HOUSEHOLD RECEIVABLES ACQUISITION
COMPANY II
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
Dated as of December 1,
2005
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ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
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Section
1.01.
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Definitions
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Section
1.02.
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Other
Definitional Provisions
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ARTICLE II
PURCHASE AND CONVEYANCE OF RECEIVABLES
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Section
2.01.
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Purchase
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Section
2.02.
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Addition of
Accounts
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Section
2.03.
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Representations
and Warranties
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Section
2.04.
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Removal and
Deletion of Accounts
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ARTICLE III
CONSIDERATION AND PAYMENT
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Section
3.01.
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Purchase
Price
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Section
3.02.
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Adjustments to
Purchase Price
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ARTICLE IV
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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Section
4.01.
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HRAC II’s
Representations and Warranties Relating to HRAC II
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Section
4.02.
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Representations
and Warranties of HRAC II Relating to the Agreement and the
Receivables
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Section
4.03.
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Representations
and Warranties of MRI
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ARTICLE V
COVENANTS
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Section
5.01.
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Covenants of
HRAC II
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ARTICLE VI
REPURCHASE OBLIGATION
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Section
6.01.
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Reassignment of
Ineligible Receivables
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Section
6.02.
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Reassignment of
Other Receivables
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ARTICLE VII
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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Section
7.01.
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Conditions to
MRI’s Obligations Regarding Receivables
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Section
7.02.
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Conditions
Precedent to HRAC II’s Obligations
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ARTICLE VIII
TERM AND PURCHASE TERMINATION
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Section
8.01.
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Term
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Section
8.02.
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Purchase
Termination
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ARTICLE IX
SERVICING
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Section
9.01.
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Pooling and
Servicing Agreement Controls with respect to the
Receivables
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ARTICLE X
MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
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Section
10.01.
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Amendment
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Section
10.02.
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GOVERNING
LAW
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Section
10.03.
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Notices
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Section
10.04.
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Severability of
Provisions
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Section
10.05.
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Assignment
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Section
10.06.
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Acknowledgment
and Agreement of HRAC II
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Section
10.07.
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Further
Assurances
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Section
10.08.
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No Waiver;
Cumulative Remedies
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Section
10.09.
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Counterparts
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Section
10.10.
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Binding Effect;
Third-Party Beneficiaries
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Section
10.11.
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Merger and
Integration
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Section
10.12.
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Headings
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Section
10.13.
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Schedules and
Exhibits
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Section
10.14.
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Survival of
Representations and Warranties
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Section
10.15.
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Nonpetition
Covenant
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Exhibit A
Form of Supplemental Conveyance
Schedule 1
List of Accounts
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RECEIVABLES
PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of December 1, 2005, by and
between HOUSEHOLD RECEIVABLES ACQUISITION COMPANY II, a Delaware
corporation (together with its permitted successors and assigns,
“ HRAC II ”), and METRIS RECEIVABLES,
INC., a Delaware corporation (together with its permitted
successors and assigns, “ MRI
”).
WHEREAS, HRAC II
desires to sell and assign from time to time certain Receivables
(hereinafter defined) to MRI, and MRI desires to purchase such
Receivables;
WHEREAS, it is
contemplated that certain Receivables purchased hereunder will be
transferred by MRI to the Trust (hereinafter defined) in connection
with the issuance of certain Securities (hereinafter defined)
pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement (hereinafter
defined); and
WHEREAS, HRAC II
agrees that all representations, covenants and agreements made by
HRAC II with respect to the Accounts (hereinafter defined) shall
also be for the benefit of the Trustee (hereinafter defined) and
all holders of the Securities.
NOW, THEREFORE, it
is hereby agreed by and between HRAC II and MRI as
follows:
Section 1.01.
Definitions . All capitalized terms used herein shall have
the following meanings:
“
Account ” shall mean each revolving credit consumer
credit card account established pursuant to a Credit Agreement
between a Credit Card Originator and any Person, which is
identified on an Account Schedule delivered by HRAC II to MRI on or
after the Additional Cut-Off Date and which on the Closing Date was
an Eligible Account or, with respect to accounts designated after
the Closing Date, is an Additional Account or Related Account. The
definition of “Account” shall include each Transferred
Account but shall not include Deleted Accounts and any Accounts all
of the Receivables in which are repurchased by HRAC II pursuant to
Section 6 hereof. The term “Account” shall refer
to an Additional Account only from and after the Addition Date with
respect thereto.
“ Account
Schedule ” shall have the meaning assigned to such term
in Section 2.01(c).
“
Addition Date ” shall mean, with respect to any
Additional Account, the date from and after which such Additional
Account is included as an Additional Account pursuant to this
Agreement and the related Supplemental Conveyance.
“
Additional Accounts ” shall mean each Supplemental
Account and each Automatic Additional Account.
“
Additional Cut-Off Date ” shall have the meaning
specified in the applicable Supplemental Conveyance.
“
Agreement ” shall mean this Receivables Purchase
Agreement and all amendments and supplements hereto.
“
Applicable Transferee ” shall mean the
Trustee.
“
Appointment Date ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 8.02.
“
Automatic Additional Account ” shall mean each
revolving credit consumer credit card account established pursuant
to a Credit Agreement between a Credit Card Originator and any
Person, which account comes into existence after the Closing Date,
is an Eligible Account, is designated pursuant to subsection 2.02
to be included as an Automatic Additional Account, and is
identified in the computer file or microfiche list delivered
pursuant to subsection 2.02(b)(iv) of this Agreement.
“ Bank
Purchase Agreement ” shall mean the Second Amended and
Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of July 1,
2002, by and between, HRAC II, as purchaser, and HSBC Bank, as
seller, as amended from time to time.
“
Business Day ” shall mean any day other than a
Saturday, a Sunday or a day on which banking institutions in New
York, Minnesota, Nevada, Arizona, Oklahoma, Illinois, or Delaware,
are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to be
closed.
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“
Class ” shall have the meaning specified in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
“ Closing
Date ” shall mean December 1, 2005.
“
Code ” shall mean the Internal Revenue Code of 1986,
as amended.
“
Collection Account ” shall have the meaning specified
in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
“
Collections ” shall mean all payments received
(including Recoveries) in respect of the Receivables, in the form
of cash, checks, wire transfers, electronic transfers, ATM
transfers or any other form of payment.
“
Conveyance ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.01(a).
“
Conveyance Papers ” shall have the meaning specified
in Section 4.01(c).
“ Credit
Adjustment ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 3.02.
“ Credit
Agreement ” shall mean, with respect to a revolving
credit consumer credit card account, the agreements between the
Credit Card Originator and the Obligor governing the terms and
conditions of such account, as such agreements may be amended,
modified or otherwise changed from time to time.
“ Credit
Card Originator ” shall mean (a) DMCCB and its
successors or assigns, with respect to Receivables created before
December 1, 2005, (b) HSBC Bank and its successors or
assigns, with respect to Receivables created on or after
December 1, 2005, or (c) any other originator of
revolving credit consumer credit card accounts approved by
MRI.
“ Credit
Guidelines ” shall mean the written policies and
procedures of the applicable Credit Card Originator or the
Servicer, as the case may be, (i) relating to the operation of
its credit card business, which generally are applicable to its
portfolio of revolving credit accounts or a portion of a portfolio
of receivables in a similar nature to the Accounts, or in the case
of an Credit Card Originator that has only a portion of its
portfolio subject to a purchase agreement, applicable to such
portion of its portfolio and, in each case, which written policies
and procedures are consistent with prudent practice, including,
without limitation, the written policies and procedures for
determining the creditworthiness of credit card customers and the
extension of credit to credit card customers, and
(ii) relating to the maintenance of credit card accounts and
collection of receivables with respect thereto, as such policies
and procedures may be amended, modified, or otherwise changed from
time to time.
“
Defaulted Receivable ” shall mean a Principal
Receivable which is charged off as uncollectible in accordance with
the Credit Guidelines or the Servicer’s customary and usual
servicing procedures for servicing revolving credit accounts. A
Principal Receivable shall become a Defaulted Receivable no later
than the day on which such Principal Receivable is recorded as
charged-off on the Servicer’s computer file of revolving
credit accounts. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, any
Defaulted Receivables that are Ineligible Receivables shall be
treated as Ineligible Receivables rather than Defaulted
Receivables.
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“ Deleted
Account ” shall mean any Removed Account as to which
there are no Receivables arising therein owned by MRI.
“
Discount Option Receivables ” shall have the meaning
specified in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
“
Dissolution Event ” shall have the meaning specified
in Section 8.02.
“
Distribution Date ” shall have the meaning specified
in the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
“
DMCCB ” shall mean Direct Merchants Credit Card Bank,
National Association, a national bank or any successors or assigns
of Direct Merchants Credit Card Bank, National
Association.
“
Dollars ”, “ $ ” or “ U.S.
$ ” shall mean United States dollars.
“
Eligible Account ” shall mean, on the Initial Cut-Off
Date (or, with respect to Additional Accounts, on the related
Additional Cut-Off Date), a revolving credit consumer credit card
account owned by a Credit Card Originator:
(a) which
is payable in Dollars;
(b) the
Obligor on which has provided , as its initial billing
address, an address located in the United States or its territories
or possessions or a United States military address;
(c) which
has not been identified by the applicable Credit Card Originator or
the Servicer in its computer master file as stolen or
lost;
(d) which
is not sold or pledged to any other party and which does not have
Receivables which are sold or pledged to any other party;
and
(e) the
Receivables in which the applicable Credit Card Originator or the
Servicer has not charged off (or required to be charged off) in its
customary and usual manner for charging off Receivables in such
Accounts.
“
Eligible Receivable ” shall mean a Receivable that
satisfies each of the following criteria: (a) it arises under
an Eligible Account, (b) it is not sold or pledged to any
other party, (c) it constitutes an “account” or a
“payment intangible” as defined in Article 9 of
the UCC as then in effect in the Relevant UCC State, (d) it is
the legal, valid, and binding obligation of, or is guaranteed by, a
Person who is competent to enter into a Credit Agreement and incur
debt and is enforceable against such Person in accordance with its
terms, (e) it was created or acquired by the Credit Card
Originator in compliance, in all material respects, with all
Requirements of Law applicable to the Credit Card Originator and
pursuant to a Credit Agreement that complies, in all material
respects, with all Requirements of Law applicable to the Credit
Card Originator (including without limitation, laws, rules and
regulations relating to truth in lending, usury, fair credit
billing, fair credit reporting, equal credit opportunity and fair
debt collection practices), (f) all material consents, licenses, or
authorizations of, or registrations with, any Governmental
Authority required to be obtained or given by the Credit Card
Originator in connection with the creation of such Receivable or
the execution, delivery, creation, and performance of the
related
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Contract by the
Credit Card Originator have been duly obtained or given and are in
full force and effect and (g) immediately prior to giving
effect to the sale hereunder, HRAC II has good and marketable title
free and clear of all Liens and security interests (other than
Permitted Liens).
“
Enhancement ” shall have the meaning specified in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
“ Finance
Charge and Administrative Receivables ” shall mean the
sum of all Receivables evidencing amounts billed from time to time
to the Obligors on any Account in respect of (i) Periodic Rate
Finance Charges, (ii) overlimit fees, (iii) late charges,
(iv) returned check fees, (v) annual membership fees and
annual service charges, if any, (vi) transaction charges,
(vii) cash advance fees, (viii) fees and charges relating
to debt waiver programs administered by a Credit Card Originator or
an affiliate of such Credit Card Originator, and (ix) other
similar fees and charges that are designated as Finance Charge and
Administrative Receivables.
“
Governmental Authority ” shall mean the United States
of America, any state or other political subdivision thereof and
any entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory
or administrative functions of or pertaining to
government.
“ HRAC
II ” shall have the meaning specified in the recitals of
this Agreement.
“ HSBC
Bank ” shall mean HSBC Bank Nevada, National Association,
a national bank, or any of the successors or assigns of HSBC Bank
Nevada, National Association.
“ Initial
Account ” shall mean each revolving credit consumer
credit card account established pursuant to a Credit Agreement
between the Credit Card Originator and an Obligor, which account is
owned by the Credit Card Originator.
“ Initial
Cut-Off Date ” shall mean December 1,
2005.
“
Interchange ” shall mean interchange fees paid to HRAC
II pursuant to the Bank Purchase Agreement (or, with respect to a
Credit Card Originator other than HSBC Bank, pursuant to a similar
agreement between such Credit Card Originator and HRAC
II).
“
Lien ” shall mean any security interest, mortgage,
deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation, assignment, deposit
arrangement, equity interest, encumbrance, lien (statutory or
other), preference, participation interest, priority or other
security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or
nature whatsoever, including any conditional sale or other title
retention agreement, any financing lease having substantially the
same economic effect as any of the foregoing and the filing of any
financing statement under the UCC or comparable law of any
jurisdiction to evidence any of the foregoing; provided ,
however , that the term “Lien” shall not include
any lien or other encumbrance for municipal or other local taxes if
such taxes are not then due and payable or if the validity of such
taxes is then being contested in good faith by appropriate
proceedings and adequate reserves with respect to such taxes have
been set aside on the appropriate books.
“
Metris ” shall mean Metris Companies Inc., a Delaware
corporation.
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“ Monthly
Period ” shall mean the period from and including the
first day of a calendar month to and including the last day of such
calendar month.
“ MRI
” shall have the meaning specified in the recitals of this
Agreement.
“
Obligor ” shall mean, with respect to any Account, any
Person obligated to make payments with respect to such Account,
including any guarantor thereof but excluding any
merchant.
“
Officer’s Certificate ” shall mean a certificate
delivered and signed by the Controller, Treasurer or any Vice
President or more senior officer of HRAC II or MRI, as
applicable.
“
Periodic Rate Finance Charges ” shall have the meaning
specified in the Credit Agreement applicable to each Account for
finance charges (due to periodic rate) or any similar
term.
“
Permitted Liens ” shall have the meaning specified in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
“
Person ” shall mean any person or entity, including
any individual, corporation, limited liability company,
partnership, joint venture, association, joint-stock company,
trust, unincorporated organization, governmental entity or other
entity of any nature.
“ Pooling
and Servicing Agreement ” shall mean the Fourth Amended
and Restated Pooling and Servicing Agreement, dated as of
December 1, 2005, by and among HSBC Finance Corporation, as
Servicer, MRI, as Transferor, and U.S. Bank National Association,
as Trustee on behalf of the Securityholders of the Metris Master
Trust.
“
Principal Receivables ” shall mean all Receivables
other than Finance Charge and Administrative Receivables. In
calculating the aggregate amount of Principal Receivables on any
day, the amount of Principal Receivables shall be reduced by the
aggregate amount of credit balances in the Accounts on such
day.
“
Purchase Price ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 3.01(a).
“
Purchase Price Payment Date ” shall have the meaning
specified in Section 3.01(a).
“
Purchased Assets ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.01(a).
“ Rating
Agency ” shall mean the nationally-recognized statistical
rating agency or agencies, if any, selected by MRI to rate any
Securities.
“ Rating
Agency Condition ” shall mean, with respect to any
action, that each Rating Agency shall have notified the Transferor,
the Servicer, and the Trustee, as the case may be, in writing that
such action will not result in a Ratings Event.
“ Ratings
Event ” shall have the meaning specified in the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement.
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Receivables ” shall mean all amounts payable by
Obligors on any Account from time to time, including amounts
payable for Principal Receivables and Finance Charge and
Administrative Receivables, but only to the extent that such
amounts payable have been conveyed by HSBC Bank to HRAC II pursuant
to the Bank Purchase Agreement (or, with respect to a Credit Card
Originator other than HSBC Bank, pursuant to a similar agreement
between such Credit Card Originator and HRAC II).
“
Recoveries ” shall mean all amounts received with
respect to Defaulted Receivables; provided , however
, that if any amount so recovered relates to both Defaulted
Receivables and other receivables, and if it cannot be determined
with objective certainty whether such amount relates to Defaulted
Receivables or other receivables, the term “Recoveries”
shall mean the amount reasonably estimated by the Servicer, and
agreed by HSBC Bank and HRAC II, as having been recovered in
respect of Defaulted Receivables.
“ Related
Account ” shall mean an Account with respect to which a
new credit card account number has been issued by the applicable
Credit Card Originator under circumstances resulting from a lost or
stolen credit card and not requiring standard application and
credit evaluation under the Credit Guidelines; provided that
such Account can be traced or identified by reference to or by way
of an Account Schedule.
“
Relevant UCC State ” shall mean the State of Delaware
and each jurisdiction in which the filing of a UCC financing
statement is necessary to perfect the ownership interest and
security interest of the Transferor pursuant to the Pooling and
Servcing Agreement or the ownership or security interest of the
Trustee established under the Pooling and Servcing
Agreement.
“ Removed
Account ” shall mean any Account as to which HRAC II has
received notice from the Transferor that such Account is a
“Removed Account” as defined in the Pooling and
Servicing Agreement.
“
Repurchase Price ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 6.01(b).
“
Requirements of Law ” shall mean any law, treaty, rule
or regulation, or determination of an arbitrator or Governmental
Authority, whether federal, state or local (including usury laws,
the Federal Truth in Lending Act and Regulation B and
Regulation Z of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System), and, when used with respect to any Person, the certificate
of incorporation and by-laws or other organizational or governing
documents of such Person.
“
Security ” shall have the meaning specified in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
“
Securityholder ” or “ Holder ”
shall have the meaning specified in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
“
Series ” shall have the meaning specified in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
“
Servicer ” shall mean the entity acting as Servicer
under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
“ Stop
Date ” shall have the meaning specified in
Section 2.04(a).
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Supplement ” shall have the meaning specified in the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
“
Supplemental Account ” shall mean each revolving
credit consumer credit card account established pursuant to a
Credit Agreement between a Credit Card Originator and any Person,
which account comes into existence after the Closing Date, is an
Eligible Account, is designated pursuant to subsection 2.02 to be
included as a Supplemental Account, and is identified in the
computer file or microfiche list delivered pursuant to subsection
2.02(b)(iv) of this Agreement.
“
Supplemental Conveyance ” shall have the meaning
specified in Section 2.01(a).
“
Transfer Date ” shall have the meaning specified in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
“
Transferor ” shall mean the entity acting as
Transferor under the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
“
Transferred Account ” shall mean an Account into which
an Account shall be transferred pursuant to the Credit Guidelines;
provided, however, that such Transferred Account can be traced or
identified as an account into which an Account has been
transferred.
“
Trust ” shall mean the Metris Master Trust, which was
formed pursuant to the Pooling and Servicing Agreement.
“
Trustee ” shall mean U.S. Bank, National Association,
a national banking association, the institution executing the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement as, and acting in the capacity of,
Trustee thereunder, or its successor in interest, or any successor
trustee appointed as provided in the Pooling and Servicing
Agreement.
“ UCC
” shall mean the Uniform Commercial Code as in effect in the
applicable jurisdiction.
“ Zero
Balance Account ” shall mean an account which, according
to the Servicer’s records, has had a balance of zero for
180 days or for such other period of time specified in the
Credit and Collection Policy (as that term is used and defined in
the Pooling and Servicing Agreement).
Section 1.02.
Other Definitional Provisions . (a) All terms defined
in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings when used in any
certificate, other document or Conveyance Paper made or delivered
pursuant hereto unless otherwise defined therein.
(b) The words
“hereof,” “herein” and
“hereunder” and words of similar import when used in
this Agreement or any Conveyance Paper shall refer to this
Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this
Agreement; and Section, Subsection, Schedule and Exhibit references
contained in this Agreement are references to Sections,
Subsections, Schedules and Exhibits in or to this Agreement unless
otherwise specified.
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PURCHASE AND CONVEYANCE OF
RECEIVABLES
Section 2.01.
Purchase . (a) Subject to the terms of this Agreement,
and by execution from time to time of certain assignments
substantially in the form of Exhibit A hereto (each, a
“ Supplemental Conveyance ”)
supplementing this Agreement, HRAC II hereby sells, transfers,
assigns, sets over and otherwise conveys to MRI (collectively, the
“ Conveyance ”), without recourse, all of
its right, title and interest in, to and under the Receivables of
the Accounts existing on the Closing Date with respect to Initial
Accounts and the related Additional Cut-Off Date with respect to
Additional Accounts and thereafter created from time to time until
the termination of this Agreement pursuant to Article VIII
hereof, all Interchange and Recoveries allocable to such
Receivables, all monies due or to become due and all amounts
received or receivable with respect thereto, all Collections with
respect thereto and all proceeds (including “proceeds”
as defined in the UCC) thereof (the “ Purchased
Assets ”). The Receivables existing in Accounts on
the Closing Date with respect to Initial Accounts and the related
Additional Cut-Off Date with respect to Additional Accounts and
thereafter arising in such Accounts on or prior to such dates, and
the related Purchased Assets, shall be sold by HRAC II and
purchased by MRI on the Closing Date with respect to Initial
Accounts and the related Addition Date with respect to Additional
Accounts. Receivables arising after such dates in such Accounts and
the related Purchased Assets shall be sold by HRAC II and purchased
by MRI on the date such Receivables arise.
(b) In
connection with each Conveyance of Receivables arising under
Accounts, HRAC II agrees (i) to record and file, at its own
expense, any financing statements (and amendments with respect to
such financing statements when applicable) with respect to such
Receivables and the related Purchased Assets, meeting the
requirements of applicable state law in such manner and in such
jurisdictions as are necessary to perfect, and maintain perfection
of, the Conveyance of such Receivables and other Purchased Assets
from HRAC II to MRI, and to deliver such documents to MRI as soon
as practicable after the Closing Date, in the case of Receivables
arising in the Initial Accounts, and as soon as practicable after
the applicable Addition Date, in the case of Receivables arising in
Additional Accounts, (ii) to cause such financing statements
and amendments to name HRAC II, as seller, and MRI, as purchaser,
of such Receivables and other Purchased Assets and (iii) to
deliver a file-stamped copy of such financing statements or
amendments or other evidence of such filings to MRI (and to one or
more Applicable Transferees, if MRI so directs) as soon as is
practicable after filing.
(c) In
connection with each Conveyance of Receivables arising under
Accounts, HRAC II further agrees that it will, at its own expense,
(i) on or prior to the Closing Date or the respective Addition
Date, as applicable, indicate in its computer files and microfiche
lists that Receivables created in connection with such Accounts and
the related Purchased Assets have been sold to MRI in accordance
with this Agreement and the Supplemental Conveyance and
(ii) on or prior to the date that is five Business Days after
the Closing Date or the respective Addition Date, as applicable,
deliver to MRI (and to one or more Applicable Transferees, if MRI
so directs) a computer file or microfiche list containing a true
and complete list of all such Accounts specifying for each such
Account, as of the Closing Date or the Additional Cut-Off Date, as
applicable, (A) its account number, (B) the aggregate
amount outstanding in such Account and (C) the aggregate
amount of Principal Receivables in such Account (the “
Account Schedule ”).
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Such computer
files and microfiche lists, as supplemented from time to time to
reflect Accounts and Removed Accounts, shall be marked as
Schedule 1 to this Agreement, shall be delivered
to MRI (and to one or more Applicable Transferees, if so directed
by MRI), shall be marked as proprietary and confidential, and are
hereby incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement. An
updated Account Schedule reflecting Automatic Additional Accounts
shall be delivered quarterly by HRAC II to MRI no later than one
month following the end of each fiscal quarter.
(d) The
parties hereto intend that the conveyance of HRAC II’s right,
title and interest in and to the Purchased Assets pursuant to this
Agreement and any Supplemental Conveyance shall constitute an
absolute sale, conveying good title free and clear of any Liens
from HRAC II to MRI and that the Purchased Assets shall not be part
of HRAC II’s estate in the event of the insolvency of HRAC II
or a bankruptcy or similar event with respect to HRAC II. It is the
intention of the parties hereto that the arrangements with respect
to the Purchased Assets pursuant to this Agreement and any
Supplemental Conveyance shall constitute a purchase and sale of
such Purchased Assets and not a loan or borrowing secured by such
Purchased Assets, including for accounting purposes. In the event,
however, that notwithstanding such intent it were determined that
the transactions evidenced hereby constitute a loan or borrowing
and not a purchase and sale, it is the intention of the parties
hereto that this Agreement shall constitute a security agreement
under applicable law, and that HRAC II shall be deemed to have
granted, and HRAC II does hereby grant, to MRI a first priority
perfected security interest in all of HRAC II’s right, title
and interest, whether now owned or hereafter acquired, in, to and
under the Receivables and other Purchased Assets.
Section 2.02.
Addition of Accounts .
(a) (i) If,
from time to time, MRI (A) becomes obligated to designate
Supplemental Accounts pursuant to subsection 2.6(c) of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, or (B) elects to designate
Supplemental Accounts pursuant to subsection 2.6(d) of the Pooling
and Servicing Agreement, then, in either case, MRI may, at its
option, give HRAC II written notice thereof on or before the fifth
Business Day prior to the Addition Date therefor, and upon receipt
of such notice HRAC II shall on or before the Addition Date,
designate sufficient Eligible Accounts to be included as
Supplemental Accounts as requested by MRI.
(ii) Additionally,
HRAC II may, with the consent of MRI, designate newly originated
Eligible Accounts to be included as Automatic Additional
Accounts.
(b) On the
Addition Date with respect to any designation of Automatic
Additional Accounts or Supplemental Accounts, as the case may be,
such Automatic Additional Accounts or Supplemental Accounts shall
become Accounts, and MRI shall purchase HRAC II’s right,
title and interest in, to and under the Receivables in such
Automatic Additional Accounts or Supplemental Accounts, as the case
may be, and the related property, as provided in Section 2.01,
subject to the satisfaction of the following conditions on such
Addition Date:
(i) HRAC
II shall have delivered to MRI copies of UCC financing statements
covering such Additional Accounts, if necessary to perfect
MRI’s interest in the Receivables arising therein and the
related property;
(ii) on
each of the Addition Cut-Off Date and the Addition Date, the sale
of the Receivables arising in such Automatic Additional Accounts or
Supplemental Accounts, as
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the case may
be, and the related property, to MRI shall not have caused HRAC
II’s insolvency or have been made in contemplation of HRAC
II’s insolvency;
(iii) no
selection procedure was utilized by HRAC II that would result in a
selection of such Additional Accounts (from the Eligible Accounts
available to HRAC II) that would be materially adverse to the
interests of MRI as of the Addition Date;
(iv) HRAC
II shall have indicated in its accounting, computer and other
records that Receivables created in connection with such Automatic
Additional Accounts or Supplemental Accounts, as the case may be,
and the related property, have been sold to MRI and shall have
delivered to MRI the required Account Schedule;
(v) HRAC
II and MRI shall have entered into a duly executed, written
assignment, substantially in the form of Exhibit A (the
“ Supplemental Conveyance ”);
and
(vi) HRAC
II shall have delivered to MRI an Officer’s Certificate of
HRAC II, dated the Addition Date, confirming, to the extent
applicable, the items set forth in clauses (i) through (v)
above.
(vii) Unless
otherwise specified in the related Supplement, all of the
conditions precedent set forth in Section 2.6(e) of the
Pooling and Servicing Agreement shall have been
satisfied.
Section 2.03.
Representations and Warranties . HRAC II hereby represents
and warrants to MRI on the related Addition Date as to the matters
set forth in Section 2.02(b)(i) above that, in the case of
Additional Accounts, the computer file or microfiche list delivered
pursuant to Section 2.02(b)(iv) is, as of the applicable
Additional Cut-Off Date for Supplemental Accounts and in the case
of Automatic Additional Accounts, the date thereof, true and
complete in all material respects.
Section 2.04.
Removal and Deletion of Accounts .
(a) If an
Account becomes a Removed Account, HRAC II shall stop selling to
MRI Principal Receivables arising in such Removed Account effective
on the Business Day (the “ Stop Date ”)
after the date such Account becomes a Removed Account.
Notwithstanding the cessation of the sale to MRI of additional
Principal Receivables arising in such Removed Account, Principal
Receivables sold to MRI prior to the Stop Date, Collections in
respect of such Principal Receivables, Finance Charge and
Administrative Receivables whenever created that accrue in respect
of such Principal Receivables, and Collections in respect of such
Finance Charge and Administrative Receivables, shall continue to be
property of MRI available for transfer by MRI. To the extent that
it is not clear to HRAC II whether collections relate to a
Principal Receivable that was sold to MRI or to a principal
receivable that HRAC II did not sell to MRI, HRAC II shall allocate
payments on each such Removed Account with respect to the principal
balance of such Removed Account first to the oldest principal
balance of such Removed Account.
(b) On and
after the Stop Date for a Removed Account, HRAC II may mark its
books and records to indicate that such Account is a Removed
Account, but HRAC II shall not (i) alter the indication
referenced in the first sentence of subsection 2.01(c) with respect
to such Removed
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Account unless
and until such Account becomes a Deleted Account or HRAC
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