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Exhibit 99.3
CLASS A-1 NOTE PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
(SERIES 2006-1 VARIABLE FUNDING SENIOR NOTES,
CLASS A-1)
dated as of December 20, 2006
among
SONIC CAPITAL LLC,
SONIC INDUSTRIES FRANCHISING LLC,
AMERICA’S DRIVE-IN HOLDING INC.,
AMERICA’S DRIVE-IN BRAND PROPERTIES
LLC,
AMERICA’S DRIVE-IN RESTAURANTS LLC,
SRI REAL ESTATE HOLDING LLC and
SRI REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES LLC
each as a Co-Issuer,
SONIC INDUSTRIES SERVICES INC.,
as Servicer,
CERTAIN CONDUIT INVESTORS,
each as a Conduit Investor,
CERTAIN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS,
each as a Committed Note Purchaser,
CERTAIN FUNDING AGENTS,
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A.,
as L/C Provider,
LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER INC.,
as Swingline Lender,
and
LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER INC.,
as Administrative Agent
TABLE OF
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ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
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SECTION 1.01
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Definitions
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ARTICLE II PURCHASE AND SALE OF CLASS A-1
NOTES
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SECTION 2.01
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The Initial Advance Notes
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SECTION 2.02
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Advances
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SECTION 2.03
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Borrowing Procedures
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SECTION 2.04
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The Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Notes
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SECTION 2.05
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Reduction in Commitments
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SECTION 2.06
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Swingline Commitment
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SECTION 2.07
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L/C Commitment
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SECTION 2.08
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L/C Reimbursement Obligations
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SECTION 2.09
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L/C Participations
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ARTICLE III INTEREST AND FEES
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SECTION 3.01
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Interest
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SECTION 3.02
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Fees
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SECTION 3.03
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Eurodollar Lending Unlawful
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SECTION 3.04
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Deposits Unavailable
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SECTION 3.05
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Increased Costs, etc.
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SECTION 3.06
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Funding Losses
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SECTION 3.07
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Increased Capital Costs
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SECTION 3.08
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Taxes
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SECTION 3.09
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Change of Lending Office
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ARTICLE IV OTHER PAYMENT TERMS
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SECTION 4.01
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Time and Method of Payment
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SECTION 4.02
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Order of Distributions
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SECTION 4.03
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L/C Cash Collateral
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ARTICLE V THE ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT AND THE
FUNDING AGENTS
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SECTION 5.01
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Authorization and Action of the Administrative
Agent
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SECTION 5.02
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Delegation of Duties
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SECTION 5.03
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Exculpatory Provisions
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SECTION 5.04
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Reliance
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SECTION 5.05
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Non-Reliance on the Administrative Agent and
Other Purchasers
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SECTION 5.06
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The Administrative Agent in its Individual
Capacity
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SECTION 5.07
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Successor Administrative Agent
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SECTION 5.08
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Authorization and Action of Funding
Agents
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SECTION 5.09
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Delegation of Duties
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SECTION 5.10
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Exculpatory Provisions
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SECTION 5.11
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Reliance
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SECTION 5.12
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Non-Reliance on the Funding Agent and Other
Purchasers
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SECTION 5.13
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The Funding Agent in its Individual
Capacity
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SECTION 5.14
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Successor Funding Agent
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ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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SECTION 6.01
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The Co-Issuers
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SECTION 6.02
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SISI
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SECTION 6.03
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Lender Parties
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ARTICLE VII CONDITIONS
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SECTION 7.01
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Conditions to Issuance and
Effectiveness
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SECTION 7.02
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Conditions to Initial Extensions of
Credit
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SECTION 7.03
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Conditions to Each Extension of Credit
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ARTICLE VIII COVENANTS
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SECTION 8.01
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Covenants
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ARTICLE IX MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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SECTION 9.01
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Amendments
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SECTION 9.02
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No Waiver; Remedies
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SECTION 9.03
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Binding on Successors and Assigns
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SECTION 9.04
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Survival of Agreement
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SECTION 9.05
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Payment of Costs and Expenses;
Indemnification
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SECTION 9.06
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Characterization as Related Document; Entire
Agreement
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SECTION 9.07
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Notices
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SECTION 9.08
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Severability of Provisions
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SECTION 9.09
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Tax Characterization
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SECTION 9.10
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No Proceedings; Limited Recourse
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SECTION 9.11
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Confidentiality
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SECTION 9.12
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GOVERNING LAW
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SECTION 9.13
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JURISDICTION
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SECTION 9.14
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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SECTION 9.15
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Counterparts
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SECTION 9.16
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Third Party Beneficiary
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SECTION 9.17
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Assignment
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SCHEDULES AND
EXHIBITS
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SCHEDULE I
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Investor Groups and Commitments
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SCHEDULE II
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Notice Addresses for Lender Parties and
Agents
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SCHEDULE III
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Additional Closing Conditions
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EXHIBIT A
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Form of Advance Request
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EXHIBIT A-1
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Form of Swingline Loan Request
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EXHIBIT B
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Form of Assignment and Assumption
Agreement
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EXHIBIT C
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Form of Investor Group Supplement
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EXHIBIT D
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Form of Opinion
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EXHIBIT E
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Form of Purchaser’s Letter
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CLASS A-1 NOTE PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
THIS CLASS A-1 NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of
December 20, 2006 (as amended, supplemented, restated or
otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with the terms
hereof, this " Agreement "), is made by and among:
(a) SONIC CAPITAL LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
" Master Issuer "), SONIC INDUSTRIES FRANCHISING LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (the " Franchise Assets
Holder "), AMERICA’S DRIVE-IN HOLDING INC., a Kansas
corporation (" ADIC Holdco "), AMERICA’S DRIVE-IN
BRAND PROPERTIES LLC, a Kansas limited liability company (the "
IP Holder "), AMERICA’S DRIVE-IN RESTAURANTS LLC, a
Kansas limited liability company (" New ADIC "), SRI REAL
ESTATE HOLDING LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (" SRI
Real Estate Holdco "), and SRI REAL ESTATE PROPERTIES LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company (" SRI Real Estate Assets
Holder ", each, a " Co-Issuer " and, together with the
Master Issuer, the Franchise Assets Holder, ADIC Holdco, the IP
Holder, New ADIC, SRI Real Estate Holdco, collectively, the "
Co-Issuers "),
(b) SONIC INDUSTRIES SERVICES INC., an Oklahoma corporation ("
SISI " or the " Servicer "),
(c) the several commercial paper conduits listed on
Schedule I as Conduit Investors and their respective
permitted successors and assigns (each, a " Conduit Investor
" and, collectively, the " Conduit Investors "),
(d) the several financial institutions listed on
Schedule I as Committed Note Purchasers and their
respective permitted successors and assigns (each, a " Committed
Note Purchaser " and, collectively, the " Committed Note
Purchasers "),
(e) for each Investor Group, the financial institution entitled
to act on behalf of the Investor Group set forth opposite the name
of such Investor Group on Schedule I as Funding Agent
and its permitted successors and assigns (each, the " Funding
Agent " with respect to such Investor Group and, collectively,
the " Funding Agents "),
(f) BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., as L/C Provider,
(g) LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER INC., as Swingline Lender, and
(h) LEHMAN COMMERCIAL PAPER INC., in its capacity as
administrative agent for the Conduit Investors, the Committed Note
Purchasers, the Funding Agents, the L/C Provider and the Swingline
Lender (together with its permitted successors and assigns in such
capacity, the " Administrative Agent " or the " Series
2006-1 Class A-1 Administrative Agent ").
BACKGROUND
1. Contemporaneously with the execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the Co-Issuers and Citibank, N.A., as Trustee, are
entering into the Series 2006-1 Supplement, of even date herewith
(as the same may be amended, supplemented, restated or otherwise
modified from time to time in accordance with the terms thereof,
the " Series 2006-1 Supplement "), to the Base Indenture, of
even date herewith (as the same may be amended, supplemented,
restated or otherwise modified from time to time in accordance with
the terms thereof, the " Base Indenture " and, together with
the Series 2006-1 Supplement, the " Indenture "), among the
Co-Issuers and the Trustee, pursuant to which the Co-Issuers have
determined to issue Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Notes (as defined in
the Series 2006-1 Supplement) in accordance with the Indenture.
2. The Co-Issuers wish to (a) issue the Series 2006-1 Class
A-1 Advance Notes to each Funding Agent on behalf of the Investors
in the related Investor Group, and obtain the agreement of the
applicable Investors to make loans from time to time (each, an "
Advance " or a " Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Advance "
and, collectively, the " Advances " or the " Series
2006-1 Class A-1 Advances ") that will constitute the purchase
of Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amounts on the
terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement; (b) issue
the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Swingline Note to the Swingline Lender
and obtain the agreement of the Swingline Lender to make Swingline
Loans on the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement; and
(c) issue the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 L/C Note to the L/C
Provider and obtain the agreement of the L/C Provider to provide
Letters of Credit on the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement. SISI has joined in this Agreement to confirm certain
representations, warranties and covenants made by it for the
benefit of each Lender Party.
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.01 Definitions . As used in this Agreement and
unless the context requires a different meaning, capitalized terms
used but not defined herein (including the preamble and the
recitals hereto) shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in
the Series 2006-1 Supplemental Definitions List attached to the
Series 2006-1 Supplement as Annex A or in the Base
Indenture Definitions List attached to the Base Indenture as
Annex A , as applicable. Unless otherwise specified
herein, all Article, Exhibit, Section or Subsection references
herein shall refer to Articles, Exhibits, Sections or
Subsections of this Agreement.
ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE OF CLASS A-1 NOTES
SECTION 2.01 The Initial Advance Notes . On the terms and
conditions set forth in the Indenture and this Agreement, and in
reliance on the covenants, representations and agreements set forth
herein and therein, the Co-Issuers shall issue and shall request
the Trustee to authenticate the initial Series 2006-1 Class A-1
Advance Notes, which the Co-Issuers shall deliver to each Funding
Agent on behalf of the
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Investors in the related Investor Group on the
Series 2006-1 Closing Date. Such initial Series 2006-1 Class A-1
Advance Note for each Investor Group shall be dated the Series
2006-1 Closing Date, shall be registered in the name of the related
Funding Agent or its nominee, as agent for the related Investors,
or in such other name as such Funding Agent may request, shall have
a maximum principal amount equal to the Maximum Investor Group
Principal Amount for such Investor Group, shall have an initial
outstanding principal amount equal to such Investor Group’s
Commitment Percentage of the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Initial
Advance Principal Amount, and shall be duly authenticated in
accordance with the provisions of the Indenture.
SECTION 2.02 Advances .
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement and
the Indenture, each Eligible Conduit Investor, if any, may and, if
such Conduit Investor determines that it will not make (or it does
not in fact make) an Advance or any portion of an Advance, its
related Committed Note Purchaser(s) shall or, if there is no
Eligible Conduit Investor with respect to any Investor Group, the
Committed Note Purchaser with respect to such Investor Group shall,
upon the Co-Issuers’ request delivered in accordance with the
provisions of Section 2.03 and the satisfaction of all
conditions precedent thereto (or under the circumstances set forth
in Section 2.05 , 2.06 or 2.08 ), make
Advances from time to time during the Commitment Term;
provided that such Advances shall be made ratably by each
Investor Group based on their respective Commitment Percentages and
the portion of any such Advance made by any Committed Note
Purchaser in such Investor Group shall be its Committed Note
Purchaser Percentage of the Advances to be made by such Investor
Group (or the portion thereof not being made by any Conduit
Investor in such Investor Group); provided further that no
Advance shall be required or permitted to be made by any Investor
on any date if, after giving effect to such Advance, (i) the
related Investor Group Principal Amount would exceed the related
Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount or (ii) the Series
2006-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount would exceed the
Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Maximum Principal Amount.
(b) Notwithstanding anything herein or in any other Related
Document to the contrary, at no time will a Conduit Investor be
obligated to make Advances hereunder. If at any time any Conduit
Investor is not an Eligible Conduit Investor, (i) such Conduit
Investor shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent (who shall
promptly notify the related Funding Agent and the Co-Issuers)
thereof, and (ii) the Co-Issuers shall have the right,
exercisable upon three Business Days’ prior written notice to
the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly notify the related
Funding Agent), to require such Conduit Investor to transfer all of
its then-outstanding CP Advances to its related Committed Note
Purchaser(s) or, at such Committed Note Purchaser’s option,
to another permitted transferee in accordance with
Section 9.03 or 9.17 , as applicable. From and
after the date of such transfer, such Advances shall bear interest
at the Base Rate or the Eurodollar Rate, as applicable, in
accordance with the second sentence of Section 3.01(a)
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(c) Each of the Advances to be made on any date
shall be made as part of a single borrowing (each such single
borrowing being a " Borrowing "). The Advances made as part
of the initial Borrowing on the Series 2006-1 Closing Date will be
evidenced by the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes issued in
connection herewith and will constitute purchases of Series 2006-1
Class A-1 Initial Advance Principal Amounts corresponding to the
amount of such Advances. All of the other Advances will constitute
Increases evidenced by the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes
issued in connection herewith and will constitute purchases of
Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amounts corresponding
to the amount of such Advances.
(d) Section 2.2(b) of the Series 2006-1 Supplement
specifies the procedures to be followed in connection with any
Voluntary Decrease of the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Outstanding
Principal Amount. Each such Voluntary Decrease in respect of any
Advances shall be in an aggregate minimum principal amount of
$200,000 and integral multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof.
(e) Subject to the terms of this Agreement and the Series 2006-1
Supplement, the aggregate principal amount of the Advances
evidenced by the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes may be
increased by Borrowings or decreased by Voluntary Decreases from
time to time.
SECTION 2.03 Borrowing Procedures .
(a) Whenever the Co-Issuers wish a Borrowing to be made, the
Co-Issuers shall (or shall cause the Servicer to) notify the
Administrative Agent (who shall promptly, and in any event by 4:00
p.m. (New York time) on the same Business Day as its receipt of the
same, notify each Funding Agent of its pro rata share
thereof and notify the Trustee, the Series 2006-1 Insurer, the
Swingline Lender and the L/C Provider in writing of such Borrowing)
upon irrevocable written notice in the form of an Advance Request
delivered to the Administrative Agent no later than 12:00 p.m.
(New York time) on the Business Day (or, in the case of any
Eurodollar Advances for purposes of Section 3.01(b) ,
on the third Business Day) prior to the date of Borrowing, which
date of Borrowing shall be a Business Day during the Commitment
Term. Each such notice shall be irrevocable and shall in each case
refer to this Agreement and specify (i) the Borrowing date,
(ii) the aggregate amount of the requested Borrowing to be
made on such date, (iii) the amount of outstanding Swingline
Loans and Unreimbursed L/C Drawings to be repaid with the proceeds
of such Borrowing on the Borrowing date, which amount shall
constitute all outstanding Swingline Loans and Unreimbursed L/C
Drawings outstanding on the date of such notice, and
(iv) sufficient instructions for application of the balance,
if any, of the proceeds of such Borrowing on the Borrowing date
(which proceeds shall be allocated among the Co-Issuers pro
rata based on the percentage of the proceeds of the issuance
of the Series 2006-1 Class A-2 Notes received by each such
Co-Issuer on the Series 2006-1 Closing Date). Requests for any
Borrowing may not be made in an aggregate principal amount of less
than $1,000,000 or in an aggregate principal amount that is not an
integral multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof (except as
otherwise provided herein with respect to Borrowings for the
purpose of repaying then-outstanding Swingline Loans or
Unreimbursed L/C Drawings). The
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Co-Issuers agree to cause requests for Borrowings
to be made upon notice of any drawing under a Letter of Credit and
in any event at least one time per week if any Swingline Loans or
Unreimbursed L/C Drawings are outstanding, in each case, in amounts
at least sufficient to repay in full all Swingline Loans and
Unreimbursed L/C Drawings outstanding on the date of the applicable
request. Each Borrowing shall be ratably allocated among the
Investor Groups’ respective Maximum Investor Group Principal
Amounts. Each Funding Agent shall promptly advise its related
Conduit Investor, if any, of any notice given pursuant to this
Section 2.03(a) and shall promptly thereafter
(but in no event later than 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the
date of Borrowing) notify the Administrative Agent, the Co-Issuers
and the related Committed Note Purchaser(s) whether such Conduit
Investor has determined to make all or any portion of the Advances
in such Borrowing that are to be made by its Investor Group. On the
date of each Borrowing and subject to the other conditions set
forth herein and in the Series 2006-1 Supplement (and, if requested
by the Administrative Agent, confirmation from the Swingline Lender
and the L/C Provider, as applicable, as to (x) the amount of
outstanding Swingline Loans and Unreimbursed L/C Drawings to be
repaid with the proceeds of such Borrowing on the Borrowing date,
(y) the Undrawn L/C Face Amount of all Letters of Credit then
outstanding and (z) the principal amount of any other
Swingline Loans or Unreimbursed L/C Drawings then outstanding), the
applicable Investors in each Investor Group shall make available to
the Administrative Agent the amount of the Advances in such
Borrowing that are to be made by such Investor Group by wire
transfer in U.S. Dollars of such amount in same day funds no later
than 3:00 p.m. (New York time) on the date of such Borrowing,
and upon receipt thereof the Administrative Agent shall immediately
make such proceeds available, first , to the Swingline
Lender and the L/C Provider for application to repayment of the
amount of outstanding Swingline Loans and Unreimbursed L/C Drawings
as set forth in the applicable Advance Request, ratably in
proportion to such respective amounts, and, second , to the
Co-Issuers as instructed in the applicable Advance
Request.
(b) The failure of any Committed Note Purchaser to make the
Advance to be made by it as part of any Borrowing shall not relieve
any other Committed Note Purchaser (whether or not in the same
Investor Group) of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make its
Advance on the date of such Borrowing, but no Committed Note
Purchaser shall be responsible for the failure of any other
Committed Note Purchaser to make the Advance to be made by such
other Committed Note Purchaser on the date of any Borrowing.
(c) Unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice
from a Funding Agent prior to the date of any Borrowing that an
applicable Investor in the related Investor Group will not make
available to the Administrative Agent such Investor’s share
of the Advances to be made by such Investor Group as part of such
Borrowing, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be obligated
to) assume that such Investor has made such share available to the
Administrative Agent on the date of such Borrowing in accordance
with Section 2.02(a) and the Administrative Agent may
(but shall not be obligated to), in reliance upon such assumption,
make available to the Swingline Lender, the L/C Provider and/or the
Co-Issuers, as applicable, on such date a corresponding amount, and
shall, if such corresponding amount has not been made
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available by the Administrative Agent, make
available to the Swingline Lender, the L/C Provider and/or the
Co-Issuers, as applicable, on such date a corresponding amount once
such Investor has made such portion available to the Administrative
Agent. If and to the extent that any Investor shall not have so
made such amount available to the Administrative Agent, such
Investor and the Co-Issuers jointly and severally agree to repay
(without duplication) to the Administrative Agent forthwith on
demand such corresponding amount, together with interest thereon,
for each day from the date such amount is made available to the
Co-Issuers until the date such amount is repaid to the
Administrative Agent, at (i) in the case of the Co-Issuers,
the interest rate applicable at the time to the Advances comprising
such Borrowing and (ii) in the case of such Investor, the
Federal Funds Rate and without deduction by such Investor for any
withholding taxes. If such Investor shall repay to the
Administrative Agent such corresponding amount, such amount so
repaid shall constitute such Investor’s Advance as part of
such Borrowing for purposes of this Agreement.
SECTION 2.04 The Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Notes . On each
date an Advance or Swingline Loan is funded or a Letter of Credit
is issued hereunder, and on each date the outstanding amount
thereof is reduced, a duly authorized officer, employee or agent of
the related Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Noteholder shall make
appropriate notations in its books and records of the amount,
evidenced by the related Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Advance Note, of
such Advance, Swingline Loan or Letter of Credit and the amount of
such reduction, as applicable. The Co-Issuers hereby authorize each
duly authorized officer, employee and agent of such Series 2006-1
Class A-1 Noteholder to make such notations on the books and
records as aforesaid and every such notation made in accordance
with the foregoing authority shall be prima facie evidence of the
accuracy of the information so recorded; provided ,
however , that in the event of a discrepancy between the
books and records of such Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Noteholder and
the records maintained by the Trustee pursuant to the Indenture,
such discrepancy shall be resolved by such Series 2006-1 Class A-1
Noteholder, the Series 2006-1 Insurer and the Trustee, in
consultation with the Co-Issuers ( provided that such
consultation with the Co-Issuers will not in any way limit or delay
such Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Noteholders’, the Series
2006-1 Insurer’s and the Trustee’s ability to resolve
such discrepancy), and such resolution shall control in the absence
of manifest error; provided further that the failure
of any such notation to be made, or any finding that a notation is
incorrect, in any such records shall not limit or otherwise affect
the obligations of the Co-Issuers under this Agreement or the
Indenture.
SECTION 2.05 Reduction in Commitments .
(a) The Co-Issuers may, upon three Business Days’ notice
to the Administrative Agent (who shall promptly notify the Trustee,
the Series 2006-1 Insurer, each Funding Agent and each Investor),
effect a permanent reduction in the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Maximum
Principal Amount and a corresponding reduction in each Commitment
Amount and Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount on a
pro rata basis; provided that (i) any such
reduction will be limited to the undrawn portion of the
Commitments, although any such reduction may be combined with a
Voluntary Decrease effected pursuant to and in accordance with
Section 2.2(a) of the Series 2006-1
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Supplement, (ii) any such reduction must be
in a minimum amount of $10,000,000, (iii) after giving effect
to such reduction, the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Maximum Principal
Amount equals or exceeds $50,000,000, unless reduced to zero, and
(iv) no such reduction shall be permitted if, after giving
effect thereto, (x) the aggregate Commitment Amounts would be
less than the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount
(excluding any Undrawn L/C Face Amounts with respect to which cash
collateral is held by the L/C Provider pursuant to
Section 4.03 ) or (y) the aggregate Commitment
Amounts would be less than the sum of the Swingline Commitment and
the L/C Commitment. Any reduction made pursuant to this
Section 2.05(a) shall be made ratably among the
Investor Groups on the basis of their respective Maximum Investor
Group Principal Amounts.
(b) If any of the following events shall occur, then the
Commitments shall be automatically and permanently reduced on the
dates and in the amounts set forth below with respect to the
applicable event and the other consequences set forth below with
respect to the applicable event shall ensue (and the Co-Issuers
shall give the Trustee, the Series 2006-1 Insurer, each Funding
Agent and the Administrative Agent prompt written notice
thereof):
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(i) if the Series 2006-1 Final Payment has not been made on or
before the Business Day immediately preceding the Series 2006-1
Anticipated Repayment Date (A) on such Business Day,
(x) the principal amount of all then-outstanding Swingline
Loans and Unreimbursed L/C Drawings shall be repaid in full with
proceeds of Advances made on such date (and the Co-Issuers shall be
deemed to have delivered such Advance Requests under
Section 2.03 as may be necessary to cause such Advances
to be made), and (y) the Swingline Commitment and the L/C
Commitment shall both be automatically and permanently reduced to
zero; (B) on the Series 2006-1 Anticipated Repayment Date,
(x) all undrawn portions of the Commitments shall
automatically and permanently terminate (all Undrawn L/C Face
Amounts having expired by their terms prior to such date), and
(y) the corresponding portions of the Series 2006-1 Class A-1
Maximum Principal Amount, the Commitment Amounts and the Maximum
Investment Group Principal Amounts shall be automatically and
permanently reduced by a corresponding amount and (C) each
payment of principal on the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Outstanding
Principal Amount occurring on or after the Series 2006-1
Anticipated Repayment Date shall result automatically and
permanently in a dollar-for-dollar reduction of the Series 2006-1
Class A-1 Maximum Principal Amount and a corresponding reduction in
each Commitment Amount and Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount
on a pro rata basis;
(ii) if a Rapid Amortization Event occurs prior to the Series
2006-1 Anticipated Repayment Date, then (A) on the date such
Rapid Amortization Event occurs, (x) all portions of the
Commitments in excess of the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Outstanding
Principal Amount (excluding any Undrawn L/C Face Amounts to the
extent cash collateral is held with respect thereto by the L/C
Provider pursuant to Section 4.03 ) shall automatically
and permanently
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terminate, (y) the corresponding portions of
the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Maximum Principal Amount, the
Commitment Amounts and the Maximum Investment Group Principal
Amounts shall be automatically and permanently reduced by a
corresponding amount and (z) the Swingline Commitment and the
L/C Commitment shall both be automatically and permanently reduced
to zero; (B) no later than the second Business Day after the
occurrence of such Rapid Amortization Event, the principal amount
of all then-outstanding Swingline Loans and Unreimbursed L/C
Drawings shall be repaid in full with proceeds of Advances (and the
Co-Issuers shall be deemed to have delivered such Advance Requests
under Section 2.03 as may be necessary to cause such
Advances to be made); and (C) each payment of principal on the
Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount occurring on
or after the date of such Rapid Amortization Event (excluding the
repayment of any outstanding Swingline Loans and Unreimbursed L/C
Obligations with proceeds of Advances pursuant to clause
(B) above but including payments that are used to cash
collateralize any Undrawn L/C Face Amounts) shall result
automatically and permanently in a dollar-for-dollar reduction of
the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Maximum Principal Amount and a
corresponding reduction in each Commitment Amount and Maximum
Investor Group Principal Amount on a pro rata
basis;
(iii) if a Change of Control occurs (unless the Control Party
has provided its prior written consent thereto), then (A) on
the date such Change of Control occurs, (x) all portions of
the Commitments in excess of the Series 2006-1 Class A-1
Outstanding Principal Amount (excluding any Undrawn L/C Face
Amounts to the extent cash collateral is held with respect thereto
by the L/C Provider pursuant to Section 4.03 ) shall
automatically and permanently terminate, (y) the corresponding
portions of the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Maximum Principal Amount,
the Commitment Amounts and the Maximum Investment Group Principal
Amounts shall be automatically and permanently reduced by a
corresponding amount and (z) the Swingline Commitment and the
L/C Commitment shall both be automatically and permanently reduced
to zero; (B) if the Series 2006-1 Prepayment Date specified in
the applicable Prepayment Notice is scheduled to occur more than
two Business Days after such occurrence, then no later than the
second Business Day after the occurrence of such Change of Control,
the principal amount of all then-outstanding Swingline Loans and
Unreimbursed L/C Drawings shall be repaid in full with proceeds of
Advances (and the Co-Issuers shall be deemed to have delivered such
Advance Requests under Section 2.03 as may be necessary
to cause such Advances to be made); and (C) on the Series
2006-1 Prepayment Date specified in the applicable Prepayment
Notice, (x) the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Maximum Principal
Amount, the Commitment Amounts and the Maximum Investment Group
Principal Amounts shall all be automatically and permanently
reduced to zero, and (y) the Co-Issuers shall cause the Series
2006-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount to be paid in full
(or, in the case of any then-outstanding Undrawn L/C Face Amounts,
to be fully cash collateralized pursuant to
Sections 4.02 and 4.03 ), together with accrued
interest and fees and all other amounts then due and payable to the
Lender Parties, the Administrative Agent and the Funding Agents
under this Agreement and the other Related Documents;
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(iv) if Indemnification Payments are allocated to
and deposited in the applicable Series Distribution Account for the
Series 2006-1 Notes in accordance with Section 3.6(j)
of the Series 2006-1 Supplement at a time when no Senior Notes
other than Class A-1 Senior Notes are Outstanding, (x) the
aggregate amount of the Commitments shall be automatically and
permanently reduced on the date of such deposit by an amount (the "
Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Allocated Payment Reduction Amount
") equal to the product of (A) the portion, if any, of such
Indemnification Payments remaining after depositing the applicable
portion thereof in the applicable Series Distribution Accounts for
all Classes of Senior Notes other than any Class A-1 Senior Notes
and (B) the percentage that the then-outstanding amount of the
Commitments bears to the aggregate amount of all then-outstanding
commitments to extend credit in respect of all Class A-1 Senior
Notes, (y) the corresponding portions of the Series 2006-1
Class A-1 Maximum Principal Amount, the Commitment Amounts and the
Maximum Investor Group Principal Amounts shall be automatically and
permanently reduced by a corresponding amount on such date (and, if
after giving effect to such reduction the aggregate Commitment
Amounts would be less than the sum of the Swingline Commitment and
the L/C Commitment, then the aggregate amount of the Swingline
Commitment and the L/C Commitment shall be reduced by the amount of
such difference, with such reduction to be allocated between them
in accordance with the written instructions of the Co-Issuers
delivered prior to such date; provided that after giving
effect thereto the aggregate amount of the Swingline Loans and the
L/C Obligations do not exceed the Swingline Commitment and the L/C
Commitment, respectively, as so reduced; provided further
that in the absence of such instructions, such reduction shall be
allocated first to the Swingline Commitment and then to the L/C
Commitment) and (z) the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Outstanding
Principal Amount shall be repaid or prepaid in an aggregate amount
equal to such Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Allocated Payment Reduction
Amount on the date and in the order required by such
Section 3.6(j) of the Series 2006-1 Supplement;
and
(v) if any Event of Default shall occur and be continuing (and
shall not have been waived in accordance with the Base Indenture)
and as a result the payment of the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Notes is
accelerated pursuant to Section 9.2 of the Base
Indenture (and such acceleration shall not have been rescinded in
accordance with the Base Indenture), then in addition to the
consequences set forth in clause (ii) above in respect of the
Rapid Amortization Event resulting from such Event of Default, the
Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Maximum Principal Amount, the Commitment
Amounts and the Maximum Investment Group Principal Amounts shall
all be automatically and permanently reduced to zero upon such
acceleration and the Co-Issuers shall immediately cause the Series
2006-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount to be paid in full
(or, in the case of any then-outstanding Undrawn L/C Face Amounts,
to be fully cash collateralized pursuant to
Sections 4.02 and 4.03 ), together with
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SECTION 2.06 Swingline Commitment .
(a) On the terms and conditions set forth in the Indenture and
this Agreement, and in reliance on the covenants, representations
and agreements set forth herein and therein, the Co-Issuers shall
issue and shall cause the Trustee to authenticate the initial
Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Swingline Note, which the Co-Issuers shall
deliver to the Swingline Lender on the Series 2006-1 Closing Date.
Such initial Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Swingline Note shall be dated
the Series 2006-1 Closing Date, shall be registered in the name of
the Swingline Lender or its nominee, or in such other name as the
Swingline Lender may request, shall have a maximum principal amount
equal to the Swingline Commitment, shall have an initial
outstanding principal amount equal to the Series 2006-1 Class A-1
Initial Swingline Principal Amount, and shall be duly authenticated
in accordance with the provisions of the Indenture. Subject to the
terms and conditions hereof, the Swingline Lender, in reliance on
the agreements of the Committed Note Purchasers set forth in this
Section 2.06 , agrees to make swingline loans (each, a
" Swingline Loan " or a " Series 2006-1 Class A-1
Swingline Loan " and, collectively, the " Swingline
Loans " or the " Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Swingline Loans
") to the Co-Issuers from time to time during the period commencing
on the Series 2006-1 Closing Date and ending on the date that is
two Business Days prior to the Commitment Termination Date;
provided that the Swingline Lender shall have no obligation
or right to make any Swingline Loan if, after giving effect
thereto, (i) the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans
outstanding would exceed the Swingline Commitment then in effect
(notwithstanding that the Swingline Loans outstanding at any time,
when aggregated with the Swingline Lender’s other outstanding
Advances hereunder, may exceed the Swingline Commitment then in
effect) or (ii) the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Outstanding
Principal Amount would exceed the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Maximum
Principal Amount. Each such borrowing of a Swingline Loan will
constitute a Subfacility Increase in the outstanding principal
amount evidenced by the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Swingline Note in
an amount corresponding to such borrowing. Subject to the terms of
this Agreement and the Series 2006-1 Supplement, the outstanding
principal amount evidenced by the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Swingline
Note may be increased by borrowings of Swingline Loans or decreased
by payments of principal thereon from time to time.
(b) Whenever the Co-Issuers desire that the Swingline Lender
make Swingline Loans they shall (or shall cause the Servicer to)
give the Swingline Lender and the Administrative Agent irrevocable
notice in writing not later than 1:00 p.m.
(New York time) on the proposed borrowing date,
specifying (i) the amount to be borrowed, (ii) the
requested borrowing date (which shall be a Business Day during the
Commitment Term not later than the date that is two Business Days
prior to the Commitment Termination Date) and (iii) the
payment instructions for the proceeds of such borrowing (which
shall be consistent with the terms and provisions of this Agreement
and the Indenture and which proceeds shall be allocated among the
Co-Issuers
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pro rata based on the percentage of
the proceeds of the issuance of the Series 2006-1 Class A-2
Notes received by each such Co-Issuer on the Series 2006-1 Closing
Date). Such notice shall be in the form of a Swingline Advance
Request in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A-1
hereto (a " Swingline Loan Request "). Promptly upon receipt
of any Swingline Loan Request (but in no event later than
1:00 p.m. on the date of such receipt), the Swingline Lender
shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent, the Trustee and the
Series 2006-1 Insurer thereof in writing. Each borrowing under the
Swingline Commitment shall be in a minimum amount equal to
$100,000. Promptly upon receipt of any Swingline Loan Request (but
in no event later than 2:30 p.m. on the date of such receipt),
the Administrative Agent (based, with respect to any portion of the
Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Subfacility Amount held by any
Person other than the Administrative Agent, solely on written
notices received by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement)
will inform the Swingline Lender whether or not, after giving
effect to the requested Swingline Loan, the Series 2006-1
Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount would exceed the Series
2006-1 Class A-1 Maximum Principal Amount. If the
Administrative Agent confirms that the Series 2006-1 Class A-1
Outstanding Principal Amount would not exceed the Series 2006-1
Class A-1 Maximum Principal Amount after giving effect to the
requested Swingline Loan, then not later than 3:00 p.m.
(New York time) on the borrowing date specified in the
Swingline Loan Request, subject to the other conditions set forth
herein and in the Series 2006-1 Supplement, the Swingline Lender
shall make available to the Co-Issuers in accordance with the
payment instructions set forth in such notice an amount in
immediately available funds equal to the amount of the requested
Swingline Loan.
(c) The Co-Issuers hereby agree that each Swingline Loan made by
the Swingline Lender to the Co-Issuers pursuant to
Section 2.06(a) shall constitute the promise and
obligation of the Co-Issuers jointly and severally to pay to the
Swingline Lender the aggregate unpaid principal amount of all
Swingline Loans made by such Swingline Lender pursuant to
Section 2.06(a) , which amounts shall be due and
payable (whether at maturity or by acceleration) as set forth in
the Indenture for Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal
Amount.
(d) The Swingline Lender, at any time and from time to time
during the Commitment Term in its sole and absolute discretion,
may, on behalf of the Co-Issuers (which hereby irrevocably direct
the Swingline Lender to act on their behalf), on one Business
Day’s notice given by the Swingline Lender to the
Administrative Agent (who shall promptly, and in any event by 4:00
p.m. (New York time) on the same Business Day as its receipt of the
same, notify each Funding Agent of its pro rata share
thereof and shall notify the Trustee and the Series 2006-1 Insurer
of such borrowing in writing) no later than 12:00 noon
(New York time), request each Investor Group to make, and
the applicable Investors in each Investor Group hereby agree to
make Advances in an aggregate amount for each Investor Group equal
to such Investor Group’s Commitment Percentage of the
aggregate amount of the Swingline Loans (the " Refunded
Swingline Loans ") outstanding on the date of such notice, to
repay the Swingline Lender. Such Investors shall make the amount of
such Advances available to the Administrative Agent in immediately
available funds not later than 10:00 a.m.
(New York time) one Business Day after the date of such
notice and the proceeds of such Advances shall be
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immediately made available by the Administrative
Agent to the Swingline Lender for application by the Swingline
Lender to the repayment of the Refunded Swingline Loans;
provided that after giving effect thereto, (i) the
related Investor Group Principal Amount would not exceed the
related Maximum Investor Group Principal Amount and (ii) the
Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount would not
exceed the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Maximum Principal
Amount.
(e) If prior to the time Advances would have otherwise been made
pursuant to Section 2.06(d) , an Event of Bankruptcy
shall have occurred and be continuing with respect to any Co-Issuer
or the Guarantor or if for any other reason, as determined by the
Swingline Lender in its sole and absolute discretion, Advances may
not be made as contemplated by Section 2.06(d) , each
Committed Note Purchaser shall, on the date such Advances were to
have been made pursuant to the notice referred to in
Section 2.06(d) (the " Refunding Date "),
purchase for cash an undivided participating interest in the
then-outstanding Swingline Loans by paying to the Swingline Lender
an amount (the " Swingline Participation Amount ") equal to
(i) its Committed Note Purchaser Percentage of the related
Investor Group’s Commitment Percentage times (ii) the
sum of the aggregate principal amount of Swingline Loans then
outstanding that were to have been repaid with such Advances.
(f) Whenever, at any time after the Swingline Lender has
received from any Investor such Investor’s Swingline
Participation Amount, the Swingline Lender receives any payment on
account of the Swingline Loans, the Swingline Lender will
distribute to such Investor its Swingline Participation Amount
(appropriately adjusted, in the case of interest payments, to
reflect the period of time during which such Investor’s
participating interest was outstanding and funded and, in the case
of principal and interest payments, to reflect such
Investor’s pro rata portion of such payment if
such payment is not sufficient to pay the principal of and interest
on all Swingline Loans then due); provided , however
, that in the event that such payment received by the Swingline
Lender is required to be returned, such Investor will return to the
Swingline Lender any portion thereof previously distributed to it
by the Swingline Lender.
(g) Each applicable Investor’s obligation to make the
Advances referred to in Section 2.06(d) and each
Committed Note Purchaser’s obligation to purchase
participating interests pursuant to Section 2.06(e)
shall be absolute and unconditional and shall not be affected by
any circumstance, including (i) any setoff, counterclaim,
recoupment, defense or other right that such Investor, Committed
Note Purchaser or the Co-Issuers may have against the Swingline
Lender, the Co-Issuers or any other Person for any reason
whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence or continuance of a Default or
an Event of Default or the failure to satisfy any of the other
conditions specified in Article VII other than at the
time the related Swingline Loan was made; (iii) any adverse
change in the condition (financial or otherwise) of the Co-Issuers;
(iv) any breach of this Agreement or any other Indenture
Document by any Co-Issuer or any other Person; or (v) any
other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not
similar to any of the foregoing.
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(h) The Co-Issuers may, upon three Business
Days’ notice to the Administrative Agent and the Swingline
Lender, effect a permanent reduction in the Swingline Commitment;
provided that any such reduction will be limited to the
undrawn portion of the Swingline Commitment. If requested by the
Co-Issuers in writing and with the prior written consent of the
Administrative Agent, the Swingline Lender may (but shall not be
obligated to) increase the amount of the Swingline Commitment;
provided that, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate
amount of the Swingline Commitment and the L/C Commitment does not
exceed the aggregate amount of the Commitments.
(i) The Co-Issuers may, upon notice to the Swingline Lender (who
shall promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Trustee
thereof in writing), at any time and from time to time, voluntarily
prepay Swingline Loans in whole or in part without premium or
penalty; provided that (x) such notice must be received
by the Swingline Lender not later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time) on
the date of the prepayment and (y) any such prepayment shall
be in a minimum principal amount of $100,000 or a whole multiple of
$100,000 in excess thereof or, if less, the entire principal amount
thereof then outstanding. Each such notice shall specify the date
and amount of such prepayment. If such notice is given, the
Co-Issuers shall make such prepayment directly to the Swingline
Lender and the payment amount specified in such notice shall be due
and payable on the date specified therein.
SECTION 2.07 L/C Commitment .
(a) Subject to the terms and conditions hereof, the L/C
Provider, in reliance on the agreements of the Committed Note
Purchasers set forth in Sections 2.08 and 2.09 ,
agrees to provide standby letters of credit (each, a " Letter of
Credit " and, collectively, the " Letters of Credit ")
for the account of the Co-Issuers on any Business Day during the
period commencing on the Series 2006-1 Closing Date and ending on
the date that is seven Business Days prior to the Commitment
Termination Date to be issued in accordance with Section
2.07(h) in such form as may be approved from time to time by
the L/C Provider; provided that the L/C Provider shall have
no obligation or right to provide any Letter of Credit if, after
giving effect to such issuance, (i) the L/C Obligations would
exceed the L/C Commitment or (ii) the Series 2006-1 Class A-1
Outstanding Principal Amount would exceed the Series 2006-1 Class
A-1 Maximum Principal Amount. Each Letter of Credit shall
(x) be denominated in Dollars, (y) have a face amount of
at least $100,000 (unless otherwise agreed by the L/C Provider) and
(z) expire no later than the earlier of (A) the first
anniversary of its date of issuance and (B) the date that is
seven Business Days prior to the Commitment Termination Date;
provided that any Letter of Credit may provide for the
renewal thereof for additional periods, each individually, not to
exceed one year (which shall in no event extend beyond the date
referred to in clause (B) above). The L/C Provider shall not
at any time be obligated to (I) provide any Letter of Credit
hereunder if such issuance would conflict with, or cause any L/C
Issuing Bank to exceed any limits imposed by, any applicable
Requirement of Law or (II) amend any Letter of Credit hereunder if
(1) the L/C Provider would have no obligation at such time to
issue such Letter of Credit in its amended form under the terms
hereof or (2) the beneficiary of such Letter of Credit does
not accept the proposed amendment to such Letter of Credit.
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(b) On the terms and conditions set forth in the
Indenture and this Agreement, and in reliance on the covenants,
representations and agreements set forth herein and therein, the
Co-Issuers shall issue and shall cause the Trustee to authenticate
the initial Series 2006-1 Class A-1 L/C Note, which the Co-Issuers
shall deliver to the L/C Provider on the Series 2006-1 Closing
Date. Such initial Series 2006-1 Class A-1 L/C Note shall be dated
the Series 2006-1 Closing Date, shall be registered in the name of
the L/C Provider or its nominee, or in such other name as the L/C
Provider may request, shall have a maximum principal amount equal
to the L/C Commitment, shall have an initial outstanding principal
amount equal to the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Initial Aggregate
Undrawn L/C Face Amount, and shall be duly authenticated in
accordance with the provisions of the Indenture. Each issuance of a
Letter of Credit after the Series 2006-1 Closing Date will
constitute a Subfacility Increase in the outstanding principal
amount evidenced by the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 L/C Note in an
amount corresponding to the Undrawn L/C Face Amount of such Letter
of Credit. All L/C Obligations (whether in respect of Undrawn L/C
Face Amounts or Unreimbursed L/C Drawings) shall be deemed to be
principal outstanding under the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 L/C Note
for all purposes of this Agreement, the Indenture and the other
Related Documents other than, in the case of Undrawn L/C Face
Amounts, for purposes of accrual of interest. Any payment of such
principal in respect of Undrawn L/C Face Amounts shall be deposited
into a cash collateral account as provided in Sections 4.02
and 4.03 . Subject to the terms of this Agreement and the
Series 2006-1 Supplement, the outstanding principal amount
evidenced by the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 L/C Note may be increased
by issuances of Letters of Credit or decreased by expirations
thereof or payments of drawings thereunder or other circumstances
resulting in the permanent reduction in any Undrawn L/C Face
Amounts from time to time. The L/C Provider and the Co-Issuers
agree to promptly notify the Administrative Agent and the Trustee
of any such decreases for which notice to the Administrative Agent
is not otherwise provided hereunder.
(c) The Co-Issuers may from time to time request that the L/C
Provider provide a Letter of Credit by delivering to the L/C
Provider at its address for notices specified herein an Application
therefor (in the form required by the applicable L/C Issuing Bank
as notified to the Co-Issuers by the L/C Provider), completed to
the satisfaction of the L/C Provider, and such other certificates,
documents and other papers and information as the L/C Provider may
request on behalf of the L/C Issuing Bank. Upon receipt of any
completed Application, the L/C Provider will notify the
Administrative Agent and the Trustee in writing of the amount, the
beneficiary and the requested expiration of the requested Letter of
Credit (which shall comply with Section 2.07(a) ) and
subject to the other conditions set forth herein and in the Series
2006-1 Supplement and upon receipt of written confirmation from the
Administrative Agent (based, with respect to any portion of the
Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Subfacility Amount held by any
Person other than the Administrative Agent, solely on written
notices received by the Administrative Agent under this Agreement)
that after giving effect to the requested issuance, the Series
2006-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount would not exceed the
Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Maximum Principal Amount ( provided
that (x) if the L/C Provider provides or the L/C Issuing Bank
issues a Letter of Credit hereunder without the L/C Provider having
received such prior written confirmation from the Administrative
Agent as described above, then notwithstanding
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anything to the contrary herein, no Person other
than the L/C Provider and the L/C Issuing Bank, to the extent that
such Letter of Credit in any manner causes the Series 2006-1
Class A-1 Outstanding Principal Amount to exceed the Series
2006-1 Class A-1 Maximum Principal Amount, will have any
obligation whatsoever hereunder or under any other Related Document
with respect to any such Letter of Credit and (y) the L/C
Provider shall be entitled to rely upon any written statement,
paper or document believed by it to be genuine and correct and to
have been signed or sent by the proper Person or Persons of the
Administrative Agent for purposes of determining whether the L/C
Provider received such prior written confirmation from the
Administrative Agent with respect to any Letter of Credit), the L/C
Provider will cause such Application to be processed and the
certificates, documents and other papers and information delivered
in connection therewith in accordance with the L/C Issuing
Bank’s customary procedures and shall promptly provide the
Letter of Credit requested thereby (but in no event shall the L/C
Provider be required to provide any Letter of Credit earlier than
three Business Days after its receipt of the Application therefor
and all such other certificates, documents and other papers and
information relating thereto) by issuing the original of such
Letter of Credit to the beneficiary thereof or as otherwise may be
agreed to by the L/C Provider and the Co-Issuers. The L/C Provider
shall furnish a copy of such Letter of Credit to the Servicer (with
a copy to the Administrative Agent) promptly following the issuance
thereof. The L/C Provider shall promptly furnish to the
Administrative Agent, which shall in turn promptly furnish to the
Funding Agents, the Investors, the Trustee and the Series 2006-1
Insurer, written notice of the issuance of each Letter of Credit
(including the amount thereof).
(d) The Co-Issuers shall jointly and severally pay to the
Administrative Agent for the ratable account of the Committed Note
Purchasers fees (the " L/C Monthly Insured Fees ") with
respect to each Letter of Credit at a per annum rate equal to 0.50%
calculated on the daily maximum amount then available to be drawn
under such Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is
then in effect under such Letter of Credit or if such maximum
amount increases periodically pursuant to the terms of such Letter
of Credit) during the applicable Interest Period payable in arrears
on each Payment Date in accordance with the applicable provisions
of the Indenture.
(e) In addition, the Co-Issuers shall jointly and severally pay
to or reimburse the L/C Provider for the following amounts for the
account of the applicable L/C Issuing Bank: (i) fronting fees
(the " L/C Fronting Fees ") with respect to each Letter of
Credit issued by it at a per annum rate equal to 0.125% calculated
on the daily maximum amount then available to be drawn under such
Letter of Credit (whether or not such maximum amount is then in
effect under such Letter of Credit or if such maximum amount
increases periodically pursuant to the terms of such Letter of
Credit) during the applicable Interest Period, payable in arrears
on each Payment Date in accordance with the applicable provisions
of the Indenture and (ii) such normal and customary costs and
expenses as are incurred or charged by the L/C Issuing Bank in
issuing, negotiating, effecting payment under, amending or
otherwise administering any Letter of Credit and separately charged
to account parties (the " L/C Additional Charges "). Subject
to the Priority of Payments, the L/C Additional Charges are due and
payable within ten (10) Business Days of demand and are
nonrefundable.
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(f) To the extent that any provision of any
Application related to any Letter of Credit is inconsistent with
the provisions of this Article II , the provisions of
this Article II shall apply.
(g) The Co-Issuers may, upon three Business Days’ notice
to the Administrative Agent and the L/C Provider, effect a
permanent reduction in the L/C Commitment; provided that any
such reduction will be limited to the undrawn portion of the L/C
Commitment. If requested by the Co-Issuers in writing and with the
prior written consent of the Administrative Agent, the L/C Provider
may (but shall not be obligated to) increase the amount of the L/C
Commitment; provided that, after giving effect thereto, the
aggregate amount of the Swingline Commitment and the L/C Commitment
does not exceed the aggregate amount of the Commitments.
(h) The L/C Provider shall have the right to satisfy its
obligations under this Section 2.07 with respect to
providing any Letter of Credit hereunder either by issuing such
Letter of Credit itself or by causing another Person selected by
the L/C Provider to issue such Letter of Credit (the L/C Provider
in its capacity as the issuer of such Letter of Credit or such
other Person selected by the L/C Provider being referred to as the
" L/C Issuing Bank "); provided that the L/C Issuing
Bank is a U.S. commercial bank that has, at the time of such
issuance, (i) a short-term certificate of deposit rating of
not less than "P-1" from Moody’s and "A-1" from S&P and
(ii) a long-term unsecured debt rating of not less than "Aa1"
from Moody’s and "A+" from S&P.
(i) No Letter of Credit shall be denominated in any currency
other than Dollars.
SECTION 2.08 L/C Reimbursement Obligations .
(a) For the purpose of reimbursing the payment of any draft
presented under any Letter of Credit, the Co-Issuers jointly and
severally agree to pay the L/C Provider for its own account (if it
has already reimbursed the applicable L/C Issuing Bank for the
payment of such draft) or for the account of the L/C Issuing Bank,
as applicable, on the first Business Day after the Business Day on
which the L/C Provider notifies the Co-Issuers and the
Administrative Agent by 10:00 a.m. (New York time) (or, on the
second Business Day after the Business Day on which the L/C
Provider notifies the Co-Issuers and the Administrative Agent after
10:00 a.m. (New York time)) (and in each case the
Administrative Agent shall promptly, and in any event by 4:00 p.m.
(New York time) on the same Business Day as its receipt of the
same, notify the Funding Agents) of the date, the amount of such
draft and an amount in Dollars equal to the sum of (i) the
amount of such draft so paid (the " L/C Reimbursement Amount
") and (ii) any taxes, fees, charges or other costs or
expenses (collectively, the " L/C Other Reimbursement Costs
") incurred by the L/C Issuing Bank in connection with such
payment. Each drawing under any Letter of Credit shall (unless an
Event of Bankruptcy shall have occurred and be continuing with
respect to any Co-Issuer or the Guarantor, in which cases the
procedures specified in Section 2.09 for funding by
Committed Note Purchasers shall apply) constitute a request by the
Co-Issuers to the Administrative Agent and each Funding Agent for a
Borrowing pursuant to Section 2.02 in the amount of
the
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applicable L/C Reimbursement Amount, and the
Co-Issuers shall be deemed to have made such request pursuant to
the procedures set forth in Section 2.03 . The
applicable Investors in each Investor Group hereby agree to make
Advances in an aggregate amount for each Investor Group equal to
such Investor Group’s Commitment Percentage of the L/C
Reimbursement Amount to pay the L/C Provider. The Borrowing date
with respect to such Borrowing shall be the first date on which a
Borrowing could be made pursuant to Section 2.02 if the
Administrative Agent had received a notice of such Borrowing at the
time the Administrative Agent receives notice from the L/C Provider
of such drawing under such Letter of Credit. Such Investors shall
make the amount of such Advances available to the Administrative
Agent in immediately available funds not later than 3:00 p.m.
(New York time) on such Borrowing date and the proceeds
of such Advances shall be immediately made available by the
Administrative Agent to the L/C Provider for application to the
reimbursement of such drawing.
(b) The Co-Issuers’ obligations under
Section 2.08(a) shall be absolute and unconditional,
and shall be performed strictly in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement, under any and all circumstances and irrespective of
(i) any setoff, counterclaim or defense to payment that the
Co-Issuers may have or have had against the L/C Provider, the L/C
Issuing Bank, any beneficiary of a Letter of Credit or any other
Person, (ii) any lack of validity or enforceability of any
Letter of Credit or this Agreement, or any term or provision
therein, (iii) payment by the L/C Issuing Bank under a Letter
of Credit against presentation of a draft or other document that
does not comply with the terms of such Letter of Credit,
(iv) payment by the L/C Issuing Bank under a Letter of Credit
to any Person purporting to be a trustee in bankruptcy,
debtor-in-possession, assignee for the benefit of creditors,
liquidator, receiver or other representative of or successor to any
beneficiary or any transferee of such Letter of Credit, including
any arising in connection with any proceeding under the Bankruptcy
Code or any other liquidation, conservatorship, assignment for the
benefit of creditors, moratorium, rearrangement, receivership,
insolvency, reorganization or similar debtor relief laws of any
jurisdictions or (v) any other event or circumstance
whatsoever, whether or not similar to any of the foregoing, that
might, but for the provisions of this Section 2.08(b) ,
constitute a legal or equitable discharge of, or provide a right of
setoff against, any Co-Issuer’s obligations hereunder. The
Co-Issuers also agree that the L/C Provider and the L/C Issuing
Bank shall not be responsible for, and the Co-Issuers’
Reimbursement Obligations under Section 2.08(a) shall
not be affected by, among other things, the validity or genuineness
of documents or of any endorsements thereon, even though such
documents shall in fact prove to be invalid, fraudulent or forged,
or any dispute between or among the Co-Issuers and any beneficiary
of any Letter of Credit or any other party to which such Letter of
Credit may be transferred or any claims whatsoever of the
Co-Issuers against any beneficiary of such Letter of Credit or any
such transferee. Neither the L/C Provider nor the L/C Issuing Bank
shall be liable for any error, omission, interruption, loss or
delay in transmission, dispatch or delivery of any message or
advice, however transmitted, in connection with any Letter of
Credit, except for direct damages (as opposed to consequential
damages, claims in respect of which are hereby waived by the
Co-Issuers to the extent permitted by applicable law) caused by
errors or omissions found by a final and nonappealable decision of
a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of the L/C
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Provider or the L/C Issuing Bank, as the case may
be. The Co-Issuers agree that any action taken or omitted by the
L/C Provider or the L/C Issuing Bank, as the case may be, under or
in connection with any Letter of Credit or the related drafts or
documents, if done in the absence of gross negligence or willful
misconduct and in accordance with the standards of care specified
in the UCC of the State of New York, shall be binding on the
Co-Issuers and shall not result in any liability of the L/C
Provider or the L/C Issuing Bank to the Co-Issuers. As between the
Co-Issuers and the L/C Issuing Bank, the Co-Issuers hereby assume
all risks of the acts or omissions of any beneficiary or transferee
with respect to such beneficiary’s or transferee’s use
of any Letter of Credit. In furtherance of the foregoing and
without limiting the generality thereof, the Co-Issuers agree with
the L/C Issuing Bank that, with respect to documents presented that
appear on their face to be in substantial compliance with the terms
of a Letter of Credit, the L/C Issuing Bank may, in its sole
discretion, either accept and make payment upon such documents
without responsibility for further investigation, regardless of any
notice or information to the contrary, or refuse to accept and make
payment upon such documents if such documents are not in strict
compliance with the terms of such Letter of Credit.
(c) If any draft shall be presented for payment under any Letter
of Credit, the L/C Provider shall promptly notify the Co-Issuers
and the Administrative Agent of the date and amount thereof. The
responsibility of the applicable L/C Issuing Bank to the Co-Issuers
in connection with any draft presented for payment under any Letter
of Credit shall, in addition to any payment obligation expressly
provided for in such Letter of Credit, be limited to determining
that the documents (including each draft) delivered under such
Letter of Credit in connection with such presentment are
substantially in conformity with such Letter of Credit and, in
paying such draft, such L/C Issuing Bank shall not have any
responsibility to obtain any document (other than any sight draft,
certificates and documents expressly required by such Letter of
Credit) or to ascertain or inquire as to the validity or accuracy
of any such document or the authority of any Person(s) executing or
delivering any such document.
SECTION 2.09 L/C Participations .
(a) The L/C Provider irrevocably agrees to grant and hereby
grants to each Committed Note Purchaser, and, to induce the L/C
Provider to provide Letters of Credit hereunder (and, if the L/C
Provider is not the L/C Issuing Bank for any Letter of Credit, to
induce the L/C Provider to agree to reimburse such L/C Issuing Bank
for any payment of any drafts presented thereunder), each Committed
Note Purchaser irrevocably and unconditionally agrees to accept and
purchase and hereby accepts and purchases from the L/C Provider, on
the terms and conditions set forth below, for such Committed Note
Purchaser’s own account and risk an undivided interest equal
to its Committed Note Purchaser Percentage of the related Investor
Group’s Commitment Percentage of the L/C Provider’s
obligations and rights under and in respect of each Letter of
Credit provided hereunder and the L/C Reimbursement Amount with
respect to each draft paid or reimbursed by the L/C Provider in
connection therewith. Subject to Section 2.07(c) , each
Committed Note Purchaser unconditionally and irrevocably agrees
with the L/C Provider that, if a draft is paid under any Letter of
Credit for which the L/C Provider is not paid in full by the
Co-Issuers in accordance with the terms of this Agreement, such
Committed
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Note Purchaser shall pay to the Administrative
Agent upon demand of the L/C Provider an amount equal to its
Committed Note Purchaser Percentage of the related Investor
Group’s Commitment Percentage of the L/C Reimbursement Amount
with respect to such draft, or any part thereof, that is not so
paid.
(b) If any amount required to be paid by any Committed Note
Purchaser to the Administrative Agent for forwarding to the L/C
Provider pursuant to Section 2.09(a) in respect of any
unreimbursed portion of any payment made or reimbursed by the L/C
Provider under any Letter of Credit is paid to the Administrative
Agent for forwarding to the L/C Provider within three Business Days
after the date such payment is due, such Committed Note Purchaser
shall pay to the Administrative Agent for forwarding to the L/C
Provider on demand an amount equal to the product of (i) such
amount, times (ii) the daily average Federal Funds Rate during
the period from and including the date such payment is required to
the date on which such payment is immediately available to the L/C
Provider, times (iii) a fraction the numerator of which is the
number of days that elapse during such period and the denominator
of which is 360. If any such amount required to be paid by any
Committed Note Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.09(a) is
not made available to the Administrative Agent for forwarding to
the L/C Provider by such Committed Note Purchaser within three
Business Days after the date such payment is due, the L/C Provider
shall be entitled to recover from such Committed Note Purchaser, on
demand, such amount with interest thereon calculated from such due
date at the Base Rate. A certificate of the L/C Provider submitted
to any Committed Note Purchaser with respect to any amounts owing
under this Section 2.09(b) , in the absence of manifest
error, shall be conclusive and binding on such Committed Note
Purchaser. Such amounts payable under this
Section 2.09(b) shall be paid without any deduction for
any withholding taxes.
(c) Whenever, at any time after payment has been made under any
Letter of Credit and the L/C Provider has received from any
Committed Note Purchaser its pro rata share of such
payment in accordance with Section 2.09(a) , the
Administrative Agent or the L/C Provider receives any payment
related to such Letter of Credit (whether directly from the
Co-Issuers or otherwise, including proceeds of collateral applied
thereto by the L/C Provider), or any payment of interest on account
thereof, the Administrative Agent or the L/C Provider, as the case
may be, will distribute to such Committed Note Purchaser its
pro rata share thereof; provided ,
however , that in the event that any such payment received
by the Administrative Agent or the L/C Provider, as the case may
be, shall be required to be returned by the Administrative Agent or
the L/C Provider, such Committed Note Purchaser shall return to the
Administrative Agent for the account of the L/C Provider the
portion thereof previously distributed by the Administrative Agent
or the L/C Provider, as the case may be, to it.
(d) Each Committed Note Purchaser’s obligation to make the
Advances referred to in Section 2.08(a) and to pay its
pro rata share of any unreimbursed draft pursuant to
Section 2.09(a) shall be absolute and unconditional and
shall not be affected by any circumstance, including (i) any
setoff, counterclaim, recoupment, defense or other right that such
Committed Note Purchaser or the Co-Issuers may have against the L/C
Provider, any L/C Issuing Bank, the Co-Issuers or any other Person
for any reason
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whatsoever; (ii) the occurrence or
continuance of a Default or an Event of Default or the failure to
satisfy any of the other conditions specified in
Article VII other than at the time the related Letter
of Credit was issued; (iii) an adverse change in the condition
(financial or otherwise) of the Co-Issuers; (iv) any breach of
this Agreement or any other Indenture Document by any Co-Issuer or
any other Person; (v) any amendment, renewal or extension of
any Letter of Credit in compliance with this Agreement or with the
terms of such Letter of Credit, as applicable; or (vi) any
other circumstance, happening or event whatsoever, whether or not
similar to any of the foregoing.
ARTICLE III
INTEREST AND FEES
SECTION 3.01 Interest .
(a) Each Advance funded or maintained by a Conduit Investor
through the issuance of Commercial Paper shall bear interest at the
CP Rate applicable to such Conduit Investor. Each Advance funded or
maintained either by a Conduit Investor through means other than
the issuance of Commercial Paper or by a Committed Note Purchaser
or a Program Support Provider shall bear interest at (i) the
Base Rate or (ii) if the required notice has been given
pursuant to Section 3.01(b) with respect to such
Advance for any Eurodollar Interest Period, the Eurodollar Rate
applicable to such Eurodollar Interest Period for such Advance, in
each case except as otherwise provided in the definition of
Eurodollar Interest Period or in Section 3.03 or
3.04 . By (x) 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the
second Business Day preceding each Accounting Date, each Funding
Agent shall notify the Administrative Agent of the applicable CP
Rate for each Advance made by its Investor Group that was funded or
maintained through the issuance of Commercial Paper and is
outstanding during all or any portion of the Interest Period ending
immediately prior to such Accounting Date and (y) 3:00 p.m. on
such date, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Co-Issuers,
the Servicer and the Funding Agents of such applicable CP Rate and
of the applicable interest rate for each other Advance for such
Interest Period.
(b) With respect to any Advance (other than one funded or
maintained by a Conduit Investor through the issuance of Commercial
Paper), so long as no Potential Rapid Amortization Period, Rapid
Amortization Period, Default or Event of Default has commenced and
is continuing, the Co-Issuers may elect that such Advance bear
interest at the Eurodollar Rate for any Eurodollar Interest Period
while such Advance is outstanding to the extent provided in
Section 3.01(a) by giving notice thereof to the Funding
Agents and the Administrative Agent prior to 12:00 p.m.
(New York time) on the date that is three Eurodollar Business
Days prior to the commencement of such Eurodollar Interest Period.
If such notice is not given by such time on such date, such Advance
shall bear interest at the Base Rate. Each such conversion to or
continuation of Eurodollar Advances for a new Eurodollar Interest
Period in accordance with this Section 3.01(b) shall be
in an aggregate principal amount of $1,000,000 or an integral
multiple of $500,000 in excess thereof.
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(c) Any outstanding Swingline Loans and
Unreimbursed L/C Drawings shall bear interest at the Base Rate. By
(x) 11:00 a.m. (New York time) on the second Business Day
preceding each Accounting Date, the Swingline Lender shall notify
the Administrative Agent in reasonable detail of the amount of
interest accrued on any Swingline Loans during the Interest Period
ending on such date and the L/C Provider shall notify the
Administrative Agent in reasonable detail of the amount of interest
accrued on any Unreimbursed L/C Drawings during such Interest
Period and the amount of fees accrued on any Undrawn L/C Face
Amounts during such Interest Period and (y) 3:00 p.m. on such
date, the Administrative Agent shall notify the Co-Issuers and the
Servicer of the amount of such accrued interest and fees as set
forth in such notices.
(d) All accrued interest pursuant to Section 3.01(a)
or (c) shall be due and payable in arrears on each
Payment Date in accordance with the applicable provisions of the
Indenture.
(e) In addition, under the circumstances set forth in
Section 3.4 of the Series 2006-1 Supplement, the
Co-Issuers shall jointly and severally pay monthly interest in
respect of the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Outstanding Principal
Amount in an amount equal to the Series 2006-1 Class A-1
Monthly Post-ARD Contingent Uninsured Interest payable pursuant to
such Section 3.4 , which interest shall not be insured
by the Series 2006-1 Insurer or any other Person.
(f) All computations of interest at the CP Rate and the
Eurodollar Rate, all computations of Series 2006-1 Class A-1
Monthly Post-ARD Contingent Uninsured Interest (other than any
accruing on any Base Rate Advances) and all computations of fees
shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days and the actual
number of days elapsed. All computations of interest at the Base
Rate and all computations of Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Monthly
Post-ARD Contingent Uninsured Interest accruing on any Base Rate
Advances shall be made on the basis of a 365 (or 366, as
applicable) day year and actual number of days elapsed. Whenever
any payment of interest, principal or fees hereunder shall be due
on a day other than a Business Day, such payment shall be made on
the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall
be included in the computation of the amount of interest owed.
Interest shall accrue on each Advance, Swingline Loan and
Unreimbursed L/C Drawing from and including the day on which it is
made to but excluding the date of repayment thereof.
SECTION 3.02 Fees .
(a) The Co-Issuers jointly and severally shall pay to the
Administrative Agent for its own account an annual fee of $100,000,
payable monthly in advance in (i) a pro-rated installment of
$16,666.70 on the Series 2006-1 Closing Date and
(ii) installments of $8,333.33 each on each Payment Date
occurring in any month other than December thereafter and $8,333.34
each on each Payment Date occurring in December thereafter
(collectively, the " Administrative Agent Fees ").
(b) On each Payment Date on or prior to the Commitment
Termination Date, the Co-Issuers jointly and severally shall, in
accordance with Section 4.01 , pay to
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each Funding Agent, for the account of the
related Committed Note Purchaser(s), undrawn commitment fees (the "
Undrawn Commitment Fees ") equal to 0.22% per annum of
the related Investor Group’s Commitment Percentage of the
daily average amount by which (i) the aggregate Commitment
Amounts exceed (ii) the sum of (x) the aggregate
principal amount outstanding of all Advances plus
(y) all L/C Obligations then outstanding during the related
Interest Period, payable in arrears in accordance with the
applicable provisions of the Indenture. For the avoidance of doubt,
for purposes of calculating the Undrawn Commitment Fees only, no
portion of the Commitments shall be deemed drawn as a result of any
outstanding Swingline Loans.
(c) The Co-Issuers jointly and severally shall pay the fees
required pursuant to Section 2.07 in respect of Letters
of Credit.
(d) All fees payable pursuant to this Section 3.02
shall be calculated in accordance with Section 3.01(f)
and paid on the date due in accordance with the applicable
provisions of the Indenture. Once paid, all fees shall be
nonrefundable under all circumstances.
SECTION 3.03 Eurodollar Lending Unlawful . If any
Investor or Program Support Provider shall determine that any
Change in Law makes it unlawful, or any Official Body asserts that
it is unlawful, for any such Person to fund or maintain any Advance
as a Eurodollar Advance, the obligation of such Person to fund or
maintain any such Advance as a Eurodollar Advance shall, upon such
determination, forthwith be suspended until such Person shall
notify the Administrative Agent, the related Funding Agent and the
Co-Issuers that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer
exist, and all then-outstanding Eurodollar Advances of such Person
shall be automatically converted into Base Rate Advances at the end
of the then-current Eurodollar Interest Period with respect thereto
or sooner, if required by such law or assertion.
SECTION 3.04 Deposits Unavailable . If the Administrative
Agent shall have determined that:
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(a) by reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market,
adequate and reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the
interest rate applicable hereunder to the Eurodollar Advances;
or
(b) with respect to any interest rate otherwise applicable
hereunder to any Eurodollar Advances the Eurodollar Interest Period
for which has not then commenced, Investor Groups holding in the
aggregate more than 50% of the Eurodollar Advances have determined
that such interest rate will not adequately reflect the cost to
them of funding, agreeing to fund or maintaining such Eurodollar
Advances for such Eurodollar Interest Period,
then, upon notice from the Administrative Agent (which, in the
case of clause (b) above, the Administrative Agent
shall give upon obtaining actual knowledge that such percentage of
the Investor Groups have so determined) to the Funding Agents and
the Co-Issuers, the obligations of the Investors to fund or
maintain any Advance as a
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Eurodollar Advance after the end of the
then-current Eurodollar Interest Period, if any, with respect
thereto shall forthwith be suspended and on the date such notice is
given such Advances will convert to Base Rate Advances until the
Administrative Agent has notified the Funding Agents and the
Co-Issuers that the circumstances causing such suspension no longer
exist.
SECTION 3.05 Increased Costs, etc. The Co-Issuers jointly
and severally agree to reimburse each Investor and any Program
Support Provider (each, an " Affected Person ", which term,
for purposes of Sections 3.07 and 3.08 , shall
also include the Swingline Lender and the L/C Issuing Bank) for any
increase in the cost of, or any reduction in the amount of any sum
receivable by any such Affected Person, including reductions in the
rate of return on such Affected Person’s capital, in respect
of funding or maintaining (or of its obligation to fund or
maintain) any Advances as Eurodollar Advances that arise in
connection with any Changes in Law, except for such Changes in Law
with respect to increased capital costs and Taxes which shall be
governed by Sections 3.07 and 3.08 ,
respectively (whether or not amounts are payable thereunder in
respect thereof). Each such demand shall be provided to the related
Funding Agent and the Co-Issuers in writing and shall state, in
reasonable detail, the reasons therefor and the additional amount
required fully to compensate such Affected Person for such
increased cost or reduced amount of return. Such additional amounts
(" Increased Costs ") shall be payable by the Co-Issuers to
such Funding Agent and by such Funding Agent directly to such
Affected Person within five Business Days of the Co-Issuers’
receipt of such notice, and such notice shall, in the absence of
manifest error, be conclusive and binding on the Co-Issuers;
provided that with respect to any notice given to the
Co-Issuers under this Section 3.05 the Co-Issuers shall
not be under any obligation to pay any amount with respect to any
period prior to the date that is 180 days prior to such demand if
the relevant Affected Person knew or could reasonably have been
expected to know of the circumstances giving rise to such increased
costs or reductions in the rate of return; provided
further that the foregoing limitation shall not apply to any
increased costs or reductions in rate of return arising out of any
retroactive application of any Change in Law within such 180-day
period.
SECTION 3.06 Funding Losses . In the event any Affected
Person shall incur any loss or expense (including any loss or
expense incurred by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of
deposits or other funds acquired by such Affected Person to fund or
maintain any portion of the principal amount of any Advance as a
Eurodollar Advance) as a result of:
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(a) any conversion, repayment, prepayment or redemption (for any
reason, including, without limitation, as a result of any Decrease
or the acceleration of the maturity of such Eurodollar Advance) of
the principal amount of any Eurodollar Advance on a date other than
the scheduled last day of the Eurodollar Interest Period applicable
thereto;
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(b) any Advance not being funded or maintained as
a Eurodollar Advance after a request therefor has been made in
accordance with the terms contained herein; or
(c) any failure of the Co-Issuers to make a Decrease, prepayment
or redemption with respect to any Eurodollar Advance after giving
notice thereof pursuant to the applicable provisions of the Series
2006-1 Supplement;
then, upon the written notice of any Affected Person to the
related Funding Agent and the Co-Issuers, the Co-Issuers jointly
and severally shall pay to such Funding Agent and such Funding
Agent shall pay directly to such Affected Person, within five
Business Days of its receipt thereof, such amount (" Breakage
Amount " or " Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Breakage Amount ")
as will (in the reasonable determination of such Affected Person)
reimburse such Affected Person for such loss or expense;
provided that with respect to any notice given to the
Co-Issuers under this Section 3.06 the Co-Issuers shall
not be under any obligation to pay any amount with respect to any
period prior to the date that is 180 days prior to such notice if
the relevant Affected Person knew or could reasonably have been
expected to know of the circumstances giving rise to such loss or
expense. Such written notice (which shall include calculations in
reasonable detail) shall, in the absence of manifest error, be
conclusive and binding on the Co-Issuers.
SECTION 3.07 Increased Capital Costs . If any Change in
Law affects or would affect the amount of capital required or
reasonably expected to be maintained by any Affected Person or any
Person controlling such Affected Person and such Affected Person
determines in its sole and absolute discretion that the rate of
return on its or such controlling Person’s capital as a
consequence of its commitment hereunder or under a Program Support
Agreement or the Advances, Swingline Loans or Letters of Credit
made or issued by such Affected Person is reduced to a level below
that which such Affected Person or such controlling Person would
have achieved but for the occurrence of any such circumstance,
then, in any such case after notice from time to time by such
Affected Person (or in the case of an L/C Issuing Bank, by the L/C
Provider) to the related Funding Agent and the Co-Issuers (or, in
the case of the Swingline Lender or the L/C Provider, to the
Co-Issuers), the Co-Issuers jointly and severally shall pay to such
Funding Agent (or, in the case of the Swingline Lender or the L/C
Provider, directly to such Person) and such Funding Agent shall pay
to such Affected Person, within five Business Days of the
Co-Issuers’ receipt of such notice, such amounts ("
Increased Capital Costs ") as will be sufficient to
compensate such Affected Person or such controlling Person for such
reduction in rate of return; provided that with respect to
any notice given to the Co-Issuers under this
Section 3.07 the Co-Issuers shall not be under any
obligation to pay any amount with respect to any period prior to
the date that is 180 days prior to such notice if the relevant
Affected Person knew or could reasonably have been expected to know
of the Change in Law; provided further that the
foregoing limitation shall not apply to any increased costs or
reductions in rate of return arising out of any retroactive
application of any Change in Law within such 180-day period. A
statement of such Affected Person as to any such additional amount
or amounts (including calculations thereof in reasonable detail),
in the absence of manifest error,
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shall be conclusive and binding on the
Co-Issuers. In determining such additional amount, such Affected
Person may use any method of averaging and attribution that it (in
its reasonable discretion) shall deem applicable so long as it
applies such method to other similar transactions.
SECTION 3.08 Taxes
(a) Except as otherwise required by law, all payments by the
Co-Issuers of principal of, and interest on, the Advances, the
Swingline Loans and the L/C Obligations and all other amounts
payable hereunder (including fees) shall be made free and clear of
and without deduction or withholding for or on account of any
present or future income, excise, documentary, property, stamp or
franchise taxes and other taxes, fees, duties, withholdings or
other charges in the nature of a tax imposed by any taxing
authority including all interest, penalties or additions to tax and
other liabilities with respect thereto (all such taxes, fees,
duties, withholdings and other charges, and including all interest,
penalties or additions to tax and other liabilities with respect
thereto, being called " Class A-1 Taxes "), but excluding in
the case of any Affected Person (i) net income, franchise
(imposed in lieu of net income) or similar Class A-1 Taxes (and
including branch profits or alternative minimum Class A-1 Taxes)
and any other Class A-1 Taxes imposed or levied on the
Affected Person as a result of a connection between the Affected
Person and the jurisdiction of the governmental authority imposing
such Class A-1 Taxes or any political subdivision or taxing
authority thereof or therein (other than any such connection
arising solely from such Affected Person having executed, delivered
or performed its obligations or received a payment under, or
enforced, this Agreement or any other Related Document) and
(ii) with respect to any Affected Person organized under the
laws of a jurisdiction other than the United States or any state of
the United States (" Foreign Affected Person "), any
withholding tax that is imposed on amounts payable to the Foreign
Affected Person at the time the Foreign Affected Person becomes a
party to this Agreement (or designates a new lending office),
except to the extent that such Foreign Affected Person (or its
assignor, if any) was already entitled, at the time of the
designation of the new lending office (or assignment), to receive
additional amounts from the Co-Issuers with respect to withholding
tax (such Class A-1 Taxes not excluded by (i) and
(ii) above being called " Non-Excluded Taxes "). If any
Class A-1 Taxes are imposed and required by law to be deducted from
any amount payable by the Co-Issuers hereunder to an Affected
Person, then (x) if such Class A-1 Taxes are Non-Excluded
Taxes, the amount of the payment shall be increased so that such
payment is made, after withholding or deduction for or on account
of such Non-Excluded Taxes, in an amount that is not less than the
amount provided for hereunder and (y) the Co-Issuers shall
withhold the amount of such Class A-1 Taxes from such payment (as
increased, if applicable, pursuant to the preceding clause (x)) and
shall pay such amount to the taxing authority imposing such Class
A-1 Taxes in accordance with applicable law.
(b) Moreover, if any Non-Excluded Taxes are directly asserted
against any Affected Person or its agent with respect to any
payment received by such Affected Person or its agent from the
Co-Issuers or otherwise in respect of any Related Document or the
transactions contemplated therein, such Affected Person or its
agent may pay such Non-Excluded Taxes and the Co-Issuers will
jointly and severally, within five Business
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Days of any Co-Issuer’s receipt of written
notice stating the amount of such Non-Excluded Taxes (including the
calculation thereof in reasonable detail), pay such additional
amounts (collectively, " Increased Tax Costs ," which term
shall include all amounts payable by or on behalf of any Co-Issuer
pursuant to this Section 3.08 ) as is necessary in
order that the net amount received by such Affected Person or agent
after the payment of such Non-Excluded Taxes (including any
Non-Excluded Taxes on such additional amount) shall equal the
amount such Person would have received had no such Non-Excluded
Taxes been asserted. Any amount payable to an Affected Person under
this Section 3.08 shall be reduced by, and Increased
Tax Costs shall not include, the amount of incremental damages
(including Taxes) due or payable by any Co-Issuer as a direct
result of such Affected Person’s failure to demand from the
Co-Issuers additional amounts pursuant to this
Section 3.08 within 180 days from the date on which the
related Non-Excluded Taxes were incurred.
(c) As promptly as practicable after the payment of any Class
A-1 Taxes, and in any event within thirty days of any such payment
being due, the Co-Issuers shall furnish to each applicable Affected
Person or its agents a certified copy of an official receipt (or
other documentary evidence satisfactory to such Affected Person and
agents) evidencing the payment of such Class A-1 Taxes. If the
Co-Issuers fail to pay any Class A-1 Taxes when due to the
appropriate taxing authority or fail to remit to the Affected
Persons or their agents the required receipts (or such other
documentary evidence), the Co-Issuers shall jointly and severally
indemnify each Affected Person and its agents for any Non-Excluded
Taxes that may become payable by any such Affected Person or its
agents as a result of any such failure. For purposes of this
Section 3.08 , a distribution hereunder by the agent
for the relevant Affected Person shall be deemed a payment by the
Co-Issuers.
(d) Each Affected Person (other than any Affected Person that is
not a Foreign Affected Person and is a corporation for federal tax
purposes whose name contains any of the following: Incorporated,
Inc., Corporation, Corp., P.C., Insurance Company, Reinsurance
Company or Assurance Company) on or prior to the date it becomes a
party to this Agreement (and from time to time thereafter as soon
as practicable after the obsolescence, expiration or invalidity of
any form or document previously delivered) and to the extent
permissible under then current law, shall deliver to any Co-Issuer
(or to more than one Co-Issuer, as the Co-Issuers may reasonably
request), a United States Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN,
Form W-8ECI, Form W-8IM4 or Form W-9, as applicable, or applicable
successor form, or such other forms or documents (or successor
forms or documents), appropriately completed and executed, as may
be applicable to establish the extent to which a payment to such
Affected Person is exempt from withholding or deduction of United
States federal withholding taxes. At the times prescribed in the
preceding sentence, each Affected Person shall deliver to any
Co-Issuer (or to more than one Co-Issuer, as the Co-Issuers may
reasonably request), any other forms or documents (or successor
forms or documents), appropriately completed and executed, as may
be applicable to establish the extent to which a payment to such
Affected Person is exempt from withholding or deduction of
Non-Excluded Taxes other than United States federal withholding
taxes. The Co-Issuers shall not be required to pay any increased
amount under Section 3.08(a) or
Section 3.08(b) to an Affected Person in
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respect of the withholding or deduction of United
States federal withholding taxes or other Non-Excluded Taxes
imposed as the result of the failure or inability (other than as a
result of a Change in Law) of such Affected Person to comply with
the requirements set forth in this Section 3.08(d) .
The Co-Issuers may rely on any form or document provided pursuant
to this Section 3.08(d) until notified otherwise by the
Affected Person that delivered such form or document.
(e) If an Affected Person determines, in its sole reasonable
discretion, that it has received a refund of any Non-Excluded Taxes
as to which it has been indemnified pursuant to this
Section 3.08 or as to which it has been paid additional
amounts pursuant to this Section 3.08 , it shall
promptly notify a Co-Issuer in writing of such refund and shall,
within 30 days after receipt of a written request from the
Co-Issuers, pay over such refund to a Co-Issuer (but only to the
extent of indemnity payments made or additional amounts paid to
such Affected Person under this Section 3.08 with
respect to the Non-Excluded Taxes giving rise to such refund), net
of all out-of-pocket expenses (including the net amount of Taxes,
if any, imposed on or with respect to such refund or payment) of
the Affected Person and without interest (other than any interest
paid by the relevant taxing authority that is directly attributable
to such refund of such Non-Excluded Taxes); provided that
the Co-Issuers, immediately upon the request of the Affected Person
to any Co-Issuer (which request shall include a calculation in
reasonable detail of the amount to be repaid), agree to repay the
amount of the refund (and any applicable interest) (plus any
penalties, interest or other charges imposed by the relevant taxing
authority with respect to such amount) to the Affected Person in
the event the Affected Person or any other Person is required to
repay such refund to such taxing authority. This
Section 3.08 shall not be construed to require the
Affected Person to make available its Tax returns (or any other
information relating to its Taxes that it deems confidential) to
the Co-Issuers or any other Person.
SECTION 3.09 Change of Lending Office . Each Committed
Note Purchaser agrees that, upon the occurrence of any event giving
rise to the operation of Section 3.05 or 3.07 or
the payment of additional amounts to it under
Section 3.08(a) or (b) with respect to
such Committed Note Purchaser, it will, if requested by the
Co-Issuers, use reasonable efforts (subject to overall policy
considerations of such Committed Note Purchaser) to designate
another lending office for any Advances affected by such event with
the object of avoiding the consequences of such event;
provided that such designation is made on terms that, in the
sole judgment of such Committed Note Purchaser, cause such
Committed Note Purchaser and its lending office(s) or its related
Conduit Investor to suffer no economic, legal or regulatory
disadvantage; and provided , further , that nothing
in this Section 3.09 shall affect or postpone any
of the obligations of the Co-Issuers or the rights of any Committed
Note Purchaser pursuant to Section 3.05 , 3.07
and 3.08 . If a Committed Note Purchaser notifies the
Co-Issuers in writing that such Committed Note Purchaser will be
unable to designate another lending office, the Co-Issuers may
replace every member (but not any subset thereof) of such Committed
Note Purchaser’s entire Investor Group by giving written
notice to each member of such Investor Group and the Administrative
Agent designating one or more Persons that are willing and able to
purchase each member of
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such Investor Group’s rights and
obligations under this Agreement for a purchase price that with
respect to each such member of such Investor Group will equal the
amount owed to each such member of such Investor Group with respect
to the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes (whether arising
under the Indenture, this Agreement, the Series 2006-1
Class A-1 Advance Notes or otherwise). Upon receipt of such
written notice, each member of such Investor Group shall assign its
rights and obligations under this Agreement pursuant to and in
accordance with Sections 9.17(a) , (b) and
(c) , as applicable, in consideration for such purchase
price and at the reasonable expense of the Co-Issuers (including,
without limitation, the reasonable documented fees and
out-of-pocket expenses of counsel to each such member);
provided , however , that no member of such Investor
Group shall be obligated to assign any of its rights and
obligations under this Agreement if the purchase price to be paid
to such member is not at least equal to the amount owed to such
member with respect to the Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Advance
Notes (whether arising under the Indenture, this Agreement, the
Series 2006-1 Class A-1 Advance Notes or
otherwise).
ARTICLE IV
OTHER PAYMENT TERMS
SECTION 4.01 Time and Method of
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