EXHIBIT 10.39
RECEIVABLES TRANSFER AND
CONTRIBUTION AGREEMENT
This Receivables Transfer and
Contribution Agreement (this “ Agreement ”) is
made and entered into as of November 24, 2008, by and between
SANMINA SPV LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“
Transferee ”) and SANMINA-SCI CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (“ Sanmina ” or “
Transferor ”).
W I T N E S S E T H:
On the terms and subject to the
conditions set forth herein, the Transferor contribute, and
Transferee shall accept as a capital contribution, on a “true
contribution” basis, certain of the Transferor’s
Accounts Receivable from time to time.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1
Definitions
. Unless otherwise defined herein,
all capitalized terms will have the meanings given such terms in
that certain Credit and Security Agreement dated the date hereof
(as the same may be amended, restated, supplemented, or otherwise
modified from time to time, the “ Credit Agreement
”), by and among Transferee, Deutsche Bank AG, New York
Branch, as administrative agent (the “ Agent ”)
and the banks and financial institutions named therein as Lenders (
the “ Lenders ”).
Section 1.2
Accounting Terms and
Determinations . Unless
otherwise specified herein, all terms of an accounting character
used herein will be interpreted, all accounting determinations
hereunder will be made, and all financial statements required to be
delivered hereunder will be prepared, in accordance with GAAP,
applied on a basis consistent (except for changes concurred in by
the Public Accountants or otherwise required by a change in GAAP)
with the most recent audited consolidated financial statements of
Sanmina and its Subsidiaries.
Section 1.3
References
. Unless otherwise indicated,
references in this Agreement to “articles,”
“exhibits,” “schedules,”
“sections,” and other subdivisions are references to
articles, exhibits, schedules, sections and other subdivisions
hereof.
Section 1.4
Terminology
. The terms “herein,”
“hereof,” and “hereunder” and other words
of similar import refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular section, paragraph or subdivision. Any pronoun
used will be deemed to cover all genders. Unless the context
otherwise clearly indicates, words used in the singular include the
plural and words used in the plural include the singular. In the
computation of periods of time from a specified date to a later
specified date, the word “from” means “from and
including” and the words “to” and
“until” each means “to but excluding.” All
references to statutes and related regulations will include any
amendments of same and any successor statutes and
regulations. All references to any of the Program Documents
will include any and all amendment or modifications thereto and any
and all restatements, extensions or renewals thereof. All
references to any Person will mean and include the successors and
permitted assigns of such Person. All references to
“including” and “include” will be
understood to mean “including, without limitation.” All
references to the time of day will mean the time of day on the day
in question in New York City, New York, unless otherwise expressly
provided in this Agreement. An Unmatured Termination Event or
a Termination Event will be deemed to exist at all times during the
period commencing on the date that such Unmatured Termination Event
or Termination Event occurs to the date on which such Unmatured
Termination Event or Termination Event is waived in writing
pursuant to this Agreement or, in the case of Unmatured Termination
Event, is cured within any period of cure expressly provided in
this Agreement; and a Termination Event will
“continue,” be “continuing,” or “in
existence” until such Termination Event has been waived in
writing by the Agent acting on behalf of the Lenders in accordance
with the provisions of the Credit Agreement, or cured.
Whenever the phrase “to the
best of Transferors’ knowledge” or words of similar
import relating to the knowledge or the awareness of Transferor are
used herein, such phrase will mean and refer to the actual
knowledge of a Senior Officer of the Transferor. All
references to “acceptable” or
“satisfactory” will, unless expressly provided
otherwise, be deemed to mean “reasonably acceptable” or
“reasonably satisfactory.” All calculations of
money values will be in Dollars. To the extent that any party
hereto will have the right to consent to the taking of any action
hereunder, such consent will not be unreasonably withheld (unless
otherwise specifically indicated).
ARTICLE II
TRANSFER AND CONTRIBUTION OF ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE
Section 2.1
Agreement to Transfer Certain
Accounts Receivable . (a) From time to time until this
agreement terminates in accordance with Section 2.1(b), the
Transferor may on any Preparation Date offer to contribute, and
Transferee shall accept as a capital contribution, on the Borrowing
Date immediately following such Preparation Date, certain of the
Transferor’s Accounts Receivable which arose before such
Preparation Date, subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein.
(b)
This Agreement will commence as of
the date of execution and delivery hereof and will continue in full
force and effect until the earliest to occur of (a) the
termination of the Credit Agreement, and (b) the occurrence of
any of the following events (each, a “ Contribution
Termination Event ”): (i) Transferee or Transferor
will become insolvent or a Termination Event described in
Section 6.01(i) or (j) of the Credit Agreement will
have occurred and be continuing or (ii) Transferor will become
unable for any reason to contribute Accounts Receivable in
accordance with this Agreement.
Section 2.2
Offering Accounts Receivable for
Contribution . On
or before each Preparation Date, the Transferor will notify
Transferee and the Agent of those Accounts Receivable it desires to
contribute to Transferee on the immediately following Borrowing
Date by delivering a draft Assignment Agreement (as defined herein)
to Transferee, with a copy to Agent. Such Assignment
Agreement will specifically identify each of the Transferor’s
Accounts Receivable it desires to contribute to Transferee, will
identify whether each such Account Receivable satisfies the
criteria in the definition of “Eligible Receivable” and
will include the date each such Account Receivable arose, its
Uncollected Value, invoice number, the Account Debtor, currency of
payment and its Scheduled Maturity Date, all determined as of such
Preparation Date, as applicable.
Section 2.3
Accepting Accounts
Receivable . Transferee
shall accept as a capital contribution the Transferor’s
Accounts Receivable identified as offered as a capital contribution
in a draft Assignment Agreement delivered pursuant to
Section 2.2.
Section 2.4
Delivery of Assignment
Agreement . On each
Borrowing Date, the Transferor, if contributing any Accounts
Receivable to Transferee on such Borrowing Date, will execute and
deliver to Transferee and the Agent an Assignment Agreement dated
as of such Borrowing Date, which Assignment Agreement will be
substantially in the form of Exhibit A attached hereto and
made a part hereof (each, an “ Assignment Agreement
”).
Section 2.5
Application of
Deductions . With
respect to any Accounts Receivable and related Related Rights and
Property that the Transferor, in its discretion, may contribute to
Transferee on any Borrowing Date, such Accounts Receivable and
related Related Rights and Property will be deemed to be a capital
contribution from the Transferor to Transferee. The parties
acknowledge and agree that the Transferor will be obligated to
compensate Transferee for any Deductions, to the extent such
Deductions were not otherwise taken into account in determining the
Uncollected Value of the Transferred Receivables of the Transferor
on any Settlement Date, in accordance with
Section 2.7(b).
Section 2.6
Intent of the Parties; True
Contribution of Transferred Receivables . It is the intention of the parties
hereto that the contribution of the Transferred Receivables and
Related Rights and Property as provided in Article II be, and
be construed as, absolute capital contributions, including for
accounting purposes, without recourse except as explicitly provided
herein, of the Transferred Receivables
and Related Rights and Property by the
Transferor to Transferee, and that neither the Transferred
Receivables nor the Related Rights and Property will be part of the
Transferor’s estate in the event of a Transferor
bankruptcy. Furthermore, it is not intended that such
contribution be deemed a pledge of the Transferred Receivables and
Related Rights and Property to secure a debt or other obligation of
Transferor. If however, notwithstanding the intention of the
parties, the contribution provided for in this Article II is
determined to be a transfer for security, then this Agreement will
also be deemed to be a security agreement and the Transferor hereby
grants to Transferee a security interest in all of the
Transferor’s right, title and interest in the Transferred
Receivables and Related Rights and Property.
Section 2.7
Re-Transfer of Designated
Receivables; Deemed Collections . (a) If at any time an Account
Receivable becomes a Designated Receivable, the Transferor will
accept re-transfer of such Designated Receivable from
Transferee. Each such re-transfer will be made on the next
occurring Settlement Date (or the second following Settlement Date,
if such Accounts Receivable became subject to retransfer pursuant
to this Section 2.7 after the Preparation Date for the next
occurring Settlement Date). The Transferor will pay to the
Transferee an amount in cash equal to the Uncollected Value (which
for this purpose shall be the face amount thereof) of such
Designated Receivables.
(b)
The parties acknowledge and agree
that the Transferor will be obligated to compensate Transferee for
any Deductions taken on any Account Receivable prior to the
Settlement Date on which such Account Receivable was contributed to
Transferee, to the extent such Deductions were not otherwise taken
into account in determining the Uncollected Value of such
Transferred Receivables on such Settlement Date and the Transferor
will be deemed to have received a Collection of such Account
Receivable in the amount of any such Deduction on the date such
reduction is reported on the Books and Records. On each day
after contribution of an Account Receivable to Transferee on which
a Deduction is granted on such Transferred Receivable as a result
of (A) any defective, rejected or returned goods or services,
or (B) a setoff in respect of any claim by the related Account
Debtor against the Transferor, in each of the foregoing cases,
other than any such reduction or cancellation due to credit losses,
the Transferor will be deemed to have received on such day a
Collection of such Receivable in the amount of the Deduction.
If the Transferor is deemed to have received a Collection of
Receivables pursuant to this Section 2.7(b), the Transferor
will deposit the amount of such Collections into the Collection
Accounts on the next occurring Settlement Date (or the second
following Settlement Date, if such Deduction was granted after the
opening of business on the Business Day immediately preceding the
next occurring Settlement Date). Such amount may be offset
against any amounts due from Transferee to such Transferor on such
Settlement Date with respect to the Uncollected Value of Accounts
Receivable conveyed by the Transferor to Transferee on such
Settlement Date.
Section 2.8
Servicing of Accounts
Receivable . On and
after each Borrowing Date, Transferee will have the sole right to
receive all Collections with respect to all Transferred Receivables
purchased by it or contributed to it on such Borrowing Date. The
foregoing notwithstanding, Transferee and the Transferor agree to
engage Sanmina’s services as initial Servicer for all the
Transferred Receivables pursuant to the terms set forth in the
Servicing Agreement. The Transferor agrees (i) to notify
commencing on the Collection Account Effect Date all Account
Debtors of its respective Transferred Receivables that pay by wire
transfer, automated clearing house (“ACH”) entries,
credits from merchant card transactions and other electronic funds
transfers to tender all payments on such Transferred Receivables to
the Collection Accounts and (ii) to notify commencing on the
Lock-Box Effective Date all Account Debtors of its respective
Transferred Receivables that pay by check, draft or other
instrument to tender all payments on such Transferred Receivables
to the Lock-Box, and in each case to cooperate fully with Servicer
in all respects regarding the servicing of Transferred
Receivables. During the Collection Account Ramp-Up Period and
the Lock-Box Ramp-Up Period, Collections may be deposited into the
Sanmina Accounts and the Sanmina Lockbox and the Servicer will be
instructed to sweep all amounts deposited in the Sanmina Accounts
and the Sanmina Lockbox into the Tranche A and Tranche B Collection
Accounts on each Business Day. Collections will be deposited in the
Collection Accounts on each Business Day. All collections on
a Transferred Receivable received by a Person who is not the
Obligee of such Account Receivable will be held in trust for the
Obligee and promptly deposited into the Collection Accounts or
delivered to Servicer for deposit by Servicer into the Collection
Accounts. If an Account Debtor has indicated that a payment
made by such Account Debtor is to be applied in respect of
its
obligations under a specified Account Receivable
or in respect of other obligation of such Account Debtor owed to
the Transferor, then the Transferor and the Transferee agree that
such payment shall be applied as specified by the related Account
Debtor; however, after an Account Debtor is in default of any
payment obligation to the Transferee or the Transferor for more
than 10 days, or after the related Account Debtor is insolvent, any
such payment shall be applied to the principal amount of the
Accounts Receivable of such Obligor in chronological order of
Scheduled Maturity Dates.
Section 2.9
Related Rights and
Property . In all
cases hereunder where an Account Receivable is contributed to a
Transferee who then becomes the Obligee of such Account Receivable,
the contribution of such Account Receivable will be deemed to
include the contribution of all of the Related Rights and Property
relating to such Account Receivable.
ARTICLE III
THE CLOSING
Section 3.1
The Closing
. The closing of the
transactions set forth herein will occur on the Closing Date,
contemporaneously with the closing of the Credit Agreement.
In any event, this Agreement will not be effective until the
Effective Date. Facsimile signatures of the parties hereto will be
sufficient to close this Agreement; provided that the Transferor
and Transferee agree to deliver fully executed, original
counterparts of this Agreement and the other Program Documents to
Agent’s counsel for receipt by Agent’s counsel no later
than five Business Days following the Closing Date. The
“ Closing Date ” shall be the date of this
Agreement as first above written.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 4.1
Representations and Warranties of
Transferor . The
Transferor hereby represents and warrants to Transferee as follows
(each of which representations and warranties will be deemed to
have been restated upon the delivery of each Assignment Agreement
to Transferee):
(a)
Organization; Location
. Transferor is a corporation
validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state
of Delaware and is authorized under such laws to conduct its
business as currently conducted and to own its assets (including
but not limited to its Accounts Receivable) as currently
owned. The location of Transferor’s chief executive
office and all of its Books and Records relating to its Accounts
Receivable, the state of incorporation of Transferor, and
Transferor’s organizational identification number are
identified in the Transferor Collateral Disclosure Certificate
substantially in the form of Exhibit B attached hereto and
made a part hereof (the “ Transferor Collateral Disclosure
Certificate ”).
(b)
Capacity; Authority;
Validity .
Transferor has all necessary corporate power and authority to enter
into this Agreement and to perform all of the obligations to be
performed by it under this Agreement. This Agreement and the
consummation by Transferor of the transactions contemplated hereby
have been duly and validly authorized by all necessary corporate
action of Transferor. This Agreement has been duly executed
and delivered by Transferor and constitutes the valid and binding
obligations of Transferor, enforceable against Transferor in
accordance with its terms, except as enforceability may be limited
by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or other
similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and to
general equitable principles.
(c)
Conflict; Defaults
. Neither the execution and
delivery of this Agreement by Transferor, nor the consummation of
the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby will
(i) conflict with, result in the breach of, constitute a
default under, or accelerate the performance required by, the terms
of any indenture, agreement, contract or other instrument to which
Transferor is a party or by which Transferor or its assets are
bound, (ii) violate Transferor’s articles of
incorporation, bylaws, or other constitutional or charter
documents, as the case may be, (iii) violate any law or any
order, rule or regulation applicable to Transferor of any
Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over Transferor or its
properties, (iv) require any consent, approval, authorization
or filing (which, in each case, has not already been obtained or
made) under any law,
regulation, judgment, order, writ, decree,
permit, license, agreement, contract or instrument to which
Transferor is a party or by which Transferor or any of its assets
are bound.
(d)
Title to Transferred
Receivables .
Immediately prior to (or coincidentally with) any transfer of an
Account Receivable hereunder, Transferor has good and marketable
title to such Accounts Receivable, free and clear of any Lien
except for Permitted Encumbrances. When Transferee accepts a
capital contribution of such Account Receivable, it will have
acquired a perfected ownership interest in such Account Receivable
free and clear of any Lien, except for Permitted
Encumbrances.
(e)
Litigation
. There is no claim,
litigation, proceeding, arbitration or investigation pending or, to
Transferor’s best knowledge, threatened against Transferor,
which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(f)
The Transferor has filed or caused
to be filed all material tax returns that are required to be filed
and has paid all taxes shown to be due and payable on said returns
or on any written assessments made against it or any of its
property and all other material taxes, fees or other charges
imposed on it or any of its property by any Governmental Authority
(other than such taxes, fees or other charges the amount or
validity of which are currently being contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and with respect to which reserves in
conformity with GAAP have been provided on the books of the
Transferor); no tax Lien has been filed, and, to the knowledge of
the Transferor, no claim is being asserted, with respect to any
such tax, fee or other charge that in any case would reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(g)
Investment Company Act; Other
Regulations . The
Transferor is not an “investment company,” or a company
“controlled” by an “investment company,”
within the meaning of the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended.
(h)
Solvent . The Transferor is, and after giving
effect to each contribution hereunder and the incurrence of the
obligations being incurred hereunder, will be and will continue to
be, solvent.
(i)
Finders or Brokers
. Transferor has not agreed to
pay any fee or commission to any agent, broker, finder, or other
person retained by it, for or on account of services rendered as a
broker or finder in connection with this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby which would give rise to any valid
claim against Transferee for the payment of any such fee or
commission.
(j)
Nature of Transferred
Receivables . Each
Transferred Receivable constitutes an “account,” or
“general intangible” as such terms are defined in
the UCC.
(k)
Eligibility of Transferred
Receivables . Each
Account Receivable accepted as a capital contribution by
Transferee, that was identified in the related Assignment Agreement
or in any other document or report delivered to Transferee in
accordance with this Agreement as an Eligible Receivable satisfied
the criteria in the definition of “Eligible Receivable”
as of the date of such Assignment Agreement or other document or
report, as applicable.
(l)
No statement or information
contained in this Agreement, any other Program Document or any
other document, certificate or statement furnished by or on behalf
of the Transferor to the Transferee or to the Agent, or any of
them, for use in connection with the transactions contemplated by
this Agreement or the other Program Documents, when taken together
with Sanmina’s filings with the SEC, contained as of the date
such statement, information, document or certificate was so
furnished, any untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to
state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained
herein or therein not misleading. There is no fact known to
the Transferor that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect that has not been expressly disclosed herein or in
Sanmina’s filings with the SEC, in the other Program
Documents, or in any other documents, certificates and statements
furnished to the Agent and the Transferee for use in connection
with the transactions contemplated hereby and by the other Program
Documents. Sanmina has filed all required registration
statements, prospectuses, reports,
schedules, forms, statements and other documents
required to be filed by Sanmina with the SEC since January 1,
2006 (collectively, the “ Sanmina Reports
”). None of the Sanmina Reports, as of their respective
dates (and, if amended or superseded by a filing prior to the date
of this Agreement, then on the date of such filing), contained any
untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material
fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which they
were made, not misleading.
(m)
Filings . There have been duly filed all
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