Exhibit 4.6
RECEIVABLES SALE AGREEMENT
among
GE COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION FINANCE
CORPORATION,
as a Seller,
TRANSAMERICA COMMERCIAL FINANCE
CORPORATION,
as a Seller,
BRUNSWICK ACCEPTANCE COMPANY, LLC
,
as a Seller,
and
CDF FUNDING, INC.,
as Buyer
Dated as of August 12, 2004
Receivables Sale Agreement
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Section 1.2 Other Interpretive
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Section 2.2 Acceptance by Buyer
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Section 2.3 Characterization of
Transfers
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Section 2.4 Purchase Price
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Section 2.6 Addition of Accounts
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Section 2.7 Removal of Accounts
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Section 2.8 Additional Sellers
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Section 2.9 Additional
Originators
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ARTICLE III CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
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Section 3.1 Conditions to Initial
Transfer
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Section 3.2 Conditions to all
Transfers
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ARTICLE IV OTHER MATTERS RELATING TO
SELLERS
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Section 4.1 Merger or Consolidation of, or
Assumption of the Obligations of, Sellers, etc.
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ARTICLE V BANKRUPTCY EVENTS
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Section 5.1 Rights upon the Occurrence of a
Bankruptcy Event
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ARTICLE VI REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND
COVENANTS
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Section 6.1 Representations and Warranties
of Seller
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Section 6.2 Affirmative Covenants of
Seller
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Section 6.3 Negative Covenants of
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ARTICLE VII MISCELLANEOUS
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Section 7.2 No Waiver; Remedies
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Section 7.3 Successors and
Assigns
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Section 7.6 Complete Agreement;
Modification of Agreement
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Section 7.7 GOVERNING LAW; CONSENT TO
JURISDICTION; WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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Section 7.10 Section Titles
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Section 7.12 Further Assurances
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Section 7.13 Accounting Changes
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Section 7.14 No Indirect or Consequential
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Section 7.15 TCFC and BAC
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SCHEDULE 1 List of Accounts
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SCHEDULE 6.1(a)(ii) Sellers’ UCC
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SCHEDULE 6.1(a)(viii) Perfection Representations
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EXHIBIT A Form of Assignment
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EXHIBIT B Form of Reassignment
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EXHIBIT C Form of Opinion of Counsel with
Respect to Additional Accounts
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RECEIVABLES SALE
AGREEMENT, dated as of August 12, 2004 (this
“Agreement”), among GE COMMERCIAL DISTRIBUTION FINANCE
CORPORATION, a Nevada corporation, as a Seller, TRANSAMERICA
COMMERCIAL FINANCE CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, as a
Seller, BRUNSWICK ACCEPTANCE COMPANY, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company, as a Seller, and CDF FUNDING, INC., a Delaware
corporation, as Buyer (“Buyer”).
In
consideration of the premises and the mutual covenants hereinafter
contained, and for other good and valuable consideration, the
receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS
Section 1.1
Definitions.
“Account”
means each Initial Account and each Additional Account. The term
Account includes an Additional Account only from and after its
Addition Date and includes any Removed Account only prior to its
Removal Date.
“Account
Schedule” means a computer file or microfiche list or other
list containing a true and complete list of Accounts, identified by
account number (or by an alpha-numeric identifier that uniquely and
objectively identifies the applicable account number pursuant to a
protocol that has been provided to Buyer) and setting forth the
receivables balance for each as of (i) the applicable Addition
Cut-Off Date, in the case of an Account Schedule relating to
Additional Accounts, (ii) the Removal Notice Date, in the case
of an Account Schedule relating to Removed Accounts or
(iii) the date specified therein, in the case of any other
Account Schedule. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the initial
Account Schedule does not set forth receivables balances, and any
failure to set forth receivables balances in such a file or list
shall not impair the file’s or list’s effectiveness as
an Account Schedule.
“Accounting
Changes” means, with respect to any Person, (a) changes
in accounting principles required by the promulgation of any rule,
regulation, pronouncement or opinion of the Financial Accounting
Standards Board of the American Institute of Certified Public
Accountants (or any successor thereto or any agency with similar
functions); (b) changes in accounting principles concurred by
such Person’s certified public accountants; (c) purchase
accounting adjustments under A.P.B. 16 or 17 and EITF 88-16, and
the application of the accounting principles set forth in FASB 109,
including the establishment of reserves pursuant thereto and any
subsequent reversal (in whole or in part) of such reserves; and
(d) the reversal of any reserves established as a result of
purchase accounting adjustments.
“Accounts
Receivable” means, with respect to any Dealer, all amounts
shown on such Dealer’s records as amounts payable by a
customer (which customer may be a Dealer) in respect of goods or
services sold by such Dealer to such customer.
“Accounts
Receivable Business” means the extensions of credit made by
an Originator to Dealers in order to finance the Accounts
Receivable of such Dealers.
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“Accounts
Receivable Financing Agreement” means an accounts receivable
financing agreement or accounts receivable purchase agreement
entered into by an Originator with a Dealer in connection with the
Accounts Receivable Business.
“Addition
Cut-Off Date” means, as to any Additional Account, the date
specified as such in the related Assignment.
“Addition
Date” means, as to any Additional Account, the date specified
as such in the related Assignment.
“Additional
Accounts” is defined in Section 2.6(a).
“Affiliate”
means, with respect to any Person, (a) each Person that,
directly or indirectly, owns or controls, whether beneficially, or
as a trustee, guardian or other fiduciary, five percent (5%) or
more of the securities having ordinary voting power in the election
of directors of such Person, (b) each Person that controls, is
controlled by or is under common control with such Person, or
(c) each of such Person’s officers, directors, joint
venturers and partners. For the purposes of this definition,
“control” of a Person means the possession, directly or
indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of its
management or policies, whether through the ownership of voting
securities, by contract or otherwise.
“Aggregate
Reassignment Amount” means, for any reassignment of the
Transferred Receivables pursuant to Section 6.1(e), the
Purchase Prices paid for such Transferred Receivables, less all
Collections in respect of such Receivables received by
Buyer.
“Agreement”
is defined in the preamble.
“Agreement
Termination Date” is defined in Section 7.4.
“Asset Based
Lending Business” means the extensions of credit made by an
Originator to Dealers in order to provide loans based on the value
of certain assets of such Dealers.
“Asset Based
Lending Financing Agreement” means an asset based lending
financing agreement entered into by an Originator and a Dealer in
connection with the Asset Based Lending Business.
“Assignment”
is defined in Section 2.6(c).
“Authorized
Officer” means (a) with respect to any corporation or
statutory trust, the Chairman or Vice-Chairman of the Board, the
President, any Vice President, the Secretary, the Treasurer, any
Assistant Secretary, any Assistant Treasurer and each other officer
or employee of such corporation or trustee of such trust
specifically authorized in resolutions of the Board of Directors of
such corporation or trustee of such trust to sign agreements,
instruments or other documents on behalf of such corporation or
statutory trust in connection with the transactions contemplated by
the Related Documents, and (b) with respect to a limited
liability company, an officer or manager of such limited liability
company.
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“Bankruptcy
Event” means, as to any Person, any of the following events:
(a) a case or proceeding shall have been commenced against
such Person seeking a decree or order in respect of such Person
(i) under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) appointing a
custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee or sequestrator
(or similar official) for any such Person or for any substantial
part of such Person’s assets, or (iii) ordering the
winding-up or liquidation of the affairs of any such Person; or
(b) such Person shall (i) file a petition seeking relief
under any Debtor Relief Law, (ii) consent or fail to object in
a timely and appropriate manner to the institution of proceedings
thereunder or to the filing of any such petition or to the
appointment of or taking possession by a custodian, receiver,
liquidator, assignee, trustee or sequestrator (or similar official)
for such Person or for any substantial part of such Person’s
assets, (iii) make an assignment for the benefit of creditors,
or (iv) take any corporate or statutory trust action in
furtherance of any of the foregoing.
“Business
Day” means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday or a day
on which banks are required or permitted to be closed in the State
of New York or the state of Master Servicer’s principal place
of business (which, as of the Closing Date, is the State of
Connecticut).
“Buyer”
is defined in the preamble.
“CDF”
means GE Commercial Distribution Finance Corporation, a Delaware
corporation.
“Class”
is defined in the Indenture.
“Closing
Date” means August 12, 2004.
“Collateral
Security” means, with respect to any Receivable, (i) the
security interest, if any, granted by or on behalf of the related
Dealer with respect thereto, including a security interest in the
related Products, Accounts Receivable or assets, (ii) all
other security interests or liens and property subject thereto from
time to time purporting to secure payment of such Receivable,
whether pursuant to the agreement giving rise to such Receivable or
otherwise, together with all financing statements filed against a
Dealer describing any collateral securing such Receivable,
(iii) all guarantees, insurance and other agreements
(including Floorplan Agreements and subordination agreements with
other lenders) or arrangements of whatever character from time to
time supporting or securing payment of such Receivable whether
pursuant to the agreement giving rise to such Receivable or
otherwise, and (iv) all Records in respect of such
Receivable.
“Collections”
means, without duplication, all payments by or on behalf of Dealers
received in respect of the Receivables (including proceeds from the
realization upon any Collateral Security) in the form of cash,
checks, wire transfers or any other form of payment. Collections
that constitute Recoveries shall be considered to be Collections of
Non-Principal Receivables.
“Credit and
Collection Policies” means, with respect to a Seller, such
Seller’s policies and procedures relating to the Receivables,
including the policies and procedures for determining the
creditworthiness of Dealers and the extension of credit to Dealers,
and relating to the
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maintenance of Accounts and
collection of Receivables, as such policies and procedures may be
amended from time to time.
“Date of
Processing” means, as to any transaction, the Business Day on
which the transaction is first recorded on Master Servicer’s
computer file of accounts (without regard to the effective date of
such recordation).
“Dealer”
means a Person engaged generally in the business of purchasing
consumer or commercial goods from a manufacturer or distributor
thereof and holding such goods for sale or lease in the ordinary
course of business or a Person engaged generally in the business of
manufacturing or distributing consumer or commercial goods for sale
to Dealers in the ordinary course of business.
“Debtor
Relief Laws” means Title 11 of the United States Code and all
other applicable liquidation, conservatorship, bankruptcy,
moratorium, rearrangement, receivership, insolvency,
reorganization, suspension of payments, readjustment of debt,
marshalling of assets or similar debtor relief laws of the United
States, any state or any foreign country from time to time in
effect, affecting the rights of creditors generally.
“Defaulted
Receivables” on any Determination Date means all Receivables
(other than Ineligible Receivables and any Designated Ineligible
Receivables) in an Account which are charged off as uncollectible
on or prior to such Determination Date in respect of the
immediately preceding Monthly Period in accordance with the
Sellers’ customary and usual servicing procedures for
servicing Dealer receivables comparable to the Receivables which
have not been sold to third parties.
“Delayed
Funding Receivable” means a Receivable in respect of which
the related Floorplan Agreement permits an Originator to delay
payment of the purchase price of the related Product to the
Manufacturer for a specified period after the invoice date for such
Product; provided that such Receivable shall be a Delayed Funding
Receivable only until such Originator funds the payment of such
purchase price.
“Designated
Ineligible Receivable” means, without duplication,
(i) any Receivable that arises in an Eligible Account but was
not an Eligible Receivable at the time of its transfer to Buyer;
and (ii) any Receivable that, at the time of its transfer to
Buyer has been SAU or NSF for more than ninety
(90) days.
“Designated
Participation Interest” is defined in
Section 2.6(b).
“Determination
Date” means the second Business Day preceding each Payment
Date.
“DFS
Financing Trust” is defined in the Indenture.
“Eligible
Account” means a revolving credit arrangement payable in U.S.
dollars between an Originator and a Dealer, which arrangement, as
of the date of determination with respect thereto: (a) is in
favor of a Dealer (i) which is doing business in the United
States, (ii) which has not been identified by a Seller as
being the subject of any voluntary or involuntary bankruptcy
proceeding or liquidation proceeding, and (iii) in which
neither GE Capital nor any
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Affiliate thereof has an equity
investment; (b) is serviced by a Seller or an Affiliate
thereof; and (c) arises under a Financing Agreement that is in
full force and effect.
“Eligible
Receivable” means a Receivable:
(a)
that has arisen under an Eligible Account;
(b)
that was created in compliance with the Credit and Collection
Policies and all Requirements of Law applicable to the related
Originator, other than those Requirements of Law the failure to
comply with would not have a material adverse effect on Buyer or
any of its creditors or assigns, and pursuant to a Financing
Agreement that complies with all Requirements of Law applicable to
the related Originator, other than those Requirements of Law the
failure to comply with would not have a material adverse effect on
Buyer or any of its creditors or assigns;
(c)
with respect to which all consents, licenses, approvals or
authorizations of, or registrations with, any Governmental
Authority required to be obtained or made by the related Originator
in connection with the creation of such Receivable or the
execution, delivery and performance by the related Originator of
the related Financing Agreement, have been duly obtained or made
and are in full force and effect as of the date of creation of such
Receivable, but failure to comply with this clause (c) shall
not cause a Receivable not to be an Eligible Receivable if, and to
the extent that, the failure to so obtain or make any such consent,
license, approval, authorization or registration would not have a
material adverse effect on Buyer or its assigns;
(d)
as to which, at the time of its transfer to Buyer, the applicable
Seller will have good and marketable title free and clear of all
Liens (other than Permitted Encumbrances);
(e)
that is the subject of a valid transfer and assignment from the
applicable Seller to Buyer of all of such Seller’s right,
title and interest therein;
(f)
that at and after the time of transfer to Buyer is the legal, valid
and binding payment obligation of the Dealer thereof, legally
enforceable against such Dealer in accordance with its terms,
except as enforceability may be limited by applicable Debtor Relief
Laws, and by general principles of equity (whether considered in a
suit at law or in equity);
(g)
that constitutes an “account”, “chattel
paper” or “general intangible” within the meaning
of UCC Section 9-102;
(h)
as to which, at the time of its transfer to Buyer, the applicable
Seller has not taken any action which, or failed to take any action
the omission of which, would, at the time of transfer to Buyer,
impair Buyer’s rights therein;
(i)
that, at the time of its transfer to Buyer, has not been waived or
modified except as permitted by this Agreement;
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(j)
that, at the time of its transfer to Buyer, is not subject to any
right of rescission, setoff, counterclaim or any other defense of
the Dealer (including the defense of usury), other than defenses
arising out of Debtor Relief Laws and except as the enforceability
of such Receivable may be limited by general principles of equity
(whether considered in a suit at law or equity) or as to which the
applicable Seller makes an adjustment pursuant to
Section 2.5;
(k)
as to which, at the time of its transfer to Buyer, the applicable
Seller has satisfied all obligations to be fulfilled by such Seller
under the related Financing Agreement as of the time it is
transferred to Buyer; and
(l)
which at the time of transfer to Buyer is secured, to the extent
required by the related Financing Agreement, by, inter alia, a
first priority perfected security interest (whether by prior
filing, purchase money security interest, subordination agreement
from prior filers or otherwise) in the related Product or other
assets financed by the related advance (except that such security
interest need not be a first priority perfected security interest
if (x) in the case of a Receivable arising in an Account for
which the maximum credit line is five hundred thousand dollars
($500,000) or less (provided, that the aggregate amount of
Receivables that are permitted to be Eligible Receivables pursuant
to this clause (x) shall not exceed two percent (2%) of the
Combined Outstanding Principal Balances (as such term is defined in
the Indenture) or such higher percentage as to which the Rating
Agency Condition may have been satisfied), and (y) in the case
of any other Receivable or Receivables, the Rating Agencies rating
the outstanding Series have confirmed that the absence of a first
priority perfected security interest in such Receivable or
Receivables will not result in a reduction or withdrawal of the
ratings of the outstanding Series or Classes of Series then rated
by those Rating Agencies.
Nothing in this definition shall
prevent any Delayed Funding Receivable from being an Eligible
Receivable.
“Financing
Agreement” means a Wholesale Financing Agreement, Accounts
Receivable Financing Agreement or Asset Based Lending Financing
Agreement.
“Floorplan
Agreement” means an agreement entered into by an Originator
and a Manufacturer establishing certain terms and conditions for
the financing of such Manufacturer’s Dealers by such
Originator, which may include such Manufacturer’s agreement,
among other matters, to repurchase from, or remarket for, such
Originator Products sold by such Manufacturer to any of its Dealers
and financed by such Originator under a Wholesale Financing
Agreement if such Originator acquires possession of such Products
because of a default by such Dealer under such Wholesale Financing
Agreement, whether by repossession, voluntary surrender or other
circumstances.
“Floorplan
Business” means the extensions of credit made by an
Originator to Dealers in order to finance Products purchased by
Dealers from Manufacturers for sale or lease by such
Dealers.
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“GAAP”
means generally accepted accounting principles in the United States
of America in effect from time to time.
“GE
Capital” means General Electric Capital Corporation, a
Delaware corporation.
“Governmental
Authority” means any nation or government, any state or other
political subdivision thereof, and any agency, department or other
entity exercising executive, legislative, judicial, regulatory or
administrative functions of or pertaining to government.
“Indenture”
means the Master Indenture dated as of August 12, 2004 between
the Issuer and Wilmington Trust Company, as indenture
trustee.
“Indenture
Supplement” means a supplement to the Indenture executed and
delivered pursuant to the Indenture.
“Ineligible
Account” means an Account that at the time of determination
is not an Eligible Account.
“Ineligible
Receivable” is defined in Section 6.1(c).
“Initial
Account” means each individual revolving credit arrangement
established by an Originator with a Dealer which was identified in
the Account Schedule delivered in connection with the execution and
delivery of this Agreement.
“Insurance
Proceeds” with respect to an Account means any amounts
received pursuant to any policy of insurance which are required to
be paid to an Originator pursuant to a Wholesale Financing
Agreement, Accounts Receivable Financing Agreement or Asset Based
Lending Financing Agreement.
“Issuer”
means GE Dealer Floorplan Master Note Trust, a Delaware statutory
trust.
“Lien”
means any mortgage or deed of trust, pledge, hypothecation,
assignment, deposit arrangement, lien, charge, claim, security
interest, easement or encumbrance, or preference, priority or other
security agreement or preferential arrangement of any kind or
nature whatsoever (including any lease or title retention
agreement, any financing lease having substantially the same
economic effect as any of the foregoing, and the filing of, or
agreement to give, any financing statement perfecting a security
interest under the UCC or comparable law of any
jurisdiction).
“Litigation”
means, with respect to any Person, any action, claim, lawsuit,
demand, investigation or proceeding pending or threatened against
such Person before any court, board, commission, agency or
instrumentality of any federal, state, local or foreign government
or of any agency or subdivision thereof or before any arbitrator or
panel of arbitrators.
“Manufacturer”
means a Person engaged generally in the business of manufacturing
or distributing Products for sale or lease to Dealers in the
ordinary course of business.
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“Master
Servicer” means GE Capital, in its capacity as master
servicer under the Servicing Agreement, or any other Person
designated as a successor master servicer pursuant to the Servicing
Agreement.
“Material
Adverse Effect” means, with respect to a Seller, a material
adverse effect on (a) the ability of such Seller to perform
any of its obligations under the Related Documents in accordance
with the terms thereof, (b) the validity or enforceability of
any Related Document or the rights and remedies of Buyer under any
Related Document with respect to such Seller, or (c) the
Transferred Receivables (including the collectibility of the
Transferred Receivables and the security interests and other rights
securing and supporting the payment of the Transferred
Receivables), the Financing Agreements therefor or the ownership
interests or Liens of any Seller or Buyer thereon or the priority
of such interests or Liens.
“Monthly
Period” means a calendar month.
“Non-Principal
Collections” means the sum of (a) Collections of
interest and all other non-principal charges (including insurance
service fees and handling fees) on the Receivables, and
(b) all Recoveries.
“Non-Principal
Receivables” with respect to any Account means all amounts
billed to the related Dealer in respect of interest and all other
non-principal charges.
“NSF”
means, with respect to a Receivable, that a check in payment of
such Receivable has been returned because of insufficient funds and
has not thereafter been paid.
“Officer’s
Certificate” means, with respect to any Person, a certificate
signed by an Authorized Officer of such Person.
“Opinion of
Counsel” means a written opinion of counsel, who may be
counsel for, or an employee of, the Person providing the
opinion.
“Originator”
means a Seller or any other originator so designated pursuant to
Section 2.9.
“Originator
Guaranty” means the Originator Performance Guaranty dated as
of August 12, 2004 made by GE Capital.
“Outstanding
Balance” means, with respect to any Principal Receivable, the
outstanding amount of such Principal Receivable; provided, that the
Outstanding Balance of a Defaulted Receivable shall equal
zero.
“Participation
Agreement” means an agreement between an Originator and a
lender pursuant to which such Originator conveys to such lender an
undivided interest in certain receivables that is pari passu in all
respects (other than nonsubordinated interest strips and fees) with
the undivided interest retained by such Originator.
“Participation
Interest” means the undivided interest, created pursuant to a
Participation Agreement, in a receivable in which a Receivable
represents the remaining undivided interest.
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“Payment
Date” means, except as otherwise specified in any Indenture
Supplement for the Series relating thereto, the twentieth (20
th ) day of each calendar month, or if the twentieth (20
th ) day is not a Business Day, the next Business
Day.
“Permitted
Encumbrances” means the following: (a) Liens for taxes
or assessments or other governmental charges not yet due and
payable; (b) inchoate and unperfected workers’,
mechanics’, suppliers’ or similar Liens arising in the
ordinary course of business; (c) presently existing or
hereinafter created Liens in favor of, or created by, Buyer;
(d) any Lien created or permitted by any Related Document;
(e) any Lien created by any Participation Agreement; and
(f) any security interests in assets that are subordinate to
the security interests securing the related Receivables.
“Person”
means any individual, sole proprietorship, partnership, joint
venture, unincorporated organization, trust (including a business
trust), association, corporation, limited liability company,
institution, public benefit corporation, joint stock company,
Governmental Authority or any other entity of whatever
nature.
“Principal
Collections” means Collections other than Non-Principal
Collections. Amounts paid by a Seller pursuant to Section 2.5
shall be deemed to be Principal Collections.
“Principal
Receivable” with respect to an Account means amounts shown on
the Seller’s records as Receivables (other than such amounts
which represent Non-Principal Receivables) payable by the related
Dealer.
“Products”
means the commercial and consumer goods financed by an Originator
for Dealers.
“Purchase
Date” means the Closing Date and, thereafter, each Business
Day.
“Purchase
Price” is defined in Section 2.4(a).
“Rating
Agency” is defined in the Indenture.
“Reassignment”
is defined in Section 2.7(a).
“Receivable”
means, with respect to an Account, all amounts payable (including
interest, finance charges and other charges), and the obligation to
pay such amounts, by the related Dealer from time to time in
respect of advances made by an Originator to or on behalf of such
Dealer in connection with the Floorplan Business, the Accounts
Receivable Business or the Asset Based Lending Business, as the
case may be, together with the group of writings evidencing such
amounts and the security interest created in connection therewith
and all of the rights, remedies, powers and privileges thereunder
(including under the related Financing Agreement); provided, that
if a Participation Interest has been created in respect of such
Account, whether before or after such Account has been designated
as an Account, the amounts so payable by the related Dealer that
are allocable to such Participation Interest shall not be part of
the “Receivables” in respect of such Account. A
Receivable that, prior to its transfer to Buyer, was subject to a
participation from an Originator in favor of another Originator
shall be considered a Receivable.
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“Records”
means, with respect to any Receivable, all Financing Agreements and
other documents, books, records and other information (including
computer programs, tapes, disks, data processing software and
related property and rights) relating to such Receivable and the
related Dealer.
“Recoveries”
on any date means all amounts received, including Insurance
Proceeds, during the Monthly Period immediately preceding such date
with respect to Receivables which have previously become Defaulted
Receivables.
“Related
Documents” means this Agreement, the Second Tier Agreement,
the Trust Agreement, the Servicing Agreement, the Indenture, any
Indenture Supplement and all other pledges, powers of attorney,
consents, assignments, contracts, notices, and all other written
matter whether heretofore, now or hereafter executed by or on
behalf of any Person, or any employee of any Person, and delivered
in connection with any of the foregoing or the transactions
contemplated thereby.
“Removed
Account” means an Account that is removed from the Account
Schedule in accordance with Section 2.7.
“Removal
Date” is defined in Section 2.7(a).
“Removal
Notice Date” is defined in Section 2.7(a).
“Requirements
of Law” means, as to any Person, the certificate of
incorporation or articles of association and by-laws or other
organizational or governing documents of such Person, and any law,
treaty, rule or regulation, or determination of an arbitrator or
Governmental Authority, in each case applicable to or binding upon
such Person or to which such Person is subject, whether federal,
state or local.
“S&P”
means Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services, a division of
The McGraw – Hill Companies, Inc.
“S&P
Condition” is defined in the Indenture.
“SAU”
means, with respect to a Receivable, that if such Receivable was
originally secured by a security interest in a Product, such
Product has been sold and such Receivable is not paid in
full.
“Second Tier
Agreement” means the Receivables Purchase and Contribution
Agreement dated as of August 12, 2004, between Buyer and
Issuer.
“Seller”
means GE Commercial Distribution Finance Corporation, Transamerica
Commercial Finance Corporation, Brunswick Acceptance Company, LLC,
or any additional Person designated as a “Seller” in
accordance with Section 2.8.
“Seller
Termination Date” is defined in Section 7.4.
“Series”
means a series of notes issued under the Indenture.
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“Servicing
Agreement” means the Servicing Agreement dated as of
August 12, 2004, between Master Servicer and the
Issuer.
“Sub-Servicer”
means any Person with whom Master Servicer enters into a
Sub-Servicing Agreement.
“Sub-Servicing
Agreement” means any written contract entered into between
Master Servicer and any Sub-Servicer relating to the servicing,
administration or collection of any Transferred
Receivables.
“Subsidiary”
means, with respect to any Person, any corporation or other entity
(a) of which securities or other ownership interests having
ordinary voting power to elect a majority of the board of directors
or other Persons performing similar functions are at the time
directly or indirectly owned by such Person or (b) that is
directly or indirectly controlled by such Person within the meaning
of control under Section 15 of the Securities Act of
1933.
“Transfer
Date” means, with respect to a Transferred Receivable, the
date on which Buyer acquires such Transferred Receivable from a
Seller pursuant to Section 2.1 or any Assignment.
“Transferred
Assets” is defined in Section 2.1(a).
“Transferred
Receivable” means any Receivable purchased by Buyer from a
Seller pursuant to this Agreement or any Assignment, including
Principal Receivables and Non-Principal Receivables that exist at
the time of purchase of any Principal Receivables in the same
Account or that arise in an Account after the date of purchase of
Principal Receivables in the Account. However, Receivables that are
repurchased by a Seller pursuant to this Agreement or purchased by
Master Servicer pursuant to the Servicing Agreement shall cease to
be considered “Transferred Receivables” from the date
of such purchase.
“Trust
Agreement” means the Amended and Restated Trust Agreement
dated as of August 12, 2004, between Buyer and The Bank of New
York (Delaware), as trustee.
“UCC”
means, with respect to any jurisdiction, the Uniform Commercial
Code as the same may, from time to time, be enacted and in effect
in such jurisdiction.
“United
States” means the United States of America, together with its
territories and possessions.
“Wholesale
Financing Agreement” means a wholesale financing agreement
entered into by an Originator and a Dealer in order to finance
Products purchased by such Dealer from a Manufacturer.
Section 1.2
Other Interpretive Matters. All terms defined directly or by
incorporation in this Agreement shall have the defined meanings
when used in any certificate or other document delivered pursuant
thereto unless otherwise defined therein. For purposes of this
Agreement and all related certificates and other documents, unless
the context otherwise requires: (a) accounting terms not
otherwise defined in this Agreement, and accounting
terms
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partly defined in this Agreement
to the extent not defined, shall have the respective meanings given
to them under GAAP; (b) unless otherwise provided, references
to any month, quarter or year refer to a calendar month, quarter or
year; (c) terms defined in Article 9 of the UCC as in
effect in the applicable jurisdiction and not otherwise defined in
this Agreement are used as defined in that Article;
(d) references to any amount as on deposit or outstanding on
any particular date means such amount at the close of business on
such day; (e) the words “hereof,”
“herein” and “hereunder” and words of
similar import refer to this Agreement (or the certificate or other
document in which they are used) as a whole and not to any
particular provision of this Agreement (or such certificate or
document); (f) references to any Section, Schedule or Exhibit
are references to Sections, Schedules and Exhibits in or to this
Agreement (or the certificate or other document in which the
reference is made), and references to any paragraph, subsection,
clause or other subdivision within any Section or definition refer
to such paragraph, subsection, clause or other subdivision of such
Section or definition; (g) the term “including”
means “including without limitation”;
(h) references to any law or regulation refer to that law or
regulation as amended from time to time and include any successor
law or regulation; (i) references to any agreement refer to
that agreement as from time to time amended, restated or
supplemented or as the terms of such agreement are waived or
modified in accordance with its terms; and (j) references to
any Person include that Person’s successors and permitted
assigns.
ARTICLE II
SALES
Section 2.1
Sales.
(a) By
execution of this Agreement, each Seller does hereby transfer,
assign, set over and otherwise convey to Buyer, without recourse
except as provided herein, all its right, title and interest in, to
and under, the following (the “Transferred Assets”):
(i) the Receivables existing at the opening of business on the
Closing Date, and thereafter created from time to time until the
Agreement Termination Date (or, if applicable, the Seller
Termination Date relating to such Seller), together with the
Collateral Security and Collections with respect thereto and
related Recoveries, in each case together with all monies due or to
become due and all amounts received or receivable with respect
thereto and Insurance Proceeds relating thereto, (ii) without
limiting the generality of the foregoing or the following, all of
such Seller’s rights to receive payments from any Dealer in
respect of such Receivables and (iii) all proceeds of all of
the foregoing. The foregoing does not constitute and is not
intended to result in the creation or assumption by Buyer of any
obligation of any Seller or any other Person in connection with the
Accounts or the Transferred Receivables or under any agreement or
instrument relating thereto, including any obligation under the
Financing Agreements, the Floorplan Agreements or any Participation
Agreement or any obligation to any Dealer or any Manufacturer. The
foregoing conveyance shall be effective (x) on the Closing
Date, as to all Transferred Assets then existing (it being
understood and agreed that, in the case of this clause (x), the
Collections transferred to Buyer shall include all Collections
since July 31, 2004), and (y) on each Purchase Date, as to all
Transferred Assets arising since the prior Purchase
Date.
(b) Each
Seller agrees, at its own expense, (i) on or prior to
(x) the Closing Date, in the case of the Initial Accounts,
(y) the applicable Addition Date, in the case of
Additional
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Accounts, and (z) the
applicable Removal Date, in the case of Removed Accounts, to
indicate, or cause to be indicated, in the appropriate computer
files that Receivables created (or reassigned, if applicable, in
the case of Removed Accounts) in connection with the Accounts have
been conveyed to Buyer pursuant to this Agreement (or conveyed to a
Seller or its designee, if applicable, in accordance with
Section 2.7, in the case of Removed Accounts) by including, or
causing to be included, in such computer files a code so
identifying each such Account (or, in the case of Removed Accounts,
deleting, or causing to be deleted, such code thereafter) and
(ii) on or prior to the date referred to in clauses (i)(x),
(y) or (z), as applicable, to deliver to Buyer an Account
Schedule. The initial such Account Schedule, as supplemented from
time to time to reflect Additional Accounts and Removed Accounts,
shall be marked as Schedule 1 to this Agreement and is hereby
incorporated into and made a part of this Agreement. Once the code
referenced in clause (i) of this paragraph has been included
with respect to any Account, each Seller further agrees not to
permit such code to be altered during the remaining term of this
Agreement unless and until (x) such Account becomes a Removed
Account, or (y) such Seller shall have delivered to Buyer at least
thirty (30) days’ prior written notice of its intention
to do so and has taken such action as is necessary or advisable to
cause the interest of Buyer in the Transferred Receivables to
continue to be perfected with the priority required by this
Agreement.
Section 2.2
Acceptance by Buyer.
(a) Buyer
hereby acknowledges its acceptance of all right, title and interest
to the property, now existing and hereafter created, conveyed to
Buyer pursuant to Section 2.1. Buyer shall maintain a copy of
Schedule 1, as delivered to it from time to time.
(b) Buyer
hereby agrees not to disclose to any Person any account numbers or
other information contained in the Account Schedule marked as
Schedule 1 and delivered to Buyer, from time to time, except
(i) to Master Servicer, any Sub-Servicer or as required by a
Requirement of Law applicable to Buyer, (ii) in connection with the
performance of Buyer’s duties hereunder, (iii) to the
indenture trustee under the Indenture in connection with its duties
or (iv) to bona fide creditors or potential creditors of
Master Servicer or a Seller for the limited purpose of enabling any
such creditor to identify Transferred Receivables or Accounts
subject to this Agreement. Buyer agrees to take such measures as
shall be reasonably requested by a Seller to protect and maintain
the security and confidentiality of such information and, in
connection therewith, shall allow each Seller or its duly
authorized representatives to inspect Buyer’s security and
confidentiality arrangements from time to time during normal
business hours upon prior written notice. Buyer shall promptly
notify each Seller of any request received by Buyer to disclose
information of the type described in this Section 2.2(b),
which notice shall in any event be provided no later than five
(5) Business Days prior to disclosure of any such information
unless Buyer is compelled pursuant to a Requirement of Law to
disclose such information prior to the date that is five
(5) Business Days after the giving of such notice.
Section 2.3
Characterization of Transfers. The parties hereto intend that each
transfer of the Transferred Assets shall constitute a sale by each
Seller to Buyer and not a loan by Buyer to a Seller secured by the
Transferred Assets. If, contrary to the intent of the parties
hereto, a court of competent jurisdiction determines that any
transaction provided for herein constitutes a loan and not a sale
of the Transferred Assets, then this Agreement shall constitute a
security agreement under applicable law and each Seller shall be
deemed to have granted, and each Seller
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hereby grants, to Buyer a
security interest in and to all of such Seller’s right, title
and interest in, to and under the Transferred Assets.
Section 2.4
Purchase Price.
(a) The
purchase price for the Transferred Receivables and the other
Transferred Assets related thereto shall equal the fair market
value of such Transferred Receivables and other Transferred Assets
as agreed upon by Buyer and the applicable Seller prior to such
sale (such amount for any Transferred Receivables and other
Transferred Assets, the “Purchase Price”).
(b) The
Purchase Price for any Transferred Assets sold by a Seller shall be
payable in full in cash on each Purchase Date or less frequently if
so agreed between Buyer and Seller; provided, however, that Buyer
may, with respect to any sale, offset against such Purchase Price
any amounts owed by the applicable Seller to Buyer hereunder and
which remain unpaid. On each such Purchase Date or other date set
by the parties for payment, Buyer shall, upon satisfaction of the
applicable conditions set forth in Article III, make available
to the applicable Seller the Purchase Price for the applicable
Transferred Assets in same day funds.
Section 2.5
Adjustments. If on any day the outstanding amount of any Principal
Receivable is reduced because of a rebate, refund, unauthorized
charge or billing error by a Seller to a Dealer, or because such
Principal Receivable was created in respect of merchandise which
was refused or returned by a Dealer, or if the outstanding amount
of any Principal Receivable is otherwise reduced by a Seller other
than on account of Collections thereof or such amount being
charged-off as uncollectible, then the applicable Seller shall
compensate Buyer for such reduction in the outstanding amount of
such Principal Receivable as provided below. Any adjustment
required pursuant to the preceding sentence shall be made not later
than the second Business Day after the Date of Processing for the
event giving rise to such adjustment or less frequently if so
agreed between Buyer and the applicable Seller. The amount of each
such reduction shall be deducted from the amount of the Purchase
Price payable by Buyer to such Seller on the Purchase Date that
coincides with or next follows the date of the adjustment, and such
Seller shall pay Buyer on that Purchase Date any excess of the
aggregate amount of such reductions over the aggregate Purchase
Price otherwise payable to such Seller on that Purchase Date.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, on any Purchase Date the aggregate
amount of such reductions shall be paid gross by the applicable
Seller to Buyer, without netting against the Purchase Price, to the
extent that Buyer informs such Seller that Buyer requires funds to
make payments on account of such reductions under any of the
Related Documents.
Section 2.6
Addition of Accounts.
(a) Additional
Accounts. From time to time, a Seller may designate additional
Eligible Accounts (“Additional Accounts”) to be
included as Accounts.
(b) Designated
Participation Interests. In lieu of, or in addition to, designating
Additional Accounts as contemplated by subsection (a) above, a
Seller may convey to Buyer participations or trust certificates
representing undivided or beneficial interests in a pool of assets
primarily consisting of receivables arising under dealer floorplan
loan credit arrangements owned by such Seller or any of its
Affiliates and collections thereon (“Designated
Participation
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Interests”). Each Seller
and Buyer will enter into a supplement to this Agreement relating
to the conveyance of any Designated Participation
Interest.
(c) Conditions
for Additions of Additional Accounts. Any sale of Receivables from
Additional Accounts shall occur only upon satisfaction of the
following conditions (to the extent provided below):
(i)
on or before the Addition Date, the applicable Seller shall have
delivered to Buyer, (x) a written assignment in substantially
the form of Exhibit A (the “Assignment”), and such
Seller shall indicate in its computer files that the Receivables
created in connection with the Additional Accounts have been
transferred to Buyer, and (y) an Account Schedule reflecting
the addition of such Additional Accounts (which Account Schedule
shall be attached as a schedule to such Assignment); and
(ii)
such Seller shall deliver an Opinion of Counsel with respect to the
Receivables in the Additional Accounts to Buyer (in such numbers
and with such additional addressees as Buyer may reasonably
request) substantially in the form of Exhibit C (with
appropriate modifications).
Section 2.7
Removal of Accounts.
(a) From time
to time, but not more frequently than once during each Monthly
Period for any Dealer, a Seller may request (which request Buyer
may deny): (i) the removal of one or more Accounts from the
Account Schedule, and (ii) if any such Account was not an
Eligible Account at the time such Account was originally added to
the Account Schedule, the reassignment to such Seller or its
designee of all Buyer’s right, title and interest in, to and
under (A) the Transferred Receivables then existing and thereafter
created in such Account, (B) the Collateral Security,
Collections and Recoveries with respect thereto, and (C) all
monies due or to become due and all amounts received or receivable
with respect thereto and Insurance Proceeds relating thereto. Any
such removal and reassignment shall be subject to the satisfaction
of the following conditions:
(i)
on or before the tenth Business Day immediately preceding the
Removal Date (the “Removal Notice Date”), the
applicable Seller shall have given Buyer written notice of such
request and specifying the date for removal of the proposed Removed
Accounts (the “Removal Date”);
(ii)
Buyer shall have delivered its written consent for such removal to
such Seller;
(iii)
on or prior to the Removal Date, such Seller shall have delivered
to Buyer a schedule listing the proposed Removed Accounts and a
schedule listing the Accounts that are not proposed to be Removed
Accounts (which schedules shall be attached as schedules to such
Reassignment); and
(iv)
such Seller shall have delivered to Buyer an Officer’s
Certificate, dated as of the