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EXHIBIT
10.1
THIRD AMENDED AND
RESTATED
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
dated as of November 19,
2007
among
CARDINAL HEALTH FUNDING,
LLC,
as Seller,
GRIFFIN CAPITAL,
LLC,
as Servicer,
THE CONDUITS PARTY
HERETO,
THE FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS
PARTY HERETO,
THE MANAGING AGENTS PARTY
HERETO
and
WACHOVIA CAPITAL MARKETS,
LLC,
as Agent
TABLE OF
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| ARTICLE I. PURCHASE
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Section 1.1
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Purchase Facility
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Section 1.2
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Increases
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Section 1.3
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Decreases
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Section 1.4
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Payment Requirements
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| ARTICLE II. PAYMENTS AND
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Section 2.1
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Payments
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Section 2.2
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Collections Prior to Amortization
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Section 2.3
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Collections Following Amortization
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Section 2.4
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Application of Collections
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Section 2.5
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Payment Rescission
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Section 2.6
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Maximum Purchaser Interests
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Section 2.7
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Clean Up Call
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Section 2.8
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Demand for Payment of Demand Loans
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| ARTICLE III. COMPANY
FUNDING |
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Section 3.1
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CP Costs
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Section 3.2
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CP Costs Payments
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Section 3.3
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Calculation of Conduit Costs
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| ARTICLE IV. FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
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Section 4.1
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Financial Institution Funding
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Section 4.2
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Calculation of Yield; Yield Payments
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Section 4.3
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Selection and Continuation of Tranche Periods
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Section 4.4
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Financial Institution Discount Rates
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Section 4.5
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Suspension of the LIBO Rate
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Section 4.6
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Extension of Liquidity Termination Date
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| ARTICLE V. REPRESENTATIONS AND
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Section 5.1
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Representations and Warranties of the Seller Parties
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Section 5.2
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Additional Representations and Warranties of Seller
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Section 5.3
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Financial Institution Representations and Warranties
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| ARTICLE VI. CONDITIONS OF
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TABLE OF
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Section 6.1
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Conditions Precedent to Initial Incremental Purchase
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Section 6.2
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Conditions Precedent to All Incremental Purchases and
Reinvestments
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| ARTICLE VII. COVENANTS |
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Section 7.1
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Affirmative Covenants of the Seller Parties
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Section 7.2
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Negative Covenants of the Seller Parties
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| ARTICLE VIII. ADMINISTRATION AND
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Section 8.1
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Designation of Servicer
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Section 8.2
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Duties of Servicer
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Section 8.3
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Collection Notices; Power-of-Attorney
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Section 8.4
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Responsibilities of Seller
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Section 8.5
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Reports
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Section 8.6
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Servicing Fees
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| ARTICLE IX. AMORTIZATION
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Section 9.1
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Amortization Events
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Section 9.2
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Remedies
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| ARTICLE X. INDEMNIFICATION |
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Section 10.1
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Indemnities by the Seller Parties
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Section 10.2
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Increased Cost and Reduced Return
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Section 10.3
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Other Costs and Expenses
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| ARTICLE XI. THE AGENT |
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Section 11.1
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Authorization and Action
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Section 11.2
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Delegation of Duties
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Section 11.3
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Exculpatory Provisions
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Section 11.4
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Reliance by Agent
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Section 11.5
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Non-Reliance on Agent and Other Purchasers
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Section 11.6
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Reimbursement and Indemnification
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Section 11.7
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Agent in its Individual Capacity
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Section 11.8
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Successor Agent
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| ARTICLE XII. ASSIGNMENTS;
PARTICIPATIONS |
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TABLE OF
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Section 12.1
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Assignments
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Section 12.2
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Participations
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| ARTICLE XIII. MANAGING
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Section 13.1
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Managing Agents
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| ARTICLE XIV. MISCELLANEOUS |
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Section 14.1
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Waivers and Amendments
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Section 14.2
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Notices
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Section 14.3
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Ratable Payments
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Section 14.4
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Protection of Ownership Interests of the Purchasers
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Section 14.5
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Confidentiality
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Section 14.6
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Bankruptcy Petition
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Section 14.7
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Limitation of Liability
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Section 14.8
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CHOICE OF LAW
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Section 14.9
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CONSENT TO JURISDICTION
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Section 14.10
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WAIVER OF JURY TRIAL
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Section 14.11
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Integration; Binding Effect; Survival of Terms
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Section 14.12
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Counterparts; Severability; Section References
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Section 14.13
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Wachovia Roles
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Section 14.14
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Characterization
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Section 14.15
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Confirmation and Ratification of Terms
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Section 14.16
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Excess Funds
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Exhibits and
Schedules
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Definitions |
| Exhibit II |
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Form of
Purchase Notice |
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Legal Names;
Jurisdictions of Organization; Locations of Records; Federal
Employer Identification Numbers; State Organizational
Identification Numbers |
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[Reserved] |
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Form of
Compliance Certificate |
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Form of
Assignment Agreement |
| Exhibit VII |
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Credit and
Collection Policy |
| Exhibit VIII |
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Form of
Contract(s) |
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Form of
Monthly Report |
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Form of
Performance Guaranty |
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Form of
Reduction Notice |
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Form of
Interim Monthly Report |
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| Schedule
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Commitments,
Conduit Purchase Limits, Payment Addresses, Related Financial
Institutions and Managing Agents |
| Schedule
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Documents to
be Delivered to the Agent |
| Schedule
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Notice
Addresses |
| Schedule
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Concentration Limit |
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THIRD AMENDED AND
RESTATED
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE
AGREEMENT
This Third Amended and
Restated Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of
November 19, 2007, is among Cardinal Health Funding, LLC, a
Nevada limited liability company (“ Seller ”),
Griffin Capital, LLC, a Nevada limited liability company (“
Griffin ”), not in its individual capacity but solely
as initial Servicer (the Servicer together with Seller, the “
Seller Parties ” and each a “ Seller
Party ”), the entities listed on Schedule A to
this Agreement under the heading “Financial
Institution” (together with their respective successors and
assigns hereunder, the “ Financial Institutions
”), the entities listed on Schedule A to this
Agreement under the heading “Conduit” (together with
any of their respective successors and assigns hereunder, the
“ Conduits ”), the entities listed on
Schedule A to this Agreement under the heading
“Managing Agents” (together with any of their
respective successors and assigns hereunder, the “
Managing Agents ”) and Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC,
as agent for the Purchasers hereunder or any successor agent
hereunder (together with its successors and assigns hereunder, the
“ Agent ”). Unless defined elsewhere herein,
capitalized terms used in this Agreement shall have the meanings
assigned to such terms in Exhibit I .
PRELIMINARY
STATEMENTS
The Seller Parties, certain
Financial Institutions, certain Conduits and the Agent are parties
to that certain Second Amended and Restated Receivables Purchase
Agreement, dated as of October 31, 2006, as amended by the
Omnibus Amendment, dated as of June 20, 2007 and as further
amended by Amendment No. 2 to Second Amended and Restated
Receivables Purchase Agreement, dated as of October 30, 2007
(such agreement, as so amended, the “ Original
Agreement ”).
Seller has transferred and
assigned pursuant to the Original Agreement, and desires to
continue to transfer and assign Purchaser Interests to the
Purchasers from time to time.
Each Conduit may, in its
absolute and sole discretion, purchase the Purchaser Interests from
Seller from time to time.
In the event that any Conduit
declines to make any purchase, such Conduit’s Related
Financial Institution(s) will, at the request of Seller, purchase
Purchaser Interests that such Conduit declined to purchase from
time to time.
Wachovia has been requested
and is willing to act as Agent on behalf of the Conduits and the
Financial Institutions in accordance with the terms
hereof.
The parties hereto now desire
to amend and restate the Original Agreement in its entirety to read
as set forth herein.
AGREEMENT
Now therefore, in
consideration of the foregoing and for other valuable
consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby
acknowledged, the parties hereto hereby agree that,
subject to satisfaction of the
conditions precedent set forth in Section 6.1 , the
Original Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety
to read as follows:
ARTICLE I.
PURCHASE
ARRANGEMENTS
Section 1.1 Purchase
Facility .
(a) Upon the terms and
subject to the conditions hereof, Seller may, at its option, sell
and assign Purchaser Interests to the Agent for the benefit of one
or more of the Purchasers up to six times per calendar month. In
accordance with the terms and conditions set forth herein, each
Conduit may, at its option, instruct the Agent to purchase on
behalf of such Conduit, or if any Conduit declines to purchase, the
Agent will purchase, on behalf of such declining Conduit’s
Related Financial Institutions, Purchaser Interests from time to
time in an aggregate amount not to exceed at such time (i) in
the case of each Conduit, its unused Conduit Purchase Limit and
(ii) in the aggregate, the lesser of (A) the unused
Purchase Limit and (B) the aggregate amount of the unused
Commitments during the period from the date hereof to but not
including the Amortization Date.
(b) Seller may, upon at least
10 Business Days’ notice to the Agent and each Managing
Agent, terminate in whole or reduce in part, ratably among the
Financial Institutions, the unused portion of the Purchase Limit;
provided that (i) each partial reduction of the Purchase Limit
shall be in an amount equal to $5,000,000 or an integral multiple
thereof and (ii) the aggregate of the Conduit Purchase Limits
for all of the Conduits shall also be terminated in whole or
reduced in part, ratably among the Conduits, by an amount equal to
such termination or reduction in the Purchase Limit.
Section 1.2
Increases . Seller will provide the Agent and each Managing
Agent with notice by at least 12:00 noon (New York time) one
Business Day prior in a form set forth as Exhibit II hereto
of each Incremental Purchase (a “ Purchase Notice
”). Each Purchase Notice shall be subject to
Section 6.2 hereof and, except as set forth below,
shall be irrevocable and shall specify the requested Purchase Price
(which shall not be less than $1,000,000 and shall be in integral
multiples of $100,000 thereafter) and date of purchase and, in the
case of an Incremental Purchase to be funded by any of the
Financial Institutions, the requested Discount Rate and Tranche
Period. Following receipt of a Purchase Notice, the Agent will
promptly notify the Wachovia Conduit of such Purchase Notice, each
Managing Agent will promptly notify the Conduit in such Managing
Agent’s Purchaser Group of such Purchase Notice and the Agent
and each Managing Agent will identify the Conduits that agree to
make the purchase. If any Conduit declines to make a proposed
purchase, Seller may cancel the Purchase Notice as to all
Purchasers or, in the absence of such a cancellation, the
Incremental Purchase of the Purchaser Interests, which such Conduit
has declined to purchase, will be made by such declining
Conduit’s Related Financial Institutions in accordance with
the rest of this Section 1.2 . If the proposed
Incremental Purchase or any portion thereof is to be made by any of
the Financial Institutions, the Agent shall send notice of the
proposed Incremental Purchase to the Wachovia Conduit’s
Related Financial Institutions and/or the applicable Managing Agent
shall send notice of the proposed Incremental Purchase to the
Related Financial Institutions in such Managing Agent’s
Purchaser Group, as applicable, in each case concurrently by
telecopier, telex or cable
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specifying (i) the date of such
Incremental Purchase, which date must be at least one Business Day
after such notice is received by the applicable Financial
Institutions, (ii) each Financial Institution’s Pro Rata
Share of the aggregate Purchase Price of the Purchaser Interests
the Financial Institutions in such Financial Institution’s
Purchaser Group are then purchasing and (iii) the requested
Discount Rate and Tranche Period. On the date of each Incremental
Purchase, upon satisfaction of the applicable conditions precedent
set forth in Article VI and the conditions set forth in this
Section 1.2 , the Conduits and/or the Financial
Institutions, as applicable, will deposit (or will initiate a
deposit and, if requested, will provide the Seller the related wire
confirmation number) to the Facility Account, in immediately
available funds, no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York time), an amount
equal to (i) in the case of a Conduit that has agreed to make
such Incremental Purchase, such Conduit’s Pro Rata Share of
the aggregate Purchase Price of the Purchaser Interests of such
Incremental Purchase or (ii) in the case of the Financial
Institutions, each Financial Institution’s Pro Rata Share of
the aggregate Purchase Price of the Purchaser Interests the
Financial Institutions in such Financial Institution’s
Purchaser Group are then purchasing. Each Financial
Institution’s obligation shall be several, such that the
failure of any Financial Institution to make available to Seller
any funds in connection with any purchase shall not relieve any
other Financial Institution of its obligation, if any, hereunder to
make funds available on the date of such purchase, but no Financial
Institution shall be responsible for the failure of any other
Financial Institution to make funds available in connection with
any purchase.
Section 1.3
Decreases . Seller will provide the Agent and each Managing
Agent with prior written notice substantially in the form of
Exhibit XI (a “ Reduction Notice ”) in
conformity with the Required Notice Period of any proposed
reduction of Aggregate Capital on any Settlement Date from
Collections and the Agent will promptly notify each Purchaser in
the Wachovia Conduit’s Purchaser Group of such Reduction
Notice after the Agent’s receipt thereof and each Managing
Agent will promptly notify each Purchaser in such Managing
Agent’s Purchaser Group of such Reduction Notice after such
Managing Agent’s receipt thereof. Such Reduction Notice shall
designate (i) the date (the “ Proposed Reduction
Date ”) upon which any such reduction of Aggregate
Capital shall occur (which date shall give effect to the applicable
Required Notice Period), and (ii) the aggregate amount of
Aggregate Capital to be reduced which shall be applied ratably to
the Purchaser Interests of the Conduits and the Financial
Institutions in accordance with the amount of Capital (if any)
owing to the Conduits (ratably, based on their respective Pro Rata
Shares), on the one hand, and the amount of Capital (if any) owing
to the Financial Institutions (ratably to each Financial
Institution, based on the ratio of such Financial
Institution’s Capital at such time to the aggregate Capital
of all of the Financial Institutions at such time), on the other
hand (the “ Aggregate Reduction ”). Only one
(1) Reduction Notice shall be outstanding at any time.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Aggregate Reduction will not be
made if the Amortization Date shall have occurred for any reason on
or prior to the Proposed Reduction Date. Concurrently with any
reduction of Aggregate Capital pursuant to this Section, Seller
shall pay to the applicable Purchaser all Broken Funding Costs (if
any) arising as a result of such reduction.
Section 1.4 Payment
Requirements . All amounts to be paid or deposited by any
Seller Party pursuant to any provision of this Agreement or any
other Transaction Documents shall be paid or deposited (or such
Seller Party shall initiate a payment or deposit and, if requested,
will provide the Agent or any Managing Agent the related wire
confirmation number) in accordance
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with the terms hereof no
later than 12:00 noon (New York time) on the day when due in
immediately available funds, and if not received (or if such
payment or deposit is not initiated) before 12:00 noon (New York
time) shall be deemed to be received on the next succeeding
Business Day. If such amounts are payable to a Purchaser, they
shall be paid to such Purchaser at the “Payment
Address” specified for such Purchaser on Schedule A or
such other address specified in writing to each other party hereto.
If such amounts are payable to the Agent, they shall be paid to the
Agent at Wachovia Capital Markets, LLC, 171 17 th Street, NW, M/C: GA4524, Atlanta, GA
30363 until otherwise notified by the Agent. Upon notice to Seller,
the Agent (on behalf of itself and/or any Purchaser) may debit the
Facility Account for all amounts due and payable hereunder. All
computations of Yield, per annum fees or discount calculated as
part of any CP Costs, per annum fees hereunder and per annum fees
under any Fee Letter shall be made on the basis of a year of 360
days for the actual number of days elapsed. If any amount hereunder
or under any other Transaction Document shall be payable on a day
which is not a Business Day, such amount shall be payable on the
next succeeding Business Day.
ARTICLE II.
PAYMENTS AND
COLLECTIONS
Section 2.1
Payments . Notwithstanding any limitation on recourse
contained in this Agreement, Seller will immediately pay to the
Agent or relevant Purchaser or Purchasers, as applicable, when due,
for the account of the Agent or the relevant Purchaser or
Purchasers on a full recourse basis, (i) such fees as set
forth in each Fee Letter (which fees collectively shall be
sufficient to pay all fees owing to the Financial Institutions),
(ii) all CP Costs, (iii) all amounts payable as Yield,
(iv) all amounts payable as Deemed Collections (which shall be
due and payable by Seller and applied to reduce outstanding
Aggregate Capital hereunder in accordance with Sections 2.2
and 2.3 hereof), (v) all amounts payable, if required,
pursuant to Section 2.6 , (vi) all amounts payable
pursuant to Article X , if any, (vii) all Servicer
costs and expenses, including the Servicing Fee, in connection with
servicing, administering and collecting the Receivables,
(viii) all Broken Funding Costs and (ix) all Default Fees
(collectively, the “ Obligations ”). If any
Person fails to pay any of the Obligations when due, such Person
agrees to pay, on demand, the Default Fee in respect thereof until
paid. Notwithstanding the foregoing, no provision of this Agreement
or any Fee Letter shall require the payment or permit the
collection of any amounts hereunder in excess of the maximum
permitted by applicable law. If at any time Seller receives any
Collections or is deemed to receive any Collections, Seller will
immediately pay such Collections or Deemed Collections to the
Servicer for application in accordance with the terms and
conditions hereof and, at all times prior to such payment, such
Collections shall be held in trust by Seller for the exclusive
benefit of the Purchasers and the Agent.
Section 2.2
Collections Prior to Amortization . Prior to the
Amortization Date, any Collections and/or Deemed Collections
received by the Servicer shall be set aside and held in trust by
the Servicer for the benefit of the Agent and the Purchasers for
the payment of any accrued and unpaid Aggregate Unpaids or for a
Reinvestment as provided in this Section 2.2 . If at
any time any Collections and/or Deemed Collections are received by
the Servicer prior to the Amortization Date, (i) the Servicer
shall set aside (x) the Termination Percentage (hereinafter
defined) of Collections evidenced by the Purchaser Interests of
each Terminating Financial Institution, (y) Collections to be
used to effect any Aggregate Reduction in accordance
with
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Section 1.3 and
(z) amounts necessary to pay Obligations due on the next
succeeding Settlement Date and (ii) Seller hereby requests
and, subject to Section 6.2 , the Purchasers (other
than any Terminating Financial Institutions) hereby agree to make,
simultaneously with such receipt, a reinvestment (each a “
Reinvestment ”) with that portion of the balance of
each and every Collection and Deemed Collection received by the
Servicer that is part of any Purchaser Interest (other than any
Purchaser Interests of Terminating Financial Institutions), such
that after giving effect to such Reinvestment, the amount of
Capital of such Purchaser Interest immediately after such receipt
and corresponding Reinvestment shall be equal to the amount of
Capital immediately prior to such receipt (but giving effect to any
ratable reduction thereof pursuant to application of an Aggregate
Reduction). On each Settlement Date prior to the occurrence of the
Amortization Date, the Servicer shall remit to the Agent’s or
applicable Purchaser’s account, no later than 12:00 noon (New
York time), the amounts set aside during the preceding Settlement
Period that have not been subject to a Reinvestment to be applied
as follows (if not previously paid in accordance with
Section 2.1 ): first , to reduce unpaid
Obligations, second , to reduce the Capital of all Purchaser
Interests of Terminating Financial Institutions, applied ratably to
each Terminating Financial Institution according to its respective
Termination Percentage, third , if applicable, to the
Aggregate Capital of all Financial Institutions (other than any
Terminating Financial Institutions), pro rata to the extent
required to fund any Aggregate Reduction on such Settlement Date
and fourth , the balance, if any, to Seller on such
Settlement Date. Each Terminating Financial Institution shall be
allocated a ratable portion of Collections from the Liquidity
Termination Date that such Terminating Financial Institution did
not consent to extend (as to such Terminating Financial
Institution, the “ Liquidity Provider Termination Date
”), until such Terminating Financial Institution’s
Capital shall be paid in full. This ratable portion shall be
calculated on the Liquidity Provider Termination Date of such
Terminating Financial Institution as a percentage equal to
(i) Capital of such Terminating Financial Institution
outstanding on its Liquidity Provider Termination Date, divided by
(ii) the Aggregate Capital outstanding on such Liquidity
Provider Termination Date (the “ Termination
Percentage ”). Each Terminating Financial
Institution’s Termination Percentage shall remain constant
prior to the Amortization Date. On and after the Amortization Date,
each Termination Percentage shall be disregarded, and each
Terminating Financial Institution’s Capital shall be reduced
ratably with all Financial Institutions in accordance with
Section 2.3 .
Section 2.3
Collections Following Amortization . On the Amortization
Date and on each day thereafter, the Servicer will set aside and
hold in trust, for the holder of each Purchaser Interest,
(a) the percentage evidenced by such Purchaser Interest of all
Collections and Deemed Collections received on such day,
(b) an additional amount of Collections and Deemed Collections
for the payment of any Aggregate Unpaids owed by Seller and not
previously paid by Seller in accordance with
Section 2.1 and (c) to the extent not set aside
and held in trust pursuant to the immediately preceding clause
(b) , an additional amount for the payment of any amounts
payable pursuant to Article X owed by Seller and not
previously paid by Seller in accordance with
Section 2.1 . On and after the Amortization Date, the
Servicer will, at any time upon the request from time to time by
(or pursuant to standing instructions from) the Agent
(i) remit to the Agent’s or applicable Purchaser’s
account the amounts set aside pursuant to the preceding sentence,
and (ii) apply such amounts to reduce the Capital associated
with each such Purchaser Interest and any other Aggregate
Unpaids.
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Section 2.4
Application of Collections . If there shall be insufficient
funds on deposit for the Servicer to distribute funds in payment in
full of the aforementioned amounts pursuant to
Section 2.2 or 2.3 (as applicable), the Servicer
will distribute funds:
first , to the payment
of the Servicer’s reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses
in connection with servicing, administering and collecting the
Receivables, including the Servicing Fee, if Seller or one of its
Affiliates is not then acting as the Servicer,
second , to the
reimbursement of the Agent’s, the Purchasers’ and the
Managing Agents’ costs of collection and enforcement of this
Agreement,
third , ratably to the
payment of all accrued and unpaid fees under any Fee Letter, CP
Costs and Yield,
fourth , (if
applicable) to the ratable reduction of Aggregate Capital (without
regard to any Termination Percentage),
fifth , for the
ratable payment of all other unpaid Obligations, provided that to
the extent such Obligations relate to the payment of Servicer costs
and expenses, including the Servicing Fee, when Seller or one of
its Affiliates is acting as the Servicer, such costs and expenses
will not be paid until after the payment in full of all other
Obligations, and
sixth , after the
Aggregate Unpaids have been indefeasibly reduced to zero, to
Seller.
Collections applied to the
payment of Aggregate Unpaids shall be distributed in accordance
with the aforementioned provisions, and, giving effect to each of
the priorities set forth in Section 2.4 above, shall be
shared ratably (within each priority) among the Agent and the
Purchasers in accordance with the amount of such Aggregate Unpaids
owing to each of them in respect of each such priority.
Section 2.5 Payment
Rescission . No payment of any of the Aggregate Unpaids shall
be considered paid or applied hereunder to the extent that, at any
time, all or any portion of such payment or application is
rescinded by application of law or judicial authority, or must
otherwise be returned or refunded for any reason. Seller will
remain obligated for the amount of any payment or application so
rescinded, returned or refunded, and will promptly pay to the Agent
or applicable Managing Agent(s) (for application to the Person or
Persons who suffered such rescission, return or refund) the full
amount thereof, plus the Default Fee from the date of any such
rescission, return or refunding.
Section 2.6 Maximum
Purchaser Interests . Seller shall ensure that the Purchaser
Interests of the Purchasers shall at no time exceed in the
aggregate 100%. If the aggregate of the Purchaser Interests of the
Purchasers exceeds 100%, Seller will pay to the Purchasers (ratably
based on the ratio of each Purchaser’s Capital at such time
to the Aggregate Capital at such time) within one (1) Business
Day an amount to be applied to reduce the Aggregate Capital, such
that after giving effect to such payment the aggregate of the
Purchaser Interests equals or is less than 100%.
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Section 2.7 Clean Up
Call . In addition to Seller’s rights pursuant to
Section 1.3 , Seller shall have the right (after
providing written notice to the Agent and each Managing Agent in
accordance with the Required Notice Period), at any time following
the reduction of the Aggregate Capital to a level that is less than
10.0% of the maximum Aggregate Capital outstanding at any time
since the date hereof, to repurchase from the Purchasers all, but
not less than all, of the then outstanding Purchaser Interests. The
purchase price in respect thereof shall be an amount equal to the
Aggregate Unpaids through the date of such repurchase, payable in
immediately available funds. Such repurchase shall be without
representation, warranty or recourse of any kind by, on the part
of, or against any Purchaser, any Managing Agent or the
Agent.
Section 2.8 Demand
for Payment of Demand Loans . At any time when any Seller Party
is required to make any payment hereunder and such Seller Party
does not have sufficient funds to make such payment, Seller shall
demand payment of the Demand Loans (or such portion of the Demand
Loans as would be sufficient to make such payment) and remit the
amount received as a result of such demand to the Servicer, the
Purchasers or the Agent (as applicable) for disposition as provided
herein.
ARTICLE III.
COMPANY FUNDING
Section 3.1 CP
Costs . Seller will pay CP Costs with respect to the Capital
associated with each Purchaser Interest of the Conduits for each
day that any Capital in respect of any such Purchaser Interest is
outstanding. Each Purchaser Interest funded substantially with
Pooled Commercial Paper will accrue CP Costs each day on a pro rata
basis, based upon the percentage share the Capital in respect of
such Purchaser Interest represents in relation to all assets held
by such Conduit and funded substantially with Pooled Commercial
Paper.
Section 3.2 CP Costs
Payments . On each Settlement Date, Seller will pay to each
Conduit an aggregate amount equal to all accrued and unpaid Conduit
Costs in respect of the Capital associated with all Purchaser
Interests of such Conduit for the immediately preceding Accrual
Period in accordance with Article II .
Section 3.3
Calculation of Conduit Costs . On each Determination Date,
each Conduit will calculate the aggregate amount of its Conduit
Costs for the applicable Accrual Period and will notify the Seller
of such aggregate amount.
ARTICLE IV.
FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
FUNDING
Section 4.1 Financial
Institution Funding . Each Purchaser Interest of the Financial
Institutions shall accrue Yield for each day during its Tranche
Period at either the LIBO Rate or the Prime Rate in accordance with
the terms and conditions hereof. Until Seller gives notice to the
Agent and the applicable Managing Agent(s) of another Discount Rate
in accordance with Section 4.4 , the initial Discount
Rate for any Purchaser Interest transferred to the Financial
Institutions pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof shall be
the Prime Rate. If any Purchaser Interest of any Conduit is
assigned or transferred to, or funded by, any Related
Financial
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Institution of such Conduit pursuant to
any Funding Agreement or to or by any other Person, each such
Purchaser Interest so assigned, transferred or funded shall each be
deemed to have a new Tranche Period commencing on the date of any
such transfer or funding and shall accrue Yield for each day during
its Tranche Period at either the LIBO Rate or the Prime Rate in
accordance with the terms and conditions hereof as if each such
Purchaser Interest was held by a Financial Institution, and with
respect to each such Purchaser Interest, the assignee or transferee
thereof or lender with respect thereto shall be deemed to be a
Financial Institution in the transferring Conduit’s Purchaser
Group solely for the purposes of Sections 4.1 , 4.2 ,
4.3 , 4.4 and 4.5 .
Section 4.2
Calculation of Yield; Yield Payments . On each Determination
Date, each Financial Institution shall notify the Agent or its
Managing Agent, as applicable (and the Agent and Managing Agents
shall promptly notify Seller), of the aggregate amount of accrued
and unpaid Yield owing in respect of such Financial
Institution’s Purchaser Interests which is to be paid on the
next occurring Settlement Date. On the Settlement Date for each
Purchaser Interest of the Financial Institutions, Seller will pay
to each Financial Institution an aggregate amount equal to all
accrued and unpaid Yield for the entire Tranche Period of each
Purchaser Interest funded by such Financial Institution in
accordance with Article II .
Section 4.3 Selection
and Continuation of Tranche Periods . (a) With
consultation from (and approval by) the Agent and the applicable
Managing Agent, Seller will from time to time request Tranche
Periods for the Purchaser Interests of the Financial Institutions,
provided that, if at any time the Financial Institutions
shall have a Purchaser Interest, Seller shall always request
Tranche Periods such that at least one Tranche Period shall end on
the date specified in clause (A) of the definition of
Settlement Date.
(b) Seller, the Agent or the
applicable Managing Agent, upon notice to and consent by the other
received at least three (3) Business Days prior to the last
day of a Tranche Period (the “ Terminating Tranche
”) for any Purchaser Interest, may, effective on such last
day, divide any such Purchaser Interest into multiple Purchaser
Interests by subdividing the associated Capital for such Purchaser
Interest into smaller amounts of Capital or combine any such
Purchaser Interest with one or more other Purchaser Interests which
either have a Terminating Tranche ending on such day or are newly
created on such day by combining the associated Capital for such
Purchaser Interests, provided , that in no event may a
Purchaser Interest of any Purchaser be combined with a Purchaser
Interest of any other Purchaser.
Section 4.4 Financial
Institution Discount Rates . Seller may select the LIBO Rate or
the Prime Rate for each Purchaser Interest of the Financial
Institutions. Seller shall by 12:00 noon (New York time):
(i) at least three (3) Business Days prior to the
expiration of any Terminating Tranche with respect to which the
LIBO Rate is being requested as a new Discount Rate and
(ii) at least one (1) Business Day prior to the
expiration of any Terminating Tranche with respect to which the
Prime Rate is being requested as a new Discount Rate, give the
Agent or the applicable Managing Agent irrevocable notice of the
new Discount Rate for the Purchaser Interest associated with such
Terminating Tranche. Until Seller gives notice to the Agent or the
applicable Managing Agent of another Discount Rate, the initial
Discount Rate for any Purchaser Interest transferred to the
Financial Institutions pursuant to the terms and conditions hereof
(or
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assigned or transferred to, or funded
by, any Related Financial Institution pursuant to any Funding
Agreement or to or by any other Person) shall be the Prime
Rate.
Section 4.5
Suspension of the LIBO Rate .
(a) If any Financial
Institution notifies the Agent or its Managing Agent, as
applicable, that it has determined that funding its Pro Rata Share
of the Purchaser Interests of the Financial Institutions in such
Financial Institution’s Purchaser Group at the LIBO Rate
would violate any applicable law, rule, regulation, or directive of
any governmental or regulatory authority, whether or not having the
force of law, or that (i) deposits of a type and maturity
appropriate to match fund its Purchaser Interests at the LIBO Rate
are not available or (ii) the LIBO Rate does not accurately
reflect the cost of acquiring or maintaining a Purchaser Interest
at the LIBO Rate, then the Agent or such Managing Agent, as
applicable, shall suspend the availability of the LIBO Rate for the
Financial Institutions in such Financial Institution’s
Purchaser Group and require Seller to select the Prime Rate for any
Purchaser Interest funded by the Financial Institutions in such
Financial Institution’s Purchaser Group accruing Yield at the
LIBO Rate.
(b) If less than all of the
Financial Institutions in such Financial Institution’s
Purchaser Group give a notice to the Agent or such Purchaser
Group’s Managing Agent pursuant to Section 4.5(a)
, each Financial Institution which gave such a notice shall be
obliged, at the request of Seller, the Conduit in such Financial
Institution’s Purchaser Group or the Agent or such Managing
Agent, to assign all of its rights and obligations hereunder to
(i) another Financial Institution in such Financial
Institution’s Purchaser Group or (ii) another funding
entity nominated by Seller or the Agent or such Managing Agent that
is acceptable to the Conduit in such Financial Institution’s
Purchaser Group and willing to participate in this Agreement
through the Liquidity Termination Date in the place of such
notifying Financial Institution; provided that (i) the
notifying Financial Institution receives payment in full, pursuant
to an Assignment Agreement, of an amount equal to such notifying
Financial Institution’s Pro Rata Share of the Capital and
Yield owing to all of the Financial Institutions in such Financial
Institution’s Purchaser Group and all accrued but unpaid fees
and other costs and expenses payable in respect of its Pro Rata
Share of the Purchaser Interests of the Financial Institutions in
such Financial Institution’s Purchaser Group, and
(ii) the replacement Financial Institution otherwise satisfies
the requirements of Section 12.1(b) .
Section 4.6 Extension
of Liquidity Termination Date .
(a) Seller may request one or
more 364-day extensions of the Liquidity Termination Date then in
effect by giving written notice of such request to the Agent (each
such notice an “ Extension Notice ”) at least 60
days prior to the Liquidity Termination Date then in effect. After
the Agent’s receipt of any Extension Notice, the Agent shall
promptly advise each Financial Institution of such Extension
Notice. Each Financial Institution may, in its sole discretion, by
a revocable notice (a “ Consent Notice ”) given
to the Agent on or prior to the 30 th day prior to the Liquidity Termination Date then in effect
(such period from the date of the Extension Notice to such 30th day
being referred to herein as the “ Consent Period
”), consent to such extension of such Liquidity Termination
Date; provided , however , that, except as provided
in Section 4.6(b) , such extension shall not be
effective with respect to any of the Financial Institutions if any
one or
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more Financial Institutions:
(i) notifies the Agent during the Consent Period that such
Financial Institution either does not wish to consent to such
extension or wishes to revoke its prior Consent Notice or
(ii) fails to respond to the Agent within the Consent Period
(each Financial Institution that does not wish to consent to such
extension or wishes to revoke its prior Consent Notice or fails to
respond to the Agent within the Consent Period is herein referred
to as a “ Non-Renewing Financial Institution ”).
If none of the events described in the foregoing clauses
(i) or (ii) occurs during the Consent Period and all
Consent Notices have been received, then, the Liquidity Termination
Date shall be irrevocably extended until the date that is 364 days
after the Liquidity Termination Date then in effect. The Agent
shall promptly notify Seller of any Consent Notice or other notice
received by the Agent pursuant to this Section 4.6(a)
.
(b) Upon receipt of notice
from the Agent pursuant to Section 4.6(a) of any
Non-Renewing Financial Institution or that the Liquidity
Termination Date has not been extended, one or more of the
Financial Institutions (including any Non-Renewing Financial
Institution) may proffer to the Agent and the Conduit in such
Non-Renewing Financial Institution’s Purchaser Group the
names of one or more institutions meeting the criteria set forth in
Section 12.1(b)(i) that are willing to accept
assignments of and assume the rights and obligations under this
Agreement and the other applicable Transaction Documents of the
Non-Renewing Financial Institution. Provided the proffered name(s)
are acceptable to the Agent and the Conduit in such Non-Renewing
Financial Institution’s Purchaser Group, the Agent shall
notify the remaining Financial Institutions of such fact, and the
then existing Liquidity Termination Date shall be extended for an
additional 364 days upon satisfaction of the conditions for an
assignment in accordance with Section 12.1 and the
Commitment of each Non-Renewing Financial Institution shall be
reduced to zero. If the rights and obligations under this Agreement
and the other applicable Transaction Documents of each Non-Renewing
Financial Institution are not assigned as contemplated by this
Section 4.6(b) (each such Non-Renewing Financial
Institution whose rights and obligations under this Agreement and
the other applicable Transaction Documents are not so assigned is
herein referred to as a “ Terminating Financial
Institution ”) and at least one Financial Institution is
not a Non-Renewing Financial Institution, the then existing
Liquidity Termination Date shall be extended for an additional 364
days; provided , however , that (i) the Purchase
Limit shall be reduced on the Liquidity Provider Termination Date
applicable to each Terminating Financial Institution by an
aggregate amount equal to the Terminating Commitment Availability
of each Terminating Financial Institution as of such date and shall
thereafter continue to be reduced by amounts equal to any reduction
in the Capital of any Terminating Financial Institution (after
application of Collections pursuant to Sections 2.2 and
2.3 ), (ii) the Conduit Purchase Limit of each Conduit
shall be reduced by the aggregate amount of the Terminating
Commitment Amount of each Terminating Financial Institution in such
Conduit’s Purchaser Group and (iii) the Commitment of
each Terminating Financial Institution shall be reduced to zero on
the Liquidity Provider Termination Date applicable to such
Terminating Financial Institution. Upon reduction to zero of the
Capital of all of the Purchaser Interests of a Terminating
Financial Institution (after application of Collections thereto
pursuant to Sections 2.2 and 2.3 ) all rights and
obligations of such Terminating Financial Institution hereunder
shall be terminated and such Terminating Financial Institution
shall no longer be a “Financial Institution”;
provided , however , that the provisions of
Article X shall continue in effect for its benefit with
respect to Purchaser Interests held by such Terminating Financial
Institution prior to its termination as a Financial
Institution.
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(c) Any requested extension
may be approved or disapproved by a Financial Institution in its
sole discretion. In the event that the Commitments are not extended
in accordance with the provisions of this Section 4.6 ,
the Commitment of each Financial Institution shall be reduced to
zero on the Liquidity Termination Date. Upon reduction to zero of
the Commitment of a Financial Institution, reduction to zero of the
Capital of all of the Purchaser Interests of such Financial
Institution and payment in full of all other amounts required to be
paid to such Financial Institution hereunder all rights and
obligations of such Financial Institution hereunder shall be
terminated and such Financial Institution shall no longer be a
“Financial Institution”; provided ,
however , that the provisions of Article X shall
continue in effect for its benefit with respect to Purchaser
Interests held by such Financial Institution prior to its
termination as a Financial Institution.
ARTICLE V.
REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
Section 5.1
Representations and Warranties of the Seller Parties . Each
Seller Party hereby represents and warrants to the Agent, the
Managing Agents and the Purchasers, only as to itself and as
applicable to it (on a several basis and not jointly), subject to
the last paragraph of this Section 5.1 and subject to
the limitations set forth in Section 6.2(i) , on and as
of the date hereof, the date of each Incremental Purchase and the
date of each Reinvestment that:
(a) Limited Liability
Company Existence and Power . Such Seller Party is a limited
liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its state of organization, and is duly
qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign
entity, and has and holds all limited liability company power and
all governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals
required to carry on its business in each jurisdiction in which its
business is conducted except where the failure to so qualify or so
hold could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(b) Power and Authority;
Due Authorization, Execution and Delivery . The execution and
delivery by such Seller Party of this Agreement and each other
Transaction Document to which it is a party, and the performance of
its obligations hereunder and thereunder and, in the case of
Seller, Seller’s use of the proceeds of purchases made
hereunder, are within its limited liability company powers and
authority and have been duly authorized by all necessary limited
liability company action on its part. This Agreement and each other
Transaction Document to which such Seller Party is a party has been
duly executed and delivered by such Seller Party.
(c) No Conflict . The
execution and delivery by such Seller Party of this Agreement and
each other Transaction Document to which it is a party, and the
performance of its obligations hereunder and thereunder do not
contravene or violate (i) its articles of organization or
operating agreement (or equivalent organizational documents),
(ii) any law, rule or regulation applicable to it,
(iii) any restrictions under any agreement, contract or
instrument to which it is a party or by which it or any of its
property is bound, or (iv) any order, writ, judgment, award,
injunction or decree binding on or affecting it or its property,
and do not result in the creation or imposition of any Adverse
Claim on assets of such Seller Party or its Subsidiaries (except as
created hereunder) except, in any case, where such contravention or
violation could not
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reasonably be expected to have a
Material Adverse Effect; and no transaction contemplated hereby
requires compliance with any bulk sales act or similar
law.
(d) Governmental
Authorization . Other than the filing of the financing
statements required hereunder, no authorization or approval or
other action by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental
authority or regulatory body is required for the due execution and
delivery by such Seller Party of this Agreement and each other
Transaction Document to which it is a party and the performance of
its obligations hereunder and thereunder.
(e) Actions, Suits .
There are no actions, suits or proceedings pending, or to the best
of such Seller Party’s knowledge, threatened, against or
affecting such Seller Party, or any of its properties, in or before
any court, arbitrator or other body, that could reasonably be
expected to have a Material Adverse Effect. Such Seller Party is
not in default with respect to any order of any court, arbitrator
or governmental body.
(f) Binding Effect .
This Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which such
Seller Party is a party constitute the legal, valid and binding
obligations of such Seller Party enforceable against such Seller
Party in accordance with their respective terms, except as such
enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar laws relating to or limiting
creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of
equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought in a proceeding
in equity or at law).
(g) Accuracy of
Information . All information heretofore furnished by such
Seller Party or any of its Affiliates to the Agent, the Managing
Agents or the Purchasers for purposes of or in connection with this
Agreement, any of the other Transaction Documents or any
transaction contemplated hereby or thereby is, and all such
information hereafter furnished by such Seller Party or any of its
Affiliates to the Agent, the Managing Agents or the Purchasers will
be, true and accurate in every material respect on the date such
information is stated or certified and does not and will not
contain any material misstatement of fact or omit to state a
material fact or any fact necessary to make the statements
contained therein not misleading.
(h) Jurisdiction of
Organization; Places of Business, etc. Exhibit III
correctly sets forth such Seller Party’s legal name,
jurisdiction of organization, Federal Employer’s
Identification Number and State Organizational Identification
Number. The offices where such Seller Party keeps all of its
Records are located at the address(es) listed on Exhibit III
, or such other location of which the Agent and each Managing Agent
have been notified in accordance with Section 7.2(a) in
jurisdictions where all action required by
Section 14.4(a) has been taken and completed. Seller is
a Nevada limited liability company and is a “registered
organization” (within the meaning of Section 9-102 of
the UCC as in effect in the State of Nevada).
(i) Collections . The
conditions and requirements set forth in Section 7.1(j)
and Section 8.2 have at all times been satisfied and
duly performed. The names and addresses of all Collection Banks,
together with the account numbers of the Collection Accounts of
Seller at each Collection Bank and the post office box number or
bank departmental number of each Lock-Box, are listed in the
Collection Account Disclosure Letter or have been provided to the
Agent in a written notice that complies with
Section 7.2(b) . Seller has not granted any Person,
other than the Agent as contemplated by this Agreement, dominion
and control or “control” (within the
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meaning of Section 9-104 of the UCC
of all applicable jurisdictions) of any Lock-Box or Collection
Account, or the right to take dominion and control or
“control” (within the meaning of Section 9-104 of
the UCC of all applicable jurisdictions) of any such Lock-Box or
Collection Account at a future time or upon the occurrence of a
future event. Each Seller Party has taken all steps necessary to
ensure that the Agent has “control” (within the meaning
of Section 9-104 of the UCC of all applicable jurisdictions)
over all Lock-Boxes and Collection Accounts.
(j) Material Adverse
Effect . (i) The initial Servicer represents and warrants
that since March 31, 2000, no event has occurred that would
have a material adverse effect on (x) the financial condition
or operations of the initial Servicer and its Subsidiaries or
(y) the ability of the initial Servicer to perform its
obligations under this Agreement, and (ii) Seller represents
and warrants that since June 29, 2000, no event has occurred
that would have a material adverse effect on (A) the financial
condition or operations of Seller, (B) the ability of Seller
to perform its obligations under the Transaction Documents, or
(C) the collectibility of the Receivables generally or any
material portion of the Receivables.
(k) Not a Holding Company
or an Investment Company . Such Seller Party is not a
“holding company” or a “subsidiary holding
company” of a “holding company” within the
meaning of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935, as
amended, or any successor statute. Such Seller Party is not an
“investment company” within the meaning of the
Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or any successor
statute.
(l) Compliance with
Law . Such Seller Party has complied in all respects with all
applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders, writs, judgments,
injunctions, decrees or awards to which it may be subject, except
where the failure to so comply could not reasonably be expected to
have a Material Adverse Effect. Each Receivable, together with the
Contract related thereto, does not contravene any laws, rules or
regulations applicable thereto ( including , without
limitation , laws, rules and regulations relating to truth in
lending, fair credit billing, fair credit reporting, equal credit
opportunity, fair debt collection practices and privacy), and no
part of such Contract is in violation of any such law, rule or
regulation, except where such contravention or violation could not
reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(m) Compliance with Credit
and Collection Policy . Such Seller Party has complied in all
material respects with the Credit and Collection Policy with regard
to each Receivable and the related Contract, and has not made any
material change to such Credit and Collection Policy, except such
material change as to which the Agent and each Managing Agent have
been notified in accordance with Section 7.1(a)(vii)
.
(n) Eligible
Receivables . Each Receivable included in the Net Receivables
Balance as an Eligible Receivable on the date of its purchase under
the Receivables Sale Agreement or in any calculation of the Net
Receivables Balance contained in any report delivered to the Agent
was an Eligible Receivable on such purchase date or date of such
report, as the case may be.
(o) Accounting . The
manner in which such Seller Party accounts for the transactions
contemplated by this Agreement and the Receivables Sale Agreement
does not jeopardize the true sale analysis.
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Notwithstanding anything contained in
this Section 5.1 , the representations and warranties
of the Servicer set forth in Section 5.1(j)(i)(x) are
only to be made (i) as of the date of this Agreement,
(ii) as of the date of any extension of the Liquidity
Termination Date in accordance with the terms hereof and
(iii) as of the date of any amendment, waiver or other
modification of the terms hereof made in accordance with
Section 14.1 .
Section 5.2
Additional Representations and Warranties of Seller . Seller
hereby further represents and warrants to the Agent, the Managing
Agents and the Purchasers, on and as of the date hereof, the date
of each Incremental Purchase and the date of each Reinvestment
that:
(a) Use of Proceeds .
No proceeds of any purchase hereunder will be used (i) for a
purpose that violates, or would be inconsistent with, Regulation T,
U or X promulgated by the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve
System from time to time or (ii) to acquire any security in
any transaction which is subject to Section 12, 13 or 14 of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
(b) Good Title .
Immediately prior to each purchase hereunder, Seller shall be the
legal and beneficial owner of the Receivables and the Related
Security and Collections with respect thereto, free and clear of
any Adverse Claim, except as created by the Transaction Documents.
There have been duly filed all financing statements or other
similar instruments or documents necessary under the UCC (or any
comparable law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect
Seller’s ownership interest in each Receivable, its
Collections and the Related Security, provided ,
however , that prior to the occurrence of an Amortization
Event, Seller’s interest in the Related Security shall be
perfected only to the extent that such Related Security is subject
to Article 9 of the UCC and such interest may be perfected by the
filing of a financing statement.
(c) Perfection . This
Agreement, together with the filing of the financing statements
contemplated hereby, is effective to, and shall, upon each purchase
hereunder, transfer to the Agent for the benefit of the relevant
Purchaser or Purchasers (and the Agent for the benefit of such
Purchaser or Purchasers shall acquire from Seller) a valid and
perfected first priority undivided percentage ownership or security
interest in each Receivable existing or hereafter arising and in
the Related Security and Collections with respect thereto, free and
clear of any Adverse Claim, except as created by the Transaction
Documents, provided , that prior to the occurrence of an
Amortization Event, the Agent’s interest in the Related
Security shall be perfected only to the extent that such Related
Security is subject to Article 9 of the UCC and such interest may
be perfected by the filing of a financing statement. There have
been duly filed all financing statements or other similar
instruments or documents necessary under the UCC (or any comparable
law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect the Agent’s
(on behalf of the Purchasers) ownership or security interest in the
Receivables, the Collections and the Related Security,
provided , that prior to the occurrence of an Amortization
Event, Agent’s interest in the Related Security shall be
perfected only to the extent that such Related Security is subject
to Article 9 of the UCC and such interest may be perfected by the
filing of a financing statement).
(d) Names . In the
past five (5) years, Seller has not used any corporate names,
trade names or assumed names other than the name in which it has
executed this Agreement.
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(e) Ownership of
Seller . Griffin owns, directly or indirectly, 100% of the
issued and outstanding membership or other equity interests of
Seller, free and clear of any Adverse Claim. Such membership and
equity interests are validly issued, fully paid and nonassessable,
and there are no options, warrants or other rights to acquire
securities of Seller or any other equity interest in
Seller.
(f) Payments to Griffin;
Collections . With respect to each Receivable transferred to
Seller under the Receivables Sale Agreement, Seller has given
reasonably equivalent value to Griffin in consideration therefor
and such transfer was not made for or on account of an antecedent
debt. No transfer by Griffin of any Receivable under the
Receivables Sale Agreement is or may be voidable under any section
of the Bankruptcy Reform Act of 1978 (11 U.S.C. §§ 101
et seq. ), as amended. In the case of this Agreement, each
remittance of Collections by the Seller to the Agent or any
Purchaser hereunder will have been (i) in payment of a debt
incurred by the Seller in the ordinary course of business or
financial affairs of the Seller and (ii) made in the ordinary
course of business or financial affairs of the Seller. In the case
of the Receivables Sale Agreement, each remittance of Collections
by Griffin to the Seller thereunder will have been (i) in
payment of a debt incurred by Griffin in the ordinary course of
business or financial affairs of Griffin and (ii) made in the
ordinary course of business or financial affairs of the Griffin. In
the case of any Griffin RPA, each remittance of Collections by the
applicable Originator to Griffin thereunder will have been
(i) in payment of a debt incurred by such Originator in the
ordinary course of business or financial affairs of such Originator
and (ii) made in the ordinary course of business or financial
affairs of such Originator.
(g) Net Receivable
Balance . Seller has determined that, immediately after giving
effect to each purchase under the Original Agreement and each
purchase hereunder, the Net Receivable Balance is at least equal to
the sum of (i) the Aggregate Capital, plus (ii) the
Aggregate Reserves.
(h) Enforceability of
Contracts . Each Contract with respect to each Receivable is
effective to create, and has created, a legal, valid and binding
obligation of the related Obligor to pay the Outstanding Balance of
the Receivable created thereunder and any accrued interest thereon,
enforceable against the Obligor in accordance with its terms,
except as such enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or other similar laws relating to or
limiting creditors’ rights generally and by general
principles of equity (regardless of whether enforcement is sought
in a proceeding in equity or at law).
Section 5.3 Financial
Institution Representations and Warranties . Each Financial
Institution hereby represents and warrants to the Agent and to the
Conduit and the Managing Agent in such Financial
Institution’s Purchaser Group that:
(a) Existence and
Power . Such Financial Institution is a corporation or a
banking association duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation or
organization, and has all corporate power to perform its
obligations hereunder.
(b) No Conflict . The
execution and delivery by such Financial Institution of this
Agreement and the performance of its obligations hereunder are
within its corporate powers,
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have been duly authorized by all
necessary corporate action, do not contravene or violate
(i) its certificate or articles of incorporation or
association or by-laws, (ii) any law, rule or regulation
applicable to it, (iii) any restrictions under any agreement,
contract or instrument to which it is a party or by which any of
its property is bound, or (iv) any order, writ, judgment,
award, injunction or decree binding on or affecting it or its
property, and do not result in the creation or imposition of any
Adverse Claim on its assets. This Agreement has been duly
authorized, executed and delivered by such Financial
Institution.
(c) Governmental
Authorization . No authorization or approval or other action
by, and no notice to or filing with, any governmental authority or
regulatory body is required for the due execution and delivery by
such Financial Institution of this Agreement and the performance of
its obligations hereunder, except that has already been
received.
(d) Binding Effect .
This Agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligation
of such Financial Institution enforceable against such Financial
Institution in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforcement may be limited by applicable bankruptcy, insolvency,
reorganization or other similar laws relating to or limiting
creditors’ rights generally and by general principles of
equity (regardless of whether such enforcement is sought in a
proceeding in equity or at law).
ARTICLE VI.
CONDITIONS OF
PURCHASES
Section 6.1
Conditions Precedent to Initial Incremental Purchase . The
initial Incremental Purchase of a Purchaser Interest under, and the
effectiveness of, this Agreement is subject to the conditions
precedent that (a) the Agent shall have received on or before
the date of such purchase those documents listed Schedule B
and (b) the Agent and each Managing Agent shall have received
all fees and expenses required to be paid on or prior to the date
hereof pursuant to the terms of this Agreement and each Fee
Letter.
Section 6.2
Conditions Precedent to All Incremental Purchases and
Reinvestments . Each Incremental Purchase of a Purchaser
Interest and each Reinvestment shall be subject to the further
conditions precedent that (a) in the case of each such
Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment: (i) Servicer shall have
delivered to the Agent and each Managing Agent on or prior to the
date of such purchase, in form and substance satisfactory to the
Agent and such Managing Agent, all Monthly Reports as and when due
under Section 8.5 and all Weekly Reports and Daily
Reports, if required, as and when due under Section 8.5
and (ii) upon the Agent’s or any Managing Agent’s
request (and, notwithstanding the Agent’s or any Managing
Agent’s failure to request, in the case of any Incremental
Purchase to be made on any day other than a Settlement Date,
Servicer shall have delivered to the Agent and such Managing Agent
at least three (3) days prior to such Incremental Purchase or
Reinvestment an Interim Monthly Report showing the amount of
Receivables that are Eligible Receivables; (b) the
Amortization Date shall not have occurred; (c) the Agent and
each Managing Agent shall have received such other approvals,
opinions or documents as it may reasonably request and (d) on
the date of each such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment, the
following statements shall be true (and acceptance of the proceeds
of such Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment shall be deemed a
representation and warranty by Seller that such statements are then
true):
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(i) the representations and
warranties set forth in Section 5.1 and 5.2 are
true and correct on and as of the date of such Incremental Purchase
or Reinvestment as though made on and as of such date (other than
the representation and warranty set forth in
Section 5.1(j) , which representation and warranty
shall be true and correct on the date of the Initial Incremental
Purchase as though made on and as of such date);
(ii) no event has occurred
and is continuing, or would result from such Incremental Purchase
or Reinvestment, that will constitute an Amortization Event or a
Potential Amortization Event; and
(iii) the Aggregate Capital
does not exceed the Purchase Limit and the aggregate Purchaser
Interests do not exceed 100%.
It is expressly understood that each
Reinvestment shall, unless otherwise directed by the Agent or any
Purchaser, occur automatically on each day that the Servicer shall
receive any Collections without the requirement that any further
action be taken on the part of any Person and notwithstanding the
failure of Seller to satisfy any of the foregoing conditions
precedent in respect of such Reinvestment. The failure of Seller to
satisfy any of the foregoing conditions precedent in respect of any
Reinvestment shall give rise to a right of the Agent, which right
may be exercised at any time on demand of the Agent, to rescind the
related purchase and direct Seller to pay to the Agent for the
benefit of the Purchasers an amount equal to the Collections prior
to the Amortization Date that shall have been applied to the
affected Reinvestment.
ARTICLE VII.
COVENANTS
Section 7.1
Affirmative Covenants of the Seller Parties . Until the date
on which the Aggregate Unpaids have been indefeasibly paid in full
and this Agreement terminates in accordance with its terms, each
Seller Party hereby covenants, only as to itself and as applicable
to it (on a several basis and not jointly), as set forth
below:
(a) Financial
Reporting . Such Seller Party will maintain, for itself and
each of its Subsidiaries, a system of accounting established and
administered in accordance with generally accepted accounting
principles, and furnish or cause to be furnished to the Agent and
each Managing Agent ( provided , that, for purposes of
clauses (i), (ii), (iv), and (v) hereof, posting to EDGAR or
on the website of Cardinal Health, Inc. shall constitute delivery
of such reports, notices or filings to the Agent and each Managing
Agent):
(i) Annual Reporting .
In the case of the Performance Guarantor, within one hundred twenty
(120) days after the close of each of its fiscal years,
audited, unqualified financial statements (which shall include
balance sheets, statements of income and retained earnings and a
statement of cash flows) for Performance Guarantor for such fiscal
year certified in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Agent by
independent public accountants reasonably acceptable to the Agent.
In the case of the Seller, within one hundred twenty
(120) days after the close of each of its fiscal years,
unaudited financial statements (which shall include a balance sheet
and a profit and loss statement).
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(ii) Quarterly
Reporting . In the case of the Performance Guarantor, within
sixty (60) days after the close of the first three
(3) quarterly periods of each of its fiscal years, balance
sheets of Performance Guarantor as at the close of each such period
and statements of income and retained earnings and a statement of
cash flows for Performance Guarantor for the period from the
beginning of such fiscal year to the end of such quarter, all
certified in a manner reasonably acceptable to the Agent by
Performance Guarantor’s chief financial officer.
(iii) Compliance
Certificate . Together with the documents required to be
delivered pursuant to clauses (i) and (ii) above, a
compliance certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit
V signed by an Authorized Officer of Performance
Guarantor.
(iv) Shareholders
Statements and Reports . Promptly upon the furnishing thereof
to the shareholders of Performance Guarantor copies of all
financial statements, reports and proxy statements so
furnished.
(v) S.E.C. Filings .
Promptly upon the filing thereof, copies of all registration
statements and annual, quarterly, monthly or other regular reports
which Performance Guarantor or any of its Subsidiaries files with
the Securities and Exchange Commission.
(vi) Copies of Notices
. Promptly upon its receipt of any notice, request for consent,
financial statements, certification, report or other communication
under or in connection with any Transaction Document from any
Person other than the Agent, any Managing Agent (so long as the
Agent is copied on such communication) or any Purchaser (so long as
each other Purchaser is copied on such communication), copies of
the same.
(vii) Change in Credit and
Collection Policy . At least thirty (30) days prior to the
effectiveness of any material change in or material amendment to
the Credit and Collection Policy, a copy of the Credit and
Collection Policy then in effect and a notice (A) indicating
such change or amendment and (B) if such proposed change or
amendment would be reasonably likely to materially adversely affect
the collectibility of the Receivables or materially decrease the
credit quality of any newly created Receivables, requesting the
Agent’s and each Managing Agent’s consent
thereto.
(viii) Other
Information . Promptly, from time to time, such other
information, documents, records or reports relating to the
Receivables or the condition or operations, financial or otherwise,
of such Seller Party as the Agent may from time to time reasonably
request (taking into consideration the burden and expense, if any,
imposed upon such Seller Party) in order to protect the interests
of the Agent and the Purchasers under or as contemplated by this
Agreement.
(b) Notices . Such
Seller Party will notify the Agent and each Managing Agent in
writing of any of the following promptly upon learning of the
occurrence thereof, describing the same and, if applicable, the
steps being taken with respect thereto:
(i) Amortization Events or
Potential Amortization Events . The occurrence of each
Amortization Event and each Potential Amortization Event, by a
statement of an Authorized Officer of such Seller Party.
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(ii) Judgment and
Proceedings . (A) The entry of any judgment or decree
against Servicer or any of its respective Subsidiaries if the
aggregate amount of all judgments and decrees then outstanding
against Servicer and its Subsidiaries exceeds $250,000 and
(B) the entry of any judgment or decree or the institution of
any litigation, arbitration proceeding or governmental proceeding
against Seller.
(iii) Material Adverse
Effect . The occurrence of any event or condition that has had,
or could reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse
Effect.
(iv) Termination Date
. Subject to Section 7.2(f) , the occurrence of the
“Termination Date” under and as defined in the
Receivables Sale Agreement and the termination of any Griffin RPA
in accordance with its terms or otherwise.
(v) Defaults Under Other
Agreements . The occurrence of a default or an event of default
under any other financing arrangement pursuant to which such Seller
Party is a debtor or an obligor.
(c) Compliance with Laws
and Preservation of Corporate Existence . Such Seller Party
will comply in all respects with all applicable laws, rules,
regulations, orders, writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees or
awards to which it may be subject except where the failure to so
comply could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect. Such Seller Party will preserve and maintain its existence,
rights, franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of its
organization, and qualify and remain qualified in good standing as
a foreign entity in each jurisdiction where its business is
conducted, except where the failure to so preserve and maintain or
qualify could not reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse
Effect.
(d) Audits . Such
Seller Party will furnish to the Agent and each Managing Agent from
time to time such information with respect to it and the
Receivables as the Agent or each Managing Agent may reasonably
request. Such Seller Party will, from time to time during regular
business hours as requested by the Agent upon reasonable notice and
at the sole cost of such Seller Party, subject to the penultimate
sentence of this Section 7.1(d) , permit the Agent, or
its agents or representatives, (i) to examine and make copies
of and abstracts from all Records in the possession or under the
control of such Person relating to the Receivables and the Related
Security, including , without limitation , the
related Contracts, and (ii) to visit the offices and
properties of such Person for the purpose of examining such
materials described in clause (i) above, and to discuss
matters relating to such Person’s financial condition or the
Receivables and the Related Security or any Person’s
performance under any of the Transaction Documents or any
Person’s performance under the Contracts and, in each case,
with any of the officers or employees of Seller or the Servicer
having knowledge of such matters (the procedures described in the
foregoing clauses (i) and (ii) are referred to herein as
an “ Audit ”). All such examinations and visits
shall be at the sole cost of such Seller Party; provided ,
however , that (i) (A) for so long as no
Amortization Event has occurred and is continuing, (B) the
Ratings Level then in effect is either Ratings Level 1 or Ratings
Level 2 and (C) the immediately preceding Audit was
satisfactory to the Agent and each Managing Agent in all material
respects, such cost shall be borne by such Seller Party not more
than once per calendar year, and (ii) (A) for so long as
no Amortization Event has occurred and is continuing, (B) the
Ratings Level then in effect is either Ratings Level 3 or Ratings
Level 4 and (C) the immediately preceding Audit was
satisfactory to
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the Agent and each Managing Agent in all
material respects, such cost shall be borne by such Seller Party
not more than twice per calendar year (although in no event shall
the foregoing proviso be construed to limit the Agent or its agents
or representatives to one or two, as applicable, Audits during any
calendar year period). The Agent will use commercially reasonable
efforts to determine if the costs and expenses to be incurred by
the Agent in connection with any Audit are estimated to exceed
$30,000 and, if so, will so notify the applicable Seller Party
promptly after knowledge thereof.
(e) Keeping and Marking of
Records and Books .
(i) Servicer will maintain
and implement administrative and operating procedures (
including , without limitation , an ability to
recreate records evidencing Receivables in the event of the
destruction of the originals thereof), and keep and maintain all
documents, books, records and other information reasonably
necessary or advisable for the collection of all Receivables (
including , without limitation , records adequate to
permit the immediate identification of each new Receivable and all
Collections of and adjustments to each existing Receivable). The
Servicer will give the Agent notice of any material change in the
administrative and operating procedures referred to in the previous
sentence.
(ii) Such Seller Party will,
(A) on or prior to June 29, 2000, mark its master data
processing records and other books and records relating to the
Purchaser Interests with a legend, acceptable to the Agent,
describing the Purchaser Interests and (B) upon the request of
the Agent following the occurrence of an Amortization Event,
(x) mark each Contract with a legend describing the Purchaser
Interests and (y) deliver to the Agent all Contracts (
including , without limitation , all multiple
originals of any such Contract) relating to the
Receivables.
(f) Compliance with
Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy . Such Seller Party
will timely and fully (i) perform and comply with all
provisions, covenants and other promises required to be observed by
it under the Contracts related to the Receivables, and
(ii) comply in all respects with the Credit and Collection
Policy in regard to each Receivable and the related
Contract.
(g) Performance and
Enforcement of Receivables Sale Agreement . Seller will, and
will require Griffin to, perform each of their respective
obligations and undertakings under and pursuant to the Receivables
Sale Agreement, will purchase Receivables thereunder in strict
compliance with the terms thereof and will use commercially
reasonable efforts to enforce the rights and remedies accorded to
Seller under the Receivables Sale Agreement. Seller will take all
actions to perfect and enforce its rights and interests (and the
rights and interests of the Agent and the Purchasers as assignees
of Seller) under the Receivables Sale Agreement as the 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
Receivables Sale Agreement.
(h) Ownership . Seller
will take all necessary action to (i) vest legal and equitable
title to the Receivables, the Related Security and the Collections
purchased under the Receivables Sale Agreement irrevocably in
Seller, free and clear of any Adverse Claims other than Adverse
Claims in favor of the Agent and the Purchasers ( including
, without limitation , the filing of all
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financing statements or other similar
instruments or documents necessary under the UCC (or any comparable
law) of all appropriate jurisdictions to perfect Seller’s
interest in such Receivables, Related Security and Collections and
such other action to perfect, protect or more fully evidence the
interest of Seller therein as the Agent may reasonably request),
provided, that prior to the occurrence of an Amortization Event,
Seller’s interest in the Related Security shall be perfected
only to the extent that such Related Security is subject to Article
9 of the UCC and such interest may be perfected by the filing of a
financing statement; and (ii) establish and maintain, in favor
of the Agent, for the benefit of the Purchasers, a valid and
perfected first priority undivided percentage ownership interest
(and/or a valid and perfected first priority security interest) in
all Receivables, Related Security and Collections to the full
extent contemplated herein, free and clear of any Adverse Claims
other than Adverse Claims in favor of the Agent for the benefit of
the Purchasers ( including , without limitation , the
filing of all financing statements or other similar instruments or
documents necessary under the UCC (or any comparable law) of all
appropriate jurisdictions to perfect the Agent’s (for the
benefit of the Purchasers) interest in such Receivables, Related
Security and Collections and such other action to perfect, protect
or more fully evidence the interest of the Agent for the benefit of
the Purchasers as the Agent may reasonably request), provided, that
prior to the occurrence of an Amortization Event, the Agent’s
interest in the Related Security shall be perfected only to the
extent that such Related Security is subject to Article 9 of the
UCC and such interest may be perfected by the filing of a financing
statement.
(i) Purchasers’
Reliance . Seller acknowledges that the Purchasers are entering
into the transactions contemplated by this Agreement in reliance
upon Seller’s identity as a legal entity that is separate
from each Cardinal Entity and their respective Affiliates.
Therefore, from and after June 29, 2000, Seller will take all
reasonable steps, including , without limitation ,
all steps that the Agent or any Purchaser may from time to time
reasonably request, to maintain Seller’s identity as a
separate legal entity and to make it manifest to third parties that
Seller is an entity with assets and liabilities distinct from those
of each Cardinal Entity and any Affiliates thereof and not just a
division of any Cardinal Entity. Without limiting the generality of
the foregoing and in addition to the other covenants set forth
herein, Seller will:
(i) conduct its own business
in its own name and require that all full-time employees of Seller,
if any, identify themselves as such and not as employees of any
Cardinal Entity ( including , without limitation , by
means of providing appropriate employees with business or
identification cards identifying such employees as Seller’s
employees);
(ii) compensate all
employees, consultants and agents directly, from Seller’s own
funds, for services provided to Seller by such employees,
consultants and agents and, to the extent any employee, consultant
or agent of Seller is also an employee, consultant or agent of any
Cardinal Entity or any Affiliate thereof, allocate the compensation
of such employee, consultant or agent between Seller and such
Cardinal Entity or such Affiliate, as applicable on a basis that
reflects the services rendered to Seller and such Cardinal Entity
or such Affiliate, as applicable;
(iii) clearly identify its
offices (by signage or otherwise) as its offices and, if such
office is located in the offices of any Cardinal Entity, Seller
will lease such office at a fair market rent;
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(iv) have a separate
telephone number, which will be answered only in its name and
separate stationery, invoices and checks in its own
name;
(v) conduct all transactions
with each Cardinal Entity and the Servicer ( including ,
without limitation , any delegation of its obligations
hereunder as Servicer) strictly on an arm’s-length basis,
allocate all overhead expenses (including, without limitation,
telephone and other utility charges) for items shared between
Seller and any Cardinal Entity on the basis of actual use to the
extent practicable and, to the extent such allocation is not
practicable, on a basis reasonably related to actual
use;
(vi) at all times have a
Board of Managers consisting of three members, at least one member
of which is an Independent Manager;
(vii) observe all corporate
formalities as a distinct entity, and ensure that (I) all
limited liability company actions relating to (1) the
dissolution or liquidation of Seller or (2) the initiation of,
participation in, acquiescence in or consent to any bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding involving Seller,
are duly authorized by unanimous vote of its Board of Managers
(including the Independent Manager) and (II) all limited liability
company actions relating to the selection, maintenance or
replacement of the Independent Manager are duly authorized in
compliance with Seller’s articles of organization and
operating agreement;
(viii) maintain
Seller’s books and records separate from those of each
Cardinal Entity and any Affiliate thereof and otherwise readily
identifiable as its own assets rather than assets of any Cardinal
Entity and any Affiliate thereof;
(ix) prepare its financial
statements separately from those of each Cardinal Entity and insure
that any consolidated financial statements of any Cardinal Entity
or any Affiliate thereof that include Seller and that are filed
with the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other
governmental agency have notes clearly stating that Seller is a
separate legal entity and that its assets will be available first
and foremost to satisfy the claims of the creditors of
Seller;
(x) except to the extent
funds of Seller and Griffin and funds of Seller and Cardinal may be
commingled in connection with the performance by Griffin and
Cardinal of their respective servicing obligations hereunder as
Servicer and Permitted Sub-Servicer, respectively, maintain the
funds or other assets of Seller separate from, and not commingled
with, those of any Cardinal Entity or any Affiliate thereof and
only maintain bank accounts or other depository accounts to which
Seller alone is the account party, into which Seller alone makes
deposits and from which Seller alone (or the Agent hereunder) has
the power to make withdrawals;
(xi) pay all of
Seller’s operating expenses from Seller’s own assets
(except for certain payments by any Cardinal Entity or other
Persons pursuant to allocation arrangements that comply with the
requirements of this Section 7.1(i) );
(xii) operate its business
and activities such that: it does not engage in any business or
activity of any kind, or enter into any transaction or indenture,
mortgage, instrument, agreement, contract, lease or other
undertaking, other than the transactions contemplated
and
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authorized by this Agreement and the
Receivables Sale Agreement (it being understood that Seller may
make the Demand Loans to Cardinal pursuant to and in accordance
with the terms of the Cash Management Agreement); and does not
create, incur, guarantee, assume or suffer to exist any
indebtedness or other liabilities, whether direct or contingent,
other than (1) as a result of the endorsement of negotiable
instruments for deposit or collection or similar transactions in
the ordinary course of business, (2) the incurrence of
obligations under this Agreement, (3) the incurrence of
obligations, as expressly contemplated in the Receivables Sale
Agreement, to make payment to Griffin thereunder for the purchase
of Receivables from Griffin under the Receivables Sale Agreement,
and (4) the incurrence of operating expenses in the ordinary
course of business of the type otherwise contemplated by this
Agreement;
(xiii) maintain its limited
liability company charter in conformity with this Agreement, such
that it does not amend, restate, supplement or otherwise modify its
articles of organization and operating agreement in any respect
that would impair its ability to comply with the terms or
provisions of any of the Transaction Documents, including ,
without limitation , Section 7.1(i) of this
Agreement;
(xiv) maintain the
effectiveness of, and continue to perform under the Receivables
Sale Agreement, each Griffin RPA (as Griffin’s assignee), the
Cash Management Agreement and the Performance Guaranty, such that
it does not amend, restate, supplement, cancel, terminate or
otherwise modify the Receivables Sale Agreement, each Griffin RPA,
the Cash Management Agreement or the Performance Guaranty, or give
any consent, waiver, directive or approval thereunder or waive any
default, action, omission or breach thereunder or otherwise grant
any indulgence thereunder, without (in each case) the prior written
consent of the Agent and the Required Financial
Institutions;
(xv) maintain its limited
liability company separateness such that it does not merge or
consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise
dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of
transactions, and except as otherwise contemplated herein) all or
substantially all of its assets (whether now owned or hereafter
acquired) to, or acquire all or substantially all of the assets of,
any Person, nor at any time create, have, acquire, maintain or hold
any interest in any Subsidiary;
(xvi) maintain at all times
the Required Capital Amount (as defined in the Receivables Sale
Agreement) and refrain from making any dividend, distribution,
redemption of capital stock or membership interest or payment of
any subordinated indebtedness which would cause the Required
Capital Amount to cease to be so maintained; and
(xvii) take such other
actions as are necessary on its part to ensure that the facts and
assumptions set forth in the opinion issued by Latham &
Watkins, as counsel for Seller, in connection with the closing or
initial Incremental Purchase under the Original Agreement and
relating to substantive consolidation issues, and in the
certificates accompanying such opinion, remain true and correct in
all material respects at all times.
(j) Collections
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(i) Such Seller Party will
(A) instruct all Obligors to remit all Collections directly to
a Lock-Box or Collection Account, (B) cause all proceeds from
all Lock-Boxes to be directly deposited by a Collection Bank into a
Lock-Box Account or Collection Account, (C) cause Collections
deposited or credited to the JPMC CHI Account to be transferred to
the Facility Account in accordance with the terms of the Cash
Management Agreement, (D) cause each Lock-Box, Lock-Box
Account and Collection Account to be subject at all times to a
Collection Account Agreement that is in full force and effect,
(E) cause the Cash Management Agreement to be in full force
and effect and (F) not, and will not permit any other Person
to, remit, deposit, credit or otherwise transfer any funds other
than Collections, Brokerage Receivables and immaterial amounts of
other receipts not constituting Collections to any Lock-Box or
Collection Account.
(ii) At all times, in the
event any payments relating to Receivables are remitted directly to
such Seller Party or any Affiliate of such Seller Party, such
Seller Party will remit (or will cause all such payments to be
remitted) directly to a Collection Bank and deposited into a
Collection Account within two (2) Business Days following
receipt thereof and, at all times prior to such remittance, such
Seller Party will itself hold or, if applicable, will cause such
payments to be held in trust for the exclusive benefit of the Agent
and the Purchasers. Seller will maintain exclusive ownership,
dominion and control or “control” (within the meaning
of Section 9-104 of the UCC of all applicable jurisdictions)
(subject to the terms of this Agreement) of each Lock-Box Account
and Collection Account and will not grant the right to take
dominion and control or “control” (within the meaning
of Section 9-104 of the UCC of all applicable jurisdictions)
of any Lock-Box or Collection Account at a future time or upon the
occurrence of a future event to any Person, except to the Agent as
contemplated by this Agreement. All Collections from time to time
deposited to any Collection Account, shall be held in trust, for
the exclusive benefit of the Agent and the Purchasers.
(k) Taxes . Such
Seller Party will file all tax returns and reports required by law
to be filed by it and will promptly pay all taxes and governmental
charges at any time owing, except any such taxes which are not yet
delinquent or are being diligently contested in good faith by
appropriate proceedings and for which adequate reserves in
accordance with generally accepted accounting principles shall have
been set aside on its books. 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 any Conduit, the Agent
or any Financial Institution.
(l) Insurance . Seller
will maintain in effect, or cause to be maintained in effect, at
Seller’s own expense, commercial general liability insurance.
The Agent, for the benefit of the Purchasers, shall be named on
such insurance policies as an additional insured with respect to
all such liability insurance maintained by Seller. Seller will pay
or cause to be paid, the premiums therefor and deliver to the Agent
a certificate of insurance evidencing such insurance. The foregoing
requirements shall not be construed to negate, reduce or modify,
and are in addition to Seller’s obligations
hereunder.
(m) Payment to Griffin
. With respect to any Receivable purchased by Seller from Griffin,
such sale shall be effected under, and in strict compliance with
the terms of, the Receivables Sale Agreement, including ,
without limitation , the terms relating to the amount and
timing of payments to be made to Griffin in respect of the purchase
price for such Receivable.
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Section 7.2 Negative
Covenants of the Seller Parties . Until the date on which the
Aggregate Unpaids have been indefeasibly paid in full and this
Agreement terminates in accordance with its terms, each Seller
Party hereby covenants, only as to itself and as applicable to it
(on a several basis and not jointly), that:
(a) Name Change,
Jurisdiction of Organization, Offices, Records and Books of
Accounts . Such Seller Party will not change its name,
identity, corporate or other organizational structure or
jurisdiction of organization (within the meaning of
Section 9-503 or 9-507 of the UCC of all applicable
jurisdictions) or relocate any office where Records are kept unless
it shall have: (i) given the Agent at least forty-five
(45) days’ prior written notice thereof and
(ii) delivered to the Agent all financing statements,
instruments and other documents requested by the Agent in
connection with such change or relocation.
(b) Change in Payment
Instructions to Obligors . Except as may be required by the
Agent pursuant to Section 8.2(b) , such Seller Party
will not add or terminate any bank as a Collection Bank, or make
any change in the instructions to Obligors regarding payments to be
made to any Lock-Box or Collection Account, unless the Agent shall
have received, at least ten (10) days before the proposed
effective date therefor, (i) written notice of such addition,
termination or change and (ii) with respect to the addition of
a Collection Bank or a Collection Account or Lock-Box, an executed
Collection Account Agreement with respect to the new Collection
Account or Lock-Box; provided , however , that the
Servicer may make changes in instructions to Obligors regarding
payments if such new instructions require such Obligor to make
payments to another existing Collection Account that is subject to
a Collection Account Agreement.
(c) Modifications to
Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy . Such Seller Party
will not make any change to the Credit and Collection Policy that
could materially adversely affect the collectibility of the
Receivables or materially decrease the credit quality of any newly
created Receivables. Except as provided in
Section 8.2(d) , such Seller Party will not extend,
amend or otherwise modify the terms of any Receivable or any
Contract related thereto other than in accordance with the Credit
and Collection Policy.
(d) Sales, Liens .
Seller will not sell, assign (by operation of law or otherwise) or
otherwise dispose of, or grant any option with respect to, or
create or suffer to exist any Adverse Claim upon ( including
, without limitation , the filing of any financing
statement) or with respect to, any Receivable, Related Security
(other than an Adverse Claim arising through or under an Obligor)
or Collections, or upon or with respect to any Contract under which
any Receivable arises, or any Lock-Box or Collection Account, or
assign any right to receive income with respect thereto (other
than, in each case, the creation of the interests therein in favor
of the Agent and the Purchasers provided for herein), and Seller
will defend the right, title and interest of the Agent and the
Purchasers in, to and under any of the foregoing property, against
all claims of third parties claiming through or under Seller or any
Cardinal Entity.
(e) Net Receivable
Balance . Seller will not permit the Net Receivable Balance to
be less than an amount equal to the sum of (i) the Aggregate
Capital plus (ii) the Aggregate Reserves at any time prior to
the Amortization Date.
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(f) Termination Date
Determination . Seller will not designate the Termination Date
(as defined in the Receivables Sale Agreement), or send any written
notice to Griffin in respect thereof, without the prior written
consent of the Agent, except with respect to the occurrence of such
Termination Date arising pursuant to Section 5.1(d) of
the Receivables Sale Agreement, and any such designation of the
Termination Date or provision of notice in respect thereof not in
compliance with this clause (f) shall be void ab
initio .
(g) Griffin RPA
Termination . Griffin will not terminate any Griffin RPA, nor
send any written notice to the applicable Originator in respect
thereof, without providing 10 Business Days’ prior written
notice thereof to the Agent, except with respect to (i) the
occurrence of a termination pursuant to Section 7.2 of
the applicable Griffin RPA and (ii) a termination permitted
under Section 1.1(b) hereunder, and any such
termination of any Griffin RPA or provision of notice to any
Originator in respect thereof not in compliance with this clause
(g) shall be void ab initio .
ARTICLE VIII.
ADMINISTRATION AND
COLLECTION
Section 8.1
Designation of Servicer . (a) The servicing,
administration and collection of the Receivables shall be conducted
by such Person (the “ Servicer ”) so designated
from time to time in accordance with this Section 8.1 .
Griffin is hereby designated as, and hereby agrees to perform the
duties and obligations of, the Servicer pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement. The Agent (on behalf of the Purchasers) may, and at
the direction of the Required Financial Institutions shall, at any
time following the occurrence of a Collection Notice Event, by
notice to Griffin and Seller designate any Person to succeed
Griffin as Servicer or any successor Servicer.
(b) Without the prior written
consent of the Agent and each Managing Agent, Griffin will not
delegate any of its duties or responsibilities as Servicer to any
Person other than (i) an Originator (with respect to
Receivables originated by such Originator), (ii) Cardinal,
(iii) Cardinal Health 2, Inc. a Nevada corporation,
(iv) Cardinal Health 7, LLC and (v) with respect to
certain Receivables that are Charged-Off Receivables, outside
collection agencies in accordance with its customary practices
(each, a “ Permitted Sub-Servicer ”). No
Permitted Sub-Servicer will further delegate to any other Person,
other than another Permitted Sub-Servicer, any of the duties or
responsibilities of the Servicer delegated to it by Griffin. If the
Agent shall, in accordance with this Agreement, designate as
Servicer any Person other than Griffin, all duties and
responsibilities theretofore delegated by Griffin to each Permitted
Sub-Servicer may, at the discretion of the Agent, be terminated
forthwith on notice given by the Agent to Griffin and to Seller
(and, at the Agent’s discretion, any Permitted
Sub-Servicer).
(c) Notwithstanding the
foregoing subsection (b), (i) Griffin shall be and remain
primarily liable to the Agent and the Purchasers for the full and
prompt performance of all duties and responsibilities of the
Servicer hereunder and (ii) the Agent and the Purchasers shall
be entitled to deal exclusively with Griffin in matters relating to
the discharge by the Servicer of its duties and responsibilities
hereunder. The Agent and the Purchasers shall not be required to
(but may at their sole option) give notice, demand or other
communication to any Person other than Griffin in order for
communication to the Servicer and any of its Permitted
Sub-Servicers with respect thereto to be accomplished. Griffin, at
all times that it is the Servicer, shall be
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responsible for providing any Permitted
Sub-Servicer or other delegate of the Servicer with any notice
given to the Servicer under this Agreement.
Section 8.2 Duties of
Servicer . (a) The Servicer will take or cause to be taken
all such actions as may be necessary or advisable to collect each
Receivable from time to time, all in accordance with applicable
laws, rules and regulations, with reasonable care and diligence,
and in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy.
(b) The Servicer will
instruct all Obligors to pay all Collections directly to a Lock-Box
or Collection Account and effect a Collection Account Agreement
with each bank party to a Collection Account at any time. In the
case of any remittances received in any Lock-Box or Collection
Account that shall have been identified, to the satisfaction of the
Servicer, to not constitute Collections or other proceeds of the
Receivables or the Related Security, the Servicer will promptly
remit such items to the Person identified to it as being the owner
of such remittances. From and after the date the Agent delivers to
any Collection Bank a Collection Notice pursuant to
Section 8.3 , the Agent may request that the Servicer,
and the Servicer thereupon promptly will instruct all Obligors with
respect to the Receivables to, remit all payments thereon to a new
depositary account specified by the Agent and, at all times
thereafter, Seller and the Servicer will not deposit or otherwise
credit, and will not permit any other Person to deposit or
otherwise credit to such new depositary account any cash or payment
item other than Collections.
(c) The Servicer will
administer the Collections in accordance with the procedures
described herein and in Article II . The Servicer will set
aside and hold in trust for the account of Seller and the
Purchasers their respective shares of the Collections of
Receivables in accordance with Article II . The Servicer
will, upon the request of the Agent, segregate, in a manner
reasonably acceptable to the Agent, all cash, checks and other
instruments received by it from time to time constituting
Collections from the general funds of the Servicer or Seller prior
to the remittance thereof in accordance with Article II . If
the Servicer shall be required to segregate Collections pursuant to
the preceding sentence, the Servicer shall segregate and deposit
with a bank designated by the Agent such allocable share of
Collections of Receivables set aside for the Purchasers on the
first Business Day following receipt by the Servicer of such
Collections, duly endorsed or with duly executed instruments of
transfer.
(d) The Servicer may, in
accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy, extend the
maturity of any Receivable or adjust the Outstanding Balance of any
Receivable or restructure any Receivable into a Note Receivable and
sell such Note Receivable and its Related Security on a
non-recourse basis, as agent for and on behalf of Seller, to a
third party (other than Griffin or any Originator), in each case,
as the Servicer determines to be appropriate to maximize
Collections thereof; provided , however , that
(i) such extension or adjustment shall not alter the status of
such Receivable as a Delinquent Receivable or Charged-Off
Receivable or limit the rights of the Agent, the Managing Agents or
the Purchasers under this Agreement and (ii) any such
restructuring shall be subject to the following conditions:
(A) no Amortization Event shall exist immediately before such
restructuring or after giving effect thereto (unless otherwise
consented to by the Agent (at the instruction of each Managing
Agent) in writing), (B) prior to such restructuring or
concurrently therewith, Seller shall pay a Deemed Collection to the
Agent in the amount of the Outstanding Balance of such Receivable
and (C) Servicer shall identify the
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Receivable to be restructured to the
Agent in writing. Upon and not until satisfaction of the conditions
set forth in the foregoing clauses (A), (B) and (C), any
Receivable restructured into a Note Receivable shall cease to be a
“Receivable” for any purposes hereunder and the lien of
the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers shall be automatically
released without further action. Notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained herein, the Agent shall have the right, in its
reasonable discretion, to direct the Servicer to commence or settle
any legal action with respect to any Receivable or to foreclose
upon or repossess any Related Security.
(e) The Servicer will hold in
trust for Seller and the Purchasers all Records that
(i) evidence or relate to the Receivables, the related
Contracts and Related Security or (ii) are otherwise necessary
or desirable to collect the Receivables and will, upon the
occurrence of a Collection Notice Event, as soon as practicable
upon demand of the Agent, deliver or make available to the Agent
all such Records, at a place selected by the Agent. The Servicer
will, as soon as practicable following receipt thereof, turn over
to Seller any cash collections or other cash proceeds received with
respect to Indebtedness not constituting Receivables. The Servicer
will, from time to time at the request of any Purchaser, furnish to
the Purchasers (promptly after any such request) a calculation of
the amounts set aside for the Purchasers pursuant to Article
II .
(f) Any payment by an Obligor
in respect of any indebtedness owed by it to any Originator,
Griffin or Seller shall, except as otherwise specified by such
Obligor or otherwise required by contract or law and unless
otherwise instructed by the Agent, be applied as a Collection of
any Receivable of such Obligor to the extent of any amounts then
due and payable thereunder before being applied to any other
receivable or other obligation of such Obligor.
Section 8.3
Collection Notices; Power-of-Attorney . (a) The Agent
is authorized at any time after the occurrence of a Collection
Notice Event to date and to deliver to the Collection Banks the
Collection Notices. Seller hereby transfers to the Agent for the
benefit of the Purchasers, effective when the Agent delivers such
notice, the exclusive ownership and sole “control”
(within the meaning of Section 9-104 of the UCC of all
applicable jurisdictions) of each Lock-Box and the Collection
Accounts. In case any authorized signatory of Seller whose
signature appears on a Collection Account Agreement shall cease to
have such authority before the delivery of such notice, such
Collection Notice shall nevertheless be valid as if such authority
had remained in force. Seller hereby authorizes the Agent, and
agrees that the Agent shall be entitled after the occurrence of a
Collection Notice Event to (i) endorse Seller’s name on
checks and other instruments representing Collections,
(ii) take such action as shall be necessary or desirable to
cause all cash, checks and other instruments constituting
Collections of Receivables to come into the possession of the Agent
rather than Seller and (iii) designate any Person to succeed
Griffin as Servicer and enforce the Receivables, the related
Contracts and the Related Security.
(b) The Seller hereby
authorizes the Agent, and irrevocably appoints the Agent as its
attorney-in-fact with full power of substitution and with full
authority in the place and stead of the Seller, which appointment
is coupled with an interest, to take any and all steps in the name
of the Seller and on behalf of the Seller necessary or desirable,
in the reasonable determination of the Agent, after the occurrence
of a Amortization Event, to collect any and all amounts or portions
thereof due under any and all Receivables, related Contracts and
Related Security, including endorsing the name of the Seller on
checks and other instruments representing
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Collections and otherwise enforcing
Obligations hereunder and under the Transaction Documents.
Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
subsection, none of the powers conferred upon such attorney-in-fact
pursuant to the preceding sentence shall subject such
attorney-in-fact to any liability if any action taken by it shall
prove to be inadequate or invalid, nor shall they confer any
obligations upon such attorney-in-fact in any manner
whatsoever.
Section 8.4
Responsibilities of Seller . Anything herein to the contrary
notwithstanding, the exercise by the Agent, the Managing Agents and
the Purchasers of their rights hereunder shall not release the
Servicer, Griffin, any Originator or Seller from any of their
duties or obligations with respect to any Receivables or under the
related Contracts. The Purchasers shall have no obligation or
liability with respect to any Receivables or related Contracts, nor
shall any of them be obligated to perform the obligations of
Seller.
Section 8.5
Reports . (a) The Servicer will prepare and forward to
the Agent and the Managing Agents (i) on the seventeenth
(17th) calendar day of each month (or if such day is not a
Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day) and at such times
as the Agent or the Required Financial Institutions shall request,
a Monthly Report and (ii) at such times as the Agent or the
Required Financial Institutions shall request, a listing by Obligor
of all Receivables together with an aging of such
Receivables.
(b) If on any date the
Ratings Level then in effect is Ratings Level 3, the Servicer shall
prepare and forward to the Agent and each Managing Agent on the
Tuesday of each week for the immediately preceding calendar week
(beginning with the week immediately following the date Ratings
Level 3 became effective), a Weekly Report with respect to the
calendar week most recently ended, which report shall be in
addition to any required or requested Monthly Report. If on any
date the Ratings Level then in effect is Ratings Level 4, the
Servicer shall prepare and forward to the Agent and each Managing
Agent each Business Day (beginning with the Business Day
immediately following the date Ratings Level 4 became effective or
such other Business Day as determined by the Agent), a Daily Report
with respect to the immediately preceding Business Day or such
other Business Day determined by the Agent, which report shall be
in addition to any required or requested Monthly Report.
Section 8.6 Servicing
Fees . In consideration of Griffin’s agreement to act as
Servicer hereunder, the Purchasers hereby agree that, so long as
Griffin continues to perform as Servicer hereunder, Seller will pay
over to Griffin on the 20th calendar day of each month, in arrears
for the preceding Calculation Period (as defined in the Receivables
Sale Agreement), a fee (the “ Servicing Fee ”)
equal to 1.00% per annum of the average aggregate Outstanding
Balance of all Receivables during such period, as compensation for
its servicing activities.
ARTICLE IX.
AMORTIZATION
EVENTS
Section 9.1
Amortization Events . The occurrence of any one or more of
the following events shall constitute an Amortization
Event:
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(a) (i) Any Seller Party
shall fail (A) to make any payment or deposit required
hereunder when due and, for any such payment or deposit which is
not in respect of Capital, such failure continues for two
(2) consecutive days after such Seller Party has received
notice, or has actual knowledge, of such failure or through the
exercise of reasonable business diligence, should have known of
such failure, or (B) to perform or observe any term, covenant
or agreement hereunder (other than as referred to in clause
(i) of this paragraph (a) and Section 9.1(d)
) and such failure shall continue for five (5) consecutive
Business Days after such Seller Party has received notice, or has
actual knowledge, of such failure or through the exercise of
reasonable business diligence, should have known of such failure;
or (ii) Cardinal shall fail to make any payment in respect of
the Demand Loans, whether upon demand or otherwise and such failure
continues for two (2) consecutive days after any Seller Party
has received notice, or has actual knowledge, of such failure or
through the exercise of reasonable business diligence, should have
known of such failure.
(b) Any representation,
warranty, certification or statement made by any Seller Party in
this Agreement, any other Transaction Document or in any other
document delivered pursuant hereto or thereto shall prove to have
been incorrect when made or deemed made.
(c) (i) Failure of Seller to
pay any Indebtedness when due; or the default by Seller in the
performance of any term, provision or condition contained in any
agreement under which any Indebtedness of Seller was created or is
governed, the effect of which is to cause, or to permit the holder
or holders of such Indebtedness to cause, such Indebtedness to
become due prior to its stated maturity; or any Indebtedness of
Seller shall be declared to be due and payable or required to be
prepaid (other than by a regularly scheduled payment) prior to the
date of maturity thereof.
(ii) Failure of Servicer to
pay Indebtedness when due in excess of $250,000 (such Indebtedness
being referred to hereinafter as “ Material
Indebtedness ”); or the default by Servicer in the
performance of any term, provision or condition contained in any
agreement under which any Material Indebtedness of Servicer was
created or is governed, the effect of which is to cause, or to
permit the holder or holders of such Material Indebtedness to
cause, such Material Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated
maturity; or any Material Indebtedness of Servicer shall be
declared to be due and payable or required to be prepaid (other
than by a regularly scheduled payment) prior to the date of
maturity thereof.
(iii) Failure of Performance
Guarantor or any Originator to pay any Indebtedness of Performance
Guarantor or such Originator, as applicable, in an amount in excess
of the greater of (i) 2% of Adjusted Tangible Net Worth and
(ii) $100,000,000.00 (such Indebtedness being referred to
hereinafter as “ Substantial Indebtedness ”); or
the default by Performance Guarantor or any Originator in the
performance of any term, provision or condition contained in any
agreement under which any Substantial Indebtedness was created or
is governed, the effect of which is to cause, or to permit the
holder or holders of such Substantial Indebtedness to cause, such
Substantial Indebtedness to become due prior to its stated
maturity; or any Substantial Indebtedness shall be declared to be
due and payable or required to be prepaid (other than by a
regularly scheduled payment) prior to the date of maturity
thereof.
(d) (i) Any Seller Party,
Performance Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall
generally not pay its debts as such debts become due; or
(ii) any Seller Party,
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Performance Guarantor or any of their
respective Subsidiaries shall admit in writing its inability to pay
its debts generally or shall make a general assignment for the
benefit of creditors; or (iii) any proceeding shall be
instituted against Seller or by any Seller Party, Performance
Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries seeking to
adjudicate it bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking liquidation,
winding up, reorganization, arrangement, adjustment, protection,
relief or composition of it or its debts under any law relating to
bankruptcy, insolvency or reorganization or relief of debtors, or
seeking the entry of an order for relief or the appointment of a
receiver, trustee or other similar official for it or any
substantial part of its property; or (iv) any Seller Party,
Performance Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries shall
take any corporate action to authorize any of the actions set forth
in clause (i), (ii) or (iii) above in this subsection
(d); or (v) any proceeding of the type described in clause
(iii) of this subsection (d) shall be instituted against
Servicer or Performance Guarantor and shall not be withdrawn,
vacated or dismissed within 60 days after the commencement
thereof.
(e) Seller shall fail to
comply with the terms of Section 2.6 .
(f) As at the end of any
calendar month occurring after the date hereof, the Delinquency
Ratio shall exceed 4.5%.
(g) As at the end of any
calendar month:
(i) the Collections-to-Sales
Ratio shall be less than 75%, or
(ii) the three-month rolling
average Dilution-to-Sales Ratio shall exceed 5.25%.
(h) (i) A Change of Control
shall occur with respect to any Seller Party; or (ii) a Change
of Control shall occur with respect to Performance Guarantor and
shall result in a Material Adverse Effect.
(i) (i) One or more final
judgments for the payment of money shall be entered against Seller;
or (ii) one or more final judgments for the payment of money
shall be entered against Servicer or any Originator in excess of
$250,000 on claims not covered by insurance or as to which the
insurance carrier has denied its responsibility, and such judgment
shall continue unsatisfied and in effect for fifteen
(15) consecutive days without a stay of execution; or
(iii) one or more final judgments for the payment of money
shall be entered against Performance Guarantor in excess of
$25,000,000 on claims not covered by insurance or as to which the
insurance carrier has denied its responsibility, and such judgment
shall continue unsatisfied and in effect for fifteen
(15) consecutive days without a stay of execution.
(j) The Termination Date (as
defined in the Receivables Sale Agreement) shall occur under the
Receivables Sale Agreement; or Griffin shall for any reason cease
to transfer, or cease to have the legal capacity to transfer, or
otherwise be incapable of transferring Receivables to Seller under
the Receivables Sale Agreement.
(k) This Agreement shall
terminate in whole or in part (except in accordance with its
terms), or shall cease to be effective or to be the legally valid,
binding and enforceable obligation of Seller, or any Obligor shall
directly or indirectly contest in any manner such
effectiveness,
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validity, binding nature or
enforceability, or the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers
shall cease to have a valid and perfected first priority security
interest in the Receivables, the Related Security and the
Collections with respect thereto and the Collection
Accounts.
(l) Any Griffin RPA shall
terminate in accordance with its terms or otherwise; or any
Originator shall for any reason cease to transfer, or cease to have
the legal capacity to transfer, or otherwise be incapable of
transferring Receivables (as defined in the applicable Griffin RPA)
to Griffin under the applicable Griffin RPA.
(m) Performance Guarantor
shall fail to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement
required to be performed by it under the Performance Guaranty, or
the Performance Guaranty shall cease to be effective or to be the
legally valid, binding and enforceable obligation of Performance
Guarantor, or Performance Guarantor shall directly or indirectly
contest in any manner such effectiveness, validity, binding nature
or enforceability.
Section 9.2
Remedies . Upon the occurrence and during the continuation
of an Amortization Event, the Agent may, or upon the direction of
the Required Financial Institutions shall, take any of the
following actions: (i) replace the Person then acting as
Servicer, (ii) declare the Amortization Date to have occurred,
whereupon the Amortization Date shall forthwith occur, without
demand, protest or further notice of any kind, all of which are
hereby expressly waived by each Seller Party; provided ,
however , that upon the occurrence of an Amortization Event
described in Section 9.1(d) , or of an actual or deemed
entry of an order for relief with respect to any Seller Party under
the federal bankruptcy code, the Amortization Date shall
automatically occur, without demand, protest or any notice of any
kind, all of which are hereby expressly waived by each Seller
Party, (iii) to the fullest extent permitted by applicable
law, declare that the Default Fee shall accrue with respect to any
of the Aggregate Unpaids outstanding at such time,
(iv) deliver the Collection Notices to the Collection Banks,
(v) notify Obligors of the Purchasers’ interest in the
Receivables and (vi) make demand on Cardinal for payment of
the Demand Loans. The aforementioned rights and remedies shall be
without limitation, and shall be in addition to all other rights
and remedies of the Agent, the Managing Agents and the Purchasers
otherwise available under any other provision of this Agreement, by
operation of law, at equity or otherwise, all of which are hereby
expressly preserved, including , without limitation ,
all rights and remedies provided under the UCC, all of which rights
shall be cumulative.
ARTICLE X.
INDEMNIFICATION
Section 10.1
Indemnities by the Seller Parties . Without limiting any
other rights that the Agent, any Managing Agent, any Purchaser, any
Funding Source or any of their respective Affiliates may have
hereunder or under applicable law, (A) Seller hereby agrees to
indemnify (and pay upon demand to) the Agent, each Managing Agent,
each Funding Source, each Purchaser and their respective
Affiliates, assigns, officers, directors, agents and employees
(each an “ Indemnified Party ”) from and against
any and all damages, losses, claims, taxes, liabilities, costs,
expenses and for all other amounts payable, including reasonable
attorneys’ fees (which attorneys may be employees of the
Agent or such Purchaser) and disbursements (all of the foregoing
being collectively referred to as “ Indemnified
Amounts ”) awarded against or incurred by any of them
arising out of or as a result of this Agreement, or the use of the
proceeds of any
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purchase hereunder, or the acquisition,
funding or ownership either directly or indirectly, by a Purchaser
or a Funding Source of a Purchaser Interest or of an interest in
the Receivables, or any Receivable or any Contract or any Related
Security, or any action of any Seller Party or any Affiliate of any
Seller Party, and (B) the Servicer hereby agrees to indemnify
(and pay upon demand to) each Indemnified Party for Indemnified
Amounts awarded against or incurred by any of them arising out of
the Servicer’s activities as Servicer hereunder excluding,
however, in all of the foregoing instances under the preceding
clauses (A) and (B):
(i) Indemnified Amounts to
the extent a final judgment of a court of competent jurisdiction
holds that such Indemnified Amounts resulted from gross negligence
or willful misconduct on the part of the Indemnified Party seeking
indemnification;
(ii) Indemnified Amounts to
the extent the same includes losses in respect of Receivables that
are uncollectible on account of the insolvency, bankruptcy or lack
of creditworthiness of the related Obligor; or
(iii) taxes imposed by the
jurisdiction in which such Indemnified Party’s principal
executive office is located, on or measured by the overall net
income of such Indemnified Party to the extent that the computation
of such taxes is consistent with the characterization for income
tax purposes of the acquisition by the Purchasers of Purchaser
Interests as a loan or loans by the Purchasers to Seller secured by
the Receivables, the Related Security, the Collection Accounts and
the Collections;
provided , however , that
nothing contained in this sentence shall limit the liability of any
Seller Party or limit the recourse of the Purchasers to any Seller
Party for amounts otherwise specifically provided to be paid by
such Seller Party under the terms of this Agreement. Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing indemnification, Seller
will indemnify each Indemnified Party for Indemnified Amounts (
including , without limitation , losses in respect of
uncollectible receivables, regardless of whether reimbursement
therefor would constitute recourse to Seller or the Servicer)
relating to or resulting from:
(i) any representation or
warranty made by any Seller Party or any Cardinal Entity (or any
officers of any such Person) under or in connection with this
Agreement, any other Transaction Document or any other information
or report delivered by any such Person pursuant hereto or thereto,
that shall have been false or incorrect when made or deemed
made;
(ii) the failure by any
Seller Party or any Cardinal Entity to comply with any applicable
law, rule or regulation with respect to any Receivable or Contract
related thereto, or the nonconformity of any Receivable or Contract
included therein with any such applicable law, rule or regulation
or any failure of Seller or any Cardinal Entity to keep or perform
any of its obligations, express or implied, with respect to any
Contract;
(iii) any failure of any
Seller Party or any Cardinal Entity to perform its duties,
covenants or other obligations in accordance with the provisions of
this Agreement or any other Transaction Document;
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(iv) any products liability,
personal injury or damage suit, or other similar claim arising out
of or in connection with merchandise, insurance or services that
are the subject of any Contract;
(v) any dispute, claim,
offset or defense (other than discharge in bankruptcy of the
Obligor) of the Obligor to the payment of any Receivable (
including , without limitation , (A) a defense
based on such Receivable or the related Contract not being a legal,
valid and binding obligation of such Obligor enforceable against it
in accordance with its terms and/or (B) a claim that the sale
or other assignment of all or any part of the applicable
Originator’s (or any of its assignees’) rights under
the related Contract violates any anti-assignmen
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