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Exhibit
10.2
SERIES 2007-A NOTE PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
Between
BROOKE MASTER TRUST LLC
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as Issuer,
and
FIFTH THIRD BANK,
as Purchaser
dated as of December 10,
2007
TABLE OF
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ARTICLE I
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DEFINITIONS |
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Section 1.1
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Certain Defined Terms
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Section 1.2
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Other Definitional Provisions
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ARTICLE II
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PURCHASE
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Section 2.1
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Purchase and Sale of the Series 2007-A
Notes
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Section 2.2
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Initial Purchase Price
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Section 2.3
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Increases
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Section 2.4
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Extension of Purchase Expiration
Date
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Section 2.5
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Calculation of Monthly
Interest
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Section 2.6
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Benefits of Series 2007-A
Indenture
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Section 2.7
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Broken Funding
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Section 2.8
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Illegality
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Section 2.9
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Inability to Determine LIBO
Rate
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Section 2.10
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Fees
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ARTICLE III
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CLOSING |
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Section 3.1
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Closing
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Section 3.2
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Transactions to be Effected at the
Closing
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ARTICLE IV
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CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO PURCHASE ON THE SERIES 2007-A CLOSING
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Section 4.1
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Conditions Precedent to
Closing
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Section 4.2
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Waiver
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ARTICLE V
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ISSUER |
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Section 5.1
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Representations and Warranties of the
Issuer
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Section 5.2
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Reaffirmation of Representations and
Warranties by the Issuer
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ARTICLE VI
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES WITH RESPECT TO THE
PURCHASER |
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Section 6.1
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Securities Laws; Transfer
Restrictions
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Section 6.2
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Enforceability
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ARTICLE VII
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COVENANTS |
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Section 7.1
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Financial Covenants
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Section 7.2
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Monthly Noteholders’ Statement;
Notice of Adverse Effect
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Section 7.3
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Further Assurances
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Section 7.4
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Modifications to Series 2007-A
Transaction Documents
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Section 7.5
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Expenses
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Section 7.6
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Term Series; Series 2007-A Series
Performance Provisions
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Section 7.7
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Reorganizations and Transfers
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ARTICLE VIII
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INDEMNIFICATION
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Section 8.1
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General Indemnity of the
Issuer
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Section 8.2
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Contribution
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Section 8.3
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Indemnity for Reserves and
Expenses
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Section 8.4
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Indemnity for Taxes
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Section 8.5
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Other Costs, Expenses and Related
Matters
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ARTICLE IX
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EVENTS OF DEFAULT
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Section 9.1
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Events of Default
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Section 9.2
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Master Agent Servicer Default
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ARTICLE X
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MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 10.1
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Amendments
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Section 10.2
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Notices
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Section 10.3
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Costs, Expenses and Taxes
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Section 10.4
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No Waiver; Remedies
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Section 10.5
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Binding Effect; Assignability
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Section 10.6
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Confidentiality
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Section 10.7
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GOVERNING LAW; JURISDICTION
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Section 10.8
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Waiver of Trial by Jury
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Section 10.9
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No Proceedings
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Section 10.10
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Execution in Counterparts
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Section 10.11
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No Recourse
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TABLE OF
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Section 10.12
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Survival
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Section 10.13
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Recourse
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Section 10.14
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ENTIRE AGREEMENT
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Section 10.15
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Severability
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Section 10.16
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Captions and Cross References
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This SERIES 2007-A NOTE
PURCHASE AGREEMENT is entered into as of December 10, 2007,
between BROOKE MASTER TRUST LLC, a Delaware limited liability
company (together with its successors and assigns, the “
Issuer ”), and Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio banking
corporation (in its individual capacity, “ Fifth Third
” and as purchaser under the Series 2007-A Note Purchase
Agreement, and together with its successors and assigns, the
“ Purchaser ”) and agreed to and acknowledged by
Brooke Warehouse Funding, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company
and Brooke Credit Corporation, a Delaware corporation (as the same
may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified, from
time to time, the “ Series 2007-A Note Purchase
Agreement ”).
The parties hereto agree as
follows:
RECITALS
WHEREAS, the Issuer will
issue the variable funding notes pursuant to a Master Trust
Indenture, dated as of the date hereof (as the same may be amended,
restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to time, the
“ Master Trust Indenture ”), between the Issuer
and The Bank of New York, a New York banking corporation as trustee
(in such capacity, together with its successors and permitted
assigns in such capacity, the “ Trustee ”), as
supplemented by the Series 2007-A Supplement dated as of the date
hereof, between the Issuer and the Trustee (as the same may be
amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from time to
time, the “ Series 2007-A Supplement ” and,
together with the Master Trust Indenture, the “ Series
2007-A Indenture ”); and
WHEREAS, the Purchaser
desires to purchase such variable funding notes (the “
Notes ”), from time to time, in accordance with the
terms hereunder.
NOW, THEREFORE, for full and
fair consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1 Certain
Defined Terms . Capitalized terms used herein, but not herein
defined, shall have the meanings set forth in the Series 2007-A
Indenture. Additionally, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
“ Actual Annualized
Net Loss Rate ” means the following, expressed as a
percentage, determined as of the last day of the calendar month
immediately preceding each Determination Date, equal to
(i) the product of (a) the aggregate Unpaid
Principal Balance of all Loans that became Defaulted Loans during
the third preceding Settlement Period (such Unpaid Principal
Balance being determined as of the last day of such third preceding
Settlement Period without giving effect to any charge-off of such
Loans), less the amount of recoveries on such Defaulted Loans
actually received by the Issuer from the last day of the third
preceding Settlement Period through the Determination Date and
(b) 12, divided by (ii) the Eligible Loan Balance
as of the first day of such third preceding Settlement
Period.
“ Additional
Amounts ” means all amounts owed by the Issuer pursuant
to Section 2.10 and ARTICLE VIII hereof, plus
all applicable Breakage Amounts.
“ Affected Party
” has the meaning specified in Section 8.3(a)(i)
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“ Aggregate
Purchaser Funded Amount ” means, on any date of
determination an amount equal to (a) the Initial Purchase
Price, plus (b) the aggregate amount of all Increases
made prior to such date of determination, minus (c) the
aggregate amount of principal payments (including, without
limitation, any Decreases or Loan Transfers) in respect of the
Notes made to and received by, or on behalf of, the Purchaser prior
to such date.
“ Alternate Rate
” means, for any Note not funded at the CP Rate and with
respect to any Settlement Period (or portion thereof), (a) an
interest rate per annum equal to (i) one and one half of one
percent (1.50%) plus (ii) the Program Fee
plus (iii) the LIBO Rate for such Settlement
Period; provided , however , that if
(x) a Eurocurrency Disruption Event occurs, or (y) there
are fewer than two (2) Business Days prior to the commencement
of an applicable Settlement Period to determine a LIBO Rate in
accordance with its terms, then the “Alternate Rate”
shall be equal to the Base Rate in effect for each day during the
remainder of such Settlement Period plus the Program Fee or
(b) if requested by the Issuer, an interest rate per annum
equal to the Base Rate for such Settlement Period plus the Program
Fee.
“ Annualized Default
Rate ” means the following, expressed as a percentage,
determined as of the last day of each Settlement Period equal to
(i) the product of (a) the aggregate Unpaid Principal
Balance of all Loans that became Defaulted Loans during such
Settlement Period (such Unpaid Principal Balance being determined
without giving effect to any charge-off of such Loans) and
(b) 12, divided by (ii) the Eligible Loan Balance as of
the first day of such Settlement Period.
“ Assignee
” means any special purpose vehicle issuing indebtedness in
the commercial paper market that is administered by the
Purchaser.
“ Assignee
Purchaser ” has the meaning specified in
Section 10.5(b) .
“ Assignment and
Acceptance ” means an assignment and acceptance agreement
entered into by a Purchaser and a permitted Assignee, pursuant to
which such Assignee may become a party to this Series 2007-A Note
Purchase Agreement.
“ Base Rate
” means, with respect to any Funding Tranche funded or
maintained by any Purchaser other than by reference to the LIBO
Rate or through the issuance of Commercial Paper, a fluctuating
interest rate per annum, as shall be in effect from time to time,
which rate shall be at all times equal to the greater
of:
(a) the rate of interest in
effect for such day as publicly announced from time to time by
Fifth Third in Cincinnati, Ohio as its “prime rate.”
Such “prime rate” as set by Fifth Third based upon
various factors, including Fifth Third’s costs
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and desired return, general
economic conditions and other factors, and is used as a reference
point for pricing some loans, which may be priced at, above or
below such announced rate, and
(b) 0.50% per annum
above the latest Federal Funds Rate.
“ Blended Rate
” means, with respect to any Funding Tranche funded or
maintained through the issuance of Commercial Paper, the rate
equivalent to the weighted average of (i) the weighted average
of the discount rates on all of the Purchaser’s Commercial
Paper issued at a discount and outstanding during the related Fixed
Period, converted to an annual yield-equivalent rate on the basis
of a 360-day year, which rates shall include dealer fees and
commissions and (ii) the weighted average of the annual
interest rates payable on all interest-bearing Commercial Paper
outstanding during the related Fixed Period, on the basis of a
360-day year, which rates shall include dealer fees and
commissions; provided , that to the extent the Notes (or any
portion thereof) are funded by a specific issuance of Commercial
Paper, the “Blended Rate” shall equal the rate or
weighted average of the rates applicable to such
issuance.
“ Block Event
” means an event or circumstance that, after the giving of
notice or lapse of time or both, would give rise to an Event of
Default, Pay Out Event, Servicer Default or Subservicer
Default.
“ Breakage
Amounts ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.7 hereof.
“ Closing
” has the meaning specified in Section 3.1
hereof.
“ Commercial
Paper ” means the short-term promissory notes of the
Purchaser (or an Assignee) issued by the Conduit Purchaser (or an
Assignee) in the United States commercial paper market.
“ Commitment
” has the meaning specified in Section 10.5(b)
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“ Conduit
Purchaser ” means Fountain Square.
“ Consolidated Net
Income ” means, with reference to any period and any
Person, the net income (or loss) of such Person and its
Subsidiaries calculated on a consolidated basis for such period in
accordance with GAAP.
“ CP Rate
” for any Fixed Period for any Funding Tranche means, to the
extent the Conduit Purchaser funds such Funding Tranche for such
Fixed Period by issuing Commercial Paper, an interest rate per
annum equal to (a) the Program Fee plus
(b) the per annum rate equivalent to the “weighted
average cost” (as defined below) related to the issuance of
Fountain Square’s notes that are allocated, in whole or in
part, by Fountain Square (or by the Purchaser) to fund or maintain
such Funding Tranche (and which may also be allocated in part to
the funding of other Funding Tranches hereunder or of other assets
of Fountain Square); provided , however
, that if any component of such rate is a discount rate, in
calculating the “CP Rate” for such Funding Tranche,
Fountain Square shall, for such component, use the rate resulting
from converting such discount rate to an interest bearing
equivalent rate per annum. As used in this definition, Fountain
Square’s “weighted average cost” shall consist of
(x) the actual interest rate (or discount)
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paid to purchasers of Fountain
Square’s notes, together with the commissions of placement
agents and dealers in respect of such notes, to the extent such
commissions are allocated, in whole or in part, to such notes by
Fountain Square (or by the Purchaser) plus (y) any
incremental carrying costs incurred with respect to Fountain
Square’s notes maturing on dates other than those on which
corresponding funds are received by Fountain Square.
“ Event of
Default ” means any Event of Default pursuant to the
Master Trust Indenture and any Event of Default listed in
Section 9.1 .
“ Federal Bankruptcy
Code ” means the bankruptcy code of the United States of
America codified in Title 11 of the United States Code.
“ Federal Funds
Rate ” means, for any period, a fluctuating interest rate
per annum equal for each day during such period to the weighted
average of the rates on overnight Federal funds transactions with
members of the Federal Reserve System arranged by Federal funds
brokers, as published for such day (or, if such day is not a
Business Day, for the preceding Business Day) by the Federal
Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so published for
any day which is a Business Day, the average of the quotations for
such day on such transactions received by the Purchaser from three
Federal funds brokers of recognized standing selected by the
Purchaser.
“ Federal Reserve
Board ” means the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, or any entity succeeding to any of its principal
functions.
“ Fee Letter
” means the Fee Letter dated as of March 30, 2007, as
amended and restated as of December 10, 2007, from the Issuer
to the Purchaser setting forth certain fees payable by the Issuer
in connection with the purchase of the Notes.
“ Fifth Third
” means Fifth Third Bank, an Ohio banking corporation,
together with its successors and permitted assigns.
“ Fixed Period
” means, with respect to a Funding Tranche, a period selected
by the Purchaser in its sole discretion; provided ,
that
(i) any Fixed Period with
respect to any Funding Tranche not funded by the issuance of
Commercial Paper which would otherwise end on a day which is not a
Business Day shall be extended to the next succeeding Business Day;
provided , however , if interest in respect of such
Fixed Period is computed by reference to the LIBO Rate, and such
Fixed Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business
Day, and there is no subsequent Business Day in the same calendar
month as such day, such Fixed Period shall end on the next
preceding Business Day;
(ii) any Fixed Period with
respect to any Funding Tranche not funded by the issuance of
Commercial Paper will be for a term of less than or equal to 40
days; and
(iii) any Fixed Period in
respect of which interest is computed by reference to the CP Rate
may be terminated at the election of the Purchaser at any time, and
upon notice thereof to the Issuer by the Purchaser, in which case
the Funding Tranche allocated to such terminated Fixed Period shall
be allocated to a new Fixed Period and shall accrue interest at the
Base Rate.
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“ Fountain
Square ” means Fountain Square Commercial Funding Corp.,
a Delaware corporation and its successors and permitted
assigns.
“ Funding
Tranche ” means one or more portions of the Aggregate
Purchaser Funded Amount used to fund or maintain the Notes that
accrue interest by reference to different interest
rates.
“ Governmental
Actions ” means any and all consents, approvals, permits,
orders, authorizations, waivers, exceptions, variances, exemptions
or licenses of, or registrations, declarations or filings with, any
Governmental Authority required under any Governmental
Rules.
“ Governmental
Rules ” means any and all laws, statutes, codes, rules,
regulations, ordinances, orders, writs, decrees and injunctions, of
any Governmental Authority and any and all legally binding
conditions, standards, prohibitions, requirements and judgments of
any Governmental Authority.
“ Increase
Amount ” means the amount requested by the Issuer to be
funded by the Purchaser on an Increase Date.
“ Increase Date
” means a date on which any Increase occurs.
“ Indemnified
Amounts ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.1 hereof.
“ Indemnified
Party ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.1 hereof.
“ Initial Purchase
Price ” has the meaning specified in
Section 2.2 hereof.
“ Initial Series
2007-A Note Principal ” means $142,612,512.69.
“ Issuer Indemnified
Amounts ” has the meaning specified in
Section 8.2(b) hereof.
“ Insurance Company
Concentration ” means, at any time with respect to any
insurance company, the percentage of the total monthly commissions
paid to the Master Agent in respect of the Loans during the
preceding six (6) calendar month period represented by
commissions payable in respect of policies issued by such insurance
company. For purposes of the foregoing, each insurance company and
its Affiliates shall be treated as a single insurance
company.
“ Insurance Company
Concentration Limit ” means (i) with respect to any
insurance company that has a long-term senior unsecured debt rating
of at least “A2” from Moody’s, 30%,
(ii) with respect to Bristol West Casualty Insurance Company,
for so long as Bristol West Casualty Insurance Company maintains a
long-term senior unsecured debt rating of not less than
“Baa1” from Moody’s, 7%, (iii) with respect
to The Travelers Companies, Inc, so long as The Travelers
Companies, Inc maintains a long-term senior unsecured debt rating
of not less than “Baa1” from Moody’s, 10%, and
(iv) with respect to any other insurance company,
5%.
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“ Insurance Company
Trigger ” means, with respect to any insurance company,
that the Insurance Company Concentration for such insurance company
exceeds the applicable Insurance Company Concentration Limit and
such circumstance shall have remained unremedied for more than
eight (8) months.
“ Master Agent
Servicer Default ” has the meaning specified in
Section 9.2 .
“ Master Trust
Administrator Default ” has the meaning specified in
Section 12.4 of the Master Trust Indenture.
“ Maximum Principal
Amount ” means $150,000,000.
“ Note Rate
” means, with respect to each Interest Period, a variable
rate per annum equal to the rate determined therefor by the
Purchaser (based on any and all amounts which constitute Series
2007-A Financing Costs with respect to such Interest
Period).
“ Notice of
Increase ” means a written notice of an Increase in the
form of Exhibit A hereto.
“ Participant
” has the meaning specified in Section 10.5(c)
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“ Performance
Provisions ” means, (x) with respect to the Series
2007-A Supplement, the provisions thereof, if any, pertaining to
(i) the Minimum Issuer Interest, (ii) the size and
characteristics of the subordinated classes of Notes, or
(iii) the Pay Out Events set forth in clauses (e), (f),
(g) or (solely to the extent applicable or available to the
Purchaser hereunder) (h) of Section 8.1 thereof;
and (y) with respect to the Supplement for the first Series of
term Notes, provisions thereof comparable in nature to those set
forth in clause (x) and any other provisions intended to test
the performance of the Loans or enhance the Notes issued
thereunder.
“ Program Fee
” has the meaning specified in the Fee Letter.
“ Purchase
Expiration Date ” means September 15,
2009.
“ Purchaser
” means Fifth Third, and any Assignee Purchaser that becomes
a party to this Series 2007-A Note Purchase Agreement pursuant to
Section 10.5 hereof.
“ Purchaser
Percentage ” of any Purchaser shall initially mean 100%
and thereafter (a) with respect to Fifth Third, the percentage
set forth on the signature page to this Series 2007-A Note Purchase
Agreement as may be changed by each Assignment and Acceptance
entered into with an assignor or assignee, as the case may be, or
(b) with respect to an Assignee Purchaser that has entered
into an Assignment and Acceptance, the percentage set forth therein
as such Assignee Purchaser’s Purchaser Percentage, or such
percentage as may be changed by each Assignment and Acceptance
entered into between such Assignee Purchaser and an
assignor.
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“ RFA Outstanding
Amounts ” means any amount payable by Brooke Acceptance
Company 2007-1 LLC to the Purchaser pursuant to the Amended and
Restated Receivables Financing Agreement dated as of March 30,
2007 among Brooke Acceptance Company 2007-1 LLC, BWF, BCC and Fifth
Third.
“ Series 2007-A
” has the meaning specified in the Series 2007-A
Supplement.
“ Series 2007-A
Closing Date ” has the meaning specified in
Section 3.1 .
“ Series 2007-A
Financing Costs ” means, with respect to any Interest
Period, the sum of (x) the Series 2007-A Interest Component
for such Interest Period, and (y) the Additional Amounts
accrued during such Interest Period.
“ Series 2007-A
Indenture ” means the Master Trust Indenture together
with the Series 2007-A Supplement.
“ Series 2007-A
Interest Component ” means, with respect to any Interest
Period:
(x) the weighted average of
the rates applicable to all Funding Tranches outstanding during all
or part of such Interest Period (determined as of each day in such
Interest Period), each such rate being (a) to the extent the
Purchaser (or an Assignee) is funding such Funding Tranche during
such period through the issuance of Commercial Paper, the CP Rate,
and (b) to the extent any Purchaser is funding such Funding
Tranche during such period at the Alternate Rate, a rate per
annum (expressed as a percentage and an interest yield
equivalent and calculated on the basis of a 360-day year and the
actual days elapsed) equal to the LIBO Rate or Base Rate, as
applicable with respect to such Funding Tranche (as determined in
the sole discretion of the Purchaser); provided , that on
any day after the occurrence and continuance of any Servicer
Default, Subservicer Default, Pay Out Event or any other Event of
Default, the rate applicable to each such Funding Tranche shall be
2% per annum above the Base Rate in effect on such
day; provided , however , that interest for any
Funding Tranche shall not be considered paid by any distribution to
the extent that all or a portion of such distribution is rescinded
or must otherwise be returned for any reason;
times
(y) the average daily
Aggregate Purchaser Funded Amount for such Interest Period;
times
(z) a fraction, the numerator
of which is the number of days in such Interest Period and the
denominator of which is 360 (or, if such Series 2007-A Interest
Component is calculated by reference to the Base Rate, 365 or 366,
as applicable).
“ Series 2007-A
Noteholders ” means each Holder of a variable funding
note relating to the Series 2007-A issued from time to time
pursuant to the terms of the Series 2007-A Indenture.
“ Series 2007-A Note
Purchase Agreement ” means this Series 2007-A Note
Purchase Agreement between the Issuer and Fifth Third as the same
may be amended, restated, supplemented or otherwise modified from
time to time.
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“ Series 2007-A
Transaction Documents ” means (i) the Master Trust
Indenture, (ii) the Series 2007-A Supplement, (iii) this
Series 2007-A Note Purchase Agreement, (iv) the Notes,
(v) the Performance Guaranty, (vi) the Intercreditor
Agreement, (vii) the Letter Agreement, (viii) the Cost
Allocation Agreement, (ix) the Fee Letter, (x) the
Purchase and Sale Agreement, (xi) the Loan Purchase Agreement,
(xii) the Servicing Agreement, (xiii) the Backup
Servicing Agreement, (xiv) the Subservicing Agreement,
(xv) the Subservicing Agreement (Allstate Loans),
(xvi) the Master Agent Servicing Agreement, (xvii) the
Backup Master Agent Servicing Agreement, (xviii) the Custodial
Agreement, (xix) the Master Agent Security Agreement,
(xx) the Subordination Agreement, (xxi) the Collection
Account Agreement, (xxii) the Account Intercreditor Agreement,
(xxiii) the Account Intercreditor Agreement (Allstate Receipts
Trust Account), (xxiv) each Officer’s Certificate
required pursuant to any Series 2007-A Transaction Document,
(xxv) each Opinion required pursuant to any Series 2007-A
Transaction Document and (xvi) all powers of attorney that are
required under the Series 2007-A Indenture, in each case in effect
on the date hereof or as modified in accordance with the terms of
the Series 2007-A Transaction Documents.
“ Taxes ”
has the meaning specified in Section 8.4 .
“ Transfer
Supplement ” has the meaning specified in Section
10.5(b).
“ Trust Assets
” means all of the Issuer’s right, title and interest
in and to all Loans, Related Security, Loan Documents, Collections
and all proceeds relating to the foregoing and all of the other
collateral which is part of the Trust Estate or otherwise pledged
to the Trustee for the benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to
the Series 2007-A Indenture.
“
Undercollateralization Event ” means, on any date of
determination, that the aggregate Unpaid Principal Balance of the
Notes exceeds the Coverage Test, provided that if such excess
results from a reduction in the Coverage Rate, such event shall not
be deemed to occur within three (3) months after the date of
such reduction in the Coverage Rate.
Section 1.2 Other
Definitional Provisions . (a) All terms defined in this
Series 2007-A Note Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings
defined herein when used in any certificate or other document made
or delivered pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined
therein.
(b) As used herein and in any
certificate or other document made or delivered pursuant hereto or
thereto, accounting terms not defined in Section 1.1 ,
and accounting terms partially defined in Section 1.1
to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given
to them under GAAP. To the extent that the definitions of
accounting terms herein are inconsistent with the meanings of such
terms under generally accepted accounting principles, the
definitions contained herein shall control.
(c) The words
“hereof,” “herein” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Series 2007-A Note Purchase Agreement shall refer to this
Series 2007-A Note Purchase Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Series 2007-A Note Purchase Agreement;
and Section, subsection, Schedule and Exhibit references contained
in this Series 2007-A Note Purchase Agreement are references to
Sections, subsections, the Schedules and Exhibits in or to this
Series 2007-A Note Purchase Agreement unless otherwise
specified.
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ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND SALE
Section 2.1 Purchase
and Sale of the Series 2007-A Notes . On the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth in this Series 2007-A Note Purchase
Agreement, and in reliance on the covenants, representations,
warranties and agreements herein set forth, the Issuer shall offer
to sell to the Purchaser, and the Purchaser shall purchase at the
Closing the Notes in an initial outstanding aggregate principal
amount equal to the Initial Series 2007-A Note
Principal.
Section 2.2 Initial
Purchase Price . The Notes are to be purchased at a price (the
“ Initial Purchase Price ”) equal to 100% of the
Initial Series 2007-A Note Principal.
Section 2.3
Increases . (a) Subject to the terms and conditions of
this Series 2007-A Note Purchase Agreement and the Series 2007-A
Supplement, from time to time, prior to the Purchase Expiration
Date, upon receipt of a Notice of Increase, the Purchaser, in
its sole and absolute discretion, may make Increases.
(b) Each Increase shall be
subject to the further conditions precedent that:
(i) no later than the
Business Day prior to the date of such Increase, the Issuer shall
have delivered to the Purchaser, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Purchaser, a completed Coverage Test
Certificate containing information accurate as of a date no more
than two (2) Business Days prior to the date of such
Increase;
(ii) on the date of such
Increase, the following statements shall be true and correct as of
the date of such Increase (and the Issuer shall be deemed to have
represented and warranted to the Purchaser that the following
statements are true and correct as of the date of such
Increase):
(1) after giving effect to
such Increase, the representations and warranties contained in
ARTICLE V and the representations and warranties of the
other Brooke Parties contained in the Series 2007-A Transaction
Documents are true and correct on and as of such date as though
made on and as of such date;
(2) no Material Adverse
Effect has occurred or is expected to occur;
(3) no event has occurred and
is continuing, or would result from such Increase, which
constitutes a Default or Event of Default;
(4) the Amortization
Commencement Date has not occurred;
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(5) the Purchase Expiration
Date has not occurred;
(6) the Purchaser shall have
received a completed Notice of Increase with respect to such
proposed Increase, not later than 11:00 a.m. (New York time) two
(2) Business Days prior to the date of such Increase. Each
Notice of Increase shall specify (A) the aggregate amount of
such Increase, which shall be in an amount greater than or equal to
$250,000 and (B) the date of such Increase. Each such Notice
of Increase shall be: (i) in the form of Exhibit A
hereto, (ii) irrevocable, notwithstanding the failure of the
Purchaser to provide any written request therefore or written
confirmation thereof, (iii) effective upon receipt by the
Purchaser and (iv) delivered in writing to the Purchaser by
facsimile or email transmission. Any such notice received by the
Purchaser after 12:00 p.m. New York City time will be deemed to
have been delivered on the following Business Day. Only four
(4) such notices may be delivered by the Issuer during any
calendar month. On the date specified for such Increase in such
notice, the Purchaser shall, upon satisfaction of the applicable
conditions set forth in ARTICLE IV , make available to the
Issuer in same day funds, the amount of such Increase by payment to
the account which the Issuer has designated in writing;
(7) no Insurance Company
Trigger has occurred and is continuing; and
(iii) after giving effect to
such Increase, all Loans included in the calculation of the
Coverage Test shall be Eligible Loans .
(c) The acceptance of any
Increase by the Issuer shall be deemed to be a representation and
warranty by the Issuer to the Purchaser that all conditions
precedent set forth in this Section 2.3 and ARTICLE
IV applicable to such Increase shall have been fulfilled or
waived in writing by the Purchaser.
(d) Each Increase of the
Notes shall be requested integral multiples of $250,000; provided,
that an Increase may be requested in the entire remaining Maximum
Principal Amount.
(e) The purchase price of
each Increase shall be equal to 100% of the Increase Amount, and
shall be paid not later than 3:00 p.m. New York City time on the
Increase Date by wire transfer of immediately available funds to
such account as may from time to time be specified by the Issuer by
written notice to the Purchaser.
(f) All conditions set forth
in Section 2.2(b) of the Series 2007-A Supplement, to
the extent applicable, shall have been satisfied at such
time.
Section 2.4 Extension
of Purchase Expiration Date . The Issuer may advise the
Purchaser in writing of its desire to extend the Purchase
Expiration Date for an additional 365 days; provided such
request is made not more than 90 days prior to, and not less than
60 days prior to, the then current Purchase Expiration Date. The
Purchaser shall notify the Issuer in writing, within 45 days after
its
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receipt of such request by the Issuer,
whether the Purchaser approves of such extension (it being
understood that the Purchaser may approve or disapprove of such
request in its sole discretion) and, to the extent the Purchaser
approves such extension, the Issuer, the Purchaser shall enter into
such documents as the Purchaser may deem necessary or appropriate
to reflect such extension, and all reasonable costs and expenses
incurred by the Purchaser in connection therewith (including
reasonable attorneys’ costs) shall be paid by the Issuer; it
being understood, that the failure of the Purchaser to so notify
the Issuer as set forth above shall not be deemed to be a consent
to such request for extension.
Section 2.5
Calculation of Monthly Interest .
(a) On the Business Day
immediately prior to each Series Transfer Date, the Purchaser shall
calculate, for the applicable Interest Period, the aggregate
Monthly Interest for each Funding Tranche (such Monthly Interest to
be calculated using the Note Rate, if necessary, for the remaining
days in such Interest Period).
(b) The Issuer agrees to pay,
and the Issuer agrees to instruct the Servicer and the Trustee to
pay, all amounts payable by the Issuer with respect to the Notes,
this Series 2007-A Note Purchase Agreement and the Series 2007-A
Supplement to the account designated by the Purchaser. All such
amounts shall be paid no later than noon, New York City time, on
the day when due as determined in accordance with this Series
2007-A Note Purchase Agreement, the Series 2007-A Indenture and the
other Series 2007-A Transaction Documents, in lawful money of the
United States in immediately available funds. Amounts received
after that time shall be deemed to have been received on the next
Business Day and shall bear interest at 2% per annum
above the Base Rate then in effect, which interest shall be payable
on demand.
Section 2.6 Benefits
of Series 2007-A Indenture . The Issuer hereby acknowledges and
confirms that each representation, warranty, covenant and agreement
made pursuant to the Series 2007-A Indenture by the Issuer to the
Trustee is (unless such representation, warranty, covenant or
agreement specifically states otherwise), also made herein, all for
the benefit and security of the Purchaser.
Section 2.7 Broken
Funding . In the event of (i) the payment of any principal
of any Funding Tranche (other than a Funding Tranche on which the
interest is computed by reference to the Base Rate) other than on
the last day of the Fixed Period applicable thereto (including as a
result of the occurrence of the Pay Out Commencement Date or an
optional prepayment of a Funding Tranche), or (ii) any failure
to borrow, continue or prepay any Funding Tranche (other than a
Funding Tranche on which the interest is computed by reference to
the Base Rate) on the date specified in any notice delivered
pursuant hereto; the Issuer shall compensate the Purchaser for the
loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. Such loss, cost
or expense to the Purchaser shall be deemed to include an amount
(the “ Breakage Amount ”) determined by the
Purchaser to be the excess, if any, of (i) the amount of
interest which would have accrued on the principal amount of such
Funding Tranche had such event not occurred, at the interest rate
that would have been applicable to such Funding Tranche, for the
period from the date of such event to the last day of the Fixed
Period (or, in the case of a failure to borrow for the period that
would have been the related Fixed Period), over (ii) the
amount of interest which would be obtainable upon redeployment or
reinvestment of an amount of funds equal to such Funding Tranche
for such period. A certificate
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of the Purchaser incurring any loss,
cost or expense as a result of any of the events specified in this
Section 2.7 and setting forth any amount or amounts
that the Purchaser is entitled to receive pursuant to this
Section 2.7 and the reason(s) therefor shall be
delivered to the Issuer by the Purchaser and shall include
reasonably detailed calculations and shall be deemed conclusive
absent manifest error. The Issuer shall pay to the Purchaser the
amount shown as due on any such certificate on the first Payment
Date which is not less than three (3) Business Days after
receipt thereof.
Section 2.8
Illegality . Notwithstanding anything in this Series 2007-A
Note Purchase Agreement or any other Series 2007-A Transaction
Document to the contrary, if, after the Series 2007-A Closing Date,
the adoption of any Law or bank regulatory guideline or any
amendment or change in the interpretation of any existing or future
Law or bank regulatory guideline by any Governmental Authority
charged with the administration, interpretation or application
thereof, or the compliance with any directive of any Governmental
Authority (in the case of any bank regulatory guideline, whether or
not having the force of Law), shall make it unlawful for the
Purchaser (or its liquidity and credit support providers, if
applicable) to acquire or maintain a Funding Tranche by reference
to the LIBO Rate as contemplated by this Series 2007-A Note
Purchase Agreement, (i) the Purchaser (or any liquidity and/or
credit support provider of the Purchaser, as the case may be)
shall, within forty-five (45) days after receiving actual
knowledge thereof, deliver a certificate to the Issuer (with a copy
to the Purchaser) setting forth the basis for such illegality,
which certificate shall be deemed conclusive absent manifest error,
and (ii) the Purchaser’s portion of any Funding Tranche
maintained by reference to the LIBO Rate then outstanding shall be
converted automatically to a Funding Tranche maintained by
reference to the Base Rate.
Section 2.9 Inability
to Determine LIBO Rate . If, prior to the first day of any
Interest Period relating to any Funding Tranche maintained by
reference to the LIBO Rate:
(a) the Purchaser shall have
determined (which determination in the absence of manifest error
shall be deemed conclusive and binding upon the Issuer) that, by
reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and
reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the LIBO Rate for
such Interest Period; or
(b) the Purchaser (or any
liquidity and/or credit support provider of the Purchaser, as the
case may be) shall have determined that the LIBO Rate determined or
to be determined for such Interest Period will not adequately and
fairly reflect the cost to the Purchaser (or any liquidity and/or
credit support provider of the Purchaser, as the case may be) (as
conclusively certified by such Person) of purchasing or maintaining
their affected portions of such Funding Tranches during such
Interest Period;
then, in either such event, the
Purchaser shall give telecopy or telephonic notice thereof
(confirmed in writing) to the Issuer as soon as practicable (but,
in any event, within thirty (30) days after such determination
or notice, as applicable) thereafter. Until such notice has been
withdrawn by the Purchaser, no further Funding Tranches shall be
funded or maintained at the LIBO Rate. The Purchaser agrees to
withdraw any such notice as soon as reasonably practicable after
the Purchaser is notified of a change in circumstances which makes
such notice inapplicable.
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Section 2.10 Fees
. The Issuer shall pay to the Purchaser when due and in accordance
with the provisions for payment set forth in Article 6 of
the Series 2007-A Supplement, all of the fees set forth in the Fee
Letter.
ARTICLE III
CLOSING
Section 3.1
Closing . The closing (the “ Closing ”)
of the purchase and sale of the Notes shall take place on or about
10:00 a.m. New York City time on December 10, 2007, or if the
conditions to closing set forth in ARTICLE IV shall not have
been satisfied or waived by such date, as soon as practicable after
such conditions shall have been satisfied or waived, or at such
other time, date and place as the parties shall agree upon (the
date of the Closing being referred to herein as the “
Series 2007-A Closing Date ”).
Section 3.2
Transactions to be Effected at the Closing . On the Series
2007-A Closing Date, (a) the Purchaser will deliver or be
deemed to deliver to the Issuer fund in an amount equal to the sum
of the Initial Purchase Price (to the extent payable in cash in
excess of the RFA Outstanding Amounts (as defined below)) by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to a bank account
designated by the Issuer to the Purchaser at least two
(2) Business Days prior to the Series 2007-A Closing Date; and
(b) the Issuer shall deliver the Notes to the Purchaser in
satisfaction of the Issuer’s obligation to the Purchaser
hereunder.
ARTICLE IV
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO
PURCHASE ON THE SERIES 2007-A CLOSING DATE
Section 4.1
Conditions Precedent to Closing . The obligations of the
Purchaser pursuant to this Series 2007-A Note Purchase Agreement
required to be fulfilled on or before the Series 2007-A Closing
Date, are, subject to the Purchaser’s sole discretion as to
acceptability, to be conditioned upon the following:
(a) the Issuer representing
and warranting to the Purchaser that all representations and
warranties under this Series 2007-A Note Purchase Agreement,
including but not limited to those listed under
Section 5.1 hereof are true and correct in all material
respects as of the Series 2007-A Closing Date;
(b) on or before the Series
2007-A Closing Date, the Issuer shall have performed in all
material respects all of its obligations under this Series 2007-A
Note Purchase Agreement;
(c) on or before the Series
2007-A Closing Date, the Purchaser shall have received duly
executed copies of all of the Series 2007-A Transaction
Documents;
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(d) on or before the Series
2007-A Closing Date, the Purchaser shall have received copies of
the following in form and substance satisfactory to the
Purchaser:
(i) the fully executed Master
Trust Indenture;
(ii) this Series 2007-A Note
Purchase Agreement; properly executed on behalf of the
Issuer;
(iii) the fully executed
Notes, properly executed on behalf of the Issuer;
(iv) the fully executed
Series 2007-A Supplement;
(v) the Fee Letter, properly
executed on behalf of the Issuer;
(vi) the fully executed
Performance Guaranty, properly executed on behalf of Brooke
Corporation for the benefit of the Trustee, for the benefit of the
Noteholders and the other Secured Parties;
(vii) the Letter Agreement,
property executed on behalf of the Issuer, BWF and BCC;
(viii) the fully executed
Cost Allocation Agreement, property executed on behalf of BWF, BCC
and the Issuer;
(ix) the fully executed
Custodial Agreement, properly executed on behalf of the Custodian,
the Issuer and the Purchaser;
(x) the fully executed
Purchase and Sale Agreement, properly executed on behalf of BWF and
BCC;
(xi) the fully executed Loan
Purchase Agreement, properly executed on behalf of BWF and the
Issuer;
(xii) the fully executed
Servicing Agreement, properly executed on behalf of the Trustee,
the Issuer, BWF, the Subservicer and the Servicer;
(xiii) the fully executed
Subservicing Agreement, property executed on behalf of the
Servicer, Backup Servicer, the Issuer and the Trustee;
(xiv) the fully executed
Subservicing Agreement (Allstate Loans) properly executed on behalf
of the Servicer and Brooke Capital Corporation;
(xv) the fully executed
Master Agent Servicing Agreement, properly executed on behalf of
Master Agent Servicer and Brooke Capital Corporation;
(xvi) the fully executed
Backup Master Agent Servicing Agreement, properly executed on
behalf of TBS Insurance Agency Services, Inc. and Master Agent
Servicer;
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(xvii) the Master Agent
Security Agreement, properly executed on behalf of Master Agent
Servicer;
(xviii) the fully executed
Subordination Agreement, properly executed on behalf of BCC, the
Issuer and BWF;
(xix) the fully executed
Account Intercreditor Agreement;
(xx) the fully executed
Account Intercreditor Agreement (Allstate Receipts Trust
Account);
(xxi) the fully executed
Backup Servicing Agreement, properly executed by the Issuer, the
Servicer, BWF, the Trustee and the Backup Servicer;
(xxii) the Collection Account
Agreement, properly executed by BWF, the Collection Account Bank
and the Trustee and the account number assigned by the Collection
Account Bank to the Collection Account pursuant to such Collection
Account Agreement;
(xxiii) financing statements
sufficient when filed (in the judgment of the Purchaser) to perfect
the Security Interest granted to the Purchaser
hereunder;
(xxiv) current searches
(within 30 days of the Series 2007-A Closing Date) of appropriate
filing offices showing that no state or federal tax liens have been
filed and remain in effect against the Issuer, BWF, BCC, Master
Agent Servicer, Brooke Corporation or Brooke Capital Corporation,
and that no financing statements or other notifications or filings
have been filed and remain in effect against the Issuer, BWF, BCC,
Master Agent Servicer, Brooke Corporation or Brooke Capital
Corporation with respect to any Collateral, other than those for
which the Purchaser has received an appropriate release,
termination or satisfaction or the Permitted Liens;
(xxv) a certified copy of the
resolutions of the board of directors of each Brooke Party, the
Servicer and the Backup Servicer evidencing approval of all Series
2007-A Transaction Documents and the other matters contemplated
hereby;
(xxvi) copies of the
organizational documents with respect to each Brooke Party, the
Servicer and the Backup Servicer certified by the Secretary or
Assistant Secretary of such Brooke Party, Servicer or Backup
Servicer as being true and correct copies thereof;
(xxvii) a certificate of good
standing with respect to each Brooke Party, the Servicer and the
Backup Servicer dated not more than thirty (30) days prior to
the Series 2007-A Closing Date, and evidence satisfactory to the
Purchaser that such Brooke Party, the Servicer and the Backup
Servicer are qualified to conduct its business in each state where
it presently conducts such business if failure to obtain any such
qualification or licensing could have a Material Adverse
Effect;
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(xxviii) a certificate of the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each Brooke Party, the
Servicer and the Backup Servicer, which shall certify the names of
the officers of the relevant Person authorized to sign the Series
2007-A Transaction Documents and the other documents or
certificates to be delivered pursuant to this Agreement, including
requests for Increases, together with the true signatures of such
officers. The Purchaser may conclusively rely upon such
certificates until they shall receive a further certificate of the
Secretary or an Assistant Secretary of each Brooke Party, the
Servicer and the Backup Servicer (as the case may be) canceling or
amending the prior certificate and submitting the signatures of the
officers named in such further certificate;
(xxix) payment of all fees
owed as of the Series 2007-A Closing Date to the Purchaser under
this Series 2007-A Note Purchase Agreement, the Series 2007-A
Supplement, the Fee Letter, or otherwise;
(xxx) audited financial
statements for the period ended December 31, 2006, for Brooke
Corporation and unaudited pro forma financial statements for
the period ended September 30, 2007, for BCC;
(xxxi) a signed copy of one
or more opinions of counsel for each Brooke Party, including a
substantive non-consolidation opinion, a perfection opinion, tax
opinion, standard corporate, authority and enforceability opinions,
all in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser and
addressed to the Purchaser, the Trustee and the
Noteholders;
(xxxii) a signed copy of one
or more opinions of counsel for the Custodian and the Servicer
including standard corporate, authority and enforceability
opinions, all in form and substance satisfactory to the Purchaser
and addressed to the Purchaser;
(xxxiii) a signed copy of one
or more opinions of counsel for the Trustee including standard
corporate, authority and enforceability opinions, all in form and
substance satisfactory to the Purchaser and addressed to the
Purchaser;
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