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Exhibit 10 (o)(xvi)
AMENDMENT NO. 15 TO TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION
AGREEMENT
AMENDMENT
NO. 15 TO TRANSFER AND ADMINISTRATION AGREEMENT, dated as of February 12,
2007 (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, Amendment
No. 13 to Transfer and Administration Agreementd dated as of
February 13, 2006 and Amendment No. 14 to Transfer and Administration
Agreement dated as of October 31, 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;
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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; and
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 3
hereof, the TAA is hereby amended as follows:
Section 1.1.
Section 1.1 is amended by amending and restating the definition of
“Commitment Termination Date,” such definition to read in its
entirety as follows:
“Commitment
Termination Date” means the earliest to occur of (a) February
19, 2008, (b) the date the commitment of any Program Support Provider
terminates under any Program Support Agreement, and (c) the date of
termination of any Program Support Agreement; provided, that in any
event the Commitment Termination Date shall not occur prior to May 11,
2007 (or such later date as to which the SPV, Arrow, each Conduit Investor,
Funding Agent and Alternate Investor affected thereby and the Administrative
Agent may agree in writing).
SECTION
2. 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 2.1.
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 2.2.
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
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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 2.3.
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 2.4.
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.
SECTION
3. 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 3.1.
This Amendment. The Administrative Agent shall have received
counterparts of this Amendment, duly executed by each of the parties hereto.
Section 3.2.
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
4. References to and Effect on the Transaction Documents.
Section 4.1.
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 4.2.
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 Section 1 hereof.
Section 4.3.
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.
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Section 4.4.
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.
SECTION
5. 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
6. GOVERNING LAW. THIS AMENDMENT SHALL BE GOVERNED BY, AND CONSTRUED IN
ACCORDANCE WITH, THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.
SECTION
7. 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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Ira Birns |
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Title: |
President |
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Arrow
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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. 15 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
Chase Bank, N.A., |
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(formerly known as JPMorgan
Chase Bank) as a Funding Agent and as an Alternate Investor |
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By: |
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/s/ Mark Connor |
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Name: Mark Connor |
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Title: Vice
President |
Signature Page to
Amendment No. 15 to
Arrow Electronics
Transfer and Administration Agreement
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