Exhibit 10.50
INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT
This INTERCREDITOR AGREEMENT (this "Agreement") is made as of the 25th
day of October, 1999, by and between CAPSTONE CAPITAL, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, having its principal place of business at 000 Xxxxxxx Xxxxxx,
00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000 ("Subordinate Lender"), and CONVENIENCE
STORE FINANCE COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, having an
address at 00000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxx 00000
("Senior Lender").
RECITALS:
A. Pursuant to that certain Loan and Security Agreement dated October
25, 1999 by and between LLO-Gas, Inc., a Delaware corporation ("Borrower") and
Senior Lender (the "Senior Loan Agreement"), Senior Lender is about to make a
loan to Borrower in the amount of SEVEN MILLION EIGHT HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
($7,800,000) (the "Senior Loan"). The Senior Loan is secured by, among other
things, the "Collateral" (as defined in the Senior Loan Agreement, and as
described on Exhibit A attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference)
located at each of the properties listed on Exhibit B attached hereto (each a
"Property).
The Collateral given by Borrower as security for the Senior Loan
includes without limitation, all inventory of refined petroleum products and the
proceeds thereof of Borrower located at each Property (the "Petroleum
Inventory").
B. Pursuant to that certain Security Agreement dated October 20, 1999
by and between Borrower and Subordinate Lender (the "Subordinate Loan
Agreement"), Subordinate Lender has or may provide certain loans to Borrower in
the principal amount of $450,000.00 (the "Subordinate Loan").
C. Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, Senior
Lender will allow Subordinate Lender to take a senior security interest only in
the Petroleum Inventory.
NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, Senior Lender and Subordinate
Lender agree as follows:
1. Priority of Interests in Petroleum Inventory. Subject to the
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terms and conditions of this Agreement, Subordinate Lender and Senior Lender
agree that the interest of Senior Lender in and to the Petroleum Inventory only
shall be subordinate to the security interest of Subordinate Lender in and to
such Petroleum Inventory pursuant to Subordinate Loan Agreement, in an amount
not to exceed $450,000.00, plus any accrued and unpaid interest (including at
the default interest rate set forth in the Subordinate Loan Agreement) and
reasonable costs and fees by Subordinate Lender incurred reasonably in
collection of such amounts. Notwithstanding the foregoing or anything contained
herein to the contrary, Subordinate Lender acknowledges and agrees that except
as expressly provided above any security or other interest of Subordinate Lender
in and to any Collateral other than the Petroleum Inventory shall be subject and
subordinate in all respects to the rights and interests of
Senior Lender, including, without limitation, Senior Lender's rights and
remedies with respect to the Collateral upon any default under the Senior Loan.
Subordinate Lender further acknowledges and agrees that notwithstanding anything
contained in the Subordinate Loan Agreement or any documents and financing
statements executed in connection therewith (including, without limitation,
those certain UCC-1 Financing Statements executed by Borrower in favor of
Subordinate Lender filed with the California Secretary of State on August 26,
1999 as File Nos. 9924360720, 9924360732, 9924360711 and 9924360717) or in this
Agreement to the contrary, Subordinate Lender shall be deemed to possess a
security interest in the Petroleum Inventory only, notwithstanding any broader
definition of the "collateral" pledged as security by Borrower under the
Subordinate Loan Agreement and/or such other documents and financing statements.
Subordinate Lender further agrees to release or modify any financing statements
which may exist within five (5) business days after the date of this Agreement
to effectuate the foregoing sentence.
2. Exercise of Remedies by Subordinate Lender. Notwithstanding
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anything in Section 1 or elsewhere in this Agreement to the contrary,
Subordinate Lender hereby agrees to subordinate, and does hereby subordinate,
payment of any and all Subordinated Debt (as defined below) to payment to Senior
Lender of any and all of Senior Lender's Debt (as defined below). Without
limitation to the foregoing, Subordinate Lender hereby agrees that it shall not
(i) demand, xxx for or commence any legal proceeding to collect any of the
Subordinated Debt, accelerate the payment of the Subordinated Debt or commence,
vote or take any action in respect of any Bankruptcy Action (as defined below)
or exercise any of its rights under the Subordinate Loan Agreement, the
California Uniform Commercial Code, or otherwise with respect to any of the
Collateral (including, without limitation, the Petroleum Inventory) without
Senior Lender's prior written consent unless and until Senior Lender's Debt
shall have been paid in full, (ii) receive or be entitled to receive any portion
of the Subordinated Debt at any time during which a default shall exist with
respect to Senior Lender's Debt or Subordinate Lender shall be in breach of its
obligations hereunder, or (iii) accept or obtain any lien, pledge or security
interest as security for the Subordinated Debt other than as expressly permitted
pursuant to Section 1 hereof. Subordinate Lender shall, however, be entitled to
retain and to distribute to its partners, shareholders, members or other
beneficial owners (as applicable) any payments made by Borrower strictly in
accordance with the terms of the payment of the Subordinated Debt at any time
prior to the events described in clause (ii) above.
"Senior Lender's Debt" means all indebtedness, liabilities and
other obligations of Borrower to Senior Lender, direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent due or to become due, now existing or hereafter incurred, including
without limitation, all indebtedness evidenced by the Senior Loan Agreement and
any extensions or renewals thereof.
"Subordinated Debt" means all indebtedness, liabilities and other
obligations of Borrower to Subordinate Lender, direct or indirect, absolute or
contingent, due or to become due.
3. Events of Bankruptcy. Subordinate Lender and Senior Lender agree
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that upon any distribution of the assets or readjustment of the indebtedness of
Borrower, whether by reason of liquidation, composition, bankruptcy,
arrangement, receivership, assignment for the benefit of creditors or any other
action or proceeding involving the readjustment of all or any of Senior Lender's
Debt or the Subordinated Debt, or the application of the assets of Borrower to
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the payment or liquidation thereof (each of the foregoing being referred to
herein as a "Bankruptcy Action"), (a) proceeds from the liquidation or other
disposition of the Petroleum Inventory only during the pendency or in connection
with such Bankruptcy Action may be applied to the Subordinated Debt (in a total
amount not to exceed $450,000.00, plus any accrued and unpaid interest
(including at the default interest rate set forth in the Subordinate Loan
Agreement) and reasonable costs and fees by Subordinate Lender incurred
reasonably in collection of such amounts) before application of such proceeds
may be applied to the payment of the Senior Lender's Debt, and (b) except as
expressly provided in subparagraph (a), Senior Lender shall be entitled to
receive payment in full of any and all Senior Lender's Debt prior to the payment
of all or any part of the Subordinated Debt, and in order to enable Senior
Lender to enforce Senior Lender's rights hereunder in any such action or
proceeding, Senior Lender is hereby irrevocably authorized and empowered in its
discretion (in Senior Lender's name or in the name of Subordinate Lender) to
make and to present for and on behalf, of Subordinate Lender such proofs of
claim against Borrower on account of the Subordinated Debt as Senior Lender may
deem expedient or proper and to receive and collect any and all dividends,
distributions or other payments or disbursements made thereon in whatever form
the same may be paid or issued and to apply the same to the Senior Lender's Debt
(or, if applicable pursuant to subparagraph (a), to the Subordinated Debt).
Subordinate Lender further agrees to execute and deliver to Senior Lender such
assignments or other instruments as may be required by Senior Lender in order to
enable Senior Lender to enforce any and all claims, and to collect any and all
payments or disbursements which may be made, on account of all or any of the
Subordinated Debt.
Without limitation to the rights provided to Senior Lender in the
preceding paragraph, and subject to the rights of Subordinate Lender pursuant to
subparagraph (a) above. Subordinate Lender hereby irrevocably (i) grants Senior
Lender the right (in Senior Lender's name or in the name of Subordinate Lender)
to exercise any and all rights of Subordinate Lender in any Bankruptcy Action to
make elections with respect to the Subordinated Debt including, without
limitation, elections with respect to any proposed plan of reorganization, (ii)
agrees to consent to any motion made by or on behalf of Senior Lender in any
Bankruptcy Action for relief against any stay or injunction therein against
collection of Senior Lender's Debt, including, but not limited to, any motion
made by or on behalf of Senior Lender therein to lift such stay or injunction
for the purposes of any foreclosure proceeding, and (iii) makes, constitutes and
appoints Senior Lender its attorney-in-fact with full power to appoint
substitutes or a trustee to accomplish the purposes of this Section 3 (which
power of attorney shall be deemed to be coupled with an interest, shall survive
the voluntary or involuntary dissolution of Subordinate Lender, and shall not be
affected by any disabilities or incapacity suffered by Borrower subsequent to
the date hereof).
4. Receipt of Payments. Subordinate Lender agrees that any payments
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or proceeds received by Subordinate Lender in contravention of the terms and
provisions of this Agreement will be deemed to be held in trust for Senior
Lender and promptly delivered to Senior Lender.
5. No Assignment, Modification or Participation. So long as any of
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Senior Lender's Debt remains outstanding, Subordinate Lender hereby agrees not
to assign, transfer, pledge or grant participations in any rights, claims or
interests of any kind in or to the
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Subordinated Debt without first obtaining Senior Lender's prior written consent.
Any such transfer, assignment or pledge without Senior Lender's consent shall be
void.
6. Subordination Continuing. This is a continuing agreement of
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subordination, and Senior Lender may continue, without notice to holders of the
Subordinated Debt, to extend credit or other accommodations or benefits and loan
money to or for the account of Borrower on the faith hereof until the Senior
Lender's Debt has been paid in full. It is further understood and agreed that
Senior Lender may at any time, in Senior Lender's discretion, amend or otherwise
modify any of the terms or provisions of the Senior Loan Agreement and any other
documents evidencing, securing and/or guarantying the Senior Loan, renew or
extend the time of payment of all or any portion of Senior Lender's Debt, waive
or release any collateral which may be held therefor or release any party
directly or indirectly liable for payment of any portion of Senior Lender's Debt
at any time, and in furtherance thereof make and enter into any agreements
Senior Lender deems proper or desirable, without notice to or further assent
from the Subordinate Lender, without in any manner impairing or affecting this
Agreement or Senior Lender's rights hereunder.
7. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be deemed to be governed,
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construed, applied and enforced in accordance with the laws of the State of
California and the applicable laws of the United States of America.
8. No Oral Change. This Agreement, and any provisions hereof, may
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not be modified, amended, waived, extended, changed, discharged or terminated
orally or by any act or failure to act on the part of Subordinate Lender or
Senior Lender, but only by an agreement in writing signed by the party against
whom enforcement of any modification, amendment, waiver, extension, change,
discharge or termination is sought.
9. Liability. If Subordinate Lender consists of more than one
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person, the obligations and liabilities of each such person hereunder shall be
joint and several. This Agreement shall be binding upon an inure to the benefit
of Subordinate Lender and Senior Lender and their respective successors an
assigns forever.
10. Inapplicable Provisions. If any term, covenant or condition of
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this Agreement is held to be invalid, illegal or unenforceable in any respect,
this Agreement shall be construed without such provision.
11. Headings, etc. The headings and captions of various paragraphs
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of this Agreement are for convenience of reference only and are not to be
construed as defining or limiting in any way the scope or intent of the
provisions hereof.
12. Duplicate Originals; Counterparts. This Agreement may be
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executed in any number of duplicate originals and each duplicate original shall
be deemed to be an original. This Agreement may be executed in several
counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original instrument and all of
which together shall constitute a single Agreement. The failure of any party
hereto to execute this Agreement, or any counterpart hereof, shall not relieve
the other signatories from their obligations hereunder.
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13. Number and Gender. Whenever the context may require, any
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pronouns used herein shall include the corresponding masculine, feminine or
neuter forms, and the singular form of nouns and pronouns shall include the
plural and vice versa.
14. Miscellaneous. Whenever pursuant to this Agreement (a) Senior
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Lender exercises any right given to it to approve or disapprove, (b) any
arrangement or term is to be satisfactory to Senior Lender, or (c) any other
decision or determination is to be made by Senior Lender, the decision of Senior
Lender to approve or disapprove, all decisions that arrangements or terms are
satisfactory or not satisfactory and all other decisions and determinations made
by Senior Lender, shall be exercised by Senior Lender in its sole discretion and
shall be final and conclusive.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF Subordinate Lender and Senior Lender have executed
this Agreement as of the date and year first written above.
SUBORDINATE LENDER:
CAPSTONE CAPITAL, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
By:
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Managing Member
SENIOR LENDER:
CONVENIENCE STORE FINANCE COMPANY, LLC
a Delaware limited liability company
By: /s/ Xxxx X. [illegible]
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Name:
Title:
ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO THIS
2 DAY OF OCTOBER, 1999
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BORROWER:
LLO-GAS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
By: /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxx
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Name: Xxxx X. Xxxxxxxxxx
Title: President
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF Subordinate Lender and Senior Lender have executed
this Agreement as of the date and year first written above.
SUBORDINATE LENDER:
CAPSTONE CAPITAL, LLC,
a Delaware limited liability company
By: /s/ Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
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Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxxxxx
Managing Member
SENIOR LENDER:
CONVENIENCE STORE FINANCE COMPANY, LLC
a Delaware limited liability company
By:
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Name:
Title:
ACKNOWLEDGED AND AGREED TO THIS
DAY OF OCTOBER, 1999
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BORROWER:
LLO-GAS, INC.,
a Delaware corporation
By:____________________________
Name:
Title:
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EXHIBIT A
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Description of Collateral
(to be attached)
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EXHIBIT B
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0000 X. Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxx Xxxxxxx, XX
000 X. Xxx Xxxxxxx Xxxx., Xxxxxxxx, XX
000 X. Xxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxx, XX
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX
00000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxx., Xxxxxxxxxxx, XX
00000 20th Street/P.O. Xxx 000 X. Xxxxx Xxxxxxx, XX
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxxx Xxxxx, XX
00000 Xxxxxx Avenue, Fontana, CA
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