or instrument contemplated hereby or thereby, the transactions contemplated hereby or
thereby, any Loan, Letter of Credit or the use of the proceeds thereof. No Indemnified Person
shall be liable for any damages arising
from the use by unintended recipients of any information or other materials distributed by it
through telecommunications, electronic or other information transmission systems in connection with
this Agreement or the other Credit Documents or the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby,
except to the extent the liability of such Indemnified Person results from such Indemnified
Persons gross negligence or willful misconduct (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction
in a final and non-appealable decision). In addition, the Borrowers jointly and severally agree to
reimburse the Administrative Agent and each Co-ABL Collateral Agent for all reasonable third party
administrative, audit and monitory expenses incurred in connection with the Borrowing Base and
determinations thereunder.
13.02. Right of Setoff. (a) In addition to any rights now or hereafter granted
under applicable law or otherwise, and not by way of limitation of any such rights, upon the
occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, the Administrative Agent, each
Issuing Lender and each Lender is hereby authorized at any time or from time to time, without
presentment, demand, protest or other notice of any kind to any Credit Party or to any other
Person, any such notice being hereby expressly waived, to set off and to appropriate and apply any
and all deposits (general or special) and any other Indebtedness at any time held or owing by the
Administrative Agent, such Issuing Lender or such Lender (including by branches and agencies of the
Administrative Agent, such Issuing Lender or such Lender wherever located) to or for the credit or
the account of any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries against and on account
of the Obligations and liabilities of the Credit Parties to the Administrative Agent, such Issuing
Lender or such Lender under this Agreement or under any of the other Credit Documents, including
all interests in Obligations purchased by such Lender pursuant to Section 13.04(b), and all
other claims of any nature or description arising out of or connected with this Agreement or any
other Credit Document, irrespective of whether or not the Administrative Agent, such Issuing Lender
or such Lender shall have made any demand hereunder and although said Obligations, liabilities or
claims, or any of them, shall be contingent or unmatured.
(b) NOTWITHSTANDING THE FOREGOING SUBSECTION (a), AT ANY TIME THAT THE LOANS OR ANY OTHER
OBLIGATION SHALL BE SECURED BY REAL PROPERTY LOCATED IN CALIFORNIA, NO LENDER SHALL EXERCISE A
RIGHT OF SETOFF, LIEN OR COUNTERCLAIM OR TAKE ANY COURT OR ADMINISTRATIVE ACTION OR INSTITUTE ANY
PROCEEDING TO ENFORCE ANY PROVISION OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY NOTE UNLESS IT IS TAKEN WITH THE
CONSENT OF THE REQUIRED LENDERS OR APPROVED IN WRITING BY THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT, IF SUCH SETOFF
OR ACTION OR PROCEEDING WOULD OR MIGHT (PURSUANT TO CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE SECTIONS
580a, 580b, 580d AND 726 OF THE CALIFORNIA CODE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE OR SECTION 2924 OF THE
CALIFORNIA CIVIL CODE, IF APPLICABLE, OR OTHERWISE) AFFECT OR IMPAIR THE VALIDITY, PRIORITY OR
ENFORCEABILITY OF THE LIENS GRANTED TO THE COLLATERAL AGENT PURSUANT TO THE SECURITY DOCUMENTS OR
THE ENFORCEABILITY OF THE NOTES AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS HEREUNDER, AND ANY ATTEMPTED EXERCISE BY ANY
LENDER OF ANY SUCH RIGHT WITHOUT OBTAINING SUCH CONSENT OF THE REQUIRED LENDERS OR THE
ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT SHALL BE NULL AND VOID. THIS SUBSECTION (b) SHALL BE SOLELY FOR THE BENEFIT
OF EACH OF THE LENDERS AND THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT HEREUNDER.
13.03. Notices. (a) Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, all notices and
other communications provided for hereunder shall be in writing (including telegraphic, telecopier
or cable communication) and mailed, telegraphed, telecopied, cabled or delivered: if to any Credit
Party, at the address specified opposite its signature below or in the other relevant Credit
Documents; if to any Lender, at its address specified on Schedule 13.03; if to the
Administrative Agent or Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas as Co-ABL Collateral Agent, at the
Notice Office specified for credit notices; if to JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. as Co-ABL Collateral
Agent, 10 South Dearborn, 22nd Floor, Chicago, IL 60603, Attention: Fe Naviamos, Telephone: (312)
732-7519, Telecopier No.: (312) 377-1108, Email: fe.naviamos@chase.com; if to Wells Fargo Capital
Finance, LLC as Co-ABL Collateral Agent, at 2450 Colorado Avenue, Suite 3000 West, Santa Monica, CA
90404, Attention: Paras Shah, Telephone: (310) 453-7368, Telecopier No.: (866) 882-4479, Email:
paras.shah@wellsfargo.com; and if to the
Administrative Agent, at the Notice Office; or, as to any Credit Party or the Administrative
Agent, at such other address as shall be designated by such party in a written notice to the other
parties hereto and, as to each Lender, at such other address as shall be designated by such Lender
in a written notice to the Company and the Administrative Agent. All such notices and
communications shall, when mailed, telegraphed, telecopied, or cabled or sent by overnight courier,
be effective when deposited in the mails, delivered to the telegraph company, cable company or
overnight courier, as the case may be, or sent by telecopier, except that notices and
communications to the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Co-ABL Collateral Agent and
the Company shall not be effective until received by the Administrative Agent, the Collateral
Agent, such Co-ABL Collateral Agent or the Company, as the case may be.
(b) Notices and other communications to the Lenders hereunder may be delivered or furnished
by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by the Administrative Agent;
provided that the foregoing shall not apply to notices pursuant to Section 2 unless
otherwise agreed by the Administrative Agent and the applicable Lender. Each of the Administrative
Agent and each Credit Party may, in its discretion, agree to accept notices and other
communications to it hereunder by electronic communications pursuant to procedures approved by it;
provided that approval of such procedures may be limited to particular notices or
communications.
13.04. Benefit of Agreement; Assignments; Participations. (a) This Agreement shall
be binding upon and inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by the respective successors and
assigns of the parties hereto; provided, however, no Holding Company nor any
Borrower may assign or transfer any of its rights, obligations or interest hereunder without the
prior written consent of the Lenders and, provided further, that, although any Lender may
grant participations to Eligible Transferees in its rights hereunder, such Lender shall remain a
Lender for all purposes hereunder (and may not transfer or assign all or any portion of its
Revolving Loan Commitment hereunder except as provided in Sections 2.13 and
13.04(b)) and the transferee, assignee or participant, as the case may be, shall not
constitute a Lender hereunder and, provided further, that no Lender shall transfer or
grant any participation under which the participant shall have rights to approve any amendment to
or waiver of this Agreement or any other Credit Document except to the extent such amendment or
waiver would (i) extend the final scheduled maturity of any Loan, Note or Letter of Credit (unless
such Letter of Credit is not extended beyond the Revolving Commitment Termination Date) in which
such participant is participating, or reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest or
Fees thereon (except in connection with a waiver of applicability of any post-default increase in
interest rates) or reduce the principal amount thereof (it being understood that any amendment or
modification to the financial definitions in this Agreement or to Section 13.07(a) shall
not constitute a reduction in the rate of interest or Fees payable hereunder), or increase the
amount of the participants participation over the amount thereof then in effect (it being
understood that a waiver of any Default or Event of Default or of a mandatory reduction in the
Total Revolving Loan Commitment shall not constitute a change in the terms of such participation,
and that an increase in any Revolving Loan Commitment (or the available portion thereof) or Loan
shall be permitted without the consent of any participant if the participants participation is not
increased as a result thereof), (ii) consent to the assignment or transfer by any Borrower of any
of its rights and obligations under this Agreement or (iii) release all or substantially all of the
Collateral under all of the Security Documents (except as expressly provided in the Credit
Documents) supporting the Loans or Letters of Credit hereunder in which such participant is
participating. In the case of any such participation, the participant shall not have any rights
under this Agreement or any of the other Credit Documents (the participants rights against such
Lender in respect of such participation to be those set forth in the agreement executed by such
Lender in favor of the participant relating thereto) and all amounts payable by the Borrowers
hereunder shall be determined as if such Lender had not sold such participation; provided,
however, that the Borrowers agree that each participant shall be entitled to the benefits
of Section 5.04 if the Borrowers are notified of the participation sold to such participant
and such participant agrees to comply with the requirements of Section 5.04 to the same
extent as if it were a Lender and had acquired its interest by assignment pursuant to Section
13.04(b) (provided, however, that no participant shall be entitled to receive
any greater payment pursuant to Section 5.04 than the participating Lender would have been
entitled to receive in respect of the amount of the participation transferred by such participating
Lender to such participant had no such participation occurred). Each Lender that sells a
participation pursuant to this Section 13.04(a) shall, acting solely for this purpose as a
non-fiduciary agent of the Borrowers, maintain a register on which it enters the name and address
of each participant and the principal amounts (and stated interest) of each participants interest
in the Loans or other obligations under this Agreement (the Participant Register). The
entries in the Participant Register shall be conclusive and such Lender shall treat each Person
whose name is recorded in the Participant Register as the owner of such participation for all
purposes of this Agreement notwithstanding any notice to the contrary. For the avoidance of doubt,
it is understood and agreed that no Lender shall have any obligation to disclose all or any portion
of the Participant Register to any Person (including the identity of any participant or any
information relating to a participants interest in any Loan or other obligation under this
Agreement) except to the extent that such disclosure is necessary to establish that such Loan or
other obligation is in registered form under Treasury Regulation Section 5f.103-1(c).
(b) Any Lender (or any Lender together with one or more other Lenders) may (x) assign all or
a portion of its Revolving Loan Commitment and related outstanding Obligations (or, if the
Revolving Loan Commitment has terminated, outstanding Obligations) hereunder to (i) (A) its parent
company and/or any affiliate of such Lender which is at least 50% owned by such Lender or its
parent company or (B) to one or more other Lenders or any affiliate of any such other Lender which
is at least 50% owned by such other Lender or its parent company (provided that any fund
that invests in loans and is managed or advised by the same investment advisor of another fund
which is a Lender (or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor) shall be treated as an affiliate
of such other Lender for the purposes of this sub-clause (x)(i)(B)), or (ii) in the case of any Lender that is a fund that invests in loans, any
other fund that invests in loans and is managed or advised by the same investment advisor of any
Lender or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor or (y) assign all, or if less than all, a
portion equal to at least $5,000,000 (or such lesser amount as the Administrative Agent and, so
long as no Event of Default then exists and is continuing, the Company may otherwise agree) in the
aggregate for the assigning Lender or assigning Lenders, of such Revolving Loan Commitments and
related outstanding Obligations (or, if the Revolving Loan Commitments have terminated, outstanding
Obligations) hereunder to one or more Eligible Transferees (treating any fund that invests in loans
and any other fund that invests in loans and is managed or advised by the same investment advisor
of such fund or by an Affiliate of such investment advisor as a single assignor or Eligible
Transferee (as applicable) (if any)), each of which assignees shall become a party to this
Agreement as a Lender by execution of an Assignment and Assumption Agreement, provided,
that no such assignment may be made to any such Person that is, or would at such time constitute, a
Defaulting Lender, provided, further, that (i) at such time, Schedule 1.01(a) shall
be deemed modified to reflect the Revolving Loan Commitments and/or outstanding Revolving Loans, as
the case may be, of such new Lender and of the existing Lenders, (ii) upon the surrender of the
relevant Notes by the assigning Lender (or, upon such assigning Lenders indemnifying the
Borrowers for any lost Note pursuant to a customary indemnification agreement) new Notes will be
issued, at the Borrowers joint and several expense, to such new Lender and to the assigning Lender
upon the request of such new Lender or assigning Lender, such new Notes to be in conformity with
the requirements of Section 2.05 (with appropriate modifications) to the extent needed to
reflect the revised Revolving Loan Commitments and/or outstanding Revolving Loans, as the case may
be, (iii) so long as no Event of Default then exists, the consent of the Company shall be required
in connection with any such assignment pursuant to clause (y) above (such consent, in any case, not
to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), provided that the Company shall be
deemed to have consented to any such assignment unless it shall object thereto by written notice to
the Administrative Agent within ten Business Days after having received notice thereof, (iv) the
consent of the Administrative Agent and each Issuing Lender shall be required in connection with
any such assignment of Revolving Loan Commitments (and related Obligations) (each such consent, in
any case, not to be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned), (v) the Administrative Agent
shall receive at the time of each such assignment, from the assigning or assignee Lender, the
payment of a non-refundable assignment fee of $3,500 (provided that only one such fee shall be
payable in the case of one or more concurrent assignments by or to investment funds managed or
advised by the same investment advisor or an affiliated investment advisor), and (vi) no such
transfer or assignment will be effective until recorded by the Administrative Agent on the Register
pursuant to Section 13.15. To the extent of any assignment pursuant to this Section
13.04(b), the assigning Lender shall be relieved of its obligations hereunder with respect to
its assigned Revolving Loan Commitment and outstanding Revolving Loans. To the extent that an
assignment of all or any portion of a Lenders Revolving Loan Commitment and related outstanding
Obligations pursuant to Section 2.13 or this Section 13.04(b) would, at the time of
such assignment, result in increased costs under Section 2.10, 3.06 or 5.04
from those being charged by the respective assigning Lender prior to such assignment, then the
Borrowers shall not be obligated to pay such increased costs (although the Borrowers, in accordance
with and pursuant to the other provisions of this Agreement, shall be obligated to pay any other
increased costs of the type described above resulting from changes after the date of the respective
assignment).
(c) Nothing in this Agreement shall prevent or prohibit any Lender from pledging its Loans
and Notes hereunder to a Federal Reserve Bank in support of borrowings made by such Lender from
such Federal Reserve Bank, any Lender which is a fund may pledge all or any portion of its Loans
and Notes to its trustee or to a collateral agent providing credit or credit support to such Lender
in support of its obligations to such trustee, such collateral agent or a holder of such
obligations, as the case may be. No pledge pursuant to this clause (c) shall (i) release the
transferor Lender from any of its obligations hereunder or (ii) constitute a sale or assignment
unless and until such pledge shall be realized upon (and any such realization or foreclosure must
comply this Section 13.04(b)).
(d) Any Lender which assigns all of its Revolving Loan Commitment and/or Loans hereunder in
accordance with Section 13.04(b) shall cease to constitute a Lender hereunder, except
with respect to indemnification provisions under this Agreement (including Sections 2.10,
2.11, 3.06, 5.04, 12.06, 13.01 and 13.06), which
shall survive as to such assigning Lender.
13.05. No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative. No failure or delay on the part of the
Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Co-ABL Collateral Agent, any Issuing Lender or any
Lender in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder or under any other Credit Document and
no course of dealing between the Borrower or any other Credit Party and the Administrative Agent,
the Collateral Agent, any Co-ABL Collateral Agent, any Issuing Lender or any Lender shall operate
as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege
hereunder or under any other Credit Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right, power or privilege hereunder or thereunder. The rights, powers and
remedies herein or in any other Credit Document expressly provided are cumulative and not exclusive
of any rights, powers or remedies which the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Co-ABL
Collateral Agent, any Issuing Lender or any Lender would otherwise have. No notice to or demand on
any Credit Party in any case shall entitle any Credit Party to any other or further notice or
demand in similar or other circumstances or constitute a waiver of the rights of the Administrative
Agent, the Collateral Agent, any Co-ABL Collateral Agent, any Issuing Lender or any Lender to any
other or further action in any circumstances without notice or demand.
13.06. Payments Pro Rata. (a) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, the
Administrative Agent agrees that promptly after its receipt of each payment from or on behalf of
any Borrower in respect of any Obligations hereunder, the Administrative Agent shall distribute
such payment to the Lenders entitled thereto (other than any Lender that has consented in writing
to waive its pro rata share of any such payment) pro rata based
upon their respective shares, if any, of the Obligations with respect to which such payment was
received.
(b) Each of the Lenders agrees that, if it should receive any amount hereunder (whether by
voluntary payment, by realization upon security, by the exercise of the right of setoff or bankers
lien, by counterclaim or cross action, by the enforcement of any right under the Credit Documents,
or otherwise), which is applicable to the payment of the principal of, or interest on, the Loans,
Unpaid Drawings, Commitment Commission or Letter of Credit Fees, of a sum which with respect to the
related sum or sums received by other Lenders is in a greater proportion than the total of such
Obligation then owed and due to such Lender bears to the total of such Obligation then owed and due
to all of the Lenders immediately prior to such receipt, then such Lender receiving such excess
payment shall purchase for cash without recourse or warranty from the
other Lenders an interest in the Obligations of the respective Credit Party to such Lenders in such
amount as shall result in a proportional participation by all the Lenders in such amount;
provided that if all or any portion of such excess amount is thereafter recovered from such
Lenders, such purchase shall be rescinded and the purchase price restored to the extent of such
recovery, but without interest.
(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, the provisions of the
preceding Sections 13.06(a) and (b) shall be subject to the express provisions of
this Agreement which require, or permit, differing payments to be made to Non-Defaulting Lenders as
opposed to Defaulting Lenders.
13.07. Calculations; Computations. (a) The financial statements to be furnished to
the Lenders pursuant hereto shall be made and prepared in accordance with GAAP consistently applied
throughout the periods involved (except as set forth in the notes thereto or as otherwise disclosed
in writing by the Company to the Lenders); provided that, (i) except as otherwise
specifically provided herein, all computations and all definitions (including accounting terms)
used in determining the Total Leverage Ratio and the Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio and in determining
compliance with Section 9.13 and Section 10.07, shall utilize GAAP and policies in
conformity with those used to prepare the audited financial statements of the Company referred to
in Section 8.05(a) for its Fiscal Year ended December 31, 2009, (ii) notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, all such financial statements shall be prepared, and all
financial covenants contained herein or in any other Credit Document shall be calculated, in each
case, without giving effect to any election under FASB ASC 825 (or any similar accounting principle
permitting a Person to value its financial liabilities at the fair value thereof) and (iii) to the
extent expressly provided herein, certain calculations shall be made on a Pro Forma
Basis.
(b) All computations of interest, Commitment Commission and other Fees hereunder shall be
made on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days (including the first day but
excluding the last day) occurring in the period for which such interest, Commitment Commission or
Fees are payable.
13.08. GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; VENUE; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. (a)
THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES
HEREUNDER AND THEREUNDER SHALL, EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN ANY MORTGAGE, BE CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH AND BE GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK (WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF
LAW PRINCIPLES, EXCEPT FOR NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402). ANY LEGAL
ACTION OR PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT SHALL (EXCEPT AS
OTHERWISE PERMITTED BELOW) BE BROUGHT IN THE COURTS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK OR OF THE UNITED
STATES FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK, IN EACH CASE WHICH ARE LOCATED IN THE COUNTY OF NEW
YORK, BOROUGH OF MANHATTAN, AND, BY EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT
DOCUMENT, EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY ACCEPTS FOR ITSELF AND IN RESPECT OF ITS PROPERTY,
GENERALLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY, THE EXCLUSIVE JURISDICTION OF THE AFORESAID COURTS. EACH PARTY
HERETO HEREBY FURTHER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY CLAIM THAT ANY SUCH COURTS LACK PERSONAL JURISDICTION
OVER SUCH PERSON, AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM, IN ANY LEGAL ACTION PROCEEDING WITH RESPECT TO
THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT BROUGHT IN ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS, THAT SUCH
COURTS LACK PERSONAL JURISDICTION OVER SUCH PERSON. EACH PARTY HERETO FURTHER IRREVOCABLY CONSENTS
TO THE SERVICE OF PROCESS OUT OF ANY OF THE AFOREMENTIONED COURTS IN ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING
BY THE MAILING OF COPIES THEREOF BY REGISTERED OR CERTIFIED MAIL, POSTAGE PREPAID, TO SUCH PERSON
AT ITS ADDRESS SET FORTH OPPOSITE ITS SIGNATURE BELOW, SUCH SERVICE TO BECOME EFFECTIVE 30 DAYS
AFTER SUCH MAILING. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION TO SUCH
SERVICE OF PROCESS AND FURTHER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM IN ANY
ACTION OR PROCEEDING COMMENCED HEREUNDER OR UNDER ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT THAT SERVICE OF PROCESS
WAS IN ANY WAY INVALID OR INEFFECTIVE. NOTHING HEREIN SHALL AFFECT THE RIGHT OF THE ADMINISTRATIVE
AGENT, ANY ISSUING LENDER, ANY LENDER OR THE HOLDER OF ANY NOTE TO SERVE PROCESS IN ANY OTHER
MANNER PERMITTED BY LAW OR TO COMMENCE LEGAL PROCEEDINGS OR OTHERWISE PROCEED AGAINST ANY HOLDING
COMPANY OR ANY BORROWER IN ANY OTHER JURISDICTION.
(b) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ANY OBJECTION WHICH IT MAY NOW OR HEREAFTER
HAVE TO THE LAYING OF VENUE OF ANY OF THE AFORESAID ACTIONS OR PROCEEDINGS ARISING OUT OF OR IN
CONNECTION WITH THIS AGREEMENT OR ANY OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENT BROUGHT IN THE COURTS REFERRED TO IN
CLAUSE (a) ABOVE AND HEREBY FURTHER IRREVOCABLY WAIVES AND AGREES NOT TO PLEAD OR CLAIM IN ANY SUCH
COURT THAT ANY SUCH ACTION OR PROCEEDING BROUGHT IN ANY SUCH COURT HAS BEEN BROUGHT IN AN
INCONVENIENT FORUM.
(c) EACH OF THE PARTIES TO THIS AGREEMENT HEREBY IRREVOCABLY WAIVES ALL RIGHT TO A TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY ACTION, PROCEEDING OR COUNTERCLAIM ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT, THE
OTHER CREDIT DOCUMENTS OR THE TRANSACTIONS CONTEMPLATED HEREBY OR THEREBY.
13.09. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts
and by the different parties hereto on separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and
delivered shall be an original, but all of which shall together constitute one and the same
instrument. A set of counterparts executed by all the parties hereto shall be lodged with the
Company and the Administrative Agent. Delivery of an executed counterpart hereof by facsimile or
electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of an original executed counterpart
hereof.
13.10. Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective on the date (the
Effective Date) on which the (i) Holding Companies, the Borrowers, the Subsidiary
Guarantors, the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent, the Co-ABL Collateral Agents and each
of the Lenders shall have signed a counterpart hereof (whether the same or different counterparts)
and shall have delivered (by electronic means or otherwise) the same to the Administrative Agent at
the Notice Office or, in the case of the Lenders, shall have given to the Administrative Agent
telephonic (confirmed in writing), written or telex notice (actually received) at such office that
the same has been signed and mailed to it and (ii) the conditions contained in Section 6
have been met to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent and the Co-ABL Collateral
Agents. Unless the Administrative Agent has received actual notice from any Lender that the
conditions described in clause (ii) of the preceding sentence have not been met to its
satisfaction, upon the satisfaction of the condition described in clause (i) of the immediately
preceding sentence and upon the Administrative Agents and the Co-ABL Collateral Agents good faith
determination that the conditions described in clause (ii) of the immediately preceding sentence
have been met, then the Effective Date shall have deemed to have occurred, regardless of any
subsequent determination that one or more of the conditions thereto had not been met (although the
occurrence of the Effective Date shall not release the Borrower from any liability for failure to
satisfy one or more of the applicable conditions contained in Section 6). The
Administrative Agent will give each Credit Party and each Lender prompt written notice of the
occurrence of the Effective Date.
13.11. Headings Descriptive. The headings of the several sections and subsections
of this Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not in any way affect the meaning or
construction of any provision of this Agreement.
13.12. Amendment or Waiver; etc. (a) Neither this Agreement nor any other Credit
Document nor any terms hereof or thereof may be changed, waived, discharged or terminated unless
such change, waiver, discharge or termination is in writing signed by the respective Credit Parties
party hereto or thereto and the Required Lenders (although (A) additional parties may be added to
(and annexes) may be modified to reflect such additions), and Subsidiaries of the Company may be
released from, the Guaranty and the Security Documents in accordance with the provisions hereof,
(B) technical amendments or modifications may be made to this Agreement and the other Credit
Documents by the Administrative Agent to accommodate the release of the Fertilizer Entities
pursuant to Section 15(a), in each case without the consent of the other Credit Parties or
the Required Lenders and (C) the Borrowers shall have the right, without requiring the consent of
the Administrative Agent or the Lenders (except to the extent otherwise provided in Section
2.15), to incur the Incremental Commitments and related Loans, in each case in accordance with
Section 2.15), provided that no such change, waiver, discharge or termination
shall, without the consent of each Lender (other than, except with respect to the following clauses
(i) and (iii) (but, in the case of such clause (iii), only to the extent relating to following
clause (i)), a Defaulting Lender) (with Obligations being directly affected in the case of
following clause (i)), (i) extend the final scheduled maturity of any Loan or Note or extend the
stated expiration date of any Letter of Credit beyond the Revolving Commitment Termination Date, or
reduce the rate or extend the time of payment of interest or Fees thereon (except (x) in connection
with the waiver of applicability of any post-default increase in interest rates and (y) extensions
expressly permitted by Section 2.16), or reduce (or forgive) the principal amount thereof
(it being understood that any amendment or modification to the financial definitions in this
Agreement or to Section 13.07(a) shall not constitute a reduction in the rate of
interest or Fees for the purposes of this clause (i)), (ii) release all or substantially all of the
Collateral under all the Security Documents (except as expressly provided in the Credit Documents)
or release all or substantially all of the value of the Guaranty made by the Guarantors (except as
expressly provided in the Credit Documents), (iii) amend, modify or waive any provision of this
Section 13.12(a) (except for technical amendments with respect to additional extensions of
credit pursuant to this Agreement which afford the protections to such additional extensions of
credit of the type provided to the Revolving Loan Commitments and the Loans on the Effective Date)
or Section 13.06, (iv) reduce the majority voting threshold specified in the definition
of Required Lenders (it being understood that, with the consent of the Required Lenders, additional
extensions of credit pursuant to this Agreement may be included in the determination of the
Required Lenders on substantially the same basis as the extensions of Revolving Loan Commitments
are included on the Effective Date), (v) consent to the release, assignment or transfer by any
Borrower of any of its rights and obligations under this Agreement (other than the release of
Fertilizer LLC or any other Borrower (other than the Company) pursuant to Section 15), (vi)
amend Section 2.16 the effect of which is to extend the maturity of Revolving
Loan Commitment or Revolving Loans of any Lender without its consent or (vii) amend the priority of
payments set forth in Section 7.2(a) of the Pledge and Security Agreement; provided
further, that no such change, waiver, discharge or termination shall (1) increase the Revolving
Loan Commitment of any Lender (including a Defaulting Lender) over the amount thereof then in
effect without the consent of such Lender (it being understood that waivers or modifications of
conditions precedent, covenants, Defaults or Events of Default or of a mandatory reduction in the
Total Revolving Loan Commitment shall not constitute an increase of the Revolving Loan Commitment
of any Lender, and that an increase in the available portion of the Revolving Loan Commitment of
any Lender shall not constitute an increase of the Revolving Loan Commitment of such Lender), (2)
without the consent of each Issuing Lender, amend, modify or waive any provision of Section
3 or alter its rights or obligations with respect to Letters of Credit, (3) without the consent
of the Swingline Lender, alter the Swingline Lenders rights or obligations with respect to
Swingline Loans, (4) without the consent of the Administrative Agent, amend, modify or waive any
provision of Section 12 or any other provision of this Agreement or any other Credit
Document as same relates to the rights or obligations of the Administrative Agent, (5) without the
consent of the Collateral Agent, amend, modify or waive any provision of the Agreement or any other
Credit Documents relating to the rights or obligations of the Collateral Agent, (6) without the
consent of each of the Co-ABL Collateral Agents, amend, modify or waive any provision of the
Agreement or any other Credit Documents relating to the rights or obligations of the Co-ABL
Collateral Agents, (7) without the consent of the Supermajority Lenders, (x) amend the definition
of Supermajority Lenders (it being understood that, with the consent of the Required Lenders,
additional extensions of credit pursuant to this Agreement may be included in the determination of
the Supermajority Lenders on substantially the same basis as the extensions of Loans and Revolving
Loan Commitments are included on the Effective Date), or (y) increase the advance rates applicable
to the Borrowing Base over those in effect on the Effective Date or amend or expand any of the
following definitions, in each case the effect of which would be to increase the amounts available
for borrowing hereunder: Borrowing Base, Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory (including, in
each case, the defined terms used therein) (it being understood that the establishment,
modification or elimination of Reserves and adjustment, establishment and elimination of criteria
for Eligible Accounts and Eligible Inventory, in each case by the Co-ABL Collateral Agents in
accordance with the terms hereof, will not be deemed to require a Supermajority Lender consent).
(b) If, in connection with any proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination of or to
any of the provisions of this Agreement as contemplated by clauses (i) through (vii), inclusive, of
the first proviso to Section 13.12(a), the consent of the Required Lenders is obtained but
the consent of one or more of such other Lenders whose consent is required is not obtained, then
the Borrowers shall have the right, so long as all non-consenting Lenders whose individual consent
is required are treated as described in either clause (A) or (B) below, to either (A) replace each
such non-consenting Lender or Lenders with one or more Replacement Lenders pursuant to Section
2.13 so long as at the time of such replacement, each such Replacement Lender consents to the
proposed change, waiver, discharge or termination or (B) terminate such non-consenting Lenders
Revolving Loan Commitment and/or repay all outstanding Revolving Loans of such Lender and/or cash
collateralize its applicable RL Percentage of the Letter of Credit Outstandings in accordance with
Sections 4.02(b) and/or 5.01(b), provided that, unless the Revolving Loan
Commitments which are terminated and Revolving Loans which are repaid pursuant to preceding clause
(B) are immediately replaced in full at such time through the addition of new Lenders or the
increase of the Revolving Loan Commitments and/or outstanding Revolving Loans of existing Lenders
(who in each case must specifically consent thereto), then in the case of any action pursuant to
preceding clause (B), the Required Lenders (determined after giving effect to the proposed action)
shall specifically consent thereto, provided further, that the Borrowers shall not have the
right to replace a Lender, terminate its Revolving Loan Commitment or repay its Revolving Loans
solely as a result of the exercise of such Lenders rights (and the withholding of any required
consent by such Lender) pursuant to the second proviso to Section 13.12(a).
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (x) any provision of this Agreement may be amended by an
agreement in writing entered into by each Credit Party, the Required Lenders and the Administrative
Agent (and, if their rights or obligations are affected thereby, each Co-ABL Collateral Agent, each
Issuing Lender and the Swingline Lender) if (i) by the terms of such agreement the Revolving Loan
Commitment of each Lender not consenting to the amendment provided for therein shall terminate
upon the effectiveness of such amendment and (ii) at the time such amendment becomes
effective, each Lender not consenting thereto receives payment (including pursuant to an assignment
to a replacement Lender in accordance with Section 13.04) in full of this principal of and
interest accrued on each Loan made by it and all other amounts owing to it or accrued for its
account under this Agreement, (y) this Agreement may be amended (or amended and restated) with the
written consent of the Required Lenders, the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers (a) to add one
or more additional credit facilities to this Agreement and to permit the extensions of credit from
time to time outstanding thereunder and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof to share
ratably in the benefits of this Agreement and the other Credit Documents with the Revolving Loans
and the accrued interest and fees in respect thereof and (b) to include appropriately the Lenders
holding such credit facilities in any determination of the Required Lenders and (z) this Agreement
and the other Credit Documents may be amended (or amended and restated) as contemplated by
Section 2.16.
(d) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Section 13.12, (x)
Security Documents (including any Additional Security Documents) and related documents executed by
Subsidiaries in connection with this Agreement may be amended, supplemented and waived with the
consent of the Administrative Agent and the Borrowers
without the need to obtain the consent of any other Person if such amendment, supplement or waiver
is delivered in order (i) to comply with local law or advice of local counsel, or (ii) to cause
such Security Document or other document to be consistent with this Agreement and the other Credit
Documents and (y) if following the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent and any Credit Party
shall have jointly identified an ambiguity, inconsistency, obvious error or any error or omission
of a technical or immaterial nature, in each case, in any provision of the Credit Documents (other
than the Security Documents), then the Administrative Agent and the Credit Parties shall be
permitted to amend such provision and such amendment shall become effective without any further
action or consent of any other party to any Credit Documents if the same is not objected to in
writing by the Required Lenders within five (5) Business Days following receipt of notice thereof.
13.13. Survival. All indemnities set forth herein including in Sections
2.10, 2.11, 3.06, 5.04, 12.06 and 13.01 shall survive
the execution, delivery and termination of this Agreement and the Notes and the making and
repayment of the Obligations.
13.14. Domicile of Loans. Each Lender may transfer and carry its Loans at, to or
for the account of any office, Subsidiary or Affiliate of such Lender. Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained herein, to the extent that a transfer of Loans pursuant to this Section
13.14 would, at the time of such transfer, result in increased costs under Section
2.10, 2.11, 3.06 or 5.04 from those being charged by the respective
Lender prior to such transfer, then the Borrowers shall not be obligated to pay such increased
costs (although the Borrowers shall be jointly and severally obligated to pay any other increased
costs of the type described above resulting from changes in any applicable law, treaty, government
rule, regulation, guidelines or order, or in the official interpretation thereof, after the date of
the respective transfer).
13.15. Register. The Borrowers hereby designate the Administrative Agent to serve
as its agent, solely for purposes of this Section 13.15, to maintain a register (the
Register) on which it will record the Revolving Loan Commitments from time to time of
each of the Lenders, the Loans made by each of the Lenders, the Letter of Credit Outstandings with
respect to each Issuing Lender and each repayment in respect of the principal amount of the Loans
of each Lender and the Letter of Credit Outstandings with respect to such Issuing Lender. Failure
to make any such recordation, or any error in such recordation, shall not affect the Borrowers
obligations in respect of such Loans. The transfer of the Revolving Loan Commitment of such Lender
and the Letter of Credit Outstandings with respect to such Issuing Lender, and the rights to the
principal thereof, and interest thereon, shall not be effective until such transfer is recorded on
the Register maintained by the Administrative Agent with respect to ownership of such Revolving
Loan Commitment, Letters of Credit and Loans, and prior to such recordation all amounts owing to
the transferor with respect to such Revolving Loan Commitment, Letters of Credit and Loans shall
remain owing to the transferor. The registration of assignment or transfer of all or part of any
Revolving Loan Commitments, Letters of Credit and Loans shall be recorded by the Administrative
Agent on the Register only upon the acceptance by the Administrative Agent of a properly executed
and delivered Assignment and Assumption Agreement pursuant to Section 13.04(b). Upon such
acceptance and recordation, the assignee specified therein shall be treated as a Lender for all
purposes of this Agreement. Coincident with the delivery of such an Assignment and Assumption
Agreement to the Administrative Agent for acceptance and registration of assignment or transfer of
all or part of a Loan, or as soon thereafter as practicable, the assigning or transferor Lender
shall surrender the Note (if any) evidencing such Loan, and thereupon one or more new Notes in the
same aggregate principal amount shall be issued to the assigning or transferor Lender and/or the
new Lender at the request of any such Lender. The Borrowers jointly and severally agree to
indemnify the Administrative Agent from and against any and all losses, claims, damages and
liabilities of whatsoever nature which may be imposed on, asserted against or incurred by the
Administrative Agent in performing its duties under this Section 13.15 (other than any
losses, claims, damages and liabilities to the extent incurred by reason of the gross negligence or
willful misconduct of the Administrative Agent (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction
in a final and non-appealable decision)). Each Lender shall have the right, upon written request
to the Administrative Agent, to view the Register.
13.16. Confidentiality. (a) Subject to the provisions of clause (b) of this
Section 13.16, each Lender agrees that it will not disclose without the prior consent of
the Company (other than to its employees, directors, auditors, bank examiners, advisors or counsel
or to another Lender if such Lender or such Lenders holding or parent company in its sole
discretion determines that any such party should have access to such information, provided such
Persons shall be subject to the provisions of this Section 13.16 to the same extent as such
Lender) any non-public information with respect to any Holding Company or any of their respective
Subsidiaries which is now or in the future furnished pursuant to this Agreement or any other Credit
Document, provided that any Lender may disclose any such information (i) as has become
generally available to the public other than by virtue of a breach of this Section 13.16(a)
by the respective Lender, (ii) as may be required or appropriate in any report, statement or
testimony submitted to any municipal, state or Federal regulatory body having or claiming to have
jurisdiction over such Lender or to the Federal Reserve Board or the Federal Deposit Insurance
Corporation or similar organizations (whether in the United States or elsewhere) or their
successors, (iii) as may be required or appropriate in respect to any summons or subpoena or in
connection with any litigation, (iv) in order to comply with any law, order, regulation or ruling
applicable to such Lender, (v) to the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, (vi) to any
direct or indirect contractual counterparty in any swap, hedge or similar agreement (or to any such
contractual counterpartys professional advisor), so long as such contractual counterparty (or such
professional advisor) agrees to be bound by the provisions of this Section 13.16 and (vii)
to any prospective or actual transferee, pledgee or participant in connection with any
contemplated transfer, pledge or participation of any of the Notes or Revolving Loan Commitments or
any interest therein by such Lender, provided that such prospective transferee, pledgee or
participant agrees to be bound by the confidentiality provisions contained in this Section
13.16.
(b) Each of the Holding Companies and each of the Borrowers hereby acknowledge and agree
that each Lender may share with any of its affiliates (including its affiliates respective
employees, directors, auditors, advisors and counsel) and such affiliates may share with such
Lender, any information related to any Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries
(including any non-public customer information regarding the creditworthiness of the Holding
Companies and their respective Subsidiaries), provided that (x) such Persons shall be subject to
the provisions of this Section 13.16 to the same extent as such Lender and (y) such
information shall be utilized by such Lender or its affiliates solely in connection with the
matters related to the Credit Documents and the transactions contemplated thereby.
13.17. Patriot Act. Each Lender subject to the USA PATRIOT Improvement and
Reauthorization Act, Pub. L. 109-177 (signed into law March 9, 2009) (as amended from time to time,
the Patriot Act) hereby notifies each Credit Party that pursuant to the requirements of
the Act, it is required to obtain, verify and record information that identifies the Credit Parties
and other information that will allow such Lender to identify the Credit Parties in accordance with
the Act.
13.18. OTHER LIENS ON COLLATERAL; TERMS OF INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT; ETC. (a) EACH
LENDER UNDERSTANDS, ACKNOWLEDGES AND AGREES THAT LIENS HAVE BEEN CREATED ON THE COLLATERAL PURSUANT
TO THE FIRST LIEN SECURED NOTES DOCUMENTS AND THE SECOND LIEN NOTES DOCUMENTS, AND MAY BE CREATED
UNDER THE REFINANCING FIRST LIEN NOTES DOCUMENTS, THE REFINANCING SECOND LIEN NOTES DOCUMENTS AND
THE QUALIFIED SECURED DEBT DOCUMENTS, WHICH LIENS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF
THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT. PURSUANT TO THE EXPRESS TERMS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, IN THE
EVENT OF ANY CONFLICT BETWEEN THE TERMS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND ANY OF THE CREDIT
DOCUMENTS, THE PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT SHALL GOVERN AND CONTROL.
(b) EACH LENDER AUTHORIZES AND INSTRUCTS THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE COLLATERAL AGENT
TO ENTER INTO THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT ON BEHALF OF THE LENDERS, AND TO TAKE ALL ACTIONS (AND
EXECUTE ALL DOCUMENTS) REQUIRED (OR DEEMED ADVISABLE) BY IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS OF THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT.
(c) THE PROVISIONS OF THIS SECTION 13.18 ARE NOT INTENDED TO SUMMARIZE ALL RELEVANT
PROVISIONS OF THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT, THE FORM OF WHICH IS ATTACHED AS AN EXHIBIT TO THIS
AGREEMENT. REFERENCE MUST BE MADE TO THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT ITSELF TO UNDERSTAND ALL TERMS
AND CONDITIONS THEREOF. EACH LENDER IS RESPONSIBLE FOR MAKING ITS OWN ANALYSIS AND REVIEW OF THE
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT AND THE TERMS AND PROVISIONS THEREOF, AND NEITHER THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
NOR ANY OF ITS AFFILIATES MAKES ANY REPRESENTATION TO ANY LENDER AS TO THE SUFFICIENCY OR
ADVISABILITY OF THE PROVISIONS CONTAINED IN THE INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT.
13.19. Post-Closing Actions. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in
this Agreement or the other Credit Documents, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that, within
120 days after the Effective Date (as such date may be extended by the Administrative Agent in its
sole discretion), the Credit Parties shall have delivered to the Collateral Agent:
(i) fully executed counterparts of Mortgages and corresponding UCC fixture filings, in form
and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, which Mortgages and UCC fixture
filings shall cover each Real Property owned or leased by such Credit Parties and designated
as a Mortgaged Property on Schedule 1.01(e), together with evidence that
counterparts of such Mortgages and UCC fixture filings have been delivered to the title insurance
company insuring the Lien of such Mortgage for recording;
(ii) a Mortgage Policy relating to each Mortgage of the Mortgaged Property referred to
above, issued by a title insurer reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, in an insured
amount reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent and insuring the Administrative Agent
that the Mortgage on each such Mortgaged Property is a valid and enforceable Second Priority
mortgage lien on such Mortgaged Property, free and clear of all defects and encumbrances except
Permitted Encumbrances, with each such Mortgage Policy (w) to be in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, (x) to include, to the extent available in the applicable
jurisdiction, supplemental endorsements (including endorsements relating to future advances under
this Agreement and the Loans, usury, first loss, last dollar, tax parcel, subdivision, zoning,
contiguity, variable rate, doing business, public road access, survey, environmental lien, mortgage
tax and so-called comprehensive coverage over covenants and restrictions and for any other matters
that the Administrative Agent in its discretion may reasonably request), (y) to not include the
standard title exceptions, a survey exception or an
exception for mechanics liens, and (z) to provide for affirmative insurance and such reinsurance
as the Administrative Agent in its discretion may reasonably request;
(iii) to induce the title company to issue the Mortgage Policies referred to in subsection
(ii) above, such affidavits, certificates, information and instruments of indemnification
(including a so-called gap indemnification) as shall be required by the title company, together
with payment by the Borrowers of all Mortgage Policy premiums, search and examination charges,
mortgage recording taxes, fees, charges, costs and expenses required for the recording of such
Mortgages and issuance of such Mortgage Policies;
(iv) a recent survey of each Mortgaged Property (and all improvements thereon) (w) prepared
by a surveyor or engineer licensed to perform surveys in the state where such Mortgaged Property is
located, (x) dated not earlier than six months prior to the date of delivery thereof, (y) certified
by the surveyor (in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent) to the
Administrative Agent in its capacity as such, White & Case LLP and the title company, and (z)
complying in all respects with the minimum detail requirements of the American Land Title
Association as such requirements are in effect on the date of preparation of such survey, or one or
more affidavits of no change, such surveys or affidavits to be sufficient for the title company to
remove all standard survey exceptions from the Mortgage Policy relating to such Mortgaged Property
and issue the endorsements required pursuant to the provisions of subsection (ii) above;
(v) to the extent obtainable after the Credit Parties use of their commercially reasonable
efforts, fully executed landlord waivers and/or bailee agreements in respect of those Leaseholds of
the Company or any other Credit Party designated as Leaseholds Subject to Landlord Waivers on
Schedule 8.12, each of which landlord waivers and/or bailee agreements shall be in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent;
(vi) to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent, copies of all leases in which any
Holding Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries holds the lessors interest or other
agreements relating to possessory interests, if any; provided that, to the extent any of
the foregoing affect such Mortgaged Property, to the extent requested by the Administrative Agent,
such agreements shall be subordinate to the Lien of the Mortgage to be recorded against such
Mortgaged Property, either expressly by its terms or pursuant to a subordination, non-disturbance
and attornment agreement (with any such agreement being reasonably acceptable to the Administrative
Agent); and
(vii) flood certificates covering each Mortgaged Property in form and substance reasonably
acceptable to the Administrative Agent, certified to the Collateral Agent in its capacity as such
and whether or not each such Mortgaged Property is located in a flood hazard area, as determined by
designation of each such Mortgaged Property in a specified flood hazard zone by reference to the
applicable FEMA map.
All representations and warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Credit Documents
shall be deemed modified to the extent necessary to effect the foregoing (and to permit the taking
of the actions described above within the time periods required above, rather than as elsewhere
provided in the Credit Documents), provided that (x) to the extent any representation and
warranty would not be true because the foregoing actions were not taken on the Effective Date, the
respective representation and warranty shall be required to be true and correct in all material
respects at the time the respective action is taken (or was required to be taken) in accordance
with the foregoing provisions of this Section 13.19 and (y) all representations and
warranties relating to the Security Documents shall be required to be true immediately after the
actions required to be taken by Section 13.19 have been taken (or were required to be
taken). The acceptance of the benefits of each Credit Event shall constitute a representation,
warranty and covenant by each Credit Party to each of the Lenders that the actions required
pursuant to this Section 13.19 will be, or have been, taken within the relevant time
periods referred to in this Section 13.19 and that, at such time, all representations and
warranties contained in this Agreement and the other Credit Documents shall then be true and
correct without any modification pursuant to this Section 13.19, and the parties hereto
acknowledge and agree that the failure to take any of the actions required
above, within the relevant time periods required above, shall give rise to an immediate Event
of Default pursuant to this Agreement.
13.20. Interest Rate Limitation. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
in any Credit Document, the interest paid or agreed to be paid under the Credit Documents shall not
exceed the maximum rate of non-usurious interest permitted by applicable law (the Maximum
Rate). If the Administrative Agent or any Lender shall receive interest in an amount that
exceeds the Maximum Rate, the excess interest shall be applied to the principal of the Loans or, if
it exceeds such unpaid principal, refunded to the Borrower. In determining whether the interest
contracted for, charged, or received by the Administrative Agent or a Lender exceeds the Maximum
Rate, such Person may, to the extent permitted by applicable law, (a) characterize any payment that
is not principal as an expense, fee, or premium rather than interest, (b) exclude voluntary
prepayments and the effects thereof, and (c) amortize, prorate, allocate, and spread in equal or
unequal parts the total amount of interest throughout the contemplated term of the Obligations
hereunder.
13.21. No Fiduciary Duty. Each Agent, each Lender, and their respective Affiliates
(collectively, solely for purposes of this paragraph, the Lenders) may have economic interests
that conflict with those of the Credit Parties,
their stockholders and/or their respective affiliates. Each Credit Party agrees that nothing in the
Credit Documents or otherwise will be deemed to create an advisory, fiduciary or agency
relationship or fiduciary or other implied duty between any Lender, on the one hand, and any Credit
Party, its respective stockholders or its respective affiliates, on the other. The Credit Parties
acknowledge and agree that: (i) the transactions contemplated by the Credit Documents (including
the exercise of rights and remedies hereunder and thereunder) are arms-length commercial
transactions between the Lenders, on the one hand, each Credit Party, on the other, and (ii) in
connection therewith and with the process leading thereto, (x) no Lender has assumed an advisory or
fiduciary responsibility in favor of any Credit Party, its respective stockholders or its
respective affiliates with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby (or the exercise of
rights or remedies with respect thereto) or the process leading thereto (irrespective of whether
any Lender has advised, is currently advising or will advise any Credit Party, its respective
stockholders or its respective Affiliates on other matters) or any other obligation to any Credit
Party except the obligations expressly set forth in the Credit Documents and (y) each Lender is
acting solely as principal and not as the agent or fiduciary of such Credit Party, its respective
management, stockholders, creditors or any other Person. Each Credit Party acknowledges and agrees
that such Credit Party has consulted its own legal and financial advisors to the extent it deemed
appropriate and that it is responsible for making its own independent judgment with respect to such
transactions and the process leading thereto. Each Credit Party agrees that it will not claim that
any Lender has rendered advisory services of any nature or respect, or owes a fiduciary or similar
duty to such Credit Party, in connection with such transaction or the process leading thereto.
SECTION 14. Nature of Borrower Obligations.
14.01. Nature of Borrower Obligations. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained elsewhere in this Agreement, it is understood and agreed by the various parties to this
Agreement that all Obligations to repay principal of, interest on, and all other amounts with
respect to, all Loans, Letters of Credit and all other Obligations pursuant to this Agreement and
each other Credit Document (including all fees, indemnities, taxes and other Obligations in
connection therewith or in connection with the related Revolving Loan Commitments) shall constitute
the joint and several obligations of each of the Borrowers. In addition to the direct (and joint
and several) obligations of the Borrowers with respect to Obligations as described above, all such
Obligations shall be guaranteed pursuant to, and in accordance with the terms of, the Guaranty.
14.02. Independent Obligation. The obligations of each Borrower with respect to the
Obligations are independent of the obligations of each other Borrower or any Guarantor under the
Guaranty of such Obligations, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted
against each Borrower, whether or not any other Borrower or any Guarantor is joined in any such
action or actions. Each Borrower waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the benefit of
any statute of limitations affecting its liability hereunder or the enforcement thereof. Any
payment by any Borrower or other circumstance which operates to toll any statute of limitations as
to any Borrower shall, to the fullest extent permitted by law, operate to toll the statute of
limitations as to each Borrower.
14.03. Authorization. Each of the Borrowers authorizes the Administrative Agent,
the Issuing Lenders and the Lenders without notice or demand (except as shall be required by
applicable statute and cannot be waived), and without affecting or impairing its liability
hereunder, from time to time to:
(a) exercise or refrain from exercising any rights against any other Borrower or any
Guarantor or others or otherwise act or refrain from acting;
(b) release or substitute any other Borrower, endorsers, Guarantors or other
obligors;
(c) settle or compromise any of the Obligations of any other Borrower or any other
Credit Party, any security therefor or any liability (including any of those hereunder) incurred
directly or
indirectly in respect thereof or hereof, and may subordinate the payment of all or any part
thereof to the payment of any liability (whether due or not) of any Borrower to its creditors other
than the Lenders;
(d) apply any sums paid by any other Borrower or any other Person, howsoever
realized to any liability or liabilities of such other Borrower or other Person regardless of what
liability or liabilities of such other Borrower or other Person remain unpaid; and/or
(e) consent to or waive any breach of, or act, omission or default under, this
Agreement or any of the instruments or agreements referred to herein, or otherwise, by any other
Borrower or any other Person.
14.04. Reliance. It is not necessary for the Administrative Agent, any Issuing
Lender or any Lender to inquire into the capacity or powers of any Holding Company or any of its
Subsidiaries or the officers, directors, members, partners or agents acting or purporting to act on
its behalf, and any Obligations made or created in reliance upon the professed exercise of such
powers shall constitute the joint and several obligations of the Borrowers hereunder.
14.05. Contribution; Subrogation. No Borrower shall have any rights of contribution
or subrogation with respect to any other Borrower as a result of payments made by it hereunder, in
each case unless and until the Total Revolving Loan Commitment and all Letters of Credit have been
terminated and all Obligations have been paid in full in cash (other than indemnities and expense
reimbursement obligations which, in either case, are not then due and payable).
14.06. Waiver. Each Borrower waives any right to require the Administrative Agent,
the Collateral Agent, the Co-ABL Collateral Agents, the Issuing Lenders or the Lenders to (i)
proceed against any other Borrower, any Guarantor or any other party, (ii) proceed against or
exhaust any security held from any Borrower, any Guarantor or any other party or (iii) pursue any
other remedy in the Administrative Agents, the Collateral Agents, the Co-ABL Collateral Agents,
any Issuing Lenders or Lenders power whatsoever. Each Borrower waives any defense based on or
arising out of suretyship or any impairment of security held from any Borrower, any Guarantor or
any other party or on or arising out of any defense of any other Borrower, any Guarantor or any
other party other than payment in full in cash of the Obligations, including any defense based on
or arising out of the disability of any other Borrower, any Guarantor or any other party, or the
unenforceability of the Obligations or any part thereof from any cause, or the cessation from any
cause of the liability of any other Borrower, in each case other than as a result of the payment in
full in cash of the Obligations.
SECTION 15. Release of Fertilizer Entities and the Borrowers. (a) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement (including Sections 13.04(a) and
13.12(a)(v)) or in any other Credit Document, so long as (i) the Permitted Fertilizer Event
is expressly permitted under this Agreement at such time (including pursuant to Section
10.14) and (ii) contemporaneously with the Permitted Fertilizer Event either (x) all
outstanding Loans incurred by, and Letters of Credit issued to, Fertilizer LLC or any other
Fertilizer Entity are repaid in full (in the case of Loans) and terminated (in the case of Letters
of Credit) or (y) the remaining Borrowers shall expressly assume all Obligations of such Fertilizer
Entities under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents pursuant to an agreement in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, then, upon the consummation of the
Permitted Fertilizer Event, (a) the Fertilizer Entities shall be released from all of their rights
and obligations hereunder and under each of the other Credit Documents (including Section
16), (b) the Fertilizer Entities shall no longer be parties to this Agreement and the other
Credit Documents, (c) the Fertilizer Entities shall no longer be considered Subsidiaries of any
Borrower or Guarantor, and (d) all Collateral owned by any Fertilizer Entity shall be released from
the Liens created under the Security Documents, in each case automatically and without any further
action by any Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent and/or the
Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to the Company, at the Companys expense, all documents
that the Company shall reasonably request to evidence any of the foregoing.
(b) If all of the Equity Interests of any Borrower (other than the Company) shall be sold in
accordance with the terms and conditions of Section 10.02(e)) and contemporaneously with
the sale of such Borrower, either (x) all outstanding Loans incurred by, and Letters of Credit for
the account of, such Borrower are repaid in full (in the case of Loans) and terminated (in the case
of Letters of Credit) or (y) the remaining Borrowers shall expressly assume all Obligations of such
Borrower under this Agreement and the other Credit Documents pursuant to an agreement in form and
substance reasonably satisfactory to the Administrative Agent, then, upon the consummation of the
sale, (a) such Borrower shall be released from all of its rights and obligations hereunder
(including Section 16) and under each of the other Credit Documents to which such Borrower
is a party, (b) such Borrower shall no longer be a party to this Agreement and the other Credit
Documents, and (c) all Collateral owned by such Borrower shall be released from the Liens created
under the Security Documents, in each case automatically and without any further action by any
Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Administrative Agent and/or the Collateral Agent shall
execute and deliver to the Company, at the Companys expense, all documents that the Company shall
reasonably request to evidence any of the foregoing.
SECTION 16. Guaranty.
16.01. Guaranty of the Guaranteed Obligations. The Guarantors jointly and severally
hereby irrevocably and unconditionally guaranty to Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of
the Guaranteed Creditors the due and punctual payment in full of all Guaranteed Obligations when
the same shall become due, whether at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration,
acceleration, demand or otherwise (including amounts that would become due but for the operation of
the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362(a)).
16.02. Contribution by Guarantors. All Guarantors desire to allocate among
themselves (collectively, the Contributing Guarantors), in a fair and equitable manner,
their obligations arising under this Guaranty. Accordingly, in the event any payment or
distribution is made on any date by a Guarantor (a Funding Guarantor) under this Guaranty
such that its Aggregate Payments (as defined below) exceeds its Fair Share (as defined below) as of
such date, such Funding Guarantor shall be entitled to a contribution from each of the other
Contributing Guarantors in an amount sufficient to cause each Contributing Guarantors Aggregate
Payments to equal its Fair Share as of such date. Fair Share means, with respect to a
Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (a) the ratio of (i) the
Fair Share Contribution Amount (as defined below) with respect to such Contributing Guarantor to
(ii) the aggregate of the Fair Share Contribution
Amounts with respect to all Contributing Guarantors multiplied by (b) the aggregate amount paid or
distributed on or before such date by all Funding Guarantors under this Guaranty in respect of the
obligations Guaranteed. Fair Share Contribution Amount means, with respect to a
Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, the maximum aggregate amount of the
obligations of such Contributing Guarantor under this Guaranty that would not render its
obligations hereunder or thereunder subject to avoidance as a fraudulent transfer or conveyance
under Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or any comparable applicable provisions of state law;
provided, solely for purposes of calculating the Fair Share Contribution Amount with
respect to any Contributing Guarantor for purposes of this Section 16.02, any assets or liabilities
of such Contributing Guarantor arising by virtue of any rights to subrogation, reimbursement or
indemnification or any rights to or obligations of contribution hereunder shall not be considered
as assets or liabilities of such Contributing Guarantor. Aggregate Payments means, with
respect to a Contributing Guarantor as of any date of determination, an amount equal to (1) the
aggregate amount of all payments and distributions made on or before such date by such Contributing
Guarantor in respect of this Guaranty (including in respect of this Section 16.02), minus (2) the
aggregate amount of all payments received on or before such date by such Contributing Guarantor
from the other Contributing Guarantors as contributions under this Section 16.02. The amounts
payable as contributions hereunder shall be determined as of the date on which the related payment
or distribution is made by the applicable Funding Guarantor. The allocation among Contributing
Guarantors of their obligations as set forth in this Section 16.02 shall not be construed in any
way to limit the liability of any Contributing Guarantor hereunder. Each Guarantor is a third
party beneficiary to the contribution agreement set forth in this Section 16.02.
16.03. Payment by Guarantors. The Guarantors hereby jointly and severally agree, in
furtherance of the foregoing and not in limitation of any other right which any Guaranteed Creditor
may have at law or in equity against any Guarantor by virtue hereof, that upon the failure of any
Borrower to pay any of the Guaranteed Obligations when and as the same shall become due, whether at
stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise (including
amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay under Section 362(a) of
the Bankruptcy Code), the Guarantors will upon demand pay, or cause to be paid, in cash, to the
Administrative Agent for the ratable benefit of Guaranteed Creditors, an amount equal to the sum of
the unpaid principal amount of all Guaranteed Obligations then due as aforesaid, accrued and unpaid
interest on such Guaranteed Obligations (including interest which, but for such Borrowers becoming
the subject of a case under the Bankruptcy Code, would have accrued on such Guaranteed Obligations,
whether or not a claim is allowed against such Borrower for such interest in the related bankruptcy
case) and all other Guaranteed Obligations then owed to Guaranteed Creditors as aforesaid.
16.04. Liability of Guarantors Absolute. Each Guarantor agrees that its obligations
hereunder are irrevocable, absolute, independent and unconditional and shall not be affected by any
circumstance which constitutes a legal or equitable discharge of a guarantor or surety other than
payment in full of the Guaranteed Obligations. In furtherance of the foregoing and without
limiting the generality thereof, each Guarantor agrees as follows:
(a) this Guaranty is a guaranty of payment when due and not of collectability. This
Guaranty is a primary obligation of each Guarantor and not merely a contract of surety;
(b) the Administrative Agent may enforce this Guaranty upon the occurrence of an Event of
Default notwithstanding the existence of any dispute between any Credit Party or any of is
Subsidiaries and any Guaranteed Creditor with respect to the existence of such Event of Default;
(c) the obligations of each Guarantor hereunder are independent of the obligations of each
Borrower and the obligations of any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the
obligations of any Borrower, and a separate action or actions may be brought and prosecuted against
such Guarantor whether or not any action is brought against any Borrower or any of such other
guarantors (including any other Guarantor) and whether or not any Borrower or other guarantor is
joined in any such action or actions;
(d) payment by any Guarantor of a portion, but not all, of the Guaranteed Obligations shall
in no way limit, affect, modify or abridge any Guarantors liability for any portion of the
Guaranteed Obligations which has not been paid. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing,
if the Administrative Agent is awarded a judgment in any suit brought to enforce any Guarantors
covenant to pay a portion of the Guaranteed Obligations, such judgment shall not be deemed to
release such Guarantor from its covenant to pay the portion of the Guaranteed Obligations that is
not the subject of such suit, and such judgment shall not, except to the extent satisfied by such
Guarantor, limit, affect, modify or abridge any other Guarantors liability hereunder in respect of
the Guaranteed Obligations;
(e) any Guaranteed Creditor, upon such terms as it deems appropriate, without notice or
demand and without affecting the validity or enforceability hereof or giving rise to any reduction,
limitation, impairment, discharge or termination of any Guarantors liability hereunder, from time
to time may (i) renew, extend, accelerate, increase the rate of interest on, or otherwise change
the time, place, manner or terms of payment of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) settle, compromise,
release or discharge, or accept or refuse any offer of performance with respect to,
or substitutions for, the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement relating thereto and/or subordinate
the payment of the same to the payment of any other obligations; (iii) request and accept other
guaranties of the Guaranteed Obligations and take and hold security for the payment hereof or the
Guaranteed Obligations; (iv) release, surrender, exchange, substitute, compromise, settle, rescind,
waive, alter, subordinate or modify, with or without consideration, any security for payment of the
Guaranteed Obligations, any other guaranties of the Guaranteed Obligations, or any other obligation
of any Person (including any other Guarantor) with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations; (v)
enforce and apply any security now or hereafter held by or for the benefit of such Guaranteed
Creditor in respect hereof or the Guaranteed Obligations and direct the order or manner of sale
thereof, or exercise any other right or remedy that such Guaranteed Creditor may have against any
such security, in each case as such Guaranteed Creditor in its discretion may determine consistent
herewith or the applicable Secured Hedging Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement and any
applicable security agreement, including foreclosure on any such security pursuant to one or more
judicial or nonjudicial sales, whether or not every aspect of any such sale is commercially
reasonable, and even though such action operates to impair or extinguish any right of reimbursement
or subrogation or other right or remedy of any Guarantor against any Borrower or any security for
the Guaranteed Obligations; and (vi) exercise any other rights available to it under the Credit
Documents, Secured Hedging Agreements or Secured Cash Management Agreements; and
(f) this Guaranty and the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall be valid and
enforceable and shall not be subject to any reduction, limitation, impairment, discharge or
termination for any reason (other than payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations in
accordance with its terms), including the occurrence of any of the following, whether or not any
Guarantor shall have had notice or knowledge of any of them: (i) any failure or omission to assert
or enforce or agreement or election not to assert or enforce, or the stay or enjoining, by order of
court, by operation of law or otherwise, of the exercise or enforcement of, any claim or demand or
any right, power or remedy (whether arising under the Credit Documents, Secured Hedging Agreements
or Secured Cash Management Agreements, at law, in equity or otherwise) with respect to the
Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement relating thereto, or with respect to any other guaranty of
or security for the payment of the Guaranteed Obligations; (ii) any rescission, waiver, amendment
or modification of, or any consent to departure from, any of the terms or provisions (including
provisions relating to events of default) hereof, any of the other Credit Documents, any of the
Secured Hedging Agreements or any of the Secured Cash Management Agreements or any agreement or
instrument executed pursuant thereto, or of any other guaranty or security for the Guaranteed
Obligations, in each case whether or not in accordance with the terms hereof or such Credit
Document, such Secured Hedging Agreement or such Secured Cash Management Agreement or any agreement
relating to such other guaranty or security; (iii) the Guaranteed Obligations, or any agreement
relating thereto, at any time being found to be illegal, invalid or unenforceable in any respect;
(iv) the application of payments received from any source (other than payments received pursuant to
the other Credit Documents or any of the Hedge Agreements or from the proceeds of any security for
the Guaranteed Obligations, except to the extent such security also serves as collateral for
indebtedness other than the Guaranteed Obligations) to the payment of indebtedness other than the
Guaranteed Obligations, even though any Guaranteed Creditor might have elected to apply such
payment to any part or all of the Guaranteed Obligations; (v) any Guaranteed Creditors consent to
the change, reorganization or termination of the corporate structure or existence of any Holding
Company or any of their respective Subsidiaries and to any corresponding restructuring of the
Guaranteed Obligations; (vi) any failure to perfect or continue perfection of a security interest
in any collateral which secures any of the Guaranteed Obligations; (vii) any defenses, set offs or
counterclaims which Company may allege or assert against any Guaranteed Creditor in respect of the
Guaranteed Obligations, including failure of consideration, breach of warranty, payment, statute of
frauds, statute of limitations, accord and satisfaction and usury; (viii) any other act or thing or
omission, or delay to do any other act or thing, which may or might in any manner or to any extent
vary the risk of any Guarantor as an obligor in respect of the Guaranteed Obligations; and (ix) any
law, regulation, decree or order of any jurisdiction adversely effecting the Guaranteed
Obligations.
16.05. Waivers by Guarantors. Each Guarantor hereby waives, for the benefit of
Guaranteed Creditors: (a) any right to require any Guaranteed Creditor, as a condition of payment
or performance by such Guarantor, to (i) proceed against any Borrower, any other guarantor
(including any other Guarantor) of the Guaranteed Obligations or any other Person, (ii) proceed
against or exhaust any security held from any Borrower, any such other guarantor (including any
other Guarantor) or any other Person, (iii) proceed against or have resort to any balance of any
deposit account or credit on the books of any Guaranteed Creditor in favor of any Borrower or any
other Person, or (iv) pursue any other remedy in the power of any Guaranteed Creditor whatsoever;
(b) any defense arising by reason of the incapacity, lack of authority or any disability or other
defense of any Borrower or any Guarantor including any defense based on or arising out of the lack
of validity or the unenforceability of the Guaranteed Obligations or any agreement or instrument
relating thereto or by reason of the cessation of the liability of any Borrower or any Guarantor
from any cause other than payment in full in cash of the Guaranteed Obligations in accordance with
their terms; (c) any defense based upon any statute or rule of law which provides that the
obligation of a surety must be neither larger in amount nor in other respects more burdensome than
that of the principal; (d) any defense based upon any Guaranteed Creditors errors or omissions in
the administration of the Guaranteed Obligations; (e) (i) any principles or provisions of law,
statutory or otherwise, which are or might be in conflict with the terms hereof and any legal or
equitable
discharge of such Guarantors obligations hereunder, (ii) the benefit of any statute of limitations
affecting such Guarantors liability hereunder or the enforcement hereof, (iii) any rights to set
offs, recoupments and counterclaims, and (iv) promptness, diligence and any requirement that any
Guaranteed Creditor protect, secure, perfect or insure any security interest or lien or any
property subject thereto; (f) notices, demands, presentments, protests, notices of protest, notices
of dishonor and notices of any action or inaction, including acceptance hereof, notices of default
hereunder, the Secured Hedging Agreements, the Secured Cash Management Agreements or any agreement
or instrument related thereto, notices of any renewal, extension or modification of the Guaranteed
Obligations or any agreement related thereto, notices of any extension of credit to any Borrower
and notices of any of the matters referred to in Section 14.04 and any right to consent to any
thereof; and (g) any defenses or benefits that may be derived from or afforded by law which limit
the liability of or exonerate guarantors or sureties, or which may conflict with the terms hereof.
16.06. Guarantors Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, etc. Until the Guaranteed
Obligations (other than indemnities and expense reimbursement obligations which, in either case,
are not then due and payable) shall have been paid in full in cash in accordance with their terms
and the Total Revolving Loan Commitments shall have terminated and all Letters of Credit shall have
expired or been cancelled, each Guarantor hereby waives any claim, right or remedy, direct or
indirect, that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have against any Borrower or any other
Guarantor or any of its assets in connection with this Guaranty or the performance by such
Guarantor of its obligations hereunder, in each case whether such claim, right or remedy arises in
equity, under contract, by statute, under common law or otherwise and including (a) any right of
subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification that such Guarantor now has or may hereafter have
against any Borrower with respect to the Guaranteed Obligations, (b) any right to enforce, or to
participate in, any claim, right or remedy that any Guaranteed Creditor now has or may hereafter
have against any Borrower, and (c) any benefit of, and any right to participate in, any collateral
or security now or hereafter held by any Guaranteed Creditor. In addition, until the Guaranteed
Obligations (other than indemnities and expense reimbursement obligations which, in either case,
are not then due and payable) shall have been paid in full in cash in accordance with their terms
and the Total Revolving Loan Commitments shall have terminated and all Letters of Credit shall have
expired or been cancelled, each Guarantor shall withhold exercise of any right of contribution such
Guarantor may have against any other guarantor (including any other Guarantor) of the Guaranteed
Obligations, including any such right of contribution as contemplated by Section 16.02. Each
Guarantor further agrees that, to the extent the waiver or agreement to withhold the exercise of
its rights of subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification and contribution as set forth herein is
found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be void or voidable for any reason, any rights of
subrogation, reimbursement or indemnification such Guarantor may have against any Borrower or
against any collateral or security, and any rights of contribution such Guarantor may have against
any such other guarantor (including any other Guarantor), shall be junior and subordinate to any
rights any Guaranteed Creditor may have against any Borrower, to all right, title and interest any
Guaranteed Creditor may have in any such collateral or security, and to any right any Guaranteed
Creditor may have against such other guarantor (including any other Guarantor). If any amount
shall be paid to any Guarantor on account of any such subrogation, reimbursement, indemnification
or contribution rights at any time when all Guaranteed Obligations shall not have been indefeasibly
paid in full in cash in accordance with their terms, such amount shall be held in trust for the
Administrative Agent on behalf of Guaranteed Creditors and shall forthwith be paid over to the
Administrative Agent for the benefit of Guaranteed Creditors to be credited and applied against the
Guaranteed Obligations, whether matured or unmatured, in accordance with the terms hereof.
16.07. Subordination of Other Guaranteed Obligations. Any Indebtedness of any
Borrower or any Guarantor now or hereafter held by any Guarantor (the Obligee Guarantor)
is hereby subordinated in right of payment to the Guaranteed Obligations, and any such indebtedness
collected or received by the Obligee Guarantor after an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing shall be held in trust for the Administrative Agent on behalf of Guaranteed Creditors
and shall forthwith be paid over to the Administrative Agent for the benefit of Guaranteed
Creditors to be credited and applied against the Guaranteed Obligations but without affecting,
impairing or limiting in any manner the liability of the Obligee Guarantor under any other
provision hereof.
16.08. Continuing Guaranty. This Guaranty is a continuing guaranty and shall remain
in effect until all of the Guaranteed Obligations shall have been paid in full and the Total
Revolving Loan Commitments shall have terminated and all Letters of Credit shall have expired or
been cancelled. Each Guarantor hereby irrevocably waives any right to revoke this Guaranty as to
future transactions giving rise to any Guaranteed Obligations.
16.09. Authority of Guarantors or the Borrowers. It is not necessary for any
Guaranteed Creditor to inquire into the capacity or powers of any Guarantor or any Borrower or the
officers, directors or any agents acting or purporting to act on behalf of any of them. The
Guarantors hereby authorize the Borrowers to enter into the Intercreditor Agreement and agree to be
bounds by the provisions thereof to the same extent as the Borrowers.
16.10. Financial Condition of Company. Any Credit Event may be made to, or for the
benefit of, any Borrower or continued from time to time, and any Secured Hedging Agreements or any
Secured Cash Management Agreements may be entered into from time to time, in each case without
notice to or authorization from any Guarantor regardless of the financial or other condition of
such Borrower at the time of any such grant or continuation or at the time such
Secured Hedging Agreement or Secured Cash Management Agreement is entered into, as the case may be.
No Guaranteed Creditor shall have any obligation to disclose to or discuss with any Guarantor its
assessment, or any Guarantors assessment, of the financial condition of any Borrower. Each
Guarantor has adequate means to obtain information from the Borrowers on a continuing basis
concerning the financial condition of the Borrowers and their ability to perform its obligations
under the Credit Documents, the Secured Hedging Agreements and Secured Cash Management Agreements,
and each Guarantor assumes the responsibility for being and keeping informed of the financial
condition of the Borrowers and of all circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the
Guaranteed Obligations. Each Guarantor hereby waives and relinquishes any duty on the part of any
Guaranteed Creditor to disclose any matter, fact or thing relating to the business, operations or
conditions of the Borrowers now known or hereafter known by any Guaranteed Creditor.
16.11. Bankruptcy, etc. (a) Without limiting any Guarantors ability to file a
voluntary bankruptcy petition in respect of itself, so long as any Guaranteed Obligations remain
outstanding, no Guarantor shall, without the prior written consent of the Administrative Agent
acting pursuant to the instructions of Required Lenders, commence or join with any other Person in
commencing any bankruptcy, reorganization or insolvency case or proceeding of or against any
Borrower or any other Guarantor. The obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall not be reduced,
limited, impaired, discharged, deferred, suspended or terminated by any case or proceeding,
voluntary or involuntary, involving the bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership, reorganization,
liquidation or arrangement of any Borrower or any Guarantor or by any defense which any Borrower or
any Guarantor may have by reason of the order, decree or decision of any court or administrative
body resulting from any such proceeding.
(b) Each Guarantor acknowledges and agrees that any interest on any portion of the
Guaranteed Obligations which accrues after the commencement of any case or proceeding referred to
in clause (a) above (or, if interest on any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations ceases to accrue
by operation of law by reason of the commencement of such case or proceeding, such interest as
would have accrued on such portion of the Guaranteed Obligations if such case or proceeding had not
been commenced) shall be included in the Guaranteed Obligations because it is the intention of the
Guarantors and the Guaranteed Creditors that the Guaranteed Obligations which are guaranteed by the
Guarantors pursuant hereto should be determined without regard to any rule of law or order which
may relieve any Borrower of any portion of such Guaranteed Obligations. The Guarantors will permit
any trustee in bankruptcy, receiver, debtor in possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors or
similar person to pay the Administrative Agent, or allow the claim of Administrative Agent in
respect of, any such interest accruing after the date on which such case or proceeding is
commenced.
(c) In the event that all or any portion of the Guaranteed Obligations are paid by any
Borrower, the obligations of the Guarantors hereunder shall continue and remain in full force and
effect or be reinstated, as the case may be, in the event that all or any part of such payment(s)
are rescinded or recovered directly or indirectly from any Guaranteed Creditor as a preference,
fraudulent transfer or otherwise, and any such payments which are so rescinded or recovered shall
constitute Guaranteed Obligations for all purposes hereunder.
16.12. Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor. If all of the Equity Interests
of any Guarantor or any of its successors in interest hereunder shall be sold or otherwise disposed
of (including by merger or consolidation) in accordance with the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, the Guaranty of such Guarantor or such successor in interest, as the case may be,
hereunder shall automatically be discharged and released without any further action by any
Guaranteed Creditor or any other Person effective as of the time of such sale or other disposition.
16.13. Additional Guarantors. It is understood and agreed that any Subsidiary of
the Holding Companies that is required to become a Guarantor hereunder shall do so by (x) executing
a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit M and delivering same to the
Administrative Agent, and (y) taking all actions as specified in this Agreement as would have been
taken by such Guarantor had it
been an original party to this Agreement, in each case with all documents and actions required
to be taken above to be taken to the reasonable satisfaction of the Administrative Agent.
* * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused their duly authorized officers to execute
and deliver this Agreement as of the date first above written.
Address:
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COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES, LLC
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By: |
/s/ Edward Morgan
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Name: |
Edward Morgan |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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COFFEYVILLE PIPELINE, INC.
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By: |
/s/ Edward Morgan
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Name: |
Edward Morgan |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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COFFEYVILLE REFINING & MARKETING, INC.
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By: |
/s/ Edward Morgan
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Name: |
Edward Morgan |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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COFFEYVILLE NITROGEN FERTILIZERS, INC.
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By: |
/s/ Edward Morgan
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Name: |
Edward Morgan |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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COFFEYVILLE CRUDE TRANSPORTATION, INC.
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By: |
/s/ Edward Morgan
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Name: |
Edward Morgan |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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COFFEYVILLE TERMINAL, INC.
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By: |
/s/ Edward Morgan
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Name: |
Edward Morgan |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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CL JV HOLDINGS, LLC
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By: |
/s/ Edward Morgan
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Name: |
Edward Morgan |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES PIPELINE, LLC
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By: |
/s/ Edward Morgan
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Name: |
Edward Morgan |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES REFINING & MARKETING, LLC
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By: |
/s/ Edward Morgan
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Name: |
Edward Morgan |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES NITROGEN FERTILIZERS, LLC
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By: |
/s/ Edward Morgan
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Name: |
Edward Morgan |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES CRUDE TRANSPORTATION, LLC
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By: |
/s/ Edward Morgan
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Name: |
Edward Morgan |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES TERMINAL, LLC
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By: |
/s/ Edward Morgan
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Name: |
Edward Morgan |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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COFFEYVILLE FINANCE, INC.
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By: |
/s/ Edward Morgan
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Name: |
Edward Morgan |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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CVR SPECIAL GP, LLC
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By: |
/s/ Edward Morgan
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Name: |
Edward Morgan |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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CVR PARTNERS, LP
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CVR GP, LLC, its managing general partner
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By: |
/s/ Edward Morgan
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Name: |
Edward Morgan |
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Title: |
Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer |
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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY
AMERICAS, Individually and as Administrative
Agent, as Collateral Agent and as Co-ABL
Collateral Agent
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By: |
/s/ Erin Morrissey
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Name: |
Erin Morrissey |
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Vice President |
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By: |
/s/ Michael Getz
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Name: |
Michael Getz |
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Vice President |
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JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., Individually
and as Co-ABL Collateral Agent
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By: |
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J. Devin Mock
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Name: |
J. Devin Mock |
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Vice President |
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WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A.
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By: |
/s/ Sanat Amladi
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Sanat Amladi |
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Authorized Signatory |
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WELLS FARGO CAPITAL FINANCE, LLC,
as Co-ABL Collateral Agent
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By: |
/s/ Sanat Amladi
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Name: |
Sanat Amladi |
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Senior Vice President |
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SunTrust Bank
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By: |
/s/ Mark Bohntinsky
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Mark Bohntinsky |
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Director |
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THE ROYAL BANK OF SCOTLAND plc,
as Lender and as Co-Documentation Agent
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By: |
/s/ Brian D. Williams
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Name: |
Brian D. Williams |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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PNC Bank, National Association
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By: |
/s/ Jonathan Parker
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Name: |
Jonathan Parker |
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Title: |
Relationship Manager |
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BARCLAYS BANK PLC
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By: |
/s/ David Barton
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Name: |
David Barton |
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Title: |
Director |
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Fifth Third Bank, N.A.
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By: |
/s/ Donald R. Parker
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Name: |
Donald R. Parker |
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Title: |
Vide President |
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AMEGY BANK, N.A.
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By: |
/s/ William B. Robinson
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Name: |
William B. Robinson |
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Title: |
Assistant Vice President |
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. Definitions and Accounting Terms |
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1.01. Defined Terms |
1.02. Other Definitional Provisions |
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SECTION 2. Amount and Terms of Credit |
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2.01. The Commitments |
2.02. Minimum Amount of Each Borrowing |
2.03. Notice of Borrowing |
2.04. Disbursement of Funds |
2.05. Notes |
2.06. Conversions |
2.07. Pro Rata Borrowings |
2.08. Interest |
2.09. Interest Periods |
2.10. Increased Costs, Illegality, etc. |
2.11. Compensation |
2.12. Change of Lending Office |
2.13. Replacement of Lenders |
2.14. Company as Agent for Borrowers |
2.15. Incremental Commitments |
2.16. Extensions of Loans and Commitments. |
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SECTION 3. Letters of Credit. |
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3.01. Letters of Credit |
3.02. Maximum Letter of Credit Outstandings; Final Maturities |
3.03. Letter of Credit Requests |
3.04. Letter of Credit Participations |
3.05. Agreement to Repay Letter of Credit Drawings |
3.06. Increased Costs |
3.07. Extended Commitments |
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SECTION 4. Commitment Commission; Fees; Reductions of Commitment |
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4.01. Fees |
4.02. Voluntary Termination of Unutilized Commitments |
4.03. Mandatory Reduction of Commitments |
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SECTION 5. Prepayments; Payments; Taxes |
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5.01. Voluntary Prepayments |
5.02. Mandatory Repayments; Cash Collateralization |
5.03. Method and Place of Payment |
5.04. Net Payments |
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SECTION 6. Conditions Precedent to Credit Events on the Effective Date |
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6.01. Effective Date; Notes |
6.02. Officers Certificate |
6.03. Opinions of Counsel |
6.04. Company Documents; Proceedings; etc. |
6.05. Shareholders Agreements; Management Agreements; Tax Sharing
Agreements; Existing Indebtedness Agreements |
6.06. Consummation of the Refinancing |
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6.07. Material Adverse Change, Approvals |
6.08. Litigation |
6.09. Intercreditor Agreement |
6.10. Pledge and Security Agreement |
6.11. First Lien Notes Documents and Second Lien Notes Documents |
6.12. Financial Statements; Pro Forma Balance Sheet; Projections |
6.13. Solvency Certificate; Insurance Certificates |
6.14. Fees, etc. |
6.15. Initial Borrowing Base Certificate; Excess Availability |
6.16. Field Examinations; etc. |
6.17. PATRIOT Act |
6.18. Federal Reserve Board |
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SECTION 7. Conditions Precedent to All Credit Events |
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7.01. No Default; Representations and Warranties |
7.02. Notice of Borrowing; Letter of Credit Request |
7.03. Borrowing Base Limitations |
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SECTION 8. Representations, Warranties and Agreements |
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8.01. Company Status |
8.02. Power and Authority |
8.03. No Violation |
8.04. Approvals |
8.05. Financial Statements; Financial Condition; Undisclosed Liabilities; Projections |
8.06. Litigation |
8.07. True and Complete Disclosure |
8.08. Use of Proceeds; Margin Regulations |
8.09. Tax Returns and Payments |
8.10. Compliance with ERISA |
8.11. Security Documents |
8.12. Properties |
8.13. Capitalization |
8.14. Subsidiaries |
8.15. Compliance with Statutes, etc. |
8.16. Governmental Regulation |
8.17. Borrowing Base Calculation |
8.18. Environmental Matters |
8.19. Employment and Labor Relations |
8.20. Intellectual Property, etc. |
8.21. Indebtedness |
8.22. Insurance |
8.23. Anti-Terrorism Law |
8.24. Material Contracts |
8.25. No Defaults |
8.26. Relevant States; etc |
8.27. First Lien Notes and Second Lien Notes |
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SECTION 9. Affirmative Covenants |
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9.01. Information Covenants |
9.02. Books, Records and Inspections; and Field Examinations and Appraisals |
9.03. Maintenance of Property; Insurance |
9.04. Existence; Franchises |
9.05. Compliance with Statutes, etc. |
9.06. Compliance with Environmental Laws |
9.07. ERISA |
9.08. End of Fiscal Years; Fiscal Quarters |
9.09. Performance of Obligations |
9.10. Payment of Taxes |
9.11. Use of Proceeds |
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9.12. Additional Security; Further Assurances; etc. |
9.13. Permitted Acquisitions |
9.14. Landlords Agreements, Mortgages Agreements, Bailee Letters and
Storage Agreements |
9.15. Corporate Separateness |
9.16. Coffeyville Refinery Revenue Bonds |
9.17. Refinancing of First Lien Notes |
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SECTION 10.Negative Covenants |
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10.01. Liens |
10.02. Consolidation, Merger, Purchase or Sale of Assets, etc. |
10.03. Dividends |
10.04. Indebtedness |
10.05. Advances, Investments and Loans |
10.06. Transactions with Affiliates |
10.07. Fixed Charge Coverage Ratio |
10.08. Modifications of Certificate of Incorporation, By-Laws and Certain
Other Agreements; Limitations on Voluntary Payments, etc. |
10.09. Limitation on Certain Restrictions on Subsidiaries |
10.10. Limitation on Issuance of Equity Interests |
10.11. Business; etc. |
10.12. Limitation on Creation of Subsidiaries and Unrestricted Subsidiaries |
10.13. No Additional Deposit Accounts; etc. |
10.14. Permitted Fertilizer Event |
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SECTION 11.Events of Default |
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11.01. Payments |
11.02. Representations, etc. |
11.03. Covenants |
11.04. Default Under Other Agreements |
11.05. Bankruptcy, etc. |
11.06. ERISA |
11.07. Security Documents |
11.08. Guaranty |
11.09. Judgments |
11.10. Change of Control |
11.11. Intercreditor Agreement |
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SECTION 12.The Agents |
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12.01. Appointment |
12.02. Nature of Duties |
12.03. Lack of Reliance on the Administrative Agent |
12.04. Certain Rights of the Agents |
12.05. Reliance |
12.06. Indemnification |
12.07. Each Agent in its Individual Capacity |
12.08. Holders |
12.09. Resignation by the Administrative Agent or a Co-ABL Collateral Agent |
12.10. Collateral Matters |
12.11. Delivery of Information |
12.12. Co-ABL Collateral Agents |
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SECTION 13.Miscellaneous |
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13.01. Payment of Expenses, etc. |
13.02. Right of Setoff |
13.03. Notices |
13.04. Benefit of Agreement; Assignments; Participations |
13.05. No Waiver; Remedies Cumulative |
13.06. Payments Pro Rata |
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13.07. Calculations; Computations |
13.08. GOVERNING LAW; SUBMISSION TO JURISDICTION; VENUE; WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL |
13.09. Counterparts |
13.10. Effectiveness |
13.11. Headings Descriptive |
13.12. Amendment or Waiver; etc. |
13.13. Survival |
13.14. Domicile of Loans |
13.15. Register |
13.16. Confidentiality |
13.17. Patriot Act |
13.18. OTHER LIENS ON COLLATERAL; TERMS OF INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT; ETC. |
13.19. Post-Closing Actions |
13.20. Interest Rate Limitation |
13.21. No Fiduciary Duty |
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SECTION 14.Nature of Borrower Obligations |
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14.01. Nature of Borrower Obligations |
14.02. Independent Obligation |
14.03. Authorization |
14.04. Reliance |
14.05. Contribution; Subrogation |
14.06. Waiver |
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SECTION 15.Release of Fertilizer Entities and the Borrowers |
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SECTION 16.Guaranty |
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16.01. Guaranty of the Guaranteed Obligations |
16.02. Contribution by Guarantors |
16.03. Payment by Guarantors |
16.04. Liability of Guarantors Absolute |
16.05. Waivers by Guarantors |
16.06. Guarantors Rights of Subrogation, Contribution, etc. |
16.07. Subordination of Other Guaranteed Obligations |
16.08. Continuing Guaranty |
16.09. Authority of Guarantors or the Borrowers |
16.10. Financial Condition of Company |
16.11. Bankruptcy, etc. |
16.12. Discharge of Guaranty Upon Sale of Guarantor |
16.13. Additional Guarantors |
SCHEDULE 1.01(a) Commitments
SCHEDULE 1.01(b) Certain Account Debtors/Concentration Limits
SCHEDULE 1.01(c) Methods of Calculating market value of Inventory
SCHEDULE 1.01(d) Pipeline Delivery Points
SCHEDULE 1.01(e) Initial Mortgaged Properties
SCHEDULE 1.01(f) Excluded Real Property
SCHEDULE 1.01(g) Eligible Carriers
SCHEDULE 1.01(h) Inventory Locations
SCHEDULE 1.01(i) Certain Designated Debt Funds
SCHEDULE 8.06 Litigation
SCHEDULE 8.09 Tax Returns
SCHEDULE 8.12 Real Property
SCHEDULE 8.13 Capitalization
SCHEDULE 8.14 Subsidiaries
SCHEDULE 8.15 Statutes
SCHEDULE 8.18 Environmental Matters
SCHEDULE 8.21 Permitted Existing Indebtedness
SCHEDULE 8.22 Insurance
SCHEDULE 8.26 First Purchasers
SCHEDULE 10.01 Existing Liens
SCHEDULE 10.05 Existing Investments
SCHEDULE 10.06(i) Existing Affiliate Agreements
SCHEDULE 10.06(k) MLP Affiliate Agreements
SCHEDULE 10.13 Deposit Accounts
SCHEDULE 13.03 Lender Addresses
EXHIBIT A-1 Form of Notice of Borrowing
EXHIBIT A-2 Form of Notice of Conversion/Continuation
EXHIBIT B-1 Form of Revolving Note
EXHIBIT B-2 Form of Swingline Note
EXHIBIT C Form of Letter of Credit Request
EXHIBIT D Form of Section 5.04(b)(ii) Certificate
EXHIBIT E Form of Shareholder Subordinated Note
EXHIBIT F Form of Officers Certificate
EXHIBIT G Form of Pledge and Security Agreement
EXHIBIT H Form of Solvency Certificate
EXHIBIT I Form of Compliance Certificate
EXHIBIT J Form of Assignment and Assumption Agreement
EXHIBIT K Form of Intercompany Note
EXHIBIT L Form of Landlord Waiver and Consent Agreement
EXHIBIT M Form of Joinder Agreement
EXHIBIT N Form of Borrowing Base Certificate
EXHIBIT O Form of Intercreditor Agreement
EXHIBIT P Form of Incremental Commitment Agreement
EXHIBIT E
FORM OF SHAREHOLDER SUBORDINATED NOTE
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FOR VALUE RECEIVED, [Coffeyville Pipeline, Inc.] [Coffeyville Refining & Marketing, Inc.]
[Coffeyville Nitrogen Fertilizers, Inc.] [Coffeyville Crude Transportation, Inc.] [Coffeyville
Terminal, Inc.] [CL JV Holdings, LLC], a Delaware [corporation] [limited liability company] (the
Payor), hereby promises to pay to____________ or [its] [his] [her] assigns (the
Payee), in immediately available funds, at___________, the principal sum of ___________
DOLLARS, which amount shall be payable on ___________,__, ____.1
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[The Payor also promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount hereof in like money
at said office from the date hereof until paid at a rate per annum equal to ________, such interest
to be paid [semi-annually] [annually] on _________ [and ______] of each year and at maturity
hereof.]
This Note is subject to voluntary prepayment, in whole or in part, at the option of the Payor,
without premium or penalty.
This Note is one of the Shareholder Subordinated Notes referred to in the Credit Agreement,
dated as of February 22, 2011, among Coffeyville Pipeline, Inc., Coffeyville Refining & Marketing,
Inc., Coffeyville Nitrogen Fertilizers, Inc., Coffeyville Crude Transportation, Inc., Coffeyville
Terminal, Inc., CL JV Holdings, LLC, Coffeyville Resources, LLC (the Company),
Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizers, LLC, Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing, LLC,
Coffeyville Resources Pipeline, LLC, Coffeyville Resources Crude Transportation, LLC, Coffeyville
Resources Terminal LLC, certain other Subsidiaries of the Holding Companies and the Company from
time to time party thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto (the Lenders),
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Capital Finance,
LLC, as Co-ABL Collateral Agents, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Administrative Agent
and as Collateral Agent (as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed,
refinanced, replaced and/or refunded from time to time, the Credit Agreement) and shall
be subject to the provisions thereof. Unless otherwise defined herein, all capitalized terms used
herein or in Annex A attached hereto and defined in the Credit Agreement shall have the meaning
assigned to such term in the Credit Agreement.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Note, the Payee understands and
agrees that the Payor shall not be required to make, and shall not make, any payment of principal,
interest or other amounts on this Note to the extent that such payment is prohibited by, or would
give rise to a default or an event of default under, the terms of any Senior Indebtedness (as
defined in Annex A attached hereto), including, but not limited to, Sections 10.03 and 10.08 of the
Credit Agreement.
This Note, and the Payors obligations hereunder, shall be subordinate and junior to all
indebtedness constituting Senior Indebtedness on the terms and conditions set forth in Annex A
attached hereto, which Annex A is herein incorporated by reference and made a part hereof as if set
forth herein in
its entirety. Annex A shall not be amended, modified or supplemented without the written
consent of the Required Lenders.
The Payor hereby waives presentment, demand, protest or notice of any kind in connection with
this Note.
THIS NOTE SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND BE GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW
YORK.
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ANNEX A
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EXHIBIT E
Section 1.01. Subordination of Liabilities. [Coffeyville Pipeline, Inc.]
[Coffeyville Refining & Marketing, Inc.] [Coffeyville Nitrogen Fertilizers, Inc.] [Coffeyville
Crude Transportation, Inc.] [Coffeyville Terminal, Inc.] [CL JV Holdings, LLC], (the
Payor), for itself, its successors and assigns, covenants and agrees, and each holder of
the Note to which this Annex A is attached (the Note) by its acceptance thereof likewise
covenants and agrees, that the payment of the principal of, interest on, and all other amounts
owing in respect of, the Note (the Subordinated Indebtedness) is hereby expressly
subordinated, to the extent and in the manner hereinafter set forth, to the prior payment in full
in cash of all Senior Indebtedness (as defined in Section 1.07 of this Annex A). The provisions of
this Annex A shall constitute a continuing offer to all persons and other entities who, in reliance
upon such provisions, become holders of, or continue to hold, Senior Indebtedness, and such
provisions are made for the benefit of the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and such holders are
hereby made obligees hereunder the same as if their names were written herein as such, and they
and/or each of them may proceed to enforce such provisions.
Section 1.02. The Payor Not to Make Payments with Respect to Subordinated Indebtedness in
Certain Circumstances. (a) Upon the maturity of any Senior Indebtedness (including interest
thereon or fees or any other amounts owing in respect thereof), whether at stated maturity, by
acceleration or otherwise, all Obligations (as defined in Section 1.07 of this Annex A) due and
owing in respect thereof shall first be paid in full in cash, before any payment of any kind or
character (whether in cash, property, securities or otherwise) is made on account of the
Subordinated Indebtedness.
(b) Until all Senior Indebtedness has been paid in full in cash and all commitments
and letters of credit in respect of such Senior Indebtedness have been terminated (or arrangements
with respect to the letters of credit that are satisfactory to the issuers of such letters of
credit have been made), the sum of all payments in respect of the Note (including principal and
interest), together with the sum of (i) all payments made under all other Shareholder Subordinated
Notes and (ii) all payments made by the Payor, any other Holding Company and any of their
Subsidiaries to repurchase stock of the Payor, any other Holding Company or Parent held by
employees of the Payor, any other Holding Company and any of their Subsidiaries shall not exceed at
any time that amount permitted to be paid by the Payor, any other Holding Company and any of their
Subsidiaries for such purpose by the terms of the respective issue of Senior Indebtedness.
(c) The Payor may not, directly or indirectly (and no other person or other entity
on behalf of the Payor may), make any payment of any Subordinated Indebtedness and may not acquire
any Subordinated Indebtedness for cash, property or securities until all Senior Indebtedness has
been paid in full in cash and all commitments and letters of credit in respect of such Senior
Indebtedness have been terminated (or arrangements with respect to the letters of credit that are
satisfactory to the issuers of such letters of credit have been made) if any default or event of
default under the Credit Agreement (as defined in Section 1.07 of this Annex A) or any other issue
of Senior Indebtedness is then in existence or would result therefrom. Each holder of the Note
hereby agrees that, so long as any such default or event of default in respect of any issue of
Senior Indebtedness exists, it will not sue for, or otherwise take any action to enforce the
Payors obligations to pay, amounts owing in respect of the Note. Each holder of the Note
understands and agrees that to the extent that this clause (c) prohibits any payment, or clause (b)
of this Section 1.02 reduces the payment of, interest and/or principal which would otherwise be
payable under the Note but for the limitations set forth in this clause (c) or such clause (b),
such unpaid amount shall not constitute a payment default under the Note and the holder of the Note
may not sue for, or otherwise take action to enforce the Payors obligation to pay such amount,
provided that such unpaid principal or interest shall remain an obligation of the Payor to the
holder of the Note pursuant to the terms of the Note.
(d) In the event that, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding subsections
(a), (b) and (c) of this Section 1.02, the Payor shall make (or the holder of the Note shall
receive) any payment on account of the Subordinated Indebtedness at a time when payment is not
permitted by said subsection (a), (b) or (c), such payment shall be held by the holder of the Note,
in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid forthwith over and delivered to, the holders of
Senior Indebtedness or their representative or the trustee under the indenture or other agreement
pursuant to which any instruments evidencing any Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, as their
respective interests may appear, for application pro rata to the payment of all
Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in full
in cash in accordance with the terms of such Senior Indebtedness, after giving effect to any
concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Indebtedness. Without in any way
modifying the provisions of this Annex A or affecting the subordination effected hereby if the
hereafter referenced notice is not given, the Payor shall give the holder of the Note prompt
written notice of any event which would prevent payments under Section 1.02(a), (b) or (c) hereof.
Section 1.03. Subordination to Prior Payment of all Senior Indebtedness on Dissolution,
Liquidation or Reorganization of Company. Upon any distribution of assets of the Payor upon
dissolution, winding up, liquidation or
reorganization of the Payor (whether in bankruptcy,
insolvency or receivership proceedings or upon an assignment for the benefit of creditors or
otherwise):
(a) the holders of all Senior Indebtedness shall first be entitled to receive
pay-ment in full in cash of all Senior Indebtedness (including, without limitation, post-petition
interest at the rate (including the default rate) provided in the documentation with respect to the
Senior Indebtedness, whether or not such post-petition interest is an allowed claim against the
debtor in any bankruptcy or similar proceeding) before the holder of the Note is entitled to
receive any payment of any kind or character on account of the Subordinated Indebtedness;
(b) any payment or distribution of assets of the Payor of any kind or character,
whether in cash, property or securities, to which the holder of the Note would be entitled except
for the provisions of this Annex A, shall be paid by the liquidating trustee or agent or other
person making such payment or distribution, whether a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver or
liquidating trustee or other trustee or agent, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or
their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any indenture under
which any instruments evidencing any such Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, to the extent
necessary to make payment in full in cash of all Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid, after giving
effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness; and
(c) in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section
1.03, any payment or distribution of assets of the Payor of any kind or character, whether in cash,
property or securities, shall be received by the holder of the Note on account of Subordinated
Indebtedness before all
Senior Indebtedness is paid in full in cash, such payment or distribution shall be received
and held in trust for and shall be paid over to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness remaining
unpaid or their representative or representatives, or to the trustee or trustees under any
indenture under which any instruments evidencing any of such Senior Indebtedness may have been
issued, for application to the payment of such Senior Indebtedness until all such Senior
Indebtedness shall have been paid in full in cash, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or
distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
If the holder of the Note does not file a proper claim or proof of debt in the form required
in any proceeding or other action referred to in the introduction paragraph of this Section 1.03
prior to 30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim or claims, then any of the
holders of the Senior Indebtedness or their representative is hereby authorized to file an
appropriate claim for and on behalf of the holder of the Note.
Without in any way modifying the provisions of this Annex A or affecting the subordination
effected hereby if the hereafter referenced notice is not given, the Payor shall give prompt
written notice to the holder of the Note of any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or
reorganization of the Payor (whether in bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings or upon
assignment for the benefit of creditors or otherwise).
Section 1.04. Subrogation. Subject to the prior payment in full in cash of all Senior
Indebtedness and all commitments and letters of credit in respect of such Senior Indebtedness
having been terminated (or arrangements with respect to the letters of credit that are satisfactory
to the issuers of such letters of credit have been made), the holder of the Note shall be
subrogated to the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to receive payments or distributions
of assets of the Payor applicable to the Senior Indebtedness until all amounts owing on the Note
shall be paid in full, and for the purpose of such subrogation no payments or distributions to the
holders of the Senior Indebtedness by or on behalf of the Payor or by or on behalf of the holder of
the Note by virtue of this Annex A which otherwise would have been made to the holder of the Note
shall, as between the Payor, its creditors, other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the
holder of the Note, be deemed to be payment by the Payor to or on account of the Senior
Indebtedness, it being understood that the provisions of this Annex A are and are intended solely
for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the holder of the Note, on the one hand, and the
holders of the Senior Indebtedness, on the other hand.
Section 1.05. Obligation of the Payor Unconditional. Nothing contained in this Annex A
or in the Note is intended to or shall impair, as between the Payor and the holder of the Note, the
obligation of the Payor, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the holder of the Note the
principal of and interest on the Note as and when the same shall become due and payable in
accordance with their terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of the holder of
the Note and creditors of the Payor other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, nor, except
as specifically provided herein, shall anything herein or therein prevent the holder of the Note
from exercising all remedies otherwise permitted by applicable law upon an event of default under
the Note, subject to the rights, if any, under this Annex A of the holders of Senior Indebtedness
in respect of cash, property or securities of the Payor received upon the exercise of any such
remedy. Upon any distribution of assets of the Payor referred to in this Annex A, the holder of the
Note shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent jurisdiction
in which such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are pending, or a
certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other person making any distribution to the
holder of the Note, for the purpose of ascertaining the persons entitled to participate in such
distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of the Payor, the
amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and
all other
facts pertinent thereto or to this Annex A.
Section 1.06. Subordination Rights Not Impaired by Acts or Omissions of Company or Holders
of Senior Indebtedness. No right of any present or future holders of any Senior Indebtedness to
enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by
any act or failure to act on the part of the Payor or by any act or failure to act by any such
holder, or by any noncompliance by the Payor with the terms and provisions of the Note, regardless
of any knowledge thereof which any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with. The holders
of the Senior
Indebtedness may, without in any way affecting the obligations of the holder of the Note with
respect hereto, at any time or from time to time and in their absolute discretion, change the
manner, place or terms of payment of, change or extend the time of payment of, or renew or alter,
any Senior Indebtedness or amend, modify or supplement any agreement or instrument governing or
evidencing such Senior Indebtedness or any other document referred to therein, or exercise or
refrain from exercising any other of their rights under the Senior Indebtedness including, without
limitation, the waiver of default thereunder and the release of any collateral securing such Senior
Indebtedness, all without notice to or assent from the holder of the Note.
Section 1.07. Senior Indebtedness. The term Senior Indebtedness shall mean
all Obligations (as defined below) of (i) the Payor under (or in respect of) the Credit Agreement,
dated as of February 22, 2011 (as amended, restated, modified, supplemented, extended, renewed,
refinanced, replaced and/or refunded from time to time, the Credit Agreement), among the
Holding Companies, the Borrowers, the Subsidiary Guarantors, the lenders from time to time party
thereto, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent,
and any renewal, extension, restatement, refinancing or refunding (in whole or in part) thereof,
(ii) the Payor (under or in respect of) any Secured Hedging Agreement (as such term is defined in
the Credit Agreement) and (iii) the Payor under (or in respect of) any Secured Cash Management
Agreement (as such term is defined in the Credit Agreement)1. As used herein, the term
Obligation shall mean any principal, interest, premium, penalties, fees, expenses,
indemnities and other liabilities and obligations payable under the documentation governing any
indebtedness (including interest after the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership
or similar proceeding at the relevant rate provided pursuant to the terms of the respective
documentation, whether or not such interest is an allowed claim against the debtor in any such
proceeding) and all guaranties of the foregoing obligations.
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Section 1.08. Miscellaneous. If, at any time, all or part of any payment with respect
to Senior Indebtedness theretofore made by the Payor or any other Person or entity is rescinded or
must otherwise be returned by the holders of the Senior Indebtedness for any reason whatsoever
(including, without limitation, the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Payor or such
other Person or entity), the subordination provisions set forth herein shall continue to be
effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, all as though such payment had not been made.
EXHIBIT F
FORM OF OFFICERS CERTIFICATE
I, the undersigned, [Chairman/Vice-Chairman/Chief Executive Officer/President/Vice-President]
of [Name of Credit Party], a [corporation] [limited liability company] [partnership] organized and
existing under the laws of the State of Delaware (the Company), [which [corporation]
[limited liability company] [partnership] constitutes the managing member of ______, a ______
limited liability company (the Limited Liability Company),] do hereby certify, solely in
my capacity as an officer of the Company and not in my individual capacity, on behalf of the
Company [, as the general partner of the Partnership] [, as the managing member of the Limited
Liability Company], that:
1. This Certificate is furnished pursuant to the ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of
February [ ], 2011, among Coffeyville Pipeline, Inc., Coffeyville Refining & Marketing, Inc.,
Coffeyville Nitrogen Fertilizers, Inc., Coffeyville Crude Transportation, Inc., Coffeyville
Terminal, Inc., CL JV Holdings, LLC, Coffeyville Resources, LLC, Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen
Fertilizers, LLC, Coffeyville
Resources Refining & Marketing, LLC, Coffeyville Resources Pipeline, LLC, Coffeyville
Resources Crude Transportation, LLC, Coffeyville Resources Terminal, LLC, certain other
Subsidiaries of the Holding Companies or Coffeyville Resources, LLC from time to time party
thereto, the lenders from time to time party thereto, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as Co-ABL Collateral Agents, and
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent (such Credit
Agreement, as in effect on the date of this Certificate, being herein called the Credit
Agreement). Unless otherwise defined herein, capitalized terms used in this Certificate shall
have the meanings set forth in the Credit Agreement.
2. The persons named in Exhibit A have been duly elected, have duly qualified as,
and at all times since ___________ __, 20_1 (to and including the date hereof) have been
officers of the Company, holding the respective offices in Exhibit A set forth opposite their
names, and the signatures on Exhibit A set forth opposite their names are their genuine signatures.
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3. Attached hereto as Exhibit B is a certified copy of the [Certificate of
Incorporation of the Company] [Certificate of Partnership] [Certificate of Formation of the Limited
Liability Company], as filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware,
together with all amendments thereto adopted through the date hereof.
4. Attached hereto as Exhibit C is a [true and correct copy of the By-Laws of the
Company which were duly adopted and are in full force and effect on the date hereof] [true and
correct copy of the [Partnership Agreement of the Partnership] [Limited Liability Company Agreement
of the Limited Liability Company], together with all amendments thereto adopted through the date
hereof].
5. Attached hereto as Exhibit D is a true and correct copy of resolutions which were
duly adopted on _________ __, ____ [by unanimous written consent of the Board of Directors of the
Company] [by a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Company at which a quorum was present and
acting throughout], and said resolutions have not been rescinded, amended or modified. Except as
attached hereto as Exhibit D, no resolutions have been adopted by the Board of Directors of the
Company which deal with the execution, delivery or performance of any of the Documents to which the
Company [, as the general partner of the Partnership,] [, as the managing member of the Limited
Liability Company,] is a party.
[6. On the date hereof, all of the conditions set forth in Sections 6.06 through
6.08, inclusive, and 7.01 of the Credit Agreement have been satisfied.
7. Attached hereto as Exhibit E are true and correct copies of all Shareholders
Agreements of each Holding Company and each of their Subsidiaries required to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.05 of the Credit Agreement.
8. Attached hereto as Exhibit F are true and correct copies of all Management
Agreements of each Holding Company and each of their Subsidiaries required to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.05 of the Credit Agreement.
9. Attached hereto as Exhibit G are true and correct copies of all Tax Sharing
Agreements of each Holding Company and each of their Subsidiaries required to be delivered to the
Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.05 of the Credit Agreement.
10. Attached hereto as Exhibit H are true and correct copies of all Existing
Indebtedness Agreements of each Holding Company and each of their Subsidiaries required to be
delivered to the Administrative Agent pursuant to Section 6.05 of the Credit Agreement.
11. Attached hereto as Exhibit I are true and correct copies of all First Lien Notes
Documents and Second Lien Notes Documents required to be delivered to the Administrative Agent
pursuant to Section 6.11 of the Credit Agreement.
13. On the date hereof, after giving effect to the Transaction and after giving
effect to each Credit Event to occur on the date hereof, Excess Availability is equal to or exceeds
$[100,000,000]. Attached hereto as Exhibit J are the calculations demonstrating in reasonable
detail such Excess Availability.]2
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[6][14.] On the date hereof, the representations and warranties contained in the Credit
Agreement and in the other Credit Documents are true and correct in all material respects with the
same effect as though such representations and warranties had been made on the date hereof, both
before and after giving effect to each Credit Event to occur on the date hereof and the application
of the proceeds thereof, unless stated to relate to a specific earlier date, in which case such
representations and warranties were true and correct in all material respects as of such specified
earlier date (it being understood that any representation or warranty that is qualified as to
materiality, Material Adverse Effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all
respects on any such date).
[7][15.] On the date hereof, no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is continuing or
would result from any Credit Event to occur on the date hereof or from the application of the
proceeds thereof.
[8.][16.] There is no pending proceeding for the dissolution or liquidation of [the Company]
[and/or the [Partnership] [Limited Liability Company]] or, to the knowledge of the undersigned,
threatening its existence.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this __ day of _______, ___.
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I, the undersigned, [Secretary/Assistant Secretary] of the Company, do hereby certify, solely
in my capacity as a/an [Secretary/Assistant Secretary] of the Company and not in my individual
capacity, on behalf of the Company [, as general partner of the Partnership] [, as the
managing member of the Limited Liability Company,] that:
1. [Name of Person making above certifications] is the duly elected and qualified
[Chairman/Vice-Chairman/Chief Executive Officer/President/Vice-President] of the Company and the
signature above is [his] [her] genuine signature.
2. The certifications made by [name of Person making above certifications] on behalf
of the Company in Items 2, 3, 4, 5 and [8][16] above are true and correct.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand this __ day of ______, ___.
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Include name, office and signature of each officer who will
sign any Credit Document on behalf of the Company [, as general
partner of the Partnership] [, as the managing member of the
Limited Liability Company], including the officer who will sign
the certification at the end of this Certificate or related
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EXHIBIT H
FORM OF SOLVENCY CERTIFICATE
To the Administrative Agent and each of the Lenders
party to the Credit Agreement referred to below:
This Certificate is furnished to the Administrative Agent and the Lenders pursuant to Section
6.13(a) of the ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of February [ ], 2011, among Coffeyville Resources,
LLC (the Company), a Delaware limited liability company, Coffeyville Pipeline, Inc.,
Coffeyville Refining & Marketing, Inc., Coffeyville Nitrogen Fertilizers, Inc., Coffeyville Crude
Transportation, Inc., Coffeyville Terminal, Inc., CL JV Holdings, LLC, Coffeyville Resources
Nitrogen Fertilizers, LLC, Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing, LLC, Coffeyville Resources
Pipeline, LLC, Coffeyville Resources Crude Transportation, LLC, Coffeyville Resources Terminal,
LLC, certain other Subsidiaries of the Holding Companies or the Company from time to time party
thereto, the lenders party thereto from time to time, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as Co-ABL Collateral Agents, and
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent and as Administrative Agent (the
Administrative Agent) (the Credit Agreement). Unless otherwise defined herein,
capitalized terms used in this Certificate shall have the meanings set forth in the Credit
Agreement.
For purposes of this Certificate, the terms below shall have the following definitions:
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The amount at which the assets (both tangible and intangible), in their entirety, of the Credit
Parties (taken as a whole) would change hands between a willing buyer and a willing seller, within
a commercially reasonable period of time, each having reasonable knowledge of the relevant facts,
with neither being under any compulsion to act. |
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The amount that could be obtained by an independent willing seller from an independent willing
buyer if the assets, in their entirety, of the Credit Parties (taken as a whole) are sold with
reasonable promptness in an arms-length transaction under present conditions for the sale of
comparable business enterprises. |
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connection with the Transaction (including Indebtedness under the Credit Documents and all other
financings contemplated by the other Credit Documents), in each case after giving effect to the
Transaction and the incurrence of all financings, redemptions and repayments in connection
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with GAAP) of the Credit Parties (taken as a whole) as of the date hereof after giving effect to
the consummation of the Transaction (which, for purposes of this Certificate, shall include the
retirement and repayment on the Effective Date of Indebtedness in respect of the Refinancing with
the proceeds of the New Financing), determined in accordance with GAAP consistently applied,
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asserted claims and assessments, guaranties, uninsured risks and other contingent liabilities
(other than such contingent liabilities included within the term Stated Liabilities) of
the Credit Parties (taken as a whole) after giving effect to the Transaction (including all fees
and expenses related thereto but exclusive of such contingent liabilities to the extent reflected
in Stated Liabilities), as identified and explained in terms of their nature and estimated
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that have been identified as such by an officer of a Holding Company or any of its Subsidiaries,
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Parties (taken as a whole) will have sufficient assets and cash flow to pay their respective Stated
Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities as those liabilities mature or otherwise
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Parties (taken as a whole) after consummation of the Transaction and all Indebtedness (including
the Loans) being incurred and issued by the Credit Parties in
connection therewith, is or are a going concern and have sufficient capital to ensure that it or they will continue to be a going
concern (as such term is determined in accordance with GAAP) for such period and to remain a going
concern. |
I, the undersigned, the Chief Financial Officer of the Company in that capacity only and not
in my individual capacity, do hereby certify as of the date hereof that:
1. For purposes of this Certificate, I, or officers of the Holding Companies and/or
their Subsidiaries under my direction and supervision, have performed the following procedures as
of and for the periods set forth below.
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2. After giving effect to the Transaction occurring on the date hereof, on a
consolidated basis:
(i) the Fair Value of the assets of the Credit Parties (taken as a whole) will exceed their
Stated Liabilities and Indentified Contingent Liabilities;
(ii) the Present Fair Saleable Value of the property of the Credit Parties (taken as a whole)
will be greater than the amount that will be required to pay their Stated Liabilities and
Identified Contingent Liabilities as they mature or otherwise become payable;
(iii) the Credit Parties (taken as a whole) will not have Unreasonably Small Capital;
(iv) the Credit Parties (taken as a whole) intend to and believe that they will be able to pay
their Stated Liabilities and Identified Contingent Liabilities as they mature or otherwise become
payable; and
3. The Holding Companies and their Subsidiaries do not intend, in consummating the
transactions contemplated by the New Financing, to delay, hinder, or defraud either present or
future creditors.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his hand this __ day of __________, 2011.
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EXHIBIT I
FORM OF COMPLIANCE CERTIFICATE
This Compliance Certificate is delivered to you pursuant to Section 9.01(f) of the ABL Credit
Agreement, dated as of February [ ], 2011 (as amended, restated, supplemented or modified from
time to time, the Credit Agreement), among Coffeyville Pipeline, Inc., Coffeyville
Refining & Marketing, Inc., Coffeyville Nitrogen Fertilizers, Inc., Coffeyville Crude
Transportation, Inc., Coffeyville Terminal, Inc., CL JV Holdings, LLC, Coffeyville Resources, LLC
(the Company), Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizers, LLC, Coffeyville Resources
Refining & Marketing, LLC, Coffeyville Resources Pipeline, LLC, Coffeyville Resources Crude
Transportation, LLC, Coffeyville Resources Terminal, LLC, certain other Subsidiaries of the Holding
Companies and the Company from time to time party thereto, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas,
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as Co-ABL Collateral Agents,
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent and as Administrative Agent, and the
lenders party thereto from time to time. Terms defined in the Credit Agreement and not otherwise
defined herein are used herein as therein defined.
1. I am the duly elected, qualified and acting chief financial officer of the Company.
2. I have reviewed and am familiar with the contents of this Compliance Certificate. I
am providing this Compliance Certificate solely in my capacity as an officer of the Company. The
matters set forth herein are true to my knowledge after due inquiry.
3. I have reviewed the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents and
have made or caused to be made a review in reasonable detail of the transactions and condition of
the Holding Companies and their Subsidiaries during the accounting period covered by the financial
statements attached hereto as ANNEX 1 (the Financial Statements). Such review did not
disclose the existence at the end of the accounting period covered by the Financial Statements, and
I have no knowledge of the existence, as of the date of this Compliance Certificate, of any
condition or event which constitutes a Default or an Event of Default [other than as set forth in
ANNEX 2 attached hereto]1
4. Attached hereto as ANNEX [2] [3] are the computations showing (in reasonable detail)
compliance with the covenant specified in Section 10.07 of the Credit Agreement for the
Test Period ended [__________].
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have executed this Compliance Certificate this ____ day of _____.
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ANNEX 1
[Applicable Financial Statements To Be Attached]
ANNEX 2
[Specify in reasonable detail the nature and extent of any Default or Event of Default]
ANNEX [2][3]
The
information described herein is as of _________, ___1 (the Computation Date)
and, except as otherwise indicated below, pertains to the period from [first day of applicable Test
Period] to the Computation Date (the Relevant Period).
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a. Consolidated EBITDA2 for the Test Period (as defined in
the Credit Agreement) ended on the Computation Date minus (i) the
aggregate amount of all Capital Expenditures made by the Company
and its Subsidiaries during such period (other than Capital
Expenditures to the extent financed with the proceeds of any sale
or issuance of Equity Interests, the proceeds of any asset sale
(other than sales of inventory in the ordinary course of
business), the proceeds of any Recovery Event or the proceeds of
any incurrence of Indebtedness (other than the incurrence of any
Loans or any loans under any other revolving credit (or similar)
facility), but including Capital Expenditures to the extent
financed with proceeds of Loans or any loans under any other
revolving credit (or similar) facility minus (ii) the amount of
all cash payments (including cash Dividends pursuant to Section
10.03(d) of the Credit Agreement) made by the Company and its
Subsidiaries in respect of income taxes or income tax liabilities
(net of cash income tax refunds) during such period (excluding
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b. Fixed Charges for the Test Period ended on the Computation Date
being the sum of (a) any amortization or other scheduled payments
made during such period on all Indebtedness of the Company and
its Subsidiaries for such period (including the principal
component of all obligations in respect of all Capitalized Lease
Obligations), plus (b) Consolidated Interest Expense of the
Company and its Subsidiaries for such period, plus (c) the
aggregate amount of all cash Dividends paid by the Company and
its Subsidiaries as permitted under Section 10.03 of the Credit
Agreement for such period (other than cash Dividends (x) paid to
the Company or any of its Subsidiaries or (y) cash Dividends paid
pursuant to Sections 10.03(c) and (d) of the Credit Agreement
(but in the case of such clause (d), only in respect of income
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EXHIBIT J
FORM OF ASSIGNMENT
AND
ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT1
This Assignment and Assumption Agreement (this Assignment), is dated as of the
Effective Date set forth below and is entered into by and between [the][each] Assignor identified
in item [1][2] below ([the] [each, an] Assignor) and [the] [each] Assignee identified in
item 2 below ([the] [each, an] Assignee). [It is understood and agreed that the rights
and obligations of such [Assignees][and Assignors] hereunder are several and not joint.]
Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them in the
ABL Credit Agreement identified below (as amended, restated, supplemented and/or otherwise modified
from time to time, the Credit Agreement). The Standard Terms and Conditions for
Assignment and Assumption Agreement set forth in Annex 1 hereto (the Standard Terms and
Conditions) are hereby agreed to and incorporated herein by reference and made a part of this
Assignment as if set forth herein in full.
For an agreed consideration, [the][each] Assignor hereby irrevocably sells and assigns to
[the] [each] Assignee, and [the] [each] Assignee hereby irrevocably purchases and assumes from
[the][each] Assignor, subject to and in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions and the
Credit Agreement, as of the Effective Date inserted by the Administrative Agent as contemplated
below, the interest in and to
all of [the][each] Assignors rights and obligations under the Credit Agreement and any other
documents or instruments delivered pursuant thereto that represents the amount and percentage
interest identified below of all of the [respective] Assignors outstanding rights and obligations
identified below (including Letters of Credit and Swingline Loans) ([the] [each, an] Assigned
Interest). [Each] [Such] sale and assignment is without recourse to [the][any] Assignor and,
except as expressly provided in this Assignment, without representation or warranty by [the][any]
Assignor.
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ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of February
[ ], 2011, among Coffeyville Pipeline,
Inc., Coffeyville Refining & Marketing,
Inc., Coffeyville Nitrogen Fertilizers,
Inc., Coffeyville Crude Transportation,
Inc., Coffeyville Terminal, Inc., CL JV
Holdings, LLC, Coffeyville Resources, LLC
(the Company), Coffeyville Resources
Nitrogen Fertilizers, LLC, Coffeyville
Resources Refining & Marketing, LLC,
Coffeyville Resources Pipeline, LLC,
Coffeyville Resources Crude Transportation,
LLC, Coffeyville Resources Terminal, LLC,
certain other Subsidiaries of the Holding
Companies and the Company from time to time
party thereto, the lenders party thereto
from time to time, Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
and Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as
Co-ABL Collateral Agents, and Deutsche Bank
Trust Company Americas, as Collateral Agent
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and 2 should list the Assignor and the Assignee, respectively. In
the case of an assignment to funds managed by the same or related
investment managers, or an assignment by multiple Assignors, the
Assignors and the Assignee(s) should be listed in the table under
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Consented to and Accepted: |
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ANNEX I
TO
EXHIBIT J
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES, LLC
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES REFINING & MARKETING, LLC
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES NITROGEN FERTILIZERS, LLC
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES PIPELINE, LLC
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES CRUDE TRANSPORTATION, LLC
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES TERMINAL, LLC
[INSERT NAMES OF OTHER BORROWERS]
CREDIT AGREEMENT
STANDARD TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR ASSIGNMENT
AND ASSUMPTION AGREEMENT
1. Representations and Warranties.
1.1. Assignor. [The] [Each] Assignor (a) represents and warrants that (i)
it is the legal and beneficial owner of [the] [its] Assigned Interest, (ii) [the] [its] Assigned
Interest is free and clear of any lien, encumbrance or other adverse claim and (iii) it has full
power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this Assignment and
to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby; and (b) assumes no responsibility with respect
to (i) any statements, warranties or representations made in or in connection with any Credit
Document, (ii) the execution, legality, validity, enforceability, genuineness, sufficiency or value
of the Credit Agreement, any other Credit Document or any other instrument or document delivered
pursuant thereto (other than this Assignment) or any collateral thereunder, (iii) the financial
condition of Holdings, any of its Subsidiaries or affiliates or any other Person obligated in
respect of any Credit Document or (iv) the performance or observance by Holdings, any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates or any other Person of any of their respective obligations under any
Credit Document.
1.2. Assignee. [The] [Each] Assignee (a) represents and warrants that (i)
it has full power and authority, and has taken all action necessary, to execute and deliver this
Assignment and to consummate the transactions contemplated hereby and to become a Lender under the
Credit Agreement, (ii) confirms that it is (A) a Lender, (B) the parent company and/or an affiliate
of [the][each] Assignor which is at least 50% owned by [the][each] Assignor or its parent company,
(C) an affiliate of any other Lender which is at least 50% owned by such other Lender or its parent
company (provided that any fund that invests in loans and is managed or advised by the same
investment advisor of another fund which is a Lender (or by an Affiliate of such investment
advisor) shall be treated as an affiliate of such other Lender for the purposes of this paragraph
1.2.(C), (D) in the case of any Lender that is a fund that invests in loans, any other fund that
invests in loans and is managed or advised by the same investment advisor of any Lender or by an
Affiliate of such investment advisor or (E) an Eligible Transferee under Section 13.04(b) of the
Credit Agreement; provided, that no assignment may be made to any such Person that is, or
would at such time constitute, a Defaulting Lender; (iii) from and after the Effective Date, it
shall be bound by the provisions of the Credit Agreement as a Lender thereunder and, to the extent
of [the][its] Assigned Interest, shall have the obligations of a Lender thereunder, (iv) it has
received a copy of the Credit Agreement, together with copies of the most recent financial
statements delivered pursuant to Section 9.01 thereof, as applicable, and such other documents and
information as it has deemed appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter into
this Assignment and to purchase [the][its] Assigned Interest on the basis of which it has made such
analysis and decision and (v) if it is organized under the laws of a jurisdiction outside the
United States, it has attached to this Assignment any tax documentation required to be delivered by
it pursuant to the terms of the Credit Agreement, duly completed and executed by it; (b) agrees
that it will, independently and without reliance upon the Administrative Agent,
[the][each] Assignor, or any other Lender and based on such documents and information as it
shall deem appropriate at the time, continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not
taking action under the Credit Agreement; (c) appoints and authorizes the Administrative Agent and
the Collateral Agent to take such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers under
the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents as are delegated to or otherwise conferred upon
the Administrative Agent or the Collateral Agent, as the case may be, by the terms thereof,
together with such powers as are reasonably incidental thereto; and (d) agrees that it will perform
in accordance with their terms all of the obligations which by the terms of the Credit Documents
are required to be performed by it as a Lender.
2. Payment. From and after the Effective Date, the Administrative Agent
shall make all payments in respect [the] [each] Assigned Interest (including payments of principal,
interest, fees, commissions and other amounts) to [the][each] Assignor for amounts which have
accrued to but excluding the Effective Date and to [the] [each] Assignee for amounts
which have
accrued from and after the Effective Date.
3. Effect of Assignment. Upon the delivery of a fully executed original
hereof to the Administrative Agent, as of the Effective Date, (i) [the][each] Assignee shall be a
party to the Credit Agreement and, to the extent provided in this Assignment, have the rights and
obligations of a Lender thereunder and under the other Credit Documents and (ii) [the][each]
Assignor shall, to the extent provided in this Assignment, relinquish its rights and be released
from its obligations under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents.
4. General Provisions. This Assignment shall be binding upon, and inure to
the benefit of, the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns. This Assignment
may be executed in any number of counterparts, which together shall constitute one instrument.
Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page of this Assignment by telecopy shall be
effective as delivery of a manually executed counterpart of the Assignment. THIS ASSIGNMENT SHALL
BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
(INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, SECTION 5.1401 OF THE GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW).
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EXHIBIT K
FORM OF GLOBAL INTERCOMPANY NOTE
This Note, and the obligations of the Payors (as defined below), hereunder, shall be subordinate
and junior in right of payment to all Senior Indebtedness (as defined in Section 1.07 of Annex A
hereto) on the terms and conditions set forth in Annex A hereto, which Annex A is herein
incorporated by reference and made a part hereof as if set forth herein in its entirety. Annex A
shall not be amended, modified or supplemented without the written consent of the Required Lenders
(as defined in the Credit Agreement referred to below) (or, after such Credit Agreement has been
terminated, the other holders holding a majority of the outstanding other Senior Indebtedness (as
defined therein in such Annex A)
Sugar Land, Texas
___, 2011
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, each of the undersigned listed on the signature pages hereto as a Payor,
to the extent a borrower from time to time from any payee (each, a Payor) hereby
promises to pay on demand to the order of such other entity listed on the signature pages hereto as
a Payee or its assigns (each, a Payee), in lawful money of the United States of America
(or such other currency as agreed to by any Payor and Payee) in immediately available funds, at
such location as each Payee shall from time to time designate, the unpaid principal amount of all
loans and advances from time to time outstanding made by such Payee to any Payor.
Each Payor also promises to pay interest on the unpaid principal amount of all such loans and
advances hereof in like money at said location from the date of such loans and advances until paid
at such rate per annum and at such times as shall be agreed upon from time to time by such Payor
and the applicable Payee; provided, however, that in no event shall the rate of
interest payable with respect of the indebtedness evidenced hereby exceed the maximum rate of
interest from time to time allowed to be charged by applicable law. Upon the earlier to occur of
(x) the commencement of any bankruptcy, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment of debt, relief of
debtors, dissolution, insolvency or liquidation or similar proceeding of any jurisdiction relating
to the Payor or (y) any exercise of remedies (including the termination of the Total Revolving Loan
Commitments) pursuant to Section 11 of the Credit Agreement referred to below, the unpaid principal
amount hereof shall become immediately due and payable without presentment, demand, protest or
notice of any kind in connection with this Note.
This Note is subject to the terms of (i) that certain ABL Credit Agreement dated as of
February 22, 2011 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
Credit Agreement), among Coffeyville Pipeline, Inc., Coffeyville Refining & Marketing,
Inc., Coffeyville Nitrogen Fertilizers, Inc., Coffeyville Crude Transportation, Inc., Coffeyville
Terminal, Inc., CL JV Holdings, LLC, Coffeyville Resources, LLC (the Company),
Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizers, LLC, Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing, LLC,
certain other Subsidiaries of the Holding Companies or the Company from time to time party thereto,
the lenders party thereto from time to time, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as Co-ABL Collateral
Agents, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as collateral agent (the Collateral
Agent) and as administrative agent and (ii) that certain ABL Pledge and Security Agreement
(the ABL Pledge and Security Agreement), dated as of February [ ], 2011, executed by the
Company and certain other parties in favor of the Collateral Agent, in each case to the extent
required pursuant to the terms thereof. Each Payee hereby acknowledges and agrees that, subject to
the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement), the Collateral Agent
may exercise its rights provided in the Credit Agreement and the ABL Pledge and Security Agreement
with respect to this Note.
Each Payee is hereby authorized (but shall not be required) to record all loans and advances
made by it to any Payor (all of which shall be evidenced by this Note), and all repayments or
prepayments thereof, in its books and records, such books and records constituting prima facie
evidence of the accuracy of the information contained therein; provided that the failure of
any Payee to record such information shall not affect any Payors obligations. This Note may be
prepaid in whole or in part at any time without penalty or premium.
Each Payor, for itself and its successors and assigns, waives presentment, demand, protest and
notice thereof or of dishonor and waives the right to be released by reason of any extension of
time or other indulgences or change in the terms of payment or any change, alteration or release of
any security given for the payment hereof. This Note may be amended, modified or supplemented only
by an instrument in writing executed by each Payor and each Payee.
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THIS NOTE SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE
INTERNAL LAWS OF THE STATE OF DELAWARE, WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS PRINCIPLES (EXCEPT FOR
NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW SECTIONS 5-1401 and 5-1402).
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Payor has caused this Note to be duly executed and delivered by its duly
authorized officer as of the date first written above.
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ANNEX A
TO
INTERCOMPANY NOTE
Section 1.01. Subordination of Liabilities. Each Payor for itself, its successors and
assigns, covenants and agrees, and each Payee of the promissory note to which this Annex A is
attached (the Note) by its acceptance thereof likewise covenants and agrees, that the
payment of the principal of, and interest on, and all other amounts owing in respect of, the Note
(the Subordinated Indebtedness) is hereby expressly subordinated, to the extent and in
the manner hereinafter set forth, to the prior payment in full in cash of all Senior Indebtedness
(as defined in Section 1.07 of this Annex A). The provisions of this Annex A shall constitute a
continuing offer to all Persons or other entities who, in reliance upon such provisions, become
holders of, or continue to hold, Senior Indebtedness, and such provisions are made for the benefit
of the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and such holders are hereby made obligees hereunder the same
as if their names were written herein as such, and they and/or each of them may proceed to enforce
such provisions.
Section 1.02. Payor Not to Make Payments with Respect to Note in Certain
Circumstances. (a) Upon the maturity of any Senior Indebtedness (including, without limitation,
interest thereon or fees or any other amounts owing in respect thereof), whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise, all Obligations (as defined in Section 1.07 of this Annex
A) due and owing in respect thereof shall first be paid in full in cash before any payment of any
kind or character (whether in cash, property, securities or otherwise) is made on account of the
Subordinated Indebtedness. Each Payor may not, directly or indirectly (and no Person or other
entity on behalf of such Payor may), make any payment of any Subordinated Indebtedness and may not
acquire any Subordinated Indebtedness for cash, property or securities until all Senior
Indebtedness has been paid in full in cash if any Default or Event of Default (each as defined
below) is then in existence or would result therefrom. Each Payee hereby agrees that, so long as
any Default or Event of Default in respect of any Senior Indebtedness exists, it will not ask,
demand, sue for, or otherwise take, accept or receive, any amounts owing in respect of the
Subordinated Indebtedness. As used herein, the terms Default and Event of
Default shall mean any Default or Event of Default respectively, under and as defined in, the
relevant documentation governing any Senior Indebtedness and in any event shall include any payment
default with respect to any Senior Indebtedness.
(b) In the event that, notwithstanding the provisions of the preceding
subsection (a) of this Section 1.02, any payment shall be made on account of Subordinated
Indebtedness at a time when payment is not permitted by the terms of the Note or by said subsection
(a), such payment shall be held by such Payee, in trust for the benefit of, and shall be paid
forthwith over and delivered to, the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their representative or
representatives under the agreements pursuant to which the Senior Indebtedness may have been
issued, as their respective interests may appear, for application pro rata to the payment of all
Senior Indebtedness remaining unpaid to the extent necessary to pay all Senior Indebtedness in full
in cash in accordance with the terms of such Senior Indebtedness, after giving effect to any
concurrent payment or distribution to or for the holders of Senior Indebtedness. Without in any way
modifying the provisions of this Annex A or affecting the subordination effected hereby if such
notice is not given, each Payor shall give such Payee prompt written notice of any maturity of
Senior Indebtedness after which such Senior Indebtedness remains unsatisfied.
Section 1.03. Note Subordinated to Prior Payment of All Senior Indebtedness on
Dissolution, Liquidation or Reorganization of any Payor. Upon any distribution of assets of any
Payor upon any total or partial dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of such
Payor (whether in bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings or upon an assignment for the
benefit of creditors, marshalling of assets or otherwise and whether voluntary or involuntary):
(a) the holders of all Senior Indebtedness shall first be entitled to receive payment in full
in cash of all Senior Indebtedness (including, without limitation, post- petition interest at the
rate provided in the documentation with respect to the Senior Indebtedness, whether or not such
post-petition interest is an allowed claim against the debtor in any bankruptcy or similar
proceeding) before any Payee is entitled to receive any payment of any kind or character on account
of Subordinated Indebtedness;
(b) any payment or distribution of assets of such Payor of any kind or character, whether in
cash, property or securities, to which such Payee would be entitled except for the provisions of
this Annex A, shall be paid by the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making such payment
or distribution, whether a trustee in bankruptcy, a receiver or liquidating trustee or other
trustee or agent, directly to the holders of Senior Indebtedness or their representative or
representatives under the agreements pursuant to which the Senior Indebtedness may have been
issued, to the extent necessary to make payment in full in cash of all Senior Indebtedness
remaining unpaid, after giving effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of
such Senior Indebtedness; and
(c) in the event that, notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this Section 1.03, any
payment or distribution of assets of such Payor of any kind or character, whether in cash, property
or securities, shall be received by any Payee on account of the Subordinated Indebtedness before
all Senior Indebtedness is paid in full in cash, such payment or distribution shall be received and
held in trust for and shall forthwith be paid over to the holders of the Senior Indebtedness
remaining unpaid or their representative or representatives under the agreements pursuant to which
the Senior Indebtedness may have been issued, for application to the payment of such Senior
Indebtedness until all such Senior Indebtedness shall have been paid in full in cash, after giving
effect to any concurrent payment or distribution to the holders of such Senior Indebtedness.
To the extent any payment of Senior Indebtedness (whether by or on behalf of any Payor, as
proceeds of security or enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise) is declared to be
fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be paid to any receiver, trustee in
bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other similar person under any bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership, fraudulent conveyance or similar law, then, if such payment is recovered by, or paid
over to, such receiver, trustee in bankruptcy, liquidating trustee, agent or other similar Person,
the Senior Indebtedness or part thereof originally intended to be satisfied shall be deemed to be
reinstated and outstanding as if such payment has not occurred.
If any Payee does not file a proper claim or proof of debt in the form required in any
proceeding or other action referred to in the introduction paragraph of this Section 1.03 prior to
30 days before the expiration of the time to file such claim or claims, then any of the holders of
the Senior Indebtedness or their representative is hereby authorized to file an appropriate claim
for and on behalf of such Payee.
Without in any way modifying the provisions of this Annex A or affecting the subordination
effected hereby if such notice is not given, each Payor shall give prompt written notice to the
Payee of any dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization of such Payor (whether in
bankruptcy, insolvency or receivership proceedings or upon assignment for the benefit of creditors
or otherwise).
Section 1.04. Subrogation. Subject to the prior payment in full in cash of all Senior
Indebtedness, each Payee shall be subrogated to the rights of the holders of Senior Indebtedness to
receive payments or distributions of assets of any Payor applicable to the Senior Indebtedness
until all amounts owing on the Note shall be paid in full, and for the purpose of such subrogation
no payments or distributions to
the holders of the Senior Indebtedness by or on behalf of such Payor or by or on behalf of
such Payor by virtue of this Annex A which otherwise would have been made to such Payee shall, as
between such Payor, its creditors other than the holders of Senior Indebtedness, and the Payee, be
deemed to be payment by such Payor to or on account of the Senior Indebtedness, it being understood
that the provisions of this Annex A are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the
relative rights of each Payee, on the one hand, and the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, on the
other hand.
Section 1.05. Obligation of each Payor Unconditional. Nothing contained in this Annex
A or in the Note is intended to or shall impair, as between any Payor and any Payee, the obligation
of such Payor, which is absolute and unconditional, to pay to the Payee the principal of and
interest on the Note as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their
terms, or is intended to or shall affect the relative rights of Payee and creditors of such Payor,
other than the holders of the Senior Indebtedness, nor shall anything herein or therein, except as
expressly provided herein, prevent the holder of the Note from exercising all remedies otherwise
permitted by applicable law, subject to the rights, if any, under this Annex A of the holders of
Senior Indebtedness in respect of cash, property, or securities of any Payor received upon the
exercise of any such remedy. Upon any distribution of assets of any Payor referred to in this Annex
A, the Payee shall be entitled to rely upon any order or decree made by any court of competent
jurisdiction in which such dissolution, winding up, liquidation or reorganization proceedings are
pending, or a certificate of the liquidating trustee or agent or other Person making any
distribution to Payee, for the purpose of ascertaining the Persons entitled to participate in such
distribution, the holders of the Senior Indebtedness and other indebtedness of such Payor, the
amount thereof or payable thereon, the amount or amounts paid or distributed thereon and all other
facts pertinent thereto or to this Annex A.
Section 1.06. Subordination Rights Not Impaired by Acts or Omissions of any Payor or
Holders of Senior Indebtedness. No right of any present or future holders of any Senior
Indebtedness to enforce subordination as herein provided shall at any time in any way be prejudiced
or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of any Payor or by any act or failure to act
by any such holder, or by any noncompliance by any Payor with the terms and provisions of the Note,
regardless of any knowledge thereof which any such holder may have or be otherwise charged with.
The holders of the Senior Indebtedness may, without in any way affecting the obligations of the
Payee with respect thereto, at any time or from time to time and in their absolute discretion,
change the manner, place or terms of payment of, change or extend the time of payment of, or renew,
or alter or increase the amount of, any Senior Indebtedness, or amend, modify or supplement any
agreement or instrument governing or evidencing such Senior Indebtedness or any other document
referred to therein, or exercise or refrain from exercising any other of their rights under the
Senior Indebtedness including, without limitation, the waiver of default thereunder and the release
of any collateral securing such Senior Indebtedness, all without notice to or assent from the
Payee.
Section 1.07. Senior Indebtedness. The term Senior Indebtedness shall mean
all Obligations of the Payor under, or in respect of, (i) the Credit Agreement and each other
Credit Document (as defined in the Credit Agreement) to which the Payor is a party, and any
renewal, extension, restatement, refinancing or refunding of any thereof, (ii) each Secured Hedging
Agreement (as defined in the Credit Agreement) and (iii) each Secured Cash Management Agreement (as
defined in the Credit Agreement). As used herein, the term Obligation shall mean all
principal, interest, premium, reimbursement obligations, penalties, fees, expenses, indemnities and
other liabilities and obligations (including, without limitation, any guaranties of the foregoing
liabilities and obligations) payable under the documentation governing any indebtedness (including,
without limitation, any interest accruing after the commencement of any bankruptcy, insolvency,
receivership or similar proceeding at the rate provided in the documentation with respect thereto,
whether or not such interest is an allowed claim against the debtor in any such proceeding).
Section 1.08. Miscellaneous. If, at any time, all or part of any payment with respect
to Senior Indebtedness theretofore made by the Payor or any other Person or entity is rescinded or
must otherwise be returned by the holders of Senior Indebtedness for any reason whatsoever
(including, without limitation, the insolvency, bankruptcy or reorganization of the Payor or such
other Person or entity), the subordination provisions set forth herein shall continue to be
effective or be reinstated, as the case may be, all as though such payment had not been made.
EXHIBIT M
FORM OF JOINDER AGREEMENT
THIS JOINDER IN CREDIT AGREEMENT AND NOTES (this Joinder) is executed as of ___ ___,
___ by [NAME OF NEW SUBSIDIARY], a __________ [corporation] [limited liability company]
[partnership] (the Joining Party), and delivered to Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas,
as Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Secured Parties (as defined
below). Except as otherwise defined herein, terms used herein and defined in the Credit Agreement
shall be used herein as therein defined.
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, Coffeyville Resources, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
Company), Coffeyville Pipeline, Inc., Coffeyville Refining & Marketing, Inc., Coffeyville
Nitrogen Fertilizers, Inc., Coffeyville Crude Transportation, Inc., Coffeyville Terminal, Inc., CL
JV Holdings, LLC, Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizers, LLC, Coffeyville Resources Refining &
Marketing, LLC, Coffeyville Resources Pipeline, LLC, Coffeyville Resources Crude Transportation,
LLC, Coffeyville Resources Terminal, LLC, certain other Subsidiaries of the Holding Companies and
the Company from time to time party thereto, the various lenders from time to time party thereto
(the Lenders),
Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Capital
Finance, LLC, as Co-ABL Collateral Agents, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as
Administrative Agent and as Collateral Agent, have entered into an ABL Credit Agreement, dated as
of February [ ], 2011 (as the same may be amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the
Credit Agreement), providing for the making of Loans to, and the issuance of Letters of
Credit for the account of, the Borrowers as contemplated therein;
WHEREAS, the Joining Party is a direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary of a Holding Company
and desires, or is required pursuant to the provisions of the Credit Agreement, to become [a
Borrower under the Credit Agreement] [a Subsidiary Guarantor under the Credit Agreement]; and
WHEREAS, the Joining Party will obtain benefits from the incurrence of Loans by the Borrowers,
and the issuance of, and participation in, Letters of Credit for the account of the Borrowers, in
each case pursuant to the Credit Agreement, and, accordingly, desires to execute this Joinder in
order to (i) satisfy the requirements described in the preceding paragraph and (ii) induce the
Lenders to make Loans to the Borrowers and issue, and/or participate in, Letters of Credit for the
accounts of the Borrowers;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the foregoing and other benefits accruing to the Joining
Party, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Joining Party hereby makes
the following representations and warranties to the Secured Parties and hereby covenants and agrees
with each Secured Party as follows:
1. By this Joinder, the Joining Party becomes [a Borrower for all purposes under the
Credit Agreement, pursuant to Section 10.12 thereof] [a Subsidiary Guarantor for all purposes under
the Credit Agreement (including the Guaranty), pursuant to Section 10.12 thereof].
2. [The Joining Party agrees that, upon its execution hereof, it will become a
Borrower under the Credit Agreement, and will be bound by all terms, conditions and duties
applicable to a Borrower under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents (including each
Note, whether or not such Joining Party actually signs a counterpart thereof). Without limitation
of the foregoing, and in furtherance thereof, the Joining Party agrees, on a joint and several
basis with the other Borrowers, to irrevocably and unconditionally pay in full all of the
Obligations of the Borrowers in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreement and the other
Credit Documents.]
[The Joining Party agrees that, upon its execution hereof, it will become a Subsidiary
Guarantor under the Guaranty with respect to all Guaranteed Obligations (as defined in the Credit
Agreement), and will be bound by all terms, conditions and duties applicable to a Subsidiary
Guarantor under the Credit Agreement and the other Credit Documents. Without limitation of the
foregoing, and in furtherance thereof, the Joining Party absolutely, unconditionally and
irrevocably, and jointly and severally, guarantees the due and punctual payment and performance
when due of all Guaranteed Obligations (on the same basis as the other Subsidiary Guarantors under
the Guaranty).]
3. The Joining Party hereby makes and undertakes, as the case may be, each covenant,
representation and warranty made by, and as [each Borrower under the Credit Agreement and each
other Credit Document,] [each Subsidiary Guarantor under the Credit Agreement and each other Credit
Document], and agrees to be bound by all covenants, agreements and obligations of [a Borrower] [a
Subsidiary Guarantor] pursuant to the Credit Agreement and all other Credit Documents to which it
is or becomes a party.
4. This Joinder shall be binding upon the parties hereto and their respective
successors and assigns and shall inure to the benefit of and be enforceable by each of the parties
hereto and its successors and assigns, provided, however, that the Joining Party
may not assign any of its rights, obligations or interest hereunder or under any other Credit
Document, except as otherwise permitted by the Credit Documents. THIS JOINDER SHALL BE CONSTRUED
AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK. This Joinder may
be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which
shall constitute one instrument. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Joinder by
facsimile transmission (or other electronic means, including .pdf) shall be as effective as
delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Joinder. In the event that any provision of this
Joinder shall prove to be invalid or unenforceable, such provision shall be deemed to be severable
from the other provisions of this Joinder which shall remain binding on all parties hereto.
5. From and after the execution and delivery hereof by the parties hereto, this
Joinder shall constitute a Credit Document for all purposes of the Credit Agreement and the other
Credit Documents.
6. Each of the representations and warranties set forth in the Credit Agreement and
each other Credit Document and applicable to the undersigned is true and correct in all material
respects, after giving effect to this Joinder on the date hereof, except to the extent that any
such representation and warranty relates solely to any earlier date, in which case such
representation and warranty is true and correct in all material respects as of such earlier date
(it being understood that any representation or warranty that is qualified as to materiality,
Material Adverse Effect or similar language shall be true and correct in all respects on any such
date).
7. The effective date of this Joinder is [__________], 20_.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Joining Party has caused this Joinder to be duly executed as of the
date first above written.
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COMPANY AMERICAS,
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FORM OF BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE
The undersigned hereby certifies that:
(1) I am the duly elected _________ of Coffeyville Resources, LLC, a Delaware
limited liability company (the Company).
(2) In accordance with subsection 9.01(j) of that certain ABL Credit Agreement,
dated as of February [ ], 2011 (said Credit Agreement, as it may be amended, restated, modified
and/or supplemented, being the Credit Agreement, the capitalized terms defined therein
and not otherwise defined herein being used herein as therein defined), by and among Coffeyville
Pipeline, Inc., Coffeyville Refining & Marketing, Inc., Coffeyville Nitrogen Fertilizers, Inc.,
Coffeyville Crude Transportation, Inc., Coffeyville Terminal, Inc., CL JV Holdings, LLC, the
Company, Coffeyville Resources Nitrogen Fertilizers, LLC, Coffeyville Resources Refining &
Marketing, LLC, Coffeyville Resources Pipeline, LLC, Coffeyville Resources Crude Transportation,
LLC, Coffeyville Resources Terminal, LLC, certain other Subsidiaries of the Holding Companies and
the Company from time to time party thereto, Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, JPMorgan Chase
Bank, N.A. and Wells Fargo Capital Finance, LLC, as Co-ABL Collateral Agents, Deutsche Bank Trust
Company Americas, as Collateral Agent and as Administrative Agent, and the lenders party thereto
from time to time, attached hereto as Annex 1 is a true and accurate calculation of the
Borrowing Base as of ___________, 20__, determined in accordance with the requirements of the
Credit Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this certificate to be duly executed as of
__________ __, 20_.
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ANNEX 1 TO
BORROWING BASE CERTIFICATE
[Attach in reasonable detail the respective components of clauses (a) and (b) of the definition of
Borrowing Base and the respective calculations therein and of the aggregate Borrowing Base under
clause (a) and (b)]
exv1w2
Exhibit 1.2
ABL PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
by and among
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES, LLC,
COFFEYVILLE FINANCE INC.,
CL JV HOLDINGS, LLC,
COFFEYVILLE PIPELINE, INC.,
COFFEYVILLE REFINING & MARKETING, INC.,
COFFEYVILLE NITROGEN FERTILIZERS, INC.,
COFFEYVILLE CRUDE TRANSPORTATION, INC.,
COFFEYVILLE TERMINAL, INC.,
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES PIPELINE, LLC,
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES REFINING & MARKETING, LLC,
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES NITROGEN FERTILIZERS, LLC,
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES CRUDE TRANSPORTATION, LLC,
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES TERMINAL, LLC,
CVR PARTNERS, LP and
CVR SPECIAL GP, LLC
(Grantors)
and
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
(Collateral Agent)
Dated as of February 22, 2011
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SCHEDULE 4.1 GENERAL INFORMATION
SCHEDULE 4.2 LOCATION OF EQUIPMENT AND INVENTORY
SCHEDULE 4.4 INVESTMENT RELATED PROPERTY
SCHEDULE 4.6 DESCRIPTION OF LETTERS OF CREDIT
SCHEDULE 4.7 INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
SCHEDULE 4.8 COMMERCIAL TORT CLAIMS
EXHIBIT A PLEDGE SUPPLEMENT
EXHIBIT B COUNTERPART AGREEMENT
ABL PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
This ABL PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT (as amended, amended and restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, this Agreement), dated as of February 22, 2011, is made by
and among COFFEYVILLE PIPELINE, INC., a Delaware corporation, COFFEYVILLE REFINING & MARKETING,
INC., a Delaware corporation, COFFEYVILLE NITROGEN FERTILIZERS, INC., a Delaware corporation,
COFFEYVILLE CRUDE TRANSPORTATION, INC., a Delaware corporation, COFFEYVILLE TERMINAL, INC., a
Delaware corporation and CL JV HOLDINGS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (each of the
foregoing a Holding Company and collectively, the Holding Companies), COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the Company), COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES NITROGEN
FERTILIZERS, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES REFINING & MARKETING,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES PIPELINE, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES CRUDE TRANSPORTATION, LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company, COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES TERMINAL, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (each of the
foregoing (including the Company, but excluding the Holding Companies) a Borrower and,
collectively, the Borrowers), and CERTAIN OTHER SUBSIDIARIES OF THE HOLDING COMPANIES as parties
hereto from time to time (together with the Holding Companies and the Borrowers, their successors
and permitted assigns, and any other Subsidiary of the Holding Companies that becomes a party
hereto pursuant to Section 5.3, each individually as a Grantor, and collectively as the
Grantors) and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS (DBTCA), in its capacity as the Collateral
Agent for the Secured Parties described below (together with its successors, designees and
permitted assigns in such capacity, the Collateral Agent).
R E C I T A L S:
WHEREAS, the Holding Companies, the Borrowers, the other Grantors, various financial
institutions and other Persons from time to time parties thereto as lenders (the Lenders) and
DBTCA, as administrative agent (together with its successors in such capacity, the Administrative
Agent) and Collateral Agent, are entering into that certain ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of the
date hereof (including all annexes, exhibits and schedules thereto, as from time to time amended,
restated, amended and restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, the Credit Agreement),
providing for the making of Loans to, and the issuance of, and participation in, Letters of Credit
for the account of, the Borrowers, all as contemplated therein (the Lenders, each Issuing Lender,
each Co-ABL Collateral Agent, the Swingline Lender, the Administrative Agent and the Collateral
Agent are herein called the Lender Creditors);
WHEREAS, one or more of the Grantors may at any time and from time to time enter into, or
guaranty the obligations of another Grantor or a Subsidiary thereof under, one or more Secured
Hedging Agreements with a Secured Hedging Creditor;
WHEREAS, one or more of the Grantors may at any time and from time to time enter into, or
guaranty the obligations of another Grantor or Subsidiary thereof under, one or more Secured Cash
Management Agreements with a Secured Cash Management Creditor;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Credit Agreement, the Guarantors have guaranteed to the Secured
Parties the payment when due of all Guaranteed Obligations as described therein;
WHEREAS, the Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral Trustee, the Subordinated Lien
Collateral Trustee, the Holding Companies, the Borrowers and each other Grantor party thereto have
entered into that certain ABL Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of the date hereof (as amended,
modified, restated and/or supplemented from time to time, the Intercreditor Agreement), which
agreement, among other things, sets forth, as among the Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral
Trustee and the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee, the relative priority of their respective
Liens in the Collateral and their rights with respect thereto; and
WHEREAS, it is a condition precedent to (i) the obligations of the Lenders to make the Loans
to the Borrowers and the issuance of, and participation in, Letters of Credit for the account of
the Borrowers under the Credit Agreement, (ii) the Secured Hedging Creditors entering into Secured
Hedging Agreements with the various Grantors and/or their respective Subsidiaries and (iii) the
extension of the Cash Management Services by the Secured Cash Management Creditors to the various
Grantors and/or their respective Subsidiaries, that each Grantor shall have executed and delivered
to the Collateral Agent this Agreement;
1. NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and mutual covenants herein contained and
for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, and in order to induce the Lenders and the Issuing Lenders to make credit extensions
to the Borrowers pursuant to the Credit Agreement, to induce the Secured Hedging Creditors to enter
into the Secured Hedging Agreements and to induce the Secured Cash Management Creditors to enter
into the Secured Cash Management Agreements, each Grantor and the Collateral Agent agree, for the
benefit of each Secured Party as follows:
SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS; GRANT OF SECURITY.
1.1 General Definitions. In this Agreement, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
ABL Documents has the meaning specified in the Intercreditor Agreement.
ABL Priority Collateral has the meaning specified in the Intercreditor Agreement.
Account Debtor shall mean each Person who is obligated on a Receivable or any Supporting
Obligation related thereto.
Accounts shall mean all accounts as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.
Additional Grantors shall have the meaning assigned in Section 5.3.
Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Assigned Agreements shall mean all agreements and contracts to which such Grantor is a party
as of the date hereof, or to which such Grantor becomes a party after the date hereof, including,
without limitation, each Material Contract, as each such agreement may be amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time.
Bankruptcy Code shall mean Title 11 of the United States Code entitled Bankruptcy, as now
and hereafter in effect, or any successor statute.
Cash Proceeds shall have the meaning assigned in Section 7.7.
Chattel Paper shall mean all chattel paper as defined in Article 9 of the UCC, including,
without limitation, electronic chattel paper or tangible chattel paper, as each term is defined
in Article 9 of the UCC.
Class shall have the meaning assigned in Section 12.2.
Collateral shall have the meaning assigned in Section 2.1.
Collateral Access Agreement shall mean a Landlord Personal Property Collateral Access
Agreement as defined in the Credit Agreement.
Collateral Account shall mean any account established by the Collateral Agent.
Collateral Agent shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Collateral Records shall mean books, records, ledger cards, files, correspondence, customer
lists, blueprints, technical specifications, manuals, computer software, computer printouts, tapes,
disks and related data processing software and similar items that at any time evidence or contain
information relating to any of the Collateral or are otherwise necessary or helpful in the
collection thereof or realization thereupon.
Collateral Support shall mean all property (real or personal) assigned, hypothecated or
otherwise securing any Collateral and shall include any security agreement or other agreement
granting a lien or security interest in such real or personal property.
Commercial Tort Claims shall mean all commercial tort claims as defined in Article 9 of
the UCC, including, without limitation, all commercial tort claims listed on Schedule 4.8 (as such
schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time).
Commodities Accounts (i) shall mean all commodity accounts as defined in Article 9 of the
UCC and (ii) shall include, without limitation, all of the accounts listed on Schedule 4.4 under
the heading Commodities
Accounts (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to
time).
Company shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Controlled Foreign Corporation shall mean controlled foreign corporation as defined in the
Tax Code, the equity interests of which are held directly by one or more Grantors.
Copyright Licenses shall mean any and all agreements providing for the granting of any right
in or to Copyrights (whether such Grantor is licensee or licensor thereunder) including, without
limitation, each agreement referred to in Schedule 4.7(B) (as such schedule may be amended or
supplemented from time to time).
Copyrights shall mean all United States and foreign copyrights (including Community
designs), including but not limited to copyrights in software and databases, and all Mask Works (as
defined under 17 U.S.C. 901 of the U.S. Copyright Act), whether registered or unregistered, and,
with respect to any and all of the foregoing: (i) all registrations and applications therefor
including, without limitation, the registrations and applications referred to in Schedule 4.7(A)
(as such schedule may be amended or
supplemented from time to time), (ii) all extensions and renewals thereof, (iii) all rights
corresponding thereto throughout the world, (iv) all rights to sue for past, present and future
infringements thereof, and (v) all Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation,
licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit.
Counterpart Agreement shall mean an agreement substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
Credit Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Credit Document Obligations has the meaning assigned to the term Obligations in the Credit
Agreement.
Deposit Accounts (i) shall mean all deposit accounts as defined in Article 9 of the UCC
and (ii) shall include, without limitation, all of the accounts listed on Schedule 4.4 under the
heading Deposit Accounts (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time).
Documents shall mean all documents as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.
Effective Date shall mean the date of this Agreement.
Equipment shall mean: (i) all equipment as defined in Article 9 of the UCC, (ii) all
machinery, manufacturing equipment, data processing equipment, computers, office equipment,
furnishings, furniture, appliances, fixtures and tools (in each case, regardless of whether
characterized as equipment under the UCC) and (iii) all accessions or additions thereto, all parts
thereof, whether or not at any time of determination incorporated or installed therein or attached
thereto, and all replacements therefor, wherever located, now or hereafter existing, including any
fixtures, excluding however, all Excluded Equipment.
Excluded Equipment shall mean at any date any Equipment of a Grantor which is subject to, or
secured by, a Permitted Lien if and to the extent that (i) any Indebtedness secured by such
Permitted Lien is permitted pursuant to Section 10.04 of the Credit Agreement, (ii) the express
terms of a valid and enforceable restriction in favor of a Person who is not a Grantor which is
contained in the agreements or documents granting such Permitted Lien or governing the Indebtedness
secured thereby and which is permitted to exist under the Credit Agreement prohibits, or requires
any consent or establishes any other conditions for, an assignment thereof, or a grant of a
security interest therein, by a Grantor and (iii) such restriction relates only to the asset or
assets subject to such Permitted Lien; provided that all proceeds paid or payable to any Grantor
from any sale, transfer or assignment or other voluntary or involuntary disposition of such
Equipment and all rights to receive such Proceeds shall be included in the Collateral to the extent
not otherwise required to be paid to the holder of the Indebtedness secured by such Permitted Lien
in such Equipment.
Exempt Accounts shall mean (x) Deposit Accounts or Securities Accounts the balance of which
consist exclusively of (i) withheld income taxes and federal, state, local or foreign employment
taxes in such amounts as are required in the reasonable judgment of any Borrower to be paid to the
Internal Revenue Service or any other U.S., federal, state or local or foreign government agencies
within the following two months with respect to employees of any of the Grantors, (ii) amounts
required to be paid over to an employee benefit plan pursuant to DOL Reg. Sec. 2510.3-102 or any
foreign plan on behalf of or for the benefit of employees of one or more Grantors, (iii) amounts
which are required to be pledged or otherwise provided as security pursuant to any law, other
requirements of any Governmental Authority or foreign pension requirement, (iv) any accounts opened
and amounts or deposits relating to Liens permitted by Section 10.01(l), (n),
(u) and/or
(z) of the Credit Agreement, in each case which are permitted under the
Credit Agreement, and (v) amounts to be used to fund payroll obligations, and (y) all other Deposit
Accounts or Securities Accounts established (or otherwise maintained) by any Grantor (excluding
Collection Accounts, Concentration Accounts and DB Accounts) that do not have balances (including
the value of Cash Equivalents and other securities) at any time exceeding $1,000,000 for any
individual
Deposit Account or Securities Account or $5,000,000 in the aggregate for all such Deposit
Accounts and Securities Accounts; provided that in the case of preceding clauses (x) and
(y), such Deposit Accounts and Securities Accounts shall not be Exempt Accounts to the extent they
are at any time pledged in favor of the other secured parties or their applicable collateral
trustee or agent entitled to the benefits of the Intercreditor Agreement.
Event of Default shall mean an Event of Default under any of the Credit Documents which,
solely for the purposes of Section 7 of this Agreement, has resulted in the Administrative Agent or
the Collateral Agent exercising any of its rights under Section 11 of the Credit Agreement.
First Lien Collateral Trustee has the meaning specified in the Intercreditor Agreement.
First Lien Obligations has the meaning specified in the Intercreditor Agreement.
First Lien Secured Parties has the meaning specified in the Intercreditor Agreement.
General Intangibles (i) shall mean all general intangibles as defined in Article 9 of the
UCC, including payment intangibles also as defined in Article 9 of the UCC and (ii) shall
include, without limitation, all interest rate or currency protection or hedging arrangements, all
tax refunds, all licenses, permits, concessions and authorizations, all Assigned Agreements and all
Grantor Intellectual Property (in each case, regardless of whether characterized as general
intangibles under the UCC).
Goods (i) shall mean all goods as defined in Article 9 of the UCC and (ii) shall include,
without limitation, all Inventory and Equipment (in each case, regardless of whether characterized
as goods under the UCC).
Grantor Intellectual Property shall have the meaning set forth in Section 4.7(a)(ii) herein.
Grantors shall have the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Indemnitee shall have the meaning set forth in Section 10.1.
Instruments shall mean all instruments as defined in Article 9 of the UCC.
Insurance shall mean (i) all insurance policies covering any or all of the Collateral
(regardless of whether the Collateral Agent is the loss payee thereof) and (ii) any key man life
insurance policies.
Intellectual Property shall mean, collectively, the Copyrights, the Copyright Licenses, the
Patents, the Patent Licenses, the Trademarks, the Trademark Licenses, the Trade Secrets, and the
Trade Secret Licenses.
Intercreditor Agreement shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Inventory shall mean (i) all inventory as defined in Article 9 of the UCC and (ii) all
goods held for sale or lease or to be furnished under contracts of service or so leased or
furnished, all raw materials, work in process, finished goods, and materials used or consumed in
the manufacture, packing, shipping, advertising, selling, leasing, furnishing or production of such
inventory or otherwise used or consumed in any Grantors business; all goods in which any Grantor
has an interest in mass or a joint or other interest or right of any kind; and all goods which are
returned to or repossessed by any Grantor, all computer programs embedded in any goods and all
accessions thereto and products thereof (in each case, regardless of whether characterized as
inventory under the UCC).
Investment Accounts shall mean the Collateral Account, Securities Accounts, Commodities
Accounts and Deposit Accounts.
Investment Related Property shall mean: (i) all investment property (as such term is
defined in Article 9 of the UCC) and (ii) all of the following (regardless of whether classified as
investment property under the UCC): all Pledged Equity Interests, Pledged Debt, the Investment
Accounts and certificates of deposit.
Lender shall have the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Letter of Credit Right shall mean letter-of-credit right as defined in Article 9 of the
UCC.
Money shall mean money as defined in the UCC.
Non-Assignable Contract shall mean any agreement, contract or license to which any Grantor
is a party that by its terms purports to restrict or prevent the assignment or granting of a
security interest therein (either by its terms or by any federal or state statutory prohibition or
otherwise irrespective of whether such prohibition or restriction is enforceable under Section
9-406 through 409 of the UCC).
Note Priority Collateral has the meaning specified in the Intercreditor Agreement.
Paid in Full has the meaning specified in the Intercreditor Agreement.
Patent Licenses shall mean all agreements providing for the granting of any right in or to
Patents (whether such Grantor is licensee or licensor thereunder) including, without limitation,
each agreement referred to in Schedule 4.7(D) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from
time to time).
Patents shall mean all United States and foreign patents and certificates of invention, or
similar industrial property rights, and applications for any of the foregoing, including, but not
limited to: (i) each patent and patent application referred to in Schedule 4.7(C) hereto (as such
schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), (ii) all reissues, divisions,
continuations, continuations-in-part, extensions, renewals, and reexaminations thereof, (iii) all
rights corresponding thereto throughout the world, (iv) all inventions and improvements described
therein, (v) all rights to sue for past, present and future infringements thereof, (vi) all
licenses, claims, damages, and proceeds of suit arising therefrom, and (vii) all Proceeds of the
foregoing, including, without limitation, licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages,
and proceeds of suit.
Pledge Supplement shall mean any supplement to this Agreement in substantially the form of
Exhibit A.
Pledged Debt shall mean all Indebtedness owed to such Grantor, including, without
limitation, all Indebtedness described on Schedule 4.4(A) under the heading Pledged Debt (as such
schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), issued by the obligors named therein,
the instruments evidencing such Indebtedness, and all interest, cash, instruments and other
property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of
or in exchange for any or all of such Indebtedness.
Pledged Equity Interests shall mean all Pledged Stock, Pledged LLC Interests, Pledged
Partnership Interests and Pledged Trust Interests.
Pledged LLC Interests shall mean all interests in any limited liability company including,
without limitation, all limited liability company interests listed on Schedule 4.4(A) under the
heading Pledged LLC Interests (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time)
and the certificates, if any, representing such limited liability company interests and any
interest of such
Grantor on the books and records of such limited liability company or on the books and records
of any securities intermediary pertaining to such interest and all dividends, distributions, cash,
warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time
received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such
limited liability company interests.
Pledged Partnership Interests shall mean all interests in any general partnership, limited
partnership, limited liability partnership or other partnership including, without limitation, all
partnership interests listed on Schedule 4.4(A) under the heading Pledged Partnership Interests
(as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) and the certificates, if any,
representing such partnership interests and any interest of such Grantor on the books and records
of such partnership or on the books and records of any securities intermediary pertaining to such
interest and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments, securities
and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise distributed in
respect of or in exchange for any or all of such partnership interests.
Pledged Stock shall mean all shares of capital stock owned by such Grantor, including,
without limitation, all shares of capital stock described on Schedule 4.4(A) under the heading
Pledged Stock (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), and the
certificates, if any, representing such shares and any interest of such Grantor in the entries on
the books of the issuer of such shares or on the books of any securities intermediary pertaining to
such shares, and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options, instruments,
securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or otherwise
distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such shares.
Pledged Trust Interests shall mean all interests in a Delaware business trust or other trust
including, without limitation, all trust interests listed on Schedule 4.4(A) under the heading
Pledged Trust Interests (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) and
the certificates, if any, representing such trust interests and any interest of such Grantor on the
books and records of such trust or on the books and records of any securities intermediary
pertaining to such interest and all dividends, distributions, cash, warrants, rights, options,
instruments, securities and other property or proceeds from time to time received, receivable or
otherwise distributed in respect of or in exchange for any or all of such trust interests.
PPSA shall mean the Personal Property Security Act (Alberta) (or any successor statute) and
similar legislation of any other Canadian jurisdiction, including the Civil Code of Québec, the
laws of which are required by such legislation to be applied in connection with the grant,
perfection, enforcement, opposability, priority, validity or effect of security interests in the
Collateral.
Proceeds shall mean: (i) all proceeds as defined in Article 9 of the UCC, (ii) payments
or distributions made with respect to any Investment Related Property and (iii) whatever is
receivable or received when Collateral or proceeds are sold, exchanged, collected or otherwise
disposed of, whether such disposition is voluntary or involuntary.
Receivables shall mean all rights to payment, whether or not earned by performance, for
goods or other property sold, leased, licensed, assigned or otherwise disposed of, or services
rendered or to be rendered, including, without limitation all such rights constituting or evidenced
by any Account, Chattel Paper, Instrument, General Intangible or Investment Related Property,
together with all of Grantors rights, if any, in any goods or other property giving rise to such
right to payment and all Collateral Support and Supporting Obligations related thereto and all
Receivables Records.
Receivables Records shall mean (i) all original copies of all documents, instruments or
other writings or electronic records or other Records evidencing the Receivables, (ii) all books,
correspondence, credit or other files, Records, ledger sheets or cards, invoices, and other papers
relating to Receivables, including, without limitation, all tapes, cards, computer tapes, computer
discs, computer runs, record keeping systems and other papers and documents relating to the
Receivables, whether in the possession or under the control of Grantor or any computer bureau or
agent from time to time acting for
Grantor or otherwise, (iii) all evidences of the filing of financing statements and the
registration of other instruments in connection therewith, and amendments, supplements or other
modifications thereto, notices to other creditors or secured parties, and certificates,
acknowledgments, or other writings, including, without limitation, lien search reports, from filing
or other registration officers, (iv) all credit information, reports and memoranda relating thereto
and (v) all other written or non-written forms of information related in any way to the foregoing
or any Receivable.
Record shall have the meaning specified in Article 9 of the UCC.
Required Secured Parties shall mean (i) at any time when any Credit Document Obligations or
Letters of Credit are outstanding or any Revolving Loan Commitments under the Credit Agreement
exist, the Required Lenders (or, to the extent provided in Section 13.12 of the Credit Agreement,
each of the Lenders) and (ii) at any time after all of the Credit Document Obligations have been
paid in full and all Revolving Loan Commitments and Letters of Credit under the Credit Agreement
have been terminated and no further Revolving Loan Commitments and Letters of Credit may be
provided thereunder, the holders of a majority of the outstanding Secured Hedging Obligations and
the Secured Cash Management Obligations (taken together).
Requisite Secured Parties shall have the meaning assigned in Section 12.2.
Second Lien Obligations shall have the meaning specified in the Intercreditor Agreement.
Secured Obligations shall have the meaning assigned in Section 3.1.
Secured Parties shall mean, collectively, the Lender Creditors, the Secured Cash Management
Creditors and the Secured Hedging Creditors.
Securities shall mean any stock, shares, partnership interests, voting trust certificates,
certificates of interest or participation in any profit-sharing agreement or arrangement, options,
warrants, bonds, debentures, notes, or other evidences of indebtedness, secured or unsecured,
convertible, subordinated or otherwise, or in general any instruments commonly known as
securities or any certificates of interest, shares or participations in temporary or interim
certificates for the purchase or acquisition of, or any right to subscribe to, purchase or acquire,
any of the foregoing.
Securities Accounts (i) shall mean all securities accounts as defined in Article 8 of the
UCC and (ii)
shall include, without limitation, all of the accounts listed on Schedule 4.4(A) under
the heading Securities Accounts (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to
time).
Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee has the meaning specified in the Intercreditor
Agreement.
Subordinated Lien Obligations has the meaning specified in the Intercreditor Agreement.
Supporting Obligation shall mean all supporting obligations as defined in Article 9 of the
UCC.
Tax Code shall mean the United States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended from time to
time.
Trademark Licenses shall mean any and all agreements providing for the granting of any right
in or to Trademarks (whether such Grantor is licensee or licensor thereunder) including, without
limitation, each agreement referred to in Schedule 4.7(F) (as such schedule may be amended or
supplemented from time to time).
Trademarks shall mean all United States and foreign trademarks, trade names, corporate
names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, Internet domain names, service
marks, certification marks, collective marks, logos, other source or business identifiers, designs
and general intangibles of a like nature, all registrations and applications for any of the
foregoing including, but not limited to: (i) the registrations and applications referred to in
Schedule 4.7(E) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), (ii) all
extensions or renewals of any of the foregoing, (iii) all of the goodwill of the business connected
with the use of and symbolized by the foregoing, (iv) the right to sue for past, present and future
infringement or dilution of any of the foregoing or for any injury to goodwill, and (v) all
Proceeds of the foregoing, including, without limitation, licenses, royalties, income, payments,
claims, damages, and proceeds of suit.
Trade Secret Licenses shall mean any and all agreements providing for the granting of any
right in or to Trade Secrets (whether such Grantor is licensee or licensor thereunder) including,
without limitation, each agreement referred to in Schedule 4.7(G) (as such schedule may be amended
or supplemented from time to time).
Trade Secrets shall mean all trade secrets and all other confidential or proprietary
information and know-how whether or not such Trade Secret has been reduced to a writing or other
tangible form, including all documents and things embodying, incorporating, or referring in any way
to such Trade Secret, including but not limited to: (i) the right to sue for past, present and
future misappropriation or other violation of any Trade Secret, and (ii) all Proceeds of the
foregoing, including, without limitation, licenses, royalties, income, payments, claims, damages,
and proceeds of suit.
UCC shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of
New York or, when the context implies, the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time
in any other applicable jurisdiction.
ULC Shares means shares in any unlimited company or unlimited liability corporation at any
time owned or otherwise held by any Grantor.
United States shall mean the United States of America.
1.2 Definitions; Interpretation. All capitalized terms used herein (including the
preamble and recitals hereto) and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed
thereto in the Credit Agreement or, if not defined therein, in the UCC. If any Secured Obligations
remain outstanding and the Credit Agreement ceases to be in full force and effect, then all terms
defined in the Credit Agreement shall continue to be so defined notwithstanding that the Credit
Agreement is no longer outstanding. References to Sections, Exhibits and Schedules shall be
to Sections, Exhibits and Schedules, as the case may be, of this Agreement unless otherwise
specifically provided. Section headings in this Agreement are included herein for convenience of
reference only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement for any other purpose or be given
any substantive effect. Any of the terms defined herein may, unless the context otherwise
requires, be used in the singular or the plural, depending on the reference. The use herein of the
word include or including, when following any general statement, term or matter, shall not be
construed to limit such statement, term or matter to the specific items or matters set forth
immediately following such word or to similar items or matters, whether or not non-limiting
language (such as without limitation or but not limited to or words of similar import) is used
with reference thereto, but rather shall be deemed to refer to all other items or matters that fall
within the broadest possible scope of such general statement, term or matter. If any conflict or
inconsistency exists between this Agreement and the Credit Agreement, the Credit Agreement shall
govern. All references herein to provisions of the UCC shall include all successor provisions
under any subsequent version or amendment to any Article of the UCC.
SECTION 2. GRANT OF SECURITY.
2.1 Grant of Security. Each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent for the
benefit of the Secured Parties a security interest in and continuing lien on, and assigns and
hypothecates to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties, all of such Grantors
right, title and interest in, to
and under all personal property of such Grantor including, but not limited to the following,
in each case whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising and wherever located
(all of which, except as provided in Section 2.2, being hereinafter collectively referred to as the
Collateral):
(a) Accounts;
(b) Chattel Paper;
(c) Documents;
(d) General Intangibles;
(e) Goods;
(f) Instruments;
(g) Insurance;
(h) Intellectual Property;
(i) Investment Related Property;
(j) Letter of Credit Rights;
(k) Money;
(l) Receivables and Receivable Records;
(m) Commercial Tort Claims;
(n) to the extent not otherwise included above, all Collateral Records, Collateral
Support and Supporting Obligations relating to any of the foregoing; and
(o) to the extent not otherwise included above, all Proceeds, products, accessions,
rents and profits of or in respect of any of the foregoing.
2.2 Certain Limited Exclusions. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in
no event shall the Collateral include or the security interest granted under Section 2.2 hereof
attach to (a) any Intellectual Property, lease, license, contract, property rights or agreement to
which any Grantor is a party or any of its rights or interests thereunder if and for so long as the
grant of such security interest shall constitute or result in (i) the abandonment, invalidation or
unenforceability of any right, title or interest of any Grantor therein or (ii) in a breach or
termination pursuant to the terms of, or a default under, any such lease, license, contract
property rights or agreement (other than to the extent that any such term would be rendered
ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or 9-409 of the UCC (or any successor
provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any other applicable law (including the
Bankruptcy Code) or principles of equity), provided, however, that the Collateral shall include and
such security interest shall attach immediately at such time as the condition causing such
abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability shall be remedied and to the extent severable, shall
attach immediately to any portion of such Lease, license, contract, property rights or agreement
that does not result in any of the consequences specified in (i) or (ii) above; or (b) in any of
the outstanding capital stock of a Controlled Foreign Corporation in excess of 65% of the voting
power of all classes of capital stock of such Controlled Foreign Corporation entitled to vote;
provided that immediately upon the amendment of the Tax Code to allow the pledge of a greater
percentage of the voting power of capital stock in a Controlled Foreign Corporation without adverse
tax consequences, the Collateral shall include, and the security interest granted by each Grantor
shall attach to, such greater percentage of capital stock of each Controlled Foreign Corporation;
or (c) with respect to perfection only, any item of personal property as to which the Collateral
Agent shall
determine in its reasonable discretion after consultation with the Company that the costs of
perfecting a security interest in such item are excessive in relation to the value of such security
being perfected thereby.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the lien and security interest granted to the
Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement (i) in the ABL Priority Collateral, shall be a first
priority lien as provided in the Intercreditor
Agreement and (ii) in the Note Priority Collateral,
shall be a second priority lien as provided in the Intercreditor Agreement and the exercise of any
right or remedy by the Collateral Agent hereunder in respect of Note Priority Collateral is subject
to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreement. In the event of any conflict between the terms
of the Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall
govern and control. Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, prior to the Payment in Full
of First Lien Obligations, the requirements of this Agreement to deliver Note Priority Collateral
and any certificates, Instruments or Documents in relation thereto to the Collateral Agent shall be
deemed satisfied by delivery of such Note Priority Collateral and such certificates, Instruments or
Documents in relation thereto to the First Lien Collateral Trustee (as bailee for the Collateral
Agent).
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement or in any other Credit
Document, upon the consummation of the Permitted Fertilizer Event in accordance with the Credit
Agreement (including and subject to the terms of Section 10.14 thereof), (a) the Fertilizer
Entities shall be released from all of their rights and obligations hereunder, (b) the Fertilizer
Entities shall no longer be parties to this Agreement, and (c) all Collateral owned by any
Fertilizer Entity shall be released from the Liens created under this Agreement, in each case
automatically and without any further action by any Person. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the
Collateral Agent shall execute and deliver to the Company, at the Companys expense, all documents
that the Company shall reasonably request to evidence any of the foregoing.
The parties hereto agree that the requirements of this Agreement to give control of any Note
Priority Collateral to the Collateral Agent shall be deemed satisfied so long as such control is in
place with the First Lien Collateral Trustee acting for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant
to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement.
Each Grantor hereby acknowledges that (i) value has been given, (ii) it has rights in the
Collateral or the power to transfer rights in the Collateral to the Collateral Agent (other than
after-acquired Collateral), (iii) it has not agreed to postpone the time of attachment of the
security interest, liens, assignments, mortgages, charges, hypothecations or pledges granted
hereunder, and (iv) it has received a copy of this Agreement.
SECTION 3. SECURITY FOR OBLIGATIONS; GRANTORS REMAIN LIABLE.
3.1 Security for Obligations. This Agreement secures, and the Collateral is
collateral security for, the prompt and complete payment or performance in full when due, whether
at stated maturity, by required prepayment, declaration, acceleration, demand or otherwise
(including the payment of amounts that would become due but for the operation of the automatic stay
under Section 362(a) of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. §362(a) (and any successor provision
thereof)), of all Credit Document Obligations, all Secured Hedging Obligations and all Secured Cash
Management Obligations with respect to every Grantor (collectively, the Secured Obligations).
3.2 Continuing Liability Under Collateral. Notwithstanding anything herein to the
contrary, (i) each Grantor shall remain liable for all obligations under the Collateral and nothing
contained herein is intended or shall be a delegation of duties to the Collateral Agent or any
Secured Party, (ii) each Grantor shall remain liable under each of the agreements included in the
Collateral, including, without limitation, any agreements relating to Pledged Partnership Interests
or Pledged LLC Interests, to perform all of the obligations undertaken by it thereunder all in
accordance with and pursuant to the terms and provisions thereof and neither the Collateral Agent
nor any Secured Party shall have any obligation or liability under any of such agreements by reason
of or arising out of this Agreement or any other document related thereto nor shall the Collateral
Agent nor any Secured Party have any obligation to make any
inquiry as to the nature or sufficiency of any payment received by it or have any obligation
to take any action to collect or enforce any rights under any agreement included in the Collateral,
including, without limitation, any agreements relating to Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged
LLC Interests, and (iii) the exercise by the Collateral Agent of any of its rights hereunder shall
not release any Grantor from any of its duties or obligations under the contracts and agreements
included in the Collateral.
SECTION 4. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS.
4.1 Generally.
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each Grantor hereby represents and
warrants, on the Effective Date and on each date that a Credit Event occurs, that:
(i) it owns the Collateral purported to be owned by it or otherwise has the
rights it purports to have in each item of Collateral and, as to all Collateral whether now
existing or hereafter acquired, will, except as permitted by the Credit Agreement, continue to own
or have such rights in each item of the Collateral, in each case free and clear of any and all
Liens, rights or claims of all other Persons other than Permitted Liens;
(ii) it has indicated on Schedule 4.1(A) (as such schedule may be amended or
supplemented from time to time): (w) the type of organization of such Grantor, (x) the
jurisdiction of organization of such Grantor and (y) its organizational identification number, if
any;
(iii) the full legal name of such Grantor is as set forth on Schedule 4.1(A)
(as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) and it has not done in the last
five (5) years, and does not do, business under any other name (including any trade-name or
fictitious business name) except for those names set forth on Schedule 4.1(B) (as such schedule may
be amended or supplemented from time to time);
(iv) except as provided on Schedule 4.1(C) (as such schedule may be amended or
supplemented from time to time), it has not changed its name, jurisdiction of organization (or
principal residence if such Grantor is a natural person) or its corporate structure in any way
(e.g., by merger, consolidation, change in corporate form or otherwise) within the past five (5)
years;
(v) except in connection with Permitted Liens, it has not within the last five
(5) years become bound (whether as a result of merger or otherwise) as debtor under a security
agreement entered into by another Person, which has not heretofore been terminated;
(vi) (u) upon the filing of all UCC and PPSA financing statements naming each
Grantor as debtor and the Collateral Agent as secured party and describing the Collateral in
the filing offices set forth opposite such Grantors name on Schedule 4.1(E) hereof (as such
schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), (v) upon delivery of all Instruments,
Chattel Paper and certificated Pledged Equity Interests and Pledged Debt, (w) upon sufficient
identification of Commercial Tort Claims, (x) upon execution of a control agreement establishing
the Collateral Agents control (within the meaning of Section 8-106, 9-106 or 9-104 of the UCC,
as applicable) with respect to any Investment Account (other than Exempt Accounts), (y) upon
consent of the issuer with respect to Letter of Credit Rights, and (z) to the extent not subject to
Article 9 of the UCC, upon recordation of the security interests in registered or applied for
Grantor Intellectual Property (other than any foreign Intellectual Property, to the extent such
foreign Intellectual Property cannot be perfected in the United States) in the applicable
intellectual property registries, including but not limited to the United States Patent and
Trademark Office and the United States Copyright Office, the security interests granted to the
Collateral Agent hereunder constitute valid and perfected (it being understood and agreed that the
Exempt Accounts will not be perfected by execution of a control agreement) First Priority Liens in
the ABL Priority Collateral and Second Priority Liens in the Note Priority Collateral (subject in
the case of priority only to other Permitted Liens and to the rights of the United States
government (including any agency or department thereof) with respect to United States government
Receivables);
(vii) all material actions and consents, including all material filings,
notices, registrations and recordings necessary for the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the
voting or other rights provided for in this Agreement or the exercise of remedies in respect of the
Collateral have been made or obtained;
(viii) other than the financing statements filed in favor of the Collateral
Agent, no effective UCC or PPSA financing statement, fixture filing or other instrument similar in
effect under any applicable law covering all or any part of the Collateral is on file in any filing
or recording office except for (x) financing statements for which proper termination statements
have been delivered to the Collateral Agent for filing and (y) financing statements filed in
connection with Permitted Liens;
(ix) except as could not result in a Material Adverse Effect, no
authorization, approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any Governmental
Authority or regulatory body that has not been made or obtained is required for either (i) the
pledge or grant by any Grantor of the Liens purported to be created in favor of the Collateral
Agent hereunder or (ii) the exercise by Collateral Agent of any rights or remedies in respect of
any Collateral (whether specifically granted or created hereunder or created or provided for by
applicable law), except (A) for the filings contemplated by clause (vii) above and (B) as may be
required, in connection with the disposition of any Investment Related Property, by laws generally
affecting the offering and sale of Securities;
(x) none of the Collateral constitutes, or is the Proceeds of, farm products
(as defined in the UCC);
(xi) it does not own any as extracted collateral (as defined in the UCC) or
any timber to be cut; and
(xii) such Grantor has been duly organized as an entity of the type as set
forth opposite such Grantors name on Schedule 4.1(A) (as such schedule may be amended or
supplemented from time to time) solely under the laws of the jurisdiction as set forth opposite
such Grantors name on Schedule 4.1(A) and remains duly existing as such. Such Grantor has not
filed any certificates of domestication, transfer or continuance in any other jurisdiction.
(b) Covenants and Agreements. Each Grantor hereby covenants and agrees that
until the payment in full of all Secured Obligations (other than unmatured contingent obligations),
the cancellation or termination in full of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment, the cancellation or
expiration of all outstanding Letters of Credit, the expiration or termination of all Secured
Hedging Agreements and the expiration or termination of all Secured Cash Management Agreements:
(i) except for the security interest created by this Agreement, it shall not
create or suffer to exist any Lien upon or with respect to any of the Collateral, except Permitted
Liens, and, except where the failure to do so could not be reasonably expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect, such Grantor shall defend the Collateral against all Persons at any time claiming
any interest therein;
(ii) it shall not produce, use or permit any Collateral to be used unlawfully
or in violation of any provision of this Agreement or, except where the failure to do so could not
be reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, any applicable statute, regulation or
ordinance or any policy of Insurance covering the Collateral;
(iii) it shall not change such Grantors name, identity, corporate structure
(e.g., by merger, consolidation, change in corporate form or otherwise), sole place of business (or
principal residence if such Grantor is a natural person), chief executive office, type of
organization or jurisdiction of organization or establish any trade names unless it shall, promptly
after such change, and in no event later than 15 days after such change (a) notify the Collateral
Agent in writing, by executing and delivering to the Collateral Agent a completed Pledge
Supplement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, together with all Supplements
to Schedules thereto, identifying such new name, identity, corporate
structure, sole place of business (or principal residence if such Grantor is a natural
person), chief executive office, jurisdiction of organization or trade name and providing such
other information in connection therewith as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request and (b)
take all actions necessary to maintain the continuous validity, perfection and the same or better
priority of the Collateral Agents security interest in the Collateral intended to be granted and
agreed to hereby; and
(iv) it shall not sell, transfer or assign (by operation of law or otherwise)
any Collateral except as otherwise permitted in accordance with the Credit Agreement.
4.2 Equipment and Inventory.
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each Grantor represents and warrants,
on the Effective Date and on each date that a Credit Event occurs, that:
(i) to the best knowledge of such Grantor, all of the Equipment and Inventory
included in the Collateral with a book value in excess of $5,000,000 is kept for the past four (4)
years only at the locations specified in Schedule 4.2 (as such schedule may be amended or
supplemented from time to time); and
(ii) except as set forth in Schedule 4.2 (as such schedule may be amended or
supplemented from time to time), none of the Inventory or Equipment with a book value in excess of
$5,000,000 is in the possession of an issuer of a negotiable document (as defined in Section 7-104
of the UCC) therefor or otherwise in the possession of a bailee or a warehouseman.
(b) Covenants and Agreements. Each Grantor covenants and agrees that until
payment in full of all Secured Obligations (other than unmatured contingent obligations), the
cancellation or termination in full of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment, the cancellation or
expiration of all outstanding Letters of Credit, the expiration or termination of all Secured
Hedging Agreements and the expiration or termination of all Secured Cash Management Agreements:
(i) it shall keep the Equipment, Inventory and any Documents evidencing any
Equipment and Inventory with a book value in excess of $5,000,000 in the locations specified on
Schedule 4.2 (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) unless it shall
have taken all actions, if any, necessary to maintain the continuous validity, perfection and the
same or better priority of the Collateral Agents security interest in the Collateral intended to
be granted and agreed to hereby, or to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce its
rights and remedies hereunder, with respect to such Equipment and Inventory;
(ii) it shall not deliver any Document evidencing any Equipment and Inventory
to any Person other than the issuer of such Document to claim the Goods evidenced therefor or the
Collateral Agent;
(iii) if (A) Inventory in the amount in excess of $1,000,000 is in possession
or control of any third party or (B) Inventory and Equipment in the aggregate amount in excess of
$5,000,0000 is in the possession or control of any third party, each Grantor shall join with the
Collateral Agent in notifying the third party of the Collateral Agents security interest and shall
use its commercially reasonable efforts to obtain an acknowledgment from the third party that it is
holding such Inventory and/or Equipment (as applicable) for the benefit of the Collateral Agent;
and
(iv) with respect to any item of Equipment which is covered by a certificate
of title under a statute of any jurisdiction under the law of which indication of a security
interest on such certificate is required as a condition of perfection thereof, upon the reasonable
request of the Collateral Agent, (A) provide information with respect to any such Equipment in
excess of $1,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate, (B) execute and file with the
registrar of motor vehicles or other appropriate authority in such jurisdiction an application or
other document requesting the notation or other indication of the security interest created
hereunder on such certificate of title, and (C) deliver to the Collateral Agent
copies of all such applications or other documents filed during such calendar quarter and
copies of all such certificates of title issued during such calendar quarter indicating the
security interest created hereunder in the items of Equipment covered thereby.
4.3 Receivables.
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each Grantor represents and warrants,
on the Effective Date and on each date that a Credit Event occurs, that:
(i) to its knowledge, each Receivable owing by any single Account Debtor with
value in excess of $5,000,000 (a) is and will be the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
Account Debtor in respect thereof, representing an unsatisfied obligation of such Account Debtor,
(b) is and will be enforceable in accordance with its terms, (c) is not and will not be subject to
any setoffs, defenses, taxes, counterclaims (except with respect to refunds, returns and allowances
in the ordinary course of business with respect to damaged merchandise) and (d) is and will be in
compliance with all applicable laws, whether federal, state, local or foreign;
(ii) none of the Account Debtors in respect of any Receivable in excess of
$1,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate is the government of the United States, any
agency or instrumentality thereof, any state or municipality or any foreign sovereign. No
Receivable in excess of $1,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate requires the consent
of the Account Debtor in respect thereof in connection with the pledge hereunder, except any
consent which has been obtained; and
(iii) no Receivable in excess of $1,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the
aggregate is evidenced by, or constitutes, an Instrument or Chattel Paper which has not been
delivered to, or otherwise subjected to the control of, the Collateral Agent to the extent required
by, and in accordance with Section 4.3(c).
(b) Covenants and Agreements: Each Grantor covenants and agrees that until
payment in full of all Secured Obligations (other than unmatured contingent obligations), the
cancellation or termination in full of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment, the cancellation or
expiration of all outstanding Letters of Credit, the expiration or termination of all Secured
Hedging Agreements and the expiration or termination of all Secured Cash Management Agreements:
(i) it shall perform in all material respects all of its obligations with
respect to the Receivables, except as could not reasonably be expected to have Material Adverse
Effect;
(ii) it shall not amend, modify, terminate or waive any provision of any
Receivable in any manner which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
Other than in the ordinary course of business as generally conducted by it on and prior to the date
hereof and, except as otherwise provided in subsection (v) below, following an Event of Default,
such Grantor shall not (w) grant any extension or renewal of the time of payment of any Receivable,
(x) compromise or settle any dispute, claim or legal proceeding with respect to any Receivable for
less than the total unpaid balance thereof, (y) release, wholly or partially, any Person liable for
the payment thereof, or (z) allow any credit or discount thereon;
(iii) except as otherwise provided in this subsection, each Grantor shall
during the continuance of an Event of Default take such action as such Grantor or the Collateral
Agent may deem reasonably necessary to exercise all material rights it may have under Receivables.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time during the
continuance of an Event of Default to notify, or require any Grantor to notify, any Account Debtor
of the Collateral Agents security interest in the Receivables and any Supporting Obligation and,
in addition, at any time following the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event
of
Default, the Collateral Agent may: (1) direct the Account Debtors under any Receivables to make
payment of all amounts due or to become due to such Grantor thereunder directly to the Collateral
Agent; (2) notify, or require any Grantor to notify, each Person maintaining a lockbox or similar
arrangement to which Account Debtors under any Receivables have been
directed to make payment to remit all amounts representing collections on checks and other
payment items from time to time sent to or deposited in such lockbox or other arrangement directly
to the Collateral Agent; and (3) enforce, at the expense of such Grantor, collection of any such
Receivables and to adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment thereof, in the same manner
and to the same extent as such Grantor might have done. If the Collateral Agent notifies any
Grantor that it has elected to collect the Receivables in accordance with the preceding sentence,
any payments of Receivables received by such Grantor shall be forthwith (and in any event within
two (2) Business Days) deposited by such Grantor in the exact form received, duly indorsed by such
Grantor to the Collateral Agent if required, in the Collateral Account maintained under the sole
dominion and control of the Collateral Agent, and until so turned over, all amounts and proceeds
(including checks and other instruments) received by such Grantor in respect of the Receivables,
any Supporting Obligation or Collateral Support shall be received in trust for the benefit of the
Collateral Agent hereunder and shall be segregated from other funds of such Grantor and, subject to
paragraph (i) above, such Grantor shall not adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment of
any Receivable, or release wholly or partly any Account Debtor or obligor thereof, or allow any
credit or discount thereon; and
(iv) it shall use its commercially reasonable efforts to keep in full force
and effect any Supporting Obligation or Collateral Support relating to any Receivable.
(c) Delivery and Control of Receivables. With respect to any Receivables in
excess of $1,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate that is evidenced by, or
constitutes, Chattel Paper or Instruments, each Grantor shall cause each originally executed copy
thereof to be delivered to the Collateral Agent (or its agent or designee) appropriately indorsed
to the Collateral Agent or indorsed in blank: (i) with respect to any such Receivables in
existence on the date hereof, on or prior to the date hereof and (ii) with respect to any such
Receivables hereafter arising, within ten (10) Business Days of such Grantor acquiring rights
therein. With respect to any Receivables in excess of $1,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the
aggregate which would constitute electronic chattel paper under Article 9 of the UCC, each
Grantor shall take all steps necessary to give the Collateral Agent control over such Receivables
(within the meaning of Section 9-105 of the UCC): (i) with respect to any such Receivables in
existence on the date hereof, on or prior to the date hereof and (ii) with respect to any such
Receivables hereafter arising, within ten (10) days of such Grantor acquiring rights therein. Any
Receivable not otherwise required to be delivered or subjected to the control of the Collateral
Agent in accordance with this subsection (c) shall be delivered or subjected to such control upon
request of the Collateral Agent during the continuance of an Event of Default.
4.4 Investment Related Property.
4.4.1 Investment Related Property Generally
(a) Covenants and Agreements. Each Grantor covenants and agrees that until
payment in full of all Secured Obligations (other than unmatured contingent obligations), the
cancellation or termination in full of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment, the cancellation or
expiration of all outstanding Letters of Credit, the expiration or termination of all Secured
Hedging Agreements and the expiration or termination of all Secured Cash Management Agreements:
(i) in the event it acquires rights in any Investment Related Property, with a
value in excess of $1,000,000 (except with respect to Pledged Equity Interests) after the date
hereof, it shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a completed Pledge Supplement, substantially in
the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, together with all Supplements to Schedules thereto,
reflecting such new Investment Related Property and all other Investment Related Property.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is understood and agreed that the security interest of the
Collateral Agent shall attach to all Investment Related Property immediately upon any Grantors
acquisition of rights therein and shall not be affected by the failure of any Grantor to deliver a
supplement to Schedule 4.4 as required hereby;
(ii) except as provided in the next sentence, in the event such Grantor
receives any dividends, interest or distributions on any Investment Related Property, or any
securities or other
property upon the merger, consolidation, liquidation or dissolution of any issuer of any
Investment Related Property, then (a) such dividends, interest or distributions and securities or
other property shall be included in the definition of Collateral without further action and (b)
such Grantor shall within ten (10) Business Days take all steps, if any, necessary or advisable to
ensure the validity, perfection, priority and, if applicable, control of the Collateral Agent over
such Investment Related Property (including, without limitation, delivery thereof to the Collateral
Agent) and pending any such action such Grantor shall be deemed to hold such dividends, interest,
distributions, securities or other
property in trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and
shall segregate such dividends, distributions, Securities or other property from all other property
of such Grantor. Notwithstanding the foregoing, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, the Collateral Agent authorizes each Grantor to retain all cash dividends and
distributions and all payments of interest and principal; and
(iii) each Grantor consents to the grant by each other Grantor of a Security
Interest in all Investment Related Property to the Collateral Agent.
(b) Delivery and Control.
(i) Each Grantor agrees that with respect to any Investment Related Property
in which it currently has rights and which is included in the Collateral it shall comply with the
provisions of this Section 4.4.1(b) on or before the date hereof and with respect to any Investment
Related Property hereafter acquired by such Grantor and which is included in the Collateral, it
shall comply with the provisions of this Section 4.4.1(b) within (10) Business Days upon acquiring
rights therein, in each case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral Agent.
With respect to any Investment Related Property that is represented by a certificate or that is an
instrument with the value in excess of $1,000,000 (other than any Investment Related Property
credited to a Securities Account) and which is included in the Collateral, it shall cause such
certificate or instrument to be delivered to the Collateral Agent, indorsed in blank by an
effective indorsement (as defined in Section 8-107 of the UCC), regardless of whether such
certificate constitutes a certificated security for purposes of the UCC. With respect to any
Investment Related Property that is an uncertificated security for purposes of the UCC (other
than any uncertificated securities credited to a Securities Account) and which is included in the
Collateral, it shall cause the issuer of such uncertificated security to either (i) register the
Collateral Agent as the registered owner thereof on the books and records of the issuer or (ii)
execute a control agreement reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent), pursuant to which such
issuer agrees to comply with the Collateral Agents instructions with respect to such
uncertificated security (such instructions only to be given upon an Event of Default that is
continuing in accordance with Section 7 hereof) without further consent by such Grantor.
(c) Voting and Distributions.
(i) So long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing:
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relating to Investment Related Property in this Agreement or elsewhere
herein or in the other ABL Documents, each Grantor shall be entitled
to exercise or refrain from exercising any and all voting and other
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the Collateral Agent, at each Grantors expense, shall promptly
execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to each
Grantor all proxies, and other instruments as such Grantor may from
time to time reasonably request for the purpose of enabling such
Grantor with respect to Collateral registered in the name of the
Collateral Agent to exercise the voting and other consensual rights
when and to the extent which it is entitled to exercise pursuant to
clause (1) above and receive and retain dividends and other payments
to the extent which it is entitled pursuant to Section 4.4.1(a)(ii)
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all rights of each Grantor to exercise or refrain from exercising the
voting and other consensual rights which it would otherwise be
entitled to exercise pursuant hereto shall cease and all such rights
shall thereupon become vested in the Collateral Agent who shall
thereupon have the sole right to exercise such voting and other
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in order to permit the Collateral Agent to exercise the voting and
other consensual rights which it may be entitled to exercise pursuant
hereto and to receive all dividends and other distributions which it
may be entitled to receive hereunder: (1) each Grantor shall promptly
execute and deliver (or cause to be executed and delivered) to the
Collateral Agent all proxies, dividend payment orders and other
instruments as the Collateral Agent may from time to time reasonably
request and (2) each Grantor acknowledges that the Collateral Agent
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4.4.2 Pledged Equity Interests
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each Grantor hereby represents and
warrants, on the Effective Date and on each date that a Credit Event occurs, that:
(i) Schedule 4.4(A) (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time
to time) sets forth under the headings Pledged Stock, Pledged LLC Interests, Pledged
Partnership Interests and Pledged Trust Interests, respectively, all of the Pledged Stock,
Pledged LLC Interests, Pledged Partnership Interests and Pledged Trust Interests owned by any
Grantor and such Pledged Equity Interests constitute the percentage of issued and outstanding
shares of stock, percentage of membership interests, percentage of partnership interests or
percentage of beneficial interest of the respective issuers thereof indicated on such Schedule;
(ii) it is the record and beneficial owner of the Pledged Equity Interests
free of all Liens, rights or claims of other Persons other than Permitted Liens;
(iii) without limiting the generality of Section 4.1(a)(v), no consent of any
Person including any other general or limited partner, any other member of a limited liability
company, any other shareholder or any other trust beneficiary is necessary in connection with the
creation, perfection or priority status of the security interest of the Collateral Agent in any
Pledged Equity Interests or the exercise by the Collateral Agent of the voting or other rights
provided for in this Agreement or the exercise of remedies in respect thereof;
(iv) none of the Pledged LLC Interests nor Pledged Partnership Interests are
or represent interests in issuers that: (a) are registered as investment companies or (b) are dealt
in or traded on securities exchanges or markets; and
(v) except as otherwise set forth on Schedule 4.4(C), none of the Pledged LLC
Interests and Pledged Partnership Interests are or represent interests in issuers that have opted
to be treated as securities under the uniform commercial code of any jurisdiction.
(b) Covenants and Agreements. Each Grantor covenants and agrees that until
payment in full of all Secured Obligations (other than unmatured contingent obligations), the
cancellation or termination in full of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment, the cancellation or
expiration of all outstanding Letters of Credit, the expiration or termination of all Secured
Hedging Agreements and the expiration or termination of all Secured Cash Management Agreements:
(i) unless otherwise permitted under the Credit Agreement or without the prior
written consent of the Collateral Agent, it shall not vote to enable or take any other action to:
(a) amend or terminate any partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement, certificate
of incorporation, by-laws or other organizational documents in any way that would reasonably be
expected to cause a Material Adverse Effect or materially adversely affects the validity,
perfection or priority of the Collateral Agents security interest in any Investment Related
Property, (b) permit any issuer of any Pledged Equity Interest to dispose of all or a material
portion of their assets, (c) waive any default under or breach of any terms of organizational
document relating to the issuer of any Pledged Equity Interest or the terms of any Pledged Debt, or
(d) cause any issuer of any Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests which are not
securities (for purposes of the UCC) on the date hereof to elect or otherwise take any action to
cause such Pledged Partnership Interests or Pledged LLC Interests to be treated as securities for
purposes of the UCC, unless such Grantor shall promptly notify the Collateral Agent in writing of
any such election or action and, in such event, shall take all steps necessary or advisable to
establish the Collateral Agents control thereof;
(ii) Except as otherwise permitted under the ABL Documents, without the prior
written consent of the Collateral Agent, it shall not permit any issuer of any Pledged Equity
Interest included in the Collateral to merge or consolidate unless the covenants of the ABL
Documents are complied with; and
(iii) each Grantor consents to the grant by each other Grantor of a security
interest in all Investment Related Property to the Collateral Agent and, without limiting the
foregoing, consents following an Event of Default that is continuing to the transfer of any Pledged
Partnership Interest and any Pledged LLC Interest to the Collateral Agent or its nominee following
an Event of Default and to the substitution of the Collateral Agent or its nominee as a partner in
any partnership or as a member in any limited liability company with all the rights and powers
related thereto.
4.4.3 Pledged Debt
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each Grantor hereby represents and
warrants, on the Effective Date and on each date on which any Credit Event occurs, that Schedule
4.4 (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) sets forth under the
heading Pledged Debt all of the Pledged Debt owned by any Grantor and included in the Collateral;
to its knowledge, all of such Pledged Debt has been duly authorized, authenticated or issued, and
delivered and is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the issuers thereof and is not in
default and constitutes all of the issued and outstanding inter-company Indebtedness; and
(b) Covenants and Agreements. Each Grantor covenants and agrees that until
payment in full of all Secured Obligations (other than unmatured contingent obligations), the
cancellation or termination in full of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment, the cancellation or
expiration of all outstanding Letters of Credit, the expiration or termination of all Secured
Hedging Agreements and the expiration or termination of all Secured Cash Management Agreements, it
shall notify the Collateral Agent of any default under any Pledged Debt that has caused, either in
any individual case or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect.
4.4.4 Investment Accounts
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each Grantor hereby represents and
warrants, on the Effective Date and on each date that a Credit Event occurs, that:
(i) Schedule 4.4 (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to
time) sets forth under the headings Securities Accounts and Commodities Accounts, respectively,
all of the Securities Accounts and Commodities Accounts in which each Grantor has an interest and
that is included in the Collateral. Each Grantor is the sole entitlement holder of each such
Securities Account and Commodity Account, and such Grantor has not consented to, and is not
otherwise aware of, any Person (other than the Collateral Agent pursuant hereto) having control
(within the meanings of Sections 8-106
and 9-106 of the UCC) over, or any other interest in, any such Securities Account or Commodity
Account or securities or other property credited thereto;
(ii) Schedule 4.4 (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time
to time) sets forth under the headings Deposit Accounts all of the Deposit Accounts in which each
Grantor has an interest and that is included in the Collateral. Each Grantor is the sole account
holder of each such Deposit Account and such Grantor has not consented to, and is not otherwise
aware of, any Person (other than the Collateral Agent pursuant hereto) having either sole dominion
and control (within the meaning of common law) or control (within the meanings of Section 9-104
of the UCC) over, or any other interest in, any such Deposit Account or any Money or other property
deposited therein; and
(iii) Each Grantor has taken all actions necessary, including those specified
in Section 4.4.4(c), to: (a) establish the Collateral Agents control (within the meanings of
Sections 8-106 and 9-106 of the UCC) over any portion of the Investment Related Property
constituting Certificated Securities, Uncertificated Securities, Securities Accounts (other than
Exempt Accounts), Securities Entitlements or Commodities Accounts (each as defined in the UCC)
(other than the Exempt Accounts); (b) establish the Collateral Agents control (within the
meaning of Section 9-104 of the UCC) over all Deposit Accounts (other than the Exempt Accounts);
and (c) deliver all Instruments to the Collateral Agent.
(b) Covenant and Agreement. Each Grantor covenants and agrees that until
payment in full of all Secured Obligations (other than unmatured contingent obligations), the
cancellation or termination in full of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment, the cancellation or
expiration of all outstanding Letters of Credit, the expiration or termination of all Secured
Hedging Agreements and the expiration or termination of all Secured Cash Management Agreements, it
shall not permit any Investment Account with assets in excess of $1,000,000 to exist unless a
control agreement with respect to any such Investment Account has been entered into, or in the case
of any Investment Account that exists on the date hereof, has been entered into within 30 days of
the date hereof, by the appropriate Grantor, the Collateral Agent and securities intermediary or
depository institution at which such successor or replacement account is to be maintained in
accordance with the provisions of Section 4.4.4(c).
(c) Delivery and Control
(i) With respect to any Investment Related Property consisting of Securities
Accounts (other than Exempt Accounts) or Securities Entitlements with balance in excess of
$1,000,000 individually and $5,000,000 in the aggregate, it shall cause the securities intermediary
maintaining such Securities Account or Securities Entitlement to enter into, within 30 days after
the opening of such Securities Account, a control agreement reasonably acceptable to the Collateral
Agent pursuant to which it shall agree to comply with the Collateral Agents entitlement orders
without further consent by such Grantor. With respect to any Investment Related Property that
is a
Deposit Account (other than the Exempt Accounts), it shall cause the depositary institution
maintaining such account to enter into, within 30 days after the opening of such Deposit Account, a
control agreement reasonably acceptable to the Collateral Agent, pursuant to which the Collateral
Agent shall have both sole dominion and control over such Deposit Account (within the meaning of
the common law) and control (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the UCC) over such Deposit
Account. Each Grantor shall have entered into such control agreement or agreements with respect
to: (i) any Securities Accounts (other than Exempt Accounts), Securities Entitlements or Deposit
Accounts (other than the Exempt Accounts) that exist on the date of this Agreement and (ii) any
Securities Accounts (other than Exempt Accounts), Securities Entitlements or Deposit Accounts
(other than the Exempt Accounts) that are created or acquired after the date of this Agreement, as
of or prior to the deposit or transfer of any such Securities Entitlements or funds, whether
constituting Moneys or investments, into such Securities Accounts or Deposit Accounts.
In addition to the foregoing, if any issuer of any Investment Related Property, with a value in
excess of $1,000,000 individually and $5,000,000 in the aggregate, is located in a jurisdiction
outside of the United States, each Grantor shall take such additional actions, including, without
limitation, causing the issuer to register the pledge on its books and records or making such
filings or recordings, in each case as may be necessary under the laws of such issuers
jurisdiction to insure the validity, perfection and priority of the
security interest of the Collateral Agent. Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Event of Default, the Collateral Agent shall have the right, without notice to any Grantor, to
transfer all or any portion of the Investment Related Property to its name or the name of its
nominee or agent. In addition, the Collateral Agent shall have the right at any time, without
notice to any Grantor, to exchange any certificates or instruments representing any Investment
Related Property for certificates or instruments of smaller or larger denominations.
4.5 Material Contracts. Each Grantor covenants and agrees that until payment in
full of all Secured Obligations (other than unmatured contingent obligations), the cancellation or
termination in full of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment, the cancellation or expiration of all
outstanding Letters of Credit, the expiration or termination of all Secured Hedging Agreements and
the expiration or termination of all Secured Cash Management Agreements:
(i) in addition to any rights under the Section of this Agreement relating to
Receivables, the Collateral Agent may at any time during the continuance of an Event of Default
notify, or require any Grantor to so notify, the counterparty on any Material Contract of the
security interest of the Collateral Agent therein. In addition, after the occurrence and during
the continuance of an Event of Default, the Collateral Agent may upon written notice to the
applicable Grantor, notify, or require any Grantor to notify, the counterparty to make all payments
under the Material Contracts directly to the Collateral Agent; and
(ii) each Grantor shall, within thirty (30) days after entering into any
Non-Assignable Contract that is a Material Contract after the Effective Date, request in writing
the consent of the counterparty or counterparties to such Non-Assignable Contract pursuant to the
terms of such Non-Assignable Contract or applicable law to the assignment or granting of a security
interest in such Non-Assignable Contract to Secured Party and use its best efforts to obtain such
consent as soon as practicable thereafter.
4.6 Letter of Credit Rights.
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each Grantor hereby represents and
warrants, on the Effective Date and on each date that a Credit Event occurs, that:
(i) all material letters of credit to which such Grantor has rights is listed
on Schedule 4.6 (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) hereto; and
(ii) it has obtained the consent of each issuer of any letter of credit in
excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate to the assignment of the proceeds of the letter of credit to
the Collateral Agent in accordance with Section 4.6(b); provided, however, that with
respect to any letters of credit in existence on the Effective Date, such consent shall be obtained
within 30 days following the Effective Date.
(b) Covenants and Agreements. Each Grantor covenants and agrees that until
payment in full of all Secured Obligations (other than unmatured contingent obligations), the
cancellation or termination in full of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment, the cancellation or
expiration of all outstanding Letters of Credit, the expiration or termination of all Secured
Hedging Agreements and the expiration or termination of all Secured Cash Management Agreements,
with respect to any letter of credit in excess of $1,000,000 in the aggregate hereafter arising, it
shall use commercially reasonable efforts to obtain the consent of the issuer thereof to the
assignment of the proceeds of the letter of credit to the Collateral Agent and shall deliver to the
Collateral Agent a completed Pledge Supplement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached
hereto, together with all Supplements to Schedules thereto.
4.7 Intellectual Property.
(a) Representations and Warranties. Except as disclosed in Schedule 4.7(H)
(as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time), each Grantor hereby represents
and warrants, on the Effective Date and on each date that a Credit Event occurs, that:
(i) Schedule 4.7 (as such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to
time) sets forth a true and complete list of (i) all United States, state and foreign registrations
of and applications for Patents, Trademarks, and Copyrights owned by each Grantor and (ii) all
Patent Licenses, Trademark Licenses, Trade Secret Licenses and Copyright Licenses material to the
business of such Grantor;
(ii) it is the sole and exclusive owner of the entire right, title, and
interest in or is a licensee to all Intellectual Property listed on Schedule 4.7 (as such schedule
may be amended or supplemented from time to time) (Grantor Intellectual Property), and owns or
has the valid right to use all other Intellectual Property used in or necessary to conduct its
business, free and clear of all Liens, claims, encumbrances and licenses, except for Permitted
Liens and the licenses set forth on Schedule 4.7(B), (D), (F) and (G) (as each may be amended or
supplemented from time to time);
(iii) all Grantor Intellectual Property is subsisting and has not been
adjudged invalid or unenforceable, in whole or in part except as could not reasonably be expected
to have Material Adverse Effect, and each Grantor has performed all acts and has paid all renewal,
maintenance, and other fees and taxes required to maintain each and every registration and
application of Grantor Intellectual Property in full force and effect as reasonably necessary for
the conduct of the business and except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect;
(iv) no holding, decision, or judgment has been rendered in any action or
proceeding before any court or administrative authority challenging the validity of, such Grantors
right to register, or such Grantors rights to own or use, any Grantor Intellectual Property except
as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect and no such action or
proceeding is pending or, to the best of such Grantors knowledge, threatened;
(v) all registrations and applications for Grantor Intellectual Property are
standing in the name of a Grantor, and none of the Grantor Intellectual Property has been licensed
by any Grantor to any Affiliate or third party, except as disclosed in Schedule 4.7(B), (D), (F),
or (G) (as each may be amended or supplemented from time to time);
(vi) the conduct of each Grantors business does not infringe upon or
otherwise violate any trademark, patent, copyright, trade secret or other intellectual property
right owned or controlled by a third party except as could not reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; to Grantors knowledge, no claim has been made that the use of any
Intellectual Property owned, licensed or used by Grantor violates the asserted rights of any third
party except as could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(vii) to the best of each Grantors knowledge, no third party is infringing
upon or otherwise violating any rights in any Intellectual Property owned or used by such Grantor
in any respect that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(viii) no settlement or consents, covenants not to sue, nonassertion
assurances, or releases have been entered into by Grantor or to which Grantor is bound that
adversely affect Grantors rights to own or use any Grantor Intellectual Property except as could
not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and
(ix) except in connection with Permitted Liens or as otherwise permitted under
the ABL Documents, each Grantor has not made a previous assignment, sale, transfer or agreement
constituting a present or future assignment, sale, transfer or agreement of any Grantor
Intellectual Property that has not been terminated or released. There is no effective financing
statement or other document or instrument now executed, or on file or recorded in any public
office, granting a security interest in or otherwise encumbering any part of the Grantor
Intellectual Property, other than in favor of the Collateral Agent or Permitted Liens.
(b) Covenants and Agreements. Each Grantor covenants and agrees that until
payment in full of all
Secured Obligations (other than unmatured contingent obligations), the
cancellation or termination in full of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment, the cancellation or
expiration of all outstanding Letters of Credit, the expiration or termination of all Secured
Hedging Agreements and the expiration or termination of all Secured Cash Management Agreements:
(i) it shall not do any act or omit to do any act whereby any of the Grantor
Intellectual Property which is material to the business of Grantor may lapse, or become abandoned,
dedicated to the public, or unenforceable, or which would adversely affect the validity, grant, or
enforceability of the security interest granted therein except to the extent a particular item of
Intellectual Property is no longer material or necessary to the business of such Grantor or that
the same could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(ii) it shall, within a reasonable time from the creation or acquisition of
any Copyrightable work the registration of which is material to the business of Grantor, apply to
register the Copyright in the United States Copyright Office where warranted in the Grantors
reasonable business judgment, except where the failure to do the same could not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;
(iii) it shall (within a reasonable time after any Grantor obtains knowledge
thereof) notify the Collateral Agent if it knows that any item of the Grantor Intellectual Property
that is material to the business of any Grantor has become (a) abandoned or dedicated to the public
or placed in the public domain, (b) invalid or unenforceable, or (c) subject to any material
adverse determination or development (including the institution of proceedings) in any action or
proceeding in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office,
any state registry or any court;
(iv) it shall, where warranted in any Grantors reasonable business judgment,
take all reasonable steps in the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States
Copyright Office or any state registry to pursue any application and maintain any registration of
each Trademark, Patent, and Copyright owned by any Grantor and material to its business which is
now or shall become included in the Grantor Intellectual Property including, but not limited to,
those items on Schedule 4.7(A), (C) and (E) (as each may be amended or supplemented from time to
time);
(v) it shall (within a reasonable time after any Grantor obtains knowledge
thereof) report to the Collateral Agent (i) the filing of any application to register any material
Intellectual Property with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States
Copyright Office, or any state registry (whether such application is filed by such Grantor or
through any agent, employee, licensee, or designee thereof) and (ii) the registration of any
material Intellectual Property by any such office, in each case by executing and delivering to the
Collateral Agent a completed Pledge Supplement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached
hereto, together with all Supplements to Schedules thereto;
(vi) it shall, promptly upon the reasonable request of the Collateral Agent,
execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent any document required to acknowledge, confirm,
register, record, or perfect the Collateral Agents interest in any part of the Grantor
Intellectual Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired; and
(vii) after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default,
it shall continue to collect, at its own expense, all amounts due or to become due to such Grantor
in respect of the Grantor Intellectual Property or any portion thereof. In connection with such
collections, each Grantor may take (and, at the Collateral Agents reasonable direction, shall
take) such action as such Grantor or, after the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event
of Default, the Collateral Agent may deem reasonably necessary or advisable to enforce collection
of such amounts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Collateral Agent shall have the right at any
time, to notify, or require any Grantor to notify, any obligors with respect to any such amounts of
the existence of the security interest created hereby.
4.8 Commercial Tort Claims
(a) Representations and Warranties. Each Grantor hereby represents and
warrants, on the Effective Date and on each date that a Credit Event occurs, that Schedule 4.8 (as
such schedule may be amended or supplemented from time to time) sets forth all Commercial Tort
Claims of each Grantor in excess of $1,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the aggregate; and
(b) Covenants and Agreements. Each Grantor covenants and agrees that until
payment in full of all Secured Obligations (other than unmatured contingent obligations), the
cancellation or termination in full of the Total
Revolving Loan Commitment, the cancellation or
expiration of all outstanding Letters of Credit, the expiration or termination of all Secured
Hedging Agreements and the expiration or termination of all Secured Cash Management Agreements,
with respect to any Commercial Tort Claim in excess of $1,000,000 individually or $5,000,000 in the
aggregate hereafter arising it shall deliver to the Collateral Agent a completed Pledge Supplement,
substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto, together with all Supplements to Schedules
thereto, identifying such new Commercial Tort Claims.
SECTION 5. ACCESS; RIGHT OF INSPECTION AND FURTHER ASSURANCES;ADDITIONAL GRANTORS.
5.1 Access; Right of Inspection. The Collateral Agent shall at all reasonable times
with reasonable notice have full and free access during normal business hours and without
unreasonable interruption of business to all the books, correspondence and records of each Grantor,
and the Collateral Agent and its representatives may examine the same, take extracts therefrom and
make photocopies thereof, and each Grantor agrees to render to the Collateral Agent, at such
Grantors cost and expense, such clerical and other assistance as may be reasonably requested with
regard thereto. The Collateral Agent and its representatives shall at all reasonable times with
reasonable notice also have the right during normal business hours and without unreasonable
interruption of business to enter any premises of each Grantor and inspect any property of each
Grantor where any of the Collateral of such Grantor granted pursuant to this Agreement is located
for the purpose of inspecting the same, observing its use or otherwise protecting its interests
therein.
5.2 Further Assurances.
(a) Each Grantor agrees that from time to time, at the expense of such Grantor, that
it shall promptly execute and deliver all further instruments and documents, and take all further
action, that may be necessary and that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in order to
create and/or maintain the validity, perfection or priority of and protect any security interest
granted hereby or to enable the Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce its rights and remedies
hereunder with respect to any Collateral. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, each
Grantor shall:
(i) file such financing or continuation statements, or amendments thereto, and
execute and deliver such other agreements, instruments, endorsements, powers of attorney or
notices, as may be necessary and as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, in order to
perfect and preserve the security interests granted or purported to be granted hereby;
(ii) take all actions necessary to ensure the recordation of appropriate
evidence of the liens and security interest granted hereunder in the Grantor Intellectual Property
with any intellectual property registry in the United States in which said Grantor Intellectual
Property is registered or in which an application for registration is pending including, without
limitation, the United States Patent and Trademark Office, the United States Copyright Office, the
various Secretaries of State;
(iii) at any reasonable time, upon request by the Collateral Agent, assemble
the Collateral and allow inspection of the Collateral by the Collateral Agent, or persons
designated by the Collateral Agent;
(iv) at the Collateral Agents request, appear in and defend any action or
proceeding that may affect such Grantors title to or the Collateral Agents security interest in
all or any part of the Collateral;
(v) execute such Collateral Access Agreements as may be required by the Credit
Agreement.
(b) Each Grantor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to file a Record or Records,
including, without limitation, financing or continuation statements, and amendments thereto, in any
jurisdictions and with any filing offices as the Collateral Agent may determine, in its sole
discretion, are necessary or advisable to perfect the security interest granted to the Collateral
Agent herein. Such financing statements may describe the Collateral in the same manner as
described herein or may contain an indication or description of collateral that describes such
property in any other manner as the Collateral Agent may determine, in its sole discretion, is
necessary, advisable or prudent to ensure the perfection of the security interest in the Collateral
granted to the Collateral Agent herein, including, without limitation, describing such property as
all assets or all personal property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired. Each Grantor
shall furnish to the Collateral Agent from time to time statements and schedules further
identifying and describing the Collateral and such other reports in connection with the Collateral
as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request, all in reasonable detail.
(c) Each Grantor hereby authorizes the Collateral Agent to modify this Agreement
after obtaining such Grantors approval of or signature to such modification by amending Schedule
4.7 (as such schedule may be amended
or supplemented from time to time) to include reference to any
right, title or interest in any existing Grantor Intellectual Property or any Grantor Intellectual
Property acquired or developed by any Grantor after the execution hereof or to delete any reference
to any right, title or interest in any Intellectual Property in which any Grantor no longer has or
claims any right, title or interest.
5.3 Additional Grantors. From time to time subsequent to the date hereof,
additional Persons may become parties hereto as additional Grantors (each, an Additional
Grantor), by executing a Counterpart Agreement. Upon delivery of any such Counterpart Agreement
to the Collateral Agent, notice of which is hereby waived by Grantors, each Additional Grantor
shall be a Grantor and shall be as fully a party hereto as if Additional Grantor were an original
signatory hereto. Each Grantor expressly agrees that its obligations arising hereunder shall not
be affected or diminished by the addition or release of any other Grantor hereunder, nor by any
election of Collateral Agent not to cause any Subsidiary of the Holding Companies to become an
Additional Grantor hereunder. This Agreement shall be fully effective as to any Grantor that is or
becomes a party hereto regardless of whether any other Person becomes or fails to become or ceases
to be a Grantor hereunder.
SECTION 6. COLLATERAL AGENT APPOINTED ATTORNEY-IN-FACT.
6.1 Power of Attorney. Each Grantor hereby irrevocably appoints the Collateral
Agent (such appointment being coupled with an interest) as such Grantors attorney-in-fact, with
full authority in the place and stead of such Grantor and in the name of such Grantor, the
Collateral Agent or otherwise, from time to time in the Collateral Agents discretion to take any
action and to execute any instrument that the Collateral Agent may deem reasonably necessary or
advisable to accomplish the purposes of this Agreement, including, without limitation, the
following:
(a) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, to
obtain and adjust Insurance required to be maintained by such Grantor or paid to the Collateral
Agent pursuant to the Credit Agreement;
(b) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, to ask
for, demand, collect, sue for, recover, compound, receive and give acquittance and receipts for
moneys due and to become due under or in respect of any of the Collateral;
(c) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, to
receive, endorse and collect any drafts or other instruments, documents and chattel paper in
connection with clause (b) above;
(d) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of any Event of Default, to file
any claims or take any action or institute any proceedings that the Collateral Agent may deem
necessary or desirable for the collection of any of the Collateral or otherwise to enforce the
rights of the Collateral Agent with respect to any of the Collateral;
(e) to prepare and file any UCC or PPSA financing statements against such Grantor as
debtor;
(f) to prepare, sign, and file for recordation in any United States intellectual
property registry, appropriate evidence of the lien and security interest granted herein in the
Grantor Intellectual Property in the name of such Grantor as debtor;
(g) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, to take
or cause to be taken all actions necessary to perform or comply or cause performance or compliance
with the terms of this Agreement, including, without limitation, access to pay or discharge taxes
or Liens (other than Permitted Liens) levied or placed upon or threatened against the Collateral,
the legality or validity thereof and the amounts necessary to discharge the same to be determined
by the Collateral Agent in its sole discretion, any such payments made by the Collateral Agent to
become obligations of such Grantor to the Collateral Agent, due and payable immediately without
demand; and
(h) upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default, generally
to sell, transfer, pledge, make any agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the
Collateral as fully and completely as though the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner thereof
for all purposes, and to do, at the Collateral Agents option and such Grantors expense, at any
time or from time to time, all acts and things that the Collateral Agent deems reasonably necessary
to protect, preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Collateral Agents security interest
therein in order to effect the intent of this Agreement, all as fully and effectively as such
Grantor might do.
6.2 No Duty on the Part of Collateral Agent or Secured Parties. The powers
conferred on the Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect the interests of the Secured
Parties in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon the Collateral Agent or any Secured
Party to exercise any such powers. The Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties shall be
accountable only for amounts that they actually receive as a result of the exercise of such powers,
and neither they nor any of their officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to
any Grantor for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for their own gross negligence or
willful misconduct.
SECTION 7. REMEDIES.
7.1 Generally.
(a) If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral
Agent may, subject to the terms of and in the manner contemplated by the Intercreditor Agreement,
exercise in respect of the Collateral, in addition to all other rights and remedies provided for
herein or otherwise available to it at law or in equity, all the rights and remedies of the
Collateral Agent on default under the UCC and the PPSA (whether or not the UCC or PPSA applies to
the affected Collateral) to collect, enforce or satisfy any Secured Obligations then owing, whether
by acceleration or otherwise, and also may pursue any of the following separately, successively or
simultaneously:
(i) require any Grantor to, and each Grantor hereby agrees that it shall at
its expense and promptly upon request of the Collateral Agent forthwith, assemble all or part of
the Collateral
as directed by the Collateral Agent and make it available to the Collateral Agent at a place
to be designated by the Collateral Agent that is reasonably convenient to both parties;
(ii) enter onto the property where any Collateral is located and take
possession thereof with or without judicial process;
(iii) prior to the disposition of the Collateral, store, process, repair or
recondition the Collateral or otherwise prepare the Collateral for disposition in any manner to the
extent the Collateral Agent deems appropriate;
(iv) without notice except as specified below or under the UCC or PPSA, sell,
assign, lease, license (on an exclusive or nonexclusive basis) or otherwise dispose of the
Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any of the
Collateral Agents offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, at such time
or times and at such price or prices and upon such other terms as the Collateral Agent may deem
commercially reasonable;
(v) appoint by instrument in writing a receiver (which term as used in this
Agreement includes a receiver and manager) or agent of all or any part of the Collateral and remove
or replace from time to time any receiver or agent;
(vi) institute proceedings in any court of competent jurisdiction for the
appointment of a receiver of all or any part of the Collateral; and
(vii) carry on all or any part of the business of any Grantor and, to the
exclusion of all others including the Grantors, enter upon, occupy and use all or any of the
premises, buildings, and other property of or used by any Grantor for such time as the Collateral
Agent sees fit, free of charge, and the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties are not liable to
the Grantor for any act, omission or negligence (other than their own gross negligence or wilful
misconduct) in so doing or for any rent, charges, depreciation or damages incurred in connection
with or resulting from such action.
(b) The Collateral Agent or any Secured Party may be the purchaser of any or all of
the Collateral at any public or private (to the extent to the portion of the Collateral being
privately sold is of a kind that is customarily sold on a recognized market or the subject of
widely distributed standard price quotations) sale in accordance with the UCC or the PPSA (as
applicable) and the Collateral Agent, as collateral agent for and representative of the Secured
Parties, shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the
purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such sale made in accordance
with the UCC or the PPSA (as applicable), to use and apply any of the Secured Obligations as a
credit on account of the purchase price for any Collateral payable by the Collateral Agent at such
sale. Each purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely free from any claim
or right on the part of any Grantor, and each Grantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by
applicable law) all rights of redemption, stay and/or appraisal which it now has or may at any time
in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted. Each
Grantor agrees that, to the extent notice of sale shall be required by law, at least ten (10) days
notice to such Grantor of the time and place of any public sale or the time after which any private
sale is to be made shall constitute reasonable notification. The Collateral Agent shall not be
obligated to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given. The
Collateral Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the
time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and
place to which it was so adjourned. Each Grantor agrees that it would not be commercially
unreasonable for the Collateral Agent to dispose of the
Collateral or any portion thereof by using
Internet sites that provide for the auction of assets of the types included in the Collateral or
that have the reasonable capability of doing so, or that match buyers and sellers of assets. Each
Grantor hereby waives any claims against the Collateral Agent arising by reason of the fact that
the price at which any Collateral may have been sold at such a private sale was less than the price
which might have been obtained at a public sale, even if the Collateral Agent accepts the first
offer received and does not offer such Collateral to more than one offeree, provided this section
shall not restrict the operation of Section 9-615(f) of the UCC. If the proceeds of any sale or
other disposition of the Collateral are insufficient to pay all the
Secured Obligations, the Grantors shall be liable for the deficiency and the fees of any
attorneys employed by the Collateral Agent to collect such deficiency. Each Grantor further agrees
that a breach of any of the covenants contained in this Section will cause irreparable injury to
the Collateral Agent, that the Collateral Agent has no adequate remedy at law in respect of such
breach and, as a consequence, that each and every covenant contained in this Section shall be
specifically enforceable against such Grantor, and such Grantor hereby waives and agrees not to
assert any defenses against an action for specific performance of such covenants except for a
defense that no default has occurred giving rise to the Secured Obligations becoming due and
payable prior to their stated maturities. Nothing in this Section shall in any way alter the
rights of the Collateral Agent hereunder.
(c) The Collateral Agent may sell the Collateral without giving any warranties as to
the Collateral. The Collateral Agent may specifically disclaim or modify any warranties of title
or the like. This procedure will not be considered to adversely affect the commercial
reasonableness of any sale of the Collateral.
(d) The Collateral Agent shall have no obligation to marshal any of the Collateral.
(e) Any receiver appointed by the Collateral Agent is vested with the rights and
remedies which could have been exercised by the Collateral Agent in respect of any Grantor or the
Collateral and such other powers and discretions as are granted in the instrument of appointment
and any supplemental instruments. The identity of the receiver, its replacement and its
remuneration are within the sole and unfettered discretion of the Collateral Agent.
(f) Any receiver appointed by the Collateral Agent will act as agent for the
Collateral Agent for the purposes of taking possession of the Collateral, but otherwise and for all
other purposes (except as provided below), as agent for the Grantors. The receiver may sell,
lease, or otherwise dispose of Collateral as agent for the Grantors or as agent for the Collateral
Agent as the Collateral Agent may determine in its discretion. The Grantors agree to ratify and
confirm all actions of the receiver as agent for the Grantors, and to release and indemnify the
receiver in respect of all such actions.
(g) The Collateral Agent, in appointing or refraining from appointing any receiver,
does not incur liability to the receiver, the Grantors or otherwise and is not responsible for any
misconduct or negligence of such receiver.
7.2 Application of Proceeds.
(a) Except as expressly provided elsewhere in this Agreement, and subject to the
terms of the Intercreditor Agreement, all proceeds received by the Collateral Agent in respect of
any sale, any collection from, or other realization upon all or any part of, the Collateral shall
be applied in full or in part by the Collateral Agent against the Secured Obligations in the
following order of priority:
(I) first, to the payment of all costs and expenses of such sale, collection
or other realization, including reasonable compensation to the Collateral Agent and its agents and
counsel, and all other expenses (including Expenses), liabilities and advances made or incurred by
the Collateral Agent in connection therewith, and all amounts for which the Collateral Agent is
entitled to indemnification hereunder (in its capacity as the Collateral Agent and not as a Lender)
and all advances made by the Collateral Agent hereunder for the account of the applicable Grantor,
and to the payment of all costs and expenses paid or incurred by the Collateral Agent in connection
with the exercise of any right or remedy hereunder or under the Credit Agreement, all in accordance
with the terms hereof or thereof;
(II) second, to the extent of any excess of such proceeds, to the payment of
all amounts (including Expenses) owing to the Administrative Agent in its capacity as such;
(III) third, to the extent of any excess of such proceeds, to the payment of
all amounts (including Expenses) owing to any Issuing Lender in its capacity as such;
(IV) fourth, to the extent of any excess of such proceeds, to the payment of
the outstanding Primary Obligations which are Credit Document Obligations to the Secured Parties
(other than the Secured Hedging Creditors and the Secured Cash Management Creditors) as provided in
Section 7.2(e) hereof, with each such Secured Party receiving an amount equal to its outstanding
Primary Obligations which are Credit Document Obligations or, if the proceeds are insufficient to
pay in full all such Primary Obligations, its Pro Rata Share of the amount
remaining to be distributed;
(V) fifth, to the extent of any excess of such proceeds, to the payment of
the outstanding Secondary Obligations which are Credit Document Obligations to the Secured Parties
(other than the Secured Hedging Creditors and the Secured Cash Management Creditors) as provided in
Section 7.2(e) hereof, with each such Secured Party receiving an amount equal to its outstanding
Secondary Obligations which are Credit Document Obligations or, if the proceeds are insufficient to
pay in full all such Secondary Obligations, its Pro Rata Share of the amount remaining to
be distributed;
(VI) sixth, to the extent of any excess of such proceeds, to the payment of
the outstanding Primary Obligations which are Secured Cash Management Obligations and Secured
Hedging Obligations to the Secured Parties which are Secured Hedging Creditors or Secured Cash
Management Creditors as provided in Section 7.2(e) hereof, with each such Secured Party receiving
an amount equal to its outstanding Primary Obligations which are Secured Cash Management
Obligations and Secured Hedging Obligations or, if the proceeds are insufficient to pay in full
all such Primary Obligations, its Pro Rata Share of the amount remaining to be distributed;
(VII) seventh, to the extent of any excess of such proceeds, to the payment
of the outstanding Secondary Obligations which are Secured Cash Management Obligations and Secured
Hedging Obligations shall be paid to the Secured Parties which are Secured Hedging Creditors or
Secured Cash Management Creditors as provided in Section 7.2(e) hereof, with each such Secured
Party receiving an amount equal to its outstanding Secondary Obligations which are Secured Cash
Management Obligations and Secured Hedging Obligations or, if the proceeds are insufficient to pay
in full all such Primary Obligations, its Pro Rata Share of the amount remaining to be
distributed; and
(VIII) eighth, to the extent of any excess of such proceeds, to the relevant
Grantor or to whomever may be lawfully entitled to receive such surplus (including to the holders
of the First Lien Obligations, the Second Lien Obligations and the Subordinated Lien Obligations as
provided in the Intercreditor Agreement).
(b) For purposes of this Agreement: (i) Pro Rata Share shall mean,
when calculating a Secured Partys portion of any distribution or amount, that amount (expressed as
a percentage) equal to a fraction the numerator of which is the then unpaid amount of such Secured
Partys Primary Obligations or Secondary Obligations, as the case may be, and the denominator of
which is the then outstanding amount of all Primary Obligations or Secondary Obligations, as the
case may be, of the relevant Secured Parties; (ii) Primary Obligations shall mean (x) in the case
of the Credit Document Obligations, all principal of, premium, fees and interest on, all Loans, all
Unpaid Drawings (and all interest thereon), the Stated Amount of all outstanding Letters of Credit
and all Fees, (y) in the case of the Secured Hedging Obligations, all amounts due to a Secured
Hedging Creditor under each Secured Hedging Agreement (other than indemnities, fees (including,
without limitation, reasonable attorneys fees) and similar obligations and liabilities) and (z) in
the case of Secured Cash Management Obligations, all amounts due under each Secured Cash Management
Agreement with a Secured Cash Management Creditor (other than indemnities, fees (including, without
limitation, reasonable attorneys fees) and similar obligations and liabilities); and (iii)
Secondary Obligations shall mean all Secured Obligations other than Primary Obligations.
(c) When payments to Secured Parties are based upon their respective Pro Rata
Shares, the amounts received by such Secured Parties hereunder shall be applied (for purposes of
making determinations under this Section 7.2 only) (i) first, to their Primary Obligations
and (ii) second, to their Secondary Obligations. If any payment to any Secured Party of
its Pro Rata Share of any distribution would result in overpayment to such Secured Party,
such excess amount shall instead be distributed in respect of the unpaid Primary Obligations or
Secondary Obligations, as the case may be, of the other relevant Secured Parties, with each
Secured Party whose Primary Obligations or Secondary Obligations, as the case may be, have not been
paid in full to receive an amount equal to such excess amount multiplied by a fraction the
numerator of which is the unpaid Primary Obligations or Secondary Obligations, as the case may be,
of such Secured Party and the denominator of which is the unpaid Primary Obligations or Secondary
Obligations, as the case may be, of all relevant Secured Parties entitled to such distribution.
(d) Each of the Secured Parties, by their acceptance of the benefits hereof and of the
other Security Documents, agrees and acknowledges that if the Lender Creditors receive a
distribution on account of undrawn amounts with respect to Letters of Credit issued under the
Credit Agreement (which shall only occur after all outstanding Revolving Loans under the Credit
Agreement and Unpaid Drawings have been paid in full), such amounts shall be paid to the
Administrative Agent under the Credit Agreement and held by it, for the equal and ratable benefit
of the Lender Creditors, as cash security for the repayment of Obligations owing to the Lender
Creditors as such. If any amounts are held as cash security pursuant to the immediately preceding
sentence, then upon the termination of all outstanding Letters of Credit under the Credit
Agreement, and after the application of all such cash security to the repayment of all Obligations
owing to the Lender Creditors after giving effect to the termination of all such Letters of Credit,
if there remains any excess cash, such excess cash shall be returned by the Administrative Agent to
the Collateral Agent for distribution in accordance with Section 7.2(a) hereof.
(e) All payments required to be made hereunder shall be made (x) if to the Lender
Creditors, to the Administrative Agent for the account of the Lender Creditors, and (y) if to the
Secured Hedging Creditors or the Secured Cash Management Creditors, to the trustee, paying agent
or other similar representative (each, a Representative) for the Secured Hedging Creditors or the
Secured Cash Management Creditors, as applicable, or, in the absence of such a Representative,
directly to the Secured Hedging Creditors or the Secured Cash Management Creditors, as applicable.
(f) For purposes of applying payments received in accordance with this Section 7.2, the
Collateral Agent shall be entitled to rely upon the Administrative Agent and (ii) the
Representative or, in the absence of such a Representative, upon the Secured Hedging Creditors and
the Secured Cash Management Creditors, as applicable, for a determination (which the Administrative
Agent, each Representative, the Secured Hedging Creditors and the Secured Cash Management Creditors
agree (or shall agree) to provide upon request of the Collateral Agent) of the outstanding Primary
Obligations and Secondary Obligations owed to the Lender Creditors or the Secured Hedging Creditors
or the Secured Cash Management Creditors, as the case may be. Unless it has received written
notice from a Lender Creditor, a Secured Hedging Creditor or a Secured Cash Management Creditor to
the contrary, the Administrative Agent and each Representative, in furnishing information pursuant
to the preceding sentence, and the Collateral Agent, in acting hereunder, shall be entitled to
assume that no Secondary Obligations are outstanding. Unless it has written notice from a Secured
Hedging Creditor or a Secured Cash Management Creditor to the contrary, the Collateral Agent, in
acting hereunder, shall be entitled to assume that no Secured Hedging Agreements or Secured Cash
Management Agreements, as applicable, are in existence.
(g) It is understood that the Grantors shall remain jointly and severally liable to the
extent of any deficiency between the amount of the proceeds of the Collateral and the aggregate
amount of the Secured Obligations.
(h) It is understood and agreed by each Grantor and each Secured Party that the
Collateral Agent shall have no liability for any determinations made by it in this Section 7.2
(including, without limitation, as to whether given Collateral constitutes Notes Priority
Collateral or ABL Priority Collateral), in each case except to the extent resulting from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of the Collateral Agent (as determined by a court of competent
jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable decision). Each Grantor and each Secured Party also
agrees that the Collateral Agent may (but shall not be required to), at any time and in its sole
discretion, and with no liability resulting therefrom, petition a court of competent jurisdiction
regarding any application of Collateral in accordance with the requirements hereof and of the
Intercreditor Agreement, and the Collateral Agent shall be entitled to wait for, and may
conclusively rely on, any such determination.
7.3 Sales on Credit. If Collateral Agent sells any of the Collateral upon credit,
the applicable Grantor will be credited only with payments actually made by purchaser and received
by Collateral Agent and applied to indebtedness of the purchaser. In the event the purchaser fails
to pay for the Collateral, Collateral Agent may resell the Collateral and the applicable Grantor
shall be credited with proceeds of the sale.
7.4 Deposit Accounts.
If any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent may apply
the balance from any Deposit Account (other than the Exempt Accounts) or instruct the bank at which
any Deposit Account (other than the Exempt Accounts) is maintained to pay the balance of any
Deposit Account (other than the Exempt Accounts) to or for the benefit of the Collateral Agent.
7.5 Investment Related Property.
Each Grantor recognizes that, by reason of certain prohibitions contained in the Securities
Act and applicable state securities laws, the Collateral Agent may be compelled, with respect to
any sale of all or any part of the Investment Related Property conducted without prior registration
or qualification of such Investment Related Property under the Securities Act and/or such state
securities laws, to limit purchasers to those who will agree, among other things, to acquire the
Investment Related Property for their own account, for investment and not with a view to the
distribution or resale thereof. Each Grantor acknowledges that any such private sale may be at
prices and on terms less favorable than those obtainable through a public sale without such
restrictions (including a public offering made pursuant to a registration statement under the
Securities Act) and, notwithstanding such circumstances, each Grantor agrees that any such private
sale shall be deemed to have been made in a commercially reasonable manner and that the Collateral
Agent shall have no obligation to engage in public sales and no obligation to delay the sale of any
Investment Related Property for the period of time necessary to permit the issuer thereof to
register it for a form of public sale requiring registration under the Securities Act or under
applicable state securities laws, even if such issuer would, or should, agree to so register it.
If the Collateral Agent determines to exercise its right to sell any or all of the Investment
Related Property, upon written request, each Grantor shall and shall cause each issuer of any
Pledged Stock to be sold hereunder, each partnership and each limited liability company from time
to time to furnish to the Collateral
Agent all such information as the Collateral Agent may request
in order to determine the number and nature of interest, shares or other instruments included in
the Investment Related Property which may be sold by the Collateral Agent in exempt transactions
under the Securities Act and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission
thereunder, as the same are from time to time in effect.
7.6 Intellectual Property.
(a) Anything contained herein to the contrary notwithstanding, upon the occurrence
and during the continuation of an Event of Default:
(i) the Collateral Agent shall have the right (but not the obligation) to
bring suit or otherwise commence any action or proceeding in the name of any Grantor, the
Collateral Agent or otherwise, in the Collateral Agents sole discretion, to enforce any Grantor
Intellectual Property, in which event such Grantor shall, at the request of the Collateral Agent,
do any and all lawful acts and execute any and all documents reasonably required by the Collateral
Agent in aid of such enforcement and such Grantor shall, upon demand, reimburse and indemnify the
Collateral Agent as provided in Section 11 hereof in connection with the exercise of its rights
under this Section, and, to the extent that the Collateral Agent shall elect not to bring suit to
enforce any Grantor Intellectual Property as provided in this Section, each Grantor agrees to use
commercially reasonable measures to the extent necessary, whether by action, suit, proceeding or
otherwise, to prevent the infringement or other violation of any of such Grantors rights in any
Grantor Intellectual Property that is material to its business by others and for that purpose
agrees to diligently maintain any action, suit or proceeding against any Person so infringing as
shall be necessary to prevent such infringement or violation;
(ii) upon written demand from the Collateral Agent, each Grantor shall grant,
assign, convey or otherwise transfer to the Collateral Agent or such Collateral Agents designee
all of such Grantors right, title and interest in and to the Grantor Intellectual Property and
shall execute and deliver to the Collateral Agent such documents as are necessary or appropriate to
carry out the intent and purposes of this Agreement;
(iii) each Grantor agrees that such an assignment and/or recording shall be
applied to reduce the Secured Obligations outstanding only to the extent that the Collateral Agent
(or any Secured Party) receives cash proceeds in respect of the sale of, or other realization upon,
the Grantor Intellectual Property; and
(iv) the Collateral Agent shall have the right to notify, or require each
Grantor to notify, any obligors with respect to amounts due or to become due to such Grantor in
respect of the Grantor Intellectual Property, of the existence of the security interest created
herein, to direct such obligors to make payment of all such amounts directly to the Collateral
Agent, and, upon such notification and at the expense of such Grantor, to enforce collection of any
such amounts and to adjust, settle or compromise the amount or payment thereof, in the same manner
and to the same extent as such Grantor might have done;
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received by such Grantor in respect of amounts due to such Grantor in
respect of the Collateral or any portion thereof shall be received in
trust for the benefit of the Collateral Agent hereunder, shall be
segregated from other funds of such Grantor and shall be forthwith
paid over or delivered to the Collateral Agent in the same form as so
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such Grantor shall not adjust, settle or compromise the amount or
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(b) If (i) an Event of Default shall have occurred and, by reason of cure, waiver,
modification, amendment or otherwise, no longer be continuing, (ii) no other Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, (iii) an assignment or other transfer to the Collateral Agent of
any rights, title and interests in and to the Grantor Intellectual Property shall have been
previously made and shall have become absolute and effective, and (iv) the Secured Obligations
shall not have become immediately due and payable, upon the written request of any Grantor, the
Collateral Agent shall promptly execute and deliver to such Grantor, at such Grantors sole cost
and expense, such assignments or other transfer as may be necessary to reassign to such Grantor any
such rights, title and interests as may have been assigned to the Collateral Agent as aforesaid,
subject to any disposition thereof that may have been made by the Collateral Agent; provided, after
giving effect to such reassignment, the Collateral Agents security interest granted pursuant
hereto, as well as all other rights and remedies of the Collateral Agent granted hereunder, shall
continue to be in full force and effect; and provided further, the rights, title and interests so
reassigned shall be free and clear of any other Liens granted by or on behalf of the Collateral
Agent and the Secured Parties.
(c) Solely for the purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent to exercise rights and
remedies under this Section 7 after an Event of Default and at such time as the Collateral Agent
shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies, each Grantor hereby grants to the
Collateral Agent, to the extent it has the right to do so, an irrevocable, nonexclusive license
(exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to such Grantor), subject, in the
case of Trademarks, to sufficient rights to quality control and inspection in favor of such Grantor
to avoid the risk of invalidation of said Trademarks, to use, operate under, license, or sublicense
any Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, and wherever the same
may be located.
7.7 Cash Proceeds. In addition to the rights of the Collateral Agent specified in
Section 4.3 with respect to payments of Receivables, all proceeds of any Collateral received by any
Grantor consisting
of cash, checks and other non-cash items (collectively, Cash Proceeds) shall be held by such
Grantor in trust for the Collateral Agent, segregated from other funds of such Grantor, and shall,
forthwith upon receipt by such Grantor, unless otherwise provided pursuant to Section 4.4(a)(ii),
be turned over to the Collateral Agent in the exact form received by such Grantor (duly indorsed by
such Grantor to the Collateral Agent, if required) and held by the Collateral Agent in the
Collateral Account. Any Cash Proceeds received by the Collateral Agent (whether from a Grantor or
otherwise): (i) if no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, shall be held by the
Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as collateral security for the
Secured Obligations (whether matured or unmatured) and (ii) if an Event of Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, may, in the sole discretion of the Collateral Agent, (A) be held by the
Collateral Agent for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, as collateral security for the
Secured Obligations (whether matured or unmatured) and/or (B) then or at any time thereafter may be
applied by the Collateral Agent against the Secured Obligations then due and owing.
SECTION 8. COLLATERAL AGENT.
2. The Collateral Agent has been appointed to act as Collateral Agent hereunder by the Lenders
and, by their acceptance of the benefits hereof, the other Secured Parties. The Collateral Agent
shall be obligated, and shall have the right hereunder, to make demands, to give notices, to
exercise or refrain from exercising any rights, and to take or refrain from taking any action
(including, without limitation, the release or substitution of Collateral), solely in accordance
with this Agreement and the other ABL Documents. By accepting the benefits of this Agreement and
each other Security Document, the Secured Parties expressly acknowledge and agree that this
Agreement and each other Security Document may be enforced only by the action of the Collateral
Agent acting upon the instructions of the Required Secured Parties and that no other Secured Party
shall have any right individually to seek to enforce or to enforce this Agreement or any other
Security Document or to realize upon the security to be granted hereby, it being understood and
agreed that such rights and remedies may be exercised by the Collateral Agent for the benefit of
the Secured Parties upon the terms of this Agreement and the other Security Documents.
SECTION 9. CONTINUING SECURITY INTEREST; TRANSFER OF LOANS; RELEASES.
3. This Agreement shall create a continuing security interest in the Collateral and shall
remain in full force and effect until the payment in full of all Secured Obligations, the
cancellation or termination in full of the Total Revolving Loan Commitment, the cancellation or
expiration of all outstanding Letters of Credit, the expiration or termination of all Secured
Hedging Agreements and the expiration or termination of all Secured Cash Management Agreements, be
binding upon each Grantor, its successors and assigns, and inure, together with the rights and
remedies of the Collateral Agent hereunder, to the benefit of the Collateral Agent and its
successors, transferees and assigns and, upon such payment in full, cancellation, termination or
expiration, the security interest granted hereby shall automatically terminate hereunder and of
record. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, but subject to the terms of the Credit
Agreement, any Lender may assign or otherwise transfer any Loans held by it to any other Person,
and such other Person shall thereupon become vested with all the benefits in respect thereof
granted to Lenders herein or otherwise. Upon any such termination, the Collateral Agent shall, at
the Grantors expense, execute and deliver to the Grantors (or authorize the filing by the Grantors
of) any documents that the Grantors shall reasonably request, including financing statement
amendments, to evidence such termination. Upon any disposition of property including Capital Stock
of a Grantor permitted by the ABL Documents to a Person that is not a Grantor and in compliance
with all provisions of the ABL Documents for release of the Liens on such property, the Liens
granted herein shall be deemed to be automatically released and such property shall automatically
revert to the applicable Grantor, or such Grantor shall be automatically released, as the case may
be, in each case, with no further action on the part of any Person. The Collateral Agent shall, at
the Grantors expense, execute and deliver or otherwise authorize the filing of such documents as
Grantors shall reasonably request, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Collateral
Agent, including financing statement amendments to evidence such release.
SECTION 10. STANDARD OF CARE; COLLATERAL AGENT MAY PERFORM.
4. The powers conferred on the Collateral Agent hereunder are solely to protect its interest
in the Collateral and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers. Except for
the exercise of reasonable care in the custody of any Collateral in its possession and the
accounting for moneys actually received by it hereunder, the Collateral Agent shall have no duty as
to any Collateral or as to the taking of any necessary steps to preserve rights against prior
parties or any other rights pertaining to any Collateral. The Collateral Agent shall be deemed to
have exercised reasonable care in the custody
and preservation of Collateral in its possession if
such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which the Collateral Agent
accords its own property. Neither the Collateral Agent nor any of its directors, officers,
employees or agents shall be liable for failure to demand, collect or realize upon all or any part
of the Collateral or for any delay in doing so or shall be under any obligation to sell or
otherwise dispose of any Collateral upon the request of any Grantor or otherwise. If any Grantor
fails to perform any agreement contained herein, the Collateral Agent may itself (but shall not be
obligated to) perform, or cause performance of, such agreement, and the expenses of the Collateral
Agent incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by each Grantor under Section 13.01 of the
Credit Agreement.
SECTION 11. MISCELLANEOUS.
11.1 Miscellaneous. Any notice required or permitted to be given under this
Agreement shall be given in accordance with Section 13.03 of the Credit Agreement. No failure or
delay on the part of the Collateral Agent in the exercise of any power, right or privilege
hereunder or under any other ABL Document shall impair such power, right or privilege or be
construed to be a waiver of any default or acquiescence therein, nor shall any single or partial
exercise of any such power, right or privilege preclude other or further exercise thereof or of any
other power, right or privilege. All rights and remedies existing under this Agreement and the
other ABL Documents are cumulative to, and not exclusive of, any rights or remedies otherwise
available. In case any provision in or obligation under this Agreement shall be invalid, illegal
or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining
provisions or obligations, or of such provision or obligation in any other jurisdiction, shall not
in any way be affected or impaired thereby. All covenants hereunder shall be given independent
effect so that if a particular action or condition is not permitted by any of such covenants, the
fact that it would be permitted by an exception to, or would otherwise be within the limitations
of, another covenant shall not avoid the occurrence of a Default or an Event of Default if such
action is taken or condition exists. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit
of the Collateral Agent and Grantors and their respective successors and permitted assigns. Except
as permitted under the ABL Documents, no Grantor shall, without the prior written consent of the
Collateral Agent given in accordance with the Credit Agreement, assign any right, duty or
obligation hereunder. This Agreement and the other ABL Documents embody the entire agreement and
understanding between Grantors and the Collateral Agent and supersede all prior agreements and
understandings between such parties relating to the subject matter hereof and thereof.
Accordingly, the ABL Documents may not be contradicted by evidence of prior, contemporaneous or
subsequent oral agreements of the parties. There are no unwritten oral agreements between the
parties. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts and by different parties
hereto in separate counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed an
original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute but one and the same instrument;
signature pages may be detached from multiple separate counterparts and attached to a single
counterpart so that all signature pages are physically attached to the same document. Delivery of
an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission (or other electronic means,
including .pdf) shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart to this Agreement.
11.2 Waiver; Amendment. Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement with
respect to updating Schedules hereto and adding or releasing Grantors hereunder, none of the terms
and conditions of this Agreement or any other Security Documents may be changed, waived, modified
or varied in any manner whatsoever unless in writing duly signed by each Grantor directly affected
thereby (it being understood that the addition or release of any Grantor hereunder shall not
constitute a change, waiver, discharge or termination affecting any Grantor other than the Grantor
so added or released) and the Collateral Agent (with the written consent of the Required Secured
Parties); provided, however, that any change, waiver, modification or variance
affecting the rights and benefits of a single Class of Secured
Parties (and not all Secured Parties in a like or similar manner) also shall require the
written consent of the Requisite Secured Parties of such affected Class. For the purpose of this
Agreement, the term Class shall mean each class of Secured Parties, i.e., whether (x) the
Lender Creditors as holders of the Credit Document Obligations, (y) the Secured Hedging Creditors
as the holders of the Secured Hedging Obligations and (z) the Secured Cash Management Creditors as
the holder of the Secured Cash Management Obligations. For the purpose of this Agreement, the term
Requisite Secured Parties of any Class shall mean each of (x) with respect to the Credit Document
Obligations, the Required Lenders (or, to the extent provided in Section 13.12 of the Credit
Agreement, each of the Lenders), (y) with respect to the Secured Hedging Obligations, the holders
of at least a majority of all Secured Hedging Obligations outstanding from time to time and (z)
with respect to the Secured Cash Management Obligations, the holders of at least a majority of all
Secured Cash Management Obligations outstanding from time to time.
THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES HEREUNDER SHALL BE GOVERNED BY,
AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK, WITHOUT
REGARD TO ITS CONFLICTS OF LAW PROVISIONS THAT WOULD REQUIRE APPLICATION OF LAWS OF ANOTHER STATE.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each Grantor and the Collateral Agent have caused this Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized as of the date first
written above.
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COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES, LLC
COFFEYVILLE FINANCE INC.
COFFEYVILLE PIPELINE, INC.
COFFEYVILLE REFINING &
MARKETING, INC.
COFFEYVILLE NITROGEN FERTILIZERS, INC.
COFFEYVILLE CRUDE TRANSPORTATION, INC.
COFFEYVILLE TERMINAL, INC.
CL JV HOLDINGS, LLC
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES PIPELINE, LLC
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES REFINING & MARKETING, LLC
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES NITROGEN FERTILIZERS, LLC
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES CRUDE TRANSPORTATION, LLC
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES TERMINAL, LLC
CVR SPECIAL GP, LLC
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CVR PARTNERS, LP
By: CVR GP, LLC, its managing general partner
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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as the Collateral Agent
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EXHIBIT A
TO ABL PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
PLEDGE SUPPLEMENT
This PLEDGE SUPPLEMENT, dated ____/__/20__, is delivered by [NAME OF GRANTOR] a [NAME OF STATE
OF INCORPORATION] [Corporation] (the Grantor) pursuant to the ABL Pledge and Security Agreement,
dated as of February 22, 2011 (as it may be from time to time amended, restated, modified or
supplemented, the Security Agreement), among COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES, LLC, the other Grantors named
therein, and Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, as the Collateral Agent. Capitalized terms used
herein not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Security
Agreement.
Grantor hereby confirms the grant to the Collateral Agent set forth in the Security Agreement
of, and does hereby grant to the Collateral Agent, a security interest in all of Grantors right,
title and interest in and to all Collateral to secure the Secured Obligations, in each case whether
now or hereafter existing or in which Grantor now has or hereafter acquires an interest and
wherever the same may be located. Grantor represents and warrants that the attached Supplements to
Schedules accurately and completely set forth all additional information required pursuant to the
Security Agreement and hereby agrees that such Supplements to Schedules shall constitute part of
the Schedules to the Security Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, Grantor has caused this Pledge Supplement to be duly executed and
delivered by its duly authorized officer as of ____/__/20_.
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TO ABL PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
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of Business (or Residence if Grantor is a Natural Person) and Organizational Identification Number of
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SUPPLEMENT TO SCHEDULE 4.4
TO ABL PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
Additional Information:
(A)
Pledged Stock:
Pledged Partnership Interests:
Pledged LLC Interests:
Pledged Trust Interests:
Pledged Debt:
Securities Account:
Commodities Accounts:
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TO ABL PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
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TO ABL PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
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TO ABL PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
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EXHIBIT B
TO ABL PLEDGE AND SECURITY AGREEMENT
COUNTERPART AGREEMENT
[Name of Additional Grantor]
[Address of Additional Grantor]
[Date]
Ladies and Gentlemen:
Reference is made to the ABL Pledge and Security Agreement (as amended, amended and restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Security Agreement; capitalized terms
used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the
Security Agreement), dated as of February 22, 2011, among COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES, LLC, the other
Grantors named therein, and DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as the Collateral Trustee.
This Counterpart Agreement supplements the Security Agreement and is delivered by the
undersigned, [ ] (the Additional Grantor), pursuant to Section 5.3 of the Security
Agreement. The Additional Grantor hereby agrees to be bound as a Grantor party to the Security
Agreement by all of the terms, covenants and conditions set forth in the Security Agreement to the
same extent that it would have been bound if it had been a signatory to the Security Agreement on
the date of the Security Agreement. The Additional Grantor also hereby agrees to be bound as a
party by all of the terms, covenants and conditions applicable to it set forth in the Credit
Agreement to the same extent that it would have been bound if it had been a signatory to the Credit
Agreement on the execution date of the Credit Agreement. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Additional Grantor hereby grants and pledges to the Collateral Agent, as collateral
security for the full, prompt and complete payment and performance when due (whether at stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) of the Secured Obligations, a security interest in and
continuing lien on, all of its right, title and interest in, to and under the Collateral and
expressly assumes all obligations and liabilities of a Grantor thereunder. The Additional Grantor
hereby makes each of the representations and warranties and agrees to each of the covenants
applicable to the Grantor contained in the Security Agreement and the Credit Agreement.
Annexed hereto are supplements to each of the schedules to the Security Agreement with respect
to the Additional Grantor. Such supplements shall be deemed to be part of the Security Agreement.
This Counterpart Agreement and any amendments, waivers, consents or supplements hereto may be
executed in any number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate counterparts,
each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to be an original, but all such
counterparts together shall constitute one and the same agreement.
THIS COUNTERPART AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND SHALL BE CONSTRUED AND ENFORCED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Additional Grantor has caused this Counterpart Agreement to be
executed and delivered by its duly authorized officer as of the date first above written.
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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS
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exv1w3
Exhibit 1.3
EXECUTION VERSION
ABL INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
dated as of
February 22, 2011
among
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS,
as ABL Collateral Agent,
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as First Lien Collateral Trustee,
WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,
as Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee,
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES, LLC,
COFFEYVILLE FINANCE INC.,
and
the guarantors listed on Schedule I hereto
ABL INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (this Agreement), dated as of February 22, 2011, among
DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as collateral agent for the ABL Secured Parties referred to
herein (in such capacity, and together with its successors and assigns in such
capacity, the ABL Collateral Agent), WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as
collateral trustee for the First Lien Secured Parties referred to herein (in such capacity, and
together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the First Lien Collateral
Trustee), WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as collateral trustee for each of the Second
Lien Secured Parties and Subordinated Lien Secured Parties referred to herein (in such capacity,
and together with its successors and assigns in such capacity, the Subordinated Lien
Collateral Trustee), COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
Issuer), COFFEYVILLE FINANCE INC., a Delaware corporation (the Co-Issuer and,
together with the Issuer, the Issuers), and the other guarantors listed on Schedule
I hereto (as well as each future guarantor that becomes a party hereto pursuant to the terms
hereof, collectively, the Guarantors).
Reference is made to the ABL Credit Agreement, dated as of February 22, 2011 (as amended,
restated, supplemented, modified, renewed, refunded, restructured, increased, refinanced and/or
replaced from time to time, the ABL Credit Agreement), among the Issuer, the other
borrowers from time to time party thereto, the Co-Issuer, the other guarantors from time to time
party thereto, the ABL Collateral Agent, and the other parties thereto.
Reference is made to (i) the Indenture, dated as of April 6, 2010 (as amended, restated,
supplemented, modified, and/or replaced from time to time, the First Lien Indenture),
among the Issuers, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as trustee (the First Lien
Trustee), and the other parties thereto, pursuant to which the Issuers issued the 9% first
lien notes due 2015 (together with any additional notes issued pursuant to the First Lien
Indenture, and as such notes may be amended, restated, supplemented, modified, and/or replaced from
time to time, the First Lien Notes), (ii) the Other Hedge Agreements, if any, and (iii)
the other First Lien Documents, if any.
Reference is made to (i) the Indenture, dated as of April 6, 2010 (as amended, restated,
supplemented, modified, and/or replaced from time to time, the Second Lien Indenture and,
together with the First Lien Indenture, the Indentures), among the Issuers, Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association, as trustee, and the other parties thereto, pursuant to which the
Issuers issued the 10 7/8% second lien notes due 2017 (together with any additional notes issued
pursuant to the Second Lien Indenture, and as such notes may be amended, restated, supplemented,
modified, and/or replaced from time to time, the Second Lien Notes) and (ii) the other
Second Lien Documents.
In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the ABL Collateral
Agent (on behalf of the ABL Secured Parties), the First Lien Collateral Trustee (on behalf of the
First Lien Secured Parties), the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee (on behalf of each of the
Second Lien Secured Parties and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties), the Issuers and the
Guarantors agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
Definitions
SECTION 1.01. Construction; Certain Defined Terms. (a) The definitions of terms
herein shall apply equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the
context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine and neuter
forms. The words include, includes and including shall be deemed to be followed by the
phrase without limitation. The word will shall be construed to have the same meaning and
effect as the word shall. Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or
reference to any agreement, instrument, other document, statute or regulation herein shall be
construed as referring to such agreement, instrument, other document, statute or regulation as from
time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, (ii) any reference herein to any Person
shall be construed to include such Persons successors and assigns, but shall not be deemed to
include the subsidiaries of such Person unless express reference is made to such subsidiaries,
(iii) the words herein, hereof and hereunder, and words of similar import, shall be construed
to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (iv) all
references herein to Articles, Sections and Annexes shall be construed to refer to Articles,
Sections and
Annexes of this Agreement, (v) unless otherwise expressly qualified herein, the words asset
and property shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all
tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract
rights and (vi) the term or is not exclusive.
(b) As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:
ABL Collateral Agent has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
ABL Credit Agreement has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
ABL Debt means (i) Indebtedness under the ABL Credit Agreement, (ii) Indebtedness under any
interest rate hedging agreement, commodity hedging agreement, currency hedging agreement, other
hedging agreement or cash management agreement, in each case entered into with any lender under the
ABL Credit Agreement, its affiliates or any other Person permitted under the ABL Credit Agreement
if the obligations under any such agreement are permitted under the ABL Credit Agreement to be
secured pursuant to the ABL Security Documents (the ABL Hedging Agreements and the ABL Cash
Management Agreements, respectively) and (iii) to the extent issued or outstanding, any other
Indebtedness of the Issuers or Guarantors designated as such by the Issuer in writing to the ABL
Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral Trustee and the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee;
provided that: (a) on or before the date on which such Indebtedness is incurred, an officers
certificate of the Issuer is delivered to the ABL Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral
Trustee and the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee, designating such Indebtedness as ABL Debt
for the purposes of this Agreement, the ABL Documents, the First Lien Documents, the Second Lien
Documents and the Subordinated Lien Documents; (b) such Indebtedness is evidenced or governed by an
indenture, credit agreement, loan agreement, note agreement, promissory note or other agreement or
instrument that includes a Lien Priority Confirmation; and (c) at the time of the incurrence
thereof, such Indebtedness may be incurred (and secured) as ABL Debt without violating the terms of
any ABL Document, First Lien Document, Second Lien Document or Subordinated Lien Document or
causing any default thereunder.
ABL Documents means, collectively, the ABL Credit Agreement, the ABL Security Documents, the
ABL Hedging Agreements, the ABL Cash Management Agreements, any additional credit agreement, note
purchase agreement, indenture or other agreement related thereto and all other loan or note
documents, collateral or security documents, notes, guarantees, instruments and agreements
governing or evidencing, or executed or delivered in connection with, the ABL Credit Agreement, the
ABL Hedging Agreements or the ABL Cash Management Agreements, in each case as such agreements or
instruments may be amended, supplemented, modified, restated, replaced, renewed, refunded,
restructured, increased or refinanced from time to time.
ABL Liens means Liens on the Collateral created under the ABL Security Documents to secure
the ABL Obligations.
ABL Obligations means all indebtedness, liabilities and obligations (of every kind or
nature) incurred or arising under or relating to the ABL Documents and all other obligations in
respect thereof (including, without limitation, principal, premium, interest, reimbursements under
letters of credit, fees, indemnifications, expenses and other obligations and guarantees of the
foregoing (including Post-Petition Interest at the rate provided in the relevant ABL Document,
whether or not a claim for Post-Petition Interest is allowed in an applicable Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding)).
ABL Priority Collateral means (i) all Accounts (and all rights to receive payments,
indebtedness and other obligations (whether constituting an Account, Chattel Paper (including
Electronic Chattel Paper), Instrument, Document or General Intangible) which arise as a result of
the sale or lease of Inventory, Goods or merchandise or provision of services, including the right
to payment of any interest or finance charges), (ii) all Inventory, (iii) all Payment Intangibles
(including corporate and other tax refunds), documents of title, customs receipts, insurance,
shipping and other documents and other written materials
related to any Inventory (including to the purchase or import of any Inventory), (iv) all
Letter of Credit Rights, Chattel Paper, Instruments, Investment Property (other than Capital
Stock), Documents and General Intangibles (other than any intellectual property and Capital Stock)
pertaining to any ABL Priority Collateral, (v) all Deposit Accounts, collection accounts,
disbursement accounts, lock-boxes, commodity accounts and securities accounts, including all cash,
marketable securities, securities entitlements, financial assets and other funds and assets held
in, on deposit in, or credited to any of the foregoing, (vi) all books and records and Supporting
Obligations relating to any of the foregoing, (vii) all related letters of credit, guaranties,
collateral liens, Commercial Tort Claims or other claims and causes of action, and (viii) to the
extent not otherwise included, all substitutions, replacements, accessions, products and proceeds
(including, without limitation, insurance proceeds, Investment Property, licenses, royalties,
income, payments, claims, damages and proceeds of suit) of any or all of the foregoing, in each
case at any time held by any of the Issuers or any of the Guarantors (whether now existing or at
any time hereafter acquired by any of the Issuers or any of the Guarantors or in which any of the
Issuers or Guarantors acquires any right, title or interest), other than any assets that constitute
Excluded Assets under clause (a) of the definition thereof. All capitalized terms used in this
definition and not defined elsewhere in this Agreement have the meanings assigned to them in the
UCC.
ABL Secured Parties means the Secured Parties (as defined in the ABL Security Documents).
ABL Security Documents means any documents, agreements or instruments now existing or
entered into after the date hereof that create (or purport to create) Liens on any assets or
properties of any Grantor to secure any ABL Obligations.
Agents means the ABL Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral Trustee, the Subordinated
Collateral Trustee (on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties) and the Subordinated Lien
Collateral Trustee (on behalf of the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties).
Bankruptcy Code means Title 11 of the United States Code.
Capital Stock means: (a) in the case of a corporation, corporate stock; (b) in the case of
an association or business entity, any and all shares, interests, participations, rights or other
equivalents (however designated) of corporate stock; (c) in the case of a partnership or limited
liability company, partnership or membership interests (whether general or limited); and (d) any
other interest or participation that confers on a Person the right to receive a share of the
profits and losses of, or distributions of assets of, the issuing Person.
Collateral means the ABL Priority Collateral and the Note Priority Collateral.
Collateral Access Agreement shall have the meaning of such term as set forth in the ABL
Security Documents.
Collateral Trust Agreement means the Collateral Trust Agreement, dated as of April 6, among
the Issuers, the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee and the other parties thereto from time to
time, as such agreement may be amended, restated, supplemented, modified and/or replaced from time
to time.
Collateral Trust and Intercreditor Agreement means that certain First Amended and Restated
Collateral Trust and Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2010, among the Issuers, the
First Lien Trustee, the First Lien Collateral Trustee, J. Aron & Company and the other parties
thereto, as amended, restated, supplemented, modified, and/or replaced from time to time.
Copyrights shall have the collective meaning of such term set forth in the Security
Documents.
Disposition shall mean any sale, lease, sale and leaseback, assignment, conveyance,
exchange, transfer or other disposition.
Dispose shall have a correlative meaning.
Domestic Subsidiary of any Person shall mean any subsidiary of such Person incorporated or
organized in the United States or any State thereof or the District of Columbia.
Enforcement Action means (a) the taking of any action to enforce or realize upon any Lien on
the Collateral, including the institution of any foreclosure proceedings or the noticing of any
public or private sale or other Disposition pursuant to Article 8 or Article 9 of the UCC or other
applicable law, (b) the exercise of any right or remedy provided to a secured creditor or otherwise
on account of a Lien on the Collateral under the ABL Documents, the First Lien Documents, the
Second Lien Documents, the Subordinated Lien Documents or applicable law, including the election to
retain any Collateral in satisfaction of a Lien or credit bid, (c) the taking of any action or the
exercise of any right or remedy in respect of the collection on, set off against, marshaling of, or
foreclosure on the Collateral or the proceeds of Collateral, (d) the sale, lease, license, or other
Disposition of all or any portion of the Collateral, at a private or public sale, other Disposition
or any other means permissible under applicable law at any time that an event of default shall have
occurred which is continuing, and (e) the exercise of any other right of liquidation against any
Collateral (including the exercise of any right of recoupment or set-off or any rights against
Collateral obtained pursuant to or by foreclosure of a judgment Lien obtained against any Grantor)
whether under the ABL Documents, the First Lien Documents, the Second Lien Documents, the
Subordinated Lien Documents, applicable law, in a proceeding or otherwise, it being acknowledged
and agreed that the exercise of cash dominion by the Senior Representative in respect of the ABL
Priority Collateral over the Deposit Accounts of any Grantor and application of funds in connection
therewith will not constitute an Enforcement Action for purposes of this Agreement.
Enforcement Notice means a written notice delivered, at a time when an Event of Default has
occurred and is continuing, by either the Senior Representative in respect of the ABL Priority
Collateral or the Senior Representative in respect of the Note Priority Collateral to the other
specifying that it is an Enforcement Notice and the relevant Event of Default.
Event of Default means an Event of Default (or similarly defined term) under and as
defined in the ABL Credit Agreement or any other ABL Document, the First Lien Indenture or any
other First Lien Document, the Second Lien Indenture or any other Second Lien Document or any
Subordinated Lien Document, as the context may require.
Excluded Assets means: (a) any intellectual property, lease, license, contract, property
rights or agreement to which the Issuer or any Guarantor is a party or any of its rights or
interests thereunder if and for so long as the grant of such security interest shall constitute or
result in (i) the abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability of any right, title or interest of
the Issuer or any Guarantor therein or (ii) in a breach or termination pursuant to the terms of, or
a default under, any such lease, license, contract property rights or agreement (other than to the
extent that any such term would be rendered ineffective pursuant to Sections 9-406, 9-407, 9-408 or
9-409 of the UCC (or any successor provision or provisions) of any relevant jurisdiction or any
other applicable law (including the Bankruptcy Code) or principles of equity), provided, however,
that the Collateral shall include and such security interest shall attach immediately at such time
as the condition causing such abandonment, invalidation or unenforceability shall be remedied and
to the extent severable, shall attach immediately to any portion of such lease, license, contract,
property rights or agreement that does not result in any of the consequences specified in (i) or
(ii) above; (b) any of the outstanding capital stock of a controlled foreign corporation in excess
of 65% of the voting power of all classes of Capital Stock of such controlled foreign corporation
entitled to vote; provided that immediately upon the amendment of the United States Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, to allow the pledge of a greater percentage of the voting power
of capital stock in a controlled foreign corporation without adverse tax consequences, the
Collateral shall include, and the security interest granted by the Issuer and each Guarantor shall
attach to, such greater percentage of capital stock of each controlled foreign corporation; and (c)
with respect to perfection only, any item of personal property as to which the Senior
Representative in respect of the Note Priority Collateral shall determine in
its reasonable discretion after consultation with the Issuer that the costs of perfecting a
security interest in such item are excessive in relation to the value of such security being
perfected thereby.
fair market value means the price that would be paid in an arms-length transaction between
an informed and willing seller under no compulsion to sell and an informed and willing buyer under
no compulsion to buy. For purposes of determining fair market value hereunder, any determination
that the fair market value of assets other than cash or cash equivalents is equal to or greater
than $50.0 million will be made by the Issuers or CVR Energy Inc.s board of directors and
evidenced by a resolution thereof and set forth in an officers certificate.
First and Subordinated Lien Intercreditor Agreement means that certain First and
Subordinated Lien Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of April 6, 2010, among the Issuer, the First
Lien Collateral Trustee and the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee, as amended, restated,
supplemented, modified, and/or replaced from time to time.
First Lien Debt means Indebtedness under the First Lien Indenture and the First Lien Notes,
Other Hedging Obligations and, to the extent issued or outstanding, any other Indebtedness of the
Issuers or Guarantors designated as such by the Issuer in writing to the ABL Collateral Agent, the
First Lien Collateral Trustee and the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee; provided that: (a) on
or before the date on which such Indebtedness is incurred, an officers certificate of the Issuer
is delivered to the ABL Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral Trustee and the Subordinated
Lien Collateral Trustee, designating such Indebtedness as First Lien Debt for the purposes of
this Agreement, the ABL Documents, the First Lien Documents, the Second Lien Documents and the
Subordinated Lien Documents, if any; (b) such Indebtedness is evidenced or governed by an
indenture, credit agreement, loan agreement, note agreement, promissory note or other agreement or
instrument that includes a Lien Priority Confirmation; (c) such Indebtedness is designated as
First Lien Debt in accordance with the requirements of the Collateral Trust and Intercreditor
Agreement; and (d) at the time of the incurrence thereof, the applicable First Lien Debt may be
incurred (and secured as contemplated in the Collateral Trust and Intercreditor Agreement) without
violating the terms of any ABL Document, First Lien Document, Second Lien Document or Subordinated
Lien Document, if any, or causing any default thereunder.
First Lien Documents means, collectively, the First Lien Indenture, the Other Hedge
Agreements, the First Lien Security Documents, and each of the other agreements, documents and
instruments providing for or evidencing any other First Lien Obligation, and any other document or
instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection therewith, to the extent such are
effective at the relevant time, as each may be amended, restated, supplemented, modified, renewed,
extended or refinanced from time to time.
First Lien Indenture has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
First Lien Liens means Liens on the Collateral created under the First Lien Security
Documents to secure the First Lien Obligations.
First Lien Obligations means, subject to the terms and conditions in the Collateral Trust
and Intercreditor Agreement, (i) all notes issued pursuant to the First Lien Indenture, (ii) all
reimbursement obligations (if any) and interest thereon (including without limitation any
Post-Petition Interest) with respect to any letter of credit or similar instruments issued pursuant
to the First Lien Documents, (iii) all Other Hedging Obligations, (iv) all guarantee obligations,
fees, expenses and all other obligations under the First Lien Documents, in each case whether or
not allowed or allowable in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, and (v) all obligations
arising with respect to any First Lien Debt (including, without limitation, principal, premium,
interest (including Post-Petition Interest at the rate provided in the relevant First Lien
Document, whether or not a claim for Post-Petition Interest is allowed in an applicable Insolvency
or Liquidation Proceeding), reimbursements under letters of credit, fees, indemnifications,
expenses and other obligations and guarantees of the foregoing).
First Lien Secured Parties means the Secured Parties (as defined in the First Lien Security
Documents).
First Lien Security Documents means the Amended and Restated First Lien Pledge and Security
Agreement, dated as of December 28, 2006, as amended, among the Grantors and the First Lien
Collateral Trustee and as it may be further amended, restated or modified from time to
time, and any other documents, agreements or instruments now existing or entered into after the
date hereof that create (or purport to create) Liens on any assets or properties of any Grantor to
secure any First Lien Obligations.
Grantors means, collectively, the Issuers and the Guarantors.
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding means: (a) any voluntary or involuntary case or
proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code with respect to either Issuer or any Guarantor; (b) any other
voluntary or involuntary insolvency, reorganization or bankruptcy case or proceeding, or any
receivership, liquidation, reorganization or other similar case or proceeding with respect to
either Issuer or any Guarantor or with respect to a material portion of their respective assets;
any liquidation, dissolution, reorganization or winding up of either Issuer or any Guarantor
whether voluntary or involuntary and whether or not involving insolvency or bankruptcy; or any
assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other marshalling of assets and liabilities of
either Issuer or any Guarantor.
Joint Instruction means an instruction of the ABL Secured Parties, the Second Lien Secured
Parties and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties on the following basis: (A) prior to the Payment
in Full of the Second Lien Obligations and the ABL Obligations, a direction in writing delivered to
the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee by or with the written consent of the holders of at least
50.1% of the sum of (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Second Lien Debt and ABL Debt
(including outstanding letters of credit whether or not then drawn) and (ii) other than in
connection with the exercise of remedies, the aggregate unfunded commitments to extend credit
which, when funded, would constitute Second Lien Debt and ABL Debt; and (B) at any time after
the
Payment in Full of the Second Lien Obligations and the ABL Obligations, a direction in writing
delivered to the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee by or with the written consent of the holders
of at least 50.1% of the sum of (i) the aggregate outstanding principal amount of Subordinated Lien
Debt (including outstanding letters of credit whether or not then drawn) and (ii) other than in
connection with the exercise of remedies, the aggregate unfunded commitments to extend credit
which, when funded, would constitute Subordinated Lien Debt.
Junior Documents means (a) for the ABL Priority Collateral, (i) in respect of the ABL
Documents, each of the First Lien Documents, the Second Lien Documents and the Subordinated Lien
Documents, (ii) in respect of the First Lien Documents, each of the Second Lien Documents and the
Subordinated Lien Documents, and (iii) in respect of the Second Lien Documents, the Subordinated
Lien Documents and (b) for the Note Priority Collateral, (i) in respect of the First Lien
Documents, each of the ABL Documents, the Second Lien Documents and the Subordinated Lien
Documents, (ii) in respect of each of the ABL Documents and the Second Lien Documents, the
Subordinated Lien Documents.
Junior Liens means (a) for the ABL Priority Collateral, (i) in respect of the ABL Liens,
each of the First Lien Liens, the Second Lien Liens and the Subordinated Lien Liens, (ii) in
respect of the First Lien Liens, each of the Second Lien Liens and the Subordinated Lien Liens, and
(iii) in respect of the Second Lien Liens, the Subordinated Lien Liens and (b) for the Note
Priority Collateral, (i) in respect of the First Lien Liens, each of the ABL Liens, the Second Lien
Liens and the Subordinated Lien Liens, (ii) in respect of each of the ABL Liens and the Second Lien
Liens, the Subordinated Lien Liens.
Junior Representative means (a) for the ABL Priority Collateral, (i) in respect of the ABL
Collateral Agent, each of the First Lien Collateral Trustee and the Subordinated Lien Collateral
Trustee, (ii) in respect of the First Lien Collateral Trustee, the Subordinated Lien Collateral
Trustee, and (iii) in respect of the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee (on behalf of the Second
Lien Secured Parties), the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee (on behalf of the Subordinated Lien
Secured Parties) and (b) for the Note Priority Collateral, (i) in respect of the First Lien
Collateral Trustee, each of the ABL Collateral Agent and the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee,
(ii) in respect of each of the ABL Collateral Agent and
the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee (on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties), the
Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee (on behalf of the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties).
Junior Secured Obligations means (a) (i) in respect of the First Lien Obligations (to the
extent such Obligations are secured by the Note Priority Collateral), each of the ABL Obligations,
the Second Lien Obligations and the Subordinated Lien Obligations, and (ii) in respect of the First
Lien Obligations (to the extent such Obligations are secured by the ABL Priority Collateral), each
of the Second Lien Obligations and the Subordinated Lien Obligations, (b) (i) in respect of the ABL
Obligations (to the extent such Obligations are secured by the Note Priority Collateral), the
Subordinated Lien Obligations, and (ii) in respect of the ABL Obligations (to the extent such
Obligations are secured by the ABL Priority Collateral), each of the First Lien Obligations, the
Second Lien Obligations and the Subordinated Lien Obligations, and (c) in respect of the Second
Lien Obligations (to the extent such Obligations are secured by the Note Priority Collateral or the
ABL Priority Collateral), the Subordinated Lien Obligations.
Junior Secured Obligations Collateral means the Collateral in respect of which a Junior
Representative (on behalf of itself and the applicable Junior Secured Obligations Secured Parties)
holds a Junior Lien.
Junior Secured Obligations Secured Parties means (a) for the ABL Priority Collateral, (i) in
respect of the ABL Secured Parties, each of the First Lien Secured Parties, the Second Lien Secured
Parties and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, (ii) in respect of the First Lien Secured
Parties, each of the Second Lien Secured Parties and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, and
(iii) in respect of the Second Lien Secured Parties, the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, and (b)
for the Note Priority Collateral, (i) in respect of the First Lien Secured Parties, each of the ABL
Secured Parties, the Second Lien Secured Parties and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, (ii) in
respect of each of the ABL Secured Parties and the Second Lien Secured Parties, the Subordinated
Lien Secured Parties.
Junior Secured Obligations Security Documents means (a) for the ABL Priority Collateral, (i)
in respect of the ABL Security Documents, each of the First Lien Security Documents, the Second
Lien Security Documents and the Subordinated Lien Security Documents, (ii) in respect of the First
Lien Security Documents, each of the Second Lien Security Documents and the Subordinated Lien
Security Documents, and (iii) in respect of the Second Lien Security Documents, the Subordinated
Lien Security Documents, and (b) for the Note Priority Collateral, (i) in respect of the First Lien
Security Documents, each of the ABL Security Documents, the Second Lien Security Documents and the
Subordinated Lien Security Documents, (ii) in respect of each of the ABL Security Documents and the
Second Lien Security Documents, the Subordinated Lien Security Documents.
Lien means, with respect to any asset, any mortgage, lien, pledge, charge, security interest
or encumbrance of any kind in respect of such asset, whether or not filed, recorded or otherwise
perfected under applicable law, including (1) any conditional sale or other title retention
agreement, (2) any lease in the nature thereof, (3) any option or other agreement to sell or give a
security interest and (4) any filing, authorized by or on behalf of the relevant grantor, of any
financing statement under the UCC (or equivalent statutes) of any jurisdiction.
Lien Priority Confirmation means: (1) as to any additional ABL Debt, the written agreement
of the holders of such additional ABL Debt, or their applicable representative, for the enforceable
benefit of the ABL Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral Trustee, the Subordinated Lien
Collateral Trustee, all existing and future Secured Parties and each existing and future
representative with respect thereto: (a) that such representative and all other holders of
obligations in respect of such ABL Debt are bound by the provisions of this Agreement; (b)
consenting to and directing the ABL Collateral Agent to act as agent for such additional ABL Debt
or such representative, as applicable, and perform its obligations under this Agreement and the ABL
Security Documents; and (c) that the holders of such obligations in respect of such additional ABL
Debt are bound by this Agreement; (2) as to any additional First Lien Debt, the written agreement
of the holders of such additional First Lien Debt, or their applicable representative, for the
enforceable benefit of the ABL Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral Trustee, the
Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee, all existing and future Secured Parties and each existing and
future representative with respect thereto: (a) that such representative and all other
holders of obligations in respect of such First Lien Debt are bound by the provisions of the
Collateral Trust and Intercreditor Agreement, the First and Subordinated Lien Intercreditor
Agreement and this Agreement; (b) consenting to and directing the First Lien Collateral Trustee to
act as agent for such additional First Lien Debt or such representative, as applicable, and perform
its obligations under the Collateral Trust and Intercreditor Agreement, the First and Subordinated
Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the First Lien Security Documents and this Agreement; and (c) that
the holders of such obligations in respect of such additional First Lien Debt are bound by the
Collateral Trust and Intercreditor Agreement, the First and Subordinated Lien Intercreditor
Agreement and this Agreement; and (3) as to any additional Second Lien Debt and Subordinated Lien
Debt, the written agreement of the holders of such debt, or their applicable representative, for
the enforceable benefit of the ABL Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral Trustee, the
Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee, all existing and future Secured Parties and each existing and
future representative with respect thereto: (a) that such representative and all the other holders
of obligations in respect of such additional Second Lien Debt or Subordinated Lien Debt, as
applicable, are bound by the provisions of the First and Subordinated Lien Intercreditor Agreement,
the Collateral Trust Agreement and this Agreement; (b) consenting to and directing the Subordinated
Lien Collateral Trustee to act as agent for such additional Second Lien Debt or Subordinated Lien
Debt, as applicable, or such representative, as applicable, and perform its obligations under the
First and Subordinated Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral Trust Agreement, this
Agreement, and the Second Lien Security Documents or Subordinated Lien Security Documents, as
applicable; and (c) that the holders of such obligations in respect of such additional Second Lien
Debt or Subordinated Lien Debt, as applicable, are bound by the First and Subordinated Lien
Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral Trust Agreement and this Agreement.
Note Priority Collateral means all of the tangible and intangible properties and assets at
any time owned or acquired by the Issuers or any Guarantor, including all substitutions,
replacements, accessions, products and proceeds of any or all of the foregoing, except Excluded
Assets and ABL Priority Collateral.
Obligations means the ABL Obligations, the First Lien Obligations, the Second Lien
Obligations and the Subordinated Lien Obligations, if any.
Other Hedge Agreements means an Interest Rate Agreement, a Currency Agreement or Commodity
Agreement entered into with a Lender Counterparty (as each such term is defined in the Collateral
Trust and Intercreditor Agreement) in the ordinary course of the Issuers or the Guarantors
business, and otherwise permitted pursuant to the First Lien Documents (other than the ABL Hedge
Agreements).
Other Hedging Obligations means all indebtedness, liabilities and obligations owed to any
First Lien Secured Party under any Other Hedge Agreement.
Paid In Full and Payment In Full in respect of any Obligations means: (a) payment in full
in cash of the principal of and interest (including interest accruing on or after the commencement
of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding at the rate provided in the respective documentation,
whether or not such interest would be allowed in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), on all
Indebtedness and other obligations and liabilities outstanding under the ABL Documents, the First
Lien Documents, the Second Lien Documents or the Subordinated Lien Documents, as applicable; (b) in
respect of the First Lien Obligations only, payment in full in cash of all Other Hedging
Obligations constituting First Lien Obligations or the cash collateralization of all such Other
Hedging Obligations on terms satisfactory to each applicable counterparty; (c) payment in full in
cash of all other ABL Obligations, First Lien Obligations, Second Lien Obligations or Subordinated
Lien Obligations, as applicable, that are due and payable or otherwise accrued and owing at or
prior to the time such principal and interest are paid (other than any indemnification obligations
for which no claim or demand for payment, whether oral or written, has been made at such time); (d)
termination or expiration of all commitments, if any, to extend credit that would constitute ABL
Obligations, First Lien Obligations, Second Lien Obligations or Subordinated Lien Obligations, as
applicable; and (e) termination or cash collateralization (in an amount and manner
reasonably satisfactory to the applicable Agent, but in no event greater than 105% of the
aggregate undrawn face amount) of all letters of credit issued under the ABL Documents, the First
Lien Documents, the Second Lien Documents or the Subordinated Lien Documents, as applicable.
Person means any individual, corporation, partnership, joint venture, association,
joint-stock company, trust, unincorporated organization, limited liability company or government or
other entity.
Post-Petition Interest means any interest or entitlement to fees or expenses or other
charges that accrue after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding at the rate
provided for in the respective documentation, whether or not allowed or allowable in any such
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
Representative means (a) in the case of any ABL Obligations, the ABL Collateral Agent, (b)
in the case of any First Lien Obligations, the First Lien Collateral Trustee, (c) in the case of
any Second Lien Obligations, the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee, and (d) in the case of any
Subordinated Lien Obligations, the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee.
Second Lien Debt means Indebtedness under the Second Lien Indenture and the Second Lien
Notes and, to the extent issued or outstanding, any other Indebtedness of the Issuers
or Guarantors
designated as such by the Issuer in writing to the ABL Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral
Trustee and the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee; provided that: (a) on or before the date on
which such Indebtedness is incurred, an officers certificate of the Issuer is delivered to the ABL
Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral Trustee and the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee,
designating such Indebtedness as Second Lien Debt for the purposes of this Agreement, the ABL
Documents, the First Lien Documents, the Second Lien Documents and the Subordinated Lien Documents,
if any; (b) such Indebtedness is evidenced or governed by an indenture, credit agreement, loan
agreement, note agreement, promissory note or other agreement or instrument that includes a Lien
Priority Confirmation; (c) such Indebtedness is designated as Second Lien Debt in accordance with
the requirements of the First and Subordinated Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Collateral
Trust Agreement; and (d) at the time of the incurrence thereof, the applicable Second Lien Debt may
be incurred (and secured as contemplated in the First and Subordinated Lien Intercreditor Agreement
and the Collateral Trust Agreement) without violating the terms of any ABL Document, First Lien
Document, Second Lien Document or Subordinated Lien Document or causing any default thereunder.
Second Lien Documents means, collectively, the Second Lien Indenture, the Second Lien
Security Documents, and each of the other agreements, documents and instruments providing for or
evidencing any other Second Lien Obligation, and any other document or instrument executed or
delivered at any time in connection therewith, to the extent such are effective at the relevant
time, as each may be amended, restated, supplemented, modified, renewed, extended or refinanced
from time to time.
Second Lien Indenture has the meaning set forth in the preamble.
Second Lien Liens means Liens on the Collateral created under the Second Lien Security
Documents to secure the Second Lien Obligations.
Second Lien Obligations means, subject to the terms and conditions in the Collateral Trust
and Intercreditor Agreement, all obligations arising with respect to any Second Lien Debt
(including, without limitation, principal, premium, interest (including Post-Petition Interest at
the rate provided in the relevant Second Lien Document, whether or not a claim for Post-Petition
Interest is allowed in an applicable Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), reimbursements under
letters of credit, fees, indemnifications, expenses and other obligations and guarantees of the
foregoing).
Second Lien Secured Parties means the Secured Parties (as defined in the Second Lien
Security Documents).
Second Lien Security Documents means the Second Lien Pledge and Security Agreement, dated as
of April 6, 2010, among the Grantors and the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee, and any other
documents, agreements or instruments now existing or entered into after the date hereof that create
(or purport to create) Liens on any assets or properties of any Grantor to secure any Second Lien
Obligations.
Secured Parties means the ABL Secured Parties, the First Lien Secured Parties, the Second
Lien Secured Parties and the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties.
Security Documents means the ABL Security Documents, the First Lien Security Documents, the
Second Lien Security Documents and the Subordinated Lien Security Documents.
Senior Documents means (a) for the ABL Priority Collateral, (i) in respect of the First Lien
Documents, the ABL Documents, (ii) in respect of the Second Lien Documents, each of the First Lien
Documents and the ABL Documents, and (iii) in respect of the Subordinated Lien Documents, each of
the Second Lien Documents, the First Lien Documents and the ABL Documents, and (b) for the Note
Priority Collateral, (i) in respect of each of the ABL Documents and the Second Lien Documents, the
First Lien Documents, (ii) in respect of the Subordinated Lien Documents, each of the Second Lien
Documents, the ABL Documents and the First Lien Documents.
Senior Liens means (a) for the ABL Priority Collateral, (i) in respect of the First Lien
Liens, the ABL Liens, (ii) in respect of the Second Lien Liens, each of the First Lien Liens and
the ABL Liens, and (iii) in respect of the Subordinated Lien Liens, each of the Second Lien Liens,
the First Lien Liens and the ABL Liens, and (b) for the Note Priority Collateral, (i) in respect of
each of the ABL Liens and the Second Lien Liens, the First Lien Liens, (ii) in respect of the
Subordinated Lien Liens, each of the Second Lien Liens, the ABL Liens and the First Lien Liens.
Senior Representative means (a) for the ABL Priority Collateral, (i) in respect of the First
Lien Collateral Trustee, the ABL Collateral Agent, (ii) in respect of the Subordinated Lien
Collateral Trustee (on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties), each of the First Lien
Collateral Trustee and the ABL Collateral Agent, and (iii) in respect of the Subordinated Lien
Collateral Trustee (on behalf of the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties), each of the Subordinated
Lien Collateral Trustee (on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties), the First Lien Collateral
Trustee and the ABL Collateral Agent, and (b) for the Note Priority Collateral, (i) in respect of
each of the ABL Collateral Agent and the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee (on behalf of the
Second Lien Secured Parties), the First Lien Collateral Trustee, (ii) in respect of the
Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee (on behalf of the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties), each of
the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee (on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties), the ABL
Collateral Agent and the First Lien Collateral Trustee.
Senior Secured Obligations means (a) for the ABL Priority Collateral, (i) in respect of the
First Lien Obligations, the ABL Obligations, (ii) in respect of the Second Lien Obligations, each
of the First Lien Obligations and the ABL Obligations, and (iii) in respect of the Subordinated
Lien Obligations, each of the Second Lien Obligations, the First Lien Obligations and the ABL
Obligations, and (b) for the Note Priority Collateral, (i) in respect of each of the ABL
Obligations and the Second Lien Obligations, the First Lien Obligations, (ii) in respect of the
Subordinated Lien Obligations, each of the Second Lien Obligations, the ABL Obligations and the
First Lien Obligations.
Senior Secured Obligations Collateral means the Collateral in respect of which the Senior
Representative (on behalf of itself and the applicable Senior Secured Obligations Secured Parties)
holds a Senior Lien.
Senior Secured Obligations Secured Parties means (a) for the ABL Priority Collateral, (i) in
respect of the First Lien Secured Parties, the ABL Secured Parties, (ii) in respect of the Second
Lien Secured Parties, each of the First Lien Secured Parties and the ABL Secured Parties, and (iii)
in respect of the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, each of the Second Lien Secured Parties, the
First Lien Secured Parties and the ABL Secured Parties, and (b) for the Note Priority Collateral,
(i) in respect of each of the
ABL Secured Parties and the Second Lien Secured Parties, the First Lien Secured Parties, (ii)
in respect of the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties, each of the Second Lien Secured Parties, the
ABL Secured Parties and the First Lien Secured Parties.
Senior Secured Obligations Security Documents means (a) for the ABL Priority Collateral, (i)
in respect of the First Lien Security Documents, the ABL Security Documents, (ii) in respect of the
Second Lien Security Documents, each of the First Lien Security Documents and the ABL Security
Documents, and (iii) in respect of the Subordinated Lien Security Documents, each of the Second
Lien Security Documents, the First Lien Security Documents and the ABL Security Documents, and (b)
for the Note Priority Collateral, (i) in respect of each of the ABL Security Documents and the
Second Lien Security Documents, the First Lien Security Documents, (ii) in respect of the
Subordinated Lien Security Documents, each of the Second Lien Security Documents, the ABL Security
Documents and the First Lien Security Documents.
Subordinated Lien Debt means, to the extent issued or outstanding, any Indebtedness of the
Issuers or Guarantors designated as such by the Issuer in writing to the ABL Collateral Agent, the
First Lien Collateral Trustee and the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee; provided that: (a) on
or before the date on which such Indebtedness is incurred, an officers certificate of the Issuer
is delivered to the ABL Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral Trustee and the Subordinated
Lien Collateral Trustee, designating such Indebtedness as Subordinated Lien Debt for the purposes
of this Agreement, the ABL Documents, the First Lien Documents, the Second Lien Documents and the
Subordinated Lien Documents, if any; (b) such Indebtedness is evidenced or governed by an
indenture, credit agreement, loan agreement, note agreement, promissory note or other agreement or
instrument that includes a Lien Priority Confirmation; (c) such Indebtedness is designated as
Subordinated Lien Debt in accordance with the requirements of the First and Subordinated Lien
Intercreditor Agreement and the Collateral Trust Agreement; and (d) at the time of the incurrence
thereof, the applicable Subordinated Lien Debt may be incurred (and secured as contemplated in the
First and Subordinated Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the Collateral Trust Agreement) without
violating the terms of any ABL Document, First Lien Document, Second Lien Document or Subordinated
Lien Document or causing any default thereunder.
Subordinated Lien Documents means, collectively, the Subordinated Lien Debt Documents, the
Subordinated Lien Security Documents and each of the agreements, documents and instruments
providing for or evidencing any other Subordinated Lien Obligation, and any other document or
instrument executed or delivered at any time in connection therewith, to the extent such are
effective at the relevant time, as each may be amended, restated, supplemented, modified, renewed,
extended or refinanced from time to time.
Subordinated Lien Liens means Liens on the Collateral created under the Subordinated Lien
Security Documents to secure the Subordinated Lien Obligations.
Subordinated Lien Obligations means, subject to the terms and conditions in the Collateral
Trust and Intercreditor Agreement, all obligations arising with respect to any Subordinated Lien
Debt (including, without limitation, principal, premium, interest (including Post-Petition Interest
at the rate provided in the relevant Subordinated Lien Document, whether or not a claim for
Post-Petition Interest is allowed in an applicable Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding),
reimbursements under letters of credit, fees, indemnifications, expenses and other obligations and
guarantees of the foregoing).
Subordinated Lien Secured Parties means the Secured Parties (as defined in the Subordinated
Lien Security Documents).
Subordinated Lien Security Documents means, collectively, any documents, agreements or
instruments now existing or entered into after the date hereof that create (or purport to create)
Liens on any assets or properties of any Grantor to secure any Subordinated Lien Obligations.
subsidiary means, with respect to any specified Person: (a) any corporation, association or
other business entity of which more than 50% of the total voting power of shares of Capital
Stock entitled (without regard to the occurrence of any contingency) to vote in the election
of directors, managers or trustees thereof is at the time owned or controlled, directly or
indirectly, by such Person or one or more of the other subsidiaries of that Person (or a
combination thereof), and (b) any partnership (i) the sole general partner or the managing general
partner of which is such Person or a subsidiary of such Person or (ii) the only general partners of
which are such Person or one or more subsidiaries of such Person (or any combination thereof);
provided, that notwithstanding the foregoing, CVR Partners, LP and Coffeyville Nitrogen
Fertilizers, LLC shall be deemed Subsidiaries of the Issuer for so long as their financial results
are consolidated with the Issuers financial
results but shall cease to be considered Subsidiaries
of the Issuer upon the occurrence of the Fertilizer Business Event (as defined in the First Lien
Indenture).
UCC means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New
York (or equivalent statutes in other states).
ARTICLE II
Subordination of Junior Liens; Certain Agreements
SECTION 2.01. Subordination of Junior Liens. (a) Notwithstanding the date, manner or
order of creation, attachment, or perfection of the security interests and Liens granted to the ABL
Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral Trustee and the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee,
and notwithstanding any provisions of the UCC, or any applicable law or decision or this Agreement,
the ABL Documents, the First Lien Documents, the Second Lien Documents, the Subordinated Lien
Documents or any other agreement or instrument to the contrary, or whether and irrespective of
whether any Senior Secured Obligations Secured Party holds possession of all or any part of the
Collateral or of the time or any failure, defect or deficiency or alleged failure, defect or
deficiency in any of the foregoing or of any avoidance, invalidation or subordination by any third
party or court of competent jurisdiction of the Senior Liens, all Junior Liens in respect of any
Collateral are expressly subordinated and made junior in right, priority, operation and effect to
any and all Senior Liens in respect of such Collateral. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
in this Agreement, the following shall be the relative priority of the security interests and Liens
of the ABL Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral Trustee, the Subordinated Collateral Trustee
(on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties) and the Subordinated Collateral Trustee (on behalf
of the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties) in the Collateral:
(A) The ABL Collateral Agent (on behalf of the ABL Secured Parties) shall have a
first priority Lien on the ABL Priority Collateral; the First Lien Collateral Trustee (on behalf of
the First Lien Secured Parties) shall have a second priority Lien on the ABL Priority Collateral;
the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee (on behalf of the Second Lien Secured Parties) shall have
a third priority Lien on the ABL Priority Collateral; and the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee
(on behalf of the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties) shall have a fourth priority Lien on the ABL
Priority Collateral; and
(B) The First Lien Collateral Trustee (on behalf of the First Lien Secured Parties)
shall have a first priority Lien on the Note Priority Collateral; each of the ABL Collateral Agent
(on behalf of the ABL Secured Parties) and the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee (on behalf of
the Second Lien Secured Parties) shall have a second priority Lien on the Note Priority Collateral;
and the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee (on behalf of the Subordinated Lien Secured Parties)
shall have a third priority Lien on the Note Priority Collateral.
(b) It is acknowledged that (i) the aggregate amount of the Senior Secured Obligations may,
subject to the limitations set forth in the ABL Documents, the First Lien Documents, the Second
Lien Documents and the Subordinated Lien Documents, be increased from time to time, (ii) all or a
portion of the ABL Obligations consists or may consist
of Indebtedness that is revolving in nature, and the amount thereof that may be outstanding at
any time or from time to time may be increased or reduced and subsequently reborrowed, and (iii)
the Senior Secured Obligations may, subject to the limitations set forth in the ABL Documents, the
First Lien Documents, the Second Lien Documents and the Subordinated Lien Documents, be increased,
extended, renewed, replaced, restated, supplemented, restructured, repaid, refunded, refinanced or
otherwise amended or modified from time to time, all without affecting the subordination of the
Junior Liens hereunder or the provisions of this Agreement defining the relative rights of the ABL
Secured Parties, the First Lien Secured Parties, the Second Lien Secured Parties and the
Subordinated Lien Secured Parties. The lien priorities provided for herein shall not be altered or
otherwise affected by any amendment, modification, supplement, extension, increase, replacement,
renewal, restatement or refinancing of either the Junior Secured Obligations (or any part thereof)
or the Senior Secured Obligations (or any part thereof), by the release of any Collateral or of any
guarantees for any Senior Secured Obligations or by any action that any Representative or Secured
Party may take or fail to take in respect of any Collateral.
(c) The subordination of all Junior Liens to all Senior Liens as set forth in this Agreement
is with respect to only the priority of the Liens held by or on behalf of the Senior Secured
Obligations Secured Parties and shall not constitute a subordination of the Obligations owing to
any Secured Party to the Obligations owing to any other Secured Party.
(d) The parties hereto agree that it is their intention that the Collateral held by each
Agent is identical in all material respects to the Collateral held by each other Agent. In
furtherance of the foregoing and subject to the other provisions of this Agreement:
(1) upon request by any Agent, such parties shall cooperate in good faith (and
direct their counsel to cooperate in good faith) from time to time in order to determine the
specific items included in the Collateral held by each Agent, the steps taken to perfect the Liens
thereon and the identity of the Grantors; and
(2) that the ABL Security Documents, the First Lien Security Documents, the Second
Lien Security Documents and the Subordinated Lien Security Documents shall be in all material
respects the same forms of documents; and the guarantees issued with respect to the ABL
Obligations, the First Lien Obligations, the Second Lien Obligations and the Subordinated Lien
Obligations shall contain the same material provisions with respect to waivers of the guarantors
rights, the discharge thereof, reinstatement thereof and the release of guarantors thereunder.
SECTION 2.02. New Liens. Until the Senior Secured Obligations shall have been Paid in
Full, (i) each Agent agrees, on behalf of the applicable Secured Parties, that no Agent, on behalf
of the applicable Secured Parties, nor any other Secured Party, shall acquire or hold any Lien on
any assets of any Grantor which with respect to which such Agent has actual knowledge that such
assets are not also subject to a Lien in favor of each other Agent on behalf of the applicable
Secured Parties and (ii) each Grantor agrees not to grant any Lien on any of its assets in favor of
any Agent, on behalf of the applicable Secured Parties, unless it has granted a Lien on such assets
in favor of each other Agent, on behalf of the applicable Secured Parties (in either case, except
to the extent that the assets subject to such Liens are not required to be pledged as Collateral
for the respective Obligations to the extent provided in the ABL Documents, the First Lien
Documents, the Second Lien Documents or the Subordinated Lien Documents, as the case may be). If
any Agent shall (nonetheless and in breach hereof) acquire any Lien on any assets of any Grantor to
secure any Obligations, which assets are not also subject to a Lien in favor of each other Agent to
secure the applicable Obligations, then the Agent acquiring such Lien shall, without the need for
any further consent of any other Person and notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any
Security Documents, either (x) release such Lien or (y) (1) also hold and be deemed to have held
such Lien for the
benefit of each other Agent and Secured Parties subject to the priorities set forth herein,
with any amounts received in respect thereof subject to distribution and turnover hereunder and (2)
in the case of the Junior Representative acquiring a Lien, assign such Lien to the Senior
Representative to secure the Senior Secured Obligations (in which case the Junior Representative
may retain a Junior Lien on such assets subject to the terms hereof).
SECTION 2.03. No Action With Respect to Junior Secured Obligations Collateral Subject to
Senior Liens. (a) Except to the extent expressly permitted by Section 2.07, no Junior
Representative or other Junior Secured Obligations Secured Party shall commence or instruct any
Junior Representative to commence any Enforcement Action available to it in respect of any Junior
Secured Obligations Collateral under any Junior Secured Obligations Security Document, applicable
law or otherwise, at any time when such Junior Secured Obligations Collateral shall be subject to
any Senior Lien and any Sepnior Secured Obligations secured by such Senior Lien shall remain
outstanding or any commitment to extend credit that would constitute Senior Secured Obligations
secured by such Senior Lien shall remain in effect, it being agreed that only the Senior
Representative, acting in accordance with the applicable Senior Secured Obligations Security
Documents, shall be entitled to take any Enforcement Actions. The Senior Representative shall
provide written notice to each Junior Representative in the event that the Senior Representative
takes any Enforcement Action; provided, however, that failure to give such notice
shall not affect the lien subordination or other rights of the Senior Representative under this
Agreement.
(b) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, each of the Agents retains
the right to:
(A) file a claim or statement of interest with respect to the ABL Obligations, the
First Lien Obligations, the Second Lien Obligations or the Subordinated Lien Obligations, as
applicable, in any case or proceeding commenced by or against any Grantor under the Bankruptcy Code
or any similar bankruptcy law for the relief or protection of debtors, any other proceeding of a
similar nature for the reorganization, protection, restructuring, compromise or arrangement of any
of the assets and/or liabilities of any Grantor or any similar case or proceeding, as applicable,
(B) take any action (not adverse to the priority status of any of the Liens of any
Senior Representative, or the rights of any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Obligations
Secured Party, to exercise any Enforcement Action in respect thereof) in order to create, perfect,
preserve or protect its Liens on any of the Collateral,
(C) file any necessary or appropriate responsive or defensive pleadings in
opposition to any motion, claim, or other pleading objecting to or otherwise seeking the
disallowance of the claims of such Agent or any of the Secured Parties for whom it acts as
Agent, in either case, not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement,
(D) to the extent such holders acknowledge that such holders hold an unsecured
claim, file any pleadings, objections, motions or agreements which assert rights or interests
available to unsecured creditors of any Grantors arising under any case or proceeding referred to
in clause (A) above, except to the extent inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, and
(E) vote in favor of or against any plan of reorganization, compromise or
arrangement, or file any proof of claim, make other filings and/or make any arguments and motions
with respect to the ABL Obligations, the First Lien Obligations, the Second Lien Obligations or the
Subordinated Lien Obligations, as applicable, that in each case, are not inconsistent with the
terms of this Agreement.
(c) Upon the Payment in Full of the First Lien Obligations, the Subordinated Lien Collateral
Trustee (acting on behalf of the ABL Secured Parties, the Second Lien Secured Parties and the
Subordinated Lien Secured Parties), acting on a Joint Instruction, may commence any judicial or
non-judicial 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, exercise any
right, remedy or power with respect to, or otherwise take
any action to enforce its interest in or
realize upon, or take any other action available to it in respect of, the Note Priority Collateral
under any applicable Security Document, applicable law or otherwise.
SECTION 2.04. No Duties of Senior Representative. (a) Each Junior Secured Obligations
Secured Party acknowledges and agrees that neither the Senior Representative nor any other Senior
Secured Obligations Secured Party shall have any duties or other obligations to such Junior Secured
Obligations Secured Party with respect to any Senior Secured Obligations Collateral, other than to
transfer to the Junior Representative (i) any proceeds of any such Collateral that constitutes
Junior Secured Obligations Collateral remaining in its possession following any Disposition of such
Collateral and the Payment in Full of the Senior Secured Obligations secured thereby (in each case,
unless the Junior Liens on all such Junior Secured Obligations Collateral are terminated and
released prior to or concurrently with such Disposition and Payment In Full) or (ii) if the Senior
Representative shall be in possession of all or any part of such Collateral after such Payment in
Full, such Collateral or any part thereof remaining, in each case without representation or
warranty on the part of the Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Obligations Secured Party.
(b) Prior to Payment In Full. In furtherance of the foregoing, each Junior Secured
Obligations Secured Party acknowledges and agrees that until the Senior Secured Obligations secured
by any Collateral in respect of which such Junior Secured Obligations Secured Party holds a Junior
Lien shall have been Paid In Full, the Senior Representative shall be entitled, for the benefit of
the holders of such Senior Secured Obligations, to Dispose of or deal with such Collateral as
provided herein and in the Senior Secured Obligations Security Documents without regard to any
Junior Lien or any rights to which the holders of the Junior Secured Obligations would otherwise be
entitled as a result of such Junior Lien. Such permitted actions shall include the rights of an
agent appointed by the Senior Representative and Senior Secured Obligations Secured Parties to
Dispose of such Senior Secured Obligations Collateral upon foreclosure, to incur expenses in
connection with such Disposition, and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured creditor
under the UCC of any applicable jurisdiction and of a secured creditor under the Bankruptcy Code or
the laws of any applicable jurisdiction. Without limiting the foregoing, each Junior Secured
Obligations Secured Party agrees that neither the Senior Representative nor any other Senior
Secured Obligations Secured Party shall have any duty or obligation first to marshal or realize
upon any type of Senior Secured Obligations Collateral (or any other collateral securing the Senior
Secured Obligations), or to Dispose of or otherwise liquidate all or any portion of such Collateral
(or any other Collateral securing the Senior Secured Obligations), in any manner that would
maximize the return to the Junior Secured Obligations Secured Parties, notwithstanding that the
order and timing of any such Disposition or liquidation may affect the amount of proceeds actually
received by the Junior Secured Obligations Secured Parties from such Disposition or liquidation.
(c) Waiver. Each of the Junior Secured Obligations Secured Parties waives any claim
such Junior Secured Obligations Secured Party may now or hereafter have against the Senior
Representative or any other Senior Secured Obligations Secured Party (or their representatives)
arising out of (i) any actions which the Senior Representative or the Senior Secured Obligations
Secured Parties take or omit to take (including actions with respect to the creation, perfection or
continuation of Liens on any Collateral, actions with respect to the
foreclosure upon, sale, release or depreciation of, or failure to realize upon, any of the
Collateral and actions with respect to the collection of any claim for all or any part of the
Senior Secured Obligations from any account debtor, guarantor or any other party) in accordance
with the Senior Secured Obligations Security Documents or any other agreement related thereto or to
the collection of the Senior Secured Obligations or the valuation, use, protection or release of
any security for the Senior Secured Obligations, (ii) any election by the Senior Representative or
any Senior Secured Obligations Secured Parties, in any proceeding instituted under the Bankruptcy
Code, of the application of Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or (iii) subject to Section
2.07, any borrowing of, or grant of a security interest or administrative expense priority under
Section 363 or Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code to, the Issuers, the Guarantors or any of their
subsidiaries, as debtor-in-possession.
SECTION 2.05. Application of Proceeds; No Interference; Payment Over; Reinstatement.
(a) So long as the Senior Secured Obligations have not been Paid in Full, any Senior Secured
Obligations Collateral or proceeds thereof received by the Senior Representative in connection with
any Disposition of, or collection on, such Senior Secured Obligations Collateral upon the taking of
any Enforcement Action (including any right of setoff and including as a result of any distribution
of or in respect of any Senior Secured Obligations Collateral (whether or not expressly
characterized as such) or in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) shall be applied by the
Senior Representative to the Senior Secured Obligations in accordance with the Senior Documents.
Upon the Payment in Full of the Senior Secured Obligations, the Senior Representative shall deliver
to the Junior Representative any remaining Senior Secured Obligations Collateral and any proceeds
thereof then held by it in the same form as received, together with any necessary endorsements, or
as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct, to be applied by the Junior
Representative to the Junior Secured Obligations in accordance with the Junior Documents.
(b) In the event that ABL Priority Collateral and Note Priority Collateral are Disposed of
in a single transaction or series of related transactions in which the aggregate sales price is not
allocated between the ABL Priority Collateral, on the one hand, and the Note Priority Collateral,
on the other hand, being sold, including in connection with or as a result of the sale by any
Grantor of the Capital Stock of any Grantor or a subsidiary thereof that owns assets constituting
ABL Priority Collateral or Note Priority Collateral, then, solely for purposes of this Agreement,
the portion of the aggregate sales price deemed to be proceeds of the ABL Priority Collateral, on
the one hand, and the Note Priority Collateral, on the other hand, shall be allocated to the ABL
Priority Collateral or the Note Priority Collateral in accordance with their respective fair market
value.
(c) Until the Junior Representative has received written notice from the Senior
Representative that the Senior Secured Obligations have been Paid In Full, each Junior Secured
Obligations Secured Party agrees that (i) it will not take, cause to be taken, or support any other
Person in taking, any action the purpose or effect of which is, or could be, to make any Junior
Lien pari passu with, or to give such Junior Secured Obligations Secured Party any preference or
priority relative to, any Senior Lien with respect to the Collateral subject to such Senior Lien
and Junior Lien or any part thereof, (ii) it will not contest, challenge or question, or support
any other Person in contesting, challenging or questioning, in any proceeding the validity or
enforceability of any Senior Secured Obligations or Senior Secured Obligations Security Document,
the validity, attachment, perfection or priority of any Senior Lien, or the validity or
enforceability of the priorities, rights or duties established by or other provisions of this
Agreement, (iii) it will not take or cause to be taken, or support any other Person in taking, any
action the purpose or intent of which is, or could be, to interfere, hinder or delay, in any
manner, whether by judicial proceedings or otherwise, any sale, transfer or other Disposition of
the Collateral subject to any Junior Lien by any Senior Secured Obligations Secured Parties secured
by Senior Liens on such Collateral or any Senior Representative acting on their behalf, (iv) it
will have no right to (A) direct any Senior Representative or any holder of Senior Secured
Obligations to exercise any right, remedy or power with respect to the Collateral subject to any
Junior Lien or (B) consent to the exercise by any Senior Representative or any
other Senior Secured Obligations Secured Party of any right, remedy or power with respect to
the Collateral subject to any Junior Lien, (v) it will not institute, or support any other Person
in instituting, any suit or assert in any suit, bankruptcy, insolvency or other proceeding any
claim against any Senior Representative or other Senior Secured Obligations Secured Party seeking
damages from or other relief by way of specific performance, instructions or otherwise with respect
to, and neither any Senior Representative nor any other Senior Secured Obligations Secured Party
will be liable for, any action taken or omitted to be taken by such Senior Representative or other
Senior Secured Obligations Secured Party with respect to any Collateral securing such Senior
Secured Obligations that is subject to any Junior Lien, (vi) it will not seek, and will waive any
right, to have any Senior Secured Obligations Collateral subject to any Junior Lien or any part
thereof marshaled upon any foreclosure or other Disposition of such Collateral and (vii) it will
not attempt, directly or indirectly, whether by judicial proceedings or otherwise, to challenge the
enforceability of any provision of this Agreement.
(d) The Junior Representative and each other Junior Secured Obligations Secured Party hereby
agrees that if it obtains possession of any Senior Secured Obligations Collateral or realizes any
proceeds or payment in respect of any such Collateral, pursuant to any Junior Secured Obligations
Security Document or by the exercise of any rights available to it under applicable law or in any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or through any other exercise of remedies, at any time when
any Senior Secured Obligations secured or intended to be secured by such Collateral shall remain
outstanding or any commitment to extend credit that would constitute Senior Secured Obligations
secured or intended to be secured by such Senior Lien remains in effect, then it will segregate and
hold such Collateral, proceeds or payment in trust for the Senior Representative and the Senior
Secured Obligations Secured Parties and promptly transfer such Collateral, proceeds or payment, as
the case may be, to the Senior Representative.
(e) Each Junior Secured Obligations Secured Party agrees that if, at any time, all or part
of any payment with respect to any Senior Secured Obligations previously made shall be rescinded or
required to be returned or repaid for any reason whatsoever (including an order or judgment for
disgorgement of a preference under the Bankruptcy Code, or any similar law, or the settlement of
any claim in respect thereof), such Junior Secured Obligations Secured Party shall promptly pay
over to the Senior Representative any payment received by it and then in its possession or under
its control in respect of any Collateral subject to any Senior Lien securing such Senior Secured
Obligations and shall promptly turn any Collateral subject to any such Senior Lien then held by it
over to the Senior Representative, and the provisions set forth in this Agreement shall be
reinstated in full force and effect as if such payment had not been made, until the payment and
satisfaction in full of the Senior Secured Obligations.
SECTION 2.06. Automatic Release of Junior Liens. (a) The Junior Representative and
each other Junior Secured Obligations Secured Party agree to the following with respect to releases
of Liens: (1) in the event of any Disposition permitted under the Senior Documents and not
expressly prohibited under the terms of the Junior Documents of any Senior Secured Obligations
Collateral subject to any Junior Lien (other than in connection with (x) the exercise of remedies
by the Senior Representative in respect of such Senior Secured Obligations Collateral, (y) the
Payment in Full of the Senior Secured Obligations, or (z) after the occurrence and during the
continuance of any Event of Default under any Senior Document or Junior Document), such Junior Lien
on such Collateral shall automatically, unconditionally and simultaneously be released if the
applicable Senior Liens on such Collateral are released; and (2) notwithstanding the foregoing or
anything else to the contrary in this Agreement, in the event of any Disposition that occurs in
connection with the foreclosure of, or other exercise of remedies with respect to, Senior Secured
Obligations Collateral subject to any Junior Lien, such Junior Lien on such Collateral shall
automatically, unconditionally and simultaneously be released if the applicable Senior Liens on
such Collateral are released (except with respect to any proceeds of such Disposition that remain
after Payment in Full of the Senior Secured Obligations).
(b) The Junior Representative agrees to execute and deliver (at the sole cost and expense of
the Grantors) all such releases and other instruments as shall reasonably be requested by the
Senior Representative to evidence and confirm any release of Junior Secured Obligations Collateral
provided for in this Section.
SECTION 2.07. Certain Agreements With Respect to Bankruptcy or Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceedings. This Agreement shall continue in full force and effect notwithstanding the
commencement of any proceeding under the Bankruptcy Code or any other federal, state or foreign
bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar law by or against any Grantor. All references in
this Agreement to any Grantor shall include such Grantor as a debtor-in-possession and any receiver
or trustee for such Grantor in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.
(a) If any Grantor becomes subject to a case under the Bankruptcy Code and, as
debtor(s)-in-possession, moves for approval of financing (DIP Financing) to be
provided
by one or more lenders (the DIP Lenders) under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or the
use of cash collateral under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, each Junior Secured Obligations
Secured Party agrees that it will raise no objection to any such financing or to the Liens on the
Senior Secured Obligations Collateral securing the same (DIP Financing Liens) or to any
use of cash collateral that constitutes Senior Secured Obligations Collateral, unless the Senior
Secured Obligations Secured Parties, or a representative authorized by the Senior Secured
Obligations Secured Parties, oppose or object to such DIP Financing or such DIP Financing Liens or
use of cash collateral (and, to the extent that such DIP Financing Liens are senior to, or rank
pari passu with, the Senior Liens, the Junior Representative will, on behalf of the Junior Secured
Obligations Secured Parties, subordinate the Junior Liens on the Senior Secured Obligations
Collateral to the Senior Liens and the DIP Financing Liens), so long as the Junior Secured
Obligations Secured Parties retain Liens on all the Junior Secured Obligations Collateral to the
extent permitted by applicable law, including proceeds thereof arising after the commencement of
such proceeding, with the same priority as existed prior to the commencement of the case under the
Bankruptcy Code. For the avoidance of doubt, any DIP Financing Liens on any ABL Priority
Collateral shall not apply automatically to any Note Priority Collateral, and any DIP Financing
Liens on any Note Priority Collateral shall not apply automatically to any ABL Priority Collateral.
(b) Each Junior Secured Obligations Secured Party agrees that it will not object to or
oppose a Disposition of any Senior Secured Obligations Collateral (or any portion thereof) under
Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or any other provision of the Bankruptcy Code if the Senior
Secured Obligations Secured Parties shall have consented to such Disposition of such Senior Secured
Obligations Collateral, so long as the Liens held by the Junior Representative on such Collateral
attach to the proceeds thereof subject to the relative priorities set forth in this Agreement.
(c) Each Junior Representative, on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties for whom it acts
as agent, may seek adequate protection of its interest in its respective Senior Secured Obligations
Collateral in the form of replacement Liens on post-petition collateral of the same type as the
Senior Secured Obligations Collateral so long as the Senior Secured Obligations Secured
Parties have been granted such replacement Liens on such Senior Secured Obligations Collateral, and
agrees that it shall not contest or support any other Person contesting any request for such Liens.
Each Agent, on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties for whom it acts as agent, may seek
adequate protection of its junior interest in the Senior Secured Obligations Collateral, subject to
the provisions of this Agreement; provided, that if (A) the Senior Representative is
granted adequate protection in the form of a replacement Lien on post-petition collateral of the
same type as the Senior Secured Obligations Collateral, and (B) such adequate protection requested
by the Junior Representative is in the form of a replacement Lien on such post-petition collateral
of the same type as the Senior Secured Obligations Collateral, such Lien, if granted, will be
subordinated to the adequate protection Liens granted in favor of the Senior Representative on such
post-petition collateral, and, if applicable, the
Liens securing any DIP Financing (and all obligations relating thereto) secured by such Senior
Secured Obligations Collateral and provided by the Senior Representative or one or more Senior
Secured Obligations Secured Parties on the same basis as the Liens of the Junior Representative on
such Senior Secured Obligations Collateral are subordinated to the Liens of the Senior
Representative on such Senior Secured Obligations Collateral under this Agreement. In the event
that a Junior Representative, on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties for whom it acts as
agent, seeks or requests (or is otherwise granted) adequate protection of its junior interest in
the Collateral in the form of a replacement Lien on post-petition assets of the same type as such
Collateral, then such Junior Representative, on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties for whom
it acts as Agent, agrees that the Senior Representative for such type of Collateral shall also be
granted a replacement Lien on such post-petition assets as adequate protection of its senior
interest in such type of Collateral and that the Junior Representatives replacement Lien shall be
subordinated to the replacement Lien of the Senior Representative. If any Agent or Secured Party
receives as adequate protection a Lien on post-petition assets of the same type as its pre-petition
Senior Secured Obligations Collateral, then such post-petition assets shall also constitute Senior
Secured Obligations Collateral of such Person to the extent of any allowed claim secured by such
adequate protection Lien and shall be subject to the terms of this Agreement.
(d) Each Agent, on behalf of itself and the Secured Parties for whom it acts as Agent,
agrees that none of them shall (i) seek relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of any Collateral which does not constitute its
Senior Secured Obligations Collateral, without the prior written consent of the Senior
Representative, or (ii) oppose any request by the Senior Representative or any Senior Secured
Obligations Secured Party to seek relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of their respective Senior Secured Obligations
Collateral.
SECTION 2.08. [Reserved].
SECTION 2.09. Entry Upon Premises.
(a) Rights to Enter Upon Premises. If (i) the Senior Representative in respect of
the ABL Priority Collateral takes any Enforcement Action with respect to the ABL Priority
Collateral, (ii) the Senior Representative in respect of the Note Priority Collateral acquires an
ownership or possessory interest in any of the Note Priority Collateral pursuant to the exercise of
its rights under the applicable Security Documents or under applicable law or (iii) the Senior
Representative in respect of the Note Priority Collateral shall, through the exercise of remedies
under the applicable Security Documents or otherwise, sell any of the Note Priority Collateral to
any third party (a Third Party Purchaser) as permitted by the terms of this Agreement,
then, subject to the rights of any landlords under real estate leases and to the limitations and
restrictions with respect to use of and entry upon the premises as set forth in the applicable
Collateral Access Agreements, the Senior Secured Obligations Secured Parties in respect of the Note
Priority Collateral shall or, in the case of clause (iii) shall require as a condition of such sale
to the Third Party Purchaser that the Third Party Purchaser shall: (x) cooperate with the Senior
Representative in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral (and its employees, agents, advisors and
representatives) in its efforts to enforce its security interest in the ABL Priority Collateral and
to finish any work-in-process and assemble the ABL Priority Collateral, (y) not hinder or restrict
in any respect the Senior Representative in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral from enforcing
its security interest in the ABL Priority Collateral or from finishing any work-in-process or
assembling the ABL Priority Collateral, and (z) permit the Senior Representative in respect of the
ABL Priority Collateral, its employees, agents, advisors and representatives, at the sole cost and
expense of the Grantors (or, failing payment thereof by the Grantors, of the Senior Secured
Obligations Secured Parties in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral) to enter upon and use the
Note Priority Collateral (including (A) equipment, processors, computers and other machinery
related to the storage or processing of
records, documents or files and (B) intellectual property), in each case of preceding clauses
(x), (y) and (z) for a period not to exceed 180 days after the earlier to occur of (i) the date the
Senior Representative in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral receives written notice from the
Senior Representative in respect of the Note Priority Collateral that (I) it has acquired an
ownership or possessory interest in any of the Note Priority Collateral pursuant to the exercise of
its rights under the Senior Secured Obligations Security Documents in respect of the Note Priority
Collateral or under applicable law or (II) it shall have, through the exercise of remedies under
the Senior Secured Obligations Security Documents in respect of the Note Priority Collateral or
otherwise, sold any of the Note Priority Collateral to a Third Party Purchaser as permitted by the
terms of this Agreement, and (ii) the date the Senior Representative in respect of the ABL Priority
Collateral first enforces its security interests in the ABL Priority Collateral located on the
premises included in the Note Priority Collateral (such period, the Disposition Period)
for the purposes of:
(1) inspecting, removing or enforcing the Senior Representative in respect of the
ABL Priority Collaterals rights in the ABL Priority Collateral,
(2) assembling and storing the ABL Priority Collateral and completing the processing
of and turning into finished goods of any ABL Priority Collateral consisting of work-in-process or
raw materials,
(3) selling any or all of the ABL Priority Collateral located on such Note Priority
Collateral, whether in bulk, in lots or to customers in the ordinary course of business or
otherwise,
(4) removing any or all of the ABL Priority Collateral located on such Note Priority
Collateral,
(5) to use any of the Collateral under the control or possession of the Senior
Representative (or sold to a Third Party Purchaser) in respect of the Note Priority Collateral
consisting of computers or other data processing equipment related to the storage or processing of
records, documents or files pertaining to the ABL Priority Collateral and use any Collateral under
such control or possession (or sold to a Third Party Purchaser) consisting of other equipment to
handle or Dispose of any ABL Priority Collateral, or
(6) taking reasonable actions to protect, secure, and otherwise enforce the rights
of the Senior Representative in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral and the Senior Secured
Obligations Secured Parties in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral in and to the ABL Priority
Collateral;
; provided, however, that nothing contained in this Agreement will restrict the
rights of the Senior Representative in respect of the Note Priority Collateral from selling,
assigning or otherwise transferring any Note Priority Collateral prior to the expiration of the
Disposition Period if the purchaser, assignee or transferee thereof agrees to be bound by the
applicable provisions of this Agreement. If any stay or other order prohibiting the exercise of
remedies with respect to the ABL Priority Collateral has been entered by a court of competent
jurisdiction or is in effect due to an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, the Disposition Period
shall be tolled during the pendency of any such stay or other order. If the Senior Representative
in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral conducts a public auction or private sale of the ABL
Priority Collateral at any of the real property included within the Note Priority Collateral, such
Senior Representative in respect of the Note Priority Collateral shall provide the Senior
Representative in respect of the Note Priority Collateral with reasonable notice and use reasonable
efforts to hold such auction or sale
in a manner which would not unduly disrupt such Senior Representative in respect of the Note
Priority Collaterals use of such real property.
(b) License. The Senior Representative in respect of the Note Priority Collateral,
on behalf of the Senior Secured Obligations Secured Parties in respect of the Note Priority
Collateral, irrevocably grants (or shall require as a condition of a sale to a Third Party
Purchaser that the Third Party Purchaser grants) the Senior Representative in respect of the ABL
Priority Collateral a non-exclusive worldwide license to or right to use, to the extent permitted
by law and any applicable contractual obligations binding on the Note Priority Collateral, and
solely to the extent the Senior Representative in respect of the Note Priority Collateral (or the
Third Party Purchaser, as applicable) has an ownership interest therein or other assignable right
of use thereto, exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation, any of the
intellectual property now or hereafter owned by, licensed to, or otherwise used by any of the
Grantors or their subsidiaries in order for the Senior Representative in respect of the ABL
Priority Collateral and the Senior Secured Obligations Secured Parties in respect of the ABL
Priority Collateral to purchase, use, market, repossess, possess, store, assemble, manufacture,
process, sell, transfer, distribute or otherwise Dispose of any inventory included in the ABL
Priority Collateral in connection with the liquidation, disposition, foreclosure or realization
upon the inventory included in the ABL Priority Collateral in accordance with the terms of the
Senior Secured Obligations Security Documents in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral. The Senior
Representative in respect of the Note Priority Collateral (or the Third Party Purchaser, as
applicable) will agree that any of the intellectual property constituting Note Priority Collateral
that is sold, transferred or otherwise Disposed of (whether pursuant to
enforcement action or
otherwise) will be subject to rights of the Senior Representative in respect of the ABL Priority
Collateral as described above.
(c) Expenses and Repair. During the period of actual occupation, use or control by
the Senior Secured Obligations Secured Parties in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral or their
agents or representatives of any Note Priority Collateral, such Senior Secured Obligations Secured
Parties in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral will (i) be responsible for the ordinary course
third-party expenses related thereto, including costs with respect to heat, light, electricity,
water and real property taxes with respect to that portion of any premises so used or occupied, in
each case to the extent not paid for by the Grantors or any of their subsidiaries, and (ii) be
obligated to repair at their expense any physical damage to such Note Priority Collateral or other
assets or property resulting from such occupancy, use or control, and to leave such Note Priority
Collateral or other assets or property in substantially the same condition as it was at the
commencement of such occupancy, use or control, ordinary wear and tear excepted, in each case to
the extent not paid for by the Grantors or any of their subsidiaries.
(d) Indemnification. The Senior Secured Obligations Secured Parties in respect of
the ABL Priority Collateral shall agree to pay, indemnify and hold the Senior Representative in
respect of the Note Priority Collateral and the Senior Secured Obligations Secured Parties in
respect of the Note Priority Collateral harmless from and against any third-party liability
resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Senior Secured Obligations Secured
Parties in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral or any of their agents, representatives or
invitees (as determined by a court of competent jurisdiction in a final and non-appealable
decision) in its or their operation of such facilities, in each case to the extent not paid for by
the Grantors or any of their subsidiaries. Notwithstanding the foregoing, in no event shall the
Senior Secured Obligations Secured Parties in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral have any
liability to the Senior Representative in respect of the Note Priority Collateral or the Senior
Secured Obligations Secured Parties in respect of the Note Priority Collateral pursuant to this
Agreement as a result of any condition (including any environmental condition, claim or liability)
on or with respect to the Note Priority Collateral existing prior to the date of the exercise by
the Senior Representative in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral or the Senior Secured
Obligations Secured Parties in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral of their rights under this
Agreement and the Senior Secured Obligations Secured Parties in respect of
the ABL Priority Collateral will not have any duty or liability to maintain the Note Priority
Collateral in a condition or manner better than that in which it was maintained prior to the use
thereof by them, or for any damage to or diminution in the value of the Note Priority Collateral
that results solely from removal of any ABL Priority Collateral from the premises or the ordinary
wear and tear resulting from the use of the Note Priority Collateral by such persons in the manner
and for the time periods specified under this Agreement.
SECTION 2.10. Insurance. Unless and until written notice by the Senior Representative
in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral to each Junior Representative in respect of the ABL
Priority Collateral and the Senior Representative in respect of the Note Priority Collateral that
the Senior Secured Obligations in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral have been Paid In Full, as
between the Senior Representative in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral, on the one hand, and
each Junior Representative in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral and the Senior Representative
in respect of the Note Priority Collateral, on the other hand, only the Senior Representative in
respect of the ABL Priority Collateral will have the right (subject to the rights of the Grantors
under the Security Documents) to adjust or settle any insurance policy or claim covering or
constituting ABL Priority Collateral in the event of any loss thereunder and to approve any award
granted in any condemnation or similar proceeding affecting the ABL Priority Collateral. Unless
and until written notice by the Senior Representative in respect of the Note Priority Collateral to
each Junior Representative in respect of the Note Priority Collateral and the Senior Representative
in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral that the Senior Secured Obligations in respect of the
Note Priority Collateral have been Paid In Full, as between each Junior Representative in respect
of the Note Priority Collateral and the Senior Representative in respect of the ABL Priority
Collateral, on the one hand, and the Senior Representative in respect of the Note Priority
Collateral, on the other hand, only the Senior Representative in respect of the Note Priority
Collateral will have the right (subject to the rights of the Grantors under the Security Documents)
to adjust or settle any insurance policy covering or constituting Note Priority Collateral in the
event of any loss thereunder and to approve any award granted in any condemnation or similar
proceeding solely affecting the Note Priority Collateral. To the extent that an insured loss
covers or constitutes both ABL Priority Collateral and Note Priority Collateral, then the Senior
Representative in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral and the Senior Representative in respect
of the Note Priority Collateral will work jointly and in good faith to collect, adjust or settle
(subject to the rights of the Grantors under the Security Documents) under the relevant insurance
policy.
SECTION 2.11. Refinancings. The Obligations may be refinanced or replaced, in whole
or in part, in each case, without notice to, or the consent (except to the extent a consent is
otherwise required to permit the refinancing transaction under any ABL Document, First Lien
Document, Second Lien Document or Subordinated Lien Document) of any Secured Party, all without
affecting the Lien priorities provided for herein; provided, however, that the
holders of any such refinancing or replacement indebtedness (or an authorized agent or trustee on
their behalf) bind themselves in writing to the terms of this Agreement pursuant to such documents
or agreements (including amendments or supplements to this Agreement) as the Senior Representative
in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral or the Senior Representative in respect of the Note
Priority Collateral, as the case may be, shall reasonably request and in form and substance
reasonably acceptable to the Senior Representative in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral or the
Senior Representative in respect of the Note Priority Collateral, as the case may be. In
connection with any refinancing or replacement contemplated by this Section 2.11, this Agreement
may be amended at the written request and sole expense of the Issuer (subject to the immediately
preceding sentence), and without the consent of any Representative, (a) to add parties (or any
authorized agent or trustee therefor) providing any such refinancing or replacement indebtedness,
(b) to establish that Liens on any Note Priority Collateral securing such refinancing or
replacement indebtedness shall have the same priority as the Liens on any Note Priority Collateral
securing the indebtedness being refinanced or replaced, and (c) to establish that the Liens on any
ABL Priority Collateral securing such refinancing or replacement indebtedness shall have the same
priority as the Liens on any ABL Priority Collateral securing the indebtedness being refinanced or
replaced, all on the terms provided for herein immediately prior to such refinancing or
replacement.
SECTION 2.12. Rights of Grantors. Subject to the terms of the Security Documents, the
Grantors will have the right to remain in possession and retain exclusive control of the
Collateral securing the Obligations (other than any cash, securities, obligations and cash
equivalents constituting part of the Collateral and deposited with any Agent in accordance with the
provisions of the Security Documents and other than as set forth in the Security Documents), to
freely operate the Collateral and to collect, invest and Dispose of any income therefrom.
SECTION 2.13. Amendments to Documents. In the event that the Senior Secured
Obligations Secured Parties or the Senior Representative enters into any amendment, waiver or
consent in respect of any of the Senior Secured Obligations Security Documents for the purpose of
making additions to the Senior Secured Obligations Collateral, then such amendment, waiver or
consent shall apply automatically to any comparable provision of the comparable Junior Secured
Obligations Security Document as it relates to the Junior Secured Obligations Collateral without
the consent of the Junior Representative or any Junior Secured Obligations Secured Party and
without any action by the Junior Representative, the Issuer or any other Grantor; provided,
however, that written notice of such amendment, waiver or consent shall have been given to
the Junior Representative.
SECTION 2.14. Set-Off and Tracing of and Priorities in Proceeds. Each Agent, on
behalf of the applicable Secured Parties, acknowledges and agrees that, to the extent such Agent or
any Secured Party for which it is acting as Agent exercises its rights of set-off against any
Collateral pursuant to an Enforcement Action, the amount of such set-off shall be held and
distributed pursuant to Section 2.05. Each Agent, for itself and on behalf of the
applicable Secured Parties, further agrees that, notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary,
prior to the issuance of an Enforcement Notice or the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding, any proceeds of Collateral, whether or not deposited under account control agreements,
which are used by any Grantor to acquire other property which is Collateral shall not (solely as
between the Agents and the Secured Parties) be treated as proceeds of Collateral for purposes of
determining the relative priorities in the Collateral which was so acquired. In furtherance of the
foregoing, any proceeds of Note Priority Collateral received after the earlier of the issuance of
an Enforcement Notice by any Senior Representative with respect to the Note Priority Collateral or
the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not deposited in any
deposit accounts or securities accounts that constitute ABL Priority Collateral shall be treated as
Note Priority Collateral. In addition, unless and until the Payment in Full of ABL Obligations
occurs, each Junior Representative in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral hereby consents to the
application, prior to the earlier of receipt by the Senior Representative in respect of the ABL
Priority Collateral of an Enforcement Notice issued by any Junior Agent in respect of the ABL
Priority Collateral or the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, of cash or
other proceeds of Collateral, deposited under account control agreements to the repayment of ABL
Obligations pursuant to the ABL Documents.
SECTION 2.15. Legends. Upon the effectiveness of this Agreement, each Security
Document shall (and, to the extent already in existence, shall be amended to) include a legend
describing this Agreement and any other applicable intercreditor and/or subordination agreement.
ARTICLE III
Gratuitous Bailment for Perfection of Certain Security Interests; Rights
Under Permits and Licenses
SECTION 3.01. General. The Senior Representative agrees that if it shall at any time
hold a Senior Lien on any Junior Secured Obligations Collateral that can be perfected by the
possession or control of such Collateral or of any account in which such Collateral is held, and if
such Collateral or any such account is in fact in the possession or under the control of the Senior
Representative, the Senior Representative will serve as gratuitous bailee for the Junior
Representative for the sole purpose of perfecting the Junior Lien of the Junior Representative on
such Collateral. It is agreed that the obligations of the Senior Representative and the rights of
the Junior Representative and the other Junior Secured Obligations Secured Parties in connection
with any such bailment arrangement will be in all respects subject to the provisions of Article
II. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, the Senior Representative will be deemed
to make no representation as to the adequacy of the steps taken by it to
perfect the Junior Lien on any such Collateral and shall have no responsibility, duty,
obligation or liability to the Junior Representative or other Junior Secured Obligations Secured
Party or any other person for such perfection or failure to perfect, it being understood that the
sole purpose of this Article III is to enable the Junior Secured Obligations Secured Parties to
obtain a perfected Junior Lien on such Collateral to the extent, if any, that such perfection
results from the possession or control of such Collateral or any such account by the Senior
Representative. Subject to Section 2.05(e), at such time as the Senior Secured Obligations
secured by the Senior Lien of the Senior Representative shall have been Paid in Full, the Senior
Representative shall take all such actions in its power as shall reasonably be requested by the
Junior Representative with the highest priority claim with respect to the applicable Collateral (at
the sole cost and expense of the Grantors) to transfer possession or control of such Collateral or
any such account (in each case to the extent the Junior Representative has a Lien on such
Collateral or account after giving effect to any prior or concurrent releases of Liens) to the
Junior Representative.
SECTION 3.02. Deposit Accounts. The Grantors, to the extent required by the ABL
Documents, the First Lien Documents, the Second Lien Documents or the Subordinated Lien Documents,
may from time to time have deposit accounts (the Deposit Accounts) with certain
depositary banks in which collections from Inventory and Accounts (each, as defined in the UCC) may
be deposited. To the extent that any such Deposit Account is under the control of any Agent at any
time, such Agent will act as gratuitous bailee for the other Agents and Secured Parties for the
purpose of perfecting the Liens of the applicable Secured Parties in such Deposit Accounts and the
cash and other assets therein as provided in Section 3.01 (but will have no duty,
responsibility or obligation to such other Agents or Secured Parties (including any duty,
responsibility or obligation as to the maintenance of such control, the effect of such arrangement
or the establishment of such perfection) except as set forth in the last sentence of this Section
3.02). Unless the Junior Liens on such ABL Priority Collateral shall have been or concurrently are released,
after the Obligations for which the Senior Representative in respect of the ABL Priority
Collateral serves as agent have been Paid in Full, such Senior Representative in respect of the ABL
Priority Collateral shall (a) to the extent that the same are then under the sole dominion and
control of such Representative and that such action is otherwise within the power and authority of
such Representative pursuant to the applicable Documents, at the written request of any Junior
Representative in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral, transfer control over all cash and other
assets in any such Deposit Account maintained with such Senior Representative in respect of the ABL
Priority Collateral to the Junior Representative in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral with the
then-highest priority claim to the ABL Priority Collateral (and each Grantor hereby authorizes and
consents to any such transfer) and (b) at the written request of such Junior Representative in
respect of the ABL Priority Collateral with the then-highest priority claim, cooperate with the
Issuer and such Junior Representative in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral with the
then-highest priority claim (at the expense of the Issuer) in permitting control of any other
Deposit Accounts to be transferred to such Junior Representative in respect of the ABL Priority
Collateral with the then-highest priority claim (or for other arrangements with respect to each
such Deposit Accounts satisfactory to such Junior Representative in respect of the ABL Priority
Collateral with the then-highest priority claim to be made). In furtherance of the foregoing, each
Agent (the Appointing Agent) hereby appoints each other Agent as its agent solely for perfection
of such Appointing Agents Lien on each Deposit Account that is under the control of such other
Agent, and each such other Agent accepts such appointment.
SECTION 3.03. Rights under Permits and Licenses. In addition to the license granted
under Section 2.09(b), the Senior Representative in respect of the Note Priority Collateral
agrees that if the Senior Representative in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral shall require
rights available under any permit or license controlled by the Senior Representative in respect of
the Note Priority Collateral (as certified to the Senior Representative in respect of the Note
Priority Collateral by the Senior Representative in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral, upon
which the Senior Representative in respect of the Note Priority Collateral may rely) in order to
realize on any ABL Priority Collateral, the Senior Representative in respect of the Note Priority
Collateral shall (subject to the terms of ABL Documents, the First Lien Documents, the Second Lien
Documents and the Subordinated Lien Documents, including the Senior Representative in respect of
the Note Priority Collaterals rights to indemnification thereunder) take all such actions as shall
be available to it (at the sole expense of the Grantors), consistent with applicable law and
contractual obligations and reasonably requested by the Senior Representative in respect of the ABL
Priority Collateral in writing, to make such rights available to the Senior Representative in
respect of
the ABL Priority Collateral, subject to the Senior Liens in respect of the Note Priority
Collateral. The Senior Representative in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral agrees that if the
Senior Representative in respect of the Note Priority Collateral shall require rights available
under any permit or license controlled by the Senior Representative in respect of the ABL Priority
Collateral (as certified to the Senior Representative in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral by
the Senior Representative in respect of the Note Priority Collateral, upon which the Senior
Representative in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral may rely) in order to realize on any Note
Priority Collateral, the Senior Representative in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral shall
(subject to the terms of ABL Documents, the First Lien Documents, the Second Lien Documents and the
Subordinated Lien Documents, including the Senior Representative in respect of the ABL Priority
Collaterals rights to indemnification thereunder) take all such actions as shall be available to
it (at the sole expense of the Grantors), consistent with applicable law and contractual
obligations and reasonably requested by the Senior Representative in respect of the Note Priority
Collateral in writing, to make such rights available to the Senior Representative in respect of the
Note Priority Collateral, subject to the Senior Liens in respect of the ABL Priority Collateral.
ARTICLE IV
Existence and Amount of Liens and Obligations
Whenever a Representative shall be required, in connection with the exercise of its rights or the
performance of its obligations hereunder, to determine the existence or amount of any Senior
Secured Obligations (or the existence of any commitment to extend credit that would constitute
Senior Secured Obligations) or Junior Secured Obligations, or the existence of any Lien securing
any such obligations, or the Collateral subject to any such Lien, it may request that such
information be furnished to it in writing by the other Representative and shall be entitled to make
such determination on the basis of the information so furnished; provided, however,
that if a Representative shall fail or refuse to reasonably promptly provide the requested
information, the requesting Representative shall be entitled to make any such determination by such
method as it may, in the exercise of its good faith judgment, determine, including by conclusive
reliance upon an officers certificate of the Issuer. Each Representative may rely conclusively,
and shall be fully protected in so relying, on any determination made by it in accordance with the
provisions of the preceding sentence (or as otherwise directed by a court of competent
jurisdiction) and shall have no liability to any Grantor, any Secured Party or any other Person as
a result of such determination.
ARTICLE V
Consent of Grantors
Each Grantor hereby consents to the provisions of this Agreement and the intercreditor
arrangements provided for herein and agrees that the obligations of the Grantors under the Security
Documents will in no way be diminished or otherwise affected by such provisions or arrangements
(except as expressly provided herein).
ARTICLE VI
Representations and Warranties
SECTION 6.01. Representations and Warranties of Each Party. Each party hereto
represents and warrants to the other parties hereto as follows:
(a) Such party is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of
the jurisdiction of its organization and has all requisite power and authority to enter into and
perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(b) This Agreement has been duly executed and delivered by such party and constitutes a
legal, valid and binding obligation of such party, enforceable in accordance with its terms.
(c) The execution, delivery and performance by such party of this Agreement (i) do not
require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with or any other action by any
governmental authority of which the failure to obtain could reasonably be expected to have a
material adverse effect on the ability of such party to perform its obligations under this
Agreement, (ii) will not violate any applicable law or regulation or any order of any governmental
authority or any indenture, agreement or other instrument binding upon such party which could
reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on the ability of such party to perform
its obligations under this Agreement and (iii) will not violate the charter, by-laws or other
organizational documents of such party.
SECTION 6.02. Representations and Warranties of Each Representative. Each
Representative represents and warrants to the other parties hereto that it is authorized under the
ABL Documents, the First Lien Documents, the Second Lien Documents or the Subordinated Lien
Documents, as applicable, to enter into this Agreement.
ARTICLE VII
Miscellaneous
SECTION 7.01. Notices. All notices and other communications provided for herein shall
be in writing and shall be delivered by hand or overnight courier service, mailed by certified or
registered mail or sent by telecopy, as follows:
(a) if to the ABL Collateral Agent, to it at Deutsche Bank Trust Company Americas, Suite
1500, Houston, Texas 77002, Attn: David E. Sisler, Fax: (832) 239-4693;
(b) if to the First Lien Collateral Trustee, to it at Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, 45 Broadway, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10006, Attn: Corporate Trust Services
Administrator Coffeyville Resources LLC, Fax: (212) 515-5189;
(c) if to the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee, to it at Wells Fargo Bank, National
Association, 45 Broadway, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10006, Attn: Corporate Trust Services
Administrator Coffeyville Resources LLC, Fax: (212) 515-5189; and
(d) if to any Grantor, to it at Coffeyville Resources, LLC, 2277 Plaza Drive, Suite 500,
Sugar Land, TX 77479, Attention: Edward Morgan, Fax: (281) 207-3389.
Any party hereto may change its address or telecopy number for notices and other communications
hereunder by notice to the other parties hereto (and for this purpose a notice to the Issuer shall
be deemed to be a notice to each Grantor). All notices and other communications given to any party
hereto in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement shall be deemed to have been given on
the date of receipt (if a Business Day) and on the next Business Day thereafter (in all other
cases) if delivered by hand or overnight courier service or sent by telecopy or on the date five
Business Days after dispatch by certified or registered mail if mailed, in each case delivered,
sent or mailed (properly addressed) to such party as provided in this Section 4.01 or in accordance
with the latest unrevoked direction from such party given in accordance with this Section 4.01. As
agreed to in writing among the Grantors, the ABL Collateral Agent, the First Lien Collateral
Trustee and the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee from time to time, notices and other
communications may also be delivered by e-mail to the e-mail address of a representative of the
applicable person provided from time to time by such person.
SECTION 7.02. Waivers; Amendment. (a) No failure or delay on the part of any party
hereto in exercising any right or power hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any
single or partial exercise of any such right or power, or any abandonment or discontinuance of
steps to enforce such a right or power; preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the
exercise of any other right or power. The rights and remedies of the parties hereto are cumulative
and are not exclusive of any rights or remedies that they would otherwise have. No waiver of any
provision of this Agreement or consent to any departure by any party therefrom shall in any event
be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such
waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which
given. No notice or demand on any party hereto in any case shall entitle such party to any other
or further
notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.
(b) Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be terminated, waived, amended or
modified except pursuant to an agreement or agreements in writing entered into by each
Representative and, to the extent adverse to any Grantor, the Grantors; provided,
however, that this Agreement may be amended from time to time (x) as provided in
Section 2.11 and (y) at the sole request and expense of the Issuer, and without the consent
of any Representative, (i) to add other parties (or any authorized agent thereof or trustee
therefor) holding other ABL Debt, First Lien Debt, Second Lien Debt or Subordinated Lien Debt that
are incurred after the date of this Agreement in compliance with the ABL Documents, the First Lien
Documents, the Second Lien Documents, the Subordinated Lien Documents and this Agreement and (ii)
to establish the Lien priorities on the Collateral securing such other Obligations. Any such
additional party and each party hereto shall be entitled to rely upon a certificate delivered by an
officer of the Issuer certifying that such other Obligations were issued or borrowed in compliance
with the ABL Documents, the First Lien Documents, the Second Lien Documents and the Subordinated
Lien Documents. Any amendment of this Agreement that is proposed to be effected without the
consent of a Representative as permitted by the proviso in this Section 4.02(b) shall be submitted
to such Representative for its review at least 5 Business Days prior to the proposed effectiveness
of such amendment.
SECTION 7.03. Parties in Interest. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to
the benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors and assigns as well as the
applicable Secured Parties, all of whom are intended to be bound by, and to be third party
beneficiaries of, this Agreement.
SECTION 7.04. Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and
warranties made by any party in this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the
other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.
SECTION 7.05. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of
which shall constitute an original but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single
contract. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by facsimile transmission (or
other electronic means) shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this
Agreement.
SECTION 7.06. 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. The
parties shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable
provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of
the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.
SECTION 7.07. Governing Law; Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process. (a) This
Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the law of the State of New York.
(a) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally submits, for itself and its
property, to the exclusive 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 of the parties hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally agrees that all
claims in respect of any such action or proceeding shall be heard and determined in such New York
State or, to the extent permitted by law, in such Federal court. Each of the parties hereto 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.
(b) Each party hereto hereby irrevocably and unconditionally waives, to the fullest extent
it may legally and effectively do so, any objection which 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 (b) of this Section. Each of the parties hereto hereby
irrevocably waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, the defense of an inconvenient forum to
the maintenance of such action or proceeding in any such court.
(c) Each party to this Agreement irrevocably consents to service of process in the manner
provided for notices in Section 4.01. Nothing in this Agreement will affect the right of
any party to this Agreement to serve process in any other manner permitted by law.
SECTION 7.08. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST
EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL
PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT. EACH PARTY HERETO
(A) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED,
EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO
ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (B) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN
INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS
IN THIS SECTION.
SECTION 7.09. Headings. Article, Section and Annex headings used herein are for
convenience of reference only, are not part of this Agreement and are not to affect the
construction of, or to be taken into consideration in interpreting, this Agreement.
SECTION 7.10. Conflicts. In the event of any conflict or inconsistency between the
terms of the Collateral Trust and Intercreditor Agreement, the First and Subordinated Lien
Intercreditor Agreement, the Collateral Trust Agreement, the ABL Documents, the First Lien
Documents, the Second Lien Documents and the Subordinated Lien Documents, on the one hand, and this
Agreement, on the other hand, the terms of this Agreement shall control.
SECTION 7.11. Provisions Solely to Define Relative Rights. The provisions of this
Agreement are and are intended solely for the purpose of defining the relative rights of the
Secured Parties. None of the Issuer, any other Grantor or any other creditor thereof shall have
any rights or obligations hereunder, except as expressly provided in this Agreement (provided that
nothing in this Agreement (other than Sections 2.05, 2.06, 2.10,
2.11, 2.12, 2.13 or Article VII to the extent expressly provided
therein) is intended to or will amend, waive or otherwise modify the provisions of any ABL
Document, First Lien Document, Second Lien Document or Subordinated Lien Document), and neither the
Issuer nor any other Grantor may rely on the terms hereof (other than Sections 2.05,
2.06, 2.10, 2.11, 2.12, 2.13, Article VI and
Article VII). Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall impair the obligations of
the Issuer or any other Grantor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay the Obligations under
the ABL Documents, First Lien Documents, Second Lien Documents and Subordinated Lien Documents as
and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, in any ABL Document, First Lien Document, Second Lien Document or
Subordinated Lien Document, the Grantors shall not be required to act or refrain from acting
(a) pursuant to this Agreement or any applicable document with respect to any ABL Priority
Collateral in any manner that would cause a default under any applicable document, or (b) pursuant
to this Agreement or any applicable document with respect to any Note Priority Collateral in any
manner that would cause a default under any applicable document.
SECTION 7.12. Certain Terms Concerning First Lien Collateral Trustee. The First Lien
Collateral Trustee is executing and delivering this Agreement solely in its capacity as such and
pursuant to direction set forth in the applicable First Lien Documents; and in so doing, the First
Lien Collateral Trustee shall not be responsible for the terms or sufficiency of this Agreement for
any purpose. The First Lien Collateral Trustee shall not have any duties or obligations under or
pursuant to this Agreement other than such duties as may be expressly set forth in this Agreement
as duties on its part to be performed or observed. In entering into this Agreement, or in taking
(or forbearing from) any action under or pursuant to this Agreement, the First Lien Collateral
Trustee shall have and be protected by all of the rights, immunities, indemnities and other
protections granted to it under the First Lien Documents.
SECTION 7.13. Certain Terms Concerning Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee. The
Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee is executing and delivering this Agreement solely in its
capacity as such and pursuant to direction set forth in the applicable Second Lien Documents and
the Subordinated Lien Documents; and in so doing, the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee shall
not be responsible for the terms or sufficiency of this Agreement for any purpose. The
Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee shall not have any duties or obligations under or pursuant to
this Agreement other than such duties as may be expressly set forth in this Agreement as duties on
its part to be performed or observed. In entering into this Agreement, or in taking (or forbearing
from) any action under or pursuant to this Agreement, the Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee
shall have and be protected by all of the rights, immunities, indemnities and other protections
granted to it under the Second Lien Documents and the Subordinated Lien Documents.
SECTION 7.14. Certain Terms Concerning ABL Collateral Agent. The ABL Collateral Agent
is executing and delivering this Agreement solely in its capacity as such and pursuant to direction
set forth in the applicable ABL Documents; and in so doing, the ABL Collateral Agent shall not be
responsible for the terms or sufficiency of this Agreement for any purpose. The ABL Collateral
Agent shall not have any duties or obligations under or pursuant to this Agreement other than such
duties as may be expressly set forth in this Agreement as duties on its part to be performed or
observed. In entering into this Agreement, or in taking (or forbearing from) any action under or
pursuant to this Agreement, the ABL Collateral Agent shall have and be protected by all of the
rights, immunities, indemnities and other protections granted to it under the ABL Documents.
SECTION 7.15. Additional Subsidiaries. Any subsidiary of any Grantor that is required
to become a party hereto pursuant to any ABL Document, First Lien Document, Second Lien Document
and/or Subordinated Lien Document shall enter into this Agreement as a Grantor upon becoming such a
subsidiary. Upon execution and delivery by each Agent and such subsidiary of a joinder agreement
substantially in the form of Exhibit A, such subsidiary shall become a Grantor hereunder
with the same force and effect as if originally named as a Grantor herein. The execution and
delivery of any such instruments shall not require the consent of any other Grantor or any other
Secured Party. The rights and obligations of each Grantor hereunder shall remain in full force and
effect notwithstanding the addition of any new Grantor as a party to this Agreement.
* * *
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their
respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.
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DEUTSCHE BANK TRUST COMPANY AMERICAS, as |
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/s/ Erin Morrissey
Name: Erin Morrissey
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Title: Vice President |
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by
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/s/ Michael Getz
Name: Michael Getz
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Title: Vice President |
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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as |
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First Lien Collateral Trustee, |
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/s/ Martin Reed
Name: Martin Reed
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Title: Vice President |
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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as |
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Subordinated Lien Collateral Trustee, |
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/s/ Martin Reed
Name: Martin Reed
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Title: Vice President |
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COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES, LLC |
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By:
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/s/ Edward Morgan
Name: Edward Morgan
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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COFFEYVILLE FINANCE INC. |
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/s/ Edward Morgan
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Name: Edward Morgan |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES NITROGEN FERTILIZERS, LLC |
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/s/ Edward Morgan
Name: Edward Morgan
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES REFINING & MARKETING, LLC |
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Name: Edward Morgan
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES CRUDE TRANSPORTATION, LLC |
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/s/ Edward Morgan
Name: Edward Morgan
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COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES TERMINAL, LLC |
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/s/ Edward Morgan
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Name: Edward Morgan |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES PIPELINE, LLC |
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By:
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/s/ Edward Morgan
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Name: Edward Morgan |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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COFFEYVILLE NITROGEN FERTILIZERS, INC. |
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/s/ Edward Morgan
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Name: Edward Morgan |
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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COFFEYVILLE REFINING & MARKETING, INC. |
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COFFEYVILLE CRUDE TRANSPORTATION, INC. |
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COFFEYVILLE TERMINAL, INC. |
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Name: Edward Morgan
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COFFEYVILLE PIPELINE, INC. |
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CL JV HOLDINGS, LLC |
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Name: Edward Morgan
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CVR PARTNERS, LP |
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Name: Edward Morgan
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Title: Chief Financial Officer |
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CVR SPECIAL GP, LLC |
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Schedule I
Guarantors
CL JV HOLDINGS, LLC
COFFEYVILLE PIPELINE, INC.
COFFEYVILLE REFINING & MARKETING, INC.
COFFEYVILLE NITROGEN FERTILIZERS, INC.
COFFEYVILLE CRUDE TRANSPORTATION, INC.
COFFEYVILLE TERMINAL, INC.
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES PIPELINE, LLC
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES REFINING & MARKETING, LLC
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES NITROGEN FERTILIZERS, LLC
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES CRUDE TRANSPORTATION, LLC
COFFEYVILLE RESOURCES TERMINAL, LLC
CVR PARTNERS, LP
CVR SPECIAL GP, LLC
Exhibit A
Form of Joinder Agreement
The undersigned, _________________, a _______________, hereby agrees to become a party as a
Grantor under the ABL Intercreditor Agreement, dated as of [ ], 2011, among Coffeyville
Resources, LLC, Coffeyville Finance Inc., the guarantors listed on Schedule 1 thereto, Deutsche
Bank Trust Company Americas, as ABL Collateral Agent, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
First Lien Collateral Trustee, Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Subordinated Lien
Collateral Trustee (as amended, supplemented, amended and restated or otherwise modified and in
effect from time to time, the ABL Intercreditor Agreement) for all purposes thereof on
the terms set forth therein, and to be bound by the terms of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement as
fully as if the undersigned had executed and delivered the ABL Intercreditor as of the date
thereof.
The provisions of Article 7 of the ABL Intercreditor Agreement will apply with like effect to
this Joinder.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Joinder to be executed by their
respective officers or representatives as of ________________, 20__.
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