EXHIBIT 10.2
EXECUTION COPY
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated
as of September 7, 2006
By and
Among
LOL
SPV, LLC
As Seller,
LAND O’LAKES, INC.
As initial Servicer,
COBANK, ACB, AND THE OTHER
PURCHASERS FROM TIME TO TIME
PARTY HERETO
And
COBANK, ACB,
As Administrator
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| ARTICLE 1. PURCHASES AND
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Section 1.1. |
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Agreement to Purchase; Limits on
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Section 1.2. |
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Purchase Procedures; Assignment of
Purchasers’ Interests |
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Section 1.3. |
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Reinvestments of Certain Collections;
Payment of Remaining Collections |
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Section 1.4. |
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Receivable Interest |
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Section 1.5. |
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Voluntary Termination or Reduction of
Facility Limit |
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Section 1.6. |
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Facility Limit Increases |
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| ARTICLE 2. COMPUTATIONAL RULES |
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Section 2.1. |
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Computation of Capital |
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Section 2.2. |
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Computation of Concentration
Limit |
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Section 2.3. |
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Computation of Earned Discount |
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Section 2.4. |
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Estimates of Earned Discount Rate,
Fees, Etc |
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| ARTICLE 3. SETTLEMENTS |
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Section 3.1. |
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Purchase and Settlement
Procedures |
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Section 3.2. |
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Deemed Collections; Reduction of
Capital, Etc |
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Section 3.3. |
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Payments and Computations, Etc |
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| ARTICLE 4. FEES AND YIELD
PROTECTION |
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Section 4.1. |
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Fees |
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Section 4.2. |
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Yield Protection |
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Section 4.3. |
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Funding Losses |
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Section 4.4. |
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Prepayments |
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| ARTICLE 5. CONDITIONS TO
PURCHASES |
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Section 5.1. |
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Conditions Precedent to Initial
Purchase and Effectiveness |
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Section 5.2. |
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Conditions Precedent to All Purchases
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| ARTICLE 6. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES |
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Section 6.1. |
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Representations and Warranties of
Seller |
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Section 6.2. |
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Representations and Warranties of
Servicer |
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| ARTICLE 7. GENERAL COVENANTS |
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Section 7.1. |
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Affirmative Covenants |
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Section 7.2. |
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Reporting Requirements |
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Section 7.3. |
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Negative Covenants |
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Section 7.4. |
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Separate Existence |
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| ARTICLE 8. ADMINISTRATION AND
COLLECTION |
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Section 8.1. |
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Designation of Servicer and
Sub-Servicers |
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Section 8.2. |
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Duties of Servicer |
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Section 8.3. |
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Rights of Administrator |
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Section 8.4. |
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Responsibilities of Seller |
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Section 8.5. |
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Further Action Evidencing Purchases
and Reinvestments |
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Section 8.6. |
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Application of Collections |
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| ARTICLE 9. SECURITY INTEREST |
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Section 9.1. |
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Grant of Security Interest |
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Section 9.2. |
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Further Assurances |
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Section 9.3. |
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Remedies |
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| ARTICLE 10. TERMINATION EVENTS |
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Section 10.1. |
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Termination Events |
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Section 10.2. |
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Remedies |
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| ARTICLE 11. THE ADMINISTRATOR |
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Section 11.1. |
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Authorization |
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Section 11.2. |
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Administrator’s Reliance,
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Section 11.3. |
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CoBank and Affiliates |
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| ARTICLE 12. ASSIGNMENT OF AND
PARTICIPATIONS IN PURCHASERS’ INTERESTS |
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Section 12.1. |
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Restrictions on Assignments; Impact
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Section 12.2. |
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Rights of Assignee |
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Section 12.3. |
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Participations |
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| ARTICLE 13. INDEMNIFICATION |
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Section 13.1. |
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Indemnities |
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| ARTICLE 14. MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 14.1. |
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Amendments, Etc |
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Section 14.2. |
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Notices, Etc |
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Section 14.3. |
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No Waiver; Remedies |
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Section 14.4. |
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Binding Effect; Survival |
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Section 14.5. |
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Costs, Expenses and Taxes |
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Section 14.6. |
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No Proceedings |
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Section 14.7. |
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Confidentiality of Program
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Section 14.8. |
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Confidentiality of Originator
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Section 14.9. |
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Captions and Cross References |
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Section 14.10. |
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Integration |
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Section 14.11. |
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Section 14.12. |
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Waiver Of Jury Trial |
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Section 14.13. |
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Consent To Jurisdiction; Waiver Of
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Execution in Counterparts |
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Section 14.15. |
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APPENDIX
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APPENDIX A
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Definitions |
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Schedule I
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Government Receivables (if any) |
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Schedule II
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Contract Standards (if any) |
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SCHEDULES
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Schedule 1
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Purchasers and Pro Rata Shares |
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Schedule 6.1(m)
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List of Offices of Seller where
Records Are Kept |
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Schedule 6.1(n)
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List of Lockbox Banks |
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Schedule 7.1(g)
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Initial Credit and Collection
Policies |
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Schedule 12.3(b)
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Participants |
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Schedule 14.2
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Notice Addresses |
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EXHIBITS
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Exhibit 1.2(a)
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Form of Purchase Notice |
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Exhibit 1.6(b)
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Form of Purchase Increase
Supplement |
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Exhibit 1.6(c)
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Form of New Purchaser Supplement |
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Exhibit 3.1(a)-l
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Form of Servicer Report |
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Exhibit 5.1(f)
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Form of Lockbox Agreement |
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Exhibit 7.2(a)
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Form of Monthly Report |
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Exhibit 7.4
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Additional Corporate Separateness
Assumptions, Statements and Representations |
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated
as of September 7, 2006
PREAMBLE
SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT , dated as of September 7,
2006, (this “ Agreement ”), by and among LOL
SPV, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Seller (“
Seller ”), LAND O’LAKES, INC., a Minnesota
cooperative corporation (“ LOL ”), as initial
Servicer (“ Servicer ”), COBANK, ACB, a
federally chartered instrumentality of the United States (“
CoBank ”), and any other Persons that may, from time
to time, be party hereto as Purchasers (each, a “
Purchaser ”), and CoBank as administrator for the
Purchasers (in such capacity, “ Administrator
”). Unless otherwise indicated, capitalized terms used in
this Agreement are defined in, and interpretive rules that apply
are contained in, Appendix A .
RECITALS
1. Seller is a limited-purpose,
bankruptcy-remote Delaware limited liability company formed by Land
O’Lakes Purina Feed LLC (“ Feed ”), for
the purpose of purchasing, and accepting contributions of,
Receivables and Related Rights (as defined in the Purchase and Sale
Agreement) originated by Feed and the other Originators in the
ordinary course of their respective businesses. Feed owns one
hundred percent (100%) of the outstanding equity of Seller.
2. Seller, Feed, formerly as
“Servicer”, CoBank, in its capacity as administrator,
and the various other purchasers from time to time party thereto,
are parties to the Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase
Agreement dated as of March 31, 2004 (as heretofore amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified, the “ Existing
Receivables Purchase Agreement ”).
3. The parties hereto desire to
amend and restate the Existing Receivables Purchase Agreement on
the terms and conditions set forth herein.
4. Seller has, and expects to
have, Pool Receivables in which Seller intends to sell an undivided
interest. Seller has requested that the Purchasers, and each
Purchaser has agreed that it shall, subject to and upon the terms
and conditions contained in this Agreement, engage in purchases of
their respective Pro Rata Shares of such undivided interest,
referred to herein as the Receivable Interest, from Seller from
time to time during the term of this Agreement.
5. Seller and the Purchasers
also desire that, subject to the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, certain of the daily Collections in respect of the
Receivable Interest be reinvested in Pool Receivables, which
reinvestment shall constitute part of the Receivable
Interest.
6. LOL has been requested, and
is willing, to act as initial Servicer.
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7. CoBank has been requested,
and is willing, to act as Administrator.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises and the mutual agreements herein contained, the
parties hereto agree as follows:
ARTICLE I. PURCHASES AND REINVESTMENTS
SECTION 1.1. Agreement
to Purchase; Limits on Purchasers’ Obligations
. Subject to and upon the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, from time to time prior to the Termination Date,
(a) Seller may request that each Purchaser, ratably in
accordance with such Purchaser’s Pro Rata Share, purchase
from Seller an undivided ownership interest in the Pool Assets
specified in each applicable Purchase Notice and (b) each
Purchaser severally agrees to purchase its respective Pro Rata
Share of such undivided ownership interest in the Pool Assets (each
being a “ Purchase ”); provided that no
Purchase shall be funded by the Purchasers if, after giving effect
thereto, either (y) the then Capital would exceed an amount
equal to $200,000,000, as such amount may be decreased from time to
time as provided in Section 1.5 or increased from time
to time pursuant to Section 1.6 (the “
Facility Limit ”), or (z) the Receivable Interest
would exceed 100% (the “ Allocation Limit ”);
and provided further that each Purchase made pursuant
to this Section 1.1 shall require a funding of Capital
of at least $1,000,000.
SECTION 1.2. Purchase
Procedures; Assignment of Purchasers’ Interests
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(a) Notice of Purchase .
Each Purchase from Seller shall be made by the Purchasers upon
notice from Seller to the Administrator received by the
Administrator not later than 2:00 P.M. (Denver, Colorado time) on
the Business Day next preceding the Business Day of such proposed
Purchase (the “ Purchase Date ”). Each such
notice of a proposed Purchase shall be substantially in the form of
Exhibit 1.2(a) (each a “ Purchase Notice
”), and shall specify the desired amount of, and Purchase
Date for, such Purchase; provided , that Seller may give
only one (1) Purchase Notice during any 7-day period, and such
Purchase Notice must specify a Purchase amount of at least
$1,000,000, or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess
thereof.
(b) Funding of Purchases
. On each Purchase Date, each Purchaser shall, upon satisfaction of
the applicable conditions set forth in Article V , fund
such Purchase by making the full amount of its Pro Rata Share of
such Purchase available to Administrator at Administrator’s
Office in immediately available funds, and after receipt by
Administrator of such funds, Administrator will make such funds
immediately available to Seller at such office.
(c) Sale of Receivable
Interest . In consideration of the Capital funded by each
Purchaser on each Purchase Date, Seller hereby sells, assigns and
transfers to Administrator, for the ratable benefit of the
Purchasers, the Receivable Interest.
SECTION 1.3.
Reinvestments of Certain Collections; Payment of Remaining
Collections .
(a) On the close of business on
each Business Day during the period from the date hereof until the
Termination Date, Servicer shall, out of all Collections received
on such day:
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(i) determine the portion of
Collections attributable on such day to the Receivable Interest by
multiplying (A) the amount of all Collections received on such
day, times (B) the Receivable Interest;
(ii) out of the portion of
Collections allocated to the Receivable Interest pursuant to clause
(a)(i), (A) if a Termination Event shall have occurred and be
continuing, set aside and deposit into the Administrator’s
Account in trust for the Purchasers or (B) in all other cases,
otherwise provide that the Servicer will have available to it on
the next Settlement Date or as required by Section 3.1(e), an
amount equal to the sum of the estimated amount of Yield accrued
and unpaid in respect of the Capital (based on rate information
provided by the Administrator pursuant to Section 2.4
), the accrued Fees, all other amounts due to the Purchasers,
Administrator, the Affected Parties or the Indemnified Parties
hereunder (other than the Capital) and the Purchasers’ Share
of the Servicer’s Fee (in each case, accrued through such
day) and not so previously set aside and deposited into the
Administrator’s Account or its availability on the next
Settlement Date provided for (it being understood that for so long
as no Termination Event is then continuing, Seller may utilize
funds to pay down notes owing to the Originators or invest funds
with Land O’Lakes, Inc.);
(iii) apply the Collections allocated
to the Receivable Interest pursuant to clause (a)(i), and not set
aside for its availability provided for pursuant to clause (ii), to
the purchase from Seller of ownership interests in Pool Assets
(each such purchase being a “ Reinvestment ”);
provided that (A) if the Excess Amount exceeds zero,
then Servicer shall not reinvest, but shall set aside and deposit
into the Administrator’s Account for the benefit of the
Purchasers, a portion of such Collections which, together with
other Collections previously set aside and then so held, shall
equal the Excess Amount; and (B) if the conditions precedent
to Reinvestment in Section 5.2 are not satisfied, then
Servicer shall not reinvest any of such Collections;
(iv) pay to Seller (A) the
portion of Collections not allocated to the Receivable Interest
pursuant to clause (i), less the Seller’s Share of the
Servicer’s Fee, (B) the amounts, if any, to be made
available to the Servicer on the next Settlement Date pursuant to
clause (ii)(B) and (C) the Collections applied to Reinvestment
pursuant to clause (iii); and
(v) out of the portion of Collections
not allocated to the Receivable Interest pursuant to clause (i),
pay to the Servicer the Seller’s Share of the
Servicer’s Fee accrued through such day.
(b) Unreinvested and
Undistributed Collections . Servicer shall set aside and
deposit into the Administrator’s Account in trust for the
benefit of the Purchasers all Collections allocated to the
Receivables Interest which pursuant to clause (iii) of
Section 1.3(a) may not be reinvested in Pool Assets.
If, prior to the date when such Collections are required to be paid
to the Administrator pursuant to Section 3.1 , the
amount of Collections set aside pursuant to clause (iii) of
Section 1.3(a) exceeds the Excess Amount, if any, and
the conditions precedent to Reinvestment set forth in
Section 5.2 are satisfied, then the Servicer shall
apply such Collections (or, if less, a portion of such Collections
equal to the amount of such excess) to the making of a
Reinvestment. Seller may, in its sole discretion, at any time, sell
or transfer Receivables it identifies and determines to so sell or
transfer for a sale or transfer price not less than the fair market
value of such Receivables at such time.
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SECTION 1.4. Receivable
Interest .
(a) Components of Receivable
Interest . On any date, the Receivable Interest will represent
the Purchasers’ combined undivided percentage ownership
interest in (i) all then-outstanding Pool Receivables,
(ii) all Related Security and Related Rights with respect to
such Pool Receivables, (iii) all of Seller’s right and
claims under the Purchase and Sale Agreement, (iv) all
Collections with respect to, and other proceeds of, the foregoing
as at such date, (v) all lockboxes and lockbox or collection
accounts into which Collections of Pool Receivables are or may be
deposited, and all investments therein, and (vi) all books and
records (including computer disks, tapes and software) evidencing
or relating to any of the foregoing, in each case, whether now
owned by Seller or hereafter acquired or arising, and wherever
located (all of the foregoing, collectively referred to as “
Pool Assets ”).
(b) Computation of
Receivable Interest . On any date, the “ Receivable
Interest ” will be equal to a percentage, expressed as
the following fraction:
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after the Termination Date but prior to the Final Payout Date, the
Receivable Interest will be one hundred (100%), and that from and
after the Final Payout Date the Receivable Interest will be zero
percent (0%).
(c) Frequency of
Computation . The Receivable Interest shall be computed as of
the Cut-Off Date immediately preceding each Settlement Period. In
addition, the Administrator may require Servicer to provide a
report in such form as may be designated by the Administrator for
purposes of computing the Receivable Interest as of any other date,
and the Servicer agrees to do so within two (2) Business Days
after its receipt of the Administrator’s request.
SECTION 1.5. Voluntary
Termination or Reduction of Facility Limit . Seller
may, upon at least thirty (30) days’ prior written
notice to the Administrator or, at any time following LOL’s
receipt of a Successor Notice, immediately upon written notice to
the Administrator, terminate in whole or reduce in part the unused
portion of the Facility Limit; provided , that each partial
reduction at the Facility Limit shall be in an amount equal to
$1,000,000 or an integral multiple of $100,000 in excess
thereof.
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SECTION 1.6. Facility
Limit Increases.
(a) Notwithstanding anything to
the contrary contained in this Agreement, Seller may request from
time to time that the Facility Limit be increased (a “
Facility Limit Increase ”); provided that (i) the
aggregate amount of all Facility Limit Increases shall not exceed
$50,000,000, (ii) a Facility Limit Increase may occur not more
than twice during the term of this Agreement, (iii) the first
Facility Limit Increase shall be in an amount not less than
$25,000,000; and (iv) the second Facility Limit Increase shall
be in an amount that is the lesser of (A) $25,000,000 and (B)
$50,000,000 less the amount of the first Facility Limit
Increase as provided in clause (iii). The Seller may
(y) request one or more of the Purchasers to fund Purchases in
the amount of the requested increase (which request shall be in
writing and sent to the Administrator to forward to such
Purchasers) and/or (z) with the consent of the Administrator
(which consent of the Administrator shall not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed), arrange for one or more banks or financial
institutions not a party hereto (a “ New Purchaser
”) to become parties to and Purchasers under this Agreement.
In no event may the amount of Purchases funded by any Purchaser be
increased without the prior written consent of such Purchaser. The
failure of any Purchaser to respond to Seller’s request for
an increase shall be deemed a rejection by such Purchaser of
Seller’s request. The Facility Limit may not be increased if,
at the time of any proposed increase hereunder, an Unmatured
Termination Event or a Termination Event has occurred and is
continuing. Upon any request by Seller to increase the Facility
Limit, Seller shall be deemed to have represented and warranted on
and as of the date of such request that no Unmatured Termination
Event or Termination Event has occurred and is continuing.
(b) If any Purchaser is willing,
in its sole and absolute discretion, to increase the amount of
Purchases funded by such Purchaser hereunder (such Purchaser
hereinafter referred to as an “ Increasing Purchaser
”), it shall enter into a written agreement to that effect
with the Seller, the Servicer and the Administrator, substantially
in the form of Exhibit 1.6(b) (a “ Purchase
Increase Supplement ”), which agreement shall specify,
among other things, the amount of additional Purchases to be funded
by Increasing Purchaser. Upon the effectiveness of such Purchase
Increase Supplement, Schedule 1 shall, without further
action, be deemed to have been amended appropriately to reflect the
commitment of such Increasing Purchaser to make additional
Purchases as set forth in the Purchase Increase Supplement and the
resulting Pro Rata Share of each Purchaser.
(c) Any New Purchaser that is
willing to become a party hereto and a Purchaser hereunder (and
which arrangement to become a party hereto and a Purchaser
hereunder has been consented to by the Administrator pursuant to
Section 1.6(a) ) shall enter into a written agreement
with the Seller, the Servicer and the Administrator, substantially
in the form of Exhibit 1.6(c) (a “ New
Purchaser Supplement ”), which agreement shall specify,
among other things, the amount of Purchases to be funded by such
New Purchaser hereunder. When such New Purchaser becomes a
Purchaser hereunder as set forth in the New Purchaser Supplement,
Schedule 1 shall, without further action, be deemed to
have been amended as appropriate to reflect the commitment of such
New Purchaser to make Purchases as set forth in the New Purchaser
Supplement and the resulting Pro Rata Share of each Purchaser. Upon
the execution by the Administrator, the Seller and such New
Purchaser of such New Purchaser Supplement, such New Purchaser
shall become and be deemed a party hereto and a
“Purchaser” hereunder for all purposes hereof and shall
enjoy all rights and assume all obligations on the part of the
Purchaser set forth in this Agreement, and its commitment to fund
Purchases shall be in the amount specified in its New Purchaser
Supplement.
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(d) Upon the effectiveness of
the increase in a Purchaser’s commitment to fund Purchasers
pursuant to paragraph (b) above or the commitment of a New
Purchaser to fund Purchases pursuant to paragraph (c) above
and execution by an Increasing Purchaser of a Purchase Increase
Supplement or by a New Purchaser of a New Purchase Supplement,
Purchases shall be funded by such Increasing Purchaser or New
Purchaser, and/or the Servicer shall make payments from Collections
that would otherwise be reinvested pursuant to Section
1.3(a) (notwithstanding the settlement procedures set forth in
Section 3.1(c) ) to the Administrator, for the account
of the Purchasers, as shall be required to cause the amount of
Purchases funded by each Purchaser (including each such Increasing
Purchaser and New Purchaser) to be proportional to such
Purchaser’s Pro Rata Share after giving effect to the
increases contemplated by this Section 1.6 .
ARTICLE II. COMPUTATIONAL RULES
SECTION 2.1.
Computation of Capital . In making any
determination of Capital, the following rules shall apply:
(a) Capital shall not be
considered reduced by any allocation, setting aside or distribution
of any portion of Collections unless such Collections shall have
been actually delivered to the Administrator, for the benefit of
the Purchasers, pursuant hereto for application to the Capital;
and
(b) Capital shall not be
considered reduced by any distribution of any portion of
Collections if at any time such distribution is rescinded or must
otherwise be returned for any reason.
SECTION 2.2.
Computation of Concentration Limit . Except as
otherwise consented to in writing in the sole reasonable discretion
of the Administrator and the Required Purchasers, in the case of
any Obligor that is an Affiliate of any other Obligor, the
Concentration Limit and the aggregate Unpaid Balance of Pool
Receivables of such Obligors shall be calculated as if such
Obligors were one Obligor.
SECTION 2.3.
Computation of Earned Discount .
(a) Yield shall accrue on the
outstanding Capital on each day during any Settlement Period at the
applicable Yield Rate. On each Settlement Date, the Seller shall
pay from Collections in accordance with Section 3.1 to
the Administrator, for the account of the Purchasers in accordance
with their respective Pro Rata Shares, an amount equal to the
accrued and unpaid Yield with respect to the immediately preceding
Settlement Period.
(b) In making any determination
of Yield, the following rules shall apply:
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(i) no provision of this Agreement
shall require payment or permit the collection of Yield in excess
of the maximum permitted by Applicable Law (it being agreed that,
if the Yield would be in excess of such maximum but for this
provision, the amount of Yield shall be reduced to the greatest
amount that does not exceed such maximum); and
(ii) Yield for any period shall not
be considered paid by any distribution if at any time such
distribution is rescinded or must otherwise be returned for any
reason.
SECTION 2.4. Estimates
of Earned Discount Rate, Fees, Etc . For purposes of
determining the amounts required to be set aside by Servicer
pursuant to Section 1.3 , the Administrator shall
notify Servicer from time to time of the Yield Rate applicable to
the Capital as elected by Seller and the rates at which Fees and
other amounts are accruing hereunder. It is understood and agreed
that (i) the Yield Rate may change from time to time,
(ii) certain rate information provided by the Administrator to
Servicer shall be based upon the Administrator’s good faith
estimate, (iii) the amount of Yield actually accrued with
respect to the Capital during any Settlement Period may exceed, or
be less than, the amount set aside with respect thereto by
Servicer, and (iv) the amount of Fees or other payables
accrued hereunder with respect to any Settlement Period may exceed,
or be less than, the amount set aside with respect thereto by
Servicer. Failure to set aside any amount so accrued shall not
relieve Servicer of its obligation to remit Collections to the
Administrator with respect to such accrued amount, as and to the
extent provided in Section 3.1 . In the event that
prior to the commencement of any Settlement Period the
Administrator shall determine that adequate and reasonable methods
do not exist for ascertaining the LIBOR Rate, then the Yield Rate
for such Settlement Period shall be the Alternate Base Rate.
ARTICLE III. SETTLEMENTS
SECTION 3.1. Purchase
and Settlement Procedures . The parties hereto will
take the following actions with respect to each Purchase Date and
each Settlement Date:
(a) Servicer Report .
Except as provided in the next sentence with respect to the initial
Purchase hereunder, on or before the Business Day (each, a “
Reporting Date ”) preceding each Settlement Date, as
the case may be, Servicer shall deliver to the Administrator a
report containing the information described in
Exhibit 3.1(a)-l (each, a “ Servicer
Report ”). Notwithstanding the foregoing, for
administrative convenience in connection with the initial Purchase
hereunder, the initial Reporting Date shall be August 31,
2006, and the initial Purchase Date shall occur on
September 7, 2006 (the “ Initial Purchase Date
”).
(b) Yield, Fees and Other
Amounts Due . Five (5) Business Days after the end of each
Settlement Period, the Administrator shall notify Servicer of
(i) the amount of Yield that will have accrued in respect of
the Capital as of the Settlement Date relating to such Settlement
Period and (ii) all Fees and other amounts that will have
accrued or otherwise have become payable (other than Capital) by
Seller under this Agreement on the next Settlement Date.
(c) Settlement Date
Procedures - Reinvestment Period . On each Settlement Date
prior to the Termination Date, Servicer shall distribute from
Collections set aside or applied (to the extent applied in
violation of the proviso to Section 1.3(a)(iii))
pursuant to Sections 1.3(a)(i) through (iii) during
the immediately preceding Settlement Period the following amounts
in the following order:
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(1) to the
Administrator, for the account of the Purchasers in accordance with
their respective Pro Rata Shares, an amount equal to the Yield
accrued and unpaid during such Settlement Period, plus any
previously accrued Yield not paid on a prior Settlement Date or
pursuant to Section 3.1(e), which amount shall be distributed
by the Administrator to the Purchasers for application to such
Yield;
(2) to the
Administrator, an amount equal to the Fees accrued during such
Settlement Period, plus any previously accrued amounts
described in this clause (2) not paid on a prior Settlement
Date or pursuant to Section 3.1(e) , which amount shall
be distributed by the Administrator to all Persons to whom
payable;
(3) to the
Servicer, an amount equal to the Purchasers’ Share of the
Servicer’s Fee accrued during such Settlement Period,
plus any previously accrued Purchasers’ Share of the
Servicer’s Fee not paid on a prior Settlement Date or
pursuant to Section 3.1(e) ;
(4) to the
Administrator, all other amounts (other than Capital) then due
under this Agreement or the other Transaction Documents to the
Administrator, the Purchasers, the Affected Parties or the
Indemnified Parties; and
(5) to the
Administrator, for the account of the Purchasers in accordance with
their respective Pro Rata Shares, an amount equal to the Excess
Amount as of the Reporting Date, if any, which amount shall be
distributed by the Administrator to the Purchasers for application
to their respective Pro Rata Shares of the Capital.
On or as
of any Purchase Date hereunder, the full amount of any such
payments and/or distributions required to be made on the next
succeeding Settlement Date (as computed by the Administrator in its
reasonable judgment), shall, for purposes of any computations
required pursuant to Section 5.2(b) for determining
Seller’s eligibility to effect any Purchase hereunder on such
Purchase Date, be given pro forma effect and be included in any
such computations as if made prior to the Purchase reflected in the
applicable Purchase Notice.
(d) Settlement Period
Procedure - Termination Period . On each Business Day during
the Termination Period, Servicer shall, immediately upon receipt or
deemed receipt thereof, deposit in a Lockbox Account, all
Collections received or deemed received pursuant to
Section 3.2 on such Business Day and all Collections so
received or deemed received during each Settlement Period during
the Termination Period shall be distributed by the Servicer or the
Administrator (to the extent that such funds are in its possession)
on each Settlement Date in the following amounts and in the
following order:
(1) to the
Administrator, for the account of the Purchasers in accordance with
their respective Pro Rata Shares, an amount equal to the Yield
accrued during such Settlement Period, plus any previously
accrued Yield not paid on a prior Settlement Date, which amount
shall be distributed by the Administrator to the Purchasers for
application to such Yield;
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(2) to the
Administrator, an amount equal to the Fees accrued during such
Settlement Period, plus any previously accrued Fees not paid
on a prior Settlement Date which amount shall be distributed by
Servicer to all Persons to whom payable;
(3) to the
Servicer, an amount equal to the Purchasers’ Share of the
Servicer’s Fee accrued during such Settlement Period,
plus any previously accrued Purchasers’ Share of the
Servicer’s Fee not paid on a prior Settlement Date;
(4) to the
Administrator, for the account of the Purchasers in accordance with
their respective Pro Rata Shares, an amount equal to the remaining
Purchasers’ Share of Collections, until the Capital is
reduced to zero, which amount shall be distributed by the
Administrator to the Purchasers for application to their respective
Pro Rata Shares of the Capital;
(5) to the
Administrator, all other amounts (other than Capital) then due
under this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to the
Administrator, the Purchasers, the Affected Parties or the
Indemnified Parties; and
(6) to the
Seller, any remaining amounts.
(e) Delayed Payment . If
on any day prior to the Termination Date, because Collections
during the relevant Settlement Period were less than the aggregate
amounts payable, Servicer does not make any payment otherwise
required, the Servicer shall set aside and hold Collections in
respect of the Receivable Interest until sufficient amounts have
been collected to pay the shortfall and will on the next Business
Day pay to the Administrator the amount of such shortfall and no
Reinvestment shall be permitted hereunder until such amount payable
has been paid in full.
SECTION 3.2. Deemed
Collections; Reduction of Capital, Etc .
(a) Deemed Collections .
If on any day (any of the events or circumstances described in the
succeeding clauses (i), (ii) or (iii) being referred to
herein as a “ Deemed Collection ”):
(i) a Dilution occurs or the Unpaid
Balance of any Pool Receivable is less than the amount included in
calculating the Net Pool Balance for purposes of any Servicer
Report for any other reason; or
(ii) any of the representations or
warranties of Seller set forth in Section 6.1(k) or
(o) with respect to any Pool Receivable were not true when
made with respect to any Pool Receivable, or any of the
representations or warranties of Seller set forth in
Section 6.1(k) or (o) are no longer true with
respect to any Pool Receivable; or
(iii) without duplication, Seller
receives a Deemed Collection pursuant to the Purchase and Sale
Agreement; then, on such day, Seller shall be deemed to have
received a Collection of such Pool Receivable:
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(xi) in the case of clause (a)(i)
above, in the amount of such Dilution or the difference between the
actual Unpaid Balance and the amount included in calculating such
Net Pool Balance, as applicable; and
(xii) in the case of clause (a)(ii)
above, in the amount of the Unpaid Balance of such Pool Receivable;
and
(xiii) in the case of clause (a)(iii)
above, in the amount of such Deemed Collection.
In the
event that Seller has paid to the Administrator, for the account of
the Purchasers, the Purchasers’ Share of the Unpaid Balance
of any Receivable pursuant to this Section 3.2(a) , the
Seller shall acquire the Purchasers’ interest in such
Receivable and all Related Rights with respect thereto, without
recourse, representation or warranty of any type or kind by the
Purchaser.
(b) Seller’s Optional
Reduction of Capital . Seller may at any time (but not more
than once in any seven (7)-day period) elect to reduce the Capital
as follows:
(i) Seller shall give the
Administrator at least two (2) Business Days’ prior
written notice of such reduction (including the amount of such
proposed reduction and the proposed date on which such reduction
will commence);
(ii) on the proposed date of
commencement of such reduction and on each day thereafter, Servicer
shall refrain from reinvesting Collections pursuant to
Section 1.3 until the amount thereof not so reinvested
shall equal the desired amount of reduction, and
(iii) Servicer shall deposit such
Collections into the Administrator’s Account in trust for the
Purchasers, pending receipt by the Administrator of the full amount
of such requested Capital reduction, whereupon such funds shall be
applied to so reduce the Capital;
provided that,
(A) the amount of any such reduction
shall be not less than $1,000,000 or an integral multiple of
$100,000 in excess thereof, and the Capital after giving effect to
such reduction shall be not less than $15,000,000 (unless Capital
shall thereby be reduced to zero); and
(B) Seller shall use reasonable
efforts to attempt to choose a reduction amount, and the date of
commencement thereof, so that such reduction shall commence and
conclude in the same Settlement Period.
SECTION 3.3. Payments
and Computations, Etc .
(a) Payments . All
amounts to be paid or deposited by Seller or Servicer to the
Administrator or any other Person (other than to Seller or
Servicer) hereunder (other than amounts payable under
Section 4.2 ) shall be paid or deposited in accordance
with the terms hereof no later than 2:00 P.M. (Denver, Colorado
time) on the day when due (with written notice of such payment or
deposit to be given to the Administrator by not later than
11:00 A.M.
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(Denver,
Colorado time) on such day) in lawful money of the United States of
America in immediately available funds to the Administrator at ABA#
307088754, account # 00019975; Attention: Feed (the “
Administrator’s Account ”). Any and all payments
by or on account of Seller hereunder or under any other Transaction
Document shall be made free and clear of, and without deduction
for, any taxes or other charges of any type or kind;
provided that if Seller shall be required to deduct any
taxes or other charges of any type or kind from such payments, then
(i) the sum payable shall be increased as necessary so that
after making all required deductions (including deductions
applicable to additional sums payable under this Section) the
Administrator or Purchaser (as the case may be) receives an amount
equal to the sum it would have received had no such deductions been
made, (ii) Seller shall make such deductions and
(iii) Seller shall pay the full amount deducted to the
relevant Governmental Authority in accordance with Applicable
Law.
(b) Late Payments .
Seller or Servicer, as applicable, shall, to the extent permitted
by law, pay to the Purchasers or the Administrator, as the case may
be, interest on all amounts not paid or deposited by it when such
amount is due hereunder at the Default Rate, payable on demand,
provided , however , that such interest shall not at
any time exceed the maximum rate permitted by Applicable Law.
(c) Method of
Computation . All computations of Yield, interest and any fees
payable hereunder shall be made on the basis of a year of
360 days for the actual number of days (including the first
day but excluding the last day) elapsed.
ARTICLE IV. FEES AND YIELD PROTECTION
SECTION 4.1.
Fees . (a) Seller shall pay to the
Administrator and the Purchasers the Fees in the amounts and at the
times set forth in the fee letter, dated July 27, 2006, from
the Administrator (as amended or supplemented from time to time,
the “ Fee Letter ”).
(b) During the period from and
including the date hereof to the date on which the Termination
Period begins, a commitment fee (a “ Commitment Fee
”) shall be payable to the Administrator for the account of
Purchasers in accordance with their respective Pro Rata Shares,
payable monthly in arrears on each Settlement Date and computed at
the rate of .200% per annum (20 basis points) on the average amount
of the difference between the Facility Limit and the amount of
Capital during each Settlement Period ending prior to the
Settlement Date on which the Commitment Fee is paid, commencing on
the first such Settlement Date to occur after the date
hereof.
SECTION 4.2. Yield
Protection .
(a) If
(i) Regulation D or (ii) any Regulatory Change
occurring after the date hereof:
(A) shall subject an Affected Party
or any of their interests to any tax, duty or other charge with
respect to any Receivable Interest owned by or funded by it, or any
obligations or right to make Purchases or Reinvestments or to
provide funding therefor, or shall change the basis of taxation of
payments to the Affected Party of any Capital or Yield owned by,
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in part by it
or any other amounts due under this Agreement in respect of the
Receivable Interest owned by or funded by it or its obligations or
rights, if any, to make Purchases or Reinvestments or to provide
funding therefor (except for franchise taxes or changes in the rate
of tax on the overall net income of such Affected Party); or
(B) shall impose, modify or deem
applicable any reserve (including, without limitation, any reserve
imposed by the Federal Reserve Board, special deposit, compulsory
loan or similar requirement against assets of any Affected Party,
deposits or obligations with or for the account of any Affected
Party or with or for the account of any affiliate (or entity deemed
by the Federal Reserve Board to be an affiliate) of any Affected
Party, or credit extended by any Affected Party, but excluding any
reserve, special deposit or similar requirement included in the
determination of Yield; or
(C) shall change the amount of
capital maintained or required or requested or directed to be
maintained by any Affected Party; or
(D) shall impose any other condition
affecting any Receivable Interest owned or funded in whole or in
part by any Affected Party, or its obligations or rights, if any,
to make Purchases or Reinvestments or to provide funding therefor;
or
(E) shall change the rate for, or the
manner in which the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (or a
successor thereto) assesses, deposit insurance premiums or similar
charges;
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Reinvestments, any purchases, reinvestments, or loans or other
extensions of credit under any Transaction Document, or any
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within thirty (30) days after demand by such Affected Party
(which demand shall be accompanied by a statement setting forth in
reasonable detail the basis for, calculation of, and amount of such
additional costs or reduced amount receivable; provided ,
however , that no Affected Party shall be required to
disclose any confidential or tax planning information in any such
statement), Seller shall pay directly to such Affected Party such
additional amount or amounts as such Affected Party reasonably
determines will compensate such Affected Party for such additional
or increased cost or such reduction, but without duplication of any
other similar additional amounts due under any other Transaction
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(b) Each Affected Party will use
reasonable efforts to notify Seller and the Administrator as soon
as practicable after knowledge of the occurrence of any event of
which it has knowledge which will entitle such Affected Party to
compensation pursuant to this Section 4.2 ;
provided however , that no failure to give or delay
in giving such notification shall adversely affect the rights of
any Affected Party to such compensation and provided
further , that no Affected Party shall be entitled to such
compensation retroactively for a period of more than ninety
(90) days prior to the date of such notice.
(c) In determining any amount
provided for or referred to in this Section 4.2 , an
Affected Party may use any reasonable averaging and attribution
methods that it shall deem applicable. Any Affected Party when
making a claim under this Section 4.2 shall submit to
Seller a statement as to such increased cost or reduced return
(including a calculation thereof in reasonable detail), which
statement shall, in the absence of demonstrable error, be
conclusive and binding upon Seller.
SECTION 4.3. Funding
Losses . In the event that any Affected Party shall
incur any loss or expense (including any LIBOR Rate breakage costs
or any other loss or expense incurred by reason of the liquidation
or reemployment of deposits or other funds acquired by such
Affected Party to make or maintain any funding with respect to the
Receivable Interest) as a result of (i) any settlement with respect
to any portion of Capital funded by such Affected Party being made
on any day other than the scheduled last business day of an
applicable Settlement Period with respect thereto, or (ii) any
Purchase not being made in accordance with a request therefor under
Section 1.2 , then, immediately upon demand from the
Administrator to Seller, Seller shall pay to the Administrator for
the account of such Affected Party, the amount of such loss or
expense. Such written notice (which shall include calculations in
reasonable detail) shall, in the absence of demonstrable error, be
conclusive and binding upon the Seller.
SECTION 4.4.
Prepayments . In the event the Seller desires
to reduce the amount of Capital outstanding on a date other than a
Settlement Date other than as provided in Section 3.2(b) ,
the Seller may deliver the amount of such Capital to the
Administrator, and the Administrator agrees to invest the amount of
such Capital as directed by the Seller for the period between the
date of such prepayment and the next succeeding Settlement Date. On
the next succeeding Settlement Date, interest and other amounts, if
any, earned on the amount of Capital so invested at the direction
of the Seller will be credited toward any amounts due from the
Seller on such next succeeding Settlement Date. Notwithstanding the
terms of this Section 4.4 , the Seller shall remain
liable (on the next succeeding Settlement Date) for the amount, if
any, by which the Yield accruing on the outstanding Capital through
the next succeeding Settlement Date exceeds the amount, if any, of
interest and other amounts earned upon investment of such prepaid
amounts by the Administrator (at the direction of the Seller) as
aforesaid.
ARTICLE V. CONDITIONS TO PURCHASES
SECTION 5.1. Conditions
Precedent to Initial Purchase and Effectiveness .
Each of the initial Purchase hereunder and the effectiveness of
this Agreement is subject to the condition precedent that the
Administrator shall have received, on or before the date of such
Purchase, the following, each (unless otherwise indicated) dated
such date and in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrator:
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(a) Good standing (and foreign
qualification, as applicable) certificates for each Originator and
Seller issued by the Secretaries of State of the jurisdictions of
their incorporation or formation and their respective principal
places of business;
(b) A certificate of the
Secretaries of LOL and Seller in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Administrator certifying (i) a copy of the
resolutions of its Board of Directors or Board of Managers, as
applicable, approving this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents to be delivered by it hereunder and the transactions
contemplated hereby; (ii) the names and true signatures of the
officers authorized on its behalf to sign this Agreement and the
other Transaction Documents to be delivered by it hereunder (on
which certificate the Administrator and the Purchasers may
conclusively rely until such time as the Administrator shall
receive from LOL or Seller, as the case may be, a revised
certificate meeting the requirements of this subsection (b)
); (iii) a copy of its by-laws, operating agreement or
equivalent organizational document(s); and (iv) all documents
evidencing other necessary corporate action and governmental
approvals, if any, with respect to this Agreement and the other
Transaction Documents;
(c) The Certificate of Formation
of Seller and the Certificate of Incorporation of LOL, duly
certified by the Secretary of State of the jurisdiction of its
formation, as of a recent date reasonably acceptable to
Administrator;
(d) A search report provided in
writing to and approved by the Administrator, which approval shall
not be unreasonably withheld or delayed, listing all effective
financing statements that name any Originator or Seller as debtor
or assignor and that are filed in the jurisdictions in which
filings of financing statements were made pursuant to the Existing
Receivables Purchase Agreement and in such other jurisdictions that
Administrator shall reasonably request, together with copies of
such financing statements (none of which shall cover any Pool
Assets, unless executed termination statements and/or partial
releases with respect thereto have been delivered to the
Administrator), and tax and judgment lien search reports from a
Person reasonably satisfactory to Servicer and the Administrator
showing no evidence of such liens filed against any Originator or
Seller;
(e) A certificate of an officer
of Seller identifying and affirming that all of the Lockbox
Agreements with the Lockbox Banks that were executed in connection
with the Existing Receivables Purchase Agreement, as well as any
additional Lockbox Agreements with Lockbox Banks that have been
executed since the execution of the Existing Receivables Purchase
Agreement pursuant to Section 7.3(d) thereof, remain in full
force and effect and attaching certified copies of each such
Lockbox Agreement;
(f) Favorable opinions of
(i) in-house counsel to each of Servicer and Seller as to
corporate authority and (ii) Faegre & Benson LLP, special
counsel to each of the Originators and Seller as to all other legal
matters, in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the
Administrator and its counsel;
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(g) Evidence of payment by the
Seller of all accrued and unpaid Fees (including those contemplated
by the Fee Letter), all of the costs and expenses of this
transaction accrued or received prior to the date hereof,
including, without limitation, attorneys’ fees of the
Administrator, plus such additional amounts of attorneys’
fees as shall constitute the Administrator’s reasonable
estimate of attorneys’ fees incurred or to be incurred by it
through the closing proceedings, including any such costs, fees and
expenses payable in accordance with Section 14.5 as
well as any similar accrued and unpaid amounts pursuant to the
Existing Receivables Purchase Agreement;
(h) An amendment to the Purchase
and Sale Agreement, duly executed by the Originators and Seller,
and a copy of all documents required to be delivered thereunder;
and
(i) Such other documents,
certificates or opinions as the Administrator may reasonably
request.
SECTION 5.2. Conditions
Precedent to All Purchases and Reinvestments . Each
Purchase (including the initial Purchase) and each Reinvestment
hereunder, shall be subject to the further conditions precedent
that:
(a) in the case of each
Purchase, the Servicer shall have delivered to the Administrator on
or prior to such Purchase, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Administrator, a completed Servicer Report with respect to the
immediately preceding calendar month, dated within two (2) Business
Days prior to the date of such Purchase, together with such
additional information as may be reasonably requested by the
Administrator;
(b) on the date of such Purchase
or Reinvestment the following statements shall be true (and Seller
by accepting the amount of such Purchase or by receiving the
proceeds of such Reinvestment shall be deemed to have certified
that):
(i) each of the representations and
warranties contained in Article VI (including, without
limitation, all representations and warranties incorporated by
reference herein and made a part hereof pursuant to
Section 6.3(a) ), are true and correct in all material
respects as though made on and as of such date and shall be deemed
to have been made on such date (except that any such representation
or warranty, which, by its express terms, relates exclusively to an
earlier date, shall be true and correct in all material respects as
of such earlier date);
(ii) no event has occurred and is
continuing, or would result from such Purchase or Reinvestment,
that constitutes a Termination Event or Unmatured Termination
Event;
(iii) after giving effect to each
proposed Purchase or Reinvestment, Capital will not exceed the
Facility Limit and the Receivable Interest will not exceed the
Allocation Limit; and
(iv) the Termination Date shall not
have occurred.
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ARTICLE VI. REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
SECTION 6.1.
Representations and Warranties of Seller .
Seller represents and warrants as follows:
(a) Organization and Good
Standing . Seller has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a limited liability company in good standing under the
laws of the State of Delaware, with power and authority to own its
properties and to conduct its business as such properties are
presently owned and such business is presently conducted, and had
at all relevant times, and now has, all necessary power, authority,
and legal right to acquire and own the Pool Assets.
(b) Due Qualification .
Seller is duly qualified to do business as a foreign limited
liability company in good standing, and has obtained all necessary
licenses and approvals, in all other jurisdictions in which the
ownership or lease of property or the conduct of its business
requires such qualification, licenses or approvals, and except
where the failure to so qualify or have such licenses or approvals
has not had, and could not reasonably be expected to have, a
Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Power and Authority; Due
Authorization . Seller (i) has all necessary power,
authority and legal right to (A) execute and deliver this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a
party, (B) carry out the terms of the Transaction Documents to
which it is a party, and (C) sell and assign the Receivable
Interest on the terms and conditions herein provided and
(ii) has duly authorized by all necessary organizational
action the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement
and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a party and the
sale and assignment of the Receivable Interest on the terms and
conditions herein provided.
(d) Valid Transfer; Binding
Obligations . This Agreement constitutes a valid transfer and
assignment of the Receivable Interest to the Administrator, for the
benefit of Purchaser, enforceable against creditors of, and
purchasers from, Seller; and this Agreement constitutes, and each
other Transaction Document to be signed by Seller when duly
executed and delivered will constitute, a legal, valid and binding
obligation of Seller enforceable in accordance with its terms,
except, in all cases, as enforceability may be limited by
bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws
affecting the enforcement of creditors’ rights generally and
by general principles of equity, regardless of whether such
enforceability is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law.
(e) No Violation . The
consummation by Seller of the transactions contemplated by this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a
party and the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof will not
(i) conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms
and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse
of time or both) a default under, the Seller’s certificate of
formation or limited liability company agreement or any Contractual
Obligation of Seller, (ii) result in the creation or
imposition of any Lien upon any of Seller’s properties
pursuant to the terms of any such Contractual Obligation, other
than this Agreement and the Purchase and Sale Agreement, or
(iii) violate any Applicable Law as then in effect.
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(f) No Proceedings .
There is no litigation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to
the best of Seller’s knowledge, threatened, before any
Governmental Authority or arbitrator (i) asserting the invalidity
of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to which Seller
is a party, (ii) seeking to prevent the sale and assignment of
the Receivable Interest or the consummation of any of the other
transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document, or (iii) seeking any determination or
ruling that could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(g) Bulk Sales Act . No
transaction contemplated hereby requires compliance with any bulk
sales act or similar law.
(h) Government Approvals
. No Governmental Action is required for the due execution,
delivery and performance by Seller of this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document to which Seller is a party, except for the
filing of the UCC financing statements referred to in the Existing
Receivables Purchase Agreement, all of which were, at the time
required in the Existing Receivables Purchase Agreement, duly made
and remain in full force and effect.
(i) Financial Condition
. Since the date of Seller’s formation, there has been no
material adverse change in Seller’s financial condition,
business, assets or operations.
(j) Margin Regulations .
The use of all funds obtained by Seller under this Agreement will
not conflict with or contravene any of Regulations T and X
promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System
from time to time.
(k) Quality of Title .
Each Pool Asset is legally and beneficially owned by Seller free
and clear of any Lien (other than any Lien arising solely as the
result of any action taken by the Purchasers or the Administrator);
when the Purchasers make a Purchase or Reinvestment, the
Administrator shall have acquired, for the benefit of the
Purchasers, a valid and enforceable perfected first-priority
undivided percentage ownership interest to the extent of the
Receivable Interest in each Pool Asset, free and clear of any Lien
(other than any Lien arising solely as the result of any action
taken by the Purchasers or the Administrator), enforceable against
any creditor of, or purchaser from, Seller or any Originator; and
no financing statement or other instrument similar in effect
covering any Pool Asset is on file in any recording office except
such as may be filed (i) in favor of an Originator in
accordance with the Contracts, (ii) in favor of Seller in
accordance with the Purchase and Sale Agreement, or (iii) in
favor of the Purchasers or the Administrator in accordance with
this Agreement or in connection with any Lien arising solely as the
result of any action taken by the Purchasers or the
Administrator.
(l) Accurate Reports .
No Servicer Report, Monthly Report or other information, exhibit,
financial statement, document, book, record or report furnished or
to be furnished by or on behalf of Seller to the Administrator or
the Purchasers in connection with this Agreement or any Transaction
Document was or will be inaccurate in any material respect as of
the date it was or will be dated or (except as otherwise disclosed
to the Administrator at such time) as of the date so furnished, or
contained or will contain any material misstatement of fact or
omitted or will omit to state a material fact or any fact necessary
to make the statements contained therein not materially
misleading.
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(m) Offices . The
principal place of business and chief executive office of Seller
are located at the address of Seller referred to in
Section 14.2 , and the offices at which Seller keeps
all its books, records and documents evidencing or relating to Pool
Receivables are located at the addresses specified in
Schedule 6.1(m) (or at such other locations, notified
to the Administrator in accordance with Section 7.1(f)
, in jurisdictions where all action required by
Section 8.5 has been taken and completed).
(n) Lockbox Accounts .
The names and addresses of all the Lockbox Banks, together with the
account numbers of the Lockbox Accounts of Seller at such Lockbox
Banks, are specified in Schedule 6.1(n) (or have been
notified to the Administrator in accordance with Section
7.3(d) ).
(o) Eligible Receivables
. Each Receivable included in the Net Pool Balance as an Eligible
Receivable on the date of any Purchase, Reinvestment or other
calculation of Net Pool Balance shall be an Eligible Receivable on
such date.
(p) Accounting Sale .
The Seller has accounted for each sale of undivided percentage
ownership interests in Receivables in its books and financial
statements as sales, consistent with GAAP.
(q) Credit and Collection
Policies . The Seller has complied in all material respects
with the applicable Credit and Collection Policy with regard to
each Receivable.
(r) Legal Name . The
Seller’s complete legal name is set forth in the preamble to
this Agreement, and the Seller does not use, and has not during the
last six (6) years used, any other corporate name, trade name,
doing business name or fictitious name.
SECTION 6.2.
Representations and Warranties of Servicer .
Servicer hereby represents and warrants as follows:
(a) Organization and Good
Standing . Servicer has been duly organized and is validly
existing as a cooperative corporation in good standing under the
laws of the State of Minnesota, with full power and authority to
own its properties and to conduct its business as such properties
are presently owned and such business is presently conducted.
(b) Due Qualification .
Servicer is duly qualified to do business as a foreign cooperative
corporation in good standing, and has obtained all necessary
licenses and approvals, in all jurisdictions in which the ownership
or lease of property or the conduct of its business requires such
qualification, licenses or approvals, except where the failure to
so qualify or have such licenses or approvals has not had, and
could not reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse
Effect.
(c) Power and Authority; Due
Authorization . Servicer (i) has all necessary power,
authority and legal right to (A) execute and deliver this
Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it is a
party and (B) carry out the terms of the Transaction Documents
to which it is a party and (ii) has duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action the execution, delivery and performance
of this Agreement and the other Transaction Documents to which it
is a party.
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(d) Binding Obligations
. This Agreement constitutes, and each other Transaction Document
to be signed by Servicer when duly executed and delivered will
constitute, a legal, valid and binding obligation of Servicer,
enforceable against Servicer in accordance with its terms, except
as enforceability may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of
equity, regardless of whether such enforceability is considered in
a proceeding in equity or at law.
(e) No Violation . The
consummation of the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
the other Transaction Documents to which Servicer is a party and
the fulfillment of the terms hereof and thereof will not
(i) conflict with, result in any breach of any of the terms
and provisions of, or constitute (with or without notice or lapse
of time or both) a default under Servicer’s charter, by-laws
or any other organizational document or any Contractual Obligation
of Servicer, (ii) result in the creation or imposition of any
Lien upon any of Servicer’s properties pursuant to the terms
of any such Contractual Obligation (other than any Lien created
pursuant to the Transaction Documents), or (iii) violate any
Applicable Law as then in effect.
(f) No Proceedings .
There is no litigation, proceeding or investigation pending or, to
the best of Servicer’s knowledge, threatened, before any
Governmental Authority or arbitrator (i) asserting the
invalidity of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to
which Servicer is a party, (ii) seeking to prevent the sale
and assignment of the Receivable Interest or the consummation of
any of the other transactions contemplated by this Agreement or any
other Transaction Document, or (iii) seeking any determination
or ruling that could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(g) Government Approvals
. No Governmental Action is required for the due execution,
delivery and performance by Servicer of this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document to which it is a party, other than the filing
of the UCC financing statements referred to in the Existing
Receivables Purchase Agreement, and all filings, if any, necessary
to comply with the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust Act, all of which,
at the time required in the Existing Receivables Purchase
Agreement, were duly made and remain in full force and
effect.
(h) Accurate Reports .
No Servicer Report, no Monthly Report or other information,
exhibit, financial statement, document, book, record or report
furnished or to be furnished by or on behalf of Servicer to the
Administrator or the Purchasers in connection with this Agreement
or any Transaction Document was or will be inaccurate in any
material respect as of the date it was or will be dated or (except
as otherwise disclosed to the Administrator at such time) as of the
date so furnished, or contained or will contain any material
misstatement of fact or omitted or will omit to state a material
fact or any fact necessary to make the statements contained therein
not materially misleading.
ARTICLE VII. GENERAL COVENANTS
SECTION 7.1.
Affirmative Covenants . From the date hereof
until the Final Payout Date:
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(a) Compliance with Laws,
Etc . Each of Seller and Servicer will comply in all material
respects with all Applicable Laws, including those with respect to
the Pool Receivables and the related Contracts, except where
noncompliance could not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(b) Preservation of Legal
Existence . Each of Seller and Servicer will preserve and
maintain its legal existence, rights, franchises and privileges in
the jurisdiction of its formation, and qualify and remain qualified
in good standing as a foreign limited liability company,
corporation, or other business entity, as the case may be, in each
jurisdiction where the failure to preserve and maintain such
existence, rights, franchises, privileges and qualification could
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(c) Audits .
(i) Each of Seller and Servicer will at any time and from time
to time during regular business hours, on at least five
(5) Business Day’s prior notice unless a Termination
Event shall have occurred and be continuing, permit the
Administrator or any of its agents or representatives, (A) to
examine and make copies of and abstracts from all books, records
and documents (including, without limitation, computer tapes and
disks) in its possession or under its control relating to Pool
Assets, (B) to visit its offices and properties for the
purpose of examining such materials described in clause (i)(A)
above, and to discuss matters relating to Pool Assets or its
performance hereunder with any of its officers or employees having
knowledge of such matters, and (C) to verify with officers and
employees of Servicer, or directly with any Obligors (but only with
a representative of the Servicer present unless a Termination Event
shall have occurred and be continuing), the existence and amount of
the Receivables; and (ii) without limiting the provisions of
clause (i) above, from time to time on request of
Administrator on at least five (5) Business Days prior notice,
unless a Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing,
permit certified public accountants or other auditors acceptable to
the Administrator to conduct, at the expense of Seller or Servicer,
as the case may be, a review of its books and records with respect
to the Pool Receivables; provided , however that
unless a Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, Seller
and/or Servicer shall not be obligated to pay for more than two
(2) such audits in any calendar year.
(d) Keeping of Records and
Books of Account . Each of Seller and Servicer will maintain
and implement administrative and operating procedures (including,
without limitation, an ability to recreate records evidencing Pool
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 Pool Assets (including, without limitation,
records adequate to permit the daily identification of each new
Pool Receivable and all Collections of and adjustments to each
existing Pool Receivable).
(e) Performance and
Compliance with Receivables and Contracts . Seller will, at its
expense, timely and fully perform and comply with (or cause an
Originator to perform and comply with pursuant to the Purchase and
Sale Agreement) all provisions, covenants and other promises
required to be observed by it under the Contracts related to the
Pool Receivables and all other agreements related to such Pool
Receivables, except where failure to do so would not materially and
adversely affect the validity, enforceability or collectibility of
the related Pool Receivable.
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(f) Location of Records
. Each of Seller and Servicer will keep its principal place of
business and chief executive office, and the offices where it keeps
its records concerning the Pool Receivables and all related
Contracts and all other agreements related to such Pool Receivables
(and all original documents relating thereto), at its addresses
referred to in Section 14.2 or, upon thirty
(30) days’ prior written notice to the Administrator, at
such other locations in jurisdictions where all action required by
Section 8.5 shall have been taken and completed.
(g) Credit and Collection
Policies . Attached as Schedule 7.1(g) are the
Credit and Collection Policies for each of the Originators. Each of
Seller and Servicer, at its own expense, will at all times timely
and fully perform and comply in all material respects with, and LOL
agrees to so perform and comply with, each applicable Credit and
Collection Policy in regard to each Pool Receivable and the related
Contracts.
(h) Collections . Each
of Seller and Servicer will (i) instruct (A) all Obligors
to cause all Collections (which, for the avoidance of doubt, shall
exclude any collections in respect of any Reconveyed Receivable,
retail receivable or other receivable of Seller, any Originator or
any other Person not included in the Receivable Pool) to be sent to
either a Lockbox or Lockbox Account that is the subject of a
Lockbox Agreement, unless otherwise requested by the Administrator
pursuant to Section 8.3(c)(ii) , in which case the
Obligors shall be instructed consistent with such request, and
(B) each Lockbox Bank or lockbox bank to deposit all such
Collections directly into a Lockbox Account that is the subject of
a Lockbox Agreement. In the event that Seller or Servicer receives
Collections directly from any Obligor, Seller or Servicer, as the
case may be, shall deposit such Collections in the form received
into either the Collection Account or a Lockbox Account within two
(2) Business Days after receipt thereof or, on or after the
Termination Date, immediately upon receipt.
(i) Quality of Title .
Each of Seller and Servicer will take all action necessary or
desirable to establish and maintain a valid and enforceable
perfected first-priority undivided percentage ownership interest in
favor of the Administrator, for the benefit of the Purchasers, to
the extent of the Receivable Interest in each Pool Asset, free and
clear of any Lien (other than any Lien arising solely as a result
of any action taken by the Purchasers or the Administrator),
enforceable against any creditor of, or purchaser from, Seller or
any Originator.
(j) Bank Equity
Interests. (i) Each of Seller and Servicer agrees to
purchase such equity interests in CoBank (“ Bank Equity
Interests ”) as CoBank may from time to time require in
accordance with its bylaws and capital plans as applicable to
cooperative borrowers generally. In connection with the foregoing,
each of Seller and Servicer hereby acknowledges receipt, prior to
the execution of this Agreement, of the following with respect to
CoBank:
(A) the bylaws of CoBank;
(B) a written description of the
terms and conditions under which the Bank Equity Interests are
issued; and
(C) the most recent annual report,
and if more recent than the latest annual report, the latest
quarterly report.
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(ii) CoBank reserves the right to
sell participations and to make assignments of its rights and
duties hereunder in accordance with the provisions of
Article XII on a non-patronage basis. For the avoidance of
doubt, none of the Purchasers (other than CoBank) will have the
benefit of or any rights in any Bank Equity Interests or proceeds
thereof.
SECTION 7.2. Reporting
Requirements . From the date hereof until the Final
Payout Date:
(a) Monthly Reports .
Not later than Noon (Denver, Colorado time) on the 20 th day of each
month (or, if such is not a Business Day, on the next succeeding
Business Day), Servicer will furnish to the Administrator a report
(a “ Monthly Report ”), duly certified by the
principal financial officers of Seller and Servicer, with respect
to the immediately preceding month then ended in the form of, and
addressing the matters contained in, Exhibit 7.2(a)
hereto;
(b) Quarterly Financial
Statements . As soon as available and, in any event within
forty-five (45) days after the end of each of the first three
(3) quarters of each fiscal year, Seller will furnish to the
Administrator copies of (i) its financial statements,
consisting of at least a balance sheet as at the close of such
quarter and statements of earnings for such quarter and for the
period from the beginning of the fiscal year to the close of such
quarter, in each case in conformity with GAAP (except for footnote
disclosures), duly certified by the principal financial officer of
Seller and (ii) if not otherwise delivered to the
Administrator pursuant to the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the
financial statements of LOL and its Subsidiaries prepared on a
consolidated basis, consisting of at least a balance sheet as at
the close of such quarter and statements of earnings for such
quarter and for the period from the beginning of the fiscal year to
the close of such quarter, in each case in conformity with GAAP
(except for footnote disclosures) and fairly presenting the
consolidated financial position and results of operations of LOL
and its Subsidiaries for such month and period, duly certified by
the principal financial officer of LOL;
(c) Annual Financial
Statements . As soon as available and, in any event within
ninety (90) days after the end of each fiscal year, Seller
will furnish to the Administrator copies of (i) its financial
statements, consisting of at least a balance sheet of Seller for
such year and statements of earnings and cash flows, in each case
in conformity with GAAP setting forth in each case in comparative
form corresponding figures from the preceding fiscal year, and
(ii) if not otherwise delivered to the Administrator pursuant
to the Purchase and Sale Agreement, the unqualified audited
financial statements of LOL and its Subsidiaries prepared on a
consolidated basis, consisting of at least a balance sheet of LOL
and its Subsidiaries for such year and consolidated and
consolidating statements of earnings and cash flows, in each case
in conformity with GAAP, setting forth in each case in comparative
form corresponding consolidated figures from the preceding fiscal
year, with all such statements duly certified by independent
certified public accountants of recognized standing selected by
LOL, together with copies of any and all letters, from such
accountants to LOL’s Board of Directors or any committee
thereof;
(d) Compliance
Certificate . Together with each quarterly and annual financial
statement delivered in accordance with the preceding paragraphs, if
not otherwise delivered to the Administrator pursuant to the
Purchase and Sale Agreement, Seller will furnish to the
Administrator the compliance certificate to be delivered to it
pursuant to Section 6.1(i)(iii) of the Purchase and Sale
Agreement.
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(e) Termination Events .
Each of Seller and Servicer will furnish to the Administrator, as
soon as possible and in any event within two (2) Business Days
after an officer of Seller or Servicer obtains actual knowledge of
the occurrence of each Termination Event and each Unmatured
Termination Event, a written statement of the principal financial
officer or principal accounting officer of Seller or Servicer, as
the case may be, setting forth details of such event and the action
that Seller or Servicer, as the case may be, proposes to take with
respect thereto;
(f) Material Adverse Effect;
Litigation . Each of Seller and Servicer will furnish to the
Administrator, as soon as possible and, in any event within ten
(10) Business Days after Seller’s or LOL’s actual
knowledge thereof, written notice of (i) the occurrence of any
event or condition which could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect, (ii) without limiting the foregoing
clause (i), any litigation, investigation or proceeding which may
exist at any time which could be reasonably expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect and (iii) any material adverse
development in previously disclosed litigation;
(g) Change in Credit and
Collection Policies . Each of Seller and Servicer will furnish
to the Administrator, prior to its effective date, written notice
of any material change in any Credit and Collection Policy which
changes shall be reasonably acceptable to the Administrator;
(h) Change in Name .
Seller and Servicer will furnish to the Administrator, at least
thirty (30) days prior to any change in the Seller’s or
Servicer’s name, location or any other change requiring, or
that might require, the amendment of UCC financing statements, a
notice setting forth such changes and the effective date thereof;
and
(i) JP Morgan Credit
Documents; Other Information .
(i) To the extent not delivered to
the Administrator pursuant to any other provision of this Agreement
or of the Purchase and Sale Agreement, Seller and LOL will, at all
times during which LOL is acting as an Originator or in any other
capacity hereunder or under any Transaction Document, request
pursuant to Section 6.1(i)(v) of the Purchase and Sale
Agreement and deliver to the Administrator copies of all financial
information and reports delivered to the agent or the lenders under
the JP Morgan Credit Documents by or on behalf of LOL pursuant to
any such JP Morgan Credit Document.
(ii) Each of Seller and Servicer
will, at all times until the Final Payout Date, furnish to the
Administrator such other information with respect to the
Receivables or the condition or operations, financial or otherwise,
of the Servicer or Seller or any Originator as the Administrator
may from time to time reasonably request.
SECTION 7.3. Negative
Covenants . From the date hereof until the Final
Payout Date:
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(a) Sales, Liens, Etc .
Seller will not, except as otherwise provided herein or in the
Purchase and Sale Agreement, sell, assign (by operation of law or
otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or create or suffer to exist
any Lien (except for statutory Liens on all Bank Equity Interests
that Seller may now own or hereafter acquire or be allocated in
CoBank) upon or with respect to, any Pool Asset or any interest
therein. For the avoidance of doubt, Feed shall be permitted to
pledge its membership interests in Seller to secure Feed’s
obligations in respect of the JP Morgan Credit Documents.
(b) Extension or Amendment
of Receivables . Neither Servicer nor Seller will, except as
otherwise expressly permitted in Section 8.2(c) ,
extend, amend, defer or otherwise modify, or permit Servicer to
extend, amend or otherwise modify, the terms of any Pool
Receivable; or amend, modify or waive, or permit Servicer to amend,
modify or waive, any term or condition of any Contract related to a
Pool Receivable.
(c) Change in Business or
Credit and Collection Policies . Neither Servicer nor Seller
will make any change in the character of its business or in any
Credit and Collection Policy, which change could materially impair
the collectibility of any Pool Receivable or otherwise materially
adversely affect the interests or remedies of the Administrator or
the Purchasers under this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document.
(d) Change in Payment
Instructions to Obligors . Neither Servicer nor Seller will add
or terminate any bank as a Lockbox Bank or a lockbox bank or any
Lockbox Account or lockbox account from those referenced on
Schedule 6.1(n) or make any change, or permit any
Lockbox Bank or lockbox bank to make any change, in its
instructions to Obligors regarding payments to be made to Seller or
Servicer or payments to be made to any Lockbox, Lockbox Bank,
lockbox or lockbox bank, unless the Administrator shall have
received notice of such addition, termination or change and duly
executed copies of Lockbox Agreements with each new Lockbox Bank or
with respect to each new Lockbox or Lockbox Account, as the case
may be, or given its prior written consent, not to be unreasonably
withheld, to such addition, termination or change.
(e) Mergers, Acquisitions,
Sales, etc . Without the prior written consent of the
Administrator and the Required Purchasers, neither the Seller nor
the Servicer will enter into any merger or consolidation with or
acquire all or substantially all of the capital stock or assets of
any Person (whether in one transaction or in a series of
transactions), except that: (i) any Person (other than the
Seller or any Originator) may merge with and into the Servicer
provided that the Servicer is the surviving entity; or
(ii) the Servicer may merge with or acquire all of the capital
stock of or all or substantially all of the assets of any other
Person provided that the Servicer is the surviving entity,
provided that, in each such case, prior to and immediately
after giving effect thereto, no Termination Event or Unmatured
Termination Event shall exist.
(f) Deposits to Special
Accounts . Neither Servicer nor Seller will deposit or
otherwise credit, or cause or permit to be so deposited or
credited, to any Lockbox or Lockbox Account cash or cash proceeds
(including, without limitation, proceeds of any Reconveyed
Receivable or other receivable of Seller, any Originator or any
other Person) other than Collections of Pool Receivables.
(g) Other Businesses .
Seller will not (i) engage in any business other than the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents;
(ii) incur any indebtedness, obligation, liability or
contingent obligation of any kind other than pursuant to this
Agreement or the Purchase and Sale Agreement (including the SPV
Purchaser Notes issued pursuant thereto); or (iii) form any new
Subsidiary or make any investments in any other Person (except for
investments in CoBank to the extent required by
Section 7.1(k) ).
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(h) Certificate of
Formation; Purchase and Sale Agreement . Seller will not amend,
modify, terminate, revoke or waive any provision of its certificate
of formation, limited liability company agreement, any SPV
Purchaser Note or the Purchase and Sale Agreement.
(i) Restricted Payments
. Seller will not declare or make any dividend or other
distributions to any of its shareholders, redeem or purchase any of
its capital stock or make any loan or other payments to any of its
shareholders or Affiliates (other than (1) payments of the
purchase price of Receivables and payments under the SPV Purchaser
Notes, each as set forth in the
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