Exhibit 10.20
EXECUTION COPY
THIRD AMENDED AND
RESTATED
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
dated as of December 10,
2008
among
JWPR CORPORATION, as
Seller and Servicer,
THE COMMERCIAL PAPER CONDUITS FROM
TIME TO TIME PARTY HERETO, as
Conduits
CERTAIN FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS PARTY
HERETO,
and
THE BANK OF NOVA SCOTIA,
as a Managing Agent and as the Agent
JWPR CORPORATION
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
RECEIVABLES PURCHASE AGREEMENT
This Third Amended and Restated
Receivables Purchase Agreement (the “ Agreement
”) dated as of December 10, 2008 is among JWPR
Corporation, a Nevada corporation, as seller (“ Seller
”) and initial servicer (“ Servicer ”),
the entities listed on Schedule A to this Agreement
(together with any of their respective successors and assigns
hereunder, the “ Financial Institutions ”), the
commercial paper conduits from time to time party hereto (each, a
“ Conduit ”), The Bank of Nova Scotia, a
Canadian chartered bank (“ BNS ”) as a managing
agent for the Purchasers listed on Schedule A as being in
the BNS Purchase Group and BNS, 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
WHEREAS, the parties hereto are
parties to that certain Second Amended and Restated Receivables
Purchase Agreement dated as of March 24, 2006 (as amended
heretofore, the “ Second Amended and Restated
Agreement ”); and
WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire
to amend and restate the Second Amended and Restated Agreement in
its entirety as set forth herein (it being the intent of the
parties hereto that this Agreement not constitute a novation of the
Second Amended and Restated Agreement); and
NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of
the premises, the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained
and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and
sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, each party agrees as
follows:
ARTICLE I
PURCHASE ARRANGEMENTS
Section 1.1 Purchase
Facility .
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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
the Purchasers from time to time during the period from the date
hereof to but not including the Facility Termination Date;
provided , that the aggregate Capital outstanding at any
time hereunder shall not exceed (i) in respect of all
Purchasers, an amount equal to the Purchase Limit or (ii) in
respect of any Purchase Group, such Purchase Group’s Group
Purchase Limit at such time. In accordance with the terms and
conditions set forth herein, each Conduit may, at its option,
instruct its Managing Agent to cause the Agent to purchase on its
behalf, or if any Conduit shall decline to purchase, its Managing
Agent shall cause the Agent to purchase, on behalf of the Financial
Institutions in its Purchase Group, its Purchase Group’s Pro
Rata Share of such Purchaser Interests.
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(b)
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Seller may,
upon at least 30 days’ notice to the Agent, terminate in
whole or reduce in part the unused portion of the Purchase Limit.
Upon any reduction in the Purchase Limit, the Group Purchase Limits
shall be permanently reduced by a corresponding amount (ratably
among the Purchase Groups in accordance with their Pro Rata Shares)
and the Commitments of each Financial Institutions in each Purchase
Group shall be reduced ratably in accordance with their respective
Percentages. Each reduction in the Purchase Limit shall be in an
aggregate amount equal to $5,000,000 or increments of $1,000,000 in
excess thereof. The Agent shall promptly forward to each Managing
Agent any notice it receives from the Seller pursuant to this
Section 1.1(b) .
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(c)
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On the date of
each Incremental Purchase made under Section 1.2 and on
the date of each Reinvestment made under Section 2.2 ,
Seller hereby sells and assigns to the Agent (for the benefit of
the Purchasers ratably among the Purchase Groups, in accordance
with each such Purchase Group’s Pro Rata Share), and the
Agent hereby purchases, for the benefit of such Purchasers, a
Purchaser Interest in the Receivables, Related Security and
Collections then existing and thereafter arising or existing,
subject only to the payment by such Purchasers of the applicable
Purchase Price therefor in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
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(d)
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In connection
with the reconveyence of any reconveyed Receivable by Seller to
JD-Canada pursuant to the terms of the applicable Receivables Sale
Agreement, the Agent, on behalf of itself and the Purchasers, shall
release its Purchaser Interests and any other rights or interests
in the such reconveyed Receivable, its Related Security, and any
future Collections, any Records, Contracts and other rights and
documents relating thereto (the “ Reconveyed Assets
”). Notwithstanding anything contained in this Agreement,
following the reconveyance of any such Reconveyed Assets, the
relevant Reconveyed Assets shall be deemed not to form part of the
Receivables, Related Security, Collections, Records, Contracts or
other rights and documents hereunder in which the Purchasers have a
Purchaser Interest.
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Section 1.2 Increases
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Seller shall provide the Agent with
at least two Business Days’ prior notice in a form set forth
as Exhibit II hereto of each Incremental Purchase (a “
Purchase Notice ”). The Agent shall promptly forward
to each Managing Agent each Purchase Notice it receives from the
Seller pursuant to this Section 1.2 . 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 in the aggregate and shall not be greater than the
Commitment Availability immediately prior to giving effect to such
purchase) and the date of purchase and, in the case of an
Incremental Purchase to be funded by the Financial Institutions,
the requested Discount Rate and Tranche Period. Following receipt
of a Purchase Notice, each Managing Agent will determine whether
the Conduit in its Purchase Group agrees to make the purchase of
such Purchase Group’s Pro Rata Share of such Incremental
Purchase. If any Conduit declines to make a proposed purchase, the
Managing Agent for the related Purchase Group shall notify Seller
and Seller may cancel the
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Purchase Notice or, in the absence of such a
cancellation, the declining Conduit’s Purchase Group’s
Pro Rata Share of the requested Incremental Purchase will be made
by the Financial Institutions in such Declining Conduit’s
Purchase Group ratably based on their respective Commitments. On
the date of each Incremental Purchase, upon satisfaction of the
applicable conditions precedent set forth in Article VI ,
each Conduit or the Financial Institutions in its Purchase Group,
as applicable, shall make available to the Agent, in immediately
available funds, no later than 12:00 noon (New York City time), an
amount equal to (i) in the case of any Conduit, such
Conduit’s Purchase Group’s Pro Rata Share of the
applicable Purchase Price for such Incremental Purchase or
(ii) in the case of a Financial Institution, such Financial
Institution’s Percentage of its related Purchase
Group’s Pro Rata Share of the aggregate Purchase Price for
such Incremental Purchase. The Agent shall deposit such funds as it
shall have received from the Purchasers into the Facility Account
in immediately available funds, no later than 1:00 p.m. (New York
City time) on the date of each Purchase.
Section 1.3 Decreases .
Seller shall provide the Agent with prior written notice in
conformity with the Required Notice Period (a “ Reduction
Notice ”) of any proposed reduction of Aggregate Capital
from Collections. The Agent shall promptly forward to each Managing
Agent any Reduction Notice it receives from the Seller pursuant to
this Section 1.3 . 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 amount of Aggregate
Capital to be reduced (the “ Aggregate Reduction
”) which shall be distributed ratably to each Purchase Group
based on the Pro Rata Share of the Aggregate Capital of each
Purchase Group and which shall be applied by each Managing Agent
ratably to the Purchaser Interests of the Purchasers in such
Managing Agent’s Purchase Group ratably in accordance with
the amount of Capital (if any) owing to such Purchasers. Only one
(1) Reduction Notice shall be outstanding at any time. No
Aggregate Reduction will be made following the occurrence of the
Amortization Date without the consent of the Agent and the Required
Financial Institutions.
Section 1.4 Payment
Requirements . All amounts to be paid or deposited by Seller
pursuant to any provision of this Agreement shall be paid or
deposited in accordance with the terms hereof no later than 12:00
noon (New York City time) on the day when due in immediately
available funds, and if not received before 12:00 noon (New York
City 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 the Agent, for the account of such Purchaser, by wire
transfer of immediately available funds to such account notified by
the Agent to the Seller. Upon prior notice to Seller, BNS may debit
any account then maintained by BNS in the name of Seller for all
amounts due and payable hereunder or under the Fee Letters. All
computations of Yield, per annum fees calculated as part of any CP
Costs, per annum fees hereunder and per annum fees under the Fee
Letters shall be made on the basis of a year of 360 days for the
actual number of days elapsed. If any amount hereunder shall be
payable on a day which is not a Business Day, such amount shall be
payable on the next succeeding Business Day and such extension of
time shall in such case be included in the computation of Yield, CP
Costs or fees, as the case may be.
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Section 1.5 Hedging
Arrangements .
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With respect to
any Receivables acquired by Seller which are denominated in a
currency other than Dollars, Seller shall procure and maintain in
full force and effect at all times Eligible Hedging Arrangements in
an aggregate notional amount not less than the Aggregate Capital at
such time.
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On the date of
the each Incremental Purchase of a Purchaser Interest in relation
to Receivables denominated in a currency other than Dollars, Seller
shall procure Hedging Arrangements that include a forward exchange
contract (a “ Forward Exchange Contract ”)
contemplating settlement on the Settlement Date following the date
of such Incremental Purchase.
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Thereafter, on
each Reporting Date, Seller shall cause the Forward Exchange
Contract then in effect to be replaced with a new Forward Exchange
Contract or extended, with the effect in either case that the
Forward Exchange Contract in effect (or committed to become
effective) shall contemplate settlement on the then next following
Settlement Date.
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All reports
relating to the Receivables (whether pursuant to
Section 8.5 or otherwise) and all determinations of
compliance with the covenants set forth herein relating to the
Receivables (whether pursuant to Section 2.6 ,
Section 9.1(f) , the definition of “Eligible
Receivable” or otherwise) shall give effect to the
conversion, where applicable, of the Outstanding Balance of the
Receivables into Dollars. Each such conversion shall be made on the
basis of the exchange rates set forth in the Forward Exchange
Contract then in effect, including any Forward Exchange Contract
going into effect on the date such report is issued or such
determination is made.
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Seller hereby
assigns, as part of the Related Security, Purchaser Interests in
all of its right, title and interest in, to and under each Hedging
Arrangement, now existing or hereafter arising, to the Agent for
the benefit of the Purchasers hereunder. Seller shall take all
actions reasonably requested by the Agent to perfect, evidence or
more fully protect the assignment contemplated herein, including,
without limitation, providing notice to each Counterparty of the
interests of the Agent and the Purchasers hereunder.
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ARTICLE II
PAYMENTS AND COLLECTIONS
Section 2.1 Payments .
Notwithstanding any limitation on recourse contained in this
Agreement, Seller shall immediately pay to the Servicer or the
Agent (for the account of the relevant Purchasers on a full
recourse basis), as applicable, each of the following when due:
(i) the fees as set forth in the Fee Letters and
Section 10.4(b) of this Agreement, (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 under
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
(the items described in clauses (i) through (ix) being,
collectively, the “ Obligations ”). If any
Person fails to pay any of the Obligations
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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 the Fee Letters 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 Deemed Collections, Seller shall 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 or Deemed Collections shall be held in
trust by Seller for the exclusive benefit of the Purchasers, the
Managing Agents, the Agent, and each Program F/X
Counterparty.
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
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 are received by the Servicer prior to the
Amortization Date, (i) the Servicer shall set aside the
Termination Percentage (hereinafter defined) of Collections
evidenced by the Purchaser Interests of each Terminating Financial
Institution and (ii) Seller hereby sells and assigns to the
Purchasers (other than any Terminating Financial Institutions), and
the Purchasers hereby purchase additional Purchaser Interests (each
such purchase being a “ Reinvestment ”),
simultaneously with such receipt, with that portion of the balance
of each and every Collection received by the Servicer that is part
of any existing Purchaser Interest (other than any Purchaser
Interests of Terminating Financial Institutions), such that after
giving effect to such Reinvestment, the amount of Capital of all
Purchaser Interests immediately after such receipt and
corresponding Reinvestment shall be equal to the amount of Capital
immediately prior to such receipt. On each Settlement Date prior to
the occurrence of the Amortization Date, the Servicer shall remit
to the Persons described below the amounts set aside during the
preceding Settlement Period that have not been subject to a
Reinvestment and apply such amounts (if not previously paid in
accordance with Section 2.1 ) first , to the
Servicer, to reduce any payments, if any, due to any Program F/X
Counterparty pursuant to any Hedging Arrangement on such Settlement
Date other than Hedge Breakage Costs and Hedge Indemnity Costs
(after giving effect to any netting provisions of applicable Hedge
Arrangement), second , to Agent, for the ratable
distribution among the relevant Purchasers in each Purchase Groups
in accordance with each Purchase Groups Pro Rata Share, to reduce
accrued and unpaid CP Costs, Yield and other Obligations that are
then due and payable, third , to the Agent, 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 and
fourth , to Servicer, to reduce any Hedge Breakage Costs and
Hedge Indemnity Costs, if any, due and payable on such Settlement
Date to any Program F/X Counterparty pursuant to any Hedging
Arrangement. If such Capital, CP Costs, Yield and other Obligations
shall be reduced to zero, any additional Collections received by
the Servicer (i) if applicable, shall be remitted to the Agent
no later than 12:00 noon (New York City time) to the extent
required to fund any Aggregate Reduction designated by the Seller
on such Settlement Date and (ii) any balance remaining
thereafter shall be remitted from the Servicer to Seller on such
Settlement Date and may be used by Seller to purchase additional
Receivables or make payments in respect of Subordinated Loans (as
defined in any applicable Receivables Sale Agreement) in accordance
with the terms of the applicable Receivables Sale Agreement. Each
Terminating Financial Institution shall be allocated a ratable
portion of Collections from the date
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of any termination of its Commitment pursuant to
Section 12.3 (the “ Termination Date
”) until such Terminating Financing Institution’s
Capital shall be paid in full. This ratable portion shall be
calculated on the Termination Date of each Terminating Financial
Institution as a percentage equal to (i) Capital of such
Terminating Financial Institution outstanding on its Termination
Date, divided by (ii) the Aggregate Capital
outstanding on such Termination Date (the “ Termination
Percentage ”). Each Terminating Financial
Institution’s Termination Percentage shall remain constant
prior to the Amortization Date. On and after the Amortization Date,
each Termination Percentage shall be disregarded, and 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 shall set aside and hold in trust, for
the holder of each Purchaser Interest and each Program F/X
Counterparty, all Collections received on such day and an
additional amount for the payment of any accrued and unpaid
Obligations owed by Seller and not previously paid by Seller in
accordance with Section 2.1 .
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 shall distribute
funds:
first , to the payment of all periodic payments, if
any, due to any Program F/X Counterparty pursuant to any Hedging
Arrangement on such Settlement Date other than Hedge Breakage Costs
and Hedge Indemnity Costs (after giving effect to any netting
provisions of applicable Hedging Agreement);
second , if the Seller or one of its Affiliates is not
then acting as Servicer, to the payment of the Servicer’s
reasonable out-of-pocket costs and expenses in connection with
servicing, administering and collecting the Receivables,
third , to the reimbursement of the Agent’s and
the Managing Agents’ costs of collection and enforcement of
this Agreement,
fourth , on a pari passu basis, (i) (to the
extent applicable) to the ratable reduction of the Aggregate
Capital (without regard to any Termination Percentage) and
(ii) to the payment of the Hedge Breakage Costs and Hedge
Indemnity Costs, if any, due and payable to any Program F/X
Counterparty pursuant to any Hedging Arrangement on such Payment
Date,
fifth , for the ratable payment of all other unpaid
Obligations, provided that, if the Seller or one of its Affiliates
is then acting as Servicer, to the extent such Obligations relate
to the payment of Servicer costs and expenses, including the
Servicing Fee, 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; provided that, to
the extent the Servicer receives additional Collections and the
amounts due and payable pursuant to clauses first through
fifth above are paid in full, any such additional
Collections may be remitted to Seller and may be used by Seller
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purchase additional Receivables or
make payments in respect of Subordinated Loans (as defined in any
applicable Receivables Sale Agreement) in accordance with the terms
of the applicable Receivables Sale Agreement.
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, the Managing
Agents, the Program F/X Counterparties and the Purchasers, as
applicable, in accordance with the amount of such Aggregate Unpaids
owing to each of them in respect of each such priority.
Section 2.5 Payment
Rescission . No payment of any of the Aggregate Unpaids shall
be considered paid or applied hereunder to the extent that, at any
time, all or any portion of such payment or application is
rescinded by application of law or judicial authority, or must
otherwise be returned or refunded for any reason. Seller shall
remain obligated for the amount of any payment or application so
rescinded, returned or refunded, and shall promptly pay to the
Agent (for the ratable 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 a percentage (the “ Maximum Purchaser
Percentage ”) equal to 97%. If the aggregate of the
Purchaser Interests of the Purchasers exceeds the Maximum Purchaser
Percentage at any time, Seller shall pay within one
(1) Business Day to the Agent (for the ratable benefit of each
Managing Agent based on each Managing Agent’s Purchase
Group’s Pro Rata Share to be applied by the Purchasers to
reduce the Aggregate Capital (as allocated by each Managing Agent
to each of the Purchasers in its related Purchase Group ratably
based upon each such Purchaser’s Capital)) such amounts such
that after giving effect to such payment (and the application
thereof to reduce the Aggregate Capital) the aggregate of the
Purchaser Interests equals or is less than the Maximum Purchaser
Percentage.
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 in accordance with the
Required Notice Period), at any time following the reduction of the
Aggregate Capital to a level that is less than ten percent
(10.0%) of the original Purchase Limit, to repurchase from the
Purchasers all, but not less than all, of the then outstanding
Purchaser Interests. The Agent shall promptly forward to each
Managing Agent any notice it receives from the Seller pursuant to
this Section 2.7 . 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.
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ARTICLE III
CONDUIT FUNDING
Section 3.1 CP Costs .
Seller shall pay CP Costs with respect to the Capital associated
with each Purchaser Interest of each Conduit for each day that any
Capital in respect of such Purchaser Interest is outstanding. Each
Purchaser Interest funded substantially with Pooled Commercial
Paper issued by a Conduit 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 shall pay to the
Agent (for the benefit of the Conduits) an aggregate amount equal
to all accrued and unpaid CP Costs in respect of the Capital
associated with all Purchaser Interests of the Conduit for the
immediately preceding Accrual Period in accordance with Article
II .
Section 3.3 Calculation of
CP Costs . On or about the 5th Business Day of each month, each
Conduit shall calculate the aggregate amount of CP Costs in respect
of the Capital associated with all Purchaser Interests of such
Conduit for the Accrual Period then most recently ended and shall
notify the Agent of such aggregate amount. Upon receipt of
calculations for the Accrual Period then most recently ended from
each Conduit, the Agent shall promptly forward to the Seller a
summary of such calculations.
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 Base Rate in accordance with
the terms and conditions hereof. If any Financial Institution
acquires by assignment from the Conduit in its Purchase Group all
or any portion of a Purchaser Interest (or an undivided interest
therein) pursuant to such Conduit’s Liquidity Agreement,
(i) such assigning Conduit (or its related Managing Agent)
shall promptly (but in any event without one (1) Business Day
of such assignment) give notice of such assignment to the Seller
and the Agent, (ii) until Seller gives notice to the
applicable Managing Agent of another Discount Rate in accordance
with Section 4.4 , the initial Discount Rate for any
such transferred Purchaser Interest shall be the Base Rate and
(iii) each Purchaser Interest so assigned shall be deemed to
have a new Tranche Period commencing on the date of any such
assignment and having a duration of one (1) Business Day,
which Tranche Period shall be the first of a series of successive
Tranche Periods each having a duration of one (1) Business Day
until such time as Seller shall select a new Tranche Period and new
Discount Rate in accordance with Section 4.3 or
4.4 ; provided , that, notwithstanding the terms of
Sections 4.3 of 4.4 , for purposes of clauses
(ii) and (iii) of this Section 4.1 , only two
(2) Business Days notice shall be required to be given to the
applicable Managing Agent by the Seller (x) in the event that
the Seller selects the LIBO Rate to be the applicable Discount Rate
with respect to the transferred Purchaser Interests and
(y) with respect to the selection of the Tranche Periods with
respect to such transferred Purchaser Interests.
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Section 4.2 Yield
Payments . On the Settlement Date for each Purchaser Interest
of the Financial Institutions, Seller shall pay to the Agent (for
the benefit of the Financial Institutions) an aggregate amount
equal to the accrued and unpaid Yield for the entire Tranche Period
of each such Purchaser Interest in accordance with Article
II .
Section 4.3 Selection and
Continuation of Tranche Periods .
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With
consultation from the Agent and the related Managing Agent, Seller
shall from time to time select Tranche Periods for the Purchaser
Interests of the Financial Institutions in each Purchase Group,
provided that, if at any time the Financial Institutions shall have
a Purchaser Interest, Seller shall always request Tranche Periods
such that Purchaser Interests of the Financial Institutions having
Capital of at least $10,000,000 (or, if the aggregate Capital of
the Financial Institutions in such Purchase Group is less than
$10,000,000, the Purchaser Interests of such Financial
Institutions) shall have a Tranche Period that shall end on the
date specified in clause (A) of the definition of Settlement
Date.
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Seller upon
notice to the Agent received at least three (3) Business Days
prior to the end of a Tranche Period (the “ Terminating
Tranche ”) for any Purchaser Interest, may, effective on
the last day of the Terminating Tranche: (i) divide any such
Purchaser Interest funded by the Financial Institutions into
multiple Purchaser Interests, (ii) combine any such Purchaser
Interest of a Financial Institution in the same Purchase Group with
one or more other Purchaser Interests that have a Terminating
Tranche ending on the same day as such Terminating Tranche or
(iii) combine any such Purchaser Interest with a new Purchaser
Interests to be purchased by such Financial Institution on the day
such Terminating Tranche ends, provided , that in no event
may a Purchaser Interest of any Conduit be combined with a
Purchaser Interest of the Financial Institutions in its Purchase
Group. The Agent shall promptly forward to each applicable Managing
Agent any notice it receives from the Seller pursuant to this
Section 4.3(b) .
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Section 4.4 Financial
Institution Discount Rates . Seller may select the LIBO Rate or
the Base Rate for each Purchaser Interest of the Financial
Institutions. Seller shall by 12:00 noon (New York City time):
(i) at least three (3) Business Days prior to the
expiration of any Terminating Tranche with respect to which the
LIBO Rate is being requested as a new Discount Rate and
(ii) at least one (1) Business Day prior to the
expiration of any Terminating Tranche with respect to which the
Base Rate is being requested as a new Discount Rate, give the Agent
irrevocable notice of the new Discount Rate and new Tranche Period
for the Purchaser Interest associated with such Terminating
Tranche. If the Seller fails to give notice to the related Agent of
a new Discount Rate with respect to any Terminating Tranche, the
new Discount Rate for any Terminating Tranche shall be the Base
Rate. The Agent shall promptly forward to each applicable Managing
Agent any notice it receives from the Seller pursuant to this
Section 4.4 .
Section 4.5 Suspension of
the LIBO Rate .
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If any Financial Institution
notifies its related Managing Agent that it has determined that
funding of the Purchaser Interests at a LIBO Rate would violate any
applicable law, rule, regulation, or directive of any governmental
or regulatory authority, having the force of law, or that
(i) deposits of a type and maturity appropriate to match fund
its Purchaser
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Interests at such LIBO Rate are not
available or (ii) such LIBO Rate does not accurately reflect
the cost of acquiring or maintaining a Purchaser Interest at such
LIBO Rate, then such Managing Agent shall suspend the availability
of such LIBO Rate and require Seller to select the Base Rate for
any Purchaser Interest held by such Financial
Institution.
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(b)
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If less than
all of the Financial Institutions in any Purchase Group give a
notice to the related Managing Agent pursuant to
Section 4.5(a) , each Financial Institution which gave
such a notice shall be obliged, at the request of Seller or such
Financial Institution’s Managing Agent, to assign all of its
rights and obligations hereunder to (i) another Financial
Institution in its Purchase Group or (ii) another funding
entity nominated by Seller or the related Managing Agent that is
acceptable to the Agent, the applicable Managing Agent and the
related Conduit and willing to participate in this Agreement and
the related Liquidity Agreement through the Facility Termination
Date in the place of such notifying Financial Institution;
provided that (x) the notifying Financial Institution
receives payment in full, pursuant to an Assignment Agreement, of
an amount equal to such notifying Financial Institution’s
Percentage of the Capital and all Yield owing to such notifying
Financial Institution and all accrued but unpaid fees and other
costs and expenses payable in respect of its Percentage of the
Purchaser Interests of the Financial Institutions in such Financial
Institution’s Purchase Group, and (y) the replacement
Financial Institution otherwise satisfies the requirements of
Section 12.1(b) .
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ARTICLE V
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
Section 5.1 Representations
and Warranties of Seller . Seller hereby represents and
warrants to the Agent, the Managing Agents and the Purchasers, as
of the date hereof and as of the date of each Incremental Purchase
and the date of each Reinvestment that:
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Corporate
Existence and Power .
Seller is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of its state of incorporation. Seller
is duly qualified to do business and is in good standing as a
foreign corporation, and has and holds all corporate power and all
governmental licenses, authorizations, consents and approvals
required to carry on its business in each jurisdiction in which its
business is conducted.
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(b)
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Power and
Authority; Due Authorization, Execution and Delivery
. The execution and delivery by
Seller of this Agreement and each other Transaction Document to
which it is a party, and the performance of its obligations
hereunder and thereunder and Seller’s use of the proceeds of
purchases made hereunder, are within its corporate powers and
authority and have been duly authorized by all necessary corporate
action on its part. This Agreement and each other Transaction
Document to which Seller is a party has been duly executed and
delivered by Seller.
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(c)
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No Conflict
. The execution and delivery by
Seller 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
certificate or articles of incorporation or by-laws, (ii) any
law, rule or regulation applicable to it, (iii) any
restrictions under any
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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 Seller
or its Subsidiaries (except as created by the Transaction
Documents); and no transaction contemplated hereby requires
compliance with any bulk sales act or similar law.
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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 Seller of this
Agreement and each other Transaction Document to which it is a
party and the performance of its obligations hereunder and
thereunder.
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Actions,
Suits . There are no
actions, suits or proceedings pending, or to the best of
Seller’s knowledge, threatened, against or affecting Seller,
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. Seller is not in default with respect to any order
of any court, arbitrator or governmental body.
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Binding
Effect . This Agreement
and each other Transaction Document to which Seller is a party
constitute the legal, valid and binding obligations of Seller
enforceable against Seller 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).
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Accuracy of
Information . All
information heretofore furnished by Seller 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 Seller 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.
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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.
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(i)
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Good Title
. Immediately prior to each purchase
hereunder or as contemplated hereby, Seller shall be the legal and
beneficial owner or, in the case of the UK Receivables, the
beneficial owner thereof, of the Receivables and Related Security
with respect thereto, free and clear of any Adverse Claim, except
as created by the Transaction Documents. There
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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 (or, in
the case of the UK Receivables, beneficial interest) in each
Receivable, its Collections and the Related Security.
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(i)
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This Agreement,
together with the filing by the Agent of the financing statements
contemplated hereby, is effective to, and shall, upon each purchase
hereunder transfer to the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers
(and the Agent for the benefit of such Purchasers shall acquire
from Seller) a valid and perfected first priority undivided
percentage ownership or security interest in each Receivable (other
than UK Receivables), 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. 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 (other than the UK Receivables), the
Related Security and the Collections.
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(ii)
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This Agreement
is effective to, and shall, upon each purchase hereunder transfer
to the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers (and the Agent for
the benefit of such Purchasers shall acquire from Seller)
(x) a valid undivided percentage beneficial ownership interest
in each UK Receivable existing or hereafter arising, together with
the Collections with respect thereto, and (y) all of
Seller’s beneficial right, title and interest in the Related
Security, in each case, free and clear of any Adverse Claim, except
as created by the Transaction Documents.
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Places of
Business and Locations of Records . The principal places of business and chief
executive office of Seller and the offices where it keeps all of
its Records are located at the address(es) listed on Exhibit
III or such other locations of which the Managing Agents has
been notified in accordance with Section 7.2(a) in
jurisdictions where all actions required by
Section 14.4(a) have been taken and completed.
Seller’s Federal Employer Identification Number and
organizational identification number, if any, are correctly set
forth on Exhibit III .
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Collections . The names and addresses of all Collection
Banks, together with the account numbers of the Collection Accounts
of Seller or any Originator at each Collection Bank and the post
office box number of each Lock-Box, are listed on Exhibit IV
. Seller has not granted any Person, other than the Agent as
contemplated by this Agreement, dominion and control of any
Lock-Box or Collection Account, or the right to take dominion and
control of any such Lock-Box or Collection Account at a future time
or upon the occurrence of a future event.
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(m)
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Material
Adverse Effect . Since
September 30, 2008, no event has occurred that would have a
Material Adverse Effect.
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(n)
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Names . Seller has not at any time used any corporate
names, trade names or assumed names other than the name in which it
has executed this Agreement.
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(o)
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Not an
Investment Company .
Seller is not an “ investment company ” within
the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or
any successor statute.
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Compliance
with Law . Seller has
complied in all respects with all applicable laws, rules,
regulations, orders, writs, judgments, injunctions, decrees or
awards to which it is subject. 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.
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Compliance
with Credit and Collection Policy . Seller 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 Managing Agents have been notified in
accordance with Section 7.1(a)(v) .
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(r)
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Payments to
Originators . With
respect to each Receivable transferred to Seller under any
Receivables Sale Agreement, Seller has given reasonably equivalent
value, or an amount approximately equal to the fair market value,
to the applicable Originator in consideration therefor and such
transfer was not made for or on account of an antecedent debt. No
transfer by any Originator of any Receivable under any Receivables
Sale Agreement is (i) voidable under any section of the
Federal Bankruptcy Code or (ii) not on arm’s length
terms.
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(s)
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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).
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Eligible
Receivables . Each
Receivable included in the Net Receivables Balance as an Eligible
Receivable on the date of its purchase or acquisition under, as
applicable, any Receivables Sale Agreement was an Eligible
Receivable on such purchase or acquisition date.
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(u)
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Net
Receivables Balance .
Seller has determined that, immediately after giving effect to each
purchase hereunder, the Net Receivables Balance is at least equal
to 103% of the sum of (i) the Aggregate Capital, plus
(ii) the Aggregate Reserves.
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(v)
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Accounting . The manner in which Seller accounts for the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement and each Receivables
Sale Agreement is consistent with the “true sale”
opinion rendered by Jones Day on the date hereof.
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(w)
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Other
Representations . Each of
the representations and warranties of each Originator under or in
connection with any of the other Transaction Documents is true and
correct on and as of the date when made under such Transaction
Document.
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(x)
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Remittances
of Collections . Each
remittance of Collections by the Seller to any Purchaser, any
Managing Agent or the Agent (each a “ Transferee
”) under this Agreement 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 such Transferee and
(ii) made in the ordinary course of business or financial
affairs of the Seller and such Transferee.
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ARTICLE VI
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Section 6.1 Conditions
Precedent to Effectiveness . The effectiveness of this
Agreement is subject to the conditions precedent that:
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(a)
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Documentation . The Agent shall have received each of the
documents listed on Schedule B duly executed and delivered
by each of the Persons named as parties thereto.
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(b)
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Fees .
The Agent and the Managing Agents shall have received all fees and
expenses required to be paid on such date pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement and the Fee Letters.
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Section 6.2 Conditions
Precedent to All Purchases and Reinvestments . Each Incremental
Purchase and each Reinvestment shall be subject to the further
conditions precedent that in the case of each such Incremental
Purchase or Reinvestment: (a) the Servicer shall have
delivered to the Agent on or prior to the date of such Incremental
Purchase or Reinvestment, in form and substance reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent, all Monthly Reports as and when due
under Section 8.5 ; (b) the Facility Termination
Date shall not have occurred; (c) 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)
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the
representations and warranties set forth in Section 5.1
are true and correct on and as of the date of such Incremental
Purchase or Reinvestment as though made on and as of such
date;
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(ii)
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no event has
occurred and is continuing, or would result from such Incremental
Purchase or Reinvestment, that constitutes an Amortization Event or
Potential Amortization Event;
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(iii)
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the Aggregate
Capital does not exceed the Purchase Limit, the aggregate Purchaser
Interests do not exceed the Maximum Purchaser Percentage and in the
case of an Incremental Purchase, the related Purchase Price does
not exceed the Commitment Availability immediately prior to giving
effect to such purchase;
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(iv)
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the final
termination date under each Receivables Sale Agreement shall be a
date not earlier than the Facility Termination Date then in effect;
and
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(v)
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if such
Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment is funded by a Conduit, such
Conduit shall be party to unexpired Liquidity Agreements with an
aggregate commitment limit equal to at least 102% of the Group
Purchase Limit with respect to such Conduit.
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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 or any
Purchaser, which right may be exercised at any time on demand of
the Agent or such Purchaser, 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 that shall have been applied to
the affected Reinvestment.
ARTICLE VII
COVENANTS
Section 7.1 Affirmative
Covenants of Seller . Until the date on which the Aggregate
Unpaids have been indefeasibly paid in full and this Agreement
terminates in accordance with its terms, Seller hereby covenants,
as set forth below:
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(a)
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Financial
Reporting . Seller will
maintain, a system of accounting established and administered in
accordance with GAAP, and furnish or cause to be furnished to the
Agent:
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(i)
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Annual
Reporting . Within 90
days after the close of each of its respective fiscal years,
(i) audited and consolidated financial statements (which shall
include balance sheets, statements of income and retained earnings
and a statement of cash flows) for JDI for such fiscal year
certified in a manner acceptable to the Managing Agents by
independent public accountants acceptable to the Managing Agents,
which certification shall state that such consolidated financial
statements present fairly the financial position for the periods
indicated in conformity with GAAP applied on a basis consistent
with prior years and (ii) unaudited financial statements
(which shall include balance sheets, statements of income and
retained earnings and a statement of cash flows) for Seller for
such fiscal year certified in a manner acceptable to the Managing
Agents by an Authorized Officer of Seller.
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Quarterly
Reporting . Within 50
days after the close of the first three (3) quarterly periods
of each of its fiscal years, a balance sheet of each of the Seller
and JDI as at the close of each such period and a statement of
income for the period from the beginning of such fiscal year to the
end of such quarter, all certified by an Authorized Officer of
Seller.
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(iii)
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Compliance
Certificates . Together
with the financial statements required hereunder, a Compliance
Certificate in substantially the form of Exhibit V signed by
such Seller Party’s Authorized Officer and accompanied by the
“Offshore Base Rate Compliance Certificate” and
“Compliance Certificate” required to be delivered by
JDI at such time under the terms of the Receivables Sale Agreement
to which JDI is party, each dated the date of such annual financial
statement or such quarterly financial statement, as the case may
be.
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Copies of
Notices . Promptly upon
its receipt of any notice, request for consent, financial
statements, certification, report or other communication of any
type or kind under or in connection with any Transaction Document
from any Person other than the Agent, any Managing Agent or any
Conduit, copies of the same.
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(v)
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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 adversely affect the
collectibility of the Receivables or decrease the credit quality of
any newly created Receivables, requesting the Agent’s and the
Required Financial Institutions’ consent thereto.
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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 Seller, any Originator or any Affiliate
of any such Person as the Agent or any Managing Agent may from time
to time reasonably request in order to protect the interests of the
Agent, the Managing Agents and the Purchasers under or as
contemplated by this Agreement.
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The Agent shall promptly forward to
each Managing Agent any items it receives from the Seller or the
Servicer pursuant to this Section 7.1(a) .
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(b)
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Notices . Seller will notify the 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:
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(i)
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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 Seller.
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Judgment and
Proceedings .
(1) The entry of any judgment or decree against Seller,
(2) the institution of any litigation, arbitration proceeding
or governmental proceeding against Seller, (3) the entry of
any judgment or decree against any Originator, the Servicer or the
Performance Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries which
is reasonably likely to (x) with respect to any Originator,
the Servicer or the Performance Guarantor, create liability to such
Person in excess of $10,000,000 in the aggregate for all such
circumstances and (y) with respect to any of their respective
Subsidiaries, have a Material Adverse Effect or (4) the
institution of any litigation, arbitration proceeding or
governmental proceeding against any Originator, Servicer or
Performance Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries that
is reasonably likely to (x) with respect to any Originator,
the Servicer or the Performance Guarantor, be adversely determined
and, if adversely determined, would reasonably be expected to
create liability to such Person in excess of $10,000,000 in the
aggregate for all such circumstances and (y) with respect to
any of their respective Subsidiaries, have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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(iii)
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Material
Adverse Effect . The
occurrence of any event or condition that has had, or could
reasonably be expected to have, a Material Adverse
Effect.
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Termination
Date . The occurrence of
the “Termination Date” under and as defined in any
Receivables Sale Agreement.
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(v)
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Credit
Agreement Amendments .
Promptly following its receipt of the same, a copy of each
amendment, waiver or other notice of any modification (a “
CA Amendment ”) to or in respect of the Credit
Agreement or any material instrument, document or agreement
executed in connection with the Credit Agreement. Seller shall
cause JDI to furnish to the Seller and the Agent, promptly
following the execution thereof, a copy of each CA Amendment to
which JDI is a party.
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The Agent shall promptly notify each
Managing Agent of any notice it receives from the Seller or the
Servicer pursuant to this Section 7.1(b) .
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Compliance
with Laws and Preservation of Corporate Existence
. Seller will comply in all respects
with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, orders, writs,
judgments, injunctions, decrees or awards to which it is subject.
Seller will preserve and maintain its corporate existence, rights,
franchises and privileges in the jurisdiction of its incorporation,
and qualify and remain qualified in good standing as a foreign
corporation in each jurisdiction where its business is
conducted.
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Review and Audits
. Seller 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
any Managing Agent may reasonably request. Without limiting any of
the other provisions set forth in this Agreement, Seller shall
permit (and shall cause each Originator to permit) the Agent and
the Managing Agents, or their agents or representatives, at any
time between April 1 st and May 30
th
of each calendar
year, to conduct a review (satisfactory in form, scope and
substance to the Agent and the Managing Agents) and audit
(performed by representatives of the Agent or the Managing Agents
pursuant to agreed upon procedures in form, scope and substance
satisfactory to the Agent and the Managing Agents) of the
Servicer’s collection, operating and reporting systems, the
Credit and Collection Policy of each Originator, historical
receivables data and accounts, including, without limitation, a
review of the Servicer’s operating location(s), and the
results of such review and audit shall be satisfactory to the Agent
and the Managing Agents. The extent to which the Seller shall be
liable in respect of costs and expenses incurred by the Agent and
the Managing Agents in connection with the activities contemplated
in this Section 7.1(d) shall be set forth in
Section 10.3(b) of this Agreement.
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Keeping and
Marking of Records and Books .
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Seller,
individually and in its capacity as the Servicer, will (and will
cause each Originator to) 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
timely identification of each new Receivable and all Collections of
and adjustments to each existing Receivable). Seller will (and will
cause each Originator to) give the Agent and each Managing Agent
notice of any material change in the administrative and operating
procedures referred to in the previous sentence.
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Seller will
(and will cause each Originator to) (A) on or prior to the
date hereof, mark its master data processing records and other
books and records relating to the Purchaser Interests with a
legend, acceptable to the Agent, describing the Purchaser Interests
and (B) upon the request of the Agent (x) at any time,
following the occurrence of an Amortization Event, at which the
Agent is considering the termination of Seller as Servicer, mark
each Contract with a legend describing the Purchaser Interests and
(y) after the termination of Seller as Servicer or any
Originator as sub-Servicer, deliver to the Agent all Contracts
(including, without limitation, all multiple originals of any such
Contract) relating to the Receivables.
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Compliance
with Contracts and Credit and Collection Policy
. Seller, individually and in its
capacity as Servicer, will (and will cause each Originator to)
timely and fully (i) perform and comply with all material
provisions, covenants and other promises required to be observed by
it under the Contracts related to the Receivables, and
(ii) comply in all material respects with the Credit and
Collection Policy in regard to each Receivable and the related
Contract.
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Performance
and Enforcement of each Receivables Sale Agreement
. Seller will, and will require each
Originator to, perform each of their respective obligations and
undertakings under and pursuant to each Receivables Sale Agreement,
will purchase and acquire Receivables thereunder in strict
compliance with the terms thereof and will, as vigorously as the
Agent shall direct, enforce the rights and remedies accorded to
Seller as against each Originator under each Receivables Sale
Agreement. Seller will take all actions to perfect and enforce its
rights and interests (and the rights and interests of the Agent,
the Managing Agents and the Purchasers as assignees of Seller)
under any 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 any
Receivables Sale Agreement.
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Ownership . Seller will (or will cause the applicable
Originator to) take all necessary action to
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Transfers to
Seller . Vest irrevocably
in Seller, free and clear of any Adverse Claim other than Adverse
Claims in favor of the Agent and the Purchasers:
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In the case of
all Receivables other than UK Receivables, all legal and equitable
title to such Receivables, and the Related Security and the
Collections with respect thereto; and
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In the case of
all UK Receivables, all equitable title to such Receivables, and
the Related Security and the Collections with respect
thereto.
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Transfers to
the Agent and Purchasers . Establish and maintain, in favor of the Agent,
for the benefit of the Purchasers, a valid and perfected first
priority undivided percentage ownership interest (and/or a valid
and perfected first priority security interest) in the interests of
Seller described in Section 7.1(h)(i) above in all
Receivables, Related Security and Collections to the full extent
contemplated herein, free and clear of any Adverse Claims other
than (A) Adverse Claims in favor of the Agent for the benefit
of the Purchasers and (B) in the case of the UK Receivables,
legal title retained by JD-UK, subject to Section
7.1(h)(iii) .
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Transfers of
Legal Title . To the
extent not previously transferred, vest legal title to all UK
Receivables, and the Related Security and the Collections with
respect thereto, irrevocably in Seller and immediately thereafter
irrevocably in the Agent for the benefit of the Purchaser or
Purchasers, free and clear of any Adverse Claims, forthwith on the
request of the Agent at any time following the making of a
declaration under Section 9.2 or the occurrence of an
Amortization Event of the type specified in
Section 9.1(d) .
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In furtherance of the foregoing,
Seller will (or will cause the applicable Originator to) take such
actions as the Agent may reasonably request to perfect, protect or
more fully evidence the interests contemplated above, including,
without limitation, the filing of all financing statements or other
similar instruments or documents necessary under the UCC, English
common law or any other applicable law of all appropriate
jurisdictions and, following the making of a declaration under
Section 9.2 or the occurrence of an Amortization Event
of the type specified in Section 9.1(d) , the giving of
notice to Obligors.
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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 Originator and each Affiliate and
Subsidiary thereof other than Seller (each of the foregoing an
“ Originator Entity ”). Therefore, from and
after the date of execution and delivery of this Agreement, Seller
shall take all reasonable steps, including, without limitation, all
steps that the Agent, any Managing 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 Originator Entity and not just a
division of an Originator Entity. Without limiting the generality
of the foregoing and in addition to the other covenants set forth
herein, Seller will:
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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 Originator Entity (including, without limitation, by means
of providing appropriate employees with business or identification
cards identifying such employees as Seller’s
employees);
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compensate all
employees, consultants and agents (including audit and legal fees)
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 Originator Entity, allocate the
compensation of such employee, consultant or agent between Seller
and such Originator Entity on a basis that reflects the services
rendered to Seller and such Originator Entity;
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clearly
identify its offices (by signage or otherwise) as its offices and,
if such office is located in the offices of any Originator Entity,
Seller shall lease such office at a fair market rent;
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have a separate
telephone number, which will be answered only in its name and
separate stationery, invoices and checks in its own
name;
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conduct all
transactions with each Originator Entity (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 such
Originator Entity on a basis reasonably related to actual
use;
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at all times
have a Board of Directors consisting of not fewer than three
members, at least one member of which is an Independent
Director;
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observe all
corporate formalities as a distinct entity, and ensure that all
corporate actions relating to (A) the selection, maintenance
or replacement of the Independent Director, (B) the
dissolution or liquidation of Seller or (C) the initiation of,
participation in, acquiescence in or consent to any bankruptcy,
insolvency, reorganization or similar proceeding involving Seller,
are duly authorized by unanimous vote of its Board of Directors
(including the Independent Director);
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in addition to
those books and records maintained as otherwise contemplated
herein, maintain a set of Seller’s books and records separate
from those of each Originator Entity and otherwise readily
identifiable as its own assets rather than assets of any Originator
Entity;
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in addition to
the preparation of its financial statements as otherwise
contemplated herein, prepare for itself financial statements
separately from those of each Originator Entity and insure that any
consolidated financial statements of any Originator Entity 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 corporate entity and that its
assets will be available first and foremost to satisfy the claims
of the creditors of Seller;
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except as
herein specifically otherwise provided, maintain the funds or other
assets of Seller separate from, and not commingled with, those of
any Originator 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;
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pay all of
Seller’s operating expenses from Seller’s own assets
(except for certain payments by any Originator Entity or other
Persons pursuant to allocation arrangements that comply with the
requirements of this Section 7.1(i)) ;
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operate its
business and activities such that: it does not engage in any
business or activity of any kind, or enter into any transaction or
indenture, mortgage, instrument, agreement, contract, lease or
other undertaking, other than the transactions contemplated and
authorized by the Transaction Documents; 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 any Receivable Sale Agreement, to make
payment to the applicable Originator or transferor thereunder for
the purchase of Receivables from such Originator or transferor
under such Receivables Sale Agreement, and (4) the incurrence
of operating expenses in the ordinary course of business of the
type otherwise contemplated by the Transaction
Documents;
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maintain its
corporate charter in conformity with this Agreement, such that it
does not amend, restate, supplement or otherwise modify its
Certificate of Incorporation or By-Laws 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;
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maintain the
effectiveness of, and continue to perform under each Receivables
Sale Agreement and maintain the effectiveness of each Performance
Undertaking, such that it does not amend, restate, supplement,
cancel, terminate or otherwise modify any Receivables Sale
Agreement or the Performance Undertaking, or give any consent,
waiver, directive or approval thereunder or waive any default,
action, omission or breach under any Receivables Sale Agreement or
the Performance Undertaking or otherwise grant any indulgence
thereunder, without (in each case) the prior written consent of the
Agent and the Required Financial Institutions;
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maintain its
corporate 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.
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maintain at all
times the Minimum Net Worth and refrain from making any dividend,
distribution, redemption of capital stock or payment of any
subordinated indebtedness which would cause the Minimum Net Worth
to cease to be so maintained; and
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take such other
actions as are necessary on its part to ensure that the facts and
assumptions set forth in (i) the opinion letter issued by
Jones Day, as counsel for Seller, in connection with the
effectiveness of this Agreement and relating to substantive
consolidation issues and (ii) in the certificates accompanying
such opinion letter, remain true and correct in all material
respects at all times.
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Collections . Seller, individually and in its capacity as
Servicer, will cause (1) all proceeds from all Lock-Boxes to
be directly deposited by a Collection Bank into a Collection
Account and (2) each Lock-Box and Collection Account to be
subject at all times to a Collection Account Agreement that is in
full force and effect. Seller, in its capacity as Servicer, will
satisfy and duly perform all conditions and requirements set forth
in Section 8.2 . In the event any payments relating to
Receivables are remitted directly to Seller or any Affiliate of
Seller, Seller 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, Seller
will itself hold or, if applicable, will cause such payments to be
held in trust for the exclusive benefit of the Agent, the Managing
Agents and the Purchasers. Seller will maintain exclusive
ownership, dominion and control (subject to the terms of this
Agreement) of each Lock-Box and Collection Account and shall not
grant the right to take dominion and control 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.
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Taxes . Seller 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 those which are
being contested in good faith by appropriate proceedings,
provided that adequate reserves for such contested taxes
have been established in accordance with GAAP and the
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governmental authority shall not
have commenced any enforcement proceedings seeking recourse against
any assets of Seller in respect of such contested taxes. Seller
will pay when due any taxes payable in connection with the
Receivables, exclusive of taxes on or measured by income or gross
receipts of the Conduits, the Agent, the Managing Agents or any
Financial Institution.
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Payment to
Originators and Transferors . With respect to any Receivable purchased by
Seller from any Originator, such sale or acquisition shall be
effected under, and in strict compliance with the terms of, the
relevant Receivables Sale Agreement including ,
without limitation , the terms relating to the amount
and timing of payments to be made to the applicable Originator in
respect of the purchase price for such Receivable.
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Section 7.2 Negative
Covenants of the Seller . Until the date on which the Aggregate
Unpaids have been indefeasibly paid in full and this Agreement
terminates in accordance with its terms, the Seller hereby
covenants that:
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Name Change,
Offices and Records .
Seller will not make any changes to its name, jurisdiction of
organization, identity or corporate structure (within the meaning
of Sections 9-502 , 9-506 and 9-507 of any
applicable enactment of the UCC) unless (i) at least
forty-five (45) days prior to the effective date of any such
change, Seller provides written notice thereof to the Agent,
(ii) at least ten (10) days prior to such effective date,
Seller delivers to the Agent such financing statements (Forms UCC-1
and UCC-3), which the Agent or any Purchaser may reasonably request
in connection therewith, (iii) at least ten (10) days
prior to such effective date, Seller has taken all other steps to
ensure that the Agent, for the benefit of itself and the
Purchasers, continues to have a first priority perfected ownership
interest in the Receivables, the Related Security related thereto
and any Collections thereon and (iv) in the case of any change
in its jurisdiction of organization, if requested by the Agent or
any Managing Agent, such Person shall have received, prior to such
change, evidence, which may include an opinion of counsel, in each
case in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to such Person,
as to such incorporation and Seller’s valid existences and
good standing and the perfection and preservation of priority of
the Agent’s ownership or security interest in, the
Receivables, the Related Security and Collections.
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Change in
Payment Instructions to Obligors . Except as may be required by the Agent
pursuant to Section 8.2(b) , Seller 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.
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Modifications to Contracts and Credit and
Collection Policy .
Seller will not, and will not permit any Originator to, make any
change to the Credit and Collection Policy that could adversely
affect the collectibility of the Receivables or decrease the credit
quality of any newly created Receivables. Except as provided in
Section 8.2(c) , the Servicer will not, and will not
permit any Originator to, 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.
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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 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 for the benefit of
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 Originator.
Seller shall not create or suffer to exist any mortgage, pledge,
security interest, encumbrance, lien, charge or other similar
arrangement on any of its inventory, the sale, financing or lease
of which gives rise to any Receivable.
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Net
Receivables Balance . At
no time prior to the Amortization Date shall Seller permit the Net
Receivables Balance to be less than an amount equal to 103% of the
sum of (i) the Aggregate Capital plus (ii) the
Aggregate Reserves.
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Receivables
Sale Agreement Termination Date Determination
. Seller will not designate the
Termination Date (as defined in each Receivables Sale Agreement)
under any Receivables Sale Agreement, or send any written notice to
any Originator in respect thereof, without the prior written
consent of the Agent and the Required Financial Institutions,
except with respect to the occurrence of such Termination Date
arising pursuant to Section 5.1(d) of any Receivables
Sale Agreement.
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Restricted
Junior Payments . From
and after the occurrence of any Amortization Event, Seller will not
make any Restricted Junior Payment if, after giving effect thereto,
Seller would fail to meet its obligations set forth in
Section 7.2(e) . Seller will not make any Restricted
Junior Payment if such payment would cause an Amortization Event or
a Potential Amortization Event to occur or exist.
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Consolidations and Mergers
. Seller shall not merge,
consolidate with or into, or convey, transfer, lease or otherwise
dispose of (whether in one transaction or in a series of
transactions) all or substantially all of its assets (whether now
owned or hereafter acquired), to or in favor of any Person, except
as contemplated hereunder.
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ARTICLE VIII
ADMINISTRATION AND COLLECTION
Section 8.1 Designation of
Servicer .
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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 .
Seller is hereby designated as, and hereby agrees to perform the
duties and obligations of, the Servicer pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement. The Agent and the Required Financial Institutions
may, at any time following an Amortization Event, designate as
Servicer any Person to succeed Seller or any successor
Servicer.
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Seller may
delegate, and Seller hereby advises the Purchasers, each of the
Managing Agents and the Agent that it has delegated, to each of the
Originators, as sub-Servicers of the Servicer under the authority
and direction of the Servicer, certain of its duties and
responsibilities as Servicer hereunder in respect of the
Receivables originated by such Originator. Without the prior
written consent of the Agent and the Required Financial
Institutions, Seller shall not be permitted to further delegate any
of its duties or responsibilities as Servicer to any Person other
than, with respect to certain Charged-Off Receivables, outside
collection agencies in accordance with its customary practices. If
at any time the Agent and the Required Financial Institutions shall
designate as Servicer any Person or Persons other than Seller, all
duties and responsibilities theretofore delegated by Seller to any
sub-Servicer (whether an Originator or any other Person) may, at
the discretion of the Agent and the Required Financial
Institutions, be terminated forthwith on notice given by the Agent
and the Required Financial Institutions to Seller.
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Notwithstanding
the foregoing subsection (b), (i) Seller shall be and remain
primarily liable to the Managing Agents, the Agent and the
Purchasers for the full and prompt performance of all duties and
responsibilities of the Servicer hereunder and (ii) the
Managing Agents, the Agent and the Purchasers shall be entitled to
deal exclusively with Seller in matters relating to the discharge
by the Servicer of its duties and responsibilities hereunder. The
Managing Agents, the Agent and the Purchasers shall not be required
to give notice, demand or other communication to any Person other
than Seller in order for communication to the Servicer and its
sub-Servicers or other delegates with respect thereto to be
accomplished. Seller, at all times that it is the Servicer, shall
be responsible for providing any sub-Servicer or other delegate of
the Servicer with any notice given to the Servicer under this
Agreement.
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Section 8.2 Duties of
Servicer . The Servicer shall 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.
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The Servicer will instruct all
Obligors to pay all Collections directly to a Lock-Box or
Collection Account. The Servicer shall maintain in full force and
effect at all times during the term of this Agreement a Collection
Account Agreement with each Collection Bank. In the case of any
remittances received in any Lock-Box or Collection Account that
shall have been
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identified, to the satisfaction of
the Servicer, to not constitute Collections or other proceeds of
the Receivables or the Related Security, the Servicer shall
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 shall 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 shall not deposit or otherwise
credit, and shall not permit any other Person to deposit or
otherwise credit to such new depositary account any cash or payment
item other than Collections. The Agent shall provide Seller a copy
of each Collection Notice at the time of, or promptly following,
delivery of the same to a Collection Bank, provided ,
however that any failure to provide such copy shall not
affect the validity or effectiveness of the Collection
Notice.
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The Servicer
shall administer the Collections in accordance with the procedures
described herein and in Article II . The Servicer shall set
aside and hold in trust for the account of Seller and the
Purchasers their respective shares of the Collections in accordance
with Article II . The Servicer shall, upon the request of
the Agent, segregate, in a manner 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.
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The Servicer
may, in accordance with the Credit and Collection Policy, extend
the maturity of any Receivable or adjust the Outstanding Balance of
any Receivable as the Servicer determines to be appropriate to
maximize Collections thereof; provided , however ,
that such extension or adjustment shall not alter the status of
such Receivable as a Defaulted Receivable, Delinquent Receivable or
Charged-Off Receivable or limit the rights of the Managing Agents,
the Agent or the Purchasers under this Agreement. Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein, after the occurrence and
during the continuance of an Amortization Event, the Agent, at the
direction of the Required Financial Institutions, shall have the
absolute and unlimited right 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.
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The Servicer shall 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 shall, as soon as practicable upon
demand of the Agent, deliver or make available to the Agent copies
of all such Records at Servicer’s office, packaged in a form
capable of being removed with dispatch from such office. During the
continuance of an Amortization Event, as soon as practicable upon
demand of the Agent, the Servicer shall deliver or make available
to the Agent the originals of all Contracts related to the
Receivables at Servicer’s office, packaged in a form capable
of being
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removed with dispatch from such
office. The Servicer shall, as soon as practicable following
receipt thereof turn over to Seller, or such Person as the Seller
may direct the Servicer, any cash collections or other cash
proceeds received with respect to any obligations owing to Seller
or any Originator which obligations do not constitute Receivables,
including, without limitation, funds that represent payments in
respect of any Reconveyed Assets, PST or payments made in respect
of services rendered in Canada by JD-Canada. The Servicer shall,
from time to time at the request of any Purchaser, furnish to the
Purchasers (promptly after any such request) a calculation of the
amounts set aside for the Purchasers pursuant to Article
II.
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Subject to the
final sentence of this subsection (e), any payment by an Obligor in
respect of any obligations owed by it to any Originator or Seller
shall, except as otherwise specified by such Obligor or otherwise
required by contract or law and unless otherwise instructed by the
Agent, be applied (i) first, as a Collection of any Receivable
of such Obligor (starting with the oldest such Receivable) and
(ii) then, after the reduction of the Outstanding Balance of
all Receivables owing by such Obligor to zero, in respect of any
other obligations of such Obligor owing to the Seller or any
Originator (including, without limitation, any obligations in
respect of Reconveyed Assets, PST or any obligations in respect
services rendered in Canada by JD-Canada). Any payment received not
constituting Collections, Related Security or other proceeds of any
Receivables shall not be applied as a Collections or Related
Security in accordance with the terms hereof and shall be paid by
the Servicer to the Seller or such Person as the Seller may direct
the Servicer promptly upon receipt. Notwithstanding the foregoing,
an amount paid by an Obligor in respect of any Canadian Receivables
matching the amount of Seller’s or any Originator’s
invoices to such Obligor shall be deemed to include payments in
respect of PST and/or services rendered in Canada by JD-Canada if
such invoices specifically provided for PST and/or services
rendered in Canada by JD-Canada.
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Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary herein, neither the Servicer nor any
delegatee thereof (including any “Sub-Servicer” under
any Receivables Sale Agreement) is permitted to (nor has authority
to) establish an office or other fixed place of business of the
Agent, the Managing Agents or the Purchasers in Canada. To the
extent any responsibilities of the Servicer hereunder involve or
require the Servicer to contract for, or conclude a contract in the
name of, the Agent, the Managing Agents or the Purchasers, such
servicing responsibility shall, except upon the consent of the
Agent and the Managing Agents, be fulfilled solely by the Servicer
or any delegatee thereof only from a place of business in the
United States. The Servicer may not, directly or indirectly,
delegate such responsibility to any Person which is a resident of
Canada or has a permanent establishment in Canada for purposes of
the Income Tax Act (Canada), except upon consent of the Agent and
the Managing Agents, and in any event, any such Person to whom the
Servicer delegates any such responsibility, shall, except upon the
consent of the Agent and the Managing Agents, only carry out such
delegated responsibility from a place of business in the United
States and shall not, in any manner whatsoever, carry out any such
delegated responsibility in Canada. None of the functions,
obligations or authority of the Servicer shall be carried out in
Canada without the consent of the Agent and the Managing Agents,
except for incidental, ancillary, or immaterial functions that do
not result in the Servicer, the Seller or the Purchasers carrying
on business in Canada for the purposes of the Income Tax Act
(Canada).
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Section 8.3 Collection
Notices . The Agent is authorized at any time following
(i) three Business Days’ notice to the Seller (a “
CN Advice ”) or (ii) the occurrence and during
the continuance of an Amortization Event, to date and to deliver to
the Collection Banks the Collection Notices. The Agent shall, in
any CN Advice, identify the circumstance that shall have
precipitated or resulted in its election to date and deliver the
Collection Notices so as to provide the Seller an opportunity to
submit any mitigating information (it being understood that the
election to date and deliver any Collection Notice, following due
consideration of any mitigating information timely provided, shall
be in the sole and absolute discretion of the Agent). Seller hereby
transfers to the Agent for the benefit of the Purchasers, effective
when the Agent delivers such notice, the exclusive ownership and
control 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 to (i) endorse Seller’s name on checks and
other instruments representing Collections, (ii) enforce the
Receivables, the related Contracts and the Related Security and
(iii) 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. The Agent shall provide Seller and Servicer a
copy of each Collection Notice at the time of, or promptly
following, delivery of the same to a Collection Bank,
provided , however that any failure to provide such
copy shall not affect the validity or effectiveness of the
Collection Notice.
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, 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 Collateral
Reports . The Servicer shall prepare and forward to the Agent:
(i) on the second Monday of each month, or, if such day is not
a Business Day, the next succeeding Business Day, a Monthly Report
in respect of the fiscal month of the Originators then most
recently ended, and (ii) at such times as any Managing Agent
shall reasonably request, a listing by Obligor of all Receivables
together with an aging of such Receivables. The Servicer shall
provide, with each such report a summary of all Hedging
Arrangements then in effect, in such reasonable detail as shall be
satisfactory to the Managing Agents. The Agent shall promptly
forward to each Managing Agent each Monthly Report it receives from
the Servicer pursuant to this Section 8.5 .
Section 8.6 Servicing
Fees . In consideration of Seller’s agreement to act as
Servicer hereunder, the Purchasers hereby agree that, so long as
Seller shall continue to perform as Servicer hereunder, Seller or
the sub-Servicers shall be permitted to retain out of the
Collections received during any Reporting Period, and to the extent
of available funds as determined in accordance with
Section 2.4 , a fee (the “ Servicing Fee
”) on each Scheduled Settlement Date, in arrears for the
immediately preceding Reporting
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Period (or portion thereof), equal to
0.22% per annum of the average Outstanding Balance of the
Receivables during such Reporting Period (or portion thereof), as
compensation for its servicing activities hereunder.
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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Any Seller
Party shall fail (i) to make any payment or deposit required
hereunder or under any other Transaction Document when due, or
(ii) to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement
hereunder (other than as referred to in clause (i) of this
subsection (a) and Section 2.6 of this Agreement)
and such failure shall continue for five (5) consecutive
Business Days.
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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 in any material respect when made or
deemed made. Notwithstanding the foregoing, a breach of any
representation or warranty which relates solely to the eligibility
or characteristics of any Receivable shall not constitute an
Amortization Event so long as Seller remains in compliance with
Section 2.6 .
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(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 such Indebtedness 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 such 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 or (ii) failure of JDI or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates to pay any Indebtedness when due in an
aggregate amount in excess of $25,000,000; or the default by JDI or
any of its Subsidiaries or Affiliates in the performance of any
term, provision or condition contained in any agreement under which
any such Indebtedness 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 such Indebtedness of JDI or any of its
Subsidiaries or Affiliates 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.
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(i) Any of Seller, the
Performance Guarantor or any Originator shall generally not pay its
debts as such debts become due or shall admit in writing its
inability to pay its debts generally or shall make a general
assignment for the benefit of creditors; or (ii) any
proceeding shall be instituted by or against any of Seller, the
Performance Guarantor or any Originator 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
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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; provided , that in the case of an involuntary
proceeding instituted against any such Person, the Amortization
Date shall not occur or be declared by reason of such event unless
such proceeding remains undismissed for a period of 30 days after
such proceeding is instituted or the affected Person at any time
takes any action to consent to or acquiescence in the continuance
of such proceeding; provided further that during such
period, an Amortization Event shall exist and be continuing for
purposes of Section 6.2 and otherwise hereunder; or
(iii) any of Seller or any Originator shall take any corporate
action to authorize any of the actions set forth in clauses
(i) or (ii) above in this subsection (d).
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Seller shall
fail to comply with the terms of Section 2.6
hereof.
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As at the end
of any Reporting Period, any of the following shall occur, in each
case as determined on the basis of the average of the applicable
ratio for the last day of each of the three Reporting Periods then
most recently ended:
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(i)
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the Delinquency
Ratio shall exceed 6.0%, or
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(ii)
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the
Loss-to-Liquidation Ratio shall exceed 5.0%, or
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(iii)
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the Dilution
Ratio shall exceed 7.5%.
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A Change of
Control shall occur.
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(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 any JDI on claims not covered by
insurance or as to which the insurance carrier has denied its
responsibility, and such judgment shall (i) individually or in
the aggregate for all judgments then outstanding against JDI and
any of its Affiliates exceed an amount equal to $25,000,000, and
(ii) continue unsatisfied and in effect for fifteen
(15) consecutive days without a stay of execution.
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(i)
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Any of the
following shall occur: (i) any “Termination Event”
under and as defined in any Receivables Sale Agreement shall occur;
(ii) the “Termination Date” under and as defined
in any Receivables Sale Agreement shall occur; or (iii) any
Originator shall for any reason cease to transfer, or cease to have
the legal capacity to transfer, or shall otherwise be incapable of
transferring, Receivables to Seller under the Receivables Sale
Agreement to which it is named as party.
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(j)
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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 a material number
of Obligors shall directly or indirectly contest in any manner such
effectiveness, 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.
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JDI shall fail
to perform or observe any term, covenant or agreement required to
be performed by it under the Performance Undertaking, or the
Performance Undertaking shall cease to be effective or to be the
legally valid, binding and enforceable obligation of JDI, or JDI
shall directly or indirectly contest in any manner such
effectiveness, validity, binding nature or
enforceability.
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JDI shall at
any time fail to perform or observe any of the terms or provisions
set forth in Article V (Financial Covenants) of the Credit
Agreement as in effect from time to time; provided , that,
for solely purposes of this Section 9.1(l) no
amendment, modification or waiver after the date hereof of any term
or provision set forth in Article V (Financial Covenants) (or any
defined term used therein) of the Credit Agreement shall be
effective for purposes of this Section 9.1(l) without
the consent of the Agent and the Required Financial
Institutions.
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Seller shall
fail to maintain in full force and effect any Hedging Arrangement
required under Section 1.5 .
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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 or direct the
Servicer to replace any Person acting as sub-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 Seller; provided, however, that upon the
occurrence of an Amortization Event described in
Section 9.1(d)(ii) (except as contemplated in the
proviso thereto), or of an actual or deemed entry of an order for
relief with respect to Seller or any Originator 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 Seller, (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, and (v) notify Obligors of the
Purchasers’ interest in the Receivables. 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 . Without limiting any other rights that the Agent,
the Managing Agents or any Purchaser may have hereunder or under
applicable law, Seller hereby agrees to indemnify (and pay upon
demand to) the Agent, each Managing Agent, each Purchaser and each
Eligible Counterparty and their respective assigns, officers,
directors, agents and
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employees (each an “ Indemnified
Party ”) from and against any and all damages, losses,
claims, taxes, liabilities, out-of-pocket costs, expenses and for
all other amounts payable, including reasonable attorneys’
fees (which attorneys may be employees of the Agent, such Managing
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 acquisition,
either directly or indirectly, by a Purchaser of an interest in the
Receivables, excluding, however, in all of the foregoing
instances:
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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;
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(z)
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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;
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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; or
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any Broken
Funding Costs or Indemnified Amounts claimed by any Defaulting
Financial Institution arising by reason of such Defaulting
Financial Institution’s default hereunder;
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provided , however , that nothing contained in
this sentence shall limit the liability of Seller or limit the
recourse of the Purchasers to Seller for amounts otherwise
specifically provided to be paid by Seller in any provision of this
Agreement other than this Section 10.1 . Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing indemnification, Seller
shall indemnify the Agent, the Managing Agents and the Purchasers
for Indemnified Amounts (including, without limitation, losses in
respect of uncollectible receivables, regardless of whether
reimbursement therefor would constitute recourse to Seller)
resulting from:
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any
representation or warranty made by Seller, the Servicer or any
Originator (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, which shall have been false or
incorrect when made or deemed made;
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the failure by Seller, the
Servicer or any Originator 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 any Originator or Seller
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to keep or perform any of its
obligations, express or implied, with respect to any Contract or
the failure of Seller or Servicer to comply with the Credit and
Collection Policy in regard to any Receivable or the related
Contract;
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any failure of
Seller, the Servicer or any Originator 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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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 or any
Receivable;
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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 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), or any other claim resulting from the sale of the
merchandise or service related to such Receivable or the furnishing
or failure to furnish such merchandise or services;
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the commingling
of Collections of Receivables at any time with other
funds;
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any
investigation, litigation or proceeding related to or arising from
this Agreement or any other Transaction Document, the transactions
contemplated hereby, the use of the proceeds of an Incremental
Purchase or a Reinvestment, the ownership of the Purchaser
Interests or any other investigation, litigation or proceeding
relating to Seller, the Servicer or any Originator in which any
Indemnified Party becomes involved as a result of any of the
transactions contemplated hereby;
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any inability
to litigate any claim against any Obligor in respect of any
Receivable as a result of such Obligor being immune from civil and
commercial law and suit on the grounds of sovereignty or otherwise
from any legal action, suit or proceeding;
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any
Amortization Event described in Section 9.1(d)
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any failure of
Seller to acquire and maintain legal and equitable title to, and
ownership of any Receivable and the Related Security and
Collections with respect thereto from each Originator, free and
clear of any Adverse Claim (except as created by the Transaction
Documents in favor of the Agent and the Purchasers); or any failure
of Seller to give reasonably equivalent value to each Originator
under the relevant Receivables Sale Agreement in consideration of
the transfer by such Originator of any Receivable, or any attempt
by any Person to void such transfer under statutory provisions or
common law or equitable action;
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any failure to
vest and maintain vested in the Agent for the benefit of the
Purchasers, or to transfer to the Agent for the benefit of the
Purchasers, legal and equitable title to, and ownership of, a first
priority perfected undivided percentage ownership interest (to the
extent of the Purchaser Interests contemplated hereunder) or
security interest in the Receivables, the Related Security and the
Collections, free and clear of any Adverse Claim (except as created
by the Transaction Documents in favor of the Agent and the
Purchasers);
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any action or
omission by Seller, Servicer or any Originator which reduces or
impairs the rights of the Agent, the Managing Agents or the
Purchasers with respect to any Receivable or the value of any such
Receivable;
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any attempt by
any Person to void any Incremental Purchase or Reinvestment
hereunder under statutory provisions or common law or equitable
action;
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the failure of
any Receivable included in the calculation of the Net Receivables
Balance as an Eligible Receivable to be an Eligible Receivable at
the time so included;
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any stamp duty,
sales, excise, registration and other taxes (including any
penalties, additions, fines, surcharges or interest relating
thereto); provided that with respect to stamp duty arising
at any time, demand for indemnification under this
Section 10.1 may be made only following the declaration
or automatic occurrence of the Amortization Date in accordance with
Section 9.2(ii) ;
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any failure to
vest and maintain vested in the Agent for the benefit of the
Purchasers, dominion and control, and a first priority perfected
security interest, in any Collection Account; and
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the failure to
pay when due any taxes which are an Originator’s
responsibility to pay, including without limitation, GST, PST or
other sales, excise or personal property taxes payable in
connection with the Receivables.
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Any claim made by any Indemnified
Party under this Section 10.1 shall be made in a
written notice to Seller, which notice shall set forth in
reasonable detail a description of the basis for such
claim.
Section 10.2 Indemnities by
the Servicer . Without limiting any other rights that the
Agent, the Managing Agents or any Purchaser may have hereunder or
under applicable law, 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:
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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;
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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;
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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; or
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any Broken
Funding Costs or Indemnified Amounts claimed by any Defaulting
Financial Institution arising by reason of such Defaulting
Financial Institution’s default hereunder;
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provided , however , that nothing contained in
this sentence shall limit the liability of Servicer or limit the
recourse of the Purchasers to Servicer for amounts otherwise
specifically provided to be paid by Servicer in any provision of
this Agreement other than this Section 10.2 . Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing indemnification, Servicer
shall indemnify the Agent, the Managing Agents and the Purchasers
for Indemnified Amounts (including, without limitation, losses in
respect of uncollectible receivables, regardless of whether
reimbursement therefor would constitute recourse to Servicer)
resulting from:
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any
representation or warranty made by the Servicer (or any officers of
any the Servicer) under or in connection with this Agreement, any
other Transaction Document or any other information or report
delivered by any the Servicer pursuant hereto or thereto, which
shall have been false or incorrect when made or deemed
made;
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the failure by
the Servicer 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 the failure of
Servicer to comply with the Credit and Collection Policy in regard
to any Receivable or the related Contract;
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any failure of
the Servicer 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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the commingling
of Collections of Receivables at any time with other
funds;
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any
investigation, litigation or proceeding related to or arising from
this Agreement or any other Transaction Document or any other
investigation, litigation or proceeding relating to Servicer in
which any Indemnified Party becomes involved as a result of any of
the transactions contemplated hereby;
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any
Amortization Event described in Section 9.1(d)
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any action or
omission by Servicer which reduces or impairs the rights of the
Agent, the Managing Agents or the Purchasers with respect to any
Receivable or the value of any such Receivable;
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the failure of
any Receivable included in the calculation of the Net Receivables
Balance as an Eligible Receivable to be an Eligible Receivable at
the time so included; and
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any stamp duty,
sales, excise, registration and other taxes (including any
penalties, additions, fines, surcharges or interest relating
thereto); provided that with respect to stamp duty arising
at any time, demand for indemnification under this
Section 10.2 may be made only following the declaration
or automatic occurrence of the Amortization Date in accordance with
Section 9.2(ii) .
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Any claim made by any Indemnified
Party under this Section 10.2 shall be made in a
written notice to Servicer, which notice shall set forth in
reasonable detail a description of the basis for such
claim.
Section 10.3 Increased Cost
and Reduced Return .
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If after the date hereof, any
Funding Source shall be charged any fee, expense or increased cost
on account of the adoption of any applicable law, rule or
regulation (including any applicable law, rule or regulation
regarding capital adequacy), any accounting principles or any
change in any of the foregoing, or any change in the interpretation
or administration thereof by the Financial Accounting Standards
Board (“ FASB ”), any governmental authority,
any central bank or any comparable agency charged with the
interpretation or administration thereof, or compliance with any
request or directive having the force of law of any such authority
or agency other than the circumstances described in clause
(b) below, (a “ Regulatory Change ”):
(i) that subjects any Funding Source to any charge or
withholding on or with respect to any Funding Agreement or a
Funding Source’s obligations under a Funding Agreement, or on
or with respect to the Receivables, or changes the basis of
taxation of payments to any Funding Source of any amounts payable
under any Funding Agreement (except for changes in the rate of tax
on the overall net income of a Funding Source or taxes excluded by
Section 10.1 and Section 10.2 ) or
(ii) that imposes, modifies or deems applicable any reserve,
assessment, insurance charge, special deposit or similar
requirement against assets of, deposits with or for the account of
a Funding Source, or credit extended by a
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Funding Source pursuant to a Funding
Agreement or (iii) that imposes any other condition the result
of which is to increase the cost to a Funding Source of performing
its obligations under a Funding Agreement, or to reduce the rate of
return on a Funding Source’s capital as a consequence of its
obligations under a Funding Agreement, or to reduce the amount of
any sum received or receivable by a Funding Source under a Funding
Agreement or to require any payment calculated by reference to the
amount of interests or loans held or interest received by it, then,
upon demand by the applicable Managing Agent, Seller shall pay to
the applicable Managing Agent, for the benefit of the relevant
Funding Source, such amounts charged to such Funding Source or such
amounts reasonably calculated to otherwise compensate such Funding
Source for such increased cost or such reduction.
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Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if an Accounting Based
Consolidation Event shall at any time occur, then, upon demand by
the applicable Managing Agent, Seller shall pay to the applicable
Managing Agent, for the benefit of the relevant Affected Entity,
such amounts as such Affected Entity reasonably determines will
compensate or reimburse such Affected Entity for any resulting
(i) fee, expense or increased cost charged to, incurred or
otherwise suffered by such Affected Entity, (ii) reduction in
the rate of return on such Affected Entity’s capital or
reduction in the amount of any sum received or receivable by such
Affected Entity or (iii) internal capital charge or other
imputed cost determined by such Affected Entity to be allocable to
Seller or the transactions contemplated by this Agreement or in
connection therewith (collectively, “ Accounting Based
Consolidation Event Charges ”). Amounts under this
Section 10.3(b) may be demanded at any time without
regard to the timing of issuance of any financial statement by any
Affected Entity. Upon and contemporaneously with any demand for
reimbursement of Accounting Based Consolidation Event Charges under
this Section 10.3(b) , the applicable Managing Agent
shall deliver a certificate (a “ Reimbursement
Certificate ”) to the Seller describing such Accounting
Based Consolidation Event Charges in reasonable detail.
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Section 10.4 Other Costs and
Expenses .
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Seller shall pay to the Agent,
the Managing Agents and the Conduits on demand all costs and
out-of-pocket expenses in connection with the preparation,
execution, delivery and administration of this Agreement, the
transactions contemplated hereby and the other documents to be
delivered hereunder, including without limitation, the cost of
auditors periodically auditing the books, records and procedures of
Seller and any Originator, reasonable fees and out-of-pocket
expenses of legal counsel for each Conduit, each Managing Agent and
the Agent (which such counsel may be employees of such Conduit,
such Managing Agent or the Agent) with respect thereto and with
respect to advising each Conduit, each Managing Agent and the Agent
as to their respective rights and remedies under this Agreement;
provided that the liability of Seller in respect of the fees
of legal counsel for each Conduit, each Managing Agent and the
Agent arising in connection with the preparation, execution,
delivery and initial closing of this Agreement shall be limited in
the manner set forth in Section 10.4(b) of this
Agreement. Seller shall pay to the Agent, each Managing Agent and
each Purchaser on demand any and all costs and expenses of the
Agent, such Managing Agent and the Purchasers, if any, including
reasonable counsel
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fees and expenses in connection with
the enforcement of this Agreement and the other documents delivered
hereunder and in connection with any restructuring or workout of
this Agreement or such documents, or the administration of this
Agreement following an Amortization Event. Any claim hereunder in
respect of legal fees or other costs and expenses shall be made in
a written notice to Seller, which notice shall be accompanied by
the applicable invoice or similar description in reasonable detail
of the applicable legal services rendered and the costs and
expenses incurred.
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(b)
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Seller shall
reimburse the Agent and each Managing Agent on demand in respect of
all reasonable auditing fees and out-of-pocket expenses incurred by
the Agent, each Managing Agent, any Purchaser or any Person on its
behalf in connection with entering into this Agreement. Each such
demand (an “ Audit Reimbursement Demand ”) shall
be made in writing and shall be accompanied by invoices or other
customary documents describing the rendering of audit services or
the incurrence of the applicable expenses.
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(c)
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With regard to
audits hereafter conducted by or on behalf of the Agent, any
Purchasers or any Managing Agent in respect of Seller and the
Originators in connection with this Agreement, it is understood
that all audits shall be conducted by external auditors selected by
the Agent and the Required Financial Institutions in their sole
discretion, and the Seller shall reimburse the agent on each Audit
Reimbursement Demand in respect of all reasonable fees and
out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Agent, any Managing Agent,
any Purchaser or any Person on its behalf in connection with any
such audit.
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Section 10.5 Liquidity
Agreements . With respect to the rights of Funding Sources of
the types set forth in this Article X or otherwise in this
Agreement, none of the Agent, any Managing Agent or any Conduit
shall enter into any Liquidity Agreement which expands or purports
to expand, as between the Funding Sources parties to such Liquidity
Agreement and the Seller, the rights of such Funding Sources as
against the Seller beyond the scope of the express terms of this
Agreement.
Section 10.6 Taxes .
Without limiting the generality of this Article X , all
payments by Seller hereunder shall be made in full
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