FIFTH AMENDED AND RESTATED THREE
PARTY
AGREEMENT RELATING TO LOCKBOX
SERVICES AND CONTROL
(with Activation upon
Notice)
Dated as of June 30,
2005
THIS FIFTH
AMENDED AND RESTATED THREE PARTY AGREEMENT RELATING TO LOCKBOX
SERVICES AND CONTROL (such agreement as amended, modified,
waived, supplemented or restated from time to time, the “
Agreement ”) is entered into as of June 30, 2005,
by and among:
(1) BANK
OF AMERICA, N.A. , a national banking association, as the
lockbox bank under this Agreement (in such capacity, the “
Bank ”) and under the Intercreditor Agreement (as
defined below);
(2) Each of
the FINANCING AGENTS party hereto, including each of the
parties that from time to time may become a Financing Agent party
hereto by execution and delivery of a joinder agreement in the form
of Exhibit C to the Intercreditor Agreement (as defined
below) as financing agent under any of the Financing Documents (as
defined below) (each, a “ Financing Agent ” and,
collectively, the “ Financing Agents
”);
(3)
CAPITALSOURCE FINANCE LLC , a Delaware limited liability
company, in each of the following capacities: (i) as the
originator under the Financing Documents (in such capacity, the
“ Originator ”); (ii) as the original
servicer under the Financing Documents (in such capacity, the
“ Original Servicer ”); and (iii) as the
original lockbox servicer under this Agreement and the
Intercreditor Agreement (in such capacity, the “ Lockbox
Servicer ”); and
(4)
CAPITALSOURCE FUNDING INC. , a Delaware corporation (f/k/a
CapitalSource Funding LLC) (the “ Company ”) as
the owner of the accounts and as the owner of the
lockbox.
Capitalized terms
used but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings given
to such terms in the Intercreditor Agreement.
WHEREAS ,
the Company has granted to certain lenders or their nominees a
security interest in the Lockbox Accounts (as defined below) and
the Remittances (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) mailed
to the United States Post Office addresses P.O. Box 409739,
Atlanta, GA 30384-9739, P.O. Box 409761, Atlanta, GA 30384-9761 and
P.O. Box 409780, Atlanta, GA 30384-9780 (each a “
Lockbox ” and, collectively, the “
Lockboxes ”; each such address is referred to herein
as a “ Lockbox Address ” and, collectively as
the “ Lockbox Addresses ”) processed therein and
deposited to the Company’s accounts numbered
003930559738,
003938703751, 003939396662 and 003922575610 with the Bank (the
“ Lockbox Accounts ”);
WHEREAS ,
the parties hereto have entered into the Fourth Amended and
Restated Intercreditor and Lockbox Administration Agreement, dated
as of June 30, 2005 (such agreement as amended, modified,
waived, supplemented or restated from time to time, the “
Intercreditor Agreement ”) with respect to liens that
attach to, and the administration of, the Remittances in the
Lockboxes and the Lockbox Accounts; and
WHEREAS ,
the parties hereto are entering into this Agreement with the intent
to, among other things, (i) amend, restate and supercede in
its entirety the Fourth Amended and Restated Three Party Agreement
Relating to Lockbox Services, dated as of November 25, 2003
(the “ Existing Agreement ”), (ii) provide
for the disposition of the net proceeds of the Remittances
deposited in the Lockboxes and the Lockbox Accounts, and
(iii) provide the Financing Agents, including any subsequent
Financing Agents with continued “control” (as such term
is used in Section 9-104 of the Uniform Commercial Code as
enacted in the State of New York (the “ UCC ”)),
for the purpose of perfecting and continuing the perfection of such
Financing Agents’ security interests in the Lockbox and the
Lockbox Accounts under the UCC.
NOW,
THEREFORE , for good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and sufficiency of which are here acknowledged, the parties hereto
hereby agree as follows:
1. The Bank
is hereby authorized:
(a) to
perform the lockbox service set forth herein (the “
Lockbox Service ”) and to follow its usual operating
procedures for the handling of any Check (as such term is defined
in the UCC), in accordance with the Standard Terms and Conditions
attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein, except
as modified by this Agreement;
(b) to
charge the Lockbox Accounts for all returned Checks, service
charges, and other fees and charges associated with the Lockbox
Service and this Agreement; and
(c) to
follow its usual procedures in the event the Lockbox Addresses, the
Lockbox Accounts or any Check should be or become the subject of
any writ, levy, order or other similar judicial or regulatory order
or process.
2. (a) The
Bank will comply with instructions originated by the Requisite
Financing Agents (as defined in the Intercreditor Agreement) or an
entity designated by them concerning the Lockboxes and the Lockbox
Accounts without further consent by the Lockbox Servicer
(including, without limitation, any instructions to pay over to the
Financing Agents all available balances in the Lockboxes and the
Lockbox Accounts from time to time). Unless and until a Notice (as
defined below) is received by the Bank, the Bank may also comply
with any instruction it receives from the Lockbox Servicer
concerning the Lockboxes and the Lockbox Accounts without further
consent by the Financing Agents (including, without limitation,
making withdrawals from the Lockboxes and the Lockbox Accounts);
provided , that , the Bank will not comply with any
instructions to close any of the Lockboxes or any Lockbox Account
without the prior written consent of each Financing Agent. Within a
reasonable period of time not to exceed two (2) Business Days
after the Bank’s receipt of written notice in the form of
Attachment I (the
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“
Notice ”), the Bank shall no longer comply with
instructions from the Lockbox Servicer with respect to the
Lockboxes and Lockbox Accounts, and within a reasonable period of
time not to exceed five (5) Business Days shall transfer all
collected and available balances in the Lockbox Accounts to the
account specified in the written instructions in the Notice,
provided, that such Notice shall only specify one account to which
the Bank shall send all such funds. “Business Day”
means each Monday through Friday, excluding bank holidays. Funds
are not available if, in the reasonable determination of the Bank,
they are subject to a hold, dispute or legal process preventing
their withdrawal. Thereafter the Financing Agents shall have
exclusive control of the Lockboxes and the Lockbox Accounts unless
and until the Financing Agents provide the Bank with notice to the
contrary in compliance with the notice requirements of
Section 15 hereof. The Bank will not agree with any
other person to comply with instructions concerning the Lockboxes
and the Lockbox Accounts given by any person other than the Lockbox
Servicer and/or the Requisite Financing Agents (or an entity
appointed by them).
(b) The
Bank shall have no responsibility or liability to the Financing
Agents with respect to the value of the Lockbox Accounts or any
responsibility to limit, restrict or otherwise monitor the
withdrawal of funds from the Lockbox Accounts by the Company or the
Lockbox Servicer unless and until a Notice has been received by the
Bank. This Agreement does not create any obligation or duty of the
Bank other than those expressly set forth herein. The Bank may rely
on notices and communications which do not conflict with the terms
hereof that it reasonably believes are given by the appropriate
party. The Bank shall not be obligated to make any inquiry as to
the authority, capacity, existence or identity of any party
purporting to give such notice or instructions including, without
limitation, whether any group of Financing Agents comprise the
Requisite Financing Agents (as represented in writing to the Bank)
or the validity of the designation of the authority designated to
any entity or designated by the Requisite Financing Agents or the
Financing Agents pursuant to Section 23 or otherwise; provided
that, notwithstanding the foregoing, as a condition to any action
to be taken hereunder the Bank shall be entitled to require, at its
sole option, a written certification with respect to any
group’s authorization to cause it to take any such actions
and the Bank shall be entitled to, and fully protected in its
reliance on, any such certification.
3. (a) If
the balances in the Lockbox Accounts are not sufficient to pay the
Bank for any returned Check and the Originator has not paid the
amounts payable in respect of such returned Checks, each Financing
Agent, as applicable, agrees to pay to the Bank on demand the
portion of any amounts received by such Financing Agent with
respect to such returned Check.
(b) If
the balances in the Lockbox Accounts are not sufficient to
compensate the Bank for any fees or charges due the Bank in
connection with the Lockbox Service or this Agreement, the
Originator agrees to pay the Bank on demand the amount due the
Bank. The Originator will have breached this Agreement if it has
not paid the Bank, within five (5) Business Days after the
demand, the amount due the Bank.
(c) The
Originator hereby authorizes the Bank, without prior notice, from
time to time to debit any other account the Originator may have
with the Bank for the amount or amounts due from the Originator
under subsection 3(a) or 3(b) .
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(d) The
Bank agrees it shall not have and shall not exercise any right of
set-off against the Lockbox Accounts, except as permitted under
Section 1(b) of this Agreement, until it has been
advised in writing by each Financing Agent that all of the
obligations owed to such Financing Agent (and persons represented
by such Financing Agent) and secured by the Checks and the Lockbox
Accounts are paid in full. The Financing Agents shall notify the
Bank promptly in writing upon payment in full of all such
obligations and this Agreement shall automatically terminate upon
receipt of all such notices, provided , however ,
that Bank shall have no obligation to confirm that the parties
representing themselves in writing to the Bank as all of the then
existing Financing Agents, comprise all of the then existing
Financing Agents.
4. The Bank
may terminate this Agreement upon thirty (30) days’
prior written notice to the Company, the Originator, the Lockbox
Servicer and the Financing Agents and the transfer of all amounts
on deposit in the Lockbox Accounts to the account designated in
writing by the Requisite Financing Agents. The Financing Agents may
terminate this Agreement upon thirty (30) days’ prior written
notice to the Company and the Bank. Neither the Company nor the
Lockbox Servicer may terminate this Agreement or the Lockbox
Service except with (i) the written consent of each Financing
Agent and (ii) upon thirty (30) days’ prior written
notice to the Bank and the Financing Agents.
(a) The
Bank will not be liable to the Company, the Originator or the
Financing Agents for any expense, claim, loss, damage or cost (the
“ Damages ”) arising out of or relating to its
performance under this Agreement other than those Damages which
result directly from its acts or omissions constituting negligence
or willful misconduct.
(b) In
no event will the Bank or any Financing Agent be liable for any
special, indirect, exemplary or consequential damages, including
but not limited to lost profits.
(c) The
Bank will be excused from failing to act or delay in acting, and no
such failure or delay shall constitute a breach of this Agreement
or otherwise give rise to any liability of the Bank, if
(i) such failure or delay is caused by circumstances beyond
the Bank’s reasonable control, including but not limited to
legal constraint, emergency conditions, action or inaction of
governmental, civil or military authority, fire, strike, lockout or
other labor dispute, war, riot, theft, flood, earthquake or other
natural disaster, breakdown of public or private or common carrier
communications or transmission facilities, equipment failure, or
act, negligence or default of the Company, the Originator or the
Financing Agents or (ii) such failure or delay resulted from
the Bank’s reasonable belief that the action would have
violated any guideline, rule or regulation of any governmental
authority.
5. The
Originator shall indemnify the Bank against, and hold it harmless
from, any and all liabilities, claims, costs, expenses and damages
of any nature (including but not limited to allocated costs of
staff counsel, other reasonable attorney’s fees and any fees
and expenses incurred in enforcing this Agreement) in any way
arising out of or relating to disputes or legal actions concerning
the Bank’s provision of the Lockbox Service, this Agreement,
any Check or the Lockbox Addresses. This Section 5 does
not apply to any cost or damage attributable to the gross
negligence or intentional misconduct of the Bank. The
Originator’s obligations under this Section 5
shall survive termination of this Agreement.
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6. (a) Each
party hereto represents and warrants (each as to itself only) that:
(i) this Agreement constitutes its duly authorized, legal, valid,
binding and enforceable obligation; (ii) the performance of
its obligations under this Agreement and the consummation of the
transactions contemplated hereunder will not (A) constitute or
result in a breach of its certificate or articles of incorporation,
by-laws or partnership agreement, as applicable, or the provisions
of any material contract to which it is a party or by which it is
bound or (B) result in the violation of any law, regulation,
judgment, decree or governmental order applicable to it; and
(iii) all approvals and authorizations required to permit the
execution, delivery, performance and consummation of this Agreement
and the transactions contemplated hereunder have been
obtained.
(b) The
Bank represents and warrants to the Company, the Originator, the
Original Servicer, the Lockbox Servicer and the Financing Agents
that: (i) the Lockbox Accounts are held with the Bank in the
name of the Company; (ii) this Agreement constitutes its duly
authorized, legal, valid, binding and enforceable obligation;
(iii) the Bank has not agreed (and will not agree) with any
party, other than the Company and the Financing Agents, to comply
with instructions concerning the Lockbox Accounts; and
(iv) the Requisite Financing Agents are entitled to control
the Lockbox Accounts and to direct the Bank in the disposition of
funds in the Lockbox Accounts, without further consent of the
Company, as provided in this Agreement.
(c) Each
of the parties hereto (each as to itself only) agrees that it shall
be deemed to make and renew each representation and warranty in
subsections 6(a) and (b) , as applicable, on and as
of each day on which it uses the Lockbox Service.
7. The
Company represents and warrants that it has not assigned or granted
a security interest in the Lockbox Accounts or any funds now or
hereafter deposited in the Lockbox Accounts, except as described in
the Intercreditor Agreement.
8. Each of
the Company, the Originator, the Original Servicer, t
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