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Exhibit 10(o)(xv)
AMENDMENT NO. 14 TO TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION
AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT
NO. 14 TO TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT, dated as of October 31,
2006 (this “Amendment”), to that certain Transfer and
Administration Agreement dated as of March 21, 2001, as amended by
Amendment No. 1 to Transfer and Administration Agreement dated as of
November 30, 2001, Amendment No. 2 to Transfer and Administration
Agreement dated as of December 14, 2001, Amendment No. 3 to Transfer
and Administration Agreement dated as of March 20, 2002, Amendment No. 4
to Transfer and Administration Agreement dated as of March 29, 2002,
Amendment No. 5 to Transfer and Administration Agreement dated as of
May 22, 2002, Amendment No. 6 and Limited Waiver to Transfer and
Administration Agreement dated as of September 27, 2002, Amendment
No. 7 to Transfer and Administration Agreement dated as of
February 19, 2003, Amendment No. 8 to Transfer and Administration
Agreement dated as of April 14, 2003, Amendment No. 9 to Transfer and
Administration Agreement dated as of August 13, 2003, Amendment
No. 10 to Transfer and Administration Agreement dated as of
February 18, 2004, Amendment No. 11 to Transfer and Administration
Agreement dated as of August 13, 2004, Amendment No. 12 to Transfer
and Administration Agreement dated as of February 14, 2005 and Amendment
No. 13 to Transfer and Administration Agreement dated as of
February 13, 2006 (as so amended and in effect, the “TAA”),
by and among Arrow Electronics Funding Corporation, a Delaware corporation (the
“SPV”), Arrow Electronics, Inc., a New York corporation,
individually (“Arrow”) and as the initial Master Servicer,
the several commercial paper conduits identified on Schedule A to the TAA
and their respective permitted successors and assigns (the “Conduit
Investors”; each individually, a “Conduit Investor”),
the agent bank set forth opposite the name of each Conduit Investor on such
Schedule A and its permitted successors and assigns (each a “Funding
Agent”) with respect to such Conduit Investor, and Bank of America,
National Association, a national banking association, as the administrative
agent for the Investors (the “Administrative Agent”), and
the financial institutions from time to time parties thereto as Alternate
Investors. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings assigned to such terms in the TAA.
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS:
WHEREAS,
the SPV, Arrow, the Conduit Investors, the Funding Agents, the Alternate
Investors and the Administrative Agent have entered into the TAA;
WHEREAS,
the SPV and Arrow have requested that the Conduit Investors, the Funding
Agents, the Alternate Investors and the Administrative Agent agree to make
certain changes and amendments to the TAA; and
WHEREAS,
subject to the terms and conditions set forth herein, the Conduit Investors,
the Alternate Investors, the Funding Agents and the Administrative Agent are
willing to make such changes and amendments to the TAA.
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NOW,
THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and for other good and valuable
consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged,
the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
SECTION
1. Amendments to the TAA. Effective as of the date hereof and subject to
the satisfaction of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 4
hereof, the TAA is hereby amended as follows:
Section 1.1.
Section 1.1 is amended by amending and restating the definition of
“Receivable,” such definition to read in its entirety as follows:
“Receivable”
means any indebtedness and other obligations owed by any Obligor to HP, in the
case of HP Purchased Receivables, or an Originator (without giving effect to
any transfer under the First Tier Agreement or any Originator Sale Agreement or
the HP Receivables Purchase Agreement) under a Contract or any right of the SPV
to payment from or on behalf of an Obligor, whether constituting an account,
chattel paper, instrument or general intangible, (i) arising in connection
with the sale or lease of goods or the rendering of services in the ordinary
course of business by such Originator or HP, and includes the obligation to pay
any finance charges, fees and other charges with respect thereto,(ii)
denominated in Dollars and payable only in the United States or Canada,
(iii) the Obligors of which are United States or Canadian residents and
are not an Official Body, (iv) which are not Gates/Synnex Receivables,
(v) which are not Receivables owed by SPX Corp., by Actron Manufacturing
Company (a subsidiary of SPX Corp.) or any success thereto; and (vi) which are
not Jabil/Branch WJ Receivables.
Section 1.2.
Section 1.1 is amended to add the following defined term:
“Jabil/Branch
WJ Receivable” means all indebtedness and other obligations, whether
constituting accounts, chattel paper, instruments or general intangibles, which
are due and payable by Jabil Circuit Inc. and are generated and maintained in
the Originator’s entering branch “WJ” and with respect to
which payments are not made to or deposited in the Collection Account.
Section 1.3.
Section 6.1 is amended by adding the following clause (r) at the end
of such section:
(r)
Jabil/Branch WJ Receivables. Neither the SPV or the Master Servicer
shall change, modify or amend, or consent to any change, modification or
amendment by the Originator, of the manner in which Jabil/Branch WJ Receivables
are identified in their respective accounts receivable reporting systems.
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SECTION
2. Waiver. The Administrative Agent, the Funding Agents, each Conduit
Investor and each Alternate Investor by execution of this Amendment agree to
waive the Termination Event under Section 8.1(f) of the TAA and a
Master Servicer Default under Section 7.5(a)(ii) of the TAA occurring as
a result of a failure to deliver a Master Servicer Report under Section 2.8(i)
of the TAA for the week ending September 1, 2006.
SECTION
3. Representations and Warranties of the SPV and Arrow. To induce the
Conduit Investors, Alternate Investors, the Funding Agents and the
Administrative Agent to enter into this Amendment, the SPV and Arrow each makes
the following representations and warranties (which representations and
warranties shall survive the execution and delivery of this Amendment) as of
the date hereof, after giving effect to the amendments set forth herein:
Section 3.1.
Authority. The SPV and Arrow each has the requisite corporate power,
authority and legal right to execute and deliver this Amendment and to perform
its obligations hereunder and under the Transaction Documents, including the
TAA (as modified hereby). The execution, delivery and performance by the SPV
and Arrow of this Amendment and their performance of the Transaction Documents,
including the TAA (as modified hereby), have been duly approved by all
necessary corporate action and no other corporate proceedings are necessary to
consummate such transactions.
Section 3.2.
Enforceability. This Amendment has been duly executed and delivered by
the SPV and Arrow. This Amendment is the legal, valid and binding obligation of
the SPV and Arrow, enforceable against the SPV and Arrow in accordance with its
terms, subject to applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, moratorium or other
similar laws affecting the rights of creditors generally and the application of
general principles of equity (regardless of whether considered in a proceeding
at law or in equity). The making and delivery of this Amendment and the
performance of the Agreement, as amended by this Amendment, do not violate any
provision of law or any regulation (except to the extent that the violation
thereof could not, in the aggregate, be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect or a material adverse effect on the condition (financial or otherwise),
business or properties of Arrow and the other Originators, taken as a whole),
or its charter or by-laws, or result in the breach of or constitute a default
under or require any consent under any indenture or other agreement or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its properties may
be bound or affected.
Section 3.3.
Representations and Warranties. The representations and warranties
contained in the Transaction Documents are true and correct on and as of the
date hereof as though made on and as of the date hereof after giving effect to
this Amendment.
Section 3.4.
No Termination Event. After giving effect to this Amendment, no event
has occurred and is continuing that constitutes a Termination Event or a Potential
Termination Event.
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SECTION
4. Conditions Precedent. This Amendment shall become effective, as of
the date hereof, on the date on which the following conditions precedent shall
have been fulfilled:
Section 4.1.
This Amendment. The Administrative Agent shall have received
counterparts of this Amendment, duly executed by each of the parties hereto.
Section 4.2.
Additional Documents. The Administrative Agent shall have received all
additional approvals, certificates, documents, instruments and items of
information as the Administrative Agent may reasonably request and all of the
foregoing shall be in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrative Agent and each Funding Agent.
SECTION
5. References to and Effect on the Transaction Documents.
Section 5.1.
Except as specifically amended and modified hereby, each Transaction Document
is and shall continue to be in full force and effect and is hereby in all
respects ratified and confirmed.
Section 5.2.
The execution, delivery and effectiveness of this Amendment shall not operate
as a waiver of any right, power or remedy of any Investor, Funding Agent or the
Administrative Agent under any Transaction Document, nor constitute a waiver,
amendment or modification of any provision of any Transaction Document, except
as expressly provided in Sections 1 and 2 hereof.
Section 5.3.
This Amendment contains the final and complete integration of all prior
expressions by the parties hereto with respect to the subject matter hereof and
shall constitute the entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to
the subject matter hereof superseding all prior oral or written understandings.
Section 5.4.
Each reference in the TAA to “this Agreement”,
“hereunder”, “hereof” or words of like import, and each
reference in any other Transaction Document to “the Transfer and
Administration Agreement”, “thereunder”,
“thereof” or words of like import, referring to the Agreement,
shall mean and be a reference to the Agreement as amended hereby.
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SECTION
6. Execution in Counterparts. This Amendment may be executed in any
number of counterparts and by different parties hereto in separate
counterparts, each of which when so executed and delivered shall be deemed to
be an original and all of which taken together shall constitute but one and the
same agreement. Delivery of an executed counterpart of a signature page to this
Amendment by telefacsimile shall be effective as delivery of a manually
executed counterpart of this Amendment.
SECTION
7. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION
8. WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL. EACH OF THE PARTIES HERETO HEREBY WAIVES ANY
RIGHT TO HAVE A JURY PARTICIPATE IN RESOLVING ANY DISPUTE, WHETHER SOUNDING IN
CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, AMONG ANY OF THEM ARISING OUT OF, CONNECTED WITH,
RELATING TO OR INCIDENTAL TO THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THEM IN CONNECTION WITH
THIS AMENDMENT OR ANY OTHER TRANSACTION DOCUMENT.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed
by their respective officers thereunto duly authorized, as of the date first
above written.
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Arrow
Electronics Funding Corporation, |
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/s/ Ira Birns |
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Name: |
Ira Birns |
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Title: |
President |
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Arrow
Electronics, Inc., |
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By: |
/s/ Ira Birns |
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Name: |
Ira Birns |
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Title: |
Vice President &
Treasurer |
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Kitty
Hawk Funding Corporation, |
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By: |
/s/ Amy S. Keeth |
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Name: |
Amy S. Keeth |
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Vice President |
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Bank
of America, National Association, |
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By: |
/s/ Jeremy Grubb |
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Name: |
Jeremy Grubb |
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Title: |
Vice President |
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Signature Page to
Amendment No. 14 to
Arrow Electronics
Transfer and Administration Agreement
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Park
Avenue Receivables Company LLC, |
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as a Conduit Investor |
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By: JPMorgan Chase Bank,
N.A. (formerly known as JPMorgan Chase Bank), its attorney-in-fact |
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/s/ Mark Connor |
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Name: Mark Connor |
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Title: Vice
President |
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JPMorgan
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(formerly known as JPMorgan
Chase Bank) as a Funding Agent and as an Alternate Investor |
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/s/ Mark Connor |
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