form8-k.htm
SECURITIES
AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON,
D.C. 20549
FORM
8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
PURSUANT
TO SECTION 13 OR 15(D) OF THE
SECURITIES
EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date
of report (Date of earliest event reported):
March
11, 2009 (March 5, 2009)
SPECTRUM
BRANDS, INC.
(Exact
name of registrant as specified in its charter)
Wisconsin
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001-13615
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22-2423556
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
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(Commission
File Number)
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(IRS
Employer Identification Number)
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Six
Concourse Parkway, Suite 3300
Atlanta,
Georgia
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30328
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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(Zip
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(770)
829-6200
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(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
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N/A
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(Former
name or former address, if changed since last
report)
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Check
the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following
provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Written
communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR
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material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
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Item
1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On February 3, 2009, Spectrum Brands,
Inc. (the "Company") announced that it and its United States subsidiaries
(together with the Company, collectively, the "Debtors") filed voluntary
petitions in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of
Texas (the "Bankruptcy Court") seeking reorganization relief under the
provisions of Chapter 11 of Title 11 of the United States Code (the "Bankruptcy
Cases").
On March 5, 2009, the Company received
final approval from the Bankruptcy Court (the "Final DIP Financing Order") to
access new financing pursuant to a $235 million senior secured
debtor-in-possession revolving credit facility (the "DIP Facility") provided
pursuant to a Ratification and Amendment Agreement, dated as of February 5, 2009
(the "Ratification and Amendment Agreement"), with Wachovia Bank, National
Association, as administrative and collateral agent, and certain of the existing
lenders under the Company's senior secured asset-based revolving loan facility,
with a participating interest from certain holders of the Company's senior
subordinated notes, representing, in the aggregate, approximately 70% of the
face value of the Company's outstanding notes. The Final DIP
Financing Order, among other things, amends certain of the fee provisions of the
Ratification and Amendment Agreement. Pursuant to the amendments,
under certain circumstances, the supplemental loan participants will be entitled
to an exit fee of 2.0% to 4.0% of the principal amount of the supplemental loan
under the DIP Facility that is permanently repaid or prepaid. In
addition, the Final DIP Financing Order places certain restrictions on the
equity fee to be paid to the supplemental loan participants, including, among
other things, that the equity fee may not dilute any equity that may be issued
in the Bankruptcy Cases to holders of claims or interests other than the claims
held by holders of the Company's senior subordinated notes.
The foregoing description of the Final
DIP Financing Order is qualified in its entirety by the copy thereof being filed
as Exhibit 99.1 hereto and which is incorporated by reference
herein. Except as modified by the Final DIP Financing Order, the
terms of the Ratification and Amendment Agreement remain unchanged and in full
force and effect.
Item
9.01 Financial Statements
and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
Exhibit
No.
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Description
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99.1
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Final
DIP Financing Order, dated March 5,
2009
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to
be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly
authorized.
Date: March 11,
2009
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SPECTRUM BRANDS,
INC.
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By:
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/s/ Anthony L.
Genito
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Name:
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Anthony L.
Genito
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Title:
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Executive Vice
President,
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Chief Financial Officer
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Chief Accounting
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EXHIBIT INDEX
Exhibit
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Description
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99.1
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Final
DIP Financing Order, dated March 5,
2009
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ex99-1.htm
Exhibit 99.1
IN
THE UNITED STATES BANKRUPTCY COURT
FOR
THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
SAN
ANTONIO DIVISION
In
re:
SPECTRUM
JUNGLE LABS
CORPORATION,
ET AL.
Debtors.
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Case
No. 09-50455 (RBK)
Chapter
11
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ORDER
(A) AUTHORIZING DEBTORS TO OBTAIN PERMANENT POST-PETITION
FINANCING
AND GRANT SECURITY INTERESTS AND SUPERPRIORITY
ADMINISTRATIVE
EXPENSE STATUS PURSUANT TO 11 U.S.C. §§ 105 AND 364(c);
(B)
MODIFYING THE AUTOMATIC STAY PURSUANT TO 11 U.S.C. § 362;
(C) AUTHORIZING
DEBTORS TO ENTER INTO AGREEMENTS WITH WACHOVIA
BANK,
N.A., AS AGENT; AND (D) AUTHORIZING DEBTORS TO USE
PRE-PETITION
CASH COLLATERAL AND GRANT ADEQUATE PROTECTION
PURSUANT TO 11 U.S.C.
§§ 361
Upon
the motion (the "Motion"),
dated February 3, 2009, of Spectrum Brands, Inc., ("Borrower"),
ROV Holding, Inc., as Debtor and Debtor-in Possession ("ROV"),
ROVCAL Inc. ("Rovcal"),
United Industries Corporation, ("United"),
Spectrum Neptune US Holdco Corporation ("Neptune"),
Schultz Company ("Schultz"),
United Pet Group, Inc., ("United
Pet"), DB Online, LLC ("DB
Online"), Southern California Foam, Inc. ("Foam"),
Aquaria, Inc.
("Aquaria"),
Aquarium Systems, Inc. ("Aquarium"),
Perfecto Manufacturing, Inc. ("Perfecto"), Tetra Holding (US), Inc.
("Tetra"), and Spectrum Jungle Labs
Corporation ("Jungle"; and together with ROV, Rovcal,
United, Neptune, Schultz, United Pet, DB Online, Foam, Aquaria, Aquarium,
Perfecto and Tetra, each individually, a "Subsidiary Loan
Party" and collectively, the "Subsidiary Loan
Parties"), each as a Debtor and Debtor-in-Possession in the
above-captioned Chapter 11 cases (collectively, the "Cases"),
pursuant to Sections 105, 361, 362, 363, 364(c)(1), 364(c)(2) and 364(c)(3) of
Title 11 of the United States Code, 11 U.S.C. §§ 101, et seq. (the "Bankruptcy
Code") and
Rules 2002, 4001(b) and (c), and 9014 of the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy
Procedure (the "Bankruptcy
Rules"), seeking, among other things:
(1) authorization
pursuant to Sections 364(c)(2) and 364(c)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code for Borrower
to obtain post-petition loans (including supplemental loans), advances and other
financial accommodations from Wachovia Bank, National Association, in its
capacity as administrative and collateral agent (in such capacity, "Agent"),
acting for itself and on behalf of the other financial institutions from time to
time party to the Existing Credit Agreement (as defined below) as lenders,
acting as a Supplemental Loan Lender (as defined in the Ratification Agreement)
on behalf of the Supplemental Loan Participants (as defined in the Ratification
Agreement) with respect to the post-petition loans, and acting as Collateral
Agent (as defined in the Existing ABL Collateral Agreement) for the other
Secured Parties (as defined in the Existing ABL Collateral Agreement)
(collectively with Agent, the "Lenders")1 in accordance with all of
the lending formulae, sublimits, terms and conditions set forth in the
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Notwithstanding any of the provisions of the Final Order, the Obligations (as
defined in the Existing ABL Collateral Agreement) of Debtors to Agent, in its
capacity as Collateral Agent for the Secured Parties, the Lender Parties and
other Secured Parties, are secured by the post-petition liens, superpriority
claims and other rights being granted in this Final Order to Agent, for the
benefit of itself and in its capacity as Collateral Agent, in accordance with
the terms and conditions of the Existing ABL Collateral Agreement, as amended by
the Ratification Agreement, provided that (i) the rights and obligations of such
other Secured Parties shall remain subject to (and shall not expand) the rights,
terms and conditions set forth in the Existing ABL Collateral Agreement, as
amended by the Ratification Agreement, and (ii) the rights of the Debtor, Agent
or any other Secured Party to assert or dispute the validity, extent, or amount
of such other Secured Parties’ claim is expressly reserved.
Existing
Credit Agreement and the Existing ABL Collateral Agreement, as amended and
ratified by the Ratification Agreement (as defined below), in accordance with
the Budget (as defined below) and in accordance with this Order, secured by
security interests in and liens upon all of the Collateral (as defined
below);
(2) authorization
for Borrower and each Subsidiary Loan Party (collectively, the "Debtors")
to enter into the Ratification and Amendment Agreement, dated of even date
herewith, by and among Debtors, Agent and Lenders (the "Ratification
Agreement," a copy of which was filed with this Court on February 19,
2009 and is incorporated herein), which ratifies, extends, adopts and amends the
Existing Credit Agreement and the other Pre-Petition Loan Documents (as defined
below);
(3) modification
of the automatic stay to the extent hereinafter set forth;
(4) the
grant to Agent, for the benefit of itself and the other Lenders, of
superpriority administrative claim status pursuant to Section 364(c)(1) of the
Bankruptcy Code in respect of all Post-Petition Obligations (as defined in the
Ratification Agreement); and
(5) authorizing
pursuant to Sections 361, 363 and 507(b) of the Bankruptcy Code
Debtors to use Cash Collateral (as defined below) subject to the liens and
security interests of the Pre-Petition Term Loan Agent (as defined below) and
each of the Pre-Petition Term Loan Lenders (as defined below), which secure the
Pre-Petition Term Loan Obligations (as defined below) and to provide adequate
protection to each of the Pre-Petition Term Loan Agent and the Pre-Petition Term
Loan Lenders, in the form of replacement liens and superpriority administrative
claim status.
The
initial hearing on the Motion having been held by this Court on February 5, 2009
(the "Interim Hearing") and the final
hearing having been held by this Court on March 4, 2009 (the "Final Hearing").
It
appearing that due and appropriate notice of the Motion, the relief requested
therein, and the Final Hearing (the "Notice")
having been served by the Debtors in accordance with Rule
4001(c)
on the following parties or their counsel (i) Agent, (ii) Lenders,
(iii) the United States Trustee for the Western District of Texas (the
"U.S.
Trustee"), (iv) the holders of the twenty (20) largest unsecured
claims against the Debtors' estates on a consolidated basis (the "20 Largest
Unsecured Creditors"), (v) the Pre-Petition Term Loan Agent,
(vi) counsel for each of the Supplemental Loan Participants, (vii) the
Internal Revenue Service, (viii) Bank of America, N.A. ("BoA"), PNC Bank
("PNC"), and J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. ("JPM") (collectively, the "Blocked Account
Banks"), (ix) US Bank, National Association as Indenture Trustee
(the "Indenture Trustee") for the holders of the Debtors three series of public
notes, (x) all landlords, owners and/or operators of premises at which any
of the Debtors’ inventory and/or equipment is located, (xi) all appropriate
state taxing authorities, and (xii) certain other parties identified in the
certificate of service filed with the Court, including, without limitation, all
creditors who have filed or recorded pre-petition liens or security interests
against any of the Debtors' assets (collectively, the "Noticed
Parties").
Upon
the record made by the Debtors at the Interim Hearing and the Final Hearing,
including the Motion, and the filings and pleadings in the Cases, and good and
sufficient cause appearing therefor;
THE
COURT HEREBY MAKES THE FOLLOWING FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF
LAW:
A. Petition. On
February 3, 2009 (the "Petition
Date"), each Debtor filed a voluntary petition (the "Petition")
under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code. The Debtors continue to
operate their businesses and manage their properties as debtors-in-possession
pursuant to Sections 1107(a) and 1108 of the Bankruptcy Code.
B. Jurisdiction and
Venue. The Court has jurisdiction of this proceeding and the
parties and property affected hereby pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 157(b) and
1334. The Motion is a "core" proceeding as defined in 28 U.S.C.
§§ 157(b)(2)(A), (D) and (M). Venue of the Cases and the Motion
in this Court is proper pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §§ 1408 and
1409.
C. Notice. Under
the circumstances, the Notice given by the Debtors of the Motion, the Final
Hearing and the relief granted under this Order constitutes due and sufficient
notice thereof and complies with Bankruptcy Rule 4001(c).
D. Debtors' Acknowledgments and
Agreements. The Debtors admit, stipulate, acknowledge and
agree that:
(i) Pre-Petition Loan
Documents. Prior to the commencement of the Cases, Agent and
Lenders made loans, advances and provided other financial accommodations to
Borrower pursuant to the terms and conditions set forth
in: (1) the Credit Agreement, dated September 28, 2007, by and
among Borrower, Subsidiary Loan Parties, Agent and Lenders (as the same has
heretofore been amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated
and/or replaced at any time prior to the Petition Date, the "Existing Credit
Agreement," a copy of which is included with the Exhibit Supplement
defined below); (2) the ABL Guarantee and Collateral Agreement, dated as of
September 28, 2007, by and among Borrower, Subsidiary Loan Parties and Agent (as
the same has heretofore been amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed,
restated and/or replaced at any time prior to the Petition Date, the "Existing ABL
Collateral Agreement", a copy of which is included with the Exhibit
Supplement defined below); and (3) all other agreements, documents and
instruments executed and/or delivered with, to, or in favor of Agent or any
Lender, including, without limitation, all other security agreements, notes,
guarantees, mortgages, Uniform Commercial Code financing statements, and all
other related agreements, documents and instruments executed and/or delivered in
connection therewith or related thereto (all of the foregoing, together with the
Existing Credit Agreement, as all of the same have heretofore been amended,
supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated and/or replaced at any time
prior to the Petition Date, collectively, the "Pre-Petition Loan
Documents"). Copies of the operative Pre-Petition Loan
Documents are contained in the Exhibit Supplement to the Motion (the "Exhibit
Supplement").
(ii) Pre-Petition Obligations
Amount. As of the Petition Date, the aggregate amount of all
Revolving Loans,2
Letters of Credit and other Pre-Petition Obligations (as defined below) owing by
Borrower and the Subsidiary Loan Parties to Agent and Lenders under and in
connection with the Pre-Petition Loan Documents was not less than
$168,763,550.82, consisting of Revolving Loans in the amount of $165,763,550.82
and Letters of Credit in the amount of $3,000,000, plus interest accrued and
accruing thereon, together with all costs, fees, expenses (including attorneys'
fees and legal expenses) and other charges accrued, accruing or chargeable with
respect thereto, including without limitation, all monetary obligations arising
under each Swap Contract (as defined in the Existing Credit Agreement)
(collectively, and as such term is more fully defined in the Ratification
Agreement, the "Pre-Petition
Obligations"). The Pre-Petition Obligations constitute
allowed, legal, valid, binding, enforceable and non-avoidable obligations of
Debtors, and are not subject to any offset, defense, counterclaim, avoidance,
recharacterization or subordination pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code or any other
applicable law, and Debtors do not possess and shall not assert any claim,
counterclaim, setoff or defense of any kind, nature or description which would
in any way affect the validity, enforceability and non-avoidability of any of
the Pre-Petition Obligations.
(iii) Pre-Petition
Collateral. As of the Petition Date, the Pre-Petition
Obligations were fully secured pursuant to the Pre-Petition Loan Documents by
valid, perfected, enforceable and non-avoidable first priority security
interests and liens granted by Debtors to Agent, for the benefit of itself and
the other Lenders, upon all of the Pre-Petition Collateral (as defined in the
Ratification Agreement), subject only to the liens specifically listed on
Schedule 7.01(b) of the Existing Credit Agreement or permitted under Section
7.01 of the Existing Credit Agreement to the extent that such security
interests, liens or encumbrances are (a) valid, perfected and non-avoidable
security interests, liens or encumbrances existing as of the Petition
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² Capitalized terms used but not otherwise defined in this Order shall have
the respective meanings ascribed thereto in the Existing Credit Agreement, as
amended and ratified by the Ratification Agreement.
Date,
and (b) senior to and have not been nor are subject to being subordinated
to Agent's and Lenders' liens on and security interests in the Pre-Petition
Collateral or otherwise avoided, and, in each instance, only for so long as and
to the extent that such encumbrances are and remain senior and outstanding
(hereinafter referred to as the "Permitted
Encumbrances"). The Debtors do not possess and will not assert
any claim, counterclaim, setoff or defense of any kind, nature or description
which would in any way affect the validity, enforceability and non-avoidability
of any of Agent's and Lenders' liens, claims or security interests in the
Pre-Petition Collateral.
(iv) Proof of
Claim. The acknowledgment by Debtors of the Pre-Petition
Obligations and the liens, rights, priorities and protections granted to or in
favor of Agent and Lenders as set forth herein and in the Pre-Petition Loan
Documents shall be deemed a timely filed proof of claim on behalf of Agent and
Lenders in these Cases.
(v) Pre-Petition Term
Loans. Prior to the commencement of the Cases, Goldman Sachs
Credit Partners, L.P., as the Administrative Agent, the Collateral Agent and the
Syndication Agent (the "Pre-Petition Term
Loan Agent") and
the lenders party to the Pre-Petition Term Loan Credit Agreement (as defined
below) as lenders thereto (collectively, with the other Secured Parties (as
defined in the Pre-Petition Term Loan Documents) the "Pre-Petition Term
Loan Lenders")3 made loans, advances and
provided other financial accommodations to Borrower pursuant to the terms and
conditions set forth in: (1) the Credit Agreement, dated March
30, 2007, by and among Borrower, Pre-Petition Term Loan Agent and Pre-Petition
Term Loan Lenders (as the same has heretofore been amended, supplemented,
modified, extended, renewed, restated and/or replaced at any time prior to the
Petition Date, the "Pre-Petition Term
Loan Credit Agreement"); (2) the Guarantee and Collateral Agreement
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Notwithstanding the definition of “Pre-Petition Term Loan Lenders” as including
the other Secured Parties (as defined in the Pre-Petition Term Loan Documents),
such other Secured Parties shall only have the obligations set forth in the
Pre-Petition Term Loan Documents. Notwithstanding the definition of
“Pre-Petition Term Loan Lenders” as including the other Secured Parties and
notwithstanding any other provision of this Final Order, nothing herein shall
affect the rights of the Debtors, Agent or such other Secured Party to assert or
dispute the validity or extent of such other Secured Party’s
claim.
dated
as of March 30, 2007, by and among Borrower and Pre-Petition Term Loan Agent (as
the same has heretofore been amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed,
restated and/or replaced at any time prior to the Petition Date, the "Pre-Petition Term
Loan Collateral Agreement"); and
(3) all other agreements, documents and instruments executed and/or
delivered with, to, or in favor of Pre-Petition Term Loan Agent or any
Pre-Petition Term Loan Lender, including, without limitation, all
other security agreements, notes, guarantees, mortgages, Uniform Commercial Code
financing statements and all other related agreements, documents and instruments
executed and/or delivered in connection therewith or related thereto (all of the
foregoing, together with the Pre-Petition Term Loan Credit Agreement and the
Pre-Petition Term Loan Collateral Agreement, as all of the same have heretofore
been amended, supplemented, modified, extended, renewed, restated and/or
replaced at any time prior to the Petition Date, collectively, the "Pre-Petition Term
Loan Documents").
(vi) Pre-Petition Term Loan Obligations
Amount. As of the Petition Date, the aggregate amount of all
Term Loans, Letters of Credit and other pre-petition obligations owing by
Borrower and Subsidiary Loan Parties to Pre-Petition Term Loan Agent and
Pre-Petition Term Loan Lenders under and in connection with the Pre-Petition
Term Loan Documents was not less than $1,400,000,000 plus interest accrued and
accruing thereon, together with all costs, fees, expenses (including attorneys'
fees and legal expenses) and other charges accrued, accruing or chargeable with
respect thereto, including without limitation, all monetary obligations arising
under each Swap Contract (as defined in the Pre-Petition Term Loan Credit
Agreement (collectively, the "Pre-Petition Term
Loan Obligations").
(vii) Pre-Petition Term Loan
Collateral. As of the Petition Date, the Pre-Petition Term
Loan Obligations were secured pursuant to the Pre-Petition Term Loan Documents
by valid, perfected, enforceable and non-avoidable security interests and liens
granted by Debtors to Pre-Petition Term Loan Agent, for the benefit of itself
and the other Pre-Petition Term Loan Lenders, upon all of the Pre-Petition Term
Loan Collateral (as defined in the Pre-Petition Term Loan Collateral Agreement),
including without limitation, junior and subordinate liens and security
interests in the Pre-Petition Collateral granted in favor of Agent and
Lenders.
(viii) Intercreditor
Agreement. Debtors, Agent, on behalf of itself and the other
Lenders, and in its capacity as collateral agent (in such capacity, "Revolving
Collateral Agent") and Pre-Petition Term Loan Agent, in its capacity as
collateral agent for the Pre-Petition Term Loan Lenders (in such capacity,
"Term
Collateral Agent"), entered into the Intercreditor Agreement (the "Intercreditor
Agreement"), dated as of September 28, 2007, which sets forth, inter alia, the respective
rights, obligations and priorities of the claims and interest of the Revolving
Collateral Agent, Lenders, the Term Collateral Agent, and the Pre-Petition Term
Loan Lenders and specifically provides, inter alia, that all liens
and security interests with respect to all ABL Collateral (as defined in the
Intercreditor Agreement) securing all obligations and amounts owed to the
Pre-Petition Term Loan Lenders and the Pre-Petition Term Loan Agent under the
Pre-Petition Term Loan Documents executed in favor of the Term Collateral Agent
are subordinated, in all respects, to all liens and security interests with
respect to all collateral securing all obligations and amounts owed to Revolving
Collateral Agent and Lenders under the Existing Credit Agreement and the
Pre-Petition Loan Documents. The Intercreditor Agreement is in full
force and effect, is a binding obligation of the parties hereto, and is
enforceable in these Cases.
E. Findings Regarding the
Postpetition Financing.
(i) Postpetition
Financing. The Debtors have requested from Agent and Lenders,
and Agent and Lenders, including the Supplemental Loan Participants, are willing
to extend, certain loans, advances and other financial accommodations on the
terms and conditions set forth, in this Order and the Loan Documents (as defined
below).
(ii) Need for Post-Petition
Financing. The Debtors do not have sufficient available
sources of working capital, including cash collateral, to operate their
businesses in the ordinary course of their businesses without the financing
requested under the Motion. The Debtors' ability to maintain business
relationships with their vendors, suppliers and
customers,
to pay their employees, and to otherwise fund their operations is essential to
the Debtors' continued viability as the Debtors seek to maximize the value of
the assets of the Estates (as defined below) for the benefit of all creditors
(and other stakeholders) of the Debtors. The ability of the Debtors
to obtain sufficient working capital and liquidity through the proposed
post-petition financing arrangements with Agent and Lenders as set forth in this
Order and the Loan Documents is vital to the preservation and maintenance of the
going concern values of the Debtors. The Debtors have an immediate
need to obtain the post-petition financing in order to, among other things,
permit the orderly continuation of the operation of their businesses, minimize
the disruption of their business operations, and preserve and maximize the value
of the assets of the Debtors' bankruptcy estates (as defined under Section 541
of the Bankruptcy Code, the "Estates")
in order to maximize the recovery to all creditors (and other stakeholders) of
the Estates. Accordingly, the relief requested in the Motion is
necessary, essential and appropriate for the continued operation of the Debtors’
businesses, the management and preservation of their assets and properties, and
is in the best interests of the Debtors, their estates and
creditors.
(iii) No Credit Available on More
Favorable Terms. The Debtors are unable to procure financing
in the form of unsecured credit allowable under Section 503(b)(1) of the
Bankruptcy Code, as an administrative expense under Section 364(a) or (b) of the
Bankruptcy Code, or in exchange for the grant of an administrative expense
priority pursuant to Section 364(c)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code, without the grant
of liens on assets. The Debtors have been unable to procure the
necessary financing on terms more favorable than the financing offered by Agent
and Lenders pursuant to the Loan Documents.
(iv) Budget. The
Debtors have prepared and delivered to Agent and Lenders a Budget (as defined in
the Ratification Agreement, a copy of which is annexed to the Ratification
Agreement as Exhibit B (which was filed on February 19, 2009), is also annexed
hereto as Exhibit
1 and is incorporated herein). Such Budget has been thoroughly
reviewed by the Debtors and their management and sets forth, among other things,
the Projected Information for the periods covered thereby. The
Debtors represent that the Budget is achievable in
accordance
with the terms of the Loan Documents and this Order and will allow the Debtors
to operate at all times during these Cases without the accrual of unpaid
administrative expenses. Agent and Lenders are relying upon the
Debtors' compliance with the Budget in accordance with Section 5.3 of the
Ratification Agreement, the other Loan Documents and this Order in determining
to enter into the post-petition financing arrangements provided for
herein.
(v) Supplemental Loan
Participation. As part of the post-petition financing
arrangements, Agent and each of the Supplemental Loan Participants have entered
into the Supplemental Loan Junior Participation Agreement (as defined in the
Ratification Agreement), dated of even date herewith, pursuant to which
Supplemental Loan Participants have purchased a 100% junior participation in the
Supplemental Loan (as defined in the Ratification Agreement).
(vi) Business Judgment and Good Faith
Pursuant to Section 364(e). The terms of the Loan Documents
and this Order are fair, just and reasonable under the circumstances, are
ordinary and appropriate for secured financing to debtors-in-possession, reflect
the Debtors' exercise of their prudent business judgment consistent with their
fiduciary duties, and are supported by reasonably equivalent value and fair
consideration. The terms and conditions of the Loan Documents and
this Order have been negotiated in good faith and at arms' length by and among
the Debtors, on one hand, and Agent and Lenders, including the Supplemental Loan
Participants, on the other hand, with all parties being represented by
counsel. Any credit extended under the terms of this Order shall be
deemed to have been extended in good faith by Agent and Lenders, including the
Supplemental Loan Participants, as that term is used in Section 364(e) of
the Bankruptcy Code.
(vii) Adequate
Protection. As a result of the Loans and Supplemental Loans
being made by Lenders, the value of the Pre-Petition Collateral and the
Pre-Petition Term Loan Collateral will be enhanced, protected and preserved for
the benefit of all of the Lenders and the Pre-Petition Term Loan
Lenders. Accordingly, based on the enhanced value of the Pre-Petition
Collateral together with the grant of the Term Loan Replacement Liens and the
Term
Loan
Priority Claims (as each term is defined below), sufficient adequate protection
is being provided to the extent required under Sections 361, 363 and 364 of the
Bankruptcy Code and additional adequate protection is not required.
(viii) Good Cause. The
relief requested in the Motion is necessary, essential and appropriate, and is
in the best interest of and will benefit the Debtors, their creditors and their
Estates, as its implementation will, among other things, provide the Debtors
with the necessary liquidity to (a) minimize disruption to the Debtors'
businesses and on-going operations, (b) preserve and maximize the value of the
Debtors' Estates for the benefit of all the Debtors' creditors (and other
stakeholders), and (c) avoid immediate and irreparable harm to the Debtors,
their creditors (and other stakeholders), their businesses, their employees, and
their assets.
(ix) Immediate
Entry. Sufficient cause exists for immediate entry of this
Order pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 4001(c)(2). No party appearing
in the Cases has filed or made an objection to the relief sought in the Motion
or the entry of this Order, or any objections that were made (to the extent such
objections have not been withdrawn) are hereby overruled.
(x) Committee. As of
the date hereof, the Office of the United States Trustee has not appointed an
official committee of unsecured creditors.
(xi) Interim Financing
Order. On February 6, 2009, this Court entered the Corrected
Order (A) Authorizing Debtors to Obtain Interim Post-Petition Financing and
Grant Security Interests and Superpriority Administrative Expense Status
Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 105 and 364(c); (B) Modifying the Automatic Stay
Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. § 362; (C) Authorizing Debtors to Enter into Agreements
with Wachovia Bank, N.A., as Agent; (D) Authorizing Debtors to Use Pre-Petition
Term Loan Lenders’ Cash Collateral and Grant Adequate Protection in Respect
Thereof; and (E) Scheduling a Final Hearing Pursuant to Bankruptcy Rule 4001
(the "Interim
Order"), pursuant to which, inter alia, (a) the Debtors
were authorized to obtain, on an interim basis, post-petition loans, advances
and other financial accommodations from Agent and Lenders (including the
Supplemental Loan Participants) in
accordance
with the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, secured by first priority
liens and security interests upon and in the Collateral (as defined in the
Interim Order) and (b) Agent, for the benefit of itself and the other Lenders
(including the Supplemental Loan Participants), was granted a super-priority
administrative claim against the Debtors for all Post-Petition Obligations (as
defined in the Credit Agreement) as and to the extent set forth in the Interim
Order.
Based
upon the foregoing, and after due consideration and good cause appearing
therefor;
IT
IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED AND DECREED, that:
Section
1. Authorization and Conditions
to Financing.
1.1 Motion
Granted. The Motion is granted in accordance with Bankruptcy
Rule 4001(c)(2) to the extent provided in this Order. This Order
shall hereinafter be referred to as the "Final
Order."
1.2 Authorization to Borrow and
Use Loan Proceeds. Borrowers are hereby authorized and
empowered to continue to borrow and obtain Revolving Loans, Supplemental Loans
and Letters of Credit and to incur indebtedness and obligations owing to Agent
and Lenders pursuant to the terms and conditions of this Final Order, the
Existing Credit Agreement, as ratified and amended by the Ratification Agreement
(the "Credit
Agreement," as such term is more fully defined in the Ratification
Agreement), the Existing ABL Collateral Agreement, as ratified and amended by
the Ratification Agreement (the “ABL Collateral
Agreement”) and the other Pre-Petition Loan Documents (including the Swap
Contracts), as ratified and amended by the Ratification Agreement (the "Loan
Documents," as such term is more fully defined in the Ratification
Agreement), in such amounts as may be made available to Debtors by Agent and
Lenders in accordance with all of the lending formulae, sublimits, terms and
conditions set forth in the Credit Agreement, the ABL Collateral Agreement, the
other Loan Documents, the Budget and this Final Order. Subject to the
terms and conditions contained in this Final Order and the Loan Documents,
Debtors shall use the proceeds of the Revolving Loans, the Supplemental
Loans
and any other credit accommodations provided to Debtors pursuant to this Final
Order, the Credit Agreement or the other Loan Documents for, inter alia, the payment of
employee salaries, payroll, taxes, and all other expenses specified in the
Budget, including the fees of the U.S. Trustee, the Clerk of this Court and,
subject to Section 2.3 of this Final Order, Allowed Professional Fees (as
defined below).
1.3 Loan
Documents.
1.3.1 Authorization. Debtors
are hereby authorized and directed to enter into, execute, deliver, perform, and
comply with all of the terms, conditions and covenants of the Credit Agreement,
the ABL Collateral Agreement, the other Loan Documents and all other agreements,
documents and instruments executed or delivered in connection with or related to
the Credit Agreement, the other Loan Documents, or this Final Order, including,
without limitation, the Ratification Agreement, pursuant to which, inter alia, each Debtor
ratifies, reaffirms, extends, assumes, adopts, amends, and restates the Existing
Credit Agreement, the Existing ABL Collateral Agreement and the other
Pre-Petition Loan Documents to which it is a party, including, without
limitation, each of the Blocked Account Agreements, by and among Debtors,
Blocked Account Banks and Agent (as amended, the "Blocked Account
Agreements"), copies of which are included with the Exhibit Supplement,
and each of the Swap Contracts.
1.3.2 Approval. The
Loan Documents (including, without limitation, the Credit Agreement and the ABL
Collateral Agreement), the Supplemental Loan Junior Participation Agreement, and
each term set forth therein are approved to the extent necessary to implement
the terms and provisions of this Final Order. All of such terms,
conditions and covenants shall be sufficient and conclusive evidence of the
borrowing arrangements by and among Debtors, Agent and Lenders, and of each
Debtor's assumption and adoption of all of the terms, conditions, and covenants
of the Credit Agreement, the ABL Collateral Agreement, the other Loan Documents,
and the Supplemental Loan Junior Participation Agreement for all purposes,
including, without limitation, to the extent applicable, the payment of all
Obligations arising thereunder, including, without limitation, all principal,
interest, commissions, letter of
credit
fees, agency and collateral monitoring fees, unused line fees, DIP facility fee,
arrangement fees, Supplemental Loan fees (including, without limitation, any
such fees set forth in Section 9 and Schedule 9.2 of the Ratification
Agreement), and other fees and expenses, including, without limitation, all of
Agent's, Lenders', and each of their respective Supplemental Loan Participants'
consultant fees, professional fees, attorney fees and legal expenses, as more
fully set forth in the Loan Documents.
1.3.3 Amendment. Subject
to the terms and conditions of the Credit Agreement, the ABL Collateral
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, Debtors, Agent and Lenders may amend,
modify, supplement or waive any provision of the Loan Documents (an "Amendment")
without further approval or order of the Court so long as (i) such Amendment is
not material (for purposes hereof, a "material" Amendment shall mean any
Amendment that operates to increase the interest rate other than as currently
provided in the Loan Documents, increase the aggregate of the Lenders’
Commitments (as defined in the Credit Agreement), add specific new events of
default or enlarge the nature and extent of default remedies available to the
Agent and Lenders following an event of default, or otherwise modify any terms
and conditions in any Loan Document in a manner materially less favorable to
Debtors) and is undertaken in good faith by Agent, Lenders and Debtors; (ii) the
Debtors provide prior written notice of the Amendment (the "Amendment
Notice") to (v) the U.S. Trustee, (w) counsel to the Pre-Petition Term
Loan Lenders, (x) counsel to the Supplemental Loan Participants, (y) counsel to
Mittleman Brothers LLC, and (z) counsel to any official committee appointed
in the Cases under Section 1102 of the Bankruptcy Code (collectively, the "Committee(s)"),
or in the event no such Committee is appointed at the time of such Amendment,
the 20 Largest Unsecured Creditors; (iii) the Debtors file the Amendment Notice
with the Court; and (iv) no objection to the Amendment is filed with the Court
within two (2) business days from the later of the date the Amendment Notice is
served or the date the Amendment Notice is filed with the Court in accordance
with this Section. Any material Amendment to the Loan Documents must
be approved by the Court to be effective.
1.4 Payment of Prepetition
Debt. The Debtors are authorized to pay Agent and Lenders in
respect of all Pre-Petition Obligations in accordance with the Loan Documents
and Sections 1.5 and 1.6 of this Final Order.
1.5 Payments and Application of
Payments. The Debtors are authorized and directed to make all
payments and transfers of Estate property to Agent and Lenders as provided,
permitted and/or required under the Credit Agreement, the ABL Collateral
Agreement and the other Loan Documents, which payments and transfers, subject to
Section 4.1 herein, shall not be avoidable or recoverable from Agent or any
Lender under Section 547, 548, 550, 553 or any other Section of the Bankruptcy
Code, or any other claim, charge, assessment, or other liability, whether by
application of the Bankruptcy Code, other law or otherwise. All
proceeds of the Collateral received by Agent or Lenders, and any other amounts
or payments received by Agent or Lenders in respect of the Obligations, shall be
applied or deemed to be applied by Agent and Lenders in accordance with the
Credit Agreement, the ABL Collateral Agreement, the other Loan Documents and
this Final Order, first to the Pre-Petition Obligations, until such Pre-Petition
Obligations are indefeasibly paid in full and completely satisfied, and then to
the Post-Petition Obligations. Without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Debtors are authorized and directed, without further order of
this Court, to pay or reimburse Agent, Lenders and Supplemental Loan
Participants for all present and future costs and expenses, including, without
limitation, all professional fees, consultant fees and legal fees and expenses
paid or incurred by Agent, Lenders and Supplemental Loan Participants in
connection with the Cases as provided in this Final Order and the Loan
Documents, all of which shall be and are included as part of the principal
amount of the Obligations and secured by the Collateral.
1.6 Continuation of Prepetition
Procedures. All pre-petition practices and procedures for the
payment and collection of proceeds of the Collateral, the turnover of cash, the
delivery of property to Agent and Lenders and the funding pursuant to the Loan
Documents, including the Blocked Account Agreements, any other similar lockbox
or blocked depository bank account arrangements, and the Swap Contracts are
hereby approved and shall continue without interruption after the commencement
of the Cases.
Section
2. Postpetition Lien;
Superpriority Administrative Claim Status.
2.1 Post-Petition
Lien.
2.1.1 Post-Petition Lien
Granting. To secure the prompt payment and performance of any
and all Obligations
(including, without limitation, all Pre-Petition Obligations and Post-Petition
Obligations of Debtors to Agent and Lenders and the other Secured Parties (as
defined in the Pre-Petition Loan Documents) of whatever kind, nature or
description, absolute or contingent, now existing or hereafter arising) Agent,
for the benefit of itself and the other Lenders, including the Supplemental Loan
Participants, shall have and is hereby granted, effective as of the Petition
Date, valid and perfected first priority security interests and liens, superior
to all other liens, claims or security interests that any creditor of the
Debtors' Estates may have (but subject to certain claims entitled to priority,
including the Permitted Liens and Claims (as defined below), as and to the
extent expressly provided in Section 2.1.2 below), in and upon all of the
Pre-Petition Collateral and the Post-Petition Collateral (as defined in the
Ratification Agreement). The Pre-Petition Collateral and the
Post-Petition Collateral are collectively referred to herein as the "Collateral." Notwithstanding
the foregoing or anything to the contrary contained in the Credit Agreement
and/or the ABL Collateral Agreement, Agent's and Lenders' liens on and security
interests in avoidance actions brought under Sections 542, 545, 547, 548, 549 or
550 of the Bankruptcy Code shall secure all Obligations upon the entry of this
Final Order. In accordance with Sections 552(b) and 361 of the
Bankruptcy Code, the value, if any, in any of the Collateral, in excess of the
amount of Obligations secured by such Collateral after satisfaction of the
Post-Petition Obligations of Debtors to Agent and Lenders, shall constitute
additional security for the repayment of the Pre-Petition Obligations and
adequate protection for the use by Debtors, and the diminution in the value, of
the Collateral existing on the Petition Date.
2.1.2 Lien
Priority. The pre-petition and post-petition liens and
security interests of Agent and Lenders granted under the Loan Documents and
this Final Order in the Collateral shall be and shall continue to be first and
senior in priority to all other interests and liens of every kind, nature and
description, whether created consensually, by an order of the Court or
otherwise, including, without limitation, liens or interests granted in favor of
third parties in conjunction with Section 363, 364 or any other Section of the
Bankruptcy Code or other applicable law; provided, however, that Agent's
and Lenders' liens on and security interests in the Collateral shall be subject
only to (i) the Permitted Encumbrances and (ii) the Carve-Out Expenses (as
defined below) solely to the extent provided for in Sections 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 of
this Final Order (the foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) are collectively referred
to herein as the "Permitted Liens
and Claims").
2.1.3 Post-Petition Lien
Perfection. This Final Order shall be sufficient and
conclusive evidence of the priority, perfection and validity of the
post-petition liens and security interests granted herein, effective as of the
Petition Date, without any further act and without regard to any other federal,
state or local requirements or law requiring notice, filing, registration,
recording or possession of the Collateral, or other act to validate or perfect
such security interest or lien, including without limitation, control agreements
with the Blocked Account Banks or with any other financial institution(s)
holding a Blocked Account or other depository account consisting of Collateral
(a "Perfection
Act"). Notwithstanding the foregoing, if Agent shall, in its
sole discretion, elect for any reason to file, record or otherwise effectuate
any Perfection Act, Agent is authorized to perform such act, and the Debtors are
authorized and directed to perform such act to the extent necessary or required
by Agent, which act or acts shall be deemed to have been accomplished as of the
date and time of entry of the Interim Order notwithstanding the date and time
actually accomplished, and in such event, the subject filing or recording office
is authorized to accept, file or record any document in regard to such act in
accordance with applicable law. Agent and Lenders may choose to file,
record or present a certified copy of this Final Order in the same manner as a
Perfection Act, which shall be
tantamount
to a Perfection Act, and, in such event, the subject filing or recording office
is authorized to accept, file or record such certified copy of this Final Order
in accordance with applicable law. Should Agent so choose and attempt
to file, record or perform a Perfection Act, no defect or failure in connection
with such attempt shall in any way limit, waive or alter the validity,
enforceability, attachment, or perfection of the post-petition liens and
security interests granted herein by virtue of the entry of this Final
Order.
2.1.4 Nullifying Pre-Petition
Restrictions to Post-Petition Financing. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in any pre-petition agreement, contract,
lease, document, note or instrument to which any Debtor is a party or under
which any Debtor is obligated, except as otherwise permitted under the Loan
Documents, any provision that restricts, limits or impairs in any way any Debtor
from granting Agent and Lenders security interests in or liens upon any of the
Debtors' assets or properties (including, among other things, any anti-lien
granting or anti-assignment clauses in any leases or other contractual
arrangements to which any Debtor is a party) under the Credit Agreement, the ABL
Collateral Agreement, the other Loan Documents or this Final Order, or otherwise
entering into and complying with all of the terms, conditions and provisions
hereof or the Loan Documents shall not (i) be effective
and/or enforceable against any such Debtor(s), Agent and Lenders, or (ii)
adversely affect the validity, priority or enforceability of the liens, security
interests, claims, rights, priorities and/or protections granted to Agent, and
Lenders pursuant to this Final Order or the Loan Documents to the maximum extent
permitted under the Bankruptcy Code and other applicable law.
2.2 Superpriority Administrative
Expense. For all Obligations (including, without limitation,
all Pre-Petition Obligations and all Post-Petition Obligations) now existing or
hereafter arising pursuant to this Final Order, the Loan Documents or otherwise,
Agent, for the benefit of itself and the other Lenders, including the
Supplemental Loan Participants, is granted an allowed superpriority
administrative claim pursuant to Section 364(c)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code,
having priority in right of payment over any and all other obligations,
liabilities and indebtedness of Debtors, whether now in existence or hereafter
incurred by Debtors, and over
any
and all administrative expenses or priority claims of the kind specified in, or
ordered pursuant to, inter alia,
Sections 105, 326, 328, 330, 331, 503(b), 506(c), 507(a), 507(b),
364(c)(1), 546(c), 726 or 1114 of the Bankruptcy Code (the "Superpriority
Claim"), provided, however, the
Superpriority Claim shall be subject only to the Permitted Liens and Claims as
and to the extent expressly set forth in this Final Order.
2.3 Carve-Out
Expenses.
2.3.1 Carve-Out
Expenses. Upon the declaration by Agent of the occurrence of
an Event of Default (the "Default
Notice"), Agent's and Lenders' liens, claims and security interests in
the Collateral and their Superpriority Claim shall be subject only to the right
of payment of the following expenses (the "Carve-Out
Expenses"):
a. statutory
fees payable to the U.S. Trustee pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §
1930(a)(6);
b. fees
payable to the Clerk of this Court; and
c. subject
to the terms and conditions of this Final Order, the unpaid and outstanding
reasonable fees and expenses actually incurred on or after the date the Default
Notice is issued by Agent, and approved by a final order of the Court pursuant
to Sections 326, 328, 330, or 331 of the Bankruptcy Code (collectively, the
"Allowed
Professional Fees"), by attorneys, accountants and other professionals
retained by the Debtors and any Committee(s) under Section 327 or 1103(a) of the
Bankruptcy Code (collectively, the "Professionals"), less the amount of any retainers, if
any, then held by such Professionals, in a cumulative, aggregate sum
not to exceed $3,000,000 (the "Professional
Fee Carve-Out").
2.3.2 Excluded Professional
Fees. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in this Final
Order, neither the Professional Fee Carve-Out nor the proceeds of any Revolving
Loans, Supplemental Loans, Letters of Credit or Collateral shall be used to pay
any Allowed Professional Fees or any other fees or expenses incurred by any
Professional in connection with any of the following: (a) an assertion or
joinder in (but excluding any
investigation
into) any claim, counter-claim, action, proceeding, application, motion,
objection, defense or other contested matter seeking any order, judgment,
determination or similar relief: (i) challenging the legality, validity,
priority, perfection, or enforceability of the Obligations or Agent's and
Lenders' liens on and security interests in the Collateral, (ii) invalidating,
setting aside, avoiding or subordinating, in whole or in part, the Obligations
or Agent's and Lenders' liens on and security interests in the Collateral, or
(iii) preventing, hindering or delaying Agent's or Lenders' assertion or
enforcement of any lien, claim, right or security interest or realization upon
any Collateral in accordance with the terms and conditions of this Final Order,
(b) a request to use the Cash Collateral (as such term is defined in Section 363
of the Bankruptcy Code) without the prior written consent of Agent in accordance
with the terms and conditions of this Final Order, (c) a request for
authorization to obtain Debtor-in-Possession financing or other financial
accommodations pursuant to Section 364(c) or Section 364(d) of the Bankruptcy
Code, other than from Agent or Lenders, without the prior written consent of
Agent, (d) the commencement or prosecution of any action or proceeding of any
claims, causes of action or defenses against Agent, any Lender, any Supplemental
Loan Participant (but solely in their capacity as such), or any of their
respective officers, directors, employees, agents, attorneys, affiliates,
successors or assigns, including, without limitation, any attempt to recover or
avoid any claim or interest from Agent, any Lender, or any Supplemental Loan
Participant (but solely in their capacity as such) under Chapter 5 of the
Bankruptcy Code, or (e) any act which has or could have the effect of materially
and adversely modifying or compromising the rights and remedies of Agent or any
Lender, including any Supplemental Loan Participant, or which is contrary, in a
manner that is material and adverse to Agent or any Lender, including any
Supplemental Loan Participant, to any term or condition set forth in or
acknowledged by the Loan Documents or this Final Order and which results in the
occurrence of an Event of Default under the Loan Documents or this Final
Order provided
however, no
more than $50,000 of the proceeds of post-petition Revolving Loans and
Supplemental Loans may be used by the Committee to conduct the investigation
permitted by Section 4.1 herein.
2.4 Carve-Out
Reserve. At Agent's sole discretion, Agent may, at any time
and in any increment in accordance with the Credit Agreement, establish a
Reserve against the amount of Revolving Loans, Supplemental Loans or other
credit accommodations that would otherwise be made available to Debtors pursuant
to the lending formulae contained in the Credit Agreement in respect of the
Professional Fee Carve-Out and the other Carve-Out Expenses.
2.5 Payment of Carve-Out
Expenses.
2.5.1 So long as the Agent
has not issued a Default Notice, Debtors shall be permitted to pay Allowed
Professional Fees of the Professionals in accordance with the Budget and any such amounts
paid prior the delivery of such Default Notice shall not reduce the Professional
Fee Carve-Out.
2.5.2 Any payment or
reimbursement made either directly by Agent or any Lender at any time, or by or
on behalf of the Debtors on or after the occurrence of an Event of Default, in
respect of any Allowed Professional Fees or any other Carve-Out Expenses
(exclusive of the application of any retainers by any of the Professionals)
shall, in either case, permanently reduce the Professional Fee Carve-Out on a
dollar-for-dollar basis. Agent's and Lenders' obligation to fund or
otherwise pay the Professional Fee Carve-Out and the other Carve-Out Expenses
shall be added to and made a part of the Obligations, secured by the Collateral,
and entitle Agent and Lenders to all of the rights, claims, liens, priorities
and protections under this Final Order, the Loan Documents, the Bankruptcy Code
or applicable law. Payment of any Carve-Out Expenses, whether by or
on behalf of Agent or any Lender, shall not and shall not be deemed to reduce
the Obligations, and shall not and shall not be deemed to subordinate any of
Agent's and Lenders' liens and security interests in the Collateral or their
Superpriority Claim to any junior pre- or post-petition lien, interest or claim
in favor of any other party. Except as otherwise provided herein with
respect to the Professional Fee Carve-Out and the other Carve-Out Expenses,
Agent and Lenders (including the Supplemental Loan Participants) shall not,
under any circumstance, be responsible for the direct payment or reimbursement
of any fees or disbursements of any Professionals incurred in connection with
the
Cases under any chapter of
the Bankruptcy Code, and nothing in Section 2.3, 2.4 or 2.5 of this Final Order
shall be construed to obligate Agent or any Lender (including any Supplemental
Loan Participant) in any way, to pay compensation to or to reimburse expenses of
any Professional, or to ensure that the Debtors have sufficient funds to pay
such compensation or reimbursement.
2.6 Section 507(b)
Priority. To the extent Agent's and Lenders' liens on and
security interests in the Collateral or any other form of adequate protection of
Agent's and Lenders' interests is insufficient to pay indefeasibly in full all
Obligations, Agent and Lenders shall also have the priority in payment afforded
by Section 507(b) to the extent of any such deficiency (the "Agent
Superpriority Claim").
2.7 Adequate Protection in
Respect of the Pre-Petition Term Loan Obligations.
2.7.1 Replacement
Liens. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Final
Order, Debtors shall be and are hereby authorized to use the Pre-Petition Term
Loan Collateral subject to the liens and security interests of the Pre-Petition
Term Loan Agent and Pre-Petition Term Loan Lenders securing the Pre-Petition
Term Loan Obligations. As adequate protection for the use of such
collateral, to the extent of any diminution in the value of their respective
liens on and security interests in such Pre-Petition Term Loan Collateral from
and after the Petition Date which secure the Pre-Petition Term Loan Obligations,
Pre-Petition Term Loan Agent, for the benefit of itself and Pre-Petition Term
Loan Lenders is hereby granted, pursuant to Section 361 of the Bankruptcy Code
and subject to the terms and conditions of this Section 2.7.1, a replacement
lien on and security interest in all of the Pre-Petition Term Loan Collateral
and all of the Collateral securing the Obligations due Agent and Lenders, which,
for purposes of this Final Order shall exclude the Avoidance Actions (the "Term Loan
Replacement Liens"). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein or otherwise, the Term Loan Replacement Liens of Pre-Petition
Term Loan Agent and Pre-Petition Term Loan Lenders shall be junior and
subordinate in all respects to (i) the right of payment of all Obligations
(including
the
Supplemental Loans) owing to Agent and Lenders, (ii) the liens and security
interests granted to Agent and Lenders pursuant to this Final Order, and (iii)
all Carve-Out Expenses (including, without limitation, the Professional Fee
Carve-Out); provided, that Pre-Petition
Term Loan Agent and the Pre-Petition Term Loan Lenders shall have no
right to seek or exercise any rights or remedies in respect of the Term Loan
Replacement Liens (whether in these Cases or any subsequently converted case(s))
until all Obligations (including the Supplemental Loans) owing to Agent and
Lenders have been indefeasibly paid and satisfied in full in accordance with the
Credit Agreement, the ABL Collateral Agreement, the other Loan Documents and
this Final Order.
2.7.2 Section 507(b) Priority
Claim. To the extent the Term Loan Replacement Liens are
insufficient to adequately protect against the diminution in the value of its
lien on and security interest in the Pre-Petition Term Loan Collateral existing
as of the Petition Date which secure the Pre-Petition Term Loan Obligations,
Pre-Petition Term Loan Agent, for the benefit of itself and Pre-Petition Term
Loan Lenders shall also have, subject to the terms and conditions of this
section 2.7.2, the priority in payment afforded by Bankruptcy Code section
507(b) in an amount equal to the amount by which such diminution exceeds the
value of the Term Loan Replacement Lien (the "Term Loan
Priority Claim"). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary
contained herein or otherwise, the Term Loan Priority Claim of Pre-Petition Term
Loan Agent, for the benefit of itself and Pre-Petition Term Loan Lenders shall
be junior and subordinate in all respects to (i) the right of payment of all
Obligations (including the Supplemental Loans) owing to Agent and Lenders, (ii)
the Superpriority Claim, including without limitation, the Agent Superpriority
Claim, granted in favor of Agent and Lenders pursuant to this Final Order and
(iii) all Carve-Out Expenses (including, without limitation, the Professional
Fee Carve-Out); provided, that, Pre-Petition
Term Loan Agent and the Pre-Petition Term Loan Lenders shall have no right to
seek or exercise any rights or remedies in respect of the Term Loan Priority
Claims (whether in these Chapter 11 Cases or any subsequently converted case(s))
until all Obligations (including the Supplemental Loans) owing to Agent and
Lenders
have been indefeasibly paid and satisfied in full in accordance with the Loan
Documents and this Final Order.
Section
3. Default; Rights and
Remedies; Relief from Stay.
3.1 Events of
Default. The occurrence of any of the following events shall
constitute an "Event of
Default" under this Final Order:
a. Any Debtor's
failure to perform, in any respect, any of the terms, conditions
or covenants or their obligations under this Final Order;
or
b. An "Event of
Default" under the Credit Agreement, the ABL Collateral Agreement or any of the
other Loan Documents.
3.2 Rights and Remedies Upon
Event of Default. Upon the occurrence of and during the
continuance of an Event of Default, (i) the Debtors shall be bound by all
restrictions, prohibitions and other terms as provided in this Final Order, the
Credit Agreement, the ABL Collateral Agreement and the other Loan Documents, and
(ii) Agent shall be entitled to take any act or exercise any right or remedy
(subject to Section 3.4 below) as provided in this Final Order or any Loan
Document, including, without limitation, declaring all Obligations immediately
due and payable, accelerating the Obligations, ceasing to extend Revolving
Loans, Supplemental Loans or provide or arrange for Letters of Credit on behalf
of Debtors, setting off any Obligations with Collateral or proceeds in Agent's
possession, and enforcing any and all rights with respect to the
Collateral. Agent and Lenders shall have no obligation to
lend or advance any additional funds to or on behalf of Debtors, or provide any
other financial accommodations to Debtors, immediately upon or after the
occurrence of an Event of Default or upon the occurrence of any act, event, or
condition that, with the giving of notice or the passage of time, or both, would
constitute an Event of Default.
3.3 Expiration of
Commitment. Upon the expiration of Borrowers' authority to
borrow and obtain other credit accommodations from Agent and Lenders pursuant to
the terms of this Final Order and the Loan Documents (except if such authority
shall be extended with the prior written consent of Agent, which consent shall
not be implied or construed from any action,
inaction
or acquiescence by Agent or any Lender), unless an Event of Default set forth in
Section 3.1 above occurs sooner and the automatic stay has been lifted or
modified pursuant to Section 3.4 of this Final Order, all of the
Obligations shall immediately become due and payable and Agent and Lenders shall
be automatically and completely relieved from the effect of any stay under
Section 362 of the Bankruptcy Code, any other restriction on the enforcement of
its liens upon and security interests in the Collateral or any other rights
granted to Agent and Lenders pursuant to the terms and conditions of the Loan
Documents or this Final Order, and Agent, acting on behalf of itself and the
other Lenders, shall be and is hereby authorized, in its sole discretion, to
take any and all actions and remedies provided to it in this Final Order, the
Loan Documents or applicable law which Agent may deem appropriate and to proceed
against and realize upon the Collateral or any other property of the Debtors'
Estates.
3.4 Relief from Automatic
Stay. The automatic stay provisions of Section 362 of the
Bankruptcy Code and any other restriction imposed by an order of the Court or
applicable law are hereby modified and vacated without further notice,
application or order of the Court to the extent necessary to permit Agent and
Lenders to perform any act authorized or permitted under or by virtue of this
Final Order or the Loan Documents, including, without limitation, (a) to
implement the post-petition financing arrangements authorized by this Final
Order and pursuant to the terms of the Loan Documents, (b) to take any act to
create, validate, evidence, attach or perfect any lien, security interest, right
or claim in the Collateral, and (c) to assess, charge, collect, advance, deduct
and receive payments with respect to the Obligations, including, without
limitation, all interests, fees, costs and expenses permitted under the Loan
Documents, and apply such payments to the Obligations pursuant to the Loan
Documents and this Final Order. In addition, and without limiting the
foregoing, upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and after providing five
(5) business days prior written notice (the "Enforcement
Notice") to counsel for the Debtors, counsel for the Pre-Petition Term
Loan Agent, counsel for the Supplemental Loan Junior Participants, counsel for
the Committee (if appointed), and the U.S. Trustee, Agent, acting on behalf of
itself and the other Lenders, shall be entitled to take any
action
and exercise all rights and remedies provided to it by this Final Order, the
Loan Documents or applicable law as Agent may deem appropriate in its sole
discretion to, among other things, proceed against and realize upon the
Collateral or any other assets or properties of Debtors' Estates upon which
Agent, for the benefit of itself and the other Lenders, has been or may
hereafter be granted liens or security interests to obtain the full and
indefeasible repayment of all Obligations.
Section
4. Representations; Covenants;
and Waivers.
4.1 Objections to Pre-Petition
Obligations. Any action, claim or defense, of any kind,
including without limitation, a claim for misconduct (hereinafter, an "Objection")
that seeks to object to, challenge, contest or otherwise invalidate or reduce,
whether by setoff, recoupment, counterclaim, deduction, disgorgement or claim of
any kind: (a) the existence, validity or amount of the
Pre-Petition Obligations, (b) the extent, legality, validity, perfection or
enforceability of Agent's and Lenders' pre-petition liens and security interests
in the Pre-Petition Collateral, or (c) Agent's and Lenders' right to apply
proceeds of Post-Petition Collateral against Pre-Petition Obligations in
satisfaction of Agent's and Lenders' pre-petition liens as provided for in this
Final Order (provided however, that the
only grounds for an Objection pursuant to this section 4.1(c) is that the
Pre-Petition Obligations were not fully secured by the Pre-Petition Collateral
as of the Petition Date and such application unduly advantaged Agent and Lenders
as against other similarly situated creditors of the Debtors' Estates), shall be
filed with the Court (x) by any Committee, and no other party, within sixty (60)
calendar days from the date of appointment of the Committee by the U.S. Trustee,
or (y) in the event no Committee is appointed within the thirty (30) days
following the Petition Date, by any party in interest with requisite standing
within one hundred (100) calendar days from the Petition Date. If any
such Objection is timely filed and successfully pursued, nothing in this Final
Order shall prevent the Court from granting appropriate relief with respect to
the Pre-Petition Obligations or Agent's and Lenders' liens on the Pre-Petition
Collateral. If no Objection is timely filed, or if an Objection is
timely filed but denied, (a) the Pre-Petition Obligations shall be deemed
allowed in full, shall not be
subject
to any setoff, recoupment, counterclaim, deduction or claim of any kind, and
shall not be subject to any further objection or challenge by any party at any
time, and Agent's and Lenders' pre-petition liens on and security interest in
the Pre-Petition Collateral shall be deemed legal, valid, perfected,
enforceable, and non-avoidable for all purposes and of first and senior
priority, subject to only the Permitted Liens and Claims, and (b) Agent, Lenders
and each of their respective participants, agents, officers, directors,
employees, attorneys, professionals, successors, and assigns shall be deemed
released and discharged from any and all claims and causes of action related to
or arising out of the Pre-Petition Loan Documents and shall not be subject to
any further objection or challenge by any party at any time. Nothing
contained in this Section 4.1 or otherwise shall or shall be deemed or construed
to impair, prejudice or waive any rights, claims or protections afforded to
Agent and Lenders in connection with all post-petition Revolving Loans,
Supplemental Loans and Letters of Credit and other financial and
credit accommodations provided by Agent and Lenders to Debtors in reliance on
Section 364(e) of the Bankruptcy Code and in accordance with the terms and
provisions of this Final Order and the Loan Documents.
4.2 Debtors'
Waivers. At all times during the Cases, and whether or not an
Event of Default has occurred, the Debtors irrevocably waive any right that they
may have to seek authority (i) to use Cash Collateral of Agent and Lenders under
Section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code, (ii) to obtain post-petition loans or
other financial accommodations pursuant to Section 364(c) or 364(d) of the
Bankruptcy Code, other than from Agent, Lenders and Supplemental Loan
Participants or as may be otherwise expressly permitted pursuant to the Credit
Agreement, (iii) to challenge the application of any payments authorized by
this Final Order as pursuant to Section 506(b) of the Bankruptcy Code, or
to assert that the value of the Pre-Petition Collateral is less than the
Pre-Petition Obligations, (iv) to propose, support or have a plan of
reorganization or liquidation that does not provide for the indefeasible payment
in cash in full and satisfaction of all Obligations (including, without
limitation, the Supplemental Loans) on the effective date of such plan in
accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in the
Ratification
Agreement, or (v) to seek relief under the Bankruptcy Code, including
without limitation, under Section 105 of the Bankruptcy Code, to the extent
any such relief would in any way restrict or impair the rights and remedies of
Agent and Lenders as provided in this Final Order and the Loan Documents or
Agent's and Lenders' exercise of such rights or remedies; provided, however, that Agent
may otherwise consent in writing, but no such consent shall be implied from any
other action, inaction, or acquiescence by Agent or any Lender.
4.3 Section 506(c)
Claims. No costs or expenses of administration which have or
may be incurred in the Cases at any time shall be charged against Agent or any
Lender, their respective claims or the Collateral pursuant to Section 506(c) of
the Bankruptcy Code without the prior written consent of Agent, and no such
consent shall be implied from any other action, inaction or acquiescence by
Agent or any Lender.
4.4 Collateral
Rights. Until all of the Obligations shall have been
indefeasibly paid and satisfied in full:
4.4.1 no other party shall
foreclose or otherwise seek to enforce any junior lien or claim in any
Collateral; and
4.4.2 upon and after the
occurrence of an Event of Default, and subject to Agent obtaining relief from
the automatic stay as provided for herein, in connection with a liquidation of
any of the Collateral, Agent (or any of its employees, agents, consultants,
contractors or other professionals) shall have the right, at the sole cost and
expense of Debtors, to: (i) enter upon, occupy and use any real or personal
property, fixtures, equipment, leasehold interests or warehouse arrangements
owned or leased by Debtors and (ii) use any and all trademarks, tradenames,
copyrights, licenses, patents or any other similar assets of Debtors, which are
owned by or subject to a lien of any third party and which are used by Debtors
in their businesses. Agent and Lenders will be responsible for the
payment of any applicable fees, rentals, royalties or other amounts due such
lessor, licensor or owner of such property for the period of time that Agent
actually uses the equipment or the intellectual property (but in no event
for
any accrued and unpaid fees, rentals or other amounts due for any period prior
to the date that Agent actually occupies or uses such assets or
properties).
4.5 Release. Upon
the entry of this Final Order, subject to Section 4.1 above, in
consideration of Agent and Lenders making post-petition loans, advances and
providing other credit and financial accommodations to the Debtors pursuant to
the provisions of the Loan Documents and this Final Order, each Debtor, on
behalf of itself and its successors and assigns, (collectively, the "Releasors"),
shall, forever release, discharge and acquit Agent, each Lender and their
respective participants,4 officers, directors,
agents, attorneys and predecessors-in-interest (collectively, the "Releasees")
of and from any and all claims, demands, liabilities, responsibilities,
disputes, remedies, causes of action, indebtedness and obligations, of every
kind, nature and description, including, without limitation, any so-called
"lender liability" claims or defenses, that Releasors had, have or hereafter can
or may have against Releasees as of the date hereof, in respect of events that
occurred on or prior to the date hereof with respect to the Debtors, the
Pre-Petition Obligations, the Loan Documents and any Revolving Loans,
Supplemental Loans, Letters of Credit or other financial accommodations made by
Agent and Lenders to Debtors pursuant to the Loan Documents. In
addition, upon the repayment of all Obligations owed to Agent and Lenders by
Debtors and termination of the rights and obligations arising under the Loan
Documents and this Final Order (which payment and termination shall be on terms
and conditions acceptable to Agent), Agent, Lenders and Supplemental Loan
Participants and only in such capacity shall be
released from any and all obligations, liabilities, actions, duties,
responsibilities and causes of action arising or occurring in connection with or
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4 The
release granted to the Supplemental
Loan Participants in the first section of Section 4.5 shall apply to each of the
Supplemental Loan Participants, and each of their respective participants, officers, directors, agents, attorneys
and predecessors-in-interest, but shall be limited to a release from any and all claims, demands, liabilities,
responsibilities, disputes, remedies, causes of action, indebtedness and
obligations, of every kind, nature and description, including, without
limitation, any so-called "lender liability" claims or defenses in each
case directly relating to the preparation, negotiation, and execution of the
Ratification Agreement, the Supplemental Loan Junior Participation
Agreement, the Interim Order, and this Final Order.
related
to the Loan Documents or this Final Order (including without limitation any
obligation or responsibility (whether direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, due or not due, primary or secondary, liquidated or unliquidated) to
pay or otherwise fund the Carve-Out Expenses), on terms and conditions
acceptable to Agent.
Section
5. Other Rights and
Obligations.
5.1 No Modification or Stay of
This Final Order. Notwithstanding (i) any stay, modification,
amendment, supplement, vacating, revocation or reversal of this Final Order, the
Loan Documents or any term hereunder or thereunder, or (ii) the dismissal or
conversion of one or more of the Cases (each, a "Subject
Event"), (x) the acts taken by Agent, Lenders and Supplemental Loan
Participants in accordance with this Final Order, and (y) the Post-Petition
Obligations incurred or arising prior to Agent's actual receipt of written
notice from Debtors expressly describing the occurrence of such Subject Event
shall, in each instance, be governed in all respects by the original provisions
of this Final Order, and the acts taken by Agent, Lenders and Supplemental Loan
Participants in accordance with this Final Order, and the liens granted to Agent
and Lenders in the Collateral, and all other rights, remedies, privileges, and
benefits in favor of Agent, Lenders and Supplemental Loan Participants pursuant
to this Interim Order and the Loan Documents shall remain valid and in full
force and effect pursuant to Section 364(e) of the Bankruptcy
Code. For purposes of this Final Order, the term "appeal", as used in
Section 364(e) of the Bankruptcy Code, shall be construed to mean any
proceeding for reconsideration, amending, rehearing, or re-evaluating this Final
Order by this Court or any other tribunal.
5.2 Power to Waive Rights;
Duties to Third Parties. Agent and Lenders shall have the
right to waive any of the terms, rights and remedies provided or acknowledged in
this Final Order in respect of Agent and Lenders (the "Lender
Rights"), and shall have no obligation or duty to any other party with
respect to the exercise or enforcement, or failure to exercise or enforce, any
Lender Right(s). Any waiver by Agent or any Lender of any Lender
Rights shall not be or constitute a continuing waiver. Any delay in
or failure to exercise or enforce any
Lender
Right shall neither constitute a waiver of such Lender Right, subject Agent or
any Lender to any liability to any other party, nor cause or enable any other
party to rely upon or in any way seek to assert as a defense to any obligation
owed by the Debtors to Agent or any Lender.
5.3 Disposition of
Collateral. Debtors shall not sell, transfer, lease, encumber
or otherwise dispose of any portion of the Collateral without the prior written
consent of Agent (and no such consent shall be implied, from any other action,
inaction or acquiescence by Agent or any Lender) and an order of this Court,
except for sales of Debtors' Inventory in the ordinary course of their
business. Debtors shall remit to Agent, or cause to be remitted to
Agent, all proceeds of the Collateral for application by Agent to the
Obligations, in such order and manner as Agent may determine in its discretion,
in accordance with the terms of this Final Order, the Credit Agreement, the ABL
Collateral Agreement and the other Loan Documents.
5.4 Inventory. Except
to the extent consistent with Debtors existing and customary practices, Debtors
shall not, without the consent of Agent, (a) enter into any agreement to return
any inventory to any of their creditors for application against any pre-petition
indebtedness under any applicable provision of Section 546 of the Bankruptcy
Code, or (b) consent to any creditor taking any setoff against any of its
pre-petition indebtedness based upon any such return pursuant to Section
553(b)(1) of the Bankruptcy Code or otherwise.
5.5 Reservation of
Rights. The terms, conditions and provisions of this Final
Order are in addition to and without prejudice to the rights of Agent, Lenders
and Supplemental Loan Participants to pursue any and all rights and remedies
under the Bankruptcy Code, the Loan Documents or any other applicable agreement
or law, including, without limitation, rights to seek adequate protection and/or
additional or different adequate protection, to seek relief from the automatic
stay, to seek an injunction, to oppose any request for use of cash collateral or
granting of any interest in the Collateral or priority in favor of any other
party, to object to any sale of assets, and to object to applications for
allowance and/or payment of compensation of Professionals or other parties
seeking compensation or reimbursement from the Estate.
5.6 Binding
Effect.
5.6.1 The
provisions of this Final Order and the Loan Documents, the Post-Petition
Obligations, Superpriority Claim, the Term Loan Replacement Liens, the Term Loan
Priority Claim, and any and all rights, remedies, privileges and benefits in
favor of Agent and Lenders (including Supplemental Loan Participants) provided
or acknowledged in this Final Order, and any actions taken pursuant thereto,
shall be effective immediately upon entry of this Final Order pursuant to
Bankruptcy Rules 6004(g) and 7062, shall continue in full force and effect, and
shall survive entry of any such other order, including without limitation any
order which may be entered confirming any plan of reorganization, converting one
or more of the Cases to any other chapter under the Bankruptcy Code, or
dismissing one or more of the Cases.
5.6.2 Any
order dismissing one or more of the Cases under Section 1112 or otherwise shall
be deemed to provide (in accordance with Sections 105 and 349 of the Bankruptcy
Code) that (a) the Superpriority Claim and Agent's and Lenders' liens on and
security interests in the Collateral shall continue in full force and effect
notwithstanding such dismissal until the Obligations (including the Supplemental
Loans) are indefeasibly paid and satisfied in full, and (b) this Court
shall retain jurisdiction, notwithstanding such dismissal, for the purposes of
enforcing the Superpriority Claim and liens in the Collateral.
5.6.3 In
the event this Court hereafter modifies any of the provisions of this Final
Order or the Loan Documents, (a) such modifications shall not affect the rights
or priorities of Agent, Lenders and Supplemental Loan Participants pursuant to
this Final Order with respect to the Collateral or any portion of the
Obligations which arises or is incurred or is advanced prior to such
modifications, and (b) this Final Order shall remain in full force and effect
except as specifically amended or modified at such time.
5.6.4 This
Final Order shall be binding upon Debtors, all parties in interest in the Cases
and their respective successors and assigns, including any trustee or other
fiduciary appointed in the Cases or any subsequently converted bankruptcy
case(s) of any Debtor. This Final Order shall also inure to the
benefit of Agent, Lenders, Supplemental Loan Participants, Debtors and their
respective successors and assigns.
5.7 Restrictions on Cash
Collateral Use, Additional Financing, Plan Treatment. All
post-petition advances and other financial accommodations under the Credit
Agreement, the ABL Collateral Agreement and the other Loan Documents are made in
reliance on this Final Order and there shall not at any time be entered in the
Cases, or in any subsequently converted case under Chapter 7 of the Bankruptcy
Code, any order (other than this Final Order) which (a) authorizes the use of
cash collateral of Debtors in which Agent or Lenders (including Supplemental
Loan Participants) have an interest, or the sale, lease, or other disposition of
property of any Debtor's Estate in which Agent or Lenders have a lien or
security interest, except as expressly permitted hereunder or in the Loan
Documents, or (b) authorizes under Section 364 of the Bankruptcy Code the
obtaining of credit or the incurring of indebtedness secured by a lien or
security interest which is equal or senior to a lien or security interest in
property in which Agent or Lenders hold a lien or security interest, or which is
entitled to priority administrative claim status which is equal or superior to
that granted to Agent and Lenders herein; unless, in each instance (i) Agent
shall have given its express prior written consent with respect thereto, no such
consent being implied from any other action, inaction or acquiescence by Agent
or any Lender, or (ii) such other order requires that all Obligations shall
first be indefeasibly paid and satisfied in full in accordance with the terms of
the Credit Agreement, the ABL Collateral Agreement and the other Loan Documents,
including, without limitation, all debts and obligations of Debtors to Agent and
Lenders which arise or result from the obligations, loans, security interests
and liens authorized herein, on terms and conditions acceptable to
Agent. The security interests and liens granted to or for the benefit
of Agent and Lenders hereunder and the rights of Agent and Lenders pursuant to
this Final Order and the Loan Documents with respect to the Obligations and the
Collateral are cumulative and shall not be altered, modified, extended,
impaired, or affected by any plan of reorganization or liquidation of Debtors
and, if Agent shall expressly consent in writing that the Obligations shall not
be repaid in full upon confirmation thereof, shall continue after confirmation
and consummation of any such plan.
5.8 No Owner/Operator
Liability. In determining to make any loan under the Credit
Agreement, the ABL Collateral Agreement, the other Loan Documents or any
Financing Order, or in exercising any rights or remedies as and when permitted
pursuant to the Loan Documents or any Financing Order, Agent, Lenders and
Supplemental Loan Participants shall not be deemed to be in control of the
operations of the Debtors or to be acting as a "responsible person" or "owner or
operator" with respect to the operation or management of the Debtors (as such
terms, or any similar terms, are used in the United States Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 9601
et seq., as amended, or any similar federal or state statute).
5.9 Marshalling. In
no event shall Agent or any Lender be subject to the equitable doctrine of
"marshalling" or any similar doctrine with respect to the
Collateral.
5.10 Term;
Termination. Notwithstanding any provision of this Final Order
to the contrary, the term of the financing arrangements among Debtors, Agent and
Lenders authorized by this Final Order may be terminated pursuant to the terms
of the Credit Agreement.
5.11 Limited
Effect. Unless the Final Order specifically provides
otherwise, in the event of a conflict between the terms and provisions of any of
the Loan Documents and this Final Order, the terms and provisions of this Final
Order shall govern, interpreted as most consistent with the terms and provisions
of the Loan Documents.
5.12 Objections
Overruled. All objections to the entry of this Final Order
are, to the extent not withdrawn, hereby overruled.
5.13 Prepayment and Exit Fees;
Equity Fees. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary set
forth in this Final Order or in any Loan Document, and based upon the comments
on the record at the Final Hearing:
5.13.1 All of the parties reserve their rights with
regard to the prosecution of, defenses to, objections to, and matters relating
to that certain motion entitled "Motion of Term Lenders for Adequate Protection"
(Docket No. 209).
5.13.2 The provision entitled "Prepayment and Exit
Fees" in Schedule
9.2 of the Ratification Agreement is hereby amended and restated as
follows: "Borrower shall pay to the Supplemental Loan Lender, for the
account of the Supplemental Loan Participants, an exit fee of 2.0% of any
principal amount of the Supplemental Loan prepaid or repaid (but only in the
case of a permanent repayment of such principal and other than after
the exercise of secured creditor remedies during the occurrence and continuance
of an Event of Default (an "Excluded
Circumstance")); provided that such exit fee shall be 4.0% if such
principal is repaid or prepaid, other than in connection with an Excluded
Circumstance, with the proceeds of any financing provided, in whole or in part,
and whether directly or indirectly, by any of the Pre-Petition Term Loan Lenders
(whether through a loan, participation, assignment, or any similar arrangement)
or any of their affiliates, participants, members, agents, or representatives
who are parties to that certain commitment letter filed as part of the Limited
Objection of Term Lenders to Debtors’ Emergency Motion for
Interim and Final Orders Pursuant to 11 U.S.C. §§ 105, 361, 362, 363
and 364 and Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure 2002,
4001 and 9014 (I) Authorizing Debtors to (A) Obtain Postpetition
Financing and (B) Utilize Cash Collateral; (II) Granting Adequate
Protection to Pre-Petition Secured Lenders; and (III) Scheduling Final Hearing
(Docket No. 208).
5.13.3 The last paragraph of Schedule 9.2 to
the Ratification Agreement is hereby amended by adding the following at the end
of such paragraph: "(the "Equity Fee");
provided, however, that notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein (a) if
any holders of claims (other than the Notes) or interests (collectively, the
"Other
Recipients") shall become entitled to receive shares of the Borrower’s
common stock pursuant to a plan of reorganization confirmed in connection with
the Chapter 11 Cases, then the Equity Fee shall not dilute the distribution of
the Borrower’s common stock to such Other Recipients, and (b) the Supplemental
Loan
Participants shall cause U.S. Bank National Association, as indenture trustee
for the Notes (the "Indenture Trustee"),
to deliver to DTC for distribution to beneficial holders of the Notes (in
accordance with any and all necessary procedures), notices in form and substance
satisfactory to the Supplemental Loan Participants (the "Notices"), which
Notices shall inform beneficial holders of the Notes of an opportunity for them
to sub-participate in the Supplemental Loan, by purchasing, at a price equal to
par plus all accrued and unpaid interest, from the Supplemental Loan
Participants a sub-participation (in an equal amount from each Supplemental Loan
Participant), in a percentage equal to its pro rata holdings of the Notes (based
on the principal amount of all Notes as of the Petition Date), provided that
such Noteholder responds to the Indenture Trustee’s Notice with a written
expression of interest within ten (10) Business Days of delivery of the Notices
to DTC, which includes a written certification that, among other things, such
Noteholder (a) is an accredited investor and (b) holds, as of the date hereof, a
principal amount of Notes that would entitle such Noteholder to purchase a
sub-participation of not less than $1,000,000 (giving effect to the pro rata
holdings of the Notes as described above) . The Notices shall state
that (x) any Noteholder who chooses to participate in the Supplemental Loan
shall not have voting or other rights under the Ratification Agreement or the
Supplemental Loan Junior Participation Agreement, other than the right to
receive interest, repayment of principal and the fees contained in the last two
paragraphs of Schedule 9.2 (but not any other fees), and (y) failure to
participate in the Supplemental Loan will result in the Equity Fee distributed
to the Supplemental Loan Participants diluting any distribution of the
Borrower’s common stock which such Noteholder shall be entitled to receive in
any plan of reorganization. For the avoidance of doubt, any
Noteholder that expresses an interest in a sub-participation must (a) have been
entitled to a sub-participation of at least $1,000,000 based on is pro rata
ownership of the Notes (based on the principal amount of all Notes as of the
Petition Date) and (b) buy a sub-participation in an amount equal to its pro
rata ownership of the Notes as of the date hereof (based on the principal amount
of all Notes as of the Petition Date). All qualified responses to the Notices
received by the Indenture Trustee shall be forwarded to a designated
representative of
the
Supplemental Loan Participants, regarding the participation purchase
documentation and funding. The Indenture Trustee has agreed solely to
act in a ministerial capacity in distributing the Notices and forwarding
qualified responses thereto to the Supplemental Loan Participants, and is not a
party to the Ratification Agreement.
5.13.4 Schedule
9.2(a) of the Ratification Agreement is hereby amended by deleting the language
in the first sentence after the "(i)", and replacing it as
follows: "the Supplemental Loan Lender shall receive, for the account
of, and allocable to, the Supplemental Loan Participants (including any
sub-Supplemental Loan Participants), shares of the common equity of Borrower, as
reorganized, or the applicable reorganized affiliate or successor to Borrower,
equal to 9.9% of the outstanding common stock thereof distributed to
Noteholders, on a fully diluted basis (the "Stock Allocation") (provided,
however, that Avenue Investments LP, or any affiliate thereof ("Avenue"), in its
capacity as a Supplemental Loan Participant, shall receive its pro rata share of
the first 50% of the Stock Allocation and the second 50% of the Stock Allocation
shall be shared pro rata among the Supplemental Loan Participants (and
sub-Supplemental Loan Participants) exclusive of Avenue)."
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