AMENDED AND RESTATED INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT dated as of September 20, 2010 among BANKOF AMERICA, N.A., as Revolving Loan Administrative Agent, BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Term Loan Administrative Agent and BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Collateral Agent and Acknowledged and Agreed to by KAMAN CORPORATION and CERTAINSUBSIDIARIES TABLE OF CONTENTS
EXHIBIT 10.4
AMENDED AND RESTATED
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
dated as of September 20, 2010
among
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Revolving Loan Administrative Agent,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Term Loan Administrative Agent and
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as Collateral Agent
and Acknowledged and Agreed to by
KAMAN CORPORATION
and
CERTAIN SUBSIDIARIES
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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SECTION 1. | DEFINITIONS | 2 | ||
1.1. | Defined Terms | 2 | ||
1.2. | Other Interpretive Provisions | 6 | ||
SECTION 2. | DISTRIBUTIONS AFTER EVENT OF DEFAULT | 6 | ||
2.1. | Payments to Collateral Agent; Collateral Security Account | 6 | ||
2.2. | Control of Collateral Security Account | 6 | ||
2.3. | Investment of Funds Deposited in Collateral Security Account | 6 | ||
2.4. | Application of Funds | 6 | ||
2.5. | Collateral Agents Calculations | 7 | ||
2.6. | Sharing of Payments | 8 | ||
2.7. | Notice of Event of Default | 8 | ||
SECTION 3. | VOTING ISSUES | 9 | ||
3.1. | Exercise of Remedies Under Collateral Documents | 9 | ||
3.2. | Modification of Collateral Documents | 9 | ||
3.3. | Release of Collateral | 9 | ||
3.4. | Modifications of Intercreditor Agreement | 9 | ||
3.5. | Clarification of Ambiguity, Etc | 10 | ||
SECTION 4. | CERTAIN AGREEMENTS OF THE SENIOR SECURED PARTIES | 10 | ||
4.1. | Turnover of Collateral | 10 | ||
4.2. | Mutual Notice of Amendments | 10 | ||
4.3. | Assignments and Participation | 10 | ||
SECTION 5. | MISCELLANEOUS | 10 | ||
5.1. | Notices | 10 | ||
5.2. | Severability | 10 | ||
5.3. | Successors and Assigns | 11 | ||
5.4. | Counterparts | 11 | ||
5.5. | GOVERNING LAW | 11 | ||
5.6. | Termination | 11 | ||
5.7. | Relationship with Senior Credit Documents | 11 | ||
5.8. | Resignation of Collateral Agent | 11 |
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AMENDED AND RESTATED INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
This AMENDED AND RESTATED INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (this Agreement), dated as of September 20, 2010, is by and among Bank of America, N.A. (Bank of America), as administrative agent for the Revolving Loan Lenders (the Revolving Loan Administrative Agent), Bank of America, as administrative agent for the Term Loan Lenders (the Term Loan Administrative Agent), and Bank of America, as collateral agent under the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Term Loan Credit Agreement, the Collateral Documents and this Agreement (the Collateral Agent), and acknowledged by the Loan Parties. Capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings ascribed in Section 1.1.
WHEREAS, Bank of America, as Revolving Loan Administrator, Bank of America, as Term Loan Administrator, and Bank of America, as Collateral Agent, entered into that certain Intercreditor Agreement dated as of September 17, 2009 (as amended and in effect from time to time, the Original Intercreditor Agreement), in connection with (i) that certain Revolving Credit Agreement dated as of September 17, 2009 (the Original Revolving Credit Agreement), among Kaman Corporation (the Company), certain subsidiaries of the Company, the lenders from time to time party thereto, Bank of America and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as co-administrative agents for the lenders, and Bank of America, as administrator and collateral agent for such lenders and (ii) that certain Amended and Restated Term Loan Credit Agreement dated as of September 17, 2009 (the Original Term Loan Agreement), among the Company, the lenders from time to time party thereto, Bank of America and The Bank of Nova Scotia, as co-administrative agents for the lenders, and Bank of America, as administrator and collateral agent for such lenders;
WHEREAS, the Company has requested, among other things, (a) to amend and restate the Original Revolving Credit Agreement in its entirety pursuant to the terms of the Amended and Restated Revolving Credit Agreement of even date herewith (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Revolving Credit Agreement) among the Company, certain Subsidiaries of the Company from time to time party thereto (each a Revolving Loan Borrower and collectively the Revolving Loan Borrowers), the lenders from time to time party thereto (collectively, the Revolving Loan Lenders), the Revolving Loan Administrative Agent, RBS Citizens, N.A. and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as Co-Syndication Agents, and Bank of America, as collateral agent for the Revolving Secured Parties, and (b) to amend and restate the Original Term Loan Agreement in its entirety pursuant to the terms of the Second Amended and Restated Term Loan Credit Agreement of even date herewith (as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the Term Loan Credit Agreement and, together with the Revolving Credit Agreement, the Credit Agreements) among the Company, the lenders from time to time party thereto (collectively, the Term Loan Lenders), the Term Loan Administrative Agent, Bank of America, as collateral agent for the Term Secured Parties, and RBS Citizens, N.A., as Syndication Agent;
WHEREAS, pursuant to the Collateral Documents, certain of the Loan Parties are granting to Bank of America, in its capacity as Collateral Agent, for the benefit of the Senior Secured Parties, liens upon and security interests in the Collateral to secure the Senior Obligations; and
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WHEREAS, pursuant to the Guarantees, certain of the Loan Parties have guaranteed the Senior Obligations; and
WHEREAS, the Revolving Loan Lenders and the Term Loan Lenders (including in their capacities as potential Hedge Banks, Cash Management Banks or Line Banks, as applicable) have, pursuant to the Revolving Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Credit Agreement, respectively, appointed Bank of America as their agent with respect to the Collateral;
WHEREAS, the Revolving Loan Lenders, the Term Loan Lenders, and the Collateral Agent desire to agree to certain priorities for the payment of the Senior Obligations under certain circumstances;
WHEREAS, the Revolving Loan Administrative Agent, the Term Loan Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent now wish to amend and restate the Original Intercreditor Agreement for the benefit of the Senior Secured Parties as herein provided, which shall supersede the Original Intercreditor Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Revolving Loan Administrative Agent, the Term Loan Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent agree, and the Loan Parties acknowledge, that on the Closing Date the Original Intercreditor Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as set forth herein and shall remain in full force and effect only as set forth herein:
SECTION 1.
DEFINITIONS
1.1. Defined Terms. As used in this Agreement, the following capitalized terms shall have the following meanings:
Agreement has the meaning specified in the recitals.
Bank of America has the meaning specified in the recitals.
Bankruptcy Event means an event described in Section 8.01(g) of the Revolving Credit Agreement or 7.1(g) of the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
Borrowers has the meaning specified in the recitals.
Cash Collateralize has the meaning ascribed thereto in each of the Revolving Credit Agreement and Term Loan Credit Agreement, respectively.
Cash Equivalents has the meaning specified in each of the Revolving Credit Agreement and Term Loan Credit Agreement, respectively.
Cash Management Bank has the meaning ascribed thereto in each of the Revolving Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Credit Agreement, respectively.
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Code means the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the State of New York from time to time.
Collateral means collectively, all of the personal property, now owned or hereafter existing or acquired by any Loan Party, or in which any Loan Party has any right, title or interest, with respect to which a lien is purported to be granted to the Collateral Agent for the benefit of any of the Senior Secured Parties under any Collateral Document, and any amounts received by the Collateral Agent or any Senior Secured Party from the exercise of any rights of set-off or bankers lien (whether by law, contract or otherwise) with respect to any Loan Party.
Collateral Agent has the meaning specified in the recitals.
Collateral Documents means the Collateral Documents as such term is defined in each Credit Agreement, together with any other agreement, document or instrument in effect on the date hereof or executed by any Loan Party after the date hereof, under which such Loan Party has granted a lien upon, or security interest in, any property or assets to the Collateral Agent to secure all, or any part of, the Senior Obligations, all financing statements, certificates, documents and instruments relating thereto or executed or provided in connection therewith.
Collateral Security Account has the meaning specified in Section 2.1.
Commitment has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Revolving Credit Agreement.
Credit Agreement or Credit Agreements means each of the Revolving Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
Domestic Subsidiary Guarantee has the meaning ascribed thereto in each Credit Agreement.
Event of Default has the meaning ascribed thereto in each Credit Agreement, as the case may be.
Guarantee or Guarantees means individually or collectively the Domestic Subsidiary Guarantees and the Company Guarantee, each as defined in each Credit Agreement.
Hedge Bank has the meaning ascribed thereto in each of the Revolving Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Credit Agreement, respectively.
L/C Borrowings has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Revolving Credit Agreement.
L/C Issuer has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Revolving Credit Agreement.
L/C Obligations has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Revolving Credit Agreement.
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Letter of Credit has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Revolving Credit Agreement.
Letter of Credit Fee has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Revolving Credit Agreement.
Line Bank has the meaning ascribed thereto in each of the Revolving Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Credit Agreement, respectively.
Loan Parties has the meaning provided for in the Revolving Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Credit Agreement on the date hereof.
Notice of Event of Default means a notice (a) by the Term Loan Administrative Agent on behalf of Required Term Loan Lenders or (b) by the Revolving Loan Administrative Agent on behalf of the Required Revolving Loan Lenders, in each case delivered to the Collateral Agent and certifying that an Event of Default has occurred.
Person means any natural person, corporation, limited liability company, trust, joint venture, association, company, partnership, governmental authority or other entity.
Required Revolving Loan Lenders means Required Lenders as that term is defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement.
Required Senior Lenders means at any date of determination, Senior Lenders holding more than 50% of the sum of the Senior Lender Exposure.
Required Term Loan Lenders means Required Lenders as that term is defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
Revolving Credit Agreement has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals hereto.
Revolving Loan means a Loan as that term is defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement.
Revolving Loan Lenders has the meaning set forth in the recitals.
Revolving Loan Lender Exposure means, at any time, the sum of (a) the principal amount of Revolving Loans and Swing Line Loans, (b) L/C Obligations and (c) to the extent such Commitments are available to be drawn, the unfunded Commitments at such time.
Revolving Loan Obligations means the Obligations as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement.
Revolving Secured Parties means the Secured Parties as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement.
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Secured Cash Management Agreements has the meaning ascribed thereto in each of the Revolving Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Credit Agreement, respectively.
Secured Hedge Agreements has the meaning ascribed thereto in each of the Revolving Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Credit Agreement, respectively.
Secured Lines has the meaning ascribed thereto in each of the Revolving Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Credit Agreement, respectively.
Senior Credit Documents means collectively the Loan Documents (as defined in the Revolving Credit Agreement), and the Loan Documents (as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement) any document or instrument evidencing or securing any Senior Obligations and all other documents from time to time delivered under any of such documents or in connection therewith.
Senior Lender Exposure means, at any time, the sum of the Revolving Loan Lender Exposure and the Term Loan Lender Exposure at such time.
Senior Lenders means the Revolving Loan Lenders and the Term Loan Lenders.
Senior Loans means the Revolving Loans and the Term Loans, collectively.
Senior Obligations means (a) all Revolving Loan Obligations and Term Loan Obligations and (b) all sums payable by any of the Loan Parties under this Agreement or any other Senior Credit Document. The term Senior Obligations shall include all of the foregoing indebtedness, liabilities and obligations whether or not allowed as a claim in any bankruptcy, insolvency, receivership or similar proceeding.
Senior Secured Parties means, collectively, the Revolving Secured Parties and the Term Secured Parties.
Swing Line Loans has the meaning ascribed thereto in the Revolving Credit Agreement.
Term Loan Credit Agreement has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals hereto.
Term Loan Lenders has the meaning ascribed thereto in the recitals.
Term Loan Lender Exposure means, at any time, the principal amount of the outstanding Term Loans at such time.
Term Loan Obligations means the Obligations as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
Term Loans means the Loans as defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
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Term Secured Parties means the Secured Parties as that term is defined in the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
1.2. Other Interpretive Provisions. Clauses (a), (b) and (c) of Section 1.02 of the Revolving Credit Agreement as in effect on the date hereof shall be incorporated herein mutatis mutandis.
SECTION 2.
DISTRIBUTIONS AFTER EVENT OF DEFAULT
2.1. Payments to Collateral Agent; Collateral Security Account. Upon and during the continuance of any Event of Default and after notice by the Required Revolving Loan Lenders or the Required Term Loan Lenders, as the case may be, to the Revolving Loan Administrative Agent or the Term Loan Administrative Agent, as the case may be, and the Collateral Agent, all payments made by, or on behalf of, any Loan Party to any Senior Secured Party and all payments received by a Senior Secured Party through the exercise of rights of set-off or otherwise, shall be paid to the Collateral Agent for distribution in accordance with the terms of this Agreement. All moneys which are required by this Agreement or any Collateral Document to be delivered to the Collateral Agent during the continuance of an Event of Default, or which are received by the Collateral Agent or any agent or nominee of the Collateral Agent in respect of any Collateral or any Guarantee, whether in connection with the exercise of the remedies provided in this Agreement or any Collateral Document or otherwise, shall be deposited in an account maintained by, and under the exclusive dominion and control of, the Collateral Agent which shall be titled the Bank of America Collateral Security Account (Kaman) (the Collateral Security Account) and held by the Collateral Agent on behalf of the Senior Secured Parties as part of the Collateral and applied in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
2.2. Control of Collateral Security Account. All right, title and interest in and to the Collateral Security Account shall vest in the Collateral Agent, on behalf of the Senior Secured Parties, and funds on deposit in the Collateral Security Account shall constitute part of the Collateral. The Collateral Security Account shall be subject to the exclusive dominion and control of the Collateral Agent.
2.3. Investment of Funds Deposited in Collateral Security Account. The Collateral Agent may invest and reinvest moneys on deposit in the Collateral Security Account at any time in Cash Equivalents. All such investments and the interest and income received thereon and the net proceeds realized on the sale or redemption thereof shall be held in the Collateral Security Account as part of the Collateral.
2.4. Application of Funds.
First, to payment of that portion of the Senior Obligations constituting fees, indemnities, expenses and other amounts (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the Revolving Loan Administrative Agent, Term Loan Administrative Agent and Collateral Agent under each of the Revolving Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Credit Agreement, as the case may be, ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause First payable to them);
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Second, to payment of that portion of the Senior Obligations constituting fees, indemnities and other amounts (other than principal, interest and Letter of Credit Fees) payable to the Senior Lenders and the L/C Issuer (including fees, charges and disbursements of counsel to the respective Senior Lenders and the L/C Issuer (including fees and time charges for attorneys who may be employees of any Senior Lender or the L/C Issuer) arising under the Senior Credit Documents ratably among them in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Second payable to them);
Third, to payment of that portion of the Senior Obligations constituting accrued and unpaid Letter of Credit Fees and interest on the Senior Loans, L/C Borrowings and other Senior Obligations arising under the Senior Credit Documents, Secured Hedge Agreements, Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Lines, ratably among the Senior Lenders and the L/C Issuer in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Third payable to them;
Fourth, to payment of that portion of the Senior Obligations constituting unpaid principal of the Senior Loans, L/C Borrowings and Senior Obligations then owing under Secured Hedge Agreements, Secured Cash Management Agreements and Secured Lines, ratably among the Senior Lenders, the L/C Issuer, the Hedge Banks, the Cash Management Banks and the Line Banks in proportion to the respective amounts described in this clause Fourth held by them;
Fifth, to the Revolving Loan Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Issuer, to Cash Collateralize that portion of L/C Obligations comprised of the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit to the extent such L/C Obligations are not already Cash Collateralized; and
Last, the balance, if any, after all of the Senior Obligations have been indefeasibly paid in full, to the Borrowers or other Loan Parties, as applicable, or as otherwise required by Law.
Subject to Section 2.03(d) of the Revolving Credit Agreement, amounts used to Cash Collateralize the aggregate undrawn amount of Letters of Credit pursuant to clause Fifth above shall be applied to satisfy drawings under such Letters of Credit as they occur. If any amount remains on deposit as cash collateral after all Letters of Credit have either been fully drawn or expired, such remaining amount shall be applied to the other Senior Obligations, if any, in the order set forth above.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, Senior Obligations arising under Secured Cash Management Agreements, Secured Hedge Agreements and Secured Lines shall be excluded from the application described above if the Revolving Loan Administrative Agent, the Term Loan Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent has not received written notice thereof, together with such supporting documentation as the Revolving Loan Administrative Agent, the Term Loan Administrative Agent and the Collateral Agent may request, from the applicable Cash Management Bank, Hedge Bank or Line Bank as the case may be.
2.5. Collateral Agents Calculations. In making the determinations and allocations required hereunder, the Collateral Agent may rely upon information supplied by the Revolving
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Loan Administrative Agent as to the amounts payable with respect to the Revolving Loan Obligations, or upon information supplied by the Term Loan Administrative Agent as to the amounts payable with respect to the Term Loan Obligations, and the Collateral Agent shall have no liability to any of the Senior Secured Parties for actions taken in reliance on such information. All distributions made by the Collateral Agent hereunder shall be (subject to manifest error or any decree of any court of competent jurisdiction) final, and the Collateral Agent shall have no duty to inquire as to the application by the Revolving Loan Administrative Agent or the Term Loan Administrative Agent of any amounts distributed to them.
2.6. Sharing of Payments. If, through the operation of any insolvency law or otherwise, or if the Collateral Agents security interest hereunder and under the Collateral Documents or rights under any Guarantee are enforced with respect to some, but not all, of the Senior Obligations then outstanding, the Collateral Agent shall nonetheless apply all payments for the benefit of the holders of all Senior Obligations in the proportions and subject to the priorities specified herein. To the extent that the Collateral Agent distributes amounts as set forth in the preceding sentence collected with respect to Senior Obligations held by one holder to or on behalf of Senior Obligations held by a second holder, the first holder shall be deemed to have purchased a participation in the Senior Obligations held by the second holder, or shall be subrogated to the rights of the second holder to receive any subsequent payments and distributions made with respect to the portion thereof paid or to be paid by the application of such amounts.
2.7. Notice of Event of Default.
(a) Upon the occurrence of an Event of Default, the Revolving Loan Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Required Revolving Loan Lenders) or the Term Loan Administrative Agent (on behalf of the Required Term Loan Lenders) at the time of such Event of Default, shall deliver a Notice of Event of Default to the Collateral Agent. Promptly upon receipt by the Collateral Agent of a Notice of Event of Default, the Collateral Agent shall simultaneously notify the Revolving Loan Administrative Agent or the Term Loan Administrative Agent, as the case may be.
(b) A Notice of Event of Default delivered by the Revolving Loan Administrative Agent or the Term Loan Administrative Agent shall become effective upon actual receipt thereof by the Collateral Agent. A Notice of Event of Default shall automatically be deemed to have been delivered by the Revolving Loan Administrative Agent and the Term Loan Administrative Agent and received by the Collateral Agent upon the occurrence of a Bankruptcy Event. A Notice of Event of Default, once effective, shall remain in effect unless and until the Collateral Agent actually receives a written notice of cancellation as provided in Section 2.7(c) below.
(c) The Revolving Loan Administrative Agent or the Term Loan Administrative Agent, as the case may be, shall be entitled to cancel a Notice of Event of Default by delivering a written notice of cancellation of such Notice of Event of Default to the Collateral Agent.
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SECTION 3.
VOTING ISSUES
3.1. Exercise of Remedies Under Collateral Documents.
(a) Until such time that this Agreement is terminated pursuant to Section 5.6, the Required Senior Lenders shall, in accordance with the terms of the Collateral Documents and the other Senior Credit Documents, have the right, by one or more instruments in writing executed and delivered to the Collateral Agent, to direct the time, method and place of conducting any proceeding for any right or remedy available to the Collateral Agent, for exercising any power conferred on the Collateral Agent, or to direct the taking or the refraining from taking of any action, authorized by this Agreement or any Collateral Document. For the avoidance of doubt, the actions provided for under this Section 3.1(a) may not be taken by the Required Term Loan Lenders, acting alone, or the Required Revolving Loan Lenders, acting alone, unless such group also constitutes Required Senior Lenders.
(b) Nothing in this Agreement shall impair the right of the Collateral Agent in its discretion to take any action which it deems proper and which is not inconsistent with the written instructions of the Required Senior Lenders.
3.2. Modification of Collateral Documents. It shall be a condition to any amendment or modification to any Collateral Document that is executed for the benefit of both the Revolving Secured Parties and the Term Secured Parties that the requisite Revolving Loan Lender vote and the requisite Term Loan Lender vote, as applicable (if any), under the relevant provisions of each of the Revolving Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Credit Agreement be obtained.
3.3. Release of Collateral. It shall be a condition to any release of Collateral that the requisite Revolving Loan Lender vote and the requisite Term Loan Lender vote, as applicable (if any), under the relevant provisions of each of the Revolving Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Credit Agreement be obtained.
3.4. Modifications of Intercreditor Agreement. This Agreement may not be amended or modified except by an instrument in writing executed by (or on behalf of) the Required Revolving Lenders and the Required Term Loan Lenders, provided that:
(a) no amendment or modification shall change Section 2.4 in a manner that would alter the pro rata sharing of payments required thereby without the written consent of each Senior Lender;
(b) no amendment or modification shall change any provision of this Section or any other provision of this Agreement specifying the number or percentage of Senior Lenders required to amend, waive, or modify any rights hereunder or make any determination or grant any consent hereunder without the written consent of each Senior Lender and the Loan Parties party hereto; and
(c) no amendment or modification shall, unless in writing and signed by the Collateral Agent, affect the rights or duties of the Collateral Agent under this Agreement.
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3.5. Clarification of Ambiguity, Etc. Without the consent of any Senior Secured Party, the Collateral Agent and the Loan Parties, at any time and from time to time, may enter into one or more agreements supplemental hereto or to any Collateral Document, in form satisfactory to the Collateral Agent, (a) to add any provision for the benefit of the Senior Secured Parties, (b) to mortgage or pledge to the Collateral Agent, or grant a security interest in favor of the Collateral Agent in, any property or assets as security or additional security for the Senior Obligations, or (c) to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein or in any Collateral Document which may be defective or inconsistent with any other provision herein or therein, or to make any other provision with respect to matters or questions arising hereunder which shall not be inconsistent with any provision hereof; provided, that any such action contemplated by this Section shall not adversely affect the interests, as determined by the Collateral Agent in good faith, of the Senior Secured Parties.
SECTION 4.
CERTAIN AGREEMENTS OF THE SENIOR SECURED PARTIES
4.1. Turnover of Collateral. If any Senior Secured Party acquires custody, control or possession of any Collateral or proceeds thereof, other than pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, such Senior Secured Party shall promptly cause such Collateral or proceeds to be delivered to, or put in the custody, possession or control of, the Collateral Agent for disposition or distribution in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement. Until such time as the provisions of the immediately preceding sentence have been complied with, such Senior Secured Party shall be deemed to hold such Collateral and amounts in trust for the Collateral Agent for the benefit of the Senior Secured Parties.
4.2. Mutual Notice of Amendments. The Revolving Loan Administrative Agent shall give the Term Loan Administrative Agent prior written notice of any modification, supplement or amendment to the Revolving Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Administrative Agent shall give prior written notice to the Revolving Loan Administrative Agent of any modification, supplement or amendment to the Term Loan Credit Agreement.
4.3. Assignments and Participation. Each Senior Secured Party agrees that it shall be a condition to assignment of any of its Senior Obligations that any assignee of such Senior Obligations shall agree in writing to be bound by the terms of this Agreement and to perform the obligations of a Senior Secured Party hereunder.
SECTION 5.
MISCELLANEOUS
5.1. Notices. Unless otherwise specified herein, all notices, requests, demands or other communications given to any Loan Party, the Collateral Agent, or any Senior Secured Party shall be given as provided in the Revolving Credit Agreement and the Term Loan Credit Agreement, respectively.
5.2. Severability. Any provision of this Agreement which is prohibited or unenforceable in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate the remaining provisions hereof, and any such prohibition or unenforceability in any jurisdiction shall not invalidate or render unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction.
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5.3. Successors and Assigns. This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of each of the parties hereto and shall inure to the benefit of each of the Senior Secured Parties and their respective successors and assigns, and nothing herein is intended or shall be construed to give any other Person any right, remedy or claim under, to or in respect of this Agreement or any Collateral or any Guarantee.
5.4. Counterparts. This Agreement may be signed in any number of counterparts with the same effect as if the signatures thereto and hereto were upon the same instrument.
5.5. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAW OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK WITHOUT GIVING EFFECT TO THE CHOICE OF LAW PROVISIONS THEREOF (OTHER THAN SECTIONS 5-1401 AND 5-1402 OF THE NEW YORK GENERAL OBLIGATIONS LAW).
5.6. Termination. This Agreement shall terminate upon the earliest to occur of (a) the date on which the Revolving Loan Obligations (excluding any Obligations with respect to any Secured Cash Management Agreement, Secured Hedge Agreement or Secured Line) have been paid in full and the Commitments have been terminated and (b) the date the Term Loan Obligations (excluding any Obligations with respect to any Secured Cash Management Agreement, Secured Hedge Agreement or Secured Line) have been paid in full.
5.7. Relationship with Senior Credit Documents. In the event of any inconsistency between this Agreement and any Collateral Document or Senior Credit Document, the provisions of this Agreement shall prevail.
5.8. Resignation of Collateral Agent. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Collateral Agent may resign from such capacity in accordance with the terms of the Credit Agreements.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Agreement as of the day and year first written above.
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Revolving Loan Administrative Agent | ||||
By: | /s/ Kimberly D. Williams | |||
Name: Kimberly D. Williams | ||||
Title: Vice President | ||||
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Term Loan Administrative Agent | ||||
By: | /s/ Kimberly D. Williams | |||
Name: Kimberly D. Williams | ||||
Title: Vice President | ||||
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as Collateral Agent | ||||
By: | /s/ Kimberly D. Williams | |||
Name: Kimberly D. Williams | ||||
Title: Vice President |
Signature Page to Intercreditor Agreement
ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO
AS OF THE DATE FIRST SET FORTH ABOVE:
KAMAN CORPORATION | ||||
By: | /s/ William C. Denninger | |||
Name: | William C. Denninger | |||
Title: | Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
KAMAN AEROSPACE GROUP, INC. | ||||
KAMATICS CORPORATION | ||||
KAMAN PRECISION PRODUCTS, INC. | ||||
KAMAN AEROSPACE CORPORATION | ||||
KAMAN COMPOSITES - WICHITA, INC. | ||||
(formerly known as Kaman | ||||
Aerostructure Group - Wichita, Inc.) | ||||
KAMAN INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION | ||||
KAMAN X CORPORATION | ||||
K-MAX CORPORATION | ||||
MINARIK CORPORATION | ||||
ALLIED BEARINGS SUPPLY CO., INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ William C. Denninger | |||
Name: | William C. Denninger | |||
Title: | Vice President and Treasurer |
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