Exhibit 10.2
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
Dated as of June 27, 2005
Among
ARCH CHEMICALS RECEIVABLES CORP., as
Seller,
ARCH CHEMICALS, INC., as initial
Servicer,
THREE PILLARS FUNDING LLC
and
SUNTRUST CAPITAL MARKETS, INC., as
Administrator
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Article I
Purchase Arrangements
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Purchase
Facility.
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1
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Incremental
Purchases.
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2
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Decreases.
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2
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Deemed
Collections
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3
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Payment
Requirements and Computations.
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3
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Article II
Payments and Collections
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4
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Payments of
Recourse Obligations.
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4
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Collections
Prior to the Facility Termination Date.
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4
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Application of
Collections After the Facility Termination Date.
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Payment
Rescission.
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6
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Clean Up Call;
Reconveyance of Receivable Interests.
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6
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Article III
Commercial Paper Funding
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7
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CP
Costs.
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7
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Calculation of
CP Costs.
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7
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CP Costs
Payments.
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7
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Default
Rate.
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7
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Article IV
Liquidity Fundings
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7
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Liquidity
Fundings.
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7
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Yield
Payments.
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8
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Selection and
Continuation of Interest Periods.
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8
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Liquidity
Funding Yield Rates.
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Suspension of
the LIBO Rate.
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8
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Default
Rate.
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9
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Article V
Representations and Warranties
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Representations
and Warranties of the Seller Parties.
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9
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Article VI
Conditions of Purchases
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14
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Conditions
Precedent to Initial Incremental Purchase.
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14
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Conditions
Precedent to All Purchases and Reinvestments.
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14
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Article VII
Covenants
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15
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Affirmative
Covenants of the Seller Parties.
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15
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Negative
Covenants of the Seller Parties.
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Article VIII
Administration and Collection
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25
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Designation of
Servicer.
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Duties of
Servicer.
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26
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Collection
Notices.
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Responsibilities of the Seller.
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28
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Receivables
Reports.
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28
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Servicing
Fee.
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28
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Article IX
Amortization Events
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29
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Amortization
Events.
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29
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Remedies.
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32
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Article X
Indemnification
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32
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Indemnities by
the Seller Parties.
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32
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Increased Cost
and Reduced Return.
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35
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Other Costs and
Expenses.
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Allocations.
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Article XI The
Administrator
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Authorization
and Action.
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STCM, SunTrust
Bank and Affiliates.
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Article XII
Assignments and Participations
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Assignments and
Participations by TPF.
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Prohibition on
Assignments by the Seller Parties.
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Article XIII
Miscellaneous
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Waivers and
Amendments.
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Notices.
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Protection of
Administrator’s Security Interest.
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Confidentiality.
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Bankruptcy
Petition.
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Limitation of
Liability.
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No recourse
against TPF
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Limitation on
Payments
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CHOICE OF
LAW.
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CONSENT TO
JURISDICTION.
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WAIVER OF JURY
TRIAL.
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Integration;
Binding Effect; Survival of Terms.
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Counterparts;
Severability; Section References.
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Characterization.
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Exhibits
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Exhibit
I
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Definitions
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Exhibit
II
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Form of
Purchase Notice
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Exhibit
III
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Jurisdiction of
Organization of the Seller Parties; Places of Business of
the
Seller Parties;
Locations of Records; Federal Employer Identification
Number(s)
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Exhibit
IV
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Names of
Collection Banks; Lock-Boxes and Collection Accounts
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Exhibit
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Form of
Compliance Certificate
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Exhibit
VI
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[Intentionally
Deleted]
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Exhibit
VII
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Credit and
Collection Policy
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Exhibit
VIII
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Form of Monthly
Report
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Exhibit
IX
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Form of
Collateral Certificate
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Schedules
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Schedule
A
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Documents to be
Delivered to the Administrator on or Prior to the Initial
Purchase
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RECEIVABLES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
THIS RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of
June 27, 2005, is entered into by and among:
(a) Arch Chemicals Receivables Corp., a Delaware
corporation (the “ Seller
”),
(b) Arch Chemicals, Inc., a Virginia corporation
(“ Arch ” or the “
Servicer ”), as initial Servicer (the
Servicer together with the Seller, the “ Seller
Parties ” and each, a “ Seller
Party ”),
(c) Three Pillars Funding LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (“ TPF ”),
and
(d) SunTrust Capital Markets, Inc., a Tennessee
corporation ( “ STCM ” ), as agent and
administrator for TPF and its assigns under the Transaction
Documents (together with its successors and assigns in such
capacity, the “ Administrator
”).
Unless defined elsewhere herein, capitalized
terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to
such terms in Exhibit I .
PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS
The Seller desires to transfer and assign
Receivable Interests from time to time.
TPF shall purchase Receivable Interests from the
Seller from time to time either by issuing its Commercial Paper or
by availing itself of a Liquidity Funding to the extent
available.
STCM has been requested and is willing to act as
agent and administrator on behalf of TPF and its assigns in
accordance with the terms hereof.
Article I
Purchase
Arrangements
Section 1.1
Purchase
Facility .
(a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of
this Agreement (including, without limitation, Article VI ),
from time to time prior to the Facility Termination Date, the
Seller may request that TPF purchase from the Seller undivided
ownership interests in the Receivables and the associated Related
Security and Collections, and TPF shall make such Purchase;
provided that no Purchase shall be made by TPF
if, after giving effect thereto, the Aggregate Invested Amount
would exceed the Purchase Limit. It is the intent of TPF to fund
the Purchases by the issuance of Commercial Paper. If for any
reason TPF is unable, or determines that it is undesirable, to
issue Commercial Paper to fund or maintain its investment in the
Receivable Interests, or is unable for any reason to repay such
Commercial Paper upon the maturity thereof, TPF will avail itself
of a Liquidity Funding to the extent available. If TPF funds or
refinances its investment in a Receivable Interest through a
Liquidity Funding, in lieu of paying CP Costs on the Invested
Amount pursuant to Article III hereof, the Seller will pay
Yield thereon at the Alternate Base Rate or the LIBO Rate, selected
in accordance with Article IV hereof. Nothing herein shall
be deemed to constitute a commitment of TPF to issue Commercial
Paper.
(b) The Seller may, upon at least ten (10) Business
Days’ notice to the Administrator, terminate in whole or
reduce in part, the unused portion of the Purchase Limit;
provided that each partial reduction of the
Purchase Limit shall be in an amount equal to $5,000,000 (or a
larger integral multiple of $1,000,000 if in excess
thereof).
(c) The Administrator hereby represents that (i)
pursuant to the Liquidity Agreement, TPF has obtained a Liquidity
Commitment from SunTrust Bank and its assigns for an initial period
of 364 days in an amount equal to 102% of the greater of (A) the
Purchase Limit from time to time in effect hereunder, and (B) the
Aggregate Invested Amount outstanding from time to time hereunder,
and (ii) while SunTrust Bank may not be obligated to pay par for a
Receivable Interest that is transferred to it pursuant to the
Liquidity Agreement, the only condition precedent to its obligation
to pay the agreed-upon price thereunder is the absence of an Event
of Bankruptcy with respect to TPF.
Section 1.2
Incremental
Purchases .
The Seller shall provide the Administrator with
at least two (2) Business Days’ prior written notice in a
form set forth as Exhibit II hereto of each Incremental
Purchase (each, 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
$1,000,000 or a larger integral multiple of $100,000) and the
Purchase Date. The Seller shall not request and TPF shall not be
obligated to fund more than one (1) Incremental Purchase in any
consecutive seven (7) day period. Following receipt of a Purchase
Notice, the Administrator will determine whether TPF will fund the
requested Incremental Purchase through the issuance of Commercial
Paper or through a Liquidity Funding. If TPF determines to fund an
Incremental Purchase through a Liquidity Funding, the Seller may
cancel the Purchase Notice or, in the absence of such a
cancellation, the Incremental Purchase will be funded through a
Liquidity Funding. On each Purchase Date, upon satisfaction of the
applicable conditions precedent set forth in Article VI ,
TPF shall deposit to the Facility Account, in immediately available
funds, no later than 2:00 p.m. (New York time), an amount equal to
the requested Purchase Price.
The Seller shall provide the Administrator with
prior written notice in conformity with the Required Notice Period
(a “ Reduction Notice ”) of any
proposed reduction of Aggregate Invested Amount. Such Reduction
Notice shall designate (a) the date (the “ Proposed
Reduction Date ”) upon which any such reduction of
Aggregate Invested Amount shall occur (which date shall give effect
to the applicable Required Notice Period), and (b) the amount of
Aggregate Invested Amount to be reduced which shall be applied
ratably to all Receivable Interests in accordance with the
respective Invested Amounts thereof (the “ Aggregate
Reduction ”). Only one (1) Reduction Notice shall be
outstanding at any time.
Section 1.4
Deemed
Collections . If on any day:
(i) the Outstanding Balance of any Receivable is
reduced or cancelled as a result of any defective or rejected goods
or services, any cash discount or any other adjustment by any
Originator or any Affiliate thereof, or as a result of any
governmental or regulatory action, or
(ii) the Outstanding Balance of any Receivable is
reduced or canceled as a result of a setoff in respect of any claim
by the Obligor thereof (whether such claim arises out of the same
or a related or an unrelated transaction), or
(iii) the Outstanding Balance of any Receivable is
reduced on account of the obligation of any Originator or any
Affiliate thereof to pay to the related Obligor any rebate or
refund, or
(iv) the Outstanding Balance of any Receivable is
less than the amount included in calculating the Net Pool Balance
for purposes of any Monthly Report or Collateral Certificate (for
any reason other than receipt of Collections or such Receivable
becoming a Defaulted Receivable), or
(v) any of the representations or warranties of the
Seller set forth in Section 5.1(g) , Section 5.1(i) ,
Section 5.1(j) , Section 5.1(r) , Section
5.1(s) , Section 5.1(t) or Section 5.1(u) were
not true when made with respect to any Receivable,
then, on such
day, the Seller shall be deemed to have received a Collection of
such Receivable (A) in the case of clauses (i)-(iv) above,
in the amount of such reduction or cancellation or the difference
between the actual Outstanding Balance and the amount included in
calculating such Net Pool Balance, as applicable; and (B) in the
case of clause (v) above, in the amount of the Outstanding
Balance of such Receivable and (in either case), not later than
two (2) Business
Days thereafter shall pay to the
Administrator’s Account TPF’s Portion of any such
Collection deemed to have been received in the same manner as
actual cash collections are distributed under the terms of this
Agreement.
Section 1.5
Payment Requirements and
Computations .
All amounts to be paid or deposited by a Seller
Party pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be paid or
deposited in accordance with the terms hereof no later than 12:00
noon (New York time) on the day when due in immediately available
funds, and if not received before 12:00 noon (New York time) shall
be deemed to be received on the next succeeding Business Day. If
such amounts are payable to the Administrator for the account of
TPF, they shall be paid to the Administrator’s Account, for
the account of TPF until otherwise notified by the Administrator.
Upon notice to the Seller, the Administrator may debit the Facility
Account for all amounts due and payable hereunder. All computations
of CP Costs, Yield, per annum fees calculated
as part of any CP Costs, per annum fees
hereunder and per annum fees under the Fee
Letter 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 of Recourse
Obligations .
The Seller hereby promises to pay the following
(collectively, the “ Recourse Obligations
”):
(a) all amounts due and owing under Section
1.3 or Section 1.4 or in order to avoid an Amortization
Event under Section 9.1(m) or 9.1(q) on the dates specified
therein;
(b) the fees set forth in the Fee Letter on the
dates specified therein;
(c) all accrued and unpaid Yield on the Receivable
Interests accruing Yield at the Alternate Base Rate or the Default
Rate on each Settlement Date applicable thereto;
(d) all accrued and unpaid Yield on the Receivable
Interests accruing Yield at the LIBO Rate on the last day of each
Interest Period applicable thereto;
(e) all accrued and unpaid CP Costs on the
Receivable Interests funded with Commercial Paper on each
Settlement Date; and
(f) all Broken Funding Costs and Indemnified Amounts
upon demand.
Section 2.2
Collections Prior to the
Facility Termination Date .
(a) Prior to the Facility Termination Date,
TPF’s Portion of any Deemed Collections received by the
Servicer and TPF’s Portion of any 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 Facility
Termination Date, the Seller hereby requests and TPF hereby agrees
to make, simultaneously with such receipt, a reinvestment by
payment of the Purchase Price under the Receivables Sale Agreement
(each, a “ Reinvestment ”) with
TPF’s Portion of the balance of each and every Collection
received by the Servicer such that after giving effect to such
Reinvestment, the Invested Amount of such Receivable Interest
immediately after such receipt and corresponding Reinvestment shall
be equal to the amount of Invested Amount immediately prior to such
receipt.
(b) On each day on which any of the conditions
precedent set forth in Section 6.2 are not satisfied and on
each Settlement Date prior to the Facility Termination Date, the
Servicer shall remit to the Administrator’s 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 ) to the
Aggregate Unpaids in the order specified:
first, ratably to the payment of all accrued and unpaid
CP Costs, Yield and Broken Funding Costs (if any) that are then due
and owing,
second , to the accrued and unpaid Servicing
Fee,
third, ratably to the payment of all accrued and unpaid
fees under the Fee Letter (if any) that are then due and
owing,
fourth, if required under Section 1.3 or
Section 1.4 or in order to avoid an Amortization Event or
Unmatured Amortization Event under Section 9.1(m) or Section
9.1(q), to the ratable reduction of Aggregate Invested
Amount,
fifth, for the ratable payment of all other unpaid
Recourse Obligations, if any, that are then due and owing,
and
sixth, the balance, if any, to the Seller or otherwise
in accordance with the Seller’s instructions.
(c) Prior to the Facility Termination Date, any
Deemed Collections or Collections received by the Servicer that do
not constitute TPF’s Portion of such Deemed Collections or
Collections shall be paid to the Seller.
(d) In the event that a Collection Notice has been
delivered pursuant to any Collection Account Agreement, all amounts
received in any Collection Account shall at the sole discretion of
the Administrator, either (i) be retained in such Collection
Account or other account of the Administrator for such day,
Settlement Period or part thereof and applied on the Settlement
Date in accordance with the terms of this Agreement or (ii) be
released to the Seller and applied in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement.
Section 2.3
Application of
Collections After the Facility Termination Date
.
(a) On the Facility Termination Date and on each day
thereafter, the Servicer shall set aside and hold in trust, for the
benefit of the Secured Parties, all Collections received on each
such day. On and after the Facility Termination Date, the Servicer
shall, on each Settlement Date and on each other Business Day
specified by the Administrator: (i) remit to the
Administrator’s Account the amounts set aside pursuant to the
preceding sentence, and (ii) apply such amounts to reduce the
Aggregate Unpaids as follows:
first, to the reimbursement of the
Administrator’s costs of collection and enforcement of this
Agreement,
second, ratably to the payment of all accrued and unpaid
CP Costs, Yield and Broken Funding Costs,
third , to the accrued and unpaid Servicing
Fee,
fourth, ratably to the payment of all accrued and unpaid
fees under the Fee Letter,
fifth, to the ratable reduction of Aggregate Invested
Amount,
sixth, for the ratable payment of all other Aggregate
Unpaids, and
seventh, to the Seller.
Section 2.4
Payment
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. The Seller shall
remain obligated for the amount of any payment or application so
rescinded, returned or refunded, and shall promptly pay to the
Administrator (for application to the Person or Persons who
suffered such rescission, return or refund) the full amount
thereof, plus interest thereon at the Default Rate from the date of
any such rescission, return or refunding.
Section 2.5
Clean Up Call;
Reconveyance of Receivable Interests
.
(a) The Servicer (so long as the Servicer is an
Affiliate of the Seller) shall have the right (after providing
written notice to the Administrator in accordance with the Required
Notice Period), at any time following the reduction of the
Aggregate Invested Amount to a level that is less than 10.0% of the
highest Aggregate Invested Amount outstanding during the term of
this Agreement, to repurchase all, but not less than all, of the
then outstanding Receivable 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 to the Administrator’s Account. Such
repurchase shall be made free and clear of any Adverse Claim
created by the Administrator but otherwise shall be without
representation, warranty or recourse of any kind by, on the part
of, or against TPF or the Administrator.
(b) On the Final Payout Date, the Administrator on
behalf of the Secured Parties shall be considered to have
reconveyed free and clear of any Adverse Claim created by the
Administrator (but otherwise shall be without representation,
warranty or recourse of any kind by, on the part of, or against the
Secured Parties or the Administrator) to the Seller all of the
Administrator’s (on behalf of the Secured Parties) right,
title and interest in, to and under the Receivables, Related
Security and Collections with respect thereto and shall at the
request, and sole cost and expense, of the Seller, execute and
deliver to the Seller, all such documents or instruments as are
necessary to terminate the Administrator’s interest on behalf
of the Purchasers in the Receivables, Related Security and
Collections with respect thereto
Article III
Commercial Paper
Funding
The Seller shall pay CP Costs with respect to
the Invested Amount of all Receivable Interests funded through the
issuance of Commercial Paper. Each Receivable Interest that is
funded substantially with Pooled Commercial Paper will accrue CP
Costs each day on a pro rata basis, based upon the percentage share
that the Invested Amount in respect of such Receivable Interest
represents in relation to all assets held by TPF and funded
substantially with related Pooled Commercial Paper.
Section 3.2
Calculation of CP
Costs .
Not later than the third Business Day
immediately preceding each Monthly Reporting Date, TPF shall
calculate the aggregate amount of CP Costs applicable to its
Receivable Interests for the Calculation Period then most recently
ended and shall notify the Seller of such aggregate
amount.
Section 3.3
CP Costs
Payments .
On each Settlement Date, the Seller shall pay to
the Administrator (for the benefit of TPF) an aggregate amount
equal to all accrued and unpaid CP Costs in respect of the Invested
Amount of all Receivable Interests funded with Commercial Paper for
the Calculation Period then most recently ended in accordance with
Article II .
Section 3.4
Default
Rate .
From and after the occurrence of an Amortization
Event, all Receivable Interests funded through the issuance of
Commercial Paper shall accrue CP Costs at the Default
Rate.
Article IV
Liquidity
Fundings
Section 4.1
Liquidity
Fundings .
Prior to the occurrence of an Amortization
Event, the outstanding Invested Amount of each Receivable Interest
funded with a Liquidity Funding shall accrue Yield for each day
during its Interest Period at either the LIBO Rate or the Alternate
Base Rate in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. Until
the Seller gives the required notice to the Administrator of
another Yield Rate in accordance with Section 4.4 , the
initial Yield Rate for any Receivable Interest funded with a
Liquidity Funding shall be the Alternate Base Rate (unless the
Default Rate is then applicable). If any undivided interest in a
Receivable Interest initially funded with Commercial Paper is sold
to the Liquidity Banks pursuant to the Liquidity Agreement, such
undivided interest in such Receivable Interest shall be deemed to
have an Interest Period commencing on the date of such
sale.
Section 4.2
Yield
Payments .
On the Settlement Date for each Receivable
Interest that is funded with a Liquidity Funding, the Seller shall
pay to the Administrator (for the benefit of the Liquidity Banks)
an aggregate amount equal to the accrued and unpaid Yield thereon
for the entire Interest Period of each such Liquidity Funding in
accordance with Article II .
Section 4.3
Selection and
Continuation of Interest Periods
.
(a) With consultation from (and approval by) the
Administrator, the Seller shall from time to time request Interest
Periods for the Receivable Interests funded with Liquidity
Fundings, provided that if at any time any
Liquidity Funding is outstanding, the Seller shall always request
Interest Periods such that at least one Interest Period shall end
on the date specified in clause (i) of the definition of
Settlement Date.
(b) The Seller or the Administrator, upon notice to
and consent by the other received at least three (3) Business Days
prior to the end of an Interest Period (the “
Terminating Tranche ”) for any Liquidity
Funding, may, effective on the last day of the Terminating Tranche:
(i) divide any such Liquidity Funding into multiple Liquidity
Fundings, (ii) combine any such Liquidity Funding with one or more
other Liquidity Fundings that have a Terminating Tranche ending on
the same day as such Terminating Tranche or (iii) combine any such
Liquidity Funding with a new Liquidity Funding to be made by the
Liquidity Banks on the day such Terminating Tranche
ends.
Section 4.4
Liquidity Funding Yield
Rates .
The Seller may select the LIBO Rate (subject to
Section 4.5 below) or the Alternate Base Rate for each
Liquidity Funding. The Seller shall by 12:00 noon (New York time):
(a) 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 Yield Rate and (b) at least one (1) Business Day
prior to the expiration of any Terminating Tranche with respect to
which the Alternate Base Rate is being requested as a new Yield
Rate, give the Administrator irrevocable notice of the new Yield
Rate for the Liquidity Funding associated with such Terminating
Tranche. Until the Seller gives notice to the Administrator of
another Yield Rate, the initial Yield Rate for any Receivable
Interest assigned or participated to the Liquidity Banks pursuant
to the Liquidity Agreement shall be the Alternate Base Rate (unless
the Default Rate is then applicable).
Section 4.5
Suspension of the LIBO
Rate .
(a) If any Liquidity Bank notifies the Administrator
that it has determined that funding its ratable share of the
Liquidity Fundings 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
Liquidity Funding at such LIBO Rate are not available or (ii) such
LIBO Rate does not accurately reflect the cost of acquiring or
maintaining a Liquidity Funding at such LIBO Rate, then the
Administrator will promptly notify the Seller Parties and the
Administrator shall suspend the availability of such LIBO Rate and
require the Seller to select the Alternate Base Rate for any
Liquidity Funding accruing Yield at such LIBO Rate; provided
, however , the failure to so notify any Seller Party shall
not result in the non-suspension of the availability of such LIBO
Rate.
(b) If less than all of the Liquidity Banks give a
notice to the Administrator pursuant to Section 4.5(a) ,
each Liquidity Bank which gave such a notice shall be obliged, at
the request of the Seller, TPF or the Administrator, to assign all
of its rights and obligations hereunder to (i) another Liquidity
Bank or (ii) another funding entity nominated by the Seller or the
Administrator that is an Eligible Assignee willing to participate
in the Liquidity Agreement through the Liquidity Termination Date
in the place of such notifying Liquidity Bank; provided
that (A) the notifying Liquidity Bank receives
payment in full of all Aggregate Unpaids owing to it (whether due
or accrued), and (B) the replacement Liquidity Bank otherwise
satisfies the requirements of the Liquidity Agreement.
(c) Upon the occurrence of any event giving rise to
the operation of Section 4.5(a) with respect to any Liquidity
Bank, it will, if requested by the Seller, to the extent
permissible under applicable law, endeavor in good faith to change
the funding office at which it books its ratable share of any
Liquidity Funding accruing Yield at a LIBO Rate hereunder if such
change would make it lawful for such Liquidity Bank to fund such
Liquidity Funding at a LIBO Rate; provided, however, that
such change may be made in such manner that such Liquidity Bank, in
its sole determination, suffers no unreimbursed cost or expense or
any disadvantage whatsoever.
Section 4.6
Default
Rate .
From and after the occurrence of an Amortization
Event, all Liquidity Fundings shall accrue Yield at the Default
Rate.
Article V
Representations and
Warranties
Section 5.1
Representations and
Warranties of the Seller Parties
.
Each Seller Party hereby represents and warrants
to the Administrator and TPF, 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)
Existence and Power
. Such Seller Party’s
jurisdiction of organization is correctly set forth in the preamble
to this Agreement and such jurisdiction is its sole jurisdiction of
organization. Such Seller Party is duly organized under the laws of
its jurisdiction of organization and is a “registered
organization” as defined in the UCC in effect in such
jurisdiction. Such Seller Party is validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of organization and no
other state or jurisdiction, and such jurisdiction must maintain a
public record showing the organization to have been organized. Such
Seller Party is duly qualified to do business and is in good
standing as a foreign entity, and has and holds all organizational
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 so 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 the Seller, the
Seller’s use of the proceeds of Purchases made hereunder, are
within its corporate powers and authority and have been duly
authorized by all necessary corporate 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.
(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
Organizational Documents, (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, 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) except, in any case, where such contravention or
violation could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; 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 it, 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 which default could reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect.
(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 (other than any projection or other forward-looking
information) heretofore furnished by such Seller Party or any of
its Affiliates to the Administrator or TPF 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 (other than any projection or other
forward-looking information) hereafter furnished by such Seller
Party or any of its Affiliates to the Administrator or TPF will be,
true and accurate in every material respect on the date such
information is stated or certified and does not and will not
contain any material misstatement of fact.
(h)
Use of Proceeds
. No proceeds of any Purchase
hereunder will be used by such Seller Party (i) for a purpose that
violates, or would be inconsistent with, (A) Section
7.2(e) of this Agreement or (B) 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 other than the
repurchase of equity securities of Arch so long as such repurchase
does not violate Sections 12, 13 or 14 of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, as amended.
(i)
Good Title
. The Seller is (i) the legal and
beneficial owner of the Receivables and (ii) is the legal and
beneficial owner of the 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 the Seller’s ownership interest in
each Receivable, its Collections, “Supporting
Obligations” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC in effect in
each relevant jurisdiction), the Seller’s right, title and
interest in, to and under each of the Transaction Documents to
which it is a party, returned goods the sale of which gave rise to
any Receivable, security interests in favor of the Seller that
secures payment of such Receivable and all other items of Related
Security in which an interest therein may be perfected by the
filing of a financing statement under Article 9 of the UCC and
proceeds of the foregoing.
(j)
Perfection
. This Agreement is effective to
create a valid security interest in favor of the Administrator for
the benefit of the Secured Parties in the Purchased Assets to
secure payment of the Aggregate Unpaids, 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
Administrator’s (on behalf of the Secured Parties) security
interest in the Receivables, its Collections, “Supporting
Obligations” (as defined in Article 9 of the UCC in effect in
each relevant jurisdiction), the Seller’s right, title and
interest in, to and under each of the Transaction Documents to
which it is a party, returned goods the sale of which gave rise to
any Receivable, security interests in favor of the Seller that
secures payment of such Receivable and all other items of Related
Security in which an interest therein may be perfected by the
filing of a financing statement under Article 9 of the UCC and
proceeds of the foregoing. Such Seller Party’s jurisdiction
of organization is a jurisdiction whose law generally requires
information concerning the existence of a nonpossessory security
interest to be made generally available in a filing, record or
registration system as a condition or result of such a security
interest’s obtaining priority over the rights of a lien
creditor which respect to collateral.
(k)
Places of Business and Locations
of Records . The
jurisdiction of organization, 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
Administrator has been notified in accordance with Section
7.2(a) in jurisdictions where all action required by Section
13.3(a) has been taken and completed. The Seller’s
Federal Employer Identification Number is correctly set forth on
Exhibit III .
(l)
Collections
. The conditions and requirements
set forth in subclause (i) of Section 7.1(j) and Section
8.2 have at all times since the Closing Date, been satisfied
and duly performed. The conditions and requirements set forth in
subclause (ii) of Section 7.1(j) have been satisfied from
and after the Closing Date. The names, addresses and jurisdictions
of organization of all Collection Banks, together with the account
numbers of the Collection Accounts of the Seller at each Collection
Bank and the post office box number of each Lock-Box, are listed on
Exhibit IV . The Seller has not granted any Person, other
than the Administrator 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 March 31, 2005, no
event has occurred that would have a material adverse effect on the
financial condition or operations of the initial Servicer and its
Subsidiaries taken as a whole or the ability of the initial
Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement, and (ii)
the Seller represents and warrants that since March 31, 2005, no
event has occurred that would have a material adverse effect on (A)
the financial condition or operations of the Seller, (B) the
ability of the Seller to perform its obligations under the
Transaction Documents, or (C) the collectibility of the Receivables
generally or any material portion of the Receivables.
(n)
Names . The name in which the Seller has executed this
Agreement is identical to the name of the Seller as indicated on
the public record of its state of organization which shows the
Seller to have been organized. In the past five (5) years, the
Seller has not used any corporate names, trade names or assumed
names other than the name in which it has executed this
Agreement.
(o)
Ownership of the
Seller . Arch owns,
directly or indirectly, 100% of the issued and outstanding capital
stock of the Seller, free and clear of any Adverse Claim. Such
capital stock is validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and
there are no options, warrants or other rights to acquire
securities of the Seller.
(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. 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 respects with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders,
writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees or awards to which it may be
subject, except where the failure to so comply could not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. 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, except where such contravention or violation could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(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 material change to such
Credit and Collection Policy, except such material change as to
which the Administrator has been notified in accordance with
Section 7.1(a)(vii) .
(s)
Payments to
Originators . With
respect to each Receivable transferred to the Seller under the
Receivables Sale Agreement, the Seller has given reasonably
equivalent value to each of the Originators 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 Pool Balance as an Eligible Receivable on the date of any
Monthly Report was an Eligible Receivable on such date.
(v)
Purchase Limit and Maximum
Receivable Interests .
Immediately after giving effect to each Incremental Purchase
hereunder, the Aggregate Invested Amount is less than or equal to
the Purchase Limit and the aggregate of the Receivable Interests
does not exceed 100%.
(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
characterization of the transactions contemplated herein and
therein as being true sales.
(x)
Separateness
. From the date of the formation of
the Seller, the Seller has complied with all provisions of
Section 7.1(i) applicable to it.
(y)
Contract Provisions
. Except for customary adjustments
in the ordinary course of business, no Contract with respect to any
Receivable contains provisions that either (i) permit or provide
for any reduction in the Outstanding Balance of the Receivable
created thereunder and any accrued interest thereon or (ii) could
otherwise hinder the ability to receive Collections with respect to
such Receivable.
Article VI
Conditions of
Purchases
Section 6.1
Conditions Precedent to
Initial Incremental Purchase
.
The initial Incremental Purchase of a Receivable
Interest under this Agreement is subject to the conditions
precedent that (a) the Administrator shall have received on or
before the Closing Date those documents listed on Schedule A
and (b) the Administrator 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.
Section 6.2
Conditions Precedent to
All Purchases and Reinvestments
.
Each Incremental Purchase and each Reinvestment
shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that (a) in
the case of each such Purchase: (i) the Servicer shall have
delivered to the Administrator on or prior to the date of such
Purchase, in form and substance satisfactory to the Administrator,
all Monthly Reports and Collateral Certificates as and when due
under Section 8.5 and (ii) upon the Administrator’s
request, the Servicer shall have delivered to the Administrator at
least three (3) days prior to such Purchase an interim Monthly
Report showing the amount of Eligible Receivables; (b) the
Administrator shall have received such other approvals, opinions or
documents as it may reasonably request and (c) on each Purchase
Date, 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 the 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 Purchase Date, except to the extent such representations
and warranties are expressly limited to an 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 an Unmatured Amortization
Event; and
(iii) the Aggregate Invested Amount does not exceed
the Purchase Limit in effect on such Purchase Date.
It is expressly
understood that each Reinvestment shall, unless otherwise directed
by the Administrator or TPF, 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 the Seller to satisfy any of the
foregoing conditions precedent in respect of such Reinvestment. The
failure of the Seller to satisfy any of the foregoing conditions
precedent in respect of any Reinvestment shall give rise to a right
of the Administrator, which right may be exercised at any time on
demand of the Administrator, to rescind the related purchase and
direct the Seller to pay to the Administrator’s Account, for
the benefit of TPF, an amount equal to the Collections prior to the
Facility Termination Date that shall have been applied to the
affected Reinvestment.
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 Administrator:
(i)
Annual Reporting
. Within 90 days after the close of
each of its fiscal years, audited, unqualified consolidated
financial statements (which shall include balance sheets,
statements of income and retained earnings and a statement of cash
flows) for Arch and its consolidated subsidiaries for such fiscal
year certified in a manner acceptable to the Administrator by KPMG
LLP, independent public accountants or any other independent public
accountants of recognized national standing.
(ii)
Quarterly Reporting
. Within 45 days after the close of
the first three (3) quarterly periods of each of its respective
fiscal years, balance sheets of each of the Seller Parties as at
the close of each such period and consolidated statements of income
and a statement of cash flows for Arch and its consolidated
subsidiaries for the period from the beginning of such fiscal year
to the end of such quarter, all certified by its respective chief
financial officer, principal accounting officer, treasurer or
corporate controller.
(iii)
Compliance Certificate
. Together with the financial
statements required hereunder, a compliance certificate in
substantially the form of Exhibit V 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)
Shareholders Statements and
Reports . Promptly after
being mailed to the shareholders of such Seller Party copies of all
financial statements, reports and proxy statements so furnished to
them.
(v)
S.E.C. Filings
. Promptly after becoming publicly
available, copies of all registration statements and annual,
quarterly, monthly or other regular reports which such Seller Party
or any of its Subsidiaries files with the Securities and Exchange
Commission.
(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 Administrator
or TPF, copies of the same if such notice, request, consent,
financial statements, certification, report or other communication
can reasonably be expected to have an adverse effect on the
Receivables, the Related Security or the Administrator’s
rights therein.
(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
Administrator’s consent thereto.
(viii)
Other Information
. Promptly, from time to time, such
other information, documents, records or reports relating to (A)
the financial condition or operations of such Seller Party as the
Administrator may from time to time reasonably request in order to
protect the interests of the Administrator, for the benefit of TPF,
under or as contemplated by this Agreement or (B) the Receivables
as the Administrator may reasonably request.
Information required to be delivered pursuant to
paragraphs (i) , (ii) , (iv) and (v) of
this Section 7.1(a) shall be deemed to have been delivered
by the date indicated therein, provided that such information has
been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission by such
date; provided further that such Seller Party shall deliver paper
copies of the statements, reports, financial statements and other
information referred to in paragraphs (i) , (ii) ,
(iv) and (v) of this Section 7.1(a) to the
Administrator promptly upon request following such
filing.
(b)
Notices . Such Seller Party will notify the
Administrator 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 Unmatured
Amortization Events . The
occurrence of each Amortization Event and each Unmatured
Amortization Event, by a statement of an Authorized Officer of such
Seller Party.
(ii)
Judgments and
Proceedings . (A) The
entry of any judgment or decree against the Servicer or its
Subsidiaries if the amount of such judgment or decree then
outstanding against the Servicer and its Subsidiaries exceeds
$5,000,000 after deducting (1) the amount with respect to which the
Servicer or any such Subsidiary, as the case may be, is insured and
with respect to which the insurer has not disclaimed responsibility
in writing, and (2) the amount for which the Servicer or any such
Subsidiary is otherwise indemnified if the terms of such
indemnification are satisfactory to the Administrator, and (B) the
institution of any litigation, arbitration proceeding or
governmental proceeding against the Servicer which, individually or
in the aggregate, could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect; and (C) the entry of any judgment or decree or the
institution of any litigation, arbitration proceeding or
governmental proceeding against the Seller.
(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 the Seller is a debtor or
an obligor; or the occurrence of a default that could lead to an
event of default or an event of default under any other financing
arrangement in a principal amount greater than or equal to
$5,000,000 pursuant to which the Servicer is a debtor or an
obligor.
(vi)
Notices under Receivables Sale
Agreement . Copies of all
notices delivered under the Receivables Sale Agreement.
(c)
Compliance with Laws and
Preservation of Corporate Existence . Such Seller Party will comply in all respects
with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders, writs,
judgments, injunctions, decrees or awards to which it may be
subject, except where the failure to so comply could not reasonably
be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Such Seller Party
will preserve and maintain its corporate existence, rights,
franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of its organization,
and qualify and remain qualified in good standing as a foreign
corporation in each jurisdiction where its business is conducted,
except where the failure to so preserve and maintain or qualify
could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(d)
Audits . In addition to information that may be
required pursuant to Section 7.1(a)(viii) , each Seller
Party will furnish to the Administrator from time to time such
information with respect to it and the Receivables as the
Administrator may reasonably request. Such Seller Party will, from
time to time during regular business hours as requested by the
Administrator upon reasonable notice and at the sole cost of such
Seller Party, permit the Administrator, or its agents or
representatives (and shall cause each Originator to permit the
Administrator or its 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 Purchased Assets,
including, without limitation, the related Contracts (other than
any Confidential Contract (except for Confidential Contracts as to
which the related Obligor has consented to such disclosure or which
may be disclosed to others who are subject to a confidentiality
agreement) as to which disclosure thereof cannot be satisfied by
the execution and delivery of a confidentiality agreement), 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 Purchased Assets 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 the Seller or the Servicer
having knowledge of such matters (each of the foregoing
examinations and visits, a “ Review ”);
provided , however , that, so long as
no Amortization Event has occurred and is continuing, (A) the
Seller Parties shall only be responsible for the costs and expenses
of one (1) Review by Administrator and one (1) Review by an
independent auditor selected by Administrator in any one calendar
year, and (B) the Administrator will not request more than four (4)
Reviews in any one calendar year.
(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, in each such case as 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 Administrator notice
of any material change in the administrative and operating
procedures referred to in the previous sentence.
(ii) Such Seller Party will (and will cause each
Originator to) on or prior to the date hereof, mark its master data
processing system and all accounts receivable reports generated
thereby, each Confidential Contract and its records relating to all
other Contracts with a legend, reasonably acceptable to the
Administrator, describing the Administrator’s security
interest in the Purchased Assets.
(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 in all
material respects with all provisions, covenants and other promises
required to be observed by it under the Contracts related to the
Receivables, in each case to the same extent as though such
Contracts had not been transferred to the Administrator, but only
to the extent there would not be an adverse effect upon 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 . The Seller will, and will require each
Originator to, perform each of their respective obligations and
undertakings under and pursuant to the Receivables Sale Agreement,
will purchase Receivables thereunder in strict compliance with the
terms thereof and will vigorously enforce the rights and remedies
accorded to the Seller under the Receivables Sale Agreement. The
Seller will take all actions to perfect and enforce its rights and
interests (and the rights and interests of the Administrator, as
the Seller’s assignee) under the Receivables Sale Agreement
as the Administrator 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 . The Seller will (or will cause each Originator
to) take all necessary action to establish and maintain,
irrevocably in Seller (i) legal and equitable title to the
Receivables and the Collections and (ii) all of each
Originator’s right, title and interest in the Related
Security associated with the Receivables, in each case, free and
clear of any Adverse Claims, other than Adverse Claims in favor of
the Administrator, for the benefit of the Secured Parties
(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 Administrator’s (for the benefit
of the Secured Parties) security interest in the Purchased Assets
and such other action to perfect, protect or more fully evidence
the interest of the Administrator for the benefit of the Secured
Parties as the Administrator may reasonably request);
provided , however , that unless and until an
Amortization Event or an Unmatured Amortization Event has occurred,
no Seller Party shall be required to take any actions to establish,
maintain or perfect the Administrator’s ownership interest in
the Related Security other than the filing of financing statements
under the UCC of all appropriate jurisdictions.
(i)
Reliance . The Seller acknowledges that the Administrator
and TPF are entering into the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement in reliance upon the Seller’s identity as a legal
entity that is separate from each Originator. Therefore, from and
after the date of execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
Seller shall take all reasonable steps, including, without
limitation, all steps that the Administrator or TPF may from time
to time reasonably request, to maintain the Seller’s identity
as a separate legal entity and to make it manifest to third parties
that the Seller is an entity with assets and liabilities distinct
from those of each Originator and any Affiliates thereof (other
than the Seller) and not just a division of such Originator or any
such Affiliate. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing
and in addition to the other covenants set forth herein, the Seller
will:
(i) Hold itself out to the public and conduct its
own business in its own name and require that all full-time
employees of the Seller, if any, identify themselves as such and
not as employees of any Originator (including, without limitation,
by means of providing appropriate employees with business or
identification cards identifying such employees as the
Seller’s employees);
(ii) compensate all employees, consultants and agents
directly, from the Seller’s own funds, for services provided
to the Seller by such employees, consultants and agents and, to the
extent any employee, consultant or agent of the Seller is also an
employee, consultant or agent of any Originator or any Affiliate
thereof, allocate the compensation of such employee, consultant or
agent between the Seller and such Originator or such Affiliate, as
applicable, on a basis that reflects the services rendered to the
Seller and such Originator or such Affiliate, as
applicable;
(iii) separate stationery, invoices, checks and other
business forms in its own name ;
(iv) conduct all transactions with each Originator
and the Servicer (including, without limitation, any delegation of
its obligations hereunder as Servicer) strictly on an
arm’s-length basis, allocate fairly and reasonably all
overhead expenses (including, without limitation, telephone and
other utility charges) for items shared between the Seller and such
Originator 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;
(v) at all times have a Board of Directors
consisting of at least one member that is an Independent
Director;
(vi) observe all organizational 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 the Seller or (C)
the initiation of, participation in, acquiescence in or consent to
any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding
involving the Seller, are duly authorized by unanimous vote of its
Board of Directors (including the Independent Director);
(vii) maintain the Seller’s books and records
separate and distinct from those of each Originator and any
Affiliate thereof and otherwise in such a manner so that such books
and records are readily identifiable as its own assets rather than
assets of any Originator or any Affiliate thereof;
(viii) prepare its financial statements separately from
those of each Originator and insure that any consolidated financial
statements of any Originator or any Affiliate thereof that include
the Seller and that are filed with the Securities and Exchange
Commission or any other governmental agency have notes clearly
stating that the Seller is a separate legal entity and that its
assets will be available first and foremost to satisfy the claims
of the creditors of the Seller;
(ix) except as herein specifically otherwise
provided, maintain the funds and other assets of the Seller
separate from, and not commingled with, those of any Originator or
any Affiliate thereof and only maintain bank accounts or other
depository accounts to which the Seller alone is the account party,
into which the Seller alone makes deposits and from which the
Seller alone (or the Administrator hereunder) has the power to make
withdrawals;
(x) pay all of the Seller’s operating expenses
from the Seller’s own assets (except for certain payments by
any Originator or other Persons pursuant to allocation arrangements
that comply with the requirements of this Section 7.1(i) )
and pay its own liabilities out of its own funds;
(xi) 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 (A) as a result of the
endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or
similar transactions in the ordinary course of business, (B) the
incurrence of obligations under this Agreement, (C) the incurrence
of obligations, as expressly contemplated in the Receivables Sale
Agreement, to make payment to the applicable Originator thereunder
for the purchase of Receivables from such Originator under the
Receivables Sale Agreement, and (D) the incurrence of operating
expenses in the ordinary course of business of the type otherwise
contemplated by this Agreement;
(xii) maintain its corporate charter in conformity
with this Agreement, such that it does not amend, restate,
supplement or otherwise modify its Certificate of Incorporation or
By-Laws 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;
(xiii) 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 Administrator;
(xiv) maintain its corporate 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;
(xv) maintain at all times the Required Capital
Amount (as defined in the Receivables Sale Agreement) and refrain
from making any dividend, distribution, redemption of capital stock
or payment of any subordinated indebtedness which would cause the
Required Capital Amount to cease to be so maintained;
(xvi) operate its business and activities such that it
(A) does not hold itself out as having agreed to guarantee or be
obligated for the debts of any Originator or any Affiliate thereof,
(B) does not hold out its credit as being available to satisfy the
obligations of any Originator or any Affiliate thereof and (C) has
not pledged assets for the benefit of any Originator or any
Affiliate thereof; and
(xvii) take such other actions as are necessary on its
part to ensure that the facts and assumptions set forth in the
opinion issued by Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP, as counsel for
the Seller, in connection with the closing or initial 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 (i)
all proceeds from all Lock-Boxes to be directly deposited by a
Collection Bank into a Collection Account and (ii) 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 the Purchased Assets are remitted directly
to the Seller or any Affiliate of the Seller, the 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, the Seller will itself hold or, if
applicable, will cause such payments to be held in trust for the
exclusive benefit of the Administrator and TPF. The 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
Administrator as contemplated by this Agreement.
(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 any
such taxes which are not yet delinquent or are being diligently
contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and for which
adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP shall have been set aside
on its books. The 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 the Administrator or TPF.
(l)
Payment to Applicable
Originator . With respect
to any Receivable purchased by the Seller from an Originator, such
sale shall be effected under, and in 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
such 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)
Change in Name, Jurisdiction of
Organization . Such
Seller Party will not change (i) its name as it appears in official
filings in its jurisdiction of organization, (ii) its status as a
“registered organization” (within the meaning of any
applicable enactment of the UCC), (iii) its organizational
identification number, if any, issued by its jurisdiction of
organization, or (iv) its jurisdiction of organization unless it
shall have: (A) given the Administrator at least thirty (30)
days’ prior written notice thereof and (B) delivered to the
Administrator all financing statements, instruments and other
documents requested by the Administrator in connection with such
change or relocation.
(b)
Change in Payment Instructions to
Obligors . Except as may
be required by the Administrator 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 Administrator 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 material change or material
amendment to the Credit and Collection Policy unless, at least 30
days prior to such material change or material amendment, it has
delivered to the Administrator a copy of the Credit and Collection
Policy then in effect and notice (i) indicating such proposed
change or amendment, and (ii) 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 Administrator’s consent
thereto. 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.
(d)
Sales, Liens
. The 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 of the Purchased
Assets, or assign any right to receive income with respect thereto
(other than, in each case, the creation of a security interest
therein in favor of the Administrator as provided for herein or in
any Transaction Document), and the Seller will defend the right,
title and interest of the Secured Parties in, to and under any of
the foregoing property, against all claims of third parties
claiming through or under the Seller or any Originator. The 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 sale of which gives rise to any
Receivable.
(e)
Use of Proceeds
. The Seller will not use the
proceeds of the Purchases for any purpose other than (i) paying for
Receivables and Related Security under and in accordance with the
Receivables Sale Agreement, including without limitation, making
payments on the Subordinated Notes (as defined therein) to the
extent permitted thereunder and under the Receivables Sale
Agreement, (ii) paying its ordinary and necessary operating
expenses when and as due, and (iii) making Restricted Junior
Payments to the extent permitted under this Agreement.
(f)
Termination Date
Determination . The
Seller will not designate the Termination Date (as defined in the
Receivables Sale Agreement), or send any written notice to any
Originator in respect thereof, without the prior written consent of
the Administrator, except with respect to the occurrence of such
Termination Date arising pursuant to Section 5.1(d) of the
Receivables Sale Agreement.
(g)
Restricted Junior
Payments . The Seller
will not make any Restricted Junior Payment if after giving effect
thereto, the Seller’s Net Worth (as defined in the
Receivables Sale Agreement) would be less than the Required Capital
Amount (as defined in the Receivables Sale Agreement).
(h)
Seller Indebtedness
. The Seller will not incur or
permit to exist any Indebtedness or liability on account of
deposits except: (i) the Aggregate Unpaids, (ii) the Subordinated
Loans (as defined in the Receivables Sale Agreement), (iii) other
current accounts payable arising in the ordinary course of business
and not overdue, (iv) the endorsement of negotiable
instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in
the ordinary course of business, (v) the incurrence of
obligations under this Agreement, (vi) 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 such Originators under the Receivables
Sale Agreement, and (vii) the incurrence of operating expenses
in the ordinary course of business of the type otherwise
contemplated by this Agreement. The Seller shall not hold out its
credit as available to satisfy the obligations of others, pledge
its assets for the benefit of any other entity, make loans or
advances to any other entity or acquire obligations or securities
of its shareholders.
(i)
Prohibition on Additional
Negative Pledges . No
such Seller Party will enter into or assume any agreement (other
than this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents)
prohibiting the creation or assumption of any Adverse Claim upon
the Purchased Assets except as contemplated by the Transaction
Documents, or otherwise prohibiting or restricting any transaction
contemplated hereby or by the other Transaction Documents, and no
such Seller Party will enter into or assume any agreement creating
any Adverse Claim upon the Subordinated Notes (as defined in the
Receivables Sale Agreement).
(j)
Contract Provisions
. Except for customary adjustments
in the ordinary course of business, such Seller Party will not (and
will not permit any Originator to) permit any Contract with respect
to any Receivable to contain provisions that either (i) permit or
provide for any reduction in the Outstanding Balance of the
Receivable created thereunder and any accrued interest thereon or
(ii) could otherwise hinder the ability to receive Collections with
respect to such Receivable .
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 . Arch is hereby
designated as, and hereby agrees to perform the duties and
obligations of, the Servicer pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement. The Administrator may, upon the occurrence of an
Unmatured Amortization Event (other than one arising as a result of
a Voluntary Termination, unless another Unmatured Amortization
Event occurs), designate as Servicer any Person to succeed Arch or
any successor Servicer provided that the
Rating Agency Condition is satisfied.
(b) Arch may delegate, and Arch hereby advises the
Administrator and TPF that it has delegated, to each Originator, as
sub-servicer of the Servicer, certain of its duties and
responsibilities as Servicer hereunder in respect of the
Receivables originated by such Originator. Without the prior
written consent of the Administrator (which consent shall not be
unreasonably withheld) Arch shall not be permitted to delegate any
of its duties or responsibilities as Servicer to any Person other
than (i) the Seller, (ii) any Originator, and (iii) with respect to
certain Defaulted Receivables, outside collection agencies in
accordance with its customary practices. Neither the Seller nor the
Originators shall be permitted to further delegate to any other
Person any of the duties or responsibilities of the Servicer
delegated to it by Arch. If at any time the Administrator shall
designate as Servicer any Person other than Arch, all duties and
responsibilities theretofore delegated by Arch to the Seller or any
Originator may, at the discretion of the Administrator, be
terminated forthwith on notice given by the Administrator to Arch
and to the Seller and such Originator.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing subsection
(b) : (i) Arch shall be and remain primarily liable to the
Administrator and TPF for the full and prompt performance of all
duties and responsibilities of the Servicer hereunder and (ii) the
Administrator and TPF shall be entitled to deal exclusively with
Arch in matters relating to the discharge by the Servicer of its
duties and responsibilities hereunder. The Administrator and TPF
shall not be required to give notice, demand or other communication
to any Person other than Arch in order for communication to the
Servicer and its sub-servicer or other delegate with respect
thereto to be accomplished. Arch, 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 Obligors to pay
all Collections directly to a Lock-Box or Collection Account. The
Servicer shall effect a Collection Account Agreement in a form
reasonably acceptable to the Administrator 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.
From and after the date the Administrator delivers to any
Collection Bank a Collection Notice pursuant to Section 8.3
, the Administrator 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 Administrator and, at all times
thereafter, the 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.
(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 the Seller and TPF their respective shares of the
Collections in accordance with Article II . The Servicer
shall, upon the request of the Administrator during the occurrence
of an Unmatured Amortization Event, segregate, in a manner
acceptable to the Administrator, all cash, checks and other
instruments received by it from time to time constituting
Collections from the general funds of the Servicer or the Seller
prior to the remittance thereof in accordance with Article
II . If the Servic