Exhibit 10.2
CASH COLLATERAL
AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT
is made as of the 18
th day of June, 2009 among NORTEL NETWORKS
LIMITED (the “ Principal ”) and EXPORT
DEVELOPMENT CANADA (“ EDC ”).
RECITALS:
WHEREAS , pursuant to a Second Amended and Restated
Master Facility Agreement dated as of December 14, 2007
between the Principal and EDC (the “ Facility
Agreement ”), EDC agreed to provide Support for the
benefit of the Principal and its affiliates, subject to the terms
and conditions of the Facility Agreement;
WHEREAS the Principal commenced a voluntary proceeding
seeking relief including an initial order (as amended, the “
Initial Order ”) under the Companies’
Creditors Arrangement Act (Canada) (the “ CCAA
Proceeding ”) and the Principal’s subsidiaries have
commenced administration proceedings in the United Kingdom and
restructuring proceedings under Chapter 11 of the United
States Bankruptcy Code;
WHEREAS the Principal and EDC entered into an Agreement
dated as of January 14, 2009, as amended by the Amended and
Restated Short-Term Support Agreement dated as of February 10,
2009, by and between the Principal and EDC, as further amended by
the Second Amended and Restated Short-Term Support Agreement dated
as of April 24, 2009 by and between the Principal and EDC
(collectively, the “ Original Agreement ”),
pursuant to which EDC agreed, among other things, that, until
July 30, 2009, new Support would continue to be made available
to the Principal under the Facilities, to an aggregate maximum
amount of USD 30 million; and
WHEREAS the Principal and EDC have further amended the
terms and conditions of the Original Agreement as of the date
hereof;
NOW THEREFORE
for valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto covenants, acknowledges, represents and warrants to
and in favour of each other as follows:
The Principal confirms the validity
and truth of the facts set forth in the Recitals to this Cash
Collateral Agreement, which have the same force and effect as if
repeated herein at length.
Capitalized terms used in this
Agreement and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings given
to them in the Initial Order, the Facility Agreement and the
Original
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Agreement. Unless the context otherwise
requires, in this Agreement the following terms are used with their
corresponding defined meanings:
“Agreement” means this agreement. The terms “ this
Agreement ”, “ hereof ”, “
hereunder ” and similar expressions refer to this
Agreement and not to any particular Article, Section, Subsection,
paragraph, clause or other portion of this Agreement. Each
reference to a “Schedule” in this Agreement is a
reference to a Schedule attached to this Agreement which shall form
an integral part hereof.
“ Business Day ”
means a day which is not a Saturday or a Sunday on which banks and
trust companies are generally open for business in Toronto,
Canada.
“ Collateral ”
means (i) the Support Collateral, (ii) the Deposit, and
(iii) all proceeds of personal property described in this
definition and subject to the security hereby
constituted.
“ Collateral Delivery
Account ” means a U.S. dollar account of EDC at Royal
Bank of Canada’s branch located at 151 O’Connor
Street, Ottawa, ON identified as 00006-4015906 (SWIFT
ROYCCAT2).
“ Deposit ” has
the meaning ascribed thereto in Schedule B of the Original
Agreement.
“ Fees and Expenses
Letter ” means the fees and expenses letter dated
January 27, 2009 by EDC as agreed to and accepted by the
Principal January 28, 2009.
“ Lien ” means
(i) any right of set-off intended to secure the payment or
performance of an obligation, (ii) any interest in property
created by way of mortgage, pledge, charge, lien, assignment by way
of security, hypothecation, security interest, hire purchase
agreement, conditional sale agreement, sale/lease back transaction,
deposit arrangement, title retention, capital lease or discount,
factoring or securitization arrangement on recourse terms,
(iii) any statutory deemed trust or lien, (iv) any
preference, priority, adverse claim, levy, execution, seizure,
attachment, garnishment or other encumbrance which binds property,
and (v) any agreement to grant any of the rights or interests
described in clauses (i) to (iv) inclusive of this
definition.
“ Obligations ”
means all of the Principal’s present and future payment,
reimbursement and indemnity obligations owing to EDC under the
Original Agreement and the Fees and Expenses Letter. For greater
clarity, Obligations shall not include Unsecured Renewal Support
(as defined in the Original Agreement).
“ Security ”
means any and all Liens granted by the Principal to EDC in this
Agreement.
“ Support Collateral
” means the funds transferred by the Principal to EDC
pursuant to Sections 5 and 6 hereof.
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Extended Meanings
To the extent the context so admits,
in this Agreement the following words and expressions shall be
given the extended meanings set out opposite them:
an “ agreement ”
– any agreement, oral or written, simple contract or
specialty, bond, bill of exchange, indenture, instrument or
undertaking.
an “ asset ”
– any undertaking, business, property (real, personal or
mixed, tangible or intangible) goodwill or other asset.
an “ authorization
” – any authorization, approval, conse