EXHIBIT 10.8
EXTERRAN ABS 2007 LLC
Issuer
EXTERRAN ABS LEASING 2007 LLC
Exterran ABS Lessor
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WELLS FARGO BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
Indenture Trustee
INDENTURE
DATED AS OF AUGUST 20, 2007
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE I |
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| DEFINITIONS |
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Section 101
Defined Terms
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Section 102
Other Definitional Provisions
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Section 103
Computation of Time Periods
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Section 104
Power of Attorney
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| ARTICLE II |
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| THE NOTES |
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Section 201
Authorization of Notes
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Section 202
Form of Notes; Global Notes
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Section 203
Execution; Recourse Obligation
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Section 204
Certificate of Authentication
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Section 205
Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Notes
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Section 206
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes
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Section 207
Delivery, Retention and Cancellation of Notes
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Section 208
ERISA Deemed Representations
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Section 209
Determination of Requisite Global Majority
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| ARTICLE III |
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| PAYMENT OF NOTES; ESTABLISHMENT OF
ACCOUNTS; CONTROL REQUIREMENTS; STATEMENTS TO NOTEHOLDERS |
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Section 301
Principal and Interest
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Section 302
Trust Account
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Section 303
Investment of Monies Held in the Transaction Accounts
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Section 304
Control
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Section 305
Reports
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Section 306
Records
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Section 307
CUSIP Numbers
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Section 308
No Claim
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Section 309
Compliance with Withholding Requirements
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Section 310
Tax Treatment of Notes
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Section 311
Rights of Noteholders
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Section 312
Collections and Allocations
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Section 313
Purchase Account
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| ARTICLE IV |
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| COLLATERAL |
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Section 401
Collateral
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Section 402
Pro Rata Interest
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Section 403
Indenture Trustee’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact; Certain
Rights of Control Party
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Section 404
Release of Security Interest
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Section 405
Administration of Collateral
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| ARTICLE V A |
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| REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF
ISSUER |
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Section 501
Existence
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Section 502
Authorization
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Section 503
Due Qualification
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Section 504
No Conflict; Legal Compliance
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Section 505
Validity and Binding Effect
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Section 506
Financial Statements
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Section 507
Executive Offices
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Section 508
No Agreements or Contracts
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Section 509
Consents and Approvals
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Section 510
Margin Regulations
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Section 511
Taxes
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Section 512
Other Regulations
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Section 513
Solvency and Separateness
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Section 514
Insolvency; Fraudulent Conveyance
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Section 515
No Default
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Section 516
No Proceedings or Injunctions
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Section 517
Compliance with Law
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Section 518
Title; Liens
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Section 519
Ownership; Subsidiaries
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Section 520
No Partnership
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Section 521
UCC Information
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Section 522
Security Interest Representations
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Section 523
Ordinary Course
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Section 524
Stamping and Storage of User Contracts
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Section 525
Identification Marks
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Section 526
Intellectual Property
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Section 527
Taxpayer Identification Number
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Section 528
Disclosure
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| ARTICLE V B |
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| REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTIES OF
EXTERRAN ABS LESSOR |
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Section 529
Existence
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Section 530
Authorization
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Section 531
Due Qualification
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Section 532
No Conflict; Legal Compliance
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Section 533
Validity and Binding Effect
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Section 534
Executive Offices
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Section 535
No Agreements or Contracts
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Section 536
Consents and Approvals
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Section 537
Taxes
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Section 538
Solvency and Separateness
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Section 539
Insolvency; Fraudulent Conveyance
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Section 540
No Default
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Section 541
No Proceedings or Injunctions
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Section 542
Compliance with Law
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Section 543
Title; Liens
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Section 544
Ownership; Subsidiaries
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Section 545
No Partnership
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Section 546
UCC Information
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Section 547
Security Interest Representations
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Section 548
Identification Marks
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Section 549
Intellectual Property
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Section 550
Taxpayer Identification Number
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Section 551
Disclosure
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| ARTICLE VI A |
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| COVENANTS OF ISSUER |
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Section 601
Payment of Principal and Interest; Payment of Taxes
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Section 602
Preservation of Name; Maintenance of Office; Jurisdiction of
Formation
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Section 603
Corporate Existence
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Section 604
Compliance with Law
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Section 605
Protection of Issuer Collateral
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Section 606
Defend Title to Collateral
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Section 607
Enforce Contract Rights
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Section 608
Negative Covenants Regarding Issuer Collateral (including Related
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Section 609
Non-Consolidation of the Issuer
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Section 610
No Bankruptcy Petition
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Section 611
Liens
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Section 612
Other Debt
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Section 613
Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities
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Section 614
Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets
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Section 615
Other Agreements
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Section 616
Organizational Documents
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Section 617
Capital Expenditures
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Section 618
Permitted Activities; Compliance with Organizational
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Section 619
Investment Company Act
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Section 620
Payments of Collateral
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Section 621
[Reserved]
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Section 622
Notices
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Section 623
Books and Records
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Section 624
Taxes
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Section 625
Subsidiaries
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Section 626
Investments
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Section 627
Use of Proceeds
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Section 628
Asset Base Certificate
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Section 629
Financial Statements
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Section 630
Rule 144A Information
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Section 631
Hedging Requirements
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Section 632
Separate Identity
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Section 633
Annual Perfection Opinion
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Section 634
Identification Marks
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Section 635
Storage and Maintenance of Contract Files
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Section 636
Use of Owner Compressors
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Section 637
Maintenance and Repair of Owner Compressors
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Section 638
Alterations
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Section 639
User Contracts
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Section 640
Loss, Damage or Destruction of Owner Compressors
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Section 641
Intellectual Property Filings
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Section 642
Fixture and Accessions
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Section 643
Contracts with Exterran Affiliates
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Section 644
Contracts Containing Purchase Options
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Section 645
Sales of Owner Compressors to an Exterran Affiliate
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Section 646
Sales of Owner Compressors to Third Parties
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Section 647
Owner Compressors Located Outside of the United States
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Section 648
Distributions
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Section 649
Substitution of Owner Compressors
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Section 650
Appraisal
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Section 651
OFAC
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| ARTICLE VI B |
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| COVENANTS OF EXTERRAN ABS
LESSOR |
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Section 652
Preservation of Name; Maintenance of Office; Jurisdiction of
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Section 653
Corporate Existence
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Section 654
Compliance with Law
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Section 655
Protection of the Exterran ABS Lessor Collateral
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Section 656
Defend Title to the Exterran ABS Lessor Collateral
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Section 657
Enforce Contract Rights
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Section 658
Negative Covenants Regarding the Exterran ABS Lessor Collateral
(including Related Documents)
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Section 659
Non-Consolidation of the Exterran ABS Lessor
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Section 660
No Bankruptcy Petition
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Section 661
Liens
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Section 662
Other Debt
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Section 663
Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities
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Section 664
Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets
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Section 665
Other Agreements
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Section 666
Organizational Documents
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Section 667
Capital Expenditures
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Section 668
Permitted Activities; Compliance with Organizational
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Section 669
Investment Company Act
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Section 670
Payments of the Collateral
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Section 671
Permitted Activities; Compliance with Organizational
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Section 672
Notices
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Section 673
Books and Records
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Section 674
Taxes
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Section 675
Subsidiaries
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Section 676
Investments
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Section 677
Separate Identity
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Section 678
OFAC
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| ARTICLE VII |
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| DISCHARGE OF INDENTURE;
PREPAYMENTS |
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Section 701
Full Discharge
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Section 702
Prepayment of Notes
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| ARTICLE VIII |
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DEFAULT PROVISIONS
AND REMEDIES
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Section 801
Event of Default
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Section 802
Acceleration of Stated Maturity; Rescission and Annulment
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Section 803
Collection of Indebtedness
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Section 804
Remedies
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Section 805
Indenture Trustee May Enforce Claims Without Possession of
Notes
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Section 806
Allocation of Money Collected
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Section 807
Limitation on Suits
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Section 808
Right of Holders to Receive Principal and Interest
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Section 809
Restoration of Rights and Remedies
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Section 810
Rights and Remedies Cumulative
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Section 811
Delay or Omission Not Waiver
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Section 812
Control by Requisite Global Majority
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Section 813
Waiver of Past Defaults
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Section 814
Undertaking for Costs
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Section 815
Waiver of Stay or Extension Laws
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Section 816
Sale of Collateral
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Section 817
Action on Notes
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Section 818
Determination of Existence of Event of Default for Purposes of
Section 302(e)
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Section 819
Notification of Each Series Enhancer and Interest Rate Hedge
Provider
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| ARTICLE IX |
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| CONCERNING THE INDENTURE
TRUSTEE |
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Section 901
Duties of the Indenture Trustee
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Section 902
Certain Matters Affecting the Indenture Trustee
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Section 903
Indenture Trustee Not Liable
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Section 904
Indenture Trustee May Own Notes
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Section 905
Indenture Trustee’s Fees and Expenses
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Section 906
Eligibility Requirements for the Indenture Trustee
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Section 907
Resignation and Removal of the Indenture Trustee
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Section 908
Successor Indenture Trustee
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Section 909
Merger or Consolidation of the Indenture Trustee
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Section 910
Separate Indenture Trustees, Co-Indenture Trustees and
Custodians
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Section 911
Representations and Warranties
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Section 912
Indenture Trustee Offices
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Section 913
Notice of Event of Default
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Section 914
Indenture Trustee’s Application for Instructions from the
Issuer
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Section 915
Indenture Trustee’s Duties — Monthly Tape
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| ARTICLE X |
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| SUPPLEMENTAL INDENTURES;
AMENDMENTS |
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Section 1001
Supplemental Indentures Not Requiring Consent of Holders
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Section 1002
Supplemental Amendment (Not Creating a New Series) with Consent of
Holders
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Section 1003
Execution of Supplemental Indentures
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Section 1004
Effect of Supplemental Indentures
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Section 1005
Reference in Notes to Supplemental Indentures
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Section 1006
Issuance of Series of Notes
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| ARTICLE XI |
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| HOLDERS LISTS |
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Section 1101
Indenture Trustee to Furnish Issuer Names and Addresses of
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Section 1102
Preservation of Information; Communications to Holders
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| ARTICLE XII |
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| MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS |
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Section 1201
Compliance Certificates and Opinions
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Section 1202
Form of Documents Delivered to Indenture Trustee
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Section 1203
Acts of Holders
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Section 1204
Inspection
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Section 1205
Limitation of Rights
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Section 1206
Severability
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Section 1207
Notices
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Section 1208
Consent to Jurisdiction
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Section 1209
Captions
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Section 1210
Governing Law
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Section 1211
No Petition
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Section 1212
Counterparts
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Section 1213
WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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Section 1214
Waiver of Immunity
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Section 1215
Judgment Currency
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Section 1216
Assignment of Rights of a Series Enhancer
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Section 1217
Limitation on Payment
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Exhibits
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Form of Investment Letter |
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Form of Control Agreement |
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Form of Officer’s Certificate
pursuant to Section 404 of the Indenture |
Appendices
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Master Index of Defined Terms |
Schedules
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Perfection Certificate –
Issuer |
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Perfection Certificate –
Exterran ABS Lessor |
This Indenture, dated as of
August 20, 2007 (as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time as permitted hereby, the
“Indenture”), between EXTERRAN ABS 2007 LLC, a limited
liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware
(together with its successors and permitted assigns, the
“Issuer”), EXTERRAN ABS LEASING 2007 LLC, a limited
liability company formed under the laws of the State of Delaware
(the “Exterran ABS Lessor”) and WELLS FARGO BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, a national banking association, as indenture
trustee (together with any successor appointed in accordance with
the terms hereof, the “Indenture Trustee”).
GRANTING CLAUSE
(a) To
secure the payment of all Outstanding Obligations and the
performance and observance by the Issuer of all of the
Issuer’s covenants and agreements contained in this Indenture
and all other Related Documents (all such amounts and other
obligations collectively, the “Secured
Obligations”):
The
Issuer hereby grants, assigns, conveys, mortgages, pledges,
hypothecates, and transfers to the Indenture Trustee for the
benefit of the Noteholders, each Series Enhancer and each
Interest Rate Hedge Provider, a security interest in and to, and a
continuing Lien on, all of the Issuer’s right, title and
interest in, to and under the following, whether now owned or
existing or hereafter created or acquired and wherever
located:
(i) All
Owner Compressors, all Compressor Related Assets and all rights and
remedies of the Issuer under, or with respect to, the Compressor
Related Assets;
(ii)
All Securitization Collections and all amounts, revenues, Proceeds
and other sums of money due or to become due, with respect to the
Compressor Related Assets including, without limitation,
(1) all revenues, payments and other moneys, including all
insurance payments and proceeds and claims for losses due, or to
become due, to the Issuer under, and all claims for damages arising
out of the breach of any Compressor Related Asset; (2) the
right of the Issuer to terminate, perform under, or compel
performance of the terms of each Compressor Related Asset; and
(3) any guarantee of, or credit support with respect to, each
Compressor Related Asset and any rights of the Issuer in respect of
any subcontracts or assignments permitted under the Related
Documents;
(iii)
The Contribution Agreement, the Management Agreement, the
Intercreditor Agreement, all Interest Rate Swap Agreements, each
Lease and all other Related Documents and all of the Issuer’s
rights and remedies (whether directly or as assignee) under any of
the foregoing agreements;
(iv)
All Securities Accounts and Deposit Accounts, including, without
limitation, the Trust Account, the Lockbox Account, the ABS Lockbox
Account (if any), the Purchase Account and, for the benefit of the
Noteholders and the Series Enhancer for the related Series
only, any Series Account; together with all cash and cash
equivalents, Money, Eligible Investments, Financial Assets,
Investment Property, Securities Entitlements and other instruments
or amounts credited to or deposited from time to time in any of the
foregoing;
(v) All
Accounts;
(vi)
All Chattel Paper;
(vii)
All Commercial Tort Claims;
(viii)
All Contracts;
(ix)
All Documents;
(x) All
Equipment;
(xi)
All General Intangibles and all Payment Intangibles (including, if
General Intangibles, all membership interests in the Exterran ABS
Lessor);
(xii)
All Goods;
(xiii)
All Instruments;
(xiv)
All Intellectual Property;
(xv)
All Inventory;
(xvi)
All Investment Property (including, if Investment Property, the
membership interests in the Exterran ABS Lessor);
(xvii)
All Letter-of-Credit Rights;
(xviii)
All Money;
(xix)
All Records;
(xx)
All Supporting Obligations;
(xxi)
All property of the Issuer held by the Indenture Trustee including,
without limitation, all property of every description now or
hereafter in the possession or custody of or in transit to the
Indenture Trustee for any purpose, including, without limitation,
safekeeping, collection or pledge, for the account of the Issuer,
or as to which the Issuer may have any right or power (but only to
the extent such property relates to the Owner Compressors and other
Collateral acquired from time to time);
(xxii)
All insurance proceeds of the Owner Compressors and the other
Collateral and all proceeds of the voluntary or involuntary
disposition of the Owner Compressors and the other
Collateral;
(xxiii)
Any and all payments made or due to the Issuer in connection with
any requisition, confiscation, condemnation, seizure or forfeiture
of all or any part of the Owner Compressors and the other
Collateral by any Governmental Authority and any other cash or
non-cash receipts from the sale, exchange, collection or other
disposition of the Owner Compressors and the other Collateral;
and
(xxiv)
To the extent not otherwise included above, all income, payments
and Proceeds of each of the foregoing and all accessions to,
substitutions and replacements for, and rents, profits and products
of each of the foregoing; and
(b) To
secure the payment of all Outstanding Obligations and the
performance and observance by the Exterran ABS Lessor of all of the
Exterran ABS Lessor’s covenants and agreements contained in
this Indenture and all other Related Documents (all such amounts
and other obligations collectively, the “Exterran ABS Lessor
Secured Obligations”), the Exterran ABS Lessor hereby grants,
assigns, conveys, mortgages, pledges, hypothecates, and transfers
to the Issuer, and the Issuer hereby assigns to the Indenture
Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders, each Series Enhancer
and each Interest Rate Hedge Provider, a security interest in and
to, and a continuing Lien on, all of the Exterran ABS
Lessor’s right, title and interest in, to and under the
following, whether now owned or existing or hereafter created or
acquired and wherever located:
(i) All
Owner Compressors, all Compressor Related Assets and all rights and
remedies of the Exterran ABS Lessor under, or with respect to, the
related Compressor Related Assets;
(ii)
The Lease;
(iii)
All amounts received or receivable under the Lease;
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(iv)
All amounts, revenues, Proceeds and other sums of money due or to
become due, with respect to the Compressor Related Assets
including, without limitation, (1) all revenues, payments and
other moneys, including all insurance payments and proceeds and
claims for losses due, or to become due, to the Issuer under, and
all claims for damages arising out of the breach of any Compressor
Related Asset; (2) the right of the Exterran ABS Lessor to
terminate, perform under, or compel performance of the terms of
each Compressor Related Asset; and (3) any guarantee of, or
credit support with respect to, each Compressor Related Asset and
any rights of the Exterran ABS Lessor in respect of any
subcontracts or assignments permitted under the Related
Documents;
(v) The
Transfer Agreement, the Management Agreement, the Intercreditor
Agreement, each Lease and all other Related Documents and all of
the Exterran ABS Lessor’s rights and remedies (whether
directly or as assignee) under any of the foregoing
agreements;
(vi)
All Accounts;
(vii)
All Chattel Paper;
(viii)
All Commercial Tort Claims;
(ix)
All Contracts;
(x) All
Documents;
(xi)
All Equipment;
(xii)
All General Intangibles and all Payment Intangibles;
(xiii)
All Goods;
(xiv)
All Instruments;
(xv)
All Intellectual Property;
(xvi)
All Inventory;
(xvii)
All Investment Property;
(xviii)
All Letter-of-Credit Rights;
(xix)
All Money;
(xx)
All Records;
(xxi)
All Supporting Obligations;
(xxii)
All property of the Exterran ABS Lessor held by the Indenture
Trustee including, without limitation, all property of every
description now or hereafter in the possession or custody of or in
transit to the Indenture Trustee for any purpose, including,
without limitation, safekeeping, collection or pledge, for the
account of the Issuer, or as to which the Issuer may have any right
or power (but only to the extent such property relates to the Owner
Compressors and other Collateral acquired from time to time);
(xxiii)
All insurance proceeds of the Owner Compressors and the other
Collateral and all proceeds of the voluntary or involuntary
disposition of the Owner Compressors and the other
Collateral;
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(xxiv)
Any and all payments made, or due to, the Exterran ABS Lessor in
connection with any requisition, confiscation, condemnation,
seizure or forfeiture of all or any part of the Owner Compressors
and the other Collateral by any Governmental Authority and any
other cash or non-cash receipts from the sale, exchange, collection
or other disposition of the Owner Compressors and the other
Collateral; and
(xxv)
To the extent not otherwise included above, all income, payments
and Proceeds of each of the foregoing and all accessions to,
substitutions and replacements for, and rents, profits and products
of each of the foregoing.
All of
the property described in this Granting Clause is herein
collectively called the “Collateral”; Collateral
described in (a) of this Granting Clause is the “Issuer
Collateral” and collateral described in (b) of this
Granting Clause is the “Exterran ABS Lessor
Collateral.” Notwithstanding the foregoing Grant, (i) no
account, instrument, chattel paper or other obligation or property
of any kind due from, owed by, or belonging to, a Sanctioned Person
and (ii) no User Contract in which the User is a Sanctioned
Person, shall, in either instance, constitute Collateral.
For avoidance of doubt it is
expressly understood and agreed that, to the extent the UCC is
revised subsequent to the date hereof such that the definition of
any of the foregoing terms included in the description of
Collateral is changed, the parties hereto desire that any property
which is included in such changed definitions which would not
otherwise be included in the foregoing grant on the date hereof be
included in such grant immediately upon the effective date of such
revision, it being the intention of the Issuer that the description
of Collateral set forth above be construed to include the broadest
range of assets. Notwithstanding the immediately preceding
sentence, the foregoing grant is intended to apply immediately on
the date hereof to all Collateral to the fullest extent permitted
by Applicable Law regardless of whether any particular item of
Collateral is currently subject to the UCC.
The Issuer hereby irrevocably
authorizes the Indenture Trustee and each Control Party at any
time, and from time to time, to file, without the signature of the
Issuer, in any filing office in any jurisdiction necessary or
desirable to perfect the security interests and Liens granted
herein or in any other Related Documents, any financing statements
(including any such financing statement claiming a security
interest in all assets of the Issuer), continuation statements and
amendments thereto that (i) indicate or describe the
Collateral regardless of whether any particular asset comprised in
the Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9 of the UCC,
in the same manner as described herein or in any other manner as
the Indenture Trustee or any Control Party may determine in its
sole discretion is necessary or desirable to ensure the perfection
of the security interests and Liens granted herein, or
(ii) provide any other information required by Article 9
of the UCC for the sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any
financing statement or amendment, including whether the Issuer is
an organization, the type of organization and any organizational
identification number issued to the Issuer. The Issuer agrees to
furnish any such information to the Indenture Trustee or any
Control Party promptly upon the request from the Indenture Trustee
or such Control Party. The Issuer also ratifies its authorization
for the Indenture Trustee or any Control Party to have filed in any
jurisdiction any like initial financing statements or amendments
thereto if filed prior to the date hereof. Nothing in the foregoing
shall be deemed to create an obligation of the Indenture Trustee to
file any financing statements, continuation statements or
amendments thereto.
The Exterran ABS Lessor hereby
irrevocably authorizes the Indenture Trustee and each Control Party
at any time, and from time to time, to file, without the signature
of the Exterran ABS Lessor, in any filing office in any
jurisdiction necessary or desirable to perfect the security
interests and Liens granted herein or in any other Related
Documents, any financing statements (including any such financing
statement claiming a security interest in all assets of the
Exterran ABS Lessor), continuation statements and amendments
thereto that (i) indicate or describe the Collateral
regardless of whether any particular asset comprised in the
Collateral falls within the scope of Article 9 of the UCC, in
the same manner as described herein or in any other manner as the
Indenture Trustee or any Control Party may determine in its sole
discretion is necessary or desirable to ensure the perfection of
the security interests and Liens granted herein, or (ii) provide
any other information required by Article 9 of the UCC for the
sufficiency or filing office acceptance of any financing statement
or amendment, including whether the Exterran ABS Lessor is an
organization, the type of organization and any organizational
identification number issued to the Exterran ABS Lessor. The
Exterran ABS Lessor agrees to furnish any such information to the
Indenture Trustee or any Control Party promptly upon the request
from the Indenture Trustee or such Control Party. The Exterran ABS
Lessor also ratifies its authorization for the Indenture Trustee or
any Control Party to have filed in any jurisdiction any like
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initial
financing statements or amendments thereto if filed prior to the
date hereof. Nothing in the foregoing shall be deemed to create an
obligation of the Indenture Trustee to file any financing
statements, continuation statements or amendments thereto.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 101
Defined Terms . Capitalized terms used in this Indenture
shall have the meanings given to such terms in Appendix A
hereto, as such Appendix may be amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the
provisions of this Indenture, and the rules of usage set forth in
Appendix A shall apply to this Indenture.
Section 102
Other Definitional Provisions . (a) With respect to any
Series, all terms used herein and not otherwise defined herein
shall have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the related
Supplement.
(b) All
terms defined in this Indenture shall have the defined meanings
when used in any agreement, certificate or other document made or
delivered pursuant hereto, including any Supplement, unless
otherwise defined therein.
(c) As
used in this Indenture and in any certificate or other document
made or delivered pursuant hereto or thereto, accounting terms not
defined in this Indenture or in any such certificate or other
document, and accounting terms partly defined in this Indenture or
in any such certificate or other document to the extent not
defined, shall have the respective meanings given to them under
GAAP consistently applied. To the extent that the definitions of
accounting terms in this Indenture or in any such certificate or
other document are inconsistent with the meanings of such terms
under GAAP or regulatory accounting principles, the definitions
contained in this Indenture or in any such certificate or other
document shall control.
(d) With
respect to any Collection Period, the “related Record
Date,” the “related Determination Date,” and the
“related Payment Date,” shall mean, respectively, the
Record Date occurring on the last Business Day of such Collection
Period and the Determination Date and Payment Date next following
the end of such Collection Period.
(e) With
respect to any Series of Notes, the “related
Supplement” shall mean the Supplement pursuant to which such
Series of Notes is issued and the “related
Series Enhancer” shall mean the Series Enhancer for
such Series of Notes.
(f) All
references to the Manager’s financial statements shall mean
the consolidated financial statements of the Manager and its
consolidated subsidiaries.
(g) With
respect to any ratio analysis required to be performed as of the
most recently completed fiscal quarter, the most recently completed
fiscal quarter shall mean the most recent fiscal quarter for which
financial statements were required hereunder to have been
delivered.
(h) With
respect to the calculations of the ratios set forth in this
Indenture, the components of such calculations are to be determined
in accordance with GAAP, consistently applied, with respect to the
Manager.
Section 103
Computation of Time Periods . Unless otherwise stated in
this Indenture or any Supplement issued pursuant to the terms
hereof, in the computation of a period 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.”
Section 104
Power of Attorney . The Issuer hereby appoints the Indenture
Trustee as its designee for purposes of exercising any power of
attorney or right granted by the Manager pursuant to the Management
Agreement.
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ARTICLE II
THE
NOTES
Section 201
Authorization of Notes . (a) The number of Series or
Classes of Notes which may be created by this Indenture is not
limited; provided, however , that, the issuance of any
Series of Notes shall (i) comply with the provisions of
Section 1006 hereof and (ii) not result in, or with the
giving of notice or the passage of time or both would result in,
the occurrence of a Trigger Event. The aggregate principal amount
of Notes of each Series which may be issued, authenticated and
delivered under this Indenture is not limited except as shall be
set forth in any Supplement and as restricted by the provisions of
this Indenture.
(b) The
Notes issuable under this Indenture shall be issued in such Series,
and such Class or Classes within a Series, as may from time to time
be created by Supplement pursuant to this Indenture. Each Series
shall be created by a different Supplement and shall be designated,
upon the face thereof, to differentiate the Notes of such Series
from the Notes of any other Series. All of the Notes of a Series
shall be identical except to the extent set forth in the related
Supplement. The Issuer intends that each such Note shall constitute
a “security” within the meaning of Article 8 of
the UCC.
(c) Upon
satisfaction of and compliance with the requirements and conditions
to closing set forth in the related Supplement, Notes of the Series
to be executed and delivered on a particular Series Issuance
Date pursuant to such related Supplement, may be executed by the
Issuer and delivered to the Indenture Trustee for authentication
following the execution and delivery of the related Supplement
creating such Series or from time to time thereafter, and the
Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver Notes upon an
Issuer request set forth in an Officer’s Certificate of the
Issuer signed by one of its Authorized Signatories, without further
action on the part of the Issuer.
Section 202
Form of Notes; Global Notes .
(a) Notes
of any Series or Class may be issued, authenticated and delivered,
at the option of the Issuer, as Public Global Notes, Rule 144A
Global Notes, or Definitive Notes or as may otherwise be set forth
in a Supplement, and the form of such Notes shall be substantially
in the form attached as an exhibit to the related Supplement. Notes
of each Series shall be dated the date of their authentication and
shall bear interest at such rate, be payable as to principal,
premium, if any, and interest on such date or dates, and shall
contain such other terms and provisions as shall be established in
the related Supplement. Except as otherwise provided in any
Supplement, the Notes shall be issued in minimum denominations of
$1,000,000 and in integral multiples of $1,000,000 in excess
thereof; provided that, one Note of each Class may be issued
in a nonstandard denomination.
(b) If
the Issuer shall choose to issue Public Global Notes or
Rule 144A Global Notes, such notes shall be issued in the form
of one or more Public Global Notes or one or more Rule 144A
Global Notes which (i) shall represent, and shall be
denominated in an aggregate amount equal to, the aggregate
principal amount of all Notes to be issued hereunder,
(ii) shall be delivered as one or more Notes held by the Book
Entry Custodian, or, if appointed to hold such Notes as provided
below, the Notes shall be registered in the name of the Depositary
or its nominee, (iii) shall be substantially in the form of
the exhibits attached to the related Supplement, with such changes
therein as may be necessary to reflect that each such Note is a
Global Note, and (iv) shall each bear a legend substantially
to the effect included in the form of the exhibits attached to the
related Supplement.
(c) Notwithstanding
any other provisions of this Section 202 or of
Section 205, unless and until a Global Note is exchanged in
whole for Definitive Notes, a Global Note may be transferred, in
whole, but not in part, and in the manner provided in this
Section 202, only by (i) the Depositary to a nominee of
such Depositary, (ii) by a nominee of such Depositary to such
Depositary or another nominee of such Depositary, (iii) by
such Depositary or any such nominee to a successor Depositary
selected or approved by the Issuer or to a nominee of such
successor Depositary or (iv) in the manner specified in
Section 202(d). The Depositary shall order the Note Registrar
to authenticate and deliver any Book Entry Notes and any Global
Note for each Class of Notes having an aggregate initial
outstanding principal balance equal to the initial outstanding
balance of such Class. Note Owners shall hold their respective
Ownership Interests in and to such Notes through the book-entry
facilities of the
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Depositary. Without limiting the foregoing, any Note Owners shall
hold their respective Ownership Interests, if any, in Public Global
Notes only through Depositary Participants.
(d) If
(i) the Issuer elects to issue Definitive Notes, (ii) the
Depositary for the Notes represented by one or more Global Notes at
any time notifies the Issuer that it is unwilling or unable to
continue as Depositary of the Notes or if at any time the
Depositary shall no longer be a clearing agency registered under
the Exchange Act and any other applicable statute or regulation,
and a successor Depositary is not appointed or approved by the
Issuer within ninety (90) days after the Issuer receives such
notice or becomes aware of such condition, as the case may be,
(iii) the Indenture Trustee, at the direction of the Control
Party for a Series of Notes, elects to terminate the book-entry
system through the Depositary with respect to such Series, or
(iv) after an Event of Default or a Manager Default,
Noteholders representing more than fifty percent (50%) of a Series
notify the Depositary, or Book Entry Custodian, as the case may be,
in writing that the continuation of a book-entry system through the
Depositary, or the Book Entry Custodian, as the case may be, is no
longer in the best interest of the Noteholders of such Series, the
Issuer will promptly execute, and the Indenture Trustee, upon
receipt of an Officer’s Certificate evidencing such
determination by the Issuer, will promptly authenticate and make
available for delivery, Definitive Notes without coupons, in
authorized denominations and in an aggregate principal amount equal
to the principal amount of the Global Note then outstanding in
exchange for such Global Note or as an original issuance of Notes
and this Section 202(d) shall no longer be applicable to the Notes.
Upon the exchange of the Global Notes for such Definitive Notes
without coupons, in authorized denominations, such Global Notes
shall be canceled by the Indenture Trustee. All Definitive Notes
shall be issued without coupons. Such Definitive Notes in
definitive form issued in exchange for the Global Notes pursuant to
this Section 202(d) shall be registered in such names and in such
authorized denominations as the Depositary in the case of an
exchange or the Note Registrar in the case of an original issuance,
pursuant to instructions from its direct or indirect participants
or otherwise, shall instruct the Indenture Trustee. The Indenture
Trustee may conclusively rely on any such instructions furnished by
the Depositary or the Note Registrar, as the case may be, and shall
not be liable for any delay in delivery of such instructions. The
Indenture Trustee shall make such Notes available for delivery to
the Persons in whose names such Notes are so registered.
(e) As
long as the Notes outstanding are represented by one or more Global
Notes:
(i) the
Note Registrar and the Indenture Trustee may deal with the
Depositary for all purposes (including the payment of principal of
and interest on the Notes) as the authorized representative of the
Note Owners;
(ii)
the rights of Note Owners shall be exercised only through the
Depositary and shall be limited to those established by law and
agreements between such Note Owners and the Depositary and/or the
Depositary Participants. Unless and until Definitive Notes are
issued, the Depositary will make book-entry transfers among the
Depositary Participants and receive and transmit payments of
principal of, and interest on, the Notes to such Depositary
Participants; and
(iii)
whenever this Indenture requires or permits actions to be taken
based upon instructions or directions of Holders of Notes
evidencing a specified percentage of the voting rights of a
particular Series, the Depositary shall be deemed to represent such
percentage only to the extent that it has received instructions to
such effect from Note Owners and/or Depositary Participants owning
or representing, respectively, such required percentage of the
beneficial interest in such Series of Notes (or Class of Notes) and
has delivered such instructions to the Indenture Trustee.
(f) Whenever a notice or other
communication to the Noteholders is required under this Indenture,
unless and until Notes have been issued in definitive form to Note
Owners, the Indenture Trustee shall give all such notices and
communications to the Depositary, with a copy to each
Series Enhancer.
(g) The Indenture Trustee is
hereby initially appointed as the Book Entry Custodian and hereby
agrees to act as such in accordance with the agreement that it has
with the Depositary authorizing it to act as such. The Book Entry
Custodian may, and, if it is no longer qualified to act as such,
the Book Entry Custodian shall, appoint, by written instrument
delivered to the Issuer and the Depositary, any other transfer
agent (including the Depositary or any successor Depositary) to act
as Book Entry Custodian under such conditions as the
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predecessor Book Entry Custodian and the Depositary or any
successor Depositary may prescribe; provided that, the
predecessor Book Entry Custodian shall not be relieved of any of
its duties or responsibilities by reason of any such appointment of
other than the Depositary. If the Indenture Trustee resigns or is
removed in accordance with the terms hereof, the successor
Indenture Trustee or, if it so elects, the Depositary shall
immediately succeed to its predecessor’s duties as Book Entry
Custodian. The Issuer and the Control Party for any Series shall
have the right to inspect, and to obtain copies of, any Notes held
as Book-Entry Notes by the Book Entry Custodian.
(h) No
transfer of any Class of Note or interest therein shall be made
unless that transfer is made pursuant to an effective registration
statement under the Securities Act, and effective registration or
qualification under applicable state securities laws, or is made in
a transaction that does not require such registration or
qualification. If a transfer of any Definitive Note is to be made
without registration under the Securities Act (other than in
connection with the initial issuance thereof or a transfer thereof
by the Depositary or one of its Affiliates), then the Note
Registrar shall refuse to register such transfer unless it receives
(and upon receipt, may conclusively rely upon) either: (i) a
certificate from such Noteholder substantially in the form attached
as Exhibit A hereto or such other certification reasonably
acceptable to the Indenture Trustee and a certificate from such
Noteholder’s prospective transferee substantially in the form
attached as Exhibit A hereto or such other certification
reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee; or (ii) an
Opinion of Counsel satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee (which
Opinion of Counsel shall not be an expense of the Issuer or any
Affiliate thereof) to the effect that such transfer may be made
without registration under the Securities Act, together with the
written certification(s) as to the facts surrounding such transfer
from the Noteholder desiring to effect such transfer and/or such
Noteholder’s prospective transferee on which such Opinion of
Counsel is based. If such a transfer of any interest in a
Book-Entry Note is to be made without registration under the
Securities Act, the transferor will be deemed to have made each of
the representations and warranties set forth on Exhibit A
hereto in respect of such interest as if it was evidenced by a
Definitive Note and the transferee will be deemed to have made each
of the representations and warranties set forth in either
Exhibit A hereto in respect of such interest as if it was
evidenced by a Definitive Note. None of the Depositary, the Issuer,
the Indenture Trustee or the Note Registrar is obligated to
register or qualify any Class of Notes under the Securities Act or
any other securities law or to take any action not otherwise
required under this Indenture to permit the transfer of any Note or
interest therein without registration or qualification. Any
Noteholder or Note Owner desiring to effect such a transfer shall,
and does hereby agree to, indemnify the Depositary, the Issuer, the
Indenture Trustee, each Series Enhancer and the Note Registrar
against any liability that may result if the transfer is not so
exempt or is not made in accordance with such federal and state
laws.
Section 203
Execution; Recourse Obligation .
(a) The
Notes shall be executed on behalf of the Issuer by manual or
facsimile signature of an Authorized Signatory of the Issuer. The
Notes shall be dated the date of their authentication by the
Indenture Trustee.
(b) In
case any Authorized Signatory of the Issuer whose signature or
facsimile signature shall appear on the Notes shall cease to be an
Authorized Signatory of the Issuer before the authentication by the
Indenture Trustee or the delivery of such Notes, such signature or
facsimile signature shall nevertheless be valid, sufficient and
binding for all purposes.
(c) All
Notes and the interest thereon shall be recourse obligations of the
Issuer and shall be secured by the Collateral. The Notes shall
never constitute obligations of the Indenture Trustee, the
Contributors, the Manager, any Series Enhancer or of any
shareholder or any Affiliate of any such Person (other than the
Issuer) or any officers, directors, employees or agents of any
thereof, and no recourse may be had under or upon any obligation,
covenant or agreement of this Indenture, any Supplement or of any
Notes, or for any claim based thereon or otherwise in respect
thereof, against any incorporator or against any past, present, or
future owner, partner of an owner or any officer, employee or
director thereof or of any successor entity, or any other Person,
either directly or through the Issuer, whether by virtue of any
constitution, statute or rule of law, or by the enforcement of any
assessment or penalty or otherwise; it being expressly agreed that
this Indenture and the obligations issued hereunder and under any
Supplements hereto are solely obligations of the Issuer, and that
no such personal liability whatever shall attach to, or is or shall
be incurred by, any other Person under or by reason of this
Indenture, any Supplement or any Notes or implied therefrom, or for
any claim based thereon or in respect thereof, all such liability
and any and all such claims being hereby expressly waived and
released as a condition of, and as a consideration for,
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the
execution of this Indenture and the issuance of such Notes. Except
as may be provided in any Supplement, no Person other than the
Issuer shall be liable for any obligation of the Issuer under this
Indenture or any Note or any losses incurred by any
Noteholder.
(d) Each
of the Issuer and the Exterran ABS Lessor hereby agree that it is
jointly and severally liable for all of the Outstanding
Obligations, regardless of the actual allocation of the proceeds of
the Notes among each of them. Each of the Issuer and the Exterran
ABS Lessor accept joint and several liability for all Outstanding
Obligations in consideration of the financial accommodation to be
provided by this Indenture to each of them, for the mutual benefit,
directly and indirectly, of the Issuer and the Exterran ABS Lessor
and in consideration of the undertakings by each of them to accept
joint and several liability for the Outstanding Obligations.
Each of
the Issuer and the Exterran ABS Lessor jointly and severally hereby
irrevocably and unconditionally accepts, not merely as a surety but
also as a co-debtor, joint and several liability with each other
with respect to the payment and performance of all of the
Outstanding Obligations, it being the intention of the parties
hereto that all of the Outstanding Obligations shall be the joint
and several obligations of each of them without preferences or
distinction among them.
The
obligations of the Issuer and the Exterran ABS Lessor under the
provisions of this Section 203 constitute full recourse obligations
of each of them, enforceable against it to the full extent of its
properties and assets, irrespective of the validity, regularity or
enforceability of this Indenture or any other Related Document
against the other or any other circumstances whatsoever that under
applicable law might constitute a defense to the joint and several
obligations of such Person.
Section 204
Certificate of Authentication . No Notes shall be secured
hereby or entitled to the benefit hereof or shall be or become
valid or obligatory for any purpose unless there shall be endorsed
thereon by manual signature a certificate of authentication by the
Indenture Trustee, substantially in the form set forth in the form
of Note attached to the related Supplement. Such certificate on any
Note issued by the Issuer shall be conclusive evidence and the only
competent evidence that it has been duly authenticated and
delivered hereunder.
At the
written direction of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee shall
authenticate and deliver the Notes. The Notes shall be dated the
date of authentication and delivery thereto by the Indenture
Trustee. It shall not be necessary that the same Authorized
Signatory of the Indenture Trustee execute the certificate of
authentication on each of the Notes.
Section 205
Registration; Registration of Transfer and Exchange of Notes
.
(a) The
Indenture Trustee shall keep at its Corporate Trust Office books in
written form for the registration and transfer or exchange of the
Notes (the “Note Register”). The Issuer hereby appoints
the Indenture Trustee as its registrar (the “Note
Registrar”) and transfer agent to keep such books and make
such registrations and transfers or exchanges as are hereinafter
set forth in this Section 205 and also authorizes and directs
the Indenture Trustee to provide, upon written request by the Deal
Agent or any Control Party, a copy of such registration record to
the Deal Agent or such Control Party, as the case may be. The names
and addresses of the Holders of all Notes and all transfers of, and
the names and addresses of the transferee of, all Notes will be
registered in such Note Register. The Person in whose name any Note
is registered shall be deemed and treated as the owner and Holder
thereof for all purposes of this Indenture, and the Indenture
Trustee, any related Control Party and the Issuer shall not be
affected by any notice or knowledge to the contrary. If a Person
other than the Indenture Trustee is appointed by the Issuer to
maintain the Note Register, the Issuer will give the Indenture
Trustee, the Deal Agent and any Control Party prompt written notice
of such appointment and of the location, and any change in the
location, of the successor note registrar, and the Indenture
Trustee, the Deal Agent and any related Control Party shall have
the right to inspect the Note Register at all reasonable times and
to obtain copies thereof, and the Indenture Trustee shall have the
right to conclusively rely upon a certificate executed on behalf of
such successor note registrar by an officer thereof as to the names
and addresses of the Noteholders and Series, Class, principal
amount and number of such Notes.
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(b) Payments
of principal, premium, if any, and interest on any Note shall be
payable on each Payment Date only to the registered Holder thereof
on the Record Date immediately preceding such Payment Date. The
principal of, premium, if any, and interest on each Note shall be
payable at the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee in
immediately available funds in such coin or currency of the United
States of America as at the time for payment shall be legal tender
for the payment of public and private debts. Notwithstanding the
foregoing or any provision in any Note to the contrary, if so
requested by the registered Holder of any Note by written notice to
the Indenture Trustee, all amounts payable to such registered
Holder may be paid either (i) by crediting the amount to be
distributed to such registered Holder to an account maintained by
such registered Holder with the Indenture Trustee or by
transferring such amount by wire to such other bank in the United
States, including a Federal Reserve Bank, as shall have been
specified in such notice, for credit to the account of such
registered Holder maintained at such bank, or (ii) by mailing
a check to such address as such Holder shall have specified in such
notice, in either case (subject to the provisions of
Section 207 hereof) without any presentment or surrender of
such Note to the Indenture Trustee at the Corporate Trust Office of
the Indenture Trustee.
(c) Upon
surrender for registration of transfer of any Note at the Corporate
Trust Office and subject to the conditions of this
Section 205, the Issuer shall execute and the Indenture
Trustee or its agent, upon written request, shall authenticate and
deliver, in the name of the designated transferee or transferees,
one or more new Notes of the same Class, of any authorized
denominations and of a like aggregate original principal
amount.
(d) All
Notes issued upon any registration of transfer or exchange of Notes
shall be the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Issuer,
evidencing the same debt, and entitled to the same benefits under
this Indenture and any Supplement, as the Notes surrendered upon
such registration of transfer or exchange.
(e) Every
Note presented or surrendered for registration of transfer or for
exchange shall (if so required by the Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee) be duly endorsed, or be accompanied by a written
instrument of transfer in form satisfactory to the Issuer and the
Indenture Trustee duly executed, by the Holder thereof or his
attorney duly authorized in writing.
(f) Any
service charge, fees or expenses made or expense incurred by the
Indenture Trustee for any such registration, discharge from
registration or exchange referred to in this Section 205 shall
be paid by the Noteholder. The Indenture Trustee or the Issuer may
require payment by the Holder of a sum sufficient to cover any tax
expense or other governmental charge payable in connection
therewith.
(g) If
Notes are issued or exchanged in definitive form under
Section 202, such Notes will not be registered by the
Indenture Trustee unless each Prospective Owner provides the
Manager, the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee and any Replacement
Manager with a written representation that the statements in either
clauses (i) or (ii) of Section 208 is an accurate
representation as to all sources of funds to be used to pay the
purchase price of the Notes.
(h) No
transfer of a Note shall be deemed effective unless (x) the
transferee of such Note has certified (or shall have been deemed to
have certified) that it is not a Competitor and (y) the
registration and prospectus delivery requirements of Section 5
of the Securities Act and any applicable state securities or
“Blue Sky” laws are complied with, or such transfer is
exempt from the registration and prospectus delivery requirements
under the Securities Act and such laws. In the event that a
transfer is to be made without registration or qualification, such
Noteholder’s prospective transferee shall deliver to the
Indenture Trustee an investment letter substantially in the form of
Exhibit A hereto (the “Investment Letter”). The
Indenture Trustee is not under any obligation to register the Notes
under the Securities Act or any other securities law or to bear any
expense with respect to such registration by any other Person or
monitor compliance of any transfer with the securities laws of the
United States, regulations promulgated in connection thereto or
ERISA unless the Notes are issued or exchanged in definitive form
under Section 202.
(i) Notwithstanding
the foregoing, the restrictions set forth in clauses (g) and
(h) of Section 205 hereof shall not be applicable to any
transfer of any Note (or an interest therein) by any Noteholder to
any liquidity provider or other provider of credit enhancement to a
Noteholder as provided in the Supplement for a Series of Warehouse
Notes.
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Section 206
Mutilated, Destroyed, Lost and Stolen Notes . (a) If
(i) any mutilated Note is surrendered to the Indenture Trustee
or the Note Registrar, or the Indenture Trustee receives evidence
to its satisfaction of the destruction, loss or theft of any Note,
and (ii) there is delivered to the Indenture Trustee and the
Issuer with respect to such Note, such security or indemnity as the
Indenture Trustee and the Issuer may require to hold the Indenture
Trustee and the Issuer (and any agent of either of them) harmless
(the unsecured indemnity of a Rated Institutional Noteholder being
deemed satisfactory for such purpose), then the Issuer shall
execute and the Indenture Trustee shall authenticate and deliver,
in exchange for or in lieu of any such mutilated, destroyed, lost
or stolen Note, a replacement Note of the same Series and Class and
maturity and of like terms as the mutilated, destroyed, lost or
stolen Note; provided, however , that if any such destroyed,
lost or stolen Note, but not a mutilated Note, shall have become,
or within thirty (30) days shall be or become due and payable, the
Issuer may pay such destroyed, lost or stolen Note when so due or
payable instead of issuing a replacement Note.
(b) If,
after the delivery of such replacement Note, or payment of a
destroyed, lost or stolen Note pursuant to the proviso to the
preceding sentence, a bona fide purchaser of the original Note in
lieu of which such replacement Note was issued presents for payment
such original Note, the Issuer and the Indenture Trustee shall be
entitled to recover upon the security or indemnity provided
therefor to the extent of any and all loss, damage, cost or expense
incurred by the Issuer or the Indenture Trustee in connection
therewith.
(c) The
Indenture Trustee and the Issuer may, for each new Note
authenticated and delivered under the provisions of this
Section 206, require the advance payment by the Noteholder of
the expenses, including counsel fees, service charges and any tax
or governmental charge which may be incurred by the Indenture
Trustee or the Issuer. Any Note issued under the provisions of this
Section 206 in lieu of any Note alleged to be destroyed,
mutilated, lost or stolen, shall be equally and proportionately
entitled to the benefits of this Indenture with all other Notes of
the same Series and Class. The provisions of this Section 206
are exclusive and shall preclude (to the extent lawful) all other
rights and remedies with respect to the replacement or payment of
mutilated, destroyed, lost or stolen Notes.
Section 207
Delivery, Retention and Cancellation of Notes . Each
Noteholder is required, and hereby agrees, to surrender to the
Indenture Trustee, prior to the Legal Final Maturity Date for such
Series, any Note on which the final payment due thereon has been
made. Any such Note as to which the Indenture Trustee has made or
holds the final payment thereon shall be deemed canceled and,
unless any unreimbursed payment on such Note has been made by a
Series Enhancer for such Series, shall no longer be Outstanding for
any purpose of this Indenture, whether or not such Note is ever
returned to the Indenture Trustee. Matured Notes delivered upon
final payment to the Indenture Trustee and any Notes transferred or
exchanged for other Notes shall be canceled and disposed of by the
Indenture Trustee in accordance with its policy of disposal and the
Indenture Trustee shall promptly deliver to the Issuer such
canceled Notes upon reasonable prior written request. If the
Indenture Trustee shall acquire, for its own account, any of the
Notes, such acquisition shall not operate as a redemption or
satisfaction of the indebtedness represented by such Notes. If the
Issuer shall acquire any of the Notes, such acquisition shall
operate as a redemption or satisfaction of the indebtedness
represented by such Notes. Notes which have been canceled by the
Indenture Trustee in accordance with the terms of this Indenture
shall be deemed paid and discharged for all purposes under this
Indenture.
Section 208
ERISA Deemed Representations . Each prospective initial
Noteholder acquiring Notes, each prospective transferee acquiring
the Notes, and each prospective owner (or transferee thereof) of a
beneficial interest in Notes (each, a “Prospective
Owner”) will be deemed to have represented by such purchase
to the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee, the Manager and any
Replacement Manager that either (i) it is not acquiring the
Notes with the assets of a Plan or (ii) the acquisition and holding
of the Notes will not give rise to a nonexempt prohibited
transaction under Section 406(a) of ERISA or Section 4975 of
the Code.
Section 209
Determination of Requisite Global Majority . A requisite
global majority (a “Requisite Global Majority”) shall
exist with respect to any action proposed to be taken pursuant to
the terms of the Indenture or any Supplement if: (a) the
Control Party or Control Parties, as the case may be, representing
in aggregate more than fifty percent (50%) of the then Aggregate
Note Principal Balance shall approve or direct such proposed action
(in making such a determination the following rules shall be
employed: (i) for purposes of measuring the Aggregate Note
Principal Balance, a Series of Warehouse Notes for which the
Commitment Termination Date has not occurred shall be deemed to
have an unpaid principal balance equal to the aggregate
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Existing
Commitment of such Series, and (ii) each Control Party of a
Series shall be deemed to have voted the entire unpaid principal
balance of all Notes of the related Series in favor of, or in
opposition to, such proposed action, as the case may be); and
(b) unless Control Parties representing in aggregate more than
sixty-six and two thirds percent (66 2/3%) of the Aggregate Note
Principal Balance shall have approved or directed such proposed
action, each Series Enhancer with respect to each Series of
Notes, regardless of whether a Series Enhancer Default with
respect to such Series Enhancer shall have occurred and be
continuing as of any date of determination, shall have also
approved or directed such proposed action.
Except
as otherwise provided in Section 1002, the Indenture Trustee,
provided it has sent out notices in accordance with this Indenture,
shall act as directed by the Requisite Global Majority. In
addition, the Indenture Trustee shall not have any liability for
failing to act if not directed by the Requisite Global Majority in
a reasonably timely manner. By acceptance of a Note, each
Noteholder and Note Owner agree to the foregoing provisions.
ARTICLE III
PAYMENT OF NOTES; ESTABLISHMENT OF ACCOUNTS; CONTROL
REQUIREMENTS;
STATEMENTS TO NOTEHOLDERS
Section 301
Principal and Interest . Distributions of principal,
premium, if any, and interest on any Series or Class of Notes shall
be made to Noteholders of each Series and Class as set forth in
Section 302 of this Indenture and the related Supplement. The
Overdue Rate for the Note of any Series shall be as set forth in
the related Supplement.
Section 302
Trust Account . (a) On or prior to the Closing Date,
the Indenture Trustee shall establish and maintain the Trust
Account with Wells Fargo Bank, National Association until all
Outstanding Obligations and all amounts owing by the Issuer
pursuant to the terms of each Enhancement Agreement and each
Interest Rate Swap Agreement have been paid in full. The Trust
Account shall be in the name of the Indenture Trustee, on behalf of
the Noteholders, each Interest Rate Hedge Provider and each
Series Enhancer, pursuant to the terms of this Indenture.
Neither the Issuer nor the Indenture Trustee shall establish any
additional Trust Accounts or other bank or investment accounts
without the prior written consent of each Control Party. The Issuer
shall promptly notify each Interest Rate Hedge Provider of any new
or additional Trust Account established subsequent to the Closing
Date.
(b) The
Issuer shall cause all Securitization Collections (whether received
directly by the Issuer or on deposit from time to time in the
Lockbox Account or the ABS Lockbox Account) to be deposited into
the Trust Account or, to the extent provided herein, the Purchase
Account.
(c) The
Issuer hereby directs and authorizes the Indenture Trustee, upon
the Indenture Trustee’s receipt of any written request (which
may be an e-mail) to such effect from the Manager pursuant to the
terms of Section 7.3 of the Management Agreement and subject
to the provisions of this Section 302(c), to distribute to the
Manager from the Trust Account on a Business Day other than a
Payment Date funds in an amount equal to the sum of (i) an
estimate (based on actual accrued amounts as of the date of such
request) of the Operations Fee and S&A Fee expected to be paid
on the immediately succeeding Payment Date and (ii) an
estimate of the Overhaul Fee (based on actual accrued amounts as of
the date of such request) expected to be paid on the immediately
succeeding Payment Date; provided, however , that
notwithstanding any right of the Manager pursuant hereto or
pursuant to the Management Agreement to request such interim
distributions with respect to the Operations Fee, S&A Fee and
Overhaul Fee, such interim distributions shall be made only so long
as (i) no Event of Default or Manager Default shall have
occurred and be continuing, (ii) the Manager Termination Date
shall not have occurred unless the Indenture Trustee (acting at the
direction of the Requisite Global Majority) shall have consented to
such interim distribution(s), and (iii) with respect to the
Overhaul Fee, the Overhaul Fee Release Conditions shall have been
satisfied on the date of such request.
In
addition, so long as no Event of Default shall have occurred and be
continuing, the Issuer hereby directs and authorizes the Indenture
Trustee, upon the Indenture Trustee’s receipt of a written
request from Manager on any Business Day, to distribute to the
Manager from the Trust Account an amount equal to the sum of
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(x) all Excluded Payments then on deposit in the Trust
Account, and (y) so long as all Scheduled Principal Payment
Amounts and Supplemental Principal Payment Amounts for all Series
of Notes then Outstanding were paid in full on the immediately
preceding Payment Date, all Ineligible Collections then on deposit
in the Trust Account.
All
interim distributions pursuant to the provisions of this Section
302(c) shall be made on the same day on which such request of the
Manager is received, unless such request is received after
10:00 a.m., New York City time, in which case such amount
shall be distributed on the immediately succeeding Business Day.
The Indenture Trustee is under no obligation to verify that the
conditions to any interim distributions set forth in this Section
302(c) have been satisfied before making such distributions;
provided , that the Indenture Trustee shall not make any
such interim distributions if it shall have received written notice
from the Issuer, the Deal Agent or any Control Party that such
applicable conditions are not satisfied and the Indenture Trustee
shall not have received any subsequent notice from such Person
terminating such earlier notice.
(d) On
each Payment Date on which no Event of Default is then continuing,
the Indenture Trustee (based on the Manager Report delivered to it
pursuant to the Management Agreement), shall distribute the
Available Distribution Amount (as reduced by any amounts
distributed during the related Collection Period pursuant to
Section 302(c) above) from the Trust Account by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the following Persons in the
following order of priority and in the following amounts:
(1) to
the Indenture Trustee, an amount equal to the sum of (i) all
Indenture Trustee’s Fees and (ii) Indenture Trustee
Indemnified Amounts then due and payable for all Series then
Outstanding; provided, however , that the amount set forth
in clause (ii) shall not exceed $20,000 annually for each
Series then Outstanding;
(2)
first , to the Manager, any Excluded Payments received
during the related Collection Period (to the extent not previously
paid to the Manager pursuant to the provisions of
Section 302(c)) which amounts shall, if applicable, be
promptly remitted by the Manager to the relevant tax authorities,
and second , after all amounts owing pursuant to clause
first have been paid, to the Manager, reimbursement for any
unpaid Manager Advances in accordance with the terms of the
Management Agreement;
(3) to
the Manager, an amount equal to any Management Fee then due and
payable (which amounts shall have been reduced for any related
amounts previously distributed to the Manager pursuant to Section
302(c) hereof);
(4)
first , to the Back-up Manager, an amount equal to any
Back-up Manager Fee then due and owing and not previously paid by
the Manager; and second , after the payments pursuant to
clause first have been paid, to the Manager, an amount equal
to any Back-up Manager Fee previously paid by the Manager and not
previously reimbursed;
(5) if
the Manager is not an Exterran Affiliate, then first , to
each applicable insurance provider or such other Person to whom
such amounts are payable, on a pro rata basis based on the
relative amounts then owing, an amount equal to any premiums then
due in respect of Property Insurance and Liability Insurance (to
the extent not paid by any Exterran Affiliate), and second ,
to the Control Party for each Series, on a pro rata basis
based on the relative amounts then owing, an amount equal to any
unreimbursed premiums previously paid by such Control Party in
respect of Property Insurance and Liability Insurance (to the
extent not paid by any Exterran Affiliate);
(6) to
each Interest Rate Hedge Provider (on a pro rata basis based
on the relative amounts owing to all such Interest Rate Hedge
Providers), an amount equal to any scheduled payments (other than
termination payments) and any accrued interest thereon, then due
and payable pursuant to the terms of all Interest Rate Swap
Agreements then in effect to which such Interest Rate Hedge
Provider is a counterparty with the Issuer;
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(7) to
each Series Enhancer, on a pro rata basis based on the
relative amounts of Premium owing to each Series Enhancer, an
amount equal to all Premiums then due and payable to such
Series Enhancer;
(8) to
the Series Account for each Series of Notes then Outstanding,
an amount equal to the Interest Payments for each such Series then
due and payable (provided that any portion of the Interest Payments
relating to the reimbursement of Interest Payments previously paid
by a Series Enhancer (together with interest thereon at the
rate specified in the applicable Enhancement Agreement) shall be
paid directly to the related Series Enhancer). If sufficient
funds do not exist on such Payment Date to pay in full all amounts
then due and owing pursuant to this clause (8), the remaining
Available Distribution Amount shall be allocated among all Series
of Notes then Outstanding in the same proportion as the ratio of
(x) the Interest Payments then due and owing with respect to a
particular Series of Notes, to (y) the aggregate amount of all
Interest Payments then due and owing to all Series of Notes
pursuant to this clause (8);
(9) in
payment of the amounts described in clauses (A) and
(B) below:
(A) to the Series Account for
each Series of Warehouse Notes then Outstanding, on a pro
rata basis, an amount equal to the sum of the Commitment Fees
then due and payable, and
(B) to each Series Enhancer, on
a pro rata basis, an amount equal to all Series Enhancer
Commitment Fees for each such Series then due and payable.
If
sufficient funds do not exist to pay in full all such amounts then
due and payable pursuant to this clause (9) on any Payment
Date, the remaining Available Distribution Amount shall be
allocated among each such Person in the same proportion as the
ratio of (x) the amount then due and owing to each such Person
pursuant to the provisions of this clause (9) to (y) the
aggregate amount then due and owing pursuant to the provisions of
this clause (9);
(10) to
the Manager, an amount equal to the Overhaul Fee then due and
payable (which amount shall have been reduced for any related
amounts previously distributed to the Manager pursuant to Section
302(c) hereof);
(11) in
payment of the amounts set forth in clauses (A) and
(B) below:
(A) to the Series Account for
each Series of Term Notes and each Series of Warehouse Notes with
respect to which its Commitment Termination Date has occurred, the
Minimum Principal Payment Amounts then due and owing for each such
Series on such Payment Date to be paid in accordance with Section
302(f) hereof;
(B) to each Interest Rate Hedge
Provider (on a pro rata basis based on the relative amounts
then owing), the amount of all Note Partial Termination Amounts
then due and payable with respect to all Interest Rate Swap
Agreements to which it is a counterparty with the Issuer.
If
sufficient funds do not exist to pay in full all such amounts then
due and payable pursuant to this clause (11) on any Payment
Date, the remaining Available Distribution Amount shall be
allocated among each such Person in the same proportion as the
ratio of (x) the amount then due and owing to each such Person
pursuant to the provisions of this clause (11) to (y) the
aggregate amount then due and owing pursuant to the provisions of
this clause (11);
(12) to
the Series Account for each Series of Term Notes and each
Series of Warehouse Notes with respect to which its Commitment
Termination Date has occurred, the Scheduled Principal Payment
Amount then due and owing for each such Series on such Payment Date
to be paid in accordance with Section 302(f) hereof;
(13) to
the Series Account for each Series of Notes then Outstanding
in accordance with the provisions of Section 302(g), the
portion (if any) of the Supplemental
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Principal
Payment Amount that is distributable with respect to such Series of
Notes pursuant to Section 702(b);
(14) if
the Manager is not an Exterran Affiliate, then first to the Person
(other than any Exterran Affiliate) to whom any Management Related
Expenses are payable, the amount of any Management Related Expenses
due and owing to such Person, and second to the Control Party for
any Series, an amount equal to any unreimbursed Management Related
Expenses previously paid by such Control Party;
(15) to
the Manager, an amount equal to any Excess Operation Expenses and
any Excess S&A Expenses then due and payable;
(16) to
the Manager, an amount equal to any Incentive Management Fee then
due and payable;
(17) to
each Interest Rate Hedge Provider (on a pro rata basis based
on the relative amounts owing), an amount equal to any unpaid
termination payments, and accrued interest thereon, then due and
payable pursuant to the terms of any Interest Rate Swap
Agreement;
(18) to
each of the Persons described in clauses (A) through
(F) below, an amount equal to any indemnification payments and
other amounts (including Default Fee) then owing pursuant to the
terms of the Related Documents:
(A) each Noteholder and each Person
claiming through any Noteholder (which amounts shall be paid into
the Series Account for the applicable Series of Notes held by
such Noteholder for distribution to such Noteholder or other
Person);
(B) each Series Enhancer;
(C) each Interest Rate Hedge
Provider;
(D) the Deal Agent;
(E) the Indenture Trustee; and
(F) if the Manager is not an Exterran
Affiliate, the Manager,
If
sufficient funds do not exist to pay in full all such amounts then
due and payable pursuant to this clause (18) on any Payment
Date, the remaining Available Distribution Amount shall be
allocated among each such Person in the same proportion as the
ratio of (x) the amount then due and owing to each such Person
pursuant to the provisions of this clause (18) to (y) the
aggregate amount then due and owing pursuant to the provisions of
this clause (18);
(19) if
the Manager is an Exterran Affiliate, to the Manager, all
indemnification payments and other amounts then due and owing to
the Manager pursuant to the terms of the Related Documents;
and
(20) to
the Issuer or its designee, any remaining Available Distribution
Amount.
(e) On
each Payment Date on which an Event of Default has occurred and is
continuing (as determined in accordance with Section 818), the
Indenture Trustee (based on the Manager Report delivered to it
pursuant to the Management Agreement), shall distribute the
Available Distribution Amount (as reduced by any amounts
distributed during the related Collection Period pursuant to
Section 302(c) above) from the Trust Account by wire transfer in
immediately available funds to the following Persons in the
following order of priority and in the following amounts:
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(1) to
the Indenture Trustee, an amount equal to the sum of (i) all
costs and expenses incurred by the Indenture Trustee (including the
reasonable fees and expenses of counsel to the Indenture Trustee)
and (ii) the sum of (x) all Indenture Trustee’s
Fees and (y) Indenture Trustee Indemnified Amounts then due
and payable (to the extent not paid pursuant to clause
(i) hereof) for all Series then Outstanding; provided,
however, that the amount described in clause (y) shall not
exceed $20,000 annually for each Series then Outstanding;
(2)
first , to the Manager, any Excluded Payments received
during the related Collection Period (to the extent not previously
paid to the Manager pursuant to the provisions of
Section 302(c)), which amounts shall, if applicable, be
promptly remitted by the Manager to the relevant tax authorities,
and second , after all amounts owing pursuant to clause
first have been paid, to the Manager, reimbursement for any
unpaid Manager Advances in accordance with the terms of the
Management Agreement;
(3) to
the Manager, any Management Fee then due and payable (which amounts
shall have been reduced for any related amounts previously
distributed to the Manager pursuant to Section 302(c));
(4)
first , to the Back-up Manager, an amount equal to any
Back-up Manager Fee then due and owing and not previously paid by
the Manager; and second , after the payments pursuant to
clause first have been paid to the Manager, an amount equal
to any Back-up Manager Fee previously paid by the Manager and not
previously reimbursed;
(5) if
the Manager is not an Exterran Affiliate, then first , to
each applicable insurance provider or such other Person to whom
such amounts are payable, on a pro rata basis based on the
relative amounts then owing, an amount equal to any premiums then
due in respect of Property Insurance and Liability Insurance (to
the extent not paid by any Exterran Affiliate), and second ,
to the Control Party for each Series, on a pro rata basis
based on relative amounts then owing, an amount equal to any
unreimbursed premiums previously paid by such Control Party in
respect of Property Insurance and Liability Insurance (to the
extent not paid by any Exterran Affiliate);
(6) to
each Series Enhancer, on a pro rata basis based on the
relative amounts of Premiums owing to each Series Enhancer, an
amount equal to all Premiums then due and payable to such
Series Enhancer;
(7) to
each Interest Rate Hedge Provider (on a pro rata basis based
on the relative amounts owing to all such Interest Rate Hedge
Providers), an amount equal to any scheduled payments (other than
termination payments) and any accrued interest thereon then due and
payable pursuant to the terms of all Interest Rate Swap Agreements
then in effect to which such Interest Rate Hedge Provider is a
counterparty with the Issuer;
(8) to
the Series Account for each Series of Notes then Outstanding,
an amount equal to the Interest Payments for each such Series then
due and payable (provided that any portion of the Interest Payments
relating to the reimbursement of Interest Payments previously paid
by a Series Enhancer (together with interest thereon at the
rate specified in the applicable Enhancement Agreement) shall be
paid directly to the related Series Enhancer). If sufficient
funds do not exist on such Payment Date to pay in full all amounts
then due and owing pursuant to this clause (8), the remaining
Available Distribution Amount shall be allocated among all Series
of Notes then Outstanding in the same proportion as the ratio of
(x) the Interest Payment then due and owing with respect to a
particular Series of Notes, to (y) the aggregate amount of all
Interest Payments then due and owing to all Series of Notes
pursuant to this clause (8);
(9) in
payment of the amounts described in clauses (A) and
(B) below:
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(A) to the Series Account for
each Series of Warehouse Notes then Outstanding, on a pro
rata basis, an amount equal to the sum of the Commitment Fees
then due and payable; and
(B) to each Series Enhancer, on
a pro rata basis, an amount equal to all Series Enhancer
Commitment Fees for each such Series then due and payable.
If
sufficient funds do not exist to pay in full all such amounts then
due and payable pursuant to this clause (9) on any Payment
Date, the remaining Available Distribution Amount shall be
allocated among each such Person in the same proportion as the
ratio of (x) the amount then due and owing to each such Person
pursuant to the provisions of this clause (9) to (y) the
aggregate amount then due and owing pursuant to the provisions of
this clause (9);
(10) to
the Manager, an amount equal to the Overhaul Fee then due and
payable (which amount shall have been reduced for any related
amounts previously distributed to the Manager pursuant to Section
302(c) hereof);
(11)
the remaining Available Distribution Amount to be distributed in
payment of the amounts set forth in the following clauses
(A) and (B):
(A) to the Series Account for
each Series of Notes then Outstanding (on a pro rata basis
based on the relative unpaid principal balances of each such Series
of Notes then Outstanding), an amount equal to the then unpaid
principal balance of such Series of Notes; and
(B) to each Series Enhancer, an
amount equal to all Reimbursement Amounts then owing to such
Series Enhancer on each Series of Notes for which it provides
Series Enhancement;
If
sufficient funds do not exist to pay in full all such amounts then
due and payable pursuant to this clause (11) on any Payment
Date, the remaining Available Distribution Amount shall be
allocated among each such Person in the same proportion as the
ratio of (x) the amount then due and owing to each such Person
pursuant to the provisions of this clause (11) to (y) the
aggregate amount then due and owing pursuant to the provisions of
this clause (11);
(12) if
the Manager is not an Exterran Affiliate, then first , to
the Person (other than any Exterran Affiliate) to whom any
Management Related Expenses are payable, the amount of any
Management Related Expenses due and owing to such Person, and
second, to the Control Party for any Series, an amount equal
to any unreimbursed Management Related Expenses previously paid by
such Control Party.
(13) to
each Interest Rate Hedge Provider (on a pro rata basis based
on the relative amounts owing), any amounts then due and payable
pursuant to the terms of any Interest Rate Swap Agreement (to the
extent not paid pursuant to clause (7) above;
(14) to
each of the Persons described in clauses (A) through (E), an
amount equal to any indemnification payments and other amounts
(including Default Fee) then owing pursuant to the terms of the
Related Documents:
(A) each Noteholder and each Person
claiming through any Noteholder (which amounts shall be paid into
the Series Account for the applicable Series of Notes held by
such Noteholder for distribution to such Noteholder or other
Person);
(B) each Series Enhancer;
(C) each Interest Rate Hedge
Provider;
(D) the Deal Agent;
(E) the Indenture Trustee; and
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(F) if the Manager is not an Exterran
Affiliate, the Manager.
If
sufficient funds do not exist to pay in full all such amounts then
due and payable pursuant to this clause (14) on any Payment
Date, the remaining Available Distribution Amount shall be
allocated among each such Person in the same proportion as the
ratio of (x) the amount then due and owing to each such Person
pursuant to the provisions of this clause (14) to (y) the
aggregate amount then due and owing pursuant to the provisions of
this clause (14);
(15) to
the Manager, an amount equal to any Excess Operation Expenses and
any Excess S&A Expenses then due and payable;
(16) to
the Manager, an amount equal to any Incentive Management Fee then
due and payable;
(17) if
the Manager is an Exterran Affiliate, to the Manager, all
indemnification payments and other amounts then due and owing to
the Manager pursuant to the terms of the Related Documents;
and
(18)
after payment in full in cash of all Secured Obligations, to the
Issuer or its designee, any remaining amounts on deposit in the
Trust Account on such date.
(f) On
each Payment Date on which no Event of Default is continuing, the
funds available to pay the Minimum Principal Payment Amounts or
Scheduled Principal Payment Amounts, as the case may be, owing to
all Series of Notes then outstanding pursuant to the provisions of
Section 302(d) will be allocated among each Series of Notes
sequentially based on the Series Issuance Date of such Series
of Notes, so that no such Minimum Principal Payment Amounts or
Scheduled Principal Payment Amounts will be paid with respect to
any Series unless the Minimum Principal Payment Amounts or
Scheduled Principal Payment Amounts (as the case may be) shall have
been paid in full with respect to each Series of Notes (if any)
having an earlier Series Issuance Date than such Series. For
purposes of this Section 302(f), each Series of Warehouse
Notes will be deemed to have a Series Issuance Date equal to its
Commitment Termination Date. If two (2) or more Series of
Notes were issued on the same date, then such Minimum Principal
Payment Amounts or Scheduled Principal Payment Amounts, as the case
may be, will be allocated among each such Series of Notes on a
pro rata basis, based on the Minimum Principal Payment
Amounts or Scheduled Principal Payment Amounts, as the case may be,
then due with respect to such affected Series.
(g) On
each Payment Date on which no Event of Default is continuing, the
Issuer shall, in accordance with the priority of payments set forth
in Section 302(d) make a payment of the Supplemental Principal
Payment Amount then due and owing, if any, first to each
Series of Warehouse Notes then Outstanding for which the Commitment
Termination Date has not occurred on a pro rata basis, in
proportion to the then unpaid principal balance of such Warehouse
Notes, until the principal balances of all such Warehouse Notes
have been paid in full, second , any portion of the
Supplemental Principal Payment Amount remaining after applying
clause first shall be paid to each Series of Warehouse Notes
then Outstanding for which the Commitment Termination Date has
occurred on a pro rata basis, in proportion to the then
unpaid principal balance of such Warehouse Notes, until the
principal balances of all such Warehouse Notes have been paid in
full, and third , any portion of the Supplemental Principal
Payment Amount remaining after applying clauses first and
second , shall be paid to all Series of Term Notes then
Outstanding on a pro rata basis, in proportion to the then
unpaid principal balance of each such Series of Term Notes, until
the principal balances of all Series of Term Notes have been paid
in full.
(h) The
Issuer shall have the right, but not the obligation, to make (or to
direct the Indenture Trustee to make) principal payments on any
Series of Notes from some or all of (i) amounts that are payable or
have been paid to the Issuer pursuant to this Section 302,
(ii) amounts that the Issuer receives from advances or draws
under any Series of Warehouse Notes, (iii) proceeds of the
issuance of any Series of Notes, (iv) funds representing
capital contributions made to the Issuer and (v) funds
previously retained in the Trust Account during the continuation of
a Prospective Trigger Event. Without limiting the foregoing, at the
direction of the Issuer, amounts and proceeds contemplated by the
preceding sentence may be included in distributions in respect of
principal payments on the Notes of one or more Series pursuant to
Section 302(d).
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Section 303
Investment of Monies Held in the Transaction Accounts . The
Indenture Trustee shall invest any cash deposited in the
Transaction Accounts in such Eligible Investments as the Manager
shall direct (or, if an Event of Default has occurred and is then
continuing, the Indenture Trustee shall invest such funds in
Eligible Investments as directed by the Requisite Global Majority),
in writing or by telephone and subsequently confirm such directions
in writing. Each Eligible Investment (including reinvestment of the
income and proceeds of Eligible Investments) shall be held to its
maturity and shall mature or shall be payable on demand not later
than the Business Day immediately preceding the next succeeding
Payment Date in the case of all Transaction Accounts. If the
Indenture Trustee has not received written instructions from the
Manager by 2:30 p.m. (New York time) on the day such funds are
received as to the investment of funds then on deposit in any of
the aforementioned accounts, the Issuer hereby instructs the
Indenture Trustee to invest such funds in Eligible Investments of
the type described in clause (4) of the definition of Eligible
Investments. Eligible Investments shall be made in the name of the
Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders, any Interest
Rate Hedge Provider and any Series Enhancer. Any earnings on
Eligible Investments in the Transaction Accounts shall be retained
in each such account and be distributed in accordance with the
terms of this Indenture or any related Supplement. The Indenture
Trustee shall not be liable or responsible for losses on any
investments made by it pursuant to this Section 303.
Section 304
Control . (a) Each of the Issuer, the Indenture Trustee
and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, in its capacity as a
Securities Intermediary, hereby agrees that (i) each of the
Transaction Accounts will be a “securities account” as
such term is defined in Section 8-501(a) of the UCC, (ii) the
Securities Intermediary shall, subject to the terms of this
Indenture, treat the Indenture Trustee as entitled to exercise the
rights that comprise any Financial Asset credited to such accounts,
and the Indenture Trustee shall be the “Entitlement
Holder” within the meaning of Section 8-102(a)(7) of the
UCC with respect to all such Financial Assets, (iii) all
Eligible Investments will be promptly credited to such accounts and
shall be treated as a “Financial Asset” within the
meaning of Section 8-102(a)(9) of the UCC, and (iv) all
securities and other property underlying any Financial Assets
credited to such accounts shall be registered in the name of the
Indenture Trustee, endorsed to the Indenture Trustee and in no case
will any financial asset credited to the Transaction Accounts be
registered in the name of the Issuer, payable to the order of the
Issuer or specially indorsed to the Issuer except to the extent the
foregoing have been specially and duly endorsed to the Securities
Intermediary at which such accounts are maintained or in
blank.
(b) Upon
the occurrence of an Event of Default hereunder, the Indenture
Trustee, acting in accordance with the terms of this Indenture,
shall be entitled to provide an Entitlement Order (as defined in
Section 8-102(a)(8) of the UCC) to the Securities Intermediary
at which such accounts are maintained. Upon receipt of the
Entitlement Order in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture, the Securities Intermediary shall comply with such
Entitlement Order without further consent by the Issuer or any
other Person.
(c) In
the event that a Corporate Trust Officer of the Indenture Trustee
obtains actual knowledge that the Indenture Trustee has or
subsequently obtains by agreement, operation of law or otherwise a
security interest in the Trust Account, any Series Account or
any security entitlement credited thereto (other than a security
interest for the benefit of the Noteholders), the Indenture Trustee
hereby agrees that such security interest shall be subordinate to
the security interest created by this Indenture. The financial
assets and other items deposited to the accounts will not be
subject to deduction, set-off, banker’s lien, or any other
right in favor of any Person except as created pursuant to this
Indenture.
(d) On
or prior to the Closing Date, each of the Issuer, the Indenture
Trustee and the Securities Intermediary shall enter into the
Control Agreement, with respect to each of the Trust Account, the
Purchase Account and the Series 2007-1 Series Account
substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto.
Section 305
Reports . The Indenture Trustee shall promptly upon request
furnish to each Noteholder, each Series Enhancer and each
Interest Rate Hedge Provider a copy of all reports, financial
statements and notices received by the Indenture Trustee pursuant
to any Related Document.
Section 306
Records . The Indenture Trustee shall cause to be kept and
maintained adequate records pertaining to the Transaction Accounts
and each Series Account and all receipts and disbursements
therefrom. The Indenture Trustee shall deliver at least quarterly
an accounting thereof in the form of a trust statement to each
Control Party, and upon request to the Issuer, the Deal Agent, the
Manager and each Interest Rate Hedge Provider.
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Section 307
CUSIP Numbers .
The
Issuer in issuing the Notes may use “CUSIP” numbers (if
then generally in use), and, if so, the Indenture Trustee shall use
“CUSIP” numbers in notices of redemption as a
convenience to Holders; provided that, any such notice may
state that no representation is made as to the correctness of such
numbers either as printed on the Notes or as contained in any
notice of a redemption and that reliance may be placed only on the
other identification numbers printed on the Notes, and any such
redemption shall not be affected by any defect in or omission of
such numbers. The Issuer will promptly notify the Indenture Trustee
of any change in the “CUSIP” numbers.
Section 308
No Claim .
Indemnities
payable to the Indenture Trustee, the Manager and any other Person
shall be limited recourse to the Issuer and shall not constitute a
“Claim” (as defined in Section 101(5) of the
Bankruptcy Code) against the Issuer in the event such amounts are
not paid in accordance with Section 302 of this
Indenture.
Section 309
Compliance with Withholding Requirements .
Notwithstanding
any other provision of this Indenture, the Indenture Trustee shall
comply with all United States federal income tax withholding
requirements with respect to payments to Noteholders of interest,
original issue discount, or other amounts that the Indenture
Trustee reasonably believes are applicable under the Code. The
consent of Noteholders shall not be required for any such
withholding.
Section 310
Tax Treatment of Notes .
The
Issuer has entered into this Indenture, and the Notes will be
issued, with the intention that, for federal, state and local
income, single business and franchise tax purposes, the Notes will
qualify as indebtedness. The Issuer and the Indenture Trustee, by
entering into this Indenture, and each Noteholder, by its
acceptance of its Note (and any Person that is a beneficial owner
of any interest in a Note, by virtue of such Person’s
acquisition of a beneficial interest therein), agree to treat the
Notes for federal, state and local income, single business and
franchise tax purposes as indebtedness.
Section 311
Rights of Noteholders . The Noteholders of each Series shall
have the right to receive, at the times and in the amounts
specified in the related Supplement, (i) funds on deposit in
any Series Account for such Series and (ii) payments made
by any Series Enhancer to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to
any Enhancement Agreement providing Series Enhancement for
such Series. Each Noteholder, by acceptance of its Notes,
(a) acknowledges and agrees that (except as expressly provided
herein and in a Supplement entered into in accordance with Section
1006(b) hereof) the Noteholders of a Series shall not have any
interest in any Series Account for the benefit of any other
Series and (b) ratifies and confirms the terms of this
Indenture and the Related Documents executed in connection with
such Series.
Section 312
Collections and Allocations . With respect to each
Collection Period, the Available Distribution Amount on deposit in
the Trust Account (and the other Transaction Accounts when provided
in this Indenture) will be allocated to each Series then
Outstanding in accordance with Article III of this Indenture
and the Supplements.
Section 313
Purchase Account .
(a) On
or prior to the Closing Date, the Indenture Trustee shall establish
and maintain in the name of the Indenture Trustee an Eligible
Account with the Corporate Trust Office of the Indenture Trustee
which shall be designated the purchase account (the “Purchase
Account”) and which shall be held by the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to this Indenture. Any and all moneys remitted by the
Issuer, or the Manager on the Issuer’s behalf, to the
Purchase Account, together with any Eligible Investments in which
such moneys are or will be invested or reinvested, shall be held in
the Purchase Account. Any and all moneys in the Purchase Account
shall be invested in Eligible Investments in accordance with this
Indenture and shall be distributed in accordance with this
Section 313.
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(b) The
Issuer shall (or shall cause the Manager to) deposit into the
Purchase Account all Compressor Reinvestment Sales Proceeds. The
Issuer may, so long as no Control Party has sent written direction
to the contrary to each of the Issuer, the Manager, the Indenture
Trustee and each other Control Party, use, or cause the use of, all
or any portion of the Compressor Reinvestment Sales Proceeds then
on deposit in the Purchase Account to pay to the Contributors the
purchase price for one or more Compressors that satisfy the
Additional Compressor Criteria and the Purchase Criteria pursuant
to a transaction complying with the terms of the Contribution
Agreement and this Indenture, by delivering a written notice and
certificate to the Indenture Trustee (1) specifying (x) the
amount of Compressor Reinvestment Sales Proceeds to be released
from the Purchase Account and paid over to the Contributor and
identifying the Contributor to be paid, (y) the applicable Purchase
Date on which such amount shall be released and paid and (z) a
description of the Additional Compressors to be purchased and
(2) representing and warranting to the Indenture Trustee, each
Noteholder, each Control Party, and each Interest Rate Hedge
Provider that, as at the Purchase Date for such Additional
Compressors, such Additional Compressors satisfy all of the
Additional Compressor Criteria and the Purchase Criteria.
(c) If
the Issuer does not utilize all of the Compressor Reinvestment
Sales Proceeds to purchase Additional Compressors within thirty
(30) days after the date on which such Compressor Reinvestment
Sales Proceeds were initially deposited into the Purchase Account,
then the Indenture Trustee, at the direction of the Manager or any
Control Party, shall transfer from the Purchase Account to the
Trust Account any unused portion of such Compressor Reinvestment
Sales Proceeds. In determining whether or not all of the Compressor
Reinvestment Sales Proceeds arising from a specific Owner
Compressor were re-invested in Additional Compressors within a
thirty (30) day period, the Issuer shall utilize a first-in,
first out method of tracking Compressor Reinvestment Sales
Proceeds.
(d) Upon
the occurrence of either a Trigger Event or a Prospective Trigger
Event, the Indenture Trustee, at the direction of the Manager or
any Control Party, as the case may be, shall promptly liquidate all
Eligible Investments credited to the Purchase Account and transfer
all funds from the Purchase Account to the Trust Account.
ARTICLE IV
COLLATERAL
Section 401
Collateral .
(a) The
Notes and the obligations of the Issuer and the Exterran ABS Lessor
hereunder shall be obligations of the Issuer and the Exterran ABS
Lessor as provided in Section 203 hereof. The Noteholders,
each Series Enhancer and each Interest Rate Hedge Provider
shall also have the benefit of, and the Notes shall be secured by
and be payable solely from, the Collateral.
(b) Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Indenture to the contrary, each of the
Issuer and the Exterran ABS Lessor expressly agrees that it shall
remain liable under each agreement and contract included in the
Collateral to which it is a party to observe and perform all the
conditions and obligations to be observed and performed by the
Issuer thereunder and that the Issuer shall perform all of its
duties and obligations thereunder, all in accordance with and
pursuant to the terms and provisions of each such contract and
agreement.
(c) The
Indenture Trustee hereby acknowledges the appointment by the Issuer
and the Exterran ABS Lessor of the Manager to service and
administer the Collateral in accordance with the provisions of the
Management Agreement and, so long as such Management Agreement
shall not have been terminated in accordance with its terms, the
Indenture Trustee hereby agrees to provide the Manager with such
documentation, and to take all such actions with respect to the
Collateral, as the Manager may reasonably request in writing in
accordance with the express provisions of the Management Agreement.
Until such time as the Management Agreement has been terminated in
accordance with its terms, the Manager, on behalf of the Issuer and
the Exterran ABS Lessor, shall collect all payments on the User
Contracts in accordance with the provisions of the Management
Agreement and the Intercreditor Agreement.
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(d) The
Indenture Trustee or the Requisite Global Majority (or any other
Person (including the Back-up Manager or the Manager) designated by
the Indenture Trustee or the Requisite Global Majority) may, upon
the occurrence of (i) any Event of Default (after notifying
the Issuer of its intention to do so) or (ii) an Exterran
Group Event, (1) set up and maintain the ABS Lockbox Account
(unless such ABS Lockbox Account has been previously created by the
Back-up Manager in connection with a Manager Termination Notice)
and (2) notify Users and any other Account Debtors of the
Issuer, including, without limitation, any Person obligated to make
payments pursuant to any User Contract, parties to the Contracts of
the Issuer and obligors in respect of Instruments of the Issuer,
that (x) the User Contracts and Accounts, and the right, title
and interest of the Issuer in and under such User Contracts,
Accounts, Contracts and Instruments, have been assigned to the
Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders, each
Series Enhancer and each Interest Rate Hedge Provider, and
(y) payments in respect of such User Contracts, Accounts,
Contracts and Instruments shall be made directly to the ABS Lockbox
Account, and the Indenture Trustee and/or the Requisite Global
Majority (and/or any such designee) may communicate with such Users
and other Account Debtors, parties to such Contracts and obligors
in respect of such Instruments to verify with such parties, to the
Indenture Trustee’s and Requisite Global Majority’s
satisfaction, the existence, amount and terms of such User
Contracts, Accounts, Contracts and Instruments. The Indenture
Trustee hereby agrees that it will cause amounts on deposit from
time to time in the ABS Lockbox Account, if any, to be deposited
into the Trust Account.
(e) Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Indenture to the contrary, the Indenture
Trustee or any Entitled Party may reject or refuse to accept any
Collateral for credit toward payment of the Notes that is an
account, instrument, chattel paper, lease, or other obligation or
property of any kind due from, owed by, or belonging to, a
Sanctioned Person.
Section 402
Pro Rata Interest .
(a) All
Series of Notes Outstanding shall be equally and ratably entitled
to the benefits of this Indenture without preference, priority or
distinction, all in accordance with the terms and provisions of
this Indenture and the related Supplement.
(b) With
respect to each Series of Notes, the execution and delivery of the
related Supplement shall be upon the express condition that, if the
conditions specified in Section 701 of this Indenture are met
with respect to such Series of Notes, the security interest and all
other estate and rights granted by this Indenture with respect to
such Series of Notes shall cease and become null and void and all
of the property, rights, and interest granted as security for the
Notes of such Series shall revert to and revest in the Issuer
without any other act or formality whatsoever.
Section 403
Indenture Trustee’s Appointment as Attorney-in-Fact;
Certain Rights of Control Party .
(a) Each
of the Issuer and the Exterran ABS Lessor hereby irrevocably
constitutes and appoints the Indenture Trustee, and any officer or
agent thereof, with full power of substitution, as its true and
lawful attorney-in-fact with full irrevocable power and authority
in the place and stead of the Issuer or the Exterran ABS Lessor, as
the case may be, and in the name of the Issuer or the Exterran ABS
Lessor, as the case may be, or in its own name, from time to time
at the Indenture Trustee’s discretion (as directed by the
Requisite Global Majority and/or any Control Party in accordance
with this Indenture), for the purpose of carrying out the terms and
purposes of this Indenture, to take any and all appropriate action
and to execute and deliver any and all documents and instruments
which may be necessary or desirable to accomplish the purposes of
this Indenture and, without limiting the generality of the
foregoing, the Issuer hereby gives the Indenture Trustee the power
and right, on behalf of the Issuer, without notice to or assent by
the Issuer, to do any or all of the following as the Indenture
Trustee may elect:
(i) to
ask, demand, collect, recover, compound, sue for, receive and give
acquittances and receipts for any and all monies due or to become
due under the Collateral and, in the name of the Issuer or the
Exterran ABS Lessor, as the case may be, in its own name or
otherwise, to take possession of, endorse, receive and collect any
checks, drafts, note, acceptances or other Instruments for the
payment of monies due under the Collateral and to file any claim or
to take or commence any other action or Proceeding in any court of
law or equity or otherwise deemed appropriate by the Indenture
Trustee for
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the purpose of
collecting any and all such monies due under or with respect to the
Collateral whenever payable;
(ii) to
pay or discharge any Liens, including, without limitation, any tax
lien, levied or placed on or threatened against the Collateral, to
effect any repairs or any insurance called for by the terms of this
Indenture and to pay all or any part of the premiums therefor and
the costs thereof; and
(iii)
to (1) direct any Person liable for any payment under or in
respect of any of the Collateral (including, without limitation,
any User Contracts) to make payment of any and all monies due or to
become due thereunder directly to the Indenture Trustee or as the
Indenture Trustee shall direct, (2) receive payment of any and
all monies, claims and other amounts due or to become due at any
time arising out of or in respect of the Collateral, (3) sign and
endorse any invoices, freight or express bills, bills of lading,
storage or warehouse receipts, drafts against the Issuer or the
Exterran ABS Lessor, assignments, verifications and notices in
connection with Accounts and other Instruments and Documents
constituting or relating to the Collateral, (4) commence and
prosecute any suits, actions or Proceedings at law or in equity in
any court of competent jurisdiction to collect the Collateral or
any part thereof and to enforce any other right in respect of the
Collateral, (5) defend any suit, action or proceeding brought
against the Issuer or the Exterran ABS Lessor with respect to the
Collateral, (6) settle, compromise or adjust any suit, action
or proceeding described above and, in connection therewith, give
such discharges or releases as the Indenture Trustee may deem
appropriate, (7) obtain or adjust insurance required to be
maintained by the Issuer or the Exterran ABS Lessor pursuant to any
Related Document upon the failure by the Issuer to maintain such
insurance, (8) prepare and file any UCC financing statements
in the name of the Issuer or the Exterran ABS Lessor as debtor,
(9) prepare, sign and file for recordation, to the extent that
there is any Intellectual Property, in any intellectual property
registry appropriate evidence of the security interest and Lien
granted herein in the Intellectual Property in the name of the
Issuer or the Exterran ABS Lessor as assignor, (10) pay or
discharge taxes or Liens levied or placed upon or threatened
against the Collateral, (11) sell, transfer, pledge, make any
agreement with respect to or otherwise deal with any of the
Collateral as fully and completely as though the Indenture Trustee
were the absolute owner thereof for all purposes, and (12) do,
at the Indenture Trustee’s option and Issuer’s expense,
at any time, or from time to time, all acts and things which the
Indenture Trustee may reasonably deem necessary to protect,
preserve or realize upon the Collateral and the Indenture
Trustee’s Lien therein in order to effect the intent of this
Indenture, all as fully and effectively as the Issuer or the
Exterran ABS Lessor, as the case may be, might do.
The
Indenture Trustee has no obligation or duty to determine whether to
perfect, file, record or maintain any perfected, filed or recorded
document or instrument (all of which the Issuer shall prepare,
deliver and instruct the Indenture Trustee to execute at the
Issuer’s expense) in connection with the grant of security
interest in the Collateral hereunder.
(b) The
Indenture Trustee shall not exercise the power of attorney or any
rights granted to the Indenture Trustee pursuant to this
Section 403 other than those contained in clauses (8), (9) and
(12) of Section 403(a)(iii) unless an Event of Default
shall have occurred and be continuing or such exercise is otherwise
permitted hereunder. The Issuer hereby ratifies, to the extent
permitted by law, all actions that said attorney shall lawfully do,
or cause to be done, by virtue hereof. The power of attorney
granted pursuant to this Section 403 is a power coupled with
an interest and shall be irrevocable until all Series of Notes and
other obligations secured hereby are paid and performed in
full.
(c) The
powers conferred on the Indenture Trustee hereunder are solely to
protect the Indenture Trustee’s interests in the Collateral
and shall not impose any duty upon it to exercise any such powers
except as set forth herein. The Indenture Trustee shall be
accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as a result
of the exercise of such powers and neither it nor any of its
officers, directors, employees, agents or representatives shall be
responsible to the Issuer or the Exterran ABS Lessor for any act or
failure to act, except for its own negligence or willful
misconduct.
(d) Each
of the Issuer and the Exterran ABS Lessor authorizes the Indenture
Trustee (i) at any time and from time to time after a Manager
Default, at the written direction of the Requisite Global Majority,
to terminate the Management Agreement then in effect and/or
exercise any other remedies under Section 12.2 of the
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Management Agreement, (ii) at any time and from time to time
upon the occurrence of an Event of Default and at the direction of
the Requisite Global Majority, to (x) communicate in its own
name with any party to any User Contract with regard to the
assignment hereunder of the right, title and interest of the Issuer
or the Exterran ABS Lessor, as the case may be, in, to and under
the User Contracts and other matters relating thereto and
(y) execute, in connection with the sale of Collateral
provided for in Article VIII hereof, any endorsements,
assignments or other instruments of conveyance or transfer or sale
with respect to the Collateral, (iii) at any time and from
time to time, at the written direction of the Requisite Global
Majority, to take any and all actions and exercise any and all
rights and remedies (including, without limitation, all rights to
give or withhold consents and/or approvals) of the Indenture
Trustee under the Intercreditor Agreement as the Requisite Global
Majority shall direct, and (iv) at any time and from time to
time, at the direction of the Requisite Global Majority, to take
any and all actions and exercise any and all rights and remedies
(including, without limitation, all rights to give or withhold
consents and/or approvals) stated to be exercisable by the
Indenture Trustee under the Management Agreement, Back-up
Management Agreement, Contribution Agreement or any other Related
Document. The Indenture Trustee hereby agrees, for the benefit of
the Noteholders, each Series Enhancer and each Interest Rate
Hedge Provider, that it shall act as directed in accordance with
this Section 403(d).
(e) If
either the Issuer or the Exterran ABS Lessor fails to perform or
comply with any of its agreements contained herein, the Indenture
Trustee, with the consent of, or at the direction of, the Requisite
Global Majority, shall perform or comply, or otherwise cause
performance or compliance, with such agreement. The reasonable
expenses, including attorneys’ fees and expenses, of the
Indenture Trustee incurred in connection with such performance or
compliance, together with interest thereon at the Overdue Rate
specified in the related Supplement, shall be payable by the Issuer
and the Exterran ABS Lessor to the Indenture Trustee on demand and
shall constitute additional Outstanding Obligations secured
hereby.
(f) Each
of the Issuer, the Exterran ABS Lessor, the Indenture Trustee, each
Series Enhancer and, by its acceptance of its respective Note,
each Noteholder, hereby agrees that, if the Indenture Trustee shall
fail to act as directed by the Requisite Global Majority at any
time at which it is so required to act hereunder or under any other
Related Document, then, in each case, the Requisite Global Majority
shall be entitled to take such action directly in its own capacity
or on behalf of the Indenture Trustee. If the Indenture Trustee
fails to act as directed by the Requisite Global Majority when so
required to act under any Related Document, then the Indenture
Trustee shall, upon the request of the Requisite Global Majority,
irrevocably appoint the Person designated by the Requisite Global
Majority, and any officer or agent thereof, with full power of
substitution, as its true and lawful attorney-in-fact with full
irrevocable power and authority in the place and stead of the
Indenture Trustee and in the name of the Indenture Trustee or in
its own name, to take any and all actions that the Indenture
Trustee is authorized to take under any Related Document, to the
extent the Indenture Trustee has failed to take such action when
and as required under such Related Document.
Section 404
Release of Security Interest . Upon the Indenture
Trustee’s receipt of an Officer’s Certificate in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit C (a copy of which
Officer’s Certificate shall be delivered to the Deal Agent,
each Series Enhancer and each Interest Rate Hedge Provider at
least three (3) Business Days prior to the effective date of
such release) certifying that such release complies with all of the
provisions hereof and of the Related Documents (including
Sections 608, 614, 644, 645, 646, 647, 648, 649, and 816
hereof, Section 5.13 of the Management Agreement and
Section 3.04 of the Contribution Agreement) the Owner
Compressors identified for release in such certificate, together
with the Compressor Related Assets relating to such Owner
Compressors (but only to the extent that such Compressor Related
Assets are not related to any Owner Compressors other than those
identified in such certificate), will be released from the security
interest and Lien of this Indenture and all Related
Documents.
Section 405
Administration of Collateral . (a) The Indenture
Trustee shall, as promptly as practicable, notify the Noteholders,
each Interest Rate Hedge Provider, each Series Enhancer, the
Back-up Manager and the Deal Agent of any Manager Default of which
a Corporate Trust Officer has received written notice. If a Manager
Default shall have occurred and then be continuing, the Indenture
Trustee, in accordance with the written direction of the Requisite
Global Majority, shall deliver to the Manager (with a copy to the
Deal Agent, the Back-up Manager, each Rating Agency, each
Series Enhancer and each Interest Rate Hedge Provider) a
Manager Termination Notice terminating the Manager of its
responsibilities in accordance with the terms of the Management
Agreement. Upon receipt of such Manager Termination Notice, the
Back-up Manager shall, subject to the
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limitations set forth in the Back-up Management Agreement, assume
the duties of the Manager under the Management Agreement. If the
Back-up Manager is prohibited by Applicable Law from serving as the
Manager (and delivers such documents and opinions evidencing such
inability as set forth in the Back-up Management Agreement) and if
the Back-up Manager is unable to locate and qualify a replacement
Manager within sixty (60) days after the date of delivery of
the Manager Termination Notice, then the Requisite Global Majority
may appoint, or petition a court of competent jurisdiction to
appoint as a Replacement Manager, a Person reasonably acceptable to
the Requisite Global Majority, having a net worth of not less than
$15,000,000 and whose regular business includes the servicing of
natural gas compressors. In connection with the appointment of a
Replacement Manager, the Indenture Trustee or Deal Agent may, with
the written consent of the Requisite Global Majority, make such
arrangements for the compensation of such Replacement Manager out
of the Trust Account as the Indenture Trustee acting at the
direction of the Requisite Global Majority and such Replacement
Manager shall agree. The Indenture Trustee shall take such action,
consistent with the Management Agreement and the other Related
Documents, as shall be necessary to effectuate the appointment and
installation of the Back-up Manager or another Replacement
Manager.
(b) Upon
a Corporate Trust Officer’s obtaining the receipt of written
notice by the Indenture Trustee that a Warranty Purchase Amount has
not been paid when due pursuant to the terms of the Related
Documents, the Indenture Trustee shall notify each Control Party
and each Series Enhancer of such event and shall, in the name
of the Issuer, in the Indenture Trustee’s own name or
otherwise (as directed by the Requisite Global Majority) enforce
any applicable repurchase obligations of the Contributors or any
other Person at the direction of the Requisite Global
Majority.
(c) The
Indenture Trustee shall as promptly as practicable (and in any
event within three (3) Business Days after the Indenture
Trustee’s receipt hereof) notify and deliver to each Control
Party and each Series Enhancer, a copy of each notice or other
written communication received by the Indenture Trustee under the
Intercreditor Agreement.
ARTICLE V A
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF ISSUER
To
induce (i) the Noteholders to purchase the Notes hereunder,
(ii) each Series Enhancer to execute and deliver each
Enhancement Agreement, (iii) each Letter of Credit Bank to
issue a Letter of Credit, (iv) the Exterran ABS Lessor to
enter into each Lease and (v) each Interest Rate Hedge
Provider to enter into Interest Rate Swap Agreements, the Issuer
hereby represents and warrants (as of the Closing Date, as of each
date on which an “advance” under any Supplement is made
and as of each date on which any Notes are issued subsequent to the
Closing Date pursuant to any Supplement) to the Indenture Trustee
for the benefit of the Noteholders, each Series Enhancer, each
Letter of Credit Bank and each Interest Rate Hedge Provider
that:
Section 501
Existence . The Issuer is a Delaware limited liability
company duly formed and validly existing and in good standing and
is duly qualified to do business in each jurisdiction where the
nature of its business requires it to qualify, except where the
failure to do so would not have a material adverse effect upon the
Issuer, the Collateral or the ability of the Issuer to perform its
obligations under the Related Documents to which it is a party.
Since the date of formation of the Issuer, the Issuer has not
conducted business under any other name and does not have any trade
names, or “doing business under” or “doing
business as” names. The Issuer has not reorganized in any
jurisdiction (whether the United States, any state therein, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam or any possession or
territory of the United States, or any foreign country or state)
other than the State of Delaware.
Section 502
Authorization . The Issuer has the limited liability company
power and is duly authorized to execute and deliver this Indenture
and the other Related Documents to which it is a party; Issuer is
and will continue to be duly authorized to borrow monies hereunder;
and Issuer is and will continue to be duly authorized to perform
its obligations under this Indenture and under the other Related
Documents. The execution, delivery and performance by the Issuer of
this Indenture and the other Related Documents to which it is a
party and the borrowings hereunder do not and will not require any
consent or approval of any Governmental Authority, partner or any
other Person which has not already been obtained.
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Section 503
Due Qualification . The Issuer is qualified as a foreign
limited liability company in each jurisdiction and has obtained all
necessary licenses and approvals as required under Applicable Law,
in each case, where the failure to be so qualified, licensed or
approved, could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely
affect the ability of the Issuer to perform its obligations under
or comply with the terms of this Indenture or any other Related
Document to which it is a party.
Section 504
No Conflict; Legal Compliance . The execution, delivery and
performance of this Indenture and each of the other Related
Documents and the execution, delivery and payment of the Notes will
not: (a) contravene any provision of the limited liability
company agreement of the Issuer; (b) contravene, conflict with
or violate any Applicable Law or regulation, or any order, writ,
judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award of any
Governmental Authority that could result in a Material Adverse
Change; or (c) violate or result in the breach of, or
constitute (with or without notice or lapse of time or both) a
default under this Indenture, the Related Documents, any other
indenture or other loan or credit agreement, or other agreement or
instrument to which the Issuer is a party or by which the Issuer,
or its property and assets, may be bound or affected that could
result in a Material Adverse Change or result in a Lien on the
Collateral other than Permitted Encumbrances. The Issuer is not in
violation or breach of or default under any law, rule, regulation,
order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree, determination or award
or any contract, agreement, lease, license, indenture or other
instrument to which it is a party that could result in a Material
Adverse Change.
Section 505
Validity and Binding Effect . This Indenture is, and each
Related Document to which the Issuer is a party, when duly executed
and delivered, will be, legal, valid and binding obligations of the
Issuer, enforceable against the Issuer in accordance with their
respective terms, except as enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency or other similar laws of general application
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general
principles of equity limiting the availability of equitable
remedies.
Section 506
Financial Statements . Since December 31, 2006, there
has been no Material Adverse Change in the financial condition of
any Exterran Affiliate (determined on a consolidated basis for all
Exterran Affiliates), other than as disclosed in the Form 10Q
filed by Universal Compression Holdings, Inc. or Hanover Compressor
Company for the fiscal quarter ended June 30, 2007.
Section 507
Executive Offices . The current location of the
Issuer’s chief executive office and principal place of
business is 4444 Brittmoore Road, Houston, Texas 77041.
Section 508
No Agreements or Contracts . The Issuer is not now and has
not been a party to any contract or agreement (whether written or
oral) other than the Related Documents.
Section 509
Consents and Approvals . No approval, authorization, order,
action or consent of or notice to any trustee or holder of any
Indebtedness or obligation of the Issuer or of any other Person
under any agreement, contract, lease or license or similar document
or instrument to which the Issuer is a party or by which the Issuer
or any of its property or assets is bound, is required to be
obtained or given by the Issuer in order to make or consummate the
transactions contemplated under the Related Documents, including,
inter alia , any issuance or sale of the Notes pursuant to
the provisions of this Indenture, except for those approvals,
authorizations and consents that have been obtained on or prior to
the Closing Date (and except for notices to or consents of certain
Users in connection with the assignment of certain User Contracts,
to the extent such notice or consent requirements are permitted
under clause (2) of the definition of the term “Eligible
Contract”). All consents, orders and approvals of, filings
and registrations with, and other actions in respect of, all
Governmental Authorities required to be obtained by Issuer in order
to make or consummate the transactions contemplated under the
Related Documents have been, or prior to the time when required
will have been, obtained, given, filed or taken and are or will be
in full force and effect, or due provision has been made therefor
reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee.
Section 510
Margin Regulations . The Issuer does not own any
“margin security”, as that term is defined in
Regulation U of the Federal Reserve Board, and the proceeds of
the Notes issued under this Indenture will be used only for the
purposes contemplated hereunder. None of the proceeds of the Notes
will be used, directly or indirectly, for the purpose of purchasing
or carrying any margin security, for the purpose of reducing or
retiring any indebtedness which was originally incurred to purchase
or carry any margin security or for any other purpose which might
cause any of the loans under this Indenture to be considered a
“purpose credit”
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within
the meaning of Regulations T, U and X. The Issuer will not take or
permit any agent acting on its behalf to take any action which
might cause this Indenture or any document or instrument delivered
pursuant hereto to violate any regulation of the Federal Reserve
Board.
Section 511
Taxes . All federal, state, local and foreign tax returns,
reports and statements required to be filed by the Issuer have been
filed with the appropriate Governmental Authorities, and all Taxes
and other impositions shown thereon to be due and payable by the
Issuer have been paid prior to the date on which any fine, penalty,
interest or late charge may be added thereto for nonpayment
thereof, or any such fine, penalty, interest, late charge or loss
has been paid, or the Issuer is contesting its liability therefor
in good faith and has fully reserved all such amounts according to
GAAP in the financial statements provided to the Noteholders
pursuant to Section 629 of this Indenture. The Issuer has paid
when due and payable all material charges upon the books of the
Issuer and no Governmental Authority has asserted any Lien against
the Issuer with respect to unpaid Taxes. Proper and accurate
amounts have been withheld by the Issuer from its employees for all
periods in full and complete compliance with the tax, social
security and unemployment withholding provisions of applicable
federal, state, local and foreign law and such withholdings have
been timely paid to the respective Governmental Authorities.
Section 512
Other Regulations . The Issuer is not an “investment
company,” or an “affiliated person” of, or a
“promoter” or “principal underwriter” for,
an “investment company,” as such terms are defined in
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The issuance of the
Notes hereunder and the application of the proceeds and repayment
thereof by the Issuer, the granting of the security interest and
Liens hereunder and the performance of the transactions
contemplated by this Indenture and the other Related Documents will
not violate any provision of the Investment Company Act of 1940, or
any rule, regulation or order issued by the Securities and Exchange
Commission thereunder.
Section 513
Solvency and Separateness .
(i) The
capital of the Issuer is adequate for the business and undertakings
of the Issuer;
(ii)
Other than with respect to the transactions contemplated by the
Related Documents and transactions between the Exterran ABS Lessor
and the Issuer permitted pursuant to the terms of the Related
Documents, the Issuer is not engaged in any business transactions
with any Exterran Affiliate;
(iii)
Two of the directors of the non-economic member of the Issuer are
Independent Directors;
(iv)
The Issuer’s funds and assets are not, and will not be,
commingled with those of any Exterran Affiliate, except as
permitted by the Management Agreement and the Intercreditor
Agreement;
(v) The
organizational documents of the Issuer require the Issuer to
maintain correct and complete books and records of account;
(vi)
The Issuer is not insolvent under the Insolvency Law and will not
be rendered insolvent by the transactions contemplated by the
Related Documents and after giving effect to such transactions, the
Issuer will not be left with an unreasonably small amount of
capital with which to engage in its business nor will the Issuer
have intended to incur, or believe that it has incurred, debts
beyond its ability to pay as they mature. The Issuer does not
contemplate the commencement of insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation
or consolidation proceedings or the appointment of a receiver,
liquidator, trustee or similar official in respect of the Issuer or
any of its assets;
(vii)
The Issuer is holding all of its assets in its own name and is
conducting its business in its own name;
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(viii)
The Issuer is maintaining its books, records and cash management
accounts separate from those of any other Person;
(ix)
The Issuer is maintaining its bank accounts separate from those of
any other Person;
(x) The
Issuer is maintaining separate financial statements, showing its
assets and liabilities separate and apart from those of any other
Person;
(xi)
The Issuer is paying its own liabilities and expenses only out of
its own funds (including, inter alia , the payment of the
salaries of its employees);
(xii)
The Issuer has entered and will enter into a transaction with an
Affiliate only if such transaction is commercially reasonable and
on the same terms as would be available in an arm’s length
transaction with a Person or entity that is not an Affiliate of the
Issuer;
(xiii)
The Issuer is allocating fairly and reasonably any overhead
expenses that are shared with an Affiliate, including paying for
office space and services performed by any employee of an
Affiliate;
(xiv)
The Issuer is holding itself out as a separate entity;
(xv)
The Issuer is maintaining adequate capital in light of its
contemplated business operations;
(xvi)
The Issuer is maintaining a sufficient number of employees in light
of its contemplated business operations;
(xvii)
Except for the membership interests of the Exterran ABS Lessor, the
Issuer has not acquired and will not acquire the obligations or
securities of its Affiliates, including partners, members or
shareholders, as appropriate;
(xviii)
The Issuer has not made and will not make loans to any Person or
buy or hold evidence of indebtedness issued by any other Person
(other than Contracts intended for security, cash and
investment-grade securities);
(xix)
The Issuer is using separate stationery, invoices, and checks
bearing its own name;
(xx)
The Issuer has not pledged its assets for the benefit of any other
Person, other than with respect to the Permitted
Encumbrances;
(xxi)
The Issuer has corrected and will correct any misunderstanding
regarding its separate identity;
(xxii)
The Issuer is not holding out its credit as being available to
satisfy the obligations of any other Person;
(xxiii)
The Issuer is not identifying itself as a division of any other
Person or entity; and
(xxiv)
The Issuer is observing all limited liability company and other
appropriate organizational formalities including, inter alia
, remaining in good standing and qualifying to do business in each
jurisdiction and obtaining all necessary licenses and approvals as
required under Applicable Law.
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Section 514
Insolvency; Fraudulent Conveyance . The Issuer is paying its
debts as they become due and is not “insolvent” within
the meaning of any applicable Insolvency Law in that:
(i)
both immediately before and after giving effect to the pledge of
the Collateral set forth herein, the present value of the
Issuer’s assets will be in excess of the amount that will be
required to pay the Issuer’s probable liabilities as they
then exist and as they become absolute and matured; and
(ii)
both immediately before and after giving effect to the pledge of
the Collateral set forth herein, the sum of the Issuer’s
assets will be greater than the sum of the Issuer’s debts,
valuing the Issuer’s assets at a fair market value.
Each
acquisition by the Issuer of Compressors has been made for
“reasonably equivalent value” (as such term is defined
in Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code) and not on account of
“antecedent debt” (as such term is defined in the
Bankruptcy Code).
Section 515
No Default . No Event of Default, Manager Default, Exterran
Group Event or Trigger Event has occurred and is continuing and no
event has occurred that with the passage of time would become an
Event of Default, Manager Default, Exterran Group Event or Trigger
Event.
Section 516
No Proceedings or Injunctions . There are (i) no
litigations, Proceedings or investigations pending, or, to the
knowledge of the Issuer, threatened, before any court, regulatory
body, administrative agency, or other tribunal or Governmental
Authority, (A) asserting the invalidity of this Indenture or
any other Related Document to which the Issuer is a party, (B)
seeking to prevent the consummation of any of the transactions
contemplated by this Indenture or any other Related Document to
which the Issuer is a party, or (C) seeking any determination
or ruling that could reasonably be expected to result in a Material
Adverse Change and (ii) no injunctions, writs, restraining
orders or other orders in effect against the Issuer that could
reasonably be expected to result in a Material Adverse
Change.
Section 517
Compliance with Law . The Issuer:
(i) is
not in violation of (1) any Applicable Law, or (2) court
orders to which it is subject, the violation of either of which
could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the
ability of the Issuer to perform its obligations under and comply
with the terms of this Indenture or any other Related Document to
which it is a party;
(ii)
has not failed to obtain any licenses, permits, franchises or other
governmental authorizations which failure could reasonably be
expected to materially and adversely affect the ownership of its
property (including the Owner Compressors) or the conduct of its
business (including entering into contracts for use of Owner
Compressors) including, without limitation, with respect to
transactions contemplated by this Indenture and the other Related
Documents to which it is a party; and
(iii)
is not in violation in any respect of any term of any agreement,
certificate of formation, organizational documents or other
instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound,
which violation could reasonably be expected to materially and
adversely affect the business or condition (financial or otherwise)
of the Issuer, or materially and adversely affect the
Issuer’s rights or remedies under any User Contract or the
interest of the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders or any
Series Enhancer in any Collateral.
Section 518
Title; Liens . The Issuer has good, legal and marketable
title to each of its respective assets including the User
Contracts, and none of such assets is subject to any Lien, except
for the Lien under or permitted by this Indenture.
Section 519
Ownership; Subsidiaries . All of the issued and outstanding
membership interests of the Issuer are held by one or more Exterran
Affiliate(s). The Issuer has no subsidiaries other than the
Exterran ABS Lessor.
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Section 520
No Partnership . The Issuer is not a partner or joint
venturer in any partnership or joint venture.
Section 521
UCC Information . The information set forth in
Schedule 1 hereto is true, complete and correct in all
material respects.
Section 522
Security Interest Representations . (a) This Indenture
creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the
UCC) and Lien in the Issuer Collateral in favor of the Indenture
Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders, each
Series Enhancer and each Interest Rate Hedge Provider, which
security interest, upon the execution and delivery of the Control
Agreement and the completion of the filings referred to in Section
522(d) being duly made, is a perfected first priority security
interest prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such
against creditors of and purchasers from the Issuer.
(b) The
Compressors constitute “equipment” or
“inventory” within the meaning of the UCC. The User
Contracts constitute “tangible chattel paper” or
“accounts” within the meaning of the UCC and the rights
thereunder constitute “general intangibles” within the
meaning of the UCC. Each of the Transaction Accounts constitutes a
“securities account” within the meaning of the
UCC.
(c) The
Issuer owns and has good and marketable title to the Issuer
Collateral, free and clear of any Lien, claim or encumbrance of any
Person, except for the Liens created or permitted pursuant hereto
or the Related Documents.
(d) The
Issuer has caused all appropriate financing statements or documents
of similar import to be duly filed in the proper filing office in
the appropriate jurisdictions under Applicable Law in order to
perfect the security interest in the Issuer Collateral granted to
the Indenture Trustee in this Indenture and such security interest
constitutes a perfected first priority security interest in favor
of the Indenture Trustee. All financing statements filed against
the Issuer in favor of the Indenture Trustee in connection herewith
describing the Collateral contain a statement to the following
effect: “A purchase of, or security interest in or a Lien on,
any collateral described in this financing statement, other than a
security interest in favor of the Indenture Trustee, will violate
the rights of the Indenture Trustee.”
(e) Other
than the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to this Indenture or granted in any of the Related
Documents, the Issuer has not pledged, assigned, sold, granted a
security interest in or a Lien (except for Permitted Encumbrances)
on or otherwise conveyed any of the Collateral, except as permitted
pursuant hereto or in the Related Documents. The User Contracts
that constitute or evidence the Collateral do not have any marks or
notations indicating that they have been pledged, assigned or
otherwise conveyed to any Person other than the Indenture Trustee.
The Issuer has not authorized the filing of, and is not aware of,
any financing statements against the Issuer that include a
description of collateral covering any Collateral other than any
financing statement or document of similar import (i) relating
to the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee in this
Indenture or (ii) that has been terminated. The Issuer is not
aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the Issuer.
(f) The
Issuer has received all necessary consents and approvals required
by the terms of the Collateral to pledge to the Indenture Trustee
its interest and rights in such Collateral hereunder.
(g) The
Issuer has taken all steps necessary to cause the Securities
Intermediary (in its capacity as securities intermediary) to
identify in its records the Indenture Trustee as the Person having
a security entitlement in each of the Transaction Accounts.
(h) The
Transaction Accounts are not in the name of any Person other than
the Indenture Trustee or the Securities Intermediary. Neither the
Issuer nor the Indenture Trustee has consented to compliance of the
Securities Intermediary with entitlement orders of any Person other
than the Indenture Trustee.
The representations and warranties
set forth in this Section 522 shall survive until this
Indenture is terminated in accordance with its terms.
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Section 523
Ordinary Course . The transactions contemplated by this
Indenture and the other Related Documents are being consummated by
the Issuer in furtherance of the Issuer’s ordinary business
purposes and constitute a practical and reasonable course of action
by the Issuer designed to improve the financial position of the
Issuer, with no contemplation of insolvency and with no intent to
hinder, delay or defraud any of its present or future
creditors.
Section 524
Stamping and Storage of User Contracts . The Issuer has
stamped, or has caused the Manager to stamp (in the manner provided
in Section 5.11 of the Management Agreement), by no later than
thirty (30) days after the related Contribution Date, each
User Contract owned by the Issuer with the following legend:
“Certain proceeds of this contract are subject to a security
interest in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
Indenture Trustee”.
In
addition, such User Contract is stored at the offices of the
Manager or one of its Affiliates in a locked, fireproof
cabinet.
Section 525
Identification Marks . The Issuer has used, or has caused
the Manager to use, its best efforts consistent with the Management
Agreement to keep and maintain or to cause to be kept and
maintained on each Owner Compressor, prominently displayed, a
sticker with the phrase “Owned by Exterran ABS 2007 LLC or
Exterran ABS Leasing 2007 LLC and subject to a security interest in
favor of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Indenture
Trustee” or in each case other appropriate words designated
by the Requisite Global Majority, with appropriate changes thereof
and additions thereto as from time to time may be required by law
in order to protect the Issuer’s, the Exterran ABS
Lessor’s and the Indenture Trustee’s interests in such
Owner Compressors.
So long
as any of the Notes shall be Outstanding and until payment and
performance in full of the Outstanding Obligations, the
representations and warranties contained herein shall have a
continuing effect as having been true when made.
Section 526
Intellectual Property . The Issuer has no Intellectual
Property.
Section 527
Taxpayer Identification Number . The Issuer’s U.S.
taxpayer identification number is 26-0691927. Pursuant to Treasury
Regulation Section 301.7701-3(b)(l)(ii), the Issuer is
disregarded as an entity separate from its single owner.
Section 528
Disclosure . The Issuer has disclosed to the Deal Agent and
each Control Party all agreements, instruments and corporate or
other restrictions to which it or any of its Subsidiaries is
subject, and all other matters known to it, that, individually or
in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to result in a
Material Adverse Effect. No report, financial statement,
certificate or other information furnished (whether in writing or
orally) by or on behalf of the Issuer to the Deal Agent, the
Indenture Trustee, any Control Party or any Noteholder in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby and the
negotiation of this Indenture or delivered hereunder or under any
other Related Document (in each case, as modified or supplemented
by other information so furnished) contains any material
misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact necessary
to make the statements therein, in the light of the circumstances
under which they were made, not misleading; provided that,
with respect to projected financial information, the Issuer
represents only that such information was prepared in good faith
based upon assumptions believed to be reasonable at the time.
ARTICLE V B
REPRESENTATION AND WARRANTIES OF EXTERRAN ABS LESSOR
To
induce (i) the Noteholders to purchase the Notes hereunder,
(ii) each Series Enhancer to execute and deliver each
Enhancement Agreement, (iii) each Interest Rate Hedge Provider
to enter into Interest Rate Swap Agreements and (iv) the
Issuer to enter into each Lease, the Exterran ABS Lessor hereby
represents and
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warrants
(as of the Closing Date, as of each date on which an
“advance” under any Supplement is made and as of each
date on which any Notes are issued subsequent to the Closing Date
pursuant to any Supplement) to the Indenture Trustee for the
benefit of the Noteholders, each Series Enhancer and each Interest
Rate Hedge Provider that:
Section 529
Existence . The Exterran ABS Lessor is a Delaware limited
liability company duly formed and validly existing and in good
standing and is duly qualified to do business in each jurisdiction
where the nature of its business requires it to qualify, except
where the failure to do so would not have a material adverse effect
upon the Exterran ABS Lessor, the Collateral or the ability of the
Exterran ABS Lessor to perform its obligations under the Related
Documents to which it is a party. Since the date of formation of
the Exterran ABS Lessor, the Exterran ABS Lessor has not conducted
business under any other name and does not have any trade names, or
“doing business under” or “doing business
as” names. The Exterran ABS Lessor has not reorganized in any
jurisdiction (whether the United States, any state therein, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, Guam or any possession or
territory of the United States, or any foreign country or state)
other than the State of Delaware.
Section 530
Authorization . The Exterran ABS Lessor has the limited
liability company power and is duly authorized to execute and
deliver this Indenture and the other Related Documents to which it
is a party; the Exterran ABS Lessor is and will continue to be duly
authorized to perform its obligations under this Indenture and
under the other Related Documents. The execution, delivery and
performance by the Exterran ABS Lessor of this Indenture and the
other Related Documents to which it is a party and the borrowings
hereunder do not and will not require any consent or approval of
any Governmental Authority, partner or any other Person which has
not already been obtained.
Section 531
Due Qualification . The Exterran ABS Lessor is qualified as
a foreign limited liability company in each jurisdiction and has
obtained all necessary licenses and approvals as required under
Applicable Law, in each case, where the failure to be so qualified,
licensed or approved, could reasonably be expected to materially
and adversely affect the ability of the Exterran ABS Lessor to
perform its obligations under or comply with the terms of this
Indenture or any other Related Document to which it is a
party.
Section 532
No Conflict; Legal Compliance . The execution, delivery and
performance of this Indenture and each of the other Related
Documents to which it is a party will not: (a) contravene any
provision of the limited liability company agreement of the
Exterran ABS Lessor; (b) contravene, conflict with or violate any
Applicable Law or regulation, or any order, writ, judgment,
injunction, decree, determination or award of any Governmental
Authority that could result in a Material Adverse Change; or
(c) violate or result in the breach of, or constitute (with or
without notice or lapse of time or both) a default under this
Indenture, the Related Documents, any other indenture or other loan
or credit agreement, or other agreement or instrument to which the
Exterran ABS Lessor is a party or by which the Exterran ABS Lessor,
or its property and assets, may be bound or affected that could
result in a Material Adverse Change or result in a Lien on the
Collateral other than Permitted Encumbrances. The Exterran ABS
Lessor is not in violation or breach of or default under any law,
rule, regulation, order, writ, judgment, injunction, decree,
determination or award or any contract, agreement, lease, license,
indenture or other instrument to which it is a party that could
result in a Material Adverse Change.
Section 533
Validity and Binding Effect . This Indenture is, and each
Related Document to which the Exterran ABS Lessor is a party, when
duly executed and delivered, will be, legal, valid and binding
obligations of the Exterran ABS Lessor, enforceable against the
Exterran ABS Lessor in accordance with their respective terms,
except as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency
or other similar laws of general application affecting the
enforcement of creditors’ rights or by general principles of
equity limiting the availability of equitable remedies.
Section 534
Executive Offices . The current location of the Exterran ABS
Lessor’s chief executive office and principal place of
business is 4444 Brittmoore Road, Houston, Texas 77041.
Section 535
No Agreements or Contracts . The Exterran ABS Lessor is not
now and has not been a party to any contract or agreement (whether
written or oral) other than the Related Documents.
Section 536
Consents and Approvals . No approval, authorization, order,
action or consent of
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or
notice to any trustee or holder of any Indebtedness or obligation
of the Exterran ABS Lessor or of any other Person under any
agreement, contract, lease or license or similar document or
instrument to which the Exterran ABS Lessor is a party or by which
the Exterran ABS Lessor or any of its property or assets is bound,
is required to be obtained or given by the Exterran ABS Lessor in
order to make or consummate the transactions contemplated under the
Related Documents, except for those approvals, authorizations and
consents that have been obtained on or prior to the Closing Date.
All consents, orders and approvals of, filings and registrations
with, and other actions in respect of, all Governmental Authorities
required to be obtained by the Exterran ABS Lessor in order to make
or consummate the transactions contemplated under the Related
Documents have been, or prior to the time when required will have
been, obtained, given, filed or taken and are or will be in full
force and effect, or due provision has been made therefor
reasonably acceptable to the Indenture Trustee.
Section 537
Taxes . All federal, state, local and foreign tax returns,
reports and statements required to be filed by the Exterran ABS
Lessor have been filed with the appropriate Governmental
Authorities, and all Taxes and other impositions shown thereon to
be due and payable by the Exterran ABS Lessor have been paid prior
to the date on which any fine, penalty, interest or late charge may
be added thereto for nonpayment thereof, or any such fine, penalty,
interest, late charge or loss has been paid, or the Exterran ABS
Lessor is contesting its liability therefor in good faith and has
fully reserved all such amounts according to GAAP in the financial
statements provided to the Noteholders pursuant to Section 629
of this Indenture. The Exterran ABS Lessor has paid when due and
payable all material charges upon the books of the Exterran ABS
Lessor and no Governmental Authority has asserted any Lien against
the Exterran ABS Lessor with respect to unpaid Taxes. Proper and
accurate amounts have been withheld by the Exterran ABS Lessor from
its employees for all periods in full and complete compliance with
the tax, social security and unemployment withholding provisions of
applicable federal, state, local and foreign law and such
withholdings have been timely paid to the respective Governmental
Authorities.
Section 538
Solvency and Separateness .
(a) The
capital of the Exterran ABS Lessor is adequate for the business and
undertakings of the Exterran ABS Lessor;
(b) Other
than with respect to the transactions contemplated by the Related
Documents and transactions between the Exterran ABS Lessor and the
Issuer, the Exterran ABS Lessor is not engaged in any business
transactions with any Exterran Affiliate;
(c) Two
of the directors of the non-economic member of the Exterran ABS
Lessor are Independent Directors;
(d) The
Exterran ABS Lessor’s funds and assets are not, and will not
be, commingled with those of any Exterran Affiliate, except as
permitted by the Management Agreement, this Indenture, and the
Intercreditor Agreement;
(e) The
organizational documents of the Exterran ABS Lessor require the
Exterran ABS Lessor to maintain correct and complete books and
records of account;
(f) The
Exterran ABS Lessor is not insolvent under the Insolvency Law and
will not be rendered insolvent by the transactions contemplated by
the Related Documents and after giving effect to such transactions,
the Exterran ABS Lessor will not be left with an unreasonably small
amount of capital with which to engage in its business nor will the
Exterran ABS Lessor have intended to incur, or believe that it has
incurred, debts beyond its ability to pay as they mature. The
Exterran ABS Lessor does not contemplate the commencement of
insolvency, bankruptcy, liquidation or consolidation proceedings or
the appointment of a receiver, liquidator, trustee or similar
official in respect of the Exterran ABS Lessor or any of its
assets;
(g) The
Exterran ABS Lessor is holding all of its assets in its own name
and is conducting its business in its own name;
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(h) The
Exterran ABS Lessor is maintaining its books, records and cash
management accounts separate from those of any other Person;
(i) The
Exterran ABS Lessor is maintaining its bank accounts separate from
those of any other Person;
(j) The
Exterran ABS Lessor is maintaining separate financial statements,
showing its assets and liabilities separate and apart from those of
any other Person;
(k) The
Exterran ABS Lessor is paying its own liabilities and expenses only
out of its own funds (including, inter alia , the payment of
the salaries of its employees);
(l) The
Exterran ABS Lessor has entered and will enter into a transaction
with an Affiliate other than the Issuer only if such transaction is
commercially reasonable and on the same terms as would be available
in an arm’s length transaction with a Person or entity that
is not an Affiliate of the Exterran ABS Lessor;
(m) The
Exterran ABS Lessor is allocating fairly and reasonably any
overhead expenses that are shared with an Affiliate other than the
Issuer, including paying for office space and services performed by
any employee of an Affiliate;
(n) The
Exterran ABS Lessor is holding itself out as a separate
entity;
(o) The
Exterran ABS Lessor is maintaining adequate capital in light of its
contemplated business operations;
(p) The
Exterran ABS Lessor is maintaining a sufficient number of employees
in light of its contemplated business operations;
(q) The
Exterran ABS Lessor has not acquired and will not acquire the
obligations or securities of its Affiliates, including partners,
members or shareholders, as appropriate, other than obligations of
the Issuer that constitute Collateral;
(r) The
Exterran ABS Lessor has not made and will not make loans to any
Person or buy or hold evidence of indebtedness issued by any other
Person (other than Contracts intended for security, cash and
investment-grade securities and other than obligations of the
Issuer that constitute Collateral);
(s) The
Exterran ABS Lessor has not pledged its assets for the benefit of
any other Person, other than with respect to the Permitted
Encumbrances;
(t) The
Exterran ABS Lessor has corrected and will correct any
misunderstanding regarding its separate identity;
(u) The
Exterran ABS Lessor is not holding out its credit as being
available to satisfy the obligations of any other Person other than
the Issuer;
(v) The
Exterran ABS Lessor is not identifying itself as a division of any
other Person or entity; and
(w) The
Exterran ABS Lessor is observing all limited liability company and
other appropriate organizational formalities including, inter
alia , remaining in good standing and qualifying to do business
in each jurisdiction and obtaining all necessary licenses and
approvals as required under Applicable Law.
Section 539
Insolvency; Fraudulent Conveyance . The Exterran ABS Lessor
is paying its debts as they become due and is not
“insolvent” within the meaning of any applicable
Insolvency Law in that:
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(i)
both immediately before and after giving effect to the pledge of
the Collateral set forth herein, the present value of the Exterran
ABS Lessor’s assets will be in excess of the amount that will
be required to pay the Exterran ABS Lessor’s probable
liabilities as they then exist and as they become absolute and
matured; and
(ii)
both immediately before and after giving effect to the pledge of
the Collateral set forth herein, the sum of the Exterran ABS
Lessor’s assets will be greater than the sum of the Exterran
ABS Lessor’s debts, valuing the Exterran ABS Lessor’s
assets at a fair market value.
Each
acquisition by the Exterran ABS Lessor of Compressors has been made
for “reasonably equivalent value” (as such term is
defined in Section 548 of the Bankruptcy Code) and not on
account of “antecedent debt” (as such term is defined
in the Bankruptcy Code).
Section 540
No Default . No Event of Default, Manager Default, Exterran
Group Event or Trigger Event has occurred and is continuing and no
event has occurred that with the passage of time would become an
Event of Default, Manager Default, Exterran Group Event or Trigger
Event.
Section 541
No Proceedings or Injunctions . There are (i) no
litigations, Proceedings or investigations pending, or, to the
knowledge of the Exterran ABS Lessor, threatened, before any court,
regulatory body, administrative agency, or other tribunal or
Governmental Authority, (A) asserting the invalidity of this
Indenture or any other Related Document to which the Exterran ABS
Lessor is a party, (B) seeking to prevent the consummation of
any of the transactions contemplated by this Indenture or any other
Related Document to which the Exterran ABS Lessor is a party, or
(C) seeking any determination or ruling that could reasonably be
expected to result in a Material Adverse Change and (ii) no
injunctions, writs, restraining orders or other orders in effect
against the Exterran ABS Lessor that could reasonably be expected
to result in a Material Adverse Change.
Section 542
Compliance with Law . The Exterran ABS Lessor:
(a) is
not in violation of (1) any Applicable Law or (2) court
orders to which it is subject, the violation of either of which
could reasonably be expected to materially and adversely affect the
ability of the Exterran ABS Lessor to perform its obligations under
and comply with the terms of this Indenture or any other Related
Document to which it is a party;
(b) has
not failed to obtain any licenses, permits, franchises or other
governmental authorizations which failure could reasonably be
expected to materially and adversely affect the ownership of its
property (including the Owner Compressors) or the conduct of its
business including, without limitation, with respect to
transactions contemplated by this Indenture and the other Related
Documents to which it is a party; and
(c) is
not in violation in any respect of any term of any agreement,
certificate of formation, organizational documents or other
instrument to which it is a party or by which it may be bound,
which violation could reasonably be expected to materially and
adversely affect the business or condition (financial or otherwise)
of the Exterran ABS Lessor, or materially and adversely affect the
Exterran ABS Lessor’s rights or remedies under any User
Contract or the interest of the Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders
or any Series Enhancer in any Collateral.
Section 543
Title; Liens . The Exterran ABS Lessor has good, legal and
marketable title to each of its assets, and none of such assets is
subject to any Lien, except for the Lien under or permitted by this
Indenture.
Section 544
Ownership; Subsidiaries . All of the issued outstanding
membership interests of the Exterran ABS Lessor are owned by the
Issuer. The Exterran ABS Lessor has no subsidiaries.
Section 545
No Partnership . The Exterran ABS Lessor is not a partner or
joint venturer in any partnership or joint venture.
Section 546
UCC Information . The information set forth in
Schedule 1 hereto is true,
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complete
and correct in all material respects.
Section 547
Security Interest Representations . (a) This Indenture
creates a valid and continuing security interest (as defined in the
UCC) and Lien in the Exterran ABS Lessor Collateral in favor of the
Indenture Trustee for the benefit of the Noteholders, each
Series Enhancer and each Interest Rate Hedge Provider, which
security interest, upon the execution and delivery of the Control
Agreement and the completion of the filings referred to in Section
547(d) being duly made, is a perfected first priority security
interest prior to all other Liens, and is enforceable as such as
against creditors of and purchasers from the Exterran ABS
Lessor.
(b) The
Compressors constitute “equipment” or
“inventory” within the meaning of the UCC. The Lease
constitutes “tangible chattel paper” or
“accounts” within the meaning of the UCC and the rights
thereunder constitute “general intangibles” within the
meaning of the UCC. Each of the Transaction Accounts constitutes a
“securities account” within the meaning of the
UCC.
(c) The
Exterran ABS Lessor owns and has good and marketable title to the
Exterran ABS Lessor Collateral, free and clear of any Lien, claim
or encumbrance of any Person other than the Issuer, except for the
Liens created or permitted pursuant hereto or the Related
Documents.
(d) The
Exterran ABS Lessor has caused all appropriate financing statements
or documents of similar import to be duly filed in the proper
filing office in the appropriate jurisdictions under Applicable Law
in order to perfect the security interest in the Exterran ABS
Lessor Collateral granted to the Indenture Trustee in this
Indenture and such security interest constitutes a perfected first
priority security interest in favor of the Indenture Trustee. All
financing statements filed against the Exterran ABS Lessor in favor
of the Indenture Trustee in connection herewith describing the
Collateral contain a statement to the following effect: “A
purchase of, or security interest in or a Lien on, any collateral
described in this financing statement, other than a security
interest in favor of the Indenture Trustee, will violate the rights
of the Indenture Trustee.”
(e) Other
than the security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee
pursuant to this Indenture or granted in any of the Related
Documents, the Exterran ABS Lessor has not pledged, assigned, sold,
granted a security interest in or a Lien (except for Permitted
Encumbrances) on or otherwise conveyed any of the Collateral,
except as permitted pursuant hereto or in the Related Documents.
The User Contracts that constitute or evidence the Collateral do
not have any marks or notations indicating that they have been
pledged, assigned or otherwise conveyed to any Person other than
the Indenture Trustee. The Exterran ABS Lessor has not authorized
the filing of, and is not aware of, any financing statements
against the Exterran ABS Lessor that include a description of
collateral covering any Collateral other than any financing
statement or document of similar import (i) relating to the
security interest granted to the Indenture Trustee in this
Indenture, or (ii) that has been terminated. The Exterran ABS
Lessor is not aware of any judgment or tax lien filings against the
Exterran ABS Lessor.
(f) The
Exterran ABS Lessor has received all necessary consents and
approvals required by the terms of the Exterran ABS Lessor
Collateral to pledge to the Indenture Trustee of its interest and
rights in such Collateral hereunder.
(g) The
representations and warranties set forth in this Section 547
shall survive until this Indenture is terminated in accordance with
its terms.
Section 548
Identification Marks . The Exterran ABS Lessor has used, or
has caused the Manager to use, its best efforts consistent with the
Management Agreement to keep and maintain or to cause to be kept
and maintained on each Owner Compressor, prominently displayed, a
sticker with the phrase “Owned by Exterran ABS 2007 LLC or
Exterran ABS Leasing 2007 LLC and subject to a security interest in
favor of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as Indenture
Trustee” or in each case other appropriate words designated
by the Requisite Global Majority, with appropriate changes thereof
and additions thereto as from time to time may be required by law
in order to protect the Issuer’s, the Exterran ABS
Lessor’s and the Indenture Trustee’s interests in such
Owner Compressors.
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So long
as any of the Notes shall be Outstanding and until payment and
performance in full of the Outstanding Obligations, the
representations and warranties contained herein shall have a
continuing effect as having been true when made.
Section 549
Intellectual Property . The Exterran ABS Lessor has no
Intellectual Property.
Section 550
Taxpayer Identification Number . The Exterran ABS
Lessor’s U.S. taxpayer identification number is 26-0691976.
Pursuant to Treasury
Regulation Section 301.7701-3(b)(l)(ii), the Exterran ABS
Lessor is disregarded as an entity separate from its single
owner.
Section 551
Disclosure . The Exterran ABS Lessor has disclosed to the
Deal Agent and each Control Party all agreements, instruments and
corporate or other restrictions to which it or any of its
Subsidiaries is subject, and all other matters known to it, that,
individually or in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to
result in a Material Adverse Effect. No report, financial
statement, certificate or other information furnished (whether in
writing or orally) by or on behalf of the Exterran ABS Lessor to
the Deal Agent, the Indenture Trustee, any Control Party or any
Noteholder in connection with the transactions contemplated hereby
and the negotiation of this Indenture or delivered hereunder or
under any other Related Document (in each case, as modified or
supplemented by other information so furnished) contains any
material misstatement of fact or omits to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading;
provided that, with respect to projected financial
information, the Exterran ABS Lessor represents only that such
information was prepared in good faith based upon assumptions
believed to be reasonable at the time.
ARTICLE VI A
COVENANTS OF ISSUER
The
Issuer hereby covenants and agrees for the benefit of the Indenture
Trustee, the Noteholders, each Series Enhancer and each
Interest Rate Hedge Provider that, until the satisfaction and
discharge of this Indenture in accordance with Section 701
hereof, the Issuer shall observe each of the following
covenants:
Section 601
Payment of Principal and Interest; Payment of Taxes .
(a) The
Issuer will duly and punctually pay the principal of, and interest
on, the Notes in accordance with the terms of the Notes, this
Indenture and the related Supplement;
(b) The
Issuer will take all actions as are necessary to ensure that all
taxes and governmental claims, if any, in respect of the
Issuer’s activities and assets (including the Collateral) are
promptly paid; and
(c) The
Issuer will not claim any credit on, make any deduction from the
principal, premium, if any, or interest payable in respect of the
Notes (other than amounts properly withheld from such payments
under any Applicable Law) or assert any claim against any present
or former Noteholder by reason of the payment of any taxes levied
or assessed upon any of the Collateral.
Section 602
Preservation of Name; Maintenance of Office; Jurisdiction of
Formation . The name on the Issuer’s certification of
formation is “Exterran ABS 2007 LLC.” The chief
executive office of the Issuer is located at 4444 Brittmoore Road,
Houston, Texas 77041. The Issuer shall not establish a new chief
executive office or jurisdiction of organization outside the United
States of America. The Issuer is formed under the laws of the State
of Delaware and has not been previously and is not now formed under
the laws of any other jurisdiction. The Issuer shall not change its
name, establish a new location for its chief executive office or
its jurisdiction of organization unless (i) the Issuer shall
provide each of the Indenture Trustee, each Rating Agency, the Deal
Agent, each Interest Rate Hedge Provider and each Control Party not
less than thirty (30) days prior written notice of its intention to
do so, clearly describing such new location or jurisdiction and
providing such other information in connection therewith as the
Indenture Trustee, the Deal Agent, any Interest Rate Hedge Provider
or any Control Party may reasonably request, and (ii) not less
than fifteen (15) days prior to the effective date of
such
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change
or relocation, the Issuer shall have taken, at its own cost, all
action necessary so that such change of location does not impair
the security interest of the Indenture Trustee in the Collateral,
or the perfection of the sale or contribution of the Owner
Compressors to the Issuer, and shall have delivered to the
Indenture Trustee, the Deal Agent, each Interest Rate Hedge
Provider and each Series Enhancer copies of all filings
required in connection therewith together with an Opinion of
Counsel, satisfactory to the Indenture Trustee, each Interest Rate
Hedge Provider and each Series Enhancer, to the effect that
such change of location or jurisdiction does not impair either the
perfection or priority of the Indenture Trustee’s security
interest in the Collateral.
Section 603
Corporate Existence . The Issuer will keep in full effect
its existence, rights and franchises as a limited liability company
(or other organized entity) organized under the laws of the State
of Delaware, and will obtain and preserve its qualification in each
jurisdiction in which such qualification is necessary to protect
the validity and enforceability of this Indenture, each Supplement
issued hereunder and all the Notes issued pursuant to the terms of
such Supplement. The Issuer will not liquidate or dissolve.
Section 604
Compliance with Law . The Issuer will comply, in all
material respects, with all acts, rules, regulations, orders,
decrees and directions of any Governmental Authority applicable to
the Issuer or the Collateral or any part thereof; provided,
however , that the Issuer may contest any act, regulation,
order, decree or direction in any reasonable manner that shall not
materially and adversely affect the rights and remedies of the
Indenture Trustee, the Noteholders, any Interest Rate Hedge
Provider or any Series Enhancer in the Collateral.
Section 605
Protection of Issuer Collateral . The Issuer will from time
to time execute and deliver all amendments hereto and all such
financing statements, continuation statements, instruments of
further assurance and other instruments, documents or filings as
are required by Applicable Law including, inter alia , any
such filings in connection with Intellectual Property, if acquired,
and will, upon the reasonable request of the Manager, the Indenture
Trustee, any Interest Rate Hedge Provider, any Series Enhancer
or any Control Party, take such other action reasonably necessary
or advisable to:
(a) grant
more effectively the security interest in all or any portion of the
Collateral;
(b) maintain
or preserve the Lien of this Indenture (and the priority thereof)
or carry out more effectively the purposes hereof;
(c) perfect,
publish notice of, or protect the validity of the security interest
in the Collateral created pursuant to this Indenture;
(d) enforce
any of the items of the Collateral;
(e) preserve
and defend its right, title and interest to the Collateral and the
rights of the Indenture Trustee and/or any Series Enhancer in
such Collateral against the claims of all Persons (other than the
Noteholders or any Person claiming through the Noteholders),
including any claims that the Compressor is a fixture; or
(f) pay
any and all taxes levied or assessed upon all or any part of the
Collateral.
Section 606
Defend Title to Collateral . The Issuer shall defend the
right, title, and interest of the Indenture Trustee and each
Series Enhancer in, to, and under the Collateral, against all
claims of third parties claiming through or under the Issuer.
Section 607
Enforce Contract Rights . Except as otherwise expressly
permitted by the terms of the Related Documents, the Issuer will
promptly enforce all of its rights under, and with respect to, the
Collateral.
Section 608
Negative Covenants Regarding Issuer Collateral (including
Related Documents) . The Issuer will not, without the prior
written consent of the Indenture Trustee (acting at the direction
of the Requisite Global Majority) in each instance:
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(a)
(i) except as otherwise permitted by this Indenture, any
Interest Rate Swap Agreement or the other Related Documents, take,
or fail to take, any action, and will use its reasonable efforts
not to permit any action to be taken by others, which would release
any Person from any of such Person’s covenants or obligations
under any agreement or instrument included in the Collateral, or
which would result in the amendment, hypothecation, subordination,
termination or discharge of, or impair the validity or
effectiveness of, any such agreement or instrument;
(ii)
amend, modify or terminate the Contribution Agreement, any Lease,
the Intercreditor Agreement, the Management Agreement, the Back-up
Management Agreement or any other Related Document (other than this
Indenture or the Supplement), or grant any waiver or consent from
compliance with the express terms of any of the foregoing; or
(iii)
except as required under Section 702(d) or 702(e), change any
Minimum Targeted Principal Balance or Scheduled Targeted Principal
Balance for any Series of Notes (the foregoing shall also require
the prior written consent of each affected Control Party).
(b) at
any time sell, transfer, exchange or otherwise dispose of any of
the Collateral, or consent to the sale, transfer, exchange or other
disposition of any of the Collateral, except in each case as
follows:
(i) a
sale of the Collateral pursuant to the provisions of
Sections 614 or 816 hereof;
(ii)
sales of Owner Compressors and the Compressor Related Assets
relating thereto made in compliance with the provisions of
Sections 645 and 646 hereof;
(iii) a
substitution of Owner Compressors made in accordance with the
provisions of Section 649 hereof and Section 3.04 of the
Contribution Agreement;
(iv) a
sale to the User of an Owner Compressor and the Compressor Related
Assets relating thereto in accordance with the provisions of a
contractual purchase option that complies with the provisions of
Section 644 hereof;
(v) any
sale or exchange of a Warranty Repurchase Compressor in accordance
with the provisions of the Contribution Agreement;
(vi)
any sale of an Owner Compressor and the Compressor Related Assets
relating thereto in connection with a Casualty Loss with respect to
such Owner Compressor; or
(vii)
any transfer of an Owner Compressor and the Compressor Related
Assets relating thereto in connection with a distribution that
complies with the provisions of Section 648 hereof.
(c)
(i) permit the validity or effectiveness of this Indenture to
be impaired, (ii) permit the Lien of this Indenture with
respect to the Collateral to be subordinated, terminated or
discharged, except as permitted in accordance with Section 404
or Article VII hereof, or (iii) permit any Person to be
released from any covenants or obligations with respect to such
Collateral, except as may be expressly permitted by the Management
Agreement.
(d) at
any time grant any Lien on, or security interest in, any Collateral
(or permit any such Lien or security interest to exist), except for
Permitted Encumbrances.
Section 609
Non-Consolidation of the Issuer . (a) The Issuer shall
be operated in such a manner that it shall not be substantively
consolidated with the trust estate of any other Person (other than
the Exterran ABS Lessor) in the event of the bankruptcy or
insolvency of the Issuer or such other Person. Without limiting the
foregoing, the Issuer shall (1) hold all of its assets in its
own name and conduct its business in its own name giving effect to
the Management Agreement, (2) maintain its books, records and
cash management accounts separate from those of any other Person,
(3) maintain its bank accounts separate from those of any
other Person,
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(4) maintain
separate financial statements, showing its assets and liabilities
separate and apart from those of any other Person, (5) pay its
own liabilities and expenses only out of its own funds (including,
inter alia , the payment of the salaries of its employees),
(6) enter into a transaction with an Affiliate only if
(i) such transaction is commercially reasonable and on the
same terms as would be available in an arm’s length
transaction with a Person or entity that is not an Affiliate, and
(ii) such transaction is not otherwise prohibited pursuant to
the provisions of Section 643 or 645 hereof; provided,
however , that nothing contained in this clause (6) shall
prohibit the Issuer from accepting capital contributions from the
holder(s) of its Membership Interests, (7) allocate fairly and
reasonably any overhead expenses that are shared with an Affiliate,
including paying for office space and services performed by any
employee of an Affiliate, (8) hold itself out as a separate
entity, (9) maintain adequate capital in light of its
contemplated business operations, (10) maintain a sufficient
number of employees in light of its contemplated business
operations, (11) not acquire the obligations or securities of
its Affiliates, including partners, members or shareholders, as
appropriate, (12) not make loans to any Person or buy or hold
evidence of indebtedness issued by any other Person (other than
Contracts intended for security, cash and investment-grade
securities), (13) use separate stationery, invoices, and
checks bearing its own name (14) not pledge its assets for the
benefit of any other Person, other than with respect to the
Permitted Encumbrances, (15) correct any misunderstanding
regarding its separate identity, (16) not hold out its credit
as being available to satisfy the obligations of any other Person,
(17) not identify itself as a division of any other Person or
entity and (18) observe all other appropriate limited liability
company and other organizational formalities including, inter
alia , remaining in good standing and qualified as a foreign
limited liability company in each jurisdiction and obtaining all
necessary licenses and approvals as required under Applicable Law.
Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to apply to or limit any
transaction or relationship with the Exterran ABS Lessor so long as
the Exterran ABS Lessor itself complies in all material respects
with its undertakings under Section 659.
(b)
Notwithstanding any provision of law which otherwise empowers the
Issuer, the Issuer shall not (1) hold itself out as being
liable for the debts of any other Person other than the Exterran
ABS Lessor, (2) act other than in its official name or the
names of its duly authorized officers or agents, (3) engage in
any joint activity or transaction of any kind with or for the
benefit of any Affiliate including any loan to or from or guarantee
of the indebtedness of any Affiliate, except payment of lawful
distributions to the holders of its Membership Interests,
including, to the extent applicable, distributions that comply with
the provisions of Section 648 hereof, (4) commingle its funds
or other assets with those of any other Person, (5) create,
incur, assume, guarantee or in any manner become liable in respect
of any indebtedness (except pursuant to this Indenture) other than
trade payables and expense accruals incurred in the ordinary course
of its business or (6) take any other action that would be
inconsistent with maintaining the separate legal identity of the
Issuer. Nothing in this paragraph shall be deemed to apply to or
limit any transaction or relationship with the Exterran ABS Lessor
so long as the Exterran ABS Lessor itself complies in all material
respects with its undertakings under Section 659.
Section 610
No Bankruptcy Petition . The Issuer shall not
(1) commence any Insolvency Proceeding seeking to have an
order for relief entered with respect to it, or seeking
reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, wind-up, liquidation,
dissolution, composition or other relief with respect to it or its
debts, (2) seek appointment of a receiver, trustee, custodian
or other similar official for it or any part of its assets,
(3) make a general assignment for the benefit of creditors, or
(4) take any action in furtherance of, or consenting or
acquiescing in, any of the foregoing.
Section 611
Liens . The Issuer shall not (i) directly or indirectly
create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any Lien (except any
Permitted Encumbrance) to be created on or extend to or otherwise
arise upon or burden the Collateral or any part thereof or any of
the Issuer’s interest therein or the Proceeds thereof; or
(ii) permit the Lien of this Indenture not to constitute a
valid first priority perfected security interest in the Collateral.
The Issuer, at its own expense, will promptly pay, satisfy and
otherwise take such actions as may be necessary to keep this
Indenture and the Collateral free and clear of, and to duly
discharge or eliminate (or bond in a manner satisfactory to
Indenture Trustee), any Lien that may arise in violation of the
foregoing. The Issuer will notify the Indenture Trustee in writing
promptly upon a Responsible Officer of the Issuer obtaining
knowledge of any Lien, other than Permitted Encumbrances, that
shall attach to any Owner Compressor and of the full particulars of
such Lien.
Section 612
Other Debt . The Issuer shall not contract for, create,
incur, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness other than
(i) the Notes issued from time to time pursuant to this
Indenture and any
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Supplement to this Indenture, (ii) any Management Fees,
Manager Advances and all other amounts payable pursuant to the
provisions of the Management Agreement, (iii) trade payables
and expense accruals incurred in the ordinary course and that are
incidental to the purposes permitted pursuant to the Issuer’s
limited liability company agreement, (iv) obligations incurred
pursuant to Interest Rate Swap Agreements permitted or required
hereunder, (v) Indebtedness in respect of Reimbursement
Amounts and obligations incurred pursuant to an Enhancement
Agreement and (vi) all amounts payable under the Lease.
Section 613
Guarantees, Loans, Advances and Other Liabilities . The
Issuer will not make any loan, advance or credit to, or guarantee
(directly or indirectly or by an instrument having the effect of
assuring another’s payment or performance on any obligation
or capability of so doing, or otherwise), endorse (except for the
endorsement of checks for collection or deposit) or otherwise
become contingently liable, directly or indirectly, in connection
with or for the obligations, stock or dividends of, or own,
purchase, repurchase or acquire (or agree contingently to do so)
any stock, obligations or securities of, or any other interest in,
or make any capital contribution to, any other Person.
Section 614
Consolidation, Merger and Sale of Assets . (a) The
Issuer shall not consolidate with or merge with or into any other
Person (other than with the Exterran ABS Lessor) or sell, convey,
transfer or lease all, or substantially all, of its assets, whether
in a single transaction or a series of related transactions, to any
Person (other than the Exterran ABS Lessor) except for
(i) entering into User Contracts in compliance with the terms
of the Management Agreement, this Indenture, and the Related
Documents, and (ii) sales pursuant to Section 608(b) and
Section 816 hereof. For the avoidance of doubt, the
disposition of assets in connection with a reduction in the amount
of Outstanding Obligations under the Warehouse Notes will not be
considered to involve all, or substantially all, of the assets of
the Issuer.
(b) The
obligations of the Issuer hereunder shall not be assignable nor
shall any Person succeed to the obligations of the Issuer hereunder
except in each case in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture.
(c) The
Issuer shall give prior written notice to each Rating Agency and
each Series Enhancer of any action to be taken pursuant to
this Section 614.
Section 615
Other Agreements . The Issuer will not, after the date of
the issuance of the Notes, enter into, or become a party to, any
agreements or instruments other than this Indenture, the
Supplements, the Contribution Agreement, the Management Agreement,
the Back-up Management Agreement, the Note Purchase Agreements, the
Control Agreement, the Enhancement Agreement(s), the Intercreditor
Agreement, the Interest Rate Swap Agreements required or permitted
hereunder and the Related Documents and other agreement(s)
expressly contemplated hereby or thereby (it being understood that
the Issuer may enter into (i) any agreement(s) for acquisition
or disposition of one or more Owner Compressors and the Related
Assets permitted by the terms of this Indenture and the other
Related Documents and (ii) any User Contract in respect of an
Owner Compressor made in accordance with the provisions of this
Indenture, the Contribution Agreement or the Management Agreement
or the other Related Documents).
Section 616
Organizational Documents . The Issuer will not amend or
modify its organizational documents without the prior written
consent of each Control Party and each Interest Rate Hedge
Provider.
Section 617
Capital Expenditures . The Issuer will not make any
expenditure (by long-term or operating lease or otherwise) for
capital assets (either realty and personalty), except for
(a) the acquisition of additional Compressors and Compressor
Related Assets pursuant to the Contribution Agreement or the
Management Agreement or with amounts on deposit in the Purchase
Account and (b) overhaul expenses or capital improvements to
the Owner Compressors made in the ordinary course of its business
and in accordance with the terms of the Management Agreement.
Section 618
Permitted Activities; Compliance with Organizational
Documents . The Issuer will observe all organizational and
managerial procedures required, and will not engage in any activity
or enter into any transaction except as permitted, by its
Organizational Documents, any other formation documents of the
Issuer,
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and the
limited liability company laws of the State of Delaware.
Section 619
Investment Company Act . The Issuer will conduct its
operations, and will cause the Manager to conduct the
Issuer’s operations, in a manner which will not subject it to
registration as an “investment company” under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Section 620
Payments of Collateral . If the Issuer shall receive from
any Person any payments (other than amounts distributed to the
Issuer pursuant to Section 302 hereof) with respect to the
Collateral (and, in the event such Collateral has been released
from the Lien of this Indenture in accordance with the provisions
of Section 404 hereof at the time such payment is received, to
the extent such payment relates to a period prior to the time such
Collateral was released from the Lien of this Indenture in
accordance with Section 404 hereof or pursuant to any
Supplement hereto), the Issuer shall receive such payment in trust
for the Indenture Trustee, as secured party hereunder, and subject
to the Indenture Trustee’s security interest and shall
immediately deposit such payment in the Trust Account.
Section 621
[Reserved]
Section 622
Notices . The Issuer shall notify the Indenture Trustee, the
Deal Agent, each Rating Agency, each Series Enhancer, and each
Interest Rate Hedge Provider in writing of any of the following
immediately upon learning of the occurrence thereof, describing the
same and, if applicable, the steps being taken by the Person(s)
affected with respect thereto:
(a) Event
of Default. The occurrence of an Event of Default;
(b) Litigation.
The institution of any litigation, arbitration proceeding or
Proceeding before any Governmental Authority which, if adversely
resolved, would result in a Material Adverse Change;
(c) Material
Adverse Change. The occurrence of a Material Adverse Change with
respect to the Issuer;
(d) Liens.
The existence of any Lien on the Collateral other than Permitted
Encumbrances; or
(e) Other
Events. The occurrence of any Trigger Event or any Exterran Group
Event.
Section 623
Books and Records . The Issuer shall, and shall cause the
Manager to, maintain complete and accurate books and records in
which full and correct entries in conformity with GAAP shall be
made of all dealings and transactions in relation to its business
and activities. The Issuer shall report, or cause to be reported,
on its financial records the transfer to the Issuer of all Owner
Compressors and Compressor Related Assets in accordance with GAAP.
The Issuer will ensure that no financial statement, nor any
consolidated financial statements of the Issuer, suggests that the
assets of the Issuer are available to pay the debts of either the
Contributor or the Manager. The Issuer shall (i) keep complete
minutes of the meetings and other proceedings of the Issuer, and
(ii) continuously maintain the resolutions, agreements and
other instruments underlying the sale and transfer of the Owner
Compressors as official records of the Issuer.
Section 624
Taxes . The Issuer shall, or shall cause the Manager to, pay
when due, all of its taxes, unless, and only to the extent that,
the Issuer is contesting such taxes in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings and the Issuer has set aside on its books
such reserves or other appropriate provisions therefor as may be
required by GAAP.
The
Issuer shall remit (or cause to be remitted) to each Governmental
Authority, all Excluded Payments actually received by, or on behalf
of, the Issuer and shall promptly remit to the Deal Agent, each
Series Enhancer and the Indenture Trustee evidence that all
such payments have been made.
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The
Issuer shall prepare and deliver to the Indenture Trustee and the
Control Party for each Series within a reasonable time prior to the
required date of filing (or, to the extent permissible, file on
behalf of the Indenture Trustee) any and all reports (other than
income tax returns) to be filed by the Issuer or the Indenture
Trustee with any Governmental Authority by reason of the ownership
by the Issuer of any Owner Compressor or the contracting thereof to
Users to the extent any such reports are required because of the
nature of the Owner Compressors. The provisions of this
Section 624 shall be interpreted, to the maximum extent
possible, in a manner consistent with Sections 2.6 and 5.8 of
the Management Agreement.
Section 625
Subsidiaries . The Issuer shall not create any Subsidiaries
other than the Exterran ABS Lessor.
Section 626
Investments . The Issuer shall not make or permit to exist
any Investment in any Person except for its Investment in the
Exterran ABS Lessor and Investments in Eligible Investments made in
accordance with the terms of this Indenture.
Section 627
Use of Proceeds . Except as otherwise set forth in a
Supplement, the Issuer shall use the proceeds of the Notes only for
(i) the purchase of Owner Compressors and related Collateral,
(ii) the payment of transaction expenses and
(iii) general corporate purposes. In addition, the Issuer
shall not permit any proceeds of the Notes to be used, either
directly or indirectly, for the purpose, whether immediate,
incidental or ultimate, of “purchasing or carrying any margin
stock” within the meaning of Regulation U of the Board
of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, as amended from time to
time, and shall furnish to each Holder, upon its request, a
statement in conformity with the requirements of
Regulation U.
Section 628
Asset Base Certificate . The Issuer shall prepare and
deliver to the Indenture Trustee, each Series Enhancer, each
Interest Rate Hedge Provider, each Rating Agency and the Deal
Agent, on each Determination Date, an Asset Base Certificate.
Section 629
Financial Statements . The Issuer shall prepare and deliver
(or shall cause the Manager to prepare and deliver) to the
Indenture Trustee, each Interest Rate Hedge Provider, each
Series Enhancer, each Rating Agency and the Deal Agent,
(i) quarterly consolidated financial statements of
(x) the Issuer and the Exterran ABS Lessor, and (y) the
Manager, in each case, within sixty (60) days of the end of
each fiscal quarter and (ii) annual consolidated financial
statements of (xx) Exterran, audited by its regular
Independent Accountants, and (yy) each of the Issuer and the
Exterran ABS Lessor, audited by their regular Independent
Accountants, in each case, within one hundred twenty
(120) days of the end of each fiscal year. All financial
statements shall be prepared in accordance with GAAP; provided,
however , that the Issuer shall be deemed to have furnished the
annual audited financial statements of Exterran referred to above
if Exterran shall have timely made the same available on
“EDGAR” and/or on its home page on the worldwide web
(at the date of this Indenture located at
http://www.exterran.com ); provided, further,
however, that if the Indenture Trustee is unable to access
“EDGAR” or Exterran’s home page on the worldwide
web, the Issuer agrees to provide the Indenture Trustee with paper
copies of the annual audited financial statements of Exterran
referred to above promptly following notice from the Indenture
Trustee that it is unable to access “EDGAR” or the
Exterran home page. Delivery of such reports, information and
documents to the Indenture Trustee is for informational purposes
only and the Indenture Trustee’s receipt of such shall not
constitute constructive notice of any information contained therein
or determinable from information contained therein, including the
Issuer’s compliance with any of its covenants hereunder (as
to which the Indenture Trustee is entitled to rely exclusively on
Officer’s Certificates).
Section 630
Rule 144A Information . For so long as any of the Notes
are “restricted securities” within the meaning of
Rule 144(a)(3) under the Securities Act and the Issuer is not
subject to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act, the Issuer
will, and shall cause Manager to, (i) provide or cause to be
provided to any Holder of Notes and any prospective purchaser
thereof designated by such a Holder, upon the request of such
Holder or prospective purchaser, the information required to be
provided to such Holder or prospective purchaser by
Rule 144A(d)(4) under the Securities Act; and (ii) update
such information to prevent such information from becoming
materially false and materially misleading in a manner adverse to
any Noteholder.
Section 631
Hedging Requirements . (a) The Issuer will enter into
within thirty (30) days after the Closing Date and within thirty
(30) days after the issuance of any additional Series entered
into after the
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Closing
Date (or such shorter time period as set forth in the related
Series Supplement) and at all times that any Outstanding
Obligations remain unpaid maintain one or more Interest Rate Swap
Agreements with one or more Interest Rate Hedge Providers having an
aggregate notional balance at any time of (x) not less than
the product of (i) eighty-five percent (85%) and (ii) the
then Aggregate Note Principal Balance (the amount described in this
clause (x), the “Minimum Hedging Amount”) and
(y) not more than the product of (i) one hundred percent
(100%) and (ii) an amount equal to the then Asset Base (the
product set forth in this clause (y), the “Maximum Hedging
Amount”); provided, however, that for any period of
ninety (90) consecutive days (or such longer time as may be
approved by the Requisite Global Majority), the Maximum Hedging
Amount may be increased to an amount not to exceed the product of
(i) one hundred ten percent (110%) and (ii) an amount
equal to the then Asset Base. Each Interest Rate Hedge Provider
shall be an Eligible Interest Rate Hedge Counterparty on the date
on which the related Interest Rate Swap Agreement is originated.
Except to the extent set forth in the related Interest Rate Swap
Agreement(s) in existence as of the Closing Date, the Interest Rate
Swap Agreement(s) will be co-terminous with the Legal Final
Maturity Date of the Series of Notes related to such Interest Rate
Swap Agreement(s). All of the foregoing requirements shall be
collectively referred to as the “Hedging Requirements.”
Each Control Party shall have the right to review and approve prior
to the execution thereof by the Issuer, each Interest Rate Swap
Agreement (or amendments to any existing Interest Rate Swap
Agreement) entered into subsequent to the Closing Date that differs
in any material respect from the Interest Rate Swap Agreements in
effect on the Closing Date.
(b) If
the Issuer is required to enter into additional transactions and/or
terminate transactions under existing Interest Rate Swap Agreements
in order to comply with the Hedging Requirements, then the Issuer
shall provide notice of such condition to the Indenture Trustee,
each Interest Rate Hedge Provider and each Control Party within
five (5) Business Days after such condition is determined to
exist. The Issuer (or the Manager on behalf of the Issuer) shall
remedy such imbalance by the next succeeding Payment Date. If the
Hedging Requirements are not satisfied, and if the Issuer has
failed to remedy same within such period, then the Indenture
Trustee (at the written direction of the Requisite Global Majority)
shall have the right to (i) with respect to a failure to
comply with the Minimum Hedging Amount, enter into (and shall enter
into as and when the Requisite Global Majority Party shall direct
in writing) Interest Rate Swap Agreements on behalf of the Issuer
to remedy such condition, and (ii) with respect to a failure
to comply with the Maximum Hedging Amount, terminate, on behalf of
the Issuer, one or more Interest Rate Swap Agreements in order to
remedy such condition. The calculations to be made under this
Section 631 shall exclude all transactions where the Issuer is
not required to make any scheduled periodic payments other than
premium payments or fees. If a Trigger Event is then continuing,
neither the Issuer nor the Manager on its behalf shall enter into
any additional transactions under Interest Rate Swap Agreements,
except with the approval of each Control Party. So long as no
Trigger Event is then continuing, the Issuer may exercise its
commercially reasonable discretion in selecting the specific
transactions and notional amounts thereof to be terminated or
reduced. If a Trigger Event is then continuing, then (i) if
there is only one institution serving as the Interest Rate Hedge
Provider with respect to all Interest Rate Swap Agreements then in
effect, such Interest Rate Hedge Provider shall select the specific
Interest Rate Swap Agreements to be terminated and (ii) at all
times not covered by clause (i), the notional reductions shall be
effected over all outstanding transactions under Interest Rate Swap
Agreements then in effect on a pro rata basis, based on the
respective notional amounts for each calculation period, so that
the notional amounts for each current and future calculation period
will comply with the Hedging Requirements. If the Issuer fails to
terminate or reduce transactions as required in this
Section 631, the Indenture Trustee (acting at the written
direction of the Requisite Global Majority) shall reduce the
notional amounts, in whole or in part, for all outstanding
transactions under each Interest Rate Swap Agreement then in effect
on a pro rata basis, based on the respective notional
amounts for each calculation period in accordance with the Hedging
Requirements. The Indenture Trustee shall have no duty to monitor
such events, and shall be required to take action in respect of the
provisions of this Section 631 only upon written direction of
the Person(s) entitled to give such direction.
(c) On
each Determination Date, the Issuer shall provide or cause to be
provided to the Indenture Trustee, each Interest Rate Hedge
Provider and each Series Enhancer, a monthly report reflecting
the hedging policy calculations as of the end of the preceding
calendar month based on all transactions outstanding as of the end
of such month under Interest Rate Swap Agreements then in effect,
including transactions which are scheduled to commence on a future
date.
(d) The
termination provisions provided for in this Indenture relating to
the Interest Rate Swap Agreements are in addition to, and not to
the exclusion of, any termination provisions contained in the
Interest Rate Swap Agreements.
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(e) All
payments received from an Interest Rate Hedge Provider shall be
deposited by the Issuer directly into the Trust Account in
accordance with Section 302 hereof.
Section 632
Separate Identity . The Issuer makes herein by this
reference each of the representations and warranties made by it to
Baker Botts LLP in support of its opinions respecting the
consolidation of the Issuer and certain other parties issued and
delivered in connection with the issuance of the Notes, as if
specifically made herein and agrees to comply with each of the
factual assumptions contained in such opinions.
Section 633
Annual Perfection Opinion . Within ninety (90) days
after the end of each calendar year, beginning with the calendar
year 2008, the Issuer shall furnish to the Indenture Trustee, the
Deal Agent, each Interest Rate Hedge Provider, each Rating Agency
and each Series Enhancer, an Opinion of Counsel either stating
that, in the opinion of such counsel, such action has been taken
with respect to the recording, filing, re-recording and refiling of
this Indenture, any Supplements hereto and any other requisite
documents, and with respect to the execution and filing of any
financing statements and continuation statements, as are necessary
to maintain the Lien created by this Indenture and reciting the
details of such action or stating that, in the opinion of such
counsel, no such action is necessary to maintain such Lien.
Section 634
Identification Marks . The Issuer shall use its best efforts
to cause, within ninety (90) days after the Closing Date, the
applicable Contribution Date or the applicable Substitution Date,
as the case may be, and at all times thereafter, each Owner
Compressor acquired by the Issuer on the Closing Date or any
Contribution Date or Substitution Date, to prominently display a
sticker with the applicable phrase described in Section 525 or
Section 548 hereof, or other appropriate words designated by
the Indenture Trustee, with appropriate changes thereof and
additions thereto as from time to time may be required by law in
order to protect Issuer’s and the Indenture Trustee’s
interests in such Owner Compressors. The Issuer shall not allow the
name of any Person to be placed upon any Owner Compressor as a
designation that might be interpreted as indicating a claim of
ownership thereto or a security interest therein by any Person
other than Issuer or the Indenture Trustee.
Section 635
Storage and Maintenance of Contract Files . The Issuer shall
at all times cause the Manager to maintain at its Houston, Texas
office, all Contract Files in a locked, fire proof cabinet;
provided, however, that to the extent the Issuer uses
electronic (as opposed to paper) User Contracts, the Issuer will
cause the Manager to maintain the User Contracts in a secure data
storage facility, with restrictions on authority for signatures,
document modification and access codes. All User Contracts shall be
stamped (or, in the case of electronic Contracts, electronically
marked conspicuously), within thirty (30) days of the Closing
Date, applicable Contribution Date or applicable Substitution Date
on which the Owner Compressor(s) relating thereto were acquired by
the Issuer, with the following legend:
“Certain proceeds of this contract are subject to a security
interest in favor of Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
Indenture Trustee.”
Section 636
Use of Owner Compressors . Each Owner Compressor will be
used and operated in compliance with any and all insurance policy
terms, conditions and provisions referenced in the Related
Documents and in all material respects with all statutes, laws,
ordinances, rules and regulations of any federal, national, state
or local governmental body, agency or authority applicable to the
use and operation of such Owner Compressor, including, without
limitation, environmental, noise and pollution laws (including
notifications and reports). Each Owner Compressor will be used and
operated solely in the manner for which it was intended and in
accordance with the license or certificate, if any, provided by the
manufacturer thereof. The Issuer shall use reasonable precautions
to prevent loss or damage to each Owner Compressor from fire and
other hazards. The Issuer shall not permit any Owner Compressor to
be used in any unlawful trade or in any manner that would violate
any law that would expose such Owner Compressor to penalty,
forfeiture or capture.
Section 637
Maintenance and Repair of Owner Compressors . The Issuer, at
its sole cost and expense, shall maintain (or cause the Manager to
maintain):
(i)
each Owner Compressor in a manner consistent with the
Manager’s maintenance practices applicable to its other
equipment of the same or similar type as such Owner Compressor, so
as to keep each owner Compressor in good condition (ordinary wear
and tear excepted);
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(ii)
each Owner Compressor in all material respects in compliance with
Applicable Law (including environmental laws);
(iii)
each Owner Compressor in compliance with the manufacturer’s
maintenance standards and procedures;
(iv)
each Owner Compressor in all respects in compliance with the
insurance applicable to such Owner Compressors;
(v)
Property Insurance and Liability Insurance as required pursuant to
the Related Documents for all Owner Compressors; and
(vi)
all records, logs and other materials required by any Governmental
Authority having jurisdiction over any Owner Compressor or the
Issuer, to be maintained in respect of such Owner Compressor.
In
addition, the Issuer shall comply with (and shall ensure that the
Manager complies with) the mutual maintenance and support
provisions set forth in the Management Agreement.
Section 638
Alterations .
(i)
Except as required or permitted by the provisions of this
Section 638, the Issuer shall not modify or alter any Owner
Compressor without the prior written approval of the Indenture
Trustee (acting at the direction of the Requisite Global
Majority).
(ii) In
case any Owner Compressor (or any part or component thereof) is
required to be altered, added to, replaced or modified in order to
comply with any insurance policies required pursuant to this
Indenture or Applicable Law (any such alteration, additional
replacement or modification, a “Required Alteration”),
the Issuer agrees to promptly make (or cause to be made) such
Required Alteration at its own expense. Thereupon, such Required
Alteration shall immediately become subject to the terms and
conditions of this Indenture.
(iii)
The Issuer may make any optional renovation, improvement, addition,
or alteration to any Owner Compressor (any such renovation,
improvement, addition or alteration, an “Optional
Alteration”); provided that, such Optional Alteration
does not impair the value, use or remaining useful life of such
Owner Compressor. To the extent any Optional Alteration is not
readily removable without impairing the value, use or remaining
useful life of the Owner Compressor to which such Optional
Alteration has been made, or is a part or appliance which replaces
any part or appliance originally incorporated or installed in or
attached to such Owner Compressor on the effective date for the
related Supplement, such Optional Alteration shall be subject to
the terms of this Indenture and the Supplement to which the related
Owner Compressor is subject.
Section 639
User Contracts . The Issuer shall (or the Manager on behalf
of the Issuer shall) enter into User Contracts so long as
(i) no Event of Default is then continuing, (ii) such
User Contract is entered into in the ordinary course of business of
the Issuer or the Manager and (iii) if the term of such User
Contract will be for more than thirty (30) days, the term of
such User Contract shall not extend beyond the Legal Final Maturity
Date for the Series of Notes with the then latest Legal Final
Maturity Date; provided, however , that each such User
Contract shall, to the extent applicable, also comply with the
provisions of Sections 643, 644 and 647 hereof.
Upon
request by the Indenture Trustee (i) after the occurrence of
either an Event of Default or a Exterran Group Event or
(ii) after delivery of a Manager Termination Notice, the
Issuer shall promptly deliver to the Indenture Trustee, each
Control Party and the Deal Agent (x) a schedule certified by a
Responsible Officer of the Issuer of all User Contracts for the
Owner Compressors (which schedule shall identify the Users and the
contact information for such Users) and (y) for so long as an
Event of Default has occurred and is continuing, copies of each
User Contract at the time in effect.
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Section 640
Loss, Damage or Destruction of Owner Compressors .
(i)
Risk of Loss, Damage or Destruction . The Issuer has
retained and shall retain all risk of loss, damage, theft, taking,
destruction, confiscation, requisition or commandeering, partial or
complete, of or to each Owner Compressor subject to this Indenture
(“Loss, Damage or Destruction”), however caused or
occasioned except for Loss, Damage or Destruction caused by the
gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Indenture
Trustee.
(ii)
Payment Upon a Casualty Loss . If a Casualty Loss occurs
with respect to a Owner Compressor subject to the Lien of this
Indenture, the Issuer shall, promptly upon receipt and in any event
within thirty (30) days after the occurrence of such Casualty
Loss, deposit into the Purchase Account the Casualty Proceeds that
have been received with respect to such Casualty Loss.
(iii)
Application of Payments Not Relating to a Casualty Loss .
Any payments (including, without limitation, insurance proceeds)
received at any time by the Issuer from any Governmental Authority
or other Person with respect to any loss or damage to any Owner
Compressor not constituting a Casualty Loss, will be applied
directly in payment of repairs or for replacement of property, if
not already paid by the Issuer, or if already paid by the Issuer
and no Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing,
shall be applied to reimburse the Issuer for such payment. Any
balance remaining after making such payment in accordance with the
provisions hereof with respect to such loss or damage shall be
retained by the Issuer. If any Event of Default shall have occurred
and be continuing, all payments hereunder shall be paid to the
Trust Account and applied in accordance with the priority of
payments set forth in Section 302(e) hereof.
Section 641
Intellectual Property Filings . The Issuer shall make all
filings necessary or desirable to ensure that the Indenture Trustee
has a validly perfected first priority security interest in any and
all Intellectual Property, if any.
Section 642
Fixture and Accessions . The Issuer shall not attach or
incorporate (or permit other Persons to attach or incorporate) any
Owner Compressor to, or in, any other Owner Compressor or other
personal property or to or in any real property in a manner that
could give rise to (x) the assertion of any Lien on such Owner
Compressor by reason of such attachment or (y) the assertion of a
claim that such Owner Compressor has become a fixture. The Issuer
agrees to take all actions that are necessary or desirable to
ensure the continued characterization of the Owner Compressors as
personal property under Applicable Law.
Section 643
Contracts with Exterran Affiliates . Except as otherwise
permitted by Section 645 hereof, the Issuer shall not (and
shall cause the Manager to not) enter into a Contract for an Owner
Compressor with a Exterran Affiliate.
Section 644
Contracts Containing Purchase Options . The Issuer shall not
(and shall cause the Manager to not) enter into any Contract for
use of an Owner Compressor that contains a contractual purchase
option in favor of the related User, unless:
(i)
such purchase option is (x) granted or exercisable by a Person
other than an Exterran Affiliate and (y) the terms and
conditions of such purchase option (including the aggregate
consideration payable upon the exercise of such option) have been
negotiated on an arm’s length basis and are consistent with
prudent industry standards on the date on which such purchase
option was negotiated; and
(ii)
the Net Compressor Sales Proceeds to be received by the Issuer upon
any exercise of such purchase option must be for an amount that is
not less than the then Depreciated Value of such Owner Compressor
as of the last day of the month immediately preceding each exercise
date of such purchase option; provided, however , no
violation of this clause (ii) shall occur if the sum of the then
Depreciated Values of all Owner Compressors subject to such
non-conforming purchase options does not
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exceed at any
time an amount equal to the product of (x) five percent (5%)
and (y) the then Aggregate Depreciated Value.
Section 645
Sales of Owner Compressors to an Exterran Affiliate . The
Issuer shall not (and shall cause the Manager to not) sell any
Owner Compressor to an Exterran Affiliate, except for any such sale
to an Exterran Affiliate (a) of a Prohibited Below DV
Compressor, (b) of an Owner Compressor that is not then
subject to a User Contract and which is
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