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AMENDMENT NO. 11 AND JOINDER TO RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Receivables Purchase Transfer Agreement

AMENDMENT NO. 11 AND JOINDER TO RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT | Document Parties: AMACAR Group, LLC | INSIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC | Insight Receivables Holding, LLC | INSIGHT RECEIVABLES, LLC | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA | Jupiter Securitization Company LLC | MARKET STREET FUNDING LLC | New Financial | PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION You are currently viewing:
This Receivables Purchase Transfer Agreement involves

AMACAR Group, LLC | INSIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC | Insight Receivables Holding, LLC | INSIGHT RECEIVABLES, LLC | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA | Jupiter Securitization Company LLC | MARKET STREET FUNDING LLC | New Financial | PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

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Title: AMENDMENT NO. 11 AND JOINDER TO RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Governing Law: Illinois     Date: 8/6/2009
Industry: Misc. Financial Services     Law Firm: Quarles Brady     Sector: Financial

AMENDMENT NO. 11 AND JOINDER TO RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, Parties: amacar group  llc , insight enterprises  inc , insight receivables holding  llc , insight receivables  llc , jpmorgan chase bank  na , jupiter securitization company llc , market street funding llc , new financial , pnc bank  national association
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Exhibit 10.1

EXECUTION COPY

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.

W I T N E S S E T H

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.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INSIGHT RECEIVABLES, LLC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: Insight Receivables Holding, LLC, its Sole Member

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Glynis Bryan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

Glynis Bryan

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

INSIGHT ENTERPRISES, INC.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Glynis Bryan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

Glynis Bryan

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

Chief Financial Officer

 

 

Signature Page to
Amendment No. 11 and Joinder to Receivables Purchase Agreement

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JS SILOED TRUST, as a Conduit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By: JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., its administrative trustee

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Joel C. Gedroic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

Joel C. Gedroic

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

Executive Director

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as a Financial Institution, as

 

 

 

 

Agent and as a Managing Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Joel C. Gedroic

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

Joel C. Gedroic

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

Executive Director

 

 

Signature Page to
Amendment No. 11 to Receivables Purchase Agreement

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

MARKET STREET FUNDING LLC, as the New Conduit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Doris J. Hearn

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

Doris J. Hearn

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

 

 

 

c/o AMACAR Group, L.L.C.

 

 

 

 

 

 

6525 Morrison Blvd., Suite 318

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charlotte, NC 28211

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention: Douglas K. Johnson

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fax: (704) 365-1362

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION

 

 

 

 

as the New Financial Institution and the New Managing Agent

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 

/s/ Robin A. Reeher

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Name:

 

Robin A. Reeher

 

 

 

 

 

 

Title:

 

Vice President

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Address:

 

 

 

 

 

 

One PNC Plaza

 

 

 

 

 

 

249 Fifth Avenue

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pittsburgh, PA 15222

 

 

 

 

 

 

Attention: William Falcon

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fax: (412) 762-5442

 

 

Signature Page to
Amendment No. 11 and Joinder to Receivables Purchase Agreement

 

 


 

ANNEX A

Blacklined Changes to the Receivables Purchase Agreement

(Attached)

 

 


 

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

Among

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

and

THE ENTITIES PARTY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME AS
FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS,

THE ENTITIES PARTY HERETO FROM TIME TO TIME AS
MANAGING AGENTS

and

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 .

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

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 .

(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.

ARTICLE III
CP FUNDING

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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ARTICLE VII
COVENANTS

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.

(viii) [Reserved ].

(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:

 

(i)

 

the weighted average of the Default Ratios for the three most recently ended Fiscal Months shall exceed 0.5%;

 

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the weighted average of the Delinquency Ratios for the three most recently ended Fiscal Months shall exceed (x) 13.5%;

 

 

(iii)

 

the weighted average of the Dilution Trigger Ratios for the three most recently ended Fiscal Months shall exceed 5.25 6.50 %.

For purposes of this Section 9.1(g) , the “weighted average” of each of the


 
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