Exhibit 10.15

EXECUTION VERSION

INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

Among

CREDIT SUISSE AG,

as Senior Lien Representative,

CREDIT SUISSE AG,

as Junior Lien Representative,

AAC HOLDINGS, INC., as a Grantor,

and

the other Grantors from time to time party hereto

Dated as of March 8, 2019

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

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ARTICLE I     Definitions

  

 

1

 

 

 

 

SECTION 1.01.

 

Certain Defined Terms

  

 

1

 

SECTION 1.02.

 

Terms Generally

  

 

4

 

 

 

ARTICLE II     Priorities and Agreements with Respect to Shared Collateral

  

 

5

 

 

 

 

SECTION 2.01.

 

Subordination

  

 

5

 

SECTION 2.02.

 

Nature of Senior Lender Claims

  

 

5

 

SECTION 2.03.

 

Prohibition on Contesting Liens

  

 

6

 

SECTION 2.04.

 

No Other Liens

  

 

6

 

SECTION 2.05.

 

Perfection of Liens

  

 

7

 

 

 

ARTICLE III     Enforcement

  

 

7

 

 

 

 

SECTION 3.01.

 

Exercise of Remedies

  

 

7

 

SECTION 3.02.

 

Cooperation

  

 

9

 

SECTION 3.03.

 

Actions upon Breach

  

 

9

 

 

 

ARTICLE IV     Payments

  

 

10

 

 

 

 

SECTION 4.01.

 

Application of Proceeds

  

 

10

 

SECTION 4.02.

 

Payments Over

  

 

10

 

 

 

ARTICLE V     Other Agreements

  

 

10

 

 

 

 

SECTION 5.01.

 

Releases

  

 

10

 

SECTION 5.02.

 

Insurance and Condemnation Awards

  

 

11

 

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SECTION 5.03.

 

Amendments to Debt Documents

  

 

12

 

SECTION 5.04.

 

Rights as Unsecured Creditors

  

 

13

 

SECTION 5.05.

 

Bailment for Perfection of Security Interest

  

 

 

 

SECTION 5.06.

 

When Discharge of Senior Lien Obligations Deemed To Not Have Occurred

  

 

16

 

 

 

ARTICLE VI     Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings

  

 

18

 

 

 

 

SECTION 6.01.

 

Financing Issues

  

 

18

 

SECTION 6.02.

 

Relief from the Automatic Stay

  

 

19

 

SECTION 6.03.

 

Adequate Protection

  

 

19

 

SECTION 6.04.

 

Preference Issues

  

 

20

 

SECTION 6.05.

 

Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classifications

  

 

21

 

SECTION 6.06.

 

No Waivers of Rights of Senior Lien Secured Parties

  

 

21

 

SECTION 6.07.

 

Application

  

 

21

 

SECTION 6.08.

 

Other Matters

  

 

21

 

SECTION 6.09.

 

506(c) Claims

  

 

22

 

SECTION 6.10.

 

Reorganization Securities

  

 

22

 

SECTION 6.11.

 

Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code

  

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII     Reliance; Etc.

  

 

22

 

 

 

 

SECTION 7.01.

 

Reliance

  

 

22

 

SECTION 7.02.

 

No Warranties or Liability

  

 

22

 

SECTION 7.03.

 

Obligations Unconditional

  

 

23

 

 

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ARTICLE VIII     Miscellaneous

  

 

24

 

 

 

 

SECTION 8.01.

 

Conflicts

  

 

24

 

SECTION 8.02.

 

Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability

  

 

24

 

SECTION 8.03.

 

Amendments; Waivers

  

 

24

 

SECTION 8.04.

 

Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Grantors and Their Respective
Subsidiaries

  

 

24

 

SECTION 8.05.

 

Subrogation

  

 

25

 

SECTION 8.06.

 

Application of Payments

  

 

25

 

SECTION 8.07.

 

Additional Grantors

  

 

25

 

SECTION 8.08.

 

Dealings with Grantors

  

 

25

 

SECTION 8.09.

 

Consent to Jurisdiction; Waivers

  

 

26

 

SECTION 8.10.

 

Notices

  

 

26

 

SECTION 8.11.

 

Further Assurances

  

 

27

 

SECTION 8.12.

 

GOVERNING LAW; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

  

 

27

 

SECTION 8.13.

 

Binding on Successors and Assigns

  

 

27

 

SECTION 8.14.

 

Section Titles

  

 

27

 

SECTION 8.15.

 

Counterparts

  

 

27

 

SECTION 8.16.

 

Authorization

  

 

27

 

SECTION 8.17.

 

No Third Party Beneficiaries; Successors and Assigns

  

 

27

 

SECTION 8.18.

 

Effectiveness

  

 

28

 

SECTION 8.19.

 

Collateral Agent and Representative

  

 

28

 

SECTION 8.20.

 

Survival of Agreement

  

 

28

 

 

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INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of March 8, 2019 (as amended, restated,
supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), among
AAC HOLDINGS, INC., a Nevada corporation

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(the “Company”), the other Grantors (as defined below) party hereto from time to
time, CREDIT SUISSE AG, as Representative for the Senior Lien Secured Parties
(in such capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the “Senior
Lien Representative”) and CREDIT SUISSE AG, as Representative for the Junior
Lien Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors in such
capacity, the “Junior Lien Representative”).

In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby
acknowledged, the Senior Lien Representative (for itself and on behalf of the
Senior Lien Secured Parties) and the Junior Lien Representative (for itself and
on behalf of the Junior Lien Secured Parties) hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

Definitions

SECTION 1.01. Certain Defined Terms. Capitalized terms used but not otherwise
defined herein have the meanings set forth in the Senior Lien Debt Documents (as
in effect on the date hereof) or, if defined in the Uniform Commercial Code, the
meanings specified therein. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have
the meanings specified below.

“Agreement” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph
of this Agreement.

“Authorized Officer” means, with respect to any Person, the chief executive
officer, the chief financial officer, principal accounting officer, the
president, any vice president, treasurer, general counsel, secretary or another
executive officer of such Person.

“Bankruptcy Case” means a case under the Bankruptcy Code or any other Bankruptcy
Law.

“Bankruptcy Code” means Title 11 of the United States Code, as amended.

“Bankruptcy Law” means the Bankruptcy Code and any other liquidation,
conservatorship, bankruptcy, assignment for the benefit of creditors,
moratorium, administration, rearrangement, judicial management, receivership,
insolvency, reorganization (by way of voluntary arrangement, scheme of
arrangement or otherwise), or similar federal, state, or foreign debtor relief
law (including under any applicable corporate statute) of the United States or
other applicable jurisdictions from time to time in effect.

“Collateral” means the Senior Lien Collateral and the Junior Lien Collateral.

“Collateral Agents” means the Senior Lien Representative and the Junior Lien
Representative.

“Collateral Documents” means the Senior Lien Collateral Documents and the Junior
Lien Collateral Documents.

“Debt Facility” means the Senior Lien Debt Agreement and the Junior Lien Debt
Agreement.

“DIP Consent Limit” means, as of any date of determination, (a) the aggregate
principal amount of Senior Lien Obligations outstanding immediately prior to the
commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding plus (b) DIP Financing
in an aggregate principal amount not to exceed $40.0 million.

“DIP Financing” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.01.

“Discharge of Senior Lien Obligations” means, except to the extent otherwise
expressly provided in Section 5.06 and Section 6.04,

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(a) payment in full in cash of all Senior Lien Obligations (other than any
indemnification obligations for which no claim has been asserted); and

(b) termination or expiration of all commitments, if any, to extend credit that
would constitute Senior Lien Obligations.

“Grantors” means the Company and each of its Subsidiaries that has granted, or
purported to grant, a security interest pursuant to any Collateral Document to
secure any Secured Obligations. The Grantors existing on the date hereof are
listed on the signature pages hereto as Grantors.

“Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” means:

(1) any case commenced by or against any Grantor under any Bankruptcy Law, any
other proceeding for the reorganization, recapitalization or adjustment or
marshalling of the assets or liabilities of any Grantor, any receivership or
assignment for the benefit of creditors relating to any Grantor or any similar
case or proceeding relative to any Grantor or its creditors, as such, in each
case whether or not voluntary;

(2) any liquidation, dissolution, marshalling of assets or liabilities or other
winding up of or relating to any Grantor, in each case whether or not voluntary
and whether or not involving bankruptcy or insolvency; or

(3) any other proceeding of any type or nature in which substantially all claims
of creditors of any Grantor are determined and any payment or distribution is or
may be made on account of such claims.

“Junior Lien Collateral” means any “Collateral” as defined in any Junior Lien
Debt Document or any other assets of any Grantor with respect to which a Lien is
granted or purported to be granted pursuant to a Junior Lien Collateral Document
as security for any Junior Lien Obligations.

“Junior Lien Collateral Documents” means the Junior Lien Security Agreement and
the other “Security Documents” as defined in the Junior Lien Debt Agreement.

“Junior Lien Debt Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of
June 30, 2017 (as amended as of September 25, 2017, as amended as of March 1,
2018 and as amended and waived as of the date of this Agreement), among the
Grantors, the Junior Lien Representative and the lenders and issuing banks party
thereto from time to time.

“Junior Lien Debt Documents” means the Junior Lien Debt Agreement and the other
related facility “Loan Documents” as defined in the Junior Lien Debt Agreement.

 

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“Junior Lien Enforcement Date” means the date which is 180 days after the
occurrence of both (i) an Event of Default (under and as defined in the Junior
Lien Debt Agreement) and (ii) the Senior Lien Representative’s receipt of
written notice from the Junior Lien Representative that (x) an Event of Default
(under and as defined in the Junior Lien Debt Agreement) has occurred and is
continuing and (y) the Junior Lien Obligations are currently due and payable in
full (whether as a result of acceleration thereof or otherwise).

“Junior Lien Obligations” means the “Obligations” as such term is defined in the
Junior Lien Debt Agreement.

“Junior Lien Purchase Date” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 5.07(b).

“Junior Lien Purchase Event” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 5.07(a).

“Junior Lien Purchase Notice” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 5.07(a).

“Junior Lien Purchase Option” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 5.07(a).

“Junior Lien Purchase Price” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 5.07(a).

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“Junior Lien Purchasers” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 5.07(a).

“Junior Lien Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in the
introductory paragraph of this Agreement and shall include any successor
administrative agent and collateral agent as provided in Article VIII of the
Junior Lien Debt Agreement.

“Junior Lien Secured Parties” means “Secured Parties” as such term is defined in
the Junior Lien Debt Agreement.

“Junior Lien Security Agreement” means the “Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”
as such term is defined in the Junior Lien Debt Agreement.

“Junior Priority Lien” means the Liens on the Junior Lien Collateral in favor of
Junior Lien Secured Parties under the Junior Lien Collateral Documents.

“Officer’s Certificate” has the meaning provided to such term in Section 8.08.

“Pledged or Controlled Collateral” has the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 5.05(a).

“Proceeds” means the proceeds of any sale, collection or other liquidation of
Shared Collateral and any payment or distribution made in respect of Shared
Collateral in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and/or any distributions
received by any Senior Lien Secured Party or Junior Lien Secured Party on
account of its secured claims pursuant to a plan of reorganization or a plan of
liquidation and any amounts received by the Senior Lien Representative or any
other Senior Lien Secured Party from a Junior Lien Secured Party in respect of
Shared Collateral pursuant to this Agreement, and shall include all “proceeds,”
as such term is defined in the UCC.

“Recovery” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 6.04.

“Refinance” means, in respect of any Indebtedness, to refinance, extend,
exchange, renew, refund, repay, prepay, redeem, purchase, defease, retire,
restructure, amend, increase, modify, supplement or replace, or to issue other
Indebtedness or enter alternative financing arrangements in exchange or
replacement for such Indebtedness, in whole or in part, including by adding or
replacing lenders, creditors,

 

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agents, borrowers and/or guarantors, and including, in each case, but not
limited to, after the original instrument giving rise to such Indebtedness has
been terminated and including, in each case, through any credit agreement,
indenture or other agreement. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” have correlative
meanings.

“Representatives” means the Senior Lien Representative and the Junior Lien
Representative.

“Secured Obligations” means the Senior Lien Obligations and the Junior Lien
Obligations.

“Secured Parties” means the Senior Lien Secured Parties and the Junior Lien
Secured Parties.

“Senior Lien Collateral” means any “Collateral” as defined in any Senior Lien
Debt Document or any other assets of any Grantor with respect to which a Lien is
granted or purported to be granted pursuant to a Senior Lien Collateral Document
as security for any Senior Lien Obligations.

“Senior Lien Collateral Documents” means the Senior Lien Security Agreement and
the other “Security Documents” as defined in the Senior Lien Debt Agreement.

“Senior Lien Debt Agreement” means the Credit Agreement, dated as of March 8,
2019, among the Grantors, the Senior Lien Representative and the lenders party
thereto from time to time.

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“Senior Lien Debt Documents” means the Senior Lien Debt Agreement and the other
“Loan Documents” as defined in the Senior Lien Debt Agreement.

“Senior Lien Security Agreement” means the “Guarantee and Collateral Agreement”
as defined in the Senior Lien Debt Agreement.

“Senior Lien Obligations” means the “Obligations” as defined in the Senior Lien
Debt Agreement.

“Senior Lien Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in the
introductory paragraph of this Agreement and shall include any successor
administrative agent and collateral agent as provided in Article VIII of the
Senior Lien Debt Agreement.

“Senior Lien Secured Parties” means the “Secured Parties” as defined in the
Senior Lien Debt Agreement.

“Shared Collateral” means, at any time, Collateral in which the Senior Lien
Representative, on behalf of the Senior Lien Secured Parties, and the Junior
Lien Representative, on behalf of the Junior Lien Secured Parties, hold a
security interest at such time (or are deemed pursuant to Article II to hold a
security interest therein).

“Uniform Commercial Code” or “UCC” means, unless otherwise specified, the
Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.

SECTION 1.02. Terms Generally. The definitions of terms herein shall apply
equally to the singular and plural forms of the terms defined. Whenever the
context may require, any pronoun shall include the corresponding masculine,
feminine and neuter forms. The words “include,” “includes” and “including” shall
be deemed to be followed by the phrase “without limitation.” The word “will”
shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect as the word “shall.”
Unless the context requires otherwise, (i) any definition of or reference to any
agreement, instrument or other document herein shall be construed as referring
to such agreement, instrument or other document as from time to time amended,
restated,

 

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supplemented, waived or otherwise modified, in each case in accordance with the
terms of this Agreement, (ii) any definition of or reference to any statute or
regulation herein shall be construed as referring to such statute or regulation
as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, (iii) any
reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s
permitted successors and permitted assigns, (iv) 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,
(v) all references herein to Articles, Sections and Annexes shall be construed
to refer to Articles, Sections and Annexes of this Agreement, (vi) 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 (vii) the term “or” is not exclusive.

ARTICLE II

Priorities and Agreements with Respect to Shared Collateral

SECTION 2.01. Subordination. Notwithstanding the date, time, manner or order of
filing or recordation of any document or instrument or grant, attachment or
perfection of any Liens granted to the Junior Lien Representative or any of the
other Junior Lien Secured Parties on the Shared Collateral or of any Liens
granted to the Senior Lien Representative or any of the other Senior Lien
Secured Parties on the Shared Collateral (or any actual or alleged defect in any
of the foregoing as a result of an avoidance action or otherwise) and
notwithstanding any provision of the UCC, any applicable law, any Junior Lien
Debt Document or any Senior Lien Debt Document or any other circumstance
whatsoever, the Junior Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and each of the
other Junior Lien Secured Parties, hereby agrees that (a) any and all Liens on
the Shared Collateral securing any and all Senior Lien Obligations now or
hereafter held by or on behalf of the Senior Lien Representative or any of the
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Senior Lien Secured Parties or other agent or trustee therefor, regardless of
how acquired, whether by grant, statute, operation of law, subrogation or
otherwise, shall have priority over and be senior in all respects and prior to
any and all Liens on the Shared Collateral securing any and all Junior Lien
Obligations and (b) any and all Liens on the Shared Collateral securing any and
all Junior Lien Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of the Junior
Lien Representative or any of the other Junior Lien Secured Parties or other
agent or trustee therefor, regardless of how acquired, whether by grant,
statute, operation of law, subrogation or otherwise, shall be junior and
subordinate in all respects to any and all Liens on the Shared Collateral
securing any and all Senior Lien Obligations. Any and all Liens on the Shared
Collateral securing (x) any and all Senior Lien Obligations shall be and remain
senior in all respects and prior to any and all Liens on the Shared Collateral
securing any and all Junior Lien Obligations, and any and all Junior Lien
Obligations shall be and remain junior and subordinate in all respects to any
and all Liens on the Shared Collateral securing any and all Senior Lien
Obligations, in each case, for all purposes, whether or not such Liens securing
any and all Senior Lien Obligations are subordinated to any Lien securing any
other obligation of any Grantor or any other Person or are otherwise
subordinated, voided, avoided or invalidated or have lapsed.

SECTION 2.02. Nature of Claims. The Junior Lien Representative, on behalf of
itself and each other Junior Lien Secured Party, acknowledges that (a) the terms
of the Senior Lien Debt Documents and the Senior Lien Obligations may be
amended, restated, supplemented, waived or otherwise modified from time to time,
and the Senior Lien Obligations, or a portion thereof, may be Refinanced from
time to time, in each case subject to any limitations in Section 5.03(a), and
(b) the aggregate amount of the Senior Lien Obligations may be increased, in
each case without notice to or consent by the Junior Lien Representative or any
other Junior Lien Secured Party and without affecting the provisions hereof. As
between the Grantors and the Junior Lien Secured Parties, the foregoing
provisions will not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Grantors
contained in any Junior Lien Debt Document with respect to the incurrence of
additional Senior Lien Obligations. The Senior Lien Representative, on behalf of
itself

 

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and each other Senior Lien Secured Party, acknowledges that (a) a portion of the
Junior Lien Obligations is revolving in nature and that the amount thereof that
may be outstanding at any time or from time to time may be increased or reduced
and subsequently reborrowed, (b) the terms of the Junior Lien Debt Documents and
the Junior Lien Obligations may be amended, restated, supplemented, waived or
otherwise modified from time to time, and the Junior Lien Obligations, or a
portion thereof, may be Refinanced from time to time, in each case subject to
any limitations set forth in Section 5.03(b), and (c) the aggregate amount of
the Junior Lien Obligations may be increased, in each case without notice to or
consent by the Senior Lien Representative or any other Senior Lien Secured Party
and without affecting the provisions hereof. The lien priorities provided for in
Section 2.01 shall not be altered or otherwise affected by any amendment,
supplement or other modification, or any Refinancing, of either the Senior Lien
Obligations or the Junior Lien Obligations, or any portion thereof. As between
the Grantors and the Senior Lien Secured Parties, the foregoing provisions will
not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Grantors contained in any
Senior Lien Debt Document with respect to the incurrence of additional Junior
Lien Obligations.

SECTION 2.03. Prohibition on Contesting Liens. (a) The Junior Lien
Representative, for itself and on behalf of each of the other Junior Lien
Secured Parties, agrees that it shall not (and hereby waives any right to)
contest or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including
any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the validity, extent, perfection,
priority or enforceability of any Lien securing any Senior Lien Obligations held
(or purported to be held) by or on behalf of the Senior Lien Representative or
any of the other Senior Lien Secured Parties or any other agent or trustee
therefor in any Senior Lien Collateral or the allowability of any claims
asserted with respect to any Senior Lien Obligations in any proceeding
(including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding) and (b) the Senior Lien
Representative, for itself and on behalf of each of the other Senior Lien
Secured Parties, agrees that it shall not (and hereby waives any right to)
contest or support any other Person in contesting, in any proceeding (including
any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding), the validity, extent, perfection,
priority or enforceability of any Lien securing any Junior Lien Obligations held
(or purported to be held) by or on behalf of the Junior Lien Representative or
any of the other Junior Lien Secured Parties or any other agent or trustee
therefor in the Junior Lien Collateral or the allowability of any claims (other
than as expressly set forth clause (iii) of the last sentence of Section 6.03)
asserted with respect to any Junior Lien Obligations in any proceeding
(including any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding). Notwithstanding the
foregoing, no provision in this Agreement shall be

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construed to prevent or impair the rights of the Senior Lien Representative to
enforce this Agreement (including the priority of the Liens securing the Senior
Lien Obligations as provided in Section 2.01) or any of the Senior Lien Debt
Documents.

SECTION 2.04. No New Liens. The parties hereto agree that, so long as the
Discharge of Senior Lien Obligations has not occurred, (a) none of the Grantors
shall, nor shall any Grantor permit any of its Subsidiaries to, grant, permit or
suffer to exist any Lien on any of its assets or properties to secure any Junior
Lien Obligation unless it has also granted, or concurrently therewith also
grants, a Lien on such asset or property of such Grantor to secure the Senior
Lien Obligations; (b) none of the Grantors shall, nor shall any Grantor permit
any of its Subsidiaries to, grant, permit or suffer to exist any Lien on any of
its assets or properties to secure any Senior Lien Obligation unless it has also
granted, or concurrently therewith also grants, a Lien on such asset or property
of such Grantor to secure the Junior Lien Obligations; (c) if the Junior Lien
Representative or any other Junior Lien Secured Party shall hold any Lien on any
assets or property of any Grantor securing any Junior Lien Obligations that are
not also subject to the Liens securing all Senior Lien Obligations under the
Senior Lien Collateral Documents, the Junior Lien Representative or such Junior
Lien Secured Party (i) shall notify the Senior Lien Representative promptly upon
becoming aware thereof and, unless such Grantor shall promptly also grant a
similar Lien on such assets or property to the Senior Lien Representative as
security for the Senior Lien Obligations, shall assign such Lien to the Senior
Lien Representative as security for all Senior Lien Obligations for the benefit
of the Senior Lien Secured Parties (but may retain a junior Lien on such assets
or property subject to the terms

 

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hereof) and (ii) until such assignment or such grant of a similar Lien to the
Senior Lien Representative, shall be deemed to hold and have held such Lien for
the benefit of the Senior Lien Representative and the other Senior Lien Secured
Parties as security for the Senior Lien Obligations; and (d) if the Senior Lien
Representative or any other Senior Lien Secured Party shall hold any Lien on any
assets or property of any Grantor securing any Senior Lien Obligations that are
not also subject to the Liens securing all Junior Lien Obligations under the
Junior Lien Collateral Documents, the Senior Lien Representative or such Senior
Lien Secured Party (i) shall notify the Junior Lien Representative promptly upon
becoming aware thereof and (ii) until such Grantor shall grant a similar Lien on
such assets or property to the Junior Lien Representative as security for the
Junior Lien Obligations, shall be deemed to hold and have held such Lien for the
benefit of the Junior Lien Representative and the other Junior Lien Secured
Parties as security for the Junior Lien Obligations. To the extent that the
provisions of the immediately preceding sentence are not complied with for any
reason, without limiting any other right or remedy available to the Senior Lien
Representative or any other Senior Lien Secured Party, the Junior Lien
Representative agrees, for itself and on behalf of the other Junior Lien Secured
Parties, that any amounts received by or distributed to any Junior Lien Secured
Party pursuant to or as a result of any Lien granted or existing in
contravention of this Section 2.04 shall be subject to Article IV as though such
asset were Shared Collateral.

SECTION 2.05. Perfection of Liens. Except for the limited agreements of the
Junior Lien Representative pursuant to Section 2.04 and Section 5.05, the Junior
Lien Representative shall not be responsible for perfecting and maintaining the
perfection of Liens with respect to the Shared Collateral for the benefit of the
Senior Lien Representative or any of the other Senior Lien Secured Parties.
Except for the limited agreements of the Senior Lien Representative in
Section 2.04 and Section 5.05, the Senior Lien Representative shall not be
responsible for perfecting and maintaining the perfection of Liens with respect
to the Shared Collateral for the benefit of the Junior Lien Representative or
any of the other Junior Lien Secured Parties. The provisions of this Agreement
are intended solely to govern the respective Lien priorities as between the
Senior Lien Secured Parties and the Junior Lien Secured Parties and shall not
impose on the Senior Lien Representative, or any of the other Senior Lien
Secured Parties, or the Junior Lien Representative, or any of the other Junior
Lien Secured Parties, or any agent or trustee therefor any obligations in
respect of the disposition of Proceeds of any Shared Collateral which would
conflict with prior perfected claims therein in favor of any other Person or any
order or decree of any court or Governmental Authority or any applicable law.

SECTION 2.06. Certain Cash Collateral. Notwithstanding anything in this
Agreement or any other Senior Lien Debt Documents or Junior Lien Debt Documents
to the contrary, collateral consisting of cash and cash equivalents pledged to
secure the Junior Lien Obligations consisting of reimbursement obligations in
respect of Letters of Credit (as defined in the Junior Lien Debt Agreement) or
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pursuant to Section 2.12(c), 2.13, 2.22 or 2.24 of the Junior Lien Debt
Agreement (or any equivalent successor provision) shall be applied as specified
in the Junior Lien Agreement and will not constitute Shared Collateral.

ARTICLE III

Enforcement

SECTION 3.01. Exercise of Remedies.

(a) So long as the Discharge of Senior Lien Obligations has not occurred,
whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or
against any Grantor, (i) neither the Junior Lien Representative nor any other
Junior Lien Secured Party will (x) exercise or seek to exercise any rights or
remedies (including setoff) with respect to any Shared Collateral in respect of
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Obligations, or institute any action or proceeding with respect to such rights
or remedies (including any action of foreclosure), (y) contest, protest or
object to any foreclosure proceeding or other action brought with respect to the
Shared Collateral, the exercise of any right by the Senior Lien Representative
or any Senior Lien Secured Party (or any agent or sub-agent on their behalf) in
respect of the Senior Lien Obligations under any lockbox agreement, control
agreement, landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or similar agreement or
arrangement to which the Senior Lien Representative or any Senior Lien Secured
Party either is a party or may have rights as a third party beneficiary, or any
other exercise by any such party of any rights and remedies relating to the
Shared Collateral under the Senior Lien Debt Documents, or (z) object to the
forbearance by the Senior Lien Secured Parties from bringing or pursuing any
foreclosure proceeding or action or any other exercise of any rights or remedies
relating to the Shared Collateral in respect of Senior Lien Obligations and
(ii) the Senior Lien Representative and the Senior Lien Secured Parties shall
have the exclusive right to enforce rights, exercise remedies (including setoff
and the right to credit bid their debt) and make determinations regarding the
release, disposition or restrictions with respect to the Shared Collateral
without any consultation with or the consent of the Junior Lien Representative
or any other Junior Lien Secured Party; provided, however, that (A) in any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding commenced by or against any Grantor, the
Junior Lien Representative may file a claim, proof of claim or statement of
interest with respect to the Junior Lien Obligations, (B) the Junior Lien
Representative may take any action (not adverse to the prior Liens on the Shared
Collateral securing the Senior Lien Obligations or the rights of the Senior Lien
Representative or the other Senior Lien Secured Parties to exercise remedies in
respect thereof) in order to create, prove, perfect, preserve or protect (but
not enforce) its rights in, and perfection and priority of its Lien on, the
Shared Collateral, (C) the Junior Lien Representative and the other Junior Lien
Secured Parties may exercise their rights and remedies as unsecured creditors,
to the extent provided in Section 5.04, (D) the Junior Lien Representative may
make a claim for adequate protection, to the extent provided in Section 6.03,
and the Junior Lien Secured Parties may file any responsive or defensive
pleadings in opposition to any motion, claim, adversary proceeding or other
pleading made by any Person objecting to or otherwise seeking the disallowance
of the claims or Liens of the Junior Lien Secured Parties or the avoidance of
any Junior Priority Lien to the extent not inconsistent with the terms of this
Agreement, (E) any Junior Lien Secured Party may vote on any plan of
reorganization or plan of liquidation proposed in or in connection with any
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in accordance with Section 6.10(b) and
(F) from and after the Junior Lien Enforcement Date, the Junior Lien
Representative may exercise or seek to exercise any rights or remedies
(including setoff) with respect to any Shared Collateral in respect of any
Junior Lien Obligations, or institute any action or proceeding with respect to
such rights or remedies (including any action of foreclosure), but only so long
as (1) the Senior Lien Representative has not commenced and is not diligently
pursuing any enforcement action with respect to a material portion of the Shared
Collateral or (2) the Senior Lien Representative is not effectively stayed from
enforcing rights and remedies with respect to any portion of the Shared
Collateral for any reason, including as a result of the commencement of an
Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise. In exercising rights and
remedies with respect to the Senior Lien Collateral, the Senior Lien
Representative and the other Senior Lien Secured Parties may enforce the
provisions of the Senior Lien Debt Documents and exercise remedies in accordance
with the terms thereof, all in such order and in such manner as they may
determine in the exercise of their sole discretion. Such exercise and
enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by them to sell or
otherwise dispose of Shared Collateral upon foreclosure, to incur expenses in
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sale or disposition and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured
lender under the Uniform Commercial Code or any other applicable law of any
applicable jurisdiction and of a secured creditor under Bankruptcy Laws of any
applicable jurisdiction.

(b) So long as the Discharge of Senior Lien Obligations has not occurred, except
as expressly provided in the proviso to clause (ii) of Section 3.01(a) but
subject to Article IV, the Junior Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and
each other Junior Lien Secured Party, agrees that it will not take or receive
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right or remedy (including setoff) with respect to any Shared Collateral in
respect of Junior Lien Obligations or in connection with any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless
and until the Discharge of Senior Lien Obligations has occurred, except as
expressly provided in the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.01(a), the sole
right of the Junior Lien Representative and the other Junior Lien Secured
Parties with respect to the Shared Collateral is to hold a Lien on the Shared
Collateral in respect of Junior Lien Obligations pursuant to the Junior Lien
Debt Documents for the period and to the extent granted therein and to receive a
share of the Proceeds thereof, if any, after the Discharge of Senior Lien
Obligations has occurred.

(c) The Junior Lien Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Lien
Secured Party, (i) agrees that neither the Junior Lien Representative nor any
such Junior Lien Secured Party will take any action that would hinder any
exercise of remedies undertaken by the Senior Lien Representative or any Senior
Lien Secured Party with respect to the Shared Collateral, including any sale,
lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Shared Collateral, whether
by foreclosure or otherwise, and (ii) hereby waives any and all rights it or any
such Junior Lien Secured Party may have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise
to object to the manner in which the Senior Lien Representative or the Senior
Lien Secured Parties seek to enforce or collect the Senior Lien Obligations or
the Liens granted on any of the Shared Collateral, regardless of whether any
action or failure to act by or on behalf of the Senior Lien Representative or
any other Senior Lien Secured Party is adverse to the interests of the Junior
Lien Secured Parties.

(d) The Junior Lien Representative hereby acknowledges and agrees that no
covenant, agreement or restriction contained in any Junior Lien Debt Document
shall be deemed to restrict in any way the rights and remedies of the Senior
Lien Representative or the Senior Lien Secured Parties with respect to the
Senior Lien Collateral as set forth in this Agreement and the Senior Lien Debt
Documents.

(e) Until the Discharge of Senior Lien Obligations, except as expressly provided
in clause (F) of the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.01(a), the Senior Lien
Representative shall have the exclusive right to exercise any right or remedy
with respect to the Shared Collateral and shall have the exclusive right to
determine and direct the time, method and place for exercising such right or
remedy or conducting any proceeding with respect thereto, in each case in
accordance with the terms of the Senior Lien Debt Documents. Following the
Discharge of Senior Lien Obligations but subject to Section 6.04, the Junior
Lien Representative (or any Person authorized by it) shall have the exclusive
right to (x) exercise any right or remedy with respect to the Collateral and
(y) to direct the time, method and place of exercising or conducting any
proceeding for the exercise of any right or remedy available to the Junior Lien
Secured Parties with respect to the Collateral, or of exercising or directing
the exercise of any trust or power conferred on the Junior Lien Representative,
or for the taking of any other action authorized by the Junior Lien Collateral
Documents.

SECTION 3.02. Cooperation. Subject to clause (F) of the proviso in clause
(ii) of Section 3.01(a), the Junior Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and
each other Junior Lien Secured Party, agrees that, unless and until the
Discharge of Senior Lien Obligations has occurred, it will not commence, or join
with any Person (other than the Senior Lien Secured Parties and the Senior Lien
Representative upon the request of the Senior Lien Representative) in
commencing, any enforcement, collection, execution, levy or foreclosure action
or proceeding with respect to any Lien held by it in the Shared Collateral under
any of the Junior Lien Debt Documents or otherwise in respect of the Junior Lien
Obligations.

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SECTION 3.03. Actions upon Breach. Should the Junior Lien Representative or any
other Junior Lien Secured Party, contrary to this Agreement, in any way take,
attempt to take or threaten to take any action with respect to the Shared
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remedy with respect to this Agreement) or fail to take any action required by
this Agreement, the Senior Lien Representative or any other Senior Lien Secured
Party (in its or their own name or in the name of any Grantor) may obtain relief
against the Junior Lien Representative or such other Junior Lien Secured Party
by injunction, specific performance or other appropriate equitable relief. The
Junior Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and each other Junior Lien
Secured Party, hereby (i) agrees that the Senior Lien Secured Parties’ damages
from the actions of the Junior Lien Representative or any other Junior Lien
Secured Party may at that time be difficult to ascertain and may be irreparable
and waives any defense that any Grantor or the Senior Lien Secured Parties
cannot demonstrate damage or be made whole by the awarding of damages and
(ii) irrevocably waives any defense based on the adequacy of a remedy at law and
any other defense that might be asserted to bar the remedy of specific
performance in any action that may be brought by the Senior Lien Representative
or any other Senior Lien Secured Party.

ARTICLE IV

Payments

SECTION 4.01. Application of Proceeds. So long as the Discharge of Senior Lien
Obligations has not occurred and regardless of whether an Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced, the Shared Collateral or Proceeds
thereof received in connection with the sale or other disposition of, or
collection on, such Shared Collateral upon the exercise of remedies or in
connection with any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding shall be applied by the
Senior Lien Representative to the Senior Lien Obligations in such order as
specified in the Senior Lien Debt Documents until the Discharge of Senior Lien
Obligations has occurred. Upon the Discharge of Senior Lien Obligations, the
Senior Lien Representative shall deliver promptly to the Junior Lien
Representative any Shared Collateral or Proceeds thereof held by it in the same
form as received, with any necessary endorsements, or as a court of competent
jurisdiction may otherwise direct, to be applied by the Junior Lien
Representative to the Junior Lien Obligations in such order as specified in the
relevant Junior Lien Debt Documents.

SECTION 4.02. Payments Over. So long as the Discharge of Senior Lien Obligations
has not occurred, any Shared Collateral or Proceeds thereof received by the
Junior Lien Representative or any other Junior Lien Secured Party in connection
with the exercise of any right or remedy (including setoff) relating to the
Shared Collateral or in connection with any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding
(including any distributions received by the Junior Lien Representative or any
other Junior Lien Secured Party on account of its secured claims pursuant to any
plan of reorganization or plan of liquidation) shall be segregated and held in
trust for the benefit of and forthwith paid over to the Senior Lien
Representative for the benefit of the Senior Lien Secured Parties in the same
form as received, with any necessary endorsements, or as a court of competent
jurisdiction may otherwise direct. The Senior Lien Representative is hereby
authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for the Junior Lien
Representative or any such other Junior Lien Secured Party. This authorization
is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.

ARTICLE V

Other Agreements

SECTION 5.01. Releases.

(a) The Junior Lien Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Lien
Secured Party, agrees that, in the event of a sale, transfer or other
disposition of any specified item of Shared Collateral (i) in connection with
the exercise of remedies in respect of Collateral by the Senior Lien
Representative or (ii) if not in connection with the exercise of remedies in
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Lien Representative, so long as such sale, transfer or other disposition is
permitted by the terms of the Junior Lien Debt Documents and the Senior Lien
Debt Documents and, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii),
the Liens granted to the Junior Lien Representative and the Junior Lien Secured
Parties upon such Shared Collateral (but not on the Proceeds thereof that were
not applied to the payment of Senior Lien Obligations) to secure Junior Lien
Obligations shall terminate and be released, automatically and without any
further action, concurrently with the termination and release of all Liens
granted upon such Shared Collateral to secure Senior Lien Obligations. Upon
delivery to the Junior Lien Representative of an Officer’s Certificate stating
that any such termination and release of Liens securing the Senior Lien
Obligations has become effective (or shall become effective concurrently with
such termination and release of the Liens granted to the Junior Lien Secured
Parties and the Junior Lien Representative) and any necessary or proper
instruments of termination or release prepared by any Grantor, such Junior Lien
Representative will promptly execute, deliver or acknowledge, at such Grantor’s
sole cost and expense and without any representation or warranty, such
instruments to evidence such termination and release of the Liens.

(b) The Junior Lien Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Lien
Secured Party, hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Senior Lien
Representative and any officer or agent of the Senior Lien Representative, with
full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full
irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of such Junior Lien
Representative or such Junior Lien Secured Party or in the Senior Lien
Representative’s own name, from time to time in the Senior Lien Representative’s
discretion, for the purpose of carrying out the terms of Section 5.01(a), to
take any and all appropriate action and to execute any and all documents and
instruments that may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of
Section 5.01(a), including any termination statements, endorsements or other
instruments of transfer or release.

(c) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Junior Lien Collateral
Document, in the event the terms of a Senior Lien Collateral Document and a
Junior Lien Collateral Document each require any Grantor (i) to make payment in
respect of any item of Shared Collateral, (ii) to deliver or afford control over
any item of Shared Collateral to, or deposit any item of Shared Collateral with,
(iii) to register ownership of any item of Shared Collateral in the name of or
make an assignment of ownership of any Shared Collateral or the rights
thereunder to, (iv) cause any securities intermediary, commodity intermediary or
other Person acting in a similar capacity to agree to comply, in respect of any
item of Shared Collateral, with instructions or orders from, or to treat, in
respect of any item of Shared Collateral, as the entitlement holder, (v) hold
any item of Shared Collateral in trust for (to the extent such item of Shared
Collateral cannot be held in trust for multiple parties under applicable law),
(vi) obtain the agreement of a bailee or other third party to hold any item of
Shared Collateral for the benefit of or subject to the control of or, in respect
of any item of Shared Collateral, to follow the instructions of or (vii) obtain
the agreement of a landlord with respect to access to leased premises where any
item of Shared Collateral is located or waivers or subordination of rights with
respect to any item of Shared Collateral in favor of, in any case, both the
Senior Lien Representative and the Junior Lien Representative or Junior Lien
Secured Party, such Grantor may, until the applicable Discharge of Senior Lien
Obligations has occurred, comply with such requirement under the applicable
Junior Lien Collateral Document as it relates to such Shared Collateral by
taking any of the actions set forth above only with respect to, or in favor of,
the Senior Lien Representative.

SECTION 5.02. Insurance and Condemnation Awards. Unless and until the Discharge
of Senior Lien Obligations has occurred, the Senior Lien Representative and the
Senior Lien Secured Parties shall have the sole and exclusive right, subject to
the rights of the Grantors under the Senior Lien Debt Documents (including
Section 2.13 of the Senior Lien Debt Agreement), (a) to be named as additional
insured, loss payee and lender loss payee under any insurance policies
maintained from time to time by any Grantor, (b) to adjust settlement for any
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loss thereunder and (c) to approve any award granted in any condemnation or
similar proceeding affecting the Shared Collateral. Unless and until the
Discharge of Senior Lien Obligations has occurred but subject to the rights of
the Grantors under the Senior Lien Debt Documents (including Section 2.13 of the
Senior Lien Debt Agreement), all proceeds of any such policy and any such award,
if in respect of the Shared Collateral, shall be paid (i) first, prior to the
occurrence of the Discharge of Senior Lien Obligations, to the Senior Lien
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Senior Lien Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of the Senior Lien Debt
Documents, (ii) second, after the occurrence of the Discharge of Senior Lien
Obligations, to the Junior Lien Representative for the benefit of the Junior
Lien Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of the applicable Junior Lien Debt
Documents and (iii) third, if no Junior Lien Obligations are outstanding, to the
owner of the subject property, such other Person as may be entitled thereto or
as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. If the Junior Lien
Representative or any Junior Lien Secured Party shall, at any time, receive any
proceeds of any such insurance policy or any such award in contravention of this
Agreement, it shall pay such proceeds over to the Senior Lien Representative in
accordance with the terms of Section 4.02.

SECTION 5.03. Amendments to Debt Documents.

(a) The Senior Lien Debt Documents may be amended, restated, supplemented,
waived or otherwise modified in accordance with their terms, and the
Indebtedness under the Senior Lien Debt Documents may be Refinanced, in each
case, without the consent of any Junior Lien Secured Party; provided that no
such amendment, restatement, supplement, modification, waiver or Refinancing
shall, without the consent of the Junior Lien Representative (or, in the case of
clause (v) of this proviso, the written consent of the requisite number of
Junior Lien Secured Parties set forth therein), (i) prohibit the payment of
principal or interest or premium or fees or expenses under the Junior Lien Debt
Documents when due, (ii) add or make more restrictive on any Grantor any event
of default or any covenant with respect to the Senior Lien Obligations or make
any change to any event of default or any covenant which would have the effect
of making such event of default or covenant materially more restrictive on the
Grantors (taken as a whole) unless a corresponding amendment to any comparable
provision of the Junior Lien Debt Documents is offered to the Junior Lien
Secured Parties, (iii) add, amend, restate, supplement or otherwise modify (in
an adverse way) any restrictions on any Grantor’s ability to make any voluntary
or mandatory payment under any Junior Lien Debt Document, (iv) increase the
interest rate margin applicable to the Senior Lien Obligations by more than
5.00% per annum, excluding (A) the accrual of interest during the continuance of
a default or an event of default, or amounts owed under the Senior Lien Debt
Agreement as a result of the imposition of the “default” interest as more
further provided in Section 2.07 of the Senior Lien Debt Agreement (as in effect
on the date hereof) or payable under any corresponding provision applicable to
any Refinancing of the Senior Lien Debt Agreement not in excess of such rate,
and (B) for the avoidance of doubt, (x) any increase in the underlying reference
rate and/or (y) any amendment, waiver or consent related to fees payable in the
event of an amendment, waiver or consent and any arrangement, commitment and
upfront fees and original issue discount, or (v) extend the stated maturity date
of the Senior Lien Obligations as in effect on the date hereof (A) by more than
120 days but to no later than March 31, 2021, unless consented to in writing by
lenders under the Junior Lien Debt Agreement holding not less than 66-2/3% of
outstanding Loans (as defined in the Junior Lien Debt Agreement) and unfunded
Revolving Credit Commitments (as defined in the Junior Lien Debt Agreement) in
the aggregate or (B) to a date later than March 31, 2021, unless consented to in
writing by lenders under the Junior Lien Debt Agreement holding not less than a
majority of outstanding Term Loans (as defined in the Junior Lien Debt
Agreement) and lenders under the Junior Lien Debt Agreement holding not less
than a majority of Revolving Credit Commitments (as defined in the Junior Lien
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(b) The Junior Lien Debt Documents may be amended, restated, supplemented,
waived or otherwise modified in accordance with their terms, and the
Indebtedness under the Junior Lien Debt Documents may be Refinanced, in each
case, without the consent of any Senior Lien Secured Party; provided that no
such amendment, restatement, supplement, modification, waiver or Refinancing
shall, without the consent of the Senior Lien Representative: (i) prohibit the
payment of principal or interest or premium or make-whole payment or fees or
expenses under the Senior Lien Debt Documents when due; (ii) add or make more
restrictive on any Grantor any event of default or any covenant with respect to
the Junior Lien Obligations or make any change to any event of default or any
covenant which would have the effect of making such event of default or covenant
materially more restrictive on the Grantors (taken as a whole) unless a
corresponding amendment to any comparable provision of the Senior Lien Debt
Documents is offered to the Senior Lien Secured Parties; (iii) change the
scheduled maturity of the Junior Lien Debt Agreement to a date that is earlier
than the scheduled maturity of the Junior Lien Debt Agreement as in effect on
the date hereof; (iv) add, amend, restate, supplement or otherwise modify (in an
adverse way) any restrictions on any Grantor’s ability to make any voluntary or
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Document; or (v) amend, restate, supplement, waive or otherwise modify
Section 2.13(h) of the Junior Lien Debt Agreement.

(c) In the event that the Senior Lien Representative or the other Senior Lien
Secured Parties enter into any amendment, restatement, supplement, modification,
waiver or consent in respect of any of the Senior Lien Collateral Documents for
the purpose of adding to or deleting from, or waiving or consenting to any
departures from any provisions of, any Senior Lien Collateral Document or
changing in any manner the rights of the Senior Lien Representative, the Senior
Lien Secured Parties or any Grantor thereunder (including the release of any
Liens in Senior Lien Collateral) in a manner that is applicable to the Senior
Lien Obligations, then such amendment, restatement, supplement, modification,
waiver or consent shall apply automatically to any comparable provision of each
comparable Junior Lien Collateral Document without the consent of the Junior
Lien Representative or any Junior Lien Secured Party and without any action by
the Junior Lien Representative or any other Junior Lien Secured Party or any
Grantor; provided, however, that no such amendment, restatement, supplement,
modification, waiver or consent shall (i) remove assets subject to the Lien of
any Junior Lien Collateral Document except as provided for in Section 5.01(a) or
(ii) impose duties that are adverse to the Junior Lien Representative without
its prior written consent. The Grantors shall provide written notice of such
amendment, restatement, supplement, modification, waiver or consent to the
Junior Lien Representative within 5 Business Days after the effectiveness of
such amendment, restatement, supplement, modification, waiver or consent
(although the failure to give any such notice shall in no way affect the
effectiveness of such amendment, restatement, supplement, modification, waiver
or consent or the effect or operation of this Section 5.03(c)).

(d) The Grantors agree to deliver to each of the Senior Lien Representative and
the Junior Lien Representative copies of (i) any amendments, restatements,
supplements, waivers or other modifications to the Senior Lien Debt Documents or
the Junior Lien Debt Documents and (ii) any new Senior Lien Debt Documents or
Junior Lien Debt Documents promptly after effectiveness thereof.

SECTION 5.04. Rights as Unsecured Creditors. The Junior Lien Representative and
the Junior Lien Secured Parties may exercise rights and remedies as unsecured
creditors against any Grantor in accordance with the terms of the Junior Lien
Debt Documents and applicable law so long as such rights and remedies do not
violate, or are not otherwise inconsistent with, any express provision of this
Agreement. Subject to Section 4.02 and Section 6.03, nothing in this Agreement
shall prohibit the receipt by the Junior Lien Representative or any other Junior
Lien Secured Party of the required payments of principal, premium, make-whole
payment, interest (including paid in-kind interest), fees and other amounts due
under the Junior Lien Debt Documents so long as such receipt is not the direct
or indirect result of the exercise by the Junior Lien Representative or any
other Junior Lien Secured Party of rights or remedies as a secured creditor in
respect of Shared Collateral. In the event the Junior Lien Representative or any
other Junior Lien Secured Party becomes a judgment lien creditor in respect of
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rights as an unsecured creditor in respect of Junior Lien Obligations, such
judgment lien shall be subordinated to the Liens securing Senior Lien
Obligations on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Junior Lien
Obligations are so subordinated to such Liens securing Senior Lien Obligations
under this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall impair or otherwise
adversely affect any rights or remedies the Senior Lien Representative or the
Senior Lien Secured Parties may have with respect to the Senior Lien Collateral.

SECTION 5.05. Gratuitous Bailee for Perfection.

(a) Each of the Senior Lien Representative (for and on behalf of itself and the
other Senior Lien Secured Parties) and the Junior Lien Representative (for and
on behalf of itself and the other Junior Lien Secured Parties) acknowledges and
agrees that if it shall at any time hold a Lien securing, in the case of the
Senior Lien Representative, any Senior Lien Obligations, and, in the case of the
Junior Lien Representative, any Junior Lien Obligations, in each case, on any
Shared Collateral that can be perfected by the possession or control of such
Shared Collateral or of any account in which such Shared Collateral is held, and
if such Shared Collateral or any such account is in fact in the possession or
under the control of the Senior Lien Representative or the Junior Lien
Representative, as applicable, or of agents or bailees of such Person (such
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as the “Pledged or Controlled Collateral”), or if it shall at any time obtain
any landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or any similar agreement or arrangement
granting it rights or access to Shared Collateral, or with respect to any Shared
Collateral subject to any other arrangement set forth in Section 5.01(d), each
of the Senior Lien Representative and the Junior Lien Representative, as
applicable, shall also hold such Pledged or Controlled Collateral, or take such
actions with respect to such landlord waiver, bailee’s letter or similar
agreement or arrangement, for the benefit of and on behalf of, and as sub-agent
and gratuitous bailee for, in the case of the Senior Lien Representative holding
Pledged or Controlled Collateral, the Junior Lien Representative, and, in the
case of the Junior Lien Representative holding Pledged or Controlled Collateral,
the Senior Lien Representative (the foregoing being intended, among other
things, to satisfy the requirements of Sections 8-106(d)(3), 8-301(a)(2),
9-104(a)(5) and 9-313(h) of the UCC), in each case solely for the purpose of
perfecting the Liens granted under the Junior Lien Collateral Documents or the
Senior Lien Collateral Documents, as applicable, and, in each case, subject to
the terms and conditions of this Section 5.05.

(b) In the event that either the Senior Lien Representative or the Junior Lien
Representative (or any of their respective agents or bailees) has Lien filings
against Intellectual Property and/or real property interests that is part of the
Shared Collateral that are necessary for the perfection of Liens in such Shared
Collateral, each of the Senior Lien Representative and the Junior Lien
Representative agrees to hold such Liens as sub-agent and gratuitous bailee for,
in the case of such Liens held by the Senior Lien Representative, the Junior
Lien Representative and any assignee thereof, and, in the case of such Liens
held by the Junior Lien Representative, the Senior Lien Representative and any
assignee thereof, in each case, solely for the purpose of perfecting the
security interest granted in such Liens pursuant to the Junior Lien Collateral
Documents or the Senior Lien Collateral Documents, as applicable, subject to the
terms and conditions of this Section 5.05.

(c) Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, until the Discharge of
Senior Lien Obligations has occurred, the Senior Lien Representative and the
other Senior Lien Secured Parties shall be entitled to deal with the Pledged or
Controlled Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Senior Lien Debt
Documents as if the Liens under the Junior Lien Collateral Documents did not
exist. The rights of the Junior Lien Representative and the other Junior Lien
Secured Parties with respect to the Pledged or Controlled Collateral shall at
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(d) None of the Senior Lien Representative, the other Senior Lien Secured
Parties, the Junior Lien Representative or the other Junior Lien Secured
Parties, as applicable, shall have any obligation whatsoever to the others to
assure that any of the Pledged or Controlled Collateral is genuine or owned by
the Grantors or to protect or preserve rights or benefits of any Person or any
rights pertaining to the Shared Collateral, except as expressly set forth in
this Section 5.05. The duties or responsibilities of the Senior Lien
Representative and the Junior Lien Representative under this Section 5.05 shall
be limited solely to holding or controlling the Shared Collateral and the
related Liens referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this Section 5.05 as
sub-agent and gratuitous bailee for the Junior Lien Representative or the Senior
Lien Representative, as applicable, for purposes of perfecting the Lien held by
the Junior Lien Representative or the Senior Lien Representative, as applicable.

(e) The Senior Lien Representative shall not have by reason of the Junior Lien
Collateral Documents or this Agreement, or any other document, a fiduciary
relationship in respect of the Junior Lien Representative or any other Junior
Lien Secured Party, and the Junior Lien Representative, for itself and on behalf
of each other Junior Lien Secured Party, hereby waives and releases the Senior
Lien Representative from all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to the
Senior Lien Representative role under this Section 5.05 as sub-agent and
gratuitous bailee with respect to the Shared Collateral. The Junior Lien
Representative shall not have by reason of the Senior Lien Collateral Documents
or this Agreement, or any other document, a fiduciary relationship in respect of
the Senior Lien Representative or any other Senior Lien Secured Party, and the
Senior Lien Representative, for itself and on behalf of each other Senior Lien
Secured Party, hereby waives and releases the Junior Lien Representative from
all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to the Junior Lien Representative
role under this Section 5.05 as sub-agent and gratuitous bailee with respect to
the Shared Collateral.

(f) Upon the Discharge of Senior Lien Obligations, the Senior Lien
Representative shall, at the Grantors’ sole cost and expense, (i) (A) deliver to
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permitted to do so and as the Grantors or the Junior Lien Representative may
direct, all Shared Collateral, including all Proceeds thereof, held or
controlled by the Senior Lien Representative or any of its agents or bailees,
including the transfer of possession and control, as applicable, of the Pledged
or Controlled Collateral, together with any necessary endorsements and notices
to depositary banks, securities intermediaries and commodities intermediaries,
and assign to the Junior Lien Representative, to the extent that it is legally
permitted to do so and as the Grantors or the Junior Lien Representative may
direct, its rights under any landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or any similar
agreement or arrangement granting it rights or access to Shared Collateral,
(B) if not legally permitted or no direction is given and if prior to discharge
of the Junior Lien Obligations, deliver such Shared Collateral and assign its
rights in respect thereof as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise
direct or (C) if the Junior Lien Obligations have been discharged, deliver such
Shared Collateral to the Grantors and terminate its rights therein as directed
by the Grantors; (ii) notify any applicable insurance carrier that it is no
longer entitled to be an additional lender loss payee or additional loss payee
or additional insured under the insurance policies of any Grantor issued by such
insurance carrier; and (iii) notify any Governmental Authority involved in any
condemnation or similar proceeding involving any Grantor that the Junior Lien
Representative is entitled to approve any awards granted in such proceeding.
Each Grantor shall take such further action as is required to effectuate the
transfer contemplated hereby. The Senior Lien Representative has no obligation
to follow instructions from the Junior Lien Representative or any other Junior
Lien Secured Party in contravention of this Agreement.

(g) None of the Senior Lien Representative nor any of the other Senior Lien
Secured Parties shall be required to marshal any present or future collateral
security for any obligations of any Grantor to the Senior Lien Representative or
any other Senior Lien Secured Party or any assurance of payment in respect
thereof, or to resort to such collateral security or other assurances of payment
in any particular order, and all of their rights in respect of such collateral
security or any assurance of payment in respect thereof shall be cumulative and
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SECTION 5.06. When Discharge of Senior Lien Obligations Deemed To Not Have
Occurred. If, at any time substantially concurrently with or after the Discharge
of Senior Lien Obligations has occurred, any Grantor consummates any Refinancing
or incurs any Senior Lien Obligations permitted under the Junior Lien Debt
Documents (other than in respect of the payment of indemnities surviving the
Discharge of Senior Lien Obligations), then such Discharge of Senior Lien
Obligations shall automatically be deemed not to have occurred for all purposes
of this Agreement (other than with respect to any actions taken prior to the
date of such designation as a result of the occurrence of such first Discharge
of Senior Lien Obligations) and the applicable agreement governing such Senior
Lien Obligations shall automatically be treated as a Senior Lien Debt Document
for all purposes of this Agreement, including for purposes of the Lien
priorities and rights in respect of Shared Collateral set forth herein and the
agent, representative or trustee for the holders of such Senior Lien Obligations
shall be the Senior Lien Representative for all purposes of this Agreement;
provided that the new Senior Lien Representative shall have become a party to
this Agreement pursuant to Section 8.09. Upon receipt of notice of such
incurrence (including the identity of the new Senior Lien Representative), the
Junior Lien Representative shall promptly (a) enter into such documents and
agreements (at the expense of the Grantors), including amendments, restatements,
supplements or other modifications to this Agreement, as the Grantors or such
new Senior Lien Representative shall reasonably request in writing in order to
provide the new Senior Lien Representative the rights of the Senior Lien
Representative contemplated hereby and (b) deliver to such new Senior Lien
Representative, to the extent that it is legally permitted to do so, all Shared
Collateral, including all Proceeds thereof, held or controlled by such Junior
Lien Representative or any of its agents or bailees, including the transfer of
possession and control, as applicable, of the Pledged or Controlled Collateral,
together with any necessary endorsements and notices to depositary banks,
securities intermediaries and commodities intermediaries, and assign to such new
Senior Lien Representative, to the extent that it is legally permitted to do so,
its rights under any landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or any similar agreement
or arrangement granting it rights or access to Shared Collateral.

SECTION 5.07. Purchase Right.

(a) Without prejudice to the enforcement of the rights and remedies of the
Senior Lien Secured Parties, the Senior Lien Secured Parties agree that at any
time from and after (i) the Junior Lien Enforcement Date, (ii) the acceleration
of the Senior Lien Obligations in accordance with the terms of the Senior Lien
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(iii) the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (each, a
“Junior Lien Purchase Event”), and so long as such Junior Lien Purchase Event
has occurred and is continuing, one or more of the Junior Lien Secured Parties
may request, and the Senior Lien Secured Parties hereby offer the Junior Lien
Secured Parties the option, to purchase all (but not less than all) of the
aggregate principal amount of outstanding Senior Lien Obligations at par, plus
any premium that would be applicable upon prepayment of the Senior Lien
Obligations, and all accrued and unpaid interest and fees, in each case,
calculated as of the Junior Lien Purchase Date (as defined below) in accordance
with Section 5.07(c) (such purchase option, the “Junior Lien Purchase Option”
and the amount of consideration payable in respect thereof, the “Junior Lien
Purchase Price”); provided, that, such Junior Lien Purchase Option shall expire
unless one or more Junior Lien Secured Parties elect to exercise such Junior
Lien Purchase Option and commit to consummate purchase contemplated thereby
(such committing Junior Lien Secured Parties, the “Junior Lien Purchasers”) by
delivering a written notice (a “Junior Lien Purchase Notice”) to the Senior Lien
Representative (with a copy to the Borrower) within 60 calendar days of the
occurrence of such Junior Lien Purchase Event, which Junior Lien Purchase Notice
shall (A) state that it is an irrevocable Junior Lien Purchase Notice delivered
pursuant to Section 5.07 of this Agreement and be signed by the Junior Lien
Purchasers and (B) indicate the percentage of the Senior Lien Obligations to be
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Lien Purchaser (which aggregate commitments must add up to 100% of the
outstanding Senior Lien Obligations, including any premium (including the Exit
Payment) that would be applicable upon prepayment of the Senior Lien
Obligations, and accrued and unpaid interest and fees, in each case, calculated
in accordance with Section 5.07(c)).

(b) If the Junior Lien Purchase Option is exercised, the Junior Lien Purchasers
shall endeavor to close such purchase promptly but, in any event, within then 10
Business Days after delivery of the Junior Lien Purchase Notice in accordance
with Section 5.07(a) (the effective date of such purchase and sale, the “Junior
Lien Purchase Date”). The Junior Lien Purchase Option shall be exercised
pursuant to documentation mutually acceptable to each of the Senior Lien
Representative and the Junior Lien Representative. If such Junior Lien Purchase
Event is no longer continuing and none of the Junior Lien Secured Parties
exercise the Junior Lien Purchase Option, the Senior Lien Secured Parties shall
have no further obligations pursuant to this Section 3.05 for such Junior Lien
Purchase Event. The Senior Lien Secured Parties may take any actions in their
sole discretion in accordance with the Senior Lien Debt Documents and this
Agreement, notwithstanding the delivery of a Junior Lien Purchase Notice and
until the consummation of such purchase. In the event of any dispute among
Junior Lien Secured Parties in respect of such Junior Lien Purchase Event or the
allocation of the Senior Lien Obligations among the Junior Lien Secured Parties
upon consummation thereof, the Senior Lien Secured Parties shall not be
obligated to act pursuant to this Section 3.05 unless provided an instruction by
the Junior Lien Representative and the Senior Lien Representative, and each
Senior Lien Secured Party shall be deemed to have performed its obligations
pursuant to this Section 3.05 if it acts in accordance with such instruction.

(c) On the Junior Lien Purchase Date, the Junior Lien Purchasers shall, pursuant
to documentation in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Senior
Lien Representative and the Junior Lien Representative, (i) pay to the Senior
Lien Secured Parties as the full amount of the Junior Lien Purchase Price, in
cash, (ii) provide to the Senior Lien Representative and the other Senior Lien
Secured Parties arrangements reasonably satisfactory to the Senior Lien
Representative ensuring reimbursement for any loss, cost, damage or expense
(including reasonable attorneys’ fees and legal expenses) in connection with any
commissions, fees, costs or expenses related to any checks or other payments
provisionally credited to the Senior Lien Obligations, and/or as to which the
Senior Lien Representative or any other Senior Lien Secured Party has not yet
received final payment and (iii) agree to reimburse the Senior Lien
Representative and the Senior Lien Secured Parties in respect of indemnification
obligations of the Grantors under the Senior Lien Debt Documents. Such Junior
Lien Purchase Price shall be remitted by wire transfer to such bank account of
the Senior Lien Representative for the ratable account of the Senior Lien
Secured Parties, as the Senior Lien Representative may designate in writing to
the Junior Lien Representative for such purpose. The portion of the Junior Lien
Purchase Price constituting accrued and unpaid interest shall be calculated to
(x) but excluding the Junior Lien Purchase Date, if the amounts so paid by the
Junior Lien Purchasers to the bank account designated by the Senior Lien
Representative are received in such bank account prior to 12:00 p.m. New York
City time and (y) and including the Junior Lien Purchase Date, if the amounts so
paid by the Junior Lien Purchasers to the bank account designated by the Senior
Lien Representative are received in such bank account later than 12:00 p.m. New
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(d) Such purchase shall be expressly made without recourse, representation or
warranty of any kind by the Senior Lien Representative or any other Senior Lien
Secured Party as to the Senior Lien Obligations owed to such person or
otherwise, except such representations and warranties as are required to be made
pursuant to the Assignment and Acceptance (as such term is defined in the Senior
Line Debt Agreement), which shall include: (i) the amount of the Senior Lien
Obligations being sold by the applicable Senior Lien Secured Party, (ii) that
such Senior Lien Secured Party has not created any Lien on any Senior Lien
Obligation being sold by it that is not removed upon the sale and (iii) that
such Senior Lien Secured Party has the right to assign Senior Lien Obligations
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ARTICLE VI

Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings.

SECTION 6.01. Financing and Sale Issues. Until the Discharge of Senior Lien
Obligations has occurred, if any Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding and the Senior Lien Representative or any other Senior
Lien Secured Party shall desire to consent (or not object) to the sale, use or
lease of cash or other Collateral under Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code or
any other provision of any other Bankruptcy Law, or to consent (or not object)
to any Grantor’s obtaining financing under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or
any other provision of any other Bankruptcy Law (“DIP Financing”), then the
Junior Lien Representative, for itself and on behalf of each other Junior Lien
Secured Party, agrees that (a) it will raise no objection to and will not
otherwise contest directly or indirectly any such sale, use or lease of such
cash or other collateral or DIP Financing if it complies with the DIP Financing
Conditions below, including any proposed orders for such collateral use and/or
DIP Financing which are acceptable to the Senior Lien Representative, unless the
Senior Lien Representative or any other Senior Lien Secured Party shall oppose
or object to such sale, use or lease of cash or other collateral and/or such DIP
Financing (in which case neither the Junior Lien Representative nor any other
Junior Lien Secured Party shall seek any relief in connection with any of the
foregoing that is inconsistent with the relief being sought by the Senior Lien
Secured Parties); provided that (a) (i) the aggregate principal amount of such
DIP Financing, together with the Senior Lien Obligations representing principal
outstanding under the Senior Lien Debt Documents (or otherwise refinanced with
or “rolled up” by the DIP Financing), does not exceed the DIP Consent Limit,
(ii) such DIP Financing or cash collateral order (A) does not compel any Grantor
to seek confirmation of a specific plan of reorganization for which all or
substantially all of the material terms are set forth in such DIP Financing
documentation or a the DIP Financing order or (B) does not require the sale or
other liquidation of a material portion of the Shared Collateral prior to a
default under such DIP Financing documentation or cash collateral order (but may
include sale or plan milestones providing for the sale or reorganization of each
Grantor’s business as a going concern that are intended to cause the applicable
Grantor to consummate such sale or reorganization as soon as practicable after
the commencement of the Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding); provided that the
foregoing shall not limit the ability of the terms of such DIP Financing or cash
collateral order to require that it will be an event of default if a plan of
reorganization or plan of liquidation is filed that does not provide for the
Discharge of Senior Lien Obligations by no later than the effective date
thereof, and (iii) the Liens securing such DIP Financing shall be senior to or
pari passu with the Liens of the Senior Lien Representative on the Shared
Collateral securing the then outstanding Senior Lien Obligations (collectively,
the “DIP Financing Conditions”); (b) except to the extent permitted by
Section 6.03, it will not request adequate protection or any other relief in
connection therewith or otherwise in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding;
(c) to the extent the Liens securing any Senior Lien Obligations are
subordinated or pari passu with such DIP Financing or the Senior Lien
Obligations are “rolled-up” (or are deemed to have been “rolled up”) into such
DIP Financing, it will subordinate (and will be deemed hereunder to have
subordinated) its Liens in the Shared Collateral to (x) such DIP Financing (and
all obligations relating thereto) on the same basis as the Liens securing the
Junior Lien Obligations are so subordinated to Liens securing Senior Lien
Obligations under this Agreement, (y) any adequate protection Liens granted to
the Senior Lien Secured Parties, and (z) to any “carve-out” for professional
fees and costs, United States Trustee fees and costs and other customary fees
and costs agreed to by the Senior Lien Representative; (d) it will raise no
objection to and will not otherwise contest directly or indirectly any motion
for relief from the automatic stay or from any injunction against foreclosure or
enforcement in respect of Senior Lien Obligations made by the Senior Lien
Representative or any other Senior Lien Secured Party; (e) it will raise no
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otherwise contest directly or indirectly any exercise by any Senior Lien Secured
Party of the right to credit bid Senior Lien Obligations at any sale or other
disposition of Senior Lien Collateral under Section 363(k), Section 1129 or any
other applicable provision of the Bankruptcy Code (or any other Bankruptcy Law
or other applicable law); provided that the Junior Lien Representative and the
other Junior Lien Secured Parties shall not be deemed to have waived any right
to bid in connection with such sale or other disposition, and shall not be
deemed to have waived their rights to credit bid on the Collateral in any such
sale or other disposition in accordance with Section 363(k), Section 1129 or any
other applicable provision of the Bankruptcy Code (or other Bankruptcy Law), in
each case so long as the proceeds of such bid are sufficient for, and applied
to, the Discharge of Senior Lien Obligations in their entirety in accordance
with the terms of the Senior Lien Debt Documents concurrently with the
consummation of such bid or credit bid; (f) it will raise no objection to and
will not otherwise contest directly or indirectly any other request for judicial
relief made in any court by any Senior Lien Secured Party relating to the lawful
enforcement of any Lien on Senior Lien Collateral; (g) it will raise no
objection to and will not otherwise contest directly or indirectly, will not
seek consultation or consent rights in connection with, and will be deemed to
have consented to such relief under Section 363(f) of the Bankruptcy Code or
other provision of any other Bankruptcy Law, any order relating to a sale or
other disposition of assets of any Grantor to which the Senior Lien
Representative has consented or not objected (including, without limitation,
orders to retain professionals or establish bid and other sale procedures in
connection with such sale or other disposition) that provides, to the extent
such sale or other disposition is to be free and clear of Liens, that the Liens
securing the Senior Lien Obligations and the Junior Lien Obligations will attach
to the proceeds of the sale on the same basis of priority as the Liens on the
Shared Collateral securing the Senior Lien Obligations rank to the Liens on the
Shared Collateral securing the Junior Lien Obligations pursuant to this
Agreement; provided that the net cash proceeds of any such sale or other
disposition are applied to the permanent reduction of the Senior Lien
Obligations in accordance with Section 4.01; provided, further, that the Junior
Lien Representative may raise any objections to any such sale or other
disposition that could be raised by any unsecured creditor of any Grantor;
provided that such objections are not based on its status as a secured creditor
and are not otherwise inconsistent with this Agreement; and (h) it will not
propose or provide any post-petition financing to any Grantor unless no Senior
Lien Secured Parties have proposed or are providing any post-petition financing
to a Grantor; provided that to the extent no Senior Lien Secured Parties have
proposed or are providing post-petition financing to a Grantor and any Junior
Lien Secured Party proposes post-petition financing, such post-petition
financing proposed or provided by such Junior Lien Secured Party shall not be
secured by Liens on Shared Collateral with a priority that is equal or senior in
priority to the Liens securing any Senior Lien Obligations. The Junior Lien
Representative, for itself and on behalf of each other Junior Lien Secured
Party, agrees that notice received two (2) Business Days prior to the entry of
an order approving such usage of cash or other collateral or approving such
financing shall be adequate notice.

SECTION 6.02. Relief from the Automatic Stay. Until the Discharge of Senior Lien
Obligations has occurred, the Junior Lien Representative, for itself and on
behalf of each Junior Lien Secured Party, agrees that none of them shall seek
relief from the automatic stay or any other stay in any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding or take any action in derogation thereof, in each case in
respect of any Shared Collateral, without the prior written consent of the
Senior Lien Representative.

SECTION 6.03. Adequate Protection. The Junior Lien Representative, for itself
and on behalf of each Junior Lien Secured Party, agrees that none of them shall
(A) object, contest or support any other Person objecting to or contesting
(a) any request by the Senior Lien Representative or any Senior Lien Secured
Parties for adequate protection, (b) any objection by the Senior Lien
Representative or any Senior Lien Secured Parties to any motion, relief, action
or proceeding based on the Senior Lien Representative’s or Senior Lien Secured
Party’s claiming a lack of adequate protection or (c) the payment of interest
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or any other Senior Lien Secured Party (or any of their advisors, as applicable)
under Section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any
other Bankruptcy Law or (B) assert or support any claim for costs or expenses of
preserving or disposing of any Collateral under Section 506(c) of the Bankruptcy
Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law. Without limiting the
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Liquidation Proceeding, (i) if the Senior Lien Secured Parties (or any subset
thereof) are granted adequate protection in the form of additional collateral or
superpriority claims in connection with any DIP Financing or use of cash
collateral under Section 363 or 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar
provision of any other Bankruptcy Law, then the Junior Lien Representative, for
itself and on behalf of each Junior Lien Secured Party, may seek or request
adequate protection in the form of a replacement Lien or superpriority claim on
such additional collateral, which (A) Lien is subordinated to the Liens securing
all Senior Lien Obligations and such DIP Financing (and all obligations relating
thereto) on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Junior Lien
Obligations are so subordinated to the Liens securing Senior Lien Obligations
under this Agreement and (B) superpriority claim is subordinated to all
superpriority claims of the Senior Lien Secured Parties on the same basis as the
other claims of the Junior Lien Secured Parties are so subordinated to the
claims of the Senior Lien Secured Parties under this Agreement, (ii) in the
event the Junior Lien Representative, for itself and on behalf of the Junior
Lien Secured Parties, seeks or requests adequate protection in the form of
additional or replacement collateral and such adequate protection is granted (in
each instance, to the extent such grant is otherwise permissible under the terms
and conditions of this Agreement), then the Junior Lien Representative, for
itself and on behalf of each Junior Lien Secured Party, agree that the Senior
Lien Representative shall also be granted a Senior Priority Lien on such
additional or replacement collateral as security for the Senior Lien Obligations
and any such DIP Financing and that any Lien on such additional or replacement
collateral securing the Junior Lien Obligations shall be subordinated to the
Liens on such collateral securing the Senior Lien Obligations and any such DIP
Financing (and all obligations relating thereto) and any other Liens granted to
the Senior Lien Secured Parties as adequate protection on the same basis as the
other Liens securing the Junior Lien Obligations are so subordinated to such
Liens securing Senior Lien Obligations under this Agreement (and, to the extent
the Senior Lien Secured Parties are not granted such adequate protection in such
form, any amounts recovered by or distributed to any Junior Lien Secured Party
pursuant to or as a result of any Lien on such additional or replacement
collateral so granted to the Junior Lien Secured Parties shall be subject to
Article IV), and (iii) in the event the Senior Lien Representative, for itself
and on behalf of the Senior Lien Secured Parties, seeks or requests adequate
protection in the form of a superpriority claim (including in the form of
payment of principal, interest, post-petition interest, fees, expenses or other
amounts) and such adequate protection is granted, then the Junior Lien
Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Lien Secured Party, may
also request adequate protection in the form of a superpriority claim (including
with respect to the payment of principal, interest, post-petition interest,
fees, expenses or other amounts, as applicable), which superpriority claim shall
be junior to the superpriority claim of the Senior Lien Secured Parties;
provided that any Senior Lien Secured Party may object thereto. No Junior Lien
Secured Party shall be entitled to request or receive adequate protection except
to the extent expressly set forth in this Section 6.03.

SECTION 6.04. Preference Issues. If any Senior Lien Secured Party is required in
any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to disgorge, turn over or
otherwise pay any amount to the estate of any Grantor (or any trustee, receiver
or similar Person therefor), because the payment of such amount was declared to
be fraudulent or preferential in any respect or for any other reason, any amount
(any such amount, a “Recovery”), whether received as proceeds of security,
enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise, then the Senior Lien
Obligations shall be reinstated to the extent of such Recovery and deemed to be
outstanding as if such payment had not occurred and the Senior Lien Secured
Parties shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement until a Discharge of
Senior Lien Obligations with respect to all such recovered amounts. If this
Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such Recovery, this Agreement
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discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties hereto. The
Junior Lien Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Lien Secured
Party, hereby agrees that none of them shall be entitled to benefit from any
avoidance action affecting or otherwise relating to any distribution or
allocation made in accordance with this Agreement, whether by preference or
otherwise, it being understood and agreed that the benefit of such avoidance
action otherwise allocable to them shall instead be allocated and turned over
for application in accordance with the priorities set forth in this Agreement.

SECTION 6.05. Separate Grants of Security and Separate Classifications. The
Junior Lien Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Junior Lien Secured
Party, acknowledges and agrees that (a) the grants of Liens pursuant to the
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constitute separate and distinct grants of Liens and (b) because of, among other
things, their differing rights in the Shared Collateral, the Junior Lien
Obligations are fundamentally different from the Senior Lien Obligations and
must be separately classified in any plan of reorganization or plan of
liquidation proposed, confirmed or adopted in an Insolvency or Liquidation
Proceeding. To further effectuate the intent of the parties as provided in the
immediately preceding sentence, if it is held that any claims of the Senior Lien
Secured Parties and the Junior Lien Secured Parties in respect of the Shared
Collateral constitute a single class of claims (rather than separate classes of
senior and junior secured claims), then the Junior Lien Representative, for
itself and on behalf of each Junior Lien Secured Party, hereby acknowledges and
agrees that all distributions from the Shared Collateral shall be made as if
there were separate classes of senior and junior secured claims against the
Grantors in respect of the Shared Collateral (with the effect being that, to the
extent that the aggregate value of the Shared Collateral is sufficient (for this
purpose ignoring all claims held by the Junior Lien Secured Parties), the Senior
Lien Secured Parties shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts
distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest, fees,
expenses and other claims, all amounts owing in respect of post-petition
interest, fees and expenses (whether or not allowed or allowable under
Section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code (or any similar provision of any other
Bankruptcy Law) or otherwise in such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding)
before any distribution from the Shared Collateral is made in respect of the
Junior Lien Obligations, and the Junior Lien Representative, for itself and on
behalf of each Junior Lien Secured Party, hereby acknowledges and agrees to turn
over to the Senior Lien Representative amounts otherwise received or receivable
by them to the extent necessary to effectuate the intent of this sentence, even
if such turnover has the effect of reducing the claim or recovery of the Junior
Lien Secured Parties).

SECTION 6.06. No Waivers of Rights of Senior Lien Secured Parties. Nothing
contained herein shall, except as expressly provided herein, prohibit or in any
way limit the Senior Lien Representative or any other Senior Lien Secured Party
from objecting in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to any
action taken by any Junior Lien Secured Party, including the seeking by any
Junior Lien Secured Party of adequate protection or the assertion by any Junior
Lien Secured Party of any of its rights and remedies under the Junior Lien Debt
Documents or otherwise.

SECTION 6.07. Application. This Agreement, which the parties hereto expressly
acknowledge is a “subordination agreement” under Section 510(a) of the
Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law, shall be
effective before, during and after the commencement of any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding. The relative rights as to the Shared Collateral and
Proceeds thereof shall continue after the commencement of any Insolvency or
Liquidation Proceeding on the same basis as prior to the date of the petition
therefor. All references herein to any Grantor shall include such Grantor as a
debtor-in-possession and any receiver or trustee for such Grantor.

SECTION 6.08. Other Matters. To the extent that the Junior Lien Representative
or any Junior Lien Secured Party has or acquires rights under Section 363 or
Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other
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except as otherwise permitted herein, the Junior Lien Representative, on behalf
of itself and each Junior Lien Secured Party agrees not to assert any such
rights without the prior written consent of the Senior Lien Representative;
provided that if requested by the Senior Lien Representative, such Junior Lien
Representative shall timely exercise such rights in the manner requested by the
Senior Lien Representative, including any rights to payments in respect of such
rights.

SECTION 6.09. 506(c) Claims. Until the Discharge of Senior Lien Obligations has
occurred, the Junior Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and each Junior
Lien Secured Party, agrees that it will not assert or enforce any claim under
Section 506(c) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other
Bankruptcy Law senior to or on a parity with the Liens securing the Senior Lien
Obligations for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any Shared
Collateral.

SECTION 6.10. Reorganization Securities; Voting.

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(a) If, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, debt obligations of the
reorganized debtor secured by Liens upon any property of the reorganized debtor
are distributed, pursuant to a plan of reorganization or plan of liquidation
proposed, confirmed or adopted in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, on
account of both the Senior Lien Obligations and the Junior Lien Obligations,
then, to the extent the debt obligations distributed on account of the Senior
Lien Obligations and on account of the Junior Lien Obligations are secured by
Liens upon the same assets or property, the provisions of this Agreement will
survive the distribution of such debt obligations pursuant to such plan and will
apply with like effect to the Liens securing such debt obligations.

(b) No Junior Lien Secured Party (whether in the capacity of a secured creditor
or an unsecured creditor) shall propose, vote in favor of, or otherwise directly
or indirectly support any plan of reorganization or plan of liquidation that
does not provide for the payment in full in cash of the Senior Lien Obligations
on the effective date thereof, or that treats the Senior Lien Secured Parties or
the Senior Lien Obligations in a manner that is inconsistent with the terms of
this Agreement, in each case, other than to the extent any such plan is proposed
or supported by the number of Senior Lien Secured Parties required under
Section 1126(d) of the Bankruptcy Code.

ARTICLE VII

Reliance; Etc.

SECTION 7.01. Reliance. All loans and other extensions of credit made or deemed
made prior to, on and after the date hereof by the Senior Lien Secured Parties
to the Grantors shall be deemed to have been given and made in reliance upon
this Agreement. The Junior Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and each
Junior Lien Secured Party, acknowledges that it and such Junior Lien Secured
Parties have, independently and without reliance on the Senior Lien
Representative or other Senior Lien Secured Party, and based on documents and
information deemed by them appropriate, made their own credit analysis and
decision to enter into the Junior Lien Debt Documents to which they are party or
by which they are bound, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby, and they will continue to make their own credit decisions in taking
or not taking any action under the Junior Lien Debt Documents or this Agreement.

SECTION 7.02. No Warranties or Liability. The Junior Lien Representative, on
behalf of itself and each Junior Lien Secured Party, acknowledges and agrees
that neither the Senior Lien Representative nor any other Senior Lien Secured
Party has made any express or implied representation or warranty, including with
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enforceability of any of the Senior Lien Debt Documents, the ownership of any
Shared Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. The Senior
Lien Secured Parties will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective
loans and extensions of credit under the Senior Lien Debt Documents in
accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in their sole discretion, deem
appropriate, and the Senior Lien Secured Parties may manage their loans and
extensions of credit without regard to any rights or interests that the Junior
Lien Representative and the Junior Lien Secured Parties have in the Shared
Collateral or otherwise, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. Neither
the Senior Lien Representative nor any other Senior Lien Secured Party shall
have any duty to the Junior Lien Representative or any Junior Lien Secured Party
to act or refrain from acting in a manner that allows, or results in, the
occurrence or continuance of an event of default or default under any agreement
with any Grantor (including the Junior Lien Debt Documents), regardless of any
knowledge thereof that they may have or be charged with. Except as expressly set
forth in this Agreement, the Senior Lien Representative, the Senior Lien Secured
Parties, the Junior Lien Representative and the Junior Lien Secured Parties have
not otherwise made to each other, nor do they hereby make to each other, any
warranties, express or implied, nor do they assume any liability to each other
with respect to (a) the enforceability, validity, value or collectability of any
of the Senior Lien Obligations, the Junior Lien Obligations or any guarantee or
security which may have been granted to any of them in connection therewith,
(b) any Grantor’s title to or right to transfer any of the Shared Collateral or
(c) any other matter except as expressly set forth in this Agreement.

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SECTION 7.03. Obligations Unconditional. All rights, interests, agreements and
obligations of the Senior Lien Representative, the Senior Lien Secured Parties,
the Junior Lien Representative and the Junior Lien Secured Parties hereunder
shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:

(a) any lack of validity or enforceability of any Senior Lien Debt Document or
any Junior Lien Debt Document, and notwithstanding the date, time, manner or
order of filing or recordation of any document or instrument relating to the
Senior Priority Liens or the Junior Priority Liens, or grant, attachment or
perfection of any Senior Priority Liens or any Junior Priority Liens, and
whether or not such Senior Priority Liens or Junior Priority Liens are
subordinated to any other Liens or are otherwise subordinated, voided or
invalidated or have lapsed;

(b) any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other terms
of, all or any of the Senior Lien Obligations or Junior Lien Obligations, or any
amendment or waiver or other modification, including any increase in the amount
thereof, whether by course of conduct or otherwise, of the terms of the Senior
Lien Debt Agreement or any other Senior Lien Debt Document or of the terms of
the Junior Lien Debt Agreement or any other Junior Lien Debt Document;

(c) any exchange of any security interest in any Shared Collateral or any other
collateral or any amendment, waiver or other modification, whether in writing or
by course of conduct or otherwise, of all or any of the Senior Lien Obligations
or Junior Lien Obligations or any guarantee thereof;

(d) the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding in respect of
any Grantor; or

(e) any other circumstances that otherwise might constitute a defense available
to, or a discharge of, (i) any Grantor in respect of the Senior Lien Obligations
(other than the Discharge of Senior Lien Obligations subject to Section 5.06 and
6.04 hereof) or (ii) the Junior Lien Representative or Junior Lien Secured Party
in respect of this Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE VIII

Miscellaneous

SECTION 8.01. Conflicts. In the event of any conflict between the provisions of
this Agreement and the provisions of any Senior Lien Debt Document or any Junior
Lien Debt Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern.

SECTION 8.02. Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability. Subject to
Section 6.04, this Agreement shall continue to be effective until the Discharge
of Senior Lien Obligations shall have occurred. This is a continuing agreement
of Lien subordination, and the Senior Lien Secured Parties may continue, at any
time and without notice to the Junior Lien Representative or any Junior Lien
Secured Party, to extend credit and other financial accommodations and lend
monies to or for the benefit of any Grantor constituting Senior Lien Obligations
in reliance hereon. The terms of this Agreement shall survive and continue in
full force and effect in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. Any provision
of this Agreement that is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall
not invalidate the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or
unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render
unenforceable 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 8.03. Amendments; Waivers.

(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

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or consent to any departure by any party therefrom shall in any event be
effective unless the same shall be in writing and 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) This Agreement may be amended in writing signed by each Representative (in
each case, acting in accordance with the documents governing the applicable Debt
Facility); provided that any such amendment, restatement, supplement,
modification or waiver which by the terms of this Agreement requires any
Grantor’s consent or which increases the obligations or reduces the rights of,
or otherwise materially adversely affects, any Grantor, shall require the
consent of such Grantor. Any such amendment, restatement, supplement,
modification or waiver shall be in writing and shall be binding upon the Senior
Lien Secured Parties and the Junior Lien Secured Parties and their respective
permitted successors and permitted assigns.

SECTION 8.04. Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Grantors and
Their Respective Subsidiaries. The Senior Lien Representative, the Senior Lien
Secured Parties, the Junior Lien Representative and the Junior Lien Secured
Parties shall each be responsible for keeping themselves informed of (a) the
financial condition of the Grantors and their respective Subsidiaries and all
endorsers or guarantors of the Senior Lien Obligations or the Junior Lien
Obligations and (b) all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment
of the Senior Lien Obligations or the Junior Lien Obligations. The Senior Lien
Representative, the Senior Lien Secured Parties, the Junior Lien Representative
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Lien Secured Parties shall have no duty to advise any other party hereunder of
information known to it or them regarding such condition or any such
circumstances or otherwise. In the event that the Senior Lien Representative,
any Senior Lien Secured Party, the Junior Lien Representative or any Junior Lien
Secured Party, in its sole discretion, undertakes at any time or from time to
time to provide any such information to any other party, it shall be under no
obligation to (i) make, and the Senior Lien Representative, the Senior Lien
Secured Parties, the Junior Lien Representative and the Junior Lien Secured
Parties shall not make or be deemed to have made, any express or implied
representation or warranty, including with respect to the accuracy,
completeness, truthfulness or validity of any such information so provided,
(ii) provide any additional information or to provide any such information on
any subsequent occasion, (iii) undertake any investigation or (iv) disclose any
information that, pursuant to accepted or reasonable commercial finance
practices, such party wishes to maintain confidential or is otherwise required
to maintain confidential.

SECTION 8.05. Subrogation. The Junior Lien Representative, on behalf of itself
and each Junior Lien Secured Party, hereby waives any rights of subrogation it
may acquire as a result of any payment hereunder until the Discharge of Senior
Lien Obligations has occurred.

SECTION 8.06. Application of Payments. Except as otherwise provided herein, all
payments received by the Senior Lien Secured Parties may be applied, reversed
and reapplied, in whole or in part, to such part of the Senior Lien Obligations
as the Senior Lien Secured Parties, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate,
consistent with the terms of the Senior Lien Debt Documents. Except as otherwise
provided herein, the Junior Lien Representative, on behalf of itself and each
Junior Lien Secured Party, assents to any such extension or postponement of the
time of payment of the Senior Lien Obligations or any part thereof and to any
other indulgence with respect thereto, to any substitution, exchange or release
of any security that may at any time secure any part of the Senior Lien
Obligations and to the addition or release of any other Person primarily or
secondarily liable therefor.

SECTION 8.07. Additional Grantors. Each Grantor agrees that, if any Subsidiary
shall become an obligor after the date hereof with respect to any Junior Lien
Obligations, it will promptly cause such Subsidiary to become party hereto by
executing and delivering an instrument in the form of Annex I. Upon such
execution and delivery, such Subsidiary will become a Grantor hereunder with the
same force and effect as if originally named as a Grantor herein. The execution
and delivery of such instrument shall not require the consent of any other party
hereunder. 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.

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SECTION 8.08. Dealings with Grantors. Upon any application or demand by any
Grantor to any Representative to take or permit any action under any of the
provisions of this Agreement or under any Collateral Document (if such action is
subject to the provisions hereof), at the request of such Representative, such
Grantor, as appropriate, shall furnish to such Representative a certificate of
an Authorized Officer (an “Officer’s Certificate”) stating that all conditions
precedent, if any, provided for in this Agreement or such Collateral Document,
as the case may be, relating to the proposed action have been complied with,
except that in the case of any such application or demand as to which the
furnishing of such documents is specifically required by any provision of this
Agreement or any Collateral Document relating to such particular application or
demand, no additional certificate or opinion need be furnished.

 

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SECTION 8.09. Consent to Jurisdiction; Waivers. Each Representative, on behalf
of itself and the Secured Parties of the Debt Facility for which it is acting,
irrevocably and unconditionally:

(a) submits for itself and its property in any legal action or proceeding
relating to this Agreement and the Collateral Documents, or for recognition and
enforcement of any judgment in respect thereof, to the exclusive jurisdiction of
the courts of the State of New York sitting in New York City in the borough of
Manhattan, the courts of the United States District Court of the Southern
District of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;

(b) consents that any such action or proceeding may be brought in such courts
and waives any objection that it may now or hereafter have to the venue of any
such action or proceeding in any such court or that such action or proceeding
was brought in an inconvenient court and agrees not to plead or claim the same
and agrees not to commence or support any such action or proceeding in any other
jurisdiction;

(c) agrees that service of process in any such action or proceeding may be
effected by mailing a copy thereof by registered or certified mail (or any
substantially similar form of mail), postage prepaid, to such Person (or its
Representative) at the address referred to in Section 8.10;

(d) agrees that nothing herein shall affect the right of any other party hereto
(or any Secured Party) to effect service of process in any other manner
permitted by law; and

(e) waives, to the maximum extent not prohibited by law, any right it may have
to claim or recover in any legal action or proceeding referred to in this
Section 8.09 any special, exemplary, punitive or consequential damages.

SECTION 8.10. Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications
provided for or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be sent:

if to any Grantor, to such Grantor, at its address at:

American Addiction Centers, Inc.

200 Powell Place

Brentwood, Tennessee 37027

Attn: Christopher Chi, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary

Phone: 615-732-1628

Email: cchi@contactaac.com

if to the Senior Lien Representative, to it at:

CREDIT SUISSE AG, AGENCY MANAGER, ELEVEN MADISON AVENUE, 9TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY
10010, FAX NO. 212-322-2291, EMAIL: AGENCY.LOANOPS@CREDIT-SUISSE.COM

if to the Junior Lien Representative, to it at:

CREDIT SUISSE AG, AGENCY MANAGER, ELEVEN MADISON AVENUE, 9TH FLOOR, NEW YORK, NY
10010, FAX NO. 212-322-2291, EMAIL: AGENCY.LOANOPS@CREDIT-SUISSE.COM

Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, 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

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delivered by hand or overnight courier service or sent by fax 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 8.10 or in accordance with the latest unrevoked
direction from such party given in accordance with this Section 8.10. Notices
and other communications may also be delivered by email to the email address of
a representative of the applicable Person provided from time to time by such
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SECTION 8.11. Further Assurances. The Senior Lien Representative, on behalf of
itself and each Senior Lien Secured Party, agrees that it will take such further
action and shall execute and deliver such additional documents and instruments
(in recordable form, if requested) as the Junior Lien Representative may
reasonably request to effectuate the terms of, and the Lien priorities
contemplated by, this Agreement. The Junior Lien Representative, on behalf of
itself and each Junior Lien Secured Party, agrees that it will take such further
action and shall execute and deliver such additional documents and instruments
(in recordable form, if requested) as the Senior Lien Representative may
reasonably request to effectuate the terms of, and the Lien priorities
contemplated by, this Agreement.

SECTION 8.12. GOVERNING LAW; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.

(A) THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH AND GOVERNED BY THE
LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

(B) EACH PARTY HERETO HEREBY IRREVOCABLY AND UNCONDITIONALLY WAIVES TRIAL BY
JURY IN ANY LEGAL ACTION OR PROCEEDING RELATING TO THIS AGREEMENT AND FOR ANY
COUNTERCLAIM THEREIN.

SECTION 8.13. Binding on Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding
upon the Senior Lien Representative, the Senior Lien Secured Parties, the Junior
Lien Representative, the Junior Lien Secured Parties, the Grantors party hereto
and their respective permitted successors and permitted assigns.

SECTION 8.14. Section Titles. The section titles contained in this Agreement are
and shall be without substantive meaning or content of any kind whatsoever and
are not a part of this Agreement.

SECTION 8.15. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more
counterparts, including by means of facsimile or other electronic method, each
of which shall be an original and all of which shall together constitute one and
the same document. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Agreement by
facsimile or other electronic transmission shall be as effective as delivery of
a manually signed counterpart of this Agreement.

SECTION 8.16. Authorization. By its signature, each Person executing this
Agreement on behalf of a party hereto represents and warrants to the other
parties hereto that it is duly authorized to execute this Agreement.

SECTION 8.17. No Third Party Beneficiaries; Successors and Assigns. The lien
priorities set forth in this Agreement and the rights and benefits hereunder in
respect of such lien priorities shall inure solely to the benefit of the Senior
Lien Representative, the Senior Lien Secured Parties, the Junior Lien
Representative and the Junior Lien Secured Parties, and their respective
permitted successors and assigns, and no other Person (including the Grantors,
or any trustee, receiver, debtor in possession or bankruptcy estate in a
bankruptcy or like proceeding) shall have or be entitled to assert such rights.
Nothing in this Agreement is intended to or shall impair the obligations of any
Grantor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay the Senior Lien
Obligations and the Junior Lien Obligations as and when the same shall become
due and payable in accordance with their terms.

 

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SECTION 8.18. Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective when executed
and delivered by the parties hereto.

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SECTION 8.19. Collateral Agent and Representative. It is understood and agreed
that (a) the Senior Lien Representative is entering into this Agreement in its
capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Senior Lien Debt
Agreement and the provisions of Article VIII and Article IX of the Senior Lien
Debt Agreement applicable to the Senior Lien Representative and the other agents
thereunder, and any other indemnifications, waivers, or disclaimers for the
benefit of the Senior Lien Representative and the other agents contained
therein, shall also apply to the Senior Lien Representative hereunder and
(b) the Junior Lien Representative is entering into this Agreement in its
capacity as administrative agent and collateral agent under the Junior Lien Debt
Agreement and the provisions of Article VIII and Article IX of the Junior Lien
Debt Agreement applicable to the Junior Lien Representative and the other agents
thereunder, and any other indemnifications, waivers, or disclaimers for the
benefit of the Junior Lien Representative and the other agents contained
therein, shall also apply to the Junior Lien Representative hereunder.

SECTION 8.20. 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.

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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.

 

 

 

 

CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as Senior Lien Representative

 

 

By: 

 

/s/ Didier Siffer

 

 

Name: Didier Siffer

 

 

Title:   Authorized Signatory

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Bryan J. Matthews

 

 

Name: Bryan J. Matthews

 

 

Title: Authorized Signatory

 

 

 

 

CREDIT SUISSE AG, CAYMAN ISLANDS BRANCH, as Junior Lien Representative

 

 

By: 

 

/s/ Didier Siffer

 

 

Name: Didier Siffer

 

 

Title:  Authorized Signatory

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Bryan J. Matthews

 

 

Name: Bryan J. Matthews

 

 

Title:  Authorized Signatory

[Signature Page to Intercreditor Agreement]

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, each of the undersigned has caused this Agreement to be duly
executed and delivered as of the day and year first above written.

 

 

 

 

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AAC HOLDINGS, INC.,
as the Borrower

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Andrew McWilliams

Name: Andrew McWilliams

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

AMERICAN ADDICTION CENTERS, INC.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Andrew McWilliams

Name: Andrew McWilliams

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

FORTERUS HEALTH CARE SERVICES, INC. SAN DIEGO ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTER, INC.

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Andrew McWilliams

Name: Andrew McWilliams

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

AAC HEALTHCARE NETWORK, INC.

 

By: AAC Holdings, Inc. its sole stockholder

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Andrew McWilliams

Name: Andrew McWilliams

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

AAC LAS VEGAS OUTPATIENT CENTER, LLC

AAC DALLAS OUTPATIENT CENTER, LLC ADDICTION LABS OF AMERICA, LLC

 

By: American Addiction Centers, Inc. its sole member

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Andrew McWilliams

Name: Andrew McWilliams

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

THE ACADEMY REAL ESTATE, LLC

 

By: Behavioral Healthcare Realty, LLC, its sole

member

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By:

 

/s/ Andrew McWilliams

Name: Andrew McWilliams

Title: Chief Financial Officer

[Signature Page to the Intercreditor Agreement]

 

 

 

RECOVERY BRANDS, LLC

 

By: Referral Solutions Group, LLC, its sole member

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Andrew McWilliams

Name:  Andrew McWilliams

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

REFERRAL SOLUTIONS GROUP, LLC

 

By: Sober Media Group. LLC, its sole member

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Andrew McWilliams

Name:  Andrew McWilliams

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

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BHR GREENHOUSE REAL ESTATE, LLC
BHR OXFORD REAL ESTATE, LLC
GREENHOUSE TREATMENT CENTER, LLC
CONCORDE TREATMENT CENTER, LLC
RECOVERY FIRST OF FLORIDA, LLC RI-CLINICAL SERVICES, LLC NEW JERSEY
ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTER, LLC

BEHAVIORAL HEALTHCARE REALTY, LLC

CONCORDE REAL ESTATE, LLC

BHR ALISO VIEJO REAL ESTATE, LLC

BHR RINGWOOD REAL ESTATE, LLC

OXFORD TREATMENT CENTER, LLC

SOBER MEDIA GROUP, LLC

RIVER OAKS TREATMENT CENTER, LLC

LAGUNA TREATMENT HOSPITAL, LLC

SOLUTIONS TREATMENT CENTER, LLC

OXFORD OUTPATIENT CENTER, LLC

SAGENEX DIAGNOSTICS LABORATORY,

LLC

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Andrew McWilliams

Name: Andrew McWilliams

Title: Chief Financial Officer

[Signature Page to the Intercreditor Agreement]

 

 

 

SAN DIEGO PROFESSIONAL GROUP, P.C.
PALM BEACH PROFESSIONAL GROUP,
PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
LAS VEGAS PROFESSIONAL GROUP-CALARCO, P.C.

GRAND PRARIE PROFESSIONAL GROUP,
P.A.

OXFORD PROFESSIONAL GROUP, P.C. PONTCHARTRAIN MEDICAL GROUP, A PROFESSIONAL
CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

 

/s/ Mark A. Calarco, D.O.

 

 

 

 

Name:  Mark A. Calarco, D.O.

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Title: 

 

 

 

 

ADCARE, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

 

/s/ Andrew McWilliams

 

 

 

 

Name:  Andrew McWilliams

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

ADCARE HOSPITAL OF WORCESTER, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

 

/s/ Andrew McWilliams

 

 

 

 

Name: Andrew McWilliams

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

GREEN HILL REALTY CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

 

/s/ Andrew McWilliams

 

 

 

 

Name: Andrew McWilliams

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

LINCOLN CATHARINE REALTY CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

 

/s/ Andrew McWilliams

 

 

 

 

Name: Andrew McWilliams

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

ADCARE RHODE ISLAND, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

 

/s/ Andrew McWilliams

 

 

 

 

Name: Andrew McWilliams

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

TOWER HILL REALTY, INC.

 

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By: 

 

/s/ Andrew McWilliams

 

 

 

 

Name: Andrew McWilliams

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

[Signature Page to the Intercreditor Agreement]

 

 

 

SAN DIEGO PROFESSIONAL ROUP, PC
PALM BEACH PROFESSIONAL GROUP,
PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION
LAS VEGAS PROFESSIONAL GROUP-
CALARCO, P.C.
GRAND PRARIE PROFESSIONAL GROUP, P.A.
OXFORD PROFESSIONAL GROUP, P.C.
PONTCHARTRAIN MEDICAL GROUP, A
PROFESSIONAL CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

 

 /s/ Mark A. Calarco, D.O.

 

 

 

 

Name:  Mark A. Calarco, D.O.

Title: 

 

 

 

 

ADCARE, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

 

/s/ Andrew McWilliams

 

 

 

 

Name:  Andrew McWilliams

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

ADCARE HOSPITAL OF WORCESTER, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

 

/s/ Andrew McWilliams

 

 

 

 

Name:  Andrew McWilliams

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

GREEN HILL REALTY CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

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By: 

 

/s/ Andrew McWilliams

 

 

 

 

Name:  Andrew McWilliams

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

LINCOLN CATHARINE REALTY CORPORATION

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

 

/s/ Andrew McWilliams

 

 

 

 

Name: Andrew McWilliams

Title: Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

ADCARE RHODE ISLAND, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

 

/s/ Andrew McWilliams

 

 

 

 

Name:  Andrew McWilliams

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

TOWER HILL REALTY, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: 

 

/s/ Andrew McWilliams

 

 

 

 

Name:  Andrew McWilliams

Title:  Chief Financial Officer

[Signature Page to the Intercreditor Agreement]