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 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
Financing Statements or other similar instrume