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EXECUTION COPY NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT among COFINA FUNDING,
LLC,
as Issuer, BANK HAPOALIM B.M.,
as Funding Agent for the Purchasers and as the Swingline Purchaser,
and THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTIES
HERETO,
as Committed Purchasers dated as of August 10, 2005
NOTE PURCHASE AGREEMENT (" Note
Purchase Agreement ") dated as of August 10, 2005, among
COFINA FUNDING, LLC (the " Issuer "), BANK HAPOALIM B.M., as
Funding Agent (the " Funding Agent ") and as the Swingline
Purchaser (the " Swingline Purchaser ") and the Committed
Purchasers from time to time party hereto.
The parties hereto agree as follows:
RECITALS WHEREAS, the Issuer will
issue the variable funding notes pursuant to a Base Indenture,
dated as of the date hereof (as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the " Base Indenture "), between
the Issuer and U.S. Bank National Association, as trustee (in such
capacity, together with its successors and assigns in such
capacity, the " Trustee "), as supplemented by the
Series 2005-A Supplement, dated as of the date hereof, between
the Issuer and the Trustee (as amended, supplemented or otherwise
modified from time to time, the " Series Supplement ," and
together with the Base Indenture, the " Indenture "); and
WHEREAS, the Purchasers desire to
acquire the variable funding notes and make advances from time to
time hereunder. NOW, THEREFORE, for
full and fair consideration, the parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS
SECTION
1.01 Certain Defined Terms . Capitalized terms used herein
without definition shall have the meanings set forth in the
Indenture. Additionally, the following terms shall have the
following meanings:
"
Accrual Period " means, with respect to any Settlement Date,
the period from and including the prior Settlement Date (or the
Closing Date in the case of the initial Accrual Period) to but
excluding such Settlement Date.
"
Additional Amounts " means all amounts owed by the Issuer
pursuant to Section 2.11 and Article VIII ,
plus Breakage Amounts.
"
Affected Party " has the meaning specified in
Section 8.02 .
"
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 in respect of the VFN made
to and received by or on behalf of the Purchasers prior to such
date. "
Applicable Margin " shall have the meaning specified in the
Fee Letter.
"
Assignment and Acceptance " means an assignment and
acceptance agreement entered into by a Purchaser, a permitted
assignee thereof and the Funding Agent pursuant to which such
assignee may become a party to this Note Purchase Agreement.
"
Base Rate " shall mean, with respect to any Funding Tranche
funded or maintained by any Purchaser other than by reference to
the LIBOR Rate, a rate per annum equal to the sum of (x) the
greater of (i) the prime rate of interest announced by the
Funding Agent from time to time, changing when and as said prime
rate changes (such rate not necessarily being the lowest or best
rate charged by the Funding Agent) and (ii) the rate equal 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 next preceding Business Day) by the
Federal Reserve Bank of New York, or, if such rate is not so
published for any day that is a Business Day, the average of the
quotations for such day for such transactions received by the
Funding Agent from three (3) federal funds brokers of
recognized standing selected by it and (y) the Applicable
Margin.
"
Breakage Amount " has the meaning specified in
Section 2.08 .
"
Closing " has the meaning specified in
Section 3.01 .
"
Closing Date " has the meaning specified in
Section 3.01 .
"
Cofina Entity " means the Issuer, any Seller, the Servicer
and any other Person party to the Transaction Documents that is an
Affiliate of the Issuer, any Seller or Cofina.
"
Committed Purchasers " means Bank Hapoalim B.M. and each of
its assigns (with respect to its commitment to make Increases) that
shall become a party to this Note Purchase Agreement pursuant to
Section 10.04 .
"
Commitment " means, with respect to any Committed Purchaser,
an amount equal to such Purchaser’s Purchaser Percentage
multiplied by the Maximum Funded Amount.
"
Eurodollar Rate " shall mean, with respect to any Funding
Tranche funded or maintained by any Purchaser, by reference to the
LIBOR Rate, the Applicable Margin plus a rate per annum equal to
the sum (rounded upwards, if necessary, to the next higher 1/100 of
1%) of (i) the rate obtained by dividing (A) the
applicable LIBOR Rate by (B) a percentage equal to 100%
minus the reserve percentage used for determining the
maximum reserve requirement as specified in Regulation D
(including, without limitation, any marginal, emergency,
supplemental, special or other reserves) that is applicable to the
Funding Agent during the related Fixed Period in respect of
eurocurrency or eurodollar funding, lending or liabilities (or, if
more than one percentage shall be so applicable, the daily average
of such percentage for those days in such Fixed Period during which
any such percentage shall be applicable) plus (ii) the
then daily net annual assessment rate (rounded upwards, if
necessary, to the nearest 1/100 of 1%) as estimated by the Funding
Agent for determining the current annual assessment payable by the
Funding Agent to the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation in
respect of eurocurrency or eurodollar funding, lending or
liabilities.
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"
Federal Bankruptcy Code " means the bankruptcy code of the
United States of America codified in Title 11 of the United States
Code. "
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 letter or letters dated as of the
Closing Date between the Issuer and the Funding Agent setting forth
certain fees payable by the Issuer in connection with the purchase
of the VFN by the Funding Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers.
"
Fixed Period " means, (i) with respect to a new Funding
Tranche, a period beginning on and including the date of funding
and ending on and excluding the immediately succeeding Settlement
Date (or such other date requested by the Issuer (or the Servicer
on the behalf) and agreed to by the applicable Purchaser) and
(ii) with respect to any existing Funding Tranche (to the
extent not paid in full on a Settlement Date), a period beginning
on and including such Settlement Date and ending on and excluding
the immediately succeeding Settlement Date (or such other date
requested by the Issuer (or the Servicer on the behalf) and agreed
to by the applicable Purchaser); provided , that
(i) any Fixed Period with respect to
any Funding Tranche 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 Eurodollar 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; and (ii) any
Fixed Period will not be for a term of more than 31 days.
"
Funding Agent " means Bank Hapoalim B.M., in its capacity as
Funding Agent for the Purchasers.
"
Funding Tranche " means one or more portions of the
Aggregate Purchaser Funded Amount used to fund or maintain the VFN
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 Official Body required under any
Governmental Rules.
"
Governmental Rules " means any and all laws, statutes,
codes, rules, regulations, ordinances, orders, writs, decrees and
injunctions of any Official Body and any and all legally binding
conditions, standards, prohibitions, requirements and judgments of
any Official Body.
"
Guaranty Agreement " means that certain Guaranty, dated the
date hereof, by Cenex Finance Association, Inc. in favor of the
Funding Agent on behalf of the Purchasers, the Trustee and the
Secured Parties.
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"
Increase " shall have the meaning assigned to such term in
the Series Supplement.
"
Increase Amount " means the amount requested by the Issuer
to be funded by the Purchasers on an Increase Date.
"
Increase Date " means the date on which an Increase occurs.
"
Indemnified Party " means any Purchaser, each entity
providing credit or liquidity support to any Purchaser in
connection with the VFN, the Funding Agent or any of their
officers, directors, employees, agents, representatives, assignees
or Affiliates.
"
Initial Purchase Price " has the meaning specified in
Section 2.02 .
"
Issuer Indemnified Amounts " has the meaning specified in
Section 8.01(a) .
"
LIBOR Rate " shall mean, with respect to any Funding
Tranche, the rate at which deposits in dollars are offered to the
Funding Agent, in the London interbank market at approximately
11:00 A.M. (London time) two (2) Business Days before the
first day of the related Fixed Period in an amount approximately
equal to the applicable Funding Tranche to which the Eurodollar
Rate is to apply and for a period of time approximately equal to
the applicable Fixed Period, as determined by the Funding Agent in
its reasonable discretion.
"
Maximum Funded Amount " means $150,000,000.
"
Notice of Increase " means a written notice of an Increase
in the form of Exhibit A .
"
Purchase Expiration Date " means the date which is
60 days following the Initial Closing Date (as such date may
be extended from time to time pursuant to Section 2.04
). "
Purchaser Percentage " of any Committed Purchaser means
(a) the percentage set forth on the signature page to this
Note Purchase Agreement as changed by each Assignment and
Acceptance entered into with an assignor or assignee, as the case
may be, or (b) with respect to a Committed Purchaser that has
entered into an Assignment and Acceptance, the percentage set forth
therein as such Purchaser’s Purchaser Percentage, or such
percentage as changed by each Assignment and Acceptance entered
into between such Committed Purchaser and an assignor or assignee.
"
Purchasers " means the Swingline Purchaser and the Committed
Purchasers.
"
Reduction " has the meaning specified in
Section 2.05 .
"
Required VFN Series Holders " means the "Committed
Purchasers" under all VFN Series whose aggregate commitment amounts
under each such series equals at least 662/3% of the aggregate of
the commitment amounts under all of the VFN Series.
"
Swingline Facility Limit " means $150,000,000.
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"
Swingline Purchaser " means Bank Hapoalim B.M.
"
Transfer Supplement " has the meaning specified in
Section 10.4(b) .
"
Variable Noteholders " means each holder of a variable
funding note relating to any VFN Series issued from time to time
pursuant to the terms of the Indenture.
"
VFN " means the Cofina Variable Funding Asset-Backed Note
Series 2005-A in the maximum aggregate principal amount of
$150,000,000 to be issued by the Issuer pursuant to the Indenture
in the name of the Funding Agent on behalf of the Purchasers.
"
VFN Financing Costs" or "Series 2005-A Financing Costs
" means, with respect to any Accrual Period, the VFN Interest
Component for such Accrual Period.
"
VFN Interest Component " means, with respect to any Accrual
Period, the result obtained by multiplying:
(x) the weighted average of the rates
applicable to all Funding Tranches outstanding during all or part
of such Accrual Period (determined as of each day in such Accrual
Period but estimated by the Funding Agent for the period from the
Determination Date related to the applicable Settlement Date
through such Settlement Date, with any adjustments to be made with
respect to the VFN Interest Component for the next Accrual Period),
each such rate being 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
Eurodollar Rate or Base Rate, as applicable with respect to such
Funding Tranche (as determined in the sole discretion of the
Funding Agent); 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 Accrual Period;
times (z) a fraction, the
numerator of which is the number of days in such Accrual Period and
the denominator of which is 360 (or, if such VFN Interest Component
is calculated by reference to the Base Rate, 365 or 366, as
applicable).
SECTION
1.02 Other Definitional Provisions . (a) Capitalized
terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings given to
such terms in the Indenture. All terms defined in this Note
Purchase Agreement shall have the meanings given 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 1.01 , and accounting terms partially
defined in Section 1.01 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
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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 Note Purchase Agreement shall refer
to this Note Purchase Agreement as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Note Purchase Agreement; and Section,
subsection, Schedule and Exhibit references contained in this Note
Purchase Agreement are references to Sections, subsections,
the Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Note Purchase Agreement
unless otherwise specified. ARTICLE II PURCHASE AND SALE
SECTION
2.01 Purchase and Sale of the VFN . On the terms and subject
to the conditions set forth in this Note Purchase Agreement, and in
reliance on the covenants, representations, warranties and
agreements herein set forth, the Issuer hereby offers to sell to
the Funding Agent, on behalf of the Purchasers, and the Funding
Agent shall, on behalf of the Committed Purchasers, purchase at the
Closing the VFN in an initial outstanding principal amount equal to
the Initial Note Principal.
SECTION
2.02 Initial Purchase Price . The VFN is to be purchased at
a price (the " Initial Purchase Price ") equal to 100% of
the Initial Note Principal.
SECTION
2.03 Increases . (a) Subject to the terms and
conditions of this Note Purchase Agreement and the
Series Supplement, from time to time prior to the Purchase
Expiration Date upon receipt by the Trustee and the Funding Agent
of a Notice of Increase, each Committed Purchaser (or, pursuant to
the last sentence of the Section 2.03(a) , the
Swingline Purchaser) severally agrees to fund its respective
Purchaser Percentages of such Increase (or, in the case of the
Swingline Purchaser, the entire Increase); provided ,
however , that no Committed Purchaser shall be required to
fund a portion of any Increase if, after giving effect thereto, the
portion of the Aggregate Purchaser Funded Amount funded by such
Committed Purchaser hereunder plus the aggregate amount funded by
such Committed Purchaser as a Liquidity Purchaser under the Asset
Purchase Agreement would exceed its Purchaser Percentage times the
Maximum Funded Amount; and provided , further , that
the Swingline Purchaser shall not be required to fund any Increase
if, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate amount funded by the
Swingline Purchaser would exceed the Swingline Facility Limit. Each
Increase requested later than 2:00 p.m. (New York time) one
(1) Business Day prior to the proposed date of such Increase
shall be deemed to be both (A) a request for funding from the
Swingline Purchaser on the specified date of funding and (B) a
request for an Increase from the Committed Purchasers on the second
(2nd) Business Day following the date of the Increase funded by the
Swingline Purchaser (the proceeds of such Increase to be used
solely to repay the Increase funded by the Swingline Purchaser).
(b) Each
Increase hereunder shall be subject to the further conditions
precedent that:
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(i)
The Funding Agent and the applicable Notice Persons shall have
received copies of the Monthly Noteholders’ Statement most
recently required to have been delivered under the Indenture;
(ii)
Each of the representations and warranties of each Cofina Entity
made in the Transaction Documents to which it is a party shall be
true and correct in all material respects as of the applicable
Increase Date (except to the extent they expressly relate to an
earlier or later time);
(iii)
Each Cofina Entity shall be in compliance in all material respects
with all of its respective covenants contained in the Transaction
Documents to which it is a party;
(iv) No
Early Amortization Event, Potential Early Amortization Event,
Default, Event of Default or Servicer Default shall have occurred
and be continuing;
(v) The
Purchase Expiration Date shall not have occurred;
(vi)
After giving effect to such Increase, no Borrowing Base Deficiency
shall exist;
(vii)
The Funding Agent and the applicable Notice Persons shall have
received a completed Notice of Increase with respect to such
proposed Increase, not later than 2:00 p.m. (New York time) on the
proposed date of such Increase;
(c) Each
Increase of the VFN shall be requested in an aggregate principal
amount of $250,000 and integral multiples of $1,000 in excess
thereof; provided , that an Increase may be requested in the
entire remaining Maximum Funded Amount.
(d) 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 in a notice to the Funding Agent
and the applicable Notice Persons (or to the Swingline Purchaser,
in the case of an Increase deemed requested from the other
Purchasers pursuant to the last sentence of
Section 2.03(a) ).
(e) All
conditions set forth in Section 3.1(b) of the
Series Supplement, to the extent applicable, shall have been
satisfied at such time.
(f) No
condition to funding shall be applicable to an Increase made solely
to reimburse the Swingline Purchaser pursuant to the last sentence
of Section 2.03(a) . Each
"Increase" with respect to all VFN Series shall be allocated to
each respective VFN Series as instructed by the Issuer;
provided , that (i) the Issuer shall not (unless
necessary in order to comply with the requirements of clause
(ii) of this paragraph) disproportionately allocate Increases
to the same VFN Series for two or more consecutive Increases and
(ii) shall at all times use its reasonable best efforts to
allocate Increases to the respective VFN Series so that the
aggregate of the "Aggregate Purchaser Funded Amounts" under (and as
defined in) each VFN
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Series is at all times ratably allocated among each such VFN
Series according to their respective Maximum Funded Amounts (as
defined in each such series).
SECTION
2.04 Extension of Purchase Expiration Date . The Issuer may
advise the Funding Agent in writing of its desire to extend the
Purchase Expiration Date for an additional period. The Funding
Agent shall notify the Issuer in writing, within 5 days after
its receipt of such request by the Issuer, whether the Purchasers
or any of them agree to such extension (it being understood that
the Purchasers may accept or decline such a request in their sole
discretion and on such terms as they may elect and, if the
Purchasers so agree, the Issuer, the Funding Agent and the
Purchasers shall enter into such documents as the Purchasers may
deem necessary or appropriate to reflect such extension, and all
reasonable costs and expenses incurred by the Purchasers and the
Funding Agent in connection therewith (including reasonable
attorneys’ fees and expenses) shall be paid by the Issuer);
it being understood, that the failure of the Funding Agent to so
notify the Issuer as set forth above shall not be deemed to be a
consent to such request for extension.
SECTION
2.05 Reduction of Maximum Funded Amount . On any Settlement
Date prior to the Rapid Amortization Commencement Date, upon the
written request of the Issuer, the Maximum Funded Amounts (as
defined for each VFN Series) may be permanently reduced (a "
Reduction "), on a ratable basis with respect to each VFN
Series, by the Issuer; provided that the Issuer shall have
given each applicable Funding Agent irrevocable written notice
(effective upon receipt) of the amount of such Reduction prior to
10:00 a.m., New York time on a Business Day that is at least
thirty (30) days prior to such Reduction; provided ,
further , that any such Reduction shall be in an amount
equal to $10,000,000, in the aggregate for all VFN Series or
integral multiples of $5,000,000 in excess thereof; and
provided , further , that no Reduction may cause the
aggregate of the "Maximum Funded Amounts" under all VFN Series to
be lower than $100,000,000.
SECTION
2.06 Calculation of Monthly Interest . (a) On the
Business Day prior to each Determination Date, the Funding Agent
shall calculate, for the applicable Accrual Period, the aggregate
Monthly Interest for each Funding Tranche.
(b) The
Issuer agrees to pay, and the Issuer agrees to instruct the
Servicer and the Trustee to pay, all amounts payable by it with
respect to the VFN, this Note Purchase Agreement and the
Series Supplement to the account designated by the applicable
Purchaser. All such amounts shall be paid no later than 12:00 noon,
New York City time, on the day when due as determined in accordance
with this Note Purchase Agreement, the Indenture and the other
Transaction Documents, in Dollars in immediately available funds.
SECTION
2.07 Benefits of Indenture . The Issuer hereby acknowledges
and confirms that each representation, warranty, covenant and
agreement made pursuant to the Indenture by the Issuer to the
Trustee is (unless such representation, warranty, covenant or
agreement specifically states otherwise) also made herein for the
benefit and security of the Purchasers and the Funding Agent.
SECTION
2.08 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
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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 Rapid Amortization Commencement Date or an
optional prepayment of a Funding Tranche), or (ii) any failure
to borrow, continue or prepay any Funding Tranche on the date
specified in any notice delivered pursuant hereto, then, in any
such event, the Issuer shall compensate the applicable Purchaser
for the loss, cost and expense attributable to such event. Such
loss, cost or expense to any such Purchaser shall be deemed to
include an amount (the " Breakage Amount ") determined by
such Purchaser (or the Funding Agent) 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 applicable 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 of any
Purchaser incurring any loss, cost or expense as a result of any of
the events specified in this Section 2.08 and setting
forth any amount or amounts that such Purchaser is entitled to
receive pursuant to this Section 2.08 and the reasons
therefor shall be delivered to the Issuer by the Funding Agent and
shall include reasonably detailed calculations and shall be
conclusive absent manifest error. The Issuer shall pay to the
related Funding Agent on behalf of each such Purchaser the amount
shown as due on any such certificate on the first Settlement Date
which is not less than three Business Days after receipt of notice
thereof.
SECTION
2.09 Illegality . Notwithstanding anything in this Note
Purchase Agreement or any other Transaction Document to the
contrary, if, after the 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 Official Body charged with the administration,
interpretation or application thereof, or the compliance with any
directive of any Official Body (in the case of any bank regulatory
guideline, whether or not having the force of Law), shall make it
unlawful for any Purchaser (or its liquidity and credit support
providers, if applicable) to acquire or maintain a Funding Tranche
by reference to the Eurodollar Rate as contemplated by this Note
Purchase Agreement (or the applicable Asset Purchase Agreement),
(i) the Funding Agent on behalf of such Purchaser (or any
liquidity and/or credit support provider of any such 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 applicable Funding Agent) setting forth
the basis for such illegality, which certificate shall be
conclusive absent manifest error, and (ii) such Purchaser’s
portion of any Funding Tranche maintained by reference to the
Eurodollar Rate then outstanding shall be converted automatically
to a Funding Tranche maintained by reference to the Base Rate.
SECTION
2.10 Inability to Determine Eurodollar Rate . If, prior to
the first day of any Fixed Period relating to any Funding Tranche
maintained by reference to the Eurodollar Rate:
(1) the Funding Agent shall have
determined (which determination in the absence of manifest error
shall be conclusive and binding upon the Issuer) that, by reason of
circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and
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reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining the Eurodollar
Rate for such Fixed Period; or (2)
the Funding Agent shall have received notice from one or more
Purchasers (or any liquidity and/or credit support provider of any
such Purchaser, as the case may be) that the Eurodollar Rate
determined or to be determined for such Fixed Period will not
adequately and fairly reflect the cost to such Purchasers (or any
liquidity and/or credit support provider of any such 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 Fixed Period; then, in either such event, the
Funding Agent 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 Funding Agent, no further Funding Tranches shall
be funded or maintained at the Eurodollar Rate. The Funding Agent
agrees to withdraw any such notice as soon as reasonably
practicable after the Funding Agent is notified of a change in
circumstances which makes such notice inapplicable.
SECTION
2.11 Fees . The Issuer shall pay to the Funding Agent for
the benefit of the applicable Purchasers as and when due and in
accordance with the provisions for payment set forth in
Article 5 of the Series Supplement, each of the fees
specified in the Fee Letter. ARTICLE III CLOSING
SECTION
3.01 Closing . The closing (the " Closing ") of the
purchase and sale of the VFN shall take place on or about
10:00 a.m. on August 10, 2005, or if the conditions to
closing set forth in Article IV of this Note Purchase
Agreement 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 " Closing Date ").
SECTION
3.02 Transactions to be Effected at the Closing . At the
Closing (a) the Funding Agent will (to the extent received
from the Purchasers) deliver to the Issuer funds in an amount equal
to the Initial Purchase Price by wire transfer of immediately
available funds to a bank account designated by the Issuer to the
Funding Agent at least two Business Days prior to the Closing Date;
and (b) the Issuer shall deliver the VFN to the Funding Agent
in satisfaction of the Issuer’s obligation to the Funding
Agent hereunder. ARTICLE IV CONDITIONS PRECEDENT TO
PURCHASE ON THE CLOSING DATE
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The
purchase by the Funding Agent on behalf of the Purchasers of the
VFN is subject to the satisfaction at the time of the Closing of
the following conditions (any or all of which may be waived by the
Funding Agent in its sole discretion):
SECTION
4.01 Performance by Cofina Entities . All the terms,
covenants, agreements and conditions of the Transaction Documents
to which each Cofina Entity is a party to be complied with and
performed by the Cofina Entities at or before the Closing shall
have been complied with and performed in all material respects.
SECTION
4.02 Representations and Warranties . Each of the
representations and warranties of each Cofina Entity made in the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party shall be true and
correct in all material respects as of the time of the Closing
(except to the extent they expressly relate to an earlier or later
time).
SECTION
4.03 Corporate Documents . The Funding Agent shall have
received copies of the (i) certificate of incorporation or
certificate of formation, as applicable, good standing certificate
and by-laws or limited liability company agreement, as applicable,
of each Cofina Entity, (ii) board of directors resolutions or
resolutions of the managing member, as applicable, of each Cofina
Entity with respect to the Transaction Documents to which it is a
party, and (iii) incumbency certificate of each Cofina Entity,
each certified by appropriate corporate or limited liability
company authorities.
SECTION
4.04 Opinions of Counsel . The Funding Agent shall have
received favorable opinions from counsel to the Sellers, the
Servicer and the Issuer dated as of the Closing Date and reasonably
satisfactory in form and substance to the Funding Agent and its
counsel, as to such matters as the Funding Agent and its counsel
may reasonably request.
SECTION
4.05 Reports . The Funding Agent shall have received a copy
of the most recent Monthly Servicer Report prior to Closing.
SECTION
4.06 Financing Statements . The Funding Agent shall have
received evidence satisfactory to it of the completion of all
recordings, registrations, notices and filings as may be necessary
or, in the opinion of the Funding Agent, desirable to perfect or
evidence the sale and assignment by each Seller to the Issuer of
their respective ownership interests in the Receivables, Related
Security and other collateral in the Trust Estate and the proceeds
thereof and the security interest granted to the Trustee for the
benefit of the Secured Parties pursuant to the granting clauses of
the Indenture:
SECTION
4.07 Documents . The Funding Agent shall have received a
duly executed counterpart of the Guaranty Agreement and each of the
Transaction Documents and each and every document or certification
delivered by any party in connection with any of such agreements,
and each such document shall be in full force and effect.
SECTION
4.08 VFN . The Funding Agent shall have received an executed
VFN being purchased by the Purchasers, registered in the name of
the Funding Agent, as agent for the Purchasers.
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SECTION
4.09 No Actions or Proceedings . No action, suit, proceeding
or investigation by or before any Official Body shall have been
instituted to restrain or prohibit the consummation of, or to
invalidate, the transactions contemplated by the Transaction
Documents and the documents related thereto in any material
respect.
SECTION
4.10 Approvals and Consents . All Governmental Actions of
all Official Bodies required with respect to the transactions
contemplated by the Transaction Documents and the other
documents related thereto shall have been obtained or made.
SECTION
4.11 Officer’s Certificates . The Funding Agent shall
have received a certificate of a Responsible Officer from each
Cofina Entity (each, an " Officer’s Certificate ") in
form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Funding Agent and
its counsel, dated as of the Closing Date, certifying as to the
satisfaction of the conditions set forth in
Sections 4.01 and 4.02 with respect to such
Cofina Entity.
SECTION
4.12 Accounts . The Funding Agent shall have received
evidence that the Collection Account, Series 2005-A Settlement
Account and the Spread Maintenance Account have been established in
accordance with the terms of the Indenture.
SECTION
4.13 Expenses . Costs and expenses of the Funding Agent and
the Purchasers accrued and payable under Section 8.04 ,
including all accrued attorneys’ fees and expenses shall have
been paid.
SECTION
4.14 Liens . The Funding Agent shall have received UCC
search reports showing that no Liens exist on the Receivables,
Related Security or any other assets or collateral in the Trust
Estate, other than (i) Liens in favor of (or appropriately
assigned to) the Trustee, (ii) Permitted Encumbrances, and
(iii) Liens for which releases or acceptable assignments or
other amendments have been delivered to the Trustee.
SECTION
4.15 Other Documents . The Cofina Entities shall have
furnished to the Funding Agent such other information, certificates
and documents as the Funding Agent may reasonably request.
SECTION
4.16 Payment of Fees . The fees due on the Closing Date (as
specified in the Fee Letter) shall have been paid. ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF THE ISSUER
SECTION
5.01 Representations and Warranties of the Issuer . The
representations and warranties made by the Issuer in the other
Transaction Documents are hereby remade by the Issuer on each date
to which they are made in such Transaction Documents as if such
representations and warranties were set forth herein. For purposes
of this Section 5.01 , such representations and
warranties are incorporated by reference herein in their entirety.
SECTION
5.02 Reaffirmation of Representations and Warranties by the
Issuer . On the Closing Date and on each day that an Increase
is made hereunder, the Issuer, by accepting
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the proceeds thereof, shall be deemed to have certified that all
of its representations and warranties contained in the Transaction
Documents are true and correct on and as of such day as though made
on and as of such day (except to the extent they relate to an
earlier date or later time, and then as of such earlier date or
later time). ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
WITH RESPECT TO THE FUNDING AGENT AND THE PURCHASERS
The
Funding Agent and each Purchaser hereby makes with respect to
itself the following representations and warranties to the Issuer
on which the Issuer shall rely in entering into this Note Purchase
Agreement:
SECTION
6.01 Securities Laws; Transfer Restrictions . The Funding
Agent and each of the Purchasers represents and warrants to the
Issuer, as of the date hereof (or as of a subsequent date on which
a successor or assign of any Purchaser shall become a party
hereto), and agrees that:
(a) it
is an "accredited investor" within the meaning of
Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D
under the Securities Act and has sufficient knowledge and
experience in financial and business matters to be capable of
evaluating the merits and risks of investing in, and it is able and
prepared to bear the economic risk of investing in, the VFN;
(b) it
is purchasing the VFN for its own account, or for the account of
one or more "accredited investors" within the meaning of
Rule 501(a)(1), (2), (3) or (7) of Regulation D
under the Securities Act that meet the criteria described in
subsection (a) and for which it is acting with complete
investment discretion, for investment purposes only and not with a
view to distribution;
(c) it
understands that (i) the VFN has not been and will not be
registered or qualified under the Securities Act or any applicable
state securities laws
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