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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Receivables Purchase Transfer Agreement

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT | Document Parties: FERRELLGAS PARTNERS L P | FERRELLGAS RECEIVABLES, LLC,  | FERRELLGAS, L.P.,  | JUPITER SECURITIZATION CORPORATION,  | JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, You are currently viewing:
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Title: SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Governing Law: New York     Date: 6/8/2006
Law Firm: Bracewell Giuliani    

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, Parties: ferrellgas partners l p , ferrellgas receivables  llc   , ferrellgas  l.p.   , jupiter securitization corporation   , jpmorgan chase bank
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Exhibit 10.19

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

Dated as of June 6, 2006

Among

FERRELLGAS RECEIVABLES, LLC, as Seller,

FERRELLGAS, L.P., as Servicer,

JUPITER SECURITIZATION CORPORATION,

THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS FROM TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO,
As Financial Institutions,

FIFTH THIRD BANK

and

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., as Agent

 


 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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ARTICLE I. PURCHASE ARRANGEMENTS

 

 

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Section 1.1 Purchase Facility

 

 

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Section 1.2 Increases

 

 

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Section 1.3 Decreases

 

 

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Section 1.4 Payment Requirements

 

 

3

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE II. PAYMENTS AND ASSET INTEREST COLLECTIONS

 

 

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Section 2.1 Payments

 

 

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Section 2.2 Asset Interest Collections Prior to Amortization

 

 

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Section 2.3 Asset Interest Collections Following Amortization

 

 

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Section 2.4 Application of Asset Interest Collections

 

 

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Section 2.5 Payment Rescission

 

 

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Section 2.6 Maximum Purchaser Interests

 

 

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Section 2.7 Clean-up Call

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE III. CP FUNDING

 

 

6

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 3.1 CP Costs

 

 

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Section 3.2 CP Costs Payments

 

 

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Section 3.3 Calculation of CP Costs

 

 

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ARTICLE IV. LIQUIDITY FUNDING

 

 

7

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 4.1 Liquidity Funding

 

 

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Section 4.2 Yield Payments

 

 

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Section 4.3 Selection and Continuation of Tranche Periods

 

 

8

 

Section 4.4 Liquidity Interest Discount Rates

 

 

8

 

Section 4.5 Suspension of the LIBO Rate

 

 

8

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE V. REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

 

 

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Section 5.1 Representations and Warranties of the Seller

 

 

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(a) Existence and Power

 

 

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(b) Power and Authority; Due Authorization, Execution and Delivery

 

 

9

 

(c) No Conflict

 

 

9

 

(d) Governmental Authorization

 

 

10

 

(e) Actions, Suits

 

 

10

 

(f) Binding Effect

 

 

10

 

(g) Accuracy of Information

 

 

10

 

(h) Use of Proceeds

 

 

10

 

(i) Good Title

 

 

10

 

(j) Perfection

 

 

11

 

(k) Places of Business and Locations of Records

 

 

11

 

(l) Asset Interest Collections

 

 

11

 

(m) Material Adverse Effect

 

 

11

 

(n) Names

 

 

11

 

(o) Ownership of Seller

 

 

11

 

(p) Not a Regulated Entity

 

 

12

 

(q) Compliance with Law

 

 

12

 

(r) Compliance with Credit and Collection Policy

 

 

12

 

(s) Payments to Originator

 

 

12

 

(t) Enforceability of Contracts

 

 

12

 

(u) Eligible Receivables

 

 

12

 

(v) Net Asset Interest Balance

 

 

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(w) Accounting

 

 

13

 

Section 5.2 Financial Institution Representations and Warranties

 

 

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(a) Existence and Power

 

 

13

 

(b) No Conflict

 

 

13

 

(c) Governmental Authorization

 

 

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(d) Binding Effect

 

 

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ARTICLE VI. CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES

 

 

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Section 6.1 Conditions Precedent to Initial Incremental Purchase

 

 

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Section 6.2 Conditions Precedent to All Purchases and Reinvestments

 

 

13

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VII. COVENANTS

 

 

14

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 7.1 Financial Reporting

 

 

14

 

(a) Annual Financial Statements

 

 

14

 

(b) Quarterly Financial Statements

 

 

15

 

(c) Receivable Interest Sale Agreement Financial Statements

 

 

15

 

Section 7.2 Certificates; Other Information

 

 

15

 

(a) Receivable Interest Sale Agreement Certificates

 

 

15

 

(b) Compliance Certificate

 

 

15

 

Section 7.3 Notices

 

 

15

 

Section 7.4 Compliance with Laws

 

 

16

 

Section 7.5 Preservation of Existence, Etc.

 

 

16

 

Section 7.6 Payment of Obligations

 

 

16

 

Section 7.7 Audits

 

 

17

 

Section 7.8 Keeping of Records and Books

 

 

17

 

Section 7.9 Compliance with Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy

 

 

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Section 7.10 Purchasers’ Reliance

 

 

17

 

Section 7.11 Performance and Enforcement of Receivable Interest Sale Agreement

 

 

20

 

Section 7.12 Collections

 

 

20

 

Section 7.13 Ownership

 

 

20

 

Section 7.14 Taxes

 

 

20

 

Section 7.15 Negative Covenants of the Seller Parties

 

 

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(a) Name Change, Offices and Records

 

 

21

 

(b) Change in Payment Instructions to Obligors

 

 

21

 

(c) Modifications to Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy

 

 

21

 

(d) Sales, Adverse Claims

 

 

21

 

(e) Net Asset Interest Balance

 

 

21

 

(f) Termination Date Determination

 

 

21

 

(g) Restricted Junior Payments

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE VIII. ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION

 

 

22

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 8.1 Designation of Servicer

 

 

22

 

Section 8.2 Certain Duties of Servicer

 

 

22

 

Section 8.3 Collection Notices

 

 

23

 

Section 8.4 Responsibilities of Seller

 

 

23

 

Section 8.5 Reports

 

 

23

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE IX. AMORTIZATION EVENTS

 

 

24

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 9.1 Amortization Events

 

 

24

 

Section 9.2 Remedies

 

 

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ARTICLE X. INDEMNIFICATION

 

 

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Section 10.1 Indemnities by the Seller Parties

 

 

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Section 10.2 Increased Cost and Reduced Return

 

 

28

 

Section 10.3 Other Costs and Expenses

 

 

29

 

Section 10.4 Allocations

 

 

29

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XI. THE AGENT

 

 

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Section 11.1 Authorization and Action

 

 

30

 

Section 11.2 Delegation of Duties

 

 

30

 

Section 11.3 Exculpatory Provisions

 

 

30

 

Section 11.4 Reliance by Agent

 

 

31

 

Section 11.5 Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Purchasers

 

 

31

 

Section 11.6 Reimbursement and Indemnification

 

 

31

 

Section 11.7 Agent in its Individual Capacity

 

 

32

 

Section 11.8 Successor Agent

 

 

32

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XII. ASSIGNMENTS; PARTICIPATIONS

 

 

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Section 12.1 Assignments

 

 

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Section 12.2 Participations

 

 

33

 

 

 

 

 

 

ARTICLE XIII. FUNDING AGREEMENT

 

 

34

 

 

 

 

 

 

Section 13.1 Funding Agreement Fundings

 

 

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Section 13.2 Terminating Financial Institutions

 

 

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ARTICLE XIV. MISCELLANEOUS

 

 

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Section 14.1 Waivers and Amendments

 

 

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Section 14.2 Notices

 

 

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Section 14.3 Ratable Payments

 

 

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Section 14.4 Protection of Ownership Interests of the Purchasers

 

 

37

 

Section 14.5 Confidentiality

 

 

37

 

Section 14.6 Bankruptcy Petition

 

 

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Section 14.7 Limitation of Liability

 

 

38

 

Section 14.8 CHOICE OF LAW

 

 

38

 

Section 14.9 CONSENT TO JURISDICTION

 

 

38

 

Section 14.10 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL

 

 

39

 

Section 14.11 Integration; Binding Effect; Survival of Terms

 

 

39

 

Section 14.12 Counterparts; Severability; Section References

 

 

39

 

Section 14.13 JPMorgan Chase Roles

 

 

40

 

Section 14.14 Characterization

 

 

40

 

Section 14.15 Amendment and Restatement

 

 

40

 

Exhibits and Schedules

 

 

 

Exhibit I

 

Definitions

Exhibit II

 

Form of Purchase Notice

Exhibit III

 

Principal Places of Business and Chief Executive Offices of the Seller Parties; Locations of Records; Federal Employer Identification Number(s)

Exhibit IV

 

Form of Compliance Certificate

Exhibit V

 

Form of Assignment Agreement

Exhibit VI

 

Form of Monthly Report

Schedule A

 

Commitments

Schedule B

 

Closing Documents

 

 

 

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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT

           THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT, dated as of June 6, 2006 ( “Receivables Purchase Agreement” ) , is among Ferrellgas Receivables, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ( “Seller” ), Ferrellgas, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership ( “Ferrellgas” ), as initial Servicer (the initial Servicer together with Seller, the “Seller Parties” and each a “Seller Party” ), JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. ( “JPMorgan Chase” and, together with its successors and assigns hereunder that become Committed Purchasers, the “Financial Institutions” ), Jupiter Securitization Corporation ( “Jupiter” ), Fifth Third Bank ( “Fifth Third” ), and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A., as agent for the Purchasers hereunder or any successor agent hereunder (together with its successors and assigns hereunder, the “Agent” ). Unless defined elsewhere herein, capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in Exhibit I and, if not defined therein, the meanings assigned to such terms in the Receivable Interest Sale Agreement referenced therein.

PRELIMINARY STATEMENTS

     A. The Seller, Ferrellgas, JPMorgan Chase, Jupiter and the Agent have previously executed and delivered that certain Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement dated as of June 7, 2005 (the “Original Purchase Agreement” ) .

     B. The parties hereto desire to amend and restate (but not extinguish) the Original Purchase Agreement in its entirety as hereinafter set forth through the execution of this Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement.

     C. Seller desires to continue transferring and assigning Purchaser Interests to the Purchasers from time to time. Jupiter may, in its absolute and sole discretion, continue purchasing Purchaser Interests from Seller from time to time, and Fifth Third shall purchase Purchaser Interests from Seller from time to time hereafter. In the event that Jupiter declines to make any purchase, the Financial Institutions shall, at the request of Seller, purchase Jupiter’s Purchaser Interests from time to time. In addition, each Financial Institution has agreed to continue providing a liquidity facility to Jupiter.

     D. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. has been requested and is willing to act as Agent on behalf of the Purchasers in accordance with the terms hereof.

           NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and the agreements, provisions and covenants herein contained, the parties hereto, (i) do hereby agree that the Original Purchase Agreement is amended and restated (but not substituted or extinguished) in its entirety as set forth herein, and (ii) do hereby further agree as follows:

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ARTICLE I.
PURCHASE ARRANGEMENTS

          Section 1.1 Purchase Facility .

               (a) Upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereof, Seller may, at its option, from time to time during the period from the date hereof to but not including the Facility Termination Date, sell and assign Purchaser Interests to the Agent, for the benefit of Fifth Third, and simultaneously to the Agent for the benefit of one or more of the Purchasers in Jupiter’s Purchaser Group, whereupon from time to time (i) Fifth Third shall instruct the Agent to purchase on Fifth Third’s behalf, and (ii) Jupiter may, at its option, instruct the Agent to purchase on Jupiter’s behalf, or if Jupiter shall decline to purchase, the Agent shall purchase, on behalf of the Financial Institutions, Purchaser Interests; provided, however, that (A) the Purchase Prices for the Purchaser Interests sold on any given Business Day shall be ratable in accordance with each Purchaser Group’s respective Percentage, and (B) in no event shall the aggregate Capital outstanding hereunder from either Purchaser Group exceed the lesser of (1) such Group’s Group Purchase Limit and (2) the Commitment Availability for such Purchaser Group. Seller hereby assigns, transfers and conveys to the Agent, for the ratable benefit of the Purchaser Groups in accordance with their respective Percentages, and the Agent hereby acquires, all of Seller’s now owned and existing and hereafter arising or acquired right, title and interest in and to the Purchaser Interests.

               (b) Seller may, upon at least 5 Business Days’ notice to the Agent (who will promptly forward a copy of each such notice to the Purchasers) terminate in whole or reduce in part, ratably between the Purchaser Groups (and, within the Jupiter Group, ratably among the Financial Institutions), the unused portion of the Purchase Limit and the Group Purchase Limits; provided that each partial reduction of the Purchase Limit shall be in an amount equal to $5,000,000 or an integral multiple thereof.

          Section 1.2 Increases . Seller shall provide the Agent with at least one (1) Business Day’s prior notice in a form set forth as Exhibit II hereto of each Incremental Purchase (a “Purchase Notice” ), and the Agent will promptly forward a copy of each such Purchase Notice to the Purchasers. 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) and date of purchase and, in the case of an Incremental Purchase to be funded by a through the purchase of a Liquidity Interest, the requested Discount Rate and Tranche Period. Following receipt of a Purchase Notice, Fifth Third shall advise the Agent and Seller if its CP Availability Period has ended, and the Agent shall determine whether Jupiter agrees to make the Jupiter Group’s Percentage of the purchase. If Jupiter declines to make the Jupiter Group’s Percentage of a proposed purchase or if Fifth Third’s CP Availability Period has ended, Seller may cancel the Purchase Notice as to both Purchaser Groups. In the absence of such a cancellation, (a) in the case of Jupiter’s decision not to participate in such purchase, the Agent shall notify the Financial Institutions of its receipt of such Purchase Notice and of Jupiter’s declining to make the Jupiter Group’s Percentage of such purchase, and the Incremental Purchase of the Jupiter Group’s Purchaser Interest shall be made by such Financial Institutions, and (b) in the case of the end of Fifth Third’s CP Availability Period, Fifth Third’s Percentage of such purchase will be funded as a Fifth Third Liquidity Interest. On the date of

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each Incremental Purchase, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions precedent set forth in Article VI, the applicable Purchasers shall initiate a wire transfer to the Facility Account, of immediately available funds, no later than 12:00 noon (Chicago time), in an amount equal to (i) in the case of Jupiter or Fifth Third, its Purchaser Group’s Percentage of the aggregate Purchase Price, or (ii) in the case of a Financial Institution, such Financial Institution’s Pro Rata Share of the Jupiter Group’s Percentage of the Purchase Price.

          Section 1.3 Decreases . Seller shall provide the Agent (who will promptly forward a copy of each such notice to the Purchasers) prior written notice (a “Reduction Notice” ) in conformity with the Required Notice Period of any proposed reduction of Aggregate Capital from Asset Interest Collections. Such Reduction Notice shall designate (i) the date (the “Proposed Reduction Date” ) upon which any such reduction of Aggregate Capital shall occur (which date shall give effect to the applicable Required Notice Period), (ii) the amount of Aggregate Capital to be reduced (the “Aggregate Reduction” ) which shall be applied ratably to the Purchaser Interests of each Purchaser in accordance with the amount of Capital (if any) owing to such Purchaser in each case divided by the Aggregate Capital at such time, and (iii) each Purchaser’s portion of such Aggregate Reduction. Only one (1) Reduction Notice shall be outstanding at any time.

          Section 1.4 Payment Requirements . All amounts to be paid or deposited by any Seller Party pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be paid or deposited in accordance with the terms hereof no later than 12:00 noon (Chicago time) on the day when due in immediately available funds, and if not received before 12:00 noon (Chicago time) shall be deemed to be received on the next succeeding Business Day. All amounts payable to the Agent or any Purchaser shall be paid to the Agent, for its own account or for the account of such Purchaser, as applicable, at the Agent’s principal office in Chicago, Illinois until otherwise notified by the Agent, and the Agent shall promptly remit Fifth Third’s portion thereof in immediately available funds to such account as Fifth Third may from time to time specify in writing. All computations of Yield at the LIBO Rate, per annum fees calculated as part of any CP Costs, per annum fees hereunder and per annum fees under the Fee Letters shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number of days elapsed. All computations of Yield at the Base Rate shall be made on the basis of a year of 365 (or, when appropriate, 366) 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 ASSET INTEREST COLLECTIONS

          Section 2.1 Payments . Notwithstanding any limitation on recourse contained in this Agreement, Seller shall immediately pay to each Purchaser Group when due on a full recourse basis: (i) such fees as are set forth in the Fee Letters (which fees, in the case of the Jupiter Group, shall be sufficient to pay all fees owing to the Financial Institutions), (ii) all CP Costs, (iii) all amounts payable as Yield, (iv) all amounts payable as Deemed Collections (which shall be immediately due and payable by Seller and applied to reduce outstanding Aggregate Capital hereunder in accordance with Sections 2.2 and 2.3 hereof), (v) all amounts required

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pursuant to Section 2.6, (vi) all amounts payable pursuant to Article X, if any, (vii) all Servicer costs and expenses, including the Servicing Fee, in connection with servicing, administering and collecting the Pool Receivables, (viii) all Broken Funding Costs, and (ix) all Default Fees (collectively, the “Recourse Obligations” ). If Seller fails to pay any of the Recourse Obligations when due, Seller agrees to pay, on demand, the Default Fee in respect thereof until paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Agreement or any Fee Letter shall require the payment or permit the collection of any amounts hereunder in excess of the maximum permitted by applicable law. If at any time Seller receives any Asset Interest Collections or is deemed to receive any Asset Interest Collections, Seller shall immediately pay such Asset Interest Collections or Deemed Collections to the Servicer for application in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof and, at all times prior to such payment, such Asset Interest Collections or Deemed Collections shall be held in trust by Seller for the exclusive benefit of the Purchasers and the Agent.

          Section 2.2 Asset Interest Collections Prior to Amortization . Prior to the Amortization Date, any Asset Interest Collections and Deemed Collections received by the Servicer and all Asset Interest 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 Asset Interest Collections are received by the Servicer prior to the Amortization Date, (a) the Servicer shall set aside the Termination Percentage (hereinafter defined) of Asset Interest Collections evidenced by the Purchaser Interests of each Terminating Financial Institution and (b) Seller hereby requests and the applicable Purchasers (other than any Terminating Financial Institutions) hereby agree to make, simultaneously with such receipt, a reinvestment (each, a “Reinvestment” ) with that portion of the balance of each and every Asset Interest Collection received by the Servicer that is part of any Purchaser Interest (other than any Purchaser Interests of Terminating Financial Institutions), such that after giving effect to such Reinvestment, the amount of Capital of such Purchaser Interest immediately after such receipt and corresponding Reinvestment shall be equal to the amount of Capital immediately prior to such receipt. On each Settlement Date prior to the occurrence of the Amortization Date, the Servicer shall remit to the Agent’s account for the ratable benefit of the Purchaser Groups in accordance with their respective Percentages, the amounts set aside during the preceding Settlement Period that have not been subject to a Reinvestment and apply such amounts (if not previously paid in accordance with Section 2.1) first, to reduce unpaid CP Costs, Yield and other Recourse Obligations, ratably between the Purchaser Groups in accordance with their respective amounts of such Recourse Obligations, and second, to reduce the Capital of all Purchaser Interests of Terminating Financial Institutions, applied ratably to each Terminating Financial Institution according to its respective Termination Percentage. If such Capital, CP Costs, Yield and other Recourse Obligations shall be reduced to zero, any additional Asset Interest Collections received by the Servicer (i) if applicable, shall be remitted to Agent’s account for the ratable benefit of the Purchaser Groups in accordance with their respective Percentages, no later than 12:00 noon (Chicago time) to the extent required to fund any Aggregate Reduction on such Settlement Date and (ii) any balance remaining thereafter shall be remitted from the Servicer to Seller on such Settlement Date. Each Terminating Financial Institution shall be allocated a ratable portion of the Jupiter Group’s Percentage of Collections from the date of any assignment by Jupiter to the Financial Institutions pursuant to a Funding Agreement (the “Termination Date” ) until such Terminating Financing Institution’s

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Capital shall be paid in full. This ratable portion shall be calculated on the Termination Date of each Terminating Financial Institution as a percentage equal to (i) Capital of such Terminating Financial Institution outstanding on its Termination Date, divided by (ii) the aggregate Capital outstanding from the Jupiter Group on such Termination Date (the “Termination Percentage” ). Each Terminating Financial Institution’s Termination Percentage shall remain constant prior to the Amortization Date. On and after the Amortization Date, each Termination Percentage shall be disregarded, and all Purchasers’ Capital shall be reduced ratably in accordance with Section 2.4.

          Section 2.3 Asset Interest Collections Following Amortization . On the Amortization Date and on each day thereafter, Seller shall remain liable on a full-recourse basis to pay the Recourse Obligations pursuant to Section 2.1, and the Servicer shall set aside and hold in trust, for the holder of each Purchaser Interest, all Asset Interest Collections received on such day. On and after the Amortization Date, the Servicer shall, at any time upon the request from time to time by (or pursuant to standing instructions from) the Agent or Fifth Third (i) remit to the Agent, for the ratable account of the Purchasers, the amounts set aside pursuant to the preceding sentence, and (ii) apply such amounts to reduce the Capital associated with each such Purchaser Interest and any other Aggregate Unpaids in accordance with Section 2.4.

          Section 2.4 Application of Asset Interest Collections . If there shall be insufficient funds on deposit for the Servicer to distribute funds in payment in full of the aforementioned amounts pursuant to Section 2.2 or 2.3 (as applicable), the Servicer shall distribute funds:

      first, to the payment of the Servicer’s reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection with servicing, administering and collecting the Pool Receivables, including the Servicing Fee, if Seller or one of its Affiliates is not then acting as the Servicer,

      second, to the reimbursement of the Agent’s and Purchasers’ costs of collection and enforcement of this Agreement,

      third, ratably to the payment of all accrued and unpaid fees under the Fee Letters, CP Costs and Yield,

      fourth, (to the extent applicable) to the ratable reduction of the Aggregate Capital (without regard to any Termination Percentage),

      fifth, for the ratable payment of all other unpaid Recourse Obligations, provided that to the extent such Recourse Obligations relate to the payment of Servicer costs and expenses, including the Servicing Fee, when Seller or one of its Affiliates is acting as the Servicer, such costs and expenses will not be paid until after the payment in full of all other Recourse Obligations, and

      sixth, after the Aggregate Unpaids have been indefeasibly reduced to zero, to Seller.

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Asset Interest Collections applied to the payment of Aggregate Unpaids shall be distributed in accordance with the aforementioned provisions, and, giving effect to each of the priorities set forth above in this Section 2.4, shall be shared ratably (within each priority) among the Agent and the Purchasers in accordance with the amount of such Aggregate Unpaids owing to each of them in respect of each such priority.

          Section 2.5 Payment Rescission . No payment of any of the Aggregate Unpaids shall be considered paid or applied hereunder to the extent that, at any time, all or any portion of such payment or application is rescinded by application of law or judicial authority, or must otherwise be returned or refunded for any reason. Seller shall remain obligated for the amount of any payment or application so rescinded, returned or refunded, and shall promptly pay to the Agent (for the account of the applicable Person or Persons who suffered such rescission, return or refund) the full amount thereof, plus the Default Fee from the date of any such rescission, return or refunding.

          Section 2.6 Maximum Purchaser Interests . Seller shall ensure that the Purchaser Interests of the Purchasers shall at no time exceed in the aggregate 100%. If the aggregate of the Purchaser Interests of the Purchasers exceeds 100%, Seller shall pay to the Agent’s account for the ratable benefit of the Purchasers in accordance with their Percentages within one (1) Business Day an amount to be applied to reduce the aggregate Capital, such that after giving effect to such payments, the aggregate of the Purchaser Interests equals or is less than l00%.

          Section 2.7 Clean-up Call . In addition to Sellers rights pursuant to Section 1.3, the Servicer shall have the right (after providing written notice to the Agent in accordance with the Required Notice Period), to direct the Seller at any time following the reduction of the Aggregate Capital to a level that is less than 10.0% of the original Purchase Limit, repurchase from the Purchasers all, but not less than all, of the then outstanding Purchaser Interests (a “Clean-up Call” ). The Agent will promptly forward a copy of each such notice to the Purchasers. The aggregate purchase price in respect thereof shall be an amount equal to the Aggregate Unpaids through the date of such repurchase, payable in immediately available funds. Such repurchase shall be without representation, warranty or recourse of any kind by, on the part of, or against any Purchaser or the Agent, except that the Agent and the Purchasers shall represent and warrant that the Purchasers Interests are free and clear of any Adverse Claim created by any of them. Upon such payment in full of the Aggregate Unpaids following a Clean-up Call, the Commitments and this Agreement shall terminate and be of no further force and effect, except for provisions which expressly survive termination.

ARTICLE III.
CP FUNDING

          Section 3.1 CP Costs . Seller shall pay CP Costs with respect to the Capital associated with each Purchaser Interest (a) of Jupiter for each day that any Capital in respect of such Purchaser Interest is outstanding and (b) of Fifth Third for each day that any Capital in respect of such Purchaser Interest is outstanding during a CP Availability Period. Each such Purchaser Interest funded substantially with Pooled Commercial Paper shall accrue CP Costs each day on a pro rata basis, based upon the percentage share the Capital in respect of such

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Purchaser Interest represents in relation to all assets held by Jupiter or Fountain Square, as applicable, and funded substantially with Pooled Commercial Paper.

          Section 3.2 CP Costs Payments . On each applicable Settlement Date, Seller shall pay to the Agent’s account (for the benefit of Jupiter and Fifth Third) an aggregate amount equal to all accrued and unpaid CP Costs in respect of the Capital associated with all Purchaser Interests of Jupiter or Fifth Third, as the case may be, for the immediately preceding Accrual Period in accordance with Article II.

          Section 3.3 Calculation of CP Costs . On or before the 5th Business Day of each calendar month hereafter while Jupiter has any Purchaser Interest outstanding and Fifth Third has funding available from Fountain Square, (a) the Agent shall calculate the aggregate amount of CP Costs owing to Jupiter for the applicable Accrual Period, and (b) Fifth Third shall calculate the aggregate amount of CP Costs owing to Fifth Third for the applicable Accrual Period, and Fifth Third shall notify the Agent of Fifth Third’s CP Costs for such Accrual Period. Within two (2) Business Days thereafter, the Agent shall notify Seller of the CP Costs for each of Jupiter and Fifth Third for such Accrual Period.

ARTICLE IV.
LIQUIDITY FUNDING

          Section 4.1 Liquidity Funding . Each Liquidity Interest shall accrue Yield for each day during its Tranche Period at either the LIBO Rate or the Base Rate in accordance with the terms and conditions hereof. Until Seller gives notice to the Agent (who will promptly forward a copy of each such notice to the Committed Purchasers) of another Discount Rate in accordance with Section 4.4 hereof, the initial Discount Rate for any Purchaser Interest transferred by Jupiter to the Financial Institutions pursuant to a Funding Agreement and for any Fifth Third Liquidity Interest shall be the Base Rate. If the Financial Institutions acquire by assignment from Jupiter any Purchaser Interest pursuant to a Funding Agreement, each Purchaser Interest so assigned shall each be deemed to have a new Tranche Period commencing on the date of any such assignment. If the CP Availability Period ends, Fifth Third shall promptly notify the Agent and the Seller Parties of such termination, and each Purchaser Interest of Fifth Third shall be deemed to have a new Tranche Period commencing on the date the CP Availability Period ended.

          Section 4.2 Yield Payments . On the Settlement Date for each Liquidity Interest, Seller shall pay to the Agent (for the benefit of the Financial Institutions or Fifth Third, as applicable) an aggregate amount equal to the accrued and unpaid Yield for the entire Tranche Period of each such Liquidity Interest in accordance with Article II.

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          Section 4.3 Selection and Continuation of Tranche Periods .

          (a) With consultation from (and approval by) the Agent, Seller shall from time to time request Tranche Periods for the Liquidity Interests, provided that, at any time any Liquidity Interest is outstanding, Seller shall always request Tranche Periods from such Purchaser such that at least one Tranche Period shall end on the date specified in clause (A) of the definition of Settlement Date.

          (b) Seller, on the one hand, and as applicable, the Agent or Fifth Third, on the other hand, upon notice to and consent by the other received at least three (3) Business Days prior to the end of a Tranche Period (the “Terminating Tranche” ) for any Purchaser Interest, may, effective on the last day of the Terminating Tranche: (i) divide any such Purchaser Interest into multiple Purchaser Interests of the same Purchaser Group, (ii) combine any such Purchaser Interest with one or more other Purchaser Interests of the same Purchaser Group that have a Terminating Tranche ending on the same day as such Terminating Tranche or (iii) combine any such Purchaser Interest with a new Purchaser Interests of the same Purchaser Group to be purchased on the day such Terminating Tranche ends, provided, that in no event may a Purchaser Interest of Jupiter be combined with a Purchaser Interest of the Financial Institutions or of Fifth Third, and in no event may a Purchaser Interest of Fifth Third be combined with a Purchaser Interest of anyone in the Jupiter Group.

          Section 4.4 Liquidity Interest Discount Rates . Seller may select the LIBO Rate or the Base Rate for each Liquidity Interest. Seller shall by 12:00 noon (Chicago time): (i) at least three (3) Business Days prior to the expiration of any Terminating Tranche with respect to which the LIBO Rate is being requested as a new Discount Rate and (ii) at least one (1) Business Day prior to the expiration of any Terminating Tranche with respect to which the Base Rate is being requested as a new Discount Rate, give the Agent (who will promptly forward a copy of each such notice to the applicable Committed Purchasers) irrevocable notice of the new Discount Rate for the Purchaser Interest associated with such Terminating Tranche. Until Seller gives notice in accordance with the preceding sentence of another Discount Rate, the initial Discount Rate for any Purchaser Interest transferred to the Financial Institutions pursuant to a Funding Agreement, and of any Purchaser Interest of Fifth Third outstanding when the CP Availability Period ends, shall be the Base Rate.

          Section 4.5 Suspension of the LIBO Rate .

          (a) If any Committed Purchaser notifies Seller that it has determined that funding its Liquidity Interest 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 Interests at such LIBO Rate are not available or (ii) such LIBO Rate does not accurately reflect the cost of acquiring or maintaining a Liquidity Interest at such LIBO Rate, then the Committed Purchaser(s) in the applicable Purchaser Group shall suspend the availability of such LIBO Rate and require Seller to select the Base Rate for any Liquidity Interest accruing Yield at such LIBO Rate.

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          (b) If less than all of the Financial Institutions give a notice to the Agent pursuant to Section 4.5(a), each Financial Institution which gave such a notice shall be obliged, at the request of Seller, Jupiter or the Agent, to assign all of its rights and obligations hereunder to (i) another Financial Institution or (ii) another funding entity nominated by Seller or the Agent that is acceptable to Jupiter and willing to participate in this Agreement through the Liquidity Termination Date in the place of such notifying Financial Institution; provided that (i) the notifying Financial Institution receives payment in full, pursuant to an Assignment Agreement, of an amount equal to such notifying Financial Institution’s Pro Rata Share of the Capital and Yield owing to all of the Financial Institutions and all accrued but unpaid fees and other costs and expenses payable in respect of its Pro Rata Share of the Purchaser Interests of the Financial Institutions, and (ii) the replacement Financial Institution otherwise satisfies the requirements of Section 12.1(b).

ARTICLE V.
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES

          Section 5.1 Representations and Warranties of the Seller . Each Seller Party hereby represents and warrants to the Agent and the Purchasers, as to itself, as of the date hereof and as of the date of each Incremental Purchase and the date of each Reinvestment that:

               (a)  Existence and Power . Such Seller Party is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of Delaware, and 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, Seller’s use of the proceeds of the purchases made hereunder, are within its organizational powers and authority and have been duly authorized by all necessary 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 Organization 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 (except as created under the Transaction Documents) except, in each 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.

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               (d)  Governmental Authorization . Other than the filing of the financing statements required hereunder and under the Receivable Interest Sale Agreement, no authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due execution and delivery by such Seller Party of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a party and the performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder.

               (e)  Actions, Suits . There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending, or to the best of such Seller Party’s knowledge, threatened, against or affecting such Seller Party, or any of its properties, in or before any Governmental Authority, which (a) purport to affect or pertain to this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any of the transactions contemplated hereby or thereby; or (b) if determined adversely to Originator, would reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. No injunction, writ, temporary restraining order or any order of any nature has been issued by any court or other Governmental Authority purporting to enjoin or restrain the execution, delivery or performance of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, or directing that the transactions provided for herein or therein not be consummated as herein or therein provided.

               (f)  Binding Effect . This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which such Seller Party is a party constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of such Seller Party enforceable against such Seller Party in accordance with their respective terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).

               (g)  Accuracy of Information . All information heretofore furnished by such Seller Party or any of its Affiliates to the Agent or any Purchaser for purposes of or in connection with this Agreement, any of the other Transaction Documents or any transaction contemplated hereby or thereby is, and all such information hereafter furnished by such Seller Party or any of its Affiliates to the Agent or any Purchaser 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 untrue statement of a material fact or omit any material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances under which they are made, not misleading as of the time when made or delivered.

               (h)  Use of Proceeds . No proceeds of any purchase hereunder will be used (i) for a purpose that violates, or would be inconsistent with, Regulation T, U or X promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System from time to time or (ii) to acquire any security in any transaction which is subject to Section 12, 13 or 14 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

               (i)  Good Title . Immediately prior to each purchase hereunder, Seller shall be the legal and beneficial owner of the Asset Interest, 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

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comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect Seller’s ownership interest in the Asset Interest.

               (j)  Perfection . This Agreement, together with the filing of the financing statements contemplated hereby, is effective to, and shall, upon each purchase hereunder, transfer to the Agent for the benefit of the relevant Purchaser or Purchasers (and the Agent for the benefit of such Purchaser or Purchasers shall acquire from Seller) a valid and perfected first priority undivided percentage ownership or security interest in the Asset Interest, free and clear of any Adverse Claim, except as created by the Transactions Documents. There have been duly filed all financing statements or other similar instruments or documents necessary under the UCC (or any comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect the Agent’s (on behalf of the Purchasers) ownership or security interest in the Asset Interest.

               (k)  Places of Business and Locations of Records . The offices where the Seller Parties keep all of their respective records regarding the Purchaser Interests are located at the address(es) listed on Exhibit III or such other locations of which the Agent has been notified in accordance with Section 7.2(a) in jurisdictions where all action required by Section 14.4(a) has been taken and completed. Seller’s Federal Employer Identification Number is correctly set forth on Exhibit III.

               (l)  Asset Interest Collections . The conditions and requirements set forth in Section 7.12 and in Section 5.12(a) of the Receivable Interest Sale Agreement have at all times been satisfied and duly performed. Seller has not granted any Person, other than the Servicer, 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. Servicer has not granted any Person, other than the Agent, dominion and control of the Servicer’s Concentration Account, or the right to take dominion and control of the Servicer’s Concentration Account at a future time or upon the occurrence of a future event. Seller has not granted any Person, other than the Agent, dominion and control of the Facility Account, or the right to take dominion and control of the Facility 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 January 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 or the ability of the initial Servicer to perform its obligations under this Agreement, and (ii) Seller represents and warrants that since the date of this Agreement, no event has occurred that would have a material adverse effect on (A) the financial condition or operations of Seller, (B) the ability of Seller to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents, or (C) the collectibility of the Pool Receivables generally or any material portion of the Pool Receivables.

               (n)  Names . In the past five (5) years, Seller has not used any legal names, trade names or assumed names other than the name in which it has executed this Agreement.

               (o)  Ownership of Seller . Originator owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the issued and outstanding Equity Interests of Seller, free and clear of any Adverse Claim.

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Such Equity Interests are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable, and there are no options, warrants or other rights to acquire securities of Seller.

               (p)  Not a Regulated Entity . Such Seller Party is not an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or any successor statute. Such Seller Party is not subject to regulation under the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, the Federal Power Act, the Interstate Commerce Act, any state public utilities code, or any other Federal or state statute or regulation limiting its ability to incur Indebtedness or to sell interests in the Pool Receivables or the Asset Interest.

               (q)  Compliance with Law . Such Seller Party has complied 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 Pool 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 Pool Receivable and the related Contract, and has not made any change to such Credit and Collection Policy, except such material change as to which the Agent has been notified in accordance with Section 7.2(c) and has consented.

               (s)  Payments to Originator . Seller has given reasonably equivalent value to Originator in consideration for the Asset Interest and such transfer was not made for or on account of an antecedent debt. The transfer by Originator of the Asset Interest under the Receivable Interest Sale Agreement is not 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 Pool 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 Pool 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 Asset Interest is an Eligible Receivable.

               (v)  Net Asset Interest Balance . Seller has determined that, immediately after giving effect to each purchase hereunder, the Net Asset Interest Balance will at least equal 1.2 times the Aggregate Capital then outstanding.

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               (w)  Accounting . The manner in which such Seller Party accounts for the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the Receivable Interest Sale Agreement does not jeopardize the true sale analysis.

          Section 5.2 Financial Institution Representations and Warranties . Each Financial Institution hereby represents and warrants to the Agent and Jupiter that:

               (a)  Existence and Power . Such Financial Institution is a corporation or a banking association duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or organization, and has all power to perform its obligations hereunder.

               (b)  No Conflict . The execution and delivery by such Financial Institution of this Agreement and the performance of its obligations hereunder are within its powers, have been duly authorized by all necessary action, do not contravene or violate (i) its certificate or articles of incorporation or association or by-laws, (ii) any law, rule or regulation applicable to it, (iii) any restrictions under any agreement, contract or instrument to which it is a party or any of its property is bound, or (iv) any order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree binding on or affecting it or its property, and do not result in the creation or imposition of any Adverse Claim on its assets. This Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by such Financial Institution.

               (c)  Governmental Authorization . No authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or regulatory body is required for the due execution and delivery by such Financial Institution of this Agreement and the performance of its obligations hereunder.

               (d)  Binding Effect . This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of such Financial Institution enforceable against such Financial Institution in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws relating to or limiting creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is sought in a proceeding in equity or at law).

ARTICLE VI.
CONDITIONS OF PURCHASES

          Section 6.1 Conditions Precedent to Initial Incremental Purchase . The Original Purchase Agreement shall be amended and restated in its entirety as set forth herein subject to the conditions precedent that (a) the Agent shall have received on or before the date hereof those documents listed on Schedule B and (b) the Agent and Fifth Third shall have received all fees and expenses required to be paid on such date pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and the Fee Letters.

          Section 6.2 Conditions Precedent to All Purchases and Reinvestments . Each purchase of a Purchaser Interest (other than pursuant to a Funding Agreement) and each Reinvestment shall be subject to the further conditions precedent that (a) the Servicer shall have delivered to the Agent on or prior to the date of such purchase or Reinvestment, in form and

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substance satisfactory to the Agent, all Monthly Reports and interim reports as and when due under Section 8.5; (b) the Facility Termination Date shall not have occurred; (c) the Agent and Fifth Third shall have received such other approvals, opinions or documents as it may reasonably request and (d) on the date of each such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment, the following statements shall be true (and acceptance of the proceeds of such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment shall be deemed a representation and warranty by Seller that such statements are then true):

               (i) the representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.1 are true and correct on and as of the date of such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment as though made on and as of such date;

               (ii) no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment, that will constitute an Amortization Event, and no event has occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment, that would constitute a Potential Amortization Event; and

               (iii) the Aggregate Capital does not exceed the Purchase Limit and the aggregate Purchaser Interests do not exceed 100%.

It is expressly understood that each Reinvestment shall, unless otherwise directed by the Agent or any Purchaser, occur automatically on each day that the Servicer shall receive any Asset Interest Collections without the requirement that any further action be taken on the part of any Person and notwithstanding the failure of Seller to satisfy any of the foregoing conditions precedent in respect of such Reinvestment. The failure of Seller to satisfy any of the foregoing conditions precedent in respect of any Reinvestment shall give rise to a right of the Agent and Fifth Third, which right may be exercised at any time on demand of the Agent or Fifth Third, as applicable, to rescind the related purchase and direct Seller to pay to the Purchaser Groups, ratably in accordance with their respective Percentages, an aggregate amount equal to the Asset Interest Collections prior to the Amortization Date that shall have been applied to the affected Reinvestment.

ARTICLE VII.
COVENANTS

          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:

          Section 7.1 Financial Reporting . Seller shall deliver to the Agent, in form and detail satisfactory to the Agent:

               (a)  Annual Financial Statements . As soon as available, but not later than 100 days after the end of each fiscal year of Seller, an unaudited balance sheet of Seller as at the end of such year and the related statements of income or operations, members’ equity and cash flows for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures for the previous fiscal year, and certified by a Responsible Officer as fairly presenting, in accordance

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with GAAP, applied, if applicable, on a basis consistent with prior years, the financial position and the results of operations of Seller;

               (b)  Quarterly Financial Statements . As soon as available, but not later than 45 days after the end of each of the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of Seller, a copy of the unaudited balance sheet of Seller as of the end of such quarter and the related statements of income, members’ equity and cash flows for the period commencing on the first day and ending on the last day of such quarter, and certified by a Responsible Officer as fairly presenting, in accordance with GAAP (subject to ordinary, good faith year-end audit adjustments), the financial position and the results of operations of Seller; and

               (c)  Receivable Interest Sale Agreement Financial Statements . When and as required under the Receivable Interest Sale Agreement, each of the financial statements required to be delivered under Section 5.1 thereof.

          Section 7.2 Certificates; Other Information . Such Seller Party shall furnish to the Agent:

               (a)  Receivable Interest Sale Agreement Certificates . When and as required under the Receivable Interest Sale Agreement, each of the certificates and other reports and information required to be delivered under Section 5.2 thereof; and

               (b)  Compliance Certificate . Concurrently with the delivery of the financial statements referred to in Sections 7.1(a) and (b) , a Compliance Certificate executed by a Responsible Officer of Seller with respect to the periods covered by such financial statements together with supporting calculations and such other supporting detail as the Agent shall require.

          Section 7.3 Notices . Such Seller Party shall promptly notify the Agent:

               (a) of the occurrence of any Amortization Event or Potential Amortization Event;

               (b) of any matter described in Section 5.3(a)-(d), (f) or (g) of the Receivable Interest Sale Agreement;

               (c) 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 Pool Receivables or decrease the credit quality of any newly created Pool Receivables, requesting the Agent’s and Fifth Third’s consent thereto;

               (d) of any material change in accounting policies or financial reporting practices by Originator or any of its consolidated Subsidiaries;

               (e) if any of the representations and warranties in Article V ceases to be true and correct;

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               (f) of the occurrence of any event or condition that has had, or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect; and

               (g) of the occurrence of the “Termination Date” under and as defined in the Receivable Interest Sale Agreement.

Each notice under this Section shall be accompanied by a written statement by a Responsible Officer of such Seller Party setting forth details of the occurrence referred to therein, and stating what action such Seller Party or any affected Affiliate proposes to take with respect thereto and at what time. Each notice under Section 7.3(a) shall describe with particularity any and all clauses or provisions of this Agreement or other Transaction Document that have been breached or violated.

          Section 7.4 Compliance with Laws . Such Seller Party shall comply with all Requirements of Law of any Governmental Authority having jurisdiction over it or its business (including the Federal Fair Labor Standards Act), except such as may be contested in good faith or as to which a bona fide dispute may exist or the failure of which to comply with could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

          Section 7.5 Preservation of Existence, Etc . Such Seller Party shall:

               (a) preserve and maintain in full force and effect its legal existence and good standing under the laws of its state or jurisdiction of organization except in connection with transactions permitted by the Credit Agreement;

               (b) preserve and maintain in full force and effect all governmental rights, privileges, qualifications, permits, licenses and franchises necessary or desirable in the normal conduct of its business except in connection with transactions permitted by the Credit Agreement, except where the failure to so preserve or maintain such governmental rights, privileges, qualifications, permits, licenses and franchises could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect;

               (c) preserve its business organization and goodwill, except where the failure to so preserve its business organization or goodwill could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect; and

               (d) preserve or renew all of its registered patents, trademarks, trade names and service marks, the non-preservation of which could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.

          Section 7.6 Payment of Obligations . Such Seller Party shall pay and discharge as the same shall become due and payable (except to the extent the failure to so pay and discharge could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect), all of its obligations and liabilities, including:

               (a) all tax liabilities, assessments and governmental charges or levies upon it or its properties or assets, unless the same are being contested in good faith by

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appropriate proceedings and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by such Seller Party; and

               (b) all lawful claims which, if unpaid, would by law become a Adverse Claim upon its property, unless such claims are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and adequate reserves in accordance with GAAP are being maintained by such Seller Party.

          Section 7.7 Audits . Such Seller Party will furnish to the Agent, for delivery to the Purchasers, from time to time such information with respect to it and the Pool Receivables as the Agent may reasonably request. Such Seller Party will, from time to time during regular business hours as requested by Buyer (or its assigns), upon reasonable notice and at the sole cost of such Seller Party, permit the Agent and the Purchasers or their respective agents or representatives (i) to examine and make copies of and abstracts from all Records in the possession or under the control of such Seller Party relating to the Pool Receivables and the Related Security, including, without limitation, the related Contracts, and (ii) to visit the offices and properties of such Seller Party for the purpose of examining such materials described in clause (i) above, and to discuss matters relating to such Seller Party’s financial condition or the Pool Receivables and the Related Security or such Seller Party’s performance under any of the Transaction Documents or Originator’s performance under the Contracts and, in each case, with any of the officers or employees of such Seller Party having knowledge of such matters.

          Section 7.8 Keeping of Records and Books . The Servicer will maintain and implement administrative and operating procedures (including, without limitation, an ability to recreate records evidencing Receivables in the event of the destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain all documents, books, records and other information reasonably necessary or advisable for the collection of all Receivables (including, without limitation, records adequate to permit the immediate identification of each new Receivable and all Asset Interest Collections of and adjustments to each existing Receivable). The Servicer will give the Agent notice of any material change in the administrative and operating procedures referred to in the previous sentence. Such Seller Party will on or prior to the date hereof, mark its master data processing records and other books and records relating to the Purchaser Interests with a legend, acceptable to the Agent, describing the Purchaser Interests.

          Section 7.9 Compliance with Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy . Such Seller Party will timely and fully (i) perform and comply with all provisions, covenants and other promises required to be observed by it under the Contracts related to the Pool Receivables, except where the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse impact on the overall collectibility of the Pool Receivables, and (ii) comply in all respects with the Credit and Collection Policy in regard to each Pool Receivable and the related Contract, except where the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to have a material adverse impact on the overall collectibility of the Pool Receivables.

          Section 7.10 Purchasers’ Reliance . Seller acknowledges that the Purchasers are entering into the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in reliance upon Seller’s identity as a legal entity that is separate from Originator. Therefore, from and after the date of execution and delivery of this Agreement, Seller shall take all reasonable steps, including, without

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limitation, all steps that the Agent or any Purchaser may from time to time reasonably request, to maintain Seller’s identity as a separate legal entity and to make it manifest to third parties that Seller is an entity with assets and liabilities distinct from those of Originator and any Affiliates thereof and not just a division of Originator or any such Affiliate. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing and in addition to the other covenants set forth herein, Seller will:

               (A) conduct its own business in its own name and require that all full-time employees of Seller, if any, identify themselves as such and not as employees of Originator (including, without limitation, by means of providing appropriate employees with business or identification cards identifying such employees as Seller’s employees);

               (B) compensate all employees, consultants and agents directly, from Seller’s own funds, for services provided to Seller by such employees, consultants and agents and, to the extent any employee, consultant or agent of Seller is also an employee, consultant or agent of Originator or any Affiliate thereof, allocate the compensation of such employee, consultant or agent between Seller and Originator or such Affiliate, as applicable, on a basis that reflects the services rendered to Seller and Originator or such Affiliate, as applicable;

               (C) clearly identify its offices (by signage or otherwise) as its offices and allocate to Seller on a reasonable basis the costs of any space shared with the Originator;

               (D) have a separate telephone number, which will be answered only in its name and separate stationery, invoices and checks in its own name;

               (E) conduct all transactions with Originator and the Servicer (including, without limitation, any delegation of its obligations hereunder as Servicer) strictly on an arm’s-length basis, allocate all overhead expenses (including, without limitation, telephone and other utility charges) for items shared between Seller and 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;

               (F) at all times have a Board of Directors consisting of at least three members, at least one member of which is an Independent Director;

               (G) observe all formalities as a distinct entity, and ensure that all actions relating to (A) the dissolution or liquidation of Seller or (B) the initiation of, participation in, acquiescence in or consent to any bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding involving Seller, are duly authorized by unanimous vote of its Board of Directors (including the Independent Director);

               (H) maintain Seller’s books and records separate from those of Originator and any Affiliate thereof and otherwise readily identifiable as its own assets rather than assets of Originator and any Affiliate thereof;

               (I) prepare its financial statements separately from those of Originator and insure that any consolidated financial statements of Originator or any Affiliate thereof that include Seller and that are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other

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governmental agency have notes clearly stating that Seller is a separate entity and that its assets will be available first and foremost to satisfy the claims of the creditors of Seller;

               (J) except as herein specifically otherwise provided, maintain the funds or other assets of Seller separate from, and not commingled with, those of Originator or any Affiliate thereof and only maintain bank accounts or other depository accounts to which Seller alone is the account party, into which Seller alone makes deposits and from which Seller alone (or the Agent on behalf of the Purchasers hereunder) has the power to make withdrawals;

               (K) pay all of Seller’s operating expenses from Seller’s own assets (except for certain payments by Originator or other Persons pursuant to allocation arrangements that comply with the requirements of this Section 7.10);

               (L) operate its business and activities such that: it does not engage in any business or activity of any kind, or enter into any transaction or indenture, mortgage, instrument, agreement, contract, lease or other undertaking, other than the transactions contemplated and authorized by this Agreement and the Receivable Interest Sale Agreement; and does not create, incur, guarantee, assume or suffer to exist any indebtedness or other liabilities, whether direct or contingent, other than (1) as a result of the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of business, (2) the incurrence of obligations under this Agreement, (3) the incurrence of obligations, as expressly contemplated in the Receivable Interest Sale Agreement, to make payment to Originator thereunder for the purchase of Receivables from Originator under the Receivable Interest Sale Agreement, and (4) the incurrence of operating expenses in the ordinary course of business of the type otherwise contemplated by this Agreement;

               (M) maintain its charter in conformity with this Agreement, such that it does not amend, restate, supplement or otherwise modify its Organization Documents in any respect that would impair its ability to comply with the terms or provisions of any of the Transaction Documents, including, without limitation, this Section 7.10;

               (N) maintain the effectiveness of, and continue to perform under the Receivable Interest Sale Agreement, such that it does not amend, restate, supplement, cancel, terminate or otherwise modify the Receivable Interest Sale Agreement, or give any consent, waiver, directive or approval thereunder or waive any default, action, omission or breach under the Receivable Interest Sale Agreement or otherwise grant any indulgence thereunder, without (in each case) the prior written consent of the Agent and Fifth Third;

               (O) maintain its legal separateness such that it does not merge or consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of transactions, and except as otherwise contemplated herein) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter acquired) to, or acquire all or substantially all of the assets of, any Person, nor at any time create, have, acquire, maintain or hold any interest in any Subsidiary;

               (P) maintain at all times adequate capital with which to conduct its business and to meet its obligations as they come due; and

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               (Q) take such other actions as are necessary on its part to ensure that the facts and assumptions set forth in the opinion issued by Bracewell & Giuliani LLP as counsel for the Seller Parties, in connection with the closing or initial Incremental Purchase under this Agreement and relating to substantive consolidation issues, and in the certificates accompanying such opinion, remain true and correct in all material respects at all times.

          Section 7.11 Performance and Enforcement of Receivable Interest Sale Agreement . Seller will, and will require the Originator to, perform each of their respective obligations and undertakings under and pursuant to the Receivable Interest Sale Agreement, will purchase Receivables thereunder in strict compliance with the terms thereof and will vigorously enforce the rights and remedies accorded to Seller under the Receivable Interest Sale Agreement. Seller will take all actions to perfect and enforce its rights and interests (and the rights and interests of the Agent and the Purchasers as assignees of Seller) under the Receivable Interest Sale Agreement as the Agent or Fifth Third 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 Receivable Interest Sale Agreement.

          Section 7.12 Collections . Each Seller Party will cause all Collections on the Pool Receivables to be concentrated no less often than weekly into the Servicer’s Concentration Account. The Servicer will sweep the Buyer’s Percentage of all such Collections from the Servicer’s Concentration Account no less than daily into the Facility Account and immediately thereafter transferred to the Originator’s Account; provided, however, that upon written request of the Agent or Fifth Third, each of the Seller Parties will cause all such Collections to be concentrated each Business Day into the Servicer’s Concentration Account. Servicer will cause the Servicer’s Concentration Account to be subject at all times to a Blocked Account Agreement that is in full force and effect. Seller will cause the Facility Account to be subject at all times to a Blocked Account Agreement that is in full force and effect.

          Section 7.13 Ownership . Seller will take all necessary action to (i) vest legal and equitable title to the Asset Interest irrevocably in Seller, free and clear of any Adverse Claims other than Adverse Claims in favor of the Agent and the Purchasers (including, without limitation, the filing of all financing statements or other similar instruments or documents necessary under the UCC (or any comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect Seller’s interest in the Asset Interest and such other action to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the interest of Seller therein as the Agent or Fifth Third may reasonably request), and (ii) establish and maintain, in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Purchasers, a valid and perfected first priority undivided percentage ownership interest (and/or a valid and perfected first priority security interest) in the Asset Interest to the full extent contemplated herein, free and clear of any Adverse Claims other than Adverse Claims in favor of the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers (including, without limitation, the filing of all financing statements or other similar instruments or documents necessary under the UCC (or any comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect the Agent’s (for the benefit of the Purchasers) interest in the Asset Interest and such other action to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the interest of the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers as the Agent or Fifth Third may reasonably request).

          Section 7.14 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

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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 will have been set aside on its books. Seller will pay when due any taxes payable in connection with the Pool Receivables, exclusive of taxes on or measured by income or gross receipts of the Agent or any Purchaser.

          Section 7.15 Negative Covenants of the Seller Parties . Until the date on which the Aggregate Unpaids have been indefeasibly paid in full and this Agreement terminates in accordance with its terms, each Seller Party hereby covenants, as to itself, that:

               (a)  Name Change, Offices and Records . Such Seller Party will not change its name, identity or legal structure (within the meaning of Article 9 of any applicable enactment of the UCC) or relocate its chief executive office or any office where Records are kept unless it will have: (i) given the Agent at least 15 days’ prior written notice thereof and (ii) delivered to the Agent all financing statements, instruments and other documents requested by the Agent or Fifth Third in connection with such change or relocation.

               (b)  Change in Payment Instructions to Obligors . Such Seller Party will not authorize any Obligor to make payment to any Lock-Box or Collection Account other than one which is swept into the Servicer’s Concentration Account in accordance with Section 7.12.

               (c)  Modifications to Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy . Such Seller Party will not make any change to the Credit and Collection Policy that could adversely affect the collectibility of the Pool Receivables or decrease the credit quality of any newly created Pool Receivables. Except as otherwise permitted pursuant to Article VIII hereof, such Seller Party will not extend, amend or otherwise modify the terms of any Pool Receivable or any Contract related thereto other than in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy.

               (d)  Sales, Adverse Claims . Such Seller Party 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, the Asset Interest, the Facility Account or the Servicer’s Concentration Account, or assign any right to receive income with respect thereto (other than, in each case, the creation of the interests therein in favor of the Agent, for the benefit of the Purchasers, provided for herein), and such Seller Party will defend the right, title and interest of the Agent, for the benefit of the Purchasers, in, to and under any of the foregoing property, against all claims of third parties claiming through or under such Seller Party.

               (e)  Net Asset Interest Balance . At no time prior to the Amortization Date will Seller permit the Net Asset Interest Balance to be less than 1.2 times the Aggregate Capital outstanding.

               (f)  Termination Date Determination . Seller will not designate the Termination Date (as defined in the Receivable Interest Sale Agreement), or send any written notice to Originator in respect thereof, without the prior written consent of the Agent and Fifth

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Third, except with respect to the automatic occurrence of such Termination Date arising in accordance with the proviso set forth in Section 7.2(i) of the Receivable Interest Sale Agreement.

               (g)  Restricted Junior Payments . From and after the occurrence of any Amortization Event, Seller will not make any Restricted Junior Payment if, after giving effect thereto, Seller would fail to meet its obligations set forth in Section 7.10(P).

ARTICLE VIII.
ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION

          Section 8.1 Designation of Servicer . The servicing, administration and collection of the Pool Receivables shall be conducted by such Person (the “Servicer" ) so designated from time to time in accordance with Article VI of the Receivable Interest Sale Agreement and this Article VIII. Ferrellgas is hereby designated as, and hereby agrees to perform the duties and obligations of, the Servicer pursuant to the terms of this Agreement. The Agent and Fifth Third, acting jointly, may designate as Servicer any Person to succeed Ferrellgas or any successor Servicer; provided, however, that unless an Amortization Event (or another event of the type described in the definition of “Amortization Date” has occurred), replacement of the Servicer shall not result in the occurrence of the Amortization Date.

          Section 8.2 Certain Duties of Servicer .

               (a) The Servicer shall administer the Asset Interest Collections in accordance with the procedures described herein and in Article II. The Servicer shall set aside and hold in trust for the account of Seller and the Purchasers their respective shares of the Asset Interest Collections in accordance with Article II. The Servicer shall, upon the request of the and Agent and Fifth Third, acting jointly, segregate, in a manner acceptable to the Agent and Fifth Third all cash, checks and other instruments received by it from time to time constituting Asset Interest Collections from the general funds of the Servicer or Seller prior to the remittance thereof in accordance with Article II. If the Servicer shall be required to segregate Asset Interest Collections pursuant to the preceding sentence, the Servicer shall segregate and deposit with a bank designated by the Agent and Fifth Third such allocable share of Asset Interest Collections of Receivables set aside for the Purchasers on the first Business Day following receipt by the Servicer of such Asset Interest Collections, duly endorsed or with duly executed instruments of transfer.

               (b) The Servicer may, in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy, extend the maturity of any Receivable or adjust the Outstanding Balance of any Receivable as the Servicer determines to be appropriate to maximize Asset Interest Collections thereof; provided, however, that such extension or adjustment shall not alter the status of such Receivable as a Delinquent Receivable, Defaulted Receivable or Charged-Off Receivable or limit the rights of the Agent or the Purchasers under this Agreement. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained herein, from and after the occurrence of an Amortization Event, the Agent (acting in consultation with Fifth Third) shall have the absolute and unlimited right to direct the Servicer to commence or settle any legal action with respect to any Pool Receivable or to foreclose upon or repossess any Related Security.

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               (c) The Servicer shall hold in trust for Seller and the Purchasers all Records that (i) evidence or relate to the Asset Interest or (ii) are otherwise necessary or desirable to collect the Asset Interest and shall, as soon as practicable upon demand of the Agent following the occurrence of an Amortization Event, deliver or make available to the Agent, for the benefit of the Purchasers, all such Records, at a place selected by the Agent. The Servicer shall, from time to time at the request of any Purchaser, furnish to the Purchasers (promptly after any such request) a calculation of the amounts set aside for the Purchasers pursuant to Article II.

               (d) Any payment by an Obligor in respect of any indebtedness owed by it to Originator or Seller shall, except as otherwise specified by such Obligor or otherwise required by contract or law and unless otherwise instructed by the Agent, be applied as a Collection of any Pool Receivable of such Obligor (starting with the oldest such Pool Receivable) to the extent of any amounts then due and payable thereunder before being applied to any other receivable or other obligation of such Obligor.

          Section 8.3 Collection Notices . The Agent is authorized at any time to date and to deliver to Wells Fargo Bank the Collection Notices; provided, however, that nothing herein shall be deemed to give the Agent or any Purchaser any claim to, Adverse Claim on or right to retain any amounts deposited into the Servicer’s Concentration Account or the Facility Account which do not constitute Asset Interest Collections and provided, further, that unless an Amortization Event (or another event of the type described in the definition of “Amortization Date” has occurred), delivery of the Collection Notices shall not result in the occurrence of the Amortization Date. Effective when the Agent delivers such notices, Servicer hereby transfers to the Agent, for the benefit of the Purchasers, the exclusive control of the Servicer’s Concentration Account, and Seller hereby transfers to the Agent, for the benefit of the Purchasers, the exclusive ownership and control of the Facility Account. Each of the Seller Parties hereby authorizes the Agent, and agrees that the Agent shall be entitled: (i) at any time after delivery of the Collections Notices, to endorse such Seller Party’s name on checks and other instruments representing Asset Interest Collections, (ii) at any time after the earlier to occur of an Amortization Event or replacement of the Servicer, to enforce the Pool Receivables and t


 
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