SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
MEDCO HEALTH RECEIVABLES, LLC
as Seller
MEDCO HEALTH SOLUTIONS, INC.
as Servicer
The Persons Parties hereto as
Conduit Purchasers and Committed Purchasers
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.
THE BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA
as Managing Agents
CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC.
as Administrative Agent
Dated as of July 28,
2008
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SECTION 1.01 Certain Defined Terms
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SECTION 1.03 Amendment and
Restatement
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AMOUNTS AND TERMS OF THE PURCHASES
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SECTION 2.01 Purchase Facility
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SECTION 2.02 Making Incremental
Purchases
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SECTION 2.03 Receivable Interest
Computation
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SECTION 2.04 Application of Collections Prior to
Termination Date
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SECTION 2.05 Application of Collections After
Termination Date
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SECTION 2.06 General Settlement
Procedures
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SECTION 2.07 Yield and Fees
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SECTION 2.08 Payments and Computations,
Etc
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SECTION 2.09 Dividing or Combining Receivable
Interests
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SECTION 2.10 Breakage Costs
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SECTION 2.12 Inability to Determine Eurodollar
Rate
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SECTION 2.13 Indemnity for Reserves and
Expenses
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SECTION 2.14 Indemnity for Taxes
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SECTION 2.15 Security Interest
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SECTION 2.16 Optional Liquidation
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SECTION 2.17 Optional Repurchase
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SECTION 2.18 Termination of Purchaser
Groups
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SECTION 3.01 Conditions Precedent to
Agreement
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SECTION 3.02 Conditions Precedent to All
Purchases
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REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
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SECTION 4.01 Representations and Warranties of
the Seller
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SECTION 4.02 Representations and Warranties of
the Servicer
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SECTION 5.01 Covenants of the Seller
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SECTION 5.03 Additional Covenants of the
Servicer
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ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION OF
RECEIVABLES
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SECTION 6.01 Designation of Servicer
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SECTION 6.02 Duties of Servicer
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SECTION 6.04 Certain Rights of the
Administrative Agent
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SECTION 6.05 Rights and Remedies
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SECTION 6.06 Indemnities by the
Servicer
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SECTION 6.07 Administrative Agent
Account
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SECTION 6.08 Servicer Replacement
Event
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SECTION 7.01 Termination Events
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SECTION 8.01 Authorization and Action
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SECTION 8.02 Agent’s Reliance,
Etc
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SECTION 8.03 CNAI and Affiliates
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SECTION 8.04 Indemnification of Administrative
Agent
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SECTION 8.05 Delegation of Duties
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SECTION 8.06 Action or Inaction by
Administrative Agent
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SECTION 8.07 Notice of Events of Termination;
Action by Administrative Agent
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SECTION 8.08 Non-Reliance on Administrative
Agent and Other Parties
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SECTION 8.09 Successor Administrative
Agent
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SECTION 9.01 Authorization and Action
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SECTION 9.02 Managing Agent’s Reliance,
Etc
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SECTION 9.03 Managing Agent and
Affiliates
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SECTION 9.04 Indemnification of Managing
Agents
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SECTION 9.05 Delegation of Duties
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SECTION 9.06 Action or Inaction by Managing
Agent
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SECTION 9.07 Notice of Events of
Termination
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SECTION 9.08 Non-Reliance on Managing Agent and
Other Parties
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SECTION 9.09 Successor Managing Agent
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SECTION 9.10 Reliance on Managing
Agent
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SECTION 10.01 Indemnities by the
Seller
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SECTION 11.01 Amendments, Etc
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SECTION 11.02 Notices, Etc
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SECTION 11.03 Assignability
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SECTION 11.04 Costs and Expenses
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SECTION 11.05 No Proceedings
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SECTION 11.06 Confidentiality
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SECTION 11.07 Amendments to Financial
Covenants
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SECTION 11.08 GOVERNING LAW
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SECTION 11.09 Execution in
Counterparts
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SECTION 11.10 Integration; Binding Effect;
Survival of Termination
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SECTION 11.11 Consent to Jurisdiction
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SECTION 11.12 WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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SECTION 11.13 Right of Setoff
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SECTION 11.14 Ratable Payments
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SECTION 11.15 Limitation of Liability
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SECTION 11.16 Intent of the Parties
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Definitions
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Purchaser
Groups
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Rates
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Deposit
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Credit and
Collection Policy
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Financial
Covenants
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Reviewed
Contracts
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Accounts
Payable Deduction Amount and Rebate Deduction Amount
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Form of Monthly
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Form of Weekly
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Form of Control
Agreement (Deposit Account)
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Form of Control
Agreement (Administrative Agent Account)
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Form of
Assignment and Acceptance
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Form of Funds
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Form of Joinder
Agreement
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SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
Dated as of July 28,
2008
SECOND
AMENDED AND RESTATED RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT (as amended,
supplemented or otherwise modified and in effect from time to time,
this “ Agreement ”), dated as of July 28,
2008, by and among (i) MEDCO HEALTH RECEIVABLES, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, as Seller, (ii) MEDCO
HEALTH SOLUTIONS, INC., a Delaware corporation, as initial
Servicer, (iii) the Conduit Purchasers from time to time
parties hereto, (iv) the Committed Purchasers from time to
time parties hereto, (v) CITICORP NORTH AMERICA, INC., THE
BANK OF TOKYO-MITSUBISHI UFJ, LTD., NEW YORK BRANCH and THE BANK OF
NOVA SCOTIA, as Managing Agents and (vi) CITICORP NORTH
AMERICA, INC., as Administrative Agent.
A. The Seller
has acquired, and may continue to acquire, Receivables from the
Originator pursuant to the Originator Purchase Agreement by
purchase or as a contribution to the capital of the
Seller.
B. The Seller
may desire to convey, transfer and assign, from time to time,
undivided percentage interests in the Receivables (referred to
herein as “Receivable Interests”) on the terms and
conditions of this Agreement.
C. The
Conduit Purchasers may, in their sole discretion, purchase the
Receivable Interests so offered for sale from time to time, and if
a Conduit Purchaser in any Purchaser Group elects not to make any
such purchase, the Committed Purchasers in such Purchaser Group
have agreed that they shall make such purchase, in each case
subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement.
D. The
Seller, Conduit Purchasers, the Bank Purchasers, the Managing
Agents, Administrative Agent and the Servicer are parties the
Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of
September 22, 2003 (as amended prior to the date hereof, the
“ Existing RPA ”).
E. On the
terms and conditions set forth herein, the parties hereto have
agreed to amend and restate the Existing RPA in its
entirety.
Accordingly,
the parties hereby agree as follows:
SECTION
1.01 Certain Defined Terms . Capitalized terms used and not
otherwise defined herein have the meanings specified on
Schedule I.
SECTION
1.02 Other Terms . All accounting terms not specifically
defined herein shall be construed in accordance with GAAP. All
terms used in Article 9 of the UCC in the State of New York,
as in effect on the date hereof and not specifically defined
herein, are used herein as defined in such Article 9. Unless
otherwise expressly indicated, all references herein to
“Article,” “Section,”
“Schedule” or “Annex” means articles and
sections of, and schedules and annexes to, this Agreement. Headings
are for purposes of reference only and shall not otherwise affect
the meaning or interpretation of any provision hereof. Any
reference to any Law shall be deemed to be a reference to such Law
as the same may be amended or re-enacted from time to time. Any
reference to any Person appearing in any of the Transaction
Documents shall include its successors and permitted
assigns.
SECTION
1.03 Amendment and Restatement . Subject to the satisfaction
of the conditions precedent set forth in Section 3.01, this
Agreement amends and restates the Existing RPA in its entirety.
This Agreement is not intended to constitute a novation of any
obligations under the Existing RPA. Upon the effectiveness of this
Agreement in accordance with Section 3.01 (the date of such
effectiveness being the “ Effective Date ”),
each reference to the Existing RPA in any other document,
instrument or agreement executed and/or delivered in connection
therewith shall mean and be a reference to this
Agreement.
SECTION
1.04 Adjustment of Capital . The parties hereto acknowledge
that an adjustment to the Capital held by the respective Purchaser
Groups is required to be made on the Effective Date in order to
ensure that the Capital held by the Purchasers in each Purchaser
Group is proportional to the Conduit Purchase Limit(s) of the
Conduit Purchaser(s) in each Purchaser Group. Accordingly, on the
Effective Date, the Seller shall request a special non-pro rata
purchase of Receivable Interests to be made by the Purchaser Group
for which Scotiabank acts as Managing Agent in an amount such that,
after giving effect to such purchase and all other purchases to be
made hereunder on such date, the Capital held by the Purchasers in
the respective Purchaser Groups shall be proportional to the
Conduit Purchase Limit(s) of the Conduit Purchaser(s) in each such
Purchaser Group.
ARTICLE II AMOUNTS
AND TERMS OF THE PURCHASES
SECTION
2.01 Purchase Facility . (a) The Seller may, at its
option from time to time prior to the Termination Date, offer to
sell and assign Receivable Interests to the Purchasers in each
Purchaser Group at the applicable Purchase Price specified pursuant
to Section 2.02 (each such sale and assignment, an “
Incremental Purchase ”). On the terms and conditions
set forth herein, (i) the Conduit Purchasers, ratably, in
accordance with their respective Conduit Purchase Limits, may, in
their sole discretion, purchase the Receivable Interests so offered
for sale by the Seller and (ii) if a Conduit Purchaser in any
Purchaser Group declines to purchase any such Receivable Interest,
or if a Conduit Purchaser’s Termination Event has occurred
and is continuing with respect to such Conduit Purchaser, the
Committed Purchasers in such Purchaser Group shall, ratably in
accordance with their respective Commitments, severally and not
jointly, purchase such Receivable Interest. Each Incremental
Purchase shall be made among the Purchaser Groups ratably in
accordance with their respective Purchaser Group Limits, except as
provided in Section 2.02(b). Under no circumstances shall an
Incremental Purchase be made hereunder if, after giving effect
thereto, (i) the aggregate
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outstanding
Capital would exceed the Purchase Limit or (ii) the Receivable
Interest Percentage would exceed the Maximum Receivable Interest
Percentage, as determined by reference to the information set forth
in the most recent Servicer Report delivered hereunder.
(b) Until
the Amortization Date for a Receivable Interest, the Collections
attributable to such Receivable Interest shall be automatically
reinvested in the Pool Receivables and Related Security and
Collections with respect thereto pursuant to (and subject to the
priority of payments set forth in) Section 2.04 (each a
“ Reinvestment Purchase ”) and such reinvested
Collections shall be applied pursuant to Section 2.03 of the
Originator Purchase Agreement to pay the purchase price for newly
arising Receivables and/or to make payments in respect of the
Subordinated Note or other expenses of the Seller.
(c) Upon
five (5) Business Days’ written notice to the
Administrative Agent and each Managing Agent, the Seller may reduce
the Commitments of the Committed Purchasers by an amount equal to
$10,000,000 or by a whole multiple of $1,000,000 in excess thereof;
provided that no such termination or reduction shall be
permitted if, after giving effect thereto, the aggregate Capital
would exceed the Aggregate Commitment. Upon any such reduction, the
Commitment of each Committed Purchaser and the Conduit Purchase
Limit of each Conduit Purchaser shall be reduced in an amount equal
to such Committed Purchaser’s or Conduit Purchaser’s
ratable share of the amount of such reduction. Once reduced, the
Commitments shall not be subsequently reinstated without the
consent of each Committed Purchaser.
SECTION
2.02 Making Incremental Purchases . (a) Each
Incremental Purchase hereunder shall be made on notice delivered by
the Seller to each Managing Agent not later than 11:00 A.M.
(New York City time) on the second Business Day prior to the date
of such Incremental Purchase. Each such notice shall
specify:
(i) the aggregate
amount (which shall not be less than $5,000,000 and integral
multiples of $100,000 in excess thereof) requested to be paid to
the Seller for the Receivable Interests which are the subject of
such Incremental Purchase (the “ Purchase Price
”);
(ii) the
allocation of such Purchase Price among the Purchaser Groups (which
shall be proportional to the respective Conduit Purchase Limits of
the Conduit Purchaser(s) in each Purchaser Group, unless such
purchase is to be made by the Committed Purchasers in a particular
Purchaser Group and the proceeds of such purchase are to be used
solely to repay the Capital of the Receivable Interest of a Conduit
Purchaser pursuant to Section 2.02(b));
(iii) the date of
such Incremental Purchase (which shall be a Business Day);
and
(iv) if the
Assignee Rate is to apply to any such Receivable Interest, the
requested duration of the initial Fixed Period for such Receivable
Interest.
No
more than two Incremental Purchases may be requested by the Seller
during any single calendar month.
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Each
Conduit Purchaser shall promptly notify its Managing Agent whether
it has determined to make the requested Incremental Purchase on the
terms specified by the Seller. If any Conduit Purchaser has
determined not to fund all or any portion of its share of the
Purchase Price for an Incremental Purchase, the Managing Agent for
such Conduit Purchaser shall promptly send notice of the proposed
Incremental Purchase to the Committed Purchasers in such Conduit
Purchaser’s Purchaser Group concurrently by telecopier
specifying the date of such Incremental Purchase, the aggregate
amount of Capital of the Receivable Interest being purchased by
such Committed Purchasers (which amount shall be equal to the
portion of the Purchase Price that would otherwise have been funded
by the applicable Conduit Purchaser), each such Committed
Purchaser’s portion thereof (determined ratably in accordance
with their respective Commitments), whether the Yield for the
initial Fixed Period for such Receivable Interest is calculated
based on the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate (which may be selected only
if such notice is given at not later than 11:00 A.M. (New York
City time) on the second Business Day prior to the purchase date)
or the Alternate Base Rate, and the duration of the Fixed Period
for such Receivable Interest (which shall be one day if the Seller
has not selected another period in accordance with the provisions
set forth in the definition of “Fixed
Period”).
(b) On
the date of each such Incremental Purchase, the applicable Conduit
Purchasers and/or Committed Purchasers shall, upon satisfaction of
the applicable conditions set forth in Article III, make
available to the Seller in same day funds an aggregate amount equal
to the Purchase Price for the Receivable Interests which are the
subject of such Incremental Purchase, at the account set forth in
the Funds Transfer Letter; provided , however , if
such Incremental Purchase is being made by the Committed Purchasers
in a Purchaser Group following the Amortization Date for a
Receivable Interest owned by a Conduit Purchaser pursuant to clause
(i)(a) of the definition of Amortization Date and any Capital of
such Receivable Interest is outstanding on such date of purchase,
the Seller hereby directs such Committed Purchasers to pay the
Purchase Price for such Incremental Purchase (to the extent of such
outstanding Capital) to the applicable Purchaser Group Account, for
application to the reduction of the outstanding Capital of such
Receivable Interest.
(c) Effective
on the date of each Purchase, the Seller hereby sells and assigns
to the Purchaser(s) participating in such Purchase, an undivided
percentage ownership interest, to the extent of the Receivable
Interests then being purchased or in respect of which the
reinvestment is being made, in each Pool Receivable then existing
or thereafter arising and in the Related Security and Collections
with respect thereto.
(d) No
Conduit Purchaser shall participate in an Incremental Purchase
under this Agreement at any time in an amount which would exceed
such Conduit Purchaser’s Conduit Purchase Limit less an
amount equal to the aggregate outstanding Capital held by such
Conduit Purchaser.
(e) Notwithstanding
anything herein to the contrary, a Committed Purchaser shall not be
obligated to participate in an Incremental Purchase if, after
giving effect thereto and the application of the proceeds thereof,
the aggregate Capital held by such Committed Purchaser would exceed
an amount equal to (i) such Committed Purchaser’s
Commitment less (ii) such Committed Purchaser’s ratable
share of the aggregate outstanding Capital held by the Conduit
Purchaser(s) in such Committed Purchaser’s Purchaser Group
(whether or not any portion
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been assigned by such Conduit Purchaser(s) under an Asset Purchase
Agreement). Each Committed Purchaser’s obligation shall be
several, such that the failure of any Committed Purchaser to make
available to the Seller any funds in connection with any
Incremental Purchase shall not relieve any other Committed
Purchaser of its obligation, if any, hereunder to make funds
available on the date of such Incremental Purchase, but no
Committed Purchaser shall be responsible for the failure of any
other Committed Purchaser to make funds available in connection
with any Incremental Purchase.
SECTION
2.03 Receivable Interest Computation . (a) Upon the
payment of the Purchase Price for any Incremental Purchase
hereunder, (i) each Conduit Purchaser participating in such
Purchase shall acquire a Receivable Interest the initial Capital of
which is equal to the portion of the Purchase Price paid by such
Conduit Purchaser and (ii) to the extent the Committed
Purchasers in any Purchaser Group participate in such Purchase,
such Committed Purchasers shall acquire (ratably in accordance with
their respective Commitments) a Receivable Interest the initial
Capital of which is equal to the portion of the Purchase Price paid
by such Committed Purchasers.
(b) Each
Receivable Interest shall be initially computed on its date of
Purchase. Thereafter until the Amortization Date for such
Receivable Interest, such Receivable Interest shall be
automatically recomputed (or deemed to be recomputed) on each day
other than a Liquidation Day. Any Receivable Interest, as computed
(or deemed recomputed) as of the day immediately preceding the
Amortization Date for such Receivable Interest, shall thereafter
remain constant until the Termination Date occurs. From and after
the Termination Date until the Final Payout Date, each Receivable
Interest shall be equal to a fraction (expressed as a percentage)
the numerator of which is equal to the Capital of such Receivable
Interest as of the Termination Date and the denominator of which is
equal to the aggregate Capital of all Receivable Interests as of
the Termination Date.
(c) Each
Purchase shall constitute a purchase of undivided percentage
ownership interests in each and every Pool Receivable, together
with all Related Security and Collections with respect thereto,
then existing, as well as in each and every Pool Receivable,
together with all Related Security and Collections with respect
thereto, which arises at any time after the date of such Purchase.
From and after the Termination Date, the aggregate Receivable
Interests of the Purchasers shall equal 100%. On the Final Payout
Date, the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Conduit Purchasers
and the Committed Purchasers, shall be deemed to have reconveyed to
the Seller all of the Conduit Purchasers’ and the Committed
Purchasers’ respective right, title and interest in, to and
under the Pool Receivables and Related Security and Collections
with respect thereto, and the Receivable Interests shall
accordingly be reduced to zero. Following the Final Payout Date,
the Administrative Agent, on behalf of the Conduit Purchasers and
the Committed Purchasers, shall execute and deliver to the Seller,
at the Seller’s expense, such documents or instruments as the
Seller may reasonably request to terminate the Conduit
Purchasers’ and the Committed Purchasers’ respective
interests in the Receivables and Related Security and Collections
with respect thereto. Any such documents shall be prepared by and
at the expense of the Seller.
SECTION
2.04 Application of Collections Prior to Termination Date
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(a)
On each Business Day prior to the Termination Date, the Servicer
shall, out of the Collections received prior to such Business Day
and not previously applied pursuant to this Section 2.04
(including, if applicable, any investment earnings received with
respect to funds on deposit in the Collection Account), apply such
Collections in the following order and priority:
(i) set aside on
its books and hold in trust for the Purchasers, the Managing Agents
and the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the aggregate
Yield, Fees and Servicing Fees accrued through such day and not
previously set aside, such amount to be allocated among the
Purchasers, the Managing Agents, the Administrative Agent and the
Servicer ratably in accordance with the proportion of such amounts
owing to each such Person;
(ii) if the
Servicer Report with the most recent data delivered hereunder
indicates that the Receivable Interest Percentage exceeds the
Maximum Receivable Interest Percentage, either (A) pay to the
Purchasers (ratably in accordance with the outstanding Capital of
their respective Receivable Interests) the amount necessary to
cause the Receivable Interest Percentage to be less than or equal
to the Maximum Receivable Interest Percentage or (B) if the
Administrative Agent Account has been established pursuant to
Section 6.07, deposit to the Administrative Agent Account the
amount necessary to cause the Receivable Interest Percentage to be
less than or equal to the Maximum Receivable Interest
Percentage;
(iii) if such day
is a Liquidation Day for one or more Receivable Interests (each a
“ Liquidating Receivable Interest ”), set aside
and hold in trust for the relevant Purchasers an amount equal to
the excess, if any, of (1) the portion of the Capital
allocable to such Liquidating Receivable Interests over
(2) the Collections previously so set aside and allocable to
such Capital pursuant to this Section 2.04(a) and not yet
distributed to the applicable Purchasers hereunder, such amount to
be allocated to such Liquidating Receivable Interests ratably in
proportion to the Capital of each; provided , however
, that if such day is a Liquidation Day by reason of the suspension
of Reinvestment Purchases pursuant to Section 2.16, then the
amount required to be set aside pursuant to this clause
(iii) shall not exceed the applicable Reduction
Amount;
(iv) if any Seller
Obligations (other than Yield, Fees, Servicing Fees and Capital)
are then due and payable by the Seller to any Indemnified Party,
pay to each such Indemnified Party (ratably in accordance with the
amounts owing to each) the Seller Obligations so due and payable;
and
(v) remit any
remaining Collections to the Seller as a Reinvestment Purchase, for
the benefit of the Purchasers then holding Receivable Interests,
pursuant to Section 2.01(b).
(b) On
each Settlement Date for a Receivable Interest, the Servicer shall
pay to the relevant Purchaser(s) all Yield payable to such
Purchaser(s) pursuant to Section 2.07 out of Collections
allocated or set aside for such purpose pursuant to
Section 2.04(a). On each date on
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which any Fees
are payable pursuant to the Fee Letters, the Servicer shall pay
such Fees to the Persons entitled thereto pursuant to the Fee
Letters out of Collections allocated or set aside for such purpose
pursuant to Section 2.04(a). On each Servicing Fee Payment
Date, the Servicer shall pay to itself the accrued and unpaid
Servicing Fee out of Collections allocated or set aside for such
purpose pursuant to Section 2.04(a).
(c) In
the event any deposit is made to the Administrative Agent Account
pursuant to Section 2.04(a)(ii)(B), the amount of such deposit
shall be allocated among the Purchaser Groups ratably in proportion
to the outstanding Capital of their respective Receivable
Interests. If the amount on deposit in the Administrative Agent
Account exceeds $25,000,000, then on the next Settlement Date
applicable to any Receivable Interest (or such earlier date as the
Servicer may specify upon not less than three Business Days notice
to each Managing Agent), the Servicer shall distribute to each
Purchaser then holding a Receivable Interest such Purchaser’s
allocable share of such deposit for application to the reduction of
the Capital of such Receivable Interest. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, if on any Business Day after such deposit is made and
prior to the distribution of all or any portion of such deposit
pursuant to this Section 2.04(c), the Servicer delivers a
Servicer Report evidencing that the Receivable Interest Percentage
is less than the Maximum Receivable Interest Percentage, the
Servicer may withdraw the Collections so deposited for application
in accordance with Section 2.04(a) to the extent that, after
giving effect to such withdrawal and application, the Receivable
Interest Percentage would not exceed the Maximum Receivable
Interest Percentage.
(d) In
the event any Collections are set aside in respect of any
Liquidating Receivable Interest pursuant to
Section 2.04(a)(iii), the Servicer shall distribute such
Collections to the relevant Purchaser(s) on or prior to the first
Settlement Date for any such Receivable Interest; provided ,
however , that if at any time prior to such distribution,
such Receivable Interest ceases to be a Liquidating Receivable
Interest, the Servicer need not distribute such Collections
pursuant to this Section 2.04(d) but instead may apply such
Collections in accordance with the provisions of
Section 2.04(a).
(e) Following
the occurrence and during the continuation of any Termination Event
or any Involuntary Bankruptcy Event, and at all times during any
Rating Level 3 Period or any Rating Level 4 Period, the Servicer
shall (i) transfer to the Collection Account all Collections
set aside or required to be set aside pursuant to this
Section 2.04 by the Business Day following the
Servicer’s receipt of such Collections, (ii) make all
distributions of such Collections pursuant to this
Section 2.04 by withdrawing such Collections from the
Collection Account on the date such distribution is to be made and
(iii) not permit any withdrawals of such Collections from the
Collection Account except for the purpose of distributing such
Collections in accordance with this Section 2.04. Except as
provided herein, the Servicer shall not be required to segregate
any amounts set aside by it pursuant to this Section 2.04 from
its other funds.
SECTION
2.05 Application of Collections After Termination Date .
(a) On the Termination Date, the Servicer shall deposit to the
Collection Account all Collections held by it on such date
(including amounts previously set aside pursuant to
Section 2.04(a)). On each Business Day thereafter until the
Final Payout Date, the Servicer shall deposit to the Collection
Account all Collections received prior to such Business Day that
have not previously been
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deposited to
the Collection Account. The Servicer shall not make any withdrawals
from the Collection Account during such period except for the
purpose of distributing such Collections in accordance with this
Section 2.05.
(b) From
and after the Termination Date, the Servicer shall apply all funds
on deposit in the Collection Account on any Business Day that have
not been previously applied hereunder (including, without
limitation, any investment earnings received with respect to such
funds) in the following order of priority:
(i) first ,
pay to the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the Seller
Obligations owing to the Administrative Agent in respect of costs
and expenses incurred in connection with the enforcement of any
Transaction Document or the collection of any amounts due
thereunder;
(ii) second
, set aside and hold in trust for the Purchasers, the Managing
Agents and the Administrative Agent an amount equal to the
aggregate Yield and Fees and, if the Servicer is a Person other
than Medco or an Affiliate thereof, Servicing Fees accrued through
such day and not previously set aside, such amount to be allocated
among the Purchasers, the Managing Agents, the Administrative Agent
and (if applicable) the Servicer ratably in accordance with the
proportion of such amounts owing to each such Person;
(iii) third
, set aside in the Collection Account an amount equal to the
aggregate Capital for all outstanding Receivable Interests (to the
extent not previously set aside), such amount to be allocated among
the Receivable Interests ratably in proportion to the Capital of
each;
(iv) fourth
, if any Seller Obligations (other than Yield, Fees, Servicing Fees
and Capital) are then due and payable by the Seller to any
Indemnified Party, pay to each such Indemnified Party (ratably in
accordance with the amounts owing to each) the Seller Obligations
so due and payable;
(v) sixth ,
if the Servicer is Medco or an Affiliate thereof, set aside in the
Collection Account the accrued and unpaid Servicing Fee not
previously set aside; and
(vi)
seventh , on the Final Payout Date, pay to the Seller any
remaining funds.
(c) On
each Settlement Date for a Receivable Interest from and after the
Termination Date, the Servicer shall withdraw from the Collection
Account and pay to the relevant Purchaser all amounts set aside in
the Collection Account in respect of the accrued Yield and the
Capital of such Receivable Interest. On each date on which any Fees
are payable pursuant to the Fee Letters, the Servicer shall pay
such Fees to the Persons entitled thereto pursuant to the Fee
Letters out of Collections set aside for such purpose pursuant to
Section 2.05.
(d) On
each Servicing Fee Payment Date from and after the Termination
Date, the Servicer shall pay to the Servicer the accrued Servicing
Fee out of Collections set aside for such purpose pursuant to this
Section 2.05.
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SECTION
2.06 General Settlement Procedures .
(a) Except
as otherwise required by applicable law or the relevant Contract,
any payment received from an Obligor of any Receivables shall be
applied as a Collection of the Pool Receivables of such Obligor in
the order of the age of such Receivables, starting with the oldest
such Receivable.
(b) If
on any day any Pool Receivable (or portion thereof) becomes a
Diluted Receivable, the Seller shall be deemed to have received on
such day a Collection of such Pool Receivable in the amount of such
Diluted Receivable.
(c) If
and to the extent the Administrative Agent, any Managing Agent or
any Purchaser shall be required for any reason to pay over to an
Obligor any amount received on its behalf hereunder, such amount
shall be deemed not to have been so received but rather to have
been retained by the Seller and, accordingly, the Administrative
Agent, such Managing Agent or such Purchaser, as the case may be,
shall have a claim against the Seller for such amount, payable when
and only to the extent that any distribution from or on behalf of
such Obligor is made in respect thereof.
(d) Within
one Business Day after the end of each Fixed Period in respect of
which Yield is computed by reference to the CP Rate, the relevant
Managing Agent shall furnish the Seller with an invoice setting
forth the amount of the accrued and unpaid Yield and Fees for such
Fixed Period with respect to the Receivable Interests held by the
Conduit Purchaser(s) in such Managing Agent’s Purchaser
Group.
(e) All
payments required to be made hereunder to any Purchaser shall be
made by paying such amount to the applicable Purchaser Group
Account in accordance with Section 2.08. Upon receipt of
funds, such Managing Agent shall pay such funds to the related
Purchaser(s) owed such funds in accordance with the records
maintained by such Managing Agent. If a Managing Agent shall have
paid to any Purchaser any funds that (i) must be returned for
any reason (including any Event of Bankruptcy) or (ii) exceeds
that which such Purchaser was entitled to receive, such amount
shall be promptly repaid to such Managing Agent by such
Purchaser.
SECTION
2.07 Yield and Fees . (a) The Servicer shall be
entitled to receive a fee (the “ Servicing Fee
”) of 0.25% per annum (the “ Servicing Fee Rate
”) on the average daily Outstanding Balance of the Pool
Receivables, payable in arrears on each Servicing Fee Payment Date.
Upon three Business Days’ notice to the Managing Agents, the
Servicer (if not an Originator, the Seller or its designee or an
Affiliate of the Seller) may, with the prior written consent of
each Managing Agent, elect to be paid, as such fee, another
percentage per annum on the average daily Outstanding Balance of
the Pool Receivables; provided , however , that in no
event shall the new Servicing Fee exceed 110% of the actual costs
and expenses of such Servicer. Notwithstanding anything herein to
the contrary, the Servicing Fee shall be payable only from
Collections pursuant to, and subject to the priority of payments
set forth in, Sections 2.04 and 2.05. To the extent such
Collections are not sufficient to pay the Servicing Fee in full,
none of the Seller, the Administrative Agent, the Managing Agents
or the Purchasers shall have any liability for the
deficiency.
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(b) The
Seller shall pay to the Administrative Agent and each Managing
Agent certain fees (collectively, the “ Fees ”)
in the amounts and on the dates set forth in (i) the fee
letter agreement dated as of the Initial Closing Date between the
Seller and the Administrative Agent (as the same may be amended or
restated from time to time, the “ Administrative Agent Fee
Letter ”) and (ii) the amended and restated fee
letter dated as of even date herewith among the Seller, the
Administrative Agent and the Managing Agents (as the same may be
amended or restated from time to time, the “ Purchaser Fee
Letter ”).
(c) On
each Settlement Date for a Receivable Interest, the Seller shall
pay to the relevant Managing Agent all accrued and unpaid Yield
with respect to such Receivable Interest.
SECTION
2.08 Payments and Computations, Etc. (a) All amounts to
be paid by the Seller or the Servicer to the Administrative Agent,
any Managing Agent or any Purchaser hereunder shall be paid no
later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) on the day when due in
same day funds to the applicable Purchaser Group Account. All
amounts to be deposited by the Seller or the Servicer into the
Collection Account, any Purchaser Group Account or any other
account shall be deposited no later than 12:00 noon (New York City
time) on the date when due.
(b) Each
of the Seller and the Servicer shall, to the extent permitted by
law, pay interest on any amount not paid or deposited by it when
due hereunder, at an interest rate per annum equal to 2.00% per
annum above the Alternate Base Rate, payable on demand.
(c) All
computations of Yield, Fees, and other amounts hereunder shall be
made on the basis of a year of 360 days for the actual number
of days (including the first but excluding the last day) elapsed,
except that computations of interest and Yield based on the
Alternate Base Rate shall be made on the basis of a year of
365 days (or 366, as applicable). Whenever any payment or
deposit to be made hereunder shall be due on a day other than a
Business Day, such payment or deposit shall be made on the next
succeeding Business Day and such extension of time shall be
included in the computation of such payment or deposit. Any
computations by the Administrative Agent or the applicable Managing
Agent of amounts payable by the Seller hereunder shall be binding
upon the Seller absent manifest error.
SECTION
2.09 Dividing or Combining Receivable Interests . Either the
Seller or (following a Termination Event or an Incipient
Termination Event) the Administrative Agent may, upon notice to the
other party received at least three Business Days prior to the last
day of any Fixed Period in the case of the Seller giving notice, or
up to the last day of such Fixed Period in the case of the
Administrative Agent giving notice, either (i) divide any
Receivable Interest into two or more Receivable Interests having an
aggregate Capital equal to the Capital of such divided Receivable
Interest, or (ii) combine any two or more Receivable Interests
originating on such last day or having Fixed Periods ending on such
last day into a single Receivable Interest having a Capital equal
to the aggregate of the Capital of such Receivable Interests;
provided , however , that no Receivable Interest
owned by any Conduit Purchaser may be combined with a Receivable
Interest owned by any other Purchaser, and a Receivable Interest
held by the Committed Purchasers in any Purchaser Group may not be
combined with any Receivable Interest held by Purchasers in any
other Purchaser Group.
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SECTION
2.10 Breakage Costs .
(a) The
Seller shall indemnify the Purchasers against any loss or expense
incurred by the Purchasers, either directly or indirectly, as a
result of the failure of any Incremental Purchase to be made for
any reason on the date specified by the Seller pursuant to
Section 2.02, including any loss or expense incurred by the
Purchasers by reason of the liquidation or reemployment of funds
acquired by the Purchasers (including funds obtained by issuing
Promissory Notes, obtaining deposits as loans from third parties
and reemployment of funds) to fund such Incremental
Purchase.
(b) The
Seller further agrees to pay all Liquidation Fees associated with a
reduction of the Capital at any time.
(c) A
certificate as to any loss, expense or Liquidation Fees payable
pursuant to this Section 2.10 submitted by any Purchaser, through
its Managing Agent, to the Seller shall be conclusive in the
absence of manifest error.
SECTION
2.11 Illegality . Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Agreement, if the adoption of or any change in any Law or in
the interpretation or application thereof by any relevant Official
Body shall make it unlawful for any Purchaser to make or maintain
Receivable Interests for which Yield is calculated by reference to
the Adjusted Eurodollar Rate (each a “ Eurodollar
Receivable Interest ”) as contemplated by this Agreement
or to obtain in the interbank eurodollar market the funds with
which to make or maintain any such Eurodollar Receivable Interest,
(a) such Purchaser shall promptly notify the Administrative
Agent, its Purchaser Managing Agent and the Seller thereof,
(b) the obligation of such Purchaser to fund or maintain
Eurodollar Receivable Interests or continue Eurodollar Receivable
Interests as such shall forthwith be cancelled and (c) such
Purchaser’s Receivable Interests then outstanding as
Eurodollar Receivable Interests, if any, shall be converted on the
last day of the Fixed Period for such Receivable Interests or
within such earlier period as required by Law into Receivable
Interest that accrue Yield based on the Alternate Base Rate (each a
“ Base Rate Receivable Interest ”).
SECTION
2.12 Inability to Determine Eurodollar Rate .
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, if
(i) the Administrative Agent reasonably determines that, by
reason of circumstances affecting the relevant market, adequate and
reasonable means do not exist for ascertaining a rate for
Eurodollar Receivable Interests as provided in the definition of
Adjusted Eurodollar Rate for any Fixed Period or
(ii) Committed Purchasers representing at least a majority of
the Aggregate Commitment shall determine (which determination shall
be conclusive) that the rates for the purpose of computing the
Adjusted Eurodollar Rate do not adequately and fairly reflect the
cost to such Committed Purchasers of funding a Eurodollar
Receivable Interests that the Seller has requested be outstanding
as a Eurodollar Receivable Interest during such Fixed Period, the
Administrative Agent shall forthwith give telephone notice of such
determination, confirmed in writing, to the Seller and each
Managing Agent at least two Business Days prior to the first day of
such Fixed Period. Unless the Seller shall have notified the
applicable Managing Agent upon receipt of such telephone notice
that it wishes to rescind or modify its request regarding such
Eurodollar Receivable Interest, any Receivable Interests that were
requested to be funded as Eurodollar Receivable Interests shall be
Base Rate Receivable
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Interests and
any Receivable Interests that were requested to be converted into
or continued as Eurodollar Receivable Interests shall be converted
into Base Rate Receivable Interests. Until any such notice has been
withdrawn by the Administrative Agent, no further Receivable
Interests shall be funded as, continued as, or converted into,
Eurodollar Receivable Interests.
SECTION
2.13 Indemnity for Reserves and Expenses . (a) If the
adoption of or any change in any Law or in the interpretation or
application thereof or compliance by any Indemnified Party with any
request or directive (whether or not having the force of law) from
any central bank or other Official Body made subsequent to the date
hereof (other than any such change that relates to Taxes, which are
governed by Section 2.14):
(i) does or shall
impose, modify or hold applicable any reserve, special deposit,
compulsory loan or similar requirement against assets held by, or
deposits or other liabilities in or for the account of, advances or
loans or purchases by, or other credit extended by, or any other
acquisition of funds by, any office of such Indemnified Party which
are not otherwise covered by the adjustment to the Eurodollar Rate
for the Eurodollar Rate Reserve Percentage as contemplated by the
definition of “Adjusted Eurodollar Rate”; or
(ii) does or shall
impose on such Indemnified Party any other condition affecting this
Agreement or any Receivable Interest or participation
therein;
and the result
of any of the foregoing shall be to increase the cost to such
Indemnified Party of making or maintaining Receivable Interests (or
of maintaining its obligation to make any such Receivable Interest)
or to reduce any amount received or receivable by such Indemnified
Party hereunder, then, in any such case, the Seller shall promptly
pay such Indemnified Party, upon demand from such Indemnified
Party, any additional amounts necessary to compensate such
Indemnified Party for such additional costs or reduction suffered
which such Indemnified Party reasonably deems to be material as
determined by such Indemnified Party with respect to its Receivable
Interests. A certificate as to any additional amounts payable
pursuant to this subsection submitted by such Indemnified Party,
through its Managing Agent, to the Seller setting forth, in
reasonable detail, the basis for and the calculation thereof, shall
be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
(b) If
any Indemnified Party shall have determined that the adoption of
any applicable Law or bank regulatory guideline regarding capital
adequacy or any change therein, or any change in the interpretation
or administration thereof by any Official Body, or any request or
directive regarding capital adequacy (in the case of any bank
regulatory guideline, whether or not having the force of law) of
any such Official Body, has or would have the effect of reducing
the rate of return on capital of such Indemnified Party (or its
parent) as a consequence of such Indemnified Party’s
obligations hereunder or with respect hereto or otherwise as a
consequence of the transactions contemplated hereby to a level
below that which such Indemnified Party (or its parent) could have
achieved but for such adoption, change, request or directive
(taking into consideration its policies with respect to capital
adequacy) by an amount deemed by such Indemnified Party to be
material, then from time to time, within fifteen days after demand
by such Indemnified Party through its Managing Agent, the Seller
shall pay to such Managing
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Agent, for the
benefit of such Indemnified Party, such additional amount or
amounts as will compensate such Indemnified Party (or its parent)
for such reduction. A certificate as to any additional amounts
payable pursuant to this subsection submitted by such Indemnified
Party, through its Managing Agent, to the Seller setting forth, in
reasonable detail, the basis for and the calculation thereof, shall
be conclusive in the absence of manifest error.
(c) Failure
or delay on the part of any Indemnified Party to demand
compensation pursuant to this Section 2.13 shall not
constitute a waiver of such Indemnified Party’s right to
demand such compensation; provided , however , that
the Seller shall not be required to compensate an Indemnified Party
pursuant to this Section 2.13 for any increased costs or
reductions incurred more than 180 days prior to the date that
such Indemnified Party notifies the Seller of the change, event or
circumstance giving rise to such increased costs or reductions and
of such Lender’s or the Issuing Bank’s intention to
claim compensation therefor; provided , further ,
that, if the change giving rise to such increased costs or
reductions is retroactive, then the 180-day period referred to
above shall be extended to include the period of retroactive effect
thereof.
SECTION
2.14 Indemnity for Taxes . (a) Any and all payments and
deposits required to be made hereunder or under any other
Transaction Document by the Servicer or the Seller shall be made
free and clear of and without deduction for any and all present or
future taxes, levies, imposts, deductions, charges or withholdings,
and all liabilities with respect thereto, excluding net
income, profits or branch profits taxes that are imposed by the
United States and franchise, profits, branch profits and net income
taxes that are imposed on an Indemnified Party by the state or
foreign jurisdiction under the laws of which such Indemnified Party
is organized or in which it is a citizen, resident or domiciliary,
or the jurisdiction in which any office making or participating in
a purchase hereunder is located, or in each case any political
subdivision thereof (all such non-excluded taxes, levies, imposts,
deductions, charges, withholdings and liabilities being hereinafter
referred to as “ Taxes ”). If the Seller or the
Servicer shall be required by law to deduct any Taxes from or in
respect of any sum payable hereunder to any Indemnified Party,
(i) the Seller shall make an additional payment to such
Indemnified Party, in an amount sufficient so that, after making
all required deductions (including deductions applicable to
additional sums payable under this Section 2.14), such
Indemnified Party receives an amount equal to the sum it would have
received had no such deductions been made, (ii) the Seller or the
Servicer, as the case may be, shall make such deductions and
(iii) the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, shall
pay the full amount deducted to the relevant taxation authority or
other authority in accordance with applicable law.
(b) In
addition, the Seller agrees to pay any present or future stamp or
other documentary taxes or any other excise or property taxes,
charges or similar levies which arise from any payment made
hereunder or under any other Transaction Document or from the
execution, delivery or registration of this Agreement or any other
Transaction Document (hereinafter referred to as “ Other
Taxes ”); provided that the Indemnified Party
shall notify Seller prior to the Initial Closing Date (or, if
later, the date such Indemnified Party became a party to this
Agreement) that such Other Taxes imposed by (i) a foreign
jurisdiction under the laws of which an Indemnified Party is
organized or in which it is a citizen, resident or domiciliary, or
(ii) a foreign jurisdiction in which any office making or
participating in a purchase hereunder is
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located,
(including, in each case, any political subdivision thereof), will
be due and owing to the extent that such Indemnified Party has
knowledge of the same prior to the Initial Closing Date.
(c) The
Seller will indemnify each Indemnified Party for the full amount of
Taxes or Other Taxes (including, without limitation, any Taxes or
Other Taxes imposed by any jurisdiction on amounts payable under
this Section 2.14) paid by such Indemnified Party and any
liability (including penalties, interest and expenses) arising
therefrom or with respect thereto whether or not such Taxes or
Other Taxes were correctly or legally asserted. This
indemnification shall be made within thirty days from the date the
Indemnified Party makes written demand therefor (and a copy of such
demand shall be delivered to the Administrative Agent and the
Managing Agent for such Indemnified Party’s Group). A
certificate as to the amount of such indemnification submitted to
the Seller, the Administrative Agent and the Managing Agent for
such Indemnified Party’s Group by such Indemnified Party,
setting forth, in reasonable detail, the basis for and the
calculation thereof, shall be conclusive and binding for all
purposes absent manifest error.
(d) Each
Purchaser or Participant who is organized outside the United States
(each, a “ Non-U.S. Person ”) shall, prior to
the date hereof (or, in the case of any Person who becomes a
Purchaser or a Participant after the date hereof, prior to the date
on which it so becomes a Purchaser or a Participant),
(x) deliver to the Seller and the Administrative Agent such
properly completed and duly executed certificates, documents or
other evidence, as required by the IRC or Treasury regulations
issued pursuant thereto, including Internal Revenue Service Form
W-8BEN or Form W-8ECI and any other certificate or statement of
exemption required to establish that such payment is (i) not
subject to withholding under the IRC because such payment is
effectively connected with the conduct by such Indemnified Party of
a trade or business in the United States or (ii) totally
exempt from United States tax under a provision of an applicable
tax treaty and (y) upon request of the Seller or the Administrative
Agent, and to the extent it may do so under applicable law, furnish
any other government forms which are necessary or required under an
applicable tax treaty or otherwise by law to reduce or eliminate
any withholding tax; provided , however , that in the
event that a Non-U.S. Person is classified as other than a
corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, such Non-U.S.
Person agrees to provide any other form certificate or statement of
exemption necessary to fully establish such Non-U.S. Person’s
(and, if applicable, such Non-U.S. Person’s beneficial
owners’) entitlement to a complete exemption from withholding
of U.S. taxes on all amounts to be received by such Non-U.S. Person
(or, if applicable, such Non-U.S. Person’s beneficial
owners’) pursuant to this Agreement and the other Transaction
Documents. Each such Purchaser that changes its funding office
shall promptly notify the Seller and the Administrative Agent of
such change and, upon written request from the Seller or the
Administrative Agent, shall deliver any new certificates, documents
or other evidence required pursuant to the preceding sentence prior
to the immediately following due date of any payment by the Seller
hereunder. Unless the Seller and the Administrative Agent have
received forms or other documents satisfactory to them indicating
that payments hereunder are not subject to United States
withholding tax, notwithstanding paragraph (a), the Seller or the
Administrative Agent shall withhold taxes from such payments at the
applicable statutory rate in the case of payments to or for any
Indemnified Party organized under the laws of a jurisdiction
outside the United States, and the applicable provisions of
paragraph (g) below shall apply to such Purchaser.
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(e) Further,
each Non-U.S. Person agrees (i) to deliver to the Seller and
the Administrative Agent, and if applicable, the assigning
Purchaser (or, in the case of a Participant, to the Purchaser from
which the related participation shall have been transferred) two
further duly completed and signed copies of any forms required to
be delivered pursuant to Section 2.14(d), or successor and
related applicable forms, on or before the date that any such form
expires or becomes obsolete and promptly after the occurrence of
any event requiring a change from the most recent form(s)
previously delivered by it to the Seller and Administrative Agent,
and, if applicable, the assigning Purchaser (or, in the case of a
Participant, to the Purchaser from which the related participation
shall have been transferred) in accordance with applicable U.S.
laws and regulations and (ii) to notify promptly the Seller
and the Administrative Agent, and, if applicable, the assigning
Purchaser (or, in the case of a Participant, the Purchaser from
which the related participation shall have been transferred) if it
is no longer able to deliver, or if it is required to withdraw or
cancel, any form or statement previously delivered by
it.
(f) Each
Purchaser or Participant that is not a Non-U.S. Person shall
deliver to the Seller and the Administrative Agent and, if
applicable, the assigning Purchaser (or, in the case of a
Participant, to the Purchaser from which the related participation
shall have been transferred) two duly completed copies of United
States Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or applicable successor
form) unless it establishes to the reasonable satisfaction of the
Seller that it is otherwise eligible for an exemption from backup
withholding tax or other applicable withholding tax. Each such
Purchaser or Participant shall deliver to the Seller and the
Administrative Agent and, if applicable, the assigning Purchaser
(or, in the case of a Participant, to the Purchaser from which the
related participation shall have been transferred) two further
properly completed and duly executed forms and statements (or
applicable successor forms) at or before the time any such form or
statement becomes obsolete.
(g) The
Seller shall not be required to pay any amounts to any Purchaser in
respect of Taxes and Other Taxes pursuant to paragraphs (a),
(b) and (c) above if the obligation to pay such amounts
would not have arisen but for a failure by such Purchaser to comply
with the provisions of paragraphs (b), (d), (e) and
(f) above unless such Purchaser is unable to comply with
paragraphs (b), (d), (e) and (f) because of (i) a
change in applicable law, regulation or official interpretation
thereof or (ii) an amendment, modification or revocation of
any applicable tax treaty or a change in official position
regarding the application or interpretation thereof, in each case
after the date hereof (or, in the case of any Person who became a
Purchaser after the date hereof, after the date on which it so
became a Purchaser).
(h) If
the Administrative Agent or any Purchaser or Participant
determines, in its sole discretion, that it has received a refund
in respect of taxes paid or indemnified by the Seller, it shall
promptly pay such refund to the Seller, but only to the extent of
amounts paid or indemnified by the Seller with respect to Taxes,
provided , however , that the Seller agrees to
promptly return such refund to the Administrative Agent or the
applicable Purchaser or Participant, as the case may be, if it
receives notice from the applicable Purchaser or Participant that
such person is required to repay such refund, plus any penalties,
interest or other charges imposed by the relevant governmental
authority. This Section shall not be construed to require the
Administrative Agent or any Purchaser or Participant to make
available its tax returns (or any other information relating to its
taxes which it deems confidential) to the Seller or any other
Person.
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SECTION
2.15 Security Interest . As security for the performance by
the Seller of all the terms, covenants and agreements on the part
of the Seller (whether as Seller or otherwise) to be performed
under this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, including
the punctual payment when due of all Seller Obligations, the Seller
hereby assigns to the Administrative Agent for its benefit and the
ratable benefit of the other Indemnified Parties, and hereby grants
to the Administrative Agent for its benefit and the ratable benefit
of the other Indemnified Parties, a security interest in, all of
the Seller’s right, title and interest in and to:
(a) all
Receivables, whether now owned and existing or hereafter acquired
or arising, together with all Related Security and Collections with
respect thereto;
(b) all Contracts,
whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising,
including, without limitation, with respect to each Contract
(i) all rights of the Originator to receive moneys due or to
become due under or pursuant to such Contract (whether or not
earned by performance), (ii) all security interests and
property subject thereto from time to time purporting to secure
payment of monies due or to become due under or pursuant to such
Contract, (iii) all rights of the Originator to receive
proceeds of any insurance, indemnity, warranty or guaranty with
respect to such Contract, (iv) claims of the Originator for
damages arising out of or for breach of or default under such
Contract, and (v) the right of the Originator to compel
performance and otherwise exercise all remedies
thereunder;
(c) the Deposit
Accounts and the Collection Account, including, without limitation,
(i) all funds and other evidences of payment held therein and all
certificates and instruments, if any, from time to time
representing or evidencing any of such accounts or any funds and
other evidences of payment held therein, (ii) all investment
property and other financial assets held in, or acquired with funds
from, such accounts and all certificates and instruments from time
to time representing or evidencing such investment property and
financial assets, (iii) all notes, certificates of deposit and
other instruments from time to time hereafter delivered or
transferred to, or otherwise possessed by, the Administrative Agent
in substitution for any of the then existing accounts and
(iv) all interest, dividends, cash, instruments, financial
assets, investment property and other property from time to time
received, receivable or otherwise distributed in respect of or in
exchange for any and all of such accounts;
(d) all other
assets of the Seller, whether now owned and existing or hereafter
acquired or arising, including, without limitation, all accounts,
chattel paper, goods, instruments, investment property, deposit
accounts and general intangibles (as those terms are defined in the
UCC as in effect on the date hereof in the State of New York), in
which the Seller has any interest; and
(e) to the extent
not included in the foregoing, all Proceeds of any and all of the
foregoing.
SECTION
2.16 Optional Liquidation . The Seller may at any time
direct that Reinvestment Purchases cease for the Receivable
Interests of all Purchasers. Any such direction shall be made by
giving the Administrative Agent and the Servicer at least
two
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Business
Days’ prior written (including telecopy or other facsimile
communication) notice (each a “ Reduction Notice
”) specifying the date on which such Reinvestment Purchases
shall cease and, if desired, when such Reinvestment Purchases shall
re-commence, identified as when the aggregate outstanding Capital
is reduced by a specified amount (the “ Reduction
Amount ”). If the Seller does not so specify the date on
which Reinvestment Purchases shall re-commence, it may cause
Reinvestment Purchases to re-commence at any time before the
Termination Date, subject to the terms and conditions set forth
herein, by notifying the Administrative Agent and the Servicer in
writing (including by telecopy or other facsimile communication) at
least one Business Day before the date on which it desires such
Reinvestment Purchases to re-commence.
SECTION
2.17 Optional Repurchase . The Seller may at any time at its
option elect to repurchase all or any portion of the Receivable
Interests, such repurchase to be made ratably among the Purchasers
then holding Receivable Interests in proportion to the Capital of
each. Any such repurchase shall be made on not less than three
(3) Business Days’ prior written notice (each a “
Repurchase Notice ”) specifying the date on which such
repurchase shall occur (the “ Repurchase Date ”)
and the aggregate Capital of the Receivable Interest to be
repurchased (the “ Repurchase Amount ”). On the
Repurchase Date, the Seller shall pay the Repurchase Amount to the
Purchasers ratably in accordance with the outstanding Capital of
their respective Receivable Interests.
SECTION
2.18 Termination of Purchaser Groups . If any Indemnified
Party in a Purchaser Group makes a claim for payment pursuant to
Section 2.13 then the Seller may, at its option, take either
of the actions specified below.
(i) The Seller may
remove such Purchaser Group and terminate the Commitments of the
Committed Purchasers in such Purchaser Group by paying to the
Managing Agent for such Purchaser Group an amount (the “
Payout Amount ”) equal to the sum of (i) the
aggregate Capital held by the Purchasers in such Purchaser Group,
(ii) all Yield accrued and to accrue thereon through the last
day of the applicable Fixed Period(s) to which such Capital has
been allocated, (iii) all accrued and unpaid Fees owing to the
members of such Purchaser Group and (iv) all other Seller
Obligations owing to the members of such Purchaser Group under the
Transaction Documents accrued through the date of such payment. Any
such removal and termination shall be made upon not less than five
(5) Business Days notice delivered by the Seller to the
applicable Managing Agent and the Administrative Agent. The Payout
Amount for any Purchaser Group shall be calculated by the relevant
Managing Agent and notified to the Seller, which calculation shall
be conclusive and binding absent manifest error. Upon such removal
and termination, (x) the members of such Purchaser Group shall
cease to be parties to this Agreement and the Commitments and
Conduit Purchase Limits of the Purchasers in such Purchaser Group
shall be reduced to zero and (y) the Purchase Limit will be
reduced by an amount equal to the Commitments (determined
immediately prior to such termination) of the Committed Purchasers
in such Purchaser Group.
(ii) The Seller
may declare the Scheduled Commitment Termination Date to have
occurred for all Purchasers in such Purchaser Group. Any
such
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declaration
shall be made upon not less than five (5) Business Days notice
delivered by the Seller to the applicable Managing Agent and the
Administrative Agent. Upon the effectiveness of such declaration,
(w) the Conduit Purchase Limit(s) and Purchaser Group Limit of
such Purchaser Group shall be deemed to have been reduced to zero
and Purchasers in such Purchaser Group shall have no further right
or obligation to make any Purchases hereunder,
(x) Amortization Date shall be deemed to have occurred for all
Receivable Interests held by the Purchasers in such Purchaser
Group, (y) the Capital allocable to such Receivable Interests
shall be reduced out of Collections available for such purpose
pursuant to Section 2.04 or 2.05, as applicable and
(z) on each date on which such Capital is so reduced the
Purchase Limit shall be deemed to be reduced by a corresponding
amount. Once the Capital of such Receivable Interests has been
reduced to zero and the members of such Purchaser Group shall have
received payment in full of all accrued Yield, Fees and other
Seller Obligations owing to them, the members of such Purchaser
Group shall cease to be parties to this Agreement.
SECTION
3.01 Conditions Precedent to Agreement . The effectiveness
of this Agreement is subject to the conditions precedent that
(i) all Fees required to have been paid on or prior to the
date hereof pursuant to the Fee Letters shall have been paid in
full and (ii) the Administrative Agent and each Managing Agent
shall have received on or before such date, each (unless otherwise
indicated) dated such date, in form and substance satisfactory to
the Administrative Agent and each Managing Agent:
(a) A
copy of this Agreement, duly executed and delivered by each of the
parties hereto;
(b) A
copy of the amended and restated Purchaser Fee Letter, duly
executed and delivered by each of the parties thereto;
(c) A
certificate of the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of each
Transaction Party certifying the names and true signatures of the
officers of such Transaction Party authorized to sign the
Transaction Documents to which it is a party; and
(d) Such
other documents, instruments, certificates and opinions as the
Administrative Agent or any Managing Agent shall reasonably
request.
SECTION
3.02 Conditions Precedent to All Purchases . Each Purchase
(including the initial Incremental Purchase and each Reinvestment
Purchase) hereunder shall be subject to the further conditions
precedent that (a) the Servicer shall have delivered to the
Administrative Agent and each Managing Agent all Servicer Reports
required to be delivered hereunder, each duly completed and
containing information covering the most recently ended reporting
period for which information is required pursuant to
Section 6.03 and (b) on the date of
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such Purchase
the following statements shall be true (and acceptance of the
proceeds of such Purchase shall be deemed a representation and
warranty by the Seller and the Servicer (each as to itself) that
such statements are then true):
(i) The
representations and warranties contained in Sections 4.01 and
4.02 of this Agreement and Section 4.01 of the Originator
Purchase Agreement are true and correct in all material respects
(except that, to the extent any such representation or warranty is
qualified by materiality or Material Adverse Effect, such
representation or warranty must be true and correct in all
respects, subject only to the materiality or Material Adverse
Effect qualification set forth therein) on and as of the date of
such Purchase as though made on and as of such date, and
(ii) No event has
occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Purchase,
that constitutes a Termination Event or an Incipient Termination
Event, and
(iii) In the case
of any Purchase by a Conduit Purchaser, the applicable Managing
Agent shall not have given the Seller notice (with a copy to the
Administrative Agent) that such Conduit Purchaser has terminated
the Reinvestment Purchases hereunder (unless such notice has been
revoked by such Managing Agent), and
(iv) Medco shall
have sold or contributed to the Seller, pursuant to the Originator
Purchase Agreement, all outstanding Receivables as of such date;
and
(c) The
Administrative Agent and each Managing Agent shall have received
such other approvals, opinions or documents as it may reasonably
request for purposes of confirming compliance with the foregoing
conditions.
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
SECTION
4.01 Representations and Warranties of the Seller . The
Seller hereby represents and warrants as follows as of the date
hereof and as of the date of each Purchase hereunder:
(a) The
Seller is a limited liability company duly formed, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of Delaware. The Seller is duly
qualified to do business, and is in good standing, in every other
jurisdiction where the nature of its business requires it to be so
qualified, unless the failure to so qualify would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The
execution, delivery and performance by the Seller of the
Transaction Documents, including the Seller’s use of the
proceeds of Purchases, (i) are within the Seller’s
limited liability company powers, (ii) have been duly
authorized by all necessary limited liability company action,
(iii) do not contravene (1) the Seller’s
certificate of formation or limited liability company agreement,
(2) any law, rule or regulation applicable to the Seller,
(3) any
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contractual
restriction binding on or affecting the Seller or its property or
(4) any order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree
binding on or affecting the Seller or its property, and
(iv) do not result in or require the creation of any Adverse
Claim upon or with respect to any of its properties (except as
created pursuant to this Agreement). Each of the Transaction
Documents has been duly executed and delivered by the
Seller.
(c) No
authorization or approval or other action by, and no notice to or
filing with, any Official Body is required for the due execution,
delivery and performance by the Seller of the Transaction Documents
to which it is a party or any other document to be delivered
thereunder, except for the filing of UCC financing statements
referred to in Section 3.01.
(d) Each
of the Transaction Documents to which the Seller is a party
constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of the Seller
enforceable against the Seller in accordance with its terms, except
as such 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) The
opening pro forma balance sheet of the Seller as of June 30,
2003, giving effect to the initial Incremental Purchase to be made
under this Agreement, a copy of which has been furnished to the
Administrative Agent and each Managing Agent, fairly presents the
financial condition of the Seller as of such date, in accordance
with GAAP. Since its formation no change, occurrence or development
has occurred (including, without limitation, with respect to any
commenced or threatened material litigation or proceeding) that has
had or could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(f) There
is no pending or (to the best knowledge of the Seller) threatened
action or proceeding affecting the Seller before any Official Body.
The Seller is not in default in any material respect of any order
of any Official Body.
(g) No
proceeds of any Purchase will be used 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.
(h) Each
Receivable treated as or represented to be a Pool Receivable is
owned by the Seller free and clear of any Adverse Claim (other than
Adverse Claims created hereunder). The Purchasers have acquired a
valid and perfected first priority security interest in each Pool
Receivable now existing or hereafter arising and in the Related
Security and Collections with respect thereto, in each case free
and clear of any Adverse Claim (other than Adverse Claims created
hereunder). No effective financing statement or other instrument
similar in effect is filed in any recording office listing the
Seller as debtor, covering any asset of the Seller except such as
may be filed in favor of the Administrative Agent in accordance
with this Agreement. No effective financing statement or other
instrument similar in effect, is filed in any recording office
listing the Originator as debtor, covering any Receivable, Related
Security or Collections except such as may be filed in favor of the
Seller and assigned to the Administrative Agent in accordance with
this Agreement. Prior to giving effect to any transfer under the
Originator Purchase Agreement, all Receivables were payable to the
Originator as principal for
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its own
account. The Originator has no obligation (whether pursuant to any
contract, any requirement of Law or otherwise) to remit any
Collections on the Receivables to any Pharmaceutical Plan or to any
other Person, other than to the Sellers and the Purchasers as
provided in the Originator Purchase Agreement and this
Agreement.
(i) Each
Servicer Report (if prepared by any Transaction Party or one of
their respective Affiliates, or to the extent that information
contained therein is supplied by any Transaction Party or an
Affiliate), information, exhibit, financial statement, document,
book, record or report furnished or to be furnished in writing at
any time (whether before, on or after the date of this Agreement)
by or on behalf of any Transaction Party to the Administrative
Agent, any Managing Agent or any Purchaser in connection with this
Agreement is or will be accurate in all material respects as of its
date or (except as otherwise disclosed to the Administrative Agent,
such Managing Agent or such Purchaser, as the case may be, at such
time) as of the date so furnished, and no such Servicer Report,
information, exhibit, financial statement, document, book, record
or report contains or will contain any untrue statement of a
material fact or omits or will omit to state a material fact
necessary in order to make the statements contained therein, in the
light of the circumstances under which they were made, not
misleading.
(j) The
principal place of business and chief executive office of the
Seller and the office where the Seller keeps its records concerning
the Receivables are located at the address or addresses referred to
in Section 5.01(b).
(k) The
names and addresses of all the Deposit Account Banks together with
the account numbers of the Deposit Accounts at such Deposit Account
Banks are as specified in Schedule IV hereto, as such
Schedule IV may be updated from time to time pursuant to
Section 5.01(g).
(l) Since
the date of its formation, the Seller has not used any company
name, tradename or doing-business-as name other than the name in
which it has executed this Agreement. The Seller’s Federal
Employer Identification Number is 83-08665.
(m) The
Seller was formed on July 10, 2003 and the Seller did not
engage in any business activities prior to the date of this
Agreement. The Seller has no Subsidiaries. Medco directly owns 100%
of the membership interests of the Seller, free and clear of any
Adverse Claims.
(n) The
Seller is not, and is not controlled by, an “investment
company” within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of
1940, as amended, or is exempt from all provisions of such
Act.
(o) The
Seller is Solvent.
(p) With
respect to each Receivable treated as or represented to be a Pool
Receivable, the Seller (i) received such Receivable as a
contribution to the capital of the Seller by the Originator or
(ii) purchased such Receivable from the Originator in exchange
for payment (made by the Seller to the Originator in accordance
with the provisions of the Originator Purchase Agreement) of cash,
an addition to the principal amount of the Subordinated Note, or
a
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combination
thereof in an amount which constitutes fair consideration and
reasonably equivalent value. No such sale or contribution was made
for or on account of an antecedent debt owed by the Originator to
the Seller and no such sale or capital contribution is or may be
voidable or subject to avoidance under any section of the United
States Bankruptcy Code.
(q) Each
Receivable included in the calculation of the Net Receivables Pool
Balance on any date shall be an Eligible Receivable as of such
date.
(r) The
Receivable Interest Percentage does not exceed the Maximum
Receivable Interest Percentage.
(s) No
event has occurred and is continuing and no condition exists which
constitutes a Termination Event or Incipient Termination
Event.
SECTION
4.02 Representations and Warranties of the Servicer . Medco,
in its capacity as Servicer, hereby represents and warrants as
follows as of the date hereof and as of the date of each Purchase
hereunder:
(a) The
Servicer is a corporation duly incorporated, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of Delaware, and is duly qualified
to do business, and is in good standing, in every jurisdiction
where the nature of its business requires it to be so qualified,
unless the failure to so qualify would not reasonably be expected
to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b) The
execution, delivery and performance by the Servicer of this
Agreement and any other documents to be delivered by it hereunder
(i) are within the Servicer’s corporate powers,
(ii) have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action, (iii) do not contravene (1) the Servicer’s
certificate of incorporation or by-laws, (2) any Law
applicable to the Servicer, (3) any material contractual
restriction binding on or affecting the Servicer or its property or
(4) any order, writ, judgment, award, injunction or decree
binding on or affecting the Servicer or its property, except, in
the case of each of sub-clauses (2) through (4) of this
clause (iii), to the extent that such contravention would not be
reasonably expected to have a Material Adverse Effect, and
(iv) do not result in or require the creation of any Adverse
Claim upon or with respect to any of its properties. This Agreement
has been duly executed and delivered by the Servicer.
(c) 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, delivery and performance by the
Servicer of this Agreement or any other Transaction Document to
which it is a party.
(d) This
Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation of
the Servicer enforceable against the Servicer in accordance with
its terms.
(e)
(i) The Servicer has heretofore furnished to the Purchasers
its consolidated balance sheet and statements of income,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows (i) for the fiscal
years ending, and at, December 29, 2001 and December 28,
2002, and (ii) as of and for the fiscal quarter and the
portion of the
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fiscal year
ended March 29, 2003. The financial statements described in
clause (i) of this Section 4.02(e) were reported on by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for such fiscal years ending, and at,
December 29, 2001 and December 28 2002, and in
clause (ii) of this Section 4.02(e) were certified by the
Servicer’s chief financial officer. Such financial statements
present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position
and results of operations and cash flows of the Servicer and its
consolidated Subsidiaries as of such dates and for such periods in
conformity with GAAP, subject to year-end audit adjustments and the
absence of footnotes in the case of the statements referred to in
clause (ii) above of this Section 4.02(e) . The
Servicer has heretofore also furnished to the Purchasers its
unaudited pro forma condensed consolidated statement of income, for
its fiscal year ended December 28, 2002, and for its fiscal
quarter ended March 29, 2003 and its unaudited pro forma
condensed consolidated balance sheet at March 29, 2003. Such
pro forma financial statements comply, in all material respects,
with the requirements of Article XI of Regulation S-X of
the SEC.
(ii) Since
December 28, 2002, there has been no change, occurrence or
development that has had or could reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect.
(f) There
are no actions, suits or proceedings by or before any Official Body
pending against or, to the knowledge of the Executive Officers,
threatened against or affecting the Servicer or any of its
Subsidiaries that (i) would reasonably be expected to be
adversely determined, and (ii) if so determined either
(x) would reasonably be expected, individually or in the
aggregate, to result in a Material Adverse Effect or (y) seek
to enjoin, unwind or otherwise materially and adversely affect the
transactions contemplated by the Transaction Documents.
(g) All
Obligors have been instructed to remit all their payments in
respect of Receivables directly to a Deposit Account with respect
to which a duly executed Control Agreement is in full force and
effect.
(h) On
the date of each Purchase hereunder (and after giving effect
thereto) the Receivable Interest Percentage does not exceed the
Maximum Receivable Interest Percentage.
(i) No
event has occurred and is continuing and no condition exists which
constitutes a Termination Event or Incipient Termination
Event.
(j) All
of the representations and warranties of Medco made pursuant to the
Originator Purchase Agreement are true and correct.
SECTION
5.01 Covenants of the Seller . Until the Final Payout
Date:
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(a)
Compliance with Laws, Etc. The Seller will comply in all
respects with all applicable Laws and preserve and maintain its
limited liability company existence, rights, franchises,
qualifications, and privileges except to the extent that the
failure so to comply with such Laws or the failure so to preserve
and maintain such rights, franchises, qualifications, and
privileges would not reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
(b)
Offices, Records and Books of Account . The Seller will keep
its principal place of business and chief executive office and the
office where it keeps its records concerning the Receivables at
(i) the address of the Seller specified in Section 11.02
as of the date of this Agreement or (ii) upon
30 days’ prior written notice to each Managing Agent, at
any other locations in jurisdictions where all actions reasonably
requested by any Managing Agent to protect and perfect the
interests of the Administrative Agent and the Purchasers in the
Receivables and the other assets referred to in Section 2.15
have been taken and completed. The Seller also will maintain and
implement administrative and operating procedures (including,
without limitation, an ability to recreate records evidencing
Receivables and related Contracts 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 daily identification of
each Receivable and all Collections of and adjustments to each
existing Receivable).
(c)
Performance and Compliance with Contracts and Credit and
Collection Policy . The Seller will, at its expense,
(i) timely and fully perform and comply in all material
respects with all provisions, covenants and other promises required
to be observed by it under the Contracts related to the Receivables
and (ii) timely and fully comply in all material respects with
the Credit and Collection Policy in regard to each Receivable and
the related Contracts.
(d)
Sales, Liens, Etc. The Seller will not sell, assign (by
operation of law or otherwise) or otherwise dispose of, or create
or suffer to exist any Adverse Claim (except for Adverse Claims
created hereunder) upon or with respect to, any Receivable, Related
Security, or Collections, or upon or with respect to any Deposit
Account, the Collection Account or any other asset of the Seller,
or assign any right to receive income in respect
thereof.
(e)
Extension or Amendment of Receivables and Contracts . Except
as provided in Section 6.02(c), the Seller will not, and will
not permit the Originator to, extend, amend or otherwise modify the
terms of any Receivable.
(f)
Change in Business or Credit and Collection Policy . The
Seller will not make any change in the character of its business or
in the Credit and Collection Policy, except for any such change in
a Credit and Collection Policy that would not (i) impair the
collectibility of any Receivables in any material respect or
(ii) otherwise be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(g)
Change in Payment Instructions to Obligors . The Seller will
not add or terminate any Deposit Account from those listed in
Schedule IV to this Agreement, or make any change in its
instructions to Obligors regarding payments to be made in respect
of the Receivables or payments to be made to any Deposit Account,
unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice of such
addition, termination or change (including an updated
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Schedule IV) and a fully executed Control
Agreement with respect to each new Deposit Account. Each Deposit
Account shall be maintained at all times in the name of the
Seller.
(h)
Deposits to Deposit Accounts . The Seller will cause all
Obligors to be instructed to remit all their payments in respect of
Receivables to Deposit Accounts directly by wire transfer or
electronic funds transfer to the relevant Deposit Account Bank. If
the Seller or the Servicer shall receive any Collections directly,
the Seller shall promptly (and in any event within one Business
Day) cause such Collections to be deposited into a Deposit Account.
The Seller will not permit funds which do not constitute
Collections of Receivables from being deposited into any Deposit
Account.
(i)
Further Assurances; Change in Name or Jurisdiction of
Organization, etc .
(A) The Seller
agrees from time to time, at its expense, promptly to execute and
deliver all further instruments and documents, and to take all
further actions, that may be necessary or desirable, or that the
Administrative Agent or any Managing Agent may reasonably request,
to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the Receivable Interests
purchased under this Agreement and/or security interest granted
pursuant to this Agreement, or to enable the Conduit Purchasers,
the Committed Purchasers, the Managing Agents or the Administrative
Agent to exercise and enforce their respective rights and remedies
under this Agreement. Without limiting the foregoing, the Seller
will, upon the request of the Administrative Agent or any Managing
Agent, execute and file such financing or continuation statements,
or amendments thereto, and such other instruments and documents,
that may be necessary or desirable, or that the Administrative
Agent or any Managing Agent may reasonably request, to perfect,
protect or evidence such Receivable Interests and/or such security
interest.
(B) The Seller
authorizes the Administrative Agent to file financing or
continuation statements, and amendments thereto and assignments
thereof, relating to the Receivables and the Related Security, the
related Contracts and the Collections with respect thereto and the
other collateral described in Section 2.15 without the
signature of the Seller. A photocopy or other reproduction of this
Agreement shall be sufficient as a financing statement where
permitted by law.
(C) The Seller
shall at all times be organized under the laws of the State of
Delaware and shall not take any action to change its jurisdiction
of organization.
(D) The Seller
will not change its name, identity, limited liability company
structure or tax identification number unless (1) the
Administrative Agent shall have received at least thirty
(30) days advance written notice of such change and
(2) all actions by the Seller necessary or appropriate to
perfect or maintain the perfection of the Receivable Interests and
the security interest of the Administrative Agent granted pursuant
to Section 2.15 (including, without limitation, the filing of
all financing statements and the taking of such other
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actions as the
Administrative Agent may request in connection with such change)
shall have been duly taken.
(j)
Reporting Requirements . The Seller will cause to be
provided to each Managing Agent the following:
(i) not later than
the earlier of (i) 100 days after the end of each fiscal
year of the Originator and (ii) 5 Business Days after the
filing thereof with the SEC, (A) the audited consolidated
balance sheet of the Originator and related statements of
operations, stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end
of and for such year, setting forth in each case in comparative
form the figures for the previous fiscal year, all reported on by
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP or other independent public accountants
of recognized national standing (without a “going
concern” or like qualification or exception and without any
qualification or exception as to the scope of such audit) to the
effect that such consolidated financial statements present fairly
in all material respects the financial condition and results of
operations of the Originator and its consolidated Subsidiaries on a
consolidated basis, as of such dates and for such periods, in
conformity with GAAP and (B) the consolidated balance sheet of
the Seller and related statements of operations,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for
such year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the
figures for the previous fiscal year, all certified by one of its
Financial Officers as presenting fairly in all material respects
the financial condition and results of operations of the Seller as
of such dates and for such periods, in conformity with GAAP;
provided that delivery within the time frame specified above
of copies of the Originator’s Annual Report on Form 10-K
filed with the SEC shall satisfy the requirements for the delivery
of the Originator’s financial statements set forth in this
clause (i);
(ii) not later
than the earlier of (i) 55 days after the end of each of
the first three fiscal quarters of each fiscal year of the
Originator and (ii) 5 Business Days after the filing thereof
with the SEC, the unaudited consolidated balance sheet of the
Originator and related statements of operations,
stockholders’ equity and cash flows as of the end of and for
such fiscal quarter and the then elapsed portion of the fiscal
year, setting forth in each case in comparative form the figures
for the corresponding period or periods of (or, in the case of the
balance sheet, as of the end of) the previous fiscal year, all
certified by one of its Financial Officers as presenting fairly in
all material respects the financial condition and results of
operations of the Originator and its consolidated Subsidiaries, on
a consolidated basis, as of such dates and for such periods, in
conformity with GAAP, subject to normal year-end audit adjustments
and the absence of footnotes; provided , however, that
delivery within the time frame specified above of copies of
Originator’s Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the SEC
shall satisfy the requirements for the delivery of the
Originator’s financial statements set forth in this clause
(ii);
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(iii) at the time
of the delivery of the financial statements provided for in clause
(i) or clause (ii) of this Section 5.01(j), a
certificate of a Financial Officer of the Originator or the Seller,
as applicable, (A) certifying that, to the best of such
officer’s knowledge, no Termination Event or Incipient
Termination Event has occurred and is continuing or, if any
Termination Event or Incipient Termination Event has occurred and
is continuing, specifying the nature and extent thereof and
(B) demonstrating, in reasonable detail, compliance with the
financial ratios or requirements set forth in
Schedule VI;
(iv) as soon as
possible and in any event within one Business Day after obtaining
knowledge of the occurrence of each Termination Event or Incipient
Termination Event, a statement of a Financial Officer of the Seller
setting forth details of such Termination Event or Incipient
Termination Event and the action that the Seller has taken and
proposes to take with respect thereto;
(v) promptly upon
a Financial Officer becoming aware thereof, notice of the
occurrence of any ERISA Event that, alone or together with any
other ERISA Events that have occurred and are then outstanding,
would reasonably be expected to result in liability of the
Originator and its Subsidiaries in an aggregate amount exceeding
$5,000,000;
(vi) at least
thirty (30) days prior to any change in the name, jurisdiction
of organization, corporate structure or tax identification number
of any Transaction Party, a notice setting forth the new name,
jurisdiction of organization, corporate structure or tax
identification number, as applicable, and the effective date
thereof;
(vii) as soon as
possible and in any event no later than the day of occurrence
thereof, notice that the Originator has stopped selling or
contributing to the Seller, pursuant to the Originator Purchase
Agreement, all newly arising Receivables;
(viii) promptly
after receipt thereof, copies of all notices received by the Seller
from the Originator under or in connection with the Originator
Purchase Agreement;
(ix) promptly upon
learning thereof, notice of any downgrade in the Debt Rating (or
the withdrawal by either S&P or Moody’s of a Debt Rating)
of Medco, setting forth the Indebtedness affected and the nature of
such change (or withdrawal);
(x) promptly after
the occurrence thereof any pending or threatened litigation or
other event or condition that has had, or could reasonably be
expected to have, a Material Adverse Effect;
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(xi) promptly upon
learning thereof, and in any event no later than the effective date
thereof, notice of any amendment, waiver, termination or other
modification to, or replacement or substitution for, the Credit
Agreement;
(xii) as soon as
possible and in any event within one Business Day after obtaining
knowledge of any event or circumstance described in any of clauses
(i), (ii) or (iii) of the definition of “Rebate
Conditions,” a statement of an Executive Officer of the
Originator setting forth in reasonable detail the nature of such
event or circumstance;
(xiii) promptly
upon the occurrence thereof, notice of any amendment to the Credit
and Collection Policy; and
(xiv) such other
information respecting the Receivables or the condition or
operations, financial or otherwise, of any Transaction Party
(including, without limitation, information regarding any pending
or threatened litigation) as the Administrative Agent or any
Managing Agent may from time to time reasonably request.
(k)
Separateness . (i) The Seller shall at all times
maintain at least one independent Manager who (w) is not
currently and has not been during the five years preceding the date
of this Agreement an officer, director, manager or employee of, or
a major vendor or supplier of services to, an Affiliate of the
Seller or any Other Medco Company, (x) is not a current or
former officer or employee of the Seller, (y) is not a
stockholder or equity owner of any Other Medco Company or any of
their respective Affiliates (except through a mutual fund or
similar pooled investment vehicle) and (z) who (A) has
prior experience as an independent director for a corporation
and/or independent manager of a limited liability company whose
charter documents required the unanimous consent of all independent
directors or independent managers, as the case may be, thereof
before such corporation could consent to the institution of
bankruptcy or insolvency proceedings against it or could file a
petition seeking relief under any applicable federal or state law
relating to bankruptcy and (B) has at least three years of
employment experience with one or more entities that provide, in
the ordinary course of their respective businesses, or has
otherwise been engaged for at least three years in the business of
providing, advisory, management or placement services to issuers of
securitization or structured finance instruments, agreements or
securities.
(ii) The Seller
shall not direct or participate in the management of any other
Person’s operations.
(iii) The Seller
shall conduct its business from an office separate from that of the
Other Medco Companies (but which may be located in the same
facility as one or more of the Other Medco Companies). The Seller
shall have stationery and other business forms separate from that
of the Other Medco Companies.
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(iv) The Seller
shall at all times be adequately capitalized in light of its
contemplated business.
(v) The Seller
shall at all times provide for its own operating expenses and
liabilities from its own funds except that (A) common overhead
expenses may be shared by the Seller and the Other Medco Companies
on a basis reasonably related to use and (B) the Servicer may
pay operating expenses on the Seller’s behalf so long as the
Servicer determines in its good faith business judgment that it
will be reimbursed therefor out of the Seller’s own funds on
or before the next succeeding Settlement Date.
(vi) The Seller
shall maintain its assets and transactions separately from those of
any other Person, and the Seller shall reflect such assets and
transactions in financial statements separate and distinct from
those of the Other Medco Companies and evidence such assets and
transactions by appropriate entries in books and records separate
and distinct from those of any other Person. The Seller shall hold
itself out to the public under the Seller’s own name as a
legal entity separate and distinct from any other Person. The
Seller shall not hold itself out as having agreed to pay, or as
being liable, primarily or secondarily, for, any obligations of any
other Person.
(vii) The Seller
shall not maintain any joint account with any Other Medco Company
or become liable as a guarantor or otherwise with respect to any
Indebtedness or contractual obligation of any Other Medco Company.
The membership interests of the Seller and any Indebtedness
(whether or not represented by promissory notes) of or issued by
the Seller to the Originator or any of its Subsidiaries may not be
pledged to secure Indebtedness of the Originator or any Other Medco
Company.
(viii) The Seller
shall not make any payment or distribution of assets with respect
to any obligation of any other Person or grant an Adverse Claim on
any of its assets to secure any obligation of any Other
Person.
(ix) The Seller
shall not make loans, advances or otherwise extend credit to any
other Person except as expressly contemplated by the Originator
Purchase Agreement.
(x) The Seller
shall hold regular duly noticed meetings (or authorize actions by
unanimous written consent) of its Board of Managers, make and
retain minutes of such meetings and otherwise observe all limited
liability company formalities.
(xi) The Seller
shall have bills of sale (or similar instruments of assignment)
with respect to all assets (other than Receivables or interests
therein acquired under the Originator Purchase Agreement) purchased
from any of the Other Medco Companies, in each case to the extent
such bills of sale would be customarily prepared in transactions
with non-Affiliates.
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(xii) The Seller
shall not engage in any transaction with any other Person, except
as contemplated by this Agreement and the Originator Purchase
Agreement.
(xiii) The Seller
shall prepare its financial statements separately from those of any
of the Other Medco Companies and shall insure that any consolidated
financial statements of any Other Medco Company that are filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other Official Body
or are furnished to any creditors of any Other Medco Company have
notes clearly stating that (A) the Seller is the owner of the
Pool Receivables and is a separate entity and (B) the
Seller’s assets will be available first and foremost to
satisfy the claims of the creditors of the Seller.
(xiv) The Seller
shall take, or refrain from taking, as the case may be, all other
actions that are necessary to be taken or not to be taken in order
to (x) ensure that the assumptions and factual recitations set
forth in the Specified Bankruptcy Opinion Provisions remain true
and correct with respect to the Seller and (y) comply with
those procedures described in such provisions which are applicable
to the Seller.
(xv) The Seller
will not commingle its funds or assets with those of any other
Person or entity. The Seller will provide separately for its
expenses and liabilities from its own funds (except as provided in
paragraph (v) above), and will fairly and reasonably allocate
any expenses associated with services provided by common employees,
office space, or other overhead and administrative expenses with
any affiliate.
(xvi) The Seller
will not identify itself as a division of any other person or
entity, and will hold itself out to creditors and the public as a
legal entity separate and distinct from any other entity and will
correct any known misunderstanding regarding its separate
identity.
(xvii) The Seller
will transact all business with Affiliates on an arms’ length
basis and pursuant to commercially reasonable
agreements.
(xviii) After
entering into the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and
the Originator Purchase Agreement, the Seller will not transfer any
of its assets to the Originator other than (i) transfers for
fair or reasonably equivalent consideration and without the intent
to hinder, delay or defraud the Seller’s creditors, and
(ii) distributions that are not fraudulent or in violation of
applicable entity law. If, after entering into the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Originator Purchase
Agreement, the Originator transfers any of its assets to the
Seller, the Seller will properly account for such transfers as
capital contributions or sales made in accordance with the
Originator Purchase Agreement and its limited liability company
agreement, as applicable.
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(l)
Transaction Documents . The Seller will not terminate,
amend, waive or modify, or consent to any termination, amendment,
waiver or modification of, any provision of any Transaction
Document or grant any other consent or other indulgence under any
Transaction Document, in each case without the prior written
consent of each Managing Agent. The Seller will perform all of its
obligations under the Originator Purchase Agreement and will
enforce the Originator Purchase Agreement in accordance with its
terms. The Seller will take all actions to perfect and enforce its
rights and interests (and the rights and interests of the
Administrative Agent and the Purchasers as assignees of Seller)
under the Originator Purchase Agreement as the Administrative Agent
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 Originator Purchase Agreement.
(m)
Nature of Business . The Seller will not engage in any
business or engage in any transactions other than the purchase of
Receivables, Related Security and Collections from the Originator
and the transactions contemplated by this Agreement and the
Originator Purchase Agreement. The Seller will not create or form
any Subsidiary.
(n)
Mergers, Etc. The Seller will not merge with or into or
consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise
dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of
transactions), all or substantially all of its assets (whether now
owned or hereafter acquired) to, or acquire all or substantially
all of the assets or capital stock or other ownership interest of,
or enter into any joint venture or partnership agreement with, any
Person, other than as contemplated by this Agreement and the
Originator Purchase Agreement.
(o)
Distributions, Etc. The Seller will not (A) declare or
make any dividend payment or other distribution of assets,
properties, cash, rights, obligations or securities on account of
any membership interests or other equity interests in the Seller,
or return any capital to its members or other equity holders as
such, or purchase, retire, defease, redeem or otherwise acquire for
value or make any payment in respect of any membership interests or
other equity of the Seller or any warrants, rights or options to
acquire any membership interests or other equity of the Seller, now
or hereafter outstanding, (B) prepay, purchase or redeem any
Indebtedness (other than Indebtedness hereunder), (C) lend or
advance any funds or (D) repay any loans or advances to, for
or from any of its Affiliates (the amounts described in clauses
(A) through (D) being referred to as “
Restricted Payments ”); provided, however ,
that, prior to the Termination Date, the Seller may declare and pay
cash dividends to its sole member, and may make payments in respect
of the Subordinated Note, in each case out of Collections available
for such purpose pursuant to Section 2.04 so long as
(i) no Termination Event or Incipient Termination Event shall
then exist or would occur as a result thereof and (ii) any
such dividends are in compliance with all applicable law including
the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, and have been approved
by all necessary and appropriate limited liability company action
of the Seller and its Board of Managers.
(p)
Indebtedness . The Seller shall not create, incur,
guarantee, assume or suffer to exist any Indebtedness or other
liabilities, whether direct or contingent, other than (i) as a
result of the endorsement of negotiable instruments for deposit or
collection or similar transactions in the ordinary course of
business, (ii) the incurrence of obligations under this
Agreement, (iii) the incurrence of other obligations pursuant
to, and, as expressly contemplated
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in, the
Originator Purchase Agreement, and (iv) the incurrence of
operating expenses in the ordinary course of business.
(q)
Limited Liability Company Agreement . The Seller will not
amend, modify or delete (or permit any amendment, modification or
deletion of) (i) the definition of “Independent
Manager” in its limited liability company agreement as in
effect on the Initial Closing Date or (ii) any other provision
of its limited liability company agreement as in effect on the
Initial Closing Date if, pursuant to the terms thereof, such
amendment, modification or deletion requires the consent of the
Independent Manager thereunder.
(r)
Tangible Net Worth . The Seller will maintain Tangible Net
Worth at all times equal to at least 3% of the aggregate Purchase
Price (as defined in the Originator Purchase Agreement) of all
outstanding Pool Receivables at such time (net of Collections that
have been received on such outstanding Pool
Receivables).
(s)
Taxes . The Seller will file all material tax returns and
reports required by law to be filed by it and will promptly pay all
taxes and governmental charges at any time owing, except such as
are being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings and
for which appropriate reserves have been established. The Seller
will pay when due any taxes payable in connection with the
Receivables, exclusive of taxes on or measured by income or gross
receipts of the Administrative Agent, the Managing Agents, the
Conduit Purchasers or the Committed Purchasers.
(t)
Treatment as Sales . The Seller shall not account for or
treat (whether in financial statements or otherwise) the
transactions contemplated by the Originator Purchase Agreement in
any manner other than as the sale and/or absolute conveyance of
Receivables by Medco to the Seller.
(u)
Investments . The Seller shall not make any loans to,
advances to, investments in or otherwise acquire any capital stock
or equity security of, or any equity interest in, any other
Person.
(v)
Control Agreements . The Seller shall cause all Deposit
Accounts and the Collection Account to be subject at all times to a
Control Agreement duly executed by the Servicer, the Seller, the
Administrative Agent and the applicable bank at which such account
is maintained.
SECTION
5.02 Audits . Until the Final Payout Date, each of the
Seller and the Servicer will, at their respective expense, from
time to time during regular business hours as requested by the
Administrative Agent or any Managing Agent upon reasonable prior
notice, permit the Administrative Agent, any Managing Agent, or
their respective agents or representatives (including independent
public accountants, which may be the Seller’s or the
Servicer’s independent public accountants), (i) to
conduct periodic audits of the Receivables, the Related Security
and the related Contracts, books and records and collections
systems of the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be,
(ii) to examine and make copies of and abstracts from all
books, records and documents (including, without limitation,
computer tapes and disks) in the possession or under the control of
the Seller or the Servicer, as the case may be, relating
to
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Receivables and
the Related Security, including, without limitation, the Contracts,
and (iii) to visit the offices and properties of the Seller or the
Servicer, as the case may be, for the purpose of examining such
materials described in clause (ii) above, and to discuss
matters relating to Receivables and the Related Security or the
Seller’s or the Servicer’s performance under the
Transaction Documents or under the Contracts with any of the
officers or employees of the Seller or the Servicer, as the case
may be, having knowledge of such matters. In addition, upon the
Administrative Agent’s request (acting either on its own
initiative or at the request of any Managing Agent), the Servicer
will appoint independent public accountants acceptable to the
Administrative Agent, or utilize any Managing Agent’s
representatives or auditors, to prepare and deliver to the
Administrative Agent and each Managing Agent a written report (each
an “ Accountants’ Report ”) with respect
to the Receivables and the Servicer Reports (including, in each
case, the systems, procedures and records relating thereto) on a
scope and in a form reasonably requested by the Administrative
Agent and the Managing Agents. On or prior to the end of the sixth
calendar month following the Initial Closing Date, an interim audit
(the “Interim Audit”), the scope of which shall be to
validate the information provided in the Monthly Report, shall be
conducted at the Servicer’s expense and an Accountants’
Report submitted promptly thereafter. Each Accountants’
Report shall be at the expense of the Servicer; provided ,
however , that so long as no Termination Event or Incipient
Termination Event has occurred and is continuing, the
Administrative Agent may only request an Accountant’s Report
at the Servicer’s expense once per calendar year (not
including the Accountants’ Report relating to the Interim
Audit); and provided , further , that any follow-up
audit resulting from a material discrepancy disclosed in such
report shall also be at the Servicer’s expense. The
Administrative Agent and each Managing Agent shall use commercially
reasonable efforts to minimize the disruption to the
Servicer’s business in connection with any such audit,
examination or visit.
SECTION
5.03 Additional Covenants of the Servicer .
(a)
Compliance with Laws, Etc. The Servicer will comply in all
respects with all applicable Laws and preserve and maintain its
corporate existence, rights, franchises, qualifications, and
privileges except to the extent that the failure so to comply with
such Laws or the failure so to preserve and maintain such rights,
franchises, qualifications, and privileges would not reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect.
(b)
Records and Books of Account . The Servicer will maintain
and implement administrative and operating procedures (including,
without limitation, an ability to recreate records evidencing
Receivables and related Contracts 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 daily identification of
each Receivable and all Collections of and adjustments to each
existing Receivable).
(c)
Compliance with Contracts and the Credit and Collection
Policy . The Servicer will (i) timely and fully
perform and comply in all material respects with all provisions,
covenants and other promises required to be observed by it under
the Contracts related to the Receivables and (ii) timely and
fully comply in all material respects with the Credit and
Collection Policy in regard to each Receivable and the
Contracts.
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(d)
Extension or Amendment of Receivables and Contracts . Except
as provided in Section 6.02(c), the Servicer will not extend,
amend or otherwise modify the terms of any Receivable.
(e)
Change in Credit and Collection Policy . The Servicer will
not make any change in the Credit and Collection Policy, except for
any such change that would not (i) impair the collectibility
of any Receivables in any material respect or (ii) otherwise
be reasonably likely to have a Material Adverse Effect. In the
event that the Servicer makes any material change to the Credit and
Collection Policy, it shall, promptly following such change,
provide the Administrative Agent and each Managing Agent with an
updated Credit and Collection Policy and a summary of all material
changes.
(f)
Change in Payment Instructions to Obligors . The Servicer
will not add or terminate any Deposit Account from those listed in
Schedule IV to this Agreement, or make any change in its
instructions to Obligors regarding payments to be made in respect
of the Receivables or payments to be made to any Deposit Account,
unless the Administrative Agent shall have received notice of such
addition, termination or change (including an updated
Schedule IV) and a fully executed Control Agreement with
respect to each new Deposit Account. Each Deposit Account shall be
maintained at all times in the name of the Seller.
(g)
Deposits to Deposit Accounts . The Servicer will instruct
all Obligors to remit all their payments in respect of Receivables
to Deposit Accounts directly by wire transfer or electronic funds
transfer to the relevant Deposit Account Bank. If the Servicer
shall receive any Collections directly, the Servicer shall promptly
(and in any event within one Business Day) cause such Collections
to be either (i) deposited into a Deposit Account or
(ii) in the case of checks received by the Servicer, mailed to
a Deposit Account Bank for deposit into a Deposit Account. The
Servicer will not permit funds which do not constitute Collections
of Receivables from being deposited into any Deposit
Account.
(h)
Control Agreements . The Servicer shall cause all Deposit
Accounts and the Collection Account to be subject at all times to a
Control Agreement duly executed by the Servicer, the Seller, the
Administrative Agent and the applicable bank.
(i)
Billing of Receivables . The Servicer shall bill all
Unbilled Receivables as soon as practicable under the terms of the
relevant Contract, and shall furnish to the applicable Obligor all
supporting data and other information required to be furnished
under the terms of such Contract in order to cause such Receivable
to become due and payable.
(j)
Other Covenants . Medco (both individually and in its
capacity as Servicer) shall perform and comply with all covenants
required to be performed or observed by it pursuant to the
Originator Purchase Agreement and each other Transaction Document
to which it is a party.
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ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION OF
RECEIVABLES
SECTION
6.01 Designation of Servicer . The servicing, billing,
administration and collection of the Pool Receivables shall be
conducted by the Servicer so designated hereunder from time to
time. Until the Administrative Agent (with the consent or at the
direction of the Majority Managing Agents) gives notice to the
Seller of the designation of a new Servicer (which notice may be
given at any time following the occurrence and during the
continuation of a Servicer Replacement Event), Medco is hereby
designated as, and hereby agrees to perform the duties and
obligations of, the Servicer pursuant to the terms hereof. Medco
may not resign from the obligations and liabilities hereby imposed
on it, unless required to do so by law as evidenced by an opinion
of counsel in form and substance satisfactory to each Managing
Agent. The Administrative Agent (with the consent or at the
direction of the Majority Managing Agents), at any time after the
occurrence and during the continuation of a Servicer Replacement
Event, may designate as Servicer any Person (including itself) to
succeed Medco or any successor Servicer, on such terms and
conditions as the Administrative Agent and such successor Servicer
shall agree. The Servicer may, with the prior consent of the
Administrative Agent, subcontract with any other Person for the
servicing, administration or collection of the Receivables. Any
such subcontract shall not affect the Servicer’s liability
for performance of its duties and obligations pursuant to the terms
hereof. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, any
action taken or omitted to be taken by any Person that has entered
into a subcontract with the Servicer shall be deemed to be an
action or omission by the Servicer (including, without limitation,
for purposes of determining whether any Receivable is a Diluted
Receivable and for purposes of Sections 6.06 and
10.01).
SECTION
6.02 Duties of Servicer . (a) The Servicer shall take
or cause to be taken all such actions as may be necessary or
advisable to bill and collect each Pool Receivable from time to
time, all in accordance in all material respects with applicable
Laws, with reasonable care and diligence, and in accordance with
the Credit and Collection Policy and the terms of the Contracts.
The Seller, each Purchaser and the Administrative Agent hereby
appoint the Servicer, from time to time designated pursuant to
Section 6.01, as their agent to enforce their respective
rights and interests in the Pool Receivables, the Related Security
and the related Contracts. In performing its duties as Servicer,
the Servicer shall exercise the same care and apply the same
policies as it would exercise and apply if it owned such
Receivables and shall act in such manner as it reasonably deems to
be in the best interests of the Purchasers and the Administrative
Agent. Following the occurrence and during the continuation of a
Servicer Replacement Event the Administrative Agent (with the
consent or at the direction of the Majority Managing Agents) shall
have the sole right to direct the Servicer to commence or settle
any legal action to enforce collection of any Pool Receivable or
any Related Security with respect thereto.
(b) The
Servicer shall administer the Collections in accordance with
Article II.
(c) If
no Termination Event shall have occurred and be continuing, the
Servicer, may, in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy,
extend the maturity or adjust
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the Outstanding
Balance of any Pool Receivable as the Servicer deems appropriate to
maximize Collections thereof; provided , however ,
that the classification of any such Receivable as a Delinquent
Receivable or Defaulted Receivable shall not be affected by any
such extension; provided , further , that if such
Receivable is an Eligible Receivable, the Servicer shall not amend
or modify such Receivable or any term or condition of any Contract
related thereto in a manner that would cause such Receivable to
cease to be an Eligible Receivable; provided ,
further , that the Servicer shall not, nor permit the
Originator to, amend, modify or waive any term or condition of any
term or condition of any Receivable or any Contract related
thereto, unless such amendment, modification or waiver (i) is
made in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy and
(ii) could not reasonably be expected to cause any existing
Receivable to cease to be an Eligible Receivable or otherwise have
a Material Adverse Effect. The Servicer shall notify each Managing
Agent of any such extension or adjustment for a particular Obligor
during any calendar year that affects Pool Receivables having an
aggregate Outstanding Balance of $50,000,000 or more. Following the
occurrence and during the continuation of a Termination Event, the
Servicer may grant such extensions or adjustments only with the
prior written consent of the Administrative Agent (acting with the
consent or at the direction of the Majority Managing Agents). In no
event shall the Servicer be entitled to make any Purchaser, any
Managing Agent or the Administrative Agent a party to any
litigation involving the Transaction Documents or the Receivables
without such Purchaser’s, such Managing Agent’s or the
Administrative Agent’s prior written consent.
(d) The
Servicer shall hold in trust for the Seller, the Administrative
Agent, the Managing Agents and each Purchaser, in accordance with
their respective interests, all documents, instruments and records
(including, without limitation, computer tapes or disks) which
evidence or relate to Pool Receivables or Related Security. The
Servicer shall mark the Seller’s and the Originator’s
master data processing records evidencing the Pool Receivables with
a legend, reasonably acceptable to the Administrative Agent,
evidencing that Receivable Interests therein have been sold. At the
request of the Administrative Agent following a Termination Event
or Involuntary Bankruptcy Event, the Servicer shall mark each
Contract and each invoice which evidence or relate to Pool
Receivables with a legend, reasonably acceptable to the
Administrative Agent, evidencing that Receivable Interests therein
have been sold and shall deliver to the Administrative Agent a copy
(which may be in electronic form) of each invoice evidencing each
Receivable.
(e) The
Servicer shall, as soon as practicable following receipt and
identification thereof, and in any event within one Business Day,
turn over to the Seller or such other Person as may be entitled
thereto any cash collections or other cash proceeds received in the
Deposit Accounts and not constituting Collections of
Receivables.
SECTION
6.03 Reports . (a) Monthly Report . No later
than 4:00 p.m., New York City time, on each Monthly Reporting Date,
the Servicer shall deliver to each Managing Agent and the Seller a
monthly report, substantially in the form of Annex A-1,
containing the information listed in Annex A-1 with respect to
the immediately preceding Calculation Period and such other
information as the Administrative Agent or any Managing Agent may
reasonably request.
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(b)
Weekly Reports . During any Rating Level 2 Period, the
Servicer shall deliver to each Managing Agent and the Seller, no
later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time, on the second
Business Day of each calendar week, a Weekly Report
containing the information listed in Annex A-2 with respect to
the immediately preceding calendar week, and such other information
as the Administrative Agent or any Managing Agent may reasonably
request.
(c)
Daily Reports . During any Rating Level 3 Period or Rating
Level 4 Period, the Servicer shall deliver to each Managing Agent
and the Seller, no later than 11:00 a.m., New York City time,
on each Business Day, a Daily Report setting forth total
Collections received and Receivables originated during the
immediately preceding Business Day, the Net Receivables Pool
Balance at the end of the immediately preceding Business Day, and
such other information as the Administrative Agent or any Managing
Agent may reasonably request.
(d)
Reports following Termination Event . On each Business Day
after the occurrence of a Termination Event, to the extent the
Servicer is not otherwise required to deliver Daily Reports
pursuant to this Section 6.03, the Servicer shall deliver to
each Managing Agent a daily report setting forth Collections
received on the previous Business Day and the Outstanding Balance
of Eligible Receivables as of the close of business on the previous
Business Day, and such other information as the Administrative
Agent or any Managing Agent may reasonably request.
(e)
Transmission of Servicer Reports . The Servicer shall
transmit each Servicer Report to each Managing Agent by electronic
mail. In addition, the Servicer shall transmit a copy of each such
Servicer Report to the Managing Agents by facsimile (certified by a
Financial Officer of the Servicer or such other employee of the
Servicer as shall have primary responsibility for the preparation
of such report and shall have been authorized to certify Servicer
Reports hereunder by a Financial Officer).
(f)
Notice of Termination Events . The Servicer shall provide to
each Managing Agent, promptly, and in any event within one Business
Day after the Servicer obtains knowledge thereof, notice of any
Termination Event or Incipient Termination Event.
(g)
Notice of Downgrades . Promptly upon learning thereof, the
Servicer shall provide to each Managing Agent notice of any
downgrade in the Debt Rating (or the withdrawal by either S&P
or Moody’s of a Debt Rating) of the Originator, setting forth
the Indebtedness affected and the nature of such change (or
withdrawal).
(h)
Other Information . The Servicer shall provide to each
Managing Agent, promptly upon request, such other information
respecting the Receivables or the condition or operations,
financial or otherwise, of the Servicer (including, without
limitation, information regarding any pending or threatened
litigation) as the Administrative Agent or any Managing Agent may
from time to time reasonably request.
SECTION
6.04 Certain Rights of the Administrative Agent .
(a) At any time following the occurrence and during the
continuation of (i) a Termination Event, (ii) an
Involuntary Bankruptcy Event, (iii) Rating Level 3 Period or
(iv) Rating Level 4 Period, the Administrative Agent may have
each Deposit Account transferred into the name of the
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Administrative
Agent and/or assume exclusive control of the Deposit Accounts, and
may take such actions to effect such transfer or assumption as it
may determine to be necessary or appropriate (including, without
limitation, delivering the notices attached to the Control
Agreements).
(b) At
any time following the occurrence and during the continuation of a
Termination Event or a Rating Level 4 Period:
(i) At the
Administrative Agent’s request (acting on its own initiative
or at the direction of the Majority Managing Agents) and at the
Seller’s expense, the Servicer shall (and if the Servicer
shall fail to do so within three Business Days, the Administrative
Agent may) notify each Obligor of Receivables of the ownership of
Receivable Interests under this Agreement and direct that payments
be made directly to the Administrative Agent or its
designee.
(ii) At the
Administrative Agent’s request (acting on its own initiative
or at the direction of the Majority Managing Agents) and at the
Seller’s or the Servicer’s expense, the Seller and the
Servicer shall (A) assemble all of the documents, instruments
and other records (including, without limitation, computer tapes
and disks) that evidence or relate to the Receivables and the
related Contracts and Related Security, or that are otherwise
necessary or desirable to collect the Receivables, and shall make
the same available to the Administrative Agent at a place selected
by the Administrative Agent or its designee, and (B) segregate
all cash, checks and other instruments received by it from time to
time constituting Collections of Receivables in a manner acceptable
to the Administrative Agent and, promptly upon receipt, remit all
such cash, checks and instruments, duly indorsed or with duly
executed instruments of transfer, to the Administrative Agent or
its designee.
(c) Each
of the Seller and the Servicer authorizes the Administrative Agent,
and hereby irrevocably appoints the Administrative Agent as its
attorney-in-fact coupled with an interest, with full power of
substitution and with full authority in place of the Seller or the
Servicer, following the occurrence and during the continuation of a
Termination Event or any Rating Level 4 Period, to take any and all
steps in the Seller’s or the Servicer’s name and on
behalf of the Seller or the Servicer that are necessary or
desirable, in the determination of the Administrative Agent, to
collect amounts due under the Receivables, including, without
limitation, endorsing the Seller’s, the Servicer’s or
the Originator’s name on checks and other instruments
representing Collections of Receivables and enforcing the
Receivables and the Related Security and related
Contracts.
SECTION
6.05 Rights and Remedies . (a) If the Servicer or the
Seller fails to perform any of its obligations under this
Agreement, the Administrative Agent may (but shall not be required
to) itself perform, or cause performance of, such obligation; and
the Administrative Agent’s costs and expenses reasonably
incurred in connection therewith shall be payable by the Servicer
or the Seller, as applicable.
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(b) The
Seller and the Originator shall perform their respective
obligations under the Contracts related to the Receivables to the
same extent as if Receivable Interests had not been sold and the
exercise by the Administrative Agent on behalf of the Conduit
Purchasers, the Managing Agents and the Committed Purchasers of
their rights under this Agreement shall not release the Originator
or the Seller from any of their duties or obligations with respect
to any Receivables or related Contracts. None of the Administrative
Agent, the Conduit Purchasers, the Managing Agents or the Committed
Purchasers shall have any obligation or liability with respect to
any Receivables or related Contracts, nor shall any of them be
obligated to perform the obligations of the Seller or the
Originator thereunder.
(c) The
Administrative Agent’s rights and powers under this
Article VI shall not subject the Administrative Agent to any
liability if any action taken by it proves to be inadequate or
invalid, nor shall such powers confer any obligation whatsoever
upon the Administrative Agent.
SECTION
6.06 Indemnities by the Servicer . Without limiting any
other rights that the Indemnified Parties may have hereunder or
under applicable law, and in consideration of its appointment as
Servicer, the Servicer hereby agrees to indemnify each Indemnified
Party from and against any and all damages, losses, claims,
liabilities, deficiencies, costs, disbursements and expenses,
including, without limitation, interest, penalties, amounts paid in
settlement and reasonable attorneys’ fees (all of the
foregoing being collectively referred to as “ Special
Indemnified Amounts ”) arising out of or resulting from
any of the following (excluding, however, (a) Special
Indemnified Amounts to the extent a final non-appealable judgment
of a court of competent jurisdiction finds that such Special
Indemnified Amounts resulted from gross negligence or willful
misconduct on the part of such Indemnified Party and (b) any
income taxes or any other tax or fee measured by income incurred by
such Indemnified Party arising out of or as a result of this
Agreement or the ownership of Receivable Interests or in respect of
any Receivable or any Contract):
(i) any
representation, warranty, certification, report or other statement
made or deemed made by the Servicer under or in connection with
this Agreement or any other Transaction Document which shall have
been incorrect in any respect when made or deemed made;
(ii) the failure
by the Servicer to comply with any applicable Law with respect to
any Receivable or Contract;
(iii) the failure
to have filed, or any delay in filing, financing statements or
other similar instruments or documents under the UCC of any
applicable jurisdiction or other applicable laws with respect to
any Receivables, the Contracts and the Related Security and
Collections in respect thereof, whether at the time of any purchase
or reinvestment or at any subsequent time;
(iv) any failure
of the Servicer to perform its duties or obligations in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement or any other Transaction
Document;
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(v) the
commingling of Collections of Receivables at any time by the
Servicer or any of its Affiliates (other than the Seller) with
other funds;
(vi) any action by
the Servicer (other than an action required by the Transaction
Documents) reducing or impairing the rights of the Administrative
Agent, the Conduit Purchasers or the Committed Purchasers with
respect to any Receivable or the value of any
Receivable;
(vii) any
Servicing Fees or other costs and expenses payable to any
replacement Servicer, to the extent in excess of the Servicing Fees
payable to Medco in its capacity as Servicer hereunder;
(viii) any claim
brought by any Person other than an Indemnified Party arising from
any activity by the Servicer or its Affiliates in servicing,
administering, billing or collecting any Receivable; or
(ix) any change in
the Credit and Collection Policy which impairs the collectibility
of any Receivable or the ability of the Servicer to perform its
obligations under this Agreement.
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary in this Agreement, solely for purposes of
the Servicer’s indemnification obligations in clauses
(i) and (iv) of this Section 6.06, any
representation, warranty or covenant qualified by the occurrence or
non-occurrence of a Material Adverse Effect or similar concepts of
materiality shall be deemed to be not so qualified. It is expressly
agreed and understood by the parties hereto (x) that the
foregoing indemnification is not intended to, and shall not,
constitute a guarantee of collectibility or payment of the
Receivables and (y) that nothing in this Section 6.06
shall require the Servicer to indemnify any Person for Receivables
that are not collected, not paid or uncollectible solely on account
of the insolvency, bankruptcy, or financial inability to pay of the
applicable Obligor except to the extent of any Indemnified Amounts
arising from the improper characterization of any such Receivables
as Eligible Receivables.
SECTION
6.07 Administrative Agent Account . (a) At the request
of the Administrative Agent, upon the earliest to occur of
(i) 30 days after the commencement of a Ratings Level 2
Period, (ii) two Business Days after the commencement of a
Ratings Level 3 Period or Ratings Level 4 Period, (iii) the
Termination Date or (iv) the occurrence and continuance of any
Termination Event or any Involuntary Bankruptcy Event, the Servicer
shall (and if the Servicer fails to do so, the Administrative Agent
may) cause to be established with Citibank (or another bank
satisfactory to each Managing Agent) in the name of the
Administrative Agent, a segregated account (the “
Administrative Agent Account ”), bearing a designation
clearly indicating that the funds deposited therein are held for
the benefit of the Purchasers. Upon the establishment of such
account, such account shall constitute the “Collection
Account” for all purposes hereunder. The Servicer shall
deliver, or cause to be delivered to the Administrative Agent, as
soon as practicable and in any event no later than two Business
Days after such Administrative Agent Account is required to be
established as provided above, a Control Agreement with respect to
such account in substantially the form attached as
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Annex B-2 or in
such other form as the Administrative Agent may approve, duly
executed by the Seller, the Servicer and the bank at which such
account is maintained.
(b) Each
of the Seller and the Servicer agrees that the Administrative Agent
shall have exclusive dominion and control over the Administrative
Agent Account and all monies, instruments and other property from
time to time deposited in or credited to the Administrative Agent
Account; provided , however , that, until notified to
the contrary by the Administrative Agent, the Servicer shall have
the right to withdraw funds from the Administrative Agent Account
for application in accordance with Sections 2.04 or 2.05, as
applicable. The Servicer shall cause the Administrative Agent
Account to be subject at all times to a Control Agreement, duly
executed by the Seller, the Servicer, the Administrative Agent and
the bank at which the Administrative Agent Account is
maintained.
(c) The
Servicer may invest funds on deposit in the Administrative Agent
Account, reinvest proceeds of any such investments which may mature
or be sold, and invest interest or other income received from any
such investments, in each case in such Permitted Investments as the
Servicer may select; provided , however , that each
such Permitted Investment shall have a maturity date no later than
the next succeeding Settlement Date. Such proceeds, interest or
income which are not so invested or reinvested in Permitted
Investments shall, except as otherwise provided in this Agreement,
be dep
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