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Exhibit
99.3
CLASS A NOTE PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
Dated as of September 5,
2007
among
AMERICREDIT PNP WAREHOUSE
TRUST,
as Issuer
AMERICREDIT FUNDING CORP.
IX,
as a Seller,
AMERICREDIT FINANCIAL
SERVICES, INC.,
as a Seller and as
Servicer,
THE CLASS A PURCHASERS
PARTIES HERETO,
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK,
N.A.,
as Administrative
Agent
and
THE AGENTS PARTIES
HERETO
Relating to
AmeriCredit PNP Warehouse
Trust
Floating Rate Asset Backed
Notes, Class A
TABLE OF
CONTENTS
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| ARTICLE I |
| DEFINITIONS |
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| SECTION 1.1. |
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Definitions |
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| SECTION 1.2. |
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Other
Definitional Provisions |
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| ARTICLE II |
| AMOUNT AND TERMS OF
COMMITMENTS |
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| SECTION 2.1. |
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Purchases |
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| SECTION 2.2. |
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Reductions and Extensions of Commitments |
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| SECTION 2.3. |
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Interest,
Fees, Expenses, Payments, Etc. |
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| SECTION 2.4. |
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Requirements of Law |
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| SECTION
2.5. |
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Taxes |
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| SECTION
2.6. |
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Indemnification |
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| SECTION
2.7. |
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Expenses,
etc. |
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| SECTION
2.8. |
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Effect of
Event of Default |
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| ARTICLE III |
| CONDITIONS PRECEDENT |
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| SECTION
3.1. |
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Conditions to Closing |
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| SECTION
3.2. |
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Condition
to Purchases |
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| ARTICLE IV |
| REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES |
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| SECTION
4.1. |
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Representations and Warranties of AmeriCredit, AFC and the
Issuer |
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| ARTICLE V |
| COVENANTS |
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| SECTION
5.1. |
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Covenants |
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| ARTICLE VI |
| MUTUAL COVENANTS REGARDING
CONFIDENTIALITY |
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| SECTION
6.1. |
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Covenants |
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| SECTION
6.2. |
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Covenants
of Class A Purchasers |
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| SECTION
6.3. |
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Consent
to Disclosure of Certain Information |
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| ARTICLE VII |
| THE AGENTS |
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| SECTION
7.1. |
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Appointment |
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| SECTION
7.2. |
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Delegation of Duties |
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| SECTION
7.3. |
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Exculpatory Provisions |
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| SECTION
7.4. |
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Reliance
by Agents |
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| SECTION
7.5. |
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Notices |
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TABLE OF
CONTENTS
(continued)
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| SECTION 7.6. |
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Non-Reliance on Agents and Other Class A Purchasers |
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| SECTION
7.7. |
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Indemnification |
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| SECTION
7.8. |
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Agents in
their Individual Capacity |
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| SECTION
7.9. |
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Successor
Agents |
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| ARTICLE VIII |
| SECURITIES LAWS; TRANSFERS |
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| SECTION
8.1. |
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Transfers
of Class A Notes |
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| SECTION
8.2. |
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Tax
Characterization |
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| ARTICLE IX |
| MISCELLANEOUS |
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| SECTION
9.1. |
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Amendments and Waivers |
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| SECTION
9.2. |
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Notices |
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| SECTION
9.3. |
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No
Waiver; Cumulative Remedies |
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| SECTION
9.4. |
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Successors and Assigns |
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| SECTION
9.5. |
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Successors to Servicer |
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| SECTION
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Counterparts |
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| SECTION
9.7. |
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Severability |
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| SECTION
9.8. |
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Integration |
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| SECTION
9.9. |
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Governing
Law |
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| SECTION 9.10. |
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Jurisdiction; Consent to Service of Process |
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| SECTION
9.11. |
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Termination |
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| SECTION
9.12. |
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No
Proceedings |
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| SECTION
9.13. |
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No
Recourse |
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| SECTION
9.14. |
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Survival
of Representations and Warranties |
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| SECTION
9.15. |
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Waiver of
Jury Trial |
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| SECTION
9.16. |
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Limitation of Liability of Owner Trustee |
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| SECTION
9.17. |
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CP
Conduit as Committed Purchaser |
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| SCHEDULES |
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| Schedule
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Schedule
of Committed Purchasers and CP Conduits |
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| LIST OF EXHIBITS |
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| Exhibit
A |
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Form of
Investment Letter |
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| Exhibit
B |
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Form of
Transfer Supplement |
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| Exhibit
C |
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Form of
Joinder Supplement |
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| Exhibit
D |
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Form of
Notice of Fixed Period |
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CLASS A NOTE PURCHASE
AGREEMENT, dated as of September 5, 2007, by and among
AMERICREDIT PNP WAREHOUSE TRUST, a Delaware statutory trust (the
“ Issuer ”), AMERICREDIT FUNDING CORP. IX, a
Delaware corporation (“ AFC ”), individually and
in its capacity as a seller (in such capacity, a “
Seller ”), AMERICREDIT FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC., a
Delaware corporation (“ AmeriCredit ”),
individually, in its capacity as a Seller (together with AFC, the
“ Sellers ”) and in its capacity as servicer (in
such capacity, the “ Servicer ”), the
CLASS A PURCHASERS (as hereinafter defined) from time to time
parties hereto, the AGENTS for the Purchaser Groups from time to
time parties hereto (each such party, together with their
respective successors in such capacity, an “ Agent
”), and JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as administrative agent
(together with its successors in such capacity, the “
Administrative Agent ”).
W I T N E S S E T H
:
WHEREAS, the Sellers, the
Servicer, the Issuer and Wells Fargo Bank, National Association, as
Backup Servicer (including its successors in such capacity, the
“ Backup Servicer ”) and Trust Collateral Agent
(including its successors in such capacity, the “ Trust
Collateral Agent ”) are parties to the Sale and Servicing
Agreement, dated as of September 5, 2007 (as the same may from
time to time be amended, modified or otherwise supplemented, the
“ Sale and Servicing Agreement ”);
WHEREAS, the Issuer, the
Administrative Agent, the Trust Collateral Agent and Wells Fargo
Bank, National Association, as Trustee (including its successors in
such capacity, the “ Trustee ”) are parties to
the Indenture, dated as of September 5, 2007 (as the same from
time to time be amended, supplemented or otherwise modified, the
“ Indenture ”);
WHEREAS, the Issuer proposes
to issue and sell pursuant to the Indenture its Class A
Floating Rate Asset Backed Notes (the “ Class A Notes
”), Class B Floating Rate Asset Backed Notes (the “
Class B Notes ”) and Class C Floating Rate Asset
Backed Notes (the “ Class C Notes
”);
WHEREAS, the Class C
Notes are subordinate to the Class A Notes and the
Class B Notes, and the Class B Notes are subordinate to
the Class A Notes;
WHEREAS, the Issuer proposes
to establish a Net Spread Reserve Account (the “ Net
Spread Reserve Account ”) and a Collateral Account (the
“ Collateral Account ”) with the Trustee
pursuant to the terms of the Indenture for the benefit of the
holders of the Class A Notes, the Class B Notes and the Class
C Notes;
WHEREAS, the Class A
Purchasers are willing to purchase the Class A Notes in the
amount of the Class A Initial Principal Balance (as defined in
the Indenture) on the Closing Date (as hereinafter defined) and
from time to time thereafter to advance Additional Class A
Principal Amounts (as defined in the Indenture) on the terms and
conditions provided for herein;
NOW, THEREFORE, in
consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants herein
contained, and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt
and adequacy of which are hereby expressly acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
SECTION 1.1.
Definitions . All capitalized terms used herein as defined
terms and not defined herein shall have the meanings given to them
in Annex A to the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the
Indenture.
“ Adjusted
Commitment ” shall mean on any date of determination,
with respect to a Committed Purchaser for a CP Conduit, such
Committed Purchaser’s Commitment minus the sum of
(a) the Class A Principal Balance held by such Committed
Purchaser plus (b) the aggregate outstanding principal amount
of its Support Advances to such CP Conduit (but excluding any
Support Advances made to fund such CP Conduit’s
obligations to pay interest, fees or other similar amounts relating
to the funding of its making or maintaining its purchases
hereunder).
“ Adjusted
Eurodollar Rate ” shall mean, for any Fixed Period, a
rate per annum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the nearest
1/100th of 1%) equivalent to the rate determined pursuant to the
following formula:
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Adjusted Eurodollar Rate
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LIBOR
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on the first day of such Fixed
Period.
“ Administrative
Agent ” has the meaning specified in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“ AFC ”
has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement and
includes any successor or permitted assignee thereof as provided in
the Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and this
Agreement.
“ Affected Party
” shall mean, with respect to any CP Conduit, any
Support Party of such CP Conduit or any related
Agent.
“ Agent ”
has the meaning specified in the preamble to this
Agreement.
“ Agreement
” shall mean this Class A Note Purchase Agreement, as
amended, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time.
“ Alternative
Rate ” for any Borrowing means a rate per annum equal to
the Applicable LIBOR Spread per annum above the Adjusted Eurodollar
Rate for such Borrowing; provided , however , that in
the case of
(a) any Fixed Period on or
after the first day on which a Committed Purchaser shall have
notified the related Agent that the introduction of or any change
in or in the interpretation of any law or regulation makes it
unlawful, or any central bank or other
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governmental authority
asserts that it is unlawful, for such Committed Purchaser to fund
such Borrowing at the Alternative Rate set forth above (and such
Committed Purchaser shall not have subsequently notified such Agent
that such circumstances no longer exist),
(b) any Fixed Period of less
than seven days,
(c) in the event the Adjusted
Eurodollar Rate is not reasonably available to any Agent for such a
Fixed Period or does not adequately and fairly reflect the cost to
a Committed Purchaser of funding such Borrowing, or
(d) any Fixed Period as to
which the related Borrowing will not be funded by issuance of
commercial paper, as determined by the related Agent later than
12:00 noon (New York City time) on the related Purchase
Date,
the “ Alternative Rate
” shall be a floating rate per annum equal to the Prime Rate
in effect on each day of such Fixed Period; provided ,
further , that the Administrative Agent (with the consent of
the Committed Purchasers) and the Issuer may agree in writing from
time to time upon a different “ Alternative Rate
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“ AmeriCredit
” has the meaning specified in the preamble to this Agreement
and includes any successor or permitted assignee thereof as
provided in the Indenture, the Sale and Servicing Agreement and
this Agreement.
“ Applicable LIBOR
Spread ” shall mean, with respect to a
Purchaser Group, the rate identified as its “Applicable
LIBOR Spread” in the Fee Letter to which the Agent for such
Purchaser Group is a party.
“ Assignee
” and “ Assignment ” have the respective
meanings specified in subsection 8.1(e) of this
Agreement.
“ Borrowing
Notice ” shall mean a notice substantially in the form of
Exhibit D to the Indenture delivered by the Issuer to the
Administrative Agent and each Agent pursuant to Section 12.6
of the Indenture and subsection 2.1(c) of this Agreement,
requesting an advance of an Additional Class A Principal
Amount.
“ Class A
Average Principal Balance ” shall mean, with respect to
any period, the sum of the Class A Principal Balances for each
of the days during such period, divided by the number of days in
such period.
“ Class A
Commitment Fee ” has the meaning specified in
subsection 2.3(c) of this Agreement.
“ Class A Commitment
Fee Rate ” shall mean the applicable rate or rates
identified as the “Class A Commitment Fee Rate” in
the Supplemental Fee Letter.
“ Class A
Facility Limit ” shall mean, for any day, the Total
Commitment on such day.
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“ Class A
Mandatory Partial Amortization Amount ” shall mean, with
respect to a Partial Expiration Event, the sum of (i) the
aggregate Percentage Interests of all Committed Purchasers which
became Nonextending Class A Purchasers upon the occurrence of
such Partial Expiration Event, times the Class A Principal
Balance on the date on which such Partial Expiration Event
occurred, plus (ii) for each such Committed Purchaser, such
Committed Purchaser’s Liquidity Percentage times its related
CP Conduit’s Percentage Interest of the Class A
Principal Balance on the date on which such Partial Expiration
Event occurred, in each case after giving effect to all purchases
of and payments in respect of the Class A Principal Balance
occurring through and including such date.
“ Class A
Monthly Costs and Expenses ” shall mean on any date of
determination any amounts then due and payable by the Issuer or
either Seller (determined without regard to limitations on the
sources of payment thereof) pursuant to this Agreement, other than
Class A Monthly Interest and Fees and the Class A
Principal Balance.
“ Class A
Monthly Interest and Fees ” shall mean, for any Interest
Period, the sum of (i) interest on the Class A Principal
Balance for the Interest Period ended on the related Distribution
Date computed pursuant to subsection 2.3(a) or 2.3(b) of this
Agreement, as applicable, plus or minus (as the case may be)
(ii) any Estimated Interest Adjustment for the immediately
preceding Interest Period, plus (iii) the Class A Usage
Fee with respect to such Interest Period, plus (iv) the
Class A Commitment Fee with respect to such Interest
Period.
“ Class A
Owners ” shall mean the Class A Purchasers that are
owners of record of the Class A Notes or, with respect to any
Class A Note held by an Agent hereunder as nominee on behalf
of Class A Purchasers in a Purchaser Group, the Class A
Purchasers that are beneficial owners of such Class A Note as
reflected on the books of such Agent in accordance with this
Agreement and the Related Documents.
“ Class A
Principal Balance ” shall mean, with respect to any date,
an amount equal to the excess of (a) the sum of (i) the
Class A Initial Principal Balance, plus (ii) the
aggregate principal amounts of any Additional Class A
Principal Amounts advanced pursuant to Section 12.6 of the
Indenture, over (b) the aggregate amount of any principal
payments made to Class A Owners pursuant to the Sale and
Servicing Agreement and the Indenture through and including such
date.
“ Class A
Purchasers ” shall mean, collectively, the
CP Conduits and the Committed Purchasers.
“ Class A
Notes ” has the meaning specified in the recitals to this
Agreement.
“ Class A Usage
Fee ” has the meaning specified in subsection 2.3(c)
of this Agreement.
“ Class A Usage
Fee Rate ” shall mean the applicable rate or rates
identified as the “Class A Usage Fee Rate” in the
Supplemental Fee Letter.
“ Collateral
Receipt ” means a Custodian’s Acknowledgment in the
form of Schedule A to the Custodian Agreement.
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“ Commercial Paper
Notes ” shall mean, with respect to a CP Conduit,
the short-term promissory notes or extendable money market notes
issued by such CP Conduit or its applicable financing conduit
which are allocated by such CP Conduit as its funding for its
purchasing or maintaining its Percentage Interest of the
Class A Principal Balance hereunder.
“ Commercial Paper
Rate ” shall mean, with respect to a CP Conduit, the
rate identified as its “Commercial Paper Rate” in the
Fee Letter to which such CP Conduit or its Agent is a
party.
“ Commitment
” shall mean, for any Committed Purchaser, the maximum amount
of such Class A Purchaser’s commitment to purchase a
portion of the Class A Principal Balance, as set forth on
Schedule I hereto or the Transfer Supplement or Joinder
Supplement by which such Committed Purchaser became a party to this
Agreement or assumed the Commitment (or a portion thereof) of
another Class A Purchaser, as such amount may be adjusted from
time to time pursuant to Section 2.2 of this Agreement or
pursuant to Transfer Supplement(s) executed by such Class A
Purchaser and its Assignee(s) and delivered pursuant to
Section 8.1 of this Agreement. In the event that a Committed
Purchaser which maintains a portion of its Commitment hereunder in
relation to more than one CP Conduit, such Class A
Purchaser shall be deemed to have issued separate Commitments
hereunder in each such capacity.
“ Commitment
Termination Date ” shall mean, with respect to a
Committed Purchaser, September 3, 2008, as such date may be
extended by such Committed Purchaser from time to time in
accordance with subsection 2.2(c) hereof.
“ Committed
Purchaser ” shall mean, with respect to a
CP Conduit, each Class A Purchaser identified as a
Committed Purchaser for such CP Conduit on the signature pages
hereto or in the Transfer Supplement or Joinder Supplement pursuant
to which such CP Conduit became a party hereto, and any
Assignee of such Class A Purchaser to the extent such Assignee
has assumed, pursuant to a Transfer Supplement, the Commitment of
such Class A Purchaser.
“ Conduit
Borrower ” shall mean an entity which is designated as a
Conduit Borrower on the signature pages hereto or in the Transfer
Supplement or Joinder Supplement pursuant to which it became a
party to this Agreement, which entity will fund its purchases of
Class A Notes hereunder by borrowing from a specified
financing conduit.
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CP Conduit ” shall mean any Class A
Purchaser which is designated as a CP Conduit on the signature
pages hereto or in the Transfer Supplement or Joinder Supplement
pursuant to which it became a party to this Agreement;
provided , however , that if the entity signing this
Agreement or such Transfer Supplement or Joinder Supplement
specifies on the related signature page that it is a Conduit
Borrower with respect to a financing conduit identified on such
signature page, then, with respect to such Class A Purchaser,
“CP Conduit” shall mean, collectively, such Conduit
Borrower and such specified financing conduit.
“ CP Conduit
Consolidation Event ” shall mean the occurrence of any of
the following events (i) the Securities and Exchange
Commission, any banking regulatory authority or any other official
body having jurisdiction over any Committed Purchaser or Agent or
any of the Affiliates of such Committed Purchaser or Agent, shall
require the consolidation of the assets
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and liabilities of any CP Conduit or its
related financing conduit on the balance sheet of such Committed
Purchaser, Agent or Affiliate, or shall require that capital be
maintained with respect thereto under any capital requirements as
if such assets were owned by such Committed Purchaser, Agent or
Affiliate, (ii) the independent auditors for any such
Committed Purchaser, Agent or Affiliate shall have advised such
Committed Purchaser, Agent or Affiliate in writing that in their
opinion such consolidation is required by GAAP or applicable law,
rule or regulations, (iii) any Affected Party shall determine
that any arrangement or transaction contemplated by this Agreement
or any Related Documents will impose any adverse regulatory impact
on such Affected Party, including, without limitation, any cost or
expense described in Section 2.4 hereof; or (iv) any CP
Conduit or its related financing conduit shall determine that it
may be required to register as an investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
“ Dissenting
Purchaser ” has the meaning specified in
subsection 2.2(c) of this Agreement.
“ Downgraded
Purchaser ” has the meaning specified in
subsection 8.1(j) of this Agreement.
“ Election
Period ” has the meaning specified in
subsection 2.2(c) of this Agreement.
“ Estimated Interest
Adjustment ” has the meaning specified in
subsection 2.3(i) of this Agreement.
“ Excluded Taxes
” has the meaning specified in subsection 2.5(a) of this
Agreement.
“ Fixed Period
” means with respect to any Borrowing (or portion
thereof):
(a) the period commencing on
the date of the initial funding of such Borrowing (or such portion)
and ending such number of days thereafter as the Issuer shall
select in accordance with Section 2.3(b) ;
and
(b) thereafter, each period
commencing on the last day of the immediately preceding Fixed
Period for such Borrowing (or such portion) and ending such number
of days thereafter as the Issuer shall then select in accordance
with Section 2.3(b) ;
provided ,
however , that:
(i) any Fixed Period in
respect of which interest on the Class A Notes is computed by
reference to the Alternative Rate shall be a period of from one to
and including 29 days (if reasonably available to the Agents), or a
period of one month (or such longer period as is agreed to by the
Issuer and the Agents), as the Issuer may select by written notice
to the Agents furnished not later than 12:00 noon (New York City
time) on the second Business Day preceding the first day of such
Fixed Period;
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(ii) any such Fixed Period
(other than a Fixed Period consisting of one day) that would
otherwise end on a day that is not a Business Day shall be extended
to the next succeeding Business Day (unless the related Borrowing
shall be accruing interest at a rate determined by reference to the
LIBOR Rate, in which case if such succeeding Business Day is in a
different calendar month, such Fixed Period shall instead be
shortened to the next preceding Business Day);
(iii) in the case of Fixed
Periods of one day, (A) the initial Fixed Period shall be the
day of the initial funding of such Borrowing, and (B) any
subsequently occurring Fixed Period that is one day shall, if the
immediately preceding Fixed Period is more than one day, be the
last day of such immediately preceding Fixed Period, and if the
immediately preceding Fixed Period is one day, shall be the next
day following such immediately preceding Fixed Period;
(iv) if any Fixed Period for
any Borrowing that commences before the Stated Maturity Date would
otherwise end on a date occurring after the Stated Maturity Date,
such Fixed Period shall end on the Stated Maturity Date and the
duration of each such Fixed Period that commences on or after the
Stated Maturity Date or the date on which the payment of principal
on the Notes has been accelerated, if any , shall be of such
duration as shall be selected by the Agents; and
(v) if the Alternative Rate
becomes applicable to any Borrowing previously funded at the
Commercial Paper Rate or if the Alternative Rate applicable to any
Borrowing changes from the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate to the Prime
Rate, the Fixed Period previously selected for such Borrowing shall
terminate and the Fixed Period for such Borrowing shall be that
selected by the Issuer by written notice to the Agents after it
receives notice of such change.
“ Governmental
Authority ” shall mean any nation or government, any
state or other political subdivision thereof and any entity
exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
“ Indemnitee
” has the meaning specified in subsection 2.6(a) of this
Agreement.
“ Indenture
” has the meaning specified in the recitals to this
Agreement.
“ Interest
Period ” shall mean, with respect to any Distribution
Date, the period from and including the Distribution Date
immediately preceding such Distribution Date (or, in the case of
the first Distribution Date, from and including the Closing Date)
to but excluding such Distribution Date.
“ Interest Rate
Determination Date ” shall mean, for any Interest Period,
the Business Day immediately preceding the Determination Date for
such Interest Period.
“ Investing
Office ” shall mean initially, the office of any
Class A Purchaser (if any) designated as such, on the
signature pages hereto or in the Transfer Supplement or the Joinder
Supplement by which it became a party to this Agreement, and
thereafter, such other
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office of such Class A Purchaser or
such Assignee as may be designated in writing to the applicable
Agent, the Administrative Agent, the Servicer and the Trustee by
such Class A Purchaser or Assignee.
“ Investment
Letter ” means a letter substantially in form of Exhibit
A hereto.
“ Joinder
Supplement ” means an agreement among one or more
Class A Purchasers, the Issuer, AmeriCredit, an Agent and the
Administrative Agent in the form of Exhibit C hereto
(appropriately completed).
“ LIBOR Rate
” shall mean, with respect to any Fixed Period, the rate per
annum shown on Reuters Screen LIBOR01 Page as the composite offered
rate for London interbank deposits for a period equal to such Fixed
Period, as shown under the heading “USD” as of 11:00
a.m., London time, two Business Days prior to the first day of such
Fixed Period; provided that in the event no such rate is
shown, the LIBOR Rate shall be the rate per annum based on the
rates at which Dollar deposits for a period equal to such Fixed
Period are displayed on page “LIBOR” of the Reuters
Monitor Money Rates Service or such other page as may replace the
LIBOR page on that service for the purpose of displaying London
interbank offered rates of major banks as of 11:00 a.m., London
time, two London Business Days prior to the first day of such Fixed
Period (it being understood that if at least two such rates appear
on such page, the rate will be the arithmetic mean of such
displayed rates); provided further that in the event
fewer than two such rates are displayed, or if no such rate is
relevant, the LIBOR Rate shall be a rate per annum at which
deposits in Dollars are offered by the principal office of JPMorgan
in London, England to prime banks in the London interbank market at
11:00 A.M. (London time) two Business Days before the first day of
such Fixed Period for delivery on such first day and for a period
equal to such Fixed Period.
“ LIBOR Reserve
Percentage ” shall mean, with respect to any Fixed
Period, a percentage (expressed as a decimal) equal to the weighted
average of the percentages in effect during such Interest Period,
as prescribed by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System (or any successor thereto) for determining the maximum
reserve requirements applicable to “Eurocurrency
liabilities” pursuant to Regulation D or any other
applicable regulation of the Federal Reserve Board (or any
successor thereto) which prescribes reserve requirements applicable
to “Eurocurrency liabilities” as currently defined in
Regulation D.
“ Liquidity
Percentage ” shall mean, for a Committed Purchaser for a
CP Conduit, such Committed Purchaser’s Adjusted
Commitment with respect to such CP Conduit as a percentage of
the aggregate Adjusted Commitments of all Committed Purchasers for
such CP Conduit.
“ Majority
Class A Owners ” shall mean, at any time,
Class A Owners having more than 51% of the aggregate
Percentage Interests of all Class A Owners.
“ Majority
Class A Purchasers ” shall mean, at any time,
Committed Purchasers having Commitments aggregating more than 51%
of the Total Commitment.
“ Maximum Purchase
Amount ” shall mean, for any CP Conduit, the
aggregate Commitments of its Committed Purchasers, as set forth on
Schedule I hereto.
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“ Net Spread Reserve
Account ” has the meaning specified in the recitals to
this Agreement.
“ Nonextending
Class A Purchaser ” shall mean, after its respective
Commitment Termination Date, each Committed Purchaser which has
declined to extend such Commitment Termination Date in accordance
with subsection 2.2(c) hereof.
“ Partial Expiration
Event ” has the meaning specified in subsection 2.2(c) of
this Agreement.
“ Participant
” has the meaning specified in subsection 8.1(d) of this
Agreement.
“ Participation
” has the meaning specified in subsection 8.1(d) of the
Agreement.
“ Percentage
Interest ” shall mean, as to any Class A Purchaser
at any time of determination, the percentage equivalent of a
fraction the numerator of which shall be an amount equal to the
portion of the unpaid principal amount of the Class A
Principal Balance owing to such Class A Purchaser (or, if no
amount of the Class A Principal Balance is outstanding, the
amount of its Commitment, if any) at such time (after giving effect
to all Assignments effective on or prior to such time of
determination) and the denominator of which shall be an amount
equal to the aggregate Class A Principal Balance (or, if no
amount of the Class A Principal Balance is outstanding, the
Total Commitment) at such time.
“ Permitted
Transferee ” shall mean (i) each Class A
Purchaser, each Support Party, each Agent (in its individual
capacity), the Administrative Agent (in its individual capacity)
and, with respect to each transferring Class A Purchaser, any
commercial paper conduit administered by the related Agent,
(ii) each other Person who has been consented to as a
potential Transferee by the Sellers (which consent shall not be
withheld (except for a commercially reasonable purpose or reason)
or delayed) and (iii) after the occurrence of an Event of
Default, any other Person.
“ Prime Rate
” shall mean, for any day, a fluctuating rate of interest per
annum equal to the higher of: (i) a fluctuating rate of
interest per annum equal to the “Prime Rate” most
recently published in the Wall Street Journal and described
as “the base rate on corporate loans posted by at least 75%
of the nation’s 30 largest banks”, and (ii) 0.50%
above the rate per annum at which JPMorgan, as a branch of a
foreign bank, in its reasonable discretion, can acquire federal
funds in the interbank overnight federal funds market, through
brokers of recognized standing or otherwise, as most recently
determined by JPMorgan. The Prime Rate is not necessarily intended
to be the lowest rate of interest determined by JPMorgan, in
connection with extensions of credit.
“ Purchase Date
” shall mean the Closing Date and each Borrowing
Date.
“ Purchase
Termination Date ” shall mean, for each Class A
Purchaser, the earliest to occur of (i) the Commitment
Termination Date for such Purchaser or, with respect to a
Class A Purchaser which is a CP Conduit, the first date on
which Commitment Termination Dates for all its Committed Purchasers
have occurred, (ii) the date of any termination of the Total
Commitment, in whole, by the Issuer pursuant to Section 2.2
and (iii) the effective date on which the Commitments are
terminated or deemed terminated pursuant to
Section 2.8.
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“ Purchaser
Group ” shall mean each group of Class A Purchasers
consisting of (i) a CP Conduit, and (ii) the
Committed Purchasers with respect to such
CP Conduit.
“ Purchaser
Percentage ” shall mean, with respect to a
CP Conduit, its Maximum Purchase Amount as a percentage of the
Total Commitment.
“ Regulatory
Change ” shall mean, as to each Class A Purchaser,
any change occurring after the date of the execution and delivery
of this Agreement or, if later, the date of the execution and
delivery of the Transfer Supplement or the Joinder Supplement by
which it became party to this Agreement; in the case of a
Participant, any change occurring after the date on which its
Participation became effective, or in the case of a Support Party,
any change occurring after the date it became such a Support Party,
in any (or the adoption after such date of any new):
(i) United States Federal or
state law or foreign law applicable to such Class A Purchaser,
Participant or Support Party; or
(ii) regulation,
interpretation, directive, guideline or request (whether or not
having the force of law) applicable to such Class A Purchaser,
Participant or Support Party of any court or other judicial
authority or any Governmental Authority charged with the
interpretation or administration of any law referred to in
clause (i) or of any fiscal, monetary or other Governmental
Authority or central bank having jurisdiction over such
Class A Purchaser, Participant or Support Party.
“ Related
Documents ” shall mean, collectively, this Agreement
(including all effective Supplemental Fee Letters, Transfer
Supplements, and Joinder Supplements), the other Note Purchase
Agreements, the Indenture, the Master Sale and Contribution
Agreement, the Sale and Servicing Agreement, each Supplement, the
Notes, and all supplements, agreements and instruments related
thereto.
“ Replacement
Purchaser ” has the meaning specified in
subsection 2.5(d).
“ Required
Class A Owners ” shall mean, at any time,
Class A Owners having more than 66-2/3% of the aggregate
Percentage Interests of all Class A Owners.
“ Required
Class A Purchasers ” shall mean, at any time,
Committed Purchasers having Commitments aggregating more than
66-2/3% of the Total Commitment.
“ Requirement of
Law ” shall mean, as to any Person, any law, treaty, rule
or regulation, or determination of an arbitrator or Governmental
Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon such Person
or to which such Person is subject, whether federal, state or local
(including usury laws, the Federal Truth in Lending Act and
Regulation Z and Regulation B of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve System).
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“ Reuters Screen
LIBOR01 Page ” shall mean the display designated on the
Reuters Monitor Money Rates Service (or any other page that
replaces that page on that service for the purpose of displaying
comparable name or rates).
“ Sale and Servicing
Agreement ” has the meaning specified in the recitals to
this Agreement.
“ Supplemental Fee
Letter ” shall mean the letter agreement, designated
therein as the Supplemental Fee Letter and then in effect, entered
into on the Closing Date among AmeriCredit, the Issuer and the
Administrative Agent, for the benefit of, among others, the
Class A Purchasers.
“ Support
Advances ” shall mean, with respect to a Committed
Purchaser and its related CP Conduit, any participation held
by such Committed Purchaser in such CP Conduit’s
Percentage Interest in the Class A Principal Balance which was
purchased from such CP Conduit pursuant to a Support Facility
and any loans or other advances made by such Committed Purchaser to
such CP Conduit pursuant to a Support Facility to fund such
CP Conduit’s making or maintaining its purchases
hereunder.
“ Support
Facility ” shall mean any liquidity or credit support
agreement with a CP Conduit which relates to this Agreement
(including any agreement to purchase an assignment of or
participation in Class A Notes).
“ Support Party
” shall mean any other bank, insurance company or other
financial institution extending or having a commitment to extend
funds to or for the account of a CP Conduit (including by
agreement to purchase an assignment of or participation in
Class A Notes, by swap agreement, surety or guaranty or by
other agreement to provide credit or liquidity enhancement) under a
Support Facility. Each Committed Purchaser for a CP Conduit
(other than a Committed Purchaser which is also a CP Conduit) shall
be deemed to be a Support Party for such
CP Conduit.
“ Taxes ”
has the meaning specified in subsection 2.5(a) of this
Agreement.
“ Termination
Date ” shall mean the first date on which the Purchase
Termination Date for all Class A Purchasers has
occurred.
“ Termination
Event ” shall mean:
(a) the occurrence of any
Event of Default or Servicer Termination Event or the occurrence of
an event or condition which would be an Event of Default or
Servicer Termination Event but for a waiver of such event by the
Noteholders or the Trustee (unless waived by the Required
Class A Owners and Required Class A
Purchasers);
(b) any breach on the part of
the Issuer, AFC, either Seller, AmeriCredit or the Servicer of any
representation or warranty made or deemed made in this Agreement,
which breach continues unremedied for a period of 30 days after the
earlier of the date on which the Issuer, AFC, such Seller,
AmeriCredit or the Servicer, as the case may be, shall have had
actual knowledge of such breach and the date on which written
notice thereof, requiring the same to be
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remedied, shall have been given to the
Issuer, AFC, such Seller, AmeriCredit or the Servicer, as the case
may be, by the Administrative Agent, Required Class A Owners
or Required Class A Purchasers; provided ,
however , that a Termination Event shall be deemed not to
have occurred under this clause (b) with respect to a breach
of a representation or warranty made or deemed made in this
Agreement with respect to a Receivable if the Seller has accepted
reassignment of such Receivable in accordance with the terms and
conditions of the Sale and Servicing Agreement;
(c) any failure on the part
of the Issuer, AFC, either Seller, AmeriCredit or the Servicer duly
to observe or perform in any material respect any of the covenants
or agreements on its part to be observed or performed contained in
this Agreement (other than as provided in clauses (a) or
(b) above) which continues unremedied for a period of 30 days
after the earlier of the date on which the Issuer, AFC, such
Seller, AmeriCredit or the Servicer, as the case may be, shall have
had actual knowledge of such breach and the date on which written
notice thereof, requiring the same to be remedied, shall have been
given to the Issuer, AFC, such Seller, AmeriCredit or the Servicer,
as the case may be, by the Administrative Agent, Required
Class A Owners or Required Class A Purchasers.
“ Total
Commitment ” shall mean, on any date of determination,
the aggregate Commitments of the Committed Purchasers with respect
to the Class A Notes.
“ Transfer
” has the meaning specified in subsection 8.1(c) of this
Agreement.
“ Transfer
Supplement ” has the meaning specified in
subsection 8.1(e) of this Agreement.
“ Transferee
” has the meaning specified in subsection 8.1(c) of this
Agreement.
“ Trustee
” has the meaning specified in the recitals to this
Agreement.
“ written
” or “ in writing ” (and other variations
thereof) shall mean any form of written communication or a
communication by means of telex, telecopier device, telegraph or
cable.
SECTION 1.2. Other
Definitional Provisions .
(a) Unless otherwise
specified therein, all terms defined in this Agreement shall have
the defined meanings when used in any certificate or other document
made or delivered pursuant hereto.
(b) The words
“hereof”, “herein”, and
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Agreement shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to
any particular provision of this Agreement; and Section, subsection
and Exhibit references are to this Agreement, unless otherwise
specified. The words “including” and
“include” shall be deemed to be followed by the words
“without limitation”.
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ARTICLE II
AMOUNT AND TERMS OF
COMMITMENTS
SECTION 2.1. Purchases
.
(a) On and subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, on the Closing Date each
initial CP Conduit may, in its sole discretion, purchase its
Purchaser Percentage of the Class A Initial Principal Balance
for a purchase price equal to the portion the Class A Initial
Principal Balance so purchased.
(b)(i) On and subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement and prior to the related
Purchase Termination Date, each CP Conduit may, in its sole
discretion, purchase its Purchaser Percentage of any Additional
Class A Principal Amount offered for purchase pursuant to
Section 12.6 of the Indenture and subsection 2.1(c)
hereof.
(ii) On and subject to the
terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Committed Purchasers
agree to make purchases of Additional Class A Principal
Amounts on or prior to the related Commitment Termination
Date.
(c) Each purchase of any
Additional Class A Principal Amount hereunder on the
applicable Borrowing Date shall be in accordance with the
provisions of Section 12.6 of the Indenture upon delivery of a
Borrowing Notice by the Issuer to the Administrative Agent received
no later than 4:30 p.m., New York City time, at least two Business
Days prior to such Borrowing Date, and the Administrative Agent
shall give notice of any such Borrowing to the related Agents by
telecopier before 9:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
Business Day after it receives notice from the Issuer. Each
Borrowing Notice shall (i) identify the relevant Borrowing
Date, (ii) set forth the Additional Class A Principal
Amount which is requested from the Class A Purchasers on such
Borrowing Date and the desired duration of the Fixed Period for
such Additional Class A Principal Amount, (iii) specify
an account in the United States to which payment for the purchase
price of such Additional Class A Principal Amount is to be
made, and (iv) certify that the applicable conditions to the
purchase of such Additional Class A Principal Amount contained
in Section 3.2 hereto have been satisfied. Each Borrowing
Notice shall be irrevocable and shall specify an Additional
Class A Principal Amount, an Additional Class B Principal
Amount and/or an Additional Class C Principal Amount which, in
the aggregate equal at least $50,000,000. The Issuer may not
deliver more than two Borrowing Notices hereunder or under the
Class B Purchase Agreement or the Class C Purchase
Agreement in any calendar week. The Administrative Agent shall
promptly forward a copy of each Borrowing Notice received by it to
each Agent and each Class A Purchaser.
(d) Each CP Conduit
shall notify the Agent for its Purchaser Group by 10:00 a.m., New
York City time, on the applicable Purchase Date whether it has
elected to make the purchase offered to it pursuant to
subsection 2.1(a) or 2.1(b) of this Agreement. In the event
that a CP Conduit shall not have timely provided such notice,
such CP Conduit shall be deemed to have elected not to make
such purchase. Such Agent shall notify each Committed Purchaser for
such CP Conduit on or prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time,
on the applicable Purchase Date if such CP Conduit has not
elected to purchase its entire Purchaser Percentage of the
Class A
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Initial Principal Balance or the
Additional Class A Principal Amount, as the case may be, which
notice shall specify (i) the identity of such CP Conduit,
(ii) the portion of the Class A Initial Principal Balance
or the Additional Class A Principal Amount, as the case may
be, which such CP Conduit has not elected to purchase as
provided above, and (iii) the respective Liquidity Percentages
of such Committed Purchasers on such Purchase Date (as determined
by such Agent in good faith; for purposes of such determination,
such Agent shall be entitled to rely conclusively on the most
recent information provided by such CP Conduit or its agent or
by the agent for its Support Parties). Subject to receiving such
notice and to the satisfaction of the applicable conditions set
forth in Article III hereof, each of such
CP Conduit’s Committed Purchasers shall make a purchase
of Class A Notes on the applicable Purchase Date in an amount
equal to its Liquidity Percentage of the portion of the
Class A Initial Principal Balance or the Additional
Class A Principal Amount, as the case may be, which such
CP Conduit has not elected to purchase, for a purchase price
equal to its share of the Class A Initial Principal Balance or
the Additional Class A Principal Amount, as applicable, so
purchased.
(e) Each Class A
Purchaser’s purchase price payable pursuant to
subsection 2.1(a), 2.1(b) or 2.1(d) of this Agreement shall be
made available to the Agent for its Purchaser Group, subject to the
fulfillment of the applicable conditions set forth in
Article III hereof, at or prior to 2:00 p.m., New York City
time, on the applicable Purchase Date, by deposit of immediately
available funds to an account of such Agent specified in
subsection 9.2(b) of this Agreement. Such Agent shall promptly
notify the Servicer in the event that any Class A Purchaser
either fails to make such funds available to such Agent before such
time or notifies such Agent that it will not make such funds
available to such Agent before such time. Subject to (i) such
Agent’s receipt of such funds and (ii) the fulfillment
of the applicable conditions set forth in Article III hereof,
as determined by such Agent, such Agent will not later than 4:00
p.m., New York City time, on such Purchase Date make such
funds available, in the same type of funds received, by wire
transfer thereof to the account in the United States specified by
the Issuer in the applicable Borrowing Notice or, in the case of
the purchase on the Closing Date, specified in writing by the
Issuer to such Agent not later than the Business Day prior to the
Closing Date.
(f) In the event that
notwithstanding the fulfillment of the applicable conditions set
forth in Article III hereof with respect to a purchase, a
CP Conduit elected to make a purchase on a Purchase Date but
failed to make its purchase price available to the Agent for its
Purchaser Group when required by subsection 2.1(e) of this
Agreement, such CP Conduit shall be deemed to have rescinded
its election to make such purchase, and neither the Issuer nor any
other party shall have any claim against such CP Conduit by
reason of its failure to timely make such purchase. In any such
case, such Agent shall give notice of such failure not later than
2:30 p.m., New York City time, on the Purchase Date to each
Committed Purchaser for such CP Conduit and to the Issuer and
the Servicer, which notice shall specify (i) the identity of
such CP Conduit, (ii) the amount of the purchase which it
had elected but failed to make and (iii) the respective
Liquidity Percentages of such Committed Purchasers on such Purchase
Date (as determined by such Agent in good faith; for purposes of
such determination, such Agent shall be entitled to rely
conclusively on the most recent information provided by such
CP Conduit or its agent or by the agent for its Support
Parties). Subject to receiving such notice, each of such
CP Conduit’s Committed Purchasers shall purchase a
portion of the Class A Principal Balance in an amount equal to
its Liquidity Percentage of the amount described in clause
(ii) above at or before 4:00 p.m., New York
City time, on such Purchase Date and otherwise in accordance
with
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subsection 2.1(d) of this
Agreement. Subject to such Agent’s receipt of such funds,
such Agent will not later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time,
on such Purchase Date make such funds available, in the same type
of funds received, by wire transfer thereof to the account of the
Issuer described in subsection 2.1(e) of this Agreement, which
payment shall be deemed to be timely for purposes of the
Indenture.
(g) In no event shall a
Committed Purchaser be required on any date to purchase an
Additional Class A Principal Amount which would result in its
Percentage Interest of the Class A Principal Balance,
determined after giving effect to such purchase, exceeding its
Commitment. In no event may any Additional Class A Principal
Amount be offered for purchase hereunder or under Section 12.6
of the Indenture, nor shall any Class A Purchaser be obligated
to purchase any Additional Class A Principal Amount, to the
extent that, after giving effect to such Additional Class A
Principal Amount, the Class A Principal Balance would exceed
the Class A Facility Limit.
SECTION 2.2. Reductions
and Extensions of Commitments .
(a) At any time the Issuer
may, upon at least two Business Days’ prior written notice to
the Administrative Agent, reduce the Total Commitment. Each partial
reduction shall be in an aggregate amount of $25,000,000 or
integral multiples of $5,000,000 in excess thereof (or such other
amount requested by the Issuer to which the Administrative Agent
consents). Reductions of the aggregate Commitments pursuant to this
subsection 2.2(a) of this Agreement shall be allocated
(x) to the Maximum Purchase Amount of each CP Conduit,
pro rata based on the Purchaser Percentage
represented by such Maximum Purchase Amount, and (y) to the
aggregate Commitments of Committed Purchasers for each
CP Conduit pro rata based on their respective
Liquidity Percentages, provided that if the Commercial Paper
Notes of any CP Conduit are not rated at least “A-1” or
the equivalent by any two of Standard & Poor’s,
Moody’s and Fitch Rating Services, the Issuer may allocate a
non- pro rata portion of any such reduction to the
Maximum Purchase Amount of such CP Conduit and may allocate a non-
pro rata portion of any such reduction to the
Commitment of any Committed Purchaser for such CP Conduit which is
a Downgraded Purchaser (it being understood that the Issuer will
allocate any reduction of the Maximum Purchase Amounts of any CP
Conduit pro rata according to its Maximum Purchase
Amounts, if any, under each of the Class A Note Purchase
Agreement, the Class B Note Purchase Agreement and the Class C Note
Purchase Agreement).
(b) On the Purchase
Termination Date for a Committed Purchaser, the Commitment of such
Class A Purchaser shall be automatically reduced to
zero.
(c) So long as no Termination
Event has occurred and is continuing, the Issuer may request,
through the Administrative Agent, that each Class A Purchaser
consent to an extension of the Commitment Termination Date for such
period as the Issuer may specify (the “ Extension
Length ”), which decision will be made by each
Class A Purchaser in its sole discretion, provided that
on the date of the effectiveness of any such extension, and after
giving effect to such extension, the Commitment Termination Date
will not be more than 364 days from such date. Upon receipt of any
such request, the Administrative Agent shall promptly notify each
Agent thereof, which shall notify each Class A Purchaser in
its Purchaser Group thereof.
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Not more than 60 days following the date
of a request for an extension (such 60-day period, the “
Election Period ”), each Class A Purchaser shall
notify the Agent for its Purchaser Group of its willingness or
refusal to so consent to an extension of the Commitment Termination
Date, and such Agent shall notify the Issuer and the Administrative
Agent of such willingness or refusal by each Class A Purchaser
not later than the Business Day following the last day of the
Election Period. Any Class A Purchaser which notifies the
applicable Agent of its refusal to consent to the extension or
which does not expressly notify such Agent that it is willing to
consent to an extension of the Commitment Termination Date during
the applicable Election Period shall be deemed to be a
(x) Nonextending Class A Purchaser after the Commitment
Termination Date then in effect (such occurrence, unless such
Nonextending Class A Purchaser is replaced pursuant to
subsection 2.2(d) of this Agreement or unless the Purchase
Termination Date shall have occurred, a “ Partial
Expiration Event ”) and (y) “ Dissenting
Purchaser ” from the date of its refusal notice or the
end of the applicable Election Period. If a Class A Purchaser
has agreed to extend its Commitment Termination Date, and, at the
end of the applicable Election Period no Termination Event shall
have occurred, the Commitment Termination Date for such
Class A Purchaser then in effect shall be extended to the date
which is the Extension Length after its then current Commitment
Expiration Date.
(d) Within two Business Days
following the end of an Election Period, the Agent for each
Purchaser Group shall notify each other Class A Purchaser in
such Purchaser Group, the Administrative Agent, the Issuer and the
Servicer of the identity of any Dissenting Purchaser and the amount
of its Commitment, if any. Any of such Agent, the Issuer or, if the
Dissenting Purchaser is a Committed Purchaser, the affected
CP Conduit, may (but shall not be required to) request one or
more other Class A Purchasers in such Purchaser Group, with
the consent of the Agent (which shall not be unreasonably withheld)
and, if the Dissenting Purchaser is a Committed Purchaser, the
affected CP Conduit in its sole discretion, or seek another
financial institution reasonably acceptable to such Agent and, if
the Dissenting Purchaser is a Committed Purchaser acceptable to the
affected CP Conduit in its sole discretion, to acquire all or
a portion of the Commitment of the Dissenting Purchaser and all
amounts payable to it hereunder and under the Sale and Servicing
Agreement and the Indenture in accordance with Section 8.1 of
this Agreement. Each Dissenting Purchaser hereby agrees to assign
all or a portion of its Commitment and the amounts payable to it
hereunder and under the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the
Indenture to a replacement investor identified by the Agent for its
Purchaser Group in accordance with the preceding sentence, subject
to ratable payment of such Dissenting Purchaser’s Percentage
Interest of the Class A Principal Balance, together with all
accrued and unpaid interest thereon, and a ratable portion of all
fees and other amounts due to it hereunder.
(e) If a Partial Expiration
Event shall have occurred, the Issuer shall give a notice pursuant
to Section 10.4 of the Indenture to cause a Limited
Amortization Period to commence with the first Collection Period
after the applicable Commitment Termination Date, and shall specify
with respect to such Limited Amortization Period a Class A
Limited Amortization Amount at least equal to the related
Class A Mandatory Partial Amortization Amount.
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SECTION 2.3. Interest,
Fees, Expenses, Payments, Etc .
(a) Interest shall accrue on
the Class A Principal Balance during each Interest Period at
the following rates:
(i) Each
CP Conduit’s Percentage Interest of the Class A
Principal Balance shall bear interest on each day during each
Interest Period at a rate per annum equal to such
CP Conduit’s Commercial Paper Rate for such day, except
as otherwise provided in clause (ii) below.
(ii) If and to the extent
that, and only for so long as, a CP Conduit or its related
financing conduit at any time determines in good faith that it is
unable to raise or is precluded or prohibited from raising, or that
it is not advisable to raise, funds through the issuance of
Commercial Paper Notes in the commercial paper market of the United
States to finance its purchase or maintenance of its Percentage
Interest of the Class A Principal Balance or any portion
thereof (which determination may be based on any allocation method
employed in good faith by such CP Conduit), including by
reason of market conditions or by reason of insufficient
availability under any of its Support Facilities or the downgrading
of any of its Support Parties, upon notice from such
CP Conduit to the Agent for its Purchaser Group and the
Administrative Agent, such portion of such CP Conduit’s
Percentage Interest of the Class A Principal Balance shall
bear interest at a rate per annum equal to the Alternative Rate,
rather than as otherwise determined pursuant to clause
(i) above.
(iii) Each Committed
Purchaser’s (other than a Committed Purchaser which is a CP
Conduit) Percentage Interest of the Class A Principal Balance
shall bear interest for each Interest Period at a rate per annum
equal to the Alternative Rate.
(b) The Issuer shall select
the duration of the initial and each subsequent Fixed Period
relating to each Borrowing subject to the limitations set forth in
the definition of Fixed Period. The Issuer shall give the
Administrative Agent and each Agent written notice of such
selections (i) with respect to each initial Fixed Period, in
the related Borrowing Notice and (ii) with respect to each
subsequent Fixed Period, in a notice in the form of Exhibit D
hereto, delivered prior to 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the
day before the first day of such Fixed Period, provided that
if the Issuer shall fail to deliver any such notice, it shall be
deemed to have selected a Fixed Period of one day. Unless consented
to by each Agent, the aggregate number of Fixed Periods for all
Borrowings outstanding at any one time hereunder shall not exceed
10. (A CP Conduit or its related financing conduit may issue
Commercial Paper Notes with such maturities as it determines in its
sole discretion regardless of the Fixed Period selected by the
Issuer.)
(c) The Class A
Purchasers shall be entitled to be paid, as a part of Class A
Monthly Interest and Fees payable on each Distribution Date,
(i) a fee (the “ Class A Usage Fee ”) in
the aggregate amount equal to the Class A Average Principal
Balance for the immediately preceding Interest Period times a rate
per annum equal to the Class A Usage Fee Rate, plus
(ii) a fee (the “ Class A Commitment Fee ”)
in the aggregate amount equal to (A) the Total Commitment
times (B) a rate per annum equal to the Class A
Commitment Fee Rate. In addition, the Issuer agrees to pay to the
Administrative Agent, for the account of itself or the Agents and
Class A Purchasers, as the case may be, the amounts set forth
in Section 1 of the Supplemental Fee Letter entered into on
the Closing Date between the Issuer and the Administrative Agent at
the times specified therein.
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(d) The principal of and
Class A Monthly Interest and Fees in respect of the
Class A Notes shall be paid as provided in the Sale and
Servicing Agreement and the Indenture. In the case of Class A
Notes held by an Agent as agent for members of its Purchaser Group,
such Agent shall allocate to the Class A Owners in its
Purchaser Group each payment in respect of the Class A Notes
received by such Agent in its capacity as Class A Noteholder
as provided herein. Payments in reduction of the portion of the
Class A Principal Balance evidenced by a Class A Note
shall be allocated and applied to Class A Owners of such
Class A Note pro rata based on their respective Percentage
Interests of the Class A Principal Balance, or in any such
case in such other proportions as each affected Class A
Purchaser may agree upon in writing from time to time with such
Agent and the Issuer; provided that from and after the
occurrence of a Partial Expiration Event until the earlier to occur
of (i) the Purchase Termination Date and (ii) the date on
which (A) the aggregate amount of payments in reduction of the
Class A Principal Balance made after the date of the
occurrence of the related Partial Expiration Event equals
(B) the related Class A Mandatory Partial Amortization
Amount, payments in reduction of the portion of the Class A
Principal Balance shall be allocated and applied to Nonextending
Class A Purchasers and related CP Conduits pro rata based on
their respective shares of the Class A Principal Balance which
were used to determine such Class A Mandatory Partial
Amortization Amount. Payments of interest in respect of the portion
of the Class A Principal Balance evidenced by a Class A
Note shall be allocated and applied to Class A Owners of such
Class A Note pro rata based upon the respective amounts of
interest due and payable to them, determined as provided above in
subsection 2.3(a). Payments of the Class A Usage Fee
shall be allocated and paid to Class A Owners pro rata based
upon their respective interest in the Class A Principal
Balance for the applicable Interest Period. Payments of the
Class A Commitment Fee shall be allocated and paid to the
Agent for each Purchaser Group pro rata based on the aggregate
Commitments of the Class A Purchasers in such Purchaser Group.
Each Class A Purchaser in a Purchaser Group shall be entitled
to receive the share of the Class A Commitment Fee allocated
to such Purchaser Group as may be agreed upon from time to time
between such Class A Purchaser and the Agent for such
Purchaser Group.
(e) Any principal, interest
(including interest payable pursuant to this clause (e)), fees
or other amounts due and payable hereunder (without regard to any
limitations set forth herein on the sources from which such amount
may be paid) which are not paid to the Administrative Agent or the
Agents, as the case may be, prior to the times set forth in
Section 2.3(g) on the due date thereof (whether due pursuant
to acceleration or otherwise) shall accrue interest (after as well
as before judgment) at the Prime Rate from time to time in effect
plus 2.0% per annum from and including the due date thereof to
but excluding the date such amount is actually paid. Accrued and
unpaid interest in respect of overdue Class A Monthly Interest
and Fees, shall be payable as a part of Class A Monthly
Interest and Fees on each Distribution Date. Any overdue principal,
any accrued and unpaid interest payable pursuant to this
subsection 2.3(e) in respect of overdue fees or other amounts
not described in the preceding sentence shall be payable on demand
and in any event on each Distribution Date by the party obligated
to pay such overdue amount.
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(f) Unless otherwise
specified in an applicable Fee Letter, interest calculated by
reference to the Commercial Paper Rate or the Adjusted Eurodollar
Rate shall be calculated on the basis of a 360-day year for the
actual days elapsed. Interest calculated by reference to the Prime
Rate shall be calculated on the basis of a 365- or 366-day year, as
applicable, for the actual days elapsed. Class A Usage Fees,
Class A Commitment Fees and other periodic fees or amounts
payable hereunder shall be calculated, unless otherwise specified
in the Supplemental Fee Letter, on the basis of a 360-day year and
for the actual days elapsed.
(g) All payments to be made
hereunder or under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the
Indenture, whether on account of principal, interest, fees or
otherwise, shall be made without setoff or counterclaim in United
States dollars and in immediately available funds and shall be made
(x) in the case of payments due on an Interim Distribution
Date, prior to 2:30 p.m., New York City time, on the due date
thereof to each Agent at its account specified on the signature
pages hereof or as otherwise directed pursuant to
subsection 9.2(b) hereof, and (y) in the case of all
other payments, including payments due on Distribution Dates, prior
to 12:00 noon, New York City time, on the due date thereof to the
Administrative Agent at its account specified in
subsection 9.2(b) hereof. Payments received by an Agent or the
Administrative Agent after 2:30 p.m., New York City time, shall be
deemed to have been made on the next Business Day. The
Administrative Agent will distribute such payments received by it
to the Agents promptly upon receipt, but no later than 2:00 p.m.,
New York City time, on the day received if such payment is received
prior to 12:00 noon, New York City time, and no later than 12:00
noon, New York City time, on the Business Day after such payment is
received if received after 12:00 noon, New York City time.
Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, if any payment due
hereunder becomes due and payable on a day other than a Business
Day, the payment date thereof shall be extended to the next
succeeding Business Day and interest shall accrue thereon at the
applicable rate during such extension. To the extent that
(i) the Trustee, the Issuer or the Servicer makes a payment to
the Administrative Agent or an Agent or Class A Purchaser or
(ii) the Administrative Agent or an Agent or Class A
Purchaser receives or is deemed to have received any payment or
proceeds for application to an obligation, which payment or
proceeds or any part thereof are subsequently invalidated, declared
to be fraudulent or preferential, set aside or required to be
repaid to a trustee, receiver or any other party under any
bankruptcy or insolvency law, state or Federal law, common law, or
for equitable cause, then, to the extent such payment or proceeds
are set aside, the obligation or part thereof intended to be
satisfied shall be revived and continue in full force and effect,
as if such payment or proceeds had not been received or deemed
received by the Administrative Agent or such Agent or Class A
Purchaser, as the case may be.
(h) If its Percentage
Interest of the Class A Principal Balance then exceeds zero,
each CP Conduit shall notify the Agent for its Purchaser Group
at or before 4:00 p.m. on the date on which the Alternative
Rate becomes applicable to its Percentage Interest of the
Class A Principal Balance or a portion thereof pursuant to
subsection 2.3(a)(ii) of this Agreement, of the applicability
thereof. Each CP Conduit shall notify such Agent at or before
4:00 p.m., New York City time, on each Interest Rate Determination
Date of (x) the estimate of the interest payable to such
CP Conduit for the Interest Period ending on the succeeding
Distribution Date (such notification may be based on such
CP Conduit’s good faith estimate of the Commercial Paper
Rate if the actual rate is not then known to such CP Conduit)
and (y) the amount of any variation between interest payable
to such CP Conduit for the preceding Interest Period based
on
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such notices and estimates and interest
which should have been payable to such CP Conduit for such
Interest Period based on its final determination of the Commercial
Paper Rate for such Interest Period. The amount of any shortfall in
interest based on such variation shall be included in the portion
of Class A Monthly Interest and Fees payable to such
CP Conduit on the following Distribution Date, and the amount
of any overpayment of interest to such CP Conduit based on
such variation shall be credited, dollar for dollar, against the
portion of Class A Monthly Interest and Fees otherwise payable
to such CP Conduit for the following Interest Period. Each
determination by a CP Conduit of its applicable Commercial
Paper Rate pursuant to this Agreement shall be conclusive and
binding on the Class A Purchasers, each Agent, the
Administrative Agent, the Issuer, the Servicer and the Trustee in
the absence of manifest error.
(i) If the Percentage
Interest of the Class A Principal Balance of a CP Conduit
then exceeds zero, the Agent for its Purchaser Group shall notify
the Issuer and the Servicer before 4:00 p.m. on the date on which
the Alternative Rate becomes applicable to the Percentage Interest
of the Class A Principal Balance of such Class A
Purchaser in such Purchaser Group (or a portion thereof) pursuant
to subsection 2.3(a)(ii) of this Agreement, of the occurrence
thereof. On each date on which the Alternative Rate is applicable
to any portion of the Class A Principal Balance and the
Adjusted Eurodollar Rate or the Prime Rate changes, the
Administrative Agent shall notify the Issuer and the Servicer of
the Alternative Rate and the Prime Rate, if then applicable to any
portion of the Class A Principal Balance. For such purposes,
the Agents may rely conclusively on notices from CP Conduits
as to the interest rate or rates from time to time applicable to
their respective Percentage Interest of the Class A Principal
Balance. Each Agent shall notify the Administrative Agent on or
before each Interest Rate Determination Date of (x) the
interest payable to the Class A Purchasers in its Purchaser
Group for the Interest Period ending on the succeeding Distribution
Date (such notification from an Agent may be based on each
CP Conduit’s notices and estimates of the Commercial
Paper Rate as provided to such Agent pursuant to
subsection 2.3(h) hereof) and (y) the amount of any
variation between the amount of interest payable on the Percentage
Interest of the Class A Principal Balance of Class A
Purchasers in its Purchaser Group based on notices and estimates
delivered pursuant to this subsection 2.3(i) and the actual
amount thereof for the preceding Interest Period. The amount of any
shortfall in interest based on such variation shall be a positive
“ Estimated Interest Adjustment ” for such
Interest Period, and the amount of any overpayment of interest
based on such variation shall be a negative “ Estimated
Interest Adjustment ” for such Interest Period. Any
positive Estimated Interest Adjustment for an Interest Period shall
be deemed not due on the Distribution Date for such Interest
Period, but shall be due on the Distribution Date related to the
next succeeding Interest Period and in any event on the final
Distribution Date for Class A Notes. An Estimated Interest
Adjustment shall not bear interest, unless not paid when due as
provided in the preceding sentence. Each determination of the
Commercial Paper Rate, the Alternative Rate and the Prime Rate by
the Administrative Agent or an Agent pursuant to any provision of
this Agreement shall be conclusive and binding on the Class A
Purchasers, the Issuer, the Administrative Agent, the Servicer and
the Trustee in the absence of manifest error.
(j) On the Business Day prior
to each Interim Distribution Date, each Class A Purchaser
shall notify the Agent for its Purchaser Group, and each Agent
shall notify the Administrative Agent, of the amount of interest
accrued and unpaid on the portion of the Class A Principal
Balance held by such Class A Purchaser or Purchaser Group, as
the case may be, which is scheduled to be repaid on such Interim
Distribution Date.
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(k) Notwithstanding anything
contained herein or in the Supplemental Fee Letter, from and after
the occurrence of a Termination Event, whether or not declared, the
Class A Principal Balance shall accrue interest (after as well
as before judgment) at the Prime Rate from time to time in effect
plus 2.0%.
SECTION 2.4. Requirements
of Law .
(a) In the event that any
Class A Purchaser shall have reasonably determined that any
Regulatory Change shall impose, modify or hold applicable any
reserve, special deposit, compulsory loan or similar requirement
against assets held by, deposits or other liabilities in or for the
account of, advances, loans or other extensions of credit by, or
any other acquisition of funds by, such Class A Purchaser and
the result of any of the foregoing is to increase the cost to such
Class A Purchaser, by an amount which such Class A
Purchaser deems to be material, of maintaining its Commitment or
its interest in the Class A Notes or to reduce any amount
receivable in respect thereof, then, in any such case, after
submission by such Class A Purchaser to the Agent for its
Purchaser Group of a written request therefor and the submission by
such Agent to the Issuer and the Servicer of such written request
therefor, such Class A Purchaser (through the Agent for its
Purchaser Group) shall be entitled to be paid, but only to the
extent funds are then or thereafter become available therefor
pursuant to subsection 5.5(a) or subsection 5.5(b) of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement, any additional amounts necessary to compensate
such Class A Purchaser for such increased cost or reduced
amount receivable, to the extent not already reflected in the
applicable interest rate, no later than the Distribution Date
following receipt by the Issuer and the Servicer of such request
for compensation under this subsection 2.4(a), if such request
is received by the Issuer and the Servicer no later than five
Business Days prior to the Determination Date related to such
Distribution Date, and otherwise on the following Distribution Date
(or, if earlier, on the Termination Date).
(b) In the event that any
Class A Purchaser shall have reasonably determined that any
Regulatory Change regarding capital adequacy has the effect of
reducing the rate of return on such Class A Purchaser’s
capital or on the capital of any Person controlling such
Class A Purchaser as a consequence of its obligations
hereunder or its maintenance of its Commitment or its interest in
the Class A Notes to a level below that which such
Class A Purchaser or such Person could have achieved but for
such Regulatory Change (taking into consideration such Class A
Purchaser’s or such Person’s policies with respect to
capital adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Class A
Purchaser or such Person to be material, then , from time to
time, after submission by such Class A Purchaser to the Agent
for its Purchaser Group of a written request therefor and
submission by such Agent to the Issuer and the Servicer of such
written request therefor, such Class A Purchaser (through the
Agent for its Purchaser Group) shall be entitled to be paid, but
only to the extent funds are then or thereafter become available
therefor pursuant subsection 5.5(a) or subsection 5.5(b) of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement, such additional amount or amounts as
will compensate such Class A Purchaser or such Person, as
applicable, for such reduction, no later than the Distribution Date
following receipt by the Issuer and the Servicer of such request
for compensation under this subsection 2.4(b) of this
Agreement, if such request is received by the Issuer and the
Servicer no later than five Business Days prior to the
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Determination Date related to such
Distribution Date, and otherwise on the following Distribution Date
(or, if earlier, on the Termination Date). Nothing in this
subsection 2.4(b) shall be deemed to require the Issuer to pay
any amount to a Class A Purchaser to the extent such
Class A Purchaser has been compensated therefor under another
provision of this Agreement or to the extent such amount is already
reflected in the applicable interest rate.
(c) Each Class A
Purchaser agrees that it shall use its reasonable efforts to reduce
or eliminate any claim for compensation pursuant to subsections
2.4(a) and 2.4(b) of this Agreement, including but not limited to
designating a different Investing Office for its Class A Notes
(or any interest therein) if such designation will avoid the need
for, or reduce the amount of, any increased amounts referred to in
subsection 2.4(a) or 2.4(b) hereof and will not, in the
reasonable opinion of such Class A Purchaser, be unlawful or
otherwise disadvantageous to such Class A Purchaser or
inconsistent with its policies or result in any unreimbursed cost
or expense to such Class A Purchaser or in an increase in the
aggregate amount payable under subsections 2.4(a) and 2.4(b)
hereof. If such claim is not eliminated by any such designation or
no such designation is done and the Class A Purchaser does not
waive payment of such amount, the Issuer shall have the right to
procure a replacement purchaser which is not so affected and which
is reasonably acceptable to the Agent for the related Purchaser
Group and the Administrative Agent (a “ Replacement
Purchaser ”) to replace such Class A Purchaser. No
replacement of a Class A Purchaser shall be effected pursuant
to this subsection 2.4(c) if, after giving effect thereto, any
amounts shall be owing to the replaced Class A Purchaser
hereunder. Each affected Class A Purchaser hereby agrees to
take, at the Issuer’s expense, all actions necessary to
permit a Replacement Purchaser to succeed to its rights and
obligations hereunder.
Notwithstanding the
foregoing, (i) if the Class A Purchaser being replaced
pursuant to this subsection is a Committed Purchaser, the entire
Purchase Group related to such Committed Purchaser shall be
replaced and (ii) if the Class A Purchaser being replaced
pursuant to this subsection is a CP Conduit, the Replacement
Purchaser shall be acceptable to all related Committed Purchasers.
In the event that a proposed Replacement Purchaser designated by
the Issuer and approved by the applicable Agent and the
Administrative Agent as provided in this subsection is not
acceptable to the applicable Committed Purchasers, and another
replacement Class A Purchaser has not been promptly procured
as provided in this subsection with the consent of all affected
parties, then any Class A Purchaser which failed to consent to
such replacement may be replaced by a Replacement Purchaser as
provided in this subsection.
(d) Each Class A
Purchaser claiming increased amounts described in
subsection 2.4(a) or 2.4(b) of this Agreement will furnish to
the Agent for its Purchaser Group (together with its request for
compensation) a certificate prepared in good faith setting forth
the basis and the calculation of the amount (in reasonable detail)
of each request by such Class A Purchaser for any such
increased amounts referred to in subsection 2.4(a) or 2.4(b)
hereof. Any such certificate shall be conclusive absent manifest
error, and such Agent shall deliver a copy thereof to the Issuer
and the Servicer. Failure on the part of any Class A Purchaser
to demand compensation for any amount pursuant to
subsection 2.4(a) or 2.4(b) hereof with respect to any period
shall not constitute a waiver of such Class A
Purchaser’s right to demand compensation with respect to such
period; provided , however , notwithstanding the
foregoing provisions of this Section 2.4, a Class A
Purchaser shall not be compensated for any such amount relating to
any period ending, and of which such Class A Purchaser has had
knowledge, more than six months
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prior to the date that such Class A
Purchaser notifies the Issuer and the Servicer in writing thereof
or for any amounts resulting from a change by any Class A
Purchaser of its Investing Office (other than changes required by
law or changes made pursuant to subsection 2.4(c)).
SECTION 2.5. Taxes
.
(a) All payments made to the
Class A Purchasers, the Agents or the Administrative Agent
under this Agreement and the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the
Indenture (including all amounts payable with respect to the
Class A Notes) shall, to the extent allowed by law, be made
free and clear of, and without deduction or withholding for or on
account of, any present or future income, stamp or other taxes,
levies, imposts, duties, charges, fees, deductions or withholdings,
now or hereafter imposed, levied, collected, withheld or assessed
by any Governmental Authority (collectively, “ Taxes
”), excluding (i) income taxes (including branch profit
taxes, minimum taxes and taxes computed under alternative methods,
at least one of which is based on or measured by net income),
franchise taxes (imposed in lieu of income taxes), or any other
taxes based on or measured by the net income of such Class A
Purchaser, Participant, Agent or the Administrative Agent (as the
case may be) or the gross receipts or income of such Class A
Purchaser, Participant, Agent or the Administrative Agent, as the
case may be; (ii) any Taxes that would not have been imposed
but for the failure of such Class A Purchaser, Participant,
Agent or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, to provide and
keep current (to the extent legally able) any certification or
other documentation required to qualify for an exemption from, or
reduced rate of, any such Taxes or required by this Agreement to be
furnished by such Class A Purchaser, Participant, Agent or the
Administrative Agent, as applicable; and (iii) any Taxes
imposed as a result of a change by any Class A Purchaser or
Participant of its Investing Office (other than changes mandated by
this Agreement, including subsection 2.4(c) hereof, or
required by law) (all such excluded taxes being hereinafter called
“ Excluded Taxes ”).
If, as a result of any change
in law, treaty or regulation or in the interpretation or
administration thereof by any governmental or regulatory agency or
body charged with the administration or interpretation thereof, or
the adoption of any law, treaty or regulation, any Taxes, other
than Excluded Taxes, are required to be withheld from any amounts
payable to a Class A Purchaser or Agent or the Administrative
Agent hereunder or under the Sale and Servicing Agreement or the
Indenture, then after submission by any Class A
Purchaser to the Agent for its Purchaser Group (in the case of an
amount payable to a Class A Purchaser) and by any Agent or the
Administrative Agent to the Issuer and the Servicer of a written
request therefor, the amounts so payable to such Class A
Purchaser or Agent or the Administrative Agent, as applicable,
shall be increased, and such Class A Purchaser (through the
applicable Agent) or Agent or the Administrative Agent, as
applicable, shall be entitled to be paid (in the case of payments
from a Seller or the Issuer, only to the extent funds are then or
thereafter available therefor pursuant to clause (xii) of
subsection 5.5(a) or (xi) of subsection 5.5(b) of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement), the amount of such increase to the extent
necessary to yield to such Class A Purchaser or Agent or the
Administrative Agent, as applicable (after payment of all such
Taxes) interest or any such other amounts payable hereunder or
thereunder at the rates or in the amounts specified in this
Agreement or in the Sale and Servicing Agreement and the Indenture,
as applicable, no later than the Distribution Date following
receipt by the Issuer and the Servicer of a request for such
additional amounts under this subsection 2.5(a), if such
request
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is received by the Issuer and the
Servicer no later than five Business Days prior to the
Determination Date related to such Distribution Date, and otherwise
on the following Distribution Date (or, if earlier, on the
Termination Date); provided , however , that the
amounts so payable to such Class A Purchaser or Agent or the
Administrative Agent shall not be increased pursuant to this
subsection 2.5(a) if such requirement to withhold results from
the failure of such Person to comply with subsection 2.5(c)
hereof. Whenever any Taxes are payable on or with respect to
amounts distributed to a Class A Purchaser or Agent or the
Administrative Agent, as promptly as possible thereafter the Issuer
and the Servicer shall send to the Agent, on behalf of such
Class A Purchaser, or to such Agent or the Administrative
Agent, as applicable, a certified copy of an original official
receipt showing payment thereof. Notwithstanding any other
provisions of this Section 2.5, the Servicer shall not have
any liability under this Section 2.5 for the payment of Taxes
except for Taxes (other than Excluded Taxes) assessed on
indemnification payments made or required to be made by the
Servicer for its own account under Section 2.6 of this
Agreement. If the Issuer, the Sellers or the Servicer, as
applicable, fails to pay any Taxes when due to the appropriate
taxing authority or fails to remit to the Agent, on behalf of
itself or such Class A Purchaser, or to such Agent or the
Administrative Agent, as applicable, the required receipts or other
required documentary evidence, such Class A Purchaser (through
the applicable Agent) or Agent or the Administrative Agent, as
applicable, shall be entitled to be paid, in the case of a failure
by the Issuer or AFC, only to the extent funds are then or
thereafter available therefor pursuant to clause (xii) of
subsection 5.5(a) or (xi) of subsection 5.5(b) of the Sale and
Servicing Agreement) or in the case of a failure by the Servicer,
by such entity, as the case may be, any incremental taxes, interest
or penalties that may become payable by such Class A Purchaser
or Agent or the Administrative Agent, as applicable, as a result of
any such failure no later than the Distribution Date following
receipt by the Issuer and the Servicer of such request for payment
under this subsection 2.5(a), if such request is received by
the Issuer and the Servicer no later than five Business Days prior
to the Determination Date related to such Distribution Date, and
otherwise on the following Distribution Date (or, if earlier, on
the Termination Date).
(b) A Class A Purchaser
claiming increased amounts under subsection 2.5(a) hereof for
Taxes paid or payable by such Class A Purchaser will furnish
to the applicable Agent a certificate prepared in good faith
setting forth the basis and amount of each request by such
Class A Purchaser for such Taxes, and such Agent shall deliver
a copy thereof to the Issuer and the Servicer. An Agent or the
Administrative Agent claiming increased amounts under
subsection 2.5(a) hereof for its own account for Taxes paid or
payable by such Agent or the Administrative Agent, as applicable,
will furnish to the Issuer and the Servicer a certificate prepared
in good faith setting forth the basis and amount of each request by
the Agent or the Administrative Agent for such Taxes. Any such
certificate of a Class A Purchaser or Agent or the
Administrative Agent shall be conclusive absent manifest error.
Failure on the part of any Class A Purchaser or Agent or the
Administrative Agent to demand additional amounts pursuant to
subsection 2.5(a) of this Agreement with respect to any period
shall not constitute a waiver of the right of such Class A
Purchaser or Agent or the Administrative Agent, as the case may be,
to demand compensation with respect to such period. All such
amounts shall be due and payable to such Class A Purchaser
(through the applicable Agent) or Agent or the Administrative
Agent, as the case may be, on the Distribution Date following
receipt by the Issuer and the Servicer of such certificate, if such
certificate is received by the Issuer and the Servicer at least
five Business Days prior to the Determination Date related to such
Distribution Date and otherwise shall be due and payable on the
following Distribution Date (or, if earlier, on the Termination
Date).
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(c) Each Class A
Purchaser and each Participant holding an interest in Class A
Notes agrees that prior to the date on which the first interest or
fee payment hereunder is due thereto, it will deliver to the
Issuer, the Servicer, the Trustee, the applicable Agent and the
Administrative Agent (i) if such Class A Purchaser or
Participant is not incorporated under the laws of the United States
or any State thereof, two duly completed copies of the U.S.
Internal Revenue Service Form W-8ECI or Form W-8BEN claiming treaty
benefits, or in either case successor applicable forms required to
evidence that the Class A Purchaser or Participant is entitled
to receive payments under this Agreement and with respect to the
Class A Notes without deduction or withholding of any United
States federal income taxes, (ii) in the case of any other
Class A Purchaser or Participant, a duly completed U.S.
Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 or successor applicable or
required forms, and (iii) such other forms and information as
may be required to confirm the availability of any applicable
exemption from United States federal, state or local withholding
taxes. Each Class A Purchaser or Participant holding an
interest in Class A Notes also agrees to deliver to the
Issuer, the Servicer, the Trustee, the applicable Agent and the
Administrative Agent two further copies of such Form W-8ECI, Form
W-8BEN claiming treaty benefits or Form W-9, or such successor
applicable forms or other manner of certification, as the case may
be, on or before the date that any such form expires or becomes
obsolete or after the occurrence of any event requiring a change in
the most recent form previously delivered by it hereunder, and such
extensions or renewals thereof as may reasonably be requested by an
Agent or the Administrative Agent, unless in any such case, solely
as a result of a change in treaty, law or regulation occurring
prior to the date on which any such delivery would otherwise be
required, the Class A Purchaser is no longer eligible to
deliver then-applicable form set forth above and so advises the
Issuer, the applicable Agent and the Administrative Agent. Each
Class A Purchaser certifies, represents and warrants as of the
Closing Date, each Assignee and each Participant (in either case
other than a Support Party) shall certify, represent and warrant as
a condition of acquiring its Assignment or Participation as of the
effective date of the Transfer Supplement to which it is a party or
of such Participation, as the case may be, and each Support Party
shall certify, represent and warrant as of the effective date of
its becoming a Support Party, that (x) it is entitled to
receive payments under this Agreement and with respect to the
Class A Notes without deduction or withholding of any United
States federal income taxes and (y) it is entitled to an
exemption from United States backup withholding tax.
(d) Each Class A
Purchaser agrees that it shall use its reasonable efforts to
designate a different Investing Office if such designation will
eliminate or reduce any amount due under this Section 2.5 and
will not, in the reasonable opinion of such Class A Purchaser,
be unlawful or otherwise disadvantageous to such Class A
Purchaser or inconsistent with its policies or result in any
unreimbursed cost or expense to such Class A Purchaser. If
such amount is not eliminated by any such designation or no such
designation is done and the Class A Purchaser does not waive
payment of such amount, the Issuer shall have the right to procure
a replacement purchaser which is not so affected and which is
reasonably acceptable to the Agent for the related Purchaser Group
and the Administrative Agent (a “ Replacement
Purchaser ”) to replace such Class A Purchaser. No
replacement of a Class A Purchaser shall be effected pursuant
to this subsection 2.5(d) if, after giving effect thereto, any
amounts shall be owing to the replaced Class A Purchaser
hereunder. Each affected Class A Purchaser hereby agrees to
take all actions necessary to permit a Replacement Purchaser to
succeed to its rights and obligations hereunder.
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Notwithstanding the
foregoing, (i) if the Class A Purchaser being replaced
pursuant to this subsection is a Committed Purchaser, the
Replacement Purchaser shall be acceptable to the related
CP Conduit and (ii) if the Class A Purchaser being
replaced pursuant to this subsection is a CP Conduit, the
Replacement Purchaser shall be acceptable to all related Committed
Purchasers; and it shall be a condition of such replacement
Committed Purchaser that such Replacement Purchaser enter into
substitute Support Facilities for those to which the Class A
Purchaser being replaced is a party on terms mutually acceptable to
the parties thereto. In the event that a proposed Replacement
Purchaser designated by the Issuer and approved by the applicable
Agent and the Administrative Agent as provided in this subsection
is not acceptable to the applicable CP Conduit or the
applicable Committed Purchasers, as applicable, or has not within a
reasonable period entered into applicable Support Facilities, and
another replacement Class A Purchaser has not been promptly
procured as provided in this subsection with the consent of all
affected parties, then any Class A Purchaser which failed to
consent to such replacement or to enter into such Support
Facilities may be replaced by a Replacement Purchaser as provided
in this subsection.
SECTION 2.6.
Indemnification .
(a) Without limiting any
other rights which any such Person may have hereunder or under
applicable law, AmeriCredit hereby agrees to indemnify each of the
Administrative Agent, the Agents, and the Class A Purchasers,
and each other Affected Party and each of their Affiliates, and
each of their respective successors, transferees, participants and
assigns and all officers, directors, managers, shareholders,
controlling persons, employees, members and agents of any of the
foregoing (each of the foregoing Persons being individually called
an “ Indemnitee ”), forthwith on demand, from
and against any and all damages, losses, claims, liabilities and
related costs and expenses, including reasonable attorneys’
fees and disbursements (all of the foregoing being collectively
called “ Indemnified Amounts ”) awarded against
or incurred by any of them arising out of or relating to any
Transaction Document or the transactions contemplated thereby or
the use of proceeds therefrom by the Issuer, including (without
limitation) in respect of the funding of any Borrowing or in
respect of any Receivable, excluding , however ,
(a) Indemnified Amounts to the extent determined by a court of
competent jurisdiction to have resulted from gross negligence or
willful misconduct on the part of such Indemnitee or its agent or
subcontractor, (b) except as otherwise provided herein,
non-payment by any obligor of an amount due and payable with
respect to a Receivable, (c) any loss in value of any Financed
Vehicle or Eligible Investment due to changes in market conditions
or for other reasons beyond the control of AmeriCredit or the
Issuer, (d) any Excluded Tax or (e) any amount which
represents legal, accounting or other costs incurred by any
Indemnitee in respect of any legal action between such Indemnitee
and AmeriCredit or any Affiliate of AmeriCredit if a court of
competent jurisdiction makes a final determination that AmeriCredit
is the prevailing party. Without limiting the foregoing, but
subject to the exclusions (a) through (e) above,
AmeriCredit agrees to indemnify each Indemnitee for Indemnified
Amounts arising out of or relating to:
(i) the breach of any
representation or warranty made by the Issuer, either Seller (or
any of its officers) or AmeriCredit (in any capacity) or any
Affiliate of
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AmeriCredit under or in
connection with this Agreement or the other Basic Documents, any
Servicer’s Certificate, Borrowing Notice or any other
information, report or certificate delivered by the Issuer, either
Seller, Servicer or AmeriCredit (in any capacity) or an Affiliate
of AmeriCredit pursuant hereto or thereto, which shall have been
false or incorrect in any material respect when made or deemed
made;
(ii) the failure by the
Issuer, either Seller, the Servicer or AmeriCredit (in any
capacity) to comply in any material way with any applicable law,
rule or regulation with respect to any Receivable or any Financed
Vehicle, or the nonconformity of any Receivable with any such
applicable law, rule or regulation;
(iii) the failure to vest and
maintain vested in the Trust Collateral Agent, for the benefit of
the Noteholders, a first-priority security interest in all the
Collateral, free and clear of any Lien;
(iv) any dispute, claim,
offset or defense (other than discharge in bankruptcy) of an
Obligor to the payment of any Receivable (including, without
limitation, a defense based on such Receivable not being a legal,
valid and binding obligation of such Obligor enforceable against it
in accordance with its terms);
(v) any failure of
AmeriCredit or an Affiliate of AmeriCredit, as Servicer, to perform
its duties or obligations in accordance with the provisions of the
Sale and Servicing Agreement or any provision contained in any
other Basic Document;
(vi) any claim involving
products liability that arises out of or relates to merchandise or
services that are the subject of any Receivable or strict liability
claim in connection with any Financed Vehicle related to a
Receivable;
(vii) any tax or governmental
fee or charge (but not including any Excluded Taxes), all interest
and penalties thereon or with respect thereto, and all
out-of-pocket costs and expenses, including the reasonable fees and
expenses of counsel in defending against the same, which may arise
by reason of the making, maintenance or funding, directly or
indirectly, of any Borrowing, or any other interest in the
Collateral;
(viii) the offering or sale
of the Notes or the offering or effectuation of any Take-Out
Securitization;
(ix) the commingling of the
proceeds of the Collateral at any time with other funds;
or
(x) the occurrence of a CP
Conduit Consolidation Event.
If for any reason (other than
the exclusions (a) through (e) set forth in the first
paragraph of this Section 2.6(a) ) the indemnification
provided above in this Section 2.6(a) is unavailable to
an Indemnitee or is insufficient to hold an Indemnitee harmless,
then AmeriCredit shall contribute to the amount paid or payable by
such Indemnitee as a result of such loss, claim, damage or
liability in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not
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