AMENDMENT NO. 11 AND JOINDER
TO
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT NO. 11 AND JOINDER TO RECEIVABLES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT dated as of July 24, 2009 (this “
Agreement ”) is entered into among INSIGHT
RECEIVABLES, LLC (the “ Seller ”), INSIGHT
ENTERPRISES, INC. (“ Insight ” and the “
Servicer ”), JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A. (successor by
merger to Bank One, NA (Main Office Chicago)), as a Financial
Institution and as Agent (in its capacity as Agent, the “
Agent ”), and JS SILOED TRUST (“ JS Trust
”), as assignee of Jupiter Securitization Company LLC.
Capitalized terms used herein but not defined herein shall have the
meanings provided in the Receivables Purchase Agreement defined
below.
WHEREAS, the parties hereto are parties to that
certain Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of
December 31, 2002 (as amended, restated, supplemented or
otherwise modified from time to time, the “ Receivables
Purchase Agreement ”);
WHEREAS, the parties hereto have agreed to amend
the Receivables Purchase Agreement on the terms and conditions
hereafter set forth;
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises
set forth above, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
AMENDMENT . SUBJECT TO THE FULFILLMENT OF THE CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT SET FORTH IN SECTION 3 BELOW, THE RECEIVABLES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT IS HEREBY AMENDED TO INCORPORATE SOLELY THE
BLACKLINED CHANGES ON THE MARKED PAGES ATTACHED AS ANNEX A
HERETO.
ARTICLE II
JOINDER . PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION (THE “ NEW
MANAGING AGENT ” AND THE “ NEW FINANCIAL
INSTITUTION ”), MARKET STREET FUNDING LLC (THE “
NEW CONDUIT ” AND TOGETHER WITH THE NEW MANAGING AGENT
AND NEW FINANCIAL INSTITUTION, THE “ NEW PURCHASER
GROUP ”), THE SELLER, THE SERVICER AND THE AGENT HEREBY
AGREE AS FOLLOWS:
Pursuant to
Section 12.6 of the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the
Seller has requested that the New Purchaser Group agree to become a
“ Purchaser Group ” under the Receivables
Purchase Agreement.
Each of the
Seller, the Servicer and the Agent, by its signature hereto, hereby
consents to the joinder of the New Purchaser Group to the
Receivables Purchase Agreement.
By executing
and delivering this Agreement, each of the New Managing Agent, the
New Conduit and the New Financial Institution confirms to and
agrees with each other party to the Receivables Purchase Agreement
that (i) it has received a copy of the Receivables Purchase
Agreement and such other documents and information as it has deemed
appropriate to make its own credit analysis and decision to enter
into this Agreement; (ii) it will, independently and without
reliance upon the Agent, the other Managing Agents, the other
Purchasers or any of their respective Affiliates, and based on such
documents and information as it shall deem appropriate at the time,
continue to make its own credit decisions in taking or not taking
action under the Receivables Purchase Agreement or any Transaction
Document; (iii) it appoints and authorizes the Agent to take
such action as agent on its behalf and to exercise such powers
under the Receivables Purchase Agreement, the Transaction Documents
and any other instrument or document pursuant thereto as are
delegated to the Agent by the terms thereof, together with such
powers as are reasonably incidental thereto and to enforce its
respective rights and interests in and under the Receivables
Purchase Agreement, the Transaction Documents, the Receivables, the
Related Security and the Collections; (iv) it will perform all
of the obligations which by the terms of the Receivables Purchase
Agreement and the Transaction Documents are required to be
performed by it as a Managing Agent, a Conduit and a Financial
Institution, respectively; (v) its address for notices shall
be the office set forth beneath its name on the signature pages of
this Agreement; (vi) it is duly authorized to enter into this
Agreement and (vii) in the case of the New Conduit and the New
Financial Institution, it appoints and authorizes the New Managing
Agent as its Managing Agent to take such action as agent on its
behalf and to exercise such powers under the Receivables Purchase
Agreement, the Transaction Documents and any other instrument or
document pursuant thereto as are delegated to the Managing Agents
by the terms thereof together with such powers that are reasonably
incidental thereto.
On the date
hereof, each of the New Managing Agent, the New Conduit and the New
Financial Institution shall join in and be a party to the
Receivables Purchase Agreement and, to the extent provided in this
Agreement, shall have the rights and obligations of a Managing
Agent, a Conduit and a Financial Institution, respectively, under
the Receivables Purchase Agreement.
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ARTICLE III
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT . THIS AGREEMENT SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE
AS OF THE CLOSE OF BUSINESS ON THE DATE FIRST ABOVE WRITTEN,
SUBJECT TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE CONDITIONS PRECEDENT THAT
(A) THE MANAGING AGENTS SHALL HAVE RECEIVED:
(I) COUNTERPARTS OF THIS AGREEMENT EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE
PARTIES HERETO, (II) COUNTERPARTS OF AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO
AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES SALE AGREEMENT, DATED AS OF THE
DATE HEREOF, EXECUTED BY EACH OF THE PARTIES THERETO, (III) A
REAFFIRMATION OF PERFORMANCE UNDERTAKING IN THE FORM ATTACHED TO
AMENDMENT NO. 3 TO AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES SALE AGREEMENT,
EXECUTED BY INSIGHT AND (IV) ALL FEES AND EXPENSES REQUIRED TO
BE PAID ON THE DATE HEREOF PURSUANT TO THE TERMS OF THE FEE LETTERS
AND (B) THE AGENT SHALL HAVE RECEIVED FOR THE RATABLE ACCOUNT
OF THE PURCHASERS THEN PARTIES TO THE SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
FEE LETTER, DATED AS OF SEPTEMBER 17, 2008, BY AND AMONG THE AGENT,
JS TRUST AND THE BORROWER, ALL FEES ACCRUED AND UNPAID TO BUT NOT
INCLUDING THE DATE HEREOF.
ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES . EACH OF THE SELLER AND THE
SERVICER HEREBY REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT (I) THIS
AGREEMENT CONSTITUTES ITS LEGAL, VALID AND BINDING OBLIGATION,
ENFORCEABLE AGAINST SUCH PARTY IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITS TERMS, EXCEPT
AS ENFORCEABILITY MAY BE LIMITED BY APPLICABLE BANKRUPTCY,
INSOLVENCY, REORGANIZATION, MORATORIUM OR SIMILAR LAWS AFFECTING
THE ENFORCEMENT OF CREDITORS’ RIGHTS GENERALLY AND BY GENERAL
EQUITABLE PRINCIPLES (WHETHER ENFORCEMENT IS SOUGHT BY PROCEEDINGS
IN EQUITY OR AT LAW) AND THE IMPLIED COVENANTS OF GOOD FAITH AND
FAIR DEALING; AND (II) AFTER GIVING EFFECT TO THIS AGREEMENT,
THE REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES OF EACH SUCH PARTY,
RESPECTIVELY, SET FORTH IN ARTICLE V OF THE RECEIVABLES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT ARE TRUE AND CORRECT IN ALL MATERIAL RESPECTS
WITH THE SAME EFFECT AS IF MADE ON THE DATE HEREOF, EXCEPT TO THE
EXTENT SUCH REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES EXPRESSLY RELATE TO AN
EARLIER DATE. THE SELLER FURTHER REPRESENTS AND WARRANTS THAT AFTER
GIVING EFFECT TO THIS AGREEMENT, NO EVENT HAS OCCURRED AND IS
CONTINUING THAT CONSTITUTES AN AMORTIZATION EVENT OR A POTENTIAL
AMORTIZATION EVENT.
ARTICLE V
REFERENCE TO AND EFFECT ON THE RECEIVABLES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT .
Upon the
effectiveness of this Agreement, (i) each reference in the
Receivables Purchase Agreement to “this Agreement”,
“hereunder”, “hereof”, “herein”
or words of like import shall mean and be a reference to the
Receivables Purchase Agreement, as amended hereby, and
(ii) each reference to the Receivables Purchase Agreement in
any other Transaction Document or any other document, instrument or
agreement executed and/or delivered in connection therewith, shall
mean and be a reference to the Receivables Purchase Agreement as
amended hereby.
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Except as
specifically amended hereby, the terms and conditions of the
Receivables Purchase Agreement, of all other Transaction Documents
and any other documents, instruments and agreements executed and/or
delivered in connection therewith, shall remain in full force and
effect and are hereby ratified and confirmed.
The execution,
delivery and effectiveness of this Agreement shall not operate as a
waiver of any right, power or remedy of the Agent, any Purchaser or
any Managing Agent under the Receivables Purchase Agreement or any
other Transaction Document or any other document, instrument or
agreement executed in connection therewith, nor constitute a waiver
of any provision contained therein, in each case except as
specifically set forth herein.
ARTICLE VI
COSTS AND EXPENSES . THE SELLER AGREES TO PAY ON DEMAND ALL
REASONABLE COSTS AND EXPENSES OF THE AGENT, JS TRUST, THE FINANCIAL
INSTITUTIONS AND THE NEW PURCHASER GROUP IN CONNECTION WITH THE
PREPARATION, EXECUTION AND DELIVERY OF THIS AGREEMENT AND THE OTHER
INSTRUMENTS AND DOCUMENTS TO BE DELIVERED IN CONNECTION HEREWITH,
INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE REASONABLE FEES AND
OUT-OF-POCKET EXPENSES OF COUNSEL FOR THE AGENT, JS TRUST, THE
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND THE NEW PURCHASER GROUP WITH RESPECT
THERETO AND WITH RESPECT TO ADVISING THE AGENT, JS TRUST, THE
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND THE NEW PURCHASER GROUP AS TO THEIR
RESPECTIVE RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES HEREUNDER AND
THEREUNDER.
ARTICLE VII
EXECUTION IN COUNTERPARTS . THIS AGREEMENT MAY BE EXECUTED
IN ANY NUMBER OF COUNTERPARTS AND BY DIFFERENT PARTIES HERETO IN
SEPARATE COUNTERPARTS, EACH OF WHICH WHEN SO EXECUTED AND DELIVERED
SHALL BE DEEMED TO BE AN ORIGINAL AND ALL OF WHICH TAKEN TOGETHER
SHALL CONSTITUTE BUT ONE AND THE SAME INSTRUMENT.
ARTICLE VIII
GOVERNING LAW . THIS Agreement SHALL BE GOVERNED BY AND
CONSTRUED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE INTERNAL LAWS (INCLUDING, BUT NOT
LIMITED TO, 735 ILCS SECTION 105/5-1 ET SEQ ., BUT OTHERWISE
WITHOUT REGARD TO CONFLICT OF LAW PROVISIONS) OF THE STATE OF
ILLINOIS.
ARTICLE IX
SECTION TITLES . THE SECTION TITLES CONTAINED IN THIS
AGREEMENT ARE AND SHALL BE WITHOUT SUBSTANCE, MEANING OR CONTENT OF
ANY KIND WHATSOEVER AND ARE NOT A PART OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE
PARTIES HERETO.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have
caused this Agreement to be executed by their respective officers
thereunto duly authorized as of the date first above
written.
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INSIGHT
RECEIVABLES, LLC
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By: Insight
Receivables Holding, LLC, its Sole Member
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By:
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/s/ Glynis
Bryan
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Name:
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Glynis
Bryan
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Title:
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Chief Financial
Officer
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INSIGHT
ENTERPRISES, INC.
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By:
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/s/ Glynis
Bryan
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Name:
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Glynis
Bryan
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Title:
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Chief Financial
Officer
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Signature Page to
Amendment No. 11 and Joinder to Receivables Purchase
Agreement
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JS SILOED
TRUST, as a Conduit
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By: JPMorgan
Chase Bank, N.A., its administrative trustee
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By:
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/s/ Joel C.
Gedroic
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Name:
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Joel C.
Gedroic
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Title:
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Executive
Director
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JPMORGAN CHASE
BANK, N.A., as a Financial Institution, as
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Agent and as a
Managing Agent
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By:
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/s/ Joel C.
Gedroic
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Name:
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Joel C.
Gedroic
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Title:
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Executive
Director
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Signature Page to
Amendment No. 11 to Receivables Purchase
Agreement
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MARKET STREET
FUNDING LLC, as the New Conduit
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By:
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/s/ Doris J.
Hearn
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Name:
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Doris J.
Hearn
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Title:
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Vice
President
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Address:
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c/o AMACAR
Group, L.L.C.
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6525 Morrison
Blvd., Suite 318
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Charlotte, NC
28211
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Attention:
Douglas K. Johnson
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Fax:
(704) 365-1362
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PNC BANK,
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
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as the New
Financial Institution and the New Managing Agent
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By:
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/s/ Robin A.
Reeher
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Name:
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Robin A.
Reeher
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Title:
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Vice
President
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Address:
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One PNC
Plaza
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249 Fifth
Avenue
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Pittsburgh, PA
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Attention:
William Falcon
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Fax:
(412) 762-5442
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Signature Page to
Amendment No. 11 and Joinder to Receivables Purchase
Agreement
Blacklined Changes to the
Receivables Purchase Agreement
CONFORMED COPY INCORPORATING
AMENDMENT NO. 1 DATED SEPTEMBER 3, 2003;
AMENDMENT NO. 2 DATED DECEMBER 23, 2003;
AMENDMENT NO. 3 DATED JULY 28, 2004;
AMENDMENT NO. 4 DATED DECEMBER 21, 2004;
AMENDMENT NO. 5 DATED MARCH 25, 2005;
AMENDMENT NO. 6 DATED DECEMBER 19, 2005;
AMENDMENT NO. 7 DATED SEPTEMBER 7, 2006;
OMNIBUS AMENDMENT DATED AUGUST 24, 2007;
AMENDMENT NO. 8 DATED JANUARY 22, 2008;
AMENDMENT NO. 9 DATED SEPTEMBER 17, 2008;
AMENDMENT NO. AND AMENDMENT NO. 10 DATED FEBRUARY 6,
2009 ;
AND AMENDMENT NO. 11 DATED JULY 24, 2009
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
dated as of December 31,
2002
INSIGHT RECEIVABLES, LLC, as
Seller,
INSIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC., as
Servicer,
THE ENTITIES PARTY HERETO FROM TIME
TO TIME AS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS CONDUITS,
JS TRUST SECURITIZATION
CORPORATION
THE ENTITIES PARTY HERETO FROM
TIME TO TIME AS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS,
THE ENTITIES PARTY HERETO FROM
TIME TO TIME AS
MANAGING AGENTS
JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
(SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO BANK ONE, NA (MAIN OFFICE CHICAGO),
as Agent
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of
December 31, 2002 is among Insight Receivables, LLC, an
Illinois limited liability company (“ Seller ”),
Insight Enterprises, Inc., a Delaware corporation (“
Insight ”), as initial Servicer (the Servicer together
with Seller, the “ Seller Parties ” and each a
“ Seller Party ”), the entities listed on
Schedule A from time to this Agreement (together
with any of their respective successors and assigns hereunder,
time party hereto as Conduits ( the “
Conduits”), the entities from time to time party hereto
as Financial Institutions ”), JS Siloed Trust (“
JS Trust (the “Financial Institutions”
and together with the Conduits, the “Purchasers”), the
entities from time to time party hereto as Managing Agents (the
“Managing Agents ”) and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A.
(successor by merger to Bank One, NA (Main Office Chicago))
(“ JP Morgan JPMorgan ”), as agent
for the Purchasers hereunder or any successor agent hereunder
(together with its successors and assigns hereunder, the “
Agent ”). Unless defined elsewhere herein, capitalized
terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to
such terms in Exhibit I .
Seller desires
to transfer and assign Purchaser Interests to the Purchasers from
time to time.
JS Trust The Conduits may, in its their absolute and
sole discretion, purchase Purchaser Interests from Seller from time
to time.
In the event that JS Trust a
Conduit declines to make any purchase, the Financial
Institutions in such Conduit’s Purchaser Group shall,
at subject to the request terms and
conditions of Seller this Agreement , purchase
Purchaser Interests from time to time. In addition, the Financial
Institutions have agreed to provide a liquidity facility to JS
Trust their related Conduit in accordance with the terms
of the a Liquidity Agreement.
JPMorgan Each Managing Agent has been requested and is willing to act as
Managing Agent on behalf of JS Trust the
Conduit and the Financial Institutions in its Purchaser
Group in accordance with the terms hereof.
ARTICLE I
PURCHASE ARRANGEMENTS
Section 1.1 Purchase Facility
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(a) Upon the terms and subject to the
conditions hereof, Seller may, at its option, sell and assign
Purchaser Interests to the Agent Managing Agents for
the benefit of one or more of the Purchasers . in their
respective Purchaser Group. In accordance with the terms and
conditions set forth herein, JS Trust each Conduit
may, at its option, instruct its Managing Agent to cause the
Agent to purchase on its behalf of JS Trust , or if
JS Trust any Conduit shall decline to purchase,
the its Managing Agent shall cause the Agent
to purchase , on behalf of the Financial Institutions
, in its Purchaser Group, its Purchaser Group’s Pro
Rata Share of such Purchaser Interests from time to time in an
aggregate amount not to exceed at such time the lesser of (i)
the its Purchaser Group’s Group Purchase Limit
and (ii) the aggregate amount of the Back-Up Commitments during
the period from the date hereof to but not including the Facility
Termination Date .
(b) Seller may, upon at least 5 Business
Days’ notice to the Agent and each Managing Agent ,
terminate in whole or reduce in part ,ratably among the
Financial Institutions, the unused portion of the Purchase
Limit ;provided thet each partial reduction of . Upon any
reduction of the Purchase Limit, the Group Purchase Limits shall be
permanently reduced by a corresponding amount (ratably among the
Purchaser Groups in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares) and the
Commitments of each Financial Institution in each Purchaser Group
shall be reduced ratably in accordance with their respective
Percentages. Each reduction in the Purchase Limit shall be in
an aggregate amount equal to $5,000,000 or a larger multiple
of $1,000,000.
Section 1.2 Increases . Seller shall
provide the each Managing Agent with at least three
Business Days’ prior notice in a form set forth as
Exhibit II hereto of each Incremental Purchase (a
“ Purchase Notice ”). Each Purchase Notice shall
be subject to Section 6.2 hereof and, except as set forth
below, shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested
Purchase Price (which shall not be less than $5,000,000 in the
aggregate ) and the date of purchase (which, in the case
of any Incremental Purchase (after the initial Incremental Purchase
hereunder), shall only be on a Settlement Date) and, in the case
of an Incremental Purchase to be funded by the Financial
Institutions, the requested Discount Rate and Tranche Period.
). Following receipt of a Purchase Notice, the
each Managing Agent will determine whether JS Trust
the Conduit in its Purchaser Group agrees to make the
purchase of such Purchaser Group’s Pro Rata Share of such
Incremental Purchase . If JS Trust any Conduit
declines to make a proposed purchase, the Managing Agent for the
related Purchaser Group shall notify Seller and Seller may
cancel the Purchase Notice with respect to all Purchaser
Groups or, in the absence of such a cancellation, the
Incremental Purchase of the Purchaser Interest allocable to such
Purchaser Group will be made by the Financial Institutions
. in such declining Conduit’s Purchaser Group
ratably based on their respective Back-Up Commitments. On the
date of each Incremental Purchase, upon satisfaction of the
applicable conditions precedent set forth in Article VI
, JS Trust each Conduit or the Financial Institutions
in its Purchaser Group , as applicable, shall deposit to the
Facility Account, in immediately available funds, no later than
12:00 noon (Chicago time), an amount equal to (i) in the case
of JS Trust, the aggregate Purchase Price of the any
Conduit, such Conduit’s Purchaser Interests JS Trust
is then purchasing Group’s Pro Rata Share of the
aggregate Purchase Price for such Incremental Purchase or
(ii) in the case of a Financial Institution, such Financial
Institution’s Back-Up Pro Rata Share of the aggregate
Purchase Price of the Percentage of its related
Purchaser Interests the Financial Institutions are
purchasing. Group’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate
Purchase Price for such Incremental Purchase.
Section 1.3 Decreases . Seller shall
provide the each Managing Agent with prior written
notice in conformity with the Required Notice Period (a “
Reduction Notice ”) of any proposed reduction of
Aggregate Capital from Collections. Such Reduction Notice shall
designate (i) the date (the “ Proposed Reduction
Date ”) upon which any such reduction of Aggregate
Capital shall occur (which date shall give effect to the applicable
Required Notice Period), and (ii) the amount of Aggregate
Capital to be reduced , (the “Aggregate Reduction
”), which reduction shall be applied
distributed ratably to each Purchaser Group in accordance with
their Pro Rata Shares and shall be applied by each Managing
Agent ratably to the Purchaser Interests of JS Trust and the
Financial Institutions the Purchasers in such Managing
Agent’s Purchaser Group in accordance with the amount of
Capital (if any) owing to JS Trust, on the one hand, and the
amount of Capital (if any) owing to the Financial Institutions
(ratably, based on the amount of Capital owing to such Financial
Institutions), on the other hand (the “ Aggregate
Reduction ”). such Purchasers. Only one
(1) Reduction Notice shall be outstanding at any
time.
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Section 1.4 Payment Requirements .
All amounts to be paid or deposited by any Seller Party pursuant to
any provision of this Agreement shall be paid or deposited in
accordance with the terms hereof no later than noon (Chicago time)
on the day when due in immediately available funds, and if not
received before noon (Chicago time) shall be deemed to be received
on the next succeeding Business Day. If such amounts are payable to
a Purchaser they shall be paid to the its related
Managing Agent, for the account of such Purchaser, at 1 Bank
One Plaza, Chicago, Illinois 60670 its address listed
beneath its signature on its signature page to this Agreement
until otherwise notified by the such Managing Agent.
All computations of Yield, per annum fees calculated as part of any
CP Costs, per annum fees hereunder and per annum fees under the Fee
Letter Letters shall be made on the basis of a year
of 360 days for the actual number of days elapsed. If any
amount hereunder shall be payable on a day which is not a Business
Day, such amount shall be payable on the next succeeding Business
Day.
ARTICLE II
PAYMENTS AND COLLECTIONS
Section 2.1 Payments .
Notwithstanding any limitation on recourse contained in this
Agreement, Seller shall immediately pay to the each
Managing Agent when due, for the account of the relevant
Purchaser or related Purchasers in its Purchaser
Group on a full recourse basis, (i) such fees as set forth
in the applicable Fee Letter Letters (which
fees shall be sufficient to pay all fees owing to the Financial
Institutions), (ii) all CP Costs, (iii) all amounts
payable as Yield, (iv) all amounts payable as Deemed
Collections (which shall be immediately due and payable by Seller
and applied to reduce outstanding Aggregate Capital hereunder in
accordance with Sections 2.2 and 2.3 hereof),
(v) all amounts required pursuant to Section 2.6 ,
(vi) all amounts payable pursuant to Article X ,
if any, (vii) except as otherwise provided in
Section 8.6 of this Agreement, all Servicer costs and
expenses, including the Servicing Fee, in connection with
servicing, administering and collecting the Receivables,
(viii) all Broken Funding Costs and (ix) all Default Fees
(collectively, the “ Obligations ”). If any
Person fails to pay any of the Obligations when due, such Person
agrees to pay, on demand, the Default Fee in respect thereof until
paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Agreement
or the Fee Letter Letters shall require the payment
or permit the collection of any amounts hereunder in excess of the
maximum permitted by applicable law. If at any time Seller receives
any Collections or is deemed to receive any Collections, Seller
shall immediately pay such Collections or Deemed Collections to the
Servicer for application in accordance with the terms and
conditions hereof and, at all times prior to such payment, such
Collections or Deemed Collections shall be held in trust by Seller
for the exclusive benefit of the Purchasers , the Managing
Agents and the Agent.
Section 2.2 Collections Prior to
Amortization. Prior to the Amortization Date, any Collections
and/or Deemed Collections received by the Servicer shall be set
aside and held in trust by the Servicer for the payment of any
accrued and unpaid Aggregate Unpaids or for a Reinvestment as
provided in this Section 2.2 . If at any time any
Collections are received by the Servicer prior to the Amortization
Date, (i) the Servicer shall set aside the Termination
Percentage (hereinafter defined) of Collections evidenced by the
Purchaser Interests of each Terminating Financial Institution and
(ii) Seller hereby requests and the Purchasers (other than any
Terminating Financial Institutions) hereby agree to make,
simultaneously with such receipt, a reinvestment (each a “
Reinvestment ”) with that portion of the balance of
each and every Collection received by the Servicer that
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is part of any
Purchaser Interest (other than any Purchaser Interests of
Terminating Financial Institutions), such that after giving effect
to such Reinvestment, the amount of Capital of such Purchaser
Interest immediately after such receipt and corresponding
Reinvestment shall be equal to the amount of Capital immediately
prior to such receipt. On each Settlement Date prior to the
occurrence of the Amortization Date, the Servicer shall remit to
the each Managing Agent’s respective
account the amounts set aside during the preceding Settlement
Period that have not been subject to a Reinvestment and apply such
amounts (if not previously paid in accordance with
Section 2.1 ) first , to reduce unpaid
Obligations and second , to reduce the Capital of all
Purchaser Interests of Terminating Financial Institutions, applied
ratably to each Terminating Financial Institution according to its
respective Termination Percentage. If such Capital and Obligations
shall be reduced to zero, any additional Collections received by
the Servicer (i) if applicable, shall be remitted to
the each Managing Agent’s respective
account no later than noon (Chicago time) to the extent required to
fund any Aggregate Reduction on such Settlement Date and
(ii) any balance remaining thereafter shall be remitted from
the Servicer to Seller on such Settlement Date. Each Terminating
Financial Institution shall be allocated a ratable portion of
Collections from the date of its becoming a Terminating Financial
Institution (the “ Termination Date ”) until
such Terminating Financing Institution’s Capital shall be
paid in full. This ratable portion shall be calculated on the
Termination Date of each Terminating Financial Institution as a
percentage equal to (i) Capital of such Terminating Financial
Institution outstanding on its Termination Date, divided
by (ii) the Aggregate Capital outstanding on such
Termination Date (the “Termination Percentage”). Each
Terminating Financial Institution’s Termination Percentage
shall remain constant prior to the Amortization Date. On and after
the Amortization Date, each Termination Percentage shall be
disregarded, and each Terminating Financial Institution’s
Capital shall be reduced ratably with all Financial Institutions in
accordance with Section 2.3 .
Section 2.3 Collections Following
Amortization . On the Amortization Date and on each day
thereafter, the Servicer shall set aside and hold in trust, for the
holder of each Purchaser Interest, all Collections received on such
day and an additional amount for the payment of any accrued and
unpaid Obligations owed by Seller and not previously paid by Seller
in accordance with Section 2.1 . On and after the
Amortization Date, the Servicer shall, at any time upon the request
from time to time by (or pursuant to standing instructions from)
the Agent or any Managing Agent (i) remit to the
Agent’s account each Managing Agent’s respective
account, in accordance with the Pro Rata Shares of their Purchaser
Groups, the amounts set aside pursuant to the preceding
sentence, and (ii) apply such amounts to reduce the Capital
associated with each such Purchaser Interest and any other
Aggregate Unpaids.
Section 2.4 Application of
Collections . If there shall be insufficient funds on deposit
for the Servicer to distribute funds in payment in full of the
aforementioned amounts pursuant to Section 2.2 or
2.3 (as applicable), the Servicer shall distribute
funds:
first , to the payment of the Servicer’s
reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection with
servicing, administering and collecting the Receivables, including
the Servicing Fee, if Seller or one of its Affiliates is not then
acting as the Servicer,
second , to the reimbursement of the Agent’s
and the Managing Agents’ costs and expenses (including
reasonable fees of legal counsel) of collection and enforcement of
this Agreement,
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third , ratably to the payment of all accrued and
unpaid fees under the Fee Letter Letters , CP Costs
and Yield,
fourth , (to the extent applicable) to the ratable
reduction of the Aggregate Capital (without regard to any
Termination Percentage),
fifth , for the ratable payment of all other unpaid
Obligations, provided that to the extent such Obligations
relate to the payment of Servicer costs and expenses, including the
Servicing Fee, when Seller or one of its Affiliates is acting as
the Servicer, such costs and expenses will not be paid until after
the payment in full of all other Obligations, and
sixth , after the Aggregate Unpaids have been
indefeasibly reduced to zero, to Seller.
Collections applied to the payment of Aggregate
Unpaids shall be distributed in accordance with the aforementioned
provisions, and, giving effect to each of the priorities set forth
in Section 2.4 above, shall be shared ratably (within
each priority) among the Agent , the Managing Agents and the
Purchasers in accordance with the amount of such Aggregate Unpaids
owing to each of them in respect of each such priority.
Section 2.5 Payment Recission
. Rescission . No payment of any of the Aggregate
Unpaids shall be considered paid or applied hereunder to the extent
that, at any time, all or any portion of such payment or
application is rescinded by application of law or judicial
authority, or must otherwise be returned or refunded for any
reason. Seller shall remain obligated for the amount of any payment
or application so rescinded, returned or refunded, and shall
promptly pay to the Agent and each Managing Agent, as
applicable (for application to the Person or Persons who
suffered such recission rescission , return or
refund) the full amount thereof, plus the Default Fee from
the date of any such recission rescission , return or
refunding.
Section 2.6 Maximum Purchaser Interests
and Aggregate Capital . Seller shall ensure that at no time
shall (i) the Purchaser Interests of the Purchasers exceed in
the aggregate 100% or (ii) the Aggregate Capital exceed the
Purchase Limit. If the aggregate of the Purchaser Interests of the
Purchasers exceeds 100%, Seller shall pay to the Agent
Managing Agents within three (3 one (1
) Business Days Day after Seller’s
knowledge thereof, an amount to be applied to reduce the Aggregate
Capital ( as allocated by the Agent to each
Managing Agent based on its related Purchaser Group’s Pro
Rata Share ), such that after giving effect to such payment
(and the application thereof to reduce the Aggregate
Capital) the aggregate of the Purchaser Interests equals or is
less than 100%. If the Aggregate Capital exceeds the Purchase
Limit, Seller shall pay to the Agent Managing Agents
within one (1) Business Day, an amount to be applied to reduce
the Aggregate Capital ( as allocated by the Agent
to each Managing Agent based on its related Purchaser
Group’s Pro Rata Share ), such that after giving effect
to such payment the Aggregate Capital equals or is less than the
Purchase Limit.
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Section 2.7 Clean Up Call . In
addition to Seller’s rights pursuant to Section 1.3 ,
Seller shall have the right (after providing two (2) Business
Days written notice to the Agent Managing Agents ),
at any time following the reduction of the Aggregate Capital to a
level that is less than 25.0% of the original Purchase Limit, to
repurchase from the Purchasers all, but not less than all, of the
then outstanding Purchaser Interests. The purchase price in respect
thereof shall be an amount equal to the Aggregate Unpaids through
the date of such repurchase, payable in immediately available
funds. Such repurchase shall be without representation, warranty or
recourse of any kind, on the part of, or against any Purchaser ,
any Managing Agent or the Agent.
Section 3.1 CP Costs . Seller shall
pay CP Costs with respect to the Capital associated with each
Purchaser Interest of JS Trust each Conduit for each
day that any Capital in respect of such Purchaser Interest is
outstanding. Each Purchaser Interest directly or indirectly funded
substantially with Pooled Commercial Paper issued directly or
indirectly by a Conduit will accrue CP Costs each day on a pro
rata basis, based upon the percentage share the Capital in respect
of such Purchaser Interest represents in relation to all assets
held by the such Conduit or its Related CP Issuer and
directly or indirectly funded substantially with Pooled Commercial
Paper.
Section 3.2 CP Costs Payments . On
each Settlement Date, Seller shall pay to the each
Managing Agent (for the benefit of JS Trust the
Conduits in its related Purchaser Group ) an aggregate amount
equal to all accrued and unpaid CP Costs in respect of the Capital
associated with all Purchaser Interests of JS Trust such
Conduits for the immediately preceding Accrual Period in
accordance with Article II .
Section 3.3 Calculation of CP Costs
. On the fifth (5 th )
Business Day immediately preceding each Settlement Date, JS
Trust each Conduit shall calculate the aggregate amount
of CP Costs in respect of the Capital associated with all
Purchaser Interests of such Conduit for the applicable Accrual
Period and shall notify Seller its related Managing
Agent of such aggregate amount . Upon receipt of such
calculations from its Conduit for the applicable Accrual Period,
such Managing Agent shall promptly forward to Seller a summary of
such calculations .
ARTICLE IV
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION FUNDING
Section 4.1 Financial Institution
Funding . Each Purchaser Interest of the Financial Institutions
shall accrue Yield for each day during its Tranche Period at
either a rate equal to the LIBO Rate or the
Prime Discount Rate in accordance with the terms and
conditions hereof. Until Seller any Managing Agent
gives notice to Seller of the Agent suspension
of another Discount the LIBO Rate in accordance with
Section 4. 4 , the initial 5, and
prior to the occurrence and continuation of an Amortization Event,
the Discount Rate for any Purchaser Interest transferred to
the held by a Financial Institutions
Institution pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof
shall be the Prime LIBO Rate. From and after the giving
of the notice described in Section 4.5, and after the
occurrence and continuation of an Amortization Event, the
Discount Rate . If the for any Purchaser Interest
held by the applicable Financial Institutions acquire
Institution shall be the Alternate Base Rate. If a Financial
Institution acquires by assignment from JS Trust its
related Conduit any Purchaser Interest pursuant to the
a Liquidity Agreement, each Purchaser Interest so assigned
shall each be deemed to have a new Tranche Period commencing on the
date of any such assignment.
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Section 4.2 Yield Payments . On the
Settlement Date for each Purchaser Interest of the Financial
Institutions, Seller shall pay to the each Managing
Agent (for the benefit of the Financial Institutions in its
related Purchaser Group ) an aggregate amount equal to the
accrued and unpaid Yield for the entire Tranche Period of each such
Purchaser Interest in accordance with Article II
.
Section 4.3 Selection and Continuation
of Tranche Periods .
(a) With consultation from (and approval
by) the each related Managing Agent, Seller shall
from time to time request Tranche Periods for the Purchaser
Interests of the Financial Institutions, provided that, if
at any time the Financial Institutions shall have a Purchaser
Interest, Seller shall always request Tranche Periods such that at
least one Tranche Period with respect to Purchaser Interests
held by each Financial Institution shall end on the date
specified in clause (A) of the definition of Settlement
Date.
(b) Seller or the any
Managing Agent, upon notice to and consent by the other
received at least three (3) Business Days prior to the end of
a Tranche Period (the “ Terminating Tranche ”)
for any Purchaser Interest, may, effective on the last day of the
Terminating Tranche: (i) divide any such Purchaser Interest
into multiple Purchaser Interests, (ii) combine any such
Purchaser Interest with one or more other Purchaser Interests that
have a Terminating Tranche ending on the same day as such
Terminating Tranche or (iii) combine any such Purchaser
Interest with a new Purchaser Interests to be purchased on
the day such Terminating Tranche ends, provided , that in no
event may a Purchaser Interest of JS Trust a Conduit
be combined with a Purchaser Interest of the a
Financial Institutions Institution and in no event may a
Purchaser Interest of one Purchaser Group be combined with a
Purchaser Interest of another Purchaser Group .
Section 4.4 Financial Institution Discount
Rates . Seller may select the LIBO Rate or the Prime Rate for
each Purchaser Interest of the Financial Institutions. Seller shall
by noon (Chicago time): (i) at least three (3) Business Days prior
to the expiration of any Terminating Tranche with respect to which
the LIBO Rate is being requested as a new Discount Rate and (ii) at
least one (1) Business Day prior to the expiration of any
Terminating Tranche with respect to which the Prime Rate is being
requested as a new Discount Rate, give the Agent irrevocable notice
of the new Discount Rate for the Purchaser Interest associated with
such Terminating Tranche. Until Seller gives notice to the Agent of
another Discount Rate, the initial Discount Rate for any Purchaser
Interest transferred to the Financial Institutions pursuant to the
terms and conditions hereof shall be the Prime Rate.
[Reserved]
Section 13.2 Suspension of the LIBO
Rate.
Section 4.5 Suspension of the LIBO Rate .
(a) If any Financial Institution notifies
the its related Managing Agent that it has determined
that funding its Pro Rata Share of the Purchaser Interests of
the Financial Institutions at a LIBO Rate would violate any
applicable law, rule, regulation, or directive of any governmental
or regulatory authority, whether or not having the force of law, or
that (i) deposits of a type and maturity appropriate to match
fund its Purchaser Interests at such LIBO Rate are not available or
(ii) such LIBO Rate does not accurately reflect the cost of
acquiring or maintaining a Purchaser Interest at such LIBO Rate,
then the such Managing Agent shall suspend the
availability of such LIBO Rate and require Seller to select the
Prime Rate for any Purchaser Interest accruing Yield at such
LIBO Rate shall accrue interest at the Alternate Base Rate
.
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(b) If less than all of the Financial
Institutions give a notice to the Agent Managing
Agents pursuant to Section 4.5(a) , each Financial
Institution which gave such a notice shall be obliged, at the
request of Seller, JS Trust or the such Financial
Institution’s Managing Agent , (on behalf of
the related Conduit), to assign all of its rights and
obligations hereunder to (i) another Financial Institution
that is acceptable to such related Conduit or
(ii) another funding entity nominated by Seller or the
Agent that is acceptable to JS Trust such related
Conduit and willing to participate in this Agreement and the
related Liquidity Agreement through the Liquidity
Termination Date in the place of such notifying Financial
Institution; provided that (i) the notifying Financial
Institution receives payment in full, pursuant to an Assignment
Agreement, of an amount equal to such notifying Financial
Institution’s Pro Rata Share share of the
Capital and Yield owing to all of the Financial Institutions
it and all accrued but unpaid fees and other costs and
expenses payable in respect of its Pro Rata Share of the
Purchaser Interests of the Financial Institutions , and
(ii) the replacement Financial Institution otherwise satisfies
the requirements of Section 12.1(b) .
Section 4.6 Liquidity Agreement
Fundings . The parties hereto acknowledge that JS Trust
a Conduit may put all or any portion of its Purchaser
Interests to the Financial Institutions in its Purchaser
Group at any time pursuant to the such
Conduit’s related Liquidity Agreement to finance or
refinance the necessary portion of its Purchaser Interests through
a funding under the such Liquidity Agreement to the
extent available. The fundings under the Liquidity Agreement will
accrue interest at the Discount Rate in accordance with this
Article IV. Section 4.1 . Regardless of whether a
funding of Purchaser Interests by the Financial Institutions
constitutes the direct purchase of a Purchaser Interest hereunder,
an assignment under the related Liquidity Agreement of a
Purchaser Interest originally funded by JS Trust a
Conduit or the sale of one or more participations under the
related Liquidity Agreement in a Purchaser Interest
originally funded by JS Trust a Conduit , each
Financial Institution participating in a funding of a Purchaser
Interest shall have the rights and obligations of a
“Purchaser” hereunder with the same force and effect as
if it had directly purchased such Purchaser Interest from Seller
hereunder.
ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 5.1 Representations and
Warranties of The Seller Parties . Each Seller Party hereby
represents and warrants to the Agent, the Managing Agents
and the Purchasers, as to itself, as of the date hereof and as of
the date of each Incremental Purchase and the date of each
Reinvestment that:
(a) Corporate Existence and Power .
Such Seller Party is a corporation or limited liability company
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of its state of incorporation or formation. Such Seller Party
is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a
foreign corporation or limited liability company, and has and holds
all corporate or limited liability company power and all
governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals
required to carry on its business in each jurisdiction in which its
business is conducted except where the failure to so qualify or to
so have or hold could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(b) Power and Authority; Due
Authorization, Execution and Delivery . The execution and
delivery by such Seller Party of this Agreement and each other
Transaction Document to which it is a party, and the performance of
its obligations hereunder and thereunder and, in the case of
Seller, Seller’s use of the proceeds of purchases made
hereunder, are within its corporate or company powers and authority
and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate or company
action on its part. This Agreement and each other Transaction
Document to which such Seller Party is a party has been duly
executed and delivered by such Seller Party.
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(c) No Conflict . The execution and
delivery by such Seller Party of this Agreement and each other
Transaction Document to which it is a party, and the performance of
its obligations hereunder and thereunder do not contravene or
violate (i) its certificate or articles of incorporation or
by-laws or certificate of formation or limited liability company
agreement, (ii) any law, rule or regulation applicable to it,
(iii) any restrictions under any agreement, contract or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its
property is bound that is material to the operation of its
business, or (iv) any order, writ, judgment, award, injunction
or decree binding on or affecting it or its property, and do not
result in the creation or imposition of any Adverse Claim on assets
of such Seller Party or its Subsidiaries (except as created
hereunder); and no transaction contemplated hereby requires
compliance with any bulk sales act or similar law.
(d) Governmental Authorization .
Other than the filing of the financing statements required
hereunder, no authorization or approval or other action by, and no
notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory
body is required for the due execution and delivery by such Seller
Party of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to
which it is a party and the performance of its obligations
hereunder and thereunder.
(e) Actions, Suits . There are no
actions, suits or proceedings pending, or to the best of such
Seller Party’s knowledge, threatened, against or affecting
such Seller Party, or any of its properties, in or before any
court, arbitrator or other body, that could reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect. Such Seller Party is not in
default with respect to any order of any court, arbitrator or
governmental body.
(f) Binding Effect . This Agreement
and each other Transaction Document to which such Seller Party is a
party constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such
Seller Party enforceable against such Seller Party in accordance
with their respective terms, except as such enforcement may be
limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or
other similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights
generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of
whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at
law).
(g) Accuracy of Information . All
information heretofore furnished by such Seller Party or any of its
Affiliates to the Agent, the Managing Agents or the
Purchasers for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement,
any of the other Transaction Documents or any transaction
contemplated hereby or thereby is, and all such information
hereafter furnished by such Seller Party or any of its Affiliates
to the Agent , the Managing Agents or the Purchasers will
be, true and accurate in every material respect on the date such
information is stated or certified and does not and will not
knowingly 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; provided , that any
such information constituting projections or pro forma financial
information contained in such materials are based upon good faith
estimates and assumptions believed by the party providing the same
to be reasonable at the time made, it being recognized by the Agent
and the Purchasers that such projections as to future events are
not to be viewed as facts and that actual results during the period
or periods covered by any such projections may differ from the
projected results.
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(h) Use of Proceeds . No proceeds
of any purchase hereunder will be used (i) for a purpose that
violates, or would be inconsistent with, Regulation T, U or X
promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
from time to time or (ii) to acquire any security in any
transaction which is subject to Section 12, 13 or 14 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(i) Good Title . Immediately prior
to each purchase hereunder, Seller shall be the legal and
beneficial owner of the Receivables and Related Security with
respect thereto, free and clear of any Adverse Claim, except as
created by the Transaction Documents. There have been duly filed
all financing statements or other similar instruments or documents
necessary under the UCC (or any comparable law) of all appropriate
jurisdictions to perfect Seller’s ownership interest in each
Receivable, its Collections and the Related Security.
(j) Perfection . This Agreement,
together with the filing of the financing statements contemplated
hereby, is effective to, and shall, upon each purchase hereunder,
transfer to the Agent for the benefit of the relevant Purchaser
or Purchasers (and the Agent for the benefit of such
Purchaser or Purchasers shall acquire from Seller) a valid
and perfected first priority undivided percentage ownership or
security interest in each Receivable existing or hereafter arising
and in the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto,
free and clear of any Adverse Claim, except as created by the
Transactions Documents. There have been duly filed all financing
statements or other similar instruments or documents necessary
under the UCC (or any comparable law) of all appropriate
jurisdictions to perfect the Agent’s (on behalf of the
Purchasers) ownership or security interest in the Receivables, the
Related Security and Collections.
(k) Places of Business and Locations of
Records; Jurisdiction of Organization . The principal places of
business and chief executive office of such Seller Party and the
offices where it keeps all of its Records are located at the
address(es) listed on Exhibit III or such other
locations of which the Agent has and the Managing Agents
have been notified in accordance with
Section 7.2(a) in jurisdictions where all action
required by Section 14.4(a) has been taken and
completed. Seller is an Illinois limited liability company.
Seller’s Federal Employer Identification Number and Illinois
organizational number are correctly set forth on
Exhibit III .
(l) Collections . The conditions
and requirements set forth in Section 7.1(j) and
Section 8.2 have at all times been satisfied and duly
performed. The names and addresses of all Collection Banks,
together with the account numbers of the Collection Accounts of
Seller at each Collection Bank and the post office box number of
each Lock-Box, are listed on Exhibit IV . Seller has
not granted any Person, other than the Agent as contemplated by
this Agreement, dominion and control of any Lock-Box or Collection
Account, or the right to take dominion and control of any such
Lock-Box or Collection Account at a future time or upon the
occurrence of a future event.
(m) Material Adverse Effect .
(i) The initial Servicer represents and warrants that since
June 30, 2002, no event has occurred that could reasonably be
expected to have a material adverse effect on the financial
condition or operations of the initial Servicer and its
Subsidiaries or the ability of the initial Servicer to perform its
obligations under this Agreement, and (ii) Seller represents
and warrants that since the date of this Agreement, no event has
occurred that would have a material adverse effect on (A) the
financial condition or operations of Seller, (B) the ability
of Seller to perform its obligations under the Transaction
Documents, or (C) the collectibility of the Receivables
generally or any material portion of the Receivables.
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(n) Names . In the past five
(5) years, Seller has not used any company names, trade names
or assumed names other than the name in which it has executed this
Agreement.
(o) Ownership of Seller . The
Member owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the issued and
outstanding membership interests of Seller, free and clear of any
Adverse Claim other than the Adverse Claim in favor of (i) the
Administrative Agent as contemplated by the Credit Agreement and
(ii) the Floorplan Collateral Agent as contemplated by the
Floorplan Credit Agreement.
(p) Not a Holding Company or an
Investment Company . Such Seller Party is not a “
holding company ” or a “ subsidiary holding
company ” of a “ holding company ”
within the meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of
1935, as amended, or any successor statute. Not an
Investment Company. Such Seller Party is not an “
investment company ” within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or any successor
statute.
(q) Compliance with Law . Such
Seller Party has complied in all material respects with all
applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders, writs, judgments,
injunctions, decrees or awards to which it may be subject. Each
Receivable, together with the Contract related thereto, does not
contravene any laws, rules or regulations applicable thereto (
including , without limitation , laws, rules and
regulations relating to truth in lending, fair credit billing, fair
credit reporting, equal credit opportunity, fair debt collection
practices and privacy), and no part of such Contract is in
violation of any such law, rule or regulation.
(r) Compliance with Credit and
Collection Policy . Such Seller Party has complied in all
material respects with the Credit and Collection Policy with regard
to each Receivable and the related Contract, and has not made any
change to such Credit and Collection Policy, except such material
change as to which the Agent has Managing Agents have
been notified in accordance with Section 7.1(a)(vii)
.
(s) Payments to Originators . With
respect to each Receivable transferred to Seller under the
Receivables Sale Agreement, Seller has given reasonably equivalent
value to the applicable Originator in consideration therefor and
such transfer was not made for or on account of an antecedent debt.
No transfer by any Originator of any Receivable under the
Receivables Sale Agreement is or may be voidable under any section
of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. §§ 101
et seq . ), as amended.
(t) Enforceability of Contracts .
Each Contract with respect to each Receivable is effective to
create, and has created, a legal, valid and binding obligation of
the related Obligor to pay the Outstanding Balance of the
Receivable created thereunder and any accrued interest thereon,
enforceable against the Obligor in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws relating to or
limiting creditors’ rights generally and by general
principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought
in a proceeding in equity or at law).
(u) Eligible Receivables . Each
Receivable included in the Net Eligible Receivables Balance as an
Eligible Receivable on the date of its purchase under the
Receivables Sale Agreement was an Eligible Receivable on such
purchase date and, as of the date of each Report or any other
report delivered pursuant to Section 8.5 or Section
6.2(a)(ii) , each Receivable included in the Net Eligible
Receivables Balance on such Report or other report was an Eligible
Receivable.
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(v) Net Eligible Receivables
Balance . Seller has determined that, immediately after giving
effect to each purchase hereunder, the Net Eligible Receivables
Balance is equal to or greater than the sum of (i) the
Aggregate Capital, plus (ii) the Aggregate
Reserves.
(w) Accounting . The manner in
which such Seller Party accounts for the transactions contemplated
by this Agreement and the Receivables Sale Agreement does not
jeopardize the true sale analysis.
(x) Purpose . Seller has determined
that, from a business viewpoint, the purchase of the Receivables
and related interests thereto from Insight under the Receivables
Sale Agreement, and the sale of Purchaser Interests to the
Purchasers and the other transactions contemplated herein, are in
the best interests of Seller.
(y) Financial Statements . The
September 30, 2002 consolidated financial statements of
Insight and its Subsidiaries heretofore delivered to the Agent ,
the Managing Agents and the Purchasers were prepared in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles in effect
on the date such statements were prepared (except for the absence
of footnotes and subject to year end audit adjustments) and fairly
present in all material respects the consolidated financial
condition and operations of Insight and its Subsidiaries at such
date and the consolidated results of their operations for the
period then ended.
Section 5.2 Financial Institution
Representations and Warranties . Each Financial Institution
hereby represents and warrants to the Agent and JS Trust
the Managing Agent in its related Purchaser Group
:
(a) Existence and Power . Such
Financial Institution is a corporation or a banking association
duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the
laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, and has
all corporate power to perform its obligations
hereunder.
(b) No Conflict . The execution and
delivery by such Financial Institution of this Agreement and the
performance of its obligations hereunder are within its corporate
powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action, do not contravene or violate (i) its certificate or
articles of incorporation or association or by-laws, (ii) any
law, rule or regulation applicable to it, (iii) any
restrictions under any agreement, contract or instrument to which
it is a party or any of its property is bound, or (iv) any
order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree binding on or
affecting it or its property, and do not result in the creation or
imposition of any Adverse Claim on its assets. This Agreement has
been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Financial
Institution.
(c) Governmental Authorization . No
authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or
filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is
required for the due execution and delivery by such Financial
Institution of this Agreement and the performance of its
obligations hereunder.
(d) Binding Effect . This Agreement
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such
Financial Institution enforceable against such Financial
Institution in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar laws relating to or limiting
creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of
equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is sought in a
proceeding in equity or at law).
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ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES
Section 6.1 Conditions Precedent to
Initial Incremental Purchase. The initial Incremental Purchase
of a Purchaser Interest under this Agreement is subject to the
conditions precedent that (a) the Agent and the Managing
Agents shall have received on or before the date of such
purchase those documents listed on Schedule B and
(b) the Agent and the Managing Agents shall have
received all fees and expenses required to be paid on such date
pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Fee Letter
Letters .
Section 6.2 Conditions Precedent to All
Purchases and Reinvestments. Each purchase of a Purchaser
Interest Incremental Purchase and each Reinvestment
shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that
(a) in the case of each such purchase Incremental
Purchase or Reinvestment: (i) the Servicer shall have
delivered to the Agent and the Managing Agents on or prior
to the date of such purchase, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Agent, all Reports as and when due under
Section 8.5 and (ii) upon the Agent’s or
any Managing Agent’s reasonable request, the Servicer
shall have delivered to the Agent and the Managing Agents at
least three (3) days prior to such purchase or Reinvestment an
interim report in the form of a Monthly Report or ,
Weekly Report or Daily Report showing the amount of Eligible
Receivables; (b) the Facility Termination Date shall not have
occurred; (c) the each Managing Agent shall have
received such other approvals, opinions or documents as it may
reasonably request and (d) on the date of each such
Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment, the following statements
shall be true (and acceptance of the proceeds of such Incremental
Purchase or Reinvestment shall be deemed a representation and
warranty by Seller that such statements are then true):
(i) the representations and warranties set
forth in Section 5.1 are true and correct on and as of
the date of such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment as though
made on and as of such date (or, to the extent such representations
and warranties specifically relate to an earlier date, that such
representations and warranties were true, correct and complete in
all material respects on and as of such earlier date);
(ii) no event has occurred and is
continuing, or would result from such Incremental Purchase or
Reinvestment, that will constitute an Amortization Event, and no
event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such
Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment, that would constitute a
Potential Amortization Event; and
(iii) the Aggregate Capital does not exceed
the Purchase Limit and the aggregate Purchaser Interests do not
exceed 100%.
It is expressly
understood that each Reinvestment shall, unless otherwise directed
by the Agent or any Purchaser, occur automatically on each day that
the Servicer shall receive any Collections without the requirement
that any further action be taken on the part of any Person and
notwithstanding the failure of Seller to satisfy any of the
foregoing conditions precedent in respect of such Reinvestment. The
failure of Seller to satisfy any of the foregoing conditions
precedent in respect of any Reinvestment shall give rise to a right
of the Agent or any Managing Agent , which right may be
exercised at any time on demand of the Agent or any such
Managing Agent within thirty (30) days after the Agent
or any such Managing Agent shall have obtained knowledge of
such failure, to rescind the related purchase and direct Seller to
pay to the applicable Managing Agent for the benefit of the
Purchasers in its Purchaser Group an amount equal to the
Collections prior to the Amortization Date that shall have been
applied to the affected Reinvestment.
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Section 7.1 Affirmative Covenants of The
Seller Parties . Until the date on which the Aggregate Unpaids
have been indefeasibly paid in full and this Agreement terminates
in accordance with its terms, each Seller Party hereby covenants,
as to itself, as set forth below:
(a) Financial Reporting . Such
Seller Party will maintain, for itself and each of its
Subsidiaries, a system of accounting established and administered
in accordance with GAAP, and furnish or cause to be furnished to
the Agent and the Managing Agents :
(i) Annual Reportin g. Within
90 days after the end of each of its respective fiscal years,
audited consolidated balance sheet and related statements of
operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows for Insight
and its consolidated subsidiaries as of the end of and for such
year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures
for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by KPMG LLP or other
independent public accountants of recognized national standing
(without a “going concern” or like qualification or
exception and without any qualification or exception as to the
scope of such audit) to the effect that such consolidated financial
statements present fairly in all material respects the financial
condition and results of operations of Insight and its consolidated
subsidiaries on a consolidated basis in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied; provided , that the Seller Parties
shall be deemed to have delivered the foregoing to the Agent and
the Managing Agents if such information has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and is available on the EDGAR
site at www.sec.gov or any successor government site that is
freely and readily available to the Agent and the Managing
Agents without charge, or has been made available on
Insight’s website www.insight.com , and the delivery
date therefor shall be deemed to be the first day on which such
information is available to the Agent and the Managing
Agents on one of such web pages; provided ,
further , that Insight will promptly notify the Agent and
the Managing Agents of each posting to such sites upon the
occurrence thereof. In order to provide such notices promptly,
Insight agrees that it shall register the Agent and the Managing
Agents in the appropriate Insight databases necessary to cause
such notices to be sent automatically (including, without
limitation, by e-mail to e-mail addresses agreed upon by the Agent
and the Managing Agents ) on the applicable filing
dates.
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(ii) Within 45 days after the end of
each of the first three fiscal quarters of its respective fiscal
years, unaudited consolidated balance sheets of Insight and related
unaudited consolidated statements of operations,
stockholders’ equity, and cash flows as of the end of and for
such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal
year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures
for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the
balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, together
with internally prepared balance sheets , and
statements of income and retained earnings and statements of
cash flows for Seller, all certified by an Authorized Officer
of Insight or Seller, as applicable, as presenting fairly in all
material respects the financial condition and results of operations
of Insight and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a consolidated
basis or the Seller, as applicable, in accordance with GAAP
consistently applied, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments
and the absence of footnotes; provided , that the foregoing
shall be deemed to have been delivered to the Agent and the
Managing Agents if such information has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and is available on the EDGAR
site at www.sec.gov or any successor government site that is
freely and readily available to the Agent and the Managing
Agents without charge, or has been made available on
Insight’s website www.insight.com , and the delivery
date therefor shall be deemed to be the first day on which such
information is available to the Agent and the Managing
Agents on one of such web pages; provided ,
further , that Insight will promptly notify the Agent and
the Managing Agents of each posting to such sites upon the
occurrence thereof. In order to provide such notices promptly,
Insight agrees that it shall register the Agent and the Managing
Agents in the appropriate Insight databases necessary to cause
such notices to be sent automatically (including, without
limitation, by e-mail to e-mail addresses agreed upon by the Agent
and the Managing Agents ) on the applicable filing
dates.
(iii) Compliance Certificate . Together
with the financial statements required hereunder, a compliance
certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit V
Exhibits V-A and V-B, as applicable, signed by such Seller
Party’s Authorized Officer and dated the date of such annual
financial statement or such quarterly financial statement, as the
case may be.
(iv) Statements and Reports . Promptly
upon the furnishing thereof to the shareholders or members of such
Seller Party copies of all financial statements, reports and proxy
statements so furnished; provided , that the Seller Parties
shall be deemed to have delivered the foregoing to the Agent and
the Managing Agents if such information has been filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission and is available on the EDGAR
site at www.sec.gov or any successor government site that is
freely and readily available to the Agent and the Managing
Agents without charge, or has been made available on
Insight’s website www.insight.com , and the delivery
date therefor shall be deemed to be the first day on which such
information is available to the Agent and the Managing
Agents on one of such web pages; provided ,
further , that Insight will promptly notify the Agent and
the Managing Agents of each posting to such sites upon the
occurrence thereof. In order to provide such notices promptly,
Insight agrees that it shall register the Agent and the Managing
Agents in the appropriate Insight databases necessary to cause
such notices to be sent automatically (including, without
limitation, by e-mail to e-mail addresses agreed upon by the Agent
and the Managing Agents ) on the applicable filing
dates.
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(v) S.E.C. Filings . Promptly upon the
filing thereof, copies of all registration statements and annual,
quarterly, monthly or other regular reports which Insight or any of
its Subsidiaries files with the Securities and Exchange Commission;
provided , that the Seller Parties shall be deemed to have
delivered the foregoing to the Agent and the Managing Agents
if such information has been filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and is available on the EDGAR site at www.sec.gov
or any successor government site that is freely and readily
available to the Agent and the Managing Agents without
charge, or has been made available on Insight’s website
www.insight.com , and the delivery date therefor shall be
deemed to be the first day on which such information is available
to the Agent and the Managing Agents on one of such web
pages; provided , further , that Insight will
promptly notify the Agent and the Managing Agents of each
posting to such sites upon the occurrence thereof. In order to
provide such notices promptly, Insight agrees that it shall
register the Agent and the Managing Agents in the
appropriate Insight databases necessary to cause such notices to be
sent automatically (including, without limitation, by e-mail to
e-mail addresses agreed upon by the Agent and the Managing
Agents ) on the applicable filing dates.
(vi) Copies of Notices . Promptly upon
its receipt of any notice, request for consent, financial
statements, certification, report or other communication under or
in connection with any Transaction Document from any Person other
than the Agent or JS Trust , any Managing Agent or any
Purchaser , copies of the same.
(vii) Change in Credit and Collection
Policy . At least thirty (30) days prior to the
effectiveness of any material change in or material amendment to
the Credit and Collection Policy, a copy of the Credit and
Collection Policy then in effect and a notice (A) indicating
such change or amendment, and (B) if such proposed change or
amendment would be reasonably likely to adversely affect the
collectibility of the Receivables or decrease the credit quality of
any newly created Receivables, requesting the each
Managing Agent’s consent thereto.
(ix) Other Information . Promptly, from
time to time, such other information, documents, records or reports
relating to the Receivables or the condition or operations,
financial or otherwise, of such Seller Party as the Agent or any
Managing Agent may from time to time reasonably request in
order to protect the interests of the Agent , the Managing
Agents and the Purchasers under or as contemplated by this
Agreement.
(b) Notices . Such Seller Party
will notify the Agent in writing of any of the following promptly
upon learning of the occurrence thereof, describing the same and,
if applicable, the steps being taken with respect
thereto:
(i) Amortization Events or Potential
Amortization Events . The occurrence of each Amortization Event
and each Potential Amortization Event, by a statement of an
Authorized Officer of such Seller Party.
(ii) Judgment and Proceedings . (A)
(1) The entry of any judgment or decree against the Servicer
or any of its respective Subsidiaries if the aggregate amount of
all judgments and decrees then outstanding against the Servicer and
its Subsidiaries exceeds $10,000,000, and (2) the institution
of any litigation, arbitration proceeding or governmental
proceeding against the Servicer which, if adversely determined to
the Servicer, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; and (B) the entry of any judgment or decree or
the institution of any litigation, arbitration proceeding or
governmental proceeding against Seller.
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(iii) Material Adverse Effect . The
occurrence of any event or condition that has had, or could
reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse
Effect.
(iv) Termination Date . The occurrence of
the “Termination Date” under and as defined in the
Receivables Sale Agreement.
(v) Defaults Under Other Agreements . The
occurrence of a default or an event of default under any other
financing arrangement pursuant to which such Seller Party is a
debtor or an obligor.
(c) Compliance with Laws and
Preservation of Corporate Existence . Such Seller Party will
comply in all respects with (i) all applicable laws, rules and
regulations to which it may be subject except (A) where the
necessity of compliance therewith is contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and (B) where the failure to comply
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect,
and (ii) all applicable orders, writs, judgments, injunctions,
decrees and awards to which it may be subject which have not been
stayed by appropriate proceedings. Such Seller Party will preserve
and maintain its corporate or limited liability company existence,
rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of its
incorporation, and qualify and remain qualified in good standing or
active status as a foreign corporation or limited liability company
in each jurisdiction where its business is conducted except where
the failure to be so qualified could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(d) Audits . Such Seller Party will
furnish to the Agent and each Managing Agent from time to
time such information with respect to it and the Receivables as the
Agent or any Managing Agent may reasonably request. Such
Seller Party will, from time to time during regular business hours
as requested by the Agent or any Managing Agent upon
reasonable notice and at the sole cost of such Seller Party, permit
the Agent, or its the Managing Agents or their agents
or representatives (and cause each Originator to permit the Agent
, the Managing Agents or its their agents or
representatives), (i) to examine and make copies of and
abstracts from all Records in the possession or under the control
of such Person relating to the Receivables and the Related
Security, including, without limitation, the related Contracts, and
(ii) to visit the offices and properties of such Person for
the purpose of examining such materials described in clause
(i) above, and to discuss matters relating to such
Person’s financial condition or the Receivables and the
Related Security or any Person’s performance under any of the
Transaction Documents or any Person’s performance under the
Contracts and, in each case, with any of the officers or employees
of Seller or the Servicer having knowledge of such matters. To
the extent it is reasonably possible to do so, any such
visitations, examinations and discussions shall be conducted
concurrently so as to minimize interference with the operations of
such Seller Party.
(e) Keeping
and Marking of Records and Books .
(i) The Servicer will (and will cause each
Originator to) maintain and implement administrative and operating
procedures (including, without limitation, an ability to recreate
records evidencing Receivables in the event of the destruction of
the originals thereof), and keep and maintain all documents, books,
records and other information reasonably necessary or advisable for
the collection of all Receivables (including, without limitation,
records adequate to permit the immediate identification of each new
Receivable and all Collections of and adjustments to each existing
Receivable). The Servicer will (and will cause each Originator to)
give the Agent and each Managing Agent notice of any
material change in the administrative and operating procedures
referred to in the previous sentence.
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(ii) Such Seller Party will (and will cause
each Originator to) (A) on or prior to the date hereof, mark
its master data processing records and other books and records
relating to the Purchaser Interests with a legend, acceptable to
the Agent and the Managing Agents , describing the Purchaser
Interests and (B) upon the request of the Agent or any
Managing Agent (x) mark each Contract with a legend
describing the Purchaser Interests and (y) deliver to the Agent all
Contracts (including, without limitation, all multiple originals of
any such Contract) relating to the Receivables.
(f) Compliance with Contracts and
Credit and Collection Policy . Such Seller Party will (and will
cause each Originator to) timely and fully (i) perform and
comply with all provisions, covenants and other promises required
to be observed by it under the Contracts related to the
Receivables, and (ii) comply in all material respects with the
Credit and Collection Policy in regard to each Receivable and the
related Contract.
(g) Performance and Enforcement of
Receivables Sale Agreement . Seller will perform its
obligations and undertakings under and pursuant to the Receivables
Sale Agreement, will purchase Receivables thereunder in strict
compliance with the terms thereof and will enforce the rights and
remedies accorded to Seller under the Receivables Sale Agreement.
Seller will take all actions to perfect and enforce its rights and
interests (and the rights and interests of the Agent , the
Managing Agents and the Purchasers as assignees of Seller)
under the Receivables Sale Agreement as the Agent or any
Managing Agent may from time to time reasonably request,
including , without limitation , making claims to
which it may be entitled under any indemnity, reimbursement or
similar provision contained in the Receivables Sale
Agreement.
(h) Ownership . Seller will (or
will cause each Originator to) take all necessary action to
(i) vest legal and equitable title to the Receivables, the
Related Security and the Collections purchased by Seller under the
Receivables Sale Agreement irrevocably in Seller, free and clear of
any Adverse Claims other than Adverse Claims in favor of the Agent
, the Managing Agents and the Purchasers ( including
, without limitation , the filing of all financing
statements or other similar instruments or documents necessary
under the UCC (or any comparable law) of all appropriate
jurisdictions to perfect Seller’s interest in such
Receivables, Related Security and Collections and such other action
to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the interest of Seller
therein as the Agent or any Managing Agent may reasonably
request), and (ii) establish and maintain, in favor of the Agent,
for the benefit of the Managing Agents and the Purchasers, a
valid and perfected first priority undivided percentage ownership
interest (and/or a valid and perfected first priority security
interest) in all Receivables, Related Security and Collections to
the full extent contemplated herein, free and clear of any Adverse
Claims other than Adverse Claims in favor of the Agent for the
benefit of the Managing Agents and the Purchasers (
including , without limitation , the filing of all
financing statements or other similar instruments or documents
necessary under the UCC (or any comparable law) of all appropriate
jurisdictions to perfect the Agent’s (for the benefit of the
Managing Agents and the Purchasers) interest in such
Receivables, Related Security and Collections and such other action
to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the interest of the
Agent for the benefit of the Managing Agents and the
Purchasers as the Agent or any Managing Agent may reasonably
request).
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(i) Purchasers’ Reliance .
Seller acknowledges that the Purchasers are entering into the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement in reliance upon
Seller’s identity as a legal entity that is separate from
Insight, each Originator and any Affiliate thereof (each an “
Insight Entity ”). Therefore, from and after the date
of execution and delivery of this Agreement, Seller shall take all
reasonable steps, including, without limitation, all steps that the
Agent or any Managing Agent may from time to time reasonably
request, to maintain Seller’s identity as a separate legal
entity and to make it manifest to third parties that Seller is an
entity with assets and liabilities distinct from those of any
Insight Entity and not just a division of an Insight Entity.
Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and in addition to
the other covenants set forth herein, Seller will:
(A) conduct its own business in its own
name and require that all full-time employees of Seller, if any,
identify themselves as such and not as employees of any Insight
Entity (including, without limitation, by means of providing
appropriate employees with business or identification cards
identifying such employees as Seller’s employees);
(B) compensate all employees, consultants
and agents, if any, directly, from Seller’s own funds, for
services provided to Seller by such employees, consultants and
agents and, to the extent any employee, consultant or agent of
Seller is also an employee, consultant or agent of an Insight
Entity, allocate the compensation of such employee, consultant or
agent between Seller and such Insight Entity, as applicable, on a
basis that reflects the services rendered to Seller and such
Insight Entity, as applicable;
(C) clearly identify its offices (by
signage or otherwise) as its offices and, if such office is located
in the offices of an Insight Entity, Seller shall lease such office
at a fair market rent;
(D) have a separate telephone number, which
will be answered only in its name and separate stationery, invoices
and checks in its own name;
(E) conduct all transactions with each
Insight Entity (including, without limitation, any delegation of
its obligations hereunder as Servicer) strictly on an
arm’s-length basis, allocate all overhead expenses
(including, without limitation, telephone and other utility
charges) for items shared between Seller and such Insight Entity on
the basis of actual use to the extent practicable and, to the
extent such allocation is not practicable, on a basis reasonably
related to actual use;
(F) at all times have a Board of Directors
consisting of three members, at least one member of which is an
Independent Director;
(G) observe all limited liability company
formalities as a distinct entity, and ensure that all corporate
actions relating to (A) the selection, maintenance or
replacement of the Independent Director, (B) the dissolution
or liquidation of Seller or (C) the initiation of,
participation in, acquiescence in or consent to any bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding involving Seller,
are duly authorized by unanimous vote of its Board of Directors
(including the Independent Director);
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(H) maintain Seller’s books and
records separate from those of any Insight Entity and otherwise
readily identifiable as its own assets rather than assets of any
Insight Entity;
(I) prepare its financial statements
separately from those of any Insight Entity and insure that any
consolidated financial statements of each Insight Entity thereof
that include Seller and that are filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission or any other governmental agency have notes
clearly stating that Seller is a separate corporate entity and that
its assets will be available first and foremost to satisfy the
claims of the creditors of Seller;
(J) except as herein specifically otherwise
provided, maintain the funds or other assets of Seller separate
from, and not commingled with, those of any Insight Entity and only
maintain bank accounts or other depository accounts to which Seller
alone is the account party, into which Seller alone makes deposits
and from which Seller alone (or the Agent hereunder) has the power
to make withdrawals;
(K) pay all of Seller’s operating
expenses from Seller’s own assets (except for certain
payments by an Insight Entity or other Persons pursuant to
allocation arrangements that comply with the requirements of this
Section 7.1(i) );
(L) operate its business and activities
such that: it does not engage in any business or activity of any
kind, or enter into any transaction or indenture, mortgage,
instrument, agreement, contract, lease or other undertaking, other
than the transactions contemplated and authorized by this Agreement
and the Receivables Sale Agreement; and does not create, incur,
guarantee, assume or suffer to exist any indebtedness or other
liabilities, whether direct or contingent, other than (1) as a
result of the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or
collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of
business, (2) the incurrence of obligations under this
Agreement, (3) the incurrence of obligations, as expressly
contemplated in the Receivables Sale Agreement, to make payment to
the Originators thereunder for the purchase of Receivables from the
Originators under the Receivables Sale Agreement, and (4) the
incurrence of operating expenses in the ordinary course of business
of the type otherwise contemplated by this Agreement;
(M) maintain its limited liability company
agreement in conformity with this Agreement, such that it does not
amend, restate, supplement or otherwise modify its certificate of
formation or limited liability company agreement in any respect
that would impair its ability to comply with the terms or
provisions of any of the Transaction Documents, including, without
limitation, Section 7.1(i) of this
Agreement;
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(N) maintain the effectiveness of, and
continue to perform under the Receivables Sale Agreement, such that
it does not amend, restate, supplement, cancel, terminate or
otherwise modify the Receivables Sale Agreement, or give any
consent, waiver, directive or approval thereunder or waive any
default, action, omission or breach under the Receivables Sale
Agreement or otherwise grant any indulgence thereunder, without (in
each case) the prior written consent of the Agent ; and
each Managing Agent;
(O) maintain its limited liability company
separateness such that it does not merge or consolidate with or
into, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether
in one transaction or in a series of transactions, and except as
otherwise contemplated herein) all or substantially all of its
assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to, or acquire all
or substantially all of the assets of, any Person, nor at any time
create, have, acquire, maintain or hold any interest in any
Subsidiary;
(P) maintain at all times the Required
Capital Amount (as defined in the Receivables Sale Agreement) and
refrain from making any dividend, distribution, redemption of
membership interests or payment of any subordinated indebtedness
which would cause the Required Capital Amount to cease to be so
maintained; and
(Q) take such other actions as are
necessary on its part to ensure that the facts and assumptions set
forth in the opinion issued by Quarles & Brady LLP, as counsel
for Seller, in connection with the closing or initial Incremental
Purchase under this Agreement and relating to substantive
consolidation issues, and in the certificates accompanying such
opinion, remain true and correct in all material respects at all
times.
(j) Collections . Such Seller Party
will cause (1) all proceeds from all Lock-Boxes (other than
collections with respect to Excluded Receivables, which such Seller
Party will cause to be directly deposited into a separate account
of Insight Direct identified by Insight Direct) to be directly
deposited by a Collection Bank into a Collection Account and
(2) each Lock-Box and Collection Account to be subject at all
times to a Collection Account Agreement that is in full force and
effect. In the event any payments relating to Receivables are
remitted directly to Seller or any Affiliate of Seller, Seller will
remit (or will cause all such payments to be remitted) directly to
a Collection Bank and deposited into a Collection Account within
two (2) Business Days following receipt thereof, and, at all
times prior to such remittance, Seller will itself hold or, if
applicable, will cause such payments to be held in trust for the
exclusive benefit of the Agent , the Managing Agents and the
Purchasers. Seller will maintain exclusive ownership, dominion and
control (subject to the terms of this Agreement) of each Lock-Box
and Collection Account and shall not grant the right to take
dominion and control of any Lock-Box or Collection Account at a
future time or upon the occurrence of a future event to any Person,
except to the Agent as contemplated by this Agreement. Each Seller
Party will cause each Government Contract Payment under a
Government Contract Sale Receivable to be made to an account other
than a Collection Account. Each Seller Party will cause each
payment under an Excluded Receivable to be made to an account other
than a Collection Account.
(k) Taxes . Such Seller Party will
file all tax returns and reports required by law to be filed by it
and will promptly pay all taxes and governmental charges at any
time owing except for taxes being diligently contested in good
faith and for which adequate reserves have been established. Seller
will pay when due any taxes payable in connection with the
Receivables, exclusive of taxes on or measured by income or gross
receipts of JS Trust the Conduits , the Agent ,
the Managing Agents or any Financial Institution.
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(l) Insurance . Seller will
maintain in effect, or cause to be maintained in effect, at
Seller’s own expense, such casualty and liability insurance
as Seller shall deem appropriate in its good faith business
judgment. The Agent, for the benefit of the Purchasers, shall be
named as an additional insured with respect to all such liability
insurance maintained by Seller. Seller will pay or cause to be
paid, the premiums therefor and deliver to the Agent and each
Managing Agent evidence satisfactory to the Agent and the
Managing Agents of such insurance coverage. Copies of each
policy shall be furnished to the Agent , any Managing Agent
and any Purchaser in certificated form upon the Agent’s,
such Managing Agent’s or such Purchaser’s request.
The foregoing requirements shall not be construed to negate, reduce
or modify, and are in addition to, Seller’s obligations
hereunder.
(m) Payment to the Originators .
With respect to any Receivable purchased by Seller from any
Originator, such sale shall be effected under, and in strict
compliance with the terms of, the Receivables Sale Agreement,
including, without limitation, the terms relating to the amount and
timing of payments to be made to the applicable Originator in
respect of the purchase price for such Receivable.
Section 7.2 Negative Covenants of The
Seller Parties . Until the date on which the Aggregate Unpaids
have been indefeasibly paid in full and this Agreement terminates
in accordance with its terms, each Seller Party hereby covenants,
as to itself, that:
(a) Name Change, Offices and
Records . Such Seller Party will not change its name, identity,
corporate or limited liability company structure (within the
meaning of Section 9-507 of the UCC) or jurisdiction of
organization or relocate its chief executive office or any office
where Records are kept unless it shall have: (i) given the
Agent and the Managing Agents at least thirty
(30) days’ prior written notice thereof and
(ii) delivered to the Agent and the Managing Agents all
financing statements, instruments and other documents requested by
the Agent or any Managing Agent in connection with such
change or relocation.
(b) Change in Payment Instructions to
Obligors . Except as may be required by the Agent pursuant to
Section 8.2(b) , such Seller Party will not add or
terminate any bank as a Collection Bank, or make any change in the
instructions to Obligors regarding payments to be made to any
Lock-Box or Collection Account, unless the Agent and the
Managing Agents shall have received, at least ten
(10) days before the proposed effective date therefor,
(i) written notice of such addition, termination or change and
(ii) with respect to the addition of a Collection Bank or a
Collection Account or Lock-Box, an executed Collection Account
Agreement with respect to the new Collection Account or Lock-Box;
provided , however , that the Servicer may make
changes in instructions to Obligors regarding payments if such new
instructions require such Obligor to make payments to another
existing Collection Account.
(c) Modifications to Contracts and Credit and
Collection Policy . Such Seller Party will not, and will not
permit any Originator to, make any change to the Credit and
Collection Policy that could adversely affect the collectibility of
the Receivables or decrease the credit quality of any newly created
Receivables without the each Managing Agent’s
prior written consent. Except as provided in
Section 8.2(d) , the Servicer will not, and will not
permit any Originator to, extend, amend or otherwise modify the
terms of any Receivable or any Contract related thereto other than
in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy.
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(d) Sales, Liens . Seller will not
sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise
dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, or create or
suffer to exist any Adverse Claim upon (including, without
limitation, the filing of any financing statement) or with respect
to, any Receivable, Related Security or Collections, or upon or
with respect to any Contract under which any Receivable arises, or
any Lock-Box or Collection Account, or assign any right to receive
income with respect thereto (other than, in each case, the creation
of the interests therein in favor of the Agent , the Managing
Agents and the Purchasers provided for herein), and Seller will
defend the right, title and interest of the Agent , the Managing
Agents and the Purchasers in, to and under any of the foregoing
property, against all claims of third parties claiming through or
under Seller or any Originator. Seller will not create or suffer to
exist any mortgage, pledge, security interest, encumbrance, lien,
charge or other similar arrangement on any of its inventory, the
financing or lease of which gives rise to any
Receivable.
(e) Net Eligible Receivables
Balance . At no time prior to the Amortization Date shall
Seller permit the Net Eligible Receivables Balance to be less than
an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Aggregate Capital
plus (ii) the Aggregate Reserves.
(f) Termination Date Determination
. Seller will not designate the Termination Date (as defined in the
Receivables Sale Agreement), or send any written notice to the
Originators in respect thereof, without the prior written consent
of the Agent and each Managing Agent , except with respect
to the occurrence of such Termination Date arising pursuant to
Section 5.1(d) of the Receivables Sale Agreement.
ARTICLE VIII
ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION
Section 8.1 Designation of Servicer
.
(a) The servicing, administration and
collection of the Receivables shall be conducted by such Person
(the “ Servicer ”) so designated from time to
time in accordance with this Section 8.1 . Insight is hereby
designated as, and hereby agrees to perform the duties and
obligations of, the Servicer pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement. The Agent may, at any time following the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Amortization Event or Potential
Amortization Event, designate as Servicer any Person to succeed
Insight or any successor Servicer.
(b) Without the prior written consent of
the Agent and the Required Financial Institutions each
Managing Agent , Insight shall not be permitted to delegate any
of its duties or responsibilities as Servicer to any Person other
than (i) Seller, (ii) the applicable Originator with
respect to the Receivables originated by such Originator and
(iii) with respect to certain Charged-Off Receivables, outside
collection agencies in accordance with its customary practices.
Neither the Seller nor any Originator shall be permitted to
further delegate to any other Person any of the duties or
responsibilities of the Servicer delegated to it by Insight. If at
any time the Agent , in accordance with Section 8.1(a),
shall designate as Servicer any Person other than Insight, all
duties and responsibilities theretofore delegated by Insight to
Seller may, at the discretion of the Agent, be terminated forthwith
on notice given by the Agent to Insight and to Seller.
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(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing subsection
(b), (i) unless the Agent shall have designated a Person other
than Insight to act as Servicer pursuant to this
Section 8.1 , Insight shall be and remain primarily liable
to the Agent , the Managing Agents and the Purchasers for
the full and prompt performance of all duties and responsibilities
of the Servicer hereunder and (ii) the Agent , the Managing
Agents and the Purchasers shall be entitled to deal exclusively
with Insight in matters relating to the discharge by the Servicer
of its duties and responsibilities hereunder. The Agent , the
Managing Agents and the Purchasers shall not be required to
give notice, demand or other communication to any Person other than
Insight in order for communication to the Servicer and its
sub-servicer or other delegate with respect thereto to be
accomplished. Insight, at all times that it is the Servicer, shall
be responsible for providing any sub-servicer or other delegate of
the Servicer with any notice given to the Servicer under this
Agreement.
Section 8.2 Duties of Servicer
.
(a) The Servicer shall take or cause to be taken
all such actions as may be necessary or advisable to collect each
Receivable from time to time, all in accordance with applicable
laws, rules and regulations, with reasonable care and diligence,
and in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy.
(b) The Servicer will instruct all Government
Contract Sale Obligors to make all Government Contract Payments to
locations other than a Lock-Box or Collection Account. The Servicer
will instruct all Obligors to pay all Collections directly to a
Lock-Box or Collection Account. The Servicer shall effect a
Collection Account Agreement substantially in the form of
Exhibit VI with each bank party to a Collection Account at
any time. In the case of any remittances received in any Lock-Box
or Collection Account that shall have been identified, to the
satisfaction of the Servicer, to not constitute Collections or
other proceeds of the Receivables or the Related Security, the
Servicer shall promptly remit such items to the Person identified
to it as being the owner of such remittances, and in the case of
Excluded Receivables, to a collection account of Insight Direct
identified by Insight Direct. From and after the date the Agent
delivers to any Collection Bank a Collection Notice pursuant to
Section 8.3 , the Agent may request that the Servicer,
and the Servicer thereupon promptly shall instruct all Obligors
with respect to the Receivables, to remit all payments thereon to a
new depositary account specified by the Agent and, at all times
thereafter, Seller and the Servicer shall not deposit or otherwise
credit, and shall not permit any other Person to deposit or
otherwise credit to such new depositary account any cash or payment
item other than Collections. The Servicer will instruct all
Obligors with respect to all Excluded Receivables to make all
payments with respect to Excluded Receivables to locations other
than a Lock-Box or Collection Account.
(c) The Servicer shall administer the
Collections in accordance with the procedures described herein and
in Article II . The Servicer shall set aside and hold
in trust for the account of Seller and the Purchasers their
respective shares of the Collections in accordance with
Article II . The Servicer shall, upon the request of
the Agent, segregate, in a manner acceptable to the Agent, all
cash, checks and other instruments received by it from time to time
constituting Collections from the general funds of the Servicer or
Seller prior to the remittance thereof in accordance with
Article II . If the Servicer shall be required to
segregate Collections pursuant to the preceding sentence, the
Servicer shall segregate and deposit with a bank designated by the
Agent such allocable share of Collections of Receivables set aside
for the Purchasers on the first Business Day following receipt by
the Servicer of such Collections, duly endorsed or with duly
executed instruments of transfer.
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(d) The Servicer may, in accordance with the
Credit and Collection Policy, extend the maturity of any Receivable
or adjust the Outstanding Balance of any Receivable as the Servicer
determines to be appropriate to maximize Collections thereof;
provided , however , that such extension or
adjustment shall not alter the status of such Receivable as a
Delinquent Receivable or Charged-Off Receivable or limit the rights
of the Agent , the Managing Agents or the Purchasers under
this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained
herein, after the occurrence and during the continuation of an
Amortization Event, the Agent shall have the absolute and unlimited
right to direct the Servicer to commence or settle any legal action
with respect to any Receivable or to foreclose upon or repossess
any Related Security.
(e) The Servicer shall hold in trust for Seller
and the Purchasers all Records that (i) evidence or relate to the
Receivables, the related Contracts and Related Security or
(ii) are otherwise necessary or desirable to collect the
Receivables and shall, as soon as practicable upon demand of the
Agent, deliver or make available to the Agent all such Records, at
a place selected by the Agent. The Servicer shall, as soon as
practicable following receipt thereof turn over to Seller any cash
collections or other cash proceeds received with respect to
Indebtedness not constituting Receivables. The Servicer shall, from
time to time at the request of any Purchaser, furnish to the
Purchasers (promptly after any such request) a calculation of the
amounts set aside for the Purchasers pursuant to
Article II .
(f) Any payment by an Obligor in respect of any
indebtedness owed by it to any Originator, Insight or Seller shall,
except as otherwise specified by such Obligor or otherwise required
by contract or law and unless otherwise instructed by the Agent, be
applied as a Collection of any Receivable of such Obligor (starting
with the oldest such Receivable) to the extent of any amounts then
due and payable thereunder before being applied to any other
receivable or other obligation of such Obligor.
Section 8.3 Collection Notices .
Following the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Amortization Event or a Potential Amortization Event, the Agent is
authorized at any time to date and to deliver to the Collection
Banks the Collection Notices. Seller hereby transfers to the Agent
for the benefit of the Purchasers, effective when the Agent
delivers such notice, the exclusive ownership and control of each
Lock-Box and the Collection Accounts. In case any authorized
signatory of Seller whose signature appears on a Collection Account
Agreement shall cease to have such authority before the delivery of
such notice, such Collection Notice shall nevertheless be valid as
if such authority had remained in force. Seller hereby authorizes
the Agent, and agrees that the Agent shall be entitled to
(i) endorse Seller’s name on checks and other
instruments representing Collections, (ii) enforce the
Receivables, the related Contracts and the Related Security and
(iii) take such action as shall be necessary or desirable to
cause all cash, checks and other instruments constituting
Collections of Receivables to come into the possession of the Agent
rather than Seller.
Section 8.4 Responsibilities of
Seller . Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the
exercise by the Agent , the Managing Agents and the
Purchasers of their rights hereunder shall not release the
Servicer, any of the Originators, Insight or Seller from any of
their duties or obligations with respect to any Receivables or
under the related Contracts. The Purchasers shall have no
obligation or liability with respect to any Receivables or related
Contracts, nor shall any of them be obligated to perform the
obligations of Seller.
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Section 8.5 Reports . The Servicer
shall prepare and forward to the Agent and each Managing
Agent (i) on Wednesday of each week (or if such day is not
a Business Day, the immediately succeeding Business Day) and,
following the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Amortization Event or a Potential Amortization Event (but not
before), at such times as the Agent or any Managing Agent
shall request, a Weekly Report, (ii) on the twelfth (12
th ) day of each month (or if such day is not a
Business Day, the immediately succeeding Business Day) and,
following the occurrence and during the continuance of an
Amortization Event or a Potential Amortization Event (but not
before), at such times as the Agent or any Managing Agent
shall request, a Monthly Report, and (iii) at such
times as the Agent or any Managing Agent shall request, a
listing by Obligor of all Receivables together with an aging of
such Receivables and (iv) upon not less than ten
(10) Business Days notice by the Agent, on each Business Day,
a Daily Report .
Section 8.6 Servicing Fees . In
consideration of Insight’s agreement to act as Servicer
hereunder, the Purchasers hereby agree that, so long as Insight
shall continue to perform as Servicer hereunder, Seller shall pay
over to Insight a fee (the “ Servicing Fee ”) on
the first day of each month, in arrears for the immediately
preceding month, equal to 1.0% per annum times the average daily
Net Eligible Receivables Balance during such period, as
compensation for its servicing activities.
ARTICLE IX
AMORTIZATION EVENTS
Section 9.1 Amortization Events .
The occurrence of any one or more of the following events shall
constitute an Amortization Event:
(a) Any Seller Party shall fail (i) to make
any payment or deposit required hereunder when due, or (ii) to
perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement hereunder (other
than as referred to in clause (i) of this paragraph
(a) and paragraph 9.1(e)) and such failure shall continue for
three (3) consecutive Business Days after such Seller Party
has notice thereof.
(b) Any representation, warranty, certification
or statement made by any Seller Party in this Agreement, any other
Transaction Document or in any other document delivered pursuant
hereto or thereto shall prove to have been incorrect when made or
deemed made.
(c) (i) The failure of the Seller to
pay any Indebtedness when due; or (ii) the failure of the
Servicer, Insight or any Originator to pay any “Specified
Indebtedness” when due; or the default by any Seller Party,
Insight or any Originator in the performance of any term, provision
or condition contained in any agreement under which any Specified
Indebtedness was created or is governed, the effect of which is to
cause, or to permit the holder or holders of such Specified
Indebtedness to cause, such Specified Indebtedness to become due
prior to its stated maturity; or any such Specified Indebtedness of
the Servicer, Insight or any Originator shall be declared to be due
and payable or required to be prepaid (other than by a regularly
scheduled payment) prior to the date of maturity thereof.
“Specified Indebtedness” means Indebtedness which,
individually or in the aggregate with other Indebtedness, has an
aggregate principal amount or face value in excess of
$25,000,000.
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(d) (i) Any Seller Party, any Originator or
any of its Subsidiaries shall generally not pay its debts as such
debts become due or shall admit in writing its inability to pay its
debts generally or shall make a general assignment for the benefit
of creditors; or (ii) any proceeding shall be instituted by or
against any Seller Party, any Originator or any of its Subsidiaries
seeking to adjudicate it bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking
liquidation, winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment,
protection, relief or composition of it or its debts under any law
relating to bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of
debtors, or seeking the entry of an order for relief or the
appointment of a receiver, trustee or other similar official for it
or any substantial part of its property and, in the case of any
such proceeding instituted against such Person, either such
proceeding shall remain undismissed or unstayed for a period of
sixty (60) days or an order for relief shall have been entered in
such proceedings or a receiver, trustee or similar official shall
have been appointed in such proceedings; or (iii) any Seller
Party, any Originator or any of its Subsidiaries shall take any
corporate action to authorize any of the actions set forth in
clauses (i) or (ii) above in this subsection
(d).
(e) Seller, Insight or any Originator shall
(i) fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement
under the Receivables Sale Agreement, or (ii) fail to enforce
its rights under the Receivables Sale Agreement after the
occurrence of any such failure described in clause (i)
.
(f) Seller
shall fail to comply with the terms of Section 2.6
hereof.
(g) As at the
end of any Fiscal Month:
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the weighted average of the Default
Ratios for the three most recently ended Fiscal Months shall exceed
0.5%;
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(ii)
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the weighted average of the
Delinquency Ratios for the three most recently ended Fiscal Months
shall exceed (x) 13.5%;
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the weighted average of the
Dilution Trigger Ratios for the three most recently ended
Fiscal Months shall exceed 5.25 6.50 %.
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For purposes of
this Section 9.1(g) , the “weighted
average” of each of the
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