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EXHIBIT 10.2
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AMENDED AND RESTATED
RECEIVABLES SALE AGREEMENT
DATED AS OF NOVEMBER 7, 2007
BETWEEN
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC CORPORATION AND EACH OF ITS DIRECT OR
INDIRECT
WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARIES THAT HEREAFTER BECOMES
A SELLER HEREUNDER,
AS THE SELLERS,
AND
BOSTON SCIENTIFIC FUNDING LLC,
AS THE BUYER
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
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ARTICLE I. CAPITALIZATION OF THE BUYER AND AMOUNTS AND TERMS
OF
THE
PURCHASES................................................1
Section 1.1 Capitalization of the
Buyer...............................1
Section 1.2 Purchases of
Receivables..................................2
Section 1.3 Payment for the
Purchases.................................3
Section 1.4 Purchase Price Credit
Adjustments.........................4
Section 1.5 Payments and Computations,
Etc............................4
Section 1.6 Transfer of
Records.......................................5
Section 1.7 Characterization; Granting
Clause.........................5
ARTICLE II. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES.................................6
Section 2.1 Representations of the
Sellers............................6
ARTICLE III. CONDITIONS OF
PURCHASES.......................................11
Section 3.1 Conditions Precedent to Initial
Purchase.................11
Section 3.2 Conditions Precedent to All Purchases (including
the Purchase from Each Seller on its Applicable
Closing Date)..........................................12
Section 3.3 Reaffirmation of Representations and
Warranties..........12
Section 3.4 Conditions Precedent to
Effectiveness....................13
ARTICLE IV.
COVENANTS.....................................................13
Section 4.1 Affirmative
Covenants....................................13
Section 4.2 Reporting
Requirements...................................15
Section 4.3 Negative
Covenants.......................................17
ARTICLE V. JOINDER OF ADDITIONAL
SELLERS.................................19
Section 5.1 Addition of New
Sellers..................................19
Section 5.2
Documentation............................................19
ARTICLE VI. ADDITIONAL RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS IN RESPECT OF
THE
RECEIVABLES.................................................20
Section 6.1 Rights of the
Buyer......................................20
Section 6.2 Responsibilities of the
Sellers..........................20
Section 6.3 Further Action Evidencing
Purchases......................21
Section 6.4 Application of
Collections...............................21
ARTICLE VII.
INDEMNIFICATION...............................................21
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Section 7.1 Indemnities by the
Sellers...............................21
Section 7.2
Contribution.............................................24
ARTICLE VIII.
MISCELLANEOUS.................................................24
Section 8.1 Waivers and
Amendments...................................24
Section 8.2 Notices,
Etc.............................................24
Section 8.3 Cumulative
Remedies......................................24
Section 8.4 Binding Effect;
Assignability............................25
Section 8.5 Governing
Law............................................25
Section 8.6 Costs, Expenses and
Taxes................................25
Section 8.7 Submission to
Jurisdiction...............................26
Section 8.8 Waiver of Jury
Trial.....................................26
Section 8.9 Captions and Cross References; Incorporation
by Reference...........................................26
Section 8.10 Execution in
Counterparts................................26
Section 8.11 Acknowledgment and
Agreement.............................27
Section 8.12 No
Proceedings...........................................27
Section 8.13
Confidentiality..........................................27
Section 8.14 Loans by Buyer to
Originator.............................27
Section 8.15 No Recourse Against Other
Parties........................27
ANNEXES, EXHIBITS AND SCHEDULES
ANNEX A - definitions
EXHIBIT A - FORM OF PURCHASE
REPORT..................................
EXHIBIT B - FORM OF SUBORDINATED
NOTE................................
EXHIBIT C - CREDIT AND COLLECTION
POLICIES...........................
EXHIBIT D - FORM OF JOINDER
AGREEMENT................................
SCHEDULE 2.1(r) - ORGANIZATIONAL ID NUMBERS; JURISIDICTIONS
OF
ORGANIZATION; CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICE ADDRESSES;
LOCATION(S) WHERE RECORDS ARE KEPT.................
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AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES SALE AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES SALE AGREEMENT (as
amended,
supplemented, restated or otherwise modified from time to time,
this
"AGREEMENT"), dated as of November 7, 2007, is entered into by
and between:
(1) Boston Scientific Corporation, a Delaware corporation
("BSX"), and
each of the direct or indirect, wholly-owned domestic
subsidiaries of BSX
that hereafter becomes a party hereto by executing a joinder
agreement in
the form of Exhibit D hereto (each, a "JOINDER AGREEMENT"), as
sellers
(each, a "SELLER" and collectively, the "SELLERS"), and
(2) Boston Scientific Funding LLC, a Delaware limited
liability
company, as purchaser (the "BUYER").
Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used in this
Agreement are defined
in ANNEX A hereto or, if not defined therein, in that certain
Amended and
Restated Credit and Security Agreement dated as of November 7,
2007, by and
among the Buyer, as "Borrower," BSX, as "Initial Servicer," Old
Line Funding,
LLC, Victory Receivables Corporation, The Bank of
Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ Ltd., New
York Branch, individually and as "Victory Agent," and Royal Bank
of Canada,
individually, as "Old Line Agent" and as "Administrative Agent"
(as amended,
supplemented, restated, joined or otherwise modified from time
to time in
accordance with the terms thereof, the "CREDIT AND SECURITY
AGREEMENT"). In
addition ANNEX A sets forth certain rules of interpretation that
are applicable
to this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents.
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the parties hereto are parties to a Receivables
Sale
Agreement dated as of August 16, 2002 and previously amended
(the "ORIGINAL
RSA"); and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to further amend the Original
RSA
as of the date hereof;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the
mutual
covenants herein contained, and for other good and valuable
consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which is hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto
agree as follows:
ARTICLE I CAPITALIZATION OF THE BUYER AND AMOUNTS
AND TERMS OF THE PURCHASES
Section 1.1 Capitalization of the Buyer. Effective on the
Initial
Closing Date, BSX contributed to the Buyer's capital, in
exchange for all of the
Buyer's Equity Interests all of BSX's Receivables existing as of
the Initial
Cutoff Date and all Related Security and proceeds with respect
thereto (such
Receivables, the "INITIAL CONTRIBUTED RECEIVABLES").
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Section 1.2 Purchases of Receivables.
(a) Effective on the Applicable Closing Date for each Seller,
in
consideration for the Purchase Price and upon the terms and
subject to the
conditions set forth herein, each such Seller does hereby sell
to the Buyer,
without recourse (except to the extent expressly provided
herein), and the Buyer
does hereby purchase from such Seller, all of such Seller's
right, title and
interest in and to such Seller's Receivables, the Related
Security and all
proceeds received subsequent to the Seller's Applicable Cut-Off
Date of the
foregoing (other than any such assets contributed to Buyer
pursuant to Section
1.1 above), in each case, whether now existing or hereafter
arising or acquired.
(b) Each Seller's Receivables existing as of such Seller's
Applicable
Cut-Off Date are hereby sold or contributed, as applicable, to
Buyer on such
Seller's Applicable Closing Date. Each of such Seller's
Receivables arising
after such Seller's Applicable Cut-Off Date and on or prior to
its Sale
Termination Date shall be deemed to have been sold to Buyer
immediately (and
without further action by any Person) upon the creation of such
Receivable. The
Related Security with respect to each Receivable (and proceeds
of such
Receivable and Related Security) shall be sold at the same time
as such
Receivable together with all related proceeds received on or
after the Seller's
Applicable Cut-Off Date.
(c) It is the intention of the parties hereto that each
conveyance of
Receivables made under this Agreement shall constitute an
outright "sale of
accounts" (as such terms are used in Article 9 of the UCC) or
other absolute
transfer, which is absolute and irrevocable and shall provide
the Buyer with the
full benefits of ownership of the Receivables and the associated
Related
Security. Except for the Purchase Price Credits owed pursuant to
Section 1.4,
each conveyance of Receivables hereunder is made without
recourse to the
applicable Seller; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that (i) each Seller will
be liable to the
Buyer for all representations, warranties, covenants and
indemnities made by
such Seller pursuant to the terms of the Transaction Documents
to which such
Seller is a party, and (ii) such conveyance does not constitute
and is not
intended to result in an assumption by the Buyer or any assignee
thereof of any
obligation of such Seller or any other Person arising in
connection with the
Receivables, the related Contracts and/or other Related Security
or any other
obligations of such Seller. In view of the intention of the
parties hereto that
the conveyances of Receivables made hereunder shall constitute
outright sales of
such Receivables rather than loans secured thereby, each Seller
agrees that it
will, on or prior to its Applicable Closing Date, mark its
summary aged trial
balance reports with the legend required by Section 3.1(i)
hereof.
(d) Nothing herein shall be deemed to preclude BSX from
contributing
to the Buyer's capital, in lieu of selling, Receivables
originated by BSX in
addition to the Initial Contributed Receivables together with
the Related
Security associated therewith, and any such contribution is made
with the
intention that each such contribution, if any, will be made with
the same
intentions as are set forth in Section 1.2(c) above. No Purchase
Price shall be
payable in respect of any contributed Receivable or its
associated Related
Security.
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Section 1.3 Payment for the Purchases.
(a) The Purchase Price for each purchase of Receivables (other
than
Initial Contributed Receivables) and Related Security from any
Seller will be
payable in full by the Buyer to such Seller on its date of sale
or deemed sale
in accordance with Section 1.2(b) (except that the Buyer may,
with respect to
any such purchase, offset against such Purchase Price any
amounts due and owing
from such Seller to the Buyer hereunder), and shall be paid to
such Seller in
one or both of the following manners:
(i) by delivery of immediately available funds, to the extent of
the
Buyer's Available Funds; and
(ii) solely to the extent such Available Funds are insufficient
to pay
the full amount of Purchase Price then due and owing, by
delivery of a
Subordinated Note made by the Buyer to the applicable Seller
(and making a
notation of a Subordinated Loan thereunder), so long as the
aggregate
principal amount of Subordinated Loans outstanding at any one
time under
such Subordinated Notes does not exceed the lesser of (A) the
aggregate
remaining unpaid portion of such Purchase Price, and (B) the
maximum
Subordinated Loan that could be borrowed without rendering the
Buyer's Net
Worth less than the Required Capital Amount.
(b) Subject to the limitations set forth in Section 1.3(a)(ii),
each
of the Sellers irrevocably agrees to advance each Subordinated
Loan requested by
the Buyer on or prior to such Seller's Sale Termination Date.
The Subordinated
Loans owing to each Seller will be evidenced by, and shall be
payable in
accordance with the terms and provisions, of its Subordinated
Note and shall be
payable solely from Available Funds at the time of each such
payment. Each
Seller is hereby authorized by the Buyer to endorse on the
schedule attached to
its Subordinated Note an appropriate notation evidencing the
date and amount of
each Subordinated Loan thereunder, as well as the date of each
payment with
respect thereto, PROVIDED that the failure to make such notation
shall not
affect any obligation of the Buyer thereunder.
(c) On each Monthly Reporting Date after its Applicable Closing
Date,
each Seller will (or shall require the Servicer to) deliver to
the Buyer and the
Agents a report in substantially the form of Exhibit A hereto
(each such report
being herein called a "PURCHASE REPORT") with respect to the
Receivables sold by
such Seller to the Buyer during the Calculation Period then most
recently ended.
Each such Purchase Report shall list the applicable Seller
separately and shall
specify, as applicable: (i) the Receivables sold by such Seller
during the
Calculation Period then most recently ended, and (ii) the amount
of the
Receivables described in the foregoing clause (i) that were
Eligible Receivables
on the date they were acquired by the Buyer.
(d) Although the Purchase Price for each purchase of Receivables
and
Related Security shall be due and payable in full by the Buyer
to the applicable
Seller on the date of such purchase, settlement of the Purchase
Price between
the Buyer and such Seller will be effected
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on monthly Settlement Dates with respect to all purchases within
the most
recently ended Calculation Period and based on the information
contained in the
Purchase Report delivered for such Calculation Period pursuant
to Section
1.3(c). Although cash settlements shall be effected on monthly
Settlement Dates,
increases or decreases in the Subordinated Loans shall be deemed
to have
occurred and shall be effective as of the last Business Day of
the Calculation
Period to which such settlement relates.
Section 1.4 Purchase Price Credit Adjustments. If on any
day:
(a) the aggregate Outstanding Balance of the Receivables
originated by
any Seller as reflected in the preceding Purchase Report (net of
any positive
adjustments) has been reduced or canceled for any of the
following reasons:
(i) as a result of any rejected, defective or returned services
or
merchandise, any cash discount or any other adjustment by the
applicable
Seller or any Affiliate thereof (regardless of whether the same
is treated
by such Seller or Affiliate as a write-off), or as a result of
any
surcharge or other governmental or regulatory action, or
(ii) as a result of any setoff or breach of the underlying
agreement
in respect of any claim by the Obligor thereof against the
applicable
Seller, Buyer or any Affiliate of the foregoing (whether such
claim arises
out of the same or a related or an unrelated transaction),
or
(iii) on account of the obligation of the applicable Seller or
any
Affiliate thereof to pay to the related Obligor any rebate or
refund, or
(iv) as a result of any Outstanding Balance of any Receivable on
the
date of its sale or contribution proving to have been less on
such date
than the amount reflected on the applicable Purchase Report,
or
(b) any of the representations or warranties of the applicable
Seller
set forth in Section 2.1(a), (k) or (s) was not true when made
with respect to
any Receivable originated by it, or any of the representations
or warranties of
the applicable Seller set forth in Section 2.1(t) is no longer
true with respect
to any Receivable originated by it,
then, in such event, the Buyer shall be entitled to a credit
(each, a "PURCHASE
PRICE CREDIT") against the Purchase Price otherwise payable
hereunder equal to
(A) the amount of such reduction, cancellation or overstatement,
in the case of
the preceding clauses (a)(i), (a)(ii), (a)(iii) and (a)(iv), and
(B) in the full
amount of the Outstanding Balance of such Receivable in the case
of the
preceding clause (b). If such Purchase Price Credit exceeds the
original
Outstanding Balance of the Receivables to be sold by the
applicable Seller on
the date of a purchase, then the applicable Seller will pay to
the Buyer the
remaining amount of such Purchase Price Credit in cash not later
than the next
Business Day; PROVIDED that if such Seller's Sale Termination
Date has not
occurred, such Seller will be allowed to deduct the remaining
amount of such
Purchase Price Credit from any Indebtedness owed to it under its
Subordinated
Note.
Section 1.5 Payments and Computations, Etc. All amounts to be
paid or
deposited by the Buyer hereunder shall be paid or deposited in
accordance with
the terms hereof on the day when due in immediately available
funds to the
account of the applicable Seller designated from time to time by
such Seller or
as otherwise directed by such Seller. In the event
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that any payment owed by any Person hereunder becomes due on a
day that is not a
Business Day, then such payment shall be made on the next
succeeding Business
Day. If any Person fails to pay any amount hereunder when due,
such Person
agrees to pay, on demand, interest on the past due amount at the
Default Rate
until paid in full; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that such interest shall
not at any time
exceed the maximum rate permitted by applicable law. All
computations of
interest payable hereunder shall be made on the basis of a year
of 360 days for
the actual number of days (including the first but excluding the
last day)
elapsed.
Section 1.6 Transfer of Records.
(a) In connection with the purchases of Receivables hereunder,
each
Seller hereby sells, transfers, assigns and otherwise conveys to
the Buyer all
of such Seller's right and title to and interest in the Records
relating to all
Receivables sold hereunder, without the need for any further
documentation in
connection with any purchase. In connection with such transfer,
each Seller
hereby agrees that following any replacement of BSX (or one of
its Affiliates)
as the Servicer, it will promptly grant access to Administrative
Agent or to the
new Servicer, as the case may be, to all data embedded in or
created by all
software used by such Seller to account for its Receivables,
including, without
limitation, any print outs of such data,.
(b) In addition to the requirements of Section 6.3, each Seller
(i)
shall take such action requested by the Buyer and/or any of the
Agents, from
time to time hereafter, that may be necessary or reasonably
appropriate to
ensure that the Buyer has an enforceable ownership interest in
the Records
relating to the Receivables purchased from such Seller
hereunder, and (ii) shall
use its reasonable efforts to ensure that the Buyer and the
Servicer each has an
enforceable right (whether by license or sublicense or
otherwise) to use all of
the computer software used to account for the Receivables and/or
to recreate
such Records.
Section 1.7 Characterization; Granting Clause.
(a) If, notwithstanding the intention of the parties expressed
in
Section 1.2(c), any sale by any of the Sellers to the Buyer of
Receivables
hereunder shall be characterized as a secured loan and not a
sale, then this
Agreement shall be deemed to constitute a security agreement
under the UCC and
other applicable law. For this purpose and without being in
derogation of the
parties' intention that each sale of Receivables hereunder shall
constitute a
true sale thereof, each of the Sellers hereby grants to the
Buyer a duly
perfected security interest in all of such Seller's right, title
and interest
in, to and under all of such Seller's Receivables now existing
and hereafter
arising, and in all Related Security with respect thereto, which
security
interest shall be prior to all other Liens thereto. After the
occurrence of a
Seller's Sale Termination Event, the Buyer and its assigns shall
have as against
the applicable Seller, in addition to the rights and remedies
which they may
have under this Agreement, all other rights and remedies
provided to a secured
creditor after default under the UCC and other applicable law,
which rights and
remedies shall be cumulative.
(b) Each Seller hereby covenants and agrees to do all things
necessary
under each of its Contracts to facilitate collection of the
Receivables arising
thereunder by the Buyer and its assigns, and to secure its
obligations under
this Section 1.7(b).
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ARTICLE II REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 2.1 Representations of the Sellers. In order to induce
the
Buyer to enter into this Agreement and to make purchases and
accept the
contributions hereunder, each Seller hereby makes the following
representations
and warranties, as to itself, as of the date of each sale or
contribution by it
hereunder; PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that so long as each of the
Liquidity Banks
remains a party to the BSX Credit Agreement, no Seller will be
required to
"date-down" its representation in Section 2.1(b) or 2.1(g)
hereof:
(a) Financial Condition. The consolidated balance sheet of BSX
and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as at December 31, 2006 and December
31, 2005 and the
related consolidated statements of operations and of cash flows
for the fiscal
years ended on such dates, reported on by Ernst & Young LLP,
copies of which
have heretofore been furnished to Buyer and Lenders, are
complete and correct
and present fairly the consolidated financial condition of BSX
as at such dates,
and the consolidated results of its operations and its
consolidated cash flows
for the fiscal years then ended. The unaudited consolidated
balance sheet of BSX
and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at September 30, 2007 or,
if later and
prior to the date of this Agreement, the date of BSX's most
recent publicly
available Form 10-Q and the related unaudited consolidated
statements of
operations and of cash flows for the fiscal period ended on such
date, certified
by an Authorized Officer, copies of which have heretofore been
furnished to
Buyer and each Lender, are complete and materially correct and
present fairly
(subject to normal year-end audit adjustments) the consolidated
financial
condition of BSX and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at such
date, and the
consolidated results of its operations and its consolidated cash
flows for the
fiscal period then ended. All such annual financial statements,
including the
related schedules and notes thereto, were, as of the date
prepared, prepared in
accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods
involved
(except as approved by such accountants or an Authorized
Officer, as the case
may be, and as disclosed therein). The quarterly financial
statements have been
prepared in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles for interim
financial information and with the instructions to Form 10-Q and
Article 10 of
Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933. Accordingly,
such quarterly
statements do not include all of the information and footnotes
required by GAAP
for complete financial statements. In the opinion of BSX, all
adjustments
(consisting only of normal recurring accruals) considered
necessary for a fair
presentation have been included. Neither BSX nor any of its
consolidated
Subsidiaries had, at the date of the most recent balance sheet
referred to
above, any material Guarantee Obligation, material contingent
liability or
material liability for taxes, or any material long-term lease or
material
unusual forward or long-term commitment, including, without
limitation, any
interest rate or foreign currency swap or exchange transaction,
which is not
reflected in the foregoing statements or in the notes
thereto.
(b) No Change. Since the date of the most recent financial
statements
filed with BSX's Form 10-Q or Form 10-K (or the equivalent
thereof) under the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, there has been no
development or
event which has had or could reasonably be expected to have a
Seller Material
Adverse Effect.
(c) Ownership of Such Seller. BSX owns, directly or indirectly,
all
the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of (i) the Buyer and
(ii) each of
the other Sellers (if any), and all of such Equity Interests are
fully paid and
non-assessable.
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(d) Corporate Existence; Compliance with Law. Each Seller and
its
Subsidiaries (a) is duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under
the laws of the jurisdiction of its organization, (b) has the
corporate or other
power and authority, and the legal right, to own and operate its
property, to
lease the property it operates as lessee and to conduct the
business in which it
is currently engaged, (c) is duly qualified as a foreign
corporation or other
entity and in good standing under the laws of each jurisdiction
where its
ownership, lease or operation of property or the conduct of its
business
requires such qualification and (d) is in compliance with all
Requirements of
Law, except to the extent that the failure of the foregoing
clauses (a), (c) and
(d) to be true and correct could not, in the aggregate,
reasonably be expected
to have a Seller Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Corporate Power; Authorization; Enforceable Obligations.
Each
Seller has the corporate or other power and authority, and the
legal right, to
make, deliver and perform its obligations under each Transaction
Document to
which it is a party and to consummate the transactions herein
and therein
contemplated and has taken all necessary corporate action to
authorize the
consummation of the transactions herein and therein contemplated
and to
authorize the execution, delivery and performance of the
Transaction Documents
to which it is a party. Except for filings with respect to the
disclosure of the
Transaction Documents pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as
amended (all of which filings shall be made at or prior to the
time required by
applicable law), no consent or authorization of, filing with,
notice to or other
act by or in respect of, any Governmental Authority or any other
Person is
required with respect to such Seller or any of its Subsidiaries
in connection
with the transactions hereunder or with the execution, delivery,
performance,
validity or enforceability of the Transaction Documents to which
such Seller is
a party. This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to
which such Seller
is, or is to become, a party has been or will be, as applicable,
duly executed
and delivered on behalf of such Seller. This Agreement and each
other
Transaction Document to which such Seller is, or is to become, a
party
constitutes or will constitute, as applicable, a legal, valid
and binding
obligation of such Seller enforceable against such Seller in
accordance with its
terms, subject to the effects of bankruptcy, insolvency,
fraudulent conveyance,
reorganization, moratorium and other similar laws relating to or
affecting
creditors' rights generally, general equitable principles
(whether considered in
a proceeding in equity or at law) and an implied covenant of
good faith and fair
dealing.
(f) No Legal Bar. The execution, delivery and performance of
the
Transaction Documents and transactions contemplated hereunder
will not violate
any Requirement of Law or Contractual Obligation of such Seller
or of any of its
Subsidiaries which could reasonably be expected to have a Seller
Material
Adverse Effect and will not result in, or require, the creation
or imposition of
any Lien (except for any Lien permitted by or created pursuant
to any of the
Transaction Documents) on any of its or their respective
properties or revenues
pursuant to any such Requirement of Law or Contractual
Obligation which could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(g) No Material Litigation. Except as disclosed in BSX's most
recent
publicly available Form 10-K or, if later, the date of BSX's
most recent
publicly available Form 10-Q, no litigation, investigation or
proceeding of or
before any arbitrator or Governmental Authority is pending or,
to the knowledge
of such Seller, threatened by or against such Seller or any of
its Subsidiaries
or against any of its or its respective properties or revenues
(a) with
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respect to any of the Transaction Documents or any of the
transactions
contemplated hereby, or (b) which could reasonably be expected
to have a Seller
Material Adverse Effect.
(h) No Default. Neither such Seller nor any of its Subsidiaries
is in
default under or with respect to any of its Contractual
Obligations in excess of
$100,000,000. No Unmatured Amortization Event or Amortization
Event has occurred
and is continuing.
(i) Intentionally Omitted.
(j) Taxes. Each of such Seller and its Subsidiaries has filed
or
caused to be filed all tax returns which, to the knowledge of
such Seller, are
required to be filed and has paid all taxes shown to be due and
payable on said
returns or on any assessments made against it (other than any
the amount or
validity of which are currently being contested in good faith by
appropriate
proceedings and with respect to which reserves in conformity
with GAAP have been
provided on the books of such Seller or its Subsidiaries, as the
case may be),
except to the extent that the failure to do so could not
reasonably be expected
to result in a Seller Material Adverse Effect.
(k) Federal Regulations. The use of all funds obtained by such
Seller
under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which
it is a party
will not violate Regulation U of the Board of Governors of the
Federal Reserve
System as now and from time to time hereafter in effect.
(l) ERISA. Neither a Reportable Event nor an "accumulated
funding
deficiency" (within the meaning of Section 412 of the Code or
Section 302 of
ERISA) has occurred during the five-year period prior to the
date on which this
representation is made or deemed made with respect to any Plan
other than a
Multiemployer Plan, and each Plan has complied in all material
respects with the
applicable provisions of ERISA and the Code, where the liability
which could be
reasonably expected to result could have a Seller Material
Adverse Effect;
PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that with respect to any Multiemployer Plan,
such
representation is made only to the knowledge of such Seller. No
termination of a
Single Employer Plan pursuant to Section 4041(c) or 4042 of
ERISA has occurred,
and no Lien in favor of the PBGC or a Plan has arisen, during
such five-year
period. The present value of all accrued benefits under each
Single Employer
Plan (based on those assumptions used to fund such Plans) did
not, as of the
last annual valuation date prior to the date on which this
representation is
made or deemed made, exceed the value of the assets of such Plan
allocable to
such accrued benefits by a material amount. Neither such Seller
nor any Commonly
Controlled Entity has had a complete or partial withdrawal from
any
Multiemployer Plan and to the knowledge of such Seller, neither
such Seller nor
any Commonly Controlled Entity would become subject to any
liability under ERISA
if such Seller or any such Commonly Controlled Entity were to
withdraw
completely from all Multiemployer Plans as of the valuation date
most closely
preceding the date on which this representation is made or
deemed made which
liability could be reasonably expected to result could have a
Seller Material
Adverse Effect. No such Multiemployer Plan is in Reorganization
or Insolvent.
(m) Investment Company Act; Other Regulations. Such Seller is
not an
"investment company", or a company "controlled" by an
"investment company",
within the
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meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. Such
Seller is not
subject to regulation under any Federal or State statute or
regulation (other
than Regulation X of the Board) which limits its ability to
incur Indebtedness.
(n) Disclosure. The statements and information contained herein
and in
any of the information provided to the Agents or the Lenders
(other than
financial projections) in connection with this Agreement, taken
as a whole, do
not contain any untrue statement of any material fact, or omit
to state a fact
necessary in order to make such statements or information not
misleading in any
material respect, in each case in light of the circumstances
under which such
statements were made or information provided as of the date so
provided. Each
Purchase Report delivered by such Seller pursuant to this
Agreement was true and
accurate in every material respect on the date specified in such
report and did
not contain any material misstatement of fact or omit to state a
material fact
or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein
not misleading.
(o) Valid and Perfected Security Interest. Each such
Receivable
originated by such Seller has been transferred to the Buyer free
and clear of
any Lien except as created hereby or by the other Transaction
Documents. Without
limiting the foregoing, such Seller has delivered to the
Administrative Agent
(as the Buyer's assignee) in form suitable for filing all
financing statements
or other similar instruments or documents necessary under the
UCC of all
appropriate jurisdictions to perfect the Buyer's ownership
interest in such
Receivable and the Administrative Agent's collateral assignment
thereof. This
Agreement creates a valid security interest in each such
Receivable and its
Related Security in favor of the Buyer, and, upon filing of the
financing
statements described in the preceding sentence, together with
UCC termination
statements delivered hereunder, such security interest will be a
first priority
perfected security interest.
(p) Nature of Receivables. Each Receivable constitutes an
"Account"
and is not a "Health-care insurance receivable", in each case,
as defined in the
UCC in effect in the State of New York.
(q) Title to Receivables and Quality of Title.
(i) Upon issuance of its shares of capital stock to BSX (in the
case
of Initial Contributed Receivables and any Receivables that BSX,
in its
sole discretion, may elect to contribute thereafter) and payment
of the
applicable Purchase Price for each purchased Receivable in one
or both of
the manners permitted by this Agreement, the Buyer will have
irrevocably
obtained all legal and equitable title to such Receivable and
its Related
Security (other than any Related Security constituting a
Contract that
contains a prohibition on assignment, in which case the Buyer
has obtained
a valid and perfected first priority perfected security interest
in the
applicable Seller's right to receive payments thereunder to the
extent
contemplated by Section 9-406 of the UCC of the applicable
jurisdiction),
and the Buyer has the legal right to sell and encumber, each
such
Receivable and its Related Security. Without limiting the
foregoing, there
have been duly filed all financing statements or other similar
instruments
or documents necessary under the UCC of all appropriate
jurisdictions to
perfect the Buyer's ownership interest in such Receivable.
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(ii) No financing statement or other instrument similar in
effect
covering any portion of the Collateral is on file in any
recording office
except such as may be filed (A) in favor of a Seller in
accordance with the
Contracts, (B) in favor of the Buyer and its assigns in
connection with
this Agreement, (C) in favor of the Administrative Agent in
accordance with
the Credit and Security Agreement, (D) in connection with any
Lien arising
solely as the result of any action taken by the Administrative
Agent or one
of the Secured Parties, or (E) which shall be terminated or
amended
pursuant to the UCC termination statements or amendments
delivered
hereunder.
(r) Offices. The chief executive office of such Seller is
located at
the address set forth for it on Schedule 2.1(r) hereto or its
Joinder Agreement,
as applicable, and the offices where such Seller keep all books,
records and
documents evidencing the Receivables originated by it (other
than books, records
and documents that are stored off-site with respect to
Receivables which are no
longer outstanding or which have been written-off), the related
material
Contracts and all purchase orders and other agreements related
to such
Receivables are located at the addresses specified in Schedule
2.1(r) hereto or
its Joinder Agreement (or at such other locations, notified to
the Buyer in
accordance with Section 4.3(g), in jurisdictions where all
action required by
Section 4.3(g) has been taken and completed). As of the date
hereof, such Seller
is a "registered organization" (within the meaning of Section
9-102 of the UCC
as in effect in its jurisdiction of organization). Since the
date of this
Agreement, such Seller has not changed its jurisdiction of
organization.
(s) Collection Accounts. Such Seller has instructed all
Obligors
thereon to pay all Collections either directly by mail addressed
to a Lockbox
listed on Exhibit IV to the Credit and Security Agreement which
is subject to a
Collection Account Agreement, or by wire transfer or other
electronic funds
transfer directly to a Collection Account listed on Exhibit IV
to the Credit and
Security Agreement which is subject to a Collection Account
Agreement. Such
Seller and the Buyer have caused each of the Collection Accounts
that was in the
name of a Seller on the Initial Closing Date to be transferred
to the Buyer and
into the Buyer's name.
(t) Eligible Receivables. Each Receivable originated by such
Seller
that is included as an Eligible Receivable on any Purchase
Report was an
Eligible Receivable on the date on which it was sold or
contributed to the Buyer
pursuant hereto.
(u) Names. Except as set forth on Schedule 2.1(r), since January
1,
1997, such Seller has not used any legal names, trade names or
assumed names
other than the name in which it has executed this Agreement.
(v) Credit and Collection Policy. With respect to the
Receivables
originated by such Seller, such Seller has complied in all
material respects
with its applicable Credit and Collection Policy, and no change
has been made to
such Credit and Collection Policy since the date of this
Agreement which would
be reasonably likely to materially and adversely affect the
collectibility of
the Receivables originated by such Seller or decrease the credit
quality of any
newly created Receivables originated by such Seller except for
such changes as
to which each of the Agents has received the notice required
under Section
7.1(a)(vii) of the Credit and Security Agreement and has given
its prior written
consent thereto (which consent shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed).
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(w) Payments to Sellers. With respect to each Receivable sold
or
contributed to the Buyer by such Seller under this Agreement,
the Buyer has
given reasonably equivalent value to such Seller in
consideration for such
Receivable and the Related Security with respect thereto and no
such transfer is
or may be voidable under any section of the Bankruptcy Reform
Act of 1978 (11
U.S.C. ss.ss.101 et seq.), as amended.
(x) Reliance on Separate Legal Identity. Such Seller is aware
that the
Lenders, the Liquidity Banks and the Agents are entering into
the Transaction
Documents in reliance upon the Buyer's identity as a legal
entity separate from
such Seller and any of its other Affiliates.
ARTICLE III.
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES
Section 3.1 Conditions Precedent to Initial Purchase. The
initial
purchase from each Seller hereunder is subject to the conditions
precedent that
(1) BSX shall have contributed the Initial Contributed
Receivables and the
associated Related Security to the Buyer, and the Buyer shall
have issued 100%
of its authorized outstanding Equity Interests to BSX, (2) the
Buyer shall have
executed and delivered a Subordinated Note in favor of such
Seller, and (3) the
Buyer shall have received, on or before such Seller's Applicable
Closing Date,
the following, each (unless otherwise indicated) dated such
Seller's Applicable
Closing Date, and each in form, substance and date reasonably
satisfactory to
the Buyer and the Agents:
(a) A copy of the resolutions of such Seller's board of
directors,
board of managers, general partners or analogous Persons of such
Seller
approving the Transaction Documents to be delivered by it and
the transactions
contemplated hereby and thereby, certified by a Responsible
Officer of such
Seller;
(b) A good standing certificate for such Seller issued as of a
recent
date by the Secretary of State of the state of its
formation;
(c) A certificate of a Responsible Officer of such Seller
certifying
the names and true signatures of the officers, partners,
managers or members
authorized on such Seller's behalf to sign the Transaction
Documents to be
delivered by it, on which certificate the Buyer and the Servicer
(if the
Servicer is not such Seller) may conclusively rely until such
time as the Buyer
and the Servicer shall receive from such Seller a revised
certificate meeting
the requirements of this subsection (c);
(d) Recently certified copies of such Seller's Organic
Documents;
(e) Copies of the proper financing statements (Form UCC-1) that
have
been duly executed by such Seller, naming such Seller as seller,
the Buyer as
the purchaser, and the Administrative Agent as assignee of the
Buyer, in each
case, describing in reasonable detail the Receivables and the
Related Security
to be sold by such Seller to the Buyer pursuant to this
Agreement or other
similar instruments or documents, as may be necessary under the
UCC of all
appropriate jurisdictions or any comparable law of all
appropriate jurisdictions
to perfect the Buyer's ownership interest in such Receivables
and Related
Security;
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(f) A written search report from a Person satisfactory to the
Servicer
and the Administrative Agent listing all effective UCC financing
statements that
name such Seller as debtor, seller or assignor and that are
filed in the
jurisdictions in which filings were made pursuant to the
foregoing subsection
(e), together with copies of such financing statements (none of
which, except
for those described in the foregoing subsection (e) shall cover
any Receivable
or any Related Asset related to any Receivable) which is to be
sold or
contributed by such Seller to the Buyer hereunder, and tax and
judgment lien
search reports from a Person satisfactory to the Servicer and
the Administrative
Agent showing no evidence of such liens filed against such
personal property
other than those liens for which UCC termination statements have
been delivered
hereunder;
(g) Evidence (i) of the execution and delivery by each of the
parties
thereto of each of the other Transaction Documents to be
executed and delivered
in connection herewith and (ii) that each of the conditions
precedent to the
execution, delivery and effectiveness of such other Transaction
Documents has
been satisfied to the Buyer's satisfaction;
(h) An opinion of such Seller's counsel covering such matters as
Buyer
or Administrative Agent (as Buyer's assignee) may reasonably
request; and
(i) A certificate from an officer of such Seller to the effect
that
the Servicer and such Seller have placed on the most recent, and
have taken all
steps reasonably necessary to ensure that there shall be placed
on subsequent,
summary aged trial balance reports the following legend (or the
substantive
equivalent thereof):
"PROPERTY OF BOSTON SCIENTIFIC FUNDING LLC"
Section 3.2 Conditions Precedent to All Purchases (including
the
Purchase from Each Seller on its Applicable Closing Date). Each
purchase shall
be subject to the further conditions precedent that:
(a) such Seller's Sale Termination Date shall not have
occurred;
(b) the Buyer (or its assigns) shall have received such
other
approvals, opinions or documents as it may reasonably request;
and
(c) on the date of such purchase, each of the representations
and
warranties of such Seller set forth in Article II hereof are
true and correct in
all material respects on and as of the date of such purchase
(and after giving
effect thereto) as though made on and as of such date (and shall
be deemed to
have been made on and as of such Date; except for
representations and warranties
stated to refer to a specific earlier date, in which case such
representations
and warranties are true and correct as of such earlier date);
PROVIDED, HOWEVER,
that the preceding materiality standard shall not apply to those
representations
and warranties which themselves contain materiality standards;
and PROVIDED,
FURTHER, that so long as each of the Liquidity Banks remains a
party to the BSX
Credit Agreement, no Seller will be required to "date-down" its
representation
in Section 2.1(b) or 2.1(g) hereof.
Section 3.3 Reaffirmation of Representations and Warranties.
Subject
to the proviso in Section 3.2(c) above, each Seller, by
accepting the Purchase
Price related to each
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purchase of such Seller's Receivables and Related Security,
shall be deemed to
have certified that the representations and warranties of such
Seller contained
in Article II are true and correct as to such Seller on and as
of the day of
such purchase, with the same effect as though made on and as of
such day.
Section 3.4 Conditions Precedent to Effectiveness. This Amended
and
Restated Receivables Sale Agreement shall become effective at
such time as (a)
the Agents shall have received counterparts of this Agreement
duly executed by
each of the parties hereto and (b) the conditions to
effectiveness of the Credit
and Security Agreement specified in Section 5.3 thereof shall
have been
satisfied.
ARTICLE IV.
COVENANTS
Section 4.1 Affirmative Covenants. From each Seller's
Applicable
Closing Date until the later of the Final Payout Date or the
cessation of the
purchases of the Buyer hereunder, unless the Buyer and the
Agents shall
otherwise consent in writing each Seller will:
(a) Conduct of Business and Maintenance of Existence. (i)
Continue to
engage in business of the same general type as conducted by it
on the date of
this Agreement, (ii) preserve, renew and keep in full force and
effect its
corporate existence and (except as could not in the aggregate
reasonably be
expected to have a Seller Material Adverse Effect), (iii) take
all reasonable
action to maintain all rights, privileges and franchises
necessary or desirable
in the normal conduct of its business (except as could not be
reasonably
expected to have a Seller Material Adverse Effect) and (iv)
comply with all
Contractual Obligations and Requirements of Law except to the
extent that
failure to comply therewith could not, in the aggregate, be
reasonably expected
to have a Seller Material Adverse Effect.
(b) Audits. Such Seller will, subject to compliance with all
Contractual Obligations and Requirements of Law: (i) at any time
and from time
to time upon not less than ten (10) Business Days' notice
(unless an or
Amortization Event has occurred and is continuing, in which
case, not more than
one (1) Business Day's notice shall be required) during regular
business hours,
permit the Buyer, the Agents or any of their agents or
representatives: (A) to
examine and make copies of and abstracts from all Records,
Contracts and
Invoices in the possession or under the control of such Seller,
and (B) to visit
the offices and properties of such Seller for the purpose of
examining such
Records, Contracts and Invoices and to discuss matters relating
to Receivables
or such Seller's performance hereunder with any of the officers
or employees of
such Seller having knowledge of such matters; and (ii) without
limiting the
provisions of clause (i) above, from time to time, at the
expense of such
Seller, permit certified public accountants or auditors
acceptable to the Agents
to conduct a review of such Seller's Contracts, Invoices and
Records (each, a
"REVIEW"); PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that, so long as no Amortization
Event has
occurred and is continuing, such Seller will only be responsible
for the costs
and expenses of one (1) such Review under this Section in any
one calendar year
unless (1) the first such Review in such calendar year resulted
in negative
findings (in which case such Seller will be responsible for the
costs and
expenses of two (2) such Reviews in such calendar year), or (2)
the Buyer
delivers an Extension Request under the Credit and Security
Agreement
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and the applicable Response Date is more than 3 calendar months
after the first
Review in such calendar year. Notwithstanding the foregoing, if
(1) such Seller
requests the approval of a new Eligible Originator who is a
Material Proposed
Addition or (2) any Material Acquisition is consummated by such
Seller, such
Seller will be responsible for the costs and expenses of one
additional Review
per proposed Material Proposed Addition or per Material
Acquisition in the
calendar year in which such Material Proposed Addition is
expected to occur or
such Material Acquisition is expected to be consummated if such
additional
Review is requested by the Buyer or any of the Agents.
(c) Keeping of Records and Books of Account. Such Seller will
maintain
and implement administrative and operating procedures
(including, without
limitation, an ability to recreate essential Records evidencing
the Receivables
originated by such Seller in the event of the destruction of the
originals
thereof and backing up on at least a daily basis on a separate
computer from
which electronic file copies can be readily produced), and keep
and maintain,
all Contracts, Records and other information necessary or
reasonably advisable
for the collection of all such Receivables (including, without
limitation,
Records adequate to permit the identification as of any Business
Day when
required of Outstanding Balances by Obligor and related debit
and credit details
of the Receivables).
(d) Performance and Compliance with Receivables and Contracts.
Such
Seller will, at its expense, timely and fully perform and comply
with all
provisions, covenants and other promises, if any, required to be
observed by it
under the Contracts and/or Invoices related to the Receivables
originated by
such Seller and all agreements related to such Receivables
except for such
failures to fully perform and comply as would not, individually
or in the
aggregate, have a Seller Material Adverse Effect.
(e) Location of Records. Such Seller will keep its Records
and
material Contracts (and, to the extent that any of the foregoing
constitute
instruments, chattel paper or negotiable documents, all
originals thereof), at
its addresses referred to in Schedule 2.1(r) hereto, or, upon 30
days' prior
written notice to the Agents, at such other locations in
jurisdictions where all
action required by Section 4.3(g) (if any) shall have been taken
and completed.
(f) Credit and Collection Policies. Such Seller will timely and
fully
comply with its Credit and Collection Policy in regard to the
Receivables
originated by it.
(g) Separate Corporate Existence of the Buyer. Each Seller will
take
such actions as shall be required in order to maintain the
separate identity of
the Buyer separate and apart from such Seller and its other
Affiliates,
including those actions set forth in Section 7.1(l) of the
Credit and Security
Agreement.
(h) Collections. Such Seller will instruct all Obligors thereon
to pay
all Collections either directly by mail addressed to a Lockbox
listed on Exhibit
IV to the Credit and Security Agreement which is subject to a
Collection Account
Agreement, or by wire transfer or other electronic funds
transfer directly to a
Collection Account listed on Exhibit IV to the Credit and
Security Agreement
which is subject to a Collection Account Agreement. Such Seller
will cooperate
fully with the Buyer in transferring each of the Collection
Accounts to the
Buyer.
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(i) Further Assurances. Such Seller will take all necessary
action to
establish and maintain in favor of the Buyer, a valid and
perfected ownership
interest in the Receivables and Related Security.
Section 4.2 Reporting Requirements. From such Seller's
Applicable
Closing Date until the later of the Final Payout Date or the
cessation of the
purchases of the Buyer hereunder, such Seller will furnish to
the Buyer and the
Agents:
(a) Financial Statements.
(i) as soon as available, but in any event within 110 days after
the
end of each fiscal year of BSX, a copy of the consolidated
balance sheet of
BSX and its consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such year
and the
related consolidated statements of operations and stockholders'
equity and
of cash flows for such year, setting forth in each case in
comparative form
the figures for the previous year, reported on without a "going
concern" or
like qualification or exception, or qualification arising out of
the scope
of the audit, by Ernst & Young LLP or other independent
certified public
accountants of nationally recognized standing;
(ii) as soon as available, but in any event not later than 60
days
after the end of each of the first three quarterly periods of
each fiscal
year of BSX, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of BSX and
its
consolidated Subsidiaries as at the end of such quarter and the
related
unaudited consolidated statements of operations for such quarter
and the
portion of the fiscal year through the end of such quarter and
of cash
flows of BSX and its consolidated Subsidiaries for the portion
of the
fiscal year through the end of such quarter, setting forth in
each case in
comparative form the figures for the previous year, certified by
a
Responsible Officer as being fairly stated in all material
respects
(subject to normal year-end audit adjustments); and
(iii) all such financial statements shall be complete and
correct in
all material respects and shall be prepared in reasonable detail
and in
accordance with GAAP applied consistently throughout the periods
reflected
therein and with prior periods (except as approved by such
accountants or
officer, as the case may be, and disclosed therein); PROVIDED
that it is
hereby acknowledged that the quarterly financial statements
delivered
pursuant to paragraph (b) above may not include all of the
information and
footnotes required by GAAP for complete annual financial
statements.
Any financial statement required to be furnished pursuant to
this Section 4.2(a)
shall be deemed to have been furnished on the date on which the
Lenders receive
notice that BSX has posted such financial statement on the
Intralinks website on
the Internet at www.intralinks.com; PROVIDED that BSX shall give
notice of any
such posting to the Administrative Agent (who shall then give
notice of any such
posting to the Lenders). Notwith
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