Document:

Exhibit 10.1

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

dated as of

 

October 17, 2016

 

by

 

CLOUD PEAK ENERGY RESOURCES LLC

CLOUD PEAK ENERGY FINANCE CORP.

 

THE OTHER GRANTORS

FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO

 

in favor of

 

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 

solely in its capacity as Collateral Agent

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

	
Section 1.
    	
Definitions
    	
1
    
	
Section 2.
    	
Grant of Transaction Liens
    	
8
    
	
Section 3.
    	
General Representations and   Warranties
    	
10
    
	
Section 4.
    	
Further Assurances; General   Covenants
    	
12
    
	
Section 5.
    	
As-Extracted Collateral
    	
13
    
	
Section 6.
    	
Recordable Intellectual Property
    	
14
    
	
Section 7.
    	
Investment Property
    	
14
    
	
Section 8.
    	
[Reserved]
    	
15
    
	
Section 9.
    	
Cash Collateral Accounts
    	
15
    
	
Section 10.
    	
Commercial Tort Claims
    	
16
    
	
Section 11.
    	
Transfer of Record Ownership
    	
16
    
	
Section 12.
    	
Right to Vote Securities
    	
16
    
	
Section 13.
    	
[Reserved]
    	
16
    
	
Section 14.
    	
Remedies upon Event of Default
    	
17
    
	
Section 15.
    	
Application of Proceeds
    	
18
    
	
Section 16.
    	
[Reserved.]
    	
19
    
	
Section 17.
    	
Authority to Administer   Collateral
    	
19
    
	
Section 18.
    	
Limitation on Duty in Respect of   Collateral
    	
19
    
	
Section 19.
    	
General Provisions Concerning the   Collateral Agent
    	
20
    
	
Section 20.
    	
Termination of Transaction Liens;   Release of Collateral
    	
21
    
	
Section 21.
    	
Additional Guarantors and   Grantors
    	
21
    
	
Section 22.
    	
[Reserved.]
    	
21
    
	
Section 23.
    	
Notices
    	
21
    
	
Section 24.
    	
No Implied Waivers; Remedies Not   Exclusive
    	
21
    
	
Section 25.
    	
Successors and Assigns
    	
21
    
	
Section 26.
    	
Amendments and Waivers
    	
21
    
	
Section 27.
    	
Choice of Law
    	
22
    
	
Section 28.
    	
Waiver of Jury Trial
    	
22
    
	
Section 29.
    	
Severability
    	
22
    
	
Section 30.
    	
Conflicts with Note Documents
    	
22
    
	
Section 31.
    	
Entire Agreement
    	
22
    
	
Section 32.
    	
Intercreditor Agreements
    	
23
    
	
Section 33.
    	
Subordination of Liens
    	
23
    
	
Section 34.
    	
Concerning the Collateral Agent
    	
24
    

 

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SCHEDULES:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Schedule 1
    	
Subsidiary Guarantors
    	
 
    
	
Schedule 2
    	
Jurisdiction of Formation
    	
 
    
	
Schedule 3
    	
Equity Interests in Subsidiaries and   Affiliates Owned by Original Grantors
    	
 
    
	
Schedule 4
    	
Other Investment Property Owned   by Original Grantors
    	
 
    
	
Schedule 5
    	
Material Commercial Tort Claims
    	
 
    
	
Schedule 6
    	
Material Contracts with   Governmental Authorities
    	
 
    
	
Schedule 7
    	
Locations of Equipment and Inventory
    	
 
    
	
Schedule 8
    	
Locations of active mine sites or   preparation plants and As-Extracted Collateral
    	
 
    
	
Schedule 9
    	
Material Licenses
    	
 
    
	
Schedule 10
    	
Material Coal Supply Agreements
    	
 
    
	
Schedule 11
    	
Registered Intellectual Property
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
EXHIBITS:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Exhibit A
    	
Security Agreement Supplement
    	
 
    
	
Exhibit B
    	
Copyright Security Agreement
    	
 
    
	
Exhibit C
    	
Patent Security Agreement
    	
 
    
	
Exhibit D
    	
Trademark Security Agreement
    	
 
    

 

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SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

THIS SECURITY AGREEMENT dated as of October 17, 2016 (“Agreement”) among CLOUD PEAK ENERGY RESOURCES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), CLOUD PEAK ENERGY FINANCE CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Co-issuer” and, together with the Company, the “Issuers”), CLOUD PEAK ENERGY INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Parent Guarantor”), the Subsidiary Guarantors (as defined herein) listed on Schedule 1 hereto, and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, solely in its capacity as Collateral Agent under the Indenture (as defined below) (the “Collateral Agent”).

 

RECITALS:

 

A.                                    The Issuers are issuing $290,366,000 aggregate principal amount of 12% Second Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2021 (together with all Additional Notes issued from time to time after the date hereof under, and in accordance with, the Indenture (as defined below) and all notes issued in replacement therefor under the Indenture, the “Notes”) pursuant to an indenture dated as of October 17, 2016 (the “Indenture”) among the Issuers, the Parent Guarantor, the Subsidiary Guarantors and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee (together with any successor thereto, the “Trustee”) and as Collateral Agent.

 

B.                                    The Issuers are required under the Indenture to become a party hereto as Grantors and to secure their obligations under the Notes and the Indenture through security interests on their assets (other than the assets constituting Excluded Collateral), all in the manner and to the extent as set forth in this Agreement and the other Security Documents.

 

C.                                    The Parent Guarantor and the Subsidiary Guarantors (jointly, the “Guarantors”) are required under the Indenture to (i) become a party to the Indenture and guarantee (a “Note Guaranty”) the payment of the Notes and the other obligations of the Issuers thereunder and under the Indenture and (ii) become a party hereto as a Grantor and secure such obligations through security interests on their assets (other than the assets constituting Excluded Collateral), all in the manner and to the extent as set forth in this Agreement and the other Security Documents.

 

D.                                    The Grantors are affiliates of one another, are an integral part of a consolidated enterprise and will derive substantial direct and indirect benefits from the issuance of Notes, and are willing to execute and deliver this Agreement in order to induce the Secured Parties to acquire the Notes and to make their respective extensions of credit and other accommodations as set forth in the Indenture.

 

NOW, THEREFORE, each Grantor hereby agrees with Collateral Agent as follows:

 

Section 1.                                           Definitions.

 

(a)                                 Terms Defined in the Indenture and First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.  Terms defined in the Indenture or the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and not otherwise defined in subsection (b) or (c) of this Section have, as used herein,

 

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the respective meanings provided for therein.  The rules of construction specified in Section 1.04 of the Indenture also apply to this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 Terms Defined in UCC.  As used herein, each of the following terms has the meaning specified in the UCC:

 

	
Term
    	
 
    	
UCC
    
	
Account
    	
 
    	
9-102
    
	
As-Extracted Collateral
    	
 
    	
9-102
    
	
Authenticate
    	
 
    	
9-102
    
	
Certificated Security
    	
 
    	
8-102
    
	
Chattel Paper
    	
 
    	
9-102
    
	
Commercial Tort Claim
    	
 
    	
9-102
    
	
Deposit Account
    	
 
    	
9-102
    
	
Document
    	
 
    	
9-102
    
	
Entitlement Holder
    	
 
    	
8-102
    
	
Entitlement Order
    	
 
    	
8-102
    
	
Equipment
    	
 
    	
9-102
    
	
Financial Asset
    	
 
    	
8-102 & 103
    
	
Fixtures
    	
 
    	
9-102
    
	
General Intangibles
    	
 
    	
9-102
    
	
Instrument
    	
 
    	
9-102
    
	
Inventory
    	
 
    	
9-102
    
	
Investment Property
    	
 
    	
9-102
    
	
Letter-of-Credit Right
    	
 
    	
9-102
    
	
Record
    	
 
    	
9-102
    
	
Securities Intermediary
    	
 
    	
8-102
    
	
Security
    	
 
    	
8-102 & 103
    
	
Security Entitlement
    	
 
    	
8-102
    
	
Supporting Obligations
    	
 
    	
9-102
    
	
Uncertificated Security
    	
 
    	
8-102
    

 

(c)                                  Additional Definitions.  The following additional terms, as used herein, have the following meanings:

 

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

 

“Cash Distributions” means dividends, interest and other distributions and payments (including proceeds of liquidation, sale or other disposition) made or received in cash upon or with respect to any Collateral.

 

“Collateral” means all, property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, on which a Lien is granted or purports to be granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to the Security Documents.  When used with respect to a specific Grantor, the term “Collateral” means all its property on which such a Lien is granted or purports to be granted.

 

“Collateral Accounts” means the Cash Collateral Accounts.

 

“Contingent Secured Obligation” means, at any time, any Secured Obligation (or portion thereof) that is contingent in nature at such time, including any Secured Obligation that is:

 

(i)                                     an obligation to reimburse a bank for drawings not yet made under a letter of credit issued by it;

 

(ii)                                  an obligation under a Hedging Agreement to make payments that cannot be quantified at such time;

 

(iii)                               any other obligation (including any guarantee) that is contingent in nature at such time; or

 

(iv)                              an obligation to provide collateral to secure any of the foregoing types of obligations.

 

“Contracts” means all written contracts and agreements, including, but not limited to, any coal supply agreements (including the coal supply agreements listed on Schedule 10), equipment leases and transportation contracts, between any Grantor and any other Person as the same may be amended, assigned, extended, restated, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified from time to time, including (i) all rights of any Grantor to receive moneys due and to become due to it thereunder or in connection therewith, (ii) all rights of any Grantor to receive proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty with respect thereto and (iii) all rights of any Grantor to damages arising thereunder.

 

“Control” has the meaning specified in UCC Section 8-106, 9-104, 9-105, 9-106 or 9-107, as may be applicable to the relevant Collateral.

 

“Control Agent” means:

 

(i)                                     until the Discharge of Senior Obligations, the First Lien Collateral Agent in its capacity as gratuitous bailee and agent for the Collateral Agent for the purpose of perfecting the Lien of the Collateral Agent on Collateral, to the extent so provided in Section 5.05 of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement;

 

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(ii)                                  upon the Discharge of Senior Obligations, (x) the Collateral Agent; or (y) other Designated Second Priority Representative (designated in accordance with the terms of the Pari Passu Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement) as gratuitous bailee and agent for the Collateral Agent for the purpose of perfecting the Lien of Collateral Agent on Collateral, to the extent so provided in Section 2.09 of the Pari Passu Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.

 

“Copyright License” means any agreement granting to any Grantor, or pursuant to which any Grantor grants to any other Person, any right to use, copy, reproduce, distribute, prepare derivative works, display or publish any records or other materials on which a Copyright is in existence or may come into existence.

 

“Copyrights” means all the following:  (i) all copyrights under the laws of the United States or any other country (whether or not the underlying works of authorship have been published), and all registrations and applications for the foregoing including those set forth in Schedule 1 to any Copyright Security Agreement, (ii) all renewals of any of the foregoing, (iii) all claims for, and rights to sue for, past or future infringements of any of the foregoing, and (iv) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due or payable with respect to any of the foregoing, including damages and payments for past or future infringements thereof.

 

“Copyright Security Agreement” means a Copyright Security Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit B, executed and delivered by a Grantor in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

 

“Credit Agreement” means the Credit Agreement dated as of February 21, 2014 (as amended by the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated September 9, 2016 and as may be otherwise amended, restated, extended, supplemented, or otherwise modified in writing from time to time) among the Company, the Lenders party thereto, the Issuing Banks party thereto, PNC Bank, National Association, as Administrative Agent and Swingline Lender, and PNC Capital Markets, LLC and Wells Fargo Securities, LLC, as Joint Lead Arrangers and Joint Bookrunners.

 

“Equity Interest” means (i) in the case of a corporation, any shares of its capital stock, (ii) in the case of a limited liability company, any membership interest therein, (iii) in the case of a partnership, any partnership interest (whether general or limited) therein, (iv) in the case of any other business entity, any participation or other interest in the equity or profits thereof, (v) any warrant, option or other right to acquire any Equity Interest described in this definition or (vi) any Security Entitlement in respect of any Equity Interest described in this definition.

 

“First Lien Collateral Agent” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.

 

“First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement dated as of the day hereof (as may be amended, restated, extended, supplemented, or otherwise modified in writing from time to time) among the Issuers, the other grantors party thereto, PNC Bank, National Association, as representative for the First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties (as defined therein), Wilmington Trust, National Association, solely in its capacity as the Collateral Agent, as representative for the Second Lien Indenture

 

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Secured Parties (as defined therein), and each additional Second Priority Representative (as defined therein) and Senior Representative (as defined therein) that from time to time becomes a party thereto.

 

“General Intangibles” means all “general intangibles” as such term is defined in Section 9-102 of the UCC and, in any event, including with respect to any Grantor, all leases, licenses, permits, concessions, franchises and authorizations issued or granted by Governmental Authorities in any form, and portions thereof, to which such Grantor is a party or under which such Grantor has any right, title or interest or to which such Grantor or any property of such Grantor is subject, and all pending applications therefor filed by such Grantor, as the same may from time to time be amended, supplemented, replaced or otherwise modified, including (i) all rights of such Grantor to receive moneys due and to become due to it thereunder or in connection therewith, (ii) all rights of such Grantor to receive proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty with respect thereto, and (iii) all rights of such Grantor to damages arising thereunder.

 

“Grantors” means the Issuers and the Guarantors.

 

“Intellectual Property” means all intellectual property now owned or hereafter acquired by any Grantor, including Patents, Copyrights, Licenses, Trademarks, trade secrets and confidential or proprietary technical and business information (including know-how).

 

“Intellectual Property Filing” means (i) with respect to any Patent, exclusive Patent License, Trademark or exclusive Trademark License, the filing of the applicable Patent Security Agreement or Trademark Security Agreement with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and (ii) with respect to any Copyright or exclusive Copyright License, the filing of the applicable Copyright Security Agreement with the United States Copyright Office, in each case sufficient to record the Transaction Lien granted to the Collateral Agent in such Recordable Intellectual Property.

 

“Intellectual Property Security Agreement” means a Copyright Security Agreement, a Patent Security Agreement or a Trademark Security Agreement.

 

“Intercreditor Agreements” means the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and, if applicable, Pari Passu Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.

 

“License” means any Patent License, Trademark License, Copyright License or other license or sublicense agreement relating to Intellectual Property to which any Grantor is a party.

 

“Material Adverse Effect” means any event or circumstance, either individually or in the aggregate, that has had or would reasonably be expected to have a material (a) adverse effect on (i) the business, assets, operations or condition (financial or otherwise) of the Issuers and the Guarantors taken as a whole, or (ii) the ability of the Issuers and the Guarantors (taken as a whole) to perform any of their payment obligations under any Note Document or (b) impairment of the rights of or benefits available to the Secured Parties under any Note Document.

 

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“Material Contract” means any Contract to which any Grantor is a party that is material to the Company and its subsidiaries, taken as a whole, and in respect of which breach or non-performance, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

 

“Mortgage” means a mortgage, deed of trust, assignment of leases and rents, leasehold mortgage or other security document creating a Lien (to the extent feasible) on real property (including any leasehold interests in real property) and improvements thereto in favor of, the Collateral Agent (or a sub-agent appointed pursuant to Section 19(b)) for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

 

“Original Grantor” means any Grantor that grants a Lien on any of its assets hereunder on the Issue Date.

 

“own” refers to the possession of sufficient rights in property to grant a security interest therein as contemplated by UCC Section 9-203, and “acquire” refers to the acquisition of any such rights.

 

“Pari Passu Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means the pari passu second lien intercreditor agreement on the terms set forth in the Indenture (or such other terms satisfactory to the parties thereto, so long as such other terms are not materially adverse to the interests of the Holders as compared to the terms contemplated in the Indenture (as determined in good faith by the Company)) to be entered by and between the Collateral Agent, on the one hand, and the trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, security agent or similar agent under indenture, loan agreement or other agreement with respect to any other series of Pari Passu Secured Debt, on the other hand, to provide for, among other things, the relative rights and remedies of the holders of the Secured Obligations and holders of any other Obligations relating to Pari Passu Secured Debt with respect to the Collateral.

 

“Patent License” means any agreement granting to any Grantor, or pursuant to which any Grantor grants to any other Person, any right with respect to any Patent.

 

“Patents” means (i) all letters patent and design letters patent of the United States or any other country and all applications therefor, including those set forth in Schedule 1 to any Patent Security Agreement, (ii) all reissues, divisions, continuations, continuations in part and extensions of any of the foregoing, (iii) all claims for, and rights to sue for, past or future infringements of any of the foregoing, and (iv) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due or payable with respect to any of the foregoing, including damages and payments for past or future infringements thereof.

 

“Patent Security Agreement” means a Patent Security Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit C, executed and delivered by a Grantor in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

 

“Personal Property Collateral” means all property included in the Collateral except Real Property Collateral.

 

“Pledged” when used in conjunction with any type of asset, means at any time an asset of such type that is included (or that creates rights that are included) in the Collateral at such time.

 

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For example, “Pledged Equity Interest” means an Equity Interest that is included in the Collateral at such time.

 

“Proceeds” means all proceeds of, and all other profits, products, rents or receipts, in whatever form, arising from the collection, sale, lease, exchange, assignment, licensing or other disposition of, or other realization upon, any Collateral, including all claims of the relevant Grantor against third parties for loss of, damage to or destruction of, or for proceeds payable under, or unearned premiums with respect to, policies of insurance in respect of, any Collateral, and any condemnation or requisition payments with respect to any Collateral.

 

“Real Property Collateral” means all real property (including any leasehold interests in real property) and fixed improvements thereto included in the Collateral.

 

“Recordable Intellectual Property” means (i) any Patent registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office and any exclusive Patent License with respect to a Patent so registered (excluding (x) licenses for commercial off the shelf computer software that are generally available on nondiscriminatory pricing terms and (y) nonexclusive licenses incidental to the purchase of equipment that are generally available to others who purchase the same equipment), (ii) any Trademark registered with the United States Patent and Trademark Office, and any exclusive Trademark License with respect to a Trademark so registered, (iii) any Copyright registered with the United States Copyright Office and any exclusive Copyright License with respect to a Copyright so registered (excluding (x) licenses for commercial off the shelf computer software that are generally available on nondiscriminatory pricing terms and (y) non-exclusive licenses incidental to the purchase of equipment that are generally available to others who purchase the same equipment), and all rights in or under any of the foregoing.

 

“Secured Agreement” when used with respect to any Secured Obligation, refers collectively to each instrument, agreement or other document that sets forth obligations of an Issuer, obligations of a Guarantor and/or rights of the holder with respect to such Secured Obligation.

 

“Secured Obligations” means all the Obligations of the Issuers with respect to the Notes, the Obligations of the Guarantors under the Note Guaranties and all other Obligations of the Issuers and the Guarantors under the Note Documents.

 

“Secured Parties” means the holders from time to time of the Secured Obligations.

 

“Security Agreement Supplement” means a Security Agreement Supplement, substantially in the form of Exhibit A, signed and delivered to the Collateral Agent for the purpose of adding a Subsidiary as a party hereto pursuant to Section 21 and/or adding additional property to the Collateral.

 

“Security Documents” means this Agreement, the Security Agreement Supplements, the Mortgages, the Intellectual Property Security Agreements, the Intercreditor Agreements and all other supplemental or additional security agreements, control agreements, mortgages or similar instruments delivered pursuant to the Note Documents.

 

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“Senior Lien” has the meaning ascribed to such term in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.

 

“Subsidiary Guarantor” means each Subsidiary listed on Schedule 1 to this Agreement and each Subsidiary that shall, at any time after the date hereof, become a Guarantor pursuant to Section 21 of this Agreement.

 

“Trademark License” means any agreement granting to any Grantor, or pursuant to which any Grantor grants to any other Person, any right to use any Trademark.

 

“Trademarks” means:  (i) all trademarks, trade names, corporate names, company names, business names, fictitious business names, trade styles, service marks, logos, brand names, and trade dress, (ii) the goodwill of the business symbolized by or associated with each of the foregoing, (iii) all registrations and applications to register any of the foregoing, including those set forth in Schedule 1 to any Trademark Security Agreement, (iv) all renewals of any of the foregoing, (v) all claims for, and rights to sue for, past or future infringements of any of the foregoing, and (vi) all income, royalties, damages and payments now or hereafter due or payable with respect to any of the foregoing, including damages and payments for past or future infringements thereof.

 

“Trademark Security Agreement” means a Trademark Security Agreement, substantially in the form of Exhibit D, executed and delivered by a Grantor in favor of the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties.

 

“Transaction Liens” means the Liens granted by the Grantors under the Security Documents.

 

“UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in the State of New York; provided that, if perfection or the effect of perfection or non-perfection or the priority of any Transaction Lien on any Collateral is governed by the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in a jurisdiction other than New York, “UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect from time to time in such other jurisdiction for purposes of the provisions hereof relating to such perfection, effect of perfection or non-perfection or priority.

 

Section 2.                                           Grant of Transaction Liens.

 

(a)                                 Each Grantor, in each case in order to secure its Secured Obligations, grants to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, the Trustee and the other Secured Parties and hereby reconfirms its grant to the Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, the Trustee and the other Secured Parties of, a continuing security interest in all the following property of such Grantor, as the case may be, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising and regardless of where located:

 

(i)                                     all Accounts;

 

(ii)                                  all As-Extracted Collateral;

 

(iii)                               all Chattel Paper,

 

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(iv)                              all cash and Deposit Accounts;

 

(v)                                 the Commercial Tort Claims described in Schedule 5;

 

(vi)                              all Contracts;

 

(vii)                           all Documents;

 

(viii)                        all Equipment;

 

(ix)                              all Fixtures;

 

(x)                                 all General Intangibles;

 

(xi)                              all Instruments;

 

(xii)                           all Intellectual Property;

 

(xiii)                        all Inventory;

 

(xiv)                       all Investment Property;

 

(xv)                          all Letter-of-Credit Rights;

 

(xvi)                       all books and records (including customer lists, credit files, computer programs, printouts and other computer materials and records) of such Grantor pertaining to any of its Collateral;

 

(xvii)                    such Grantor’s ownership interest in (A) its Collateral Accounts, (B) all Financial Assets credited to its Collateral Accounts from time to time and all Security Entitlements in respect thereof, and (C) all cash held in its Collateral Accounts from time to time; and

 

(xviii)                 all Proceeds of the Collateral described in the foregoing clauses (i) through (xvii);

 

provided that the Excluded Collateral is excluded from the foregoing security interests; and provided further that the security interests granted hereunder shall include the right of the applicable Grantor to receive all proceeds derived from or in connection with the sale, assignment or transfer of the Excluded Collateral but only to the extent that, and only for so long as, such proceeds are not properties that would constitute the Excluded Collateral themselves.

 

(b)                                 Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything in this Agreement or any other Security Document to the contrary, (i) remedies with respect to Collateral as to which creation and perfection is governed by a Mortgage but also included in the definition of Collateral under this Agreement shall be governed by the provisions of the applicable Mortgage, (ii) the creation (other than by this Agreement) or perfection of pledges of or security interests in particular assets will not be required if, and for so long as, the creation or perfection of such security interests would require a foreign law governed security or pledge agreement, and (iii) no Grantor shall be required (A) to take steps to perfect the security interest in Excluded Accounts, (B) to take steps to perfect the security interests in property and assets (other than deposit, securities and

 

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commodities accounts) requiring perfection through control agreements (other than the filing a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction to the extent such security interest can be perfected by such filing), (C) to take steps to perfect the security interests granted hereunder by indicating such security interest on the certificate of title for any motor vehicle asset or other asset that is covered by a certificate of title, (D) to take steps to perfect the security interest in Letter-of-Credit Rights (other than the filing a financing statement under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction to the extent such security interest can be perfected by such filing), (E) to seek any third party consent, or (F) to take steps to perfect the security interests granted hereunder in any commercial tort claims. In addition, the Lien on certain items of Collateral will not be required to be perfected (or perfected by a particular method) to the extent that the administrative agent for the Credit Agreement does not require such Lien to be perfected (or perfected by such particular method) under the Credit Agreement.

 

(c)                                  With respect to each right to payment or performance included in the Collateral from time to time, the Transaction Lien granted therein includes a continuing security interest in (i) any Supporting Obligation that supports such payment or performance and (ii) any Lien that (x) secures such right to payment or performance or (y) secures any such Supporting Obligation.

 

(d)                                 The Transaction Liens are granted as security only and shall not subject the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to, or transfer or in any way affect or modify, any obligation or liability of any Grantor with respect to any of the Collateral or any transaction in connection therewith.

 

Section 3.                                           General Representations and Warranties.   Each Grantor represents and warrants that:

 

(a)                                 Such Grantor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction identified as its jurisdiction of organization in Schedule 2.

 

(b)                                 With respect to each Original Grantor, Schedule 3 lists all Equity Interests in Subsidiaries and Affiliates owned by such Grantor as of the Issue Date.

 

(c)                                  With respect to each Original Grantor, Schedule 4 lists, as of the Issue Date, all Securities owned by such Grantor (except Securities evidencing Equity Interests in Subsidiaries and Affiliates).

 

(d)                                 With respect to each Original Grantor, Schedule 6 lists, as of the Issue Date, all Material Contracts with Governmental Authorities to which such Original Grantor is a party other than those described in the Parent Guarantor’s and the Company’s 10-K or 10-Q filings with the SEC.

 

(e)                                  As of the Issue Date, except for those locations listed on Schedule 7 where (i) mining equipment may be, from time to time, in the possession of a third party in order to be repaired or rebuilt or (ii) coal inventory may be, from time to time, stored on a temporary basis prior to being transported to customers, none of the Equipment or Inventory that is included in the Collateral is in the possession of an issuer of a negotiable document (as defined in Section 7-104 of the New York UCC) therefor or is otherwise in the possession of any bailee or warehouseman.

 

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(f)                                   With respect to each Original Grantor, Schedule 9 lists, as of the Issue Date, each Material Contract to which such Original Grantor is party that is a License.

 

(g)                                  With respect to each Original Grantor, Schedule 11 lists, as of the Issue Date, all Intellectual Property of such Grantor that is registered or subject to applications for registration in the name of such Grantor.

 

(h)                                 All Pledged Equity Interests owned by such Grantor in its Subsidiaries are owned by it free and clear of any Lien other than any Liens permitted under Section 4.10 of the Indenture.  All shares of capital stock included in such Pledged Equity Interests (including shares of capital stock in respect of which such Grantor owns a Security Entitlement) have been duly authorized and validly issued and are fully paid and non-assessable.  None of such Pledged Equity Interests is subject to any option to purchase or similar right of any Person.  Such Grantor is not and will not become a party to or otherwise bound by any agreement (except the Note Documents, the Senior Collateral Documents and except as otherwise permitted under the Indenture) which restricts in any manner the rights of any present or future holder of any Pledged Equity Interest with respect thereto.

 

(i)                                     Such Grantor has good and valid title to all its Collateral that is material to its business, except where the failure to have such title or interest does not or would not reasonably be expected to have, individually or in the aggregate, a Material Adverse Effect. All the Collateral is free and clear of any Lien other than Liens permitted under Section 4.10 of the Indenture.

 

(j)                                    No effective financing statement, security agreement, mortgage or similar or equivalent document or instrument covering all or part of the Collateral owned by such Grantor is on file or of record in any jurisdiction in which such filing or recording would be effective to perfect or record a Lien on such Collateral, except financing statements, mortgages or other similar or equivalent documents with respect to Liens permitted under Section 4.10 of the Indenture.  As of the Issue Date, no Collateral owned by such Grantor is in the possession or under the Control of any other Person having a claim thereto or security interest therein, other than in connection with any Lien permitted under Section 4.10 of the Indenture.

 

(k)                                 The Transaction Liens on all Personal Property Collateral owned by such Grantor (i) have been validly created, (ii) will attach to each item of such Collateral on the Issue Date (or, if such Grantor on a later date first obtains rights thereto or obtains a consent or removes another applicable restriction on granting a security interest thereon, then on such later date) and (iii) when so attached, will secure all of such Grantor’s Secured Obligations.

 

(l)                                     Subject to the limitations set forth therein, when the relevant Mortgages have been duly executed and delivered, the Transaction Liens on all Real Property Collateral owned by such Grantor as of the Issue Date will have been validly created and will secure all such Grantor’s Secured Obligations.  When such Mortgages have been duly recorded, such Transaction Liens will rank prior to all other Liens (except for Liens permitted under Section 4.10 of the Indenture) on such Real Property Collateral.

 

(m)                             [Reserved].

 

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(n)                                 UCC financing statements describing the Collateral as “all personal property” have been filed in the offices in the jurisdiction of formation specified in Schedule 2 and the Transaction Liens constitute perfected security interests in the Personal Property Collateral owned by such Grantor to the extent that a security interest therein may be perfected by filing pursuant to the UCC, prior to all Liens and rights of others therein except for Liens permitted under Section 4.10 of the Indenture.  In addition to the filing of such UCC financing statements, the applicable Intellectual Property Filings have been made with respect to such Grantor’s Recordable Intellectual Property (including any future filings required pursuant to Sections 4(a) and 6(a)) and the Transaction Liens constitute perfected security interests in all right, title and interest of such Grantor in its Recordable Intellectual Property to the extent that security interests therein may be perfected by such filings, prior to all Liens and rights of others therein except for Liens permitted under Section 4.10 of the Indenture.  Except for (i) the filing of such UCC financing statements, (ii) such Intellectual Property Filings (iii) the due recordation of the Mortgages, (iv) notices of the Transactions required under the Mining Permits (including to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms) and Environmental Permits regarding a change in control that were or will be given to the applicable Governmental Authority on or prior to the date by which such notices were or are due, (v) the entry into control agreements and (vi) steps which are, pursuant to Section 2(b) above, not required, no registration, recordation or filing with any governmental body, agency or official is required in connection with the execution or delivery of the Security Documents or is necessary for the validity or enforceability thereof or for the perfection or due recordation of the Transaction Liens.

 

(o)                                 Such Grantor has taken, and will continue to take, all actions necessary under the UCC to perfect its interest in any Accounts or Chattel Paper purchased or otherwise acquired by it, as against its assignors and creditors of its assignors to the same extent as required for the Liens granted on the Issue Date.

 

(p)                                 [Reserved].

 

(q)                                 All of such Grantor’s Inventory has or will have been produced in compliance with the applicable material requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act, as amended.

 

Section 4.                                           Further Assurances; General Covenants.  Each Grantor covenants as follows:

 

(a)                                 Subject to the Intercreditor Agreements, such Grantor will, from time to time, at the Company’s expense, execute, deliver, file and record any statement, assignment, instrument, document, agreement or other paper and take any other action (including any Intellectual Property Filing) that from time to time may be necessary or desirable, or that the Collateral Agent may request, in order to:

 

(i)                                     create, preserve, perfect, confirm or validate the Transaction Liens on such Grantor’s Collateral, subject, in each case to the exceptions and exclusions in the Note Documents and to the same extent as required for the Liens granted on the Issue Date;

 

(ii)                                  in the case of Certificated Securities, cause the Collateral Agent to have Control thereof;

 

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(iii)                               enable the Collateral Agent and the other Secured Parties to obtain the full benefits of the Security Documents; or

 

(iv)                              enable, to the extent possible, the Collateral Agent to exercise and enforce any of its rights, powers and remedies with respect to any of such Grantor’s Collateral, subject, in each case to the exceptions and exclusions in the Note Documents.

 

Without limiting the foregoing, such Grantor authorizes the Collateral Agent to execute and file such financing statements or continuation statements in such jurisdictions with such descriptions of collateral (including “all assets” or “all personal property” or other words to that effect) and other information set forth therein as the Collateral Agent may deem necessary or desirable for the purposes set forth in the preceding sentence.  Each Grantor also ratifies its authorization for the Collateral Agent to file in any such jurisdiction any initial financing statements or amendments thereto if filed prior to the date hereof for the purposes set forth in the preceding sentence.  The Collateral Agent is further authorized to file with the United States Patent and Trademark Office or United States Copyright Office (or any successor office or any similar office in any other country) such documents as may be necessary or advisable for the purpose of perfecting, confirming, continuing, enforcing or protecting the security interests granted by each Grantor, without the signature of any Grantor, and naming any Grantor or the Grantors as debtors and the Collateral Agent as secured party.  The Company will pay the costs of, or incidental to, any Intellectual Property Filings and any recording or filing of any financing or continuation statements or other documents recorded or filed pursuant hereto.

 

(b)                                 Such Grantor will not (i) change its name or organizational form or structure or (ii) change its jurisdiction of organization, unless, in each case, it promptly informs the Collateral Agent and takes all steps reasonably that are necessary to maintain the perfection and status of the Transaction Liens.

 

(c)                                  Such Grantor will not sell, lease, exchange, assign or otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, any of its Collateral; provided that such Grantor may do any of the foregoing unless doing so would violate a covenant in the Indenture.  Concurrently with any sale, lease, exchange, assignment or other disposition permitted by the foregoing proviso, the Transaction Liens on the assets sold, leased, exchanged, assigned or otherwise disposed of (but not in any Proceeds arising from such sale or disposition) will be released in accordance with Section 11.05 of the Indenture.  The Collateral Agent will promptly, at the Company’s expense, execute and deliver to the relevant Grantor such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence the fact that any asset so sold, leased, exchanged, assigned or otherwise disposed of is no longer subject to a Transaction Lien.

 

(d)                                 Such Grantor will, promptly upon request, provide to the Collateral Agent all information and evidence concerning such Grantor’s Collateral that the Collateral Agent may reasonably request from time to time to enable it to enforce the provisions of the Security Documents.

 

Section 5.                                           As-Extracted Collateral.  If any Grantor acquires any interest in any preparation plant or any As-Extracted Collateral, then, in each case, unless such preparation plant is included on Schedule 8 hereto, such Grantor will (i) provide notice thereof to the Collateral Agent within 20 days of such acquisition, together with a supplement to Schedule 8 reflecting

 

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such acquisition, (ii) prepare and file any financing statement covering such As-Extracted Collateral (which financing statements shall include the name of the record owner of the real estate if other than the Grantor and sufficient real estate descriptions for recording) as are necessary to record and perfect the Lien in such As-Extracted Collateral and (iii) pay all related filing fees and any recording or stamp taxes due in connection with such filings.

 

Section 6.                                           Recordable Intellectual Property.  Each Grantor covenants as follows:

 

(a)                                 On the Issue Date (in the case of an Original Grantor) or such later date on which it signs and delivers its first Security Agreement Supplement (in the case of any other Grantor), such Grantor will sign and deliver to the Collateral Agent Intellectual Property Security Agreements with respect to all Recordable Intellectual Property then owned by it.  At the request of the Collateral Agent (it being understood that the Collateral Agent shall have no duty to make such request), Grantor will sign and deliver to the Collateral Agent an appropriate Intellectual Property Security Agreement covering any acquired material Recordable Intellectual Property, and the provisions of this Agreement shall automatically apply thereto.

 

(b)                                 Such Grantor will notify the Collateral Agent as soon as reasonably practicable if any material Recordable Intellectual Property owned by such Grantor is abandoned or dedicated to the public, or if there is any proceeding instituted in the United States Copyright Office, the United States Patent and Trademark Office or any court, that challenges such Grantor’s ownership of such material Recordable Intellectual Property.  If any of such Grantor’s rights to any material Recordable Intellectual Property are infringed, misappropriated or diluted by a third party such that there is a Material Adverse Effect, such Grantor will notify the Collateral Agent thereof as soon as is reasonably practicable.

 

(c)                                  Upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of Default upon the Collateral Agent’s request, each Grantor shall use its best efforts to obtain all requisite consents or approvals by the licensor of each Copyright License, Patent License or Trademark License under which such Grantor is a licensee to effect the assignment of all such Grantor’s right, title and interest thereunder to the Collateral Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Secured Parties, or its designee.

 

Section 7.                                           Investment Property.  Each Grantor represents, warrants and covenants as follows:

 

(a)                                 Certificated Securities.  On the Issue Date (in the case of an Original Grantor) or the date on which it signs and delivers its first Security Agreement Supplement (in the case of any other Grantor), such Grantor shall have delivered to the Control Agent as Collateral hereunder all certificates representing Pledged Certificated Securities then owned by such Grantor.  Thereafter, whenever such Grantor acquires any other certificate representing a Pledged Certificated Security, such Grantor will, as promptly as practicable, deliver such certificate to the Control Agent as Collateral hereunder.  The provisions of this subsection shall not apply to any Excluded Collateral.

 

(b)                                 [Reserved].

 

(c)                                  [Reserved].

 

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(d)                                 [Reserved].

 

(e)                                  Perfection as to Certificated Securities.  When (x) such Grantor delivers the certificate representing any Pledged Certificated Security owned by it to the Control Agent, which delivery shall be in compliance with Section 7(j), (y) the Control Agent takes possession and obtains Control in the State of New York over such Pledged Certificated Security and (z) the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement is executed and delivered by the parties thereto (i) the Transaction Lien on such Pledged Certificated Security will be perfected, subject to no prior Liens or rights of others (other than Liens permitted under Section 4.10 of the Indenture), and (ii) the Collateral Agent will have Control of such Pledged Certificated Security.

 

(f)                                   [Reserved].

 

(g)                                  [Reserved].

 

(h)                                 [Reserved].

 

(i)                                     Agreement as to Applicable Jurisdiction.  In respect of all Security Entitlements owned by such Grantor, and all Securities Accounts to which the related Financial Assets are credited, the Securities Intermediary’s jurisdiction (determined as provided in UCC Section 8-110(e)) will at all times be located in the United States.  In respect of all Commodity Contracts owned by such Grantor and all Commodity Accounts in which such Commodity Contracts are carried, the Commodity Intermediary’s jurisdiction (determined as provided in UCC Section 9-305(b)) will at all times be located in the United States.

 

(j)                                    Delivery of Pledged Certificates.  All Pledged Certificates, when delivered to the Control Agent, will be in suitable form for transfer by delivery, or accompanied by duly executed instruments of transfer or assignment in blank.

 

(k)                                 Certification of Limited Liability Company and Partnership Interests.  Any limited liability company and any partnership controlled by any Grantor shall either (i) not include in its operative documents any provision that any Equity Interests in such limited liability company or such partnership be a “security” as defined under Article 8 of the Uniform Commercial Code, or (ii) certificate any Equity Interests in any such limited liability company or such partnership.  To the extent an interest in any limited liability company or partnership controlled by any Grantor and pledged hereunder is certificated or becomes certificated, each such certificate shall be delivered to the Control Agent pursuant to Section 7(a) and such Grantor shall fulfill all other requirements under Section 7 applicable in respect thereof.

 

Section 8.                                           [Reserved].

 

Section 9.                                           Cash Collateral Accounts.  If and when required for purposes hereof or of any other Note Document, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, the Collateral Agent will establish with respect to each Grantor an account (each a “Cash Collateral Account”), in the name and under the exclusive control of the Collateral Agent, into which all amounts owned by such Grantor that are to be deposited therein pursuant to the Note Documents shall be deposited from time to time.  Funds held in any Cash Collateral Account may, until withdrawn, be invested and reinvested in such Cash Equivalents as the relevant Grantor shall request from time to time; provided that if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be

 

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continuing, the Collateral Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, select such Cash Equivalents.  Subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements and Section 15, withdrawal of funds on deposit in any Cash Collateral Account shall be permitted if, as and when expressly so provided in or in respect of the applicable provision of the Note Documents pursuant to which such Cash Collateral Account was required to be established.

 

Section 10.                                    Commercial Tort Claims.  Each Grantor represents, warrants and covenants as follows:

 

(a)                                 In the case of an Original Grantor, Schedule 5 accurately describes, with the specificity required to satisfy Official Comment 5 to UCC Section 9-108, each Material Commercial Tort Claim with respect to which such Original Grantor is the claimant as of the Issue Date.  In the case of any other Grantor, Schedule 4 to its first Security Agreement Supplement will accurately describe, with the specificity required to satisfy said Official Comment 5, each Material Commercial Tort Claim with respect to which such Grantor is the claimant as of the date on which it signs and delivers such Security Agreement Supplement.

 

Section 11.                                    Transfer of Record Ownership.  At any time when an Event of Default under Section 6.01(a) of the Indenture shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, may, but shall not be obligated to, (and to the extent that action by it is required, the relevant Grantor, if directed to do so by the Collateral Agent, will as promptly as practicable) cause each of the Pledged Securities (or any portion thereof specified in such direction) to be transferred of record into the name of the Collateral Agent or its nominee.  Each Grantor will take any and all actions reasonably requested by the Collateral Agent to facilitate compliance with this Section.

 

Section 12.                                    Right to Vote Securities.

 

(a)                                 Unless an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing and Collateral Agent has provided written notice of its exercise of rights pursuant to Section 12(b) below, each Grantor will have the right, from time to time, to vote and to give consents, ratifications and waivers with respect to any Pledged Security owned by it and the Financial Asset underlying any Pledged Security Entitlement owned by it.

 

(b)                                 If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, then with written notice to the Company, the Collateral Agent will have the exclusive right to, but not the obligation to, the extent permitted by law and the Intercreditor Agreements (and, in the case of a Pledged partnership interest, whether general or limited, or Pledged membership interest or similar interest in a limited liability company, by the relevant partnership agreement, limited liability company agreement, operating agreement or other governing document) to vote, to give consents, ratifications and waivers and to take any other action with respect to the Pledged Investment Property, the other Pledged Equity Interests and the Financial Assets underlying the Pledged Security Entitlements, with the same force and effect as if the Collateral Agent were the absolute and sole owner thereof, and each Grantor will take all such action as the Collateral Agent may reasonably request from time to time to give effect to such right.

 

Section 13.                                    [Reserved].

 

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Section 14.                                    Remedies upon Event of Default.

 

(a)                                 If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, exercise (or cause its sub-agents to exercise) any or all of the remedies available to it (or to such sub-agents) under the Security Documents.

 

(b)                                 Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent may, but shall not be obligated to, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, exercise on behalf of the Secured Parties all the rights of a secured party under the UCC (whether or not in effect in the jurisdiction where such rights are exercised) with respect to any Personal Property Collateral and, in addition, the Collateral Agent may, without being required to give any notice, except as herein provided or as may be required by mandatory provisions of law, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, sell or otherwise dispose of the Collateral or any part thereof in one or more parcels at public or private sale, at any exchange, broker’s board or at any of the Collateral Agent’s offices or elsewhere, for cash, on credit or for future delivery, at such time or times and at such price or prices and upon such other terms as the Collateral Agent may deem commercially reasonable, irrespective of the impact of any such sales on the market price of the Collateral.  To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law and the Intercreditor Agreements, any Secured Party may be the purchaser of any or all of the Collateral at any such sale and (with the consent of the Collateral Agent, which may be withheld in its discretion) shall be entitled, for the purpose of bidding and making settlement or payment of the purchase price for all or any portion of the Collateral sold at any such public sale, to use and apply all of any part of the Secured Obligations as a credit on account of the purchase price of any Collateral payable at such sale.  Upon any such sale of Collateral by the Collateral Agent (including pursuant to a power of sale granted by statute or under a judicial proceeding), the receipt of the Collateral Agent or of the officer making the sale shall be a sufficient discharge to the purchaser or purchasers of the Collateral so sold and such purchaser or purchasers shall not be obligated to see to the application of any part of the purchase money paid to the Collateral Agent or such officer or be answerable in any way for the misapplication thereof.  Each purchaser at any such sale shall hold the property sold absolutely free from any claim, or right on the part of any Grantor, and each Grantor hereby waives (to the extent permitted by law) all rights of redemption, stay or appraisal that it now has or may at any time in the future have under any rule of law or statute now existing or hereafter enacted.  The Collateral Agent shall not be obliged to make any sale of Collateral regardless of notice of sale having been given.  The Collateral Agent may adjourn any public or private sale from time to time by announcement at the time and place fixed therefor, and such sale may, without further notice, be made at the time and place to which it was so adjourned.  To the maximum extent permitted by law, each Grantor hereby waives any claim against any Secured Party arising because the price at which any Collateral may have been sold at such a private sale was less than the price that might have been obtained at a public sale, even if the Collateral Agent accepts the first offer received and does not offer such Collateral to more than one offeree.  The Collateral Agent may disclaim any warranty, as to title or as to any other matter, in connection with such sale or other disposition, and its doing so shall not be considered adversely to affect the commercial reasonableness of such sale or other disposition.

 

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(c)                                  Notice of any such sale or other disposition shall be given to the relevant Grantor(s) as (and if) required by Section 17.

 

(d)                                 For the purpose of enabling the Collateral Agent to exercise rights and remedies under this Agreement at such time as the Collateral Agent shall be lawfully entitled to exercise such rights and remedies in compliance with the Intercreditor Agreements, each Grantor hereby grants to the Collateral Agent an irrevocable license (exercisable without payment of royalty or other compensation to the Grantors), to use, license or sublicense any of the Collateral consisting of Intellectual Property now owned or hereafter acquired by such Grantor, and including in such license access to all media in which any of the licensed items may be recorded or stored and to all computer software and programs used for the compilation or printout thereof.  The use of such license by the Collateral Agent may be exercised only upon the occurrence and during the continuation of an Event of Default; provided, however, that any license, sublicense or other transaction entered into by the Collateral Agent in accordance herewith shall be binding upon each Grantor notwithstanding any subsequent cure of an Event of Default.

 

(e)                                  The foregoing provisions of this Section shall apply to Real Property Collateral only to the extent permitted by applicable law and the provisions of any applicable Mortgage.

 

Section 15.                                    Application of Proceeds.

 

(a)                                 If an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Collateral Agent may, subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, apply (i) any cash held in the Collateral Accounts and (ii) the proceeds of any sale or other disposition of all or any part of the Collateral, in the following order of priorities:

 

first, to pay the expenses of such sale or other disposition, including reasonable compensation to agents of and counsel for the Collateral Agent and Trustee, and all expenses, liabilities and advances incurred or made by the Collateral Agent and Trustee in connection with the Security Documents, and any other amounts then due and payable to the Collateral Agent and Trustee pursuant to Sections 7.07 and 11.08 of the Indenture;

 

second, to pay (i) all Secured Obligations under the Note Documents (including without limitation principal of and interest on the Notes and all other amounts owing thereunder), and (ii) all other Secured Obligations, in each case pro rata in accordance with their respective amounts, until payment in full of all such interest and fees shall have been made (or so provided for); and

 

third, to pay to the relevant Grantor, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may direct, any surplus then remaining from the proceeds of the Collateral owned by it;

 

provided that Collateral owned by a Subsidiary Guarantor and any proceeds thereof shall be applied pursuant to the foregoing clauses first, second and third only in a maximum aggregate amount equal to the greatest amount that would not render respective Grantor’s obligations hereunder subject to avoidance as a fraudulent transfer or conveyance under Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code or any comparable provisions of applicable state law.  The Collateral Agent may make such distributions hereunder in cash or in kind or, on a ratable basis, in any combination thereof.

 

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(b)                                 In making the payments and allocations required by this Section, the Collateral Agent may rely upon information supplied to it pursuant to Section 19(c).  All distributions made by the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Section shall be final (except in the event of manifest error) and the Collateral Agent shall have no duty to inquire as to the application by any Secured Party of any amount distributed to it.

 

Section 16.                                    [Reserved.]

 

Section 17.                                    Authority to Administer Collateral.  Each Grantor irrevocably appoints the Collateral Agent its true and lawful attorney, with full power of substitution, in the name of such Grantor, any Secured Party or otherwise, for the sole use and benefit of the Secured Parties, but at the Issuers’ expense, to the extent permitted by law and subject to the terms of the Intercreditor Agreements, to exercise, at any time and from time to time while an Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, all or any of the following powers with respect to all or any of such Grantor’s Collateral:

 

(a)                                 to demand, sue for, collect, receive and give acquittance for any and all monies due or to become due upon or by virtue thereof,

 

(b)                                 to obtain and adjust insurance required to be maintained by such Grantor pursuant to the Indenture, if any,

 

(c)                                  to settle, compromise, compound, prosecute or defend any action or proceeding with respect thereto,

 

(d)                                 to sell, lease, license or otherwise dispose of the same or the proceeds or avails thereof, as fully and effectually as if the Collateral Agent were the absolute owner thereof, and

 

(e)                                  to extend the time of payment of any or all thereof and to make any allowance or other adjustment with reference thereto;

 

provided that, except in the case of Personal Property Collateral that is perishable or threatens to decline speedily in value or is of a type customarily sold on a recognized market, the Collateral Agent will give the relevant Grantor at least ten days’ prior written notice of the time and place of any public sale thereof or the time after which any private sale or other intended disposition thereof will be made.  Any such notice shall (i) contain the information specified in UCC Section 9-613, (ii) be Authenticated and (iii) be sent to the parties required to be notified pursuant to UCC Section 9-611(c); provided that, if the Collateral Agent fails to comply with this sentence in any respect, its liability for such failure shall be limited to the liability (if any) imposed on it as a matter of law under the UCC.

 

Section 18.                                    Limitation on Duty in Respect of Collateral.  Beyond the exercise of reasonable care in the custody and preservation thereof, the Collateral Agent will have no duty as to any Collateral in its possession or control or in the possession or control of any sub-agent or bailee or any income therefrom or as to the preservation of rights against prior parties or any other rights pertaining thereto.  The Collateral Agent will be deemed to have exercised reasonable care in the custody and preservation of the Collateral in its possession or control if such Collateral is accorded treatment substantially equal to that which it accords its own property, and will not be liable or responsible for any loss or damage to any Collateral, or for any

 

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diminution in the value thereof, by reason of any act or omission of any sub-agent or bailee selected by the Collateral Agent in good faith, except to the extent that such liability arises from the Collateral Agent’s gross negligence or willful misconduct.

 

Section 19.                                    General Provisions Concerning the Collateral Agent.

 

(a)                                 The provisions of Articles VII and XI of the Indenture shall inure to the benefit of the Collateral Agent, and shall be binding upon all Grantors and all Secured Parties, in connection with this Agreement and the other Security Documents.  Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, (i) the Collateral Agent shall not be subject to any fiduciary or other implied duties, regardless of whether an Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, (ii) the Collateral Agent shall not have any duty to take any discretionary action or exercise any discretionary powers, except discretionary rights and powers expressly contemplated by the Security Documents that the Trustee directs the Collateral Agent in writing to exercise, and (iii) except as expressly set forth in the Note Documents, the Collateral Agent shall not have any duty to disclose, and shall not be liable for any failure to disclose, any information relating to any Grantor that is communicated to or obtained by the bank serving as Collateral Agent or any of its Affiliates in any capacity.  The Collateral Agent shall not be responsible for the existence, genuineness or value of any Collateral or for the validity, perfection, priority or enforceability of any Transaction Lien, whether impaired by operation of law or by reason of any action or omission to act on its part under the Security Documents.  The Collateral Agent shall be deemed not to have knowledge of any Event of Default unless and until written notice thereof is given to the Collateral Agent and the Trustee.

 

(b)                                 Sub-Agents and Related Parties.  The Collateral Agent may perform any of its duties and exercise any of its rights and powers through one or more sub-agents appointed by it.  The Collateral Agent and any such sub-agent may perform any of its duties and exercise any of its rights and powers through its Affiliates and through its and its Affiliates’ respective directors, officers, members, partners, employees, agents and advisors (jointly, the “Related Parties”).  The exculpatory provisions of Section 18 and this Section shall apply to any such sub-agent and to the Related Parties of the Collateral Agent and any such sub-agent.

 

(c)                                  Information as to Secured Obligations and Actions by Secured Parties.  For all purposes of the Security Documents, including determining the amounts of the Secured Obligations and whether a Secured Obligation is a Contingent Secured Obligation or not, or whether any action has been taken under any Secured Agreement, the Collateral Agent will be entitled to rely on information from (i) its own records for information as to the Holders, their Secured Obligations and actions taken by them, (ii) the Trustee for information as to its Secured Obligations and actions taken by it, to the extent that the Collateral Agent has not obtained such information from its own records, and (iii) the Issuers, to the extent that the Collateral Agent has not obtained information from the foregoing sources.

 

(d)                                 Refusal to Act.  The Collateral Agent may refuse to act on any notice, consent, direction or instruction from the Trustee or any Secured Parties, in the Collateral Agent’s opinion, (i) is contrary to law or the provisions of any Security Document, (ii) may expose the Collateral Agent to liability (unless the Collateral Agent shall have been indemnified, to its satisfaction, for such liability by the Secured Parties that gave such notice, consent, direction or

 

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instruction) or (iii) is unduly prejudicial to Secured Parties not joining in such notice, consent, direction or instruction.

 

Section 20.                                    Termination of Transaction Liens; Release of Collateral.

 

(a)                                 The Transaction Lien granted by any Grantor shall terminate, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, at any time or from time to time in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.05 of the Indenture.

 

(b)                                 The Collateral (or a portion thereof) shall be released from the Transaction Lien created by this Agreement, all without delivery of any instrument or performance of any act by any party, at any time or from time to time in accordance with the provisions of Section 11.05 of the Indenture.

 

(c)                                  Upon any termination of a Transaction Lien or release of Collateral, the Collateral Agent will, at the expense of the relevant Grantor, execute and deliver to such Grantor such documents as such Grantor shall reasonably request to evidence the termination of such Transaction Lien or the release of such Collateral, as the case may be.

 

Section 21.                                    Additional Guarantors and Grantors.  Any Subsidiary of the Parent Guarantor may become a party hereto by signing and delivering to the Collateral Agent a Security Agreement Supplement, whereupon such Subsidiary shall become a “Grantor” as defined herein.

 

Section 22.                                    [Reserved.]

 

Section 23.                                    Notices.  Each notice, request or other communication given to any party hereunder shall be given in accordance with Section 13.01 of the Indenture, and in the case of any such notice, request or other communication to a Grantor other than the Company, shall be given to it in care of the Company.

 

Section 24.                                    No Implied Waivers; Remedies Not Exclusive.  No failure by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party to exercise, and no delay in exercising and no course of dealing with respect to, any right or remedy under any Security Document shall operate as a waiver thereof; nor shall any single or partial exercise by the Collateral Agent or any Secured Party of any right or remedy under this Agreement or any other Note Document preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right or remedy.  The rights and remedies specified in the Note Documents are cumulative and are not exclusive of any other rights or remedies provided by law.

 

Section 25.                                    Successors and Assigns.  The Liens provided for in this Agreement are for the benefit of the Collateral Agent and the Secured Parties.  If all or any part of any Secured Party’s interest in any Secured Obligation is assigned or otherwise transferred, the transferor’s rights hereunder, to the extent applicable to the obligation so transferred, shall be automatically transferred with such obligation.  This Agreement shall be binding on each party hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

 

Section 26.                                    Amendments and Waivers.  Neither this Agreement nor any provision hereof may be waived, amended, modified or terminated except pursuant to an agreement or

 

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agreements in writing entered into by the Collateral Agent, with the consent of such Holders, if any, as are required to consent thereto under Article IX of the Indenture, and in compliance with the Intercreditor Agreements.  No such waiver, amendment or modification shall be binding upon any Grantor, except with its written consent.

 

Section 27.                                    Choice of Law.  This Agreement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflicts of laws principles (other than Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York) and except to the extent that remedies provided by the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York are governed by the laws of such jurisdiction.

 

Section 28.                                    Waiver of Jury Trial.  EACH PARTY HERETO WAIVES, TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, ANY RIGHT IT MAY HAVE TO A TRIAL BY JURY IN ANY LEGAL PROCEEDING DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY ARISING OUT OF OR RELATING TO ANY SECURITY DOCUMENT OR ANY TRANSACTION CONTEMPLATED THEREBY (WHETHER BASED ON CONTRACT, TORT OR ANY OTHER THEORY).  EACH PARTY HERETO (a) CERTIFIES THAT NO REPRESENTATIVE, AGENT OR ATTORNEY OF ANY OTHER PARTY HAS REPRESENTED, EXPRESSLY OR OTHERWISE, THAT SUCH OTHER PARTY WOULD NOT, IN THE EVENT OF LITIGATION, SEEK TO ENFORCE THE FOREGOING WAIVER AND (b) ACKNOWLEDGES THAT IT AND THE OTHER PARTIES HERETO HAVE BEEN INDUCED TO ENTER INTO THIS AGREEMENT BY, AMONG OTHER THINGS, THE MUTUAL WAIVERS AND CERTIFICATIONS IN THIS SECTION.

 

Section 29.                                    Severability.  If any provision of any Security Document is invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then, to the fullest extent permitted by law, (a) the other provisions of the Security Documents shall remain in full force and effect in such jurisdiction and the Secured Parties in order to carry out the intentions of the parties thereto as nearly as may be possible and (b) the invalidity or unenforceability of such provision in such jurisdiction shall not affect the validity or enforceability thereof in any other jurisdiction.

 

Section 30.                                    Conflicts with Note Documents.  To the fullest extent possible, the terms and provisions of this Agreement shall be read together with the terms and provisions of each other Note Document so that the terms and provisions of this Agreement do not conflict with the terms and provisions of any Note Document; provided, however, notwithstanding the foregoing, in the event that any of the terms or provisions of the Indenture conflicts with any terms or provisions of any Note Document, including this Agreement, the terms or provisions of the Indenture shall govern and control for all purposes; provided further that (a) the inclusion in this Agreement of terms and provisions as to rights or remedies in favor of the Collateral Agent related to Collateral and not expressly addressed in the Indenture shall not be deemed to be in conflict with the Indenture and all such rights or remedies contained herein shall be given full force and effect, and (b) the inclusion in this Agreement of terms or provisions that are less restrictive to the Parent Guarantor or any Subsidiary thereof shall not be deemed to be in conflict with the Indenture and all such terms and provisions contained herein shall be given full force and effect.

 

Section 31.                                    Entire Agreement.  This Agreement, the other Note Documents and any separate letter agreements with respect to fees payable to the Collateral Agent constitute the

 

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entire contract among the parties relating to the subject matter hereof and supersede any and all previous agreements and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof.

 

Section 32.                                    Intercreditor Agreements.

 

(a)                                 Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the Liens and security interests granted to the Collateral Agent pursuant to this Agreement and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by the Collateral Agent hereunder or the application of Proceeds (including insurance proceeds and condemnation proceeds) of any Collateral, are subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreements.  In the event of any conflict between the terms of an Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.

 

(b)                                 Without limiting the generality of the foregoing clause (a) and subject to the provisions of the Intercreditor Agreements, with respect to the Collateral, any obligation of any Grantor hereunder or under any other Second Priority Debt Document with respect to the delivery or control of any Collateral, the provisions of voting rights, the turning over of proceeds of Collateral or the obtaining of any consent of any Person, in each case in connection with any Collateral shall be deemed to be satisfied if (i) until the Discharge of Senior Debt Obligations, such Grantor complies with the requirements of the similar provision of the applicable Senior Debt Document, including, for avoidance of doubt, by delivering any possessory Collateral or granting control over any Collateral to the Senior Representative, or (ii) upon the Discharge of Senior Debt Obligations and in case any person other than the Collateral Agent acts as Designated Second Priority Representative (designated in accordance with the terms of the Pari Passu Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement), such Grantor complies with the requirements of the similar provision of the applicable Second Priority Debt Document, including, for avoidance of doubt, by delivering any possessory Collateral or granting control over any Collateral to such Designated Second Priority Representative. Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, for purposes of any representation in this Agreement, delivery of Collateral to, or the granting of control over Collateral to, the Control Agent shall be deemed to include delivery of Collateral to, or the granting of control over Collateral to, the Collateral Agent.

 

(c)                                  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, any request, decision or determination made, or documents or other items deemed satisfactory, desirable, necessary, appropriate or advisable, by the Senior Representative with respect to the equivalent section under the Senior Debt Documents, shall be deemed to have been made, or deemed satisfactory, desirable, necessary, appropriate or advisable by the Collateral Agent.

 

(d)                                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, prior to the Discharge of Senior Debt Obligations no Grantor shall be required to take any actions other than the filing of UCC financing statements unless it is so required to take such action under the Senior Debt Documents.

 

Section 33.                                    Subordination of Liens.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (A) the liens and security interests granted to the Second Priority Representative pursuant to this Agreement are expressly subject and subordinate to the liens and security interests granted in favor of the Senior Secured Parties (as defined in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement referred to below), including liens and security interests granted to PNC Bank,

 

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National Association, as administrative and collateral agent, pursuant to or in connection with the Credit Agreement dated as of February 21, 2014, by and among Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC, as borrower, its subsidiaries party thereto, as guarantors, PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative and collateral agent, and a syndicate of lenders, as such agreement is amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated September 5, 2014 and Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated September 9, 2016 and as it otherwise has been or may be, in whole or in part, in one or more instances, amended, restated, renewed, extended, substituted, refinanced, restructured, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (including, without limitation, any successive amendments, restatements, renewals, extensions, or substitutions of the foregoing) and (B) the exercise of any right or remedy by the Second Priority Representative hereunder is subject to the limitations and provisions of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement dated as of October 17, 2016 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), among PNC Bank, National Association, as First Lien Collateral Agent, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Second Lien Collateral Agent, the Borrowers, their subsidiaries and affiliated entities party thereto. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.

 

Section 34.                                    Concerning the Collateral Agent.  The Collateral Agent is a party to this Agreement solely in its capacity as Collateral Agent pursuant to the Indenture and not in its individual capacity.  The Collateral Agent shall have all of the rights, privileges and immunities afforded to it as Collateral Agent under the Indenture and the other Note Documents as though fully set forth herein.

 

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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.

 

	
 
    	
CLOUD   PEAK ENERGY RESOURCES LLC,
    
	
 
    	
as an   Issuer
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Heath Hill
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Heath Hill
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Executive   Vice President and Chief Financial Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
CLOUD   PEAK ENERGY FINANCE CORP.,
    
	
 
    	
as an   Issuer
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Heath Hill
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Heath   Hill
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Executive   Vice President and Chief   Financial Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
CLOUD PEAK   ENERGY INC.,
    
	
 
    	
as the   Parent Guarantor
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Heath Hill
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Heath   Hill
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Executive   Vice President and Chief   Financial Officer
    

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE SECURITY AGREEMENT]

 

 

	
 
    	
ANTELOPE   COAL LLC,
    
	
 
    	
ARROWHEAD   I LLC,
    
	
 
    	
ARROWHEAD   II LLC,
    
	
 
    	
ARROWHEAD   III LLC,
    
	
 
    	
BIG METAL   COAL CO. LLC,
    
	
 
    	
CABALLO   ROJO HOLDINGS LLC,
    
	
 
    	
CABALLO   ROJO LLC,
    
	
 
    	
CLOUD   PEAK ENERGY LOGISTICS LLC,
    
	
 
    	
CLOUD   PEAK ENERGY LOGISTICS I LLC,
    
	
 
    	
CLOUD   PEAK ENERGY SERVICES COMPANY,
    
	
 
    	
CORDERO   MINING HOLDINGS LLC,
    
	
 
    	
CORDERO   MINING LLC,
    
	
 
    	
CORDERO   OIL AND GAS LLC,
    
	
 
    	
KENNECOTT   COAL SALES LLC,
    
	
 
    	
NERCO   COAL LLC,
    
	
 
    	
NERCO   COAL SALES LLC,
    
	
 
    	
NERCO   LLC,
    
	
 
    	
PROSPECT   LAND AND DEVELOPMENT LLC,
    
	
 
    	
RESOURCE   DEVELOPMENT LLC,
    
	
 
    	
SEQUATCHIE   VALLEY COAL CORPORATION,
    
	
 
    	
SPRING   CREEK COAL LLC,
    
	
 
    	
WESTERN   MINERALS LLC,
    
	
 
    	
YOUNGS   CREEK HOLDINGS I LLC,
    
	
 
    	
YOUNGS   CREEK HOLDINGS II LLC,
    
	
 
    	
YOUNGS   CREEK MINING COMPANY, LLC,
    
	
 
    	
as   Subsidiary Guarantors
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Heath Hill
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Heath   Hill
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Executive   Vice President and Chief   Financial Officer
    

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE SECURITY AGREEMENT]

 

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

	
 
    	
WILMINGTON   TRUST,
    
	
 
    	
NATIONAL   ASSOCIATION, solely in its capacity
    
	
 
    	
as   Collateral Agent
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ W. Thomas Morris, II
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
W. Thomas   Morris, II
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice   President
    

 

[SIGNATURE PAGE SECURITY AGREEMENT]

 

 

EXHIBIT A

to Security Agreement

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT

 

SECURITY AGREEMENT SUPPLEMENT dated as of       ,    , between [NAME OF GRANTOR] (the “Grantor”), and WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent.

 

RECITALS:

 

CLOUD PEAK ENERGY RESOURCES LLC and CLOUD PEAK ENERGY FINANCE CORP. (together, the “Issuers”), CLOUD PEAK ENERGY INC. (the “Parent Guarantor”), the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Collateral Agent, are parties to the Security Agreement dated as of October 17, 2016 (as may be amended and/or supplemented, the “Security Agreement”) under which the Issuers, the Parent Guarantor and the Subsidiary Guarantors secure certain of obligations of the Issuers (the “Issuers Secured Obligations”) and the guaranties of the Borrower Secured Obligations (each, a “Secured Guarantee”) by the Parent Guarantor and the Subsidiary Guarantors;

 

[Name of Grantor] desires to become [is] a party to the Security Agreement as a Subsidiary Guarantor and Grantor thereunder;

 

Terms defined in the Security Agreement (or whose definitions are incorporated by reference in Section 1 of the Security Agreement) and not otherwise defined herein have, as used herein, the respective meanings provided for therein;

 

Now, therefore, in consideration of the foregoing and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1.             Grant of Transaction Liens.  i.           (a) In order to secure the Secured Obligations, the Grantor grants to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Collateral Agent, the Trustee and the other Secured Parties a continuing security interest in all property of the Grantor of the type described in Section 2(a) of the Security Agreement and subject to the exclusions and limitations set forth in Section 2, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising and regardless of where located (the “New Collateral”).

 

ii.             With respect to each right to payment or performance included in the Collateral from time to time, the Transaction Lien granted therein includes a continuing security interest in (i) any Supporting Obligation that supports such payment or performance and (ii) any Lien that (x) secures such right to payment or performance or (y) secures any such Supporting Obligation.

 

iii.            The foregoing transaction Liens are granted as security only and shall not subject the Collateral Agent or any other Secured Party to, or transfer or in any way affect or modify, any obligation or liability of the Grantor with respect to any of the New Collateral or any transaction in connection therewith.

 

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2.             Delivery of Collateral.  Concurrently with delivering this Security Agreement Supplement to the Collateral Agent, the Grantor is complying with the provisions of Section 7 of the Security Agreement with respect to Investment Property, in each case if and to the extent included in the New Collateral at such time.

 

3.             Party to Security Agreement.  Upon delivering this Security Agreement Supplement to the Collateral Agent, the Grantor will become a party to the Security Agreement as a “Subsidiary Guarantor” and “Grantor” and will thereafter have all the rights and obligations of a Subsidiary Guarantor and a Grantor thereunder and be bound by all the provisions thereof as fully as if the Grantor were one of the original parties thereto; provided that provisions that expressly apply only to Original Grantors (as defined in the Security Agreement) shall not apply to the Grantor.

 

4.             Representations and Warranties. i.           (a) The Grantor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction identified as its jurisdiction of organization in Schedule 1 hereto.

 

ii.             Within 60 days after the date hereof, the Grantor will furnish to the Collateral Agent a file search report from each UCC filing office in the state of the Grantor’s jurisdiction of formation listed in Schedule 1, showing the filing made at such filing office to perfect the Transaction Liens on the New Collateral.

 

iii.            The execution and delivery of this Security Agreement Supplement by the Grantor and the performance by it of its obligations under the Security Agreement as supplemented hereby (i) do not require any consent or approval of, registration or filing with, or other action by, any Governmental Authority, except for (A) the filing of such UCC financing statements, (B) such Intellectual Property Filings, (C) the due recordation of the Mortgages, if applicable, (D) notices of the transactions required under any Mining Permit or Environmental Permit regarding a charge in control that will be given to the applicable Governmental Authority on or prior to the date by which such notices are due, (E) the entry into control agreements, and (F) steps which are, pursuant to Section 2(b) of the Security Agreement, not required; (ii) are within its corporate or other powers, (iii) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or other action, (iv) do not violate its organizational documents, (v) do not contravene or constitute a default under, any provision of applicable law or regulation or of agreement, judgment, injunction, order, decree or other instrument binding upon it, except in each case referred to in this clause (v) to the extent that failure to do so would not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, or (vi) will not result in the creation or imposition of any Lien (except a Transaction Lien) on any of its assets.

 

iv.            The Security Agreement as supplemented hereby constitutes a valid and binding agreement of the Grantor, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as limited by (i) applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, fraudulent conveyance or other similar laws affecting creditors’ rights generally and (ii) general principles of equity.

 

v.             Each of the representations and warranties set forth in Sections 3, 7, and 10 of the Security Agreement is true as applied to the Grantor and the New Collateral; provided that, to the extent that such representations and warranties specifically refer to an earlier date, they shall be

 

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true and correct in all respects as of such earlier date (to the extent the Grantor would be a party to the Security Agreement on such earlier date).  For purposes of the foregoing sentence, references in said Sections to a “Grantor” shall be deemed to refer to the Grantor, references to Schedules to the Security Agreement shall be deemed to refer to the corresponding Schedules to this Security Agreement Supplement, references to “Collateral” shall be deemed to refer to the New Collateral, and references to the “Issue Date” shall be deemed to refer to the date on which the Grantor signs and delivers this Security Agreement Supplement.

 

5.             Governing Law.  This Security Agreement Supplement shall be construed in accordance with and governed by the laws of the State of New York without regard to conflicts of laws principles (other than Sections 5-1401 and 5-1402 of the General Obligations Law of the State of New York) and except to the extent that remedies provided by the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York are governed by the laws of such jurisdiction.

 

6.             Concerning the Collateral Agent.  The Collateral Agent is a party to this Security Agreement Supplement solely in its capacity as Collateral Agent pursuant to the Indenture and not in its individual capacity. The Collateral Agent shall have all of the rights, privileges and immunities afforded to it as Collateral Agent under the Indenture and the other Note Documents as though fully set forth herein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Security Agreement Supplement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the day and year first above written.

 

	
 
    	
[NAME   OF GRANTOR]
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
WILMINGTON   TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    

 

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Schedule 1
 to Security Agreement
 Supplement

 

JURISDICTION OF FORMATION

 

	
Grantor
    	
 
    	
Jurisdiction of
   Organization
    	
 
    	
Filing Office
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

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Schedule 2
 to Security Agreement
 Supplement

 

EQUITY INTERESTS IN SUBSIDIARIES AND AFFILIATES
 OWNED BY GRANTOR

 

	
Issuer
    	
 
    	
Jurisdiction of
   Organization
    	
 
    	
Percentage Owned
    	
 
    	
Number of Share
   Units
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

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Schedule 3
 to Security Agreement
 Supplement

 

INVESTMENT PROPERTY
 (other than Equity Interests in Subsidiaries and Affiliates)
 OWNED BY GRANTOR

 

PART 1 — Securities

 

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Schedule 4
 to Security Agreement
 Supplement

 

MATERIAL COMMERCIAL TORT CLAIMS

 

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EXHIBIT B

to Security Agreement

 

COPYRIGHT SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

WHEREAS, [name of Grantor], a [corporation](3), (herein referred to as the “Grantor”) owns, or in the case of licenses is a party to, the Copyright Collateral (as defined below);

 

WHEREAS, CLOUD PEAK ENERGY RESOURCES LLC and CLOUD PEAK ENERGY FINANCE CORP. (together, the “Issuers”) issued $[·] aggregate principal amount of 12% Second Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2021 pursuant to an indenture dated as of October 17, 2016 (the “Indenture”) among the Issuers, CLOUD PEAK ENERGY INC. (the “Parent Guarantor”), the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee and the Collateral Agent.

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to (i) the Security Agreement dated as of October 17, 2016 (as may be amended and/or supplemented from time to time, the “Security Agreement”) among the Issuers, the Parent Guarantor, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as the Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties referred to therein (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Grantee”), and (ii) certain other Security Documents (including this Copyright Security Agreement), the Grantor has secured certain of its obligations (the “Secured Obligations”) by granting to the Grantee for the benefit of such Secured Parties a continuing security interest in personal property of the Grantor, including all right, title and interest of the Grantor in, to and under the Copyright Collateral (as defined below);

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Grantor grants to the Grantee, to secure the Secured Obligations, a continuing security interest in all of the Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the following (all of the following items or types, of property being herein collectively referred to as the “Copyright Collateral”), whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising:

 

i.              each Copyright (as defined in the Security Agreement) owned by the Grantor that is Recordable Intellectual Property (as defined in the Security Agreement), including, without limitation, each Copyright registration or application therefor referred to in Schedule 1 hereto;

 

ii.             each Copyright License (as defined in the Security Agreement) to which the Grantor is a party, including, without limitation, each exclusive Copyright License identified in Schedule 1 hereto; and

 

iii.            all proceeds of, revenues from, and accounts and general intangibles arising out of, the foregoing, including, without limitation, all proceeds of and revenues from any claim by the Grantor against third parties for past, present or future infringement of any Copyright owned by the Grantor (including, without limitation, any Copyright identified in

 

(3)  Modify as needed if the Grantor is not a Corporation.

 

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Schedule 1), and all rights and benefits of the Grantor under any Copyright License (including, without limitation, any exclusive Copyright License identified in Schedule 1).

 

The Grantor irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Grantee and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power and authority in the name of the Grantor or in the Grantee’s name, from time to time, in the Grantee’s discretion, so long as any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, to take with respect to the Copyright Collateral any and all appropriate action which the Grantor might take with respect to the Copyright Collateral and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to carry out the terms of this Copyright Security Agreement and to accomplish the purposes hereof.

 

The Grantor acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Grantee with respect to the security interest in the Copyright Collateral granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein.

 

The Collateral Agent is a party to this Copyright Security Agreement solely in its capacity as Collateral Agent pursuant to the Indenture and not in its individual capacity. The Collateral Agent shall have all of the rights, privileges and immunities afforded to it as Collateral Agent under the Indenture and the other Note Documents as though fully set forth herein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Copyright Security Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the     day of     ,              .

 

	
 
    	
[NAME   OF GRANTOR]
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
WILMINGTON   TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Collateral Agent
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    

 

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Schedule l to Copyright

Security Agreement

 

[NAME OF GRANTOR]

 

COPYRIGHT REGISTRATIONS

 

	
Registration No.
    	
 
    	
Registration Date
    	
 
    	
Title
    	
 
    	
Expiration
   Date
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

COPYRIGHT APPLICATIONS

 

	
Case No.
    	
 
    	
Serial No.
    	
 
    	
Country
    	
 
    	
Date
    	
 
    	
Filing Title
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

EXCLUSIVE COPYRIGHT LICENSES

 

	
Name of
   Agreement
    	
 
    	
Parties
   Licensor/Licensee
    	
 
    	
Date of
   Agreement
    	
 
    	
Subject
   Matter
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

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EXHIBIT C

to Security Agreement

 

PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

WHEREAS, [name of Grantor], a [corporation](4), (herein referred to as the “Grantor”) owns, or in the case of licenses is a party to, the Patent Collateral (as defined below);

 

WHEREAS, CLOUD PEAK ENERGY RESOURCES LLC and CLOUD PEAK ENERGY FINANCE CORP. (together, the “Issuers”) issued $[·] aggregate principal amount of 12% Second Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2021 pursuant to an indenture dated as of October 17, 2016 (the “Indenture”) among the Issuers, CLOUD PEAK ENERGY INC. (the “Parent Guarantor”), the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee and the Collateral Agent.

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to (i) the Security Agreement dated as of October 17, 2016 (as may be amended and/or supplemented from time to time, the “Security Agreement”) among the Issuers, the Parent Guarantor, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as the Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties referred to therein (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Grantee”), and (ii) certain other Security Documents (including this Patent Security Agreement), the Grantor has secured certain of its obligations (the “Secured Obligations”) by granting to the Grantee for the benefit of such Secured Parties a continuing security interest in personal property of the Grantor, including all right, title and interest of the Grantor in, to and under the Patent Collateral (as defined below);

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Grantor grants to the Grantee, to secure the Secured Obligations, a continuing security interest in all of the Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the following (all of the following items or types, of property being herein collectively referred to as the “Patent Collateral”), whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising:

 

i.              each Patent (as defined in the Security Agreement) owned by the Grantor that is Recordable Intellectual Property (as defined in the Security Agreement), including, without limitation, each Patent referred to in Schedule 1 hereto;

 

ii.             each Patent License (as defined in the Security Agreement) to which the Grantor is a party, including, without limitation, each exclusive Patent License identified in Schedule 1 hereto; and

 

iii.            all proceeds of, and revenues from, the foregoing, including, without limitation, all proceeds of and revenues from any claim by the Grantor against third parties for past, present or future infringement of any Patent owned by the Grantor (including,

 

(4)  Modify as needed if the Grantor is not a Corporation.

 

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without limitation, any Patent identified in Schedule 1 hereto), and all rights and benefits of the Grantor under any Patent License (including, without limitation, any exclusive Patent License identified in Schedule 1 hereto).

 

The Grantor irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Grantee and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power and authority in the name of the Grantor or in the Grantee’s name, from time to time, in the Grantee’s discretion, so long as any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, to take with respect to the Patent Collateral any and all appropriate action which the Grantor might take with respect to the Patent Collateral and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to carry out the terms of this Patent Security Agreement and to accomplish the purposes hereof.

 

The Grantor acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Grantee with respect to the security interest in the Patent Collateral granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein.

 

The Collateral Agent is a party to this Patent Security Agreement solely in its capacity as Collateral Agent pursuant to the Indenture and not in its individual capacity. The Collateral Agent shall have all of the rights, privileges and immunities afforded to it as Collateral Agent under the Indenture and the other Note Documents as though fully set forth herein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Patent Security Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the     day of     ,               .

 

	
 
    	
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Schedule l to Patent

Security Agreement

 

[NAME OF GRANTOR]

 

PATENTS AND DESIGN PATENTS

 

	
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PATENT APPLICATIONS

 

	
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PATENT LICENSES

 

	
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EXHIBIT D

to Security Agreement

 

TRADEMARK SECURITY AGREEMENT

 

WHEREAS, [name of Grantor], a [corporation](5), (herein referred to as the “Grantor”) owns, or in the case of licenses is a party to, the Trademark Collateral (as defined below);

 

WHEREAS, CLOUD PEAK ENERGY RESOURCES LLC and CLOUD PEAK ENERGY FINANCE CORP. (together, the “Issuers”) issued $[·] aggregate principal amount of 12% Second Lien Senior Secured Notes due 2021 pursuant to an indenture dated as of October 17, 2016 (the “Indenture”) among the Issuers, CLOUD PEAK ENERGY INC. (the “Parent Guarantor”), the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Trustee and the Collateral Agent.

 

WHEREAS, pursuant to (i) the Security Agreement dated as of October 17, 2016 (as may be amended and/or supplemented from time to time, the “Security Agreement”) among the Issuers, the Parent Guarantor, the Subsidiary Guarantors party thereto and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as the Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties referred to therein (in such capacity, together with its successors in such capacity, the “Grantee”), and (ii) certain other Security Documents (including this Trademark Security Agreement), the Grantor has secured certain of its obligations (the “Secured Obligations”) by granting to the Grantee for the benefit of such Secured Parties a continuing security interest in personal property of the Grantor, including all right, title and interest of the Grantor in, to and under the Trademark Collateral (as defined below);

 

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the Grantor grants to the Grantee, to secure the Secured Obligations, a continuing security interest in all of the Grantor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the following (all of the following items or types, of property being herein collectively referred to as the “Trademark Collateral”), whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising:

 

i.              each Trademark (as defined in the Security Agreement) owned by the Grantor that is Recordable Intellectual Property (as defined in the Security Agreement), including, without limitation, each Trademark registration and application referred to in Schedule 1 hereto , and all of the goodwill of the business connected with the use of, or symbolized by, each Trademark;

 

ii.             each Trademark License (as defined in the Security Agreement) to which the Grantor is a party, including, without limitation, each exclusive Trademark License identified in Schedule 1 hereto, and all of the goodwill of the business connected with the use of, or symbolized by, each Trademark licensed pursuant thereto; and

 

iii.            all proceeds of and revenues from the foregoing, including, without limitation, all proceeds of and revenues from any claim by the Grantor against third parties for past,

 

(5)  Modify as needed if the Grantor is not a Corporation.

 

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present or future unfair competition with, or violation of intellectual property rights in connection with or injury to, or infringement or dilution of any Trademark owned by the Grantor (including, without limitation, any Trademark identified in Schedule 1 hereto), and all rights and benefits of the Grantor under any Trademark License (including, without limitation, any exclusive Trademark License identified in Schedule 1 hereto), or for injury to the goodwill associated with any of the foregoing.

 

The Grantor irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Grantee and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full power and authority in the name of the Grantor or in the Grantee’s name, from time to time, in the Grantee’s discretion, so long as any Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, to take with respect to the Trademark Collateral any and all appropriate action which the Grantor might take with respect to the Trademark Collateral and to execute any and all documents and instruments which may be necessary or desirable to carry out the terms of this Trademark Security Agreement and to accomplish the purposes hereof.

 

The Grantor acknowledges and affirms that the rights and remedies of the Grantee with respect to the security interest in the Trademark Collateral granted hereby are more fully set forth in the Security Agreement, the terms and provisions of which are incorporated by reference herein as if fully set forth herein.

 

The Collateral Agent is a party to this Trademark Security Agreement solely in its capacity as Collateral Agent pursuant to the Indenture and not in its individual capacity. The Collateral Agent shall have all of the rights, privileges and immunities afforded to it as Collateral Agent under the Indenture and the other Note Documents as though fully set forth herein.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Trademark Security Agreement to be duly executed by their respective authorized officers as of the     day of     ,           .

 

	
 
    	
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Schedule l to Trademark

Security Agreement

 

[NAME OF GRANTOR]

 

TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS

 

U.S. TRADEMARK REGISTRATIONS

 

	
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U.S. TRADEMARK APPLICATIONS

 

	
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EXCLUSIVE TRADEMARK LICENSES

 

	
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4Exhibit 10.2

	
 
    	
 
    

 

FIRST LIEN/SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

 

among

 

CLOUD PEAK ENERGY RESOURCES LLC

 

and

 

CLOUD PEAK ENERGY FINANCE CORP.

 

as the Borrowers,

 

the other Grantors party hereto,

 

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 

as Senior Representative for the
 First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties,

 

WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION,

 

as Second Priority Representative for the
 Second Lien Indenture Secured Parties

 

and

 

each additional Representative from time to time party hereto

 

dated as of October 17, 2016

	
 
    	
 
    

 

 

FIRST LIEN/SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

 

FIRST LIEN/SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of October 17, 2016 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, this “Agreement”), among CLOUD PEAK ENERGY RESOURCES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Cloud Peak Energy”), CLOUD PEAK ENERGY FINANCE CORP., a Delaware corporation (“Cloud Peak Finance” and, together with Cloud Peak Energy, the “Borrowers”), the other Grantors (as defined below) party hereto, PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as Representative for the First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the “First Lien Collateral Agent”), WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, solely in its capacity as collateral agent under the Second Lien Indenture, as Representative for the Second Lien Indenture Secured Parties (in such capacity and together with its successors in such capacity, the “Second Lien Collateral Agent”), and each additional Second Priority Representative and Senior Representative that from time to time becomes a party hereto pursuant to Section 8.09.

 

In consideration of the mutual agreements herein contained and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the First Lien Collateral Agent (for itself and on behalf of the First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties), the Second Lien Collateral Agent (for itself and on behalf of the Second Lien Indenture Secured Parties), each additional Senior Representative (for itself and on behalf of the Additional Senior Debt Parties under the applicable Additional Senior Debt Facility) and each additional Second Priority Representative (for itself and on behalf of the Second Priority Debt Parties under the applicable Second Priority Debt Facility) 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 First Lien Credit Agreement or, if defined in the New York UCC, the meanings specified therein. As used in this Agreement, the following terms have the meanings specified below:

 

“Additional Second Priority Debt” means any Debt that is incurred, issued or guaranteed by any Borrower and/or any Guarantor (other than Debt constituting Second Lien Indenture Obligations), which Debt and guarantees are secured by the Second Priority Collateral (or any portion thereof) for which the applicable Additional Second Priority Debt Documents provide that such Debt and guarantees are to be secured by such Second Priority Collateral on a subordinate or junior basis to the Senior Debt Obligations; provided, however, that (i) such Debt is permitted to be incurred, secured and guaranteed on such basis by each then extant Senior Debt Document and Second Priority Debt Document and (ii) unless already a party with respect to that series of Additional Second Priority Debt, the Representative for the holders of such Debt shall have (A) become party to this Agreement pursuant to, and by satisfying the conditions set forth in, Section 8.09 hereof and (B) become a party to the Second Priority Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement pursuant to, and by satisfying the conditions set forth therein; provided further that, if such Debt will be the initial Additional Second Priority Debt incurred by any

 

 

Borrower, then the Guarantors, the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the Representative for such Debt shall have executed and delivered the Second Priority Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement. Additional Second Priority Debt shall include any Registered Equivalent Notes and Guarantees thereof by the Guarantors issued in exchange therefor. The requirements of clause (i) above shall be tested only as of (x) the date of execution of such Joinder Agreement, if pursuant to a commitment entered into at the time of such Joinder Agreement and (y) with respect to any later commitment or amendment to those terms to permit such Debt, as of the date of such commitment and/or amendment.

 

“Additional Second Priority Debt Documents” means, with respect to any series, issue or class of Additional Second Priority Debt, the loan agreements, the promissory notes, indentures, the Second Priority Collateral Documents or other operative agreements evidencing or governing such Debt.

 

“Additional Second Priority Debt Facility” means each indenture, loan agreement or other governing agreement with respect to any Additional Second Priority Debt.

 

“Additional Second Priority Debt Obligations” means, with respect to any series, issue or class of Additional Second Priority Debt, all amounts owing pursuant to the terms of such Additional Second Priority Debt, including, without limitation, the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest (including Post-Petition Interest), letter of credit commissions, reimbursement obligations, charges, expenses, fees, attorneys costs, indemnities and other amounts payable by a Grantor under any Additional Second Priority Debt Document.

 

“Additional Second Priority Debt Parties” means, with respect to any series, issue or class of Additional Second Priority Debt, the holders of such Debt, the Representative with respect thereto, any trustee or agent therefor under any related Additional Second Priority Debt Documents and the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Borrower or any other Grantor under any related Additional Second Priority Debt Documents.

 

“Additional Senior Debt” means any Debt that is incurred, issued or guaranteed by any Borrower and/or any Guarantor (other than Debt constituting First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations) which Debt and Guarantees are secured by the Senior Collateral (or a portion thereof) on a pari  passu basis with the First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations; provided, however, that (i) such Debt is permitted to be incurred, secured and guaranteed on such basis by each then extant Senior Debt Document and Second Priority Debt Document and (ii) unless already a party with respect to that series of Additional Senior Debt, the Representative for the holders of such Debt shall have (A) executed and delivered this Agreement as of the date hereof or become party to this Agreement pursuant to, and by satisfying the conditions set forth in, Section 8.09 hereof and (B) become a party to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement; provided further that, if such Debt will be the initial Additional Senior Debt incurred by a Borrower, then the Guarantors, the First Lien Collateral Agent and the Representative for such Debt shall have executed and delivered the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Additional Senior Debt shall include any Registered Equivalent Notes and Guarantees thereof by the Guarantors issued in exchange therefor. The requirements of clause (i) above shall be tested only as of (x) the date of execution of such Joinder Agreement, if pursuant to a commitment entered into at the time of

 

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such Joinder Agreement and (y) with respect to any later commitment or amendment to those terms to permit such Debt, as of the date of such commitment and/or amendment.

 

“Additional Senior Debt Documents” means, with respect to any series, issue or class of Additional Senior Debt, the loan agreements, the promissory notes, indentures, the Senior Collateral Documents or other operative agreements evidencing or governing such Debt.

 

“Additional Senior Debt Facility” means each indenture, loan agreement or other governing agreement with respect to any Additional Senior Debt.

 

“Additional Senior Debt Obligations” means, with respect to any series, issue or class of Additional Senior Debt, all amounts owing pursuant to the terms of such Additional Senior Debt, including, without limitation, the obligation (including guarantee obligations) to pay principal, interest (including Post-Petition Interest), letter of credit commissions, reimbursement obligations, charges, expenses, fees, attorneys costs, indemnities and other amounts payable by a Grantor under any Additional Senior Debt Document. For the avoidance of doubt, Additional Senior Debt Obligations shall not include any obligations in connection with the Receivables Purchase Agreement or any DIP Financing.

 

“Additional Senior Debt Parties” means, with respect to any series, issue or class of Additional Senior Debt, the holders of such Debt, the Representative with respect thereto, any trustee or agent therefor under any related Additional Senior Debt Documents and the beneficiaries of each indemnification obligation undertaken by any Borrower or any Guarantor under any related Additional Senior Debt Documents.

 

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

 

“Bank Products Agreement” means any agreement pursuant to which a bank or other financial institution agrees to provide (a) treasury services, (b) credit card, merchant card, purchasing card or stored value card services (including, without limitation, the processing of payments and other administrative services with respect thereto), (c) cash management services (including, without limitation, controlled disbursements, automated clearinghouse transactions, return items, netting, overdrafts, depository, lockbox, stop payment, electronic funds transfer, information reporting, wire transfer and interstate depository network services) and (d) other banking products or services as may be requested by Cloud Peak Energy or any Grantor (other than letters of credit and other than loans and advances).

 

“Bank Products Obligations” of any Person means the obligations of such Person pursuant to any Bank Products Agreement.

 

“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 or any similar federal or state law for the relief of debtors.

 

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“Bankruptcy Law” means the Bankruptcy Code and any federal, state or foreign law for the relief of debtors.

 

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

 

“Class Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.

 

“Class Debt Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.

 

“Class Debt Representatives” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.

 

“Collateral” means the Senior Collateral and the Second Priority Collateral.

 

“Collateral Documents” means the Senior Collateral Documents and the Second Priority Collateral Documents.

 

“Commission” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any successor agency thereto.

 

“Debt” means debt for borrowed money, including drawn and undrawn letters of credit, obligations evidenced by bonds, debentures, notes or other similar instruments (other than any obligations in respect of performance bonds, bid bonds, appeal bonds, surety bonds, reclamation bonds and completion guarantees and similar obligations), Bank Products Obligations, and Hedging Obligations.

 

“Debt Facility” means any Senior Facility and any Second Priority Debt Facility.

 

“Default Interest” means any additional interest payable pursuant to the Senior Debt Documents arising from or related to a default, whether or not such interest accrues before or after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether allowed or allowable.

 

“Designated Second Priority Representative” means (i) the Second Lien Collateral Agent, until such time as the Second Lien Indenture ceases to be the only Second Priority Debt Facility under this Agreement and (ii) thereafter, the Second Lien Collateral Agent or such other replacement Second Priority Representative designated by Cloud Peak Energy and/or such other replacement Second Priority Representative in a written notice to the Designated Senior Representative as the “Designated Second Priority Representative” for purposes hereof in accordance with the terms of any Second Priority Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement.

 

“Designated Senior Representative” means (i) if at any time there is only one Senior Representative for a Senior Facility with respect to which the Discharge of Senior Debt Obligations has not occurred, such Senior Representative and (ii) at any time when clause (i) does not apply, the Applicable Authorized Representative (as defined in the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement) at such time.

 

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

 

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“Discharge of Second Priority Debt Obligations” means the occurrence of all of the following:

 

(a)                                 payment in full in cash of the principal of and interest and premium (if any) on all Second Priority Debt Obligations; and

 

(b)                                 payment in full in cash of all other Second Priority Debt Obligations that are outstanding and unpaid at the time the Second Priority Debt Obligation is paid in full in cash (other than any obligations for taxes, costs, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities in respect of which no claim or demand for payment has been made at or prior to such time).

 

“Discharge of Senior Obligations” means the occurrence of all of the following:

 

(a)                                 termination or expiration of all commitments to extend credit that would constitute Senior Obligations;

 

(b)                                 payment in full in cash of the principal of and interest and premium (if any) on all Senior Obligations (other than any undrawn letters of credit);

 

(c)                                  discharge or cash collateralization at  the percentage of the aggregate undrawn amount required for release of Liens under the terms of the applicable Senior Debt Document of all outstanding letters of credit constituting Senior Obligations;

 

(d)                                 payment in full in cash of obligations in respect of Hedging Obligations constituting Senior Obligations (and, with respect to any particular agreement regarding Hedging Obligations, termination of such agreement and payment in full in cash of all obligations thereunder or such other arrangements as have been made by the counterparty thereto (and communicated to the Designated Senior Representative) pursuant to the terms of the Senior Debt Documents); and

 

(e)                                  payment in full in cash of all other Senior Obligations, including without limitation, Bank Product Obligations, that are outstanding and unpaid at the time the Senior Obligations are paid in full in cash (other than any obligations for taxes, costs, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities in respect of which no claim or demand for payment has been made at or prior to such time).

 

“Discharge of Senior Debt Obligations” means the occurrence of all of the following:

 

(a)                                 termination or expiration of all commitments to extend credit that would constitute Senior Debt Obligations;

 

(b)                                 payment in full in cash of the principal of and interest and premium (if any) on all Senior Debt Obligations (other than any undrawn letters of credit);

 

(c)                                  discharge or cash collateralization at  the percentage of the aggregate undrawn amount required for release of Liens under the terms of the applicable Senior Debt Document of all outstanding letters of credit constituting Senior Debt Obligations;

 

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(d)                             payment in full in cash of all other Senior Debt Obligations that are outstanding and unpaid at the time the Senior Debt Obligations are paid in full in cash (other than any obligations for taxes, costs, indemnifications, reimbursements, damages and other liabilities in respect of which no claim or demand for payment has been made at or prior to such time).

 

“First Lien Cap” means $450,000,000.

 

“First Lien Collateral Agent” has the meaning assigned to such term in the introductory paragraph of this Agreement and shall include any successor administrative or collateral agent under the First Lien Credit Agreement.

 

“First Lien Credit Agreement” means that certain Credit Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2014, by and among Cloud Peak Energy, as borrower, its subsidiaries party thereto, as guarantors, PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, and a syndicate of lenders, as such agreement is amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated September 5, 2014 and the Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated September 9, 2016,  and as it otherwise has been or may be, in whole or in part, in one or more instances, amended, restated, renewed, extended, substituted, refinanced, restructured, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (including, without limitation, any successive amendments, restatements, renewals, extensions, substitutions of the foregoing) and, subject to Section 8.10, shall include any Refinanced First Lien Credit Agreement identified by Cloud Peak Energy in writing as the First Lien Credit Agreement.

 

“First Lien Credit Agreement Loan Documents” means the First Lien Credit Agreement and the other “Loan Documents” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

 

“First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations” means the “Secured Obligations” as defined in Section I of the First Lien Security Agreement including all Post-Petition Interest relating thereto.  For the avoidance of doubt, First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations shall not include any obligations in connection with the Receivables Purchase Agreement or any DIP Financing.

 

“First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties” means the “Secured Parties” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

 

“First Lien Intercreditor Agreement” means one or more intercreditor agreements entered into after the date hereof with, to the extent applicable, the First Lien Collateral Agent and the other Representatives with respect to any Additional Senior Debt party thereto.

 

“First Lien Security Agreement” means Guarantee and Security Agreement, dated as of February 21, 2014, by and between Cloud Peak Energy, its subsidiaries party thereto and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, as amended and supplemented by the Security Agreement Supplement, dated as of March 11, 2014, between Cloud Peak Energy and PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative agent, and as it otherwise has been or may be, in whole or in part, in one or more instances, amended, restated, renewed, extended, substituted, refinanced, restructured, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (including, without limitation, any successive amendments, restatements, renewals, extensions, substitutions of the foregoing).

 

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“Grantors” means the Borrowers and the Guarantors. The Grantors existing on the date hereof are listed on the signature pages hereto as Grantors.

 

“Guarantors” has the meaning assigned to the term “U.S. Guarantors” in the First Lien Credit Agreement.

 

“Hedging Agreement” means (i) any interest rate swap agreement, interest rate cap agreement, interest rate future agreement, interest rate option agreement, interest rate hedge agreement or other agreement or arrangement designed to protect against or mitigate interest rate risk, (ii) any foreign exchange forward contract, currency swap agreement, currency option agreements or other agreement or arrangement designed to protect against or mitigate foreign exchange risk or (iii) any commodity or raw material futures contract, commodity hedge agreement, any actual or synthetic forward sale contract or other similar device or instrument or any other agreement designed to protect against or mitigate raw material price risk.

 

“Hedging Obligations” means, with respect to any Grantor, the obligations of such Grantor under a Hedging Agreement.

 

“Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding” means:

 

(1)                                 any case commenced by or against any Borrower or any other Grantor under any Bankruptcy Law, any other proceeding for the reorganization, recapitalization or adjustment or marshalling of the assets or liabilities of any Borrower or any other Grantor, any receivership or assignment for the benefit of creditors relating to any Borrower or any other Grantor or any similar case or proceeding relative to any Borrower or any other 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 Borrower or any other 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 Borrower or any other Grantor are determined and any payment or distribution is or may be made on account of such claims.

 

“Joinder Agreement” means a supplement to this Agreement in substantially the form of Annex II or Annex III hereof.

 

“Lien” means any mortgage, deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit arrangement, encumbrance, lien (statutory or other), charge, or preference, priority or other security interest or preferential arrangement of any kind or nature whatsoever (including any conditional sale or other title retention agreement, any easement, right of way or other encumbrance on title to real property, and any capitalized lease having substantially the same economic effect as any of the foregoing and any superpriority claim granted pursuant to Section 6.03).

 

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“Loans” has the meaning assigned to the term “Loans” in the First Lien Credit Agreement.  For the avoidance of doubt, any obligations in connection with the Receivables Purchase Agreement and/or any DIP Financing shall not constitute Loans.

 

“New York UCC” means the Uniform Commercial Code as from time to time in effect in the State of New York.

 

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

 

“Parent” means Cloud Peak Energy, Inc., a Delaware corporation.

 

“Permitted Refinancing Increase” means, with respect to the Refinancing of any Debt, an amount equal to (a) any premium or other reasonable amount paid, and fees and expenses reasonably incurred, in connection with such Refinancing, (b) any unpaid accrued interest on the Debt being Refinanced, (c) any existing commitments unutilized under the Debt being Refinanced and (d) any amount by which the original principal amount of any Debt has been repaid.

 

“Person” means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, governmental authority or other entity.

 

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

 

“Post-Petition Interest” means interest, Default Interest, fees, expenses and other charges that pursuant to the Senior Debt Documents or the Second Priority Debt Documents, as applicable, continue to accrue after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, whether or not such interest, fees, expenses and other charges are allowed or allowable under the Bankruptcy Law or in any such Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

 

“Proceeds” means “proceeds,” as that term is defined in the Uniform Commercial Code, of Shared Collateral  as well as any payment or distribution made in respect of Shared Collateral in a Bankruptcy Case, any distributions made to the Second Priority Debt Parties on account of its secured claim in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, and any amounts received by any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party from a Second Priority Debt Party in respect of Shared Collateral pursuant to this Agreement.

 

“Receivables Purchase Agreement” means the Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of February 11, 2013 among Cloud Peak Energy Receivables, LLC, as seller, Cloud Peak Energy as servicer, the various Conduit Purchasers, Related Committed Purchasers, and Purchaser Agents from time to time party thereto, and the First Lien Collateral Agent, as administrator, and as it otherwise has been or may be, in whole or in part, in one or more instances, amended, restated, renewed, extended, substituted, restructured, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, and all agreements related thereto.

 

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

 

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“Refinance” means, in respect of any Debt, to refinance, extend, renew, defease, amend, increase, modify, supplement, restructure, refund, replace or repay, or to issue other Debt or enter into alternative financing arrangements, in exchange or replacement for such Debt (in whole or in part along with any Permitted Refinancing Increase), including by adding or replacing lenders, creditors, agents, borrowers and/or guarantors, and including, in each case, but not limited to, after the original instrument giving rise to such Debt has been terminated and including, in each case, through any credit agreement, indenture or other agreement. “Refinanced” and “Refinancing” have correlative meanings.

 

“Registered Equivalent Notes” means, with respect to any notes originally issued in a Rule 144A or other private placement transaction under the Securities Act of 1933, substantially identical notes (having the same Guarantees) issued in a dollar-for-dollar exchange therefor pursuant to an exchange offer registered with the Commission.

 

“Representatives” means the Senior Representatives and the Second Priority Representatives.

 

“Second Lien Indenture” means that certain Indenture dated as of the date hereof among the Borrowers, the Guarantors and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee and collateral agent, as amended, restated, amended and restated, extended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time and, subject to Section 8.10, shall include any Refinanced Indenture identified by Cloud Peak Energy in writing as the Second Lien Indenture.

 

“Second Lien Indenture Documents” means the Second Lien Indenture and the “Security Documents” as defined in the Second Lien Indenture, including the Second Lien Notes.

 

“Second Lien Indenture Obligations” means the Debt incurred and Obligations (as defined in the Second Lien Indenture) under the Second Lien Indenture.

 

“Second Lien Indenture Secured Parties” means the holders of Second Lien Indenture Obligations, the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the trustee under the Second Lien Indenture.

 

“Second Lien Notes” means $290,366,000 12% senior secured second lien notes due 2021 and shall include any Registered Equivalent Notes and any Refinanced Notes issued under any Refinanced Indenture.

 

“Second Lien Security Agreement” means the “Security Agreement” as defined in the Second Lien Indenture.

 

“Second Priority Class Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.

 

“Second Priority Class Debt Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.

 

“Second Priority Class Debt Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.

 

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“Second Priority Collateral” means any “Collateral” as defined in any Second Lien Indenture Document or any other Second Priority Debt Document and any other assets of any Borrower or any other Grantor with respect to which a Lien is granted or purported to be granted or required to be granted pursuant to a Second Priority Collateral Document as security for any Second Priority Debt Obligation.

 

“Second Priority Collateral Documents” means the Second Lien Security Agreement and the other “Security Documents” as defined in the Second Lien Indenture and each of the collateral agreements, security agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust and other instruments and documents executed and delivered by any Borrower or any other Grantor for purposes of providing collateral security for any Second Priority Debt Obligation.

 

“Second Priority Debt” means any Second Lien Indenture Obligations and any Additional Second Priority Debt.

 

“Second Priority Debt Documents” means the Second Lien Indenture Documents and any Additional Second Priority Debt Documents.

 

“Second Priority Debt Facilities” means the Second Lien Indenture and any Additional Second Priority Debt Facilities.

 

“Second Priority Debt Obligations” means the Second Lien Indenture Obligations and any Additional Second Priority Debt Obligations.

 

“Second Priority Debt Parties” means the Second Lien Indenture Secured Parties and any Additional Second Priority Debt Parties.

 

“Second Priority Enforcement Date” means, with respect to any Second Priority Representative, the date which is 180 days after the occurrence of both (i) an Event of Default (under and as defined in the Second Priority Debt Document for which such Second Priority Representative has been named as Representative) and (ii) the Designated Senior Representative’s and each other Representative’s receipt of written notice from such Second Priority Representative that (x) such Second Priority Representative is the Designated Second Priority Representative and that an Event of Default (under and as defined in the Second Priority Debt Document for which such Second Priority Representative has been named as Representative) has occurred and is continuing and (y) the Second Priority Debt Obligations of the series with respect to which such Second Priority Representative is the Second Priority Representative are currently due and payable in full (whether as a result of acceleration thereof or otherwise) in accordance with the terms of the applicable Second Priority Debt Document; provided that the Second Priority Enforcement Date shall be stayed and shall not occur and shall be deemed not to have occurred (1) at any time the Designated Senior Representative has commenced and is diligently pursuing any enforcement action with respect to all or any material portion of the Shared Collateral (with prompt written notice of the commencement of such action to be given to such Second Priority Representative) or (2) at any time the Grantor which has granted a security interest in such Shared Collateral is then a debtor under or with respect to (or otherwise subject to) any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding.

 

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

 

“Second Priority Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement” has the meaning assigned to the term “Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement” in the Second Lien Indenture.

 

“Second Priority Representative” means (i) in the case of the Second Lien Indenture Obligations or the Second Lien Indenture Secured Parties, the Second Lien Collateral Agent and (ii) in the case of any Second Priority Debt Facility incurred after the date of the Second Lien Indenture and the Second Priority Debt Parties thereunder, the trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, security agent or similar agent under such Second Priority Debt Facility that is named as the Representative in respect of such Second Priority Debt Facility in the applicable Joinder Agreement.

 

“Secured Obligations” means the Senior Debt Obligations and the Second Priority Debt Obligations.

 

“Secured Parties” means the Senior Secured Parties and the Second Priority Debt Parties.

 

“Senior Class Debt” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.

 

“Senior Class Debt Parties” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.

 

“Senior Class Debt Representative” has the meaning assigned to such term in Section 8.09.

 

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

 

“Senior Collateral Documents” means the “Security Documents” as defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement, the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement (upon and after the initial execution and delivery thereof by the initial parties thereto) and each of the collateral agreements, security agreements, mortgages, deeds of trust and other instruments and documents executed and delivered by any Borrower or other Grantor for purposes of providing collateral security for any Senior Obligation.

 

“Senior Debt Documents” means the First Lien Credit Agreement Loan Documents and any Additional Senior Debt Documents.

 

“Senior Debt Obligations” means the First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations and the Additional Senior Debt Obligations.

 

“Senior Facilities” means the First Lien Credit Agreement and any Additional Senior Debt Facilities.

 

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

 

“Senior Obligations” means the First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations and any Additional Senior Debt Obligations, including all Post-Petition Interest relating thereto, provided,  that if, the sum of: (1) the aggregate principal amount of Loans of the Borrowers then outstanding under the First Lien Credit Agreement; plus (2) unreimbursed amounts in respect of letters of credit under any Senior Facility; plus (3) the aggregate principal amount of Additional Senior Debt Obligations of the Borrowers and the other Grantors; is in excess of the sum of (x) the First Lien Cap plus (y) the amount of any premium on any such Debt in connection with any Refinancing, extension, renewal, restatement, refunding or replacement thereof, plus fees and expenses incurred in connection therewith (the “Total First Lien Cap Amount”), then only that portion of the principal amount of such Loans and principal amount of Additional Senior Debt Obligations, and such unreimbursed amounts in respect of letters of credit (on a pro rata basis based on the aggregate outstanding principal amount of such Debt and face amount of letters of credit not reimbursed) that does not exceed the Total First Lien Cap Amount shall be included in Senior Obligations. For the avoidance of doubt, Bank Products Obligations, Hedging Obligations, interest, Default Interest, Post-Petition Interest, letter of credit commissions, charges, expenses, fees, attorneys costs, indemnities and other similar amounts payable by a Grantor under any Senior Debt Document and any other similar charges which may be due pursuant to the Senior Debt Documents, shall not be subject to the Total First Lien Cap Amount.

 

“Senior Representative” means (i) in the case of any First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations or the First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties, the First Lien Collateral Agent and (ii) in the case of any Additional Senior Debt Facility and the Additional Senior Debt Parties thereunder, the trustee, administrative agent, collateral agent, security agent or similar agent under such Additional Senior Debt Facility that is named as the Representative in respect of such Additional Senior Debt Facility hereunder or in the applicable Joinder Agreement.

 

“Senior Secured Parties” means the First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties and any Additional Senior Debt Parties.

 

“Shared Collateral” means, at any time, Collateral in which the holders of Senior Debt Obligations under at least one Senior Facility and the holders of Second Priority Debt Obligations under at least one Second Priority Debt Facility (or their Representatives) hold a security interest at such time (or, in the case of the Senior Facilities, are deemed pursuant to Article II to hold a security interest). If, at any time, any portion of the Senior Collateral under one or more Senior Facilities does not constitute Second Priority Collateral under one or more Second Priority Debt Facilities, then such portion of such Senior Collateral shall constitute Shared Collateral only with respect to the Second Priority Debt Facilities for which it constitutes Second Priority Collateral and shall not constitute Shared Collateral for any Second Priority Debt Facility which does not have a security interest in such Collateral at such time.

 

“Subsidiary” of a Person means a corporation, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company or other business entity of which a majority of the shares of securities or other interests having ordinary voting power for the election of directors or other governing body (other than securities or interests having such power only by reason of the happening of a contingency) are

 

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at the time beneficially owned, or the management of which is otherwise controlled, directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, or both, by such Person. Unless otherwise specified, all references herein to a “Subsidiary” or to “Subsidiaries” shall refer to a Subsidiary or Subsidiaries of the Parent.

 

“Total First Lien Cap Amount” has the meaning assigned to such term in the definition of Senior Obligations.

 

“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, other document, statute or regulation herein shall be construed as referring to such agreement, instrument, other document, statute or regulation as from time to time amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, (ii) any reference herein to any Person shall be construed to include such Person’s successors and assigns, but shall not be deemed to include the subsidiaries of such Person unless express reference is made to such subsidiaries, (iii) the words “herein,” “hereof” and “hereunder,” and words of similar import, shall be construed to refer to this Agreement in its entirety and not to any particular provision hereof, (iv) all references herein to Articles, Sections and Annexes shall be construed to refer to Articles, Sections and Annexes of this Agreement, (v) unless otherwise expressly qualified herein, the words “asset” and “property” shall be construed to have the same meaning and effect and to refer to any and all tangible and intangible assets and properties, including cash, securities, accounts and contract rights, (vi) the term “or” is not exclusive, and (vii) the term “exercise of rights and remedies” or terms of like import include remedial acts to which the Borrower or a Grantor consent or assist. Any references to the Second Lien Collateral Agent and the trustee under the Second Lien Indenture means such entity as “collateral agent” or “trustee”, as applicable, under the Second Lien Indenture and/or the other Second Lien Indenture Documents, and not in any other capacity, including their respective individual capacities.

 

ARTICLE II

 

Priorities and Agreements with Respect to Shared Collateral

 

SECTION 2.01.           Subordination.

 

(a)                                 Notwithstanding the date, time, manner, method or order of filing or recordation of any document or instrument or of grant, attachment or perfection of any Liens granted to any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Debt Parties on the Shared Collateral or of any Liens granted to any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party on the Shared Collateral (or any actual or alleged defect in any of the foregoing) and notwithstanding any provision of the UCC, any applicable law, any Second Priority Debt Document or any Senior

 

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Debt Document or any other circumstance whatsoever, each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, hereby agrees that (i) any Lien on the Shared Collateral securing any Senior Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party 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 Lien on the Shared Collateral securing any Second Priority Debt Obligations and (ii) any Lien on the Shared Collateral securing any Second Priority Debt Obligations now or hereafter held by or on behalf of any Second Priority Representative, any Second Priority Debt Parties or any Second Priority Representative 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 all Liens on the Shared Collateral securing any Senior Obligations. All Liens on the Shared Collateral securing any Senior Obligations shall be and remain senior in all respects and prior to all Liens on the Shared Collateral securing any Second Priority Debt Obligations for all purposes, whether or not such Liens securing any Senior Obligations are subordinated to any Lien securing any other obligation of any Borrower, any Grantor or any other Person or otherwise subordinated, voided, avoided, invalidated or lapsed.

 

SECTION 2.02.           Nature of Senior Lender Claims. Each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, acknowledges that, in accordance with the provisions of the Senior Debt Documents (a) a portion of the Senior Debt 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 Senior Debt Documents and the Senior Debt Obligations may be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, and the Senior Debt Obligations, or a portion thereof, may be Refinanced from time to time and (c) the aggregate amount of the Senior Debt Obligations may be increased, in each case, without notice to or consent by the Second Priority Representatives or the Second Priority Debt Parties 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 Obligations or the Second Priority Debt Obligations, or any portion thereof. As between any Borrower and the other Grantors and the Second Priority Debt Parties, the foregoing provisions will not limit or otherwise affect the obligations of the Borrowers and the Grantors contained in any Second Priority Debt Document with respect to the incurrence of additional Senior Debt Obligations.

 

SECTION 2.03.           Prohibition on Contesting Liens. Each of the Second Priority Representatives, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, 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 Debt Obligations held (or purported to be held) by or on behalf of any Senior Representative or any of the other Senior Secured Parties or other agent or trustee therefor in any Senior Collateral, and each Senior Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Senior Secured Party under its Senior Facility, 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

 

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securing any Second Priority Debt Obligations held (or purported to be held) by or on behalf of any Second Priority Representative or any of the Second Priority Debt Parties in the Second Priority Collateral. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision in this Agreement shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of any Senior Representative to enforce this Agreement (including the priority of the Liens securing the Senior Obligations as provided in Section 2.01) or any of the Senior Debt Documents.

 

SECTION 2.04.           No Other Liens, Rights or Remedies.

 

(a)                                 The parties hereto agree that, so long as the Discharge of Senior Debt Obligations has not occurred, none of the Grantors shall, or shall permit any of its subsidiaries to, grant or permit any Lien on any asset to secure any Second Priority Debt Obligation and no Second Priority Debt Party shall hold any Lien on any asset to secure any Second Priority Debt Obligation, unless such Grantor has granted, or concurrently therewith grants, a senior priority Lien on such asset to secure the Senior Debt Obligations. To the extent that the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence are not complied with for any reason, or should any Lien upon any Shared Collateral be released or become unperfected due to breach of this Agreement or due to inadvertence, neglect or error by any of the Senior Secured Parties, without limiting any other right or remedy available to any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party, each Second Priority Representative agrees, for itself and on behalf of the other Second Priority Debt Parties, that (i) each Second Priority Representative and the other Second Priority Debt Parties shall be deemed to hold and have held such Lien for the benefit of each of the Senior Priority Representatives and the other Senior Secured Parties and (ii) any amounts received by or distributed to any Second Priority Debt Party pursuant to or as a result of any Lien granted in contravention of this Section 2.04, or as a result of such a release or lack of perfection, shall be deemed to be Proceeds and subject to Sections 4.01 and 4.02.

 

(b)                                 To the extent any of the Grantors or any of their respective subsidiaries grants or permits a Second Priority Representative or any other Second Priority Debt Party any right or remedy with respect to the Shared Collateral that has not also been granted or permitted to the Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party, each Second Priority Representative agrees, for itself and on behalf of the other Second Priority Debt Parties, that (i) such Second Priority Representative shall be required to exercise such right or remedy at the direction of the Designated Senior Representative and (ii) any exercise of such right or remedy by such Second Priority Representative shall be for the benefit of the Senior Representatives and the other Senior Secured Parties pursuant to and in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.

 

(c)                                  The intention of the parties hereto that they each hold liens in the Shared Collateral may not be construed as a condition to the grant, attachment or perfection of any Lien held by any of the Senior Secured Parties, nor shall it be construed to confer on any third party any right, interest or priority superior to that which such party would hold in the absence of such intention.

 

SECTION 2.05.           Perfection of Liens. Except for the limited agreements of the Senior Representatives pursuant to Section 5.05 hereof, none of the Senior Representatives or the Senior Secured Parties shall be responsible for perfecting and maintaining the perfection of Liens with respect to the Shared Collateral for the benefit of the Second Priority Representatives

 

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or the Second Priority Debt Parties. The provisions of this Agreement are intended solely to govern the respective Lien priorities as between the Senior Secured Parties and the Second Priority Debt Parties and shall not impose on the Senior Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Second Priority Representatives, the Second Priority Debt 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 Debt Documents or Second Priority Debt Documents to the contrary, collateral consisting of cash and cash equivalents pledged to secure First Lien Credit Agreement Obligations consisting of reimbursement obligations in respect of Letters of Credit or otherwise held by the First Lien Collateral Agent pursuant to Section 2.05(c), 2.05(q), 2.20(a)(ii), 2.20(b), 2.20(d), or Article VII of the First Lien Credit Agreement (or any equivalent successor provision) shall be applied as specified in the First Lien Credit Agreement and will not constitute Shared Collateral.

 

ARTICLE III

 

Enforcement

 

SECTION 3.01.           Exercise of Remedies.

 

(a)                                 So long as the Discharge of Senior Obligations has not occurred, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Borrower or any other Grantor, (i) neither any Second Priority Representative nor any Second Priority Debt Party will (x) exercise or seek to exercise any rights or remedies (including setoff) with respect to any Shared Collateral in respect of any Second Priority Debt 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 action brought with respect to the Shared Collateral or any other Senior Collateral by any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party in respect of the Senior Debt Obligations, the exercise of any right by any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party (or any agent or sub-agent on their behalf) in respect of the Senior Debt Obligations under any lockbox agreement, control agreement, landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or similar agreement or arrangement to which any Senior Representative or any Senior 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 Debt Documents or otherwise in respect of the Senior Collateral or the Senior Debt Obligations, or (z) object to the forbearance by the Senior 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 Debt Obligations and (ii) the Senior Representatives and the Senior 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 care or preservation of the Shared Collateral, or the release, disposition or restrictions with respect to the Shared Collateral without any consultation with or the consent of any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Debt Party, and  to incur expenses in connection with the foregoing; provided, however, that (A) in any Insolvency

 

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or Liquidation Proceeding commenced by or against any Borrower or any other Grantor, any Second Priority Representative may file a claim or statement of interest with respect to the Second Priority Debt Obligations under its Second Priority Debt Facility, (B) any Second Priority Representative may take any action (not adverse to the prior Liens on the Shared Collateral securing the Senior Debt Obligations or the rights of the Senior Representatives or the Senior 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) any Second Priority Representative and the Second Priority Secured Parties may exercise their rights and remedies as unsecured creditors, to the extent provided in Section 5.04, (D) the Second Priority Debt 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 of the Second Priority Debt Parties or the avoidance of any Second Priority Lien to the extent not inconsistent with the terms of this Agreement, and (E) from and after the Second Priority Enforcement Date, the Designated Second Priority Representative may exercise or seek to exercise any rights or remedies (including setoff) with respect to any Shared Collateral in respect of any Second Priority Debt Obligations, or institute any action or proceeding with respect to such rights or remedies (including any action of foreclosure). In exercising rights and remedies with respect to the Senior Collateral, the Senior Representatives and the Senior Secured Parties may enforce the provisions of the Senior Debt Documents and exercise remedies thereunder, all in such order and in such manner as they may determine in the exercise of their sole discretion and without consultation with any Second Priority Representative or any other Second Priority Debt Party and regardless of whether any such exercise is adverse to the interest of any Second Priority Debt Party. Such exercise and enforcement shall include the rights of an agent appointed by the Senior Representative and/or the Senior Secured Parties to sell or otherwise dispose of Shared Collateral upon foreclosure, to incur expenses in connection with such sale or disposition and to exercise all the rights and remedies of a secured lender under the Uniform Commercial Code of any applicable jurisdiction and of a secured creditor under Bankruptcy Laws of any applicable jurisdiction.

 

(b)                                 So long as the Discharge of Senior Obligations has not occurred, except as expressly provided in the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.01(a), each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that it will not, in the context of its role as secured creditor, take or receive any Shared Collateral or any Proceeds of Shared Collateral in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including setoff) with respect to any Shared Collateral in respect of Second Priority Debt Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, unless and until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, except as expressly provided in the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.01(a), the sole right of the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Debt Parties with respect to the Shared Collateral is to hold a Lien on the Shared Collateral in respect of Second Priority Debt Obligations pursuant to the Second Priority 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 Obligations has occurred.

 

(c)                                  Subject to the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.01(a), (i) each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that neither such Second Priority Representative nor any such

 

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Second Priority Debt Party will take any action that would hinder any exercise of remedies undertaken by any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party with respect to the Shared Collateral under the Senior Debt Documents, including any sale, lease, exchange, transfer or other disposition of the Shared Collateral, whether by foreclosure or otherwise, and (ii) each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, hereby waives any and all rights it or any such Second Priority Debt Party may have as a junior lien creditor or otherwise to object to the manner in which the Senior Representatives or the Senior Secured Parties seek to enforce or collect the Senior Debt  Obligations or the Liens granted on any of the Senior Collateral, regardless of whether any action or failure to act by or on behalf of any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party is adverse to the interests of the Second Priority Debt Parties.

 

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

 

(e)                                  Subject to Section 3.01(a), the Designated Senior 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. Following the Discharge of Senior Obligations, the Designated Second Priority Representative shall have the exclusive right to exercise any right or remedy with respect to the Collateral, and the Designated Second Priority Representative shall have the exclusive right to direct the time, method and place of exercising or conducting any proceeding for the exercise of any right or remedy available to the Second Priority Debt Parties with respect to the Collateral, or of exercising or directing the exercise of any trust or power conferred on the Second Priority Representatives, or for the taking of any other action authorized by the Second Priority Collateral Documents; provided, however, that nothing in this Section 3.01(e) shall impair the right of any Second Priority Representative or other agent or trustee acting on behalf of the Second Priority Debt Parties to take such actions with respect to the Collateral after the Discharge of Senior Obligations as may be otherwise required or authorized pursuant to any intercreditor agreement governing the Second Priority Debt Parties or the Second Priority Debt Obligations.

 

SECTION 3.02.           Cooperation. Subject to the proviso in clause (ii) of Section 3.01(a), each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that, unless and until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, it will not commence, or join with any Person (other than the Senior Secured Parties and the Senior Representatives upon the request of the Designated Senior 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 Second Priority Debt Documents or otherwise in respect of the Second Priority Debt Obligations.

 

SECTION 3.03.           Actions upon Breach. Should any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Debt Party, contrary to this Agreement, in any way take, attempt to take

 

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or threaten to take any action with respect to the Shared Collateral (including any attempt to realize upon or enforce any remedy with respect to this Agreement) or fail to take any action required by this Agreement, this Agreement shall create a rebuttable presumption and admission by such Second Priority Debt Party that any Senior Representative or other Senior Secured Party (in its or their own name or in the name of any Borrower or any other Grantor) or a Borrower may obtain (and any such Senior Representative or other Senior Secured Party may obtain) relief against such Second Priority Representative or such Second Priority Debt Party by injunction, specific performance or other appropriate equitable relief. Each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Facility, hereby (i) agrees that the Senior Secured Parties’ damages from the actions of the Second Priority Representatives or any Second Priority Debt Party may at that time be difficult to ascertain and may be irreparable and waives any defense that any Borrower, any other Grantor or the Senior 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 any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party.

 

ARTICLE IV

 

Payments

 

SECTION 4.01.                                   Application of Proceeds. (a) Regardless of whether an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced, Shared Collateral or Proceeds upon the exercise of remedies will be applied:

 

(i) first, to the payment in full in cash of all Senior Obligations,

 

(ii)second, to the payment in full in cash of all Second Priority Debt Obligations,

 

(iii)third, to the payment in full in cash of all Senior Debt Obligations in excess of the Senior Obligations, and

 

(iv)fourth, to Borrowers or as otherwise required by applicable law.

 

(b)                                 Any Shared Collateral or Proceeds received by any Representative or any Debt Party on account of its secured claim in connection with any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding shall be deemed to be the result of an exercise of remedies.

 

(c)                                  Any non-cash Shared Collateral or non-cash proceeds may be held by the applicable Representative as Shared Collateral unless the failure to apply such amounts would be commercially unreasonable.

 

SECTION 4.02.           Payments Over. Unless and until the Discharge of Senior Obligations, whether or not any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding has been commenced by or against any Borrower or any other Grantor, any Shared Collateral or Proceeds upon the exercise of remedies received by any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Debt Party in connection with the exercise of any right or remedy (including setoff) relating to the

 

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Shared Collateral, in contravention of this Agreement or otherwise, shall be segregated and held in trust for the benefit of and forthwith paid over to the Designated Senior Representative for the benefit of the Senior Secured Parties in the same form as received, with any necessary endorsements, or as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct. Any Shared Collateral or Proceeds received by any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Debt Party on account of its secured claim in connection with any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding shall be deemed to be the result of an exercise of remedies.  The Designated Senior Representative is hereby authorized to make any such endorsements as agent for each of the Second Priority Representatives or any such Second Priority Debt Party. This authorization is coupled with an interest and is irrevocable.

 

ARTICLE V

 

Other Agreements

 

SECTION 5.01.           Releases.

 

(a)                                 Each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that: (1) if in connection with any exercise of any Senior Representatives’ rights or remedies in respect of the Shared Collateral, in each case prior to the Discharge of Senior Obligations, such Senior Representative, for itself or on behalf of any of the Senior Secured Parties, releases any of its Liens on any part of the Shared Collateral or such Senior Representative, for itself or on behalf of any of the Senior Secured Parties releases any Grantor from its obligations under its guaranty of the Senior Debt Obligations, then the Liens, if any, of each Second Priority Representative, for itself or for the benefit of the Second Priority Debt Parties, on such Shared Collateral, and the obligations of such Grantor under its guaranty of the Second Priority Debt Obligations, shall be automatically, unconditionally and simultaneously released, (2) if in connection with any exercise of any Senior Representatives’ remedies, in each case prior to the Discharge of Senior Obligations, the equity interests of any Person are foreclosed upon or otherwise disposed of and such Senior Representative releases its Lien on the property or assets of such Person then the Liens of each Second Priority Representative with respect to the property or assets of such Person will be automatically released to the same extent as the Liens of such Senior Representative and (3) in the event of a sale, transfer or other disposition of any specified item of Shared Collateral (including all or substantially all of the equity interests of any subsidiary of a Borrower) other than a release granted upon or following the Discharge of Senior Obligations, the Liens granted to the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Debt Parties upon such Shared Collateral to secure Second Priority Debt Obligations shall terminate and be released and any Grantor released from its obligations under its Guarantee of Senior Obligations released by a Senior Representative shall be released under its Guarantee of Second Priority Debt Obligations, automatically and without any further action, concurrently with the termination and release of all Liens granted upon such Shared Collateral to secure Senior Obligations; provided that, in the case of clause (3), the Liens granted to the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Debt Parties shall not be so released if an Event of Default (as defined under any Second Priority Debt Document) has occurred and is continuing; and provided that, in the case of each of clauses (1), (2) and (3), the Second Priority Liens on such Shared Collateral shall attach to (and shall remain subject and subordinate to all Senior Liens securing Senior Obligations) any

 

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Proceeds of a sale, transfer or other disposition of Shared Collateral or equity interests of any Person not paid to the Senior Secured Parties or that remain after the Discharge of Senior Obligations. Promptly upon delivery to a Second Priority Representative of a certificate from a Senior Representative or Grantor stating that any such termination and release of Liens securing the Senior Priority Debt Obligations will occur, each Second Priority Representative, for itself or on behalf of any Second Priority Debt Parties represented by it, shall execute and deliver, at the Borrower’s or the other Grantor’s sole cost and expense and without any representation or warranty, to the Senior Representatives or such Grantor such termination statements, releases and other documents (including documents which are corresponding second lien versions of termination statements, releases and other documents that the First Lien Collateral Agent delivers under the First Lien Credit Agreement to the extent applicable) so as to confirm the foregoing releases referred to in clauses (1), (2), and (3) of the first sentence of this clause (a) when such releases occur. Nothing in this Section 5.01(a) will be deemed to affect any agreement of a Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of the Second Priority Debt Parties under its Second Priority Debt Facility, to release the Liens on the Second Priority Collateral as set forth in the relevant Second Priority Debt Documents.

 

(b)                                 Each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility and until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred (but subject to Section 5.06), hereby irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Designated Senior Representative and any officer or agent of the Designated Senior 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 Second Priority Representative or such Second Priority Debt Party or in the Designated Senior Representative’s own name, from time to time in the Designated Senior 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)                                  Unless and until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, hereby consents to the application, whether prior to or after an event of default under any Senior Debt Document, of Proceeds to the repayment of Senior Obligations pursuant to the Senior Debt Documents; provided that nothing in this Section 5.01(c) shall be construed to prevent or impair the rights of the Second Priority Representatives or the Second Priority Debt Parties to receive Proceeds in connection with the Second Priority Debt Obligations not otherwise in contravention of this Agreement.

 

(d)                                 Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any Second Priority Collateral Document, in the event the terms of a Senior Collateral Document and a Second Priority 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

 

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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 Designated Senior Representative and any Second Priority Representative or Second Priority Debt Party, such Grantor may, until the applicable Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, comply with such requirement under the Second Priority 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 Designated Senior Representative. Until the Discharge of Senior Obligations occurs, to the extent that any Senior Representative or Senior Secured Parties (A) have released any Lien on Shared Collateral or any Grantor from its obligation under its guaranty and any such Liens or guaranty are later reinstated or (B) obtain any new liens or additional guarantees from any Grantor, then each Second Priority Representative, for itself and for the Second Priority Debt Parties represented by it, shall be granted a Lien on any such Shared Collateral, subject to the lien subordination provisions of this Agreement, and each Second Priority Representative, for itself and for the Second Priority Debt Parties represented by it, shall be granted an additional guaranty, as the case may be.

 

SECTION 5.02.           Insurance and Condemnation Awards. Subject to the rights of the Grantors under, and to the extent required by, the Senior Debt Documents, the Senior Secured Parties have the right to be named as additional insureds and loss payees on insurance policies,  maintained from time to time by any Grantor and, so long as the Discharge of Senior Obligations has not occurred, the sole right to adjust settlement for any insurance policy covering the Shared Collateral in the event of loss, and to approve any condemnation award. Subject to the rights of the Grantors under, and to the extent required by, the Second Priority Debt Documents, the Second Priority Debt Parties may be added as additional insureds and loss payees on insurance policies subject to the rights of the Senior Secured Parties. In connection therewith and so long as the Discharge of Senior Obligations has not occurred, the Second Priority Debt Parties shall agree to execute such documentation to disclaim any interest in the proceeds or as requested by the Senior  Secured Parties necessary or desirable for the Senior Secured Parties  to enable the Senior Secured Parties to adjust settlement for any such insurance policy or to approve any condemnation award or otherwise to exercise their rights in such policies and proceeds and the Senior Representative is granted a power of attorney coupled with an interest, which power of attorney is irrevocable, to execute any such documentation on behalf of the Second Priority Debt Parties. 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 Obligations, to the Designated Senior Representative for the benefit of Senior Secured Parties pursuant to the terms and on the conditions of the Senior Debt Documents, (ii) second, after the occurrence of the Discharge of Senior Obligations, to the Designated Second Priority Representative for the benefit of the Second Priority Debt Parties pursuant to the terms and on the conditions of the applicable Second Priority Debt Documents, (iii) third, after the occurrence of the Discharge of Second Priority Debt Obligations, then to the Designated Senior Representative for the benefit of the Senior Secured Parties pursuant to the terms of the Senior Debt Documents, and (iv) fourth,

 

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after the occurrence of the Discharge of Senior Debt Obligations, then  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 any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Debt 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 Designated Senior Representative in accordance with the terms of Section 4.02.

 

SECTION 5.03.           Amendments to Debt Documents.

 

(a)                                 The Senior Debt Documents may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified in accordance with their terms, and the Debt under the Senior Debt Documents may be Refinanced, in each case, without the consent of any Second Priority Debt Party; provided, however, that, without the consent of the Designated Second Priority Representative, no such amendment, restatement, supplement, modification or Refinancing (or successive amendments, restatements, supplements, modifications or Refinancings) shall contravene any provision of this Agreement.

 

(b)                                 Without the prior written consent of the Senior Representatives or unless permitted under the Senior Debt Documents, unless and until the Discharge of Senior Debt Obligations has occurred, no Second Priority Debt Document may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified and no Debt under the Second Priority Debt Documents may be Refinanced, to the extent such amendment, restatement, supplement or modification or Refinancing, or the terms of such new Second Priority Debt Document, would (i) contravene the provisions of this Agreement, (ii) change to earlier dates any scheduled dates for payment of principal (including the final maturity date) under such Second Priority Debt Document or of interest on Debt under such Second Priority Debt Document, (iii) modify (or have the effect of a modification of) the mandatory prepayment provisions of the applicable Second Priority Debt Document for such Second Priority Debt Facility in a manner that would result in the weighted average life to maturity being less than the weighted average life to maturity of the Second Priority Debt under such Second Priority Debt Document prior to giving effect thereto or (iv) reduce the capacity to incur debt for borrowed money constituting Senior Obligations to an amount less than the aggregate principal amount of term loans and aggregate principal amount of revolving commitments, in each case, under the Senior Debt Documents on the day of any such amendment, restatement, supplement, modification or Refinancing; provided that the holders (and their representatives) of any such Refinancing Debt execute a Joinder Agreement or otherwise bind themselves in writing to the terms of this Agreement.

 

(c)                                  Each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that each Second Priority Collateral Document under its Second Priority Debt Facility shall include, and the Grantors agree to cause each Second Priority Collateral Document to include, the following language (or language to similar effect reasonably approved by the Designated Senior Representative):

 

“Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, (i) the liens and security interests granted to the Second Priority Representative pursuant to this Agreement are expressly subject and subordinate to the liens and security interests granted in favor of the Senior Secured Parties (as defined in the First Lien/Second Lien

 

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Intercreditor Agreement referred to below), including liens and security interests granted to PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative and collateral agent, pursuant to or in connection with the Credit Agreement dated as of February 21, 2014, by and among Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC, as borrower, its subsidiaries party thereto, as guarantors, PNC Bank, National Association, as administrative and collateral agent, and a syndicate of lenders, as such agreement is amended by the First Amendment to Credit Agreement, dated September 5, 2014 and Second Amendment to Credit Agreement dated September 9, 2016 and as it otherwise has been or may be, in whole or in part, in one or more instances, amended, restated, renewed, extended, substituted, refinanced, restructured, replaced, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time (including, without limitation, any successive amendments, restatements, renewals, extensions, or substitutions of the foregoing) and (ii) the exercise of any right or remedy by the Second Priority Representative hereunder is subject to the limitations and provisions of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement dated as of October 17, 2016 (as amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the “First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), among PNC Bank, National Association, as First Lien Collateral Agent, Wilmington Trust, National Association, as Second Lien Collateral Agent, the Borrowers, their subsidiaries and affiliated entities party thereto. In the event of any conflict between the terms of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and the terms of this Agreement, the terms of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall govern.”

 

(d)                                 In the event that each applicable Senior Representative and/or the Senior Secured Parties enter into any amendment, waiver or consent in respect of any of the Senior Collateral Documents for the purpose of adding to or deleting from, or waiving or consenting to any departures from any provisions of, any Senior Collateral Document or changing in any manner the rights of the Senior Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, any Borrower or any other Grantor thereunder (including the release of any Liens in Senior Collateral) in a manner that is applicable to all Senior Facilities, then such amendment, waiver or consent shall apply automatically to any comparable provision of each comparable Second Priority Collateral Document without the consent of any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Debt Party and without any action by any Second Priority Representative, any Borrower or any other Grantor; provided, however, that (i) no such amendment, waiver or consent shall (A) remove assets subject to the Second Priority Liens or release any such Liens, except to the extent that such release is permitted or required by Section 5.01(a) and provided that there is a concurrent release of the corresponding Senior Liens or (B) amend, modify or otherwise affect the rights or duties of any Second Priority Representative in its role as Second Priority Representative without its prior written consent and (ii) written notice of such amendment, waiver or consent shall have been given to each Second Priority Representative promptly after the effectiveness of such amendment, waiver or consent.

 

(e)                                  Upon the request of the Designated Senior Representative or Designated Second Priority Representative, Cloud Peak Energy agrees to deliver to each of the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Second Priority Representative copies of (i) any amendments, supplements or other modifications to the Senior Debt Documents or the Second Priority Debt

 

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Documents and (ii) any new Senior Debt Documents or Second Priority Debt Documents promptly after effectiveness thereof.

 

SECTION 5.04.           Rights as Unsecured Creditors. The Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Debt Parties may exercise rights and remedies as unsecured creditors against any Borrower and any other Grantor in accordance with the terms of the Second Priority Debt Documents and applicable law so long as such rights and remedies do not violate any express provision of this Agreement which is binding on the Second Priority Debt Parties, including, without limitation, Sections 2.03, 2.04, 3.01, 3.02 and Article VI hereof. Nothing in this Agreement shall prohibit the receipt by any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Debt Party of the required payments of principal, premium, interest, fees and other amounts due under the Second Priority Debt Documents so long as such receipt (i) is not the direct or indirect result of the exercise in contravention of this Agreement by a Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Debt Party of rights or remedies as a secured creditor in respect of Shared Collateral or (ii) whether in contravention of this Agreement or not, does not have the effect of discharging the Lien of any Senior Representative or First Lien Collateral Agent on such Shared Collateral. In the event any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Debt Party becomes a judgment lien creditor in respect of Shared Collateral as a result of its enforcement of its rights as an unsecured creditor in respect of Second Priority Debt Obligations, such judgment lien shall be subordinated to the Liens securing Senior Obligations on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second Priority Debt Obligations are so subordinated to such Liens securing Senior Obligations under this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall impair or otherwise adversely affect any rights or remedies the Senior Representatives or the Senior Secured Parties may have with respect to the Senior Collateral.

 

SECTION 5.05.           Gratuitous Bailee for Perfection.

 

(a)                                 Each Senior Representative acknowledges and agrees that if it shall at any time hold a Lien securing any Senior Obligations 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 such Senior Representative, or of agents or bailees of such Person (such Shared Collateral being referred to herein 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, the applicable Senior Representative 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, as sub-agent or gratuitous bailee for the relevant Second Priority Representatives, in each case solely for the purpose of perfecting the Liens granted under the relevant Second Priority Collateral Documents and subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.05.

 

(b)                                 Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, the Senior Representatives and the Senior Secured Parties shall be entitled to deal with the Pledged or Controlled Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Senior Debt Documents as if the Liens under the Second Priority Collateral Documents did not exist. The rights of the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Debt Parties with

 

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respect to the Pledged or Controlled Collateral shall at all times be subject to the terms of this Agreement.

 

(c)                                  The Senior Representatives and the Senior Secured Parties shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Second Priority Representatives or any Second Priority Debt Party 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 Representatives 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 relevant Second Priority Representative for purposes of perfecting the Lien held by such Second Priority Representative.

 

(d)                                 The Senior Representatives shall not have by reason of the Second Priority Collateral Documents or this Agreement, or any other document, a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Debt Party, and each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, hereby waives and releases the Senior Representatives from all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to the Senior Representatives’ roles under this Section 5.05 as sub-agents and gratuitous bailees with respect to the Shared Collateral.

 

(e)                                  Upon the Discharge of Senior Obligations, each applicable Senior Representative shall, at the Grantors’ sole cost and expense, and to the extent the Grantors do not pay such expenses, at the sole cost and expense of the Second Priority Debt Parties, (i) (A) deliver to the Designated Second Priority Representative, to the extent that it is legally permitted to do so, all Shared Collateral, including all Proceeds, held or controlled by such Senior 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 its rights under any landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or any similar agreement or arrangement granting it rights or access to Shared Collateral, or (B) direct and deliver such Shared Collateral as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct, (ii) notify any applicable insurance carrier that it is no longer entitled to be a 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 Designated Second Party Representative is entitled to approve any awards granted in such proceeding. The Borrowers and the other Grantors shall take such further action as is required to effectuate the transfer contemplated hereby and shall indemnify each Senior Representative for loss or damage suffered by such Senior Representative as a result of such transfer, except for loss or damage suffered by any such Person as a result of its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith. The Senior Representatives have no obligations to follow instructions from any Second Priority Representative or any other Second Priority Debt Party in contravention of this Agreement.

 

(f)                                   After the Discharge of Senior Obligations, each Designated Second Priority Representative acknowledges and agrees that if it shall at any time hold a Lien securing any Second Priority Obligations on any Shared Collateral or of any Pledged or Controlled Collateral, or if it shall at any time obtain any landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or any similar agreement or

 

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arrangement granting it rights or access to Shared Collateral, the applicable Designated Second Priority Representative 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, as sub-agent or gratuitous bailee for the relevant Designated Senior Representatives, in each case solely for the purpose of perfecting the Liens granted under the relevant Senior Collateral Documents and subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 5.05.

 

(g)                                  After the Discharge of Senior Obligations, and except as otherwise specifically provided herein, until the Discharge of Second Priority Obligations has occurred, the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Debt Parties Parties shall be entitled to deal with the Pledged or Controlled Collateral in accordance with the terms of the Second Priority Debt Documents as if the Liens under the Senior Collateral Documents did not exist. The rights of the Senior Representatives and the Senior Debt Parties with respect to the Pledged or Controlled Collateral shall at all times be subject to the terms of this Agreement.

 

(h)                                 After the Discharge of Senior Obligations, the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Secured Parties shall have no obligation whatsoever to the Senior Representatives or any Senior Debt Party 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 Second Priority Representatives under this Section 5.05(h) shall be limited solely to holding or controlling the Shared Collateral and the related Liens referred to in paragraphs (f) and (g) of this Section 5.05 as sub-agent and gratuitous bailee for the relevant Senior Representative for purposes of perfecting the Lien held by such Senior Representative.

 

(i)                                     After the Discharge of Senior Obligations, the Second Priority Representatives shall not have by reason of the Senior Collateral Documents or this Agreement, or any other document, a fiduciary relationship in respect of any Senior Representative or any Senior Debt Party, and each Senior Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Senior Debt Party under its Senior Facility, hereby waives and releases the Second Priority Representatives from all claims and liabilities arising pursuant to the Second Priority Representatives’ roles under this Section 5.05 as sub-agents and gratuitous bailees with respect to the Shared Collateral.

 

(j)                                    Upon the Discharge of Second Priority Obligations, each applicable Second Priority Representative shall, at the Grantors’ sole cost and expense, and to the extent the Grantors do not pay such expenses, at the sole cost and expense of the Senior Debt Parties, (i) (A) deliver to the Designated Senior Representative, to the extent that it is legally permitted to do so, all Shared Collateral, including all Proceeds, held or controlled by such Second Priority 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 its rights under any landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or any similar agreement or arrangement granting it rights or access to Shared Collateral, or (B) direct and deliver such Shared Collateral as a court of competent jurisdiction may otherwise direct, (ii) notify any applicable insurance carrier that it is no longer entitled to be a loss payee or additional insured under the insurance policies of any Grantor issued by such insurance carrier and (iii) notify any

 

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governmental authority involved in any condemnation or similar proceeding involving any Grantor that the Designated Senior Representative is entitled to approve any awards granted in such proceeding. The Borrowers and the other Grantors shall take such further action as is required to effectuate the transfer contemplated hereby and shall indemnify each Second Priority Representative for loss or damage suffered by such Second Priority Representative as a result of such transfer, except for loss or damage suffered by any such Person as a result of its own willful misconduct, gross negligence or bad faith. The Second Priority Representatives have no obligations to follow instructions from any Senior Representative or any other Senior Debt Party in contravention of this Agreement.

 

(k)                                 None of the Senior Representatives nor any of the other Senior Secured Parties shall be required to marshal any present or future collateral security for any obligations of any Borrower or any Subsidiary to any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party under the Senior Debt Documents 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 in addition to all other rights, however existing or arising.

 

SECTION 5.06.           When Discharge of Senior Debt Obligations Deemed To Not Have Occurred. If, at any time substantially concurrently with or after the occurrence of the Discharge of Senior Debt Obligations, a Borrower or any Subsidiary consummates any Refinancing of any Senior Debt Obligations, then such Discharge of Senior Debt 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 Debt Obligations) and the applicable agreement governing such Senior Debt Obligations shall automatically be treated as a Senior 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 Obligations shall be the Senior Representative for all purposes of this Agreement. Upon receipt of notice from Borrowers of such incurrence (including the identity of the new Senior Representative), each Second Priority Representative (including the Designated Second Priority Representative) shall promptly (a) enter into such documents and agreements, including amendments or supplements to this Agreement, as a Borrower or such new Senior Representative shall reasonably request in writing in order to provide the new Senior Representative the rights of a Senior Representative contemplated hereby, (b) deliver to such Senior Representative, to the extent that it is legally permitted to do so, all Shared Collateral, including all proceeds thereof, held or controlled by such Second Priority 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 its rights under any landlord waiver or bailee’s letter or any similar agreement or arrangement granting it rights or access to Shared Collateral, (c) notify any applicable insurance carrier that it is no longer entitled to be a loss payee or additional insured under the insurance policies of any Grantor issued by such insurance carrier and (d) notify any governmental authority involved in any condemnation or similar proceeding involving a Grantor that the new Senior Representative is entitled to approve any awards granted in such proceeding; provided that any reasonable costs

 

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or other expenses incurred in connection with clauses (a) to (d) above shall be the exclusive responsibility of the Grantors.

 

SECTION 5.07.           Purchase Right. Without prejudice to the enforcement of the Senior Secured Parties remedies, the Senior Secured Parties agree that following (a) the acceleration of the Senior Obligations in accordance with the terms of the First Lien Credit Agreement or (b) the commencement of an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding (each, a “Purchase Event”), within thirty (30) days of the Purchase Event, one or more of the Second Priority Debt Parties may request, and the Senior Secured Parties hereby offer the Second Priority Debt Parties the option, to purchase all, but not less than all, of the aggregate amount of outstanding Senior Obligations (including unfunded commitments under any Senior Debt Document) outstanding at the time of purchase at par, plus any premium that would be applicable upon prepayment of the Senior Obligations and accrued and unpaid interest, Post-Petition Interest, Default Interest, and fees (including breakage costs and, in the case of any secured Hedging Obligations, the amount that would be payable by the relevant Grantor thereunder if such Grantor were to terminate the hedge agreement in respect thereof on the date of the purchase or, if not terminated an amount determined by the relevant Senior Secured Party to be necessary to collateralize its credit risk arising out of such agreement and, if applicable, the cash collateral to be furnished to the Senior Secured Parties providing letters of credit under the Senior Debt Documents in such amounts (not to exceed 105% thereof) as such Senior Secured Party determines is reasonably necessary to secure such Senior Secured Party in connection with any such outstanding and undrawn letters of credit), without warranty or representation or recourse (except for representations and warranties required to be made by assigning lenders pursuant to the Assignment (as such term is defined in the First Lien Credit Agreement)). If such right is exercised, the parties shall endeavor to close promptly thereafter but in any event within ten (10) Business Days of the request. If one or more of the Second Priority Debt Parties exercise such purchase right, it shall be exercised pursuant to documentation mutually acceptable to each of the Senior Representative and the purchasing Second Priority Debt Parties. If none of the Second Priority Debt Parties exercise such right, or if any such transaction is not closed within ten (10) Business Days of any exercise of such right, the Senior Secured Parties shall have no further obligations pursuant to this Section 5.07 for such Purchase Event and may take any further actions in their sole discretion in accordance with the Senior Debt Documents and this Agreement. Each Senior Secured Party will retain all rights to indemnification provided in the relevant Senior Debt Document for all claims and other amounts relating to period prior to the purchase of the Senior Obligations pursuant to this Section 5.07.

 

ARTICLE VI

 

Insolvency or Liquidation Proceedings.

 

SECTION 6.01.           Financing Issues. Until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, if any Borrower or any other Grantor shall be subject to any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding and any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Party shall desire to consent (or not object) to the sale, use or lease of cash or other collateral or to consent (or not object) to the Borrower’s or any other Grantor’s obtaining financing under Section 363 or Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law (“DIP Financing”), then each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that it will raise no objection to and will not

 

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otherwise contest (a) such sale, use or lease of such cash or other collateral, unless a Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party shall oppose or object to such use of cash collateral (in which case, no Second Priority Representative nor any other Second Priority Debt Party shall seek any relief in connection therewith that is inconsistent with the relief being sought by the Senior Secured Parties); (b) such DIP Financing, unless (x) a Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party shall oppose or object to such DIP Financing or (y) the terms of such DIP Financing provide for the sale of a substantial part of the Collateral or require the confirmation of a plan of reorganization containing specific terms or provisions (other than repayment in cash of such DIP Financing on the effective date thereof) and, except to the extent permitted by Section 6.03, will not request adequate protection or any other relief in connection therewith and, to the extent the Liens securing any Senior Obligations are subordinated or pari  passu with such DIP Financing, 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 Second Priority Debt Obligations are so subordinated to Liens securing Senior Obligations under this Agreement, (y) any adequate protection Liens provided to the Senior Secured Parties, and (z) to any “carve-out” for professional and United States Trustee fees agreed to by the Senior Representatives; (c) any motion for relief from the automatic stay or from any injunction against foreclosure or enforcement in respect of Senior Obligations made by any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party; (d) any exercise by any Senior Secured Party of the right to credit bid Senior Obligations at any sale of Senior Collateral under Section 363(k) of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law; (e) any other request for judicial relief made in any court by any Senior Secured Party relating to the lawful enforcement of any Lien on Senior Collateral; or (f) any order relating to a sale or other disposition of assets of any Grantor to which any Senior Representative has consented or not objected that provides, to the extent such sale or other disposition is to be free and clear of Liens, that the Liens securing the Senior Debt Obligations and the Second Priority Debt 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 Obligations rank to the Liens on the Shared Collateral securing the Second Priority Debt Obligations pursuant to this Agreement. Each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that notice received two 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. No Second Priority Debt Party may provide DIP Financing to any Borrower or any other Grantor secured by Liens equal or senior in priority to the Liens securing any Senior Obligations; provided,  that if no Senior Secured Party offers to provide DIP Financing to the extent permitted under this Section 6.01 after the respective Borrower provides the Designated Senior Representative with an opportunity to provide such DIP Financing (and consults with the Designated Senior Representative for a reasonable period of time with respect to such DIP Financing), then a Second Priority Debt Party may seek to provide such DIP Financing secured by Liens equal or senior in priority to the Liens securing any Senior Obligations, and Senior Secured Parties may object thereto; provided, further, that such DIP Financing may not “roll-up” or otherwise include or refinance any pre-petition Second Priority Debt Obligations.

 

SECTION 6.02.           Relief from the Automatic Stay. Until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that none of them shall

 

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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 Designated Senior Representative.

 

SECTION 6.03.           Adequate Protection. Each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, agrees that none of them shall (a) object, contest or support any other Person objecting to or contesting (i) any request by any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Parties for adequate protection, (ii) any objection by any Senior Representative or any Senior Secured Parties to any motion, relief, action or proceeding based on any Senior Representative’s or Senior Secured Party’s claiming a lack of adequate protection or (iii) the payment of interest, fees, expenses or other amounts of any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party 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. Notwithstanding anything contained in this Section 6.01  or in  Section 6.03, in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding, (A) if the Senior 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 each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, may seek or request adequate protection in the form of a replacement Lien or superpriority claim on such additional collateral, which (1) Lien is subordinated to the Liens securing all Senior Obligations and such DIP Financing (and all obligations relating thereto) on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second Priority Debt Obligations are so subordinated to the Liens securing Senior Obligations under this Agreement and (2) superpriority claim is subordinated to all superpriority claims of the Senior Secured Parties on the same basis as the Liens of the Second Priority Debt Parties are so subordinated to the Liens of the Senior Secured Parties under this Agreement, (B) in the event any Second Priority Representatives, for themselves and on behalf of the Second Priority Debt Parties under their Second Priority Debt Facilities, seek or request adequate protection 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) in the form of additional or replacement collateral, then such Second Priority Representatives, for themselves and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under their Second Priority Debt Facilities, agree that each Senior Representative shall also be granted a senior Lien on such additional or replacement collateral as security for the Senior Obligations and any such DIP Financing and that any Lien on such additional or replacement collateral securing the Second Priority Debt Obligations shall be subordinated to the Liens on such collateral securing the Senior Obligations and any such DIP Financing (and all obligations relating thereto) and any other Liens granted to the Senior Secured Parties as adequate protection on the same basis as the other Liens securing the Second Priority Debt Obligations are so subordinated to such Liens securing Senior Obligations under this Agreement (and, to the extent the Senior Secured Parties are not granted such adequate protection in such form, any amounts recovered by or distributed to any Second Priority Debt Party pursuant to or as a result of any Lien on such additional or replacement collateral so granted to the Second Priority Debt Parties shall be subject to Section 2.04, Section 4.01 and Section 4.02  as if such amounts were Proceeds), and (C) in the event any Second Priority

 

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Representatives, for themselves and on behalf of the Second Priority Debt Parties under their Second Priority Debt Facilities, seek or request adequate protection 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) in the form of a superpriority claim, then such Second Priority Representatives, for themselves and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under their Second Priority Debt Facilities, agree that each Senior Representative may also seek adequate protection in the form of a superpriority claim and that no Second Priority Debt Party shall contest the granting of such adequate protection in such form, which superpriority claim shall be senior to the superpriority claim of the Second Priority Debt Parties (and, to the extent the Senior Secured Parties are not granted such adequate protection in such form, any amounts recovered by or distributed to any Second Priority Debt Party pursuant to or as a result of any such superpriority claim so granted to the Second Priority Debt Parties shall be subject to Section 2.04, Section 4.01 and Section 4.02 the same as if the amounts so recovered or distributed were Proceeds).

 

SECTION 6.04.           Avoidance Issues. If any Senior 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 the respective Borrower or any other 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 (a “Recovery”), whether received as proceeds of security, enforcement of any right of setoff or otherwise, then the Senior Obligations shall be reinstated to the extent of such Recovery and deemed to be outstanding as if such payment had not occurred and the Senior Secured Parties shall be entitled to the benefits of this Agreement with respect to all such recovered amounts. If this Agreement shall have been terminated prior to such Recovery, this Agreement shall be reinstated in full force and effect, and such prior termination shall not diminish, release, discharge, impair or otherwise affect the obligations of the parties hereto. Each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, 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 treated as Proceeds and 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. Each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, acknowledges and agrees that (a) the grants of Liens by the Borrowers and the other Grantors pursuant to the Senior Collateral Documents and the Second Priority Collateral Documents constitute separate and distinct grants of Liens and (b) because of, among other things, their differing rights in the Shared Collateral, the Second Priority Debt Obligations are fundamentally different from the Senior Obligations and must be separately classified in any plan of reorganization proposed or adopted in an Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. If it is held that any claims of the Senior Secured Parties and the Second Priority Debt Parties in respect of the Shared Collateral constitute a single class of claims (rather than separate classes of senior and junior secured claims), then each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, hereby acknowledges and agrees that all distributions shall be made as if there were

 

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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 Second Priority Debt Parties), the Senior Secured Parties shall be entitled to receive, in addition to amounts distributed to them in respect of principal, pre-petition interest and other claims, all amounts owing (or that would be owing if there were such separate classes of senior and junior secured claims) in respect of Post-Petition Interest, and any Default Interest) before any distribution is made in respect of the Second Priority Debt Obligations, and each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, hereby acknowledges and agrees to turn over to the Designated Senior 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 Second Priority Debt Parties.

 

SECTION 6.06.           No Waivers of Rights of Senior Secured Parties. Nothing contained herein shall, except as expressly provided herein, prohibit or in any way limit any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party from objecting in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding or otherwise to any action taken by any Second Priority Debt Party, including the seeking by any Second Priority Debt Party of adequate protection or the assertion by any Second Priority Debt Party of any of its rights and remedies under the Second Priority 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 shall continue after the commencement of any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding on the same basis as prior to the date of the petition therefor, subject to any court order approving the financing of, or use of cash collateral by, any Grantor. 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 any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Debt Party has or acquires rights under Section 363 or Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code or any similar provision of any other Bankruptcy Law with respect to any of the Shared Collateral, such Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, or such Second Priority Debt Party agrees not to assert any such rights without the prior written consent of each Senior Representative, provided that if requested by any Senior Representative, such Second Priority Representative shall timely exercise such rights in the manner requested by the Senior Representatives (acting unanimously), including any rights to payments in respect of such rights.

 

SECTION 6.09.           506(c) Claims. Until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred, each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, 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

 

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Law senior to or on a parity with the Liens securing the Senior Obligations for costs or expenses of preserving or disposing of any Shared Collateral.

 

SECTION 6.10.           Reorganization.

 

(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 similar dispositive restructuring plan, on account of both the Senior Obligations and the Second Priority Debt Obligations, then, to the extent the debt obligations distributed on account of the Senior Obligations and on account of the Second Priority Debt 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 Second Priority Debt 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 that is inconsistent with the priorities or other provisions of this Agreement or otherwise impairs the repayment of the Senior Obligations (with impairment to be determined under Section 1124 of the Bankruptcy Code), other than (A) with the prior written consent of the Designated Senior Representative, or (B) to the extent any such plan is proposed or supported by the number of Senior Secured Debt Parties required under Section 1126(d) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

SECTION 6.11.           Section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code. Each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, shall not object to, oppose, support any objection, or take any other action to impede, the right of any Senior Secured Party to make an election under Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code. Each Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, waives any claim it may hereafter have against any senior claimholder arising out of the election by any Senior Secured Party of the application of Section 1111(b)(2) of the Bankruptcy Code.

 

SECTION 6.12.           Involuntary Bankruptcy Filing. Without the consent of the Senior Representative in its sole discretion, the Second Priority Representative, for itself and on behalf of each other Second Priority Debt Party, agrees it will not file an involuntary bankruptcy claim or seek the appointment of an examiner or a trustee for any Borrower or any other Grantor.

 

SECTION 6.13.           Post-Petition Interest.

 

(a)                                 None of any Second Priority Representative or any other Second Priority Debt Party shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by any Senior Representative, or any other Senior Secured Party for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of Senior Obligations consisting of Post-Petition Interest  of the Senior Representatives on behalf of the Senior Secured Parties on the Shared Collateral or any other Senior Secured Party’s Lien, without regard to the existence of the Liens of the Second Priority Representatives on behalf of the Second Priority Debt Parties on the Shared Collateral.

 

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(b)                                 None of any Senior Representative or any other Senior Secured Party shall oppose or seek to challenge any claim by any Second Priority Representative or any other Second Priority Debt Party for allowance in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding of Second Priority Debt Obligations consisting of Post-Petition Interest of the Second Priority Representatives on behalf of the Second Priority Debt Parties on the Shared Collateral.

 

ARTICLE VII

 

Reliance; Etc.

 

SECTION 7.01.           Reliance. All loans and other extensions of credit made or deemed made on and after the date hereof by the Senior Secured Parties to the Borrowers or any Subsidiary shall be deemed to have been given and made in reliance upon this Agreement. Each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, acknowledges that it and such Second Priority Debt Parties have, independently and without reliance on any Senior Representative or other Senior Secured Party, entered into the Second Priority Debt Documents to which they are party or by which they are bound, this Agreement and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby, and in taking or not taking any action under the Second Priority Debt Documents or this Agreement they will continue to do so independently and without reliance on any Senior Representative or other Senior Secured Party.

 

SECTION 7.02.           No Warranties or Liability. Each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, acknowledges that neither any Senior Representative nor any other Senior Secured Party has made any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the execution, validity, legality, completeness, collectability or enforceability of any of the Senior Debt Documents, the ownership of any Shared Collateral or the perfection or priority of any Liens thereon. The Senior Secured Parties will be entitled to manage and supervise their respective loans and extensions of credit under the Senior Debt Documents in accordance with law and as they may otherwise, in their sole discretion, deem appropriate, and the Senior Secured Parties may manage their loans and extensions of credit without regard to any rights or interests that the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Debt Parties have in the Shared Collateral or otherwise, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement. Neither any Senior Representative nor any other Senior Secured Party shall have any duty to any Second Priority Representative or Second Priority Debt 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 Borrower or any Subsidiary (including the Second Priority 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 Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Debt 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 Obligations, the Second Priority Debt 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 Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Debt Parties hereunder shall remain in full force and effect irrespective of:

 

(a)                                 any lack of validity or enforceability of any Senior Debt Document or any Second Priority Debt Document;

 

(b)                                 any change in the time, manner or place of payment of, or in any other terms of, all or any of the Senior Obligations or Second Priority Debt 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 First Lien Credit Agreement or any other Senior Debt Document or of the terms of the Second Lien Indenture or any other Second Priority 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 Obligations or Second Priority Debt Obligations or any guarantee thereof;

 

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

 

(e)                                  any other circumstances that otherwise might constitute a defense available to (i) any Borrower or any other Grantor in respect of the Senior Obligations (other than the Discharge of Senior Debt Obligations subject to Sections 5.06 and 6.04) or (ii) any Second Priority Representative or Second Priority Debt Party in respect of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 7.04.           No Waiver of Lien Priorities.

 

(a)                                 No right of the Senior Secured Parties, the Senior Representatives or any of them to enforce any provision of this Agreement or any Senior Debt Document shall at any time in any way be prejudiced or impaired by any act or failure to act on the part of any Borrower or any other Grantor or by any act or failure to act by any Senior Secured Party or Senior Representative, or by any noncompliance by any Person with the terms, provisions and covenants of this Agreement, any of the Senior Debt Documents or any of the Second Priority Debt Documents, regardless of any knowledge thereof which any other Senior Representative, or any Senior Secured Party, or any of them, may have or be otherwise charged with.

 

(b)                                 Without in any way limiting the generality of the foregoing paragraph (but subject to the rights of the Borrowers and the other Grantors under the Senior Debt Documents and subject to the provisions of Section 5.03(a)), the Senior Secured Parties, the Senior Representatives, and any of them may, at any time and from time to time in accordance with the Senior Debt Documents and/or applicable law, without the consent of, or notice to, any Second Priority Representative or any other Second Priority Debt Party, without incurring any liabilities to any Second Priority Representative or any other Second Priority Debt Party and without impairing or releasing the Lien priorities and other benefits provided in this Agreement (even if any right of subrogation or other right or remedy of any Second Priority Representative, or any

 

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other Second Priority Debt Party is affected, impaired or extinguished thereby) do any one or more of the following:

 

(1)                                 change the manner, place or terms of payment or change or extend the time of payment of, or amend, renew, exchange, increase or alter, the terms of any of the Senior Obligations or any Lien on any Shared Collateral or guaranty of any of the Senior Obligations or any liability of any Borrower or any other Grantor, or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof (including any increase in or extension of the Senior Obligations, without any restriction as to the tenor or terms of any such increase or extension) or otherwise amend, renew, exchange, extend, modify or supplement in any manner any Liens held by any Senior Representative, or any of the other Senior Secured Parties, the Senior Obligations or any of the Senior Debt Documents;

 

(2)                                 sell, exchange, release, surrender, realize upon, enforce or otherwise deal with in any manner and in any order any part of the Shared Collateral or any liability of any Borrower or any other Grantor to any of the Senior Secured Parties or the Senior Representatives, or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof;

 

(3)                                 settle or compromise any Senior Obligation or any other liability of any Borrower or any other Grantor or any security therefor or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof and apply any sums by whomsoever paid and however realized to any liability (including the Senior Obligations) in any manner or order; and

 

(4)                                 exercise or delay in or refrain from exercising any right or remedy against any Borrower or any other Grantor or any other Person or any security, and elect any remedy and otherwise deal freely with the Borrowers, any other Grantor or any Shared Collateral and any security and any guarantor or any liability of any Borrower or any other Grantor to the Senior Secured Parties or any liability incurred directly or indirectly in respect thereof.

 

(c)                                  Except as otherwise expressly provided herein, each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and the Second Priority Debt Parties represented by it, also agrees that the Senior Secured Parties and the Senior Representatives shall have no liability to such Second Priority Representative, or any such Second Priority Debt Parties, and such Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and the Second Priority Debt Parties represented by it, hereby waives any claim against any Senior Secured Party or any Senior Representative arising out of any and all actions which the Senior Secured Parties or any Senior Representative may take or permit or omit to take with respect to:

 

(1)                                 the Senior Debt Documents (other than this Agreement);

 

(2)                                 the collection of the Senior Obligations; or

 

(3)                                 the foreclosure upon, or sale, liquidation or other disposition of, any Shared Collateral.

 

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Each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and the Second Priority Debt Parties represented by it, agrees that the Senior Secured Parties and the Senior Representatives have no duty to them in respect of the maintenance or preservation of the Shared Collateral, the Senior Obligations or otherwise.

 

Until the Discharge of Senior Obligations, each Second Priority Representative on behalf of itself and the Second Priority Debt Parties represented by it, agrees not to assert and hereby waives, to the fullest extent permitted by law, any right to demand, request, plead or otherwise assert or otherwise claim the benefit of, any marshaling, appraisal, valuation or other similar right that may otherwise be available under applicable law with respect to any Shared Collateral or any other similar rights a junior secured creditor may have under applicable law.

 

ARTICLE VIII

 

Miscellaneous

 

SECTION 8.01.           Conflicts.

 

(a)                                 In the event of any conflict between the provisions of this Agreement and the provisions of any Senior Debt Document or any Second Priority Debt Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall govern. Notwithstanding the foregoing, (i) the relative rights and obligations of the Senior Secured Collateral Agent, the Senior Representatives and the Senior Secured Parties (as amongst themselves) with respect to any Senior Collateral shall be governed by the terms of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and in the event of any conflict between the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement and this Agreement as to such relative rights and obligations, the provisions of the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall control and (ii) the relative rights and obligations of the Second Lien Collateral Agent, trustee under the Second Lien Indenture and the holders of Second Lien Indenture Obligations to each other shall be governed by the terms of the Second Lien Indenture.

 

(b)                                 The parties hereto acknowledge that the secured creditor relationship between different classes of Second Priority Debt Obligations may be governed separately from this Agreement, including by a Second Priority Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the parties hereto acknowledge and agree that this Agreement shall govern the secured creditor relationship between the Senior Debt Obligations, on the one hand, and the Second Priority Debt Obligations, on the other hand, and that in the event of any conflict between the terms of this Agreement and that of an intercreditor agreement governing the rights among different classes of Second Priority Debt (including any Second Priority Pari Passu Intercreditor Agreement), this Agreement shall control.

 

SECTION 8.02.           Continuing Nature of this Agreement; Severability. This is a continuing agreement of Lien subordination, and the Senior Secured Parties may continue, at any time and without notice to the Second Priority Representatives or any Second Priority Debt Party, to extend credit and other financial accommodations and lend monies to or for the benefit of the Borrowers or any Subsidiary constituting Senior Debt 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

 

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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. All references to any Borrower or any other Grantor shall include such Borrower or such Grantor as debtor and debtor in possession and any receiver, trustee or similar person for any Borrower or any other Grantor (as the case may be) in any Insolvency or Liquidation Proceeding. This Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect:

 

(a)                                 subject to the terms and conditions of Section 5.06 hereof, with respect to any Senior Representative, the Senior Secured Parties represented by it and their Senior Obligations, upon the Discharge of Senior Debt Obligations, subject to the rights of the Senior Secured Parties under Section 6.04; and

 

(b)                                 with respect to any Second Priority Representative, the Second Priority Debt Parties represented by it and their Second Priority Debt Obligations, on the date on which no Second Priority Debt Obligations of such Second Priority Debt Parties are secured by, or required to be secured by, any of the Shared Collateral pursuant to the terms of the applicable Second Priority Debt Documents.

 

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 or consent to any departure by any party therefrom shall in any event be effective unless the same shall be permitted by paragraph (b) of this Section, and then such waiver or consent shall be effective only in the specific instance and for the purpose for which given. No notice or demand on any party hereto in any case shall entitle such party to any other or further notice or demand in similar or other circumstances.

 

(b)                                 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, supplement or waiver which by the terms of this Agreement requires the Borrower’s consent or which increases the obligations or reduces the rights of, or otherwise materially adversely affects, any Borrower or any Grantor (which for avoidance of doubt includes Sections 5.01, 5.03,  6.01, 8.03(b), (c) and (d), 8.09, 8.10, and the last sentence of 8.19 hereof), shall require the consent of the Borrowers. Any such amendment, supplement or waiver shall be in writing and shall be binding upon the Senior Secured Parties and the Second Priority Debt Parties and their respective successors and assigns.

 

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Borrower’s consent or which increases the obligations or reduces the rights of any Borrower or any other Grantor, with the consent of the respective Borrower), any Representative may become a party hereto by execution and delivery of a Joinder Agreement in accordance with Section 8.09 of this Agreement and upon such execution and delivery, such Representative and the Secured Parties and Senior Obligations or Second Priority Debt Obligations of the Debt Facility for which such Representative is acting shall be subject to the terms hereof.

 

(d)                                 Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement to the contrary, it is understood and agreed that each Senior Representative and Second Priority Representative then party to this Agreement, without the consent of any other Senior Secured Party or any other Second Priority Debt Party, may enter into a supplemental agreement (which may take the form of an amendment and restatement of this Agreement) (i) to facilitate having Additional Senior Debt or Additional Second Priority Debt or other obligations of any of the Grantors become Senior Debt Obligations or Second Priority Debt Obligations, as the case may be, under this Agreement, including, without limitation, an amendment to the definition of “Senior Obligations” to increase the amount of obligations included thereunder, (ii) to give effect to any amendments in connection with a Refinancing of Senior Obligations or Second Priority Obligations, as applicable or (iii) to effectuate the subordination of Liens granted pursuant to Section 6.02(iii) of the First Lien Credit Agreement or the corresponding provisions of the Second Lien Indenture (or in each case any Refinancing thereof) to the Liens on the Shared Collateral securing the Senior Obligations; provided,  that any such supplemental agreement is not prohibited by the Senior Debt Documents and/or the Second Priority Debt Documents then extant in accordance with the terms thereof and an Officer’s Certificate delivered to the applicable Representatives certifying such compliance shall be conclusive and such Representatives may rely thereon without further inquiry and shall be fully protected in doing so; and provided, further, that the applicable Senior Representative and Second Priority Representative shall execute and deliver such supplemental agreement at the other’s request and such supplemental agreement may contain additional intercreditor terms applicable solely to the holders of such Additional Senior Debt or Additional Second Priority Debt vis-à-vis the holders of the relevant obligations hereunder.

 

SECTION 8.04.           Information Concerning Financial Condition of the Borrowers and the Subsidiaries. None of the Senior Representatives and the Senior Secured Parties, on the one hand, and the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Debt Parties, on the other hand, shall have any duty to inform the other parties of (a) the financial condition of the Borrowers and their Subsidiaries and all endorsers or guarantors of the Senior Obligations or the Second Priority Debt Obligations and (b) all other circumstances bearing upon the risk of nonpayment of the Senior Obligations or the Second Priority Debt Obligations. The Senior Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority 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 any Senior Representative, any Senior Secured Party, any Second Priority Representative or any Second Priority Debt 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 Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Debt Parties shall not make or be deemed to have made, any express or implied representation or warranty, including with respect to the

 

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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. Each Second Priority Representative, on behalf of itself and each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, hereby waives any rights of subrogation it may acquire as a result of any payment hereunder until the Discharge of Senior Obligations has occurred.

 

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

 

SECTION 8.07.           Additional Grantors. The Borrowers agree that, if any Subsidiary shall become a Grantor after the date hereof, they 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, and will be acknowledged by the Designated Second Priority Representative and the Designated Senior Representative. 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.

 

SECTION 8.08.           Dealings with Grantors. Upon any application or demand by any Borrower or 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 Borrower or such Grantor, as appropriate, shall furnish to such Representative a certificate of its vice president, chief financial officer, or other executive 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.

 

SECTION 8.09.           Additional Debt Facilities. To the extent, but only to the extent, not prohibited by the provisions of the then extant Senior Debt Documents and/or Second Priority Debt Documents, any Borrower or any Restricted Subsidiary permitted under the Debt Facilities

 

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may incur or issue and sell one or more series or classes of Additional Second Priority Debt and one or more series or classes of Additional Senior Debt. Any such additional class or series of Second Priority Debt (the “Second Priority Class Debt”) may be secured by a junior priority, subordinated Lien on Shared Collateral, in each case under and pursuant to the relevant Second Priority Collateral Documents for such Second Priority Class Debt, if and subject to the condition that the Representative of any such Second Priority Class Debt (each, a “Second Priority Class Debt Representative”), acting on behalf of the holders of such Second Priority Class Debt (such Representative and holders in respect of any Second Priority Class Debt being referred to as the “Second Priority Class Debt Parties”), becomes a party to this Agreement by satisfying conditions (i) through (iii), as applicable, of the immediately succeeding paragraph. Any such additional class or series of Senior Facilities (the “Senior Class Debt”; and the Senior Class Debt and Second Priority Class Debt, collectively, the “Class Debt”) may be secured by a senior Lien on Shared Collateral, in each case under and pursuant to the relevant Senior Collateral Documents, if and subject to the condition that the Representative of any such Senior Class Debt (each, a “Senior Class Debt Representative”; and the Senior Class Debt Representatives and Second Priority Class Debt Representatives, collectively, the “Class Debt Representatives”), acting on behalf of the holders of such Senior Class Debt (such Representative and holders in respect of any such Senior Class Debt being referred to as the “Senior Class Debt Parties; and the Senior Class Debt Parties and Second Priority Class Debt Parties, collectively, the “Class Debt Parties”), becomes a party to this Agreement by satisfying the conditions set forth in clauses (i) through (iii), as applicable, of the immediately succeeding paragraph and becomes a party to the First Lien Intercreditor Agreement in accordance with the terms thereof.

 

In order for a Class Debt Representative to become a party to this Agreement:

 

(i)                                     such Class Debt Representative shall have executed and delivered a Joinder Agreement substantially in the form of Annex II (if such Representative is a Second Priority Class Debt Representative) (with such changes as may be reasonably approved by the Designated Second Priority Representative and such Class Debt Representative) or Annex III (if such Representative is a Senior Class Debt Representative) (with such changes as may be reasonably approved by the Designated Senior Representative and such Class Debt Representative) pursuant to which it becomes a Representative hereunder, and the Class Debt in respect of which such Class Debt Representative is the Representative constitutes Additional Senior Debt Obligations or Additional Second Priority Debt Obligations, as applicable, and the related Class Debt Parties become subject hereto and bound hereby as Additional Senior Debt Parties or Additional Second Priority Debt Parties, as applicable;

 

(ii)                                  Cloud Peak Energy (a) shall have delivered to the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Second Priority Representative an Officer’s Certificate identifying the obligations to be designated as Additional Senior Debt Obligations or Additional Second Priority Debt Obligations, as applicable, and the initial aggregate principal amount or face amount thereof and certifying that such obligations are not prohibited from being incurred and secured (I) in the case of Additional Senior Debt Obligations, on a senior basis under each of the Senior Debt Documents and (II) in the case of Additional Second Priority Debt Obligations, on a junior or subordinate basis

 

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under each of the Second Priority Debt Documents and (b) if requested, shall have delivered true and complete copies of each of the Second Priority Debt Documents or Senior Debt Documents, as applicable, relating to such Class Debt, certified as being true and correct by an authorized officer of Cloud Peak Energy; and

 

(iii)                               the Second Priority Debt Documents or Senior Debt Documents, as applicable, relating to such Class Debt shall provide that each Class Debt Party with respect to such Class Debt will be subject to and bound by the provisions of this Agreement in its capacity as a holder of such Class Debt.

 

SECTION 8.10.           Refinancings. The Senior Debt Obligations and the Second Priority Debt Obligations may be refinanced or replaced, in whole or in part along with any Permitted Refinancing Increase, in each case, without notice to, or the consent (except to the extent a consent is otherwise required to permit the refinancing or replacement transaction under any Senior Debt Document or any Second Priority Debt Document) of any Representative or any Secured Party, all without affecting the Lien priorities provided for herein or the other provisions hereof (it is understood that the foregoing shall in no way be interpreted to limit the ability of any Grantor to undertake any refinancing or replacement transaction otherwise permitted by the Senior Debt Documents and Second Priority Debt Documents). Without limiting the application or effectiveness of Section 5.06, the Second Priority Representative hereby agrees that at the request of a Borrower in connection with refinancing or replacement of Senior Obligations (“Replacement Senior Obligations”) it will promptly enter into an agreement in form and substance reasonably acceptable to the Second Priority Representative with the agent for the Replacement Senior Obligations containing terms and conditions substantially similar to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 8.11.           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 or the United States of America located in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, and appellate courts from any thereof;

 

(b)                                 consents and agrees that any such action or proceeding shall 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;

 

(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 8.12; and

 

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(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.

 

SECTION 8.12.           Notices. All notices, requests, demands and other communications provided for or permitted hereunder shall be in writing and shall be sent:

 

(i)                                     if to a Borrower or any Grantor, to Cloud Peak Energy, at its address at:

 

Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC

385 Interlocken Crescent, Suite 400

Broomfield, CO 80021

Attention: John Stranak,

Vice President of Finance and Treasurer

Tel: 720-566-2931

Email: John.Stranak@cldpk.com

 

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice) the General Counsel of Cloud Peak Energy Resources LLC at the same address;

 

(ii)                                  if to the First Lien Collateral Agent, to it at:

 

PNC Bank, National Association

The Tower at PNC Plaza

300 Fifth Avenue

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

Attention: Jim O’Brien

Tel: (412) 762-7493

Email: james.obrien@pnc.com

 

And

 

PNC Bank, National Association

101 West Washington Street

5th Floor, East Tower (Locator I1-Y013-05-3)

Indianapolis, IN 46255

Attention: Christopher B. Gribble

Tel: (317) 267-7874

Email: Christopher.Gribble@pnc.com

 

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney PC

One Oxford Centre

301 Grant Street, 20th Floor

Pittsburgh, PA 15241

Attention: Donald Malecki, Esq.

Tel: (412) 562-3968

Email: donald.malecki@bipc.com

 

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(iii)                               if to the Second Lien Collateral Agent, to it at:

 

Wilmington Trust, National Association

1100 North Market Street

Wilmington, DE 19890

Attention:  Cloud Peak Energy Administrator

Tel: (302) 636-6432

Email: tmorris@wilmingtontrust.com

 

With a copy to (which shall not constitute notice):

 

Shipman & Goodwin LLP

One Constitution Plaza

Hartford, CT 06103

Attention: Marie Pollio, Esq.

Tel. (860) 251-5561

Email: mpollio@goodwin.com

 

(iv)                              if to any other Representative, to it at the address specified by it in the Joinder Agreement delivered by it pursuant to Section 8.09.

 

Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, any notice or other communication herein required or permitted to be given shall be in writing and, may be personally served, telecopied, electronically mailed or sent by courier service or U.S. mail and shall be deemed to have been given when delivered in person or by courier service, upon receipt of a telecopy or electronic mail or upon receipt via U.S. mail (registered or certified, with postage prepaid and properly addressed). For the purposes hereof, the addresses of the parties hereto shall be as set forth above or, as to each party, at such other address as may be designated by such party in a written notice to all of the other parties.

 

SECTION 8.13.           Further Assurances. Each Senior Representative, on behalf of itself and each Senior Secured Party under the Senior Debt Facility for which it is acting, each Second Party Representative, on behalf of itself, and each Second Priority Debt Party under its Second Priority Debt Facility, 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 other parties hereto may reasonably request to effectuate the terms of, and the Lien priorities contemplated by, this Agreement, all at the cost and expense of the Borrowers.

 

SECTION 8.14.           GOVERNING LAW; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL.

 

(A)                               THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES UNDER THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED AND INTERPRETED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECTS TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS.

 

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(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 8.15.           Binding on Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon the Senior Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Second Priority Representatives, the Second Priority Debt Parties, the Borrowers, the other Grantors party hereto and their respective successors and assigns.

 

SECTION 8.16.           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 8.17.           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 8.18.           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. The First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties have appointed the First Lien Collateral Agent as collateral agent pursuant to the First Lien Credit Agreement on behalf of the First Lien Credit Agreement Secured Parties and the First Lien Collateral Agent represents and warrants that it has duly accepted such appointment. The Borrowers and the other Grantors have appointed the Second Lien Collateral Agent as collateral agent pursuant to the Second Lien Indenture on behalf of the Second Lien Indenture Secured Parties and the Second Lien Collateral Agent represents and warrants that it has duly accepted such appointment.

 

SECTION 8.19.           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 Representatives, the Senior Secured Parties, the Second Priority Representatives and the Second Priority Debt 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 Borrower or any other Grantor, which are absolute and unconditional, to pay the Senior Obligations and the Second Priority Debt Obligations as and when the same shall become due and payable in accordance with their terms. Except for Sections 5.01, 5.03,  6.01, 8.03(b), (c) and (d), 8.09, and 8.10, hereof and this last sentence of this Section 8.19, neither a Borrower nor any other Grantor shall have any rights hereunder.

 

SECTION 8.20.           Effectiveness. This Agreement shall become effective when executed and delivered by the parties hereto.

 

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SECTION 8.21.           Collateral Agent and Representative. It is understood and agreed that (a) the First Lien Collateral Agent is entering into this Agreement in its capacity as collateral agent under the First Lien Credit Agreement and the provisions of Article VIII of the First Lien Credit Agreement applicable to the Administrative Agent (as defined therein) thereunder shall also apply to the First Lien Collateral Agent hereunder and (b) the Second Lien Collateral Agent is entering into this Agreement in its capacity as collateral agent under the Second Lien Indenture and the provisions of Article XI of the Second Lien Indenture applicable to the Collateral (as defined therein) thereunder shall also apply to the Second Lien Collateral Agent hereunder.

 

SECTION 8.22.           Survival of Agreement. All covenants, agreements, representations and warranties made by any party in this Agreement shall be considered to have been relied upon by the other parties hereto and shall survive the execution and delivery of this Agreement.

 

SECTION 8.23.           Certain Notices to the Designated Second Priority Representative. The Borrower agrees to give the Designated Second Priority Representative reasonable notice of the occurrence of the Discharge of Senior Obligations.  The Borrower agrees to give the Designated Senior Representative reasonable notice of the occurrence of the Discharge of Second Priority Debt Obligations.

 

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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.

 

	
 
    	
PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 
   as First Lien Collateral Agent
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Christopher B. Gribble
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Christopher B. Gribble
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Senior   Vice President
    

 

Signature Page

FIRST LIEN/SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

CLOUD PEAK ENERGY RESOURCES LLC AND CLOUD PEAK ENERGY FINANCE CORP.

 

 

	
 
    	
WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, 
   as Second Lien Collateral Agent
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ W. Thomas Morris, II
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
W. Thomas Morris, II
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Vice President
    

 

Signature Page

FIRST LIEN/SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

CLOUD PEAK ENERGY RESOURCES LLC AND CLOUD PEAK ENERGY FINANCE CORP.

 

 

	
 
    	
CLOUD PEAK ENERGY RESOURCES LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Heath Hill
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Heath Hill
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Executive Vice President   and  Chief Financial Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
CLOUD PEAK ENERGY FINANCE CORP.
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Heath Hill
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Heath Hill
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Executive Vice President   and  Chief Financial Officer
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
CLOUD PEAK ENERGY INC.
    
	
 
    	
ANTELOPE COAL LLC
    
	
 
    	
ARROWHEAD I LLC
    
	
 
    	
ARROWHEAD II LLC
    
	
 
    	
ARROWHEAD III LLC
    
	
 
    	
BIG METAL COAL CO. LLC
    
	
 
    	
CABALLO ROJO LLC
    
	
 
    	
CABALLO ROJO HOLDINGS LLC
    
	
 
    	
CLOUD PEAK ENERGY LOGISTICS LLC
    
	
 
    	
CLOUD PEAK ENERGY LOGISTICS I   LLC
    
	
 
    	
CLOUD PEAK ENERGY SERVICES   COMPANY
    
	
 
    	
CORDERO MINING LLC
    
	
 
    	
CORDERO MINING HOLDINGS LLC
    
	
 
    	
CORDERO OIL AND GAS LLC
    
	
 
    	
KENNECOTT COAL SALES LLC
    
	
 
    	
NERCO LLC
    
	
 
    	
NERCO COAL LLC
    
	
 
    	
NERCO COAL SALES LLC
    
	
 
    	
PROSPECT LAND AND DEVELOPMENT   LLC
    
	
 
    	
RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT LLC
    
	
 
    	
SEQUATCHIE VALLEY COAL   CORPORATION
    
	
 
    	
SPRING CREEK COAL LLC
    
	
 
    	
WESTERN MINERALS LLC
    
	
 
    	
YOUNGS CREEK HOLDINGS I LLC
    
	
 
    	
YOUNGS CREEK HOLDINGS II LLC
    
	
 
    	
YOUNGS CREEK MINING COMPANY,   LLC
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
/s/ Heath Hill    
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    	
Heath Hill 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    	
Executive Vice President   and  Chief Financial Officer, 
    
	
 
    	
for and on behalf of each   of the foregoing Grantors
    

 

Signature Page

FIRST LIEN/SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT

CLOUD PEAK ENERGY RESOURCES LLC AND CLOUD PEAK ENERGY FINANCE CORP.

 

 

ANNEX I

 

[FORM OF] SUPPLEMENT NO. [     ] dated as of [          ], 201[ ], to the FIRST LIEN/SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of October 17, 2016 (the “First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), among CLOUD PEAK ENERGY RESOURCES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Cloud Peak Energy”), CLOUD PEAK ENERGY FINANCE CORP., a Delaware corporation (“Cloud Peak Finance” and, together with Cloud Peak Energy, the “Borrowers”), the other Grantors party hereto, PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the First Lien Collateral Agent under the First Lien Credit Agreement, WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the Second Lien Collateral Agent under the Second Lien Indenture, and the additional Representatives from time to time party thereto.

 

A.                                    Capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.

 

B.                                    The Grantors have entered into the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Pursuant to the First Lien Credit Agreement, the Second Lien Indenture, certain Additional Senior Debt Documents, and certain Additional Second Priority Debt Documents, certain newly acquired or organized Subsidiaries of the Parent are required to enter into the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Section 8.07 of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement provides that such Subsidiaries may become party to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement by execution and delivery of an instrument in the form of this Supplement. The undersigned Subsidiary (the “New Grantor”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the First Lien Credit Agreement, the Second Lien Indenture, the Additional Second Priority Debt Documents and Additional Senior Debt Documents.

 

Accordingly, the New Subsidiary Grantor agrees and the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Second Priority Representative acknowledge as follows:

 

SECTION 1.                            In accordance with Section 8.07 of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the New Grantor by its signature below becomes a Grantor under the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement with the same force and effect as if originally named therein as a Grantor, and the New Grantor hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it as a Grantor thereunder. Each reference to a “Grantor” in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Grantor. The First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

SECTION 2.                            The New Grantor represents and warrants to the Designated Senior Representative, the Designated Second Priority Representative and the other Secured Parties that this Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms, except as such enforceability may be limited by Bankruptcy Laws and by general principles of equity.

 

Annex I-1

 

SECTION 3.                            This Supplement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Supplement shall become effective when the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Second Priority Representative shall have received a counterpart of this Supplement that bears the signature of the New Grantor. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Supplement by facsimile transmission or other electronic method shall be as effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Supplement.

 

SECTION 4.                            Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

SECTION 5.                            THIS SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

 

SECTION 6.                            In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, no party hereto shall be required to comply with such provision for so long as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, but the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

SECTION 7.                            All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 8.12 of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Grantor shall be given to it in care of Cloud Peak Energy as specified in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.

 

SECTION 8.                            The Borrowers agree to reimburse the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Second Priority Representative for each of their reasonable fees and expenses in connection with this Supplement, including the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Second Priority Representative as required by the applicable Senior Debt Documents.

 

Annex I-2

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Grantor, the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Second Priority Representative have duly executed this Supplement to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

	
 
    	
[NAME   OF NEW SUBSIDIARY GRANTOR]
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
Acknowledged by:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
[                        ],   as Designated Senior Representative
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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Title:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
[                        ],   as Designated Second Priority Representative
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
By:
    	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Name:
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Title:
    	
 
    	
 
    

 

Annex I-3

 

ANNEX II

 

[FORM OF] REPRESENTATIVE SUPPLEMENT NO. [     ] dated as of [          ], 201[ ], to the FIRST LIEN/SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of October 17, 2016 (the “First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), among CLOUD PEAK ENERGY RESOURCES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Cloud Peak Energy”), CLOUD PEAK ENERGY FINANCE CORP., a Delaware corporation (“Cloud Peak Finance” and, together with Cloud Peak Energy, the “Borrowers”), the other Grantors party hereto, PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the First Lien Collateral Agent under the First Lien Credit Agreement, WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the Second Lien Collateral Agent under the Second Lien Indenture, and the additional Representatives from time to time party thereto.

 

A.            Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.

 

B.            As a condition to the ability of the Borrowers to incur Second Priority Class Debt after the date of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and to secure such Second Priority Class Debt with the Second Priority Lien and to have such Second Priority Class Debt guaranteed by the Grantors, in each case under and pursuant to the Second Priority Collateral Documents relating thereto, the Second Priority Class Debt Representative in respect of such Second Priority Class Debt is required to become a Representative under, and such Second Priority Class Debt and the Second Priority Class Debt Parties in respect thereof are required to become subject to and bound by, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Section 8.09 of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement provides that such Second Priority Class Debt Representative may become a Representative under, and such Second Priority Class Debt and such Second Priority Class Debt Parties may become subject to and bound by, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as Additional Second Priority Debt Obligations and Additional Second Priority Debt Parties, respectively, pursuant to the execution and delivery by the Second Priority Class Debt Representative of an instrument in the form of this Representative Supplement and the satisfaction of the other conditions set forth in Section 8.09 of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. The undersigned Second Priority Class Debt Representative (the “New Representative”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Senior Debt Documents and the Second Priority Debt Documents.

 

Accordingly, the New Representative agrees and the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Second Priority Representative acknowledge as follows:

 

SECTION 1.         In accordance with Section 8.09 of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the New Representative by its signature below becomes a Representative under, and the related Second Priority Class Debt and Second Priority Class Debt Parties become subject to and bound by, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as Additional Second Priority Debt Obligations and Additional Second Priority Debt Parties, respectively, with the same force and effect as if the New Representative had originally been named therein as a Representative, and the New Representative, on behalf of itself and such Second Priority Class Debt Parties, hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the First

 

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Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it as a Second Priority Representative and to the Second Priority Class Debt Parties that it represents as Second Priority Debt Parties. Each reference to a “Representative” or “Second Priority Representative” in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Representative. The First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

SECTION 2.         The New Representative represents and warrants to the Designated Senior Representative, the Designated Second Priority Representative and the other Secured Parties that (i) it has full power and authority to enter into this Representative Supplement, in its capacity as [agent] [trustee], (ii) this Representative Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of such Agreement and (iii) the Second Priority Debt Documents relating to such Second Priority Class Debt provide that, upon the New Representative’s entry into this Agreement, the Second Priority Class Debt Parties in respect of such Second Priority Class Debt will be subject to and bound by the provisions of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as Second Priority Debt Parties.

 

SECTION 3.         This Representative Supplement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Representative Supplement shall become effective when the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Second Priority Representative shall have received a counterpart of this Representative Supplement that bears the signature of the New Representative. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Representative Supplement by facsimile transmission or other electronic method shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Representative Supplement.

 

SECTION 4.         Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

SECTION 5.         THIS REPRESENTATIVE SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS.

 

SECTION 6.         In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Representative Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, no party hereto shall be required to comply with such provision for so long as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, but the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

SECTION 7.         All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 8.12 of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Representative shall be given to it at the address set forth below its signature hereto.

 

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SECTION 8.         The Borrowers agree to reimburse the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Second Priority Representative for each of their reasonable fees and expenses in connection with this Representative Supplement, including the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Second Priority Representative as required by the applicable Senior Debt Documents.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Representative, the Designated Senior Representative and the Designated Second Priority Representative have duly executed this Representative Supplement to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

	
 
    	
[NAME   OF NEW REPRESENTATIVE],
    
	
 
    	
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CLOUD   PEAK ENERGY FINANCE CORP.
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
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ANNEX III

 

[FORM OF] REPRESENTATIVE SUPPLEMENT NO. [     ] dated as of [          ], 201[ ], to the FIRST LIEN/SECOND LIEN INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of October 17, 2016 (the “First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement”), among CLOUD PEAK ENERGY RESOURCES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“Cloud Peak Energy”), CLOUD PEAK ENERGY FINANCE CORP., a Delaware corporation (“Cloud Peak Finance” and, together with Cloud Peak Energy, the “Borrowers”), the other Grantors party hereto, PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the First Lien Collateral Agent under the First Lien Credit Agreement, WILMINGTON TRUST, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, as the Second Lien Collateral Agent under the Second Lien Indenture, and the additional Representatives from time to time party thereto.

 

C.            Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement.

 

D.            As a condition to the ability of the Borrowers to incur Senior Class Debt after the date of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement and to secure such Senior Class Debt with the Senior Lien and to have such Senior Class Debt guaranteed by the Grantors on a senior basis, in each case under and pursuant to the Senior Collateral Documents relating thereto, the Senior Class Debt Representative in respect of such Senior Class Debt is required to become a Representative under, and such Senior Class Debt and the Senior Class Debt Parties in respect thereof are required to become subject to and bound by, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. Section 8.09 of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement provides that such Senior Class Debt Representative may become a Representative under, and such Senior Class Debt and such Senior Class Debt Parties may become subject to and bound by, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as Additional Senior Debt Obligations and Additional Senior Debt Parties, respectively, pursuant to the execution and delivery by the Senior Class Debt Representative of an instrument in the form of this Representative Supplement and the satisfaction of the other conditions set forth in Section 8.09 of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. The undersigned Senior Class Debt Representative (the “New Representative”) is executing this Supplement in accordance with the requirements of the Senior Debt Documents and the Second Priority Debt Documents.

 

Accordingly, the New Representative agrees and the the Designated Senior Representative acknowledges as follows:

 

SECTION 1.         In accordance with Section 8.09 of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement, the New Representative by its signature below becomes a Representative under, and the related Senior Class Debt and Senior Class Debt Parties become subject to and bound by, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as Additional Senior Debt Obligations and Additional Senior Debt Parties, respectively, with the same force and effect as if the New Representative had originally been named therein as a Representative, and the New Representative, on behalf of itself and such Senior Class Debt Parties, hereby agrees to all the terms and provisions of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement applicable to it as a Senior Representative and to the Senior Class Debt Parties that it represents as Senior Debt Parties. Each reference to a “Representative” or “Senior Representative” in the

 

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First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall be deemed to include the New Representative. The First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement is hereby incorporated herein by reference.

 

SECTION 2.         The New Representative represents and warrants to the Designated Senior Representative and the other Secured Parties that (i) it has full power and authority to enter into this Representative Supplement, in its capacity as [agent] [trustee], (ii) this Representative Supplement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by it and constitutes its legal, valid and binding obligation, enforceable against it in accordance with the terms of such Agreement and (iii) the Senior Debt Documents relating to such Senior Class Debt provide that, upon the New Representative’s entry into this Agreement, the Senior Class Debt Parties in respect of such Senior Class Debt will be subject to and bound by the provisions of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as Senior Secured Parties.

 

SECTION 3.         This Representative Supplement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall constitute an original, but all of which when taken together shall constitute a single contract. This Representative Supplement shall become effective when the Designated Senior Representative shall have received a counterpart of this Representative Supplement that bears the signature of the New Representative. Delivery of an executed signature page to this Representative Supplement by facsimile transmission or other electronic method shall be effective as delivery of a manually signed counterpart of this Representative Supplement.

 

SECTION 4.         Except as expressly supplemented hereby, the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.

 

SECTION 5.         THIS REPRESENTATIVE SUPPLEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO CONFLICTS OF LAWS.

 

SECTION 6.         In case any one or more of the provisions contained in this Representative Supplement should be held invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect, no party hereto shall be required to comply with such provision for so long as such provision is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable, but the validity, legality and enforceability of the remaining provisions contained herein and in the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement shall not in any way be affected or impaired. The parties hereto shall endeavor in good-faith negotiations to replace the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions with valid provisions the economic effect of which comes as close as possible to that of the invalid, illegal or unenforceable provisions.

 

SECTION 7.         All communications and notices hereunder shall be in writing and given as provided in Section 8.12 of the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement. All communications and notices hereunder to the New Representative shall be given to it at the address set forth below its signature hereto.

 

SECTION 8.         The Borrowers agree to reimburse the Designated Senior Representative for its reasonable fees and expenses in connection with this Representative Supplement, including the reasonable fees, other charges and disbursements of counsel for the Designated Senior Representative as required by the applicable Senior Debt Documents.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the New Representative and the Designated Senior Representative have duly executed this Representative Supplement to the First Lien/Second Lien Intercreditor Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

	
 
    	
[NAME   OF NEW REPRESENTATIVE],
    
	
 
    	
as   [                       ]   for the holders of 
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By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Name:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
Title:
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Address for notices:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Attention of:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
Telecopy:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
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as   Designated Senior Representative
    
	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
By:
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
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Title:
    
	
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CLOUD   PEAK ENERGY RESOURCES LLC
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
 
    	
 
    	
 
    
	
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